Must Read: HERO (A Violence, Mind Control And sex Story) - Season 2 - Episode 56

7 years ago

Must Read: HERO (A Violence, Mind Control And sex Story) - Season 2 - Episode 56

After an altercation like that with Emmanuel and Emmanuella, the rocket twins, it’s no wonder the police would be looking for me. I’ll have to keep an eye out for them.

Before I have the chance to formulate an answer for John, a buzzer sounds, which startles me half out of my seat.

The judge introduces himself, and then the two teams. I see Professor Jane smiling at me in the front row, and Tina, Dennis, and Rose a few rows back. The judge goes over the rules, and we test our buzzers, before the first equation is displayed.
I freeze in shock when the screen lights up with the equation. It’s not that the equation is hard, quite the opposite, really. No, what startles me, is that I see the answer. I don’t meant that I know what the answer is, just by looking at it, but rather that the Wangers solved the equation, and are displaying the answer to me as soon as it’s revealed.

Unfortunately, the other team is quick on the ball and gets the point.
“It’s okay,” Tony says. “It’s just one question. We’ll get the rest.” I almost laugh. This is going to be too easy!

As soon as the second question appears on the screen, I hit my buzzer. Everyone stares at me in shock, but I easily give the answer that’s floating before my vision.

There is a murmur in the crowd, when the judge announces a correct answer, and Phillip pats me on the back.

A black haired Asian girl on the opposing team glares at me, and I note that she’s the one who answered the first question.

Looking at the crowd, I decide that I’d better wait a couple seconds before answering next time. I don’t want to make things too obvious.

That is, until the Asian girl hits her buzzer as soon as the third equation appears, and gets it right.
“Well,” The judge’s voice rings out, “it looks like we have quite the spirited and talented competition on our hands, tonight.”
‘Vage, does she have the Wangers?’ I send to the alien. I can’t sense any of the switches on the ship, but I know she’ll get the message.
‘No, but she has her gene activated,’ the words appear a moment later.
‘I think she has some kind of superior intellect,’ I tell her, then curse myself for being too distracted and missing the fourth question. She’d answered as soon as the screen lit up that time, also.
The crowd is really “ahh”-ing now, and I decide to get my butt in gear, if we’re going to have a chance of winning this.
The other girl hits her buzzer just a moment before the screen lights up this time, disqualifying her team this round, and I let John answer this one.
After that, it’s a battle to see who can hit the buzzer first, without hitting it too early. I screw up once, but quickly use a switch to display the equation. The girl really begins to glare at me after that, and ends up making two more mistakes.

The temptation to use my switches more than that once grows, as we stay neck and neck, but I hold back.

And then we’re one point behind for the final question. It’s worth two points.

The tension in the room is thick, and silence hangs supreme as everyone waits for the final problem to appear. No pressure at all.

The screen lights up, and suddenly my vision goes blank. I don’t mean the room dimmed, or I couldn’t see the screen, I mean everything went gray. A solid, flat gray.

It takes me a moment to realize that I’d heard the opponent’s buzzer, but no answer following it.
“She doesn’t have it,” Phillip says next to me. “Look at her, she’s shaking her head and her eyes are huge.”
I wish I could look at her. Why can’t I see?
“I need your answer,” the judge announces officiously.
Another buzzer sounds, indicating that the other team took too long.
“We’ve got this,” I hear John say. “What is it, Nick?”
“I don’t know,” I tell her in confusion. “I—I can’t see.”
The judge calls for us to answer, and I can hear Phillip furiously scribbling, trying to come up with the answer.
“What do you mean?” my female teammate demands. “It’s right there!”
I shake my head in denial, and point shakily at my head. She doesn’t understand, and I’m starting to get worried. Have I somehow overused the Wangers? Did something fry in my brain? ‘Vage?’ I send in desperation, but I can’t even see my own message.

Phillip hits the buzzer, and shouts, “Forty-two!”
“I’m sorry, that is incorrect,” the judge drones, and just that quickly, my vision returns.

Immediately I glance at the screen, wanting to know what kind of equation could stump the other team, but it’s already gone.
‘Vage, what happened?’
‘Your race is not yet ready for that answer,’ she responds a moment later.
What’s that supposed to mean?

Another buzzer, and the game is over. We lost.

The girl on the opposing team stomps over to me and stares me in the eyes for a moment.

“You cheated,” she states, matter-of-factly.

The judge hears her. “do you have any sort of evidence to present?” but she shakes her head, and walks back to her celebrating team.