Olivia was going to take over the planet. But she couldn’t do it alone. She needed help. So she built a Biomagnetic Antigravity Force-Field Reality Manipulator. It worked like a charm—or, more accurately, like a magnet—or, even more accurately, like a superhero magnet.

It found Jay-Fu Triple J kung-fu karate cooking at home. It found Chloe, even though she was invisible. It found Mason, even though he’d teleported to China. It even found Emma (who had been hiding under her mom’s couch this whole time… silly cat). It found every student from Classroom 13. Then it pulled them all back.

“What are we doing in school on a Saturday?!” the students shouted, furious with Olivia.

Olivia explained, “The adults are destroying our planet! In a few years, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish! Animals are becoming more endangered every day. And instead of using solar power, we’re using fossil fuels, which causes pollution, which causes a greenhouse effect, which causes global warming! We have to stop them. And I know how—we have to take over the world!”

Half of the class agreed with Olivia.

The other half didn’t.

“We can’t take over the world,” Jay-Fu Triple J said.

“Yes, we can, and we should!” Sophia said.

Olivia pointed to Fatima. “You’re psychic. You’ve seen the future. What did you see?”

Fatima had to be honest. “I saw us… destroying the world.”

“Then we have to save it!” Sophia said. “I’m with Olivia! Let’s put all the adults in jail. Including my mom!” Half of the students cheered.

“No, wait!” said Mini-Benji. “As superheroes, we have to side with the law.” Half of the students cheered.

“It looks like we have a standoff,” Olivia said. “If you’re not with us, you’re against us. And we will have to do what all superheroes do.…”

“Star in movies?” Ava asked.

“Wear tights?” Mason added.

“No!” Olivia said. “We’ll have to have a super-battle!”

The kids looked at one another. No one wanted to fight, but no one wanted to destroy the planet, either.

“Let’s do this!” Liam shouted. He fart-blasted the other side.

Suddenly, a super-battle broke out in the middle of Classroom 13. Mark flung corn chips at Spider-Dev the boy-spider, who shot back with webs. Jay-Fu Triple J used his super kung-fu karate kick on Ethan’s giant robot. Teo used his super-speed to tape Preeya’s mouth closed before she could sonic-scream. Hugo stepped in gum-Zoey and got stuck.

Mini-Benji saw Chloe’s footprints and tied her shoelaces together so she tripped. Ximena grabbed William before he could “Bulk out!” and floated them up into the air. Emma and Isabella squared off in a battle of cat versus fish dolphin. They ended up in a dance-off, and everyone agreed it was a tie.

Mya & Madison couldn’t decide what to wear to their first big battle, so they just kept changing outfits. They morphed into pink spike armor and blue glitter capes but couldn’t choose which was cutest. They ended up missing the whole battle.

Ava used her mind-reading powers on Mason, but to no effect. (It’s like he didn’t even have thoughts.) Lily and Yuna were going to battle but decided it was more fun to watch. Flaming Santiago fought against Sophia, but his fire-sneezes were no match for her weather powers. Her rain put his flames out before she realized they were both on the same team. Jacob didn’t have powers, but he did spray Liam’s farts with air freshener.

Meanwhile, Olivia battled the super-hamster and super-cow. (Well, she didn’t fight them so much as take a moment to pet the animals.)

The students were fighting and shouting so loudly that Ms. Linda heard them on the other side of town. (Of course, she did have super-hearing.) She immediately flew out of her house, across town, and into Classroom 13.

“What in the name of education are you kids doing?!” she shouted.

All the kids stopped fighting. Trying to hide behind Ms. Linda’s desk, Hugo knocked over the classroom globe. It broke into several pieces.

“Rompí el mundo,” Hugo said in Spanish. “Lo siento.”

Ms. Linda shook her head. “I am very disappointed in all of you. With great power comes responsibility—and all of you used your powers to make a mess.”

“Wait,” Fatima said. “This is good. This is great! My vision came true, but we’re safe. We didn’t destroy the world. We only destroyed a globe!”

“Yes, but you destroyed my favorite globe,” Ms. Linda said. “You all have detention—for a week!”

Later that day, the not-so-superheroes and not-evil-enough super-villains of Classroom 13 sat in detention. Ms. Linda had them writing (over and over) the following phrase:

I will not destroy the world.

I will not destroy the world.

I will not destroy the world.

Ms. Linda noticed a strange storm cloud had appeared in the sky. The cloud was black and red, and crackled with purple electricity. It looked very familiar, but the super-teacher couldn’t quite place it—at least not until it was too late.

KRAK-KA-BOOOOOOOOM!

A huge bolt of lightning crashed through the window and struck everyone in detention. Don’t worry. No one was hurt. All the purple lightning did was knock out all the lights. And make everyone’s hair stand straight up. Oh, and everyone lost their superpowers.

The students (and teacher) of Classroom 13 returned to their not-so-secret identities. Some would miss the excitement of superpowered life. But deep down, they all knew that in a place as unlucky as Classroom 13, every day was sort of super.