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A young boy sprinted through the hallways, breathing heavily like he was being pursued by several assailants that wanted to kill him. And behind him, four boys chased after him like a hungry predator.
At the last second, the young boy took a sharp turn, bolting out of the back door of the academy's building.
The four boys however, immediately pounced on him, pinning him to the cold grounds in the backyard of the school.
"You filthy bastard!" In a fit of rage, the four men started beating him up. Fists flew, kicks connected, each sharper and harder than the last.
"How dare you!? A lowlife, second rate lower sector bastard like you!?" One of the four boys shouted out loud, he was even more angry than the other three boys.
He raised his fist as high as he could, then he slammed it into the young boy's face, and the impact drove him back into one of the taps. The contact with his back broke the faucet handle and water began pouring all over him.
Just then, a girl stepped right out of the building. She was dressed in a white shirt knotted at the bottom, a short black skirt and a blue scarf tied around her neck.
And she stood right in front of them.
She didn't say anything, she didn't need to. The look of disgust on her face as she stared at him said it all.
The girl approached the young boy, and the four boys lifted him to his knees.
STOMP!
She pressed her right foot on the young man's face, twisting it until she got dirt on every corner of his face.
He didn't say a word, he didn't even try to fight it, he only remained in silence like it was a practiced routine.
All he did was to accidentally peek when he bent over to pick up her book, and unfortunately for him, the enchanted eyes of her followers caught him, and he ended up in this situation.
Her name? Naomi Nightwood.
She was a girl of average height, and she had a slender, yet surprisingly curvy body that made her one of the most popular girls in school. To some over exaggerated minds, her beauty rivaled that of the legends told in stories.
And she had most of the boys in the academy wrapped around her fingers.
"Lick it." She said with narrowed eyes that revealed the nasty intentions she had for him.
Like an obedient dog, the young boy slowly licked the dirt on his face without resisting. It was almost like he knew resisting would make things even worse.
But his compliance made her even more angry. Since when does one's toy begin to defy them?
"You disgusting pervert! How dare a filthy pig like you stare at me!?" She stomped down on him, again and again, leaving footprints all over his shirt with each drop of water that fell on him until she was satisfied.
Then she stopped, and stared down at him.
At first glance, it looked like he was lifeless, he didn't resist, didn't even try to beg for mercy, and that riled her even more.
"You disgusting piece of shit!" She wasn't satisfied, but with the way he was — bloodied and battered, she knew if she went on she might end up breaking her favourite toy.
"Tsk! This isn't over. Let's go." She barked out orders to the four boys, and together they all left, leaving the young boy bruised besides the running tap water.
..
Seconds. Minutes. Hours?
He couldn't tell how much time had passed as he stared weakly into the sky.
Then he finally spoke.
"Damn... She caught me."
The young man rinsed his mouth with the running water that fell right besides his face, then spat it out before sliding his hands into his pockets. He raised his legs in the air, then executed a perfect kip up and landed squarely on his feet.
He groaned weakly as he picked up his bag, then he left.
『It all happened many years ago, the moment humanity was reminded first hand that we weren't alone in this universe. Humanity was greeted first hand by a group of extraterrestrial beings known as Ravemites. Yes, literal fucking aliens, it was a ghastly time to live in, and humanity thought it had seen it's end. Until one day...』
The man left the school with his hands in his pockets, and the water from the broken tap dripped off his body like he was sweating.
As he passed the school gates, many of the students covered their mouth in disgust. The putrid smell that fumed from his body was unbearable.
"It's that kid from the lower sector..."
"Damn it, don't they have bathrooms down in that shithole? He reeks like hell!"
He heard the whispers, but he didn't care.
After all, he was used to it. The insults. The beatings, day by day. It was the price he had to pay for being one of the few people from the lower sector attending such a prestigious academy.
『We were saved by an extraterrestrial organization that called themselves Starforce Nebula. I have absolutely no idea what the hell that means but one thing was for certain. They are what you can call an Intergalactic police force, and their aim was simple, absolute law and order in the universe. Because of that, they decided to expand their influence to prevent the threat of the Ravemite from ravaging the galaxy.』
The Ravemites are a race of carnivorous species that feeds off bio-energy — the energy each planet in the solar system produces during it's rotation.
And after spending millions of years ravaging other planets in other galaxies, they set their eyes on sector 2856 — the milky way galaxy.
To curb this threat, Starforce Nebula expanded their influence, creating several branches in different sectors, and one of those branches was situated on earth.
『In this post apocalyptic world, life should have been better ever since we received aid in rebuilding the planet after the threat of the Ravemites, instead, it made everything a lot worse. The rich became richer, the poor became poorer, or in my dictionary, six feet under. It didn't take long before a hierarchy was established, not long after, only those with power and influence had the rights to rule and live a healthy life.』
The young man finally reached home under the hot afternoon sun, most likely due to climate change after a portion of the Earth's bio-energy was consumed.
His neighborhood looked like the slums you'd usually see in movies. It wasn't always like this, but after the arrival of the Ravemites, everything changed, and the people living here was neglected.
As the young man opened a rusty metal door, it creaked loudly, crying out its desperate need for lubrication, and it alerted the woman inside the house.
"Ethan? Is that you?"
Before he could even say a word, a woman stepped right out of the kitchen with a spatula in hand, she was a bit tall and slender, with a curvy body that spoke of her maturity.
"What took you so long?" She crossed her arms and leaned back on the wall.
"Um, extra curriculum?" Ethan chuckled nervously, he didn't know what else to say.
She squinted her eyes and examined him carefully, then discovered the several bruises on his body.
"What happened to you?" She asked calmly, like she already knew the answer.
"I tripped and fell... Again." Ethan's chest tightened as he spoke. It was the same response he gave his aunt week by week, month by month.
She sighed, then walked back into the kitchen. "Those damned upper sector brats, I might actually have to come down to that school and have a long conversation with your principal."
"Come on Aunt Thelia, it's not like that's going to change anything, if anything you're just putting a clear and definite target on my head."
『The Upper Sector. After our world was invaded and the intergalactic police force aided in our recovery, the aid we received was monopolized in only one part of our society as expected. Humans are humans after all, as such society was divided into two, the Upper sector and the lower sector. The Upper sector was where the rich and powerful lived in after using all of StarForce Nebula's resources for themselves, and the lower sector was where the rest of humanity spent trying to survive in the wreckage of the apocalypse.』
"I'm still going to go down there, you did your best to get that scholarship, and I'm not going to let some privileged brats spoil it for you."
『Funny story actually, but to my aunt, she thinks I earned a scholarship to one of the most prestigious schools in the upper sector. But in reality, I hacked my way into the school.』
Ethan Kaiser.
He was a first year student in the prestigious academy of Edenford. He was pretty much average in looks, status, and even in his social skills.
But the same couldn't be said for his brain.
For a 16 year old kid, he had an IQ of over 200. He was already smarter than some scientists, and hacking? It was a skill he mastered at the mere age of 10.
Ethan's parents passed away in the apocalypse the years after he was born, and has been in his aunt's care ever since.
But even as a genius, Ethan had a questionable habit that not even his aunt was aware of.
『Ever since I hacked my way into Edenford, I thought life would finally be easier for me and my aunt, after all graduates of Edenford always secured good job positions with recommendations. But it was the opposite of what I expected being one of the few students from the lower sector there, for some reason, the privileged kids thought it was a good idea to have fun by treating us like some kind of pet, most especially the daughter of the principal, and the sickening part? There was nothing we could do about it.』
Despites Naomi's attitude towards him, he believed he had the privilege no other student in the academy has.
A front row ticket to her panties!
A smile tugged at his lips as he remembered the beauty he witnessed hours ago.
『Despite how she treats me, my end goal was always the same, risk for returns, that has always been my philosophy. And the greatest return was the sight of Naomi's soaked panties, for someone that acts all high and mighty, she sure is a fucking whore. Blue, black, red, pink, white. I've lost count of the different colors she wears each day, but one thing was for certain. Each new color was more sexier than the last. Oh you thought I was running away? Hell naw, despite attending an academy with the smartest professors in it, 70% of the students here have an average IQ. If anything, to Naomi's eyes, I'm just a toy she can toss around whenever she likes. But in truth, she is merely a pawn to satisfy my desires.』
"Speaking of school Ethan." Thelia's voice brought him into the kitchen, and his gaze fell on a flyer that rested on the top of their fridge.
"It seems individuals from the age of 16 are now eligible to run for the S.T.A.R program, isn't that great!?"
Ethan picked up the flyer from the fridge and read it's contents.
『Starcore Delta... As I said before, these intergalactic police force planned to expand their influence, and offered their aid to several sectors in the galaxy. One of those sectors was earth, and with the resources they provided and the knowledge of other life forms out there in the universe, our world leaders came together to form a united stand against extraterrestrial threats, they were known as the U.N.F — The United Nations Federation, and their way of protecting earth was their grand project they called Starcore Delta.』
"Thanks... But I no interests in joining their little project."
Unlike his aunt, Ethan didn't share in her excitement, she always brought it up ever since it was announced that the age requirements of candidates for the S.T.A.R program was reduced to 16 years.
But Ethan shut her down each time, and his reason was simple.
He wanted no part in the very thing that deprived him from experiencing the love of a father and mother.
To him, and from a logical point of view, his parents didn't die because of the apocalypse. They died because of StarForce negligence.
"But Ethan." Thelia dropped the spatula, she knew how he felt, she knew what he lost, they were her family too. But she refused to allow the past to put a stop to his future.
"Your parents death wasn't their fault Ethan, you can't throw away your future because of a grudge you refuse to let go off." She approached him, and rested her palm on his head.
"This might be the end of the road for me, but you Ethan, you're a smart kid, one of the best I know. This is a once in a golden chance to turn your life around, don't let the past stop you from moving forward."
For a moment, there was silence. Then Ethan dropped the flyer back on the fridge and left the kitchen with just four words. "I'll think about it."
Thelia pouted and rested her cheek on her palm as she watched him leave.
"I can never tell what he's thinking, but at least it wasn't a no this time."