Subatomic Evolution

”Not now, Liam; I don want to get into this f**ing bullying games with you now, ” he was really irritating me this time.

”its not up to you, Adams. I say if you can leave or not. Now give me your lunch, ” said Liam, who just blocked my way towards the school halls exit.

At first, it hurt, then I got used to it, and then I just felt numb.

But now, it was just annoying.

I raised my head and looked into his dumb black eyes, ”get out of my way, or I will remove you. ”

”hahaha, ” Liam and his gang of stupid lackeys started to laugh like I had just said something funny.

”I don have time for this shit, ” I mumbled, gathered the least amount of power I could use in my right hand, and pushed Liam in the chest.

Alas, that ”little ” push was much more powerful than I expected, and Liam was thrown back about three meters before hitting one of his lackeys.

They hit each other so hard that the sound of bones carking could be heard from where I stood.

”Im sure that must have hurt; consider it a warning. Next time I won be this considerate, ” I said to Liams right-hand man, who was shocked out of his wits and left without waiting for an answer.

You may think, ”how is it possible for a boy that just turned 16 less than a month ago to be so powerful? ”

But I have to tell you, in my opinion, I was anything but powerful at the time.

Sure, by human standards, I was even more powerful than the most powerful ordinary human in the world, but compared to those that mattered, I was a kid who had just learned how to roll.

To better understand what happened, let me explain everything from the beginning.

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Fifteen days before the encounter with that shitehead Liam, on Christmas eve, 2022

I had just turned 16 and was celebrating my birthday with my overworked and underpaid mother in our little apartment.

There was nothing too fancy, just a brown color cupcake that my mother had baked with no decorations and a simple wooden stick on it that was supposed to be the candle.

”Make a wish, dear, ” my mother said before lighting the ”candle ” for me to blow and kissing me on the forehead.

I closed my eyes and wished with all my heart, I hope he dies a horrible death.

Just as I finished my wish and blew out the candle, my mother looked at me with a sad smile and gave me a little box the size of a hand, ”this is something your father left behind when ….. ” my mother couldn finish any sentence about my father. It was too painful for her, and I never asked so as not to make her sad.

He had died before I was born and I didn know the exact details except that he was a really great man and that my mother really really loved him.

”its ok, mom, just take a deep breath. ”

She took a deep breath before clearing her tears and continuing, ”as I was saying, this is a gift from your father. He told me to give it to you on your 16th birthday. Happy birthday Alex. ”

I took the red box and looked at it for some time.

I wasn sure how to feel about it. I loved my mom to death, but I couldn help but feel a little hatred toward my father for dying and leaving her behind in this cruel world all alone.

I knew that he wasn to blame, but still…

When I finally opened the box, I saw a small, ordinary-looking ring inside it.

It had an old look to it and looked like it could crumble at any moment.

I wasn sure what to do with it when my mother started explaining, ”it is a family heirloom; wear it and promise me that you will never take it off. ”

”This piece of junk? ” I blurted out before noticing what I said and hurriedly said, ”sorry mom, Ill make sure to wear it all the time, ” and put it on.

My mom was visibly sad, but she didn say anything and just smiled, clapped her hands together, and said, ”now, lets eat the cake, ” and grabbed the knife to cut the cake.

As she was about to cut the cupcake in half, the apartment door ope