REALM 145, NEW YORK In a downtown alleyway the dull, thudding sound of punches and kicks hitting a body could be heard. A bunch of teenagers encircled a young man as they beat him up. One of the bullies with brown hair laughed, saying "That's what you get you lame piece of s**t!" The other bullies laughed. All the young man could do was groan in pain. His entire body ached. "This is so boring now." A boy with blue dyed hair and several piercings said, "Let's go somewhere else." "Yeah kicking this retard is making me catch his retardedness, let's bounce this joint before we all go stupid." The brown-haired young man said. All the other bullies nodded in agreement and before long they all wandered off, leaving the bleeding boy in the alleyway. After a while Jake stood up. His glasses

