BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY

Ethan was in his room, lying on his bed, checking out the new hero organization website that was going viral. He read through the information and noticed that the headquarters was located in the same city as Ethan.

So he got up from bed and put on his helmet. He then headed towards the door and left the house, running at superspeed towards the headquarters.

When he arrived, he saw a large building with the letters "IHO" on it as a logo, and under the letters was written "international hero organization".

Ethan walked in and saw a lot of construction workers; they were all lifting heavy stuff that normal people can't, so Ethan thought they had super strength. Ethan walked to the reception where he saw a woman.

Ethan: "Hey, uh… this is the hero organization?"

Receptionist: "Yes… This is the hero organization."

Ethan: "So, can I know more, like how to sign up and how to…. You know"

Receptionist: "Yes, uh… the hero organization is still being built, but you can sign up… and to sign up, we need to test your strength and your capabilities to decide what your rank is."

Ethan: "And the ranks are C to A? A being the strongest?"

Receptionist: "Yes, but instead of starting from C, we start from E…"

Ethan: "oh… what else is there…"

Receptionist: "Well… there are villain rankings too, E being the least dangerous, A being the most dangerous…"

Ethan: "So it's also how strong they are?"

Receptionist: "No, not how strong they are, but how dangerous they are… whether it's brains, brawn or power"

Ethan: "OK, I'll sign up…"

The receptionist gave Ethan a form, and Ethan filled it with his name and number, and all those kinds of things. The receptionist then told Ethan to wait while they arranged an expert to test Ethan's capabilities, and so the receptionist went through a staff-only door that was behind her, and Ethan waited.

A woman then appeared behind Ethan, and due to Ethan's super reflexes(because he has super speed), he noticed her and he turned around.

The woman: "Wow! Good reflexes! I'm Charlotte, I'm going to be testing you… There's an empty area next to this building. Let's test your strength there."

Ethan: "OK? Sure, yeah, let's go."

Ethan followed Charlotte out of the building and into the empty area. Ethan took out his phone and AirPods and wore them, then played the song "Light It Up" by NEFFEX, and then he got to battle position.

Charlotte: "You ready? I won't hold back, you know."

Ethan: "Then I won't either."

Charlotte teleported next to Ethan and kicked him, Ethan dodged the kick and ran, putting some distance between them, but Charlotte just teleported again and tried to punch Ethan, but Ethan just jumped high and created a barrier to stop his ascend and he launched himself off the barrier and into the ground, causing a shock wave and a large dust storm.

Ethan took advantage of the storm and blinded Charlotte, then he grabbed her leg and tripped her, then he ran out of the dust storm and waited until it went away.

Charlotte teleported to him and tried to kick him, but Ethan was about to parry when she grabbed him instead and teleported him to the sky, hoping that she had bested him.

The song "Rare" by NEFFEX started, and Ethan summoned lightning towards Charlotte. Charlotte was startled, but she recomposed herself, and then she saw Ethan riding a dragon made purely from lightning.

Charlotte was shocked, but she teleported to Ethan and kicked him. But this time, Ethan grabbed her by the head and threw her upwards, and then he summoned lightning to hit her, which pushed her downwards.

Ethan launched himself from the dragon, causing it to disappear, and then he arrived at the same level as Charlotte, and he punched her downwards towards the ground, causing the air to fly downwards.

Ethan landed on the ground. He was unfazed by the fall, so he dusted himself and walked towards Charlotte, who was barely able to move now.

Ethan: "Do you give up?"

Charlotte: "fine… I do… I give up… you bested me…"

Ethan smirked and lifted his hand in the air, and lightning struck it, electric wings forming and an aura appearing. All in triumph, Charlotte gave Ethan a note.

Charlotte: "Give this to reception… it means you bested me… that's all you have to do to pass… but how you bested me is how your rank will be… but I'll tell them when I heal up."

Ethan: "Want me to get you to a hospital?"

Charlotte: "No… no… thanks, kid, but leave me be, I will take care of myself."

Ethan: "OK? uhm… Bye!"

Charlotte weakly smiled and waved. Ethan dropped off the note and ran back to his home.

After a few days, he checked his account and saw himself in the rankings… he was ranked C number 10.