An Eye for an Eye

In the distance, there is a boy who is crawling away. Krow, with fear in his eyes, is afraid to look back. He keeps on crawling away because he knows that the person who probably won't be spared today is him. He's the one who crippled Finn. Thinking back, he regretted dealing with this monster. But what is in the past is in the past. He could only hope that he could get further and further away.

Not even a minute has passed and he hears the scream of Greem. He knows that he is done for. He crawls even faster than before. But not long after, sounds of footsteps could be heard coming from the direction where Greem last screamed.

Finn proceeds to walk calmly to Krow. Every step takes gives further despair to Krow. He doesn't even want to look back to see his source of fear. But the pace of someone who is injured crawling could never outrun the pace of someone walking. Without even knowing how long it has been since he started crawling, he suddenly sees two legs right in front of his eyes.

Finn is standing right in front of him. Krow's mouth is wide open. He believes that he heard the sound of footsteps is still quite far from him or else he would've definitely panicked. But the truth isn't always so sweet. With Finn standing in front of Krow, his hope is now all lost. He doesn't want to go so soon. He is still young and has a lot to live for.

"YOU FREAK!! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME! IF YOU DARE TO DO SO, THE KWILL WILL NOT LET YOU OFF! I HAVE A BROT....."

"I suggest you stop right there. Saying anything anymore is meaningless. Your brother won't be at the city of Wyrnir anymore. That city is just the the representative for various academies to take in students. Your brother probably has left that city years ago. So, anything you say is futile. I've also said the same to Greem and I've dealt with him."

Hearing that, Krow's eyes turns dark. He shuts his eyes and tear started coming out of his eyes.

"NOOO!! I don't want to die..... please I beg of you..... PLEASE...."

Krow is very scared of dying. He grovels under Finn and begs for him to be spared.

"Sure, tell me where you hide your Kwill family's manual and I'll spare you. You can take a look at your back and see that I also spared Greem since he chose to give me his manual. If you try to do anything funny, don't blame me for what is about to happen."

Krow looks at Finn's empty stare at his. He is creeped out by that look. Shivers crawling down his spine. Looking back, Krow could see Greem sitting underneath a tree, staring into nothingness with his mouth agape. He sees Greem mumbling his mouth but there's no sound coming from it. He thinks that Greem is just stunned of the powerful display that had just happened. With that, Krow hurriedly told where he kept his manual hidden.

"I brought two bags and I hide it in my brown leather bag. There's a sealed part which is not so obvious if you don't search it carefully. I don't dare lie to you since you could definitely finish me off if I do so. Now, if you're a man of your word, spare me!"

Krow doesn't dare to look at Finn in the eye. He keeps his eyes down while planning revenge inwardly for this humiliation.

'After this, I'll go enrol to the various academies there are. With Finn being blind, No one is going to accept him to any of the academies. After a couple of years, I'm going to find him and return this humiliation a hundred fold!'

Finn obviously doesn't know what Krow is thinking. Finn just stares at Krow for a while.

'What is this freak doing. Why is he not going away?'

Krow doesn't know what to do. He just keeps his head down, not daring to lift it up. Suddenly, he felt a strong force grabbing him and bringing him up. He sees Finn grabbing his neck and is about to say something.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. You are the cause for me to go blind. I don't know why you bully me so much until you have to cripple me. But, every action has its repercussion. You'll probably won't ever dream that the repercussion will happen so soon right?"

"NO! NO! NO! NOOO! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME! AREN'T YOU A MAN OF YOUR WORD!!?"

"I'll spare you obviously. But that doesn't mean I'm going to let you leave without having a taste of your own medicine. What I'm about to do is let you learn to stay humble and live how you let others live."

With that, Finn then blinds Krow's eyes. Krow's scream of pain and terror could be heard by all those four other kids. Finn loosen his grip of Krow and lets him fall to the ground. He is kneeling on both knees while holding his eyes.

"MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM!?"

Screaming and shouting for a couple of minutes, he then stops and just sits there quietly. The world sits still. There is only the sound of wind that could be heard. After a while, Finn then starts speaking.

"I don't know if you're going to plot revenge but seeing you sitting there ever so quiet. I think that you realised that we are now on the same boat. I wonder if those academies will accept cripples into the academies. But, I know that those academies care about those who are strong."

Hearing that, Krow tilts his head into the direction of Finn's sound. There is a look of pity and pleading on his face. He's hoping that Finn could teach him how he got so strong.

"Don't your realise that I'm blind? How can I see what expression you make. And don't think about it. I'm not going to have you as a friend. I don't trust you. You'll definitely stab me behind my back. So, I wish you luck in you journey then."

'And I won't serve the original Finn justice if I accept your plead of pity.'

Krow then drops his head to the ground. He still couldn't accept this. He is destined to be the best and bully everyone under him. Believing that this is all just a dream, he then faints.

With that, the debt has been collected and the original Finn could rest in peace. What Krow will do in the future will be up to his will. Finn isn't so positive about him rising back, with Krow's temperament of being better than anyone else, he wonders if Krow will strive forward going through all hardships or just gives up. But one thing for sure, Krow and those other four guys won't give him any more problems.