Early the next morning, Rowin rolled around in bed before waking up with a start. He grasped his throat finding it hard to breath. He gasped for breath and struggled to get air into his lungs.
"Calm down Sir Rowin! It was just a nightmare. You need to calm down and release your telekinetic hold on your neck." Zain tried to intervene but Rowin was too deeply terrified to listen. "I'm taking drastic measures to save your life, please forgive me for this."
As soon as Zain gave his apology, it split a tiny part of its constitution and drove it into Rowin's body. Using the body scans it took of Rowin, the nano particles rushed to his primary motor cortex. The nano particles released tiny currents of electricity once they arrived. Rowin twitched uncontrollably but his breathing was no longer being restricted.
It took a long time before Rowin was finally calm enough to understand what was happening. "Another nightmare. How many is it now?"
"This is your eighth nightmare Sir Rowin. I suggest going to the hospital, you are showing signs of severe PTSD. This can easily be solved by a simple treatment plan. I've already done the research and discovered that the treatment only takes an hour of your day."
"Do me a favour Zain and keep the suggestions to a minimum. Also what did you do to disable my telekinesis earlier?"
"I noticed that you treat your telekinesis like an extra limb so I disrupted the normal functioning of your primary motor cortex that controls voluntary movements. I apologize for invading your body in such a way but it was the only way I could think of to stop your telekinesis."
"No need to apologize, I understand that you had no choice. Another thing, do you scan my body without asking?"
"Yes. I am programmed to assist you in every way possible, this includes your internal bodily processes. I perform these scans by spreading some of my nano particles across your blood stream."
"I allow you to keep as many nano particles as you need in my body just keep them away from my brain. The only time you are allowed to do so is if a similar situation to the earlier one repeats itself. Now, how long before my classes start?"
"You have a little over an hour left."
Rowin sighed then went about preparing himself. He was so tired. The recurring nightmare of being poisoned to death while that vile girl stood over him, had ensured he got no sleep. Rowin left his room while dragging his feet. His periodic yawns and the dark bags under his eyes were a dead giveaway of his exhaustion.
He didn't even register when it happened but he realized that he was already seating in class. Mr B was seated at his desk in front of the class focusing on his nano watch. On every desk, including Rowin's, was an IR headband.
"How did I get here?" Rowin mumbled to no one in particular.
"You got 'B-napped'. It's a name we came up with for Mr B's habit of ordering random people to help him with stuff then ordering them to forget helping him after the task is done. It's normal around here." Chris answered while putting on his IR headband.
"That's wrong in so many ways. Wait, what did he make me do?"
"You brought the IR headbands to the class and distributed them. Don't worry, Mr B wouldn't do anything immoral to you. Even if he did, you wouldn't know. " With that Chris' eyes glazed over and he laid his head on his desk.
Rowin just sighed and put on his own headband. The classroom was suddenly empty with only Rowin's seat left. A holographic copy of Mr B took form a few meters ahead of him. Rowin had heard about this from Zain, it was this schools teaching method, IR learning.
"Welcome to class young scholar. I'll be explaining to you the basics of being a powered so pay close attention. At the end of this class I'll provide suggestions on how to improve your power. Let's begin.
" Power eggs are the source of our abilities but their origins and purpose remain a mystery. As for powers themselves they are even more mysterious as they change our very physiology. Let me simplify it by giving examples. When someone experiences The Hatching, their body is said to be at 0.5% intergration with their ability. The higher the percentage the more power and control you have over your ability.
"There are differences between the methods and rates of improvement for different powered. There are five grades and I'll explain them to you now. Let me give you an example to make this easier. Grades are expressed through numbers 1 to 5. Let's say that we have 5 people with super strength each of them being a different grade.
"If they all started with the ability to lift five hundred kilograms then did nothing to improve themselves for a month, there will be noticeable differences. The grade five will likely not improve at all or at worst become weaker. The grade four will improve by being able to lift about 750 kilograms. The grade 3 will be able to lift more than double the original weight. Grade two will be able to quadruple the weight limit. Grade one will be capable of lifting almost 8 times the original weight.
"The results are not always consistent since different factors regardless of how minute can cause great changes. Then there are two more grades that are separated from the norm. The first is the superior grade. It's a grade that shows a unique improvement method that is dependent on other ability users. Using the earlier example of super strength I'll try to simplify it.
"A superior grade powered will show no improvement at all in the time frame given. They will however show strength that will rival the grade one or two if they were to meet. The greatest example of this is if a speedster of superior grade that has never been able to reach the speed of sound meets another speedster that's capable of mach 3 speeds.
"The superior grade speedster will suddenly be capable of reaching the same speed or even surpass it. This is what it means to have a superior grade. It may seem like an amazing grade but it has two major flaws. It doesn't work on everyone with a similar ability. A superior grade speedster can meet all speedsters in existence and still not be able to improve. The other flaw is that some abilities are incredibly rare or even unique meaning there's nobody for them to mirror.
"The other unique grade is the flexible grade. Using the super strength example, a flexible grade powered will show grade 4 or 3 improvement when not exerting themselves. They will however show levels of strength that defy logic at random times. This is caused by what we call Conscious abilities.
"Conscious abilities are those that seem to be capable of acting without the powered's intentions. Most conscious abilities are of the flexible grade because of how they affect the intergration percentage. When doing things that are in line with what your conscious abilities want, your intergration percentage shoots up to almost 80%. This means that a flexible grade powered can fail to lift a tonne one moment and suddenly toss a multi-ton object into space a moment later.
"Have you understood how grades work now? " The hologram asked.
"I have, please continue. "
"Let me teach you about ability classifications. There are four classes for abilities but remember that every ability is unique and won't fall into these classes strictly. The first class is the physical class. All abilities that primarily enhance the functioning of the body fall into this class, like super strength and enhanced sight.
"The second class is the elemental class. This class primarily consists of abilities that allow you to control your environment or aspects of it. This class can also be quite confusing as it often clashes with the next class the energy class due to abilities like lightning control.
"The energy class as the name implies, consists of abilities that deal with the production and manipulation of different kinds of energy. The final class is the unique class which carries everything else. All abilities that don't follow the above classes are part of this one. An example of this class is the commonly known cloning ability.
"What is your ability? " The hologram suddenly asked.
"Telekinesis."
"You are part of the energy class. You should head to the testing area to find out your grade before heading to training. It will greatly affect how you train. The end of our lesson is approaching so let me add this, as a telekinesis user you will have some trouble controlling your ability. I suggest practicing control by constantly holding an item with your ability.
"Your brain pattern shows that you paid attention to everything throughout the lesson. I look forward to our next lesson tomorrow. " The lesson ended and Rowin woke up in class.