章 14: Discussing The Proposal Again
Since that conversation, it had been a peaceful week of observing other club stands and doing some preparation for classes. Damian had gone back to the sword arts club stand and learned that they had only gotten one other person interested.
Seeing that they would be unable to enter competitions without four more members, he sent a text to his friends Ari, Kai, Kate, Rose, and Ryan. He asked them if they had found clubs yet but Rose responded to him saying that she had joined the community outreach club.
The others said that they hadn't found many other clubs due to them having full application lists. Seeing this, Damian told them about the sword arts club and their problem of not having enough members for competitions.
Figuring that it wouldn't be a bad idea to join a club with open spots, they all went over and signed up for the club. This caused Peterson to laugh happily while holding Damian in a light headlock.
After getting that settled, two days passed in a flash, and they all received notifications saying they had joined their respective clubs.
…
Walking into an eight am English class, Damian sat right in the back of the class. Right beside the window of the second-floor room, he placed his bag on the desk and decided to open the group chat for the first time in almost a month.
[ The Gold King Zero has entered the chat]
[Current Users: Red King, Gold King]
[Red King] Cole: Zero, you have to be careful! The Black King, Kain, is hostile towards the other kings. He has already attacked me and my clansman multiple times since this month started. I predict he will go after the other kings so you must watch yourself.
Damian: Why is he doing this? We agreed to not fight each other!
[Red King] Cole: I don't know his motives, He hasn't been in the chat since he started attacking me. Watch yourself Zero, I have to go and speak with the President. Remember this, Kain has a large information network ever since my sources told me he gained control of a part of the criminal underworld. He will find you if you use your powers without being aware of your surroundings.
[The Red King has disconnected]
"What the hell…" Damian said as he disconnected from the chat room. He never imagined that one of the kings would start attacking the others. He thought that their agreement was accepted by everyone but he was now wrong.
Quickly texting Kai and Ari, he told them to watch their surroundings if they ever need to use their powers. As to why he did this, it was simply because he had made them his first clansman a week after gaining his powers. They were both excited about it so he decided to simply do it sooner rather than later.
After explaining that the Black King was becoming hostile, he put his phone away and tried to calm his nerves as he thought about the situation of the other kings.
As he did, he realized that he hadn't asked Cole what Kain's powers were. "I need to calm down…" He said nervously as he looked at his shaking hand. "I should be fine as long as I don't use my powers," Damian said in his head as he looked up from his desk to see the teacher, a beautiful woman in her late thirties, enter the room.
…
Leaving his last class, Damian looked at his school phone and saw a message from Peterson saying that there would be a club meeting later in the evening, Around six pm. Since it was only one in the afternoon right now, He had five hours before the meeting.
Since he couldn't constantly worry about the Red King's warning, Damian decided to simply try to relax as much as possible and watch himself if he ever needed to use his powers. Feeling and hearing his stomach growl, Damian went and got some lunch from the cafeteria.
Seeing as it was a nice day outside, Damian went to the east side of the campus and ate lunch on the grass, under the shade of the trees. Laying with his arms around his head and his bookbag under his arms, he slowly dozed off after telling his friends where he was.
As he fell asleep, someone on her way to her first class of the day, walked onto the grass and stood silently behind him. This person was Rose of course. As she looked at Damian's face, she wondered how carefree he was to fall asleep in the open where he could possibly be robbed by any of the students walking by.
Crouching down behind him, she admired his resting face a bit before remembering she had to get to her class. Deciding to not wake him up, she quietly left as the sound of tranquility filled the relatively quiet side of the campus.
…
"y, ey, hey Damian," An unfamiliar voice said to Damian, causing him to stir from his slumber and sit up before yawning as he turned to the person who had called him. "You are?" He asked as he looked up at the unfamiliar face.
"I am Alex, you told me your name at Orientation remember? I was interrupted before I could tell you mine so after seeing you here, I decided to come and tell you my name." Alex, the young man with blonde hair, blue eyes, and some small earrings said with a welcoming smile.
"I see, thank you for telling me your name. Are you done with your classes for today?" Damian asked as he slowly got to his feet and slung his bag over his back.
"I finished an hour ago, I was relaxing and doing a few homework assignments early on this side of campus since it is quieter over here," Alex said as a gentle breeze blew against both young men.
"What did you plan on doing later?" Alex asked, causing Damian to check his phone and see it was four in the afternoon. Seeing he had slept for a little over two hours, He sighed and thought about it for a bit.
"I have a club meeting at six and I don't know when that will end," Damian said with a friendly smile.
"Well alright then, We can go and do something another time. Want to add me as a contact?" Alex asked as he took out his school phone.
"Sure, we can go get some food sometime or just meet up to talk," Damian said as he took out his school phone, adding Alex as a contact.
"I'll get going then, I'll message you or you can message me," Alex said as he walked off while waving backward to Damian.
"I need to do some homework since I have the time…" Damian said as he stretched his arms and walked off to find an empty table to do work at before his club meeting.
…
Walking down the path leading to the center of the campus, a blonde hair young man with blue eyes let his smile transition into a neutral expression, confusing people who were walking the opposite way past him.
"Hopefully Damian can interest me… I only came to this school because of my boring life at home." Alex said as he looked at the surroundings with little interest.
(You simply need to find something to interest you. You could have joined a club too but you said that you had already studied most of the club topics as a child) A young man's voice said within Alex's mind.
"It's true, you have seen my memories so don't act like you haven't. Going around at night and finding strains to kill is a little fun, but I am a King fighting only another King is probably the only thing that can truly interest me." Alex said as he thought about how he had utterly dominated his opponents over the past few months.
(Yes I know…) the voice said before falling silent.
"I will do anything to create some excitement in this dull life," Alex said as he smiled crazily for a second before it disappeared into a neutral expression once again.
"How will I find a king though…" He wondered as he walked into the distance before looking into the horizon.
"Hopefully something will come up and interest me…"
…
At the White House in Washington DC~
"Are you serious Lieutenant?" The president asked as she fixed her eyes onto Cole as he reclined against one of the chairs in the center of the room.
"The Black King has attacked me multiple times this month, He will most likely start attacking innocent civilians too and probably use some strains to cause problems.
I have already accepted a contract from the Governor of Boston to protect the city for a few weeks from the dangerous strains but after that is over, then I will go home to my family. I delayed my return an extra month because of this contract and my wife has not been happy. " He said as he sighed thinking about the situation he found himself in.
Now, I am willing to once again go over our contract from last time. Like before I will create a mercenary type organization that will accept contracts as long as the pay is adequate." Cole said as he looked at the President.
Looking back at the man in the middle of the room, The president sighed and asked one of the secret service members beside her to call her advisers over.
"Let's talk about your proposal, Lieutenant." She said, much to Cole's delight.
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