David only saw Alex when it was all too late. He was already too far off. Never the less, David ran up to Alex. [i]Why would he go to those protesters!? He's only making it difficult for himself! What is he planning on doing.[/i] He kept thinking. Though the bag he was carrying slowed him down. He couldn't reach Alex before Alex reached the protesters. He saw how Alex said something. David couldn't hear what. [i]Maybe he's trying to convince their standpoint? He looks charismatic enough. Oh, who am I fooling? They're rednecks.[/i] But then David saw the plastic bottle flying. "Uh-oh..." he said out loud as he stopped.

He saw how Alex pulled his right arm back. [i]No! No! No! No! No![/i] David's mind screamed. Almost in slow motion he saw how the redneck was punched. "Damn it!" he yelled. But of course, the Rednecks got furious. David tried to sprint next to Alex as fast as he good, dropping his backpack and bag so they wouldn't hold him down. A redneck was already rolling up his sleeves. That man could take 2 steps while he pulled his arm back before David stretched his arm out and yelled: "No!" His powers must have seen it as a command. Because a faint black aura formed around the man's boots. Not enough to lift him entirely. Instead it lifted his feet a foot above ground. Making the man lose his balance and fall face first into the dirt. "Why did you do that!?" David yelled as he finally stood next to Alex. [i]Oh this is bad for the school. This is bad for the mutants. This is bad for me! They will expel me![/i] But then a strange courage boiled up from the usual survival cowardness David normally had. [i]No! Mutants have to stand together now. This is a school. We are trying to better ourselves![/i] he thought. His expression went from scared 'lets-get-the-hell-out-of-here' to 'I-will-stand-and-defend-my-fellow-mutants'.