Your Time’s Up

People having powers has become a myth in this age. It has become something we read in books, see in pictures, and just wow about them.

We have been taught that the people who created Silverland were powerful and that it was through their powers that they defeated all the strong and dangerous beasts on the land at that time.

It has been said that some people still have the powers like these people today. I never thought I would ever see one and if I did, I wouldn't have thought it would be a student in my school.

"Lewis and the seniors know about it" Alex whispered. "They know I have powers. I haven't told anyone in this school except you, so I don't know how they found out"

"How do you know that they know? Did they tell you or something?" I asked.

Before Lewis and the others found out that Alex has some kind of powers, he has always been subjected to bullies. They will take some of his food and let him do work for them.

Alex doesn't know how they found out that he has powers but it was after they discovered that they changed totally and the bullying increased.

They started collecting his foodstuff, not leaving a single thing behind, they make him do odd tasks and they also collect all the money he has.

Alex said they threatened him that he will be arrested and made a tool for experiments if the school gets to know of his powers. So they make him do everything leveraging the information they have about him and constantly threatening to report him to the school.

Alex wasn't happy after he won the fight against Lewis because he knew he might not be getting his foodstuffs back and it might cause more trouble if Lewis decides to tell the school about his powers.

"Please, I know you are strong. Help me to stop Lewis from telling the school about my powers. I don't want to be made a lab tool. Please, I beg you" Alex stretched his hand across the table and held my hands in his, begging me.

I felt pity when I saw the tears in his eyes as he begged me. In truth, I could take on Lewis and defeat him even without my newly found energy. I don't know how strong the seniors backing Lewis are nevertheless, I'm still confident that I can defeat them.

Still, I don't want to involve myself in things that don't concern me. I already have enough to deal with it. I still need to find out about the hooded person who suddenly attacked me on the rooftop, I still don't know how the energy works, so I need to figure that out too. And I still need to find the fifth person to complete the group.

'Wait! How come I didn't remember that? We haven't found a suitable person to join the group yet. You damn brain!' I cursed and hit my head with my palm.

"Is everything okay?" Alex asked.

"It's fine. It's fine." I replied "I will help you Alex, but on one condition."

"I will do anything, as long as I am safe and they don't report me to the school," Alex said.

I made it clear to Alex that he will join a group. I explained the aim of the group to him, making sure he understands the dangers that he might face and laying sufficient emphasis on the fact that he has a chance to get even stronger. I let him know that Master Leao knows about the group and that he will train us.

"If after the training or during the training or even on the excursion, you feel the task is too dangerous, you can always pull out. You see you have the advantage in all of this" I said to him.

He remained seated and had his palm under his jaw thinking for a while. I left him to think it out and after some time he replied.

"Lewis will probably be on his way to report me now. The defeat was shameful to him and he will be looking to get back at me. If he reports me, then I might probably be made useless for the rest of my life. I will join your group and I promise never to back out" Alex said.

After everything was settled with Alex, he became the fifth member of our group. That makes it Jane, Katie, Rio, Alex and me. We still have a few days left before we meet Master Leao, so I have my things to do now. I want to meet Lewis.

It was already getting dark and he probably won't be able to make any reports today. I waited for it to get very dark and past lights out, and I set out in an all-black dress. The type Geo had given to me then.

I collected information about Lewis' movements from Alex and he said he will be in the bush at the far end of the school with the seniors after lights out, sharing the things they had collected from students during the day.

The black dress makes it easier for me to run between buildings and dorms as it blends with the darkness. It is tight-fitted and has a space where I can keep weapons. I also made a mask to hide my identity. The mask is black and made of iron with ropes attached to the end to avoid it falling.

I got to the place and it was as Alex said. I hid behind a tree and observed them for some time. There were four of them there including Lewis. They were bringing some things out of a bag and sharing them among themselves.

"So he used his powers against you," one of them said.

"Yes. Should I let the school know tomorrow?" someone I believe to be Lewis spoke.

"It is your incompetence that caused your defeat but you can report him if you like. We no longer need him." another said.

'I can just go there and beat them all up till they agree not to report him, right? Or just beat them and tell them I'd report them to the school for collecting other people's stuff.' I contemplated.

I thought for a while and decided that the best way will be to just go there, beat them till they can stand no more, and then make sure the school knows about their bullying of other students. If they later report him, the school wouldn't believe them and just think they are trying to implicate others.

I set out on my plan and got out of hiding, revealing myself to them.

"I'm in a good mood today," I said, the mask making my voice thicker "if you return everything you've collected from those students, and promise not to report that student you were talking about then I might spare you. If you do not feel it okay, then you might just try fighting me. You have 10 seconds to decide" I said and sat down on a fell tree like it was nothing.

"9...8..." I began the countdown, sitting on the tree while fiddling with some leaves.

"Who are you," one of them asked, already shaking in fear.

"Ha..ha..ha.." I laughed very hard "You don't deserve to know who I am," I said to him.

"Your time's up! You haven't made a decision yet so I'll assume you rejected my offer and will be glad to get this show started" I said to them and got up from the tree.