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Chapter 18  - Zee's Prototype

Zee

"Finally, its morning!" I said gazing intently at the prototype i had just built. I had stayed awake all night with the only light of a dingy lamp to enlighten me and my work. What i had made looked more or less like Iron Man's hand, of course it didn't fire repulsor rays like Stark's version. This one sent out a flurry of pepper spray when aimed and fired at someone. It was made of metal from the outside mostly scrap metal which i had welded together to look like a hand and what would fit my hand. From the inside i coated it with rubber so as to prevent the metal from hurting me. At the centre of the palm from wothin was a small can of pepper spray which on pressurizing would release a flurry of pepper spray on the target. It was more like a sleak and awesome version of tin can pepper spray. Well i had to do something about bullying. Now only i had to paint it in red and gold to make it look more like Iron Man. Even though i had spent all my night building it and hadn't caught a minute's sleep it was worth it and also i was mighty pleased with it. I couldn't wait to see Charlie and Carter's face when i would shoot the pepper spray in their eyes and they would all stumble and fall grumpily throwing punches randomly and i would proudly say ' Fuck you, I'm Iron Man!'

With that much of an ambitious that i quickly hid my secret project as i didn't want mom to find it and throw it in a dustbin thinking of it as scrap metal, so i quickly but carefully hid the prototype in my secret stash and went downstairs for breakfast it was going to be a dreadful day without sleep.

Just as i reached school i saw Tana, not wanting to go anywhere near that clown I went the other way but unfortunately for me she had set her eyes on me. She almost jumped on me from behind.

"Really? You are going to ignore me now? Friend!" She stressed so much on the word friend I wasn't really sure if she genuinely meant it or it was just sarcasm. Lack of sleep had already inhibited my senses and now she was gonna destroy the ones barely keeping me awake.

"What do you want?" I asked without even looking at her.

"Well mom took my car out so i have to take the bus today so i thought I'll join you after school as it is you go home by bus and we live in the same neighborhood." These dreadful words uttered by her completely shattered my sleep. Now she was going to come with me in bus too. So much for being in the same neighborhood.

"No!" I said sternly and without a second thought.

"Listen up you douche, you better come with me or I'll come to your place daily and trouble you."

Okay now this threat was even more dreadful than the one earlier. I could afford a bus journey i guess with her.

"Okay fine I'll come." Were the words that escaped my mouth.

"Good now that's like a good boy!" She said ruining all my hair by moving her hand over them.

'Yup she just got promoted to being fourth on the list of persons i hate after Carter, Charlie and Steffen Moffat for taking so long for releasing the fourth season of Sherlock.'

Such incidents often make me realize why Batman prefers to work alone.