Black River

[Gifted]

"I mean, I can't be touched." Rick pointed out. "Or touch anything generated by someone's powers."

[Raven]

"How far from your body does the power extend?" Kenny asked.

[Gifted]

"Naturally? It doesn't, but I can push it out at will. Without effort it's just along my skin."

[Raven]

"Very well, we'll place you in a private room for now, at least, to avoid any accidents. Room 214," Kenny said. He wrote Rick's schedule out in clear handwriting, passing it to him, letting him look it over. Kenny's class was later in the day than the others, so it wouldn't have to be cancelled for Kenny to fill in for another subject.

[Gifted]

Rick looked it over. "Thank you very much." Rick smiled.

[Raven]

"You're welcome," Kenny said. "Come on, I'll show you your room and you can stay there or we can go outside."

[Gifted]

Rick nodded and quickly fell into step beside Kenny. "So how many students are at this school?"

[Raven]

"A little less than two hundred," Kenny said, leading him down another set of stairs and to a room which was almost directly under Kenny's office. "This is the one."

[Gifted]

Rick opened the door to look around. He smiled. "Wow... thank you." He said.

[Raven]

It was a relatively small room, but there was plenty of space for Rick to move around alongside the twin bed in the corner. There was a wardrobe and a bed side table, and plenty of pillows and blankets on the bed. "If you would like to go outside, I'll wait for you in my office."

[Gifted]

"It's fine. Honestly I've been nothing but outside for months." He said cheerily.

[Raven]

"Alright. If you change your mind, just head up the stairs, you'll come out near the base of the ladder," Kenny said.

[Gifted]

"Alright. I might come up later." Rick agreed. "I kind of just want to enjoy having a room again. I never thought I would."

[Raven]

"I understand that. I was on the road for seven years before I found this place," Kenny said. "I'll see you later." He headed to his office.

[Gifted]

Rick sat on his bed and pulled out his phone the moment the principal was gone. "Well, he seems simple enough." Rick smirked and dialed a number into his phone.
"Checking in here. I made it to Black River Academy. Feel free to trace my location, but there's no point in sending a team in. They're over 200 strong; it'll take a lot more careful planning than brute force to bring this place down."
"Good job, Agent Martinez. Even finding the place is a huge first step. But that wasn't the end of our deal. i presume you have a plan?"
"Yeah, yeah, I have a plan." Rick assured his boss. "You'll get regular updates. I just gotta get myself established here first. I'll update you later."
"Alright. Good luck, Rick."
"Please, I don't need luck." Rick grinned. "Just remember our deal when I hand over the school to you."
"We will."
Rick hung up and stashed the phone behind the headboard of his bed until he could come up with a better hiding spot. Then he got up to head outside.