Chapter 398 - 398. Waterproof

"Are you sure we have to go to this class again? I just want to try and make it through the day without seeing anyone that will start a fight." Asher had noticed the teacher of the modern technology class walk in to the underground lab space before they had made it there. It was a sure fire way for them to run in to him and potentially start a fight. It would not be a pleasant day. 

"If we don't then you are not going to get to see the costume design that they have been working on for Louis and Sammy." Laura was the most excited for this since she had made a lot of the suggestions for the ensign of her friend's costumes. The other students had felt challenged and swore they would have a better design than they had asked for. Of course, this came at the cost of Asher testing a new invention that one student had been working on for a long time. 

"Just rely on your luck a little and sneak by as fast as possible. Worst comes to worst we distract him and you guys go ahead." Since Art could control metal he felt that he would have the best chance to distract a teacher with the ability to create machines and control them. A technopath had a few notable weaknesses, Art was one of them. 

Jane pushed the door open and held it for everyone just in time to see the teacher sliding under the bus that was looking more and more like a tank every day. Their teacher had been modifying it by hand even though they could easily make it using their super powers and the robots he had made. The students had the theory that it made the machines he controlled better adapted to him and would overall improve the functions. It was that way with most of the things that students invented too. 

"Yo, big kid. Stay here and help me today for some extra credit for every student that is taking my courses." Jackson froze as if Jane had just looked him dead in the eye. 

"Of course sir." Jackson had not even interacted with the teacher before but somehow he had been called out to help. 

"Good, grab that tire rim and carry it here." Just like that Jackson had been lost. The rest of the group kept on their way as they heard Jackson ask what a tire rim was. They sent a silent prayer to any god that might listen. Since the teacher didn't know, Jackson was at a loss with all technology. He was a plants and nature kind of guy. 

"I hope he is still in one piece when we get back. Actually…wait, I hope that he is not an android or something." There were nightmares of Jackson being replaced by a robot since he didn't know anything about the vehicle that was being made or really about technology at all. 

"Back on t the topic, will you tell us what you asked them to change with our gear yet? I know I wanted the wired included in it to help me guide lightning and stuff but that can't be all that was changed." Louis had reached a breaking point. He had been wondering what  Laura had told her friends in the class but he had no clues as of yet. 

"Same! You need to tell us something. How will I be able to use it right away if I don't understand it ahead of time?" Sammy attempted to sound logical in her reasoning for a hint but it fell a little too far. 

"How about we watch Asher test out that thing first?" Cara pointed at the group of students eagerly awaiting the test that was to come. They looked a little singed and Asher had the feeling that they had been testing something a little dangerous before the group had shown up. 

"Asher! Thank you again. You are the best tester we have. I swear, this will really help us with what we are designing." One student was more excited than the others because this was his idea realized. "So, we made a water proof suit that we want to use for water rescues. We were inspired since the next lesson in the survival classes will be flash flooding." 

This was news to the group since the guest teachers would let the next scenarios be a surprise. "How did you find out? Don't tell me you guys hacked in to the system?" There was some minor fear from Art when his mind landed on this possibility. These were some smart people after all. But then he realized that if they were hacking the school he could bribe someone for a perfect score on is last pop quiz. 

"Of course not. We were spoken to about developing such a thing for the class. It is one of those joint lessons that takes place outside. The best design wins an internship with the rescue services design team. That's why we all have been working together. We all want that internship. So if we all contributed they have to take all of us." The dirty trick to get a group internship was better than any of them would have thought of in the first place. 

"Remind me that our hero group will buy everything we need from your designer group after we graduate." Asher had a lot of respect for these technology students. They had already shown off their great skill and was now about to wow them again. 

"So I just put on that suit and what, jump in the test pool over there?" The test pool was the size of a king mattress bt it was more than enough to test a few things. 

"Exactly. Just be ready for the automatic floatation devices to activate. We had to exclude the shark proof lining though because it was too heavy and made the wearer sink." There was a somber tone in his voice before he continued. "The fabric we used though is blade resistant so it might save you from a bad shark bit. But that's another test for when you aren't in the suit."

Asher put on the bright orange suit with odd padding on it without any trouble over his clothing. He was impressed that it held a seal around his hands, ankles, and neck which would keep his clothing dry. "Alright, in I go!"He jumped in and the next thing he knew he was back in the air. The loud bang that came from the padding where the odd padding. They had been the deflated and packed floatation devices. The only problem was, they had activated with such force that Asher was now totally out of the water and stuck on his back outside the water. 

"I would say that's a failure. A funny one…" Jane nearly fell down laughing while she took a few pictures with her cell phone. She had to send them to their group so that Jackson could see later. 

"Ugh, why is it so forceful. We just used a small chemical reaction with water to fill it with air." The students began to ramble on and n before Asher managed to escape from the suit which still stayed inflated and now rolling away. 

"I would tell you that was dun, but now I know what a cannonball being shot from a cannon feels like." There was a slight paleness to Walker's face while he tried to make sense of just how these fellow students planned to use this to save a life. 

"Ugh, we almost forgot about these." The student that was leading the design group handed over two suit cases. "This is your gear. We added better conductive metal along the entire jumpsuit so that it can wrap around the body and move in and out without any issues. Then this one we made aerodynamic and removed a full ten percent of the weight by using a highly durable and light fabric. Let us know if you think it works well." The design team leader left that moment to start scribbling ideas on a large white board. 

"That means I can use it to speed up my body and control my muscles better." Louis was very happy to hear this and wanted to immediately start to test things out. 

"If this is lighter that means I might be able to fly with it on." Unfortunatly Sammy was getting ahead of herself and was thinking too much about her ability to fly. It was clear that she would still need practice but having the new gear was a major boost. 

"You two are trying them on right? If you want you can show off here. If I remember there is a testing room we can use over there." Laura was not going to take no for an answer. She was finally revealing just how excited she was as well about this.. Their gear was an important part of their hero identities.