Hana's POV

Steven, Cole, Charles and I were all huddled together on the playground. "Alright guys, you know the plan?" I asked. "I'm ready," replied Steven. "Same here," said Cole. We all nodded to one another, then moved in on the target.

As we closed in on the new kid, Andre, he turned to face us. His face was cold and unkind. Nevertheless, we didn't back down. Steven stopped in front of him, and thrust out his hand. "Hi," he said. "My name is Steven." Andre didn't shake his hand, and his face remained emotionless. "I'm aware of who you are," Andre said scornfully. "There is no need for this petty 'meet and greet' you have obviously set up." Steven's hand shook a little. I cleared my throat and began to talk. "Look, in the past few days I feel like we all got off on the wrong foot. Why don't we just all try and get to know one ano-" He cut me off. "I know plenty about all of you, and quite frankly, I have no interest in learning any more." This statement stunned all of us. We were expecting at least some kindness or positivity. But Andre was a complete douchebag.

"Look, asshole. We're not big fans of how you new kids are treating us. If you don't change how you're acting, there are going to be some serious repercussions." I didn't care about Cole's "play nice" idea any more. Now I was mad. Andre smirked. "And what might those repercussions be?" he asked tauntingly. I was at a loss for words. After a few moments of failing to create a coherent sentence, Charles stepped in. "Look, buddy. You jerks have been pissing me off for a while now. I've been putting up with it, but right now, I've never wanted to beat the shit out of someone more." Charles cracked his knuckles. Andres smirk disappeared. "You... would beat the shit... out of me?" he asked slowly. I glared at him. Why was he so damn cocky?

"Destroy him, Charles!" shouted Cole. "Hell yeah!" I screamed. Steven seemed torn between peace and ass-kicking. Charles stepped closer to Andre. He didn't move a muscle, letting Charles approach.

Charles threw a punch. With lightning speed, Andre stepped out of the way. Charles threw another punch. Andre dodged again.

Charles threw punch after punch, but Andre continued to dodge. Finally, Charles bent over, panting. "Are you done?" He asked. This time Andre cracked his knuckles. He pulled his first back, but then... "Charles, sub me in!" yelled Steven. Cole threw him a Monster Energy, which he drank with a single gulp. I saw his pupils dilate, then he growled, "Let's do this."

Andre looked angry. Suddenly, he threw an incredibly fast roundhouse kick at Steven. Steven practically teleported out of the way, and then just as quickly returned with a right hook. There was a sickening crack as it connected with Andre's face. All of our eyes widened, and everything was still for a moment. Then Andre let out a piercing bellow of fury. Suddenly, everything was a blur of limbs. Andre punched and Steven blocked and Steven kicked and Andre counterattacked and Steven got pushed back and Steven used an uppercut...

It was impossible to keep track of what was going on. Cole and I dragged a weeping Charles to a safer spot. When I looked back towards the fight, I saw things were getting bad. Steven had a black eye, and Andre's leg was bleeding. Steven had the upper hand, but was losing it fast. I could see the Monster was wearing off. If I didn't do something, Steven was gonna get seriously hurt.

I looked around, and saw a teacher not too far away. I ran as fast as I could towards her. "Excuse me, you have help! A kid attacked my friend and he's gonna-" the teacher cut me off. "Heh. So you're finally starting to get it, aren't your?" Then they walked off. I was so confused. Why wouldn't they help? I ran back to the fight.

Steven was now losing badly. He had slowed down considerably, so now all he could really do was duck and roll out of the way to avoid incoming attacks. Not knowing what to do, I went through my pockets to try and find something helpful. Shit! I thought. I had left my shiv at home. "We gotta do something!" Cole yelled over the fighting. I nodded vigorously.

Think, Hana, think! I didn't have anything useful on me, I couldn't fight Andre, I wasn't heavy enough to pin him down... starting to get desperate, I stomped my foot on the ground. "Shit!" I saw Cole perk up like he had an idea. He ran to his backpack and pulled out a book. He tore out something, then ran back. He ran up to the fight and quickly attached something to Steven's side. It was... a picture of Theo? "Really Cole? Do you really think this is the-"

Andre jabbed at Steven, hard. Steven dodged, but it clipped his shirt. In doing so, it also... tore the picture.

"RaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I shot towards Andre so fast that it caused a huge gust of wind. I tackled him, sending us both flying. As we were in midair I punched him rapidly with both fists. We hit the ground, tearing up turf and dirt as we slid. Before we came to a complete stop I jumped to my feet and picked him up by his collar. As I raised him off the ground, I continued to punch him. Then, with one hand, I flung him over my head and into into the ground. He collided with a tree trunk with a deafening boom. I heard a crack, then the tree toppled to the ground, crushing Andre. I walked over to where his legs were sticking out, and gave him one final kick in the balls. Then I turned away from him and walked back to my friends.

All three of them were wide eyed. "Holy shit," said Cole. "I knew that would work, but..." I smirked. Steven looked sad, but then again, he had just been in a huge fight. Then, without warning, I collapsed. "She should rest," said Steven. "Who knows how much energy she just used." I shook my head. "No, no, I'm fine." I said. I struggled to my feet. Then I fell again, but Steven and Cole caught me.

From far away, I heard yelling. I saw someone running towards us. When they drew closer, I saw it was Jack. "Guys, guys!" He yelled. "There was this person that came, and Julian's-" he stopped short. "Woah. What happened here?" He asked. "It's a long story," replied Cole. "Follow up question, why is that tree flying?"

We turned around quickly, and saw Andre lifting the trunk. How the hell is he so strong? He threw it at us with all his might. We all jumped aside, just in time. The three crashed down next to us, with leaves and twigs flying everywhere.

"You win this time!" He yelled. "But trust me when I say this - you have no idea who you're dealing with." And with that, he ran off.

We were all silent. None of us knew how to process this. After a bit, Jack broke the silence. "Um, guys, I know you probably just went through a lot, but there's something I need to tell you. Julian's gone."