The dinner table was long and had 9 place settings. Two at the heads of the table and 4 on one side and 3 on the other. A woman sat the head, money boy on her right, then Kraken, the purple haired girl, a boy with sandy brown hair who didn't have a chair, he was hovering above the ground, an empty chair, a boy with light hair that had a tentacle reaching out of his shirt, and the black haired girl from before.
"Aw, Michael" the woman said smiling "Please sit," he said sitting me next to the levitating boy and the.
"Um…. Thank you?" Mikey said awkwardly
The woman put a hand on Mikey's shoulder "Children, this is Michael. His new to the Academy. I want you to treat him nicely ok?" there was a murmur of agreement around the table "So why don't we all introduce ourselves?"
The gorilla boy started "Number 00.01, Space Boy."
"Your real name, Luther." The woman said Mikey noticed uncomfortable that her hand was made of plastic
"Luther,"
"He already met me." Kraken said "So I pass."
The purple haired girl rolled her eyes "Number 00.03, The Rumor. Allison Hargreeves."
The boy next to Mikey was called Séance and he was number 4. The woman said his real name was Klaus. The other boy with the tentacle was Horror and his tentacle was named Vincent… the final girl didn't have a cool code name, she was just Vanya.
"Nice to meet you?" Mikey said finally "I'm um… Mikey Way."
"What's you code name?" Space asked me.
"Um… I'm number 8…"
Someone cleared their trout at the door to the dinning room, Mikey turned slightly to see a chimpanzee, wearing cloths. "His code name is the Way." He said sitting in the other open chair. "Hello Mikey, my name is Dr. Pogo."
He swallowed "Hi,"
"And I am Mrs. Hargreeves," the woman said taking the other seat "But you can call me mom."
Mikey stared at her for a while as food was placed in front of him, finally he turned toward it and ate it numbly barely tasting the over cooked fish.
"So Way," Space said as Mikey shoved another forkful into his mouth "Where are you from?"
Mikey swallowed "Jersey. I lived there with my mom and my brother."
Space nodded "What exactly is you power?"
"Leave him alone Space," Kraken said "He doesn't know anything about us and you're just gonna interrogate him? I'm sure that'll make him feel REAL warm and fuzzy." Kraken rolled his eyes.
"No it's ok," Mikey said "He just wants to know what kind of competition he's got to deal with." Kraken laughed slightly. "I can control light." Mikey elaborated.
"Boys be nice now," Pogo said
"What was you're real family like?" Vanya asked Mikey suddenly.
Mikey looked down "Normal I suppose."
Desert was bowls of multicolored ice cream before Mrs. Hargreeves left biding them good night and the others began walking toward different destinations. Mikey walked back to his bedroom where he stayed for the rest of the night.
