Sarah

Five Years Ago:

Sarah smiled as she looked at the bright pink balloons around her apartment. Today was going to be perfect, it was her ninth birthday and she was certain that the day would be nothing less than spectacular. She invited her entire class, with pretty pink invitations she made herself. The theme was medieval, something she thought would be nice for everyone. The girls could dress as princesses and the boys could come as knights. Not only that her dad promised he would come.

She wondered what her dad was like. He and her mom separated when she was still a baby, the only thing he knew about the man was the once a year letters he would send. She had yet to meet the man in person but she was sure he was wonderful.

She tried to ignore the warnings her mother gave her about him. She said he was a lying, cheating pig, who was too selfish to raise a kid, but Sarah was sure he had a good reason for leaving.

"Sarah where do you want the cake?" Her mother asked.

"By the princess banner," Sarah answered.

She smiled, in a couple of hours, her whole and her dad would be here. The smell of cigarettes pulled her out of her fantasy. She turned to look at her mother's boyfriend of the week, Randy. He was a man that was ten years younger than her mother and used to be Sarah's soccer coach. That was until he PTA caught him and her mother doing unspeakable acts in his office.

"When does your party start anyway?" Randy coughed choking on the smoke.

Sarah sighed. She wondered when her mother would dump him and move on to her next boyfriend. She was getting tired of all the second-hand smoke.

"In thirty minutes," Sarah said.

Randy coughed. "Cool."

Sarah sighed and turned back to the door. Any minute now people would start showing. She sat at the door for the next fifty minutes. She frowned, maybe traffic was bad, that's why everyone was taking so long.

"Don't worry baby, they'll be here soon." Sarah's mother said.

Fifty minutes soon turned into two hours. Sarah kept an optimistic smile on her face, they would be here. Someone would be here. Had she given her class the right address? She took a deep breath and turned to her mother.

"What about dad? Has he said anything?" Sarah asked hopefully.

Her mother shrugged. "Jackass is probably fucking some supermodel right now. Don't worry Sarah, he'll show up before we cut the cake."

Sarah nodded. People would show up. They had too. Another two hours passed, and Sarah had almost given up hope. Randy started to eat the pizza that was intended for the guests and her mother was enjoying her third glass of champagne.

"Bullshit. This is probably the work of Abigail's mom. That bitch has had it out for me, just because she thinks I slept with her husband." Her mother growled.

Randy burst out into laughter. "You did sleep with her husband."

"That's beside the point." Her mother snapped.

Sarah sighed and looked back at the door. She couldn't help it anymore; she began to sob uncontrollably. Her shoulder rocking back and forward as she let out all her pain. A loud ringing was heard and Sarah perked up. Was that her dad?

Her mother sighed and picked up the phone. "Where the hell are you?"

Loud yelling was heard from through the phone. Sarah turned to her mother who began to shout.

"No, you're the cocksucker! At least I'm here for my daughter!" She yelled.

Sarah sighed and look at the slice of cheese pizza on her plate. She couldn't eat. She felt numb with sadness.

"Sarah, your piece of shit of a father would like to speak to you." Her mother hissed.

Sarah sighed and took the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey baby, how are you doing?" He asked.

He slurred his words when he spoke, and she heard the laughter of a woman in the background. Sarah's heart dropped. Was he with his girlfriend right now? Was that why he wasn't here?

"I'm fine," Sarah said coldly.

"That's good. I really wanted to come today, but the weather is really bad in Tampa. Next year, okay sweetheart?" He said.

Sarah nodded robotically. "Sure thing, daddy."

"I'll send you some cash so you can buy some dolls or whatever else you like." He said.

"Thank you," Sarah said.

Her heart shattered into thousands of pieces. No one came. No one came because no one cared.

"Sarah, can you do daddy a favor?" He asked.

"Anything," Sarah said.

"Don't ever turn out like your mother." He said callously.

Now:

"What happened to your neck?" Fouzia asked.

Sarah jumped and turned to see her roommate watching her. The girl had been checking her reflection in their mirror, seeing how bad the bruise was. Matt was strong and had an iron grip.

"Combat training." Sarah lied.

Fouzia frowned. It was obvious she didn't seem to believe it.

"Look Fouzia do you mind? I'm trying to do my makeup." Sarah hissed.

"I think that's the first time you got my name right." Fouzia chuckled.

Sara rolled her eyes. "Your welcome, now please get the hell out of my face."

Fouzia grumbled. "Such a bitch."

She left the room, leaving Sarah alone. Sarah sighed and looked up at her reflection. She looked pathetic. The bruise around her neck was a constant reminder of what happened last week. Matt had his flaws and she just had to work on managing them. Then things would get better.

"Please let today be a good day," Sarah muttered to herself.


Alexander

"Shut up, when were you going to tell me that you kissed Maryanne!" Hunter chuckled.

"Hunter, not so loud. I don't need the entire class knowing my drama." Alexander sighed.

Maryanne and the kiss were great. Unfortunately, they haven't talked since. After Maryanne was attacked, Alexander tried talking to her, but Victoria kept saying she needed space to process what happened. That made sense, he was shaken after his fight with El Tigre, and it was selfish for him to expect her to suddenly be ready to talk about their kiss when she was still trying to be relieved with the fact she didn't die.

"When were you going to tell me?" Hunter asked.

Alexander rolled his eyes. "When could I? These days you're either arguing with Victoria or trying to hunt down Jarret."

Hunter's face darkened at the mention of Jarret's name. "That little fucker is going to wish Orion killed him when I get my hands on him."

Alexander sighed, he hoped Jarret had a good reason for leaving the others. The boy seemed so friendly; he didn't seem like the type to leave people to die. He was training to be a hero for a reason.

"What about Jarret?" Fouzia asked.

Alexander and Hunter turned to see Fouzia walking towards them. Alexander smiled.

"Hey Fouzia," Alexander said.

"What's up? Is Hunter still going on about Jarret?" Fouzia asked.

Alexander nodded. "He has a very detailed list of all the ways he could kill him."

"Want to help Fouzia?" Hunter grinned.

Fouzia rolled her eyes. "Pass. Jarret is a coward but I'm sure living with his shame is enough punishment."

"Fuck that. We could have died." Hunter growled.

"Have you tried talking to him?" Alexander asked.

"Why do that when I could just kick his ass?" Hunter asked.

Fouzia chuckled. "As always Hunter you are a sophisticated delight."

Fouzia turned to Alexander. "Do you want to do some training tonight?"

"I would love too." Alexander smiled.

Alexander grinned. Every now and then he and Fouzia would to the gym to spar. Ever since the night of the party, he and Fouzia had been spending a lot more time together. Granted they were already friends before, but it had always been in a group. And in the end, Alexander usually ended up with Kaleb and Fouzia was spent talking with Faith.

Now that Kaleb was on the football team and Hunter was involved in various phases of drama. Alexander and Fouzia had been able to get to know each other.

"Here comes the demon," Fouzia mumbled.

The trio turned to see Alice walking in the common room. Alexander raised an eyebrow. He didn't know much about Aurelie's situation, but Hunter had told him that Alice was the secret seventh personality and hijacked Aurelie's body. She wasn't like Aurelie. Alice had cold, wolf-like eyes and he never saw the girl smile once.

"She seems nice," Alexander said hopefully.

Fouzia rolled her eyes. "Only you could want to be friends with Satan."

Loud yelling was heard down the hallway causing Alexander to raise an eyebrow.

"I smell drama." Fouzia sighed.

"Here comes Sarah!" Hunter chuckled.


Lex

"Stop following me Dayton!" Sarah yelled.

Lex rolled his eyes as he followed Sarah to the common room. "You yell at me so much, I'm kind of immune to it."

"Well, I'm not and would like for you to stay the hell away from me." Sarah hissed.

Lex smirked. "We play this game every day. You say you hate me; I say you're annoying, but you always end up coming back to me."

"You're like herpes, you always come back." Sarah snapped.

The two stopped when they entered the common room. The entire class was there minus Matt. All their eyes went to Sarah. Lex sighed, after all the drama with her and Matt, he was sure the entire class had been talking about her. He was a little too busy recovering from a massive knife wound to be involved in the gossip.

"What the hell are you guys looking at?" Sarah hissed.

Cleo stepped forward. "I just want to say I'm sorry."

Sarah raised an eyebrow. "For?"

"Well you and Matt broke up, and we're all sure you're hurting. I mean you were like obsessed him, but that relationship seemed dysfunctional so I'm happy that you had the courage to leave." Cleo smiled.

Sarah growled. "Shut the fuck up Cleo."

Everyone's face fell and turned to look at the scene unfolding.

"Jesus help us all," Alexander mumbled.

Sarah took a step forward, a devious smirk on her face. Lex grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him.

"Whatever you're going to do, don't," Lex warned.

Sarah growled and yanked her hand back. "I think it's time I proved why I'm the biggest bitch in Morning Star Academy."

She turned back to her class. "So it's come to my attention that you've been talking about my relationship gossip. You guys just love to look down at me."

"That's not true." Maryanne frowned.

"I'm not finished Hippotamus Hips!" Sarah snapped.

She continued. "You all like to go on and on about how big of a bitch I am, well you're right. I'm pretty awful. But so is everyone in this class. Yet I'm the only one that's expected to be held accountable for my actions. Can you entitled fucks stop acting like you're better than me for one second!"

Fouzia rolled her eyes. "Here she goes again."

Sarah grinned and turned to Fouzia. "Let's start with Fonzy. Do you really think no one in this class notices how you look at Alexander? Even with your niqab, it's obvious. And let's not pretend you don't use your niqab as a crutch, because you secretly fear the reason that people don't want to be your friend isn't because you're Muslim, but because you're utterly intolerable."

Sarah sighed and turned to Alexander. "How can she allow herself to fall for someone like you? You're just a wimp who can't even decide who or what he wants."

Maryanne frowned and stepped forward. "Sarah cut it out."

"Now let's talk about you Maryanne, do tell how does Victoria's ass taste? I just ask because all you do is kiss it." Sarah snapped. "All day long we have to hear you gush about how smart Victoria is, how powerful Victoria is. Can you stop vicariously living through her for once!"

Sarah rolled her eyes and walked over to Victoria.

"But who can blame her, because Victoria is just so strong and beautiful." She said in a mocking tone.

Victoria frowned. "Sarah you don't know anything about me."

"Well, sweetie I know you're full of shit. You constantly say you don't need anybody and that you're better than everyone, yet you spend your time complaining about your family. It must be so hard to be pretty and rich. How's your mansion by the way?" Sarah asked.

Sarah walked over to Hunter. "And our sweet class clown is nothing more but Victoria Crown's bitch. She keeps pushing you away and you always run back to her. You're like an addict, and watching you grovel for her love is honestly pathetic."

"But Cleo you aren't any better." Sarah hissed.

Cleo frowned. "Leave me out of this."

Sarah continued. "How many times does Aerolynn have to avoid you for you take a hint? Now I'm not saying she's rejecting you because your vagina smells like a goat and your face gives people cramps, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason."

Cleo looked like she was about to say something, but Sarah shushed her. "Don't speak. I rather give Jarret head than listen to a single word come out of your mouth."

Sarah grinned and turned back to Jarret. She playfully walked over to him and ruffled his hair.

"How is Morning Star's Academy favorite bitch boy. Sweetie, you're a coward and you have the sex appeal of a teddy bear." Sarah said.

Jarret gulped and looked away from Sarah.

Sarah walked over to Kevin. "And what about your best buddy Kevin? I'm actually curious about your story, do you do anything other than complaining about your quirk or is that your only personality trait?"

"Sarah cut it out," Lex said.

"Fuck off Lex." She hissed.

"Let's not forget about everyone's jocks Kaleb and Jake. Kaleb, you're so irrelevant that I forgot you were even in this class. And Jake you're a typical meathead. Your loud personality is obviously masking an insecurity, which probably means you have a tiny penis or you're a closeted homosexual." Sarah said.

"Fuck you, Sarah," Jake growled.

Sarah blushed. "Oh sweetie, you wish you could."

"And I can't forget about Jake's best buddy Aeorlynn…..actually I have no comments to add I actually like you."

Thank god. Aerolynn said relieved.

Sarah walked over to Alice. "Now on to Aurelie."

"It's Alice." She said smugly.

"Oh right, I forgot one of Aurelie's lunatic personalities decided to make an appearance," Sarah said.

"Poor Sarah just another insecure mean girl." Alice sighed.

"At least I'm real bitch. You're nothing but an imaginary friend. Aurelie always keeps you hidden because she's ashamed of you because you're a disappointment and you make everyone around you miserable. One day she's going to outgrow, and you will be forgotten forever like the useless piece of trash you are." Sarah hissed.

Alice's face was hard and unreadable, however, Lex felt like he could tell she was about to strangle the girl.

"I'm so glad we had this little chat. You wanted the bitch and now you have her. Toodles!" Sarah cackled.

She was about to walk out of the common room, causing Lex to go after her. He growled and grabbed her arm. She froze, her whole body tensing up.

"Let go of me!" She yelled.

Lex jumped back; he was startled by her reaction. It was so…intense. She looked like she was on the verge of crying.

"What you're doing is not going to work," Lex said.

Sarah rolled her highs. "And what exactly am I doing?" Sarah asked.

"You were obviously trying to push people away back there, you're dealing with something really big and you need help. You can't hide that." Lex said.

Sarah gulped. "Lex, you need to stop acting like I'm some deep person. There's nothing more to me than that. I'm just a bitch. You're the only person dumb enough to believe otherwise."

"You know how I know something is wrong?" Lex asked.

Sarah crossed her arms. "How?"

"Because you just called me Lex. Not Dayton. That's how I know you aren't feeling like yourself. You can push the others away, but I'm not leaving Sarah." Lex said.

She looked up at him with a look that he thought was hope, however, the look was gone in an instant.

"Fuck of Lex." She sighed.

With that, she left him alone.


Sarah

Two Years Ago:

"Fuck Ms. Mirror is so hot." Jason White said.

Sarah rolled her eyes. Jason was the hottest boy in her grade, so naturally, she had a crush on him. Sarah watched him as he and his friends looked at the poster of the pro hero.

"Look at those hips." His friend said.

His girlfriend, Octavia took his hand and growled. "You better be joking."

Jason grinned and kissed her forehead. "I only have eyes for you babe."

Jason's eyes wandered to Sarah. "What are you looking at Sadie?"

Sarah frowned. He knew her name, he had too. They had been going to the same school since they were five.

"Babe that's Sarah. Can't you tell by the greasy skin and flat chest?" Octavia sneered.

Sarah looked down at her boobs. It was true, she was the only girl in her school with a flat chest. On top of that, her quirk was incredibly boring. Because of all of these combined factors, she had no friends, and Octavia never passed on an opportunity to mock her.

"Were you looking at the Ms. Mirror poster too? You wish you could look like that weasel!" Octavia smirked.

"Poor Sarah, no one will ever love her." Jason mocked.

Sarah wiped away a tear. "That's not true."

Their words made her feel like someone was stabbing her in the heart. Their words weren't true. She would find someone to love her. Someone that would stay for her. Someone that would fight for her.

"Oh really? Where's your mom? I'm sure that trailer trash whore is giving a bartender a handjob. What about your dad? Does even know what you look like?" Octavia chuckled.

Sarah couldn't fight the tears anymore and she started to sob.

"Stop it!" She yelled.

Octavia rolled her eyes. "Come on guys, this is starting to get pathetic."

The kids walked away, leaving Sarah alone. Sarah sighed, at least that wasn't new. She was used to being alone.

Now:

Sarah really wished her class would stop looking at her. So, what she made fun of them a little? What was the big deal? The kids were currently in Rescue Protocol, a class taught by Captain Cincinnati. He was a short man who was covered in black fur.

"So who's ready for some fun today?" He grinned.

"Pass," Sarah said.

He ignored her and smiled. "Today we are going to do a training exercise. You will be split up into four teams of four and you will be taken to a terrain. There are two victims there, your teams will have to work to save them and deliver them to safety."

Victoria raised her hand. "Sir, you said there will be four teams of four, what happens to the two teams that don't rescue the victims?"

He sighed. He didn't seem happy to deliver the news.

"They'll be eliminated." He said.

The way he worded this caused everyone to gulp. Was this another one of Ms. Morningstar's tests?

"Near-death here we come!" Hunter cheered.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Jackass."

"On the bright side, your class rankings will also be updated depending on your performance." He said.

This caused everyone to perk up. Students like Victoria and Matt seemed to have a hungry look in their eyes. Sarah rolled her eyes. After everything that had been happening lately, she could care less about the class rankings.

"With that can Lex, Maryanne, Hunter, and Aurelie please step forward?" Captain Cincinnati said.

Alice stood up. "Aurelie is unavailable, I will be taking her place."

He shrugged. "Doesn't make no difference to me. Since you guys are top four, you guys get to be team captains."

"Sir you're joking right?" Matt frowned.

"Glad to know who I'm not picking." Lex sighed.

Sarah knew she would be the last pick. After today, she was probably the most hated person in the class.

"Since I'm number one, I'm guessing I'm going first. I pick Faith." Lex said.

Faith smiled and walked up to him. Sarah scoffed, how typical.

Maryanne looked at the crowd and smiled. "I want to pick my roommate, Victoria Crown."

Victoria stood up and walked over to her. "We're so going to win." She said.

Alice looked towards Cleo. "I want to pick Screaming Siren."

"My name is Cleo." She said.

"Same difference," Alice said.

Hunter clapped his hands. "I pick Alexander."

Lex turned to Fouzia. "Fouzia's on my team."

Fouzia looked over at Alexander, longingly. Almost as if she was upset, she wasn't on his team. Sarah rolled her eyes. What a cliché.

Maryanne gulped and scanned the crowd. She seemed uncertain of who to pick.

"Kevin." She said nervously.

Kevin looked up hopefully and walked over to Victoria and Maryanne. "Thanks for picking me," He whispered.

"I'll take Foresight," Alice said.

"Kaleb," Kaleb said optimistically.

Alice raised an eyebrow. "Again, I don't care."

"I want big man Jake." Hunter grinned.

Jake raised an eyebrow. "I'm stuck on a team with a boy made of paper and Alexander? I'm going to fail."

"Well you're already at the bottom of the class ranking, so it's not like you have a lot to lose," Hunter smirked.

Lex stepped forward and looked at Sarah. A weak smile was on his face. Sarah growled. He better not do what she thinks he's about to do.

"I want Sarah Smith on my team." He said.

Everyone widened their eyes in shock. Faith and Matt shot the girl dirty looks as she walked over to Lex. Sarah met Matt's gaze. He was going to flip about this later. She wasn't sure what they were anymore. He said they were still together, they just had to date in secret. People had to believe that he and Victoria were really together.

Fouzia rolled her eyes. "I don't know if I can work like this."

"Well Fouzia, you don't do much anyway besides brood." Sarah sighed.

"Let's just finish the selection." Captain Cincinnati said.

Maryanne stepped forward and scanned the room. "We want Matt."

"My final selection is The Whisper," Alice said.

Aerolynn sighed and walked over to Alice.

Jake frowned. "So I don't even get Aerolynn on my team? I'm stuck with these losers?"

"Get over yourself, Jake." Hunter scoffed.

He looked at the last student. Jarret Han.

"Fuck no. Sir, we can work with a group of three." Hunter said.

Captain Cincinnati sighed. "Hunter that's not how this works. Being a hero, you're going to have to work with all kinds of people you don't like."

"You can't expect me to work with him! He left me to die!" Hunter yelled.

"Ms. Morningstar will talk to him about a suitable punishment, but until then it's business as usual." He said.

"This is bullshit. If I was a legacy kid like Victoria or Matt would the rules be the same?" Hunter asked.

Matt rolled his eyes. "Your claim is bullshit because Victoria and I are below you in the class rankings."

"And you have been such a good sport about that haven't you." Hunter hissed.

"Guys, enough!" Captain Cincinnati said.

He sighed and looked at the students. "Go put your suits on and head to the terrain. Let's hope you guys gain teamwork skills by then.

Two Years Ago:

Sarah looked at her reflection in the mirror and sighed. She hated everything she saw. Why was she so unattractive? Her chin was weak and her skin was greasy. Her hair was unhealthy and her hips were too narrow. She especially hated how long her neck was.

She turned to her mother. "Mom, do you think I'm pretty?"

Her mother got up from her couch and walked over to Sarah. "No sweetheart, but you can't help it. You got your dad's looks."

She traced her fingers along Sarah's jawline. "What's wrong? You seem sad?"

"I just feel like there's something wrong with me. I'm not smart, I'm not cute, I'm not funny. I just feel so broken." Sarah sighed.

"Oh sweetie, is this about a boy?" Her mother asked.

Sarah nodded. Tears started to flow from her eyes. "Mom? Why won't anyone love me?"

"Don't be ridiculous plenty of people like you Sarah. Now your problem is that you're soft. Correction, you're weak. Those boys run all over you because they know they can. You don't command the room." Her mother said.

Sarah looked up at her mother. "What am I supposed to do?"

"I'm going to fix you up. Trust me, no one will ever make fun of you again if you do what I say. Don't you want to be like me? I don't let men treat me like shit." Her mother said.

Sarah gulped. Suddenly her father's words rung in her head. Don't ever turn out like your mother. Sarah sighed, at least her mother was here. She wanted to help Sarah, and she always had a boyfriend.

"You've been someone's bitch all your life Sarah Smith, it's time I teach you how to be a badass." She said.

Sarah nodded. "What should I do?"

Her mother looked at her outfit. "First let's change that. Your skirt needs to be a little shorter. You can't win some if you don't give some up. Don't be afraid to tempt the boys,"

Sarah gulped. Her mother's advice made her uncomfortable. She felt like she was violating herself by showing so much skin. However, she knew one thing, her mother was strong. Sarah sighed; this is what she needed to do to be strong as well.


Faith

"Where is Sarah?" Lex asked.

Faith rolled her eyes. "I'm sure you want to know."

Lex raised an eyebrow. "I do, that's why I asked."

Fouzia gulped. "Do you guys want a minute."

"No," Lex said. "We're fine."

"No, we need to talk," Faith said.

Fouzia sighed. "I'm just going to go."

She walked off leaving the two alone.

"Why are you always angry at me all of a sudden?" Lex asked.

"I'm not angry, I just don't like it when my best friend hides things from me." Faith frowned.

There had to be something going on between him and Sarah. He had been treating her like she was a princess for weeks. Had anyone else done things she did, he would have cut them off instantly. Yet Lex was always there to defend Sarah.

"I'm not hiding anything." He frowned.

"So you're going to act like nothing is going on with Sarah?" Faith frowned.

"What are you talking about?" Lex asked.

"It's always her! You're always with her, you're always encouraging her, joking with her, laughing with her. She literally just insulted our entire class and you were happy to put her on our team." She snapped.

Lex frowned. "She's my friend and she's going through something."

"Are you sure this isn't because you have feelings for her?" Faith asked.

Lex shook his head. "That's not true."

"You picked me because we've known each other for so long, and you picked Fouzia because she's my girl best friend, but you choose Sarah because you wanted to." Faith said.

"I wanted to choose all of you," Lex said.

"You picked me out of loyalty, and you picked Fouzia to make me happy. But what about Sarah? You had a choice and you chose her. You picked her because you wanted her. And I just don't understand why!" Faith yelled.

"She's my friend. Just like you're my friend." Les said.

Faith shook her head. "After everything we've been through, I at least thought you trusted me enough to be honest with me."

Lex was about to say something when Captain Cincinnati walked into the room.

"Alright, teams everyone make their way to the terrain." He said.

Lex turned to Faith. "Can we talk about his later?"

"Sure. I wouldn't want to deprive you of your and Sarah's quality bonding time." Faith snapped.

Lex and Faith walked over to Sarah and Fouzia. The two girls seemed content on not speaking to each other.

"We're going to be a great team," Lex said sarcastically.


Sarah

Sarah looked at her teammates as they walked to the terrain. They were screwed. She and Fouzia hated each other, and Faith looked like she was going to stab Lex. Sarah looked around at the terrain, it was an impressive artificial landscape. It looked just like a mini-city, except with beautiful beaches and palm trees. Plus, all the buildings were collapsing, but she chose to ignore that.

Jake smirked when he looked at her team.

"I can already see which team we're going to beat," Jake smirked.

"Jake as if you're going to win anything." Matt shot back.

The sixteen students gathered at the finish line. They all looked at each other hesitantly. Sarah looked at her competitors. They were all fighting against each other at once. This was nothing like the arena. She just had to worry about one foe, not she had twelve.

"We got this," Lex said encouragingly.

Captain Cincinnati smiled and walked in front of the teens.

"How are all of you guys doing?" He smiled.

"I'm just getting ready for the bloodbath." Maryanne sighed.

He laughed. "Is everyone clear on the instructions?"

Matt nodded. "Find the two victims and bring them back to safety. The first two teams to do it win." He said.

Captain Cincinnati smiled. "Nice to know you kids pay attention."

"On your mark!" He yelled.

Sarah turned to look at Matt, the boy smiled at her. A warm smile that seemed genuine. His smiles used to make her feel warm and weightless. Now it was like a constant reminder of everything he did to her.

"Stop flirting with the competition." Fouzia hissed.

Sarah ignored her and turned back to the finish line.

"Get set…go!" Captain Cincinnati yelled.

After that, all hell broke loose. Chaos erupted around her. She turned to see Victoria throwing daggers of darkness at Jake and Alexander, while Alice was punching was Kevin.

"I'm going to give us a head start," Lex said.

Lex turned to his classmates and closed his eyes. Once he opened them, his eyes went ablaze. Their twelve classmates all simultaneously tripped. Their bodies collapsing to the floor.

"That's impressive." Fouzia marveled.

"Run now, talk later!" Lex yelled.

The four teens took off in a sprint, running into the forest far away from their classmates. They stopped running when Faith took a sudden halt.

"We need a strategy," Faith said.

"I thought running was the strategy." Fouzia panted.

Sarah sighed. "We need to split up."

"Pardon?" Lex asked.

"We will have a better chance of finding the victims if we split up. As much as I hate to say this you and Faith should go one direction and Fouzia and I should go to the other direction." Sarah said.

"I rather die than work alone with you," Fouzia said.

Sarah scoffed. "Believe me the feeling is mutual."

Faith sighed. "Sarah is right, we could cover more ground if we split up. Plus since mine and Fouzia's quirks are more suited for combat it wouldn't be wise for us to be on the same team."

"The only question is where we look," Lex said.

"How about you guys check along the coast, and we'll check the apartment complex," Fouzia said.

Faith nodded. "Sounds smart."

"Alright, team let's go." Lex smiled.


Matt

"I'm going to kill Dayton." Matt hissed.

Matt, Kevin, Maryanne, and Victoria were running through the woods. They managed to escape the battle at the finish line, however, they were just as lost as before.

"This area is huge how are we going to find the victims?" Maryanne asked.

Kevin stepped forward. "I can track them."

Victoria raised an eyebrow. "You can do that?"

Kevin blushed. "Well, I have enhanced senses. And I know what everyone in our class smells like. I could find the victims based on the foreign smell."

Loud ruffling was heard in the trees behind them. Matt frowned. Someone was there.

"Do you guys hear that?" Matt asked.

Victoria rolled her eyes. "It's probably just our classmates. If we can track the victims, we don't need to worry about our classmates."

Matt shook his head. "You three go, I'll make sure they don't follow us."

"Matt don't do something stupid," Victoria warned.

"Ignis!" Matt chanted.

His palms burst into flames, causing Maryanne to jump back in shock.

"I said go." He said.

Victoria rolled her eyes. "I don't have time to argue with you. Come on guys let's go."

The others ran off, desperate to find the victims. Matt turned back to the trees.

"Whose there?" He asked.

More ruffling was heard. Someone was trying to ambush him. Matt growled and hurled his fireball towards the trees. The wood exploded, as soon as his fireball made contact. Smoke filled the area blinding him of who was the attacker was. Then he heard a cough. He would know that voice anywhere.

Sarah.

Matt willed the smoke to move out of the way, showing Sarah on the ground, coughing up a fit. She gulped when she looked up at him. Matt sighed. She looked terrified of him. She had to know that she couldn't beat him in a fight.

"Hey, babe. Please don't make me have to hurt you." He said.


Well, that's the start of this assignment. What teams do you think will win? What fights do you envision happening?