Park.
A woman with glasses stepped out of an invisible jet and spoke.
— Guys, I need to have a serious talk with you.
Glory spoke up.
— And who are you?
The woman held out a purple iridescent pass.
— I am Agent Mirai, sent by the secret organization T.O.S.T. to assemble a team of people with newfound superpowers.
Glory took the pass and said.
— Just a minute.
After that, he assembled the circle, and the Rapi remained in the center.
— What are we going to do? It's better not to mess with these people, or else she found us out of some kind of hole. So if we refuse, it won't leave us alone anyway...
Ray spoke up.
— It sounds pretty good, and she doesn't seem to be lying.
Tama was looking at the card.
— The pass is beautiful, and she herself is nothing like that.
Rapi barked.
— It seems to me that it is not very reasonable to trust an unfamiliar person, an unfamiliar organization, in an unfamiliar metropolis!
Glory looked at the dog.
— Well, if even Rapi agrees, then we agree.
— ... And how do you communicate with him? — Rapi barked again.
Glory came closer and handed over the pass.
— Well, we agree on that...
Mirai, turning towards jet.
— Great. Pack your bags and fly out...
The guys quickly packed their bags and boarded an invisible jet. The device was large, designed for 10 people. Inside, in addition to the dashboard and two steering seats, there were also seats and a lot of technological interfaces.
They settled into their seats, Mirai took the steering seat and, turning on the autopilot, the jet took off. Flying through San Fenji at night, Glory asked.
— Where exactly are we going now?
Follow the route by controlling it.
— There's no point in taking you to the organization, so we flew straight to the shelter.
After flying halfway across the city, our heroes landed in a completely different park, more like a village. Mirai parked the jet right on the wooden stage, in the back of which there was a small booth that served as a locker room and storage for props.
The guys came out of the back of the token.
Glory looked around and asked.
— That we will have to build a shelter ourselves?
Ray looked at the stage and spoke.
— Wait a minute...
Then he walked around the stage and saw the booth. There was a meter and two closed sockets in front of her. They opened the counter, but nothing was visible. Suddenly, Mirai swiped her pass across the panel and behind them, in front of the booth, the entrance to the basement opened, emitting light.
— Welcome to your new home.
They went down the stairs, at the end of which there was an elevator. Mirai pressed the ground floor button and the elevator started moving. They found themselves in a spacious garage, which was crammed with various panels, going further, they could stumble upon the door to the workshop. Technological machines and equipment were located there.
The floor below was a kitchen, a common room, and a hallway with lots of doors and what turned out to be living rooms.
The guys were amazed and couldn't believe what was happening. Mirai calmed them down and said.
— Take your things, sort around the room and go to bed. We start tomorrow morning.
Tama asked.
— Starting what?
— To reveal your abilities, of course.
The boys entered the first rooms they saw. All rooms had a large bed, wardrobe, bedside table and desk.
Everyone fell asleep.
It's the middle of the night.
There was a knock on Tama's room, and the girl opened the door, behind which Glory and Ray were standing.
The boys went into the room.
Ray immediately spoke up.
— Well, what do you think?
Glory spoke up.
— In general, it's not bad. The kitchen is really far away.
— Not in that sense.
Tama, holding Rapi in her hands.
— The woman looks kind, you think she's up to something.
Ray, holding his head.
— That's right, a kind woman suddenly appears out of nowhere, after Glory started glowing, I started reading other people's thoughts, and you're talking to a dog at all.
Glory guessed.
— Maybe she's from the government, and now we're anomalies that will be used as a special anti-alien squad?
Ray and Tama rolled their eyes. Rapi barked.
— I should have stayed at home, it's quieter there...
Ray sighed.
— Okay, we'll see what happens, but if we get a whiff of something, we'll leave right away.
Early morning.
Mirai used the walkie-talkie that was built into each room to wake everyone up and urge everyone to come to the kitchen.
The guys stumbled sleepily to the gathering place. In it, Mirai made breakfast and, showing the costumes, said.
— Have breakfast, and then put on this uniform.
Tama holding Rapi in her arms.
— Well, what are they for?
— For the concept.
Ray whispered.
— For protection, so as not to kill each other.
Glory looked sleepy.
— Do you have a problem with not finishing your sentences?
Mirai spoke.
— No, but you will if you don't start eating right away.
— Got it...
After breakfast, the guys in suits stood outside while Mirai was watching something on her tablet.
Ray said, warming up.
— Well, that's convenient.
Mirai, without distractions.
— These suits will not only protect you from unpleasant situations, but also collect data.
Glory asked.
— Will he be able to track the blood flow?
— No... But it can cause it...
Glory exchanged a puzzled glance with Raymond.
Mirai put the tablet away and looked at her watch.
— Well, let's get started!
Glory volunteered to be the first to check. They put a small springboard next to him and asked him to jump off it. The kid was hesitant at first, but under Mirai's kind entreaties, he jumped anyway.
After flying three meters above the ground, Glory landed firmly. Ray immediately helped him up, and Mirai just spoke.
— It doesn't fly...
The next challenge was to break the tablet. The boy came up to her, looked at the woman with pity, and then back at the tablet. Exhaling, Glory delivered his strongest punch. The tablet remained intact, but the boy's hand was apparently missing, which was why he had to restrain what seemed to be hellish screams.
After a few more checks, Mirai nervously asked.
— What the hell is wrong with you?
Glory was also on edge, screaming.
— I don't know!
Suddenly, the indicators from the suit were displayed on the tablet, and the boy was covered with green energy.
— I just fell asleep and took off, and then my hand lit up and that's it!
To calm down, he took the tablet and threw it with all his might. She seemed to have flown 50 meters away.
Everyone was surprised, but suddenly Rapi got off the leash and ran after the board so fast that as soon as the board landed, Rapi was already standing at Tama's feet to hand it over.
Mirai happily took notes on it.
— Great, now Raymond.
Ray was wearing a hat with wires. Mirai handed the tablet to Glory and spoke.
— Glory will be reading the text and the equations to herself now, and you'll have to tell us. And so... have begun.
The boy began to read, and Ray, putting his hand to his head, spoke.
— Short-term rain is expected tomorrow afternoon... Several monkeys escaped from Central Park... A couple of strange robberies happened on Tropic Street... 8-800... It was getting dark outside the window and night was falling... Oh, I wish I had a cheeseburger...
Ray looked at Mirai.
— It seems to me that it went off topic...
Suddenly, something was projected on the tablet from which Glory was horrified. Mirai immediately took the tablet away and said.
— Tama, you're next...
Ray and Glory exchanged glances, and "F@ck" appeared on the tablet
Next, Tama showed her abilities.
— Well, she's talking...
Mirai asked.
— What does he say? As a person or...
— As a person.
— Mmm... Okay, that's it for now.
Afternoon.
During the meal, the guys were zealously discussing something. But Mirai interrupted them, beckoning them to another exercise.
Now Mirai was explaining the jet's operation and controls. By evening, she gave the task to get comfortable in the rooms. The guys sighed.
— Well, okay. You can poke at the buttons, but don't break anything.
The guys were delighted. They ran up the floors. Ray rummaged in the workshop: he climbed into the jet, poked buttons in it, found blasters on the table. Tama discovered a watch capable of changing the appearance of the costume. Glory found a warehouse filled with suitcases. There was a combination lock on each of them. The kid tried to play combinations, but to no avail. Suddenly he remembered something and entered "0721", the suitcase opened. There was money in it. Glory looked around, then abruptly closed the suitcase and ran out of the warehouse.
Towards nightfall, Mirai gathered everyone in the garage. Giving each of them a pair of watches and a micro earphone.
— Now we will fly on your first mission.
Glory asked.
— Is there a name?
— «Power and Invincibility».
— A lot of pathos...
Everyone boarded the jet. On the way to the destination, Mirai explained the gist.
— So you will need to get into an underground bar and make friends with two guys in order to recruit them into our friendly squad.
Tama asked.
— Can't you go, like you did with us?
— It would be strange if an adult girl were to beg for something from teenagers, and you don't want to make a fuss in a bar.
Glory was surprised.
— Well, yes, of course it will be very, very strange...
Mirai landed the device on an unlit street. The guys got out of the jet, and then a voice came over the earpiece.
— One-two, one-two, can you hear me, over?
— Yes. — they answered in unison.
— So, first turn on the disguise, and then move down the alley to the sign "Billiards".
The guys changed their look to more fashionable things with the help of watches. The guys went to the entrance, but the bouncer stopped them, saying.
— Hey, what did you want?
Ray transmitted it using telepathy.
— There's a guard here, what should we do?
— The guard? It wasn't in the plan... Uh, in general, I'll try to figure it out, over...
Ray sighed.
— We wanted to enter.
The bouncer immediately told me.
— You can't go with animals, this one is too low, and you're all too small to hang around here.
Glory was indignant.
— Who's short here? I now...
Ray slowed the kid down, showing the security guard the documents.
— Hmm... Okay, you can go through, but you can get lost.
Raymond spread his hands and entered, while Glory, Tama, and Rapi continued down the alley.
Ray went down to the basement.
— Okay, I'm here. I see people, music is playing, there is a bar, and I move on...
Ray walked forward through the crowd, looking around, studying each person. As he climbed higher, he came across people gathered around the table.
When he got deeper, he saw a guy in a plaid shirt beating everyone in arm wrestling.
— I think I found one.
Ray came closer and joined the queue.
At this time, Glory and Tama were looking for another entrance. The kid was talking with displeasure.
— Low, of course low, since you're such an overgrown person yourself...
Glory kicked the empty jar.
— So where's the back door? Door, window, hatch... At least human-sized ventilation!
The kid kicked at the wall and because of this, a weak ventilation grate fell.
— Bingo-O. — Glory whispered.
A curious cat was watching nearby. Glory spoke up.
— Taks, I'll go first, and you cover the rear.
The kid was halfway through the ventilation shaft when Tama handed Glory a juicy toast. The kid screamed.
— What is this!?
— I'm covering the rear!
Glory crawled all the way into the vent while Tama waited outside. Suddenly Rapi started barking at the cat. Tama tried to calm her down, but Rapi broke free and ran at super speed at the cat. Tama was scared, but suddenly the cat turned into a wolf and howled, so Rapi, scared, came back.
The wolf began to slowly approach them.
Bar.
It was Ray's turn to fight. At first, the forces were on par, but Ray read the guy's mind. "This one's strong," "We'll have to pump it up." The guy laid Ray down. They both laughed, and Raymond said.
— You're holding up well, Lex!
— Yes, and you?
— Raymond, I came to ask about your «methodology».
They moved away from the people.
— How do you know about the methodology?
— Oh, I know a lot about who you're with here, what you had for breakfast, and I'll tell you right away, yes, I read minds.
Lex looked around.
— Fle-er! Come here!
A guy with short hair, who was performing tricks with fire, raised his head and approached the guys.
— What did you want?
— It's about... the shorter one.
— Aah... And I told you you'd be swept away quickly.
Fleur held out his burning hand, but came to his senses in time, extinguished it and shook his hand.
— In general, me and two others on the street also have, so to speak, "special features" and some woman found us on a flying jet and, having given us shelter and all sorts of cool things, invited us to a squad to save the world.
The guys exchanged glances. Fleur was sentenced.
— That doesn't make sense...
Lex spoke up.
— I agree, I'm fine here.
— Hey, what are you doing? It'll be fun.
Fleur replied.
— Maybe another time...
At the same moment, Glory fell out of the ventilation, which fell directly onto the billiard table, which the players did not like very much and they immediately attacked the boy. Ray, Lex and Fleur, who saw this from a height, were surprised, and Ray spoke.
— Well, why do you have to rush in at the wrong time every time!
And then he ran downstairs, the guys chasing after him.
The guys got into a scuffle. Glory crawled away safely. Ray came up to him.
— Well, why the fuck do that?
— I've come to help you, Professor!
— Well, thanks, now everything will definitely go according to plan!
— What am I supposed to do?
— Get out of here before you get trampled!
— And you?
— I still need to negotiate...
Glory walked away and with the help of his strength climbed back into the ventilation and crawled outside.
— Can you imagine, someone broke the table there and a scuffle started... Where does the wolf come from?!
The wolf was distracted by Glory, attacking him. He knocked the kid down and tried to bite him, Glory threw him with the help of the green force out of fear. Immediately getting up, he stood in front of Tama and Rapi and, taking the lid from the trash can, charged the lid with energy and threw it at the wolf.
The wolf transformed into a gorilla and stopped the lid with his hand, slamming it into the ground. After that, the unknown man ran towards the guys. Glory caught fire with energy and tried to execute a punch, but was immediately sent to the trash can. The gorilla took Rapi away and headed back, Tama couldn't stand it and collapsed to the ground screaming. Suddenly, she released a large column of flame that went all over the alley, roasting the gorilla in the process.
In the bar, Ray, sensing the approaching danger, spoke.
— Careful!
And he pushed Lex, who was standing near the ventilation, out, Fleur, seeing this, immediately reacted and covered Ray from the fire.
After making sure that everything was in order, the guys headed for the exit, but it was closed. Lex just kicked the iron door off his foot. And when they ran out of the bar and walked around the building, they saw a half-smoked alley. And how Tama, surrounded by ice and fire, hugged Rapi.
Ray ran over to check how he felt. Everything turned out well. Glory limped out of the tank.
— I won't be surprised at anything else in this city.
After that, he almost fell to the ground, but Ray caught him... A cat watched from the roof, which immediately disappeared.
An unknown laboratory.
A cat appeared in one of the offices. The scientist asked.
— Could you get it?"
The cat turned into a girl.
— No, but now there are two more of them.
—Great, the more of them there are, the better. Otherwise, the only hope is for you, Deila...
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