No POV:
The bell for the end of the last morning class had just rung and everyone were leaving to get their materials for the next class.
Drex stayed until every other person had left before standing up to leave.
"You must be Drex. Correct?"
Before he could leave, his teacher stopped him.
"Uhh yeah..."
"Can we talk for a bit?".
"Sure"
Hearing the affirmation, his teacher smiled before running her hands under her desk. She opened a drawer and brought out some paper.
Drex wasn't worried whether he was in trouble or not. After all it was a person that had people in his life that would get in trouble.
"Do you recognize these papers?" The woman slid the papers to him. He blinked before turning them how he could read them.
"Yeah."
He turned the pages. It was the scores of all the tests and homeworks he's done all term.
The only notable thing was the fact that they were all average with one of them bearing a failed score.
"I was intrigued by this and realized something... You have been deliberately slacking off." She took a pause to access his reaction. None. She continued
"You're a rather smart kid. Anyone could tell, but you'd rather hide that talent."
"I just like a little peace of mind." Drex shrugged.
He knew that if he got passing grades it would only attract a lot of unwanted attention to him so he desperately tried to avoid it.
"Peace of mind you say? And you risked your chance of passing the class." She said pointing at the failed assignment.
"My dog ate my homework"
"You have a rather horrible sense of humor."
"There goes my chances of being a comedian."
" You're barley a people person."
"And you've been watching me".
The woman chuckled. "Well I'm just trying to let you know that you have talent. Don't hide it, it would be a waste." She put the papers back.
"Alright then, off you go to your next class. You don't want to be late do you?"
Without a response, Drex turned around and walked towards the door.
"Oh and Drex." She stated promoting him to turn around.
"You have kind people around you. Don't hesitate to reach out."
Drex stared for a moment....
"You really have been watching me.." He stated promoting her to laugh before stepping out.
'Talent huh...'
~~~~~
Drex arrived at his next class and took a sit. He went all the way to the back and say next to the window. It was his usual spot and he liked it.
Soon his eyes drifted to the door watching as Jean was confronted by a few people.
He had his usual friendly and goofy expression while the people that spoke occasionally looked to his direction and whispered.
After a few minutes Jean walked towards him and took the seat on his right.
"Yo bud!! We're finally reunited." He enthusiastically said while bringing out his books.
Drex stayed silent for a few seconds before suddenly speaking up.
"Why do you do this?"
"Huh?"
Drex looked at him in the eyes. "Why are you hanging out with me? It's only caused you trouble and you know that. What is there to gain from a friendship with me?"
"Gain? Whoa there bud it's not a friendship if there's something to gain". He gave a dismissive chuckle.
"So what's your motive for befriending me?"
"There's no motive I'm your friend because i like you"
Drex deadpanned. "Gay..."
His retort only caused Jean to laugh.
"Dude... Hahahahaha"
Before they could exchange another word, there was a static sound good the school's intercom.
The principal spoke up.
"Attention students. You are all required to assemble outside."
That was it. No greeting. No reason. Just that...
"Uhhhh..." Jean was still trying to process everything when he saw Drex walking out.
"Hey bud wait up!!"
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Drex POV:
Everyone in the school assembled outside the school and the commotion was evident. I saw two dudes at the front of the school one of them gave off a ninja vibe while the other one looked more like those characters in call of duty.. I wasn't really sure what this was about but I was sure it had something to do with a devil attack..
"What's all this? This doesn't look like a drill"
Jean spoke up after he finally caught up to me.
The gun dude came forward and started to speak..
"Uhm OK everyone we apologize for the interruption. You may have already known me as one of the devil hunters in this city as part of the Vanguard Organization. We are here to inform you that a devil is on the loose and is within this vicinity. We want to advice you all to evacuate this area so as to minimze civilian casualties but bear in mind that your safety is not guaranteed."
So assuring.
You're telling me; if a devil attacks right now dude wouldn't be able to protect all of us...?
Wow
After saying that, he went away with his ninja pal as i saw another person approaching them.
No POV:
The evacuation was still going on as Drex passed them by, he over heard their conversation with a girl around his age who seemed to be the leader of the group. Of course she was wearing a helmet but it was still possible to tell by her voice and her physique.
The female asked "So how did it go?"
Jax spoke up "No luck. There were no survivors. And every house around there was cleared."
"What direction was it"
" There."
As he pointed to the direction, Drex noticed that was the direction to his house... Wait..... His eyes widened as he remebered that his aunt and uncle would be back early that day.. Without hesitation, he bolted towards that direction.
"Huh?? Hey Drex!! wait up!!"
Jean wanted to follow him the there were too many people in his view. By the time he could see clearly, Drex was already long gone into the distance.
"We have to go.. We must stop that devil from causing more damage.." The female gave her next order.
"Roger!!"
Meanwhile as Drex rushed home, he saw alot of human corpses and destroyed buildings. He closed his eyes and silently prayed that they would not be back at that time.
Adrenaline flooded his body. He bolted through the rubble. Panting as he drew closer and closer to his house.
Upon reaching his home his legs slid to a stop as he saw his house.. Or rather, what was left of it...
The house was in shambles—every room destroyed and obliterated. It seemed that the devil was looking for something because he could see a very clear piece of land in front of him.
"Yes!! This is it. We found the place"
Upon hearing a voice Drex hid behind a pile of rubble as he listened to the devil. The devil in question was in front of a wall holding what seemed to be a severed human hand and drawing what looked like a devil's pentagram on the wall in front of him.
What was he trying to do? Drex wasn't sure.
Just as Drex was about to adjust himself his hand fell on a spot on the rubble.
He looked at his hand and saw it was blood. At this point, his face went pale as he looked up and saw what was above him; his aunt and uncle's dead bodies pinned on the wall with blood pooling from their bodies. He quickly notice that his aunt had a missing arm and soon everything all came together: His family had been murdered...
Again...
This was too much to bear and Drex just stood there with a petrified expression on his face.
The world slowed down around him. His heart was pounding.
Was it fear?
Was it rage?
Maybe it was both...
He gripped his chest, he couldn't bear it...
"AHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHH!!!!!"
Every devil turned around and was met with a screaming boy. His blood stained hands smeared the blood on his face.
His tears flowed down his cheek.
Without warning the other devils took off towards him.
Drex picked a metal rod lying next to him and rushed towards them. He completely ignored them and went straight to the devil holding the severed hand.
He started swinging.
He was blinded by rage and sorrow.
This wasn't fair.
He lost his family for the second time.
It just wasn't fair.
Seeing this, the devil was shocked as even though he dodged each attack effortlessly. This singular act intrigued the pale-bodied devil as he didnt expect a mere human to rush at him like that. The devil jumped back giving space for his devils to dispose of the boy...
Meanwhile Drex; in a fit of rage kept charging at the devils one by one. Drex noticed how well he was fairing against the multitude. He didn't care.
The adrenaline tore through his nerves as he stabbed and pushed the devils rushing at him.
The blood stained his body and clothes but he didn't care. He had cuts and bruises but he didn't care either.
He was just so torn that he kept blindly rushing at the devils.
He was cutting down the devils until they proved the strength in their numbers and charged at the boy overwhelming him. He was still trying to break free when a devil delivered a devastating punch to his gut causing Drex to cough up some blood and mellow down— the adrenaline wearing off allowing the pain to course through him.
Still trying to catch his breath, the pale-bodied devil spoke up..
"I won't kill you yet. I want you to witness how powerless you humans are against us devils."
The devil took Drex by the chin and spoke
"Now watch closely..."
With that he made is way to the wall with the pentagram, slit his wrist and started to recite an incantation in an ancient language. The ground started to shake and blood pooled out of the wall as it started to glow bright red and form some kind of portal. Drex looked up and saw an entity peering out of the wall. The entity took the form of a red skeleton with glowing yellow dots as eyes in the eye sockets. Drex could clearly make out a scar at the left side of its face and in reailsation that his end was near, Drex dropped his head in pain as there was nothing he could do anymore..
At that moment he heard footsteps running towards his direction and noticed that it was the people he met earlier.
"Hey!!!"
The devil she referred to looked over its shoulder at the female and gave a smile.
"You're too late the portal has already been opened and the devil is about to come out...."
Just then the female hunter was brought to a halt as she was just barely in front of the portal. With a rumble, the entity reached out of the portal; skeletal hands with sharpened claws wedged themselves at the edge of each sides of the wall.
That was the harsh reality if it all.. If that devil exits that portal l, it would be the end.
At that moment, Drex was staring face to face into the yellow eyes of this devil. Suddenly the eyes had a brief glow until.....
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.
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BOOM!!
With that everywhere went up in smoke as the portal exploded and flying debris hit everywhere. Everyone present were sent flying backwards; Drex on the other hand was being hit with debris wounding him.
After that the whole place went smoke went red and everywhere went quiet.
Just then...
Grrrrr.....
Both the devils and devil hunters looked on in shock as another devil emerged from the rubble. His head gently raised up in the air, his body bright red with two blades protruding from both arms. The devil slowly looked towards them and they were shocked to see his eyes; pitch black sclera with bright yellow pupils and a still bleeding scar on the left side of his face. He opened his mouth filled with sharpened teeth and a mist escaped from it when he exhaled.
Everyone looked on in confusion and shock. Everyone except the pale bodied devil who was grinning madly.
"This is it..."