The Kids Aren't Alright (Reignfinite)

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"No. You're wrong. Tyler's actually not a good kid. He's a great guy! Oh and the same level as me, huh? You mean the level in which I'm not a geek addicted to collecting innards of who-knows-what? I don't think that's shameful at all," Adam replied with a shrug and a smug smile. "It's great he actually belongs there, right?"

He ignored the stares of the other students. He was used to being the center of attention. This one was a different sense of the phrase, but that doesn't mean Adam was comfortable with it. He did feel a little uneasy about the staring and he was vaguely feeling ashamed for causing a scene, but he stubbornly refused to let Versil have the last word.

"Okay, fine, Doctor Verse, the weird psychiatrist who used to spill pus, viscera and bloody entrails of strange things on me back in uni," Adam said with a roll of his eyes. He crossed his arms in front of him and stood tall. "What did you want to talk to me about Tyler?"
 

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"You mean the level in which I'm not a geek addicted to collecting innards of who-knows-what?

Versil clenched her fists in anxiety. "A level clearly above you!" She protested, a part of her silently crying for the school officials to just barge in and stop them before she actually tries to debunk this kid's power (with just super strength and super speed, that will be an easy task, thank you records office) with her own. (However, it is against school rules and the island's laws.) "And you're so not getting my argument right it'll be a waste to answer your pathetic retorts because they all missed the point!"

The doctor slowly stretched her fingers to somehow relieve the tension synchronizing with her pulse as she slowly sits back down and breathe in and out heavily. She bit the inside of her cheek until she heard Adam sarcastically asking for her initial objective.

She sighed again, albeit calmer this time. "I hate you, but I am guessing we share the same sentiment of wanting to help Tyler Colten."

Ah, the fuss slowly melted but some of the students are still looking at them. Versil's pulse is still racing with how she and Adam exchanged their introductions a moment prior, and her brother will surely call her childish again, but she nailed that there is no reason to cry over that now.

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"I feel the same way, don't worry," Adam replied cheekily. "Also, yes. I actually do want to help Tyler, too." He remembered one of the reasons why he felt additional hatred for her. Versil had the power to nullify. Yes, of course. Why hadn't Adam thought of it before?

The answer: the very idea of her would only make him see flashes of gore and blood and internal organs. And they weren't simple mental images either. They always somehow seemed so sinister and disgusting. Adam hadn't known he had such a creative mind until the nightmares started haunting him even after he woke up.

Adam felt that the moment to bicker has passed. They have shared more than enough details to the lounge. It was time they moved on from that. He motioned to the table where she'd been sitting before as he took a seat for himself. "About Tyler... Are you going to tell me what you did to the poor guy?" he asked.

Adam was still irked about this. It just had to be Versil, didn't it? The one person he hates... it just had to be her who could help the one person he'd see as his first friend here.
 

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The doctor rolled her eyes before starting with a whispered curse. "Calm down here Verse."

She let another shaky sigh after telling Adam about her session with Tyler yesterday. "I am here to — " But before she can even begin to reason why she scheduled a meeting with her currently most favorite student in the academy (yes, that was sarcasm), a pair of familiar school officials showed up by the entrance of the Student's Lounge.

She excused herself (and it was too late when she realized she didn't really had to with a disrespectful jerk) as she approached the pair and explained everything to them (the whole truth because the truth is always simpler to retell) and waited for the two to laugh at her for acting like a child again, in which she dismissed with "Okay, whatever oldies." and watched as they trot away.

"I figured we don't have much time," She started again, waiting for any snarl remarks from Adam. "So I'll say this bluntly. I need you to look after Tyler — his behavior, moods, habits, take note of everything."

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Adam stopped and looked up at the old crones that decided they had to handle a situation that has already been handled. He waited for Versil to finish with them, deciding that he shouldn't say anything as he is only a student and she was somewhat a figure of authority here (much to his dislike).

Once they'd left and he and Versil had the chance to sit down without being stared at, he calmed down and heaved a sigh. He scoffed in mock offense upon her request. "Of course I look after him," he said. "Just not in the way you want me to."

He frowned as he thought about the odd request. "Why are you asking me that? Is there something wrong with him?" he asked, sitting up and leaning towards her. If there was something wrong with Tyler that Versil saw, then Adam would be sure to look out for that. Not including the guy's ability to make everybody who looked at him insane in different levels one way or another, of course.
 

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Versil's right eyebrow quirked in annoyance. "Are you willing to help me the way I asked you or not?"

She pressed on it because she's well aware of the limited time she has before Tyler unconsciously goes berserk. There's just a thin line between now and that time, and she just hopes she'll not tire herself out asking people to help her. Adam just seemed to be the best candidate when it comes to the job of confirming whether her speculations are right.

And if Adam refuses to help her the way she's asking him to (and she's till praying he'll not be as difficult as he is now) she won't have any choice but to use her underworld connections to get to her conclusion. An option she hoped to never choose.

But this is not just about Tyler, or anyone with the same degree of monstrosity , it's about what could happen in the island all the same with the occurrence of such existence.

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"I think that would depend on how you ask," Adam quipped with a smirk. He sat back and crossed his arms smugly. The small victory was short-lived however. He sat up again and frowned. "You still haven't told me what your deal is with him. Why the hell are you so interested anyway?"

If there was something wrong with Tyler, other than his insane ability--no pun intended--then as his friend, Adam had the right to know. Also the right to meddle with whatever Versil might be inflicting upon the poor guy. The possibility that they bump into each other next and Versil ends up holding Tyler's organs was a scary thought. Because there had to be some place where she got her toys.

Not that Versil might be a killer or a murderer. No, Adam didn't want to assume that much and he didn't want to be that mean towards her. But she could persuade Tyler to 'donate' his organs and blood. Psychologists do that, right? They read your minds and could even use that to control you, put you under hypnotism or something fishy.

Adam's eyes narrowed on Versil, but he kept quiet and waited for her answer anyway.

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The doctor took the chance of trying to make up stories and reasons inside her mind to justify and answer Adams' question. As she watched him contemplate something, she inhaled and exhaled rather dramatically, trying to relieve the tension she unconsciously harbored at the pit of her stomach. She tried to calm herself down by thinking of what the student before her debates about (and if it's about their usual meetings).

Whatever the consultation with Tyler yesterday was about — she wouldn't relay it, she couldn't. Yes, she writes, but how can she narrate the fear of the unknown without being misunderstood? Especially that Adam is the one asking her. (Not to mention the oath of confidentiality between a doctor and a patient.)

But when the scarred student glared at her for the nth time, she softly grunted and gave up altogether the hope of making up an impromptu speech to somehow persuade this tough dork.

"I don't know." She gave Adam a resigned stare as she desperately tried to add some substance to her answer by gesturing unspoken words with her hands and failed to do so as she slowly let them sink back down on her lap.

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Adam's brows furrowed. It's not possible that Versil wouldn't know. She's got to have a reason. Everybody has a reason when they want to help or befriend somebody else.

Adam's reason was because he knows Tyler needs a friend and Adam had the safest sort of insanity when around him. If he had to deduce what others had from how Tyler acted and from their conversations, there were worse cases. Not to mention, Tyler seemed genuinely confused and surprised when Adam could only laugh and laugh whenever he saw him.

Or rather, that was until Adam reconsidered Versil's abilities. Nullifying abilities. She was exactly what Tyler needed. He sighed and stared at her. Why had she even come to him if not to establish the fact that they both want to help Tyler? Establishing that meant giving their reasons for doing so.

"Okay. Whatever it is, I shouldn't even care. It's not my business," he said. "But I will and I do take care of Tyler in the way I think it's best. He's... I don't know. He's already like a brother to me."

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"...Is that a yes or a no?" Versil asked, embarrassed that she can't actually tell Adam the reason why she needs him.

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