Lucien watched the headmaster's speech with a look of boredom on his face. He had read this kind of thing happening in books before. It was same old, same old. The speech saying it was their choice what they did with their powers, but behind it was the hope that they would use them for good. And if not, then they would be hunted down.
Ha! Let them hunt me down.... I'll take em all on and beat em. I can't be killed, after all. What do I have to be scared of? Lucien thought to himself. He was overly confident in his abilities. His power over fire hadn't fully developed and wasn't at it's strongest yet, but it was still powerful. But his faith in his healing ability wasn't misplaced. He had already died and come back, so he knew death wouldn't take him. And if he couldn't die, then what did he have to be scared of?
And then Damien showed off his ability, and disappeared in a sphere of fire. When the fire had gone, so had the headmaster.
"Holy shit!" Lucien exclaimed, turning to Spot who was sitting next to him. "Dude, did you see that? Think I might be able to do that sometime?"
This was the first shock he had had since he had come to this 'school', if it could be called that. And the 'others' sounded like an interesting bunch of people... maybe he would drop in on them sometime. Recruit some people to his cause. Or not. He didn't want mass murderers to join his ranks of saviours.
He decided there and then that he would be staying at this school. If he could learn to control his abilities and develop tham as far as the old man had, then there would be no stopping him. Not that anyone had a chance anyway....