Nik opened his eyes ready to see the terror and fear on the face of his enemies. He knew he had broken though the 1st stage of body tempering faster than anyone of his age. He felt smug. He smiled like a god looking down on everyone else and looked towards where his enemies were trembling in………… THEY WERE VOMITTING???

Nik's grin slipped of his face watching Lionel and his group with strange face. Some of the lackeys were even vomiting and some were closing off their nose and flailing their hands. All had one thing in common and it was their closed eyes

"Shouldn’t they be at awe of my awesomeness? Why are they looking at me so strangely.. and why are they vomiting!!!" thought Nik. Beginning to doubt himself he looked downwards towards his body… and froze. His whole body was covered in a yellow and black looking substance!!! On top of that his whole body felt sticky and disgusting, along with the bad stink. And his clothes were all dirtied up as well.

"WAHHH!!!" Nik cried out loud. Even as he cried out his mouth ended up expelling a pungent smell which made all the people around him gag including himself. Lionel and co. staggered back as their nose got assaulted by the pungent smell and once more started holding their nose and stomach. Nik didn’t know that breaking into the first stage would dirty him up so much. Even his clothes had got messed up. Just as he was about to cry thinking that he would have to rush home in those stinking clothes and get scolded by his mother, he struck upon a brilliant idea.

Lionel, Piggy and the others had just gotten their mind straightened now that they had gotten used to the sight and the smell and were planning on running away when Piggy felt waves of pain coming from his head. Unable to cope with the pain he fainted. Lionel watched slack jawed as he saw Nik beat Piggy down in a single punch. Terrified he stumbled backward. Out of the four lackeys Piggy and Lackey No1 had already fallen. Only two of the Lackeys remained. Lionel started panicking. He knew he was no longer a match for Nik unless he too broke through the first stage of body tempering. He could no longer run as well since he had seen Nik's speed had increased as well. The only room left was negotiation.

"Brother Nik, we were just harmlessly pranking you. Hehehe…"

The remaining Lackeys nodded their head as well.

"Oh! I didn’t think that Brother Nik would reach the first stage so fast. If you need anything at all brother Nik you can tell us. My father knows quite some people among the resource distributors. Maybe I could help…" Just as Lionel was saying this

"Dammit! My clothes…they stink." Saying this Nik started ripping his clothes off. As he was ripped off all his clothes, he suddenly froze. He remembered that he didn’t have a spare cloth to wear. Just as he was thinking of what to wear while returning home, he remembered Lionel's word.

"Huh, didn’t you say you would help me get anything."

As Lionel heard this, his back got filled with cold sweat as he realized what Nik was going to ask. The other 2 lackeys didn’t feel anything amiss and sighed in relief as they thought they would not be beaten after all. Just as they were thinking so they saw Lionel scuttling to Nik's side and whisper in his ear. They saw Nik nod his head and walk towards the small pond nearby and wash himself. They saw Lionel walk towards them with a strange smile in his face.

" As expected of Boss, you somehow managed to subdue him. Hehe…. ack!!" Just as Lackey No 2 was saying this he felt Lionel catch him from behind.

"Quickly take his clothes off." Lionel said to the other Lackey( NO 3). No3 started hesitating. Seeing the indecision in his face, Lionel started getting angry.

" You idiot, do you want us all to get beaten.. huh!! If you don’t take his clothes of I'm gonna take yours off you little piece of shit. Now quickly before that bastard finished washing and comes here to take our clothes off."

Hearing this No3 no longer hesitated and started taking No2 clothes off who kept on crying and whining the entire time.

"Here you go Brother Nik. I got new clothes for you." Nik heard Lionel saw as soon as he finished washing himself. Looking at Lionel's face, Nik really wanted to beat him until his face was black and blue. But Nik knew that he couldn’t offend Lionel's grandfather. On top of that having a person like Lionel around would make things easier for Nik as well. He might be able to get more resources as well. Just thinking about those pills through which he could get stronger, he could feel his drool coming out from his mouth.

Thinking like this, Nik crinkled his eyes and smiled and replied. " Thank you Lionel. If I need anything else I hope you can still help me." Nik might have thought that looking like this made him look harmless. Nut to the fear stricken Lackeys, Piggy and Lionel he looked like a intimidating demon. They could do nothing but gulp their saliva and frantically nod their head.

While they were nodding their head, Nik turned and started walking down the road to return home and tell his parents the good news.