Xander System And The Blitz

1... Alexander Todd...

In a class full of mostly unserious students, a beautiful and young female teacher stood in front of them to explain the topic of the day and ask questions.

Alexander Todd, known as Alec, was present in the class, sitting quietly, like he has no life.

He took several deep breaths to calm his nerves, but it wasn't working. The huge boys sitting at the back of the class made him feel apprehensive, and anytime he summons little courage to look back at them, his timid eyes would always lock with their fierce ones.

He knew right away that he was a dead meat, all for saying 'hi' to the only girl that was nice enough to wave her hand and say 'hello' when he was getting his books from his locker before class started.

Alec was a guy that always had something heavy in his eyes.

He has a father who got sick frequently and still tried to work to provide for their daily needs, and he has no mother. His mother died from a dementia disease.

Alec doesn't have much of a choice than to accept every bad events that comes his way, he was aware of the type of world he lived in, and anytime he tried to stand up for himself and other people like him, it ended in disaster.

In the place he lives, the city of Koach, there are people with special powers; The power of money, game, intellect and strength.

Unfortunately for Alec, he doesn't fall into any power category.

Everyone knew only people with those powers are allowed to rule the city. They form alliances with other powerful people from other cities to exploit the value of common people like Alec.

"Alec, can you tell me what you understand by cellular respiration?" The teacher asked, staring at him. She got no response from him. His eyes were expressionless as he stared into space.

"Alec?" She called questioningly.

"Alec?" The teacher called again, but still no response.

"Alexander Todd!" The teacher barked and that brought him back to reality, causing a slight jump from him.

"Huh?" He looked confused, but his confusion was quickly turned to the joke of the class. They laughed so loud like it was the comedy of the year.

"Silence!" The teacher ordered the class, then she turned to Alec "I asked you a question earlier"

"You did?" He asked nervously.

"Yeah, but you spaced out" The teacher replied harshly.

Alec swallowed. He knew disgrace was coming his way. After the teacher repeated her question, Alec could only stare at her blankly. He didn't know the answer to the question because he wasn't listening in class.

"Fucking dummy" A boy in class remarked with a smirk and his friends burst out laughing.

"You forgot to add that he's a dullard too" Another one put in, laughing in between his words. "It's no wonder he can't bag a girlfriend"

Another round of laughter boomed in the class, and the taunts continued until the teacher called the class to order.

With shame and anger, Alec sat quietly in his seat, his head down.

****

Alec opened his locker to get his books for maths class. When he turned around, he met two huge guys with a threatening stance right in front of him, and he recognized them right away.

"For fucks sake" He whispered under his breath. "Sam, Kevin, please just..." He shut his eyes tight for a second and opened them "Leave me alone. Why do you target me everyday for your bullying? Don't you guys have work to do?"

What Alec did not understand was that they always found fun in bullying him every day because he was weak, they would be able to show their powers by tormenting him.

Kevin took a step closer to him till there was no space between them and punched him in the stomach. Alec grunted, his books falling from his hand. Passers-by would never know the pain Kevin was causing to the innocent Alec right here with the discreet way he had to punch him.

"You're an idiot. Didn't you know you were supposed to stay silent?" Kevin whispered with an angry tone. "You weren't supposed to say shit back to me"

"Honestly, Kevin" Alec shook his head weakly "You're insane"

And that earned Alec another hard punch from Kevin.

"What the hell is happening here?" A deep voice boomed in the hallway.

At first, one would think the voice belonged to a teacher, but as the two bullies saw the owner of the voice, they let out an exasperated sigh and threw Alec a meaningful, angry glare not to say a word to anyone about what just happened. They scowled at Alec's saviour before walking away with the arrogance they possess.

"Are you okay?" The guy asked with concern, standing confidently in front of Alec.

"Ye...yeah" Alec lied, but his new friend saw right through his lie.

He smiled "Maybe you should take a little rest before going for class. It helps" He advised, then left without even introducing himself.