The final bell of the day rung, and the tired group of teenagers walked into Sikowitz's classroom, slumping down at their respective desks.
"I hate detention." Cat furrowed her brow in annoyance.
"This isn't detention Lil' Red." Andre reminded, "Sikowitz just wanted to see us."
"Oh, yeah!" She smiled, perking up suddenly.
"Hello kids!" Sikowitz announced, basically galloping into the classroom, with a coconut in hand.
"Hi hi!" Cat smiled, waving at the teacher.
"What ever you need, say it fast will you?" Jade growled, already pissed off that she had to stay after school for no reason.
"Oh Jade." Sikowitz chuckled to himself. "Follow me everyone." And with that, he turned around and left, motioning for the group of teens to follow him out of the classroom and to the empty Black Box Theatre. As he opened the door he told the group to be quiet while he checked to room to make sure they were alone.
"Why are we-?" Robbie started.
"Shhhh." Sikowitz cut him off, before leaning over and lifting up a trap door on the ground and then climbing down it.
After exchanging concerned and confused looks, the group all followed their kooky teacher down though the trap door and into the strange room under the school. When their eyes had adjusted to the lower light levels, they could see that they were in a large basement-like stone room.
"Sikowitz?" Beck asked, "What is this?"
"This, young Beckett, is nothing, and yet everything, and yet-." Sikowitz said.
"Hurry up!" Jade yelled, cutting off the older man.
"Yeah, dude. Some of us have Northridge girls to meet." Rex spoke up.
"We are in a very secret place." Sikowitz said slowlyy, "For a task. A task I believe you are all ready for."
"Ooooh! A task!" Cat giggled excitedly.
"Exactly Cat." Sikowitz pressed a button on the wall and typed in a code which made one of the walls split in two, revealing a large machine with a chair in the middle of it.
"What's that?" Robbie asked, point to the machine.
"This is the best piece of technology you will ever be in the presence of, it compares to nothing else on the earth, it will-."
"I swear to god, if you don't hurry up-" Jade said threateningly, pulling out a pair of scissors from her bag.
"I was trying to create suspense." Sikowitz rolled his eyes and continued with his explanation. "The reason why Hollywood Arts was created, was not to produce young actors, actresses, singer and dancers. But a system to find a select a few students with the ambition and potential for greatness. To be super."
The group exchanged confused looks, before Tori finally spoke up. "Is this an acting exercise or-?"
"Far from it. I'm being completely serious. So who'll go first?" Sikowitz replied, motioning to the machine with the chair in the middle. "Cat?"
"Umm, kay kay." Cat said, cautiously walking over to the machine and sitting in the chair in the middle.
Sikowitz lowered the headpiece, which was connected to the back of the chair, onto Cat's head and turned on the machine.
"Sikowitz... I-" Cat slurred, before her eyes shut and her head rocked forward, resting on the top of her chest.
"Cat!" Beck yelled, rushing forward to the unconscious girl and pulling her off the chair and into his arms. "Sikowitz!-"
"It's alright Beck, she'll wake up in a second." Sikowitz assured him. "Who's next?"
"Why would anyone want to go next? Cat's just been knocked out by the thing!" Andre yelled, alarmed.
"Beck?" Cat whispered a few seconds later, opening her eyes and realising she was in Beck's arms.
"You alright Cat?" Beck asked the red head, helping her to stand up.
"Yeah." Cat smiled dazily. "I had a strange dream, that I could run-" She attempted to run and suddenly sped to the other side of the room, reaching it in the blink of an eye.
"WOW!" Tori yelled, shocked.
"What the-" Jade stopped herself from swearing as the red-head sped around the room.
"THIS IS SO COOL!" Cat announced, sprinting again.
"How about you tell them what happened Cat?" Sikowitz suggested.
"Kay kay." Cat beamed, bringing herself to a halt. "So when I fell asleep, I had this dream. I was in this white room, and there was a voice, she said something about looking in my mind for my 'power'."
"Really?" Robbie asked, confused.
"Yup." Cat smiled. "It was something like 'for a girl who's more hyper than a toddle on coffee, super speed will be a good way to get out all that pent up energy' which is funny 'cause I hate coffee." She giggled.
"I'm next." Jade announced, walking over to the machine and pulling the headpiece on. "Go on then." She barked at Sikowitz who turned the machine on for the goth.
Jade POV
As I opened my eyes, all I could see was room of bright white light, just as Cat had described.
"Jade." A woman's voice said to me, I couldn't see her, but I could hear her.
"Yes?" I replied, impatiently tapping my foot. "What's my power then?"
"Straight to it?" The lady asked I could practical hear her raise her eyebrow.
"Yes."
"Well then." I felt my brain go slightly jumbled, as if someone were pushing their way thought it. "Invisiblity." The voice announced.
"Invisibility?" I asked.
"Yes." She clarified. "For a secluded goth, who very much values her alone time, invisibility will suit you well."
"I do like to be left the hell alone sometimes." I thought aloud. "Plus I could use it to sneak up on people."
"Exactly." The voice said, "Good luck."
Then the white room faded, and I woke up in Beck's arms, just as Cat did a few minutes ago. Deciding to test out my new powers, I focused on turning invisible. My friend's reactions told me that it worked.
No POV
After Jade, Beck went next. Then Tori. Then Andre. And finally Robbie. Each of the teens had their own explanation for their new powers:
-'For a tech-savvy boy who knows how to manipulate any computer through coding, Telekinesis will just be a step up from machines to the real worlds.' After waking up, Robbie fainted straight away, unable to comprehend his new ability.
-'For a boy who lives to protect those you love, force fields will be a way for you to physically show that affection, keeping them safe in the process.' Beck was happy with his power, thinking of all the situations in which he could protect his friends from harm.
-'For a girl who wants to do everything and be everyone, shape shifting will help you accomplish that dream.' To test her new ability, Tori decided to mess with Jade by morphing into a the animal she hated most, a duck, however it backfired when Jade just threw duck-Tori across the room.
-Andre, according to the lady was a hard choice. However she did manage to decided within a few minutes. 'For a boy who spends his life looking after his grandmother, keeping up school grades, writing music and having an active social life; super strength shows the visualises the mental strength needed for you to juggle it all whilst still keeping your calm persona.'
"Any questions?" Sikowitz asked the group.
"Many." Beck started, running a hand though his hair. "Why us?"
"You six have shown exceptional ambition and control in your performances and skills. Every few years or so, a group of students are chosen for this task. We chose you." He explained.
"There are more students with powers?" Tori asked.
"Not really. Unfortunately, our last set of chosen students met a... dark end." The last past, Sikowitz mumbled lowly so that the group could not hear.
"Why didn't we know of this before?" Jade asked.
"Because if the public knew, then there would be a revolt. Surely everyone would want powers, which would cause more villains. You see, powers were developed in the 1980's, but the research got out of hand, and some scientists went mad with power, creating a mafia-like gang of villains in LA, with the desire to take over the world. This is why we select people to destroy them."
"Can we tell our families about this?"
"Oh god no, that would only give away your positions. You will never tell anyone about this." Sikowitz warned them. "Take these." He handed out devices, which looked like pear-phones. "These are your way to talk to me. I will inform you of missions"
Everyone took a phone. "Why don't we have more than one power each, surely I'd make more sense to stock us up with loads of powers." Robbie said.
"There are many reasons why not Robbie." Sikowitz started. "First of all, the body can only handle a certain amount of new abilities, without there being drastic consequences. Another point it that-"
"We might go rogue and use it against good." Jade finished for him.
"Exactly."