Don’t See Crew Hodges at 1:40-2:00 PM!

### Theme

Anger, Confidence, Depression, Disdain/Dislike, Friendship, Gossip, Grudges, Harassment, Name-Calling, Negativity, Nostalgia, The Past, Workplace Bullying

### Writer/Artist

Khaliq Trevor X

**Don’t See Crew Hodges at 1:40-2:00 PM!** is a story appearing in *the Rage Knights: Red God* universe created and written by Khaliq Trevor X.

> "*Bro, you have to get a grip on your anger and obsession with me, my best bro, and my other friends. Nobody cares about you and your shallow people. Or how much you hate us. Anger is a destructive drug. Gossip is an addicting chemical. You're all attached to the idea that you're "better" because you get more "love" when the reality is, that you're dating trash. Getting deceived. And laughing at the people who would have your back at every turn. There is no story where people like you keep winning, my guy.*
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> Oh... And I also don't give a shit what you all think either. Keep trying to fight me.*"*
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## Synopsis

Crew Hodges never liked Damon Bradley after he discovered how *weird* he was. Everything got worse as far as their friendship when the Rage Knights saved his former classmates in North Star Middle School, and became threatening outcasts to most of human society. Crew even personally blamed Damon Bradley for his own failures such as short lived dates and concerts being cancelled due to attacks from the demonic entities known as The Diseased.

One Tuesday afternoon around 1:40 PM, Crew Hodges goes to his mother, Chyna’s house for a surprise visit and upon arriving, he slumps into a terrible depression. His life is seemingly going *nowhere.* While he may have a good-paying job and even responsible for several events and locations in the Atlanta area, he still feels he’s lacking somewhat. He blames his inability to marry a good woman on the Diseased and various magic-casting entities. When Crew sees a car pull up, he sits inside his car for about a few minutes and sees what looks like “Damon Bradley” get out. He begins having flashbacks to high school, middle school and prior to that. He laughs and takes unsolicited pictures about Bradley, posting it to social media so Bradley can be cancelled, even making up stories about how Bradley is “talking to himself” despite Bradley being on a phone with bluetooth wireless headphones. Things are preparing for the worse. However, then he turns to see Bradley once more, and he discovers the Brad-Dunn Inc. cofounder is not even there... It is Midlore West-Stein talking on bluetooth wireless headphones and grabbing lunch out of a car.

Crew bangs his steering wheel and checks his picture before he gets into his mother’s home. The image displays nothing but a blur. Angry by this, Crew cannot let it go, he approaches Midlore directly and starts yelling about his frustrations and how “nobody likes” Midlore. Midlore ignores him and pretends he’s not there, before walking into Doreen’s Home. As Midlore walks away, a furious Crew bangs his SUV and a machine-like weapon appendage forms onto his body. This captures Midlore’s attention to where he doesn’t continue going inside the house.

Crew unleashes some strange shield-like device known as Unfriendly People’s Guard which summons everyone he’s gossiped with about his old childhood friend Damon Bradley. The people are average conventionally attractive men and women of various races and backgrounds. While they are attractive, they also display toxic, narcissistic and even abusive traits associated with psychopathy and bullying. Crew boasts about his power and his “connections” to everyone in Queens Mane and Atlanta and has his strange illusion summons fight Midlore for him. The group of people go swinging at Midlore, but he’s agile enough to dodge their arsenal of attacks, during the fight Midlore pinpoints Crew’s weak points and fatally wounds him. Crew screams, going down during the conflict. He curses and screams at Midlore as the Muccian Rage Knight studies the odd mechanical shield appendage and dismantles it completely. Midlore rips off the weapon’s Perception Rune and crushes it with his Drumstick’s Scythes. Midlore bids him a farewell and tells him that no matter how many people hate him, Damon Bradley and the other Rage Knights and no matter how many people act on cruelty and bullying, Crew and his accomplices will all ultimately lose. Before leaving, Midlore also proclaims he doesn’t even care what they think and how the “shallow people” from the guard won’t save Crew from a physical fight. Crew boasts about his frame and body size and weight and gets up to retaliate physically by Midlore punches Crew in the face and incapacitates him by knocking him into Chyna’s house. Midlore walks away, flipping off Crew with a middle finger. Crew later vents about the conflict to his many friends, lovers, ex-partners and members of a strange orgy/hookah bar, called Squidcheeks Companions and Hookahs.

## Primary Appearances

#### Featured Supporting Characters /Summons

* Superficial People Summons (Light Projection)

#### Featured Items/Weapons

* Oak 5B Sticks
* Unfriendly People’s Guard

## Trivia/Notes and Disclaimer

* Side Note: Midlore is eating rice and chicken from a Callate Mexican Goddess Grill.

***Disclaimer**: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes, and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. Any names bearing similarities to any person(s) are unintentional unless stated otherwise and under special permission. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and solely for entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, events to come nor does it condone the very human evils the series itself is/was meant to advocate against. © Khaliq Trevor X.*