Larry continued talking losing himself in the conversation. The talk drifted to what powers each of them might want and what they would do with them. Tommy added, “I would love to have super speed. Can you imagine being able to accomplish anything in a split second.”
“I think that some things should be done at a leisurely pace with no regard to the clock.” Zara spoke with a lurid tone as she snuggled up to Tommy. Tommy cast his gaze admiring the cleavage she displayed. She caught this and winked at him.
Larry leaned back his finger touching Tommy’s lamp displayed along with his own on the shelving. “I wish that super powers were real. I mean think of all the cool gadgets and disasters that could be averted.” The words spoken while touching the lamp unlocked the power. The surge of energy seized Tommy with a flash the magical power shot forth passing through the house beyond the narrow confines of its walls. The magic altered the very fabric of the world altering the limits of human possibility. Comic book figures of boundless strength and strange abilities no longer contained only to their pages.
People across the globe found themselves developing in new ways. Intellects expanded as new ideas feverishly swelled. Gadgets and gear appeared as personas formed. Physical abilities and forms altered to the whims of the magic. Burgeoning heroes sprang into existence to help stop crime and disasters man made and natural. Countering them many intoxicated by their acquired powers.
Now the world contained such colorfully named costumed characters as the Scarlet Rose, Silver Shepherd, and the Golden Katana. Others such as Warden did as their name implied started a prison for the more difficult to contain criminals. Governments started to contract with many to utilize there skills.
Unfortunately, others like the Dehumanizer started to use their powers for selfish purposes. Turning people into exhibits for his sinister zoo. Slowly deprived of their humanity and put on display for his viewing pleasure. The Pacifier archnemesis to Timeless. With the ability to manipulate time by stealing years from others. Due to a lack of control possessed by Timeless, Pacifier often left victims as infants. Along a similar line Mr Masculine drained men to enhance his own strength.
Some contented themselves to lives of anonymity. Nathaniel Wilkinson thought a good nickname for himself might be ‘The viewer’. He found himself with the ability to remotely view through the senses of females. He couldn’t control their actions but found it immensely fun. He currently knew intimate physical details of every cheer leading squad for the NFL. Lately he started to notice that he picked up knowledge through his observances. Knowledge of how best to cheer didn’t mean much but other knowledge helped him. He improved his golf game after watching through professional female golfers. Though he did have to adjust for his male form. His green game improved immensely. You know what they say, “Drive for show putt for dough.” One of his cleverer ideas while in Vegas he viewed through the eyes of the dealer improving his odds of winning. He limited doing that to remain under the radar. But the stock tips with insider knowledge a stroke of genius. He could live a life of ease with his significantly padded account. He heard of the government recruiting but he feared what experiments they might perform on him. Nate also rejected the idea of being a hero becoming the target for villains springing up all over the place.
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