Breaking the limits

Incident

Alison and luan were taken to the infirmary after what happened in the coliseum.

They were helped by the caretaker and a teacher.

Alison was sitting next to another stretcher where Luan was, who had been knocked unconscious.

Suddenly she began to wake up.

-Hey.... Alison, what happened? Why are we here?

-I was attacked by two so-called students and you intervened.

-Ah..., I think... I remember.

Alison touched him to his face.

-It doesn't hurt, does it? -Yes.

-No.

-Because?

-I had an incident with the hate-you group, and I lost feeling and got some nerve damage, plus my slow development from it, not that I'm weak, but it's hard to explain to other people.

-Then you don't feel shame and sadness and....

-If I do, the only thing I lost was the feeling of pain.

-I understand, but don't the doctors tell you anything?.

-They told me that it was impossible to rebuild the nerves I lost and there was nothing they could do for me.

.......... ......

Minutes later, Alison came out of the infirmary.

In the corridor her brother was waiting for her, who was lying on a wall

-I don't know what your obsession is with that child, -he said.

-Our father told me everything you did. He doesn't belong here. He shouldn't even have been accepted into this school. You asked him to be admitted here.

-Anyway, I'm not going to do anything to get him out, but you should know that it's hard for him to improve his statistics like any other student, you're wasting your time with him.

-As usual you shouldn't be like this, you're the president of the school. He may not be the kind of student you want, but at least he shows the willingness to improve like you did, remember you're a handicapped person too, and look how far you've come.

-It's not the same, you're crazy, we'll never be the same.

-Because it affects you so much then, several students came in here for political favors and nobody says anything, but it bothers you that someone with your same condition shows up.

Snaider took Alison's shirt.

-Not that problem, you're falling behind. You should be training harder to finally get to the level of a sophomore, not playing with a kid.

In the middle of their discussion two students appeared, who were somewhat impressed by the president's loss of face.

He took a breath and tried to calm down and as he left he said.

-Okay, I can see that no matter how much I tell you, you won't change your mind, I won't do anything to expose his weakness, but concentrate on training

....... ....... ..........

When Alison left I was left alone in the infirmary, and I just wanted to go to my room and rest, I didn't feel any pain from what had happened, but I did feel dizzy and weak, even though he had cured me.

The minutes passed and some of my classmates showed up.

Among them Liz, Saul, and three other classmates.

-We heard what happened to them, how you feel.

-Tired, and I just hope the nurse comes and lets me go.

-They know who sent them to do this, Saul asked.

-No, I answered.

-They say Alison, she won't do community service because of what happened, is that true? -I don't know.

-I don't know, but I think it's for the best.

They stayed with me for a while until the nurse arrived.

-You can go now, I'll check.

I put my shirt on and got up to leave, Liz and Saul helped me to the bedroom.

Almost an hour later, Alison arrived.

-I went to the nurse's office but you'd already left.

-I was already feeling bored after being there for so long, Liz and Saul helped me, but it's true that you'll leave as the two weeks go by.

-Yes, I got my leave.

Tell me, do you think someone from class one told you to do this?

-It wasn't anyone from this school, just me and my brother's personal problem, they wanted to send him a special message.

-But, because he takes this so radically, sending someone to do that to you, it's so...

-Don't worry, I don't think anything like this will happen again at school, they won't allow anyone into the school. But you should be careful on expeditions.

-Ah, I had your necklace washed, it had that guy's blood on it, he said so while he was taking it out of his pocket.

And he gave it to me.

-You were so impulsive, I didn't think you were going to get up.

-I didn't want them to cut off your hand, I thought it was a pretty cool thing to do.

I looked at him in the eyes, and I felt confused, he didn't show any emotion, I couldn't describe what he was feeling at that moment, in these weeks he never smiled, and I didn't see him show a positive expression, I thought he had said something that made him uncomfortable, but suddenly he got up and came towards me.

-What are you doing, I asked him.

-Stay still, please, he said to me.

He touched my chest to me and I felt uncomfortable because of his approach to me, I didn't know what he was doing to me.Until I began to see that my arm was beginning to heal and little by little the scars and scrapes I had since I entered this school were disappearing.

-What is this, I asked him.

-Consider it a way to thank you for your effort, don't tell anyone about this.

And he left the room, with the typical silence with which he finished his sentences and left with the intrigue of what he had done to me.

...............

The next day Alison packed her bags and left in the early hours of the morning.

And I went to class.

Everything looked normal as if nothing had happened.

When the day was over, Snaider appeared in front of me.

-I see that you want to get better, but it's impossible kid, I've been doing research and you've got developmental decline. Because you better leave this school and stop heating that chair.

-That's not your problem, I said.

-Okay, I see you won't stop holding Alison back. Then come and train with me.

-Why would you want to train with me? -I don't know.

-Isn't it obvious? You're holding Alison back, instead of training with people stronger than him, he's wasting his time with you and he doesn't even know how to train you, he just puts you in a fight with you, ignoring that you and he are totally different people.

-If you want to learn things that will help you get better, follow me, otherwise you'd better leave school, so that Alison doesn't waste any more time with you.

Snaider lay on the wall waiting for the answer as a boy.

Luan, clenched his fists and stood in the hallway for a few seconds until he decided to follow the president.

The two of them looked into each other's eyes.

-I see you've already decided... come with me, we'll go outside the school.

.......... ......

We arrived at a place far from the city.

It was a boning car guy, it was almost 6 o'clock at night.

-What are we going to do?.

-To practice your speed, you can't do better than anyone else, your development is very slow. So you have to practice what you can do best, you're shorter than most freshmen, and you're thin, so I think you can move faster than everybody else. I know you trained with Alison, but you have to train according to your own characteristics and at your own pace.

-I don't understand, if I can't get better like other people, what's the point of doing this?

-A person's speed and reaction is more than a skill; it's a natural instinct of people, if they can improve. After this you can start deciding what to do in a battle against anyone.

-You want me to help you, or you prefer to be your friend's shadow.

I looked him in the eye and said.

-I accept your proposal.

I take a sharp part of a cart and throw it to me at once.

I managed to keep it from hitting me.

-You're crazy! -You almost hit me.

-That's the point, there's no time for you to get better little by little, understand if you go to a fight on the expedition you'll be the laughing stock of the school, don't think because you could have hurt those two guys, you'll be able to take on someone from another school, that was because their target was Alison.

-Try to keep her from hitting you.

-You're sick, I said.

He took several car parts and threw them at me.

The only thing that lit up that place was a poor lamp that covered that area.

I mercilessly threw everything he saw in his way, I couldn't avoid everything, even though I didn't feel the wounds I could see all the bruises and scratches on my body.

-You've had enough.

-Now fight me," said Snaider.

-I know I told you you couldn't get better, but that doesn't exempt you from getting in shape to fight the way you should.

Still tired, he wanted to finish me off.

He threw a fist at me mercilessly, with my arm I tried to stop him, but with the other I hit him and he fell to the ground.

-Ah, please, we haven't even started, Snaider said.

-You're too strong and fast as you expected.

-If you can't, then put on this steel armor over you and let's do some boxing trials.

I had to do what he told me, because I couldn't keep up with his pace and I thought he would make it a little harder for me.

I don't know how long I've been doing that, the only thing that came out was that I got to the bedroom late at night.

When I woke up it was almost time to go to class.

I got up as best I could, to start the day again, despite my injuries. The clothes I trained in yesterday were ruined, so I packed another one to go back to training.

I arrived at my classroom, everyone seemed to be organized for something.

-They're giving us information for the expedition, -John told me.

In that class was the Sahara teacher.

The area you will probably go to is located in the south, a mining place, not very developed but, there are rivers and a good place to practice.

-They will probably be joined by another room, because there are more men than women in this room, and they cannot mix them.

-Another thing is that they sometimes mix them up with other schools to share experiences. Please be responsible, for everything you do the school will be involved.

After this he continued with his history class.

The day went by boring as usual.

And Snaider, he was waiting for me in the hall again.

-You're giving up, he said.

-You're not giving up your duties as president.

-For now there's nothing important to do.

We went to that place again, but this time there was one more person.

John was there.

Snaider approached me.

-You're wondering why I called him, he doesn't want to be behind Alison either, he had a good score to get into this school, so I couldn't refuse, plus I needed another punching bag.

-They'll both attack me today, but that doesn't mean I won't respond.

And he threw two daggers at us.

Let's start.

-You don't care about your uniform, I ask John.

-I doubt they'll get a scratch on me.

John was very upset and without warning he attacked him.

I manage to tear the right sleeve of his uniform.

-It doesn't matter, I'll buy another one.

And he tried again, but this time he did avoid it and Snaider answered him with a fist in his face.

-When I train with Alison he pushes me to the limit, and doesn't give me any breathing space, so you can never catch up with him.

-And you, you're going to stand there and watch, no wonder your mother died, no one's going to give you away, nor will they help you in any way.

That word, was the only one that I could not stand, I spent all this time enduring rejection and I never got angry because I understood that I was different from the others, and I would never fit in, but this I could not let go,

Maybe I was weak and let that happen. Those simple words were too much for me.

I took the dagger and regardless of my wounds, I attacked Snaider and managed to wound him in the shoulder.

He was surprised, looked at me somewhat terrified and responded with an elbow in his mouth.

-Who would have thought that a few simple words would motivate you so much, yet I neglected to think that you could even touch me, but what are we going to do to him?

-I didn't think you could even touch me, but what are we going to do?

John and I were attacking Snaider simultaneously, but he managed to dodge everything we threw at him.

After a while we changed the strategy and tried to surprise him by attacking him for a few moments both of us, until we finally found a weak point.

It seems that he was right, and the left arm that I hurt was always exposed when we both attacked him, he didn't know how to respond.

And in one attempt we almost scratched his chest.

-I see they found an opening, I'm sorry to disappoint them, I'm not really fighting, and neither will I, I don't want to send them to the hospital, let's call it a day.

-We put you on the ropes didn't we, -John said

-Yes, but I'm sure I won't use so much force on you, you still have a long way to go.

-And with Alison, if you really fight.

-He's something else, he's from another country, his training is different and pretty pushy, he doesn't give you any breathing space, he really fights.

-If you want to fight yourselves.

-As you are already tired, I answered.

-I didn't think it would affect you so much, it was just a comment to get you to react.

-Okay, President, no problem.