The Life of Viscount Downton [Book 1]

LII

"Hey!! Get back here!!!"

Alex shouted as he catches up with the thieves as they approached the Church

And from the distance, he can also see some other boys nearby, who seem to be waiting for them to arrive with their stolen item

He then quickly hops off his borrowed bike, and carefully parks it before heading inside the Church grounds

***

Meanwhile, Jo, who borrowed Mr. Bakewell's bike, heads off to Downton, where Thomas and Andy where walking out in the snowy path to run some errands

"Mister Barrow! Andy!!" she shouted, making him turn to her

"Miss Lewis!" Andy said, seeing her "Is something of the matter?"

"Lord Downton," Jo told them as she panics "Lord Downton might be in great danger"

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"Give me my bicycle back!!" Alex shouted as he arrived and neared them

The boys just stared at him, and laughed. One of them then came forward, whom Alex assumed was their leader

"And what are going to with it, pretty boy?" he mocks "Besides, you look like you have lots of cars to drive around with"

"That's my cousin's bike!" Alex said "It means a lot to me. Now please...Give. It. Back"

"You think I'll believe you on that?" the leader laughs mockingly once again "Stop your lies, pretty boy, and let us have this. We'll sell this for a good price"

"Don't sell that, you stupid–"

He tries to near him, but was instead pushed back by two other boys

Alex was already fuming with anger, determined to get his bicycle back. But instead of starting a fight, he tries to calm himself down, not wanting to get in any further trouble

"Pretty boy can't fight!" one of the boys mocked him, to which the others repeated and point at him as they mock

"I am going to ask you politely one last time," Alex said as he balled his fists "Please give me back my bicycle, or else–"

"Or else what?" the leader interrupted him "You're gonna call you Mama and Papa and try to get us to the police? As if that's going to work!"

At this point, he had enough. And as soon as the leader neared him with a sly grin on his face...

...the Viscount Downton threw a solid punch, hitting the leader on the nose and send him stumbling down on the snowy ground

The leader quickly stood up from the ground, and wipes his nose to see blood slowly coming out of it before looking at Alex again

"Oh, you bloody bastard–!"

The leader then throws a punch, to which Alex swiftly avoids, and tackles him down the ground

The two then rolled around the ground as they both try to land punches at one another. The other boys cheered for the leader, telling him to beat the life out of Alex

Alex then got the higher ground as he pushed the leader down. He was about to throw another punch on the nose, when–

"Alex!!"

He turns to the noise, seeing Jo by the Church entrance. With her were Thomas and Andy, who were also on shock as they saw the scene

Unfortunately, the leader took this as an opportunity, and lands a solid punch on Alex's cheek. Alex was knocked off on top and stumbled down the ground, almost hitting his head at Matthew's tombstone