Different - MaskedMexican

C5 - Revealed

All of us turned our heads towards the open door where we saw 2 staff members  with angry expressions. One of them had a clip board in hand while the other crossed his arms.

"What do you think you are doing in here?!"

The staff looked around the group of people in my shared room.

"Ohm, nor Aaron need to be disturbed."

I stood up from the bed and growled loudly at them. 

"I prefer that you don't make decisions for the both of us for your own sake. Unless you want to end up like Ritz."

The staff had a sudden change of attitude when they were reminded of Ritz. Their expressions flattered  and I swear I noticed them pale all of a sudden. I kept growling, my teeth clenching together.

"Fine. But you all need to attend the training quarters immediately. You as well, Ohm."

I balled my fists while continuing growling.

"And Ohm doesn't really take kind to being refereed as 'Different'."

The taller staff rolled their eyes while shutting the door. As soon as it shut, I dropped my fists and stopped growling. I dropped back on the bed and sighed while running a hand through my hair.

"Hey.... Ohm?"

I looked up at the person who called me. It was Sark. He took my attention as a sign to keep going.

"Did you really kill that guy?"

It was a fucking accident. Ritz was a cool guy. I was aiming at the second staff member but he took the Bullet for him. Why? I realized I didn't give any indication of an answer, but when I came back to reality, I saw Sark giving me a sad look. I think that me turning my head away gave away the fact that I did. But it didn't give away the fact that it was an accident. I didn't want to be here any more. The atmosphere was heavy with fear, but mostly sadness. I stood up and exited the room. We need to head to the arena anyway. I heard someone open the door behind me and sigh.

"Come on, Ohm."

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We entered the huge white-coloured double doors and stood outside the fighting circle. I wasn't calm... no. I was on fucking edge. Of course, if I have to show my powers, they could easily get confused with 2 others. A type of common hypnosis or simple mind relaxation/mind control. That relaxed me a little. Also the fact that no one had seen a person with my powers in... centuries. I'm just praying that they already forgot my type of powers exists.

I snapped out of my thoughts as people started piling into the huge room. After everyone walked in, 4 staff members followed while closing the doors behind them. They walked up to the platform with the projector and one of them started the boring presentation. However, one thing caught my attention. When they started talking about me.

"However, most of you are probably confused why Ohm isn't allowed to fight, there are 2 main concerns at the moment. One of them is the fact that you could end up... mentally unstable, or you wouldn't stand a chance to even do anything. But, we have come to a decision, you can have a vote if you want him to participate, of course, we are judging people on their skills, and he proves them through personal training, of course. We will have a vote."

I was surprised that this person wasn't acting like a complete dickhead, and decided to treat me at least somewhat fairly. 

"Raise your hand for Ohm to participate."

The first person's hand to shoot up was Slam's. He had an annoyed look on his face. I looked around the room and already saw a few hands raised. Some people looked at Slam's expression and seemed to get something from it and a few more people raised their hand, now there were about 3/4 of the room with raised hands. Some of the people who kept their hands down had shame and fear on their faces. The fact that they didn't want to risk themselves if it was their turn. 

"I see... Of course, we can't make him fight. Ohm, raise your hand if you want to participate."

I sighed and uncrossed one of my arms. I lifted it up half way and she smiled.

"Great. I also, must remind you, people who's powers are not suitable for fighting will not participate because those abilities are... not valid for fighting. Now, first opponents, take their positions."

Slam had the healing ability. It's extremely useful, that's how my head healed so quickly. Two red names appeared on the projected screen as the people took positions.

Adam Montoya and Michelle Smith

To be honest, the fight was at least 20 minutes long. It was a tough competition, they were clearly strong opponents. Minx had Nature while Nanners had Invisibility. In the end, Nanners won by a second, otherwise, Minx would have beat him. The next pair was called up.

Anthony Fiorenti and Max Gonzalez

This fight ended in 5 minutes. Max clearly being the winner. Chilled's power was pretty common, but it was useful, he had Water. Max had the Duplication ability. Not the most common ability to have. To be honest, I couldn't hide the fact that I admired Max a little.

Scott Robison and Vikram Barn

It was clear that the two didn't' know each other, but still, they gave each other a respectful look before fighting. It looked like an easy fight because Vik looked like a shrimp compared to Sark. But their powers were completely the opposite of each other. The fight lasted about 15 minutes before Sark came out on top and won. Vik had enhanced agility, moving, thinking and putting together Sark's attacks faster than any normal human, or any person with a different power. I didn't expect Sark to have Strength. Not like all the strong meatheads that only have brawn and no brain.

After that, my name was called. And you know what made the fact terrifying for me? I had to go against Slam.