On an early Saturday morning, the day after Hector saw the questionable silhouette outside, he decided to share what he saw with his roommate.
"So, you are telling me that you saw someone who both behaved and sounded like Professor William run out into the middle of town late last night?" Jimmy asked Hector.
"Yes, he even used the one of his title abilities that he mentioned the other day." Hector kept on.
"What exactly do you want me to do with this information?" Jimmy asked.
"Well, don’t you think it’s strange?"
"No, why would I? The man is an adult, and it was a Friday night after his work week. He probably just went out looking for a bar or something." Jimmy explained.
"But why use his tracking spell?" Hector asked.
"Because it's most likely his first time here and using a tracking spell like his, is much better than anything a phone map will get you." Jimmy explained.
"Aren’t you at least a bit suspicious? I mean with his dodgy past and the upscale of this Angel eye stuff being passed around school... Maybe he is out looking for the dealers? or maybe... He is the dealer!?" Hector exclaimed.
"Why are you so hung up on this? If he is out looking for the distributes of Angel's eyes would that not be good for the rest of the school?" Jimmy told Hector, completely ignoring his theories.
"How are you not hung up on this? It's an active drug ring happening possibly inside our school and our new criminal teacher is maybe out looking for the culprits. That’s not something that is considered normal!" Hector exclaimed.
"Not for humans." Jimmy retorted.
"And not for sages either, I hope!" Hector replied.
"Okay, you want to know why I’m so fine with this happening. Firstly, as
Professor, Wiliam has already stated, this is the island of Nostradamus. A criminal haven. Second of all, me and Amelia have been involved with this sort of stuff before." Jimmy explained.
"What?" Hector asked.
"You mean you and Amelia Swanson from our class?"
"Yeah. Me and her were among the top of the distributors of illegal contraband back in England. We had the whole country buying from us for a while." Jimmy told him.
"You expect me to believe that?" Hector asked.
"Well, it's true. Most of the illegal contraband came from our suppliers. Amelia did the business talk, I did the forging of items. We quickly got some allies that sold and distributed for us. Since none would buy stuff from kids. Eventually our names became known for our affairs. Plus, we could never get caught because who would believe that a couple of kids would be selling of weapons and drugs to gangs." Jimmy explained.
"And we lived our childhoods making money from our side hustle before the ISC came knocking at our doors and charged us for our crimes. They traced back the Yade to be from us and so we got served an ultimatum to attend this school and rehabilitation in order to stop what we were doing or be sentenced to juvie and later prison for half our lives." Jimmy explained.
"Jesus Christ..." Hector mumbled.
"I told ya the other day. Almost all the students here have some skeletons in their closet." Jimmy told him.
Then suddenly a knock was heard. Someone was at the door.
"Do you think it's William? He couldn’t have seen me yesterday, right?" Hector asked.
"Oh, he definitely saw you. With a tracking spell like that then there is no way he didn’t." Jimmy told him.
"Maybe he is the dealer, and he is here to get rid of me..." Hector mumbles.
"Oh, calm down." Jimmy tells him.
"Maybe if I apologize then he could spare my life?" Hector continues his ramblings.
"Argh... You new sages are always so anxious about every new thing." Jimmy says.
Hector slowly moves over to the door and quickly opens it.
"I'm sorry William I never meant intrude!" Hector shouts as he opens the door, without even looking at who stands in front of him.
"Did we come by at a bad time?" a soft and gentle voice asked.
Hector slowly opened his eyes and saw that in front of him stood three of his classmates. By the door there stood Amelia, Nadia and Ophelia.
"The old man bowing in front of the young folk? Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Ophelia teases Hector.
"Old man?" Hector burst out, clutching his chest as if he was just punched in the gut.
"You look to be the same age as me!" Hector strikes back.
Ophelia grinned and said.
"Nope I still got two months before I hit your age, old man."
"Thats what happens when you're born in February Hector. You will be appointed the old man of the class." Jimmy chimed in.
"Wait how do you know my birth month?" Hector asked, confused.
"I looked at all of your profiles on the school registry." Jimmy said.
"February 8th, March 19th, August 30th, October 12th and July 5th." Jimmy says. Pointing at Hector, Amelia, Nadia, Ophelia and lastly himself.
Hector looks towards Nadia.
"Wait, your birthday is in two weeks?" Hector asked her.
She just smiled in response.
"Anyway, did something happen? Why would you be apologizing to Professor William?" Nadia asked Hector.
"Well... I saw him yesterday sneaking out into the city whilst activating his tracking spell. I think it has something to do with the Angel eye problem at the school." Hector said.
"Hmm, it could be connected." Nadia said.
"But I don’t think it should be any of our worry, should it?" Nadia asked confused over why he would apologize for this.
"He thinks William is going to kill him for seeing that, just let him be, he is just anxious." Jimmy jumped in.
"Anyway. Why are the three of you here?" Jimmy asked.
"We wanted to ask if you wanted to hang out. Ya know, bond as new classmates." Amelia said.
"And with this new information from Hector here, I think I know what we could do." Amelia said.
"Oh, come on Swanson. He is just paranoid." Jimmy told her.
"Well, William has been absent since yesterday Flecther." Amelia said, dragging out the pronunciation of his last name.
"I went looking for him since I wanted to ask about any upcoming tests, but all the teachers say he has been absent since yesterday. So... Maybe we can take this time to look for him. Let’s see if he really is out searching for Angel eyes or just laying drunk somewhere." Amelia said.
"We can see it as a bonding experience." she continued, her eyes looking into the very souls of her comrades, with an almost commanding look.
The group thought about it and eventually they all agreed to it. Their growing interest in their teacher’s mysterious actions couldn’t be contained for much longer.
All except Jimmy felt like they could completely trust her words. Since he recognized those eyes of hers. Those eyes that won over the almost every major gang in England when they were younger.
Those eyes of yours Swanson scare me even when you don’t use your ability. Jimmy thought.
"Sure. Let’s do it." Jimmy said.
The group left the dorm room and went down to the main gate.
There they were met with a crowd surrounding another of their classmates. The famous Nicholas. The one with the highest amplitude of all the students. Not only that, his good looks and fashion style basically radiates popularity.
"Poor fellow." Jimmy said.
"Must be suffocating with that many people around." Nadia said.
"Why is he so popular though? I understood that it was for him having a high amplitude, but William also has a high amplitude, but he isn’t swarmed around to such an extent like Nicholas is." Hector asked.
"Well, it's not just that. He has started to earn some fame from his matches and tv appears. but it's mostly interviews and big brands wanting to sponsor him." Ophelia said.
"Matches? Like a sport?" Hector asked.
"Kinda. It's more like duels. Where two opponents fight each other using magic. Back in the day it was mostly people just watching prisoners fight with magic, but now it's become a professional sport like MMA and another martial arts." Ophelia told him.
"So like MMA with magic." Hector said, looking towards Nicholas.
"Oh, don’t think you can take him. He might have the smaller body between the two of you, but he is pretty good at what he does. I have seen some of his fights." Jimmy interviews, seeing the look in Hectors eyes.
"Oh, I know. It's just that I myself have been practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and boxing since I was a kid and I had hoped to maybe spar with him, since when I usually spar with people, they... well..." hector says stopping himself as he seems to remember something.
The group continue out into town and just about a kilometer from the school grounds they already start to see some of the town’s wickedness. Old men laying drunk outside bars, other lay on the ground enjoying in the sun whilst high out of their mind. two more kilometers out there stands brothels casinos and hooded figures selling every drug or illegal contraband under the sun.
"I thought that all of this had died down after Wolfgang announced this island as theirs." Nadia said.
"It has. It was much worse before." Ophelia tells her.
"Wait, Wolfgang? The criminal organization?" Hector asked.
"Not criminals, heroes." Ophelia said like to correct him.
"Gang, criminal organization, terrorist group, miss understood heroes or whatever you want to call them, but yes. They claimed this island as theirs and After that a lot of the crime here has died down." Jimmy said.
Wolfgang, a group of ten masked individuals with each member represented by a tarot card. The group has committed crimes in every part of the world. The group has been classed as an opposition to the ISC as they have proved themselves as criminals, doing anything for money. Be it drug distribution, demolishing of buildings, robberies, or murder. They have made themselves known in history as one of the most feared and respected gangs in the world.
The group walk closer and closer into the town and ask around if they have seen anyone matching William’s description. At first, they get nowhere until a man badly bruised answered.
"Yeah, that bastard went that way down to the pub the Devils dish. I don’t know what you want with him but I recommend ya stay away from him."
The group followed the man’s directions and eventually they ended up in a small pathway leading between the houses. As they walked, they heard what sounded like a fight up ahead, so they decided to investigate.
They walked deeper into the alleyways where pipes of different sizes cover the walls. Eventually they saw an open space where three men in suits stood talking to William.
They had a hard time hearing what they said so Jimmy got an idea. he put his palm on the ground and the other on the wall next to him.
"Taringa, kanohi" he whispered and the tattoos on his body started to morph.
The tattoos flew down his arms and on to their respected surface. One formed what almost looked like a tv with the ink that flew to the grounded moved towards William and the three men. When the ink got within ear and eye shot of the confrontation it formed into an eye and ear. Then on the ink formed as a tv on the wall They could get a closer look on the situation and hear what they were saying.
"Stop playing games! Just tell us where you got the info on us and we might only break half the bones in our body." a man wearing a dark red suit said.
"That is the most cliche word I have heard. Have you no originality? Come on hit me with something better." William teased them.
"Just tell him so we can get on with this ya bum." A man in a black suit said.
"That’s a bit better, but I have already told you. There is no reason to talk with you. Since after I’m done you won’t even remember how to walk." William said, a bright smile on his lips.
"That’s it!" a man in a white suit said as he lunched at him.
The man in the white suit swung at him with a metal bat. William quickly dodged and jumped in closer. Landing a punch straight to his gut and within a second he moved on to a uppercut on the same guy.
"Fuego!" the man in the black suit said as he fired a fire bolt towards William.
However, William didn’t dodge. He quickly picked up the guy he just punched to the ground and used him as a shield. The white suit roared out in pain as the fire sinched his back. Then William threw the man at the black suit causing the black suit to fall on the ground.
Williams sprinted towards them. He saw the man in the dark red suit prepare to cast something, so he reached out his hand and pointed at the man.
"Lux"
"Fuego"
William cast the two spells at the same time and from his finger a bright light showed as well as a small explosion. He had created a makeshift flashbang with magic.
William kept running towards the other two men whilst the other was blinded. A smooth yellow glow surrounded his fists and he cast another spell.
"Gefrieren"
The glow around his fist quickly turned into pure ice. William jumps up and starts pummeling the two men on the ground with his ice covered fists. Blood splatters as he hits them. He doesn’t let up until the two fall unconscious. Bones broken and body bruised.
William looks towards the last standing man, the man in the dark red suit. He sees the last suit get his eyesight back and he takes the time to land a clean hit on his face. Shattering the ice around his fist in the process. The man in the dark red suit falls down blood covering his face from the blow.
"Who the fuck are you!?" the man shouts.
"A teacher." William responds.
"Like hell you are."
"Now tell me what I want to know. Where is your supplier. Who is making Angel eyes." William asked, raising his other still frozen fist up in the air in a threatening manor.
"Shit!" the man screams.
"Tell me." William responds, quickly lowering his fist stopping right by the man’s face.
"Okay okay! around the docks. I don’t know who or where they come from, but my boss gets his stuff from the docks. It's where our base is." the man screamed out.
"That wasn’t so hard was it." William said, standing himself up and undoing the ice spell on his hand.
"And for that I’ll give you a tip for what’s to come. Keep your mouth shut, don’t want to lose that tongue now do we." Willia said as he started to back away from the man.
"What?" the man asked.
"Sanctus pluvia" William said.
From the sky a barrage of thunder rained down on the man. Leaving his clothes and skin burnt.
William begins to walk away before looking directly towards the ink on the wall that Jimmy had conjured.
"Remember. Classes start 8 am on Monday." William said before walking deeper in the concrete jungle that surrounds them.
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