The Masks We Wear Chapter 14: Beat Down, Shake Up Ethics on Thursday proved a bit more interesting than the last gym class had. Sam arrived and took his assigned seat between Jenny and Manny. The class slowly filed in until all the seats were full except four, the three […]
Chapter 10 “Welcome to your first Close Combat class,” Coach Tillman said to everyone, while standing up on the stage in the lecture hall. “During these classes you’ll call me Professor Tillman, and as such, I expect questions, but once your gym period begins it will be […]
Kyoshi felt her grip relax the moment the door closed behind Coach Meyers. It wasn’t until the relief washed over her that she even knew she’d grabbed Mason’s hand in white knuckled fear. She gingerly flexed her digits, each popping with reprieve as pressure was released. <What was that?> Kyoshi […]
Chapter – XIII The night after the ranking battles was handled in different ways by the various HCP students. Some nursed injuries not severe enough to require the attentions of the school’s healers. Others nursed bruised egos for which there was no outside panacea. Some stewed in bitterness, some resolved […]
Chapter 11 Every single freshman student was on the combat cell level, even those that didn’t have a match-up today. Coach Tillman had set up the schedule like some prize fight, with the lower ranked matches going first and several running at the same time, and ending the […]
“Congratulations Ms. Martin and Mr. Cook,” the Dean’s deep voice boomed over the PA system. “You have fought with honor today, and have bested your peers. You are officially the number one and two ranked students in the freshmen class. This battle will determine which of you earns the coveted […]
Freshman Class Rankings Angela Martin- Angelic shifter Jason Cook- Advanced Mind (strong telekinetic, weak telepathy) Erin Fisher- can animate inanimate objects Alexander Webb- augments muscles and bones into creature with enhanced physical attributes Teresa Shaw- multispecies shifter Mason Jackson- super strength and durability Anika Kemps- designation undeterminable, learns new powers […]
Chapter – XIV When Dean Smith let the class out, some of the brighter students wondered what the next shoe to fall would be. But was the minority of the class, most were just happy to have escaped their first HCP class without having to do any work and only […]
Chapter 12 Three o’clock Monday morning, James woke up for the third time that night. The electricity just wouldn’t stay still, it felt like a swarm of bees flying around in his chest and if he focused he could calm it; it wasn’t so bad when he was […]
“Homework in the first week; you would think they’d let us settle in before they dumped all this on us,” Mason was walking with Seth towards the boys locker room on the Friday of their first week in the HCP. Mason would much rather be walking with Kyoshi, Big O, […]