Punishment

[Stein Archist]

"FUCKING... PIECES... OF SHIT!"

Stein yelled loudly as his fist pounded repeatedly into a boys stomach. He held him up with his left hand allowing his right one to punish him. Once a stream of blood was coming down into the boy's shirt Stein tossed him aside, his body ricocheted off a row of lockers and hit the ground with a thud.

It hadn't been long since Stein got to this school, and already quite a few happenings were going on. The first thing was a news report about the school, and next Stein had been nearly robbed. Luckily in the second situation he managed to catch and destroy the burglars before they managed to wreck or take anything. Now he had ran into a small gang of boys picking on a young girl simply because a guy she was dating was thought to be unpopular. Being a man who had a sister KILLED because he was hated, this was not going to stand.

"Who the fuck are you?!"

A loud voice rang out from a gang member backed against a wall. Although a large wooden bat was on his hand, the lack of confidence in him caused it to tremble. Stein could only chuckle at this comment as he walked toward him.

Stein's knee came crashing into the boy's stomach like a train through a building wall. An explosive cough of blood sprayed from the boy's mouth and hit the tile floor behind Stein. As the gang member leaned forward in reaction to the knee Stein let his hand come down and grab the boys face. IN one had swift movement he sent the head back into the wall it was once leaning against. The wall was left with a large hole, and Stein, still holding the boy's face, shot his arm back as he stepped to the side. The boy was send face first about twenty meters down the hallway before he finally hit the tile floor. The cartilage in his nose shattered and a streak of blood went up the blue tile.

"It is not my purpose to tell you my name." Stein said, he turned to face the last boy, who currently had a broken leg from an attack Stein did previously.

"My purpose is PUNISHMENT!"

With that, Stein charged in at the boy sitting up against a wall, and brought his foot swinging around chaotically fast. The bottom of his shoe planted on the boy's chest and the pure devastating force sent him through the wall and rolling into the next room. This was only to get into a tangled mess of desks as his body flew and crashed into them.

The dark man turned to walk away, when something interrupted him.

[jacob]

Well, this was more of something you would expect to see every day at a school known for at least a little bit of violence. It wasn't original or anything, yet for some reason, Jacob had found it to be actually quite peaceful for awhile. It all changed after he went into a hallway known as destiny, no seriously, a bunch of people nick named the hallway destiny because it seemed a lot of events had taken place in the exact same hallway. A fight between a student with magical gloves and a steroid taking teacher, a man with glass trying to stab away at some arrogant man who scored with girls and made the glass guy jealous, and last but not least, a couple breaking up with a bunch of bones broken in the such. Yes, this hallway was quite the history lesson, and there for, it was the hallway of destiny.

It lived up to its name too because the second Jacob walked into the hallway, he heard loud annoying yelling which was worth a few drops of crimson blood dripping down the ears of millions, but violent taunts never were really fun anyways, were they? Still, Jacob kept his composure besides the first small twitch from the sound blasting in his ears in a very nasty way. He didn't even seem to show the scene as a threat, he kept his hands dug into the pockets of his black leather jacket, and his back hunched slightly like a charming loner waiting for a girl to go along his way and change his life forever in a very dramatic scene of love and romance. And he continued to walk, most likely by the way of things everything was going to end at the slow pace he was walking.

The guy winning was strong, Jacob admitted it, and if possible, he would rather avoid fighting the guy. Sure, he could go up and throw some random cliche fighting poses and then run into the fight like a wild maniac if he really wanted to, but he didn't! Of course, as planned, when Jacob was around the location of the oh so wonderful winner of this violent little rumble, he was screaming out about being punishment. It really was worth making him cringe up and want to fall on the ground covering his ears for the glory of keeping them healthy!

"More like your purpose is being annoying."

Jacob commented back in a witty smart ass tone, just loud enough for the guy to hear, obviously wanting to feather him up a little bit. He wasn't actually planning on fighting, but hey, he was entitled to a few smart comments here and there, it was what he did. Still, he proved that he was showing no threat toward the man by continuing on his walk, but it would be worth the time if this guy retaliated a little bit.

[Stein Archist]

As Stein went to turn away he heard a boy speak up. An obvious blatant insult from an obvious fight-loving teenager. Probably just a kid looking for a rush, the kind of dumb brainless child that Stein had ignored time and time again. Generally straight up taunts would be reacted to, but this kid wasn't even worth a word of retaliation. The pathetic attempt to get attention for his useless self would fail and then him been left to do whatever he wanted with it. Stein did not react at all, he simply walked, down the hall, turned the corner, and kept on with his every day life. Nothing so un-interesting as an insult had ever made a reaction out of Stein before, so it wouldn't now. Unless someone else bothered to say something he would simply leave.

'Stupid kid..' Stein thought to himself.

[Jyo]

Jyo was cruiseing through the halls between classes like he loved to do most of the time when he heard loud crashing. Figureing it could mean trouble he went with his instincts and headed to the source of the noise. He saw two people. A person obviously older than most students and another student he had nver met before or even seen around here. Jyo's attention was the hole in the wall. Ignoring the other two he headed to it seeing a student in terrible shape.

He walked through the hole and knelt by the kid checking him over. He was in bad shape. but Jyo knew if he was taken care of he'd be fine. He slung the kid's arm over his shoulders and helped him stand.
"Thanks." The kid said weakly and some blood ran down his mouth and ended up on Jyo's suit jacket.

Jyo started leading the kid out of the room with intent to take him to the infirmary. He kept an eye on the student there and the retreating older student. He didn't want a fight. just to help the kid out.

[jacob]

"Hey, you didn't have to ditch me, that was the time for you to say some more cliche lines!"

Jacob yelled out, turning around, and waving his hand at the guy who was trying to walk off on him. Oh well, Jacob's mad charismatic charm must of isntantly initmated the man, and forced him to go away before it was too late. It was surprising he didn't just run, but hey, wasn't Jacob's problem. Anyways, it seemed someone else had came to take care of the downed student, so Jacob turned over to face him instead, deciding the guy was actually going to leave. Seriously, talk about killing a perfect scene for some dramatic moment, and here Jacob was hoping to get himself on T.V. or something!

Anyways, he made the way to the guy looking at the students.

"Thanks for taking care of the students, I would of done so myself, but I had to disengage the puppet before it went off doing more wacky stuff."

[Jyo]

Jyo stopped looking over at the guy speaking to him.
"Well I guess it's something I just got used to a while back. Even if he had this comeing to him I at least have to get him out of the way." he said inspectng the remaining person. The guy was roughly around his own hieght and even had a similar build from what he could see thats where the similar traits ended besides the way that he carried himself. jyo could tell this guy was a seasoned fighter at the very least.
"Any idea what went on with all this besides this kid getting creamed?' He asked.

[Aureus]

Physics, room 205 taught by Mr. Trotta. Yes, that's where Aureus had been before all the hub bub started. Friction equals mew times the normal force. It's not spelled like that ya know? Of course I know. Mew is just cooler. Wait, shouldn't this conversation be going the other way with me saying the stupid things? I dunno, should it? Aureus thought, mentally sparring with Levi as Trotta droned on and on, explaining a problem that the Pillar new backwards and forwards. All ya had to do was memorize equations and plug numbers into a calculator, it wasn't hard.

Before him laying on the dark brown desk was a notebook filled with notes and equations, all scribbled down neatly in small handwriting. Now that there was no mental challenge, Aureus was getting bored...bored...bored. His attention began to wander, and he thought about Chi and how much he loved her. Then there was that jump he had missed the other day during his parkour training. The way his guitar sounded the first time he played misirlou all the way through. Then, out of nowhere, came a shock wave that shook the building. It was at that time that the young teacher stopped what he was doing and threw a glance at the schizo. It was time for him to do his job.

Standing up slowly, Aureus ignored the few stares he received from other students and pulled on his gloves. A few seconds later he was out of the room and heading down the hall at a steady pace. Someone was causing trouble, and if they were doing it for the wrong reasons it was his job to stop them in addition to helping the injured. It was a pain in the ass in some regards, but it was what he did, what he had agreed to, and what was expected of him.

Right away his dark brown eyes darted to the large hole in the wall. With a sigh his pace quicken. As he turned a corner, a boy he had met before, Jyo, walked by with an injured students but stopped to talk to someone else. It was around that time that he asked exactly what was on Aureus' mind. "Yes, I'd like to know as well," He said off handedly, looking to the kid he didn't know.

[jacob]

"A kid got beat up, and the guy screamed out about being some dude who punishes people. I think he's a potential rapist, YOU should keep your eyes on him."

Jacob said before Aureus even had the chance to speak, and then gave a simple arrogant smirk once he finished speaking about it all. The last bit was spoken directly to Aureus, one could say that it was quite weird, but hey, Jacob could be considered a weird guy. He kept his gaze on both of them, enjoying the attention that he was soaking up while he had it, and ot think, this time he played the HERO! Just goes to show you that you can get weird reactions at the weirdest of times.

"Other than that though, not a clue, didn't bother reading his mind, thought it would be too disturbing."

[Jyo]

Jyo looked at the guy he was helping at mention of the possibility of what he was. Jyo didn't like the sound of that. But still there was no proof of it so for the time being he give the kid the benifit of a doubt. He looked over at Areus.
"I don't know anymore that what was just said now. Actually less. i'm just dragging his beaten hide to the infirmary than it's off to my next class. No more no less." he said.

[Aureus]

Finally, someone who's actually a help...Yeah, it's surprising. The schizo thought after the senior's explanation. Though the part about reading his mind was a little strange. The boy had said it like he was serious, but he couldn't actually read people's minds...could he? Doesn't matter, there are more important things to take care of right now. He thought in regards to the other man trailing blood through the hallway before replying to Jacob and Jyo.

"Yes, well I'll keep that in mind. Seems like he got thrashed for a good reason," He said to Jacob before addressing Jyo. "Alright, thanks, man," He said to the red head before approaching Stein. "Hey! Mind explaining yourself?" Aureus called out to the giant. Heh, he looks like he'd make a great opponent. Yes, well the point is to avoid violence if we can. Remember that.

[chessa]

(Hope you don't mind me joining; I need to get back in the rping mood. I've been terribly busy).

Echoing footsteps could be heard as Chessa would turn the corner, three books, five manilla folders and a stack of student lab reports for her Chemistry class keeping her hands occupied. In fact, she could hardly look side to side due to her balancing the rest of it with her chin resting lightly on the top.

She listened very faintly to the crackling sound over her walkie talkie, paying not much else attention as she thought of her home life and its problematic situations. The walls she passed were merely blurs in the corner of her eye. In fact, she seemed hardly there, mentally, at all, if any.

That was until she heard voices. And no, not in her head, either. She looked up to see four male students hanging around in the hall way. A double glance and she saw blood. With a quirk of an eyebrow, her footsteps had more direction to them instead of a wandering towards her classroom. Not even her gray pencil skirt couldn't keep her from walking faster.

"Somebody better inform me what went on here, or you may find yourself with quite a few nasty 3rd degree chemical burns and/or a heavily damaged ego." And as a chemistry teacher, she certainly had the capability to do so. She looked from all the students, to the injured one, to the one with the goal to bring him to the infirmiry, to the other two, that quirk in her eyebrow remaining there.

[Stein Archist]

Stein looked back at the smaller boy who had decided to approach him. In and instant Stein's back foot swung around so that he was facing this man. His dark gloomy eyes stared down upon the boy as the smirk on his face grew only the slightest amount. The dark hand of the large man sunk deep into his right pocket, and his left came up to his glasses. He allowed the gloved index and middle fingers of his left hand to push his glasses toward his face. Quickly then he pocketed that hand as well. Storing it in the same careful way a robber would store a gun. Mainly because his hands were the most dangerous weapons one could have on them without spending the time to buy, steal, or make something.

"Generally in the instance that one sees a small gang of boys pushing and physically hurting a small girl, saying bad things about her boyfriend, one has to make a decision. Is he going to run and attempt to find a teacher or someone with power and hope that the girl does not get seriously hurt, to get rid of that risk by showing those guys the downside to their scum-acting. I did what I am most used to, and would spare the girl the most trouble. She ran away after my first attack, but I am sure she is thanking me in her heart."

Stein's sinister and dark voice was misleading from his generally good intentions. His body, his personality, his physiology. They were all designed to do evil. The mere point he was born was to become this dark and horrible chaotic man. However he was slowly overcoming his ultimate expectations. He could not deprive himself of the need to fight, but he could fight for much bigger and meaningful reasons than he did at 552. Especially since his big plan was to stop the man behind a lot of the turmoil around the country, and soon to be around the world.

Soon another had entered the scene. A female that screamed out 'I HAVE A BIG UNSTOPPABLE AND FOOLISH EGO!'. Course this was the case with most females who spent too much time with power under their foot. Stein wouldn't bother speaking to her. Instead he turned back to the man who approached him.

"Now then.." Stein's booming dark voice had only grown darker. "Care to tell me exactly whom it was who asked me to explain such things?". Stein wasn't exactly sure who this boy was that felt the need to approach him, but he would soon find out.

[Jyo]

Jyo raised an eyebrow at the woman who approched. Obviously a teacher. He wasn't phased by her comment.
"Well instant threats. Interesting. I see this place is no improvement over my last school. However being a teacher I see no reason to not tell you. For reasons unknown to myself at the very least this student was attacked. I hear there is a chance he actually had it comeing. but I'm giving him the benifit of a doubt and getting him to the infirmary. Now unless there is something else I'd like to be on my way." He said and started walking no matter what the teacher's answer was.

[Aureus]

Aureus stood still, listening objectively as the man explained himself. Sure, he could have simply attacked him for injuring a student and damaging the school like some other people would have done, but he didn't like operating like that. He was a very logical and fair minded person, and thought that in most cases the intention was more important than the action. This just happened to be one of them.

One thing that the Junior found particularly interesting was the fact that despite the man's cold, dark voice and mannerisms, he seemed to think logically and somewhat morally. It was because of this that he could tell they would get along. Even so, Aureus would be cautious of him and everyone else. He wouldn't irrationally label everyone as an enemy, but wouldn't be overly trusting. He was balance; balance was the key.

"I see. Well, in this case, I commend you for your actions. I would have done the same in your place. However, I have to say you went a little overboard. Try to keep the damage at a lower level next time, eh?" he said off handedly before the catty yells of a certain female teacher reached his ears. Jyo was the one to bite the bullet and answered her, so Aureus turned his attention back to the giant who had basically asked him who he was.

"Aureus Hayes, Pillar of the school you're standing in. And you are...?" He answered and asked, with a small smirk.

[Stein Archist]

'A pillar eh? So this shit has become popular in a lot of schools...'

Stein's dark form had not moved since the point where he pocketed his hands. However the lungs of the powerful man had started to increase breathing. He could feel his heart begin to pump faster and faster. Sadly Stein was used to this painful feeling, and his hands came out of his pockets. His right hand thrusted itself inside of his coat. He grabbed a metal flask. With his other hand he went into the other side of his coat, grabbing a yellow pill container. His thumb flicked the lid off, where it was held to the container by a previously placed piece of tape. Stein opened his mouth and dumped about four pills into his mouth. After popping the lid back on and pocketing the container, he used his now free hand to open the flask. He then brought it up to his mouth and drank the stingingly sour liquid to down the pills. Once that was done he closed the flask and replaced it into his pocket.

"My name is Stein Archist, first year graduate of the school your standing in." Stein chuckled from his own play on the other's words.

"I transfered hear from Public High School 552, in New York. I couldn't be happier to be somewhere new. No particular special position there nor here. However I do have a reputation."

Stein got uncomfortable with his hands simply hanging at his side, and brought them together at the start of his legs. He cracked his fingers, and brought them up, only to be placed back into his pants pockets.

"So what's the deal with this school?"