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STEVE FLEW TOWARDS Jonathan, his arms wrapping around his torso as he roughly shoved him against one of the parked cars, the boy then tightly grabbing his collar and shoving him to the hard pavement with a loud thud.
"Jonathan!" Athena exclaimed, worry filling her body at the sight of Steve now above him, knees digging into Jonathan's stomach as he went to hold his fist up to punch his face.
"Steve! Stop, Steve!" Nancy shouted, though her pleas were not heard as Jonathan managed to build enough momentum to roll over, now pinning Steve down, "Get off him, seriously!"
While one side of Athena's brain was secretly relishing in the sight of Jonathan getting the upper hand against Steve, the other part of her was simultaneously concerned about the potential consequences of the fight.
"Kick his ass, man!" Tommy frustratedly yelled, and as usual, he wasn't helping the situation in the slightest.
"Get off! Stop!" Nancy shouted, hands rising to touch her temples out of both utter stress and trepidation.
Jonathan and Steve had now stumbled upright, Jonathan quickly pulling his fist back and connecting it to Steve's jaw roughly, sending the latter flying back on instinct.
"Okay, enough!" Athena tried, panicked eyes shifting between the two from her position beside Nancy, though neither of them were going to risk their own safety by physically interjecting.
"Get in there, he's going to hurt himself!" Carol referred to Steve as she called to Tommy, who managed to slip in between the boys for a brief moment to hold them back, but Steve pushed him to the side in displeasure.
Jonathan quickly swung again, Steve managing to dodge the action as he then made contact with Jonathan's jaw, then earning himself another brutal punch from Jonathan in return.
"Jonathan, stop!" Nancy desperately cried, jolting forward, though Athena grabbed her wrist in an attempt to keep her from getting caught in the crossfire, "Stop! You're gonna hurt him!"
"I think they're way past that point, Nance." Athena huffed out a semi-sarcastic breath as she just watched the boys continue to brawl. There was truly nothing that either of them could do but watch them hopelessly, so Athena internally came to the conclusion that she might as well have made a joke out of it.
Jonathan managed to land one final blow to Steve's face, the popular boy now collapsing to the ground, his bottom lip now decorated with a sharp cut, and his cheek already starting to bruise.
