Zane sat in the auditorium as the other students began their major placement demonstrations. Some simply displayed their impressive super powers and were immediately placed in the Super Villain track. Others - like Zane - did martial arts demonstrations or strength demonstrations, and those - also like Zane - sat with a card reading "Henchman" in bold letters underneath their name.
Some henchman were quite disappointed by their placement. Others were happy enough to "not be lawyers." For Zane, he was not disappointed. Everything was playing out just has his parents had informed him and he was quite prepared for the University's games. As Zane watched, a girl entered the stage. Zane couldn't help but notice that she was rather fetching. Her long red hair was set in a loose ponytail that just past her shoulders. Her smile was so self-assured that Zane couldn't help but stare. The guy beside Zane, however, seemed to only be able to notice her figure saying, "I can't wait to be a hench for her" while elbowing Zane. He managed to keep his disdain for the ordinary henchman in check.
Once onstage, the girl's hands and feet erupted into flame and she launched herself into the air. The red-haired girl grinned as she threw fireballs from her hands at the judges which exploded off of the invisible shield one of the senior Villains was being forced to maintain. The judges turned their faces away from the heat that was strong enough to penetrate the shield. The attack-the-judges routine was a relatively common tactic among the bolder students, but it depended on the judges on whether it was effective or not. These judges did not seem amused, but all their marks held aloft the symbol indicating the Super Villain track.
The girl smirked since she seemed to already know what her result would be before sauntering off the stage. Zane again couldn't help but appreciate the arrogance as he'd always found it to be quite attractive. Shaking his head slightly to reset his focus, Zane glanced from the red-haired girl back to the judge's marks and noticed on the back of one of their cards there was a small red circle. It looked like someone had accidentally marked it with a pen or, to Zane, as though someone had placed a small droplet of blood upon it.
Zane leaned back in his chair smiling and turned over his henchman card. There on the back was a mirroring scarlet dot. He looked found the confident red-haired girl again as she was finding her seat among the other newly anointed Super Villains. By tomorrow morning, one of them would be in the Gifted track and the other would be dead. Zane wondered if she would look as pretty without her hubris strewn across her face.