"Go time." Coach Boomer said, pointing at a kid with a ginger afro. "You. What's your name?"
"L-Larry" he stuttered
"Little Larry…" the coach sneered "Get up here" as coach said this Larry gulped then walked slowly up the platform
"What's humiliating him going to prove? This is so unfair" Layla said to Will
"If life was to suddenly get fair, I doubt it would happen in high school"
Up on the platform Larry had powered up and instead of the weak looking ginger boy, there was a two ton rock in his place
"Car" Coach yelled and pressed a button. The car came down and Larry caught it.
"Big Larry. Hero" the Coach said seeming a little impressed
"So. He's good. But I'm better" Zach whispered to will as he walked to the platform.
"Did I say you were next?" Boomer asked, clearly not amused that someone had just come onto the platform
"The name is Zach, Coach Boomer. Try not to drop your clipboard" Zach instructed, sounding full of himself, as he stood in the centre and clapped his hands together. However nothing happened and the expression on Coach Boomer's face was getting more annoyed every second
"Any day now superstar" he sighed after a moment of silence
"I'm doin' it"
"Doing what?"
"I'm glowin'"
"I don't think so"
"Well, it's easier to see in a dark room. Maybe if you turn off some of these ligts or cup your hands around your eyes and look real close…"
"Sidekick"
"Are you sure you don't-" he tried to say
"SIDEKICK" Coach Boomer next person up was ethan. A he walked onto the platform he started to talk
"Let me start off by saying what an honour it is …" he started
"Is that your power?Butt kissery?" Boomer interrupted
"Very funny sir. I heard you have a wicked sense of.."
"Shut up. Power up"
"Right away sir" he said before melting into a puddle of orange
"Sy. Thats pretty impressive. For a POPSICLE. Sidekick!" Boomer said giving a thumbs down
A few more students tried to impress the Coach. Some failed some didn't. He then picked out the girl in purple-Magenta
"What's your shtick?"
"I'm a shapeshifter" she answered. Boomer actually looked a little impressed
"Alright, shift" Rolling her eyes in the typical teenage way, she shifted. Into a tiny black and purple guinea pig.
"A guinea pig?"
"Yup" a squeaky voice replied
"Not even a swarm of guinea pigs?"
" Uh, no"
"Sidekick" he said "Shoo"
"Bite me" came the squeaky retort from Magenta
"Flower child, lets go" he said after looking at the clipboard for a second
"Um. I believe in only using my powers when the situation demands it" Layla stated, refusing to go up
"Well then you're in luck. This is the situation and i'm demanding it"
"But to participate in this test would be to support a flawed system. The whole hero-sidekick dichotomy only serves to…"
"Let me get this straight. Are you refusing to show me your powers?"
"It's more complicated than that, but…"
"Sidekick" Boomer shouted "We'll pick up right after lunch. Starting with you" he pointed at Will.