7 Chapter Seven: A lesson

They punched Luke over and over. They had a twisted smile on their faces as they beat into Luke.

Why...Why are they doing this? I can't move...I knew I shouldn't have come. I'm just a human. No power or anything. I am so stupid. How could I have been so stupid? I should have just said no I would have been safe. I can save anyone. Luke thought as he was kicked more and more. Luke had bruises all over his body. Luke's eyes started to become heavy with every blow. Then Luke saw nothing as he fell unconscious.

" He's so light, I wonder how much he weighs." Something said in the darkness.

" I don't know. You are so weird. Why would I care about how much he weighs?" Another voice said in the darkness.

Luke realized that he was being carried somewhere but he had a bag over his head. They carried him for hours down something that seems to be a hallway. They stop suddenly dropping Luke on the floor. They repositioned Luke to be in a sitting on his knees position. They snatched off the bag allowing Luke to see. He looked up with his bruised face. He saw a man in front of him in a throne made of ice like substance. He had a hazmat suit on. It was the man from Luke's job. It was Snowman.

" I told you not to bruise his face. Why is his face bruise?" Snowman said.

" Sir, I'm sorry but when I show that pretty face I wanted to broke it." One of the men's beside Luke said.

Snowman gets up off his icy throne walking toward the man who said that. Snowman took off one of his glove covering his hands. The hand was pale blue with lots of wrinkles. The room temperature immediately drops to freezing. When Snowman gets to the man. The man was petrified with fear. Snowman grabbed the man's face with his bare hand with a cold expression on his face. Snowman smashed the man's head easily. Chunks of freeze parts of the man's head flew every way.

Luke shook with fear. He looked at a frozen piece of the man's head slide next to him. Tears started to form in his eyes. I just saw... some... one... die!!! WHY ME I CAN'T DIE HERE!!! I DON"T WANT TO die. Luke thought as he tried to run away realizing he tided up. He falls. Snowman put back on his glove.

" Now do you understand your place. You are a bug that I'm allowing to live. You don't control your fate I do. Do you understand me, boy? Every in your life thinks of betraying me. You will die you understand. You are just a researcher and I want to keep it that way. You may be the smartest man alive but, I'm the strongest. You can't ever touch me without dying. You are weak. You should know your place." Snowman said as he sat back on his icy throne.

Why...Why... I'm going to die. I don't want to die. I will do anything to survive please someone save me, please... Luke thought as Snowman looked at him.

" I guess I had nothing to worry about. You are not worth killing. I want him out of my site. I hate looking at insects." Snowman said as Luke was kicked in the guts going unconscious. With the words "looking at insect" still in his mind. He feels lower than a bug, a mere insect. For the first time, Luke felt like an insect, a mere bug in his present. Fear and being powerless was horror Luke.

Hours later. Luke is sitting in a hospital bed at Luke's job. Luke wakes up in a panic from a nightmare. Luke had serval bandages all over his body. Ms. Sten was at the computer as always.

" So you're awake. How are you feeling?" Ms. Sten said writing code.

" I feel terrible. It feels like I've been in a car wreck." Luke said laying back down.

" You so lucky that he was in a good mood. What were you thinking why didn't you fight back? You know if you're in a life or death situation it is better to use your powers." Ms. Sten said matter-of-factly.

" Oh, I don't have powers. I'm not a superhuman. What gives you that idea that I was." Luke said with a solemn look.

" Will, I know roughly 50% of the population has a..." Ms. Sten said being interrupted by Luke.

" It's 42%!!! Not 50% not everyone has one. I may not be able to defend myself against someone with power but, that's O..." Luke said being interrupted.

" What, it's okay being beaten to death because you don't have power. You sound idiotic. If you are the smartest man alive. Create yourself something that could make yourself stand toe to toe to superhumans." Ms. Sten said as she looked Luke in the eyes for the first time every revealing her face. She had a giant scar on her face across one of her eyes. The eye was a robotic eye. Her eye color was purple and black hair. Luke had a scared look on his face.

" I can't...I can't... I can't...I can't...I can't...I can't" Luke said with a fearful look on his face. Ms. Sten stands on walking over to Luke. Slapping him with all her might. Luke's expression didn't change.

" Listen, You have to get over what you saw. Snowman is a monster. He is in a different league. He will not hate you. Rather he can't. You are very important to this city's future and he knows this he can't kill you. They will start asking questions. As long as you don't get in his way he will not get in yours." Ms. Sten said.

" What if I don't get out of his way," Luke said fear still in his eyes.

" Then you better find a way to win because if you don't you will die." Ms. Sten said.