Who's The Real Bully?

Richard felt a strange combination of emotions as Alex removed his sunglasses, putting his glowing red eyes on display. He felt panic, surprise, fear, anger and above all else, he felt jealous.

"You...you're a User!? How is that possible? Just last week-"

"Yes, yes, I'm too old and it shouldn't be possible, I've heard it all already." Alex cut Richard off with a dismissive wave of his hand.

Richard balled up his fists and charged at Alex in anger. "You don't deserve to be a User! If anyone was going to become a User, it should have been me!"

Alex flicked his wrist and an invisible force slammed into Richards face, corresponding with the direction of the flick. Richard stumbled back, bringing his hands up to his face as his nose started bleeding.

"Aargh! You son of a bitch, you broke my-!"

Another invisible force slammed into Richards stomach, causing him to drop his hands and bend forwards, only for yet another attack to hit his face. Several attacks followed in relatively quick succession, covering Richards body in blue and purple bruises and turning his face into a bloody mess.

Not being able to take the constant onslaught of attacks, Richard fell to the ground with his back against the wall and raised his hands up to cover his face.

"Stap! Phwese!" Richard shouted in desperation as tears mixed with the blood on his face. His words were barely understandable due to the damage his mouth had sustained and the fact that he was crying.

Alex stopped throwing attacks at Richard and watched as the boy who used to bully him everyday cried in a bloody mess on the floor.

"You picked the wrong day, Dick. Any other day and I probably would have taken a few hits from your group and gone on with my day but unfortunately for you..." The memory of Marcel burning Alex's arm just a few hours ago flashed through his mind.

Alex walked up to Richard and knelt down beside his cowering bully and spoke with a calm but imposing tone. "Look at me."

Richard continued to cry and hide behind his hands, causing Alex to use a bit more force. He used his Telekinesis to grab Richards arms and force them away from his face. It took quite a bit of effort to do it since Alex wasn't really powerful enough to restrain a humans arms yet but thanks to Richards injuries and compromised emotional state, it was possible.

Richards arms slowly moved away from his face as they were forced down to his sides. He tried with all his might to prevent this from happening but when he felt his strength failing he simply gave in and allowed his arms to fall.

"Now look. At. Me." Alex said with a far more aggressive tone than before.

Out of fear, Richard complied. As his eyes slowly opened and his vision became clear, he saw that Alex had his face right in front of his own, almost touching. As the glowing red eyes stared into his own, Richard felt as though he were being pressed down upon by a wild beast that had just captured its prey and was about to take a bite.

"I could have done much worse than this, Dick. I could have broken every bone in your body and crushed you until you were a ball of meat, but I chose not too. Think very carefully about how you behave around me in the future, if you don't want me to prove my words, that is." Alex said with a cold yet powerful tone as he stared into Richards eyes.

Richard didn't respond, or couldn't, but his tears suddenly became far worse than before and Alex decided that that was good enough to be considered an answer. He slowly stood up and walked over to the door, giving Richard one last look over before leaving the bathroom.

'Of course, that was an exaggeration. I could of done worse, that much was true, but I don't have the power or energy to do as much as I said...' Alex's thoughts paused as he saw shocked expressions appear on Richards friends faces when he exited the bathroom. Alex gave them a devilish and triumphant smile and walked away.

'...but he doesn't know that.'

Alex headed over to the cafeteria and joined Tom, taking a seat opposite his best friend. Tom had a few sandwiches in his lunchbox on the table and had already eating some of them by this point.

"You missed half of break dude, what took you so long?" Tom asked as he took a bite from his sandwich.

Alex reached over the able and grabbed half a sandwich from Toms lunchbox, to which there was no protest, and took a bite.

"Dick and his friends tried to jump me in the bathroom...again." Alex said between bites.

"They do this kind of stuff at least 3 times a week at this point.." Tom let out a deep sigh and took a bite before continuing. "I suppose it didn't quite go their way this time though, right?"

Alex smiled. "You would be correct. I managed to get the fight to be a one-on-one with Dick so he's the only one who knows."

"Thanks good, I guess, but still, aren't you worried he might tell everyone?" Tom asked with a slightly worried tone.

"Not really. Dick is too prideful to admit to losing a fight, even against a User. If you take into consideration that the User is me, the chances are even lower since his shame would know no end, at least that's how he will feel about it. I've known him long enough to know he won't say anything, and even if he does, I don't really care if people find out."

Tom nodded as he handed Alex the last half sandwich he had and closed the lunchbox. " I thought you wanted to keep it a secret?"

"I just thought it would be a hassle if everyone started treating me differently, though I'm starting to change my mind about that. Regardless, I don't see any reason to announce it to everyone, if they find out as some point then that's fine." Alex replied as he chomped down the half sandwich.

" Well it's my turn to go to the bathroom and break will probably end soon so I'll see you back at class." Tom got up and walked away, leaving Alex alone at the table in the noisy cafeteria.

'I don't know what I was expecting to feel after I beat Dick to a bloody pulp but right now I actually feel amazing. I don't feel anything when I kill people and beating up a high school bully made my ego get a boost... maybe I am a bit messed up in the head.'