Godlike

"Why sons why? Why are you doing that? That isn’t what I expected! You are my Sons, my flesh and blood! I can’t believe that it has come to this. Do we need to fight?”

I heard a voice, but I couldn’t open my eyes, I wasn’t strong enough.

"Oh… come on Dad isn’t it lovely to see you on earth. I have never thought to see you here. So… you want to stop us from destroying the world, I understand. Why don’t you tell us a name then?! “

What are they talking about? Why shouldn’t someone be on earth?

"I cannot just tell you a name! LOOK AT WHAT YOU’VE DONE! YOU Destroyed a church for no reason!”

"Oh Dad, Dad, Dad, of course, we had a reason. You are the reason. We wanted you to notice us and as you can see, you are here, so it worked.”

What is happening right now? Who is talking there? I can hear two male voices, but I can’t tell which.

"You know what Dad? How about we just end it right here. You are getting weaker and weaker every day. It’s only a matter of time, till we kill you!”

I have to open my eyes. I need to know what’s happening!

"You really wanna fight against your father? My son’s… I want you to know that I love you, but I’m not gonna hold back.”

I managed to open my left eye. That was enough to see a black guy in a white suit talking to something glowing in red. I couldn’t see far enough to identify what’s glowing in red. Then I saw the man in the suit raising his arm. He snapped with his fingers and a bright light appeared. I had to close my eyes, I wasn’t able to see anymore. I only heard screams. Those screams were louder than everything I’ve ever heard before in my life. They were so strong, that I passed out.

5 hours earlier…

I was standing in the middle of the schoolyard, surrounded by many students standing in a circle around us. Jacob and I. Jacob in front of me.

He started shouting "Now I got you, where I wanted. Now everyone is gonna see how I beat the living shit out of you!”

"Do we need to do this? Gosh, you’re so annoying.” I answered.

He was running towards me, ready to punch me in the belly. I wasn’t ready, so I had to take this hit in. I saw a little grin on his face. The confidence in his face was clear as day. He maybe was a little bit too confident. With his confidence, he also became more careless, which I used to my advantage. He looked into the crowd smiling and that was my moment. I slipped out of his grip, kicked his legs away and he fell to the ground.

I stood and he was on the ground.

I won.

"I am maybe not the strongest, but I’m smart and fast, which was my way of fighting.”

But there’s one problem with Jacob. He isn’t a fair player.

As I turned around ready to go, he stood up and charged me. This unfair play of him is also one of his weaknesses because I knew that he would do that.

I dodged his punch, turned left, pushed him in front of me, so I stood behind him.

"The Fight is over Jacob. Give up. You lost. You’re maybe strong, but you’re not that smart.”

That made him even more angry and careless.

He turned around and punched me in the face. I couldn’t dodge. He went for another swing, but I dodged it.

I backed up as he said "Don’t act like you’re a great fighter. I could crush you if I want to. But I wanna see what you’re capable of ”

I didn’t know what to think. Is that a bluff? Should I be scared? No, I shouldn’t, I should be calm and concentrated in this fight.

He unexpectedly jumped at me and kicked me in the face. I fell to the ground. He rushed towards me. I wasn’t ready for a fight like this. I couldn’t doge any of his attacks. He was attacking fast, but not with a concept. He is just punching like a psychopath, but he’s fast. He is even faster than me now.

Speed and intelligence should have been my advantage. Now it’s only intelligence, which wasn’t good.

I needed to outsmart him in any way. His fist came swinging to my face, and I wasn’t fast enough to dodge, again. Jacob is destroying me.

But then, out of nowhere, he froze for a second and I could dodge a punch.

I crouched down to dodge his punch. But then when the time went on, he just kicked me in my face, so fast that I couldn’t see it coming.

This kick was the end of this fight. I was on the ground, my nose was bleeding and I felt powerless.

"You stupid bitch! I said that I am gonna destroy you and look at you now. Down at the ground. You are weak, you would never defeat me!” Jacob said with a big smile on his face.

"What the HELL is going on here?” The HT interrupted Jacobs’s victory speech.

"You!” The HT pointed at Jacob. "In my office NOW!”

It didn’t take long till I was also in his office. He asked me why we even fought.

I answered unemotionally "He challenged me to and I couldn’t say no or I would be called a coward.”

"You both are pupils at this school and are supposed to learn and have fun, not to fight against each other? You and Jacob will be detained. Now get out of my office.” The HT commanded.

So I went out of the office. Everything hurt. I lost a fight. I felt weak.

I still had many questions. In a glimpse of a second the time froze, but why? And why was he so fast? It looked like not even human anymore. I trained hard to become the fastest at this school, but Jacob? He just became out of nowhere faster than I. How?

I still had lessons. In English class, I got a new teacher, Mr. Dawson. He was black with a gray beard and gray hair. But he hadn’t much hair, it was like more a bald head with a little bit of hair. He looked old. He wore a suit in a turquoise tone. And a completely white shirt under it. He got a white necktie as well. He made a very good lesson and did know every answer to any questions and the ones that were not about English, but it was like he knew everything.

After this lesson, I went to him to ask him about my grades.

"Don’t worry you’ll get good grades, I promise” he winks at me. Finally some good news. My new teacher is a good one.

I went home. My mom stood next to the door, like every time greeting me with a big smile, which changed into a surprising face quickly today. She asked about my black eye and my nose. I answered with the fact that I’ve fought against Jacob. My mum was in shock because of that, but my Dad…

"Did you win son?” My Dad shouted.

"No, I didn’t” I answered ashamed.

My Dad hugged me and said, "It's okay Gabriel, I know that you’re not the one who is good at fighting, you’re good with your brain..”

Then I went up to my room, played some video games, and learned.

It couldn't get out of my head, that Jacob was faster than me, and the fact that the time froze for a second, so I did some research about that. But the only things that I found were nothing helpful. Maybe I’ll find some answers somewhere else. But not now. Now I’m going to sleep a bit.

About 4 hours later my mum came into my room and asked if I wanted to go to church with her. I didn’t want to, but then my father interrupted my mother.

"With us…”

"You’re going to the church too. Of course, I am coming with you.” I answered happily.

So we all went to church.