Chapter 57: The Dark History of Supers
"Oh god, now everyone’s looking at me. Why would he even say that?!"
Hannah returned to the Baby Crew, her steps just a bit more awkward than usual. While Victoria, Riley, and Silvie didn’t show much reaction to Spectacular Mustache Man’s words, the others—Pauline, Bella, Gary, and even Tomoe—were very clearly staring at her.
"That was... depressing," Bella whispered as she leaned in. "Also, girl, I didn’t know you were cracked."
"I’m not cracked!" Hannah whispered back, her voice slightly strained. "My powers are just... dangerous."
"That’s the definition of cracked."
"Oh?" Riley blinked as he turned to them. "I did not know that."
"It—"
Before the conversation could continue, Spectacular Mustache Man raised his voice again to short speech by adding more names into the fray.
"And it’s not only Ms. Hannah Ross," he crossed his arms while his mustache nodded for him, "Ms. V and Ms. Silvie Savelievnva are also both several classes above all of you—and they also have a clear advantage, they all awakened their powers as an infant, they were born already having abilities."
The weight of those words sank in fast. Not only did the other students turn their eyes toward Hannah again, but now Silvie and Victoria were catching stares too. Most students, especially Steph’s old friends, started avoiding Hannah’s gaze.
Of course, as her old classmates, they already knew what sort of super Hannah was as she actually unlocked her powers at a very early age. But they initially thought she only had flame-related abilities, but to think... her powers were actually nuclear?