ruce got bullied, Brandon would stand up for him which usually led to a fight and he usually disappeared after every fight he

ce see my friend? I brought him here yes

poor chap probably wants to learn to defend himse

ll take my leave now" Bruce

leading to the gym but went in the opposite direction which led to the cafeteria, he pushed the doo

to the gym would misdirect me, come on, I have known you f

around so they would face each other,

isappearing after losing a fight, it was five against one

nderstand" Bran

me why you run away and cry in silent, just talk to me,

go, I was five years old then, I was staying at

r, how did you get that fa

e explain"

EVEN YEARS A

really expensive looking suit stopped by the orphanage, he said he was a guest passing through town and that he was impressed by Clary's singing and that he would like to adopt her, we were overjoyed but a little nervous, Clary and I were basically inseparable, she begged the man to adopt me too but he said he could only afford one child an

recalled overhearing one of the man's phonecalls while he was at the orphanage when he said he would be stopping by a mansion on the west outskirts of the city, so that's where I went and as fate would have it, I was caught the guards and locked in the basement with some other children including Clary, I hugged her so tight, she now looked pale and frail, I was so heart broken, I promised I would get us out of there, the only two paths

iled message and tied it to a stone with a piece my clothes th

and i left to jumped, the shooter in the Passenger's seat had already jumped out, the driver seeing that his comrades had abandoned him, reached out to grab us with one hand, it seems he had decided he would rather die than get arrested bad he was planning on taking us down with him, he got a grip if Clary's wrist, she struggled and I even tried pulling his hand off her but we were too weak and it didn't do much, seeing that it didn't work I resulted to using my teeth, which caused him to loosen his grip a little but it was enough for to break free, we scrambled to the back but before we could even jump off the van swayed abruptly causing us to lose our balance and fall, we turned around to see that the driver had abandoned the steering wheel to come after us, he grabbed a hold of one of each of our legs and pulled us towards him, at this this point our instincts kicked him and we began kicking his face with our free legs, kicked his face but his grip didn't loosen, then I slammed my heel into his left eye causing him to yell in pain and lose his grip on us, we scurried forward to edge about to jump off when he grabbed me by the back of my neck and began squeezing, I yelled at Clary to jump out but she didn't listen, s

a smile, she mouthed I love you brother and then with all the strength she could muster in her legs she kicked me out of the van and onto the rocky cliff's edge the moment it went over, the last glimpse of her face I caught was if her smiling, her eyes closed with tears flowing out if them, I knew she didn't want to die but she sacrificed herself to save me. I landed hard in my back and passed out, the police

-PRESENT DAY---

the trauma of losing someone he cared about at the same time for all this years was simply too much for him, he pulled Brandon into a tight hug and said "thank you for telling me thi

ays hold those bullies back, I would never have been able to escape to call the teachers and if you hadn't done that energy blast thing we might not have even survived the encounter

med it might be those bullies again, Brandon shoved Bruce behind him and took a fighting stance but soon

uble for missing homeroom"

ter breakfast, I was feeling too sick to go to classes today" Brandon

that for?" Brand

day's incident" Bruce r

g to deceive you ma'am" Br

m this morning, they thought they had killed you and that your final attack was some sort o

o we do now?"

ass once you show them, get cleaned up and get to class, you both look like you ca

you during lunch" They sa

er bringing any food" Miss Silv

" Brando

and went to their next class, which was weapons class, they s

yone will trouble you fo

id it and and am sure the other students will be curious about it, not to mention the fact that the 2nd and third y

ver and I, the only people who kno

y told half the class, looks like peace and qu

this" Bruce said as he pat Brand

nto the class, ready to face whatever