CHAPTER 8

The group had all agreed to stay a full month inside the greyspace to further their skills by undergoing training without leaving, everyone was given one chance to go back and grab anything that they personally needed whilst Delta was undertaking the construction inside the greyspace.

Ryan went home and grabbed the advanced laptop that Delta had got him, he also grabbed a pile of comics that was specifically set aside this was so Delta would have reference if Ryan wanted something made, “Alright then that should be it I have my stuff.” said Ryan, a portal opened up on the floor next to him, he dropped it all in and the portal closed.

Hayden didn’t have anything that he really wanted to bring with him that he didn’t have on him already so he went with Sam to his house, “Alright so we will be gone for a month I am guessing that I won’t be able to have internet access but I still don’t plan on dying of boredom, Hayden could you grab the television, I’ll grab the consoles and all of the stuff that goes along with them” said Sam as he proceeded to stuff all of the things on his shelf into a duffle bag and zipped it up as Hayden then proceeded to grab Sam’s television, “Alright I think that’s about it what now?” said Sam as a portal appeared next to Sam and Hayden, Sam threw his bag in without a care and Hayden nervously put it down and dropped it in, the portal then disappeared, “Why were you trying to be careful? Dakota said that Delta installed a cushioned surface so nothing would break.” said Sam, out of embarrassment Hayden turned invisible followed by Sam doing the same, “You thought that would help you escape huh?” said Sam.

Baden went to his house and got a bag and put a photo of him and his family away in it, he also grabbed comic books as he really wanted to read some books and he grabbed candles which were conveniently stored in his top draw next to his bed, “Alright I’m ready, I’ve got my stuff you can portal me now.” said Baden, as he said that a portal appeared on the wall and Dakota came out of it grabbing the bag and leaving, closing the portal, “Now what am I meant to do for the rest of the day? Guess I will just go and find Ryan then.” said Baden as he left his house.

Quintin went to a library and had a big group of books come off of the shelf and assemble into a perfectly neat pile within a matter of seconds, he proceeded to go to the front counter to complete the borrowing, “Hey I would like to borrow these.” said Quintin, the person behind the desk was so shocked that they passed out, “Well I guess that I will have to do it then.” said Quintin as the books proceeded to get scanned and move to the left of him one at a time. Quintin had spent about half an hour borrowing books and then was ready, “Alright Dakota I have some books to read.” said Quintin as a portal appeared next to him, Quintin dropped all of the books at the same time and then went on to get changed.

Katie and Cat were at a bar when suddenly a portal appeared and Dylan came walking through it, “Alright I have to tell you two that we are going into training for a month, you have to go so start packing your valuables and we will pick you up by midnight.” said Dylan as he then went back through the portal and closed it off. Katie and Cat looked at each other and then proceeded to continue with what they were doing before, “So why do we even come here we can’t even drink” said Cat, “WAIT WE CAN’T DRINK? SINCE WHEN I’M GONNA DIE OF THIRST!” said Katie as she started to panic, “I meant alcohol, we can’t drink that silly.” said Cat giggling and crossing her arms.

Naomi was packing her drawing books and Pencils, she also had her tablet and charger with a bunch of pictures to use as reference, unlike the rest she didn’t ask to have her stuff taken away instead she started drawing strange creatures that don’t exist. Naomi was the only one of the group who hadn’t revealed her power but she had been mastering it in her free time so her drawing was actually just using the unlimited potential of her power to good use.

Caitlin went home and grabbed a backpack and decided to take her dog with her by putting a leash on him, she decided to put medical supplies in her bag, she also packed her sewing kit and material for something to do in her free time, “Hey I got the stuff ready.” said Caitlin as a portal opened up and Dakota came out, “He will be taken care of don’t worry I will see you later.” said Dakota as he took everything from Caitlin and left back through his portal closing it behind him.

Jesse went home and he packed his suitcase full of matches and blankets. Jesse was just about to pick up the phone when the doorbell rang, Jesse went to the door to just see Quintin, “Have you packed all of your stuff yet? I just put all of my stuff to read in the greyspace and now I have nothing to do so I was wondering if you wanted to hang out.” said Quintin, “Wow this is unexpected, just let me quickly get my suitcase dropped off.” Jesse said as he rushed back inside and zipped up his suitcase, “I’m ready.” said Jesse with enthusiasm, Dakota came through the portal and grabbed the bag carefully instead of just opening a portal on the ground, Jesse didn’t think twice of it as he went with Quintin.

Andrew knew that he didn’t have to pack anything, all he had to do was get his bag and send it off. He flew towards home and on the way saw a man at gunpoint. Andrew didn’t know what to do, he didn’t know whether he should just move on and pretend he didn’t see it or if he should go and help, “HELP ME PLEASE SOMEBODY!” pleaded the voice from below, after hearing that Andrew moved without thinking, “Nobody can hear you when we are in the middle of nowhere, say your last words.” said the person with the gun, at that point Andrew had come in and snatched the gun out of his hands but dropped it when flying away by accident. Both of the men were shocked to see Andrew and man who was just at gunpoint ran away, as soon as the other guy saw him running he chased after him, Andrew realised he wouldn’t need to bring anything with him if he was serious about his training so he didn’t need his bag and this was his only chance he grabbed the man and kept him in one place, “I’m ready with my stuff now.” said Andrew as a portal opened to the greyspace under him, “Say hi to Delta for me would you?” said Andrew as he dropped him into the portal.

James and Connor were ready to go but felt under prepared as they didn’t have anything to bring with them, “Hey dude what are we going to do when we get there?” said Connor, “TRAINING REMEMBER!” shouted James full of passion, “Yeah, but what about when we are out of energy?” said Connor, “Well we could sleep and get better prepared for the next day.” said James, “Yeah but that just won’t do, all training and no fun will get old after a while won’t it?” said Connor, “Well we could ask Delta to get us something if it does go wrong.” said James as they continued to walk aimlessly.

When Zac got home he knew exactly what he wanted to pack, his phone and laptop and they were already in his bag, “Well I feel a bit underprepared I should bring more things with me, I don’t need to have more clothes packed as I am meant to wear these for an entire month, I don’t need any bedding stuff I guess it’s just those then, I’M READY!” said Zac as the portal opened and he swept his entire desk’s contents into the portal, “Can’t be over prepared” said Zac.

Elisa and Nathan walked together as they were going to get their stuff they needed for the month packed, “So what do we need exactly?” said Nathan in his normal nervous tone, “For the last time I refuse to go there unless I have some kind of weapon, because like you Dylan hasn’t informed me of my powers.” said Elisa as she gritted her teeth, “What kind of weapon? Wouldn’t it be best to get one from Delta?” said Nathan, “Well I guess you’re right but I also need to tell my parents that I’m going” said Elisa who was now calm, “Oh right, you have parent’s to say goodbye to so I will see you at midnight I guess.” said Nathan as he walked away, “Not so fast you big goof I almost forgot I should introduce you to my parent’s.” said Elisa as she held Nathan’s hand and brought him into her house.

Will, who was the last one ready, had a massive bag full of bricks and weights, “I’m ready, open please.” said Will with a massive goofy grin, the portal opened in front of him, before he could throw his bag in Dakota came through, “I see you have a bag of bricks there, what exactly do you think you are going to do with that?” said Dakota, “What wouldn’t I do with it? I wanted to test the limits of my powers and see just how much I can do with it.” said Will, “No bricks.” said Dakota, “Why not? That’ unfair.” said Will who just had his goofy grin go away. Dakota couldn’t stand to see his face like this, “You can bring your bricks, just don’t go jumping from high places again I don’t want Dylan to finally snap at you.” said Dakota as he struggled to take the bag through the portal.

Dylan was alone at the park, the sun was going down and he was alone, “Man I’m sure glad Delta got his memories back.” he said to himself, “Well I see someone is going to join me in the descent to madness.” said Ryan walking out from the bushes, “Yeah it sure is quiet without Delta here you know.” said Baden as he walked out from the bushes, “Kind of makes you want to be noisy so it was as if he were here right?” said Caitlin walking out from the bushes, “Okay how many more people are in there and how did I not see any of you in there?” said Baden as he turned his hand into a Taser and went back into the bushes.

Dylan looked behind him happy to see that his old friends hadn’t changed, Quintin came with the rest of Dylan’s gang except for Dakota who was helping to fix up the greyspace, Sam, Zac and Hayden all became visible at the same time. Connor and James rushed into the group, “I totally won that time.” said James, “No way man, speed is my thing, nobody can beat me.” said Connor, “Well except me of course isn’t that right Connor?” said Will as Connor put his head down in shame, “Well not for long in a month’s time after our training I will surpass you” said Connor raising his spirits.

Andrew came flying in really slowly, “Sorry I’m late guys but I have been busy taking the hero thing seriously whilst I still stand a chance.” said Andrew as he was trying to catch his breath, “What do you mean while you still stand a chance? If anything you will stand even more of a chance after the next month.” said Zac, “Oh I see what you mean because your power is flying and so far you haven’t uncovered any other powers, so when you come across someone with powers you aren’t really that good against other powers, right?” said Jesse trying to piece together the situation.

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Ryan knew exactly what Andrew really meant, Jesse was close and his hypothesis was partially correct, “Actually to us the whole hero thing is more of a competition and when it comes to us all getting training Andrew is afraid that you will all leave him in the dust due to him thinking that he has the inferior power, he hasn’t discovered what Delta’s uniform has even unlocked for his potential but he will when our training starts.” said Ryan, “Yeah can we just relax like Dylan over there watching the sunset whilst he still can, we won’t be able to see this for much longer.” said Jesse, “Not like I saw it much anyway.” said Baden.

The group proceeded to watch the stars and ask each other questions, “So Dylan, there has to be a reason why you never went to look for Delta?” said Baden, “I’m not really sure anymore, maybe it was because so much had changed since we said our goodbyes, I thought maybe he had moved on.” said Dylan, “WOW CHANGED NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH DELTA!” said Connor who exploded with laughter, “I guess I was overthinking it a bit too much.” said Dylan.

The group were all together waiting for midnight to come, “Hey I feel like we’re forgetting something” said Ryan, “I don’t know what you’re talking about” said Dylan trying to avoid the topic, Ryan blinked for a while and he opened his eyes and looked disappointingly at Dylan, “You know who I’m talking about you can’t avoid this Dylan come on you know that you can’t keep this up forever” said Ryan, “FINE, does anyone have Cat or Katie’s numbers” said Dylan, “Yeah I guess you want them to be here with the rest of us” said Quintin, “Actually, you know what we could do is not talk to them it’s not like Dakota will let them be left behind who cares if they are with the rest of the group they’re so oblivious that they probably don’t even know why they will be training for a month” said Dylan, “Or even know what training means” said Will, “Alright well I guess it’s time to leave then” said Baden, “Already we haven’t been here that long have we?” said Caitlin looking at her watch.

Within seconds of Baden informing everyone of the time Dakota showed up through his portal, “Well I guess it’s time to go” said Baden, “So I’m just guessing but everyone but Cat and Katie are here is that correct?” said Dakota with a checklist of people on it, “Yeah knowing them they weren’t even going to get ready for the training” said Dylan as he headed through the portal.

The group all entered the portal and were amazed at what Delta and Dakota had managed to create in just a day, “Wow this is…” James said, “Awesome” said Connor as he finished of what James was about to say, “I wouldn’t use the words awesome I would say more like overwhelmingly anticipating” said Zac, Andrew dropped to the ground and sat completely still trying to take all of this in, “Well where are we going to be staying” asked Connor, “Well we have put a lot of consideration into living arrangements and Delta and I have decided to group you up with the power’s that would work well with each other” said Dakota as he walked the group through what seemed like a futuristic street.

The first stop looked like a gym from the outside with what looked like it should be a sports field but blank, “Wow this place looks cool is this like our personal gym or something like that” said James, “Yeah I would use this place all the time” said Connor, “Well yes you could say this is your personal gym and it’s good that you would spend all of your time in it” said Dakota, “What do you mean it’s like our personal gym?” said Connor, “Well this is where you will be living I will go over the details later but you should first get used to it as you will be spending a lot of time there in the next month” said Dakota, Connor and James stayed still and were shaking with excitement as the rest of the group walked off to the next location.

The next stop was a house with no colour at all, “I’d hate to be one of the people living here so blank and boring” said Sam, “Well that’s a real shame because this place was made for you and Hayden as I said to Connor and James I will go over the details later but you should get used to it” said Dakota, “I guess it’s not that bad I could look at it as a blank canvas and just colour it in how I want to right” said Sam trying to be optimistic about this bland living arrangement, “Yes you may modify it to how you see fit” said Dakota as he walked of with the rest of the group leaving Sam and Hayden behind.

The next place that the group went to was what seemed to be a library, “So I’m guessing that this would be my place to stay correct?” said Quintin, “That is correct as you had already got a very large book collection prior to this and then to add onto it you had your library adventure where you collected an overwhelming amount of books to read for the next month” said Dakota, “So who is my partner to spend the next month with?” asked Quintin, “Well that was a tricky one so I got Delta to help me with that one, you will be partnering up with Ryan as we thought he was the only suitable option” said Dakota, “Finally come on Quintin let’s just figure this out by ourselves, this tour is starting to give me a headache because of just how boring it is” said Ryan as he grabbed Quintin and dragged him into the library they were going to be living in.

The next place seemed like a bunch of different environments had been mixed together, “I don’t know what to say…” said Zac as he remained silent after that, “Do you want to know anything your living arrangement will need some explaining” said Dakota, Zac walked towards the house without a word spoken, “So who has to be grouped with Zac I don’t envy them” said Andrew, “Well that would be you” said Dakota, Andrew didn’t say another word after that and followed Zac into the house, “Are you two sure you don’t want me to tell you anything?” said Dakota as Zac and Andrew had closed the door behind them.

The group walked on to the next place which looked like a calm hot springs with a Japanese looking house, “Well I’m guessing this is your way of telling me to chill out” said Baden walking towards the house, as Baden was walking towards the house a portal appeared under him and brought him back to the group, “Not so fast this is for Nathan and Elisa” said Dakota, “Come on tell me this is a joke, you have to be joking right?” said Elisa, “Come on let’s go” said Nathan as the two walked of towards the house, “Well I guess those two can go and make a move on each other” said Baden as he heard something behind him, “You shall have regrets” said Elisa as she punched Baden to the ground within a couple of seconds.

Baden got up in a matter of seconds, “How did she do that and how am I conscious” said Baden, “Well you see I am pretty sure that hit would have been fatal but you see in the greyspace it isn’t possible to die so you just go back to the state you were in prior to that fatal blow” said Dakota, “So I was meant to die from that?” said Baden, “Well I would imagine so” said Dakota, “Well at least she knew about this and it wasn’t her trying to kill me” said Baden, “Well let’s move on to the next place” said Dakota avoiding the topic, “Right? She wasn’t trying to kill me was she? Dakota come on tell me,” said Baden as the group moved on to the next place.

The group went on to see what appeared to be a hospital, “Well it doesn’t take a genius to figure this one out” said Baden as he proceeded to walk towards the hospital, yet again a portal appeared under Baden bringing him back to the rest of the group, “Really Baden?” said Dakota as he crossed his arms and looked at him with disappointment, “But this is so boring can I just go to mine already” said Baden, “Anyway Naomi and Caitlin will be staying here” said Dakota, “Why do I have to be here?” said Naomi, “Well I did further investigation into your power and I think you will need someone to heal you so that you can master your power faster, also I was running out of people to pair you with” said Dakota, the group went on as Caitlin and Naomi energetically ran to their living space.

The next place was a very shiny looking building, “That seems like somewhere that I would go right?” said Baden with the last bit of his patience being used up, “Yes this building is made completely of fireproof materials” said Dakota, “Why?” Baden asked, “Are you serious we have like nobody left in the group with us you do the math” said Dakota, Baden looked around and saw Jesse and had a reaction of panic, “Is it Will please tell me it’s Will right?” said Baden with fear in his voice, “It’s me!” said Jesse who was now getting angry, “Come on guys please don’t do this to me I don’t want to burn” said Baden as Jesse was dragging him away into the shining house.

The next place was really bright and seemed like there wasn’t a glimpse of darkness to be seen in sight, “Wait it’s just me and you now is this where you expect us to live it’s so bright” said Will, “No, I just wanted to get this done with quickly” said Dakota as he opened a portal that dropped Katie and Cat out of it, “Where are we?” asked Cat, “This isn’t the bar” added Katie, “You two will be living here I will explain the rest later” said Dakota, the two walked towards the house as they stepped into the light they remained unaffected by the brightness and proceeded onwards, “But how they hang around in the darkest and shadiest places how is this possible” said Will, “It’s better not to think about it let’s move on” said Dakota.

Will and Dakota walked on to the last building which was a mansion, “And Will this is where we will be staying” said Dakota, “I thought this was for you and Dylan for a second there, where is Dylan?” said Will, “He went off to his room he is sharing with Delta, anyway this wasn’t Dylan’s idea if it were up to Dylan you wouldn’t be in a house like this but as it was up to me I decided we would be perfect when it comes to training” said Dakota, Will proceeded to jump incredibly high and check out everything from a higher point, “Wow you two have made so much within such a small time” said Will, “Wasn’t me I just had a list Delta is the one who made all of this possible” said Dakota, “Where is Delta anyway, I haven’t seen him at all since we got here” said Will, “He had to sleep this took a lot of time to make he just got really tired and collapsed after we made it all” said Dakota.

Meanwhile at the real school, “BEN CAN YOU HEAR ME” said Hamish as he was shaking Ben from his trance like state, “IT’S TOO LATE THEY ALREADY GOT HIM IT’S ALL OVER IT’S GOING TO SPREAD TO US” said Jeremy whilst freaking out, Hamish proceeded to slap Ben to the floor, “Damn it Hamish what did you have to go and do that for” said Ben, “WE FOUND A CURE” said Jeremy as he proceeded to go up to the robots of everyone and slap them only to hurt his hand on a unexpected solid impact, “Never mind we can continue to panic” said Jeremy as he once again started freaking out.

Ben was looking around and looked back up at Hamish and slapped him across the face with all of his strength put into it, “Why did you slap me and if you answer wrong there is plenty more where that came from” said Ben, “I saved you from the zombie like state you were in” said Hamish, “I wasn’t in a zombie like state I was joining these guys because they said that all of the cool people are thinking about life” said Ben.

Hamish proceeded to go up to the robot of Baden and slap it, “Why would you do that” said Baden’s robot, “Because what are you guys doing you’re messing with my head” said Hamish, “Sorry we were thinking about life would you like to join us?” said Baden’s robot, Hamish was about to say just how much he didn’t want to do that but instead of saying anything he remained silent and walked away, “OH NO HAMISH WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU” said Jeremy in a panic as he proceeded to chase after the now silent Hamish.