The The Superior 4: The Beginning

Rachel frowned as her friend Brittany whispered to her, "Don't look now but Micheal is staring at you again. Wow, he really has a thing for you, doesn't he?"
"Whatever," she said glaring at him. Micheal had to have been the least popular boy in school.
"What do you have next again, Rachel?" her friend Ashlynn asked.
"Weight Lifting," she said with a groan.
"I hate that class. Coach Moore makes us work so hard. He makes us lift as much weight as we can and he always knows when we're cheating," Brittany said.
I can fool him, Rachel thought, laughing silently in her head. But then again she could also lift the entire machine over her head without even flinching.
"Seriously, when is he going to get the hint and stop staring at me," she said to her friends. And right then he got the hint and started staring at some hippie girl named Livvy.
Livvy Lynn shuddered as she realized that Micheal was starring at her again. She broke her attention from the conversation that she'd been listening to and looked straight at him. It was really the birds that she'd been listening to that had brought his staring to her attention. She went back to listening to them. Typically she avoided talking to the birds while she with human people but she enjoyed listening to them. Sometimes they were more interesting then her human friends.
She looked back at him and he wasn't staring at her again and calmed down.
"Dude, are coming bowling with us tonight," Ty asked Cody Chase on another side of the cafeteria.
"Oh yeah, wouldn't miss it," Cody said.
"Dude, last time you said that you totally missed it," Ty said.
Yeah, because last time you asked one of my clones and I can't retain any of those memories, Cody thought. "Sorry, dude, I totally forgot but this time I'll remember for sure."
Right then something caught Cody's eye. Why the heck is Micheal Mortenson staring at me again? he thought.
That's when Micheal got up and left.

Rachel Rover opened her locker and a note fell out. Her friend Brittany picked it up and laughed. "Rachel check this out:
'Dear Rachel Rover,
'I know your secret. If you wish to keep it hidden you'll come to 678 S. 1200 W. at 7 o'clock tonight. I'll see you there. Come alone.' Doesn't say who sent it. But there's a weird little picture at the bottom of a weight. Weird. Is there a secret that you're hiding," she said.
Rachel took the note from her and stared at it. Meanwhile in other parts of the school Livvy and Cody were also opening their lockers and finding similar notes with one difference. Livvy had a picture of a deer and a bird and Cody found a picture of three identical black silhouettes.

Livvy's heart beat quickly as she sped walked up to the address she had been told to go to. She could swear that she'd been followed for the last half-mile. The mysterious note wasn't helping at all either. She was finally at the house that she been going to but it didn't help.
Suddenly she heard a crunch and she couldn't take it anymore. "Is someone there?" she yelled out.
She heard the footsteps speed up as one of the boys she recognized from her geography class joined her.
"Livvy?" he asked.
"Cody?" she said.
"What are two losers doing here? Don't tell me that you're the ones who sent the weird note," Rachel said.
"Did the note tell you to come here at 7 o'clock? And said that they knew your secret?" Livvy asked.
"Yep," she said.
"I got one of those too," Livvy said.
"Me too," Cody said.
"So if it's not from either of you, who was it from?" Rachel asked.
"I guess we'll find out," Cody said heading to the door. He gave it a strong knock.
Less then a few seconds later the door swung open and their host stared at them.
"Micheal Mortenson. Wow, what a surprise there. I'm out," Rachel said.
"Wait, Rachel, I know you're curious why you're here. I know you're curious how I know you're secret. And I know you know exactly what secret I'm talking about."
She turned around and faced him. "If you touch me I will beat you up," she said.
"Don't worry that's one fight I would like to avoid and I have absolutely no interest in kissing you. Actually I asked all three of you to come here to ask for your help. I'm fully aware of your unique abilities and although you've never used them to help anyone I think with a little training we could make it work,"
"Special abilities?" Livvy asked.
"Yes, Livvy, you're incredible ability to speak to and command animals. Cody's ability to clone himself. And Rachel's amazing super strength," he said.
"How the heck to know about that Mortenson?" Rachel asked.
"Because Rachel, I too have an amazing ability. I can read minds. That's how I know you've been pretending for years that you could lift less then you can. I've been able to know what animals have been saying through Livvy's mind. And I've been able to know that Cody skipped school on Monday and instead sent a clone. And it's how I know right now that all of you are doubtful and confused," he said. "So let's demonstrate our powers for each other to lessen the confusion. Follow me."
They followed him straight into a bedroom. He moved a picture frame and revealed a panel covered with buttons. He pressed a few and the bed moved to reveal a secret passage way. The followed him down the stairs and into a large basement full of gadgets.
"Okay, Cody, would you like to go first. I would just like you to clone yourself four times," Micheal said. "And the reason I'm not going first Rachel is because I already have."
"Dude, I've never shown my power to anyone," Cody said nervously.
"It's okay. I know you can and I know you're dying to show someone your powers. Show us, we all have super powers," Micheal said.
Cody started to separate himself and suddenly there were two of him.
"Can you show us that you can do it multiple times. Just three more times if you will," Micheal said.
"Okay, fine. Easy," Cody said. He then filled the room with his clones.
"I said four times not forty," Micheal said.
"Whatever," Cody said turning all his clones into dust which flowed his direction.
"Okay, Rachel would you like to go next. Follow me," Micheal said as he started to walk away.
"I'm not super in any way. I refuse to do anything that you tell me to," Rachel said following him.
"Really, I guess you can just leave then and when we're saving the world you may just regret leaving right away," Micheal said.
"Fine. I'm super strong. I admit it. Do I still need to demonstrate it?" Rachel asked.
"It would be nice. I had an entire demonstration ready for you and everything," Micheal said.
"Fine. Whatever, what do you want me to do?" she asked putting her hands on her hips and leaning to the right.
"I have this box weighing at least 400 pounds. I just need you to pick it up for me and put it over head. Easy for you right," Micheal said.
"Whatever," she said. She did exactly what he told her to do.
"How much do you weigh, Rachel? And don't say none of your business. I'm making a point," Micheal said.
"About 90 pounds," she said.
"Rachel can lift at least 4 times her weight without even flinching. I bet she can even lift more but I couldn't fit anymore into the box," he said. "Okay, Livvy."
"Yes," she said very loudly and quickly.
"I have a parakeet in a room -" he said.
"Okay," she said. And she started making chirping sounds.
"I wasn't done-" he said but he was cut off by flapping wings as his parakeet landed on Livvy's shoulder.
"What the? How did you do that? He was in a cage and everything. How did you?" he said.
"You're the one who can read minds," Rachel said.
"When I choose to. . . I'm not getting-" Micheal said.
"Dude, what's your point we all have super powers," Cody said interrupting.
"Right, I've asked you to come here today because there is great evil about and I can't defeat them alone. I realize that you've never used your powers to fight crime but applied correctly I believe you could do good for man-kind," Micheal said.
"What sort of crime are you talking about?" Livvy asked.
"Like robber and murderers and stuff. Can't the police take care of that?" Cody asked.
"No, there is a much greater evil -" Micheal started.
"Will you stop talking like that and just start talking like a normal person?" Rachel said. "If that's possible," she mumbled to herself.
"Fine. There's this super villain named Dr. P and I need your help to defeat him," Micheal said.
"Dr. P? What does the P stand for? What is he like? What can he do that makes him so super?" the three kids asked.
"I don't really know a lot about him but I know he's dangerous and he needs to be stopped. And I can't do that alone," he said.
"I'm in," Livvy said.
"What?" Rachel said.
"Me too," Cody said.
"What? You're just going to jump in right away. I mean, I'm not ready to reveal my secret," Rachel said.
"No need. We'd have secret identities just like in the comic books," said Micheal.
"Still. I know nothing about-" Rachel said.
"Rachel. We need you," Livvy said.
"Fine. I'm in," Rachel said.
"To the Superior 4!" Micheal yelled.
"To the Superior 4!" the others repeated.

Lilly and Corbin

She walked in with her head held high, her dark brown hair in a short ponytail. She carefully took a seat next to a boy in a wheelchair. She smiled at him and asked, "Is this the "people who are too lame to get there license" seminar?"
He smiled back at her and said, "Yeah this is non-drivers seminar? Why are you here?"
"I could ask you the same thing," she said. He laughed. "Would you believe that my idiot parents lost my birth certificate and my social security number?"
"Both?"
"Yep. I asked them if they could get me copies and they said they couldn't remember the name of the hospital that I was born in," she said. "I'm Lilly by the way."
"Corbin," he said.
"You go to Ceaser High, right? I think I've seen you around," Lilly said.
"Yeah I do, you do too?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"I haven't seen you around," he said.
"Well, no offense but your just a little bit more noticable."
"None taken. Yeah, the wheelchair is a little noticable, isn't it?"
"Oh my gosh, you are in a wheelchair. I was talking about the glasses," she said. "Hmm, I like you Corbin. You are now one of my friends."
"You too. But I haven't met anyone who tells people when they're friends."
"You haven't met anyone like me," she said.

The Forgotten World Part 7

The Forgotten World Part 6

"What do you need help with?" Jonah asked.
"My friend, he hurt his ankle. I don't know what to do," Zoe said.
"Where is he?" asked Noah.
"Inside this house. Follow me," she said. She swung around and headed for the house with the boys behind her. She opened the front door and headed towards Rocky.
The boys stopped in their tracks as soon as they saw Rocky, "Woah, does everyone have this bright colored hair?" Noah said.
"Yes," Zoe said, "Can you help him?"
"Yeah, you said he hurt his ankle right?" Jacob said. He leaned down and inspected his ankle, "This is a pretty good homemade cast."
"Um, why aren't either of you wearing shoes?" asked Eli.
"My shoe on the foot that's not broken fell off and Zoe took the other one off when she was trying to fix it. And Zoe never wears shoes," Rocky said.
"What's your name?" Jacob said.
"It's Rocky," he said.
"Hmm, well I think we need to take you back to the tribe to take care of this," Jacob said.
"But, Jacob, what about hunting?" Noah said.
"I'll take them back. You only need three people for any hunting mission. We only had four because Jonah insisted on coming," Jacob said.
"Hey!" Jonah said.
"Your going to become a gatherer Jonah, anyway," Noah said. "That's fine, Jacob."
"Yeah, Jacob, that works," Jonah said.
"Okay, I'll see you guys back at the tribe," Jacob said. And after saying their good-byes they left.
"Okay, Zoe, you know how to do a two person lift?" Jacob asked. She shook her head no and and he taught her how. They were on their way, "So the tribe is only an hour away just walking but walking with someone it might take up to two hours."
"Thanks for helping us," Zoe said.

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The Forgotten World Part 6

The Forgotten World Part 5

As she made her way to the top of the stairs she felt a sore pain in her legs. She looked back at the stairs for a few seconds and then moved on.
She wandered into the first room and she looked around suddenly something almost hit her. She stumbled backwards and hit a wall. Right above her was a bird and a nest, the window was broken and it was obvious that was how it had flown through. Zoe felt her heart speed up quickly. She left the room without a second thought.
She wandered around the other rooms on the second floor being careful. She walked into one room with two white storage spaces. These storage spaces were unique though as she opened them she realized that they were circular spaces instead of the square spaces that the others had. She looked down and realized that they had drawers at the bottom. She pulled the drawers out and looked in.
Inside were square pieces of cloth. She picked them up and smiled. She envisioned herself tying the square cloth around Rocky’s ankle. “This could help,” she said. She grabbed as many as she could and went down stairs.
“Rocky, look what I have!” she said as she walked slowly down the stairs.
“What? What is it?” he said.
“I don’t know, but I think it could help,” she said. She leaned down, took off his shoes, and tied one around his leg. It seemed to help a little but what she needed was some sort of support.
Suddenly she heard a sharp painful rasp on the window. She looked and there were was an overgrown tree hitting it. She smiled. “I’ll be right back, Rocky,” she said.
“Zoe!” he said as she ran for the front door.
She grabbed a bunch of tree branches in her hand and pulled them off. She started to peal of the flowers and leaves as she walked inside. She sat down and started working hard by putting branches around his leg and tying them with pieces of cloth.
“There, how does that feel?” she said to him tying the last knot.
“Painful,” he said. She frowned. “But it will do. I think it’s helping, actually.”
“I’m so sorry, Rocky,” she said.
He just looked at her.
“I’m going to go look for some food. I couldn’t find any in here,” she said.
“Zoe, wait,” he said.
“What?”
“Never mind,” he said. “I just don’t think there’s anything edible out there. And I mean how would you be able to tell?”
“I’ll see what I can find,” she said leaving.
She looked for things that she had heard that were edible such as berries or roots. She only sort of knew what they looked like. Berries, she had heard were round and colorful. She searched in her memory for roots but she couldn’t remember what they were.
She searched through the grass and in the bushes. She found flowers but she couldn’t seem to find any berries. A few flower bushes poked her, she abandoned those ones quickly. She tried not to stray to far from the house.
She was looking through a large bush in the front of the house when she a male voice say, “Who’s there?” from the other side of the bush.
It had to be a rescue team. Someone had noticed that they were gone and also the hole in the glass. She jumped up and ran around to the other side yelling, “You have to help me.”
On the other side were four young boys. They each had neutral colored hair, and neutral colored clothes. On their backs were large bags. They each had a sharp weapon held out like a sword or a knife, they weren’t weapons that were used where she cam from. She backed up a little. “You have to help me,” she said in a quieter voice.
“What tribe are you from?” The one in the front with a longer sword asked. He was Asian and had sharp black hair and brown eyes.
“What?” she asked. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m from Framtid.”
They looked at each other confused. “Where’s that?” another boy asked. This one had light brown hair and blue eyes.
She pointed up. They all looked.
“You’re from the Glass World?” the blue eyed boy asked.
She nodded. “Aren’t you?” she said.
“No,” they all said individually.
“But nobody lives down here. Everyone went up.”
“Not everybody,” said another boy with a darker brown hair and a crooked nose.
Zoe stepped back even more. “I’m Zoe,” she said.
“I’m Noah,” said the boy with the crooked nose.
“I’m Jonah,” said the Asian boy.
“I’m Jacob,” said the boy with light brown hair.
“I’m Eli,” said a tall boy in the back who hadn’t talked yet.
“You have to help me,” Zoe said.

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The Forgotten World Part 5

Forgotten World Part 4

Rocky fell on the foot with the shoe on. "Ugh," Rocky said grabbing his ankle. Tears swelled up in his eyes and he rocked back and forth.
Zoe stood up and looked straight up at the hole they had just fallen through, it seemed so far away now. She looked around and suddenly felt an overwhelming sensation of fear and adrenaline. She didn't know anyone who had been on the bottom layer before.
The whole thing had a musty smell to it that she had never smelt before. Everything was so natural down here, all the colors and everything. It was much nicer up close. She could hear a lot of chirping and she assumed it was the birds though she couldn't see any. Currently she was standing on a black surface that felt very uncomfortable on her feet. It was very rough and very bumpy. On her right was gray concrete like they had in the Omnipotent Center. And next to that was some plants that she believed were called grass. Past that was a primitive dwelling of someone who had lived her before the great movement. Everything down here was so fascinating.
Then she noticed Rocky who was biting his lip and whimpering. "Rocky, what's wrong?" Zoe asked.
"My ankle. I think I landed on it wrong," he said.
"Can you stand?" she asked.
Rocky tried but he ended up just groaning and crying even more as he collapsed back on the ground.
"I think you might have broken it. I'm sorry this was my fault, if I hadn't been holding onto you, your shoe would have been able to bring you down slower maybe even bring you back up," Zoe said.
Rocky just looked at her.
"I'll call an ambulance to pick us up," Zoe looked back up at the hole, "I better hurry before close up the hole."
She pressed the button on the Social Pad and it popped up. She immediately started to call for the ambulance. A message popped up: "We're sorry but you cannot make this call. You are currently in a zone out of our service. We're sorry for the inconvenience." Zoe stared at it for a few seconds. This was the first time she had ever seen that message.
"We don't have service," she said quietly and slowly.
"What? What do you mean?" Rocky asked.
"I mean I can't make the call. I guess since nobody's ever falling down to the surface that they never made it so that we could make calls down here," Zoe said looking at Rocky.
"So we're stuck," he asked.
She nodded.
"What now?" he asked.
"We should take care of that ankle first and then we can look for food and water," Zoe said looking around. "These plants look edible."
"What's the point? We're just going to die anyway," he said.
"Rocky, don't talk like that. If our ancestors could survive down here, so can we," Zoe said. "C'mon I'll carry you into that house over there." She then leaned down and gently tried to carry him. He was heavy but she managed to get him all the way to the house. She arrived at the stairs. She looked at them but then went up them. There was only three she opened the door and suddenly her feet hit a cool surface almost like glass but a little bit rougher plus instead of being clear it was cream and opaque. She was going to put him down there but she noticed next to the cream colored surface was gray grass like stuff. She stepped on it and it was soft on her feet like clothing except different. She put him on the floor next to the wall.
"I'm going to look around and see what I can find," she said.
"No, don't leave me here alone," he said.
"Rocky, you'll be fine," she said, "Trust me."
He nodded.
She left him heading away from the cream colored surface and towards the room in the back. So far the entire house didn't have any furniture in it, but as she stepped from one room to another she noticed that in the middle of the room was full of blue smooth table like surfaces, plus she was back on the cream-colored floors. The walls were covered with brown storage units. She opened one and stepped back at what she saw. Inside was this brown-black creature crawling around. Zoe realized that this was the first living creature she had seen besides humans. Zoe searched her memories to see if she could remember the name of it.
"Spider, I think," she said out loud to herself. She closed that cabinet and moved onto the next ones.
She then walked from room to room on the first floor stepping from the cream-colored floor to the gray grass floors. She opened doors and looked in all storage units. She found many more spiders and even a few more crawling things that weren't spiders. She found one door that just dropped straight down. She immediately closed that one. She didn't find anything. These were people that brought everything with them when they had left.
She kept going until she had gotten back to where she had started.
"Did you find anything?" Rocky asked her.
"Not yet but I haven't even checked the 2nd floor," Zoe said referring to the stairs that she was standing by. "And if I can't find anything up there I could always check the other houses around."
"No, that's okay, really. Don't leave," Rocky said.
"I'm going to go check upstairs," Zoe said. She paused at the stairs though. Every house in Framtid was only one story, she had never really been on stairs before, besides the three steps leading up to the house. She sighed and made her way up.

The Forgotten World Part 6

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