Thrudd looked out the window at the grounds of St. Xavier's Academy for Superheroes in Training. She had held her position here for centuries it seemed, and since that last bunch had graduated, there had been no new admissions. It seemed no one wanted to be a superhero anymore and she had been hard put to find the few potential students that she had finally located.

Times were changing and there were ugly things happening in the world. There just weren't enough superheroes to go around anymore. They needed to train up a new batch to take up the slack.

Smiling, she sat back and put her feet up. The "invitations" had all been sent. Some would know why they had been summoned, others would not. Whichever the case, it was going to be a very interesting semester.

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