The reason why Ryan wished the man recognized him as Ryan Howell was because it could help him out in escaping from the midst of these boys.
The man would definitely ask some questions the moment he recognizes him as Ryan Howell, and those questions might lead to some things getting revealed, and that would most likely lead to Ryan’s escape.
But the man didn’t recognize him as Ryan Howell, so it was of no use.
“What are you doing?”. The leader of the boys voiced out, placing his right hand across Ryan’s shoulders again.
The other boys had their gazes focused on Ryan, then one of them uttered,
“It was obvious that he was trying to escape”.
“Was that what you were trying to do?”. The leader inquired of Ryan once again.
He knew fully well that he was trying to escape, he was just asking to hear what he’d say…
Well, Ryan didn’t give answer to the question as they were already in motion once again.
“Aren’t you going to answer the question?”. The leader uttered again with his gaze focused on Ryan.
Ryan didn’t still say anything, he just kept mute. Then the leader’s voice resounded again,
“I can see that you don’t plan on answering the question. Well, you can keep doing what you’re doing, keep silent as much as you want. But just follow us to where we are taking you to without doing anything stupid, alright?”.
Ryan didn’t still say anything, he just kept mute as the boy’s hand was still across his shoulders…
They were still in motion, and about two of the other boys were staring at Ryan currently. Then one of them voiced out,
“I’m having a feeling he might do something stupid again like trying to escape, it’s evident on his face”.
The leader glanced at the boy that made that statement for some seconds, then he glanced at Ryan for some seconds as well before focusing his gaze back on the boy and saying to him, Find your next read at empire
“He wouldn’t dare, don’t worry”.
Well, does Ryan plan on escaping again? No. He was going to follow them quietly to where they were taking him to. He knew they wouldn’t kill him or anything of that sort.
They only wanted to trouble his life as usual. So he was going to follow them to whatever place they were taking him to and allow them do to him what they planned on doing to him.
After today, he’d know what next to do…
They kept walking as the leader’s hand was still across his shoulders. And by now, they’d already arrived at their destination.
It was an open field that was completely empty of people, not even a single soul could be found there except them since they just arrived in it.
How big was the field? Well, it wasn’t that big, and it wasn’t too small either…it was just average in size.
Ryan kept glancing around the moment they arrived at the field, and this was the thought running through his mind,
‘Why the fuck did they bring me here? Why this place of all places?’.
..Well, he was going to find the answer to that soon.
Not too long after arriving at the open field, the boy took his hand off Ryan’s shoulders. Ryan was still glancing around when the boy took his hand off his shoulders.
Satisfied with how much he’d glanced around and the number of times he’d asked himself the same questions in his thought, he focused his gaze on the four boys…and he was a little surprised by what he saw.
The four boys were standing close to each other, arranging themselves in an orderly manner with those smirks plastered on their faces once again.
‘When did this happen? Why did they choose to stand this way?’. Ryan thought to himself glancing at them.
The smirks on their faces just show they were going to do mischievous things to him. Ryan was still staring at them when he discerned the reason why they brought him to this open field.
They brought him here so they could bully him as much as they wanted without any interruption. No one was here apart from them, so no one would be able to stop them when they start doing what was in their minds.
Did Ryan plan on running after discerning this? No, he didn’t plan on doing so. He was going to stand here and allow them do to him whatever they planned on doing to him.
..He was sure they wouldn’t be able to kill him though.
But he could feel his heart beating a little while standing there. The four boys started walking toward him after the passing of a few seconds, and now, they’d reached him and were standing so close to him.
The moment they reached him, their leader voiced out, glancing directly into Ryan’s eyes with that smirk still plastered on his face. His face looked so scary right now.
“I’m contemplating whether to make use of our powers on you”.
After saying that, he took his gaze off Ryan and focused them on the other boys before inquiring of them,
“Should we make use of our affinities on him?”.
None of the boys had responded to his question even after the passing of a few seconds, they were contemplating it…
Ryan felt his heart beating faster while still standing there, they were contemplating whether to make use of their affinities on him. No wonder they brought him to this place, they wanted to do a lot to him.
‘They’re contemplating whether to make use of their powers on me, this is bad. Making use of their abilities on me would make things get out of hand’. Ryan thought to himself with a bit of fear evident on his face.
The other boys were still contemplating it when the leader caused fire to appear on his right palm. He was able to ignite the flame on his palm so easily…it was something he’d learned to do without stress.
Seeing this increased the fear Ryan was feeling, and it was evident on his face. They hadn’t even responded to his question, and he’d already ignited fire on his right palm?
It was just like he didn’t care whether their answers would be no, he was going to make use of his power on Ryan nonetheless…
They finally responded to his question after they were done contemplating, and their answers were ‘no’. The leader focused his gaze back on Ryan after receiving their responses.
Then he caused the flame that was on his palm to vanish. And the moment that happened, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart beat reduced to an extent.
After a few seconds of standing there and just glancing at each other, the leader moved closer to Ryan as he was now standing super close to him.
Ryan found it uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do about it.
“You know what we’re about to do to you, right?”. The leader inquired of Ryan glancing at him.
Ryan didn’t say anything, he was only staring at him. Then the boy laughed a little before saying,
“No response again, well, you can keep mute all you want. But I’m sure you’re fully aware of what we’re about to do to you”.
And after saying that, he pushed Ryan so hard that he lost stamina completely and fell to the ground. And that was it, that was where it started from.
They started bullying Ryan from there after he stood up from the ground. They did a lot to him, like pushing him to the ground multiple times, kicking his legs over and over again until he started feeling pains there, and so on.
Right now, one of the boys was standing so close to Ryan while glancing at him, and Ryan was practically doing the same. Then the boy said to him,
“Push me just as we’ve been pushing you, I’m sure you want to do so. Push me hard”.
Ryan didn’t do anything, he only stood there glancing at him. Then the boy’s voice resounded again,
“Didn’t you hear what I said? I said push me and cause me to fall to the ground”.
Ryan didn’t still do anything, then the boy uttered again,
“Okay, okay, maybe you don’t want to push me, what you want to do is punch me. Well, you can punch my face”.
The boy moved his face closer to Ryan after saying that, but Ryan didn’t do anything, his hand didn’t go anywhere near the boy’s face.
Then the boy moved his face back to its normal position before voicing out once again,
“Look at him, a complete weakling”.
And the moment he said that, he pushed Ryan again, causing him to fall to the ground. And after Ryan fell to the ground, he said to him with his gaze focused on him,
“You couldn’t do those simple things, you’re a complete weakling”.
..And the moment he said that, the others began laughing.