Into the World of Twisted Wonderland Pt 2

👑 The Beautiful Tyrant: Chapter 44 👑

"Hoo-wee!" A close voice whistles, confusing the two. "Look at this tricked-out blastcycle!"

"Hm?" They both look at the source of the source, seeing that there was a group of three men around the blastcycle, inspecting it.

"I've never seen a model like this," one of the men say with a whistle, impressed at the blastcycle. "The wheel and cowl are both totally modded."

"If a blastcycle nut like you hasn't seen it, then who in the world owns this beaut?" Another man jokes.

"Can you drive a blastcycle without magic?" The other man says in thought.

"You can't do as much with it, but yeah, you can ride it," the man answers. "It's got a technomatic battery as backup." He points to the battery in the front. "How do you not know that, anyway?" He jokes. "That's Blastcycle 101! Aha ha!"

The two only watch the group of men inspecting the ride. "There's a whole mess o' folks eyeballin' our ride," Epel says to him. "Whaddaya reckon they want?"

"I had to beg an Ignihyde student to let me borrow that against his better judgement. If I let it get damaged, I'm in serious trouble," Deuce says in a slight panic, heading towards the group with Epel behind him. "Hey, guys!" Deuce calls out, getting their attention as they turn around, seeing him stop in front of them. "That's my ride there."

"Seriously?" One of the men say in shock. "You're just some kid." He looks at him closely, eyes wide. "Wait a minute- I recognize that outfit. You go to Night Raven College!"

"Hey, kiddo," the man who inspected the ride earlier speaks up. "You don't mind if I take this baby out for a little spin, right?"

"Um, I'm sorry, but it's not mine to loan out," Deuce answers. "I can't risk letting it get damaged."

"Excuse me?" The man says with slight annoyance. "Are you sayin' I'm a bad driver? I resent that!"

"Yeah!" The other man agrees. "He knows a little magic. He can handle it no prob."

"Wait, really?" The other says in shock. "I didn't know you knew magic."

"Just a touch," the man casually says. "I'm no fancy Night Raven mage, but I've got more than enough for blastcyclin'."

"Whatever, man," the other man scoffs. "I know you couldn't keep up in class and dropped outta magic school," he jokes.

"Shaddup!" The man retorts with a slight glare at the man.

Deuce watches the scene, taking in the words. "...I really think this machine is too dangerous for a beginner to ride, sir."

The man looks at him with a glare. "Who're you callin' a beginner?" He says in a threatening tone.

"Is that how you talk to your elders?" the other man says, glaring at him. "I don't like your attitude, kiddo."

"Look, you can't borrow it, okay? End of story!" Deuce states. "Let's go, Epel."

"Um...Right," he says as they start to head towards the blastcycle, despite the men blocking their path.

"Hey, hold up," the man says as they two ignore them. "We're not through here yet." He quickly grabs Epel's arm, squeezing it.

"Ow!" Epel exclaims in pain, stopping in his tracks.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Deuce angrily exclaims at him. "Get your hands off Epel's arm!"

"Hey, ain't you a gal?" The other man says as he takes a look at Epel's face. "I thought Night Raven was an all-boys' school."

"...Huh?" Epel asks.

"Whoa, you're not kiddin'!" The man who grabbed Epel's arm closely look at him. "She's a real looker, too! Since when has that place gone co-ed?"

"You know, I heard there's another girl on campus," one of them says in thought. "I think I saw her when they had that Spelldrive thing. You know, she wasn't bad lookin' as well. In fact, she's pretty cute with a killer body."

"Oh yeah," another says with a smirk. "Man, what I wouldn't do for a girl like that. The things I'd do to her..."

"Guys, please!" Deuce angrily says to them with a glare. "Can you just lay off?! We're only trying to..."

"...You..." Epel mumbles, getting everyone's attention. "You're...hurting me," he whines a bit as he looks at them sweetly, making the men blush a bit at his actions. "Please, let go?" He sweetly asks, fluttering his eyes.

The men look at him in a trance, having no choice but to let him go. "Wow," the man says as he let go of his arm. "I think my heart just skipped a beat."

"Have I finally met my soulmate?" The other man says in thought, still captivated by his look.

"O-okay, guys, we should probably lay off," the other man says as Epel sighs. "We wouldn't want the poor delicate thing getting seriously hurt."

"...You want hurt?!" Epel says with a smirk, shocking the men. "AH'LL GIVE YA HURT!" He headbutts the man in front of him under his chin, making him shocked.

"GAH!" He exclaims as he staggers back in pain.

The other two look at the scene in shock, seeing how Epel was smirking at the man in front of him, pleased at the fact that his attack was effective. "Wh...Did she just headbutt him in the jaw?!" One of them exclaim.

"Haw haw haw haw!" Epel mockingly laughs at them. "Mah 'charm' really does work like a charm! Y'all just made fools outta yerselves! Who do ya'll think yer callin' dainty an' petite?!" He says with a smirk.

"Nobody called you any of that..." The other says, only to realize what happened. "Wait a minute! You've got a boy's voice!" He exclaims.

"Why'd you sound so surprised!" Epel angrily states. "Maybe ya'll need to get your eyes checked!"

"Epel!" Deuce exclaims in shock. "I don't think your cuteness is supposed to be used for fighting! It's gonna be real bad if we get into a scrap when we're already off campus without permission. I mean, not that fights are good to begin with!"

"Eep," Epel says in realization. "Yer right."

"Tch," the man clicks his tongue as he collects himself from the attack. "We try to be nice, and this is what happens. Y'know, I've never liked mages anyway," he angrily says. "They think they're so great, just 'cause they know a few parlor tricks..." Light start to form around him, making the two be on their guard.

"Is he about to use magic against us?!" Epel says in shock as they watch him gather magic.

"Rgh..." Deuce grunts, trying to figure out a way out of this mess. "Epel, I'll handle these guys," he tells him, shocking Epel. "Get out of here and call the school."

"What?! Ah ain't gonna skedaddle without you, y'hear?!" He states.

"I don't want you getting hurt, and I really don't want you getting forced to use magic," Deuce says. "I brought you out here. I'm ready to own up!"

"Deuce..." Epel says in awe as Deuce heads towards the group, cracking his knuckles. The man releases his spell, with Deuce dodging it and going towards him, landing a punch right where his jaw was.

"Grh!" He grunts as he stumbles back from the attack, not expecting his jaw to go through two attacks in succession.

While Deuce was focusing on the man, Epel looked at the other two, seeing that their eyes was on him. He gave them a glare, and they did not look amused, only closing the gap between them as they start to get closer and closer to him. Epel looked at Deuce, seeing that he was taking on the other man in a fist fight, at least, trying to since the man kept summoning spells, only for Deuce to easily dodge them. He looked back at the other two in front of him, and tighten his fists. He gave them a determined look, and ran towards them with resolve.