Mark had lived in the orphanage since he was one. He was told that he was dropped at the door of the orphanage with a name tag attached to his crib. He had lived life with the dream of being the best powered ever known.
Of course at school, he had been bullied and humiliated countless times not to mention looked down upon. Being poor and without a backing had put him through a lot of pain at a tender age, but despite that, he kept on holding on to his dreams.
After everything, it seemed as if his patience had finally paid off as he stood amongst other teenagers his age in a grand gigantic hall the size of a football stadium.
Some kids looked confident and proud, others looked nervous and scared while some looked like they didn't care at all.
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The awakening started with a person being called to the front where some old but powerful looking elders stood with a strange looking contraption with them. He was told to get into the machine after doing so, a button was pressed and the machine lit up with a glow. Some things were written and the elders called out
"William keno, awakening super speed,three star"
And so it began. The stars were used as a method of rating, with one being the lowest and seven being the highest. Some people awoke normal okay powers while there were some that awoke strange, unknown or legendary powers , that is powers that even the first powered had:
"Davidson Kris, awakening super strength, four star".
"Kate lakuna, awakening shape shifting, four star".
"Marcos casas, awakening pyrokinesis, five star".
And on and on and on it went till famous powers starting getting heard while the elders looked and noted down those they'd take as disciples.
"Deji peters, awakening system ability, six star".
Even the elder who called out the power was shocked because this was one of the powers of the first powered which hadn't been seen ever since the end of the old era.
Of course mark at the very back had been praying, wishing and hoping to get a strong or unique ability. Seeing powerful, different abilities and powers being called out didn't help in calming his nerves in the least..
"awakening, teleportation four star....
"awakening, telekinesis five star....
"awakening, total enhancement three star...
"awakening, portal opening two star.....
"awakening, hydrokinesis four star...
And so the list went on and on till it got to Mark's group. At this point, the elders decided it was time for a break, so those who had awakened their powers were separated into a different door and were led to a different room entirely, while those who were yet to awaken were led into another room as well.
After the rest ended, they were all brought back to continue the awakening process. The first person in his group went forward
"awakening, mutant transformation three star....
"awakening, invisibility one star...
"awakening, immunity three star....
It continued till it finally got to Mark's turn. And so mark went on.