VENGEANCE.

six

"You thought you could get away with punching me?" I turned around, only to be met with Nicki, the girl from the mall, standing there with an empty cup in her hands.

I stood up, slowly advancing towards her. At this point, the entire lunch room was silent, their eyes was fixated on us.

"Came back for round 2?" I taunted with a mischievous grin.

"I don't think you know who I am! My father is a reputable man!" her shrill voice pierced the silence.

I covered my ears. "Tone it down, would ya? And who even is your dad? Clearly he didn't raise you right."

Nicki's face contorted with anger. "My name is Nicki Stirling! At least I have a dad... Do you? Oh wait, your dad sent you away!" she giggled. How did she know?

Time seemed to freeze as her words hung in the air. The other Romanos were also tensed up at the past that was brought up.

"You little..." I gritted, clenching my fists in anger.

"Boys! Rough her up!" Nicki commanded and suddenly, a trio came advancing towards me menacingly.

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"Dude, are you not gonna help her out? She can't even fight," I nudged Dante.

All he did was shrug. "I don't give a shit about what happens to her." Weird.

I turned to Silas. "Are you sure she can handle it?"

Before he could even reply, my sister, Athena, chimed in. "Don't worry brother, just watch and learn."

My gaze went back to Natalia, her eyes were gleaming with excitement as the trio stalked up to her.

"It's been a long time since I properly fought," she casually remarked while stretching her arms.

"Kick their asses!" Apollo cheered.

"Oh I will," Natalia smirked.

The first guy lunged towards her, aiming for a punch. She smoothly ducked before countering him with an uppercut that sent him crashing to the ground in pain. The second guy managed to kick her on her side, where her previous bruises were.

"That hurts, you f*cker!"

In return, she gave him a swift roundhouse kick to his face before straddling him, punching his face repeatedly until he was unconscious.

"Nat! Behind you!" Luca warned.

Before she could even react, the first guy, yanked her by the hair forcefully, making her stumble.

"Ouch! Did your parents not teach you basic manners? Pulling a girl's hair is dirty play," she said, before swiftly kneeing him in the stomach. As he doubled over in pain, Natalia jabbed him straight to the nose. The third guy was sneaking up behind her quietly and before he could even throw a punch, Natalia caught his fist, twisted it before delivering a powerful kick to his back.

Silence.

The entire cafeteria was in shock that a mere girl managed to beat 3 guys from the rugby team.

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With a wicked grin on my face, I turned my gaze to Nicki, her fear evident as I slowly advanced up to her.

"Don't think I forgot about you, Nicki," I grinned, licking the small amount of blood off my fingers before slowly caressing her face.

I leaned closer to her. "Now tell me who told you about my dad sending me away."