- DOWN, DOWN, DOWN - 

Hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold itself, our blood is boiling
And the pressure in our bodies that echoes up above it is exploding
And our particles that burn it all because they aim for each other
And although we stick together it seems that we are stranging one another

The static of your arms, it is the catalyst
You’re a chemical that burns there’s nothing like this… - (Strangeness & Charm by Florence +the Machine)

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Superheroes are a thing of the past.  The Golden Age of masked men and women with secrety identities, arch enemies, epic battles, and the like has passed.  The government has instituted the National Powered Individuals Registration and Protection Act.  The super-powered individuals of society must register:  

Name.  Aliases.  Height.  Weight.  Abilities.  

You get assigned the rest later.  Threat Level.  Flight Risk.  Hostility Level. Value.

With registration comes the Draft.  When they turn eighteen, they must enter their name into the mix to be called to serve The Agency that takes control of any threats problems that arise within the super-powered community.  Gangs have formed in the underbelly of our nation’s capitol, protests against the protection of these ‘Meta-Humans’ or ‘Metas,’ pressure to use them as a weapon, a force against the nation’s enemies as Russia and China have begun to do.  Some even claim these people are a threat to be exterminated.  Humanities genes are evolving faster than their attitudes towards change.

In the midst of societal chaos as names of Metas are being leaked through an uppity reporter (The Reporter) who claims his source’s confidentiality to be paramount.  The first Meta politician has entered his name into the running.  A young girl (The Telepath), has just exited training under a strict and manipulating woman after being Drafted into the Agency (Her Mentor).  She has been assigned her ‘Normal’ (The Partner) partner who is crass and handsy but has shoved a knife in a man’s neck to save her skin.  

The Agency is fraught with enough tension as it is with the rise of the gangs have started talking about an uprising and The Telepath and her Partner are assigned their next case (The Target).  He’s been evading the Draft for three years.  They’re the fourth pair to be put on his case.  No one is sure what he is capable of.  But the Agency is clear, he’s to be apprehended.  Alive.  Too bad they have to face the gangs that want him too.  And some asshole has raised a bounty on the guy’s head in the underground.

In an atmosphere of politics, red-tape, super powers, drug deals, mercenaries, gang warfare, and general unpleasantness, the two Agents have to do their job or face the consequences.  Failure means their heads on a platter.  Success might be worse. 

More characters and story to come?  Maybe…

I like to write crap story previews apparently