The rear of the school was like nothing he had ever seen before, how massive it was compared to the front. There in the middle of the field was a pit, just dirt or maybe it was sand he couldn’t really tell from a distance but what he could see was a group of kids all gathered beside it with a man who wore a white baseball cap, with a plain too tight white-Tee with uncomfortable to look at white short that were entirely too short for any teacher to be wearing, his long brunette hair was only complemented by the thick mustache on his upper lip. They make their way across the field, even through his sneakers Luke could feel how soft the grass was, it was almost like foam, the blades bending down then propping back up; reaching for the sun. Whoosh, a flaming fire ball shoots pass Luke, he wipes his forehead in relief “Sorry” a girl from across the yard yells her blonde hair matching the intensity of the sun. He looked over and around but didn’t see anyone when he looks back over to June who points up, his eyes guide up to be greeted by a wave and a bright smile. He waves back not focusing on where he is walking when he turns his attention back a head, he is shocked by almost walking into a pole which he dodges with a swift reflex side step. “Smooth” June says in a sarcastic tone, she folds her arms continuing pace in front of him “Hey so, you mentioned your dad but what about your mom where is she?” he waits but gets no response only the gesture of her pulling up her crimson red hood to cover her face “died during a fight at Universal bank”, “The robbery that ended in a section of the city being on fire?”, “Yeah” her dry and hurt words barely scrap past her tongue as she stops at the back of the grouping.
The growing echo of chatter amongst their peers comes to a halting silence “Well look-ie here boys and girls, If I can have all the guides come to the front” Luke looks over to June as she doesn’t return his gesture only moving forward pushing through the crowd. You could tell a lot of the guys there weren’t expecting someone so short to hold such strength as some of them towered over her but still got pushed out of the way with ease. As several of the guides omitting June gathered at the front, “Well well my name is Mr. Hash” which starts to make the children laugh when Luke hears a familiar laugh, he looks around not seeing where it’s coming from settling himself back down . “I’m the athletic coach and also I host the abilities place meant test, this is not meant for you to showcase your how well you can control them; rather we just want to see what we are working with and what classes would best suit you along with a mentor that can help you master your abilities as you move closer to graduation.” Hash was a very relaxed man, not muscular and in fact the longer he stood in front of Luke talking the more he couldn’t help be wonder what was his powers. He snaps his neck to look at the bleachers, there she was those braids waving in the wind with her cinnamon skin reflexing the sun, here came that feeling again like someone took his stomach attached it to a weight and just chucked it into the ocean. With The Dean making his way into the front of the bleachers, “I hear the Dean always comes to these ability test”, “It’s the Dean”, “Does that guy make anyone else nervous” the conversations around Luke fluttering about are lowered when one of the more jock types jolts forward “Anybod….” Mr.Hash stop short of his sentence “no worries Kal is here”, “Kal like….superman” Luke shouts from the back “no…..and don’t even think about saying it”, “I mean you do kinda look like Clark Kent” Kal swiftly moves the single curl of his hair covering his forehead when his eyes begin to glow a royal purple as he shouts, only turning his head just in time for his powers shoot out, releasing a intense beam of lasers from his eyes. It’s only a few seconds before it seems to flicker in and out . The kind of flick you see when a flashlight’s batteries are going dead, the shear intensity of his initial blast left Hash in awe as he had never seen someone who was so young display laser vision with such power. He takes a moment to looking at the target that is a military grade, nanobot mannequin that was now missing majority of the upper torso.
Small black dots begin to cluster together at first coming off as some kind of gnat gathering but as a few seconds went by it became more and more apparent that it was reconstructing itself. “Alight well, since we have a few more seconds on this; who’s next!?” Hash ask through out the morning into the afternoon as more students showcased their abilities, Hash splits them up into two groups people like Kal and then those who aren’t as offensive or aggressive in power. “Luke!” he frozen…why was he stuck it’s not like he hasn’t heard his name before but this time it felt like everything was moving in slow motion as his body moved forward. I’m too in my own head….you got this..breathe….just breathe, he says to himself as he walks up to Hash, “I got a special request from The Dean” to which Kal just scuffs at, crossing his arms “What you got Mr. Jokie-Mcgee” Luke’s face frowns up “jokie…mcgee?” Luke wasn’t sure if he should take the insult serious or was some god writing him in a horrible book.
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