PREDATOR

chapter eleven

The moment Lilth dropped Mike off at school, she gave him one long-lasting look. "You had better behave, baby. I don't know what your father would do if you caused another problem."

She drove away after her final warning.

Miles stood still trying to understand what she meant. "System. Can you bring out more details about Miles? I need to understand this body if I am going to last in it."

[SYSTEM ABOUT MILES]

[LOADING IN 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]

Miles stood still when a shockwave hit his central system. His veins popped out of his skin, and he could feel the same pain he felt when he took Kyle's power.

Every piece of information and all knowledge about Mils was passed into his system, and of course, his attributes and the way he behaved were passed alongside.

"Thanks," Miles said calmly.

He looked around and he could see they were now staring at him. He coughed and acted normal.

But the truth was, Miles was not the normal type of guy. He was the exact opposite of Jack Voss, or maybe the more evil one.

He was in the hallway trying to get books into the locker when he felt a rush of air past his head.

Miles weaved immediately, and the punch landed on the metal locker.

The locker caved under the brutal force of the blow.

"You did it right? What did you do to him, freak?!" Henry barked.

Miles rested his back in the locker and laughed. "Is this about Kyle?"

Henry fumed with rage. "You had his power collected!"

"And are you here to have it back?" Miles asked, his eyebrows arched.

[SYSTEM DETECTION]

[HENRY DIALLO: WATER ABILITY]

[HAD A HAND IN YOUR DEATH]

Miles grinned; his face darkened the moment he saw the message input into his system.

"You know, maybe asking nicely would have made me give you back his powers, but right now, I don't want to," he replied.

Miles' hands glowed, and a fire erupted in his hands.

"Do you even know how much that cost?!" Henry barked again.

"Does it look like I cared? He had the power, and I wanted it!" Mils snapped.

Many of the students froze when they heard what he said.

In Blackthorn, the buying of the power element was not only new, but it was also costly.

The rich could afford some elements while the poor could only dream of getting them.

"Did he take the power from Kyle, or did he buy it?"

"But you can sell your element. Can you?"

"Do you think he...?"

"It is impossible. You can just take people's elements after fighting them."

The student couldn't stop guessing what happened and how Miles got his new powers.

"What is going on there?!"

A voice said from behind the students, and they all dispersed, going to their various classes.

Henry, who had bubbles floating in the air, stopped channelling. He looked straight at Miles. "This is not over. You are going to wish you had never done that!"

"I can't wait!" Miles replied.

"Classes start in ten minutes! To your classes now!" the educator barked.

Miles looked at his locker, shook his head, and decided to use Dennis Lawson's since he still remembered his passcode.

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Miles had a lot of hatred burning inside of him. The thought of Maya betraying him was replayed over and over in his head.

It was like he was being stupid, or the fact he loved her was why he decided to not see how flawed their relationship was.

But now, he knew he had another chance at everything. He was going to woo her again, and this time, Jack Voss was going to now right his wrongs.

"Miles Robertson!" the female teacher called. "Are you here with us?" she asked.

Miles was a bit out of class, but he could answer the question on the board.

The teacher's face went rigid. Miles was never the student to answer any questions, even when he knew the answers to them.

He had always tried to let them believe he was a dullard. His grades were not that good, but answering a physics question was way out of line.

"You can sit, Mr. Robertson, but you need to pay more attention," she said.

Miles looked at her and nodded.

He let out a smile seeing the look on her face. It actually felt good to be seen in another light.

In a way people have never seen you before. The lesson ended shortly, and soon it was time for lunch.

Miles ate alone.

No. Dennis Lawson did.

He was used to eating alone all by himself. As Miles carried his tray, he sighted Maya with some of her friends and decided to go on with his revenge plan.

The plan was to stay in Jack Voss' face. Show him he was going to make school life difficult for him, and then he was going to have his powers taken from him.

One of Maya's friends looked up and saw Miled standing right above them.

She slowly tapped, Maya. "Looks like Robert boy can stop staring anymore. He is finally here." she said

Maya laughed and looked at Robert. "You do know Jack is going to be here anytime soon."

Miles laughed. "Does it really matter? The last time I checked, you were not taken. I don't see any ring on that finger," he said, dropping his tray of food.

"Wow! He is bold. I will give him that."

Another friend of Maya said jokingly.

"Then does he know he is a dead meat when Jack gets here? He hates when he has to struggle with someone like him.

Miles doesn't waste his time. He dropped his tray of food right in front of them and sat down facing Maya.

He couldn't stop staring at her, and each time he did. He replayed it over and over again in his head.

The way she looked and the way she smiled as he burned. But now, Miles was not here to fall in love with her. He was here for one thing.

Her powers!