Adrian Reyes's Story

MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 3RD. 7:45 A.M. THE HADDEN TRAINING ACADEMY

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MAY PARKER
spidergirl
#CD4A4A - outfit - Academy

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xMay had always been something of an early riser during the week. (Well except weekends, those were designated sleep-in days). She enjoyed getting up when it was still quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the echo of her steps in the hallway. For some reason however, she detested Monday mornings. There was something about the start of a Monday that felt more tiring than the rest. Not to mention her mother always called her rather early on Mondays to check in. Her father was almost always asleep and just mumbled a quick 'gmornin' but it was enough to make her smile.

This morning, she was up early as usual, and made her way to the kitchen. The academy had installed a large dining room, complete with a fully functioning kitchen for the students. It felt more like a home than a school, and May appreciated it. She quickly started a pot of dark roast and grabbed a bowl from one of the cabinets. With a flick of her hand a web shot out and flicked a cabinet open across the kitchen, and another web shot out grabbing the box a Cheerios and delivered it safely to her hand. She smiled as she poured some cereal into the bowl, what was the point of powers if you couldn't use them conventionally?

By the time she had grabbed and poured some milk into the bowl the coffee was ready and she poured herself a small mug. With her breakfast in hand she made her way over to the large dining room table and set Indian-style in the seat before chowing down on her cereal. This week will be good. She repeated inside her head to boost her morale. With the start of September it meant the start of more training, and while she loved it there were sometimes where she just grew tired of all the fighting. It was times like those when she would confide in her father, he always knew what to say.

"All students please report to Training Center A in approximately 15 minutes. Thank you" Dr. Karl's voice rang over the loud speakers. Just enough time to finish the Cheerios, she thought taking a few more bites, a nervous excitement bubbling in her.

ADRIAN REYES
blue beetle
#29358E- outfit - Academy

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xAdrian had not had the best night of sleep. Adrian has a knack for moving his entire body around while he sleeps. So when the loud speaker woke him up with an announcement he found herself in a complete 180. His head was near the foot of the bed while his feet were pressed up against the headboard. As for the covers and pillows, they were scattered everywhere around his room. Adrian groaned slightly, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. It was too damn early for this kind of thing. "Just fifteen more minutes", he mumbled out loud before burying his face back into the sheets.

Not a moment later a sharp shock ran down his spine and he jolted out of bed with a yelp. "What the - Scarab? Was that really necessary?!" - 'Sorry, Adrian. I thought you needed a little bit of help to awake' The voice rang back in his mind. "That's a little more help than I needed - but thanks" He rolled his eyes as he stumbled tiredly to his closet, trying to stretch as much as he could. Of course we have no time to warm up... or even wake up.

The contents of his closet were pretty sparse, a couple of normal outfits and some training gear. He had no need for a suit like the others considering his suit was fused into his spine. Adrian skimmed his fingers over the outfits before picking a simple shirt and jeans, not like he was going to need them anyway.

The hallways were particularly quiet as Adrian made his way to the elevator his footsteps echoing down the corridor. The elevator was surprisingly empty as he made his way down to the ground floor where the training centers were. There were sometimes when he was practically in awe of the facility, the Haddens were definitely loaded that's for sure. He decided he had enough time for at least a banana, and shuffled into the kitchen nodding his head at May, the only other one in there, in what he thought was some sort of a good morning greeting. Thankfully, the bananas were perfectly ripe and he snatched one and began eating it leaned up against the counter.

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James Buchanon

A faulty roll over in his small bed awoke James, far earlier than he would have liked. 4:13am, the clock read as he opened his eyes up enough to see it.

"Fucking shit." he muttered to himself as he rolled out of bed, and grabbed a particularly dark suit, and puled his ironing board out. James always believed his suit looked better pressed, but he wasn't particular, as long as there weren't any wrinkles. After ironing, and preparing himself for the day, he decided to go to his favorite morning spot on top of the dorms for the sunrise. He checked his watch, 5:26am. He had another 14 minutes until it started. Praying nobody was watching, he stuck his head out of his room and looked around. He saw a flash of a girl making her way downstairs, but besides that, it was clear. He usually avoided breakfast, as it bothered his stomach to eat that early in the morning. Giving the hallway another once over, he made his way up the stairs, towards the roof hatch.

He pushed the hatch open with ease, slid over the old wooden chair he had stolen from the common room (nobody had even noticed it's absence yet), lit a smoke, and sat down to watch.




It wasn't as bright as some had been, but it was breathtaking nonetheless. A smile crept across James face as he watched the tail end of it. His lack of control over himself had probably brightened the lights in the dorms, but not enough that anyone would really notice. He could feel himself doing it by accident sometimes and wouldn't bother fixing them, but he normally kept himself in check. He checked his watch again. 7:45. Announcement in 3......2.......1........ "All students please report to Training Center A in approximately 15 minutes. Thank you"

"Fair enough, it is monday morning" James whispered to himself, as he looked towards the ground. In lieu of wasting his time running down the stairs, he decided speed was the best option as he leapt off the roof, porting himself a few feet away moments before hitting the ground. He was praying nobody noticed, but it looked like he wasnt that lucky, accidentally landing himself right in front of the kitchen window, looking right inside.

"Hi" he said weakly, almost dying of embarrassment. May Parker, and Adrian Reyes were staring back. Part of a popular clique in Hadden, he never really talked to them much, but this didn't exactly seem like something he could just walk away from. Against his better judgement, he motioned for them to open a window, they obliged. He ported himself in, grabbed a particularly red apple, and gingerly spoke. "H..h..hey, I'm James. You're Adrian, and..... May, right?" He spoke as though he wasn't entirely aware of them, even though he knew full well who they were. Their parents were legends, and here he was, some nobody, who had literally been tortured into having powers. It didn't seem fair for them to have to even be in the same room as some nobody.

JACK GREENE
the human martian
#40bf80 - outfit - Academy

Before he came to the Academy Jack had not been an early riser. Why rush to get to school when your classroom was your living room? Recently though he found himself up with the earliest of risers. Something about how close the dorms were to each other had him awake sometimes even before dawn. Like his powers wanted to spy on the strange Americans, much to the annoyance of the tired rest of his mind. If I'm awake that means someone else is.Was this a good thing? Honestly, he had no idea sometimes he hated his powers and it was mostly when he didn't understand what was happening. Like now, for instance. He felt tired, excited, peaceful, lonely and OW a sharp pain in his back from seemingly out of nowhere. Even without the pain, the emotions weren't his, they were the waking and almost awake minds that filled the area, just end this now.

Lying there trying to go back to sleep just made his mind wander, a bad idea. He blamed it on his tired brain as his powers settled on a mind he found himself setting on more often than not. Spidergirl was up it seemed, and using her powers. Naughty! He couldn't resist getting up any more and rolled out of bed. Who wouldn't turn down the chance to mess with a pretty girl or guy? He was grateful he didn't need to change nor shower, martain genes he supposed. And he just ended up shifting his hair tidy again and his clothes responded to his thoughts changing into the outfit for today, the same as yesterday. It made sense he only owned one pair of shape changing clothes. Thanks Mum he sarcastically noted as he opened his door, another thing that made him different.

Filtering her thoughts from the rest of the constant murmur was easy, for some reason her's always were. Maybe it was the simpleness of them. And he stepped into the kitchen not saying a word, smiling at her with a shit-eating grin that was, almost always on his face. He listened to her thoughts, on purpose this time as he used his powers to make a cup of tea. He rested himself against the side, leaning back on the counter as he arched his eyebrows at her in his own flirty way. "Trying to fight fate with positive thoughts princess? Haven't you learnt anything? This week will suck no matter how loud you think." He reached out and took the now finished tea into his left hand and sipped at it without taking his eyes off her. Yes Jack stare at her. Real smooth. He didn't have long to chastise himself as the announcement was made. Rolling his eyes he kicked off from the side sending her a half wave. "See you at the shit show" he said in a feined upbeat tone. It was as he was leaving that he passed by Adrian purposely angling his body toward the boy as he sensed his mind before he saw him. He made sure their shoulders touched and the look in his eyes showed that he did it on purpose. He let out a flirty "Hey, handsome." Before heading towards the training room, ignoring the rules about food and drinks. He had soon rested down sitting crossed legged in midair at the back of the room, tea in hand, just waiting for the fun to begin. He sensed the first approach and grinned. "Shit show in 5,4,3,2,1 annnddd-"

Myles Chapman
Shadow
#921717 - outfit - Academy

Myles has always lived his life by his code, everything had to be pristine and his routine must be uninterrupted. A morning run was as necessary to Myles as water is to fish. Myles was somewhat superstitious, and if his morning was to be interrupted, then it would set a bad precedent for the rest of the day. As soon as the clock hit 5:15 am, Myles awoke, naturally, as he usually does. Without even thinking, Myles got up and starting getting ready for his run. The sun was just coming up as Myles got outside, he would follow his usual path around the academy, which would end up being around 3 miles, long enough to get a good sweat in, and short enough to be back at the dorms and ready to shower before 6:00 am. This personal time Myles allots to himself allows him to think, and to be solely in his own mind, preparing to take on the day.

Like clockwork, Myles returned to the dorms at around 6:00 am and hopped in the shower. At this time he started hearing rumblings of other students, making their way around the academy and getting ready themselves. Gotta love mondays he thought to himself just as he was getting out of the shower. "What will it be this time" Myles wondered as he opened his closet, looking over the hundreds of outfits he has spent so much time amassing. He decides to go with something comfortable, yet worthy of wondering eyes. He prefers to take Mondays easy, they are always the longest days of the week, and who knows what kind of shit they'll have to deal with today.

Myles is not a fan of breakfast, his appetite only starts to kick in around afternoon, but coffee was an integral part of every morning. After getting dressed Myles went over to the kitchen. He walked in just in time to see James climb through a window, a peculiar one that is, dresses well though. "Got lost, did you?" Myles threw a remark at James, not caring enough for a response. As social as Myles is, the mornings were his time, so as little interaction as possible was for the best. He made his coffee, zoning out of what was happening around him, when he was done he turned, he noticed Jack saying something to May. "Careful jack, fuck around with a spider and you'll get bit, eh?", Myles said as he was on his way out of the room, again not caring much for a response, it was too early to go back and forth with anyone. Myles gave a nod to Adrian as he left the rest of them to do whatever it is they were doing.

With coffee in hand, mind clear, he was ready for pretty much anything. "I really hope I get to hit something today..." Myles muttered to himself, waiting for the day to start.

MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 3RD. 7:58 A.M. THE HADDEN TRAINING ACADEMY

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MAY PARKER
spidergirl
#CD4A4A - outfit - Academy

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xThe hair on the back of May's neck stood up and she froze with a spoonful of cereal halfway to her mouth as her spider-senses tickled the back of her neck. She whipped her head to the right just in time to see James materialize outside the kitchen window. He muttered out a rather weak "Hi" and his face was tinged red. May smiled softly as she set the spoon back in her bowl and walked over to the window opening it. She watched, rather amazed, as he appeared across the room near Adrian to grab an apple. "H..h..hey, I'm James. You're Adrian, and..... May, right?" May gave him one of her friendly grins, wanting James to feel as comfortable as possible. He was rather new and she could sense his unease. "They one and only" she giggled slightly, "You know, you're going to have to teach me how to do that teleport-thingy. You're getting quite good at it" She gave him a teasing wink before taking another bite of her cereal.

Her spider-senses tickled the hair on the back of her neck and she didn't even have to look up to know it was Jack. May looked up to see his typical smug look and she rolled her eyes slightly. "Trying to fight fate with positive thoughts princess? Haven't you learnt anything? This week will suck no matter how loud you think." She placed a head on her temple giving, pouting. "Hey-! That is totally not fair. Can a lady not get any privacy here? Tsk. Tsk" She made sure to hold eye contact with him, as she was never one to back down from a challenge. Jack flirted with her relentlessly and while it flustered her she tried her hardest to bite back.

"Careful jack, fuck around with a spider and you'll get bit, eh?" May turned to see Myles as he made his way into the kitchen. She grinned at his comment and turned back to Jack raising an eyebrow. "I assure you my bite is much worse than my bark". Jack just kept the smile on his face and gave her a small wave, "See you at the shit show" and she turned back to her cereal as he left the kitchen.

She finished rather quickly and got up tossing her bowl quickly into the dishwasher. May smiled at the rest of the boys in the kitchen as she made her way out the door to the training room, "Best of luck boys!".

ADRIAN REYES
blue beetle
#29358E- outfit - Academy

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xAdrian tossed his banana peel into the trash as he heard another voice in the kitchen right next to him. James. The boy was a teleporter, and that's about as much as he knew. "H..h..hey, I'm James. You're Adrian, and..... May, right?" Adrian gave him a small 3-finger wave and nodded in acknowledgment. "Adrian Reyes at your service. Most call me Blue" He said with a casual smile.

While the others chatted amongst themselves the Scarab spoke to him. 'Maybe a glass of water would best cure your mind Adrian' 'You're not my doctor Scarab' He thought. After a bit he groaned slightly and grabbed a small glass it filled it with water downing it in a couple of seconds. He found it was always best to follow the beetle's advice even went it felt like the Scarab was more of a parent than a friend. Adrian was only brought back out of his mind when he felt Jack brush against his shoulder. "Hey, handsome." Adrian's cheeks blushed a bright red and he shook his head slightly as he watched Jack leave the room. The boy was relentless with his flirting.

He returned Myles's nod as he turned to James, the only two left in the room. He gestured to the door, "Shall we? Can't keep the Hadden's waiting I guess." He said with a slight chuckle. They only had a couple minutes before training began

Danielle Cage | Lesley-Ann Brandt | #800080

"B E E P" "B E E P" "B E E P" Danielle's alarm rang on her phone in that obnoxious tone that made you want to crawl back to bed just in spite. She groaned as her finger flicked the snooze button, and pushed her pillow over her head as to avoid the sound. It was not going to be a "good day" just as she was about to expect her phone to ring that annoying beeping again the door flung open.

"Oh My God, Dani wake up! We have fifteen minutes to get to class." her best friend and roommate spoke, with a groin. (Lucy Knight-Rand kick-ass ninja and heiress on the weekends.) Danielle felt a thump as Lucy bodyslammed her friend awake, "Waky, Waky eggs meet bacy."

Danielle groaned, "What does that even mean?"

"It means, GET UP!" Lucy said and pushed Danielle to the floor. The girl landed with the thump and looked up at her best friend, and just laughed.

Lucy Knight-Rand | Aisha Dee | #408000

"You Bitch..." Danielle uttered with a laugh, and got up of the floor. Dragging herself to her closet, she pulled on a pair of black jeans, yellow tank top (her trademark) and her mom's old leather jacket.
"Let's do this little Fist"

"It's Mini Fist." Lucy Laughed, as she got the door.

"Sure it is. . ." Danielle teased.

"Yeah, Powergirl." Lucy said before running out of the room, knowing full well Danielle hated her father's lame super name for her. Danielle chased Lucy halfway down the hall, yelling words like "Don't call me that!" and "I'm so not a Powergirl."

Lucy's barefoot smacked the floor, as she ran down the hall, she quickly ducked into the lunchroom hoping Danielle wouldn't follow. She was right, Danielle zipped past the room, in a rage and continued to the training room. Lucy looked around at the occupants, and giggled,"Oh a party before class how quaint." she said and grabbed a bagel from the counter.

"I'm Lucy," she started. "Lucy Knight 'Hyphen' Rand." Lucy speaks in a bubbly tone, with wide eyes as she realizes who she in the room with. "OH MY GOD, now this is cool never thought I'd see you guys in the same room, this place is just so cool! So glad Dad let me come here. He almost made me pick an ivy league school, something about doing better then him. But I mean Come on, am I right?" she said holding her hand up for a high five. realizing they were probably not going to high five her back she lowered it slowly and smiled, awkwardly.

"Sorry, if I talk too much, there is just so much here to see."

JACK GREENE
the human martian
#40bf80 - outfit - Academy

Whilst Jack waited in the training room for the class to begin he closed his eyes and slowly sipped his tea, savouring the taste in his relative quiet. Not that his quiet lasted very long as he felt when two minds he'd never met awoke. They were loud thoughts crashing around echoing in his own mind as he tried to push them away, despite what he did to Spidergirl he usually didn't pry. New thoughts, however, new thoughts were the worst to deal with, but something was making this worse. One of the minds wasn't clear, well it was worse than that. One of the minds buzzed with an energy that hurt as his powers tried to look. Naturally, it made his uncontrollable powers try and seek those thoughts out some more. The closer the person got the worst it felt. His mother, in all her non-existant parentage, had warned him once of this. A telepathic block, Martian's telepathy was slightly different than the human kind; like the difference between salt water and fresh water. This block whatever it was wasn't made for him and it just hurt and buzzed loudly, and this person was still coming closer. The mug in his hand shattered as Danielle Cage entered the room his hands going to his head like he was trying to block something out. He stayed there where he was, in the corner at the back unable to talk or speak out as the buzzing when to town on his mind. He hoped that no one noticed his 'little outburst'. He'd figure it out and get his powers to ignore the new minds, it'd just take a while.