The Super-Powered Schoolboy

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

He flew through the corridor at amazing speed, leaving a long trail of smoke and flame behind him. Several teachers began to leave their classrooms to see what was going on. Jon caught up with Mr Rendon and Mrs Plummer. He grabbed them, and turned their faces towards him. He looked at each of them, and opened his mouth. He felt flame rise from his throat. The voice in his head chuckled.

HE WAS BREATHING FIRE

He breathed a huge blast of fire into each of their faces. He dropped their blackened bodies, and flew through the school, killing as many teachers and anyone else that wasn't a student as he could. It wasn't long before the school fire alarm rang out, and immediately hundreds of students, filled the corridors. During the fire drills that his school carried out, students walked to the exits. But now that there was an actual fire, the kids weren't so organized. They screamed, shoved, and ran towards the fire exits. Jon hovered in the air for a few moments, and a large crowd of students  stood watching him in astonishment. Jon smiled at them, and created a line of fire in mid-air. He manipulated it so it spelled out words just like he did during his very first prank. The kids read the text.

YOU'RE WELCOME

Jon took one last look at the crowd, then looked upwards at the ceiling. He launched himself towards it, smashing straight through it. He was now in the corridor above that one. He did the same thing again. He was now in another corridor, the one in the top floor of the building. Once again, he launched himself up, and smashed through. He saw the blue sky, which was beginning to fill with black smoke as parts of the school burnt into ash. He continued flying upwards. Higher and higher, until the students now running away from the school were the size of insects. He waited. He hovered for probably around 10 minutes, until he was sure that all the students had left the building. Several fire engines has pulled up outside.

"Do it now Jon. Do it now..." Whispered the voice.

"Will do..." Jon replied, saying the words out loud. He flew straight down towards the school, and crashed through the roof. Crashed through two more floors, and then he was back inside. It was partly on fire, but was still intact. Jon got to his feet, and floated up a few feet above the ground. He scrunched himself into a ball, and then let all of his power out. Flames exploded out of mouth, nostrils, ears, eyes, and then his whole body. The entire school was now enveloped in flame.

"Well done Jon..." But then a creaking noise came from above. Jon looked up, only to see the entire ceiling collapse on top of him.

Blackness was what followed. For what felt like years, all he saw was blackness. Until suddenly a huge weight was lifted off his chest and a bright light shone in his face. He felt strong arms lift him up. Jon tried to look around. His vision was blurred, filled with ash. He coughed, and his throat felt about as wet as the Sahara Desert. What felt like even more years passed, and then he was put down onto something soft. He opened his eyes, and his vision was clear. He looked around. Jon was inside the back of an ambulance, the back doors wide open. The school was still burning. He was completely naked, he was no longer a living fire ball. He tried to get up, but a voice beside him suddenly told him not to. Jon looked to his side, and saw a woman standing there.

"Don't get up. We're going to hospital." She said in a calming voice.

"No..." Jon managed to get out. He got up, and ran out of the back of the ambulance. The sky was black with smoke, but in the distance Jon could see the sun beginning to dip below the horizon. How long was he inside for? The school was almost completely gone, with just a few areas still standing. Jon looked around. There were body-bags everywhere. Tears trickled down Jon's cheeks.

"What have I done?" He shouted, falling to his knees. The voice that urged him to do this hissed in his ear.

"Exactly what I wanted..."

THE END