Chapter 1
“Sam! Hurry up! We’re gonna be late!” shouted Tom for the trillionth time. Tom Johnson was at his friend’s house, waiting for him to get dressed. Tom and Sam had been friends since they were about 6 minutes old considering they were born in the same hospital room with Tom just 8 seconds in front. He had short brown hair and dark eyes and loved to wear a casual outfit. He played for the school’s basketball team. Sam Ford on the other hand was African and came from African roots. He had dark blond hair and loved to just mess it up. It’s every morning. Tom thought. Sam is gonna come out of that house saying that he had trouble putting on his shirt.
After what felt like 5000 years but was actually 2 minutes and 24 seconds, Sam Ford came out of the door, huffing and puffing.
“Sorry,” he said. “I had trouble putting my shirt on.” Tom rolled his eyes and smiled.
“Well, maybe you could ask your Mum to buy some new clothes.”
“Whaddya think I was doing all weekend?”
“Playing FC26?”
“No no...no...yes.” Sam said, sheepishly. Tom laughed.
“Well, it is a good game. But you have better things to do.”
“Like what?”
“Like asking your Mum to buy new clothes you idiot!” said Tom, slapping his best mate in the head. Sam rubbed the bump on his head.
“Ow. Anyway, what are we doing at school today?” Sam said, sighing very loudly. Sam absolutely hated school for as long as Tom could remember. He would much rather play FC26 or skateboard around the neighborhood. Tom didn’t really feel exactly the same though. As Tom did think that school could be boring at times, he didn’t hate it. Plus, he was getting really good grades. He knew that if he knuckled down and did his work, the week would be over before he knew it. However, there was one subject he hated in school. Chinese. Tom felt that there was no reason to learn a different language unless you are going to that country. And, Tom thought, you could still just use Google translate. It really is a no-brainer.
“Well, we’ve got a math exam at school...”
“Urrg!”
“Bro let me finish! We’ve also got a Chinese exam which I am not looking forward to.”
“Why? Out of all the subjects in school, Chinese is the best!” Tom groaned. Tom looked at his mate to ask him why he was such a moran but he had disappeared from where Tom last saw. He looked over to Sam’s gate, and just as he expected, Sam was down at the gate, ready to run to school.
“Come on bro! We don’t want to be late!”
Whatever brah. Tom thought. He ran up to Sam and the pair started their walk to school, unaware that their lives would be changed forever in a few hours.
“Bro! Catch up Tom! Don’t be a slowpoke! We don’t want to be late to our Chinese lesson!”
“It’s at 10:30 in the morning bro! We have plenty of time!”
“When it’s time for Chinese you don’t!”
Bro you are obsessed with this subject for all the wrong reasons. Tom thought. Tom ran up to his friend and sighed.
“All right man,” Tom said. “Let’s get in.”
“You can say that again!” Sam said, running inside.
Kid’s gonna get detention. Tom thought.
3 hours later
“All right class! Settle down.” Mrs Tan shouted. It was Chinese and, as usual, Mrs Tan was having difficulty controlling her class. Jake was spitting spitballs at everyone, the girls were gossiping about new things (Did you see that necklace though?) and the sports guys were wrestling. “As most of you know, we have a test today. Here are your worksheets.” she said, handing out the worksheets. “You have 1 hour and 20 minutes to finish. You may begin now!” As soon as she finished her sentence, the wall beside Tom came crashing down, blowing Tom out to the side. A man of fire stood before the entire class, glaring at each and every one of the students. The man of fire turned back into a man.
“Where is the science lab?” he shouted. Nobody dared to answer. The man got angry and turned into fire again.
“Where…is...the...science…lab!?” As the man talked, Tom sneaked up behind him, hoping to do something. And then he saw it. The man’s back was not on fire for some reason. Tom prepared for a karate kick in the back, but the man’s back lit up, throwing Tom off. He landed on the floor with a big THUD! The man turned around. “That’s it.” he muttered. He then threw a giant punch of fire at Tom’s face, but he managed to duck away just in time. The man started throwing punches at Tom. His punches were extremely fast and it took all of Tom’s concentration to dodge the punches. Eventually, the fire man had Tom cornered.
“Prepared to die!” he shouted. He raised a fist, and was hit by a wall of water. Everybody looked and there was Sam Ford, standing there with a dripping hose. That gave Tom the opportunity to knock the man out. With lightning quick reflexes, he punched the man in the throat and knocked him out.
“Phew.” Tom said. Mrs Tan looked absolutely shocked. Without a single thought, she ran over to the phone and dialed 000. Tom walked over to Sam.
“Hey, thank you for saving my life.” Tom said.
“Hey don’t mention it. What are best friends for?” Sam replied. Tom looked over at the man again and got the shock of his life. The fire guy wasn’t there anymore. Oh no. We’ve got to stop him! But how? Tom thought. The answer though, would come in a few days.
