Madison Foster woke up with a gasp. Today was the day of selection. The day she had trained for all her life. Her town, Shady Creek, trained their youths from day one to become a hero or villain. Nobody can tell who will be which until the machine tells them, so they teach them about the superheroes and villains. So when the day comes all the children of age (Which is 13 by the way) they can adapt to their selected hero/villain. The teenagers cannot choose their new mentor. The machine, gifted by an unknown alien race, will look at their personalities, likes, and looks to determine their new mentor. Madison rushed to get ready, quickly fixing her blonde hair into a long intricate braid. Combing her chin-length bangs into position, she looked at her choices for today's outfit. She went with a lavender, button up, short sleeved shirt, dark jeans, and white boots. Checking her appearance in the mirror, she ran downstairs for breakfast.
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"Hurry up Maddie, were going to be late!" called her sister from downstairs. "I know, I know." Maddie replied, leaping from the last step. Grabbing her toast, she followed her sister out the door. Loren Foster, Maddie's sister, had long brown hair and dark brown eyes, the opposite of her blonde haired, blue eyed sister. Loren was two years younger than her sister. She was supposed to sit behind the glass wall and watch who her sister becomes. Their parents were already there, who left work early. Maddie got in line to register herself, when she saw her friends walk through the door. She waved Ary and Kristi over. They all waited in line while the nervous silence covered them like a quilt. Coming up to the counter she told them her name and ID. They sent her into the waiting room with all the other teenagers. In there she saw some of her friends and neighbors. Standing in the corner was the person she least wanted to encounter, Cole. She was still mad at him, so she walked to the other side of the room and completely ignored him. Her friends soon joined her, and together they looked at this year's heroes and villains. "I wouldn't want to be Miss Freeze or Little Penguin." Kristi said. "Me too!" they all agreed. "Everyone please walk in to the selection room for the selecting." a voice said over the PA. All the teens walked nervously into the selection room. Ryan, one of her neighbors, went first. The machine scanned his hand and said his name. It beeped twice and the title HERO filled its screen. It then cycled through all of that year's heroes and came to a stop on Nightwing. Suddenly Ryan's clothes changed to become Nightwing's costume. He then stood to one side of the machine for the heroes. 24 people later, it was Maddie's turn. She stepped up and placed her hand on the scanner. "MADISON FOSTER" it said. Its screen went blank then beeped twice, and the title VILLAIN filled the screen. She let out a small inaudible squeak. She saw her sister gasp behind the glass wall. It cycled through the villains and landed on… Harley Quinn. Maddie looked down and saw her boots change: one black and one red. Her jeans turn leather; one side black, the other red, and her shirt turned into a black and red corset. A small black leather vest with three red diamonds appeared over her shoulders, and her hair was done up into two pigtails with one end dyed black the other pigtail red. White face makeup was powdered on her face with black around the eyes. Fingerless gloves appeared on her hands colored along with the rest of her outfit. Two guns flanked her hips, and a giant hammer with a black steel handle wrapped with leather, a massive steel head topped it with a spiked metal belt with Harley Quinn's logo on it. Then to top it all off, two massive hyenas appeared one on each side, completing Harley Quinn's Arkham City plus small leather vest and hyenas look. "Wow." was the only thing that was said for the next five seconds. Maddie moved to the villain side of the machine with her heart racing. Ary was next, her result: Poison Ivy. Kristi after her: Catwoman. Two people later it was Cole's turn. Maddie hoped he wouldn't get Batman or Superman. The screen beeped and the title VILLAIN popped up. It cycled through the villains until it stopped on…. Joker. If looks could kill, Cole would be dead. A mix between hatred, shock, and fear blanketed Maddie's face. She knew her villains, and this was not going to end well. Cole clothes changed to a purple suit, with all the Joker accessories, and his hair, once blonde, is now a shaggy green mess. A blood red smile was painted on his face with white makeup. As he walked to the villain side of the machine, the tension was so thick, that Maddie could have crushed it with her hammer. Once all the teens were selected, they were released into a clearing where their new mentors would pick them up. A police helicopter, spray painted green and purple on one side and red and black on the other, hovered above the clearing. When the ladder dropped down, Maddie knew she'd have to run for it. Grasping her hammer, she sprinted to the dangling ladder. Heaving the hammer up into the helicopter, with some help from the passengers inside, she began the climb into the helicopter. Halfway up, Maddie heard a soft whining sound from below. Looking down, she saw Bud and Lou, the two hyenas, looking up at her with pitiful eyes. She sighed and yelled into the helicopter "WHAT ABOUT THEM?" Two harnesses were tossed from the helicopter. Maddie caught them then lowered them down to the two hyenas, who stepped into them. Latching the harnesses to the ladder, she continued her climb into the helicopter. Once inside Maddie finally caught her breath. Panting she sat down and watched as Cole also climbed into the helicopter. Looking around she noticed that neither Joker nor Harley Quinn were in the helicopter, but instead two henchmen from each villain. Maddie was handed her hammer by the smaller of the two henchmen, who looked as he expected her to hit him with it. She silently took her hammer and stroked Bud and Lou, who had been pulled, along with the ladder, into the helicopter. "You will be taken to Arkham Asylum." said the largest henchman. "That is where Joker and Harley will be waiting for you." The two teens glanced at each other, and then looked away as if repelled by a magical spell. The henchman looked at the pair with a raised eyebrow but didn't comment. The ride was silent, except for the occasional yawn, sneeze, or uncontrollable laughing. The laughing was caused by Lou, who was positioned right so when he sneezed he sprayed Cole with a booger blast. Maddie just couldn't help herself. The henchmen contained their laughter better than she did but the faintest of snickers was still heard. Cole was handed a towel to clean himself off with, but it wasn't very effective. A henchman dug through a compartment and found a new suit for Cole. Cole walked to the far end of the helicopter, while Maddie covered her face with hyena, changed into the non-snotified suit. When he was finished, the suit was thrown out the helicopter, and Maddie repositioned Lou's head. "We're here." the smallest henchman said, gesturing through the now open door. Maddie leaned towards the opening and saw the Arkham Asylum, the darkest and creepiest place she had ever seen. (If you want to know what Arkham Asylum looks like, look it up, I'm not describing it). The helicopter landed on a black landing pad that was painted green with Joker's logo on it. Maddie stepped out of the helicopter alongside Cole. Looking down she saw Bud poking her with his now gas-mask covered face. Maddie's head snapped up, but she saw it too late. PSHHHHZHHHHSHSHSH. The giant green cloud of laughing gas reduced her to a heap of giggles. Glancing over her shaking shoulder, she saw Cole in the same position. A shadow appeared over the two of them, and Maddie felt her wrist being bound and bag go over her head. Still laughing like a maniac, she was dragged into the asylum.
AN: hello! It's me CrystalMoon17! Hope you like my new story! Yes I do have some repeated characters from other stories, but that doesn't mean it's the same person. R&R! CrystalMoon17 out!
