Location: Hiro and Wilbur's Room
Their first day had finally arrived. There wasn't much of a break in between. Basically they arrived at S.B Williams and had the weekend off. Mostly, that was spent rearranging their rooms to their likings and even a tour around the facilities. Hiro felt like he was in a military compound than an actual school. Wilbur told him that's just how the NSA was, clearly showing that the boy was more familiar with this than Hiro. The kid did know about his powers since he was born.
The alarm went off to wake the two boys, but both just moaned in their sleep and remained in their half-sleep state. Neither were morning birds. Wilbur was currently laying on his front, his hand hanging off his bed and was snoring loudly. Hiro could have him beat as he was just as loud. Thank goodness for sound proof rooms or people would be complaining.
The alarm then went off again and this time much louder, that it shocked the boys awake.
"What's with the alarm?" Hiro yawned and wiped the drool off his chin.
"Dad's invention. Since it's impossible to wake me up." Wilbur rubbed his eyes.
"That's what Aunt Cass says about me." Hiro stifled a laugh.
"Maybe that's why they roomed us together. Cause we're both such heavy sleepers." Wilbur laughed and headed to the bathroom.
"Wait a minute!" Hiro said suddenly. "Why do you get the bathroom first?"
"Cause I do." Wilbur replied.
"Come on! We've been roommates for two days and you spent more time in there than my Aunt getting ready for a formal event." Hiro stated. Why would someone need to be in there for so long. Clearly he isn't taking long in the shower, since the hit water was still working when he went in. Then again, the shower could've fixed itself after Wilbur was done since Hiro could hear the shower turn off and Wilbur wouldn't come out for another hour or so.
"It takes time to look this good." Wilbur smirked and locked the bathroom door before Hiro could say anymore.
This was the son of Cornelius Robinson?
Since Wilbur was going to be a while, Hiro decided to look over his schedule again. Just to make sure.
He had Robotics Theory first, followed by Mechanical Engineering. Each class two hours long. In the afternoon he had Field Theory. Must be in relation to being a super, that was followed by a break. His last class for the day was Mental Control. What did that mean? Super class obviously, but Mental Control?
Well, he'll find out soon enough.
Location: Cafeteria
"I'm going to assume that was your brother." Penny said. Both girls had gotten their breakfast when they ran into Dash. He nearly had a spaz attack when he recognised Penny.
"Told you he had a crush on you." Violet laughed.
The pair sat down at an empty table and began eating their eggs and bacon.
"I'm glad they give us actual food and not some weird slop." Penny said. Part of her was expecting half-cooked oatmeal that tasted like cardboard.
"Maybe they knew they were dealing with kids and a lot of us are picky eaters." Violet thought.
Penny nodded to that. The NSA had said they were going to keep them safe. Feeding them gruel would definitely poison them and that meant they failed at their one job. The chatter in the cafeteria reminded them of their old schools. It was almost the same. Kids lining up to grab their meal and then going off to find somewhere to sit. Difference was that some kids were using their powers and there were guards stationed at the exits. Most people had already made more than enough friends. Violet was thankful she had Penny as a friend. Both girls understood each other for the need of a normal life, but still accepted that their version of normal was different from the rest.
Penny was even thankful not many people reminded her of her past on Bolt. Sure, she gave a few autographs, but no one hassled her. Maybe because they feared the guards or they understood the want to be normal. Either way, she was glad.
Thanks to Dash, some people even knew who Violet was. She wasn't happy about the attention she got. People whispered excitedly when they saw her. Some were negative about her family returning as supers.
"Okay, dude! You don't need forty five minutes to style your hair." A boy nearby said.
"Just because the mop look works for you, doesn't mean everyone else agrees." His companion said.
They sat at the same table as the girls and Wilbur gave a smirk in their direction before turning back to Hiro.
Hiro rolled his eyes at Wilbur. "You think you're going to get anywhere by just smiling at them?" He said sarcastically.
"You gotta lure them in."
Hiro glanced at the girls across from them before turning back to Wilbur. "They don't seem interested."
"They're not the only girls out there." Wilbur shrugged.
"Of course this place would have the cocky full of it kind." Violet said picking at her food.
"At least he's cute." Penny smiled.
"But the cute ones are the ones you have to watch out for." Violet grinned.
The two girls laughed at the comment. In a way it was true.
Location: Grade 10 Chemistry, Room 18, Sector B
As their teacher explained the atomic weight of different metals, the students took down his notes. This class was a little more advanced than back at ordinary school. Their teacher was explaining slowly, so they could keep up and was more than happy to explain anything chemistry related so his students understood.
Penny was writing everything down. Back home, her chemistry class was still learning their periodic table. So she was clearly behind. The boy next to her was the same kid who smirked at her and Violet at breakfast. He didn't seem to be taking as many notes as Penny. He didn't even look like he was paying attention.
"Robinson?!" Their teacher called and the boy looked up.
"Atomic weight of silver?"
"107.9 AMU." Wilbur replied.
The teacher nodded and then went to ask the next student.
"Are you some sort of super genius?" Penny whispered.
Wilbur faced her. "No. I just have a dad who rubs off on me." He said.
"I just assumed..." She trailed off.
"That my power is super brain? No." He shook his head. "Otherwise I wouldn't be in this class."
"Forrester! Robinson!" Both looked up startled. "Anything you two like to share?" The teacher asked, eyeing both of them.
"We were just discussing the work." Wilbur said convincingly.
"Alright. But if you have questions or something to share in relation to the work, please share it with the class and not keep it to yourselves." The two nodded. "Good. Now, Penny. The atomic weight of mercury?"
Penny went speechless. She didn't know.
"Ahh..." She bit her lip nervously and then looked to her notes for help. Everyone in the class staring at her. Chemistry was not her strongest subject. She noticed a piece of paper being carefully slid next to her.
"200.59 u 0.02 u" It read. Not sure what to do, Penny said that as her answer.
Everyone remained silent and looking to the teacher she saw him nod. "Correct." He then moved on to continue the lesson.
When the bell rang, Penny went to catch up to Wilbur. "I...I just wanted to thank you." She started. "You know...for giving the answer back there."
"Don't mention it." He said.
"And for also taking the fall when I was the one who technically got us in trouble." She added.
"I'm surprised it wasn't me this time." He laughed.
"Normally I wouldn't. But I get so lost in chemistry." Penny admitted. "I'm Penny, by the way." She introduced herself. Better he know her by her first name than last name. Their teacher had addressed them by their last name.
"Wilbur."
"Wilbur Robinson." Penny said quietly. "Wait. As in Cornelius Robinson's son? No wonder you knew the answers."
Wilbur laughed. "Like I said, he rubs off on me. I may not be as passionate in science as my dad is, but I still enjoy it to a degree. And am I suppose to assume you're the same Penny Forrester from Bolt or is that just a coincidence?"
"Yeah. That's me." Penny nodded. "And before you ask, I left the show because I wanted a normal life." She said.
"I wasn't gonna." Wilbur smiled at her.
Penny smiled back, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink. She then turned the opposite hallway from him and headed to her next class. She was thankful he helped her and was glad that she possibly had a friend in one of her classes. Both her and Violet had English together, but that wasn't on today. Well there was their super classes, but that was devided by age, so of course they'd be in the same class.
Location: Somewhere in S.B Williams
All the sixteen division students made their way from the cafeteria, or wherever they were wandering about, to their first super lesson ever. A lot of them were excited. Glad to have an excuse to use their abilities. Others were nervous. Their reasons could be they feared their powers or knew what would happen if they used them to their full extent. Unlike their other classrooms, this room was more large and empty. The label on the door read "Simulation Room". It wouldn't take much of a genius to figure out that the room would create some imaginative reality.
Their teacher was dressed like a commando and everyone knew this was going to be tough. Some of them liked the challenge.
"Single file!" He yelled. His voice was deep and loud. Enough to send chills down the teenagers' spines. The students quickly did as told, fear of seeing what would happen if they didn't follow quick enough. "Stand straight!" Their backs quickly straightened. "I'll be your Field teacher. I'm Sergeant Moran (More-an), but you will address me as sir."
Someone snickered and caught Moran's attention. Instantly the man was in front of the snickering child and his snickers ceased.
"Something amusing?" He questioned.
The boy gulped. "No." He shook his head. Wilbur bet the kid was probably peeing himself now.
"No?" Moran raised an eyebrow.
"No, sir!" The boy yelled, hoping it would get the man off his case.
"Good. You're lucky it's only your first time. Next time I won't be as merciful. Is that clear to everyone else?" He eyed each of them individually.
"Yes, sir!" Everyone responded.
Hiro, Penny, Violet and Wilbur could tell this class was going to be a thrill ride. All four were ready to brace themselves for the next few hours and take it on the next time it came around.
"Before any of yous can be tested out on the field, you need to know the basics." Moran started. "You!" He stepped in front of Violet. "What's the first rule when out in the field?"
"To have a strategy?" She answered unsurely.
Moran nodded. "Good." He gave a nod. "Strategy. When out in the field, you analyse your surroundings, create a plan in your mind." He pointed to his temples. "You go in blind and it's catastrophe. You might not make it out alive. So you strategise if you want to live longer."
"Alright, Parr. Says here you've got invisibility and forcefield generation."
"Yes, sir." She replied.
"You're in enemy territory, the only way out is through a hallway of lasers. The off switch is at the other end of the room, beside the door. How do you get through?"
"I'd just turn invisible and walk through the lasers, making my way to the exit."
"So you're just going to assume that these lasers won't detect you invisible? What if they can sense temperature? Invisibility won't do you much good."
"Then I use a forcefield to break the switch. If timed right, I could hit the switch and the system will be turned off."
"You certainly know strategy. But even good strategies have flaws. Still, You did good, Parr."
"How about you Robinson?" He came in front of Wilbur. "What would you do?"
"Seeing that lasers require a battery source, I would just place a hand on the wall and short circuit the system."
"You kids seem to rely too much on your powers. How about we do a simulation without the use of your skills? Only use them if you really need to. Meaning, life or death situations."
"Since Parr and Robinson figured out a strategy, they go first." Moran walked over to a control and typed in a few things. A minute later, Wilbur and Violet were standing at the end of a hallway with lasers blocking their exit. The rest of the students watched from what looked like the room behind the mirror of an interrogation room.
"Keep in mind, if you touch these lasers, you could lose an arm." Moran informed. "So strategise carefully. This is a team exercise. Both of you need to make it out alive."
"He's kidding about the losing an arm and dying thing right?" Wilbur questioned.
"Something tells me he's not the joking type. So any ideas?" Violet asked, searching for options.
"Like I said, I'd short circuit..."
"NO!" Violet grabbed his hand before he could send a jolt of electricity through the wall. "He said not to use our powers." She reminded.
"What good is having powers if you can't use them?" Wilbur said annoyed.
"It could be to prepare us for times we can't rely on our powers." Violet rolled her eyes. "The lasers come off from all angles, so we just need to step through the gaps." Violet thought.
"So I take it you're flexible?"
"Well...when your mom's Elastigirl, you pick up a few things." She said. "What about you? Think you could pull it off?"
"I have a black belt in karate. I think I can handle this." He said. "So let's get this over and done with." He walked over and slid under the first laser. Violet following after. The first few lasers were just an over under manoeuvre. Soon they had to slide and flip over. They got to a group of four lasers, lined horizontally and it was their last barrier between them and the door.
"Okay, I'll hold you up while you do a handstand and you flip us over." Wilbur suggested.
"What kind of move is that?" Violet questioned.
"I saw it when my mom took us to some circus last year."
"You said you did karate, not trapeze." Violet crossed her arms.
"Same difference. Now quit whining and do it, unless you have a better idea."
Seeing as she had none besides using her powers, she gave in. Violet sighed and grabbed his hands. He held them flat and allowed Violet to do the hand stand. The whole time she was thinking, he better not drop her. When she saw she was taller then the wall, she flipped back down over it and when her feet were flatly on the ground, she tightened her grip on Wilbur as he did a jump flip over. It was quick, so he wasn't putting his weight on her.
"Alright, I admit that was cool." Violet said and she pressed the off switch. The room returned back to the empty simulation room.
"Not bad. You get a B."
"That was totally an A effort." Wilbur complained.
"Let's not anger him and just be glad we're done." Violet smirked.
"I guess I can live with that..."
"Violet." She said.
"I'm Wilbur."
Hiro watched as his roommate and some girl did the course. This was the level of skill they were at? And this was without powers. Who knew what they'd be like using them in combat.
Everyone was realigned and Moran came to a stop at Hiro.
"Telekinetic, I see." He said looking over from his list to Hiro. "How would you use your powers to take down an opponent?"
"I don't know." Hiro shook his head, making Moran raise an eyebrow.
"You don't know?"
"I guess I'd knock him out before he could touch me." All he knew he could do was make a pencil float. He'd seen on TV how telekinesis worked, they usually managed to pin the bad guy to a wall. But he didn't know how exactly to do it himself.
"You guess? You're clearly in need of training your powers. Never had to use them before?"
"No, sir." Hiro shook his head. He noticed people looking at him funny. So he wasn't like the rest of them who knew since birth he had abilities. There was nothing he could do about it.
They heard the bell ring and Sergeant Moran dismissed them. Hiro was more than eager to leave. He knew this was going to be like high school all over again. Where everyone looked at him odd, just because he was different.
"Hiro, wait up!" Wilbur called. "You okay there?" He asked. Wilbur wanted to make sure his roommate was okay before he ran off to his next class, which was maths. Not his favourite, but he didn't suck at it. There actually weren't many subjects he sucked at, but he didn't have to let people know that. He didn't want them to think he was a know it all like his father.
"I'm fine." Hiro said. But even he couldn't convince himself he was.
"Don't let a guy called Moron make you feel bad. We're suppose to be here to learn how to use our powers."
"If you haven't noticed, everyone seems to know exactly how to use them. Everyone except me." Before Wilbur could say anything more, Hiro stormed off. He knew Wilbur meant well, but he just needed time to think.
Location: Library
They had a surprisingly large library. These NSA guys must like to be informed. Hiro searched through the many books. Maybe one of them could tell him about his powers.
"Telekinesis."
He knew his other abilities were just smarts and all he had to do was simply feed his brain information. That was easy. But with his telekinetic abilities, those he had no control over. He did find a small book on the basics of the ability. Hiro took it and sat down.
All it told him was that he had to focus. That sometimes they would be linked to his emotions. That wasn't helping him at all. It did say what he might be able to do. Lift objects with his mind, even people. What good is knowing that if he could barely lift a pencil with his mind?
"You're not going to get much information reading that." A girl's voice said.
Hiro looked over the corner of his book and saw the girl who had been partnered with Wilbur in their previous class was writing down notes and listening to music. He hadn't noticed she was sitting in front of him. He had been too caught up lately to notice things.
"I figured it would've." He admitted, but disappointment was clear when she was right about the book. Still, he kept at it and continued reading. It didn't take him long to finish the book. It was short and he only had to look at a page for a second to absorb it all in. Hiro peeked over the corner once more and saw the girl was still there. She didn't appear to notice he was staring. Her hair covered most of her face. He could see she had blue eyes though. They almost looked purple.
"Why don't you just take a picture? It'll last longer. Usually does." She said not looking up from her work.
"What?" Hiro blinked, lowering his book.
"You're staring." She pointed out.
"Oh. Sorry." He shook his head, scratching at his head.
Violet finally looked at him. "Hey," Hiro looked back at her. "You okay?"
"It's nothing. No big deal." Hiro denied.
"I know that move. You say it's nothing, but really there is something."
"Am I that predictable?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You're frustrated, you're reading a book about telekinesis and you're telekinetic. That means you can't control your powers." When she saw the confused expression on Hiro, Violet elaborated. "I was paying attention in class. You practically notice everything when you're invisible."
Hiro figured she didn't mean invisible in a literal sense. But she was capable of invisibility. She wasn't the only one who paid attention.
"Does a pro like you have any tips?" He asked.
"And what makes you think I'm a pro?"
"Judging from class, you pretty much knew what you were doing. Or are you just all talk?"
"I've had my time out in the field. And as for tips, try to stay calm and your powers will least likely go out of control."
"Come again?"
"Powers are linked to your emotions. If you stress out they either don't work or crazy happens. If you're calm, your powers stay at bay. Usually."
"The book was right about the emotions then."
"Yeah, but with practice you can use them when you please. No need to be angry to protect yourself. Not to mention, powers act up on instinct. Kinda like a sixth sense."
"So you're saying if I'm in danger, my powers will just act up and save my ass?"
"That's the basic idea. Supers are more alert than the ordinary human. What do you expect when you're in the next stage of human evolution?" Violet rolled her eyes.
"You really know a lot." Hiro said.
"When the NSA has been on your ass for as long as you can remember, you learn things." Violet then got up and packed her things. "My name's Violet. By the way. Better you don't know me by my last name."
"Hiro." He smiled. "And I've heard all the SuperHiro jokes."
"Hey." She smiled back. "As long as you don't pull any UltraViolet jokes or assume it's my favourite colour or flower, I won't."
"Fair deal." Hiro gave a nod and watched her leave.
Location: Division 1.6 Mental Control, Room 6, Sector C
Their professor, a mind reader, by the name of Gwen Tenny. She was a much friendlier teacher than their previous. She even insisted they call her Gwen. She was quite tall and had a friendly face. She was either in her late twenties or early thirties. She even gave some of them the whole hippie vibe.
"Relax your mind." She instructed. "And feel all that power. Can you hear it calling?"
Wilbur kept looking at her questionably. He did do as instructed, but he wasn't getting it. He was either not doing it right or the woman was crazy.
Penny was just focusing on her notebook, making random doodles move about like a cartoon.
"Well done." Gwen said when she passed her.
The redhead wasn't sure what she did, but took it anyway. She had control of her powers, sometimes it did take her longer to tell the difference between illusion and reality, but that was with big things. A cartoon on her notebook was easy to tell it was fake. Unless her notebook suddenly became an iPad.
Violet just managed to create a small forcefield, but she was just waving her hand around.
"Use your mind." Gwen said and grasped her head. The gesture made Violet quite uncomfortable. Using her hands allowed her to guide her forcefields. It wouldn't cooperate with her mind. When the woman finally released her, Violet fixed her hair and she turned to Hiro, sitting across from her. The boy looked really focused on his pencil. It was easy to see as his eyebrows scrunched into one, frown lines were visible on his forehead and he wasn't aware of what has happening around him.
"You shouldn't focus on it too much." She said.
"Wha?" Hiro blinked.
Violet simply smiled. "You're forcing it. Don't."
"I wasn't aware we got a new teacher." Wilbur said, joining them.
Oh it was definitely no coincidence they were placed on the same table.
"But you're still better than Trelawny over there." Wilbur gestured behind him.
Gwen was currently focusing on a group across the room.
"Give her a break. She's just doing her job." Penny said.
"She's clearly not doing it well. I'm completely loss on what she means and I'm sure I'm not the only one." Implying he meant the whole class. No one was really following.
"Maybe we'll get it after a few lessons." Violet shrugged.
"Which is better than my chances." Hiro mumbled. All three glanced at him and blinked. "You have better chance at controlling your powers than I do. I wasn't brought up into this."
"It's not like we got our powers on day one." Wilbur stated.
"At least you knew about them before coming here."
"You got a normal life though. We always had to watch our backs and be careful. You never had that worry." Violet said.
If only she knew about what it was like in high school for him. Then again, a bully wouldn't be as bad as the antisuper people or the government. "And now that I know about them, it's when people like us go missing. Once we get back out there, I'm screwed."
"But we're here until the whole thing blows over." Wilbur reminded.
"And they're teaching us how to use our powers." Penny added.
"Trying to." Wilbur corrected.
Violet shook her head and then returned to Hiro. "Just imagine the pencil floating, but don't force it." She instructed.
Hiro gave her a look, but figured he'd amuse them. All three were watching him. Hiro sighed and did what Violet said. He pictured the one in floating, not wanting it to, just imagining it and then...
"Well done, Hiro." Gwen congratulated.
He was surprised himself to see it floating. It wasn't for long though as it dropped back to the table. His mind had went elsewhere.
"Woah, I did it!" He exclaimed.
"Told you she was a better teacher." Wilbur smirked, winking at Violet.
"Figures you'd be a flirt." Penny cocked an eyebrow.
"When you're good looking like me, gotta take the chance." He smiled at her.
Violet rolled her eyes. "I appreciate the compliment."
"Thanks." She turned back to Hiro when he spoke.
"Don't mention it." She smiled, brushing her hair out of her face.
AN: I'm really sorry for the late update on here. I usually write my stories on my iPad and when i tried copying and pasting it to Fanfiction, well...it wasn't cooperating. But I hope these last three chapters satisfy you and I am currently working on chapter six. Not sure when I'll upload it, but I'll try as soon as I can. Of course it'll be up on Wattpad, but I'm aware you need an account now to read stories and so I'll add it here for you guys who don't have an account.
Also, I've put several references in this chapter, so feel free to guess. And I don't know how the American School System works, so hopefully this is fine, most of the system I used is the Australian system that I'm use to.
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