Dragon kid
© Written by Victor Olusa
Episode 1
Nicholas slammed Travis hard against the metal locker, gripping him firmly by his collar and gave him a punch at his torso.
"Aargh" Travis groaned in pain clutching his lower abdomen with both hands.
"I told you to stay away from my girl!" Nicholas said, holding the collar of Travis and raised him up from his squatting position and landed another punch at his jaw. "But you just don't listen."
Blood dripped from Travis's mouth as he managed to maintain consciousness. "I told you, we are just friends."
"This tard can still manage to talk" Dave said from behind as he watched his best friend beat up Travis.
With Dave and Nicholas having a 6 by 5 muscular body frame and both playing for the School's basketball team, poor Travis with his little stature didn't stand a slight chance in fighting against any of them.
"This is just a warning! Next time will be worse." Nicholas spat at Travis, releasing his grip from Travis's collar. "Let's go Dave."
Travis body slumped to the ground as he heard departing footsteps away from the basketball changing room.
"Bad breath for a fine guy." Travis chuckled, using the back of his hand to clean the blood dripping from his cut lips. He reached for his bag and brought out his face towel and claimed his face. "I guess I will skip training for today."
He zipped up his bag, slowly stood up clutching his stomach and hung his bag on his shoulders and headed out of the basketball locker room.
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He slumped down on his chair, placing his bag on the table, brought out his iPod and plugged in his earphones. He tuned in a song "Reminder" by his favorite musician "The Weeknd" and slowly drifted his head to the rhythm, entering his own world with no student really giving a damn about him as he sat at his normal seat which was at the edge of the class. He had no friends except for Molly, the reason why he got beaten up few minutes ago. He is just that typical nerd with a character almost everyone around him didn't understand and so they avoided him most times. Him and Molly have been friends for over a year now and along the coaster ride developed feelings for, but was afraid to tell at first because she had a boyfriend(Nicholas) but recently they broke up, with Nicholas refusing and insinuating the breakup was because of Travis. He threatened Travis to dissolve his friendship with his ex, with the intention of trying to win her heart again but sees Travis as an obstacle.
Nicholas was a major Playboy, with his good looks that got girls tripping and drooling over him.
He could get any lady in bed with him, with just a wink of his blue eyes. Molly caught him sleeping with a cheerleader "Valerie Scott" at a recent school night party. That was not the first time she caught him though. Infact that was the sixth time. And she made up her mind this time to stop being a fool by always forgiving him and so she ended the relationship. Nicholas kept on pestering her, begging for her forgiveness and came up with the conclusion she found another boyfriend which he assumed was Travis.
"Hey Bestie" A familiar feminine voice said forcing Travis to open his eyes. "You didn't go for training?"
Great, standing right in front of him was Molly, he just possibly can't avoid her. He already made up his mind to collect as much blows he can from the jerk "Nicholas" just to always be with Molly.
"Yea I'm a bit sick," He replied removing the earphones from his ears.
"Oh! Have you gone to the school clinic?"
"Nah. Just a minor headache." He said managing to smile.
"What happened to your lips?" She asked staring at the cut, then a frown followed. "Nicholas again?"
"Don't worry about it, I will be fine." He tried to assure Her, knowing what next will happen which he sure wanted to prevent.
Molly didn't respond, instead she stormed out of the class heading for the basketball court. Travis ran after her, persuading her to stop. This is what he wanted to prevent. A confrontation between her and Nicholas because of him.
In no time Molly got to the Basketball court. She glanced around looking for Nicholas. She found him, ran over to him, tapped him at his back and landed a slap at his right side cheek.
"Oooh!" The other guys at the training chorused in mockery.
"What's that for Bae?" Nicholas asked rubbing his cheek.
Molly landed another slap on his left side cheek.
"Damn!" The guys chorused with a louder tone, as they gathered around the scene..
"The first was for Travis, the second for calling me Bae." Molly fumed aloud. "How many fu¢king times will I tell you. We are done. This relationship is over!"
"So you slapped me for this loser!" Nicholas replied gritting his teeth, sparing a glance at Travis. "Tell me what he has that I don't. I'm fu¢king 4 times better than him in everything."
""I got the look, the money, the cars, the fame. You supposed to be cloud 9 that I even Chase after you."
"Then go after other girls. I don't want you." Molly replied, then turned over to Travis and kissed him. "He is my man now, so back off!"
She grabbed Travis by the wrist and pulled him out of the crowd, both leaving the court.
"Sorry man." One said from the crowd in a mockery tone. "She chose that loser over you."
"Aargh!" Nicholas screamed out in frustration as he picked up a basketball and threw it at the crowd. "Get out! All of you!"
"Your father doesn't own the court. About you fuvk out instead." Another student replied and the whole crowd erupted into laughter.
Nicholas ran out of the basketball court filled with shame and rage. He vowed to revenge...
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"That wasn't necessary" Travis said as he walked side by side with Molly attracting the attention of other students as they rushed out of their classes hearing the closing bell ring. News sure spreads fast in the school..."Fine boy Nicholas get ditched by his ex because of a Nerd." He had not had the opportunity to speak with Molly after the incident because if the lectures that followed through out. He sure loved the kiss back then but only wished it was a true kiss. It's obvious to him the kiss was not out of affection for him but just to Keep Nicholas away.
"I'm sorry, I acted that way."
"It's okay. I do believe I'm in bigger trouble. Nicholas will surely want to revenge."
"I know. I didn't think it through. It was an impulsive reaction." Molly replied with an apologetic look. Molly's phone rang out. She checked the caller ID and realized it's her driver.
"Gotta go, will see ya tomorrow." She said and scurried away, down the hall.
Travis looked back instinctively and saw the angry faces of Nicholas and Dave staring back at him. They started walking towards him. Travis immediately took to his heels, navigating himself between students in the hall. He looked back and saw Nick and Dave running after him, pushing away students who were obstructing them. Travis took a left turn heading outside to the car park and went straight to the railings where he parked his bicycle. He searched his pockets for the key to the padlock connecting the chain around his bicycle to the railings. He pulled out the key from his back pockets with shaky hands and unlocked the padlock, removing the chains. He hopped on his bicycle and pedalled away, glancing back at the retreating figures who cursed angrily at him. He smiled to himself, he was able to escape. But the smile didn't last long as he rode out of school and looked back and saw a familiar black Mercedes Benz sports car coming towards his rear at full speed. He spotted Nick at the drivers seat handling the wheel, while Dave sat at the front passenger seat.
"Oh sh!t!" He mumbled, pedalling faster forward, navigating between cars on the main road. Nicholas stepped harder on the accelerator, gaining more speed, drifting between nearby cars with the aim of gaining on Travis. Travis, not giving up pedalled with all his might, as he headed to the bridge above the flowing river that was newly constructed to connect the nearby city of 'Francisco' to his own city 'Torston' by road.
Travis looked back one last time, seeing the sports car already at his rear made him lose focus and he rammed his bicycle into the front jeep. He got knocked over the railings of the bridge and broke through the last set of pedestrian railings of the bridge and fell down from the bridge unconscious, dropping into the flowing river beneath, his body sinking to the very depths of yeh river, the powerful current carrying his body along, swaying away...
