The following day I planned on figuring out my gift. Most schools across the nation were closed due to recent events. However, some schools remained open trying to distract us from what was happening. My Mom hasn't shown herself since yesterday, but I can feel her feelings from where I sat.
She was worried, but she was angry as well. I didn't want to interrupt her, so I tried to stay away for now. But, as I sat in my room, I tried to understand my powers. So far I can read minds, transform the area around me, see and feel energy, and absorb it. If I could guess, I would say that my gift is energy-based.
I took my grounding bands off and looked into my palms. First I tried gathering energy into my hands, but nothing happened.
Then, I realize that I need to absorb a source first. I aimed my hand at my lamp and the light went dead. I looked into my palms and tried to make something happen. It felt similar to lifting a heavy object.
When I transformed my room, it just happened because I wanted it to happen. But this feels different, I want it to happen but it won't happen. I tried for thirty minutes and the closest I got was a sudden burp. Then it hit me, I could look for online help.
I found a forum titled, "The Secret to Superpowers."
The forum opened by talking about the origin of the metahuman's powers. It says that one hundred years ago, there was an organization that tested children on the planet Mars. No one knew of this lab's existence and it ran for almost a decade. The lead scientist, whose name is unknown, made a scientific breakthrough.
One day, they ran a test known as Operation Ultra-Nova. With the information that was obtained, they discovered a powerful source of energy spiking in a nearby galaxy. Somehow, they found a way to contain some of the energy released. After trial and error, one day there was a kid named One who was exposed to a minuscule amount of the contained Ultra-Nova and something happened.
They thought because of a large explosion, the test failed. But rising from the ashes, One left the scientist shocked. With the amount of energy exposed to him, he was not supposed to survive this test. One thing led to another and he found out that the man behind the whole scheme. He wanted to make a disease that could manipulate the human DNA. One planned on stopping him but failed in the process.
The toxic gas which was not perfected, polluted the atmosphere of the earth. Some people were more fortunate than others. All the forum said was that many people died and some weren't affected while other's DNA was reconstructed. But One's abilities were on another level, they consisted of giving powers, flying, space manipulation, reality manipulation, empath abilities, and telekinesis.
The forum briefly talked about his uprising to become the first superhero. Long story short, after a few short years of being a hero, he was found dead in a crater. No one knew what happened to him.
The next thing in the forum was the experiences of the first generation of metahumans. Some of them said that their abilities just came naturally and it didn't take much to use them. However, there were a few who had to try their hardest to use them. Every case was user-dependent, meaning that each of their struggles varied.
A drop-down menu was below the paragraph and there were videos of past metahumans conducting self-tests. The first video was titled, "Test One." The person in the video was named Martin Reign. His gift gave him the ability to channel electricity throughout his body. The video started with him near one of those trailer-mounted generators. He faced the palm of his hand toward the generator and electricity was released from him. The generator overflowed with electricity and caught fire.
The video ended there and I was on to the next one. This one was gruesome a guy and his friend were testing their powers which were fire and the other guy's abilities were odd. He could eject bones from his body. The video began with them projecting them into targets and they thought it was a great idea to test them on each other. One thing led to another and the guy with the bone ability shot a bone into his friend's head killing him. He panicked and fled the scene. The video ended and there was one more left.
This video was titled, "Training." The video was thirty seconds and it consisted of a woman who's gifts were pain infliction. In short, she could make any living creature feel any level of pain in any area. She tested this on a rat and when she began, the rat started squealing loudly and as time went on, the rat exploded. The video ended.
After the videos, The forum went into discovering your abilities. It provided safe tips that you can benefit from. Meditation was the main way most metahumans found their abilities. The second method was trial and error which was the unsafe variant.
The forum concluded and there was an author's note.
"Those with any ability that pertains to any level of manipulation will have a difficult time cultivating."
I closed the forum and decided to begin my training.