"Burb" Peter burb filled the calm street
"Dude have some class" Percy smiled nudging Tyson with his eblow but Tyson kept staring at the stone ground as they walked in the back streets of district 2
"do you think I have a chance with Stacy?" He stopped walking and turned to Percy but Percy turn to Peter while Peter stared at Tyson with wide eyes and a slack jaw
The was silence between them as a plastic bag flew past them, Peter shut his mouth and cleared his throat pulling Percy to him
"Brother the council will need to think deeply about you question" Peter dragged Percy to a corner of a building with yellow peeled paint
They crouched down on glanced back at Tyson who was leaning against a wall "lets begin the meeting" Peter turned to Percy
"What madness is this?" Peter asked pointing at Tyson with his thumb and Percy shrugged
"Do you think the enforcers replaced him with one of those cyborg clones" Peter eyes widen as he spoke
Percy shock his head "that would be too fast but I do think the food has some drugs in it"
Peter leaned closer "what do you mean by this?"
"Well have you noticed some guys at school have been acting strange?" Percy glanced back at Tyson and leaned closer "I think those drugs are attacking him as well"
Peter nodded "your right, why would a healthy boy try to ruin his life by getting involved with a girl" he shock his head "especially Stacy"
Both of them stared at the stone ground in a silent agreement 'we can't let his destroy his life like Mike'
They stood up and nodded at each other walking back to Tyson
Tyson jecked off the wall "tell me guys what do you think?"
"Mmmmh" Peter began walking around Tyson as if studying him "Tyson you know we are friends right?" Percy nodded as Peter spoke
"And as friends we only want the best for you" Tyson chest tightened as he hung at Peters every words "but my friend" Peter put his arm around Tyson shoulders
"That girl has those things called parents" Tyson looked down remembering that Stacy was a girl from district 2 "and those parents are your greatest enemy"
Peter pulled Tyson by the shoulders and walked down the street that had plastics drifting around "they will never let you have what they consider theirs" he whispered the last part into his ear
'I can't win against her parents, if it was Mike I could beat him' Tyson dragged his beaten shoes on the ground with a heavy heart then
"Unless he impresses them" Percy shut his mouth in an instant while Peter gave him a sharp glare as Tyson stopped walking
"Your right" he turned and hugged Percy with smile
Peter spoke in a rushed tone "he's not" shaking his head
"Wait how are you going to impress them?" Percy spoke and Tyson stepped back with a stupid grin on his face
"I'll have to get first place in the District 1 test" he turned and ran off, his steps felt lighter with each step
"Whats wrong with you?" Peter glared at Percy as they ran after Tyson
"I zoned out" They turned left as they ran past the building painted with cheap paint that was being peeled off by the wind
"Where are you going?!" Percy shouted as Tyson figure dwarfed
"Im going to study!" he shouted as he stepped on to the dirt ground
With the help of gravity his speed doubled he grinned as he could already see Stacy parents begging him to take her after he gets first place
"Wobble"
"Who the hell d.."
He made a sharp turn and bounced off a metal sheet ignoring the voice coming from inside, he kept running the world seemed to have blurred as the only thought that filled his mind was the test
'I'll pass' Tyson kept reassuring himself at every step he took then a familiar stood down the street
The bald man smiled with the single tooth as he planted his feet apart in the middle of the street, licking his dry lips but Tyson didn't slow down
He picked up a hand full of dirt while running and jumped to the air, the man opened his arms wide ready to catch the kid
His withered face couldn't stop smiling then dirt flew into his eyes and mouth
"HAAH"
"PUFF"
With his eyes shut he couldn't see the dropkick coming for his face as he spite out the dirt
"Thud"
The kick landed perfectly and he stumbled back to metal sheets
"Clatter"
"Who doing that?!" Someone screamed from the inside as the man bang against the rusted sheets
He could barely see but he saw blurry short figure in white ran toward him
"I said I'm sorry" Tyson foot connected with the mans mouth
"Thud"
The mans head banged against a metal sheet, his mouth bleeding
Tyson kicked him again "why are you not happy with my apology?"
The man covered his face as his last tooth fell on the dirt under Tyson kicks
"If I see again it won't end well mister" Tyson ran off leaving the man covering his head cowering on the dirt with a bleeding mouth
In district 3 the was only one concrete building and that was the shelter but the people that could stay in the shelter were all beneath the age of 18, anyone above that age was kicked out
"Huff..huff..huff" he leaned against a matal sheet as he looked at the three story building surrounded by shacks
Despite the building being defenceless no one in the lower district would dear do anything against the shelter unless they wanted to face the enforcers
He took a deep breath and walked to the gray building as usual most kids were outside, Tyson nodded at the teens sitting at the corner not noticing the blood on his pant
Everyone stared at him as he walked to the build, Tyson rubbed his nose and smiled 'they finally admiring me'
The stares filled his ego as he stepped on the stairs then he saw a familiar figure up at the top of stair with a stern look on her face
"What happened?" She tapped her foot while her hands hung on her hips
'Don't embarrass me' he forced a smile trying to impress his admires "I went to school"
"And you came back covered in blood" looking at her eyes his smile wavered as he kept his head high
"I don't see any blood" she grabbed her forehead as he spoke
"Who did you fight this time?" Tyson looked down and muttered something to himself "what did you say" she stepped down
"I didn't fight with anyone" he stared at his feet then he felt his right ear get yanked
"Nooo don't that!" He protested as she pulled him up the stairs
"Shut up" he walked with the edges of his shoe's as she dragged him into the building by ear passing the staffed check in "you promised me you wouldn't fight"
She let go of his ear as stood in front of the elevator and Tyson clenched the ends of his shirt with both hands looking down "I'm sorry"
"No I don't want to hear that what happened to your promise?" the steel doors opened and she crossed her arms as they stepped inside
"I'm not mad I'm just disappointed" she unfolded her arms "when you asked me to help you study so you could impress that girl you promised, you would never fight again"
"What happened do you no longer like that girl?" He shock his head feeling her piercing gaze, she crouched down "do you remember your promises"
He nodded with watery eyes, Lucy was the nicest volunteers the shelter ever had and was the only person Tyson trusted other than his friends
"Good" she ran her finger throw his dreads "after you charm that girl, I will be waiting to see you in the academy" the metal door opened
She stood up and walked to the lundry room leaving Tyson alone in outside the elevator 'that old man started it' Tyson wiped his eyes as he looked at the blood on his clothes
Lucy heels clinked on the tile floor as she returned holding some clothes "here go take a shower and bring those back" Tyson nodded and ran to the stairs