Stuck In The Box: The Dawning Of Life

Chapter 2: You Tell Them Goodbye

The next day, Marc was released from the hospital but was too nervous to go back to Basildon. But the Wild Boys were with him. "I-I'm scared, what-what if t-they make fun o-of me again?" Marc stammered out. "Nobody will make fun of you, Marc, plus Morrissey is dead anyway," Paul said. "And that mate is when the racist is hanged," Hutch said. "Hang the damn racist," Larry said. "B-but w-what about J-Johnny?" Marc stammered. "I hope he and the other bullies would get a redemption arc," Tony said. "Yeah, like us," Nick said. "Johnny isn't always a jerk, trust me," Steve (Askew) said. "And how do you know that?" Andrew asked. "Because he was in my class, before Morrissey was friends with him, he was really nice, same for the others in the gang," Steve (Askew) said.

"You sure, Steve?" Jez asked. "I'm positive," Steve (Askew) said. "Steve can be naive," Stu said. "Am I naive?" Steve (Norman) asked. "Not you, the other one," Tony said. "Oh, err okay," Steve (Norman) said. "Why would you say Steve, the other one, is naive?" Nik asked. "He often doesn't know what he's doing," Jez said. The bus soon arrived and the Wild Boys hopped in. "W-where are w-we going?" Marc asked, still stammering. "Back to Basildon Academy," Paul said. Marc clung onto Paul in fear. Even though he is 18-years-old, turning 19, he felt like a baby. The height difference between him and his boyfriend didn't help either. "The academy isn't scary thankfully, nobody's there except us and some other Year 12s and upper sixth form students," Kim said.

"You kind of drew the line between scary and sketchy," Richard said. "Sketchy means something different in the UK," Martin said. "Probably might read it in the dictionary," Gary said. The bus then reached Basildon Academy so the Wild Boys entered the campus. "So, where do you want to go first?" Paul asked. "Erm..." Marc said. "What about the music room?" Morten suggested. "That sounds good, let's go," Roland said. The Wild Boys headed to the music room to see a bunch of kids in there. "Pål, Magne, hva gjør dere her?" Morten asked. "Huh?" Nik asked. "He asked what Pål and Magne were doing here in Norwegian," Curt said. "Is that the secret language you and Morten were talking in, Nena?" Terry asked. "No, I speak German and he speaks Norwegian," Nena said.

"That sounds like Larry whenever he speaks Gaelic to us," Bono said. "Níor mhaith leat é a labhairt, a Bono," Larry said. Bono couldn't understand what he said. "Tim, Kirk, Garry," Hutch said before being cut off. "Wait, I'm Gary," Gary said. "At least your name isn't spelt with double 'r,'" Garry said, in his thick Australian accent. "Guess you're British Gary and he's Aussie Gary," Martin jokingly said. "And who are the other guys, Hutch?" Simon asked. "Oh right, Andrew," Hutch said before being cut off once again. "Not me, right?" Andrew (Ridgeley) asked. "Of course not you," George said. "Okay, you're British Andrew and he's Aussie Andrew," Hutch said. "But my name is also Andrew," Andy said. "Same," Fletch said. "Crikey," Hutch frustratingly said.

"That's why you're called Andy and you're called Fletch," John said. "Okay, who else is there?" Bono asked. "Err and Jon," Hutch said. "Really?" Jon (Bongiovi) asked. "Crikey mate, since when did you befriend people with the same name as us?" Jon (Farriss) asked. "This is so confusing," Magne said. "What about American Jon and Australian Jon?" Bryan asked. "I'm Italian," Jon (Bongiovi) said. "You know what, what are you doing here?" Hutch asked. "We got powers too," Tim said. "Okay, try to use your powers to control this boomerang," Hutch said, taking out his cane and turning it into a boomerang. "Woah," Garry said. "I made that," Nicky said. "Watch," Hutch said before throwing the boomerang across the room. Tim immediately used his powers and the boomerang went into his hand.

"You're good," Hutch said. "Yeah, wait, why do you have this?" Tim asked. Hutch then turned the boomerang into a walking cane. "You know he committed suicide last month? This is the consequence, he has leg braces and a cane," Kirk said. "Well, my brain is lacking oxygen so I became paralysed which is fine, my telekinesis can help me walk anyway," Hutch said. "Oh, right," Kirk said. "What if we train you guys?" Kim suggested. "Train us?" Magne asked. "Where do you train us?" Garry asked. "We can train at the field outside, let's go," Paul said. The Wild Boys guided the rookies towards the campus field. "So Nena, have you been looking after Morten?" Magne asked. "Of course," Nena said. "Be careful, she's a bit feisty," Morten jokingly warned.