9 Creep

Back in the car, I try to slide away from Blackout, but she drags me back to her side again. I try to struggle for a few minutes, but she's persistent. Eagle slides into the car on my other side, and I glare daggers at him. He stays as far away from me as he can, almost the opposite of Blackout, who's still holding me tight against her.

"So cutie, why do you want to leave so bad? Isn't it everyone's dream to be chosen?"

"I'm not telling you anything, creep."

"Aw, you're so cute when you're worked up. So, who are you two lovely ladies?" Blackout looks across the car to the other chosen children, taking them both in.

"I'm Dash, and this is Honey."

"Oh, you two are just precious! I can't wait to- mmhg." Eagle leaned over and covered her mouth with his wing.

"We're not supposed to say that yet Blackout. Hold your tongue."

"Hmph, fine."

"So, um, thanks for saving everyone Nova. I'm sorry I didn't help much." Honey looks like she's on the verge of tears, it's obvious she doesn't think she deserves to be here.

"Aw, Honey, you did great! If it weren't for you I don't know if I would have had enough time to get everyone off!" Honey started crying with dash drying to soothe her. I would've helped, but I'm kinda chained up. Honestly, it was probably the right play to put chains on me. I wasn't planning on this Blackout person showing up, though. I guess she has some kind of OD cancellation oddity, I'll have to learn how it works later.

We sat there for a while, Dash talking nonstop about how excited she was, how nice the weather was, and countless other things. About twenty minutes later, we arrived at our destination, wherever that is.

Blackout begins to open the door, but Eagle stops her. "Wait, give me the chain." Blackout rolls her eyes and hands my chain over to Eagle. She escorts Dash and Honey out one door, while Eagle takes me out the other one. 

There are about seven other cars in the parking lot, all bringing my future classmates to the campus. There's a huge glass building in front of us, bustling with students inside from higher classes. It doesn't look like there's a dome or anything over the campus, and I have an unrestricted view of the blue sky.

"Don't try anything funny, please." While I was spacing out, I was activating my oddity without even realizing it. I formed a gust of wind, floating myself behind Eagle.

"If you want to take me, you're gonna have to drag me there by force."

"Okay, whatever. You're light as a feather, that's not gonna be a problem." Darn it, I really do have an awful side effect. He drags me through the air towards the massive gate of the university, and I get a good look at everyone else around me.

It looks like there's about twenty other people, and I bet there's more inside. There are probably also some other people that are going to be coming in late. There are also a few people that will be here to train for support courses, they didn't actually pass the test but signed up to help support the heroes by supplying helpful items and running logistics.

I pay more attention to the air waves around me, increasing my hearing range so I can hear what they're talking about.

"Dude, did you hear what happened?"

"Nah, what?"

"I heard one of the chosen tried to run away!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, I think they tried twice!"

"That's crazy!"

"Yo, do you think it's that girl over there that's chained up?"

"Probably. Man, she's so ungrateful. We all wish we could have gotten chosen, she's so lucky!"

"She is pretty hot though. I'm glad she'll be hanging around campus."

"Bruh, is she floating? This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder."

"I'm just surprised that she's still fighting. I mean, she's already been stopped twice."

"Yeah, she's going against pro heroes after all, there's no way she'll be able to get out now." I already don't like these support people, they're talking trash even though they don't know my reasons for running away. I created a gust of wind and tripped both of them, sending them face first into the concrete. Everyone in the nearby area saw, and they all were laughing at the two people on the ground who tripped over seemingly nothing.

"Nova, you did that, didn't you?"

"Maybe, what's it to you?" Stupid bird.

"Can't you just chill for two seconds? You're already here, there's nothing you can do about it." I respond by tripping him, too. He almost fell, and then almost magically was placed back on his feet.

"Wow Eagle, being bested by a little girl like that? That's not very cool of you!" A person leaning on a light pole nearby stands up and approaches us.

    "I didn't need your help, Magician."

"If it weren't for me you would've fallen face first on the ground like those two kids over there. And the culprit of both cases is this one, isn't it?" He turned towards me and walked closer. I flew myself away from him, only for his eyes to glow a violent purple and be dragged back to him.

"Piss off."

"Aw, that's not very nice. Hey Eagle, let me take her off your hands so you can get that cut of yours checked out."

"Wait, cut? What cut?" Looking down, Eagle notices the large gash I made on his arm in our earlier confrontation. "Oh you little turd, you actually got a nice hit off on me without me knowing. I guess it was a good thing Blackout erased your OD before you hurt me even more."

"Oh, you didn't notice? I got you as soon as I left the car!" Magician burst out in laughter after that comment, and didn't stop for a hot second.

"Wow Eagle," he said, short of breath. "You must be losing your touch! You got such a bad cut from a new recruit who hasn't had any training! I can't wait to see what happens when we actually train her!"

"Damn you, I'm not training here."

"Ooh, she's feisty! I like her. Give it here." Magician reached out for the chain, waiting for Eagle to give it to him.

"No way." Eagle then unfolded his wings and blasted into the sky, catching me completely unaware. I jolted out of Magician's grasp as I bolted upward. 

"Uh, uh, uh, we can't have that now can we?" I saw he activated his OD again, taking the chain from Eagle's hand and dragging me back towards him. I'm really sick of just being dragged all over the place. 

"Dammit Magician, she's mine!" Eagle charged at me, grabbing me by the chains and pulling away from Magician. They were both pulling as hard as they could, trying to get me for whatever reason. Sighing, I used my power to pull Magician upwards toward me and tied Eagle's hand to the chain.

"You idiots, you're making a scene. If you're gonna fight over me, do it later. We're going to be late to wherever the heck we're supposed to be, and that can't be good for you or me. So chill." Both were stunned, not knowing how to respond. I flew all of us towards the entrance, everybody watching down below painfully aware that two pro heroes were being dragged by a new recruit. Gosh, these two are annoying. Guess I'll have to escape later. For now, let's go to the opening ceremony or whatever the crap this is.