Strange Alex
After two months at the camp, Asher had finally accepted that he was no match for their commander, he was always setting traps at places no one would imagine, he even changed the slippery part of the road and casted it back a little, Asher who was running at top speed so he could jump over the slippery part he had memorized stepped on the slippery ground, his head jammed the ground before the could say "one". The result was staying in the infirmary for a week, which brought him back to his senses. After that incident he swore to win against the commander despite Alex persuasion and this was result, after two months of struggle he lost without a single win. And he thinks the commander takes pleasure in seeing him fail so miserably.
"I told you that going against the commander was foolish, but you were as stubborn as an oaf, seems like you have finally had enough, I was beginning to think you love the pain", Alex scowled at Asher while lying on his bed gazing at a small pendant his dad gave him, it belonged to his mom.
"We will soon have a rejuvenating bath!, I hear it's great and the commander said it will be frequent with our new training begining", Derek said joyfully, he had Alex explain his experience about the rejuvenating bath and it seemed amazing to him, but Alex complained about how it gave him false hope which Derek totally ignored.
"Of course we would have the rejuvenating bath, without it our next training will be more of a disadvantage", Asher justified the use of the bath. William just laid on his bed with his eyes closed, but from his breathing the others knew he was not sleeping, they were used to it, William sometimes likes to be silent, the other vibrant one apart from Asher and Derek was John, speaking of John.
"Where's John?", Alex questioned the other three, they just looked at themselves as no one knew John's whereabouts. BAM!, The door slammed open, a kid rushed in and shouted to the four while panting "at.. at the tra..ning... ground, Ulrich and John are fighting!! And it's not a spar!".
"WHAT!!!", The four of them shouted at the same time, they all rushed out of the room and ran towards the training ground.
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BAM!, John fell on the ground as Ulrich's kick hit him hard, thud!!, Ulrich ran towards him aggressively, clenching his teeth John flipped himself back up, facing the approaching Ulrich he moved sideways and threw a punch at Ulrich's ribs ugh!, Ulrich groans in pain while John lands an uppercut at his jaws sending Ulrich to the ground. The surrounding kids all cheered as they looked forward to the winner, Ulrich was known as a top kid but John was able to fight against him to this stage, it was surprising. Pu!, Ulrich spat out his saliva and stood up quietly, his eyes began emitting a dangerous light as he got into a good stance. John knew this had totally left the zone of sparing and Ulrich was going for a bloody fight so he clenched his fist tightly, he wasn't sure he could beat Ulrich but he had to buy time till Alex arrives, someone must have reached Alex by now. Taking a deep breath, he ducks an incoming punch from Ulrich sweeping his leg to take Ulrich to the ground, Ulrich noticed in time and backed away launching a fast punch towards John, before John could react, POW!, He receives a heavy blow to his eyes and that was all it took to make John lose half of the fight, Ulrich launched a kick with his left leg, hitting John's ribs which made a cracking sound. His ribs had broken, the crowd roared when this happened, for them the fight had ended, but Ulrich had forgotten he was fighting his fellow kid in his anger and sent another kick to John's face, lifting him off the ground with blood coming out of his mouth BAM!, John hits the ground, his face covered in his blood.
While he was struggling to stand up, Ulrich rushed towards him, still on the ground John gave Ulrich an unexpected hit to his chest which sent Ulrich flying back, standing up John rushed towards Ulrich who had already stood up, he dusted his body, timed John who had forgotten his training and just ran with brutality. Ulrich launched two kicks towards John's face, John fell straight to the ground, thud!, The battle was supposed to have ended but Ulrich sat on John's body and started punching his face with overwhelming anger. The cheering of the crowd stopped as they thought that Ulrich had crossed the line, this had left a fight, clan rules was if not an enemy when totally defeated should be left. Some kids from the crowd came out to stop Ulrich but it was already too late, a murderous alderigde has seen it, Alex had sighted the scene from afar, strangely his mind calmed as he ran towards the training grounds with increasing speed, even William and Asher could not keep up with him.
Ulrich friends saw Alex coming from afar, they came out to block him, they stood in a defensive position and approached Alex, if it was the normal Alex they may have held him but they were facing a murderous alderigde, only one person among the kids knew things had turned dangerous, he rushed out from the back of the crowd and raced towards a particular person. As Alex got closer he got a clearer view of Ulrich devastating John's face, his mental state was still in a strange foreign state, when he reached the kids who were forming a defensive position, he tapped his foot on the ground, lifting into the air he flipped forwards landing at their back still he sent an elbow towards the kid at his back BAM!, The kid's vision changed, he fell to his knees as he screamed in pain, the position Alex had hit was mistakenly a spot that caused his head to be stuck in one position, he tried to move his head but the pain made him scream louder. Alex never cared about his pain, he closed on the others who stood at the back, he gave three fast punch to the first one, one at his stomach, at his chest and the last one to his face, using the kid's shoulders as a support Alex twisted his body kicking two other kids who fell to the ground groaning in pain, the surprising fact was the speed which Alex was doing these things, these were practically impossible for a kid who isn't even a low level warrior. Alex grabbed the last one at his neck, the others scattered in haste as the Alex in front of them was not the one they knew. Alex eyes were turning red, an image of an angry beast flashed through his eyes, he faced Ulrich who was hardly visible behind the numerous kids watching him hit John.
"ULRICH RUN!!!", Arthur shouted with all his might which startled both Ulrich and the other kids. Raising his head Ulrich saw a pair of red eyes staring at him, it's indifference and negative aura scared his anger out of him, he looks at the unrecognizable John that was already unconscious and stared at the approaching strange Alex all he could feel was death staring straight at him, his body froze.
"RUN!!!", Arthur's loud voice woke him up, he got up and ran like never before, Alex jumped and ran on the shoulders of the crowd with light steps, leaving the innocent kids intact. Thud!, He landed close to the bloodied John and stared at him, Alex raised his head and rushed towards the fleeing Ulrich, he closed in but Arthur appeared in front of him, stopping him from getting to Ulrich as he continued to flee.
"Move Arthur or you will regret it", Alex said coldy.
"I can't believe I am saying this, but I am trying to stop you from doing something you may regret later, so I am sorry Alex I can't move", Arthur said firmly as he readied himself for a bitter battle with a super angry Alex.
Alex did not bother saying anything and just smirked, before Arthur could react, Alex appeared before him he just crossed his arms to defend and he made the right choice BAM!, He blocked Alex punch that was directed at his face, tilting his head he avoided another, he backflipped and escaped a hard kick. Receiving series of attacks from all angles, Arthur who could fight on par with Alex was reduced to a mere punching bag, one that could defend, BAM!, Alex launched a side kick which threw Arthur back for a few meters creating a dust wave that made few kids cough. Turning his head he saw that Ulrich had already ran into the distance, he picked up a stone as a silver wave came from his heart and moved to his hands till his fingertips, he threw it with all his might, the kids just heard a piercing sound, they all turned and looked at Ulrich's position, the tree right next to him had a big hole in it, this was where the stone had hit.
Ulrich's eyes widened in fear as he wished his legs could go faster, the other kids gulped in fear and disbelief, they stared at Alex whose anger has somewhat subsided while he moved towards the unconscious John. William, Derek and Asher were shocked by what Alex did, they knew alex was strong but this was too much and that anger Alex just showed, they have never seen it before.
"Let's take him to the infirmary ".
They heard Alex's voice, they rushed to John and carried him with care, the other kids dispersed when they approached, the four of them were silent while they walked towards the infirmary.