I hurried to the hall with new found energy.My abilities were still intact, I just needed to train for a while to force them out.I don't care whoever that person was but I hoped he continued helping me train for as long as I needed."You're early." Micah looked at me in surprise."I really want to do this." I responded, moving further into the hall.This had been the same place I concluded the first segment of the first level of my training with that voice only moments ago."That's not what she meant, Kastian." Magda held my shoulder.They both looked at me with curiosity."I told you he could superspeed." Magda said to Micah, smirking.What were they talking about?"It's not even been ten seconds since I told you to come over." Micah said, scrutinizing me like I was something she was about to experiment on."What?!" Now, it was my turn to be surprised.Had I used my ability without even knowing?Had someone probably seen me?"Did anyone see me?" Magda asked as if reading my mind."

"Welcome back, Kastian." He sounded cheerful as he spoke to me.I had hoped that he would take me in his Universe soon so I could ask him the numerous questions on my mind."Where is your Universe?" I asked him.He hesitated for a while before answering, "If you know that, you might not get a chance to be in it ever again.""Why?""Some questions Kastian, are better left unanswered for a while." Was all he said in response but I wasn't letting him go until I had my answers."Those nightmares I had, they were your doing. Weren't they?" I wish I could at least get to see what he looked like."No. They were your doing." There was a tone of finality in his voice that said he wasn't going to tell me what he meant by that so I didn't ask."You said you were in a different Universe. How come you can communicate to me while I'm in the academy?"If he actually was in the academy, the Principal would have found out or even Micah.I could tell she was that powerful."I can only communicate with

By the time I returned to my dormitory, there were chants and cheers everywhere.I didn't want to care initially but the noise kept getting louder."I bet my lunch tomorrow, he's going to take him down!" Someone laughed, throwing his hands in the air and chanting as the noise continued.What the hell was happening?I tried to move past them to my ward but they kept pushing me down, caring less for me and more for whatever was making them shout like that."What's going on?" I resorted to asking."Oh, it's the ordinary Special." Some boy laughed, calling his friends to join him."Don't you know your nickname. Wow, what a shame." One if his friends laughed."You're pretty popular around here man and you don't even know it. Shame." He shook his head, laughing loudly along with the other boys.I was so mad, I wanted to react but I couldn't.The damn screen appeared with an instruction. Heroes don't hit heroes. You don't fight unless in a fair fight, Kastian.Even though he had said my

When we returned to the Principal's office, I was stunned.I knew my mother was a hero but I didn't know she had done this plenty of good deeds.What else could she have done?No doubt, my mother was a good woman and an even better hero.This must be why she had been so uncomfortable with leaving whoever was left behind, behind.I didn't ask the Principal about it anyway."Kastian, your father was a Special even without possessing any abilities but he was still a hero. If he had to jump into the fire to save someone, he would do it not caring the slightest for his lack of abilities.""I understand that you feel different not being able to use a prototype that should make you the strongest but that doesn't mean you can't be a hero." He returned to his seat as he spoke.He was right.Once, my father had gone into our neighbor's house to fight off the robbers that had attacked them in the middle of the night.Without knives or guns, he had risked his life to save them.I was so young whe

Writer's POVBy the time the team returned to the academy, the leader was still in shock over what Markie had said."Are you sure of it, Markie?" He continued asking her even after they had settled down after their return.Markie's response was always a yes.When the time came for the leader to give his report of what had happened during the mission to the Principal, he decided to go with Markie.The Principal was surprised but trusting that the leader had a good reason for bringing one of his team members with him, he let the girl stay."It didn't seem like a C-grade mission at first. It seemed much higher; maybe a B-grade or even higher." He began his narration much to the interest of the Principal."We tested his energy through the portal, it was a C-grade Special mission." The Principal disagreed.Before teams of different ranks were sent out, the psychic users always tested the energy of the Specials causing trouble on earth, through the gate.That was how he always knew what te