"The games of kings: Rise of the underdog"

chapter four

" No."

Her tone was icy and there was a finale in it. The students crackled with laughter as they all smiled.

" You got me there." Derek said grabbing Selena by the waist. And she did it, Hse cupped, Derek's face in her hand and placed the most passionate kiss ever.

[ STUDENTS GASP ]

The hallway was in frenzy mode as many of the students let out a shout.

" I told you, she was taunting him."

" Luke should know his place."

" I can't believe he wasted his time bending the knee."

I got up to my feet in anger. I surge forwards dragging Selena away from Derek but a deafening slap hits me across the face.

The sound echoed through the hallway and everyone was silent yet again. " Are you dumb?" Selena barked.

But I was not done.

I charged towards Derek and gave him a punch sending him back to the floor.

His friends rushed at me and wanted to roughen me up but Derek's voice made them stop.

" No, grab him!" He shouted.

I winced as three of his best fighters had me pinned down. " I am going to teach you why you need to know your place in this school, Luke. You are nothing and you will always be underneath the likes of us." Derek said in anger.

.my jaw, sending a wave of pain through my face. I tried to struggle, but his friends held me down, their grip like a vice.

"You think you can just interfere in other people's business and get away with it?" Derek sneered, his eyes blazing with anger. "You're just a pathetic little freshman who can't even defend himself."

I felt a surge of anger and humiliation, but I knew I had to keep my cool. I glared up at Derek, my eyes locked on his.

" And you are going to keep your eye down the next time I am talking or I am going to poke them out."

His friends threw me to the ground as I tried to catch my breath. But then I heard another voice which went through the hallway once again.

Mr principal Harper.

We all know him to be a corrupt man but maybe this time, he was going to side with me. I lifted my body from the floor with my lips torn and my face swollen.

" Not you again, Luke." Harper said with anger.

I immediately ran forward with anger. " They came at me. I didn't do this."

" Oh really. Everyone knows you are a menace in this school." Harper said tucking his hands into his pocket.

" What did he do this time?" Harper said looking at Derek who was playing the victim

" I think you need to watch the kind of students you admit into the school. He came at me like some enraged bull." Derek said with anger.

" I think this is the height of it, Mr Luke. You leave me no choice." Mr Harper said adjusting his glasses.

" You are hereby given a suspension of two weeks. And also a school community service if two weeks. You are to come to school and also clean up every nooks and crannies of the school."

" This is not fair. They all saw it!" I shouted with blood streaming down the cut in my face. " They saw Derek and his friend pin me done and beat the crap out me." I said with tears

" Saw you? And how many of them did?" Mr Harper asked. His gaze landing on everh students who formed a circle to watch what unfolded.

But to my surprise, none of them vouched for me. None of them raise their hands up in the air. I felt my stomach churned in anger. My body stiffened and I felt justice was not meant for people like me.

I looked at Derek who had a satisfactory smile on his face. " I thought as much. You are to leave the school compound and don't come back until I ask you too. Go home and reflect on what you have done!" Harper shouted

But then, Derek said a word that made me stopped abruptly. " Do you even have a home to get back too?"

His words hit me hard and I couldn't help but wonder what he meant by that.

" I learnt you have been thrown out of the house haven't you? Poor Luke couldn't even pay his house dues. I wonder why Selena put up with a guy that can barely pay his bills." Derek tuanted.

I retraced my step with my hands clenched by my side. " What did you do?" I said with anger burning in my face.

" What did I do? No, I simply showed you how much of a power I have over you. I can make you disappear, Luke. You mean nothing to me!"

" Did you buy my house?" I shouted in anger.

All the student chuckled seeing the level of fire as anger that was burning between the both of us.

" And what if did? Your landlord was hoping to kick you out anyways. I just helped the process happen a bit faster. Besides, you don't have much of anything. Your loads..everything was garbage." Derek said and everyone laughed again.

I looked at principal Harper whose gaze as fixed on me, also daring me to lay one on Derek. I could read between the lines too. Derek was trying to make me agitated into throwing him a punch.

But I slowly let out a gentle breath and turned walking towards the exit. " Run baby,Luke. Walk away!" Derek shouted and the rest of their laughter haunted me as I walked through the glassy door.

My ribs ache, I knew one of my ribs was broken but I need to get back to work. I can't have the woman who had helped me started having second doubts about me.

I grabbed my phone to put a call through but then my hand felt numb and my legs felt weak.

And then I heard the sound of my phone. A tone that was meant for the game I had downloaded earlier.

Then a system message flashed before my very eyes.

[ System message; Press Yes/no to avenge yourself ]

I was lost for a second before I fell to the ground and passed out.