Mini Superhero

John took repeated gasps of air and bent over with his palms over his knees. He was in the center of the training grounds and there were destroyed targets everywhere around him.

Most of the iron-plated targets had been blown into pieces. Some of them that were not destroyed were visibly deformed and showed the occasional signs of melting. It seemed as if targets here were not shot by regular bullets, but melted by some kind of powerful thermal weaponry instead.

Except that John at the moment did not wield any firearm.

"Huff, huff... Is it over?"

John rose slowly and looked around him. He waited for some time, expecting more targets to show up, but none did, implying that the test was over.