As she crouched there bemoaning her fate, someone who was running tripped on her, causing them both to tumble on the floor.
'Hey!' she cried.
The guy huffed as he dusted himself. 'What were you doing back there, weirdo?!' he fired at her angrily.
Suzanne looked the other way as she humph-ed at him.
'I was thinking like a normal person when you came rushing like an animal--- Hey!' she faced him. 'What did you just call me fatso?!' Suzanne scoffed as she dusted herself.
Ethan huffed again. Girls were nothing but a bother!
'Fatso?! You're so dumb! The puff is from the armored suit I'm wearing.'
'Say what you want fatso,' she replied.
Ethan fired her a nasty look. He looked away proudly. 'Anyway I don't have time for the likes of you. I'm a Slad now, so that means you're looking at one of the super greatest heroes that'll ever live!' he smiled cockily.
A Slad was what the newbies at hero league were called.
Suzanne scrunched her nose at him. She never liked Ethan at all. Ever since their kindergarten years. He was always yammering about being the greatest hero ever, which was her own dream and he always thought he was a tough opponent for Ryan. Hmmnph!
He'd always challenge Ryan to a fight and ofcourse he was ever ignored. He was always such a nuisance.
'I don't have time for your blabbering, Ethan,' she started walking in the opposite direction.
He crunched his fists. 'You'll see! I'll prove it to you all! You'll be sorry!' he yelled after her and turned and continued running in the opposite direction.
Suzanne frowned. Where was she supposed to go? She groaned. I should have asked Ethan. At least he knew where he was headed.
Suddenly an announcement came from the loud speakers.
'Attention all students of Superhero High, an assembly of all units has been called in the great hall. However, all new students should move to the southern part of the building where the orientation hall is located. Good day.'
Suzanne face palmed herself. She was headed in the opposite direction.
She started running towards the hall. At this rate, she'll be late for the attendance.
'Watch it!' a bored voice said as they nearly collided.
Suzanne almost apologized but she caught sight of who she was about to apologize to. 'You!' she growled.
Unlike her, Andrew looked more composed with both his hands stuffed into his pockets. He looked bored just standing there in front of her....well, he was always bored.
Reason was because he was way out of her league or any of their classmate's at that. The smartest in the whole class, it was extremely easy for him to skip two forms forward but the school had denied him the opportunity when he applied, and he never fogot it. The interview seemed just like it happened only minutes ago. He remembered it all...
Andrews' expression gave away nothing except for the hopeful glint in his eyes.
The school board members had all been strict-looking.
Finally one of them had broken the silence. 'Andrew Frankstin. We regret to inform you that the hero league has rejected your application and also we've decided to turn down your request to skip to the next two forms because as bright as you are, you lack the necessary experience.'
Andrew had looked down dejectedly at the rejection letter in his hand. He had ooked at them and had nodded curtly. 'I understand.' He had then exited the room.
'How was the interview Andrew?' one of their classmates had asked him.
They had all flinched back at the glare he had given them. 'None of your business.' he had replied coldly and had taken his seat.
'Meaning you failed.'
Apart from Ryan, Andrew was another person no one wanted to cross. He wasn't as distant as Ryan nor as domineering but he was sure as cold as Ryan and way smarter even.
Seated at the back seat with a smug look had been Ryan.
Andrew had barely glanced at him but had gone back to operating his laptop. 'Being rejected prematurely doesn't count as failure, Andrew. Rather it gives you an edge of knowing how things are coordinated at a level higher than that of your unsuspecting classmates.'
Ryan's smug look had been patronizing. 'Besides,' Andrew had snapped shut his laptop. 'I still get to take the test with the rest of you when it's our turn to so I didn't't miss out in any way!'
'Shut up Andrew!' Suzanne had defended loyally, in defense of Ryan.
Andrew had scoffed at Ryan and had walked out of the class.
In Ethan's eyes Ryan was his rival while Ryan considered Andrew his rival.
Naturally Suzanne didn't like anyone Ryan didn't like, so it was no news she didn't like Andrew, and fancy almost bumping into him here, of all places!.
He started walking away.
'You're so annoying Andrew!' Suzanne called after him. He stopped but didn't turn back. 'I am annoying? In what way have I annoyed you?'
He shrugged his shoulders. 'Not that I care anyway.'
Suzanne hated the cool way he always spoke regardless of anything. He sounded nonchalant, he always did.
'You think you're better than everyone!' she fired at him. He scoffed. 'I am. And in what way does this discussion colide with our encounter?'
'Stop talking posh to me, you half-wit ninny!' Suzanne groaned in frustration; it was useless talking to Andrew.
'Talking to you is exhausting,' he remarked and continued walking on. Ugh! He's so arrogant! Suzanne thought.
Suzanne, upon entering the southern wing, still couldn't find the hall. At this rate she feared she'd be late.
She kicked the doors open, searching.
This day is so bad it couldn't be worse...Suzanne thought.
Well, she thought wrong....for things were going to get much worse than she had imagined.
Much, much worse.
Lots and lots of strange faces. She felt like a little fish in a big pond, luckily she sighted Justin the guy from earlier. And he had not been unfriendly.'Hey Suzanne!' he waved at her. She stood by him. 'Hey! What's going on?' she asked.He smiled. 'Nothing much. The instructor was just briefing us on the rules of this place and explaining the different rankings of a hero. And Slads like us too. Besides where'd you run off to?' he asked.Suzanne scratched her head. 'Umn....Sorry I kinda got mixed up in all the excitement of arriving here. I guess I just kind of ran off.' Justin laughed warmly.'No worries. Besides what did you do to that blondie over there? The girl from the bus?' he pointed discreetly so she wouldn't see him. 'She's been glaring at you every two minutes since you ran in.'Suzanne had a good idea of who it might be.'Does she o
This was a huge mistake. Suzanne's feet refused to move.'O'Izzy please join your team mates,' the instructor told her, a bit annoyed. 'Um....you're...you're sure those are my er ....squad?' Suzanne asked uncertainly.He looked quite irritated now.Andrew scoffed, not looking up from his book. Ryan didn't even glance at her or look in her direction. Only Ethan waved. 'Oy! Over here!''That, O'Izzy is your squad for sure now stop asking rather dumb questions!' the instructor replied sternly and stopped what he was doing briefly to focus his undivided attention on her.Suzanne gulped. 'Kay,' in a small voice, noticing that every one was now staring at her. She felt several jealous eyes of the other girls piercing her as she remained rooted to the spot.She walked towards them and it seemed like slow motion as she moved.She fina
'Silverstin?!' Suzanne quipped, amazed.The guy that stood before them was the hero league's best student. It was rumored that he had worked for Shades for a while but his power was too much for them to contain and in order not for him to be eaten up by darkness he was sent back to the hero league since they'd assumed being around his mates would bring out his positive side.Nothing changed.He was the most popular hero. Even new born babies knew his name.But he was rumored to be strict and rules-abiding. He also didn't do anything fun.He was a Rolex. His powers weren't fully known yet but so far, he could turn people within a sixty mile radius into ice. He mainly dealt with ice-based things.When he was still a kid, about three different series of painful experiments were run on him by his dad, who worked for the rogue heroes.He
'Let's go,' Aiden said to the rest of Squad 10.'But...' Ethan looked in the direction Suzanne had run out through. 'She'll come around soon,' Aiden said without looking back as he kept walking away, the rest of the squad tailing him.Reminds me of Ryan. Ethan thought.Aiden led them round the building, getting them more familiar with the grounds.He gave them each a map in order for them to survey the whole place on their own.Afterwards he led them to a spot outside the garden where they'd meet up with their coach.'While we wait, I'll like you to keep me acquainted with your skills and strengths,' Aiden told them.'Shouldn't you be more concerned about our weaknesses and ambitions?' Andrew asked. Aiden scowled. 'A hero has no weakness, so if you think you're hero material you'd know that fact!'
Suzanne got down at her bus stop.'Bye Suzanne, till tomorrow!' Justin waved from the bus. 'Yeah. Bye!' she waved back and started walking home.She heard quiet footsteps, she looked out of the corner of her eye. Someone was following her from the shadows.She frowned. I can't conclude yet. He might be a passer-by.Suzanne took the next turn and walked left and suspiciously, the steps also moved in the same direction.She hid behind some buildings and as the person moved forward she rushed behind him with a dagger aimed for his side. She secured a tight grip on him but was unable to see his face.'Care to tell me why you're stalking me?!' She asked in a low, dangerous tone, or at least what she thought was a low dangerous tone.He scoffed. 'Why would I stalk you?' She quickly released him.That voice
Suzanne woke up quite alarmed. She was feeling quite odd today. She freshened up and went downstairs to get her breakfast. She munched her cereal slowly.Why did it feel like she was forgetting something? Something important?Shane looked puzzled when he saw her downstairs.'Um--' he started. But Suzanne continued slurping her cereal. 'Call me loser one more time and I promise to cut off your tongue!' she said to him.He scratched his hair.'Actually that's not it. You know I always skip first period in class everyday, so I go late.'He replied.'So?' Suzanne asked, irritated. He was stating a fact she already knew.He smirked. 'So if I, a usual late goer am headed out by this time, what does that make you?' he asked cockily.Suzanne gasped and dashed into her room.
'Your goal is to--' Gwen was interrupted by her emergency signal. 'I have to take this. Aiden's in charge now.'She faced Aiden. 'You know the basics, you'll submit the report of their trial at the end of the day.'He nodded curtly.'Sure.'Gwen did a little salute before she took off. Aiden turned to them a cold frown on his face.'Okay. Here's what you have to do,' he started. They moved closer to him. He showed them some gems and had it passed around before he collected them again.'Buried in the soil are these objects; rubies, diamonds and sapphires. Now you'll get a mark depending on which you find first. If you find a ruby you're disqualified and if a member is gone you all fail. If you find a sapphire you're not going to participate anymore which means you're also disqualified.'He smirked. 'As you know if one of you is
Ryan stopped by a tree and crouched to assess his situation.The whereabouts of the gems were unknown and if he just started digging anyhow there was a 50% chance he could stumble on the Emerald or any other gem.It was too risky to gamble.He got out a blindfold. I'll just have to work with my other senses then.He'd seen the gems and felt them. While the other two were sort of rough-ish, the diamond was rhombus in shape.He could use that. His eyes strayed towards were he'd left the others.He hissed as he tied on his blindfold. Who needs those losers?As long as he doesn't trigger the alarm that'll sense he'd found any other gem than diamond he should be fine.He turned on his gadget and started blasting the ground making a hole emerge.This would be quick.I'll find th