On his walk home, Matthew had sensed that Kirk and James had been following him. He had wanted to avoid the confrontation with them if he could help it, but it seemed that this time it would be impossible. Thankfully for him, his stats had improved to the point that he didn't believe they would be able to beat him this time. He had purposely lead them down a dead end alley so that they could have the privacy to hash this out.
"It seems that you have no where else to hide from us cripple." Kirk said
Matthew frowned at that, considering that he had no intention to stay a cripple. He planned to make Kirk regret making that statement. So instead of arguing about it, he took a fighting stance.
Kirk and James both immediately made their move seeing that Matthew was ready to fight. The first to reach him was Kirk since his larger size and better stats made him faster than James. Kirk threw a punch that only connected with Matthew's out stretched hand. Matthew then proceeded to kick kick Kirk away just as James arrived. Having just watched his fellow bully get kicked away like he weighed nothing was not only worrying, but made him hesitate, which was the opening that Matthew needed.
The next thing that James could see was the opposite end of the alley way as Matthew had backhand slapped him and caused him to spin around then he casually swept him off his feet and proceeded to kick him in the stomach a few times for good measure. He then turned his attention to Kirk who was just picking himself up off the ground with a pained expression on his face.
"From now on, it would be better if you took the long way around when you see me coming. Otherwise, the beating you'll get will be much worse that what is about to happen." Matthew said.
He then proceeded to give Kirk a beat down he would never forget. When he walked out of the alleyway, one could look down and see a beaten and bruised Kirk and James. The one that obviously got the worst end of the beating was Kirk as he was bruised from head to toe and was even missing a tooth.
Matthew then continued on his way not having taken a single scratch from the whole encounter. His improved stats made it so that he wouldn't have to worry about his bullies anymore. He just hoped that that would be the end of this whole situation with the two of them.
Matthew finally reached home where his father was waiting on him in the kitchen. His father greeted him with a single sentence. "We need to talk."
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