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“That’s it! My patience is exhausted and I am at the end of my tether!” I screeched furiously. This is not the first time my classmates named me as a nerd. I was walking with heavy steps and dragging my feet home from school. It was such a tiring day after a whole day of work! I decided to take the shortest route that is quite deserted.

Suddenly, someone caught my attention. Was I dreaming? I could not believe what I had seen. It was our school’s head prefect, Kelly. She was with two boys extorting money from a young boy named Jack. Muscles were bulging out from the boy’s broad arms. Their eyes were twinkling with mischief. They were in a group of gang trying to bully a small and scrawny boy. I could see a smirk on Kelly’s lips. Her penetrating eyeballs and an evil glint gave me a glance. She also had a sinister smile on her face.

“Give me all your money now!” one of the boys, Chris, shouted at him. Kelly ordered them to punch Jack if he refused to give them. Chris pulled Jack’s collar and threatened him to take out all his money. He was staring daggers at Jack. They were clenching their fist, ready to punch him. The terrifying apparition approached him with an evil, menacing smirk on its face. He was petrified out of his wits. He was paralysed with fear. Tears started to stream down his cheeks.

Those words from the gangster weighed me down like an anchor. My heart sank, body iced and mind blanked in an instant. Should I help him? He was wobbling like a jelly. Tension and fear mounted. Plucked up my courage, I immediately run towards them and was trying to prevent him from being bullied by any of them. He was about to gave him a punch but luckily I shielded the young boy.

“I... thought you are...a head prefect,” I mumbled and my heart was palpitating wildly. Would I get into serious trouble? My heart thumping faster and faster each time frightening thoughts raced through my mind.

“Shut your gap! Do you think that I really care about it?” Kelly sneered. It gave me a sudden impression of her and I realise that she was actually a hypocrite. The two boys were standing at the side crackling their knuckles. They were all showing a sign of impatience and were ready to punch us at any point of time. Being a kung fu player that is unexpected by anyone, I decided to used the easiest way to tackle them. I brought them to the ground each at a time and they were all groaning in agony. I could not imagine that I so brave and strong.

The two boys wanted to give me a kick in the stomach as revenge. Ironically, it was true. I tried to resist the pain I had and continued to fight on. I kept shielding Jack from preventing him to be injured or hurt by them. The pain was too excruciating that I could not resist anymore. I quivered in rage. My eyes bulged and the veins on my forehead looked ready to burst. Using my last ounce of strength, I gave them a punch. It made two of them feel weaker and they could not fight back anymore.

Without hesitation, Kelly and her gang had gone away. They were still swaggering to other places. Fortunately, we did not have severe injuries. It was such a traumatic experience for Jack and me. I did not know Kelly has such a bad characteristic that is unexpected. He thanked me ceaselessly for shielding him. He wanted to reward me with a handphone but I declined it politely. Actually, he came from a very rich background that was found out by Kelly so they planned to extort money from Jack.

The next day, the principal announced about the incident. Kelly was shamefaced and hung her head in mortification. Her face was full of regrets but it was too late. We could not turn back the clock. I was no longer called a nerd but a hero...

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