Level up Awaken

"Are you scared now?" Mrs. Margaret asked.

"You seemed all high and mighty a moment ago," she added.

Derek Dickson, who had a smug look on his face all along, immediately frowned as his heart started beating fast.

"You think that I'm scared because of your little video? No, I'm not, I could simply pay for the video to be removed before it circulates, I could say it was a strategy by my competitors to make me look bad, I could do anything," Mr. Dickson said as he adjusted his tie.

Derek's face immediately brightened up, as he heard what his father said, his confidence returned.

"You think I haven't done shit like this before?" he asked as he looked Henry in the eyes.

Henry felt nervous as he saw Mr. Dickson looking at him.

"So go ahead and post the video and see what happens," he said with a confident tone.

"Oooor, " Cassie said, emphasizing the or. "We could mass send the videos to people, including Glory Enterprise , or even Blackstone Enterprise, I wonder what they would do with it," she said with her arms folded.

Mr. Dickson looked at Cassie, and then smiled. The smile sent shivers to Cassie's spine.

"Or you could do that," he said." But what ever comes to your families, you got yourself to be blamed.

"What the hell? How did it get to this? How the fuck did it get to this?" Principal Elvis Kelvin asked himself as cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He felt like pulling his head and cursing.

"I can't believe you would threaten children and their families over something that can be solved amicably," Mrs. Bella Pascal said as she shook her head in disappointment.

"Let me tell you peasants something, I'm very petty, but I'm willing to overlook your transgressions if you don't post that video, not that it matters if you do," Mr. Dickson said.

"The way you talk, it makes it sound like you're such a benevolent person," Henry said.

"You seem like a smart kid, so weigh the pros and cons, is it a good idea or not," Mr. Dickson said as he placed his two fists together.

Henry remained silent for a while. He knew deep down that it was a bad idea to post the video on the internet, after all Mr. Dickson was powerful and he could get rid of them if he so wishes.

Henry contemplated for a moment before making his decision.

Throwing the portable camera on the floor he stepped on it, destroying it.

"Alright, I have destroyed the video, I don't want anything bad to happen to my friends or family," Henry said.

Seeing the destroyed camera, Mr. Dickson smiled, while Principal Elvis Kelvin sighed in relief. 

"That was a close call," he said internally.

"Smart move," he said.

"Henry, what the fuck is wrong with you? Why did you destroy the evidence?" Cassie asked.

A flood of questions came towards Henry's direction and he nearly drowned.

Henry looked at his friend's faces and all he could see was disappointment. They looked as if he had backstabbed them.

"It was for the best!" He shouted.

"It was for the best, my ass," Joe said.

"Henry, why?" Casper said with a heartbroken tone, "why did you destroy it?" 

A pang was felt in Henry's heart when he saw Casper's pained expression.

"I... , I did it for all of us," Henry muttered softly.

"For us?" Joe asked with clenched teeth.

"Yes for us, even if we sent the video, he would suppress it, even if we sent the video to his competitors, he could just say it was a plot to bring him down," Henry shouted with tears in his eyes.

"We could still have tried; you don't know maybe he's just bluffing," Casper shouted.

"What about if he's not bluffing? What about after we post the video and he hurts one of you? I wouldn't be able to forgive myself at all," Henry said as he broke down crying.

Seeing Henry crying, they all felt bad for shouting at him. They knew that he had their best interests at heart.

"It's okay, man," Joe said as he hugged Henry.

"We are a team, you don't just make a decision without informing us first," Cassie said, joining in the hug.

Casper sighed as he also hugged the still weeping Henry. He couldn't bring himself to hate him.

"Aww, you guys look good together," Derek teased them.

He had a victorious smile on his face as he looked at them as if they were a pile of horse shit.

"You are probably jealous because you don't know what it feels like to have someone who cares for you," Cassie said.

Derek's face immediately twisted in anger and hate, as he looked at Cassie with a cold tone.

"You bi...," he was about to curse, when he was cut short by his father.

"Enough," Mr. Dickson said with authority.

"Yes, father," Henry said with a low tone.

"Since everything is sorted, and everyone has been put in their respective place, I would be taking my leave," he said as he stood up to leave, Derek soon followed after.

After Mr. Dickson left, the remaining people that were still in Principal Elvis Kelvin's office turned to him.

A cold shiver was sent through out his body, as he felt like he was locked in a cage with a couple of feral, bloodthirsty beasts.

He took a deep breath, as he tried steading his erratically beating heart.

"That went well," he said with a shaky voice.

Now that Mr. Dickson was no longer here, he was sort of scared of what would happen to him.

The others set there sight on the shivering Principal. If looks could kill Principal Elvis Kelvin would already be dead.

"Hum! Sooo! Ehn,!" He stuttered as he wiped sweats off his face.

' they're going to kill me, I am dead, I am so dead,' Principal Elvis Kelvin though as he was panicking internally.

"I am sorry, sir and ma, I didn't want to do this, but Mr. Dickson threatened me with my life," Principal Elvis Kelvin lied.

He couldn't admit that he did it out of his own selfish interest, and the next best thing was to blame Mr. Dickson for what happened.

"That dog, I can't believe he would threaten you," Mrs. Bella Pascal said.

"Yeah! I am not shocked at all, that dumb fuck looks petty as fuck, he probably has a tiny dick that's why he is such an asswhole, I mean there is dick in his name, it can't be any clearer, right?" Mrs. Joy Rodney said as she looked around.

"Yes, yes you're right, you are so right," Principal Elvis Kelvin said, as he nodded his head like a lizard.