Food Fight... Without The Food?

With Mark at his side, Adam made his way over to the cafeteria.

"So, what're you getting? I'm thinking of a nice smoked turkey sandwich." [Mark]

"I'm… not sure?" [Adam]

"Cool, cool." [Mark]

The cafeteria was crowded. The kitchen filled half the room, and the other half was already packed with students rushing for seats.

"Uh… Should I go get us a table first?" [Adam]

"No. There's a special table reserved for the disciplinary committee." [Mark]

"What? Isn't that too unfair to the other students?" [Adam]

Mark hooked an arm around Adam and laughed.

"You're funny. To be in the disciplinary committee is to work for the school. You can't work without some kind of pay, right?" [Mark]

"Uh-huh…" [Adam]

Just as Adam was feeling a bit uncomfortable by Mark's sense of personal space, he withdrew his arm.

"Anywho, I'm gonna go grab my sandwich. Let's meet up at the committee table, yeah?" [Mark]

"Sure, but-" [Adam]

"Great!" [Mark]

Before Adam could even finish, Mark disappeared into the crowd.

("He never told me where the committee table is…") [Adam]

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

After a great deal of searching, Adam managed to find the committee table.

"Hey! What took you so long?" [Mark]

"I didn't really know where the committee table was." [Adam]

"Ah… That was my bad… I couldn't hear you from so far away." [Mark]

"From so far away?" [Adam]

"It's nothing. Sit down. You're not going to eat while standing, are you?" [Mark]

Seeing that Mark had extended his hand over the empty seats, Adam sat down.

"So, you got anything to do after school?" [Mark]

"Hm… Lemme think." [Adam]

He recalled the plan of meeting after school with Orion and Felix, but he wasn't sure if he should reveal it.

"Not really, but I do have to go straight home. My sister's pretty strict." [Adam]

"Hm. Okay." [Mark]

"Why do you ask?" [Adam]

"Well-" [Mark]

"Woah! Someone check this out!" [???]

Before Mark could answer, they heard large amounts of yelling and objects crashing.

"What's going on?" [Adam]

The two could see a crowd gathering around the middle of the cafeteria, along with students yelling and cheering.

"Adam, you have your band on you?" [Mark]

"My committee band? Yeah, I do." [Adam]

"Put it on. I think we have a job." [Mark]

The two stood up and entered the crowd.

"Excuse me, coming through." [Adam]

He pushed through the crowd thinking that he was next to Mark, but soon realized that he had lost him.

("...I'll probably see him at the middle.") [Adam]

The cheering was deafening. He felt his eardrums would rupture, but he weaved his way through the crowd until he came to an opening.

"How's that for an appetizer?" [???]

"Please, that didn't even hurt!" [???]

There were two students brawling in the circle. One of them wore a blue gray hoodie and had very short black hair. The other one wore a black tank top, and had white hair long enough to cover his forehead.

"C;mon Duke! Get him in the chin!" [Excited Student]

"What are you doing Maxx?! Block or something!" [Anxious Student]

Seeing as how he was losing, it appeared that the one in a gray hoodie was Maxx. Assumingly, that meant the winning one was Duke.

"Stop!" [???]

A shout came from the side, and out came another person.

("Oh, there's Mark.") [Adam]

Mark had entered the fray. Without any fear, Mark stepped in and pulled the two apart.

"That's enough! Just walk the other way." [Mark]

Though he had tried to stop them, the two didn't listen.

"C'mere punk!" [Duke]

"Big vocabulary you've got there!" [Maxx]

The two ignored Mark and charged at each other once again.

"They never make it easy…" [Mark]

Like a blind man, he walked in between their fight.

"Get out of my face!" [Duke]

He swung at Mark with the back of his hand, but it was easily shifted to the side.

"You…!" [Duke]

Seeing as how his attack was redirected, Duke threw a few more wild punches.

"Uh oh." [Mark]

Although he made it sound dangerous, Mark nimbly evaded each fist. After such a barrage, Duke was left gasping for air.

"How…!" [Duke]

"Magic." [Mark]

Making a gesture while shaking his hands, he turned towards Maxx.

"So? You want a go?" [Mark]

Maxx was in awe. After seeing such a spectacle, Maxx shook his head.

"I'll pass." [Maxx]

"Thanks. That makes things much easier. Maxx… and Duke, right? Make sure you two report to the disciplinary committee by the end of the week. If not, I'll have to check in on you guys in your classrooms." [Mark]

Maxx nodded and left, but Duke didn't seem satisfied.

"You think I'm gonna listen to you?!" [Duke]

Just as Duke was going to stand, Adam stepped in.

"Okay big guy. Cool your jets." [Adam]

Placing a hand on Duke's shoulder, Adam applied pressure.

"Ack! What the hell are you-" [Duke]

Adam applied more pressure.

"Ah! Ow! Wa-wait! Sto- Agh!" [Duke]

"Wow! That's so strange! I think you need to visit the nurse's office!" [Adam]

He spoke sarcastically, attempting to give Duke a hint.

"What?! No, I- Argh!" [Duke]

"You. Nurse's Office. Get it?" [Adam]

Duke looked at Adam with a terrified expression. As he looked Adam in the eyes, Duke slowly nodded.

"Good." [Adam]