Who am I?
Have you ever wondered how to become a superhuman? Yes? Then that thought is incorrect. If you can imagine, I was just someone who runs away from bullies, an introvert, have few friends, in an ordinary school in a country called Singapore.
If you think I am someone who is well-known for his strength, his courage and heroic deeds, no, that is definitely not me. I was even scared enough thinking about the Forbidden Stairs told by my sleepy friend and still sweating carrying workbooks for my classmates from level 3 to 7, even if I used the lift. Dammed! I was even less than nothing!
"Looking at someone, Reishan?"
That nasty voice made me stare at the twin burly bullies in school. I sighed again. It was Jon and John, two twins who were transferred from a school in another country.
"What's wrong?" I replied to their horrendous laughter while putting on an annoyed face.
"Your debts, as**ole, forget about it, huh?"
"I did not owe anything, to anyone!" I raised my voice, so annoyed. A skinny boy like me cannot fight, but I still have words to defend.
"Oh yeah… you don't owe anything…" snickered Jon.
"But you owe… your life," continued John as his thick fists whirred through the air, targeting my face. With some luck, I dodged his punch, turned my body, and dashed downstairs to the science lab. I have exactly no idea what I must do to halt these brats chasing me and yelling toxins out of their mouths.
I was running my heart out and as a skinny person, my stamina is running out. Sh*t!
Well, fatsos like them are also dim-witted, and also run a lot more slower than me. But I know, if I stay, I'll be their meatballs tonight. I really must think of an idea!
I dashed to the school lab and opened the door widely. Scanning through the room, all I see with science kits… and a bunsen burner in each and every one of them. I grinned, close the door, and make my plan ready.
I ran to one of the lockers there and opened it. A sack full of flour. I pulled the sack out, cut it with a pair of scissors, and poured its contents out. White flour flooded the room after I ripped open several others.
Flour is highly flammable and explosive, I thought as I scattered the flour all over the floor. I rummaged through the locker again, and some wooden sticks I found. I pulled out one and went for the bunsen burner which was closest to the second exit of the laboratory. I waited.
My heart was racing as the door creaked. Yes, the two fatties who wanted to make a mess with me.
"What the heck?! What is this?" roared Jon as he stepped by the scattered flour carefully, assuming that it was to make the floor slippery.
"Oh man, you're too risky…" I snickered as this was like my first victory. The fat twins were already in the middle of the lab, staring at me with a frantic expression, confused and dumbfounded of what kind of mess I've screwed up. I was there, standing by the second exit, a stick by my hand and ready to turn on the bunsen burner.
"You just knew who am I. Now, taste defeat!" I shouted as I switched on the burner, blue fire emitted down there. I flicked the stick by the fire once, confident that it will light up, and threw the stick to the room full of flour. At that second, I slammed the door and bolted to escape-
BOOM!! A deafening explosion send me flying by the corridors. RIP the school lab as patches of red and orange ripped the structure apart. I went down with a BLAM on the floor, and I was alright. I glanced to my back, the laboratory ripped off from the school, leaving a gaping hole of sparkling wires and debris everywhere.
Fire is still spreading, the electricity has shut down automatically in case of a fire breakout. Alarms instantly rang simultaneously, students running down the stairs, evacuating themselves based on the drill.
How were the bullies doing? Get a taste from an as**ole like me. I smiled as I followed the running students and teachers not to attract attention.
Only because of what happened on that day… the real war has started. A war that even America was not even ready with. My name… is Reishan.