A.O.H (pt.5)

“Mr. Stone!” The Dean shouts; was a beast of a man, literally his eyes always staring through him with his more than human physic, brood shoulders which were only hidden by the beige tan suit he was wearing. Hair all over his body and face like a werewolf but without the wolf part, his teeth sharp like wood chippers, juagged and dangerous but regardless Luke has always has a resistance to authority as steam flows from the Dean nostrils, it blows some of the papers under his clutched hands. As he looks down moving and laying the papers side by side “So, I see one of three can follow instructions”  He picks up his phone and dials into it, mean while Luke leans back in the chair settling in more comfortable looking up at the ceiling when he notices a word spelled out slightly as if the last person in the chair was flinging something upward purposefully. Ch…..es…ter, Chester he said to himself, smirking “Okay, Mr. Stone”, “dude, please….it’s Luke” The Dean clears his throat nodding his head “Well Mr. Luke” he pauses getting up from the desk to walk over to his window, really showing his size he was a man, bulk in build. Honestly he stood like a god, his physic was at pea, Kane didn’t have many files on the school employees as they’re based internationally so that way no one country has control over the academy and they can move bases all over, (quick side note it also helps in making it a norm.) “When did your powers first develop Luke?” his voice was deep, commanding but genuine, he sits up and leans forward “maybe six years ago? I was ten at the time”, “and of your brothers?”, “I’m not sure, that’s something you’d have to ask them yourself”, “You don’t even know an age?” He turns his head ever so slightly to peak over her shoulder as Luke leaned forward, he noticed the The dean’s eye was doing something weird his iris turned a bright yellow as his pupil shrieks to the size of a pin. “ugh, well yeah Colt if I recall gained his powers when he was six and Howard’s didn’t come until he was ten as well”, “And you and Howard are twins?” he laughs, Luke grits his teeth “Well in fact we are” quickly turns his sarcastic laugh into a stern straight face.

“Well you boys are welcome here like anyone else, I would hope to be impressed by you at the placement test especially after reading your past record” this makes Luke raise an eyebrow, his face puzzled with confusion “pa….st..*pauses* re…cord?” He asked cautiously, curious as to what The Dean was alluding to. “your previous school records show you’re a bright student, your father brought them in…I believe he said his name was Kane”. Luke’s face immediately draws inward as he scrunches up but before he can answer The Dean continues “no matter, I’m already making you late for your first period. I suppose that I’ll have to have a meeting with your brother’s sometime next period. On to further matters, how are you finding the school and how is your assigned campus guide?” Luke raises his eye brow again “Cam…pus…gui…de?”, “You’re quite the parrot, aren’t you?” The Dean laughs as Luke repeats back slowly but chops it up “I haven’t run into anyone, but I did meet some girl named Clovefield” The Dean’s face lights up as the name leaves Luke’s lips “Ah yes, how could I have forgotten?” He immediately rushes back to the phone, quickly dialing away. Whoever he called it wasn’t long before he hung up and sent Luke on his way, as his body was half way out the door “Hey Mr. Luke” The Dean says causing Luke to just so slightly peek his head back through the door “Yes, Dean?”. “ I look forward to seeing you at the testing field later today” Luke says nothing only giving him two fingers making the peace symbol as he slides out of the room.

The hallways were…so empty. It was strange in fact, even when he would attend the normie schools this was rare a hallway just ghost towned. Luke puts his hand into his pocket then tilting his head realizing that there was nothing in his right pocket, causing him to begin to frantically search his pockets when he feels it, there it was…. slightly hanging out of his other pants pocket. He takes it out and opens it, his class schedule. As he looks over the paper, he sees he is supposed to be in AP history class “ you uh….look a little lost” the voice dry but genuinely concerned, his heart begins to race as his mind automatically thinks of Clovefield but as his eyes guide upward he wasn’t Clovefield but just June standing there in front of him “Ju…ne?” He says shocked “Yeah, why do you look so surprised to see me? The Dean literally just pulled me out of class for you.” Luke shakes his head “no, no, no he called for Clovefield” Luke blinks when he notices June is no longer in front of him but rather behind him checking out his side strap back pack and other various things to study him “Dude! what are you doing?” He barks. “I was looking at the threads of your clothes, seeing if they were custom made for abilities or not” The confusion on Luke’s face told the whole story to her, “come along”, “wait…Clovefield isn’t showing up?”, “someone doesn’t hide their affection too well” he blushes but it’s not longer before June slowly gets him into walking  by inching away from him step by step until she is walking backwards while talking to him forcing him to move from his original position.

“Clove had to attend a lecture today from a Profes.Ivan”, “You mean the guy who can advance plant life just by touching it? The same guy who in 2035 brought the dead coral reefs back just by walking on it?” his face lights up, trying to walk past June; who stops him every time pulling him back “Hey, focus. You’ll meet him at some point he comes to the school all the time, right now we need to get you to the testing field?” as the word field leaves her lips, Luke signature-ly raises his eye brow “field? From the way The Dean was talk it seemed more like a go visit the nurse thing.” She laughs and not a normal laugh one of those laughs when someone has an inside joke, so they laugh harder than normal, it gets under his skin a little as they are walking. Should he say something he thought, it seemed to be more trouble than it’s worth maybe remaining silent was the best choice but he knew she would question him if he stayed quiet too long “So” he starts “when did your powers develop?” he continues with June oddly staring at him “around twelve” she answered directly without hesitation. It wasn’t so much that it shocked Luke but that she was confident enough to just talk about it, he was always taught to keep it low profile.

“I was with my dad, summer of ’63 man. Dad was out trying to see if I was going to develop his abilities like flying but it never came”, “so, what happened?” she takes a breathe before continuing “well I was having nightmares one night something about clowns, when I woke up my parents were by the door fighting off a creature it was dark so I couldn’t really see but it was huge. Almost like a bear in appearance but a real monster you know”, “So you summon creatures while you sleep?”, “Yes and no, that only happens when I had nightmares but I can create creatures out of dirt”. Luke straights up his back as he registers what that means “So you can have a endless army of dirt creatures?”, “no…or well maybe, someday” she says “ It drains a lot  of energy just holding two creatures at the same time, I could only imagine what a army would do”. They both share in a laugh as they stop in front of the door, that when she pushed open the light from the other side blinding his vision causing Luke to put his arm in front of his face as he walked through.