Left for Dead (book 1 in the Super Nova series)

Chapter 21

My history teacher was a doctor in the Infirmary at the Super Nova's base? Shocking.

He says "Nova."

I say "Mr. Brown, why're you here?"

He says "I'm a member of this group. Of your group."

I say "oh no, this isn't my group."

He says "it will be soon."

Finn says "can we just pass the Super Nova leading this place for a minute and approach the Super Nova's swelling face?"

Mr. Brown says "right, of course. What happened?"

I sigh and say "my friend Ace punched me in the face."

He says "the Ace from school?"

I nod and say "yes, that Ace."

He says "if you wish, he shall be put to death."

My eyes widen and I say "no! I don't wish that! I was trying to scare him and he got defensive! He didn't know it was me!"

He says "well let's just have a look at this."

He examines my face and says "just ice it for a while, and don't get punched again."

I nod and he hands me an ice pack. I say "thanks."

He nods.

I start walking out of the room, and he says "Nova?"

I turn back to him, pressing the ice to my face.

He says "I picked you for that question for a reason."

Finn says "what?"

He says "in class last month, when I asked you about Atmoskinesis. I asked you for a reason."

I say "did you now?"

He nods and says "I hoped it'd be you."

I say "well thank you."

He says "I've heard you made quite the name for yourself."

I say "yeah, most dangerous person in the country."

He says "a danger to the Government. But us? Well Nova, you might just be our savior. What're the powers?"

I say "telekinesis, Chronokinesis, and Atmoskinesis. And I learned Photokinesis today."

He says "good for you. Go get some food now, its dinnertime."

I nod and Finn leads me from the Infirmary.

I say "so our history teacher is now a doctor."

He says "this place is kind of strange. All these people know who you are."

I nod and say "it kind of bothers me."

He says "well hopefully you can stop the Government and be out of here."

I sigh and say "this is gonna be really hard. And really stressful."

He says "I know. But you can deal with it."

I say "I swear to god, if you ever call me Super Nova I will personally kill you."

He says "I'm not going to. I promise. I won't call you Queen, Super Nova, or Queen Super Nova. But Ace probably will."

I say "then I will personally kill him."

He laughs and says "go ahead."

We get to the place where we were supposed to eat, and it was packed. A hand reaches up in the air and Blaire stands up. She motions us towards her. We approach and see there's two empty seats at the table.