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Blaze sighed, readying himself for another class teaching that troublemaking crowd. Damn Geek Squad. Why did he have to mentor them anyway? It wasn't like his Superhero influence did any good. They'd still turn into Supervillians before long. It was ingrained in their nature. Just look what they did to the lunchroom that morning! And that damn Jinx had better not try answering his cell phone mid-class, if his no-good father phoned again. Damn that Prince of Darkness, thinking the world revolved around him, and he could call his kid anytime.
He went to the blackboard and grabbed the eraser. Just as he began swiping away the last lesson, footsteps sounded behind him. The Geek Squad had arrived early, and that was definitely unlike them.
He turned, just in time to receive a white-hot ball of fire to the face. "Ahhhhhhh!" he screamed as his eyes melted, obscuring his approaching attacker.
Two more streams of hot pain lanced his arms and he was suddenly fused to his blackboard. His dying vision blinked in and out as he writhed and squirmed, trying to free himself so he could fight back. Just before blackness overtook his eyes once more, he caught a blurry glimpse of his attacker, and a burst of fear shot through his dying heart.
"What?" was all he managed before the final thread of life left him.