Sun and Shadow

Humble Pie

TUESDAY AT SKY HIGH

Jude stepped out of the transport center and smiled when he saw Connor standing there waiting for him. Walking over to his boyfriend he smiled and joined their hands together as they walked off their first class. After yesterday's strange encounter Jude was hoping for something a bit more normal, well...as normal as things got at Sky High.

Today's classes were mostly "book" type classes for them. Ethics, power use, working with civilians, protecting your identity, psychology of super villains, and similar topics. Most of the classes changed topics every week or so to keep things interesting for the students. Their first class was a seminar and they walked in and saw their classmates and waved at Alex and Angie.

"Mr. Stevens and Mr. Foster?" Professor Martin called out to them before they got too far into the class. "Please come here."

Jude frowned as they walked to Professor Martin's desk. Professor Martin's class was one of Jude's favorites. He was a lower power light bender which meant that he could create three dimensional holograms out of light with just a thought. It didn't really have any combat application, but as a teacher, he could spin entire worlds out of the air and make whatever he was teaching come alive. So far they had gotten to see a recreation of the War for American Independence and several American Civil War battles and how Supers had influenced those conflicts and the how their contributions impacted the wars. This week they were supposed to be talking about WWI and while Jude wasn't particularly fond of violence, he was enthralled when Professor Martin lectured with his light images.

"Boys, please report to your normal gym training room" he told them and handed them a piece of paper.

"But Professor Sampson doesn't see us on Tuesdays" Connor asked confused.

"Can't tell you son" he said with a smile. "Just delivering the message." He turned back to the class and Jude saw the lights and colors starting to shape pictures from the war that he was going to be discussing.

Jude sighed as he and Connor headed over to the gym. He wondered what was going to happen. The note told them to change for training so they diverted to the locker room and finally walked into their usual training room.

"Well?" Connor grunted. "Guess Sampson got distracted?" he offered. Jude looked at him sharply and Connor just smiled. "We could make out" Connor suggested with a smirk.

"That can wait" a voice said with a laugh. Both of them turned around and they saw Sentinel standing there smiling at them.

"Will!" Jude said with a smile as Connor stammered in surprise.

"In costume, call me Sentinel Jude" Will laughed at Jude's sudden blush. "You need to get into the habit of thinking of you fellow heroes by how they are dressed: civilian or hero."

Jude muttered an apology as Connor finally found his tongue. "What are you doing here?" he finally asked.

"Well, Professor Sampson asked us to help you with your training so we will be teaching you once a week" he said with a smile.

"We?" Jude asked confused.

"We!" a female voice said behind them and the boys turned around and saw her. Her costume was famous and both of them looked flabbergasted. Standing there was Spinster! She was a member of the Challengers, a Super Team headquartered in Chicago and she was seriously famous. Known for her super strength and her ability to spin like a top as super speeds, she was best known for kicking some serious butt! Spinster had joked about her name in an interview once after she had beaten a small army of henchmen when she told the press that it was a joke for her grandmother.