Some time later…
“Tch, we still couldn’t confirm anything”. Said Sean
“Relax, we just need to wait a bit more”. Replied maeve
Maeve and Sean were inside the school walls looking for evidence of Ryan and Ethan's realtions with Marks fall, when they heard some ruckus behind the school. They didnt think twice and went to see what was happening.
Behind the school they could see Mark getting hit by Ethan and Ryan, but they suddenly stopped. They seemed to have been hitting for some time. After that Chris came up front and was about to hit Mark, but he ran away desperately before getting hit.
When Mark was far away, Maeve and Sean took advantage of the situation and approached them. Maeve was now wearing high schooler clothes with a short skirt and she had prepared herself with makeup too look as pretty as she could.
“Hello, excuse me”. Said Maeve with a cute voice.
Ryan and Ethan stayed surprised for a moment, but they quickly realised that they had a stunning girl upfront and they lowered their guards. Chris unlike them stayed far from Maeve.
Maeve gets closer to them and leans on Ethan’s shoulder while touching Ryan's chest.
“I have heard that there is a bully in this school and I’m really scared, because I’m new”. Said Maeve while talking in a sweet voice and grabbing Ethan's arm.
Ethan got all fired up and blushed.
“There was a bully, but thanks to us he is no longer an issue for the school”. Said Ethan trying to look cool.
Thought maeve while looking at Ryan and Ethan.
“What about your friend over there?” Said Maeve while pointing at Chris. Chris made a sign with his hand and just got out of there while talking to someone on the phone.
“He… helped somehow, but we both are the main responsibles”.
“The truth is… that there is one person I know that has been amazed by your work and he wanted to meet with you”. Said Maeve.
Ethan looked at Ryan surprised by the sudden proposal.
“I don’t know. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but…” Said Ethan.
Maeve fastly took Ethan’s hand and looked at him with seductive eyes.
“Please, come. Me and the guy behind me will go with you”.
Ethan blushed at the sudden move of Maeve. He looked at Ryan again and both of them nodded.
“O-okay. We will go with you”. Said Ethan
To give a better impression, Cillian decided not to meet up at their hideout, but they chose a cafe. Maeve and Sean arrived at the place with Ethan and Ryan. They entered the place and Cillian, who was sitting at a table, made a sign to them waving his hand. Then they all sat.
“Hi, I’m CIllian Kane”. Says while extending his hand at Ryan and Ethan.
“I was really expecting this meetup, I can’t believe I have the guys who took down that famous bully”.
“You two have made history with your achievement” Said Cillian trying to make them think that he was like a huge fan.
They, of course, were blushing after all that praise. They started letting out stuff like that they could have done that any other day, but they were worried about the other students. They also told some lies like that Mark pissed his own pants, because he was truly scared about their presence that time.
While they were yapping, Maeve, Cillian and Sean shared a lot of disgust and boredom glares. FInally, they stopped yapping and asked Cillian, about why he wanted to meet with them.
“So, the main reason is to make you an offer. With your actual reputation you have gained a lot of popularity among gangs and street thugs. That's something you must have realised already. Before, anyone takes you. We want you to join our gang. The Shatterfists”.
Ethan and Ryan gulped and looked at each other. They weren’t smiling anymore.
“I know what you may think, but we aren’t that bad. We can also give you guys special treatment and we won’t make you do anything illegal. We just want to have you both”. Said Cillian with a fake smile on his face.
After all the praising and the politeness summed up with Maeve constantly flirting with them, they accepted forming part of the Shatterfists.
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After that they showed them their hideout and told them two things. First, they were going to be part of the third group and that they had to get a tattoo of the gang on their necks. At first they said that they didn’t want to do it, but they were convinced by telling them that they could get two fingers directly instead of one and be above those with one finger.
After some weeks, Ethan and Ryan stopped going to school. One day though they couldn’t contact Chris anymore, which made them think that Mark had done something to him in a form of revenge. That’s why they went to school to confront him. When Mark got out of the class, they saw how Mark looked at one girl with a smile they had never seen in their lives. Then they contacted their gang to tell everything that happened and that they wanted to destroy Mark more.
The plan they came up with was to kidnap the girl that Mark smiled at and hold her as a hostage until Mark arrives and destroy him physically and mentally. They told the plan to Cillian and he told them to do it discretely and don't let any other member that had the same or more rank than them know.
Coming back to Mark pov…
“That's everything. Did you like our story Mark?” Said Ethan.
I stayed silent, but I still was impressed after everything that happened.
“So, that’s the only reason you have thrown your life away joining a gang? Just because some asshole praised you about something you didn’t even do?” The words that came out of my mouth made Ethan’s and Ryan’s smiles change with a serious and angry face.
“You fucker. Why are you so cocky now?” Ryan approached me. He looked at me angry, but a laugh came out of my mouth after looking at him for a bit.
“That’s it I’m fucking done. Come out guys!” With the snap of Ryan, a lot of other Shatterfist members started appearing around me.
“Kill him!” Every one of them charged at me at the same time. One guy specially was faster than the others and he tried hitting me in the chest. A clean hit. With a clean sound. No pain, no damage. I used the Kiba Dachi stance. Many of them started hitting me. I started feeling adrenalyn and excitment coming into my body.
Suddenly I felt something, normally I couldn’t explain why I felt stuff like this, but now it was very clear. Danger! A straight punch came flying directly at my head, this sensation scremed me to dodge and not to tank it. So, I tried to. That punch was fast, really fast. It came as a gust of wind. Unfortunately, I couldn’t dodge it fully and it left a scratch on my face. I decided to take some steps back.
“Uh, you dodge it? Well done. Not a lot of people can do that.”. A guy in front of me standing in a boxing stance jumping slightly. He was a promising Irish boxer in his first year of high school, but he disappeared from competitions, last year after losing one match in the nationals quarter finals. People say that he was a dirty and brutal boxer, and that he was banned. His name is Declan Roche.
“What is a ‘promising’ boxer doing in a gang?” I looked at his neck and he had 3 fingers. Declan’s face veins seemed to be about to burst.
“No one can interfere from now on. I will take that guy down personally!”. Said Declan.
He stepped forward, his stance tight, his footwork light. His eyes didn’t blink once.
The first jab came. Sharp. Direct. Aimed at my nose. I tilted my head to the left, just enough. The punch brushed air.
Following, he rotated his hips and foot. A right cross was coming. Fast, clean and again aimed at my head. I ducked under it, rotating slightly on my heel. Even with that he reset almost instantly. He smirked and then came the combo.
Jab, cross, left Hook to the Body.
I let the first two pass through empty air. But for the hook I dropped into Kiba Dachi, planting my legs, tightening my core. The impact hit my ribs, but the stance absorbed it. I didn’t even flinch. He didn’t stop there.
Right Uppercut, left Hook, he then lowered his gravity center and shifted his weight into a low straight to the thigh.
I swayed back from the uppercut, twisted my shoulder away from the hook and stood firm when the low shot hit my thigh. But I still tanked it with Kiba Dachi. He frowned.
“This asshole is not normal!” he muttered.
He pivoted changing angles. Overhand Right and a feint that lead to a hook to the Liver.
I saw it. The shift in weight. The twitch in the shoulder. I dropped low and let it glance off my hip. I received it perfectly. No damage from it.
“Come on,” I whispered. “Hit harder.”
His grin turned into a snarl.
Rapid-fire jab sequence, 1, 2, 3, 4, all at my head.
I weaved. Left. Right. Duck. Lean. Not a single one touched me. He is losing accuracy just to increase strength.
Then…
BOOM!
A right straight to the solar plexus. It landed perfectly. I wasn’t able to take the stance. It hurts, it hurts a lot. I exhaled through the pressure. I stay stood.
He stepped back, eyes wide.
“What the hell are you made of?” He was sweating and breathing heavily.
I tried looking tough, but that was a heavy punch.
While I was distracted with Declan in front of me and the pain suddenly I felt the same sensation of before. Behind me, I heard the rush of footsteps that were fast, reckless.
My whole body started screaming the same. DANGER! Behind me Ethan jumped and was about to hit me with a metal bat. In my neck. I turn back in an instant, I cover my head with my arms crossed and I receive the clean hit with my arms.
Ethan came at me again and tried hitting my ribs. This time I have enough time to take the hit with Kiba Dachi. I receive it and I let out air.
“Mark, damn freak! Fall already you fucker”. He was about to do it again, but Declan stood in front of me.
“You fucker, are you defending him?” Said Ethan.
“What the fuck did I say? I said that I would take him down myself! Have you forgotten your rank?” Replied Declan.
Ethan snaps his tongue and steps back.
“Mark, was it? Why are you not fighting back?” Said Declan. I looked at him for a bit. I sighed. Relaxing a bit, at seeing how he doesn't have his guard up.
“Various reasons. I won’t tell you the main one, but one of them is because you guys have Karla kidnapped”. I replied honestly.
“Karla?” Asked him. That took me completely aback.
“The girl your gang has kidnapped!” I said. Getting furious thinking he is faking not knowing.
Suddenly my anger stops growing and a surprise face appears after looking at him. His expression has changed. He is not relaxed anymore, he seems furious, angry, pissed off. He turns back to Ethan and grabs him by the neck.
“Ethan, you fucker. Care to explain what the fuck that means?” Said Declan
