CH12:TOM BOY

"Oh wow, a new member of our gang. Welcome bro." CJ offered his hand to Rin for a handshake. Rin took off her beanie revealing her beautiful female face and her curly, anime boy hair.

" Actually, I'm a girl." She said as she shook CJ's hand. " But don't worry. I don't mind if you call me bro,bro." Sue was observing everything about Rin's vibe. First of all, her dress style was interesting since she decided to dress like dudes. Second, although she had lipstick, Sue thought she was one of those boys with...hobbies. Third, her voice confused Sue about her gender because of the slight base in it but the soft nature also.

" Are you sure your not some dude cross playing?" Sue rudely asked with jealousy clearing emitting off of her.

" No, I don't do that. I actually dress like this to comfort my soul that's still grieving from the loss of my father. You know, the guy with the shotgun that was killed by Pharaoh."

" Oh, crap. I'm..I'm so-"

" Sorry? Don't be. He was an ass for standing up to a mutant though." Rin smiled. Sue felt like a giant jerk after saying those mean words to Rin. Her face was dripping with sweat guilt and her eyes couldn't stay in contact with Rin's

" Anyway, Rin here offered her warehouse to be our base. A location where we can establish our business to run these hooligans out of our town." Max said. " Rin has a warehouse in the warehouse district that-"

" The warehouse district!!" CJ exclaimed. "That's the worst part of this town. How are a bunch of high school freshmen supposed to handle a place like that?"

Max grinned and signaled for his friends to follow him to their favorite spot in the whole school. Max then closed his eyes, flexed his arms a little and they started to light up.

[Fire arms skill activated]

[ Showing off will start costing you from now on. Skill will take 2 energy points every minute.]

Max ignored the system warning and continued with his expedition. His arms turned bright red and the others could feel heat radiating from them. A few seconds later, his arms lit up like a match stick. (this picture is on my instagram joshua_jt3)

" Woow. That's so dope. Does it hurt or anything?" CJ asked.

" No, it just feels like warm gloves on my hands and the rest of my body can't feel the heat."

" Is that how you were able to knock out the blonde guy from last night?" Rin asked.

" Yeah."

" This is great Max," Sue said. " If you can add fighting skills in your powers, we'll be able to get rid of Pharaoh sooner than expected."

*Ding*

[Fighting fire with fire. Fighting tutorials unlocked. Learn how to fight to better your chances of defeating Pharaoh.]

Max, for once, was happy that the system was going to help him out even more. His arms reverted to their normal state and he checked the video section. Unfortunately, there were only three video's available. Max clicked on the first video and it started with a blank screen that read, [Mutant training program]. A tall, blonde man with a rectangular beard and a ponytail with square glasses stepped up in front of the camera and started speaking.

*Greetings user. I am James McLarcy, creator of this system. My location is unknown to the world and it shall not be revealed to you, however I am here to help you understand my life's work better to suit you. This video will teach you the different fire techniques the fire mutants poses. Remember, you are the only one of your kind left. If you die, the system will return to me. Let's get started. *

Unfortunately for Max, the school bell rung, meaning he couldn't get any time to watch the videos. Sue had offered her future leader training sessions at her family dojo for free that is if Max was interested.

" With Sue's karate dojo and the systems tutorials, I can get my body in top shape." The day went on as usual, Max and his friends had their classes, Miss Xin didn't show up again so she was subbed and at the end of the day, CJ's sister made herself the queen of the entire school, which made CJ extremely uncomfortable. At the end of the day, CJ's car had come to pick him and his older sister but the girl already left for a party at some dudes house.

" Master CJ, where is madam KC?" His driver asked.

" Auugh, missy KC left for some party with a dude she just met. Let's go home dude, Dad will handle her."

" I'm afraid I can't do that Master CJ. Your father said I'd get fired if I didn't get you and your sister home on time. We have to look for her."

" Dammit, that girl and her party life, AAAAAAAAHHHHHH." CJ screamed on the top of his lungs before stepping out from the car. Luckily, Max, Sue and Rin were still at the gate and they heard everything that went on in the car.

" We'll help you find your sister bro." Max said.

" Ah screw her. I wish we could leave her but Harvey will be fired."

" Who's Harvey?" Sue asked. The driver's door opened and out came a tall, white man with blonde hair and a killer suit that looked to be more expensive than the car itself.

" Greetings, my name is Harvey, CJ's driver. We were hoping you could help us locate his sister's location." The man had a body fit for a professional MMA fighter and a face that looked like it was chiseled by the most talented artist in the world. He was roughly six feet tall and had a wide chest, firm shoulders, muscular legs and a well defined jaw line. Sue and Rin couldn't help but blush at the sight of the man while Max couldn't help but stare at the mans fit body.

" Damn. If this is his driver I don't want to know who his bodyguards are.".

" Let's ask a couple of seniors if they know where she is." Sue suggested.

" No need," Rin said. " She posted a couple of pictures and tagged her location. She's at the estate area."

" How did she get there. It's not near." Sue said.

" We could get a lift from CJ, that's if you don't mind." Rin said.

" Sure, let's go find this girl."

" I call shot gun." Sue said. Everyone looked at her wondering what came over her to start acting childish.

Meanwhile as Max and his team were heading to KC's location, a house with many cars outside and teenagers drinking was attracting an awful lot of attention. KC could be seen on the dance floor with the high school football star friend, Jade Wilson. He was everything every girl wanted. He was tall, muscular, had perfect hair, perfect skin and blue eyes. Jade Wilson was one of the richest kids in Raid town. His family had been very influential in starting the town outside from the city but ever since the Four Armed Gang showed up, his parents moved back to the city. Jade didn't want to leave his life behind and start a new one so he asked his parents to let him stay in their old house.

At the party, there was music, food, drinks and many teenagers who just wanted to relax after a long day of school. KC was leading a group of girls in a dance when suddenly, two large SUV's belonging to the Four Armed Gang pulled up to the parking lot. Four men with black vests and intense tattoos casually walked into the house. Everyone stopped what they were doing out of fear that one of the gang members would do something. Jade, who didn't like party crushers, went to speak to them.

" Hey, we don't want your kind here. Get out of my ho..." One of the gang members punched him on the jaw, knocking him out in an instant. KC ran to help her friend and she even threw a couple of curse words at the gangsters.

" She's the one the boss wants?" One of them asked the gangster with sunglasses.

" Yeah, she's the one. Grab her." KC tried to ran away but the four men grabbed her, carried her to their cars and drove off. At the t-junction, CJ and his friends could see to SUV's driving off at an incredible speed.

" What did they want from here?" Rin asked.

" I have a bad feeling about this."