Andrew worked on his laptop. Suzanne sat facing him.
'Okay...what sort of Rolex are you? What are your memories of the lab you were experimented in?' Andrew asked her.
She opened her mouth and closed it again.
He looked at her, waiting for a reply.
'I don't know,' she shrugged.
He rolled his eyes. 'Of course I can't depend on you for answers,' he muttered to himself mostly.
'Alright. I've been watching you ever since we were partnered up.'
She looked at him strangely. 'That's wierd.'
He frowned. 'I don't mean whatever you're thinking,' he said off handedly. 'Anyway I noticed you have physical strength. Running a quick analysis ' he informed her. He got out his phone and a green light scanned her.
'Let's go,' he said as he walked with her behind him to the nearest parking lot.
Annabelle scoffed. 'Yeah, right.'She, Suzanne, Justin and Andrew were walking to the bus that normally took them home.'Yeah! I'm serious!' Suzanne squealed dreamily. 'Ryan said, "If I can do it....so can you." He's finally noticing me!' She gloated at Annabelle. 'While he hardly knows you exist!'Annabelle frowned and looked away. 'He probably meant it sarcastically,' she muttered. This is why I ought to be on squad 10 and not Suzanne. She thought jealously.Justin adjusted his bag strap. 'Sure. Whatever. So can you believe E-rank exam is just in four months' time?' he said, switching the topic away from Ryan.Andrew rolled his eyes. 'Duh.'Justin faced him, questioning.'There's nothing awe-struck about that fact, Justin. It's the normal regular time it's held.' Andrew said, not lifting his eyes from his phone.
Ethan paced around, looking rather dignified.'Now Suzanne....,' he started in a clear voice. 'The thing about being a hero...or a hero in training, is to be determined! You must have stamina!' Ethan continued as he nodded seriously.Suzanne groaned and turned to look at Andrew who sat some feet away, using his laptop.'Why is Ethan allowed to train me again?' she asked.Andrew shrugged. Ryan scoffed from the branch of tree he sat on.'Ethan's a loser,' Ryan said.Ethan huffed and looked up at him. 'Shut up!' he growled. 'You have no idea how hard it is to teach someone!''Cut to the chase, Ethan!' Suzanne snapped at him.Ethan huffed. 'Fine, fine.' He pulled her up suddenly. 'Let's go!'Suzanne was startled. 'Huh?!'Ethan was already running. 'C'mon Suzanne...pi
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.&n
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
The alarm clock beeped.A brunette stirred lazily on the bed. She tried to find the snooze button all to no avail.She clenched her hand into a fist and knocked the alarm clock away from her bedside table, sending it up in the air and crashing into her room's wall, making a big dent and destroying the alarm clock along with it.Suzanne turned to her other side to resume her sleep.This was Herotapolis, where the heroes lived.In this city there lived real, breathing heroes. You could tell already by the name of the city right?Hero League was an organization that pooled together normal people and trained them to become heroes. From chasing of bank robbers to extinguishing of fires in burning buildings, to serving as body guards to important people as well as getting stranded animals down from trees, or odd places, the heroes were ever availa
Suzanne yawned as she got off her bed.It had been a week since the E-rank exam. Their E-rank crest had been given to Coach Gwen but she said they had one final minor test to take before they were given their final E-ranks and then they'll meet their M.D corp three days after.Suzanne got her brush and combed her hair.Ryan was discharged the previous day so she knew he would be present today. She smiled at the thought. She had to look her best today. She got out her ribbon and packed her hair in a neat pony tail. She decorated her hair with her accessories.'Wassup, loser,' Shane leaned on her door post.'Hey Shane,' She decided to start ignoring the loser stuff ever since she heard that Shane had followed the guards that were taking Kyle away to give him a big talking to then he had landed a punch...or had attempted to at least.'Andrew's
'The judges have decided that Kyle Quole will be scratched out of the hero-league program due to the behavior he exibited today. But this decision shouldn't affect squad 12 so they shall be assigned a new Slad to join their group. Marissa Cartwell,' the Tifex said.'She has all her complete points and therefore can not be a hinderance to the team,' he concluded on that matter.'Suzanne O'Izzy, the judges have decided you are granted a win due to the situation on ground. Hence your battle with Kyle is crowned with you as the winner,' he stated.Suzanne couldn't stop her wide grin. Man, was she lucky!'And since Ryan Ziantez and Caleb Marsh had been shot, both will be given a pass too, however Andrew Frankstin and Lucas Will who remains standing will have the last battle. Their battle shall hold and the total counting shall rest on their shoulders.'The Tifex announced.
The crowd watched in open mouthed amazement.'Jesus, please help Suzanne,' Aiden prayed silently, his head bowed. It was the only thing he could do.Kevin glanced at him before facing the ring again. 'You sure are a terrible CIN, Aiden,' Kevin chuckled. 'I'm sure when CIN Rodrick was your age, he sure did a better job.'Aiden rolled his eyes.Suzanne yelped as a bullet whizzed past her.'He has a gun!' she shrieked, cowing on the spot.The comentator didn't know what to say. In all his years of moderating in contests, this was the first time someone wasn't fighting back.Shane watched as his twin ran around the ring while her bulky opponent, who was assigned to face her, fired off flames from the second gun he held.'Stay still!' Kyle hissed at her as he pursued her.
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
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
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.
'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
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