Kai is laying on the prison bed. An officer walks in.
Officer: Wake up 5687!
Kai rolls over in his bed showing his collar. Kai's collar has two small holes in the back of it. The officer sticks a large poker. The ends of the poker fit into the holes. The officer presses a button and it sends electricity into Kai, shocking him.
Officer: I won't ask again. Wake up 5687.
Kai gets out of bed.
Officer: On one knee for your cell search.
Kai starts to get on one knee, and the officer kicks the back of his leg sending Kai to his knees quicker. The officer looks around the cell. Then takes out a radio.
Officer: Clear.
The officer puts his radio back.
Officer: Get up.
Kai gets up, and starts walking as the officer says. Kai is led down a hall and into the elevator. The elevator goes up a few floors. When the door opens Kai can see the whole floor is one giant cafeteria. The officer kicks Kai into the cafeteria.
Officer: Move, I have things to do.
The officer goes back into the elevator and the doors shut.
Kai walks through the cafeteria. He sees all the Mutants and Metas sitting at the tables. Some look dreary, some look aggressive, and others are just having fun. Kai walks to the cafeteria lady, and she throws some, what they call food, onto Kai's plate. Kai sees a calendar with a holiday on every day.
Kai: Anything else on the menu today?
Cafe Lady: Slop or Slop. Why, do you not like the food you got?
Kai: Not really.
The cafe lady puts on gloves.
Kai: Aren't you supposed to put those on when you give me the food.
She walks around the counter and up to Kai. She punches Kai in the jaw. Kai is almost thrown back and drops his food. She grabs his arm, and pulls him closer to her. She punches him in the stomach again, and Kai drops to the ground. Kai starts to get up from the ground. She kicks him in the mouth.
Kai: Super strength. I'll write that down.
Cafe Lady: Learn your manors!
Kai gets up.
Kai: I wasn't going to eat the food anyway.
Kai sits down at a table without anyone. A man walks up to him and sits down at his table. He has huge eyes, and buzz cut hair. He is muscular, and his eyes dart around the place constantly. His prisoner outfits are ripped in many places looking as if he has been in knife fights.
???: I-I-I don't know who y-you are.
Kai: And I don't know you.
The guy bursts out into a laugh.
???: You were b-beat up b-by the lunch lady!
Kai: And?
He pulls out a shiv.
???: W-W-want some revenge?
Kai: I think I'm good.
???: Suit yourself. I-I was going after her anyways. I-I just wanted to k-know if you wanted to j-join. I was b-being polite.
Kai: That's all you.
The guy gets up and sits back down.
???: They call me crazy eyes.
Kai: I wonder why.
???: I-I k-know right. I-I still haven't figured it out.
Crazy Eyes gets up and walks over to the cafe lady. Then he takes out his knife.
Crazy Eyes: This is for not accepting my proposal!
Crazy eyes jumps at her. She kicks him in the stomach, and he falls to the ground.
Cafe Lady: This is the tenth time this week!
Kai just looks around at everyone there. He sees how they divide themselves. They are in two main groups then in sections. Kai just doesn't know why they divide themselves that way.
A metal door opens in the back of the cafeteria.
Officer: Everyone come this way. It's yard time.
Everyone goes up. They all walk single file outside. When they walk outside there isn't grass. They are walking on cement. There is a basketball net and workout equipment. Kai walks over to the workout equipment. Two guys walk in front of him.
Kai: Let me guess, I can't use that?
Brute1: You would be right.
Brute2: Even though you need it with those bony arms!
They both laugh and fist bump. Kai sighs and walks away.
Brute1: Was that disrespect?!
Brute2: I think that was disrespect!
Brute1: I think we should teach this guy a lesson!
Brute2: Let's take him to school!
They both crack their knuckles. One tries to punch Kai. Kai ducks under it and punches him in the stomach. The other one punches Kai in the temple. Kai drops to the ground.
Brute1: His punch didn't even hurt!
Brute2: He went down from one punch!
Kai gets back up and uppercuts one of them. The brute's head went back a bit. The other brute punches Kai in the stomach. Kai flinches from the pain. Then the brute elbowed him in the head. Kai dropped to the ground. The brute Kai uppercut kicks Kai in the stomach. Kai is pushed to his back. The brute puts his knees on Kai's arms, pinning him down.
Brute1: You have the same problem every new person has when they get here.
Kai: What?
The brute starts wailing on Kai. Punching him in the head one after another. He pauses every time he hits Kai.
Brute1: You… don't… know… how… to… fight… Mutants.
Kai is bloody and bruised. Guards pull the brute off of Kai.
Brute1: You are way too weak to fight an actual Mutant like me!
Another guard takes the other brute. The medics take Kai on a stretcher. Kai hears the medics talking.
Medic: Isn't this the guy who got beat up by the lunch lady?
Medic2: He's new. He probably doesn't even know that the workers are Mutants too.
Medic: This happens with every new prisoner.
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Kai hears the door to his room open.
Guard: Wake up 5687!
Kai gets out of bed, and down to one knee.
Kai looks much bigger than he once was. Almost like his muscle mass doubled.
Guards: It's been a month, and you're finally learning. You did get beat up on the first day.
The guard looks around the room.
Guard: Get up.
Kai gets up and walks out the door. He walks into the elevator. They go up to the cafeteria and Kai gets out. Kai doesn't even try to get the food the cafe lady is giving out. Kai starts doing one handed push ups. A few people look at him. They laugh and make fun of him. Kai switches hands. A guy walks over to him.
The guy has brown skin and a black hair that's cut in a blowout. The man walks up to Kai.
???: You're supposed to eat at the cafe. The fuck you doing? You have been doing this every day for a month.
Kai: Why do you care?
The guy thinks to himself. Then he gets down and starts doing push ups with Kai.
Kai: Why?
???: What do you care?
Kai shrugs and keeps doing push ups.
Soon the officer opens up the door again. Everyone walks outside. Kai starts doing other workouts.
???: What's the reason for this?
Kai: I work out all day and all night until I pass out. If you want to train with me so bad then why don't we spar?
???: Alright.
They get into their fighting stances. They start circling around.
Kai: What's your name?
???: What's yours?
Kai: Kai.
???: Payne.
Kai: Heh, kinda lame supervillain name.
???: That's my real name.
Kai: Not too bad for an actual name though.
Payne rushes at Kai. Payne punches. Kai blocks the punch by pushing Payne's arm away. Every punch sounds like a loud crack as it hits. Kai keeps blocking punches. Kai punches Payne in the stomach. Payne feels a rush of pain. Kai goes to knee Payne. Payne pushes Kai's knee down, blocking it. Then Payne forces his head up headbutting kai. Kai stumbles back a bit. Payne punches Kai in the arm. Then Payne goes for another punch. Kai hits the punch away and punches Payne in the nose. Then Kai kicks Payne back. Payne stumbles back. Kai jump kicks Payne. Payne catches it and slams Kai onto the ground. Payne kicks at Kai while Kai is on the ground. Kai grabs his leg and pulls it. Payne falls to the ground. Kai gets on one foot quickly. Then Kai pushes off with that one foot. His elbow drops Payne in the stomach. A loud boom sound comes from the force of the hit. Kai then gets up off the ground. Everyone looks at Kai and nods. Payne lays on the ground for a minute before pulling himself up. Kai looks at his hands.
Payne: That's why the humans want to throw us all in Alcatraz. We are powerful enough to make sonic booms if we train hard enough, but I don't think you have a real grasp of your strength yet. Why don't you test it on the workout equipment?
Kai: I'll have to take down lefty and righty over there though.
Payne: Ha, lefty and righty. Funny. They act like they would be called that. Go take them out. Show them that you're not to be taken lightly.
Kai walks up to the two brutes.
Brute1: What?! Now that bony put some muscles on those bones he thinks he can take down a real Mutant!
Brute2: You think you got balls?!
Kai punches one of them in the stomach. The other tries to punch Kai in the ribs. Kai elbows him in the stomach. Kai keeps punching the one brute in the stomach over and over. Then Kai lifts the guys head up, and headbutts the brute. The brute falls to the ground. The other brute punches Kai in the back. Kai moves back from the punch. Then Kai kicks behind him. The man stumbles back. Kai tornado kicks the brute in the head. The brute falls down. Payne walks up to Kai.
Payne: See, they weren't that strong. You had been hanging out with human scum for too long. Get on the bench press. Let's see what you can really do.
Kai hops on the bench press. They keep adding weight until Kai can barely lift the weight.
Payne: 15 tons. Not bad, not bad.
Kai puts the weight back.
Kai: Oh yeah, what can you do?
Payne: Obviously more than that. I held back against you. I wouldn't have gotten up so quickly if we were actually fighting. Now-
Kai: What?
Payne: It's time for a little track before they send us back inside.
Kai and Payne, and a few other guys line up at the track. One guy sits on the side lines.
Prisoner: Go!
They all run. Kai runs as fast as he can. He runs his same four hundred miles per hour that he did long ago. Payne and Kai are even, but one guy laps them four times before they finish the race.
Payne: I fucking hate speedsters.
Kai laughs.
The officers call everyone back inside. They all walk single file inside. Kai is led back into his room. They shut the door and dim the lights. Kai starts doing push ups again. This time Kai does a few one handed handstand push ups. He switches arms, and then sits down on the ground. Kai takes a deep breath in and starts meditating.