" Oh so you think you can take all of us? ".
Baryon squeezes the juice box in his hand tighter, then launches it forward at the face of the bully right in front of his path. Not being prepared or expecting Baryon to throw anything, the bully got hit in the face by the juice box.
The bully staggered back, and before he could recover, Baryon rushed forward and launched his foot out, hitting the bully in the chest and knocking him down. Baryon, being unguarded received a right hook from another bully from the side.
Baryon intentionally staggers away, to put himself in a safe distance from the other bully, Baryon's gray eyes flickered to each bully. The bully who punched him ran towards him, and Baryon took off his backpack and swings it across, hitting the bully in the face and sending him to the ground.
Baryon tosses his backpack to the ground, and before the bully could hit the ground, he followed with a punch to the solar plexus. Another bully rushed in as well, and Baryon spins around, swinging a kick at the face of the bully.
Baryon steps back, and watched as the two bully's who haven't attacked yet, stepped back. So he was quite shocked, when the bully he had knocked to the ground with a kick to the chest, tackled him unto the ground.
The bully sat upon his solar plexus, then began punching him in the face repeatedly, across each cheek.
" You think you're tough, you were really going to wipe the floor with five of us? ", the bully laughs as he continuously punches Baryon till the point the boy had began to bleed.
" You idiot, you're never going to win against all of us. Now let's see your face! " said the bully.
The bully stopped punching, and tried to pull at Baryon's mask, but before he could even come close to succeeding by a fraction. Baryon took the bully by the collar, pulls, and uses the bully's bodyweight to pull himself up and headbutts the bully's nose.
Breaking the nose, the bully began to bleed. The bully cried and rolled off of Baryon, Baryon gets up quickly and ran over to his backpack, which was not too far from the other bully he had smacked with it.
As Baryon was about to pick his backpack up, the bully he had hit with it reached for it and took it up. Baryon scowled, and his eyes went to the bully's foot, stepped up to the bully and smash his foot down upon the bully's foot.
The bully cries out, and Baryon snatches his backpack back, Baryon looked around his eyes stopped at the bully whom had began to whimper because of his broken nose.
' I think I might have went too far, I have to get out of here immediately ' He thought.
Baryon backed his backpack, and ran out of the fenced area. Baryon went back the way he came, making sure to avoid other student's whom were leaving, as best he could, but as he was heading to the exterior exit, he catches a glimpse of his driver, asking about his whereabouts from other students.
' If he's over there, then the car will be right outside '.
Baryon continued on his way, he spotted the SUV, approached it and tried to open the door. But it wouldn't budge, he groans and knowing employees of his father, they won't back off till he his found, and if the driver does not find him as fast as possible, Baryon was sure he would make a call, and that call might not be in his favor, so he thought.
' It's best to minimize the damage ',
Baryon takes off his backpack, unzips and fishing through it, Baryon pulls out his phone. Switch the phone on, and he waits for several seconds for the phone to turn on. Once it was on, he went to the contacts and called his driver.
" Young master! Where are you " asked the driver over the phone. " Am here beside the car, I'm waiting " He replied.
Baryon hangs up, and waited for the driver to return and find him. The driver was shocked when he saw the state Baryon was in, but he made no comment upon the matter, he unlocks the car and Baryon gets in the back, setting his backpack to the side and placing his phone on his left thigh, as the driver closes the door for him.
The driver returned to the driver seat, starts the car, turns and drive away from the school...
" Young master! What happened, why do you have blood on you? " asked Butler Yae as Baryon entered the house.
" I got in a fight with a few bullies. I'll take a quick shower and I will be fine " Baryon said. " Well, don't forget about getting some rest if you need it ".
Baryon nods and leaves Butler Yae behind, and goes up the stairs on the right, and then disappeared into the shadows of the narrow passageway.
The lad tosses his backpack unto his bed, and takes off the jacket of his uniform, he lays it open on the bed, then starts unbuttoning his shirt. Baryon folds his shirt, after taking it off and gently lays it within the jacket.
Baryon unbuckles his belt, zips open his pants, the pants drop down to his ankle, then he pulls his foot out. Baryon picks up his school pants, folds it neatly as well and lay it on top of his shirt, he picks the uniform up and walks over to the sofa, then lay it down.
Baryon walks back to his bed, and retrieved his backpack, picking it up, he unzips and brings out a small notebook. He opens the book, and flip to the blank pages, he rips a page off, put the book back in and brought out a pen from the bag.
He goes back to the sofa, and kneels down, placing the paper upon the folded pants, and scribbled a few words down, saying,
" I'll probably be knocked out when you come in, so take this, and have it cleaned, it has a bit of a bloodstain on it "
Baryon gets back up, and made his way to the bathroom, he shuts the door behind him and then he brings his index close to his ear, taps the little device, and his mask retracts.
Baryon drew in purified air, and sighs. Baryon stands before the mirror, he brings his hand up and touch his nose.
" Will I ever get better, " he said.
Baryon dragged his finger down, and touch his split and bloody lips, as he did he groans as it stung. Baryon opens his mouth, and his teeth was bloody too, he checked to see if he hadn't lost any teeth and he sighs, glad that he had not lost any teeth out of his twenty-eight.
" He's tough... I should wash up ".
After taking his shower, Baryon came back out with his mask back on, and he walked over to his closet, he pushes a button that protrudes from the side of his closet and it opened up.
Baryon picks out a blue boxer shorts, takes off the one he was wearing, and puts the newly picked one on. Baryon returns to bed shirtless, he gets up on the bed, he leans forward, picks his backpack and drag it towards him.
Baryon pulls his phone out, and zips his bag close, then he places it down to the floor. He gets under the covers, and unlocks his phone, he goes to the menu and scrolls up and down hopelessly.
' No one, nothing. I should sleep, this day has been too tiring already... ' He thought.
Baryon stared at the screen of his phone, stuck between his desire to sleep and his thoughts. After a while, he groans and slaps the screen of his phone down to his side.
" Kia... Well, I should have expected that much " He whispers before turning unto his side and closing his eyes.
A while after, the boy drifts off into slumber, then memories and dreams collide pulling him into a past he could not forget.
In the winter of 2023, a younger Baryon sat inside a black car, with his mom: Clarissa Scott Balogun, a wealthy thirty-six year old woman from London, which was where she and Arion met and fell in love.
Both mother and child found themselves to be temporarily, stuck on Elysian park 110 freeway bridge due to the exhaustion of fuel. It had been the fault of the driver for not having, checked up on the fuel tank to see if it was full.
The driver was outside in the cold, making a call, while Baryon and Clarissa chatted happily.
" Your father was telling me this morning, that he was proud to have a son like you, a true genius " said Clarissa, " that's because I take after you " said the boy.
Clarissa pulls her son into a hug, holding him close to her chest.
" You know I'm proud of you to baby, you are a special kid, I hope no matter what you don't forget it " she said with a smile.
After those words, Baryon heard a whoosh in the cold snowy night, then the booming sound of an explosion, everything lights up. With his chin resting on his mother's shoulder, he saw it clearly; a fighter jet had crashed.
But it did not end with a crash, Baryon loses sight of the explosion as his mother also turned her head to look in the direction of the burning jet.
After a few seconds another explosion occurred from within the burning fighter jet, Baryon looked his mom in the eyes, and there was something about the way she looked at him that confirmed what her expression was to him, when she suddenly unhooks the car seat belt, opens the door as fast as possible and shove him out of the car.
Baryon fell to the cold bridge ground, he tried getting his bearing, and his eyes went up, to look back into the car, he had not heard the shattering of the window and the sound of flesh being perforated.
His eyes went wide, his sight set on the image of a sharp scotched metallic piece from the jet, having penetrated his mom's body through the nape; the sharp metal had become blood stained and was sticking out, it's tip pointing at Baryon.
" Mommy!.... "
Baryon screams awake, body trembling as he sat up his hands bawled tightly into fists, he huffed and puffed with wide eyes tainted with fear and horror.
" Why, why, why, why!? " he blurts, then he hangs his head covering his face with his hands. " Mommy, why were you sad in that moment? " Baryon asked himself in a whisper.
Once several minutes had passed, Baryon had become calm enough to notice two pills on a small white plate, beside a bottle of mineral water. There was also a note next to that, seeing the note Baryon's eyes went to the sofa and his uniform was gone.
Baryon picks the pills up, tosses it into his mouth, then takes the bottle of water off the table, unscrew the cap and gulps down water to swallow the pill. He screws the cap back on, and picks up the note, which read.
" You are in a deep slumber as always, the pills are to relieve you, once you take them you should come down and have dinner ".
Baryon puts the note back unto the table, and picks up his phone, he checks the time and saw it was well past 6pm. He moves over to the edge, and climbs down from the bed, Baryon went over to his closet, opened it and retrieves a blue tank top.
Baryon puts on the tank top, and made his way towards the exit, he found a pair of slippers and puts them on, after the door opens and he exits.
As the boy began his descent down the right side stairway, he noticed a seated brown skinned figure and he immediately forced his saliva down.
Once he'd noticed the man, Baryon walked a bit tentatively, till he reached the living room. Baryon's eyes went to the seated man, and the man gestured for him to come over, and he did.
Baryon approached the dinner table.
" Good evening, sir " Baryon greeted, " you know since that mask, it's become a bit hard to read you. Sometimes I wonder if I should just make the entire house a safe zone, but I think that would be going too far, " said Mr Balogun, " at the very least this is an opportunity ".
