[Ashley Jason 01] • Ashley Jason and the Superhero Academy by Flint Lucas

Author:Flint, Lucas [Flint, Lucas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes, Young Adult
Amazon: B08D2B17WS
Goodreads: 54772930
Publisher: Secret Identity Books
Published: 2020-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Over the next few weeks, news of Barrett Marcus’ father spread like wildfire through the campus. It seemed like everywhere I went, I overheard students talking to each other about the fact that the son of the leader of the world’s only superhuman nation was a student at the Academy. Some of the discussion was interest, with some wondering why President Marcus sent his son to the Academy, while others sounded a bit jealous, even afraid. It certainly seemed to catch the attention of some of the girls, who I now noticed paid a bit more attention to Barrett than they did before.

I felt kind of mixed on the subject. On one hand, it was nice that the rumor mill had shifted its attention away from me. I was getting tired of people talking about me and my condition behind my back. It meant I could focus more on my studies and curing my condition than on dealing with whatever false rumors or opinions people might have held about me.

On the other hand, I felt bad for Barrett, who was now the center of some unwanted attention himself. I didn’t consider Barrett a friend per se, but I did like him better than most of my classmates. I knew firsthand what it was like to have the rumor mill focused on you and I was worried that it might harm him somehow.

Barrett, though, did not seem terribly bothered by the rumors that swirled around him. Granted, I never really got a chance to sit down and talk with him, but every time I saw him in class or during mealtimes, Barrett looked perfectly at ease with himself and no one ever seemed to bother him.

Honestly, though, Barrett’s revelation got me wondering as well. For example, how did his father feel about Parasite threatening the Academy because I was here?

I knew very little about President Marcus, the founder of Superbia and its first and only president so far. The most I knew was that he spent a lot of time on TV and the Internet speaking out against human rights abuses against superhumans all around the globe. It made him a controversial figure in some circles, but again, I didn’t know too much about him. Dad probably did, but then, Dad seemed to know everyone in the superhuman community, so that made sense.

Truthfully, though, I didn’t really do much research into Superbia. That was mostly because of my least favorite thing in the universe: Homework.

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting when I got accepted to the Academy. I suppose I thought that because it was a ‘superhero school,’ that meant we would have less homework than we’d have at normal high schools. After all, while being a superhero was no simple or easy task, there were far fewer subjects for superheroes to know and understand to do their job correctly. Or so you’d think.

As it turned out, there was a lot more emphasis on the ‘school’ part of ‘superhero school’ than I expected.

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