Sun and Shadow

Chapter 6 - The first Super Villain?

Jude pulls away from Connor with a blush and looks over at Layla who is standing there surprised. "Sorry" Jude says with a sly smile "got a little carried away." He tried to step back but Connor had grabbed his hand and held on. Jude looked over at their classmates and saw the shock and surprise on their faces.

"Jude...Connor...something you would like to share?" Layla asked them.

"Jude is my boyfriend" Connor said clearly so everyone could hear. "Neither of knew the other was coming here or even had powers" he said and looked at Jude "this is so great!"

Jude laughed "What's great is that even though you moved, we are still getting to go to school together." Connor's smile got bigger, he hadn't put that together and the realization that he would be able see Jude almost every day was wonderful.

"AHEM" the man next to Layla said loudly "this is all great, congratulations. However, I do need to do my own assessment of your powers. I am Professor Sampson and I work with the level 5 Supers and while your tests indicated that, I would like to confirm that fact. Please come with me." Professor Sampson walked away from the group and when Jude looked at Layla she indicated she should follow him.

Connor and Jude followed Professor Sampson into a side room off of the gym where he turned around to address them. "I will explain. My powers are the only ones that have not been ranked. Normally I have no power at all. But if I touch a Super, I can duplicate whatever their power is for 5 minutes. So while I can copy a Level 5, it's not for long enough to be useful in combat, but it very useful in teaching. So we will begin. Mr. Stevens, you first." He held out his hand to Connor.

Connor looked at Jude and smiled confidently before walking over and touching Professor Sampson's hand. All of a sudden Professor Sampson smiled and started glowing.

"Ah...you have solar powers. Capable of generating heat and light on a massive scale. Super strength and near invulnerability" Sampson catalogued Connor's abilities and then he lifted off the ground and hovered about 6 feet (2 meters) off the ground. "Flight, super speed, and increased stamina. Your body seems to be operating like a fusion generator creating energy. You don't need oxygen or food to function and have almost total immunity to disease." His eyes glowed and two beams shot out across the room before colliding with a metal wall and the wall started glowing and melting. "Capable of generating high energy lasers from eyes and hands" his hands glowed and blasted across the room. "Definitely Level 5. I will accept you as a student Mr. Stevens." Sampson touched the ground and stopped glowing. He looked at Connor. "Very impressive set of powers Mr. Stevens, you have potential."

Professor Sampson turned towards Jude and looked less excited. Connor's powers were amazing. Flight and super strength? Lasers and glowing. That was amazing. Nervous Jude reached out and touched the professor's outstretched hand.

Where before he had lit up, this time he went dark. His eyes turned black and the entire room got darker and a bit cooler. "Powers are based on shadows and light. The greater the light the greater the strength, but even in dark your strength is exceptional. High level of defense, not as invulnerable as Mr. Stevens, but still noteworthy." Suddenly Professor Sampson went totally dark and vanished. Jude and Connor looked at each other surprised when the professor suddenly appeared on the other side of the room. "Transdimensional travel abilities. Able to shift to quantum state out of sync with our universe to travel through any barriers or defenses. Able to locate locations and individuals through this state. Able to pull others and items into altered state to move them." Sampson suddenly gestured and the shadows in the room all shifted towards him and slid across the floor. "Ability to exert a degree of control of individuals and systems by operating through phased state allowing for ability to see things hidden by others." Sampson looked thoughtful and turned to Connor "Mr. Stevens. Please generate as much heat and light as you can and direct it at me."