ST.ROCKS BOYS: CHAPTER 10
A Bloody Fight

While the boys got the chance to escape, Emilia and Jessica were unable to leave before the outbreak of violence overtook the once joyful hall where both boys and girls had been dancing vigorously.

Nobody knew what had triggered such a violent outburst. However, the bloody violence that occurred that day had never occurred in the history of ST.Rocks. Yes, ST. Rocks was a renowned school, known for ganging up on rival schools or seniors ganging up on juniors. But this one was different. No school had ever dared to bring a fight to their school.

This attack was brutal and unexpected, and it lasted for several hours while Emilia hid under the table with her Friend.

How she had gotten there she couldn’t tell. Or maybe she could! She suddenly remembered when someone fell on their table and both her and Jessica had to scramble out while screaming in fear.

They ran to the door, pounding on it with urgency, but no one could hear their cries amidst the deafening music that filled the hall.

I’m so scared! We should have left earlier. Where is Amy? What is happening?” Jessica spoke frantically as she and her companion ran through the hall, attempting to flee from the groups of boys engaged in violent fights, smashing bottles on each other’s heads and fighting like wild animals.

As the girls made their way through the tumultuous scene, a warring group nearly struck them. They could hear the deafening screams and sounds of weapons clashing and blows being exchanged as they hurried in fear.

As they ran,one of the fighters accidentally hit Jessica’s legs, causing her to lose balance and bruise her elbow. Emilia helped her up quickly, dragging her to the stage as she suddenly remembered there was an exit from there.

However, on the stage, there were more than seven boys engaged in a violent brawl, leaving no safe path for the girls to escape without sustaining injuries. With trembling hands, Emilia had to take shelter behind the curtain of the large stage window with her friend, waiting for an opportunity to exit.

Behind the curtain, Emily shook uncontrollably as she watched the madness happening before her eyes, suddenly remembering how everything had started. Greg had tried to warn her to go back to her hostel but before she could ask him why Senior Don was marching her way and Greg had vanished.

Everything happened so fast and before Senior Don could get to her, a strange-looking guy had smashed his head with a bottle from behind which had him dazed for a moment while his head gushed with blood. But the boys didn’t stop there, they punched and kicked him while Emilia stood there frozen. She couldn’t understand why she couldn’t will her legs to run from danger or why she couldn’t even scream.

In her frozen state, she heard Jessica’s voice urgently urging her to leave the hall. She snapped out of it and ran with her friend, her heart racing as they made their way towards the exit. As they reached the door, ready to leave, it suddenly slammed shut with a loud bang, and a group of boys shoved them aside in their haste to get inside. That was when the true chaos and madness began.

The boys of ST. Rocks were in a furious state, attacking any boy who wasn’t wearing their school uniform. They had all the doors locked to make sure no one could escape their terror.

Someone had dared to hit a ST.ROCKS senior in their own school… that was all they thought about as a deadly fight broke out. Many would go home with broken joints and bruises, Emilia thought as she watched the bloody fight. Tears welled up in her eyes as she asked herself why she hadn’t left earlier.

When was it ever going to end? She thought as the brutal fight continued. The punch and bottle stabbing was too much for her to behold. Why didn’t she go to her hostel earlier? She wept alongside Jessica. They held each other behind that curtain while they waited for someone to put an end to the madness and violence.

And someone did. The fight finally ended when someone hit the door of the hall hard and repeatedly. It was an old door, so it didn’t take such a long before it came open and Mr. Kams and more ST. Rocks boys rushed in to join the fight and chase their attackers away.

Emilia and Jessica felt a wave of relief wash over them as they watched the boys disperse and no one told them to run back to their school, with the memory of the violent fight.

Leaving the hall was no easy feat, but they gathered their courage and raced out of the door alongside many others who were also struggling to escape.

But not everyone could escape. One of Zuki’s guys was caught by senior Gabo who had seen him brutally punching Senior Don. And Gabo and the other seniors had no intention of letting him go until they had taught him a lesson.

“Make una leave am!” Mr. Kams said while the boys punched the bruised and tired boy.

“Mr. Kams, we can’t just let him go! We won’t! This guy and his crew planned this attack. You should have seen how they were beating up Don. They went after him specifically and we need to find out why,” Gabo exclaimed between heavy breaths. Despite his own injuries and the scent of the fight on him, he was determined to bring justice for Don. The boys at St. Rocks were like brothers, and they would never rest until they had turned every stone to get to the bottom of things.

“Calm down guys! Calm down! No beat am again. Just calm down!” Mr. Kams told the boys who circled Zuki’s guy.

“Did you people offend any of your rival schools and they have come back for revenge?”Mr. Kams asked, rolling his sleeves up as he stared at the wounded boy sitting on the bare floor of the hall surrounded by angry ST.Rocks boys. The boys were unable to provide a clear answer, as they had a long history of offending many schools.

“See, Matt and Jazzy, go and make sure Don is receiving the treatment he needs. Go, while I deal with this guy. I cannot believe you boys have become so weak that any school and any riffraff can challenge you in your own school! Your own school! His bitter voice echoed in the hall.

“Sir, we were not expecting any fi…”

“Silence!” Mr. Kams barked, glaring at the battered ST. Rocks boys. “As ST. Rocks boys, you should always be prepared. How many schools have you fought and wreaked havoc on? How many? And yet you expect your social day to go without incident. You boys are a joke. You should have been ready. In my day as a ST. Rocks boy, nothing like this ever happened. No one dared to lay a finger on a St.Rocks boy. But look at what you’ve done. Blood and broken bottles everywhere, and school property destroyed. Do you really think the school administration will let this slide?” He continued to scold the boys.

“Sir, please hear me out.” Senior Gabo pleaded again he had feeling someone had planned the fight and that it wasn’t coincidental.

“What?”

“Sir, They targeted Don, I think we should find out from him why they did. We have him here, let’s interrogate him”

Mr. Kams saw his point but he really didn’t think beating a younger boy was the answer to the whole mess. So, instead of letting the boys beat the poor boy some more, he grabbed the boy by his collar and made him a promise that if he shared why they targeted senior Don, he would ensure that he left the school without any further harm.

“Na some ST. Rocks junior arrange am. I no know their class but I swear no be external beef!” the wounded boy managed to say, wobbling on air as Mr. Kams stared in dead in the eye.

“You de lie!” Mr. Kams slapped the boy, letting him land on the floor. No junior could have the mind to plan something so deadly.

“I swear, sir. Na them bring the ladder wey we use climb enter una school. I swear, abeg make I just go! Abeg!”

Mr. Kams and the boys looked at the boy in disbelief. It was hard for them to fathom that a junior had masterminded such a dangerous plan. However, they were determined to find out who was behind it, and with Mr. Kams’ assistance, it was only a matter of time before they did. Since Senior Don had been terribly injured, it was crucial they identify the junior responsible and deal with them.

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