Author's Note: I'm really falling behind on writing this, but I do at least have a chapter for this week and next week. Hopefully I'll have written ahead at least one new chapter by then.
The next two chapters are kind of filler, but I wanted to show what the testing process was like. After that we'll finally get into the story, I promise.
Sorry that this is a really short chapter.
The Test 1: Invited
The day of the tryouts came. Children with super powers and other unique skills from across North America gathered to the special testing centers in hopes of making it into the new super school.
Things were a bit different for those who were already invited to the school. Jenny Wakeman was waiting in the hall of the testing center with a dozen or so people who were there for the tryouts. She held the paperwork she'd filled out. A woman stepped out of the room at the end of the hall.
"Next." She said dully. Jenny jumped up and followed the woman into the testing room, handing her the paper work.
"Ah, you've already been accepted?" The woman asked, brightening considerably.
"Uh, I guess."
The woman sighed and sat down comfortably into a chair behind a desk. "Alright, this should be a lot easier."
"Why's that?" Jenny asked.
"I don't have to test you, I just need a summary and demonstration of your powers."
"Oh." Jenny replied. "Well, I can fly, my strength is equivalent to a hundred and seventy men, and… well… I have a whole lot of robotic gadgets that I use, but it'd take too long to list them all."
The woman waved her hand casually. "Don't worry about that stuff, let's just look at the basic flight and strength. Go stand under that press over there," She pointed to a large hydraulic press hanging from the ceiling. "It can go up to ten-thousand tons of pressure, but try not to break it; we've still got quite a few people to test."
Jenny nodded and stepped under the press. Almost immediately it fell on her, pressing down with a force of two tons. Jenny easily lifted it up, and the weight multiplied, higher and higher, until they reached five thousand tons.
"Ok, yeah, that's enough." The woman turned the press off.
"I thought you said it went up to ten thousand tons." Jenny pointed out.
"I've seen enough. You've got upper-level super-strength. I don't want to waste too much time."
They moved on to testing her flight. Again, the woman only went about half-way through the course before she decided she'd seen enough.
"Are you sure?" Jenny asked nervously.
"Yeah. What are you so worried about? You've already passed." The woman asked.
"Well, it just seems… like I haven't really shown you what I can do." The robot girl explained.
"Ah, that's what the school's for." The woman waved her casually out the door. "You're done. I've got a lot more tests to do."
So Jenny left. It felt like it had been too easy, but she supposed she shouldn't be complaining. This time next month she'd be at the super school, and she'd probably be wishing her classes were this easy.
Next time, The Test: Try-Outs.
