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I stepped out of the cold taxi and raised a hand to cover my eyes. The building was large, but unspectacular. I paid the driver his fare of 11.53 and then proceeded to the large double doors I assumed to be the main entrance.

I rang the doorbell and waited…and waited. I walked down the steps to get a view of the house number again and saw that it was correct. This is it. This is Mutant High, I thought in disgust. What a tasteless nickname.

Forgive me; I get a bit haughty in the face of the unknown.

I tried the door and found it unlocked. The foyer was simple, but chic. A step up from the concrete building around it.

I didn't say a word as I stepped into the hallway beyond the first room. I still couldn't see or hear anyone.

A thought crept into my mind, that if I dropped my shields just a little bit, I would know the general placement of any inhabitants.

I relaxed a bit to take the edge off of my shields. They were strong, they had to be. I looked around me once more, Now's as good a time as any. The shields released inside of me like unclenching a mental fist.

That was mine! He never said anything about a quiz! I know it's silly…Cant they just relax, man, How did she know? Sweet jesus! Great Ass. Far better things than to…

The thoughts flooded over me and I staggered against a half-circle table on one side of the hallway. I tried to hold myself upright, to keep standing, but the pressure of the thoughts beating in my head made my body shake. I lie there cold, my body convulsing. I couldn't close the shields, it was too much. There were just too many of them.

My unfocused eyes caught a glimmer of bright blue before I went under, before I drowned in the thoughts.

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