(Sorry for the double post guys! Rob x )
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Trevor walked across the schoolyard towards the main buildings. His stomach tightened with fear as he saw Frank. He carried on hoping Frank would just spit some insults at him and leave it at that. But today Frank meant business He grabbed the much smaller boy by the shirt and threw him against the wall. Trevor looked at him, terrified but all he saw behind Frank's eyes was madness. He knew this was bad. The comfort and safety he'd felt with Lion all slipped away when Frank threw the first blow. It snapped Trevor's head back and split his lower lip. Frank glared at him but Trevor wouldn't fight back or even give him the satisfaction of crying. The blows reigned down on the small boy and Trevor was faintly aware of seeing Spider before a blow that split his eyebrow knocked him out.
Spider had been running an errand for his tutor when he came across the horrific scene. Frantically he called Nile and yelled for him to get there, he tried Lion while running into the school but he couldn't get hold of him. He ran through the office and burst into the Principle's office.
"Jason, what's wrong?" The Principle asked, normally he'd be angry at such a rude intrusion, but by the look of Spider's white face this was serious.
"Frank's beating up Trevor, there's blood all over..." Spider ran back outside as the Principle scrambled to get people. When Spider got back outside he was relieved to find Nile restraining a crazed Frank.
"Check Trevor!" Nile yelled. People were gathering at the windows now, frightened faces looking at the lifeless form on the floor.
"Trevor?" Spider crouched by him, wiping blood from his face with the front of his shirt.
"Jason?" Trevor groaned.
"Yeah." Spider got him up. "Come on you, let's get you away from all this. You're with friends now." Nile abandoned Frank, who fled, to help move Trevor.
"Fetch him in." The Principle ushered them into his room. They sat Trevor on one of the plush leather couches. "We'll need statements from you two." Nile and Spider nodded. "What lesson were you in Trevor?" Trevor looked up at him blankly.
"Drama?" Nile guessed. Trevor nodded mutely and Spider was sent to tell Miss Staff what had happened. He jogged over to the drama hall whilst furiously sending a message to Lion. He got to the drama hall and walked in.
"Hello." Miss Staff said cheerily her face dropping when she saw the blood that was on Spider's shirt.
"It's Trevor." Spider said, that was all he had to say. Miss Staff rushed back over with Jason. They found Nile sitting outside the office tapping his foot impatiently.
"Do we have to wait here?" Nile asked Spider. "Can't we get after Frank?"
"I'll call for you at some point today, stay in the common room." The Principle said not wanting to have another fight happening, they sloped off grumbling.
Trevor was still slumped in the plush leather couch where he'd been placed. He'd weakly fended off any attempts at medical assistance and resorted to pressing a towel at his eyebrow. He sat in silence trying to figure out where hurt most, he settled on everywhere. The dream like voices of the teachers trying to phone home and fuss floated to him as if they were far, far away.
"No answer from home." "Does he need and ambulance?" "Shall we call the police?" "Are Nile and Jason contained?" "Any news on Frank's whereabouts?"
"Leander." Trevor said weakly, almost to himself. He wasn't aware he said it out loud. Just as the Principle was going to ask if Leander was involved he burst through the door.
"Trevor!" Lion gasped when he saw him and took a step towards him. Mr Walter, the Principle, blocked him. "What's going on?" Lion glanced from Mr Walter to Trevor.
"Do you know anything about this?" Mr Walter asked the puzzled looking Lion.
"What the hell?!" Lion scowled.
"Mr Walter." Miss Staff spoke up. "I doubt very much Leander had any involvement in this." The tension between Lion and Mr Walter vanished and Lion went over to Trevor who stood to let Lion hug him.
"Jesus Trevor you're a mess." Lion tried to brush the blood-matted hair out of his eyes. "Fucking Frank. He's pushed it too far this time." He looked at Trevor's eyebrow. "That needs stitches."
"This time?" Mr Walter asked. "How long has this been going on?"
"Forever. It started with just insults and the odd shove. Then the odd punch. I found out and me and Frank had a ... uh...talk and I thought it'd stopped but he was making Trevor hide if from everyone with threats that it'd be worse. So we had another talk and it stopped for a little while. Now this." Lion explained. "Has he shown you his ribs?" Mr Walter shook his head. "Show them." Trevor shook his head and wriggled away. "Stop being a woman and do it." Lion demanded and for the first time since that attack Trevor smiled. Lion grabbed him and tugged up his shirt and the teachers all gasped at the ugly mass of red, green and black.
"Where are your parents Trevor?" Mr Walter asked.
"Away on business." Trevor mumbled. "I'll give you the number." He scribbled it down and Mr Walter dialled it. He explained down the phone briefly what had happened. "You'll be back tomorrow morning? What shall we do with him until then? Yes, we're taking him to hospital now. Is there any relatives he can stay with?" Mr Walter looked to Trevor who had his forehead in Lion's chest.
