Bethany Donner's campaign

## Casualties

"*Kill me then. Kill me like you killed him, you coward!*"
―Sheriff Bladepoint when the NoHeads assemble outside Superhero School[src]
Bethany Donner's Campaign was a series of events that took place over the 2004–05 school year at Superhero School. These attempts on Hayden's life were the events that led up to the Attack on Superhero School on May 29, 2005. In the action, Hayden was killed by Mrs. Twisted NoHead and not the primary perpetrator of the plot, Bethany Donner.

## Background

Born in 1997, Bethany Donner was raised by Dmitri and Laurel Donner of the Order of the NoHeads. During the First NoHead War, Mr. Stupid NoHead made use of his alliance with the Giants and werewolves. The Armed Forces fought hard to maintain resistance during the Invasion of Manhattan, which was fronted by giants. The tide of the war began to turn.

Later on, Dorphane Giles realized the decision of war was obvious and told Mr. Stupid NoHead, her master, that he should go and massacre the police. Mr. Stupid NoHead authorized this action and the NoHeads attacked the Blackwing Sanctum outright. The Dark Lord also realized that Laurel Donner never showed up, though she was supposed to. While the Grand Army was being scattered, Bladepoint and Zett managed to survive the attack, escaping the inevitable along with a handful of others. Others, such as Ronald Koda and Kade Coleman, escaped unaccompanied by their fellow troops. This pivotal event put an apparent end to the First NoHead War and the surviving police went into hiding afterwards.

## Campaign

### Early stages

Mr. Stupid NoHead was angry with the mother of Bethany Donner for failing to show up during the First Police Purge. So, during the summer before her first year at Superhero School, Bethany was tasked with the assassination of Hayden to restore her family to Mr. Stupid NoHead's good graces. Also at this time, Bethany was branded with the NoHead Sign. This killed two birds with one stone for Mr. Stupid NoHead. First, he would have an agent acting at Superhero School. Second, NoHead could punish the Donners for their failures, such as their disloyalty. However, it was noted that if Bethany succeeds, his family would be forgiven and be honored beyond.

### First two attempts

In November, Bethany placed an unknown individual under Mind control hoping to lure Hayden into a dangerous cave. Later on, she forced Wilhelm Grubble to kill him with a Death beam, which also resulted in failure. She tried to telekinetically strangle Hayden during a one on one conversation, but Hayden was knocked unconscious and Saunders was choked instead, though Sheriff Bladepoint was able to save him.

Both of these attempts stem from Bethany's increasing anxiety, as she feared that her main plot of repairing the broken oven to allow her to smuggle NoHeads into the school to assist her mission would fail, and therefore resorted to such crude and poorly calculated attempts. The fact that both attempts did not actually kill the unintended victims prevented Bethany from being implicated by the law.

Over the year, the stress of this mission's success was taking a toll on Bethany's psyche and physical health, as she began to neglect her schoolwork, lost interest in Crodela, spent less time mocking her rivals despite the opportunities, and began to lose weight and her skin greying. Bethany has also rejected Ramona's offered assistance, believing the student had plans to usurp the glory.

### Attack on Superhero School

"*Look, Mystic. Hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing orange ‘N’."
"That’s... what is that?"
"The mark NoHeads leave behind whenever they enter a building... wherever they murder […]* "
―Sheriff Bladepoint and the Mystic seeing the NoHead Sign above Superhero School[src]
On May 29, 2005, Sheriff Bladepoint flew to Superhero School, at which point Bethany watched inside the kitchens as NoHeads Runihura and Deidamia, Lin Dire, Mr. Execrable NoHead, Adyna Dukakis, Nolan Giles, and officers Thorno and Augustus Salt emerged from the oven. When Bethany saw that there were people watching the corridor, she dimmed the lights. The students immediately alerted the police, and the battle began in the corridors of the upper floors. In order to catch Hayden’s attention, Mr. Execrable NoHead placed the NoHead Sign above the school, but after he returned to the battle, he was accidentally killed by fellow NoHead Nolan Giles, who was indiscriminately sending Death beams and all manner of unidentifiable projectiles flying all over the place. Florean Bode was sent to ask Toby Scott to join the battle. However, the Math professor was stunned by Mrs. Twisted NoHead, prompting Ashley, who saw Park pass out, to look after her.

Once they had arrived, Hayden was cornered by Bethany on top of the Clock Tower. She attempted to kill Hayden, but Hayden tried to convince Bethany not to perform the task. Bethany said that she had no choice; otherwise, Mr. Stupid NoHead would murder her and her family. Hayden revealed that he knew all along of Bethany’s mission, along with the failed attempts on his life, and that he allowed Bethany to remain at school to protect her from Mr. Stupid NoHead, then told Bethany that she shouldn't do this, and that Bethany was not a killer. He offered to protect Bethany, leading her torn between the two paths, saying she had gotten so far, having been expected to die in the attempt, which led her desiring the honor and glory from Mr. Stupid NoHead himself, but at the same time seemingly unable to take a human life. Then, all of a sudden, NoHeads appeared in the room. They tried to convince Bethany to carry out the task, but Bethany seemed to not know what to do.

Just then, Dukakis headed to the Clock Tower. Once she arrived, Bethany lowered her sword. Dukakis declared Hayden would die, and then cast Blast Inducement in his direction and it struck the ground in front of him; the force of the explosion slammed Hayden into a wall and made him lose his grip on his sword. Hayden’s following Stun beam missed, and struck Bladepoint, knocking him down the stairwell but simultaneously freeing him of the ice. Hayden hurled his sword at the NoHead, but she blocked and Hayden summoned his weapon. After deflecting another telekinetically propelled object, Dukakis then cast a Death beam which struck Hayden in the chest killing instantly and ending the life of one of the greatest mutants of all time. After Hayden’s corpse plummeted down the tower under the light of the NoHead Sign, Dukakis dragged Bethany by the collar, ordered the rest of the NoHeads to immediately flee the tower, and went downstairs to order the fighters there to follow. This was all done under the pretense that Mr. Stupid NoHead would arrive soon. They had to fight their way through the defenders of Superhero School to get to the grounds. They were also pursued by Sheriff Bladepoint who had been blanketed the entire time. He caught up by the time the NoHeads reached the grounds. In an attempt to avenge his fallen hero, Bladepoint attempted to kill Dukakis, but Dukakis managed to disarm the Sheriff.

After incapacitating Mr. Crooked NoHead, who was the last remaining NoHead in the tower, Sheriff Bladepoint tore after Dukakis. Just as he entered the school, Bladepoint found himself in the midst of a full-scale battle, as police officers and students were still fighting the fleeing NoHeads. Bladepoint saw the dead body of Mr. Execrable NoHead, as well as a severely wounded Saul Cameron, who had been brutally attacked by the cannibalistic Augustus Salt, on the floor. As Bladepoint rid himself of Salt, he saw Roxanne dueling Mr. Eradicating NoHead, and Mara Bode trying to contain Giles, who was still causing great damage. Bladepoint dispatched Mr. Eradicating NoHead with an telekinetic repulse while Professor Miranda Butterfield dealt similarly with his sister, Mrs. Eradicating NoHead. All of the NoHeads, however, began to retreat on Mrs. Twisted NoHead’s orders before Mr. Stupid NoHead arrived to reinforce Superhero School. Knowing that Mrs. Twisted NoHead had escaped the fighting unscathed, Bladepoint cut through the school’s secret passages to catch up. Before leaving the school, Nolan Giles telekinetically shattered every window in the Hall and extinguished the electric lights. Meanwhile, Mrs. Twisted NoHead blew an officer away from the Entrance Hall.

In the grounds, Ruby Wright tried to stop the gathering NoHeads. As Bladepoint stormed across the grounds, he was attacked from behind as he was trying to attack Dukakis. Rolling over, Bladepoint reached behind him and telekinetically knocked over both NoHead siblings. Once Bethany reached the gates and Disapparated, and the other NoHeads curiously assembled at the front, Bladepoint confronted Mrs. Twisted NoHead. He tried to use a myriad of sword methods as well as numerous Dark Power Combos against her, but Dukakis repelled all of them. Dukakis cast a stunner upon Bladepoint which hit him like a whip to the face knocking him to the ground.

Just then, Mr. Stupid NoHead Teleported in front of the other NoHeads, and the open ground, acknowledging his victorious followers as Sheriff Bladepoint looked on. Mr. Stupid NoHead, his voice electronically magnified, announced that Hayden was dead and that he was killed as he ran away. He told the defenders of Superhero School that his NoHeads outnumbered them and their Principal was finished. Calling for no more war, Mr. Stupid NoHead threatened that anyone who continued to resist would be killed, but that those who came out and knelt before him would be spared. Mr. Stupid NoHead strode in front of the procession, followed by Augustus Salt carrying Hayden’s dead body. Suddenly, the survivors began screaming and yelling abuse at the NoHeads until Mr. Stupid NoHead cried for silence. He ordered Hayden to be lowered down and set at his feet, and he lied once more to the survivors that Hayden was killed fleeing, when Antonio McSnake deliberately made an example out of the students and accepted a rank in the Dark Order. Mr. Stupid NoHead answered in a dangerous, silky voice that the school was doomed and they had no choice but to submit. Several students began kneeling in submission while Mr. Stupid NoHead announced that Runihura and Deidamia were now the Vice Principals, along with Miranda Butterfield, the first Professor to bow down to the new Emperor. Erida ordered the students and teachers inside, where she and her brother would tell them how to proceed. Meanwhile, the rest of the NoHeads Deteleported beyond the gates.

## Aftermath

"*Dukakis was today appointed Principal in the most important of several staffing changes at the ancient school. Following the resignation of the previous History teacher, Erodu will take over the post while his sister, Erida, fills the position of Defensive Arts teacher.*"
―NoHeads are appointed positions in Superhero School[src]
For the rest of the said school year, Donner could no longer return to Superhero School, as she was guilty of attempted murder, allowing NoHeads entering the complex, and being a NoHead herself. With an official criminal status placed on her, she was forced to go on the run. Knowing Donner did not have the heart to commit murder, Sheriff Bladepoint felt some sympathy for the little girl.

The battle and Hayden’s death had a great impact on the star system. Furthermore, this proves that there is now no safe place from the NoHeads, as they have managed to penetrate the school's defenses, much less they were permitted entrance by a student. Under Mr. Stupid NoHead’s regime, attendance at Superhero School became mandatory since Mr. Stupid NoHead wanted all members of the population under his control, and a way to weed out Neurodivergents. Students were required to prove power status, and any Neurodivergent children were sent to court and then to Beta Prison.

Dukakis was appointed Principal, though she faced fierce opposition from Miranda Butterfield and other professors, as well as the members of Heart of the Lion. The newly formed organization of students encouraged rebellion, saved students from detention, and eventually stopped attending classes and took up residence in the Fencing basement.

Runihura and Deidamia were also there at the school, with Runihura teaching Defensive Arts, though in reality she taught Darkness. There were many favored students, such as Antonio McSnake and Bethany Donner, who were encouraged to practice lightning on rule-breakers. His sister, Deidamia, took over History, though the course became a brainwashing of the superiority of mutant-kind over Fobbles.

## Trivia

* Hannah Macmillan might have participated in the attempts to stop Bethany, since in the book she talked with Sheriff Bladepoint.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Before The SMSB: Where is the Darkness?*
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