Chapter 119 - The Stalkers (1/2)

The two that started running as soon as Laz started walking in their direction suddenly stopped. Well, the dirty blonde haired girl with the pony tail stopped and the boy behind her crashed into her. The interesting part was that the girl that was only around 5 foot 4 inches didn't even move while the guy who was 5 inches taller than her actually bounced backwards and ended up on his butt on the ground.

”Dammit Dee, why the hell you got to stop so suddenly without saying nothing?” Complained the boy on the ground. He was a good looking young man of around 16 years of age, with chestnut brown skin and a rather skinny physique.

”Why the hell do you have to talk like your some kind of tough guy? You wanna have a go at it? Looking for another beating?” The pony tailed girl named Dee responded back.

”What? No... I'm good. But come on. I have to have some sort of image for myself. I can't always be the weak geek the rest of my life now can I?” The boy responded back while getting up.

”You want people to think you're tough Reggie? You just have to beat me in a fight first,” Dee answered back while cracking the knuckles on both of her hands as though loosing up her joints.

”Why do you have to talk about beating people up all the time? Can't you see I'm fragile?” Reggie responded back while backing off. If one were to look at his face, they would see a tinge of fear there as though he already knew what being beaten up by this girl would mean.

”And this is why you will never be a tough guy Reggie. Just keep being the you that's my best friend, ok?” Dee flashed a smile that seemed rather cute and completely out of character considering her actions a few seconds ago.

”And stop calling me Reggie. The names R-Dawg, R-DAWG!”

Dee started laughing rather heavily.

”That's never going to happen. Besides, you don't talk this way in front of your sister. So if I did start calling you that, what do you think she would say?” Dee asked back once she had finally gotten her laughing under control. Although Reggie wanted to respond back, he wasn't going to do that. If there was one woman he feared more in this world than the sometimes cute fighting freak in front of him, it would be his ice cold sister. Not that she didn't love him or care about him, she was just so strict and straightforward that it was kind of hard for Reggie to be himself around her.

”Anyway, back to the topic of why I stopped. Didn't you want to talk to that guy? Why do you hide every time you come to see him and run away as though a spooked deer when you think that he notices you? Honestly, it's like your an obsessive stalker. It's kind of creepy.” Dee gave her evaluation to Reggie as bluntly as she could. She had never been one to hold back because of someone's feelings. Her motto was, 'If it hurt, than get tougher.” More than once Reggie wondered just how he became friends with this girl.

'Well.. I did, I mean, I do. But, it's hard to say it.”

”Well I came here to back you up so what's the point if your going to just chicken out. I'm going to go home and play a game or something if there is nothing happening.” Having said that, Dee turned on her heels and started to walk away, the white sneakers leaving somewhat deep impressions in the dry ground.

”Wait. No... Alright, ALRIGHT. I'll go say hi or something.” Reggie finally relented.

”Bout time. I swear, you can be such a wimp sometimes,” Dee turned around like she had never meant to leave in the first place and walked right back to his side. The two had a close friendship. They lived in the same neighborhood just down the street from the trailer park where Laz had taken up residence and their parents had been friends since they had kids around the same age. When Reggie's dad passed away while serving overseas, it was finally a combination of Dee and his sister that had cheered him up and helped him get through it. Although Reggie and Dee had different personalities, they seemed to get along quite well together.

”Still, I don't see what's so special about that guy. I mean, he looks young and kind of sickly himself. I'm not sure why you think he's so strong or something,” Dee shared her feelings. She had come over here with him to check this guy out who Reggie had somehow discovered. Reggie had been heading to town one day and had ridden his bike past when he heard a group of people talking rather loudly. Curiosity had gotten the better of him so he ended up following the voices, only to discover a few old men who looked like hobos gathered together and having a cookout while a young man was giving them food and such and laughing away with them. The whole scene struck him as pretty weird, but he didn't think anything of it and went along on his way. After that, he realized that every Friday, they would have a cookout with the same people plus sometimes a few extras. Each time it was clear it was something the young man arranged, including grabbing more broken down car seats and expanding the gathering.

After a few times of this happening with Reggie spying on them, he suddenly felt an ice cold chill all up and down his back. He then noticed that the young man was looking directly at him. Despite being a over a hundred feet away and hidden, the young man with the black hair and blue eyes was able to notice him. Reggie then got up and biked home as fast as he could and didn't stop there since then. He couldn't forget that feeling though. The feeling of strength that the young man's gaze contained showed that he wasn't ordinary in the slightest. This was what Reggie had been looking for.

Both Dee and Reggie were in their awakening stages. Dee was at the upper level of the mid stage while Reggie was just barely at the mid stage. They both knew each other's secret. But it wasn't only them. There was also Reggie's sister and the other one, the annoying asshole that never left his sister alone. He knew of a few other people in town that were like them as well, but they were all older and well out of their teens. Reggie had this desire to talk someone about it, to be able to share it more, but minus their group, there really wasn't anyone. Everyone looked on those with abilities like they were sick and that wasn't something he was interested in hearing about.

There were also worries, lots of worries. What if they were found out and turned in? What would happen to them? What would the government do? There were already stories about it, people being brought away for their own protection. Although the government liked to say they only took away the dangerous ones, Reggie knew that it didn't matter. Dee was dangerous as was his sister. Him, not so much. He might of been glad if they dragged away the asshole, but he knew they would all be sold out in a minute if that guy was ever found out. Because of all this, he wanted to meet this young man and see if he was right. That was part of the reason he brought Dee along. With her strength, even if the guy was dangerous, they would be ok.

He was also hoping that Dee could sense something out of this guy considering she was more powerful, but apparently, it was a bust. Not that he could blame her, after all, sense was his strong point.

”Just... trust me. You know how I feel about this,” Reggie told her while starting to walk. He had no choice about that as she started pushing him.