Super Academy

## Synopsis

Upon being captured and brought to a strange facility supposedly ‘training’ young supers, Klaus is determined to find a way out as soon as possible, all while trying to convince the head of the academy that he is, in fact, NOT Lightning Dust.

## Plot

Later, Klaus awakens, finding himself in a strange metal room wearing a dark jumpsuit. As he tries to discern where he is and what's going on, Cole enters the room, asking how Klaus is feeling. As Klaus demands to know where he is and what's going on, Cole attempts to tell Klaus that he's having memory problems, and insists that they should head to class. Confused as ever, Klaus doesn't resist as Cole grabs him by the hand and leads him out into the halls, where Klaus spots many more kids and teens, all wearing jumpsuits similar to his. The place looks like a strange metallic school of sorts, and Klaus notes that some of the other supposed students look almost robotic and dazed as they funnel into what he guesses is a classroom - the same room Cole pulls him into. Once they're in the class, Klaus looks around, noting how some of the other students are quite evidently not human. Taking a seat beside Cole, Klaus decides to go along with it for now, if only to find out what's going on.
At the front of the class, the robotic teacher locks the door before addressing the class - specifically Klaus, who she introduces herself to as Mz. V, assuring him that he'll settle in quickly before prompting him to talk about his powers. The request immediately gets Klaus's back up as he insists that he doesn't have any powers to discuss. Mz. V attempts to ease his discomfort by calling on the other students to discuss their various powers, first, cementing the fact that everyone present is some form of super. Disturbed, Klaus digs in his heels and continues to deny that he has any powers at all. With Klaus's stubbornness, Mz. V calls in some heavily armored guards, who grab Klaus to take him away, supposedly until he's more 'comfortable'. As the guards drag him out of the room, Mz. V reminds the guards that the Principal was looking to speak with Klaus as soon as possible, and to take him there on the way to wherever they're meant to be taking him.
Once in the halls with the guards, Klaus manages to squirm out of their grips and makes a run for it. Not knowing where to go, Klaus runs blindly through the halls trying to find a way out. He ends up running into what he guesses is the cafeteria, only to be met with a swarm of guards inside. Behind him, the two guards he initially escaped burst in, officially leaving him surrounded. With nowhere to go, Klaus is swiftly wrapped in metal ropes and hoisted over one of the guards' shoulders to be taken straight to the Principal after all.
Arriving at the Principal's office, Klaus is left alone with the Principal, Siris Goren, still tied up tight to prevent any escape attempts. Initially, Siris calmly attempts to convince Klaus that he's safe here and can open up about his powers naturally. Much like with Mz. V, Klaus doesn't fall for the act and continues to deny his powers. So, Siris shifts his approach, and reveals to Klaus that he has plenty reason to believe that Klaus is Lightning Dust, whether he'll admit it or not: he reveals evidence that he's been secretly watching Klaus for a while, now, and starts by mentioning that it's strange for Klaus to be so active now when his heart condition should prevent him from doing so. When that doesn't get Klaus to fess up, Siris continues by stating how he and Lightning Dust have yet to be seen together. He finishes off his argument with something Klaus can't dispute as easily: revealing that the guards that kidnapped him back in Dellville had body cams on that captured the moment he flew to try and get away. Cocky as ever, especially at Klaus's fearful reaction, Siris voices that he'll be keeping the evidence somewhere safe in the meantime.
In an attempt to salvage his identity, Klaus changes his approach and claims that he can only fly, and that the video doesn't prove anything but that, meaning that he still can't be Lightning Dust. Siris notes his stubbornness on the matter, but ultimately goes along with it, stating that they'll start him off on flight training.
A pair of guards reenter the room to take Klaus back to his supposed dorm room. Before they do, Siris asks them when a certain machine will be ready by. They inform him that this machine should be ready by tomorrow. Pleased, Siris addresses Klaus again, telling him to behave and reminding him that he'll be keeping a close eye on him in the meantime before the guards drag him back out of the office.
As the guards deposit Klaus back in the room he awoke in, Cole spots them and tentatively follows them inside, where the guards instruct him to get the metal coils off of Klaus before they leave. Once the two supers are alone, Cole proceeds to ask how the meeting with Principal Siris went, revealing that Siris is his father before taking Klaus's restraints off as he was told. The first thing Klaus does is ask if there are cameras present, like he assumes, only to be surprised when Cole informs him that there are no cameras or mics present in the room - to which Klaus uses his powers to sense around for any electrical power to verify that Cole is telling the truth, relieved (and a little shocked) to find that he is. Cole proceeds to try and joke how Klaus at least got to miss class, only to be shot down as Klaus asks why he's bothering with the charade of calling this place a school. Cole goes on to explain how normally, students are introduced to the place as though this place - which he calls the Super Academy - really is a regular school of sorts, meant to train supers' powers and supposedly improve their lives. While the Academy does train young supers to control their powers, Klaus guesses that the real goal is so that Siris can train a whole army of supers to be obedient to him, which Cole confirms. From there, Klaus asks about the machine Siris mentioned. Unfortunately, Cole doesn't know much about it, aside from the fact it was dropped off by someone by the name of Featherstone. Klaus determines that if it's supposedly going to be ready to use by tomorrow, he has to find a way out before then, else Siris will use him as a guinea pig for it. Hesitant, Cole suggests that Klaus seeks help from one of the nurses, Arik, someone who is also looking to escape the Academy. Problem is, the only way to get to him is if one is injured enough to need to visit the nurse. Not wanting to stay too long so as not to draw attention to himself nor Klaus, Cole goes to leave, warning Klaus to be careful and to try and lay low in the meantime - as well as tell him rather hopefully that if anyone can shut the Super Academy down and free everyone, it's someone with experience as a superhero, like Klaus. As Cole leaves, Klaus promises he'll do his best, and begins planning out how he can get to this nurse.
Later, Klaus's planning is interrupted by a guard entering his room and informing him that it's time for his first training session. With Cole's advice to lay low in his mind, Klaus reluctantly follows the guard with little fuss. He's led to a massive training room alongside the rest of the students, where he's told to head over to the flight training sector - and is warned not to try any funny business.
Once at flight training, Klaus just observes at first, taking the chance to look around at the guards surrounding the area as well as the many cameras, trying to spot if Siris himself is around. After a winged super briefly sets off Klaus's allergies, he's approached by another student with super strength, Pearl, who strikes up a conversation. Learning that Pearl has been at the Academy for a good while, Klaus asks if she knows the best way for him to get to Arik. She explains that he'd need to get hurt pretty seriously to get sent to him, prompting Klaus to suggest she use her super strength to rough him up enough. Pearl immediately declines, telling him that they'll get in trouble if they get into a supposed fight, and likely sent to solitude for it. According to her, the only way he could get away with such a thing is if he started a big enough fight with enough people that he'd be the only one blamed for starting it. To her surprise, Klaus takes the idea and rolls with it; he calls upon the crowd of students, exclaiming how ridiculous it is that they're being held here against their will and expected not to fight back when they're arguably far stronger than the guards holding them captive here. He rallies the crowd more and more, catching the attention of the guards. As they approach in an attempt to stop him, once the students begin to get riled up, Klaus takes the chance to strike back at them, knocking the first guard back. The attack prompts the other guards to shoot at him, only for one of the other students to use their powers to block the attack. From there, a full-blown riot breaks out, with the many superpowered teens against Siris's guards. As he fights alongside the supers, Klaus continues to avoid using most of his powers to keep up the illusion of just having his flight.
He begins to think that maybe he won't need to seek out Arik's help after all, as the supers are faring plenty well now that they're all fighting back as one- But the hope is quickly dashed when Klaus suddenly feels a sharp pain in his neck, and his shout catches enough attention that the riot grinds to a halt. The needle stabbed into Klaus's neck injects him with a substance that makes his whole body feel heavy and sending sharp pain throughout it, causing him to collapse to the ground, revealing that Siris is the one to have snuck up and injected him. Now that Siris has everyone's attention, he berates them for revolting, watching as the many teens quickly become sheepish again, between his words and his act of using Klaus as an example against them. With the students supposedly put in their place, again, Siris orders them all back to their rooms. As the students are lead out of the training hall, Siris orders his guards to take Klaus to the medical ward, then straight to solitary confinement afterwards. Unable to struggle in his pained state, Klaus is pulled to his feet by the guards, who put metal cuffs on Klaus's wrists and begin leading him on his way. As he walks, Siris takes the opportunity to get under his skin even more, noting how the rest of the students seem eager to follow Klaus's lead - and how that'll make them follow Siris's orders even more when Klaus finally breaks down and starts following Siris, himself.
After a long, painful trudge, Klaus is thrown into the nurse's office by the guards, and is finally met face to face with Arik. The man leads him over to his medical table to get started on healing him up. As Arik looks Klaus over, he notes that Klaus looks familiar, before proceeding to get him cured of the injection Siris gave him. As they wait for the cure to take effect, they begin to talk, and Klaus discovers that Arik also has powers, though they're currently being blocked off by a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. Arik explains that he's primarily a healer before asking for Klaus's name. Upon hearing it, Arik shockingly brightens, exclaiming that he now recognizes him as James Melfton's son - he explains that he was James and Klaus's doctor, back before he got kidnapped by Siris. Though Klaus doesn't remember him, Arik is understanding of the matter, and is far more focused on the excitement of Klaus now having powers, asking for more information on them. Once Klaus is sure that there are no cameras or mics here, much like back in his dorm room, Klaus tells him that he mainly controls electricity. The revelation prompts an idea in Arik's head. He tells Klaus that his handcuffs will also block off his powers, much like Arik's do, before suggesting that Klaus may be able to brute force his powers through them, if they're strong enough. If he can, it'll give him a chance to sneak back to Siris's office, where he can shut the whole place down, which will allow everyone to revolt again and overpower Siris's forces. Klaus questions how he's supposed to brute force through the cuffs if the whole point of them is to block his powers, but Arik insists that he's confident Klaus is strong enough to manage.
With little more than that, they're interrupted by the guards returning and taking Klaus again, dragging him off to solitary confinement as instructed.
Siris's guards throw Klaus into one of the solitary confinement chambers, where his handcuffs attach to the floor, leaving him trapped and alone. Above him, speakers begin trying to rehabilitate him, and he spots cameras watching him intently. Doing his best to ignore the voice around him, Klaus begins trying to build up enough energy to overpower the cuffs. Despite his best efforts, he can't manage to break through them blocking his powers, and the act of trying to do so begins to hurt immensely. As the energy builds up, Klaus adjusts his approach, trying to pull energy from the cameras and speakers instead. Between the energy around him and the energy built up inside him, it finally works, and Klaus lets out an electric burst that overloads his cuffs and the speakers alike. Unfortunately, the electric explosion causes him to transform into his super persona, and Lightning Dust notes that the cameras are still active - effectively giving Siris full-on proof of his secret identity. For now, Lightning Dust is unable to worry about that, as a group of guards opens the cell door to investigate the commotion. Lightning quickly fries the cameras for good measure and moves to take out the guards, which he's able to do with little issue. He's unable to get any further before Siris appears with Cole at his side, and Lightning is suddenly frozen into a solid block of ice by Cole's powers, at his father's command. With Lightning unable to move, Siris orders the remaining guards to go boot up the machine he mentioned before, despite the guards' reservations. With that, Siris begins pushing Lightning Dust along towards the room the machine is in, ordering Cole to follow along.
Once they arrive, Lightning Dust quickly spots the machine, which reminds him enough of the machine Josh Sharman built to give himself powers that he finds himself stricken with fear. In his scared state, he's unable to shake himself fast enough once the ice holding him melts to stop the guards from forcing him towards the machine, tying him in more metal ropes to stop him from escaping. As Lightning Dust is forced to take a seat in the machine, Cole attempts to reason with Siris to stop, to no avail. Locked into the machine, Lightning Dust tries to plea for help, just as Siris orders the guards to turn it on.
Suddenly, Cole shrieks out in protest, causing frost and ice to explode out of him in all directions and knock Siris and his guards away. The icy attack causes the metal holding Lightning Dust to freeze over and become brittle, making Lightning Dust able to break out of his restraints - though he slips on the slick icy floor in his escape, falling to the floor. Lightning Dust spots Cole, still blinded by his wash of fury, just as he sends pillars of ice into the machine, piercing it and causing it to burst apart. The blast sends Lightning Dust flying into the wall and knocks him out.
When Lightning Dust awakens, the room is still utterly frozen, but the guards and Cole are gone. He doesn't get much chance to investigate before seeing Siris running at him, swinging one of the broken metal pieces of the machine at the young super. Lightning Dust manages to dodge, unsteady on his feet due to the icy floor. Siris, no steadier, continues to try and fail to take swings at Lightning Dust, shrieking at him for turning his son against him. Lightning Dust fights back, ultimately throwing Siris back into the destroyed machine with an electric attack, which amplifies when Siris slams into the wrecked machinery. With that, Siris collapses, totally fried but still alive, and Lightning Dust quickly leaves to find Cole.
As he speeds through the halls, Lightning Dust notes that the entire facility seems to have shut down already, the walls covered in frost. Lightning takes the time to stop at Arik's office again, where Arik recognizes him as Klaus after a moment of looking him over - though Lightning quickly tells him his hero name to avoid his identity being spilled to anyone else he doesn't trust, which Arik understands. Lightning Dust short circuits Arik's handcuffs to free him properly before asking if he knows where Cole went. Though Arik is unsure, he suggests that Lightning Dust follows the frost on the walls. In the meantime, he says he'll make his way to the transport room to prepare to get everyone home - with everything shut down, Lightning Dust and Arik can hear the students already fighting back against Siris's guards, again, so they figure they'll be able to navigate around with little issue.
After a short while of following the ice damage on the walls, Lightning Dust finally happens upon Cole's room, where he finds the young super crying to himself. Cole, unprompted, apologizes for the situation, focused on the fact that he could've hurt - if not killed - Lightning in his outburst. Lightning Dust attempts to reassure him that he saved everyone with his outburst, but Cole insists that he's dangerous, noting how that's always what Siris told him. Lightning Dust tells Cole that he isn't bad just because he has strong powers, and reinforces how Cole saving hundreds of young supers is actually heroic.
Their talk is suddenly interrupted by Siris, who bursts in calling Cole's name. To Lightning Dust and Cole's surprise alike, Siris actually hugs Cole, exclaiming how relieved he is that he's okay. Siris questions where they are, noting how the place seems awfully unsafe, causing Lightning to realize that the machine must've fried Siris's brain and altered his behavior as well - as well as zap his memory, as he has no recollection of who Lightning Dust is, either. Cole takes the opportunity to ask Siris to call off the guards, claiming that they think they're protecting him. To their relief, Siris goes along with the story and agrees to sort the situation out.
Once Siris has ordered the guards to stand down, all the young supers are gathered in the transport room, where Arik - as he said he would - has set up the various portals to start sending everyone to their respective homes. As the other supers are filing through, Lightning Dust steps aside with Cole to talk before he leaves. To his surprise, Cole plans to stay with his dad, despite how badly he's treated him in the past; Cole states that he wants to make sure Siris's memory doesn't come back. Lightning Dust has his reservations, despite knowing that Siris seems much better behaved due to his brain getting fried, but doesn't argue too much at Cole's insistence - though he makes sure Cole has his number to contact him, just in case. With some last well wishes to each other, the two part ways, with Cole going to check in with other supers to see if they need help, while Lightning Dust finds his way back to Arik, as they're both heading to Dellville together. As they prepare to head out, they discuss what they plan on doing when they get back home. Arik verifies that Lightning Dust doesn't want his father knowing about his powers, and they discuss Arik becoming his and James's doctor again once they're back. With that, they step through the portal back to Dellville together.

## Appearances

### Main Cast

Klaus Melfton/Lightning Dust

Cole Goren

Arik Zephyrose

Siris Goren

### Cast

Pearl

Mz. V

Siris's Guards

Featherstone (Mentioned)

## Trivia

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