Small slivers of light repeatedly flashed around Mr. Silver.
("What is his ability?") [Adam]
"Are you going to come to me? If not, then I will make you." [Mr. Silver]
He reached his hand out, slivers of light flew towards Orion.
"Dodge!" [Alex]
Orion dashed to the side, but he tripped.
"Huh?!" [Orion]
He could feel something on his leg, but upon closer inspection, nothing was there.
"Ah ah ah~ You're not getting away." [Mr. Silver]
He balled his hand into a fist and pulled it towards himself.
"Uwah!" [Orion]
Something pulled on his leg, flinging Orion at Mr. Silver.
"Does he have telekinesis?" [Felix]
Adam squinted his eyes at the slivers of light and finally understood what it meant.
"It's not telekinesis! It's strings! He uses strings!" [Adam]
Mr. Silver received Orion with a punch to the stomach.
"Guh!" [Orion]
"I'm not done with you yet." [Mr. Silver]
He wrapped Orion's entire body with strings making him incapable of moving. Nobody could do a thing in fear of hurting Orion in the crossfire. Mr. Silver spun Orion around until he decided there was enough momentum.
"Here, catch!" [Mr. Silver]
He released Orion while spinning, launching him at his own classmates.
"Zero Point!" [Adam]
Adam was able to catch Orion as he was sent flying, reducing the damage.
"That was close…" [Adam]
"How unfortunate… I'll have to keep you from messing with my games." [Mr. Silver]
Mr. Silver swiped his index finger downwards at Adam.
("Oh this is bad!") [Adam]
Adam sidestepped. A piece of his sleeve was sliced off and the ground had a long line stretching from Mr. Silver to the spot Adam had stood.
"Are you trying to kill your own students!" [Adam]
"No, you all still want Mr. Frank. So you all are Mr. Frank's students, Not mine." [Mr. Silver]
While they were speaking, Alex and Jessica were secretly discussing a game plan.
"Adam! Felix! We can handle him! When we give you guys the signal, just run past him!" [Alex]
"What? No way!" [Felix]
"Believe in us!" [Jessica]
Looking at his friends, Felix was convinced. He looked at Adam and nodded.
"Are you done with your strategy meeting?" [Mr. Silver]
"Yeah, thanks for waiting." [Alex]
He looked around and checked if everyone was ready.
"Now!" [Alex]
Adam and Felix ran forward, making a beeline straight towards the gate.
"Hmph." [Mr. Silver]
He sent strings at the two, trying to grab them.
"That's my line! Flame Javelin!" [Jessica]
Mr. Silver looked back at her and shot a hand out.
"One hand is enough to handle you. Thread wall!" [Mr. Silver]
"Duplicate!" [Brandon]
"Air Burst!" [Alex]
More Flame Javelins appeared and propelled themselves forward with more power thanks to the air burst.
"How annoying." [Mr. Silver]
Mr. Silver retracted his strings that were aiming for Adam and Felix and reinforced his Thread Wall. Adam looked back, but kept running.
"Don't look back!" [Alex]
"Keep going!" [Jessica]
Adam turned his head forward before disappearing behind the gate with Felix following right behind him.
"We did it…" [Alex]
"Indeed you did… And you have officially angered me. How will you compensate me?" [Mr. Silver]
"Can you put it on my tab?" [Alex]
"Quite a joker you are." [Mr. Silver]
He put his hands into his pockets and pulled them out with black gloves on.
"I didn't think I would have to use this, but it seems I have my work cut out for me." [Mr. Silver]
As soon as he pulled out the gloves, the amount of sparkling lights increased explosively.
"No way…" [Alex]
"He has more strings now..?" [Jessica]
"Spiders Net." [Mr. Silver]
He swung his hands at the class in the shape of an X.
"Watch out!" [Brandon]
"I can handle this. Wood Wall!" [Orion]
A large thick slab of wood came out of the ground in front of Orion.
"I'll help! Duplicate!" [Brandon]
A second wall appeared behind the first one.
"You idiot! Air burst!" [Alex]
Alex shot a burst of air at Orion and Brandon, pushing them out of the way. The wave of strings rushed past him, shredding the walls of wood completely.
"Jesus! What are those strings made of?!" [Orion]
Mr. Silver readjusted his gloves and struck an unusual pose before answering.
"They're made of reinforced steel. A single string is capable of holding 200 pounds." [Mr. Silver]
"What the hell? That's got to be cheating." [Orion]
"If you haven't noticed, all adults play dirty." [Mr. Silver]
Mr. Silver raised his hands high up in the air.
"Spider's Playground." [Mr. Silver]
The sparkling lights disappeared and everyone was still.
"Nothing's... happening?" [Brandon]
("Why is he just standing there?") [Alex]
"If nothing's happening then I'll attack first." [Jessica]
She took a step forward, but felt a sharp pain on her cheek. Slowly, she raised her hand and touched it.
"Huh?!" [Jessica]
Looking at her hand was blood. She looked to her right revealing a string with blood on it.
"Nobody move!" [Jessica]
The ones that were about to take action stopped in their tracks.
"This entire place is filled with strings! If you don't want to get cut, don't move!" [Jessica]
"Oh? So I was found out already?" [Mr. Silver]
Everyone stayed still, unsure whether or not they would be sliced from the slightest movement.
("We need to find a way to beat him! How are we supposed to attack him if we can't see his moves?") [Alex]
Then he came to a realization.
"Does Anyone here have a water related ability!" [Alex]
"I do!" [???]
"Your name?" [Alex]
"Katherine." [Katherine]
"Can you make it rain?" [Alex]
"What? That's impossible. Do you know how much mana that would take?" [Katherine]
"Then… Can you at least make a ball of water?" [Alex]
"If it's that much… I can do it." [Katherine]
She raised her hands slowly and small cuts started to appear on her arm.
"Ngh!" [Katherine]
Wincing from the pain, she kept going.
"Water Ball!" [Katherine]
The ball of water formed in front of her and levitated.
"Now what?" [Katherine]
"My turn." [Alex]
Aiming at Katherine's water ball and getting small cuts in the process, he managed to use his skill.
"Air burst!" [Alex]
The ball of water exploded, spraying it in all directions.
"What was that for?!" [Katherine]
"Look around you." [Alex]
The invisible strings were now visible. They were now laced with water, creating reflections of light.
"Now, get him!" [Alex]
The students barraged Mr. Silver with abilities through his maze of threads.
"Grr!" [Mr. Silver]
Mr. Silver retracted his wires to defend himself, but it only caused the students to attack even more.
"Flame Javelin!" [Jessica]
"Air Bullets!" [Alex]
"Wooden Mallet!" [Orion]
"Thread Tornado!" [Mr. Silver]
The wires spun around him at high speed. Either deflecting or shredding the attacks.
"It's not enough! Attack at the same time! On my mark! 3!" [Alex]
The attacks pause, but Mr. Silver refused to take down his defense.
"2!" [Alex]
The vortex of strings seemed to shrink a bit as if preparing something as well.
"1" [Alex]
"Expand!" [Mr. Silver]
The vortex stretched outwards. His goal to hit everyone with the rotating wires.
"Attack!" [Alex]
Everyone fired off their strongest ability hoping it would connect.
("I don't think it's going to be enough!") [Alex]
"Duplicate!" [Brandon]
The class' attacks multiplied two fold. Bringing down an incredible force upon Mr. Silver. Using up all of his mana, Brandon collapses leaving it to his friends.
"I… leave it to you…" [Brandon]
The strings shredded most of the attacks, but the wires couldn't bear it any longer. They eventually snapped, letting all the attacks crash down on Mr. Silver.
"What?! Agh!" [Mr. Silver]
He was hit by multiple attacks until he could no longer stand. Seeing Mr. Silver on the ground confirmed it. It was class P-3's victory.
"We did it! ...Why is everything sideways?" [Alex]
His vision blurred and he keeled over. The same happened to all the other students shortly. The fight against Mr. Silver had left their mana reserves practically empty. As Alex fell asleep, he was left with one last thought.
("Adam… Felix… You better bring Mr. Frank back…") [Alex]
Then the world went dark. As for Adam and Felix…
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
"Where do we go now?" [Adam]
"Let's just go inside." [Felix]
"Through the front door?" [Adam]
"Do you see another entrance?" [Felix]
"...You're plan it is." [Adam]
The two cautiously entered through the front door, but no one was in sight. They could hear faint voices coming from the second floor.
"Is that… Mr. Frank?" [Adam]
"Only one way to find out." [Felix]
They slowly made their way up the stairs and peeked into a room with lights on.
("It IS Mr. Frank!") [Adam]
He started to walk in, but was pulled back.
"Ack!" [Adam]
"Are you stupid?" [Felix]
"What?" [Adam]
"You can't go in yet, Mr. Frank is talking to someone right now. Let's just listen to what's going on. If it isn't anything important, then we can go in." [Felix]
"...Sounds like something an honor student would say." [Adam]
"What was that?" [Felix]
"Nothing." [Adam]
The two leaned against the wall and cupped their ears.
"I'm not quitting." [Mr. Frank]
"Frank Silvers, As the head of the family, you will do as I say!" [???]
"Don't call me that! I'm not a part of your family!" [Mr. Frank]
"You ungrateful-! I raised you!" [???]
("This went uphill real quick…") [Adam]
"You raised me as a tool! I told you that I will no longer be a part of this family!" [Mr. Frank]
"That is not your decision!" [???]
"Then whose decision is it?" [Mr. Frank]
"As the head of the house, it is I who decides." [???]
"Head of the house this. Head of the house that. Is that all you can say?" [Mr. Frank]
"It seems you are still not in the right mind. I have no choice, but to discipline you myself!" [???]
"Bring it on old man!" [Mr. Frank]
("Huh?! This escalated really quick!") [Adam]