The Lost Bloodline

Chapter 8 : New friends, New enemies

Over the weekend, the group got on pretty well,Angelo, Maya and Natalie were decent individuals just like Alec, they may dress influential in public but at heart they were as humble as anyone could be, they were of course hardworking individuals as well.

As if fated, the following morning, they found that they were all in Miss Silver's home room class, though their timetables had now been changed,

"Good morning class, i trust your weekend went well, i discovered that some of you were not happy with the elements you awakened but there's nothing you can do about it now, and it doesn't stop you from becoming soilders, I mean,look at the primals, they never experience the use of abilities all through their lifetime and they still live their best lives so please try and carry on with your lives and train hard". Miss Silver addressed,

She returned to her seat allowing the students to have some chatter time before their main classes began,

Maya, Angelo and Natalie came over to Alec and the boys seat to chat, a lot of students found this bizarre, four nobles talking to low class students was nothing short of mind breaking to them but they weren't the only ones,

Elvis Presley, who had been trying to get Alec's attention since the awakening ceremony found it really unnerving that Alec would rather speak to the two nobodies than speak with him,

"Hey, Brandon, have you spoken to Sir Briam since the awakening ceremony?" Maya asked,

"No, i don't see the need to, besides the way he reacted, he knows what it is but doesn't want to tell me" Brandon sighed,

"Don't worry about am sure we can figure something out after school" Natalie added, she looked around and found Isabella glancing at them from her seat, She gestured her to come join them but she shook her head in reluctance causing Natalie to sigh,

"Hey, Brandon how about we hit the library after school? Maybe we find something that tells us about your affinity" Angelo suggested,

"Sure, although I do have to get some groceries from the supply shop" Brandon replied,

"No worries bro, i can handle it, just leave a list of things you might need" Bruce said,

"Isabella and i were also planning on doing some grocery shopping so maybe we can fi together" Natalie chirped in, she glanced at Isabella with a mischievous grin on her face,

"What about you Maya?" Bruce asked,

"I want to get in some after school training since my ability isn't really combat effective" Maya replied,

"Cool,mind if i join you?" Alec asked,

"Of course not, the more the merrier" Maya chirped happily,

"Sounds like a plan" Alec concurred,

"Might I include myself in our plans?" A Voice asked,

They turned to see Elvis Presley had approached them, it wouldn't take a genius to know there wasn't a lot of love lost between Elvis and the group,

He still had the expensive overcoat he wore to the ceremony on him,

"Sorry, slots are already full" Brandon replied bluntly,

A vein could be seen bulging on Elvis's head,

"It would seem that I have to re-introduce myself, I am Elvis Presley" Elvis announced proudly,

Brandon just arched a brow at him,

"Oh I know who you are, I'm just not moved" Brandon said crushing Elvis majestic pose,

"Alec, are you just going to let this vermin talk to me kike that?" Elvis false sobbed,

"He hasn't exactly said anything rude" Alex replied him,

"Listen, Elvis it's no secret you and Rick were the biggest bullies among the noble's children , do you really expect people to just fall to their knees everytime you enter a room?" Maya chiroped in,

"Stay out of this plant girl" Elvis retorted,

"Dude, just go please, no one wants you here" Bruce said as politely as he could,

"Stay in your lane geek" Elvis retorted, he had dropped the gentleman act,

"Do you really have no sense of dignity that you result to making those below you feel bad for you to feel better" Brandon teased,

"Why you" Elvis yelled angrily as he leapes at Brandon but was hit with a stream of water mid way in the air,

"Fighting of no sort will be tolerated in my class, if you want to fight, hit the gym or weapons class" Miss Silver said,

The whole class giggled as the now drenched Elvis walked back to his seat,

"You know what? Am going to let you guys off early for your next class today, Brandon wait behind, the rest of you are dismissed" Miss Silver added,

The class flooded out leaving Brandon and Miss Silver,

"What was that about?" Miss Silver asked angrily,

"What was what?" Brandon asked back,

"Don't play coy with me, you angered a noble, are you trying to get yourself in more trouble?" Miss Silver replied,

"He started it, why would he start calling me and my friends names just because he's an entitled child" Brandon stated,

"They are other ways to have handled the situation, I heard you were partly raised in an orphanage that taught martial arts and am sure fighting isn't the only thing they taught you" Miss Silver explained,

"No ma'am, I will try a different approach next time" Brandon groaned,

"Good, now as you know the senior students are back, I need you and Bruce to conduct interviews with them about their experience at the Frontline" Miss Silver said,

"Sure, when should we do it?" Brandon asked,

"Probably on a Saturday, everyone is usually free then" Miss Silver said after some thinking,

"Okay then, I will be going now" Brandon said,

"Just be careful" Miss Silver said before he disappeared out the door,

The moment Brandon closed the door, he came face to face with Elvis, he tried to walk past him but Elvis blocked his path,

"What do you want Elvis?" Brandon sighed,

Elvis without warning launched a punch at at Brandon's face but, Brandon caught his wrist and used his momentum to flip him causing a loud thud to echo through the halls,

Brandon quickly walked away before a crowd gathered, he caught up with Bruce and the rest at the entrance to their weapons class,

"So what happened back there?" Bruce asked,

"Nothing happened, Miss Silver just warned me about Elvis and that's all" Brandon stated leaving out his encounter with Elvis,

"By the way, She wants us to interview the returning seniors this Saturday about their experience at the Frontline for the school paper" He added,

"Cool, our next field job" Bruce said excited,

"You guy's volunteered for the paper?" Angelo asked,

"Yeah, we would have joined the lab assistant too but we ran into some trouble" Bruce explained,

An image of what happened flashed through Brandon's mind, he squeezed his fists in an attempt to calm down,

"Brandon, your hand's on fire" wc said snapping him out of his thoughts,

He raised his hand, the flame had a feirce Scarlett red color,

"Hey no abilities in the hallway" a teacher yelled as he noticed them,

"Sorry" Brandon said but he didn't know how to put it out,

"Guys, a little help?" He called,

"Just calm down, take deep breaths" Alec said while demonstrating,

Brandon followed his lead and was able to stop his flaming hand,

"Thanks, it's almost time let's get to class" Brandon said.

The moment Brandon and the crew went in, another group arrived at the door,

"Are you sure you want to do this here boss?" A chubby guy asked, it was Bob, he and his group witnessed Brandon flipping Elvis and decided they could use a powerful noble on their side,

Elvis of course accepted them as his lackeys, he asked them to take him to Brandon's next Class which is where they were currently standing in front of,

"I don't need to be sure, no one humiliates me and gets away with it" Elvis growled still feeling sore from his landing earlier,

The bell rung and Elvis walked in accompanied by Bob and group, other students avoided them like a plague, they stood a few meters away from where Brandon and the rest were exchanging training techniques,

"Alright class, today, we will be practicing attack, you will each get a turn to come up here and try attacking me but, I won't attack back, I will only defend and give you pointers where necessary" Mr Reginald announced,

All the students had a go at Mr Reginald, occasionally he would give them pointers like,

"Control your momentum, don't throw your self at the opponent, make sure there's room for a counter"

Unsurprisingly, the students that faired well were Alec, Angelo, Maya, Brandon, Bruce, Isabella, Natalie, and Elvis falling far behind them just a little ahead of the low ranked students,

"Alright,pick a sparring partner and take turns practicing your attacks" Mr Reginald stated,

Brandon turned to face Bruce but suddenly felt a violent pull causing him to almost lose balance,

"Yo green head, let's have a little spar" Elvis said with a sinister smile,

"No thanks, I already have a sparring partner" Brandon bluntly replied,

He looked back at Bruce to find that he had already been approached by someone else, one of Bob's guys,

"Here's the deal, we have a little spar, you let me beat the life out if you and I won't let your friend get too hurt" Elvis snarled,

"Fine, I will fight you but, I won't be holding back, Bruce is more than a match for that beef sack" Brandon replied as he took a fighting stance,

At this point, Elvis felt his veins would pop at any moment, no one had ever Made him feel this much humiliation and embarrassment,

"I will kill you" He yelled as he charged at Brandon who simply side stepped, dodging the attack,

Elvis decided to try a different approach, he aimed a punch at Brandon stomach but changed it to an upper cut midway, Brandon caught his wrist just as he was about to hit him and kicked him hard across his chest causing him to skid a few meters backward,

"Remember to keep your attacks non-lethal, we are trying to help each other improve not kill each other" Reginald yelled, he had been observing the students who got dual weapons and Brandon caught his eye the most, he was already well trained in martial arts the only thing he needed was experience which made him wonder why he bothered showing up for the class,

Elvis was infuriated, he stole a glance at Bruce to see that he had already pinned the other student to the ground,

"I told you he could handle himself" Brandon chuckled,

"This isn't over" Elvis threatened as he walked away holding his chest in pain,

A few minutes later, the whole class was done and Reginald came up to address them once more,

"You all did well today, those that won keep it up, those that lost, don't let one lose pull you down, let it moltivate you to train harder instead" he explained,

The class was dismissed afterwards,

"Up next, element class" Alex said,

"Hey, Brandon what happened between you and Elvis?" Bruce asked,

"He's still pissed about being embarrassed in class" Brandon replied,

"Oh, but you didn't have to hit him that hard" Bruce said worried,

"Come on dude, I didn't even use my full strength " Brandon scoffed,

"Maybe I should talk to him" Alec chirped in,

"No need, that would only make things worse, they would say I am trying to turn nobles against each other, trust me, I can handle this myself" Brandon replied as they walked into their next class,

But little did he know, things were about take a crazy turn.