Ceremony
Aura's POV
The next week was a blast. I managed to zip through all the levels til I was red. We held a special ceremony in the training room. Spin gave me a thumbs up and I grinned. Leo and Chase walked up on stage. Chase was holding a red uniform and Leo was holding a box. "Today we recognize Aura, one of our most powerful students rising to the red level. Aura, please come up here." Chase said. I grinned even wider and walked onstage. He handed me my red uniform, some strechy flame-proof pants and a black tanktop with part of it red. Leo stepped forward. "We would like to present you with this glove, to help control your random combustion and bionic buildup abilities." He opened the box and held out a glove. I slipped it on my left hand and grinned. Davenport walked onto the stage with even more clothes. "Regarding your power level and performance, we have deemed you mission ready. Here is your suit. Congradulations." Davenport handed me a nylon fire-proof suit. It was long sleeve with a semi-glove on the right hand. It had redstraps near the shoulder and red armor-type padding on the stomach area. People clapped and I walked back off stage. I slipped into the restroom and put on my red outfit. I sneaked back out and ran into Chase again. "Sorry." I helped him up and we laughed. "Deja vu." he said. "We have to get back to class. Again." We walked to class together and he started teaching us about laser weapons. It was only those of us who had any, so it was a small class. We moved to the training room and everyone showed theirs. Rose had a pink dagger. Chase brought out his blue stick. I laughed and summoned mine as a white gun. Everyone stared as I shot down every target. I retracted my gun and pulled it out as two daggers. I continued to cut down every target, occasionally stopping to switch weapons. I had a scythe out, a crossbow, a sword. They worked as extensions of my arm and I moved swiftly. I sent them out as bronze knuckle bands and started punching. I used the bionic buildup power on my hands as I pulverized the dummies. I finished and wiped my forehead. Peopl clapped and I grinned like a madman. I bowed and walked back into the crowd. Chase came up and patted my back. "Nice job. We might have to make you a mentor soon." I laughed and we talked for a while. I ended up teaching him and the class how to properly wield your laser weapon as an extension of your self. I made mine into everyone's respectivly and taught them one by one. After class, I walked out and went to my room. I had refused to get an actual plaque and had framed Adam's drawing on the door. I laughed to myself and stepped inside. They'd gotten rid of the capsule and a daybed was in here. They had turned my eyepatch into a capsule so my bionics were kept intact all day long. I laid down on the bed and pulled out a book. It was about the three original bionic kids. I speed read it and got up. I touched my eyepatch and sighed. I heard a click. I walked to the door and and tried to open it.
It was locked.
Whoever had locked it had run away. I tried to bust down the door to no avail. I banged on it and yelled, but the doors were pretty thick and soundproof. I tried to summon my laser scythe but failed.
They had turned off my bionics.
I freaked out. My eyes welled up with tears. I had a warm sensation in my chest and I saw a faint glow surrounding my vision. I lifted up my short hair, which was fading to white. I realised with horror that my molecular overload hadn't been turned off. I semi-successfully surpressed the warmness. My transformation into molecular overload mode was slowing down.
And my aunt had to ruin it.
Memories of my aunt and uncle came back, overpowering me. Serena had started doing bionics on me since I was six. Krane had started when I was ten. They both loved my pain. Krane had disappeared a few months before the accident. When some of the torture memories faded, ones of my aunt's body appeared. Her body lying in an unnatural position on the floor. I was sickened by the sight, but the overload side of me had a swell of pride. I knew I had caused this. I was half-concious when I heard heavy footsteps in the hall. I was lying against the wall near my bed. I heard someone jiggling the lock. They cursed under their breath and I realised it was Chase. I heard more footsteps and the sound of superspeed. He had used his telepathic link with Bree and Adam to call them. He said something about the locking system being hacked and he couldn't hack it back since there was a huge lock. A giant thud echoed around the room as who I assumed was Adam charged the door. I hugged my arms and shivered. The room was cooling rapidly.
They were freezing me to death. They knew it wouldn't take long.
I heard Adam yell for Bob. His footsteps could barely be heard but my super hearing picked up on them. They got gradually louder. I heard another thud against the door. I was shivering badly now and I could barely feel my limbs and nose. My hair was mostly white now and the glow was closing in on my vision. "Chase!" I cried out, wincing in pain from the cold. "Hold on Aura!" He yelled through the door. There was a huge crash and the door came down. Chase ran over to me and hugged me. I was sobbing and shivering. He wrapped a blanket around me and carried me to the mentors' quarters. My hair was black and blue now, but the glow in my eyes was still evident. Chase set me down on the couch and sat next to me. Davenport and his brother came running in. "What happened?!" Douglas demanded. They quickly sat down and Bree supersped to the kitchen. In a few seconds, she returned with hot chocolate. I sipped some then put the glass down.
"There's another rebel in the academy."
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