By Buffy Bolivar
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The infamous Quinton School for Young Superheroes is
reopening tomorrow just outside of Carterson after being blown up in a
tremendous superhuman battle seven years ago.
But this time, the Headmaster is the Muskrat.
“People keep asking me if this is real,” the Muskrat
said, “and yes, it is. I know folks
don’t think of me as a teacher, but the world needs a place like this for
youngsters to go to learn how to be superheroes. So I just dove in headfirst.”
The Muskrat, whose real name is unknown, was hardly the
first person to think of reopening the school.
Former student, Jed Lankins, a.k.a. Red Eye, tried to reopen it four
years ago but ran into legal troubles with the original headmaster Professor
George Quinton. They reportedly had a
falling-out, and Quinton refused Lankins’s request. But the Muskrat was able to convince Quinton
to let him reopen the school, and after a few months of construction, it is
starting classes tomorrow.
The campus has been a mess ever since it blew up due to
the Mon-Star crash landing in the courtyard from space. He eventually was beaten by Lankins, the
Muskrat, and the rest of the students, but not before claiming several
casualties. This was the fourteenth time
the campus had been destroyed in some manner in the school’s storied history.
The Muskrat believes that this time the school can
survive without being blown up. “It’s
going to be tough, sure,” he said. “But
I’m going to learn from the past and upgrade some things that were horribly
wide open to destruction. The main thing
is having a safe place for kids to learn how to use their powers.”
As for how he plans on fitting in his Headmaster duties
with his time in the Peace Force, the ATOM Squad, and all of his personal
missions, the Muskrat said, “I’ve been doing this for as long as I can
remember. I think I can fit it in just
fine.”
