Where Evil Grows

The Decision

Most people wouldn't go absolutely crazy when put in a situation where you don't have much control, while yes, the situation isn't totally ideal, it doesn't place crushing weight on most people's back. It is what it is, y'know? However most people aren't Dr Ivo Eggman Robotnik and Dr Ivo Eggman Robotnik isn't most people.

He was going feral. It was like his hands and feet were tied together and were being simultaneously pulled in opposite directions. His thoughts were running rampage a mile a minute. The only thing on his mind was what would the end result be. He couldn't risk losing the opportunity of a 5th PhD and the chance to show anyone who ever doubted him wrong. Was that so bad?!

The decision weighed on his mind for days. Many days were spent where Ivo struggled to get up out of bed without immediately flopping onto the ground. When he did manage to get out of bed, it was only to get a tub of ice-cream and return to his covers. Where he would cocoon himself into a blanket and cry-eat. Needless to say, Ivo was a shell of the man he once was.

After several days of waiting and longing in sheer agony, the heavens parted, the planets aligned and Ivo was summoned to the office of Professor Lennox. Since it had been days since he had seen the outside world, he looked rough. His hair was a greasy mess, with enough oil that would make america invade Ivo's scalp like lice. He had a bit of stubble around his face and he had black rings surrounding his eyes like he was Timmy and Tommy's secret triplet brother. He was almost ghostly pale too, which made him seem as if he had stepped straight out of a tim burton movie.

Inside Professor Lennox's office, it was declared that the school board had decided to overlook this single occurrence of violence this one time for an apparent undisclosed reason. Ivo was warned that if another student was physically hurt by him, greater action would be taken but for now, he was off the hook.

"I trust you understand  what the school board is saying, right Ivo?" Professor Lennox had said, her beady eyes fixated onto Ivo. 

Ivo nodded his head frantically. sucking up each word that fell from her lips like a bee with nectar. His eyes darted to the door and then back at Professor Lennox. He was almost resembling a puppy who was staring up at it's owner with a mixture of adoration and worship. 

"I do, yes, most certaintly"

"Well then, I don't see a reason for you to be in this office any longer. You are hereby dismissed, Dr Ivo" 

Ivo was simply ecstatic over this. However he had hardly taken a single step over the threshold of the door when he heard Professor Lennox call his name. All colour drained from Ivo's already pale face, he inhaled slightly and then he turned to face Lennox.

"Y-Yes...?

"Apologies for neglecting to mention this Ivo, but the school board actually wants you to do them a favour. You injured a fellow student and so, they ask that you help  a fellow student."

"Oh?" Ivo responded quizzically, raising a rogue eyebrow involuntarily.

"Why yes. There's a student pursuing that science internship..you've probably heard of him..I believe his name is Stone if my memory is correct. Really bright student but he does need a bit of a helping hand with certain things"

"I dont actually recall ever knowing or engaging with a "Stone" but..if helping somebody with a little bit of science is all thats required for this petty little incident to be behind us well...why not?"

"Perfect! I'll contact him then and inform him of this jubilant news, now you can be excused properly"

Ivo scurried out of the office like a small mouse zooming across a kitchen floor to get a speck of cheese. The cheese in this being the opportunity to do better. He wouldn't just be better, he would be the best. Violence? Savagery? Sorry, Ivo didnt know what these were. All he knew was gadgets, gizmos and good grades.

On the way back to his room, his thoughts proceeded to drift. He began to ponder about what this "Stone" individual was like. He hoped that Professor Lennox was being truthful about him being bright, if there was one thing that Ivo detested it was idiotic, himbo numb-skulls who couldnt tell the difference between h2o and h2o2. 

He also hoped that whoever this individual was not tall. Tall people got in the way of things. You ask them to carry things into the next room and then they go ahead and bash their heads into the top of the door, absolutely smashing the beaker and spilling the highly corrosive liquid all over the ground. Some people might classify Ivo as tall however Ivo believed that he was the exception to this. Yes he was tall, but he wasn't tall tall. 

His thoughts swirled around his head all the way back to his room, and upon reaching his room, he flopped down on the bed. By the time his head hit the pillow, he was asleep. He had a dreamless sleep and slept soundly for many hours.