Andrew!' his mum hollered from downstairs.
Andrew paused in his typing and headed down. 'Mum?' He stood at the end of the stairs, waiting.
'Come and say hi to Anna!' She urged, gesticulating for him to come forward.
Anna was his little sister who had been away with an Aunt of theirs for a while.
He sighed.
His mum scowled impatiently. 'Get here now,' she ordered and hissed under her breath. He walked towards where she sat on the sofa and stood behind the couch, leaning just a little to see the screen of her phone. It was a video call.
His dad wasn't back from work yet.
A young girl of about 6 years was waiting rather impatiently on the other side of the phone screen. Her dark brown her was a bit scattered but she couldn't care less. Her hazel like eyes bore into his cold blue ones. There was no smile on her face.
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Andrew and Suzanne were inside a classroom.Andrew had his back turned to her as he explained some basic facts on how to make a clean getaway. Suzanne sighed, already bored and absentminded. She looked longingly out of the window.It was a nice morning, some squirrels were prancing around with their nuts. The sky was clear and blue and the fruits seated on the trees in the orchard looked so delicious and inviting. Suzanne smiled dreamily.Andrew hit the board with his explaining stick again, cutting into Suzanne's reviere and startling her.'Suzanne. Pay attention! You need to know all these, not only for the E-rank exam but because you'll also need it when you've really started being a hero,' he snapped at her then turned back to face the board and muttered, 'Not that I care anyway.'Suzanne also turned her gaze once more to the invitingly captivating scene out
Ryan handed over some books heaped in a pile to Suzanne. 'Here,' he said in his usual cold tone.She collected them from him.'Oof....heavy...,' Suzanne said and quickly set them on the couch beside her.Ryan had insisted on his coming over to her place on Saturday for her training session with him. He had told her he wouldn't stay very long but Suzanne didn't really mind at all. She was rather thrilled that he was coming over to her place but her mood turned sour when he brought out a load of books from his bag.'It contains all the necessary information about everything in hero league except the classified files,' Ryan told her.'I want you to read and retain all the information container there,' he finalized.Suzanne looked at him then at the books in disbelief. 'Huh?! All that?!' she asked in dismay and scooted a little further from the books which sh
Annabelle sashayed towards where Suzanne sat majestically. They had just finished English class and the classroom was noisy.Some of them had slipped out to continue their training or to buy some snacks. They mostly huddled together according to their squads.'Suzanne! You little imbecile....where are you?' Annabelle called in a mockingly sweet tone.Suzanne glared at her. 'You're standing right in front of me, dummy.' she spat back, annoyed.Annabelle laughed airily. 'Oh! Maybe you're too insignificant for me to notice.'Justin came over too.'Hey Suzy,' he waved. Suzanne grinned at him, ignoring Annabelle who by now was trying to get Ryan's attention.'Hey Justin....,' Suzanne said.Andrew stood up abruptly. 'We're leaving, Suzanne,' he announced in a dictating voice, his eyes firml
Suzanne shuffled from one feet to the other nervously. Aiden had picked them all up so that no one would turn up late.They all stood at the entrance of the extremely large hall of Super Hero High.Aiden flashed his ID card for the perusal of the guards that were stationed at the backstage entrance for only the contestants.They turned and entered. A small table was at the entrance of the main hall. That room led to various sections and other compartments of the hall but all entrances had a guard beside them.They had to check in with one of the Tifex. Those are the instructions that are in charge of every examination. The main room was beginning to get filled up as more squads trooped in with their CINs.A Tifex headed towards them.'I'm Silverstin. The CIN of squad 10. We've registered since two days ago,' Aiden told him. The r
'How are we going to find anything in this vast land?' Ryan wondered aloud.Andrew was deep in thought too.'And the others must not find our package! It's an impossible task!' Suzanne wailed.Ethan cupped his hands over both his eyes like a binocular. 'I can't even see the end of this land....,' he whistled. 'Then there's the forest and mountains. Quite an impossible task, I'll say,' he concluded warily.Andrew paced around, deep in thought. An hour is hardly enough for searching. We could search for months and not find it....there's more to it than this. He continued thinking hard.We are allowed to find other Squads' packages...that must mean something. Andrew got out his laptop and started working on it.'We are doomed! Doomed I tell you!' Suzanne stamped her foot on the ground.The ground shook everytime she brought her leg down. 'Doomed
Andrew stopped using his laptop and looked up. It all makes sense now. He thought.He then snorted as he looked past Ryan who gave him a puzzled expression which was ignored. Andrew stood up and headed for the door. He walked ten feet away from it and stopped, a frown of concentration was deeply etched on his face.'What are you doing?' Ryan asked with mild interest. Andrew continued to ignore him.Andrew bent down and felt the ground. 'Just as I thought,' he muttered to himself.'What is it Andrew?' Ryan asked again. He walked up to Andrew's side.Just then Suzanne and Ethan ran up to them, breathless.'Where's the package?' Ryan asked them both, extending a hand towards them swiftly. Ethan shrugged and raked his hand through his hair. 'We don't have it. We didn't see anything.'Ryan's gaze hardened as he appraised Ethan and Suzanne coldly.
The squads that passed the first round were all assembled on a straight line and were made to face the panel that came from the headquarters.At their right was a battle ground with red lines marked close to the end of both sides, leaving a vast amount of space for dueling in the middle. A Tifex stood in the middle of the mini-field to act as a referee for the contestants.At the four corners of the huge wall, lots of seats were raised on a higher podium so as to prevent the fighters from reaching the onlookers.Defense mechanism shields were also put up in a form of glass around the places the audience would seat.Hence it was assured to be a safe match. The audience could easily watch the match below them without any worry of being injured by the fighters.The judges had a separate seat from everyone else. The CINs' seats were some feet behind the judges
The noise of the crowd had quietened down. Now most eyes, if not all, were on the Squads that stood in a straight line assembled below.The Tifex moved about as he addressed the audience and the Slads.'Here are the instructions, listen up because I'm going to say this only once and that's it.' The Tifex said to the squads.He gestured to the field.'Over there, behind those red lines, the different squads facing each other will stand. But note, one person faces off only a person from the other team. And the match between the two will last for just a minute. The person that remains standing after the one minute time laspe will be the winner.'He looked back at the judges and nodded stiffly.'Since there are four members in each team, each team member will face the person he's facing opposite on the other line. If the time is up a