"Mind your tongue. Mr.Smith. Do not mistake my leniency for weakness. Since you are late you will be facing detention for the whole week."
Nesta's mouth was left ajar as his worst nightmare had come to pass. Thinking at what happened to him today he could finally understand that life was indeed a tragedy.
.....
After several hours of nonstop studies, it was finally time for lunch. Nesta quickly slammed his head on the table due to his stomach which had been badly injured by Jake's punch. Trying his best to move from his seat, he made his way slowly to the cafeteria to grab some snacks.
His venture ended up at the rooftop where he was busily digging into the snacks he had taken from the cafeteria. Due to what transpired between him and Jake in the cafeteria he had decided to stay away of that place in order not to be ridiculed by anyone.
"Detention! What did I do to receive it." he mumbled to himself.
PAH!
The sound reverberated as the attack had reached where it was intended to reach. Nesta dropped all the snacks to the ground as he held the back of his head where the punch had landed. Wriggling on the ground had been something he was now familiar with so without a thought he had begun doing it as if he had rehearsed it some days ago.
The pain inflicted by the punch travelled throughout his entire body causing him to toss and turn rhythmically. A loud laugh echoed atop the roof as another set of punches landed in his midsection.
"Did you think that I wouldn't find you?" the voice blurted upon seeing him writhe in pain.
The voice made it clear that it was indeed Jake who carrying out this act. Without hesitation he readied his foot and smashed it into the back of Nesta who had currently curled up like a ball. A punch to the head, a kick to the back and he was now dragging his victim across the floor like some ragdoll. Nesta tried his best to scream in protest due how severe Jake's bullying was getting. Before he could though, he was pulled up to his feet by Jake who was preparing to kick his in the chest.
"NO! NO! NO!..." the words got stuck in his throat as the powerful kick landed precisely in between his ribcage where his sternum was located. Seconds later and he was seen crushing into the metal gate which led into the rooftop. His body slowly fell to the ground as the impact was made when he had hit the gate.
"STAND UP!" Jake shouted while clenching his fist for another round beating. A wide grin appeared on his face as he kicked Nesta's head.
"Do you want your freedom? Do you want this punishment to stop?" he asked with his sadistic but friendly voice which caused shivers to run down Nesta's spine. Without waiting for his answer, a torrent of punches had been delivered into his stomach which was trying to recover from the damage it had taken in the morning.
Through muffled screams, Nesta tried his best to give him a suitable answer which would not worsen his case.
"YES! Jake, I want all of this to stop."
"Nice, you could have said it much earlier. As a good person that I am, I have decided to give you one last task. The success of this task is what is going to decide if you are going to be granted your freedom. Do you comply?"
A smile crept onto Nesta's face even though he was passing through an unbearable pain. "A way to finally gain my freedom. I comply. I will do anything that you want all you have to do is to say it."
"Good boy. I'm done with the girl you were head over heels in love with. I will be willing to toss her to you if you are able to complete this mission. The difficulty of this mission is E-A-S-Y. A piece of cake I tell you. All you have to do is to give me Arianna."
Nesta stopped tossing when he had heard whose name Jake had mentioned.
"Upon all the girls you have at your beck and call, why, why do you want my cousin?" he said out loud to Jake's hearing as he tried his best to stand eye to eye with him but his body failed him terribly. Before his body could settle down, a punch connected with his diaphragm. The punch knocked all the air out of his lungs which had already suffered a little damage as a result of the earlier beatings.
"Think about this--my family is the richest in the city of pride. As an heir to the family's riches I will someone as beauty as your cousin to stand by my side when the time comes. Don't think that it's only fair that I'm the one to make her a full blown woman?" he explained while licking his lips in the latter part of the explanation like some predator.
"You are mad! Don't you think that I know you far more than you know. Jake Hart, the son of a rich man who changes girls like his clothes. I don't know what you are planning but all I can say is that stay away from my cousin."
Nesta dropped to the ground after speaking what came into his mind. He knew that with what he had said there was no turning back and Jake was going to beat the hell out of him. He closed eyes and waited for the end but nothing happened.
"Think about it and give me a better reply tomorrow."
All that Nesta heard was the sound of the metal door being slammed shut by Jake who was currently descending down the stairs.
He breathed a sigh of relief as he sat up and slowly placed his back against the metal door.
Boom!
The door was forcibly swung open as someone stumbled into the rooftop. Looking down the person could hear another person wincing in pain on the ground.
"What happened!" The feminine voice shouted while the person helped Nesta to his feet.
A few minutes later and he was now on a bed in the infirmary of the school where a couple of eyes were staring at what was left of him.
What happened to him?
That was what they were asking. Nesta kept his mouth shut because he knew that once he mentioned Jake's name everything was going to be treated as a normal thing.
....
Outside the school, above the school's campus to be precise a spectacle was unfolding in front of all those who were present.
A rift the size of a stadium appeared in the sky. It started as a normal tear in the sky and was slowly increasing in both length and width. Flashes of lightning emanated from the edges of the rift and was slowing heading towards the land below it.
Those staring at the spectacle covered their ears as the deafening rumbling and cracking sound of thunder pierced through the whole of the city of pride. The air became thick with the scent of brimstone and burning sulphur as several of these rifts opened up across the city.
"Is the world coming to an end?"
That was what everybody was asking themselves currently.