The Runaways

Jacob. The most horrible name I have ever heard.It's almost as bad as Clarence. Jacob was the only person that I have hated almost all of the time I knew him.1


"Clearance! Clearance!" Jacob made fun of my name as he ran down the hall, "Wait! Clearance!" he stopped as he approached me.2

"Whaddu you want?" I asked him. I knew he really just wanted to either make fun of me or hurt me.3

Jacob pushed me into a locker, "I heard that you wanted to fight me." he took a fighting stance and covered his mouth with his fists, "You wanna go right now?"4

I kept walking but I knew he wouldn't let me leave without throwing at least one punch. "Stay away from me." I walked a little faster.5

"Hey! Pussy get back here!" Jacobs rock-like fist pounded into my arm four times, "Are you just gonna let me beat you up again?" people started to gather around us.6

"I don't want to hurt you..." I backed up feeling intimidated by him, "Just leave me alone so I can get to class." my feet shuffled back until I hit a locker.7

"Looks like you have nowhere to run." he put his fists back up, "Fight me right now!" he swung for my face but I grabbed his fist and punched him straight in the gut. "You're dead!"8

I got in a poor fighting stance and got ready for a fight, "Get ready to be hurt." his fist came hurling at my face, luckily I slipped and he missed me. I kicked him in the crotch, "Want summore?" I could see the hate in his eyes. I hated him more.9

"One more hit and I swear..." he took his hand from his crotch and grabbed my hair. Everybody was chanting his name... how could they chant his name? Everybody hated him and I was always nice to everyone. I twisted around, pushed him off me and waited.10

"Are you finished?" I asked him. My eyes were bouncing from person to person. Everyone there was my friends... or, I thought they were my friends.11

Jacob laughed, "We're just getting started you little bitch."12

I ducked as he swung at me. Finally I saw my chance to hit him. My fist went right to his face, his cheek felt like Jell-o. I swung again hitting him in the nose. There was a weird cracking sound.13

He started to scream, "I'm gonna kill you!" he was dripping blood but I couldn't stop. I rolled on the floor and got up behind him. I got him into a perfect strangle. Instead of killing him I just smashed the top of his head repeatedly with my fist.14

"Stop!" the principal's voice came from behind me. I dropped Jacob and ran, "Clarance Isquitz!"15

I was at the bathroom looking back at the place where we fought and everybody was helping Jacob. I couldn't believe it. "I HATE YOU!!" my voice echoed through every hall.16

The principal ran to me. I ran into the bathroom and hid in a cupboard under the sinks. I just thought about things while I was under there.17

First of all, I hated my home, my sisters and my mom would always leave me out of everything. A week before the fight I got home and there was a note on the door saying that everybody was in the mountains inner tubing. I loved inner tubing and they knew that! I kept getting madder and madder as I thought about it. 18

When I heard the door open I remembered that Jacob opened the door in front of me on purpose, knocking me down and sprawling all my stuff all over the place. I hated him so much!19

The principal was looking for me in all the stalls, "Get you butt out here you little..." he ran out. I got out and I was so mad. I just wanted to get revenge for all the things my family and Jacobs... and everyone has ever done to me! I was so infuriated.20

My heart was pounding so hard. It felt like it was trying to escape from my chest. "I'm gonna kill you Jacob!" I ran out and went to the nurse, Jacob was there, "Get up!" I yelled, "Now!" I felt like I rumbled the whole building.21

He was still covered in blood, "Leave right now." he said.22

I could tell he was scared of me now. I loved that feeling. My enemy was scared of me! This was the best feeling I had ever had. "I'm going to hurt you!" the nurse saw me and ran to her office dialing a number on the school phone. "Get up right now Jacob." my adrenalin was going down.23

"Please leave Clarance." he was holding his head where I had been hitting him. "Don't get in trouble... I have to show you something after school." his eyes were watering. 24

I laughed at him, "Now I know how you felt... you were a king. Living on the high end of the food chain. Now... I'm at the top!" my heart started pounding again. It felt so good. Like I was feeding on his fear.25

"Hurry! The principal is coming! You have to leave! Don't get caught!" he looked serious. I still didn't want to listen. I needed to hurt him more.26

I heard footsteps outside of the nusrse's office. "Let me just talk to him!" I yelled. I knew it was the principal.27

He tried to grab me but as a reaction I slammed my fist into the side of his face, "Get the fuck away!" I was going insane, "I have to... talk to Jacob." the principal walked out of the room and I locked the door.28

"Please don't." Jacob got up and looked at the nurse. He had a red sort of glare. It seemed almost welcoming but dangerous at the same time. The nurse fell over. "You are like me!"29

All of a sudden I didn't feel so powerful, "Um..." I backed up, "Did you just... kill her?"30

He smiled and nodded, "We aren't bad! We can make ourselves good. But our true nature is to kill the innocent."31

I stared at him, "Who's we?" my stare turned into a glare.32

"You... me and you are both... different." he put his hand on my shoulder. "I wasn't quite sure that you were like me until I saw you fight." all of a sudden the blood went away and his nose went straight.33

"So... you were just faking when you were sitting here?" I pushed his hand away and backed up, "You... how..."34

"I had the same reaction too." he laughed. His eyes went from me to the cieling and back, "We are the runaways." his grabbed my hand and we went flyng up.35

"Stop!" I thought we would hit the ceiling but we went straight through it. I almost peed my pants. "What are you doing?" I let go.36

I was still flying! I couldn't believe it! "Isn't this amazing?" he smiled the biggest smile I had ever seen. "This is what I do when I skip class. Now that I found you... we can leave now." he seemed excited to say that we were leaving.37

"What!" I stopped flying then I could feel myself drop. Jacob caught me just before I hit the ground.38

Jacob laughed, "We have to leave soon." he threw me high into a cloud.39

"I don't want to leave!" my mood went straight down to depressed, "I've lived here my whole life... and hated you almost the whole way through second grade until... well tenth grade." 40

"Who cares what you think!" he yelled at me, "Me and you are young compared to Zermott and Hanta!" he grabbed my shirt and started flying us up. I could barley see the school. "They are both hundreds of years old! They are our grand parents." 41

I looked at his face, "Our grandparents?" my voice sounded puney compared to the wind, "Are we... related?"42

His eyes started to tear up again, "You are my brother... we are both one hundred-fifty years old. I had to find you so that we could both live." I knew that there was something wrong.43

"Are you... sad?" I flew up a little more.44

"The one ability I lack. Hiding my emotions." Jacob grabbed on to my shirt again and I couldn't fly. "Are you sure you don't want to come?" he was almost completely crying now.45

"I... I... have to." his fingers slipped slowly off of my shirt.46

"Goodbye." 47