Elements

Chapter 3

Xenon P.O.V.

I remember my days in elementary and middle school. Instead of being with the other students at Mystic Academy, I went to an actual public school. This is because my power has to do with my emotions, so everyone just thought I was very emotional. I remember the teasing and the humiliation......

"Look it's the crybaby! I wonder what he's going to to today!"

"Probably act all tear-jerking and pathetic."

It was so unfair. If one of the girls cried, no big deal, but if I cried, I was a target. If I showed any emotion at all, I was creepy, or pathetic, or mean. I had to be static all the time. Or I might be picked on. There were a few times where I was beaten too. It was awful......

"No! Please just stop! I'm sorry!" 

"Pfff... No you're not. You're just doing this for the attention you little bitch! You probably are on crack or something!"

"No! Oww! Please!"

"You're not getting off the hook girly!"

"You stupid little fucker....."

It didn't help that I am fairly girly as well..... I have a higher pitched voice, like to wear accessories, and just kind of act like a girl sometimes. And it's not that I want to be a girl or anything, I just, I'm feminine I guess.

"Ow! Oh shit.... Please! Just stop already!"

"Not a chance you little whore! You piece of gay shit."

"I mean, he even looks like a girl! Just with short hair."

"Yeah, I bet he's trans or gay, or some shit like that."

When my parents finally spoke to the principal about it, he said that I was originally supposed to go to a school for people like me. I didn't like it at first, I thought it was a school for stupid people or something like that. But when I moved schools, I adjusted pretty quickly.

I can't take it anymore..... I stood up and walked over to Ms. Nihonium's desk. I just needed to get out of this hell-hole.

"May I please use the restroom?" I asked, my voice shaky, tears threatening to spill from my eyes. She looked at my like I had just gotten shot, and was obviously concerned. 

"Oh, of course Xenon." said, giving me a look that was filled with pity. I nodded, and blinked my eyes shut as tight as I could, the tears streaming down my face.

"Thank you Miss......." My voice trailed off. I didn't even have the strength to finish my sentence. I turned around and began to walk towards the door. The tears just wouldn't stop coming, like a river flowing from an infinite water source. I could feel thirty-two pairs of eyes staring deep into my soul as i walked for what seemed like forever. All the tears I had held in for all these years came streaming out. After what seemed like a year, I finally reached the door. I placed my hand on the handle, but couldn't bring myself to open it. I just stood there, like a statue, bawling my eyes out. The room was silent except for my sobs, and everyone was staring at me. I couldn't take it anymore. I fell to my knees and cried louder. Iodine appeared beside me.

"It's going to be okay, Xenon....." She said softly, looking into my eyes and putting a hand on my back. All of the students except Iodine, Argon, and Zinc didn't dare get close to me when I was like this, as I might lash out. And that's exactly what happened.

"No! It's not! We are trapped in this, this Hell-hole! Now people are coming to kill us, and we stand no chance! We are practically already dead!" I yelled, not even realizing it. Iodine took her hand off of my back. 

"Xenon, listen....."

"NO! I will not listen to you, treating me like a child!" I was standing now, fists clenched and head down. I didn't want her to see me in this state.

"I am the same age as you! You have no right to treat me like a stupid fucking child you bitch!" I screamed at her. That was low, even with my temper. I had never said any cuss word other than hell before. 

Although clearly taken aback, Iodine didn't seem fazed. She took a deep breath, and decided to take a more head-on approach.

"Xenon, I am not treating you like a child! I am trying to get you to calm down. Be sensible!" She told me. I could tell Iodine was going to stand her ground, I needed something that would get her to leave me alone, but what.....

"You are treating me like a child! Get off my back!"

"Well maybe if you don't want people to treat you like one, don't act like one you piece of shit!"

Iodine covered her mouth as soon as she said it. She knew that when my temper gets out of control like this, I get violent. I held my head up. I wasn't crying anymore, but I was angry.

"Oh, yeah? You think I act like a child huh? Well if I am.... I can't help it. So maybe get off my back you fucking whore, K?" 

Everyone in my school knows, that when I'm really angry, I don't yell anymore. But that's even scarier, because my anger gets out through violence. 

"Xenon, I'm so sorry, I-"

"Shut it bitch. I don't want to hear it. Ya' know, maybe you should find yourself another friend. Since I'm obviously not a very good one. While you're at it, why don't you kill yourself? It would certainly make things easier for me. Oh, who am I kidding, you don't care about me! So I think I'll kill myself. Yeah, I'll do that." I stared at her with a smile that was somehow terrifying. Iodine just took a step back, afraid that I would lash out. I stared at her for a second, thoughts racing through my head.

I sighed, dropped my head, and held out my arm to her.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. Pulse me."

"W-what?" Iodine stuttered, surprised. 

'"Pulse me. Electrocute me. I deserve it." I said, moving my hair out of my face. She stared at me for a second, and then grabbed my hand with both of her's. 

"How many volts?"

"No more than one-thousand, it could kill him." Ms. Nihonium said. Iodine nodded, and looked at me. 

"Do as many as you can. And hurry, before I change my mind." I said, squeezing my eyes shut, bracing for the shock. I clenched my fists, and I put my head down. I heard Iodine whisper something that I couldn't understand, and then pulsed.

It felt like a million knives were digging into me from all angles. Digging in and  twisting around, as to find the worst angles possible. Every nerve in my body was on fire, burning up until I didn't have them anymore. My powers seemed confused, because I felt angry, happy, sad, and confused at the same time. 

Iodine stopped pulsing. She looked at me with a saddened gaze. I had fallen to my knees during the process so she held out her hand to help me up. I took it and we walked back to our seats, only to have the bell ring twenty seconds later.