It's been 5 years since Mr.J welcomed me to his home to stay and we became friends which was a good thing because i never really had someone i can call a friend before.It has been 5 years since the first time i fought Mr.J but instead called him coach because he was my teacher teaching me to defend myself.December 22, 2030 was the year of the holidays where everyone gathered around and share memories about themselves but had trouble with happy memories since i don't often get good memories because the way in was raised was dangerous and horrifying.It didn't matter because i knew i had Mr.J along with me.The next morning on December 23,it was weird because when i woke up i didn't find coach anywhere i checked the bathroom,the living room,the kitchen,the other bedroom and my own bedroom and found nothing.Then i checked around the house again and found a note that i have seem to pass by while i was looking in the kitchen and found a note on the refrigerator saying,I have to buy groceries i'll be back later.
After that i put the note down and look outside of the balcony of his apartment looking outside of New York and smelling the fresh air on a cloudy just the way i like it because it feels like home.I sat on the chair outside of the balcony wondering what should i get for Christmas for Mr.J after all the things he's done for over the past 5 year.I'll just ask him what he likes once he gets home.I went inside the house grabbing sheets of paper and pencil to draw and a few moments later i heard a car alarm going on and heard an argument about someone stealing this other person's car.I just ignored and went back to drawing thinking that someone will stop the argument and eventually everyone back to where they were but didn't happen.I still heard yelling and saw the man who was arguing on not planning to steal the car started fighting the other man beating him to the ground thought to myself and said,"Somebody has to defend that man.I rushed quickly through the exit door of the apartment rushing like if there was no tomorrow and running down the stairs with caution not wanting to fall and as soon i reached to the stopping point of where the both guys were i yelled to the man fighting and said,"hey stop the fight or else!"The angry man said,"Hey don't try to be a hero kid!"I responded,I'm warning you stop the fight!"The man said,"Or else what,humiliate yourself on how stupid you look around all these people watching!"No but i will humiliate you after i'm done."The man became less patient and tried to punch me but dodged his punch giving me the upper hand to give him a punch the face knocking out the man for the trouble he's done.I ran to the other man and said,"I'm fine i'm fine....thank you."After that i just went back to the apartment room and saw Mr.J already on the couch saying,"I saw what you did there Miguel."All i thought was consequences or something else then told him,"How'd you even get here ?"Mr.J responded and said,"while you were to busy looking behind you i saw you talking to that heartless man and just went back home.After that i saw people looking where you were standing outside the balcony and saw you knock down that man without any trouble.I told Mr.J saying,"Mr.J what are you trying to say?"He said,"What i'm trying say is,you have a gift from god that saw what you've been through and chose you out of every boy in the world,he chose you.Not only just that but you are a symbol of hope to those people that need help just like you when you were smaller."Mr.J knew a lot about me over the years and was shocked of how mind blowing the compliment he just had told me and only responded with an "oh."Then i remember asking him what he wants for Christmas and told me he wanted a better TV since the one he had was cracked.
"Mr.J can i use your computer for reasonable purposes?""Yeah go for it,i was about to use it but i'm too tired,"said coach.I searched the best that were on sale but took a while since there was so much on the internet to look at all the TVs.Few moments later i found something that caught my attention as soon as i looked at it.It was a 400 dollar 55 inched TV with all the channels at such a low price so i grabbed a piece of paper and pencil then starting writing on my list of things to do before Christmas.Logged out the computer but after that coach said to me"Miguel can you go to the store and get me a new pair of toilet,seems i have ran out and forgot to buy it while i was at the grocery,can you get it for me please?"Yea sure i'll get you the toilet paper."He said thank you and waited for me to come back while i was getting the toilet paper.I went down stairs and looked around me to see if any grocery stores were close by but i saw none.Worst part was i forgot that coach didn't give me money so i went back and asked for the money to pay for the toilet papers and ran outside the apartment again looking for the grocery store.I walked around the city trying to find the store with toilet paper but took me an 30 minutes just to find one and i did.I walked into the store looking for any groceries but tried not to get caught by the police since kids were suppose to be at school.Looking around the grocery i found toilet paper and went up to the cashier,gave him the amount of money i need to owe him then get my change back and leave.
While i walked out the store i saw a big crowed of people looking a the street fight that is happening.This western style kind of looking guy said."Step right in folks to see if you can defeat the mighty panther and the reward will be 1000 dollars if you are willing to fight for it."I got excited and told myself,"this is my chance to give what Mr.J wants for Christmas i went into the crowd and said,"i will fight the mighty panther."The guy announcing the fight laughed and so did the people around him.I was looking at everyone thinking if this person was really tough to beat.I saw the "Mighty Panther" walk into the center of the crowd and said to the western man,"Is this even a challenge for me?"Everyone around was shocked and gasped but not the guy i was about to fight.Th match started and things got really intense which i strike first just to get over with it and the man punched me in the stomach taking air out of my lungs but wasn't on the ground after all the training coach did for me it helped me handle the pain.I strike right away with my fist aiming to the stomach several times to lose breathe then a 2 punches to the head,an uppercut to the chin and finally a round house kick to the chin as well knocking him out cold then went up to the man and said,"Can i have my reward now?"And right away gave it to me.Everyone was speechless on how I knocked that guy out in less than a minute surprisingly wasn't really as hard as I thought it would have been.As soon as i got home Mr.J thanked me and told me that we were going to train the day after because of not wanting me to fall back on what i have learned.So then we went back to where we were minding our own business and plan to wait for him to give the perfect present for him on Christmas Eve.On this very night i had a vision while i was sleeping in the middle of the night where i saw my parents screaming my name while i was 5 feet away from them.Something was holding me back and the more time i wasted,the more time my parents started to fade and screaming for help while i was stuck there left behind.Coach heard me speaking in my dream by the following next morning.I woke up sleeping in the kitchen and Mr.J asked me these weird questions like if he knew what was going on last night."Did you sleep well last night?"said Mr.J.Then i responded,"no i couldn't sleep at all but i don't know how i got to the kitchen."Mr.J quickly responded and said,"you were in your room sleeping and then saw you sleep walking to the kitchen saying,Come back,come back."I was shocked again from what he said because the same happened again.I'm starting to get the feeling that someone or something is keeping me in a position where i was stuck and had no way out of it to see my parents.This was a part of me growing up to overcome the fear that you fear the most and realizing fear is just nothing but an illusion manipulating us into thinking we can't do it.Wanting us to not to overcome but i will not let that happen because i believe i can make anything possible with the right mindset.
