He knew the rumors about Katrina Lupe and could personally testify that she was capable of what those rumors said she did. She and her group were one of the crazier untouchables. He remembered how back in the sixth grade he had personally watched that infamous psychopathic behavior in action.
There was this girl, Sarah, who had bumped into her and then quickly apologized, but quick as lightning, the twelve-year old Katrina grabbed the girl and yanked on her arm. She then told the other girl who she thought she was that she could say sorry and everything would be alright. Sarah got really scared and tried to get away, but then a snap sounded. It was shortly followed by an ear-piercing screech. He remembered the disgust and fear he had felt at finding out that the crack was the breaking of Sarah's arm. The horror did not end there because after Katrina did this, she kept on kicking and punching the other girl until he was sure that no one would ever be able to see her as the pretty blue-eyed, brunette girl that she had been moments before. Seth thought it very likely that that day would haunt him for the rest of his life. Even now, he still remembered what that unnatural snap sounded like.
When Seth joined the crowd, he saw the twins taking a defensive position around a blond girl with a pixie cut that he knew to be the younger Alistair sibling. If memory served Amy was her name. She was only a freshman. Her brother was in his year, but would be away for family business the first week of school. Seth knew this because James was a rumor expert and this fact had been true for the past six years, according to James. He looked around, but didn't see anyone from Amy's group. She was also an untouchable,but she was a different sort when compared to Katrina Lupe's group. Just as their were different cliques for what Seth thought of as the normal people, he knew that their were different cliques for the untouchables.
The male twin said, "Back off. I don't want to hit a girl, but neither my sister nor I will stand by quietly as you commit assault on an innocent." Katrina said, "Ooh, lookey here. Looks like we've got a couple of would-be heroes. What you gonna do if I don't really give a rat's ass?" The female twin glanced at her brother and said, "Hey, bro, get the girl out of here and leave the rest to me. There's no point in you fighting a girl and this pup is really pissing me off." Katrina snarled, "You bitch! Just who the hell do you think you're talking to?!" The female twin ignored her and said, "Nicolai go now!" He nodded, picked up the trembling Amy and ran. It surprised Seth that he would be so quick to abandon his sister to a monster like Katrina. He did not take the boy to be foolish and surely he could see that Katrina's tall and athletic frame could easily crush the smaller girl.
The male twin said, "Back off. I don't want to hit a girl, but neither my sister nor I will stand by quietly as you commit assault on an innocent." Katrina said, "Ooh, lookey here. Looks like we've got a couple of would-be heroes. What you gonna do if I don't really give a rat's ass?" The female twin glanced at her brother and said, "Hey, bro, get the girl out of here and leave the rest to me. There's no point in you fighting a girl and this pup is really pissing me off." Katrina snarled, "You bitch! Just who the hell do you think you're talking to?!" The female twin ignored her and said, "Nicolai go now!" He nodded, picked up the trembling Amy and ran. It surprised Seth that he would be so quick to abandon his sister to a monster like Katrina. He did not take the boy to be foolish and surely he could see that Katrina's tall and athletic frame could easily crush the smaller girl.
Before Katrina could chase after them, the girl tackled her on the floor and then rolled over. With her prey gone, Katrina faced the girl and said, "You're gonna regret that." The girl gave Katrina an easy smile and said, "Really now,because right about now, I'm actually kind of proud of myself." Katrina yelled a string of curses at the girl while trying to grab her, but the girl only dodged and mocked her. For a moment Seth thought that she would be alright because it soon became obvious that although Katrina was stronger than the girl, the girl in question was much faster.
It didn't take long for Katrina to figure this out. The bigger girl than kept on throwing different kicks and punches at the smaller girl. The girl didn't think that there was anything wrong, but soon Seth saw it. Katrina was trying to lead the girl close to her group so that one of them could grab her and hold her still so that Katrina could mutilate the girl in whatever way she wished.
Later Seth would question his sanity. Later he would wonder why he would do something so absolutely stupid. But that would all happen later. Now he pictured what happened to that girl all those years ago and remembered what it felt like to be called a coward.
He pushed through the crowd and before Katrina threw another blow, he grabbed her arm from behind and used his other arm to bind Katrina's free arm to her side. Before Seth could warn the girl to run the other way, he felt the back of Katrina's head slam into his face. This caused him to release Katrina and stumble back a few steps. Katrina then turned to him and said, "Aww, how sweet, the little genius boy wants to play hero too. Hey Kane, I want to save all my strength for this little bitch here so you take care of this wannabe." A member of Katrina's clique walked out and said, "Sounds like fun." Seth muttered a curse at this.
Before Seth could think of something to do, he felt a foot slam into his rib cage. This was quickly followed by a sucker punch to Seth's left eye. It was this that caused him to stumble back and land flat on his behind. When he looked up into his opponent's eyes, Seth knew that this guy ws going to kill him. He was really going to kill him.The guy didn't care if Seth lived or died and would probably laugh as he laid bleeding and broken on the floor.
Seth thought of all the things he wanted to do with his life and wanted to scream at his past self for making this decision. It wasn't fair that he had to die like this. He had no hope of teachers coming to his rescue at the last moment because whenever something like this happened at St. Gregory's, and it involved the untouchables, Seth could bet his life that the teachers would make themselves scarce. It wasn't fair. He wanted to finish high school ,go to college, get a decent job, and have a girlfriend. He didn't want to die like this. He wanted to live.
If anyone had asked Seth what had happened next, he wouldn't have been able to reply. All he knew was that in that moment, he felt an intense fear coupled with a sense of unfairness that he would have to die in such a stupid way. He then screamed so loud that his cry felt as if it had reached the heavens. Shortly after a blinding light that was as blue as his eyes appeared . And then there was only darkness.
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