TEAM UP

While Ethan was checking out the website, he found a part that said that every hero will be put inside a team of other heroes. Ethan just ignored it.

The next day, Ethan went to school and entered his class. He saw Minami sitting next to him, just like she does every day.

minami: "Hey Ethan! How was it before yesterday?"

Ethan: "It was fun… I had some trouble, so I had to leave for most of the wedding."

minami: "Oh… so you… Didn't see me catch the bouquet?"

Ethan: "You did? huh…. congrats? I don't know what to say, to be honest."

minami: "It's OK… don't worry"

Ethan: "So… who do you plan to marry?"

Minami looked at Ethan with wide eyes before looking at him in admiration… And the dense guy that Ethan is… He just didn't notice that…

minami: "Well… There is someone… Uhm… He's strong… Emotional… And fast… And he just became a hero… And he loves video games and anime and stuff like that."

Ethan: "Huh… I guess me and that guy have a lot of things in common, huh…"Ethan was so dense not to notice that she was talking about him… but at least she tried…

After school, Ethan got an Email, and it was from the IHO It was a call for him; the organization wanted him to go to their building to discuss something.

Ethan went and entered the building. The building still looked incomplete and dusty. Ethan walked to the receptionist, who greeted him and pointed him towards a door.

Ethan walked through the door and saw some stairs, so he walked up the stairs.

Upon reaching the 3rd level, Ethan saw his friend John, they shook each other's hands, then they talked.

Ethan: "Yo man!"

John: "Hey! Why are you here?"

Ethan: "The organization wanted me for something, and I came to check it out."

John: "Same here… I guess we should both wait here."

Ethan: "For what?"

John: "Until they choose which team we will go to…"

After a few minutes, Minami came up the stairs, which was unexpected, but Ethan's encounter with John was unexpected, so Ethan just went along.

Ethan: "Hey, Minami, did you get called here too?"

minami: "Yeah…"

Ethan: "Why did you join? I thought you were more of a show-biz kind of …girl?….gal?…. something like that"

minami: "I… just… joined because… I thought…uhm….uh… ah! because I felt pity for those who can't defend themselves…"

Ethan believed her and didn't give her any thought. She joined because she thought that she would be able to get closer to him, but at that moment, a man in a black tuxedo came out of the door that John was waiting next to.

Man in tuxedo: "Hello… You may call me Agent 10."

Ethan: "Agent 10? Is this your name, or your superhero name? or… what exactly?"

Agent 10: "It is my superhero name… it may not be creative, but a name is merely just something that we call ourselves… so it is ineffective to be creative with our names."

John: "But the more creative the name is, the more unique it is…"

Agent 10: "That does not matter… when a name is lazy enough… no one uses it, so it is still unique when it is not creative."

The trio looked at each other with confusion, then they laughed.

Ethan: "It makes sense, but it doesn't, how does that work!"

Minami: "Well, I guess that some people don't want to be creative at all."

Agent 10: "Enough chatter, let us talk about teaming up."

Ethan: "I'm OK, I don't need to be in a team…"

Agent 10 glared at Ethan, and Ethan suddenly felt uncomfortable

Agent 10: "It is not a request… It's an order… to be a hero, you need to be part of a team…it is more effective to defeat villains that way, now… to determine who the leader will be, I will test every one of you on your powers and your capabilities."

Ethan: "So… we go to the empty lot next to this building?"

Agent 10: "No… we have special equipment here, we will test your powers and abilities here."

Agent 10 went through the door again, and the trio followed. They saw lab equipment and other electronics. Agent 10 walked them to a machine that looked like an X-ray machine.

Ethan: "So… You gonna scan our bones?"

Agent 10: "This scans what your powers are and also your personality and memories, you… girl… you're first."

Minami hesitated, but then she lay on the bed in front of the machine, the machine activated, and began pulling the bed into it. Minami was nervous, and the others watched as she was put into the machine.