Faith

"Good morning." Faith smiled at the seven kids in her room.

"It's too early for this bullshit." Sarah sighed.

Faith looked around at her classmates. Kaleb looked half-awake, Matt was running his fingers through Sarah's hair, Victoria had her nose buried in a book, Aerolynn and Jake were munching on some Doritos the boy had smuggled in, while Alexander just watched everyone confused.

"I'm sure you all know why we're here. We're the Black Church 8." Faith said.

"That's the worst superhero name ever." Jake chuckled.

"I like it. It's trendy." Matt said.

Jake rolled his eyes. "Well your codename is Union Lad, so I can see you have bad taste."

"Jake shut up you're codename is Bigmouth." Sarah hissed.

"Oh, because Stopwatch is so much better?" Jake yelled.

Guys! Let Faith speak. Aerolynn hissed.

Everyone sighed and turned their attention to Faith.

"So, I invited you all to our room, because I'm sure we all have questions. Why did Cyrus attack the church? How did he know so much about us? Why was his name on the rock? What happened all those years ago? And almost all of these answers involve Ms. Zambiea and Ms. Morningstar." Faith said.

Victoria frowned. "My mother doesn't like Amanda. If my mother had a soul I would say she almost fears her."

Faith gulped. What had Amanda done in her past? What could she have done to make the number three hero tremble?

"So, I was thinking…we need to break into her office." Faith mumbled.

"Come again say what?" Alexander yelped.

She sighed. She figured this would be hard to process.

"She probably has all kinds of secrets in there, and she won't be in her room because of the pep rally." Faith reasoned.

"It's smart Faith, I'll give you that. But it would be suspicious if all eight of us go missing." Victoria said,

Faith blushed. "It won't be all of us. Just Aerolynn and Alexander."

"Are you insane! I'm not breaking into her office? I could be expelled! Or worse murdered!" Alexander said.

"Sarah and Victoria are cheerleaders. Matt, Kaleb, and Jake are on the football team. If they vanish it would be noticeable. And I want to go, but I'm friends with Lex and Fouzia, if I don't go they'll be suspicious. And we can't afford for our secret to spread." Faith said.

I'm in. Aerolynn said.

Alexander sighed. "What if we get caught?"

"We won't let that happen, we'll watch her while she's there," Kaleb said.

"Okay, I'll do it for you guys." He said.

Faith grinned and held her fist out. "Want to break it down?"

"Absolutely not," Sarah muttered.

Kaleb clapped his hands. "Let's go, team."

Kaleb put his hand on top of Faith's followed by Alexander's.

"What the hell." Jake grinned.

He and Aerolynn placed their hands in. Matt grinned and put his hand in. He turned to Sarah.

"Come on babe." He said.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "I hate all of you."

She sighed and placed her manicured fingers on top of the pile of hands. The seven of them turned to Victoria.

"Come on Queen Victoria, get your ass over here," Jake said.

Victoria chuckled. "You guys are ridiculous."

She placed her hand in the pile and grinned.

"Alright, guys. Black Church losers on three." Kaleb said.

"Are we really calling ourselves that?" She sighed.

"I guess." Alexander chuckled.

"1! 2! 3!" Faith called.

"Black Church Losers!"


Alexander

"I'm crapping myself." Alexander yelped.

Relax Alexander, we totally have this under control. Aerolynn smiled.

The two teens walked past the gym. The sound of the marching band and the roaring audience was deafening. The kids kept walking until the finally reached Ms. Morningstar's Office.

Aerolynn blushed and turned to look at Alexander. Do you know how to pick a lock?

Alexander gulped. The two never took into account how they would get in. Alexander looked at the door and frowned. How could they do this? Suddenly Alexander felt a tingle in his body. He stopped and frowned. Was his quirk activating? He wasn't looking at anyone.

Suddenly the lock was incredibly clear. Like everything around him was out of focus, and someone finally adjusted the camera. Alexander bent down and looked at the upper corner of the lock. He held his elbow and using as much strength he could muster he jabbed it towards the spot.

Alexander. Aerolynn yelped.

"Relax Aerolynn. The lock's not broken, I just found the weakest point and applied pressure to it." Alexander explained.

I'm am both concerned and intrigued.

The duo walked into the office and gulped.

"What exactly are we looking for?" Alexander asked.

Everything? This whole idea is crazy.

Alexander turned to Aerolynn. "I guess you're right."

Let's just get this over with. Ready to steal some shit? Aerolynn smirked.


Lex

"Where's Alexander?" Fouzia asked.

"No clue." Faith blushed.

Lex, Faith, and Fouzia sat in the bleachers watching the pep rally from below. Coach Kirby was in the middle of his speech talking about how good the football team was. Lex looked down and was surprised to see Jake and Kaleb were in the front of the row, wearing varsity jackets.

"I didn't know they were on varsity," Lex observed.

His eyes wandered to the back of the row where Matt sat. He was not wearing a varsity jacket and he did not seem happy.

"Poor Matt." Fouzia sighed.

"Without further ado, please make way for the Morning Star Academy's Lionesses!"

Everyone began to clap and got out of their seats.

"The Lionesses?" Faith asked.

Lex smiled and stood up. "The cheerleaders. Remember Sarah is on the team."

Faith crossed her arms and frowned. She gave Lex a glare that he couldn't quite decipher.

"So are Maryanne and Victoria, I hope they do well," Fouzia said.

The trio turned to look at the cheerleaders gathering on the basketball court. Lex recognized Sarah instantly she was sporting the red and gold cheerleading uniform, with black and gold pom poms in her hand.

Victoria stepped forward with a bright smile on her face. Lex smirked, that might have been the first time he had seen her smile.

"Morning Star Lions Let Me Hear You Roar!" She yelled.

She leaped up in the air and waved her pom-poms around. The crowd erupted in cheers; Lex couldn't help but laugh. The energy was infectious.

"Because we're ready to party!" Monica cheered.

Music began blaring from the speakers.

"What song is this?" Fouzia asked.

Faith laughed. "Mother's Daughter by Miley Cyrus."

"Catchy beat." Lex chuckled.

Victoria, Monica, Maryanne, and Sarah stepped forward; the rest of the cheerleaders filling behind them.

Sarah stepped forward and grinned.

"Hallelujah, I'm a freak I'm a freak, hallelujah. Every day of the week I'ma do ya, Like I want to. I'm a Nile Crocodile, a Piranha." She sang.

With that she did a cartwheel which earned applause from the audience.

"She's really good." Lex smiled.

Faith rolled her eyes. "Yeah, totally."

"Oh my God, she got the power. Oh, look at her, she got the power!" Maryanne sang.

After that, she did a split, right after being lifted in the air by some male cheerleaders and carried to the other side of the gym.

"So-so, so don't fuck with my freedom! I came back to get me some, I'm nasty, I'm evil. Must be something in the water or that I'm my mother's daughter! Don't fuck with my freedom, I came back to get me some. I'm nasty, I'm evil. Must be something in the water or that I'm my mother's daughter!" Victoria sang.

With that, the other cheerleaders formed a circle around her. Sarah and Maryanne held a foothold out for Victoria, which the girl hopped onto effortlessly. With great elegance, the girls threw Victoria into the air.

"Is this song school appropriate?" Fouzia asked.

Lex laughed. "Well Ms. Morningstar curses more than anyone at this school, so I doubt she cares."

Faith gasped and sat up suddenly. Her eyes went to Ms. Morningstar, the woman was walking towards the exit.

"Where is she going?" Faith yelped.

Lex chuckled. "Probably, her office."

Faith's skin paled and her Lex could hear her loudly gulping.

"What's wrong?" Lex asked.

Faith turned to Lex and whispered into his ear.

"I need you to do me a favor." She said.

"Anything." He whispered.

"Use your quirk against Ms. Morningstar. You need to stop her." Faith said.

Lex laughed. There was no way she could be serious. However, his face fell when he noticed Faith wasn't laughing with him.

"You're serious? You can't be serious." Lex frowned.

"Lex if our friendship means anything to you, I just need you to trust me and stop her." Faith pleaded.

Lex frowned. Faith needed him, that was all that matters. He knew he couldn't let her down. He sighed.

"We're going to get in so much trouble for this." He said.

With that, he turned to Ms. Morningstar and activated his quirk.


Sarah

"Fuck." Sarah cursed under her breath.

She swayed her hips to the beat; however, she couldn't take her eyes off of Ms. Morningstar. She was going to go to her office. She would find out everything. Who knows what she would do to Aerolynn and Alexander?

Sarah turned to Victoria and gulped. "What the hell do we do?"

The girls kept dancing, hoping the other cheerleaders didn't notice that the two girls were freaking out.

Victoria and Sarah looked to Mrs. Morningstar, praying for a way to stop her. Then suddenly, the bottom of her high heel snapped, causing the woman to fall forward. She hissed in pain and embarrassment, before slowly getting up.

"That was lucky," Victoria whispered.

Sarah shook her head and looked at the audience. Lex's eyes glowed bright gold.

"More like unlucky," Sarah said.

Victoria frowned. "We need to stop her; a broken high heel won't delay her for that long."

Sarah sighed. "I have an idea, but you won't like it."

Victoria raised an eyebrow. "What are you planning?"

Sarah ignored the girl and walked towards the audience. Monica frowned.

"Sarah, what the hell are you doing? You're messing up the routine." Monica hissed.

Sarah ignored the girl and kept dancing. She gave a wink to the audience and forced a smile. She hated what she was about to do.

"Morning Star Academy are you ready to party!" She yelled.

The crowd yelled back at her. With that Sarah dropped down low to the floor, swaying her hips seductively. She looked back up at the students and teachers and did the unthinkable. She lifted her skirt up, showing off pink-colored underwear.

If the students were cheering before, they were practically screaming now.

"You're so hot!" One boy yelled.

Mrs. Zambiea stood up from the audience and frowned. "Sarah, what the hell are you doing?"

Maryanne ran to Sarah. "Have you lost your mind?"

"Young lady, put your skirt down now!" Ms. Morningstar hissed.

Sarah gulped. She was going to be in so much trouble for this. She turned and saw Ms. Morningstar was walking towards her, Sarah sighed in relief she wouldn't be going to her office. Sarah turned back to Maryanne.

"Yes, I have." She said.

With that, she grabbed Maryanne and pulled her in for a kiss.


Matt

Matt wasn't sure what the hell was going on. He was watching the show, the cheerleaders were incredibly talented. He was impressed with all of the flips they were able to do. Then suddenly Sarah stepped in front of all the other girls and started to flash the audience.

Matt growled. "What the hell?"

"Your girlfriend is being a decoy, jackass. Now do something so she can stop embarrassing herself." Jake whispered.

Matt looked at how some of the other boys were looking at Sarah. Like she was a piece of meat. How dare they? Didn't they know that she belonged to him? She was his girlfriend, she wasn't meant to be a show for them.

"Honua." He whispered.

The ground began to tremble, which caused everyone to gasp. Look for a way to brace themselves.

"Oku!" Matt chanted.

The giant banner above them that read: Go Lions! Burst into flames, causing everyone to scream.

"Everyone evacuate!" Mrs. Morningstar yelled.

Teachers began to usher students out of the gymnasium as the rest of the Black Church Losers ran to the center of the gym. Matt turned to look at Sarah, a worried look was painted on her face.

"Where are Aerolynn and Alexander?" She hissed.

"Do you think they got everything?" Faith asked.

Sarah crossed her arms. "They better have, I just made a fool of myself."

The six teen's phones began to buzz. Matt frowned and reached into his pocket.

"It's a text from Aerolynn, they told us to head to her room."

Kaleb gulped. "Do you think it's good news or bad news?"

"Guess time will tell." Matt sighed.


Sarah

"What the hell took you guys so long?" Faith hissed.

The eight teens were back in Faith and Aerolynn's room. Alexander blushed and looked up at his classmates.

"Sorry, we didn't know exactly what we were looking for," Alexander said.

How were you guys able to stop her? Aerolynn asked.

The teens blushed and turned to face Sarah. Sarah sighed; she was never going to be able to live that down.

"Well, you can't say that I'm not a team player." She scoffed.

Faith's attention went back to Aerolynn and Alexander.

"So…what now?" Faith asked.

Alexander and Aerolynn looked at each other.

"We found some things in her office," Alexander said.

"No shit, care to elaborate?" Jake asked.

Alexander pulled out his phone and began to type something on his phone. Soon all of their phones began to buzz.

"I just sent you all pictures of our files, a letter she received, and a picture."

Sarah pulled out her phone and frowned. A group of teens was in the photo. They looked happy. Youthful.

"I recognize some of these people. Mrs. Zambiea, Hell Priest, Mr. Ross, Ms. Morningstar, Coach Kirby, and Cyrus." Sarah said.

"I recognize another," Victoria said softly.

She pointed to a pretty African American girl with a cheerleading uniform. Her hair was long and black and flowed like mist.

"That's my mom," Victoria said.

Her voice was full of emotion.

"Do you think she knew Cyrus?" Matt asked.

She bit her lip and looked down. "I'm afraid I don't know much about my parents."

"I recognize this Latina chick, that's pro hero Ms. Mirror. I used to beat my meat to a picture of her." Jake smirked.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Of course, you did."

Kaleb looked at the photo. "The boy with the shaggy blond hair next to Hell Priest. That's the American Eagle."

"I recognize this guy, it's Captain Cincinnati. He teaches the Search and Rescue course." Matt said.

Sarah frowned. "So, all these douchebags were friends in high school, we already gathered that, what does it solve?"

"It means we know everyone who was involved with Cyrus, one of them might know why he became a villain," Alexander said.

"We know why he's a villain, it's because he's a prick," Jake said.

"And did you guys read the letter we sent you? Cyrus was writing letters to Ms. Morningstar. She knew he was going to come back." Alexander revealed.

Faith crossed her arms. "What the hell? Why didn't she stop him?"

"We don't know yet." He sighed.

Victoria frowned. "What about the files? The villains mentioned they read about us."

Aerolynn gulped. About that. The files are interesting.

"You all should read it for yourself," Alexander said.

Sarah frowned and opened up the six pictures they sent.

Name: Victoria Crown

Quirk: Shadow Smith.

Parents/Legal Guardians: Janelle Crown (Mother), Maurice Crown (Father)

Medical conditions?: Allergic to blueberries

Notes: Victoria suffers from being a child of a narcissistic parent, causing her to internalize insecurities given to her by others. Prone to nervous breakdowns and has a slight streak of OCD. Lack of empathy. Her quirk is dependent on shadows her body absorbs. Will do anything to win. Not afraid to attack or draw blood. Highly skilled tactician. Great candidate for the advanced course.

Danger Potential: Red

"Sis, I think she just snatched your wig." Sarah chuckled.

Victoria stayed composed and ignored Sarah. "This file isn't an accurate representation of me."

"I don't know I think it is." Jake laughed.

"Well let's see what they say about you, Jake." Faith hissed.

Name: Jake Hyde

Quirk: Converter

Parents/Legal Guardians: Chelsea Hyde (Mother), Caleb Hyde (Father)

Medical Conditions: N/A

Notes: Jake is impulsive, with a constant need to assert his masculinity. Jake is insecure which causes him to act irrationally to prove he's someone he's not. Liability in the field. Does not have full mastery of quirk.

Danger Potential: Orange

"What the hell is this?" Jake yelled.

Aerolynn placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. This is probably out of context.

"All of these files are pretty brutal, these aren't normal teaching files. She's studying us like we're lab rats." Alexander gulped.

"It's more than that, look at how she talks about our fighting and how dangerous we are. She's planning on using us for something." Victoria gulped.

I'm considered a yellow on a danger scale. Aerolynn frowned.

"Looks like Faith and I are orange level threats as well," Kaleb said.

Alexander frowned. "She has me marked as a red."

"Why your quirk is useless," Jake asked.

"Jake!" Faith hissed.

Alexander frowned. That wasn't the only thing in his file that he didn't like.

"How come you didn't take pictures of Matt and I's?" Sarah asked.

That's the strange part. We searched her entire office, but we didn't see any files of you two. The whole class was there but you two.

"That's weird," Matt said.

Sarah frowned. Why was her file not Ms. Morningstar's office? Where was it? Did she even have a file? She began to worry about what notes the headmistresses wrote about her.

Sarah was pulled out of her thoughts as she felt her phone. She reached into her purse and pulled it out. It was a text from Lex.

Lex: I need to speak to you. ASAP

Matt turned to look at her. "Who is it?"

"Fouzia, she's texting me about some stupid girl shit. I should go." Sarah lied.

She didn't want to lie, but she knew it wouldn't be pretty if Matt knew she was texting Lex.

"Good luck cracking the case Scooby Gang," Sarah smirked.

She walked out of Faith and Aerolynn's room and sighed.

Sarah: What do you need?

Lex: Come to my room?

Sarah: Cheeky boy, don't you know I'm in a relationship.

Lex: Haha, very funny. Seriously I need to talk to you.

Sarah sighed. "Fuck my life."

Lex made it seem like it was serious. She didn't do well with serious conversations. Her lack of empathy and general dislike of humanity made it hard to socialize with people. Regardless she found herself walking to Lex's room. She frowned. Why was she doing this?

"Just talk to him and get this over with," Sarah said.

She knocked on his door and tapped her foot impatiently. He opened it; he already had a glare prepared for her.

"Can I help you Dayton?" She asked.

Lex frowned. "What was today about?"

"Pardon?" Sarah asked.

Lex rolled his eyes. "I'm referring to you lifting your skirt up today at the pep rally, then proceeding to make out with Maryanne."

Sarah forced a laugh. "Well, you know how much I like to put on a show."

"Sarah, I know you," Lex said.

"Honey you've known me for a couple of weeks," Sarah said with a roll of her eyes.

"Well, I know you well enough to tell that you're hiding something. And I know Faith's involved. She asked me to use my quirk today, something she wouldn't do unless it was serious." He said.

"Then why don't you talk to her about this?" Sarah asked.

"Because I'm talking to you." He frowned.

"Well unfortunately for you, I'm not hiding anything. Besides, you should have enjoyed the show." Sarah smirked.

"Why would I have enjoyed your obvious cry for help?" Lex frowned.

Sarah laughed. "Dayton miss me with the bullshit."

He crossed his arms. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't try and tell me all of that politically correct feminist nonsense. Bullshit like people actually care about my feeling and my opinions, and not what's between my legs. Dayton I know how the world works. I have no skills or anything remotely interesting about me. I recognize that my sole purpose is to entertain guys like you. I dance, I flirt, I smile, I fuck, that's how the world works sweetheart." She said.

Lex frowned. "There's so much more to you than your body. You know that don't you?"

Sarah paused. He sounded genuine; however, she knew better than to trust it.

"It's cute you believe that." She said.

Lex shook his head. "What if I could prove it to you?"

Sarah frowned. He was playing her. He had to be.

"Why do you care?" She snapped.

"Because we're friends." Lex frowned.

"No, we aren't." Sarah snapped.

"Then why did you come here?" Lex asked.

"Because you asked me too," Sarah said.

"But why would you come if you didn't want to. Admit it you wanted to see me." Lex smirked.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Believe what you want to believe."

Lex laughed. "I wanted to give you back something."

He walked over to his closet and pulled out a book. Sarah gasped when she realized what it was. It was her sketchbook.

"I've been looking everywhere for that," Sarah said.

Lex grinned and flipped it open. "You left it in science class yesterday and I grabbed it. I accidentally flipped it open and I saw your work."

"Please tell me you didn't see the naked picture of Liam Hemsworth." Sarah chuckled.

Lex rolled his eyes. "No, but I showed the art teacher here."

"You did what!" Sarah hissed.

Lex held his hands out in defense. "Hear me out. She loved it. The school is having an art gallery for all of the student work and she wants you to submit one of your pieces."

Sarah frowned. "Why would you do that?"

Lex blushed. "As I said, you're so much more than your body. I think you're very talented Smith."

"Calling someone by their last name is my thing, Dayton." She smirked.

Lex laughed. "I don't know it has a ring to it."

"Shut up." She scoffed.

She looked down at the sketchbook in his hands. "She thinks I'm talented enough to have my work shown in a gallery?"

Lex grinned. "She does. And I do too."


Victoria

Victoria sighed as she made her way to her room. It was a long day and she was ready to decompress. She stopped when she saw Maryanne was outside of her room.

"Maryanne, what's wrong?" Victoria asked.

Maryanne gulped. "I'm so sorry, I really tried to stop her."

"Stop who?" Victoria asked.

Maryanne blushed. "It's just that she's really scary."

"Maryanne, who the hell is in our room?" Victoria asked.

Before Maryanne could answer, a woman walked out of Victoria's room. She was tall and slender, with umber colored skin and glowing blue eyes. She had curly black hair and a button nose. She had a smile plastered on her face however it didn't reach her cold eyes.

"Hi, mom." Victoria gulped.

Oh fuck. She thought.