April 1st, 2050, the day the world changed.
It was a normal day, a day like any other, a day where the children played, studied and got reprimanded by adults, a day where the adults got by in life, landed in debt and took care of future generations.
Yet it was on a day like this that the world forever changed. Future generations would call this the biggest prank of the world mainly for fun with the official name being Evolutionary Day.
~~~
On this day in a secret base in the middle of nowhere a group of scientists were discussing the future of humanity.
[John Parks]"Look I don't know where the comet came from it is as if it appeared from nowhere. One moment nothing the next Boom! Here comes Johnny!"
A slightly pale scientist explained to his superior.
A very pudgy man so pudgy that one would think he was the incarnation of a pig and with an exaggerated mustache that looked as if it wanted to escape from him given it's length interrupted the scientist.
[Director Phat]"Look I don't care about all this science stuff it is your job to keep us up to date and the fact that you didn't see this is your negligence. At least you should make it believable for me to report! If you at least did that I would forgive you and if you also apologized with a few fat stacks I wouldn't mind putting in a good word for you"
The scientist trembled as he clenched his fists so hard that he almost drew blood and then proceeded to shout while pointing at his superior.
[John Parks]"Look Director Phat, it is not our fault! Like I have said the equipment has also calculated this! Maybe if you didn't stuff you face with deserts! And no you can't deny this your mustache has more crumbs than mustache, also you spend all your time thinking on how to squeeze more of our money and after you have decided that you can't squeeze much more you start exploiting then embezzling after all that you then restart the cycle!!!"
Director Phat got so agitated that his face literally transformed into a tsunami of tomato sauce.
[Director Phat]"How dare you slander me!!! Just for that you are fired!!! Nobody has ever dared to slander me like that not even my own mother. So start packing your things John Parks. Actually no we will just throw you out with only the clothes on your back with your memory removed just as how the procedure dictates."
As Director Phat explained the last part he made a sneer
[John Parks]"No wait you can't do this to me I have a wife at home! I need this job please I am sorry I will work overtime in fact I will dedicate an extra fat stack for you every month!!!"
Because John Parks said this quite quickly most of it was incoherent but he became paler after each word because the security team was walking towards him.
[Director Phat]"Heh you should have thought of this sooner now pay for your transgressions"
As Director Phat proclaimed this he swept his arms in a exacerbated manner as if he was an magnanimous person that tried his best.
[John Parks]"No!!! Please!!! You!!! Can't!!! Do!!! This!!!"
*Kacha*
The security team smacked John Parks knocking him out. They then proceeded to take out a pen like vacuum cleaner. After that they pressed the button while sweeping it over John Parks which then sucked up all things on John Parks person including his shirt and pants leaving him with absolutely nothing but his underwear.
The onlookers looked on in horror and the security team put the vacuum cleaner pen that was absolutely to small to store everything it sucked up into their pockets and pull out a mechanical sponge press a few buttons then press it to and throughly scrubbed John Parks scalp. Throughly soaking up all related memories related to the organization and research.
After all that was done the security team took out a blank picture tap the back a few times before the picture turned into John Parks home before the picture then sucked John Parks up then immediately after disintegrating.
Director Phat looked at the onlookers after which they all became terrified and ran away like headless chicken intending to now work 1000% percent harder all because they saw that Director Phat was on a power trip and they didn't want to be next.
Director Phat walked over to one of the stations and casually talked to the scientist located there as if nothing had just happened
[Director Phat]"So Pill⌠Fill.. or whatever when will the comet pass by."
[Pifill Sanks]"Reporting Director Phat it will pass by in a few hours. I just want to say this is our negligence, no actually it wasn't! We knew about it but we were threatened by that dirtbag John Parks he wanted you to lose your job due to you not reporting it. It is a good thing you saw right through him Director Phat! You are the glory of our department!!!"
As Pifill Sanks said this he went from shivering to becoming confident and by the end he had an extremely ingratiating expression on his face just one step away from licking Director Phat's boots.
As Director Phat heard this he nodded along looking extremely happy and rejoiced over his past decisions.
[Director Phat]'It appears that this guy has potential he knows exactly what I want to hear he also gave me a perfect excuse for all that has happened. Heh.'
~~~
[Samantha Parks]"Honey why were you fired? Also can you finally tell me what you do?"
Samantha Parks said this while cuddling up to John Parks.
[John Parks]"I disobeyed my superiors orders as for what I did for work⌠I can't quite remember it's all a blur if any"
As John Parks tried to remember his face spelled confusion.
[Samantha Parks]"So would you finally like a child? Before you said that you were too busy with work to have one but now you aren't working so would it be possible?"
John Parks had an awkward expression because he didn't really want a child because he thought he would suck as a father and work was just an excuse but as he opened his mouth to say something Samantha Parks coldly looked at him making his genitals cold which cause him to hurriedly agree.
[John Parks]"Yes we can why can't we! In fact I bet you will be a great mother!"
Samantha Parks smiled and felt very happy that her husband was being obedient in this regard.
[Samantha Parks]"Good then we will start now!"
~~~
That night the comet passed by but there was a mutation.
Instead of passing by the planet like it should have given all the calculations done by the scientists and computers it instead made a bum rush towards the planet.
The moment it did this it alarmed all of the governments putting them on full alert awaiting to deal with the aftermath.
They wouldn't have been surprised if it cause a lot of destruction they weren't even perturbed by the fact that it deviated than again it could be due to the fact that it hasn't sunk in yet.
It is just that what happened next made every government official mouth open so much that you could insert a soccer ball.
Instead of crashing into the planet and causing destruction what happened was that it phased through the planet as if the planet didn't even exist.
The moment it passed through a invisible wave permeated throughout the entire planet.
Afterwards around 1% of all life died inexplicably while the remaining mutated and through that gained superpowers.
What this meant for humans was that 10% died immediately while the remaining went into a panic. The government tried to calm them down only for it to blow up even more due to everyone discovering that they have superpowers.
Everyone thought they were talented and that they were the destined ones. This trend continued until the government was able to create a device that could measure one's aptitude and grade of one's superpower two years later.
It was also discovered at this time that everyone born after the comet had better aptitude and even though they had yet to awaken their superpower they could deduce that it is one of a high grade while everyone born before had low aptitude and that their superpowers were of a low grade.
It was five years after the comet that humans discovered that they weren't the only ones that benefited form the comet.
The animals also benefited but due to their fear of humans engrave in their genes due to humans over hunting them all. They stayed low key while the humans thought themselves as the protagonist and decided to play along until they have the strength in making the humans arrogantly think that the animals gained nothing.
Sadly due to the sudden outburst humans lost 40% of their land including 20% of the population before they were able to reach a stalemate.
One year after that one person postulated that since humans and animals mutated what about plants? If plants also mutated then that would explain why the animals got so powerful in such a short amount of time.
Although this seemed obvious it can't be said to be entirely the humans fault in their negligence and oversight in the matter of plants because it was due to a powerful beast that was able to place a mind block on all humans towards plants. It was only lifted after its death.
Four years later humans made great progress in research and development and was able to farm mutated plants along with mutated animals.
Two years after they were able to use beast cores to power everyday utilities from the dishwasher, cellphones all the way to weapons. They also developed potions, artifacts and mediation techniques to further develop one's superpower.
Two years later the government decided to reclassify superpowers as abilities and the superpower particles in the air into dark matter, this way everyone has abilities and can further improve their ability by absorbing dark matter with a mediation technique.
Two years afterwardsâŚ