The Cops VS Homer J Keenan ( Completed )

intro

   The city had gone to shit. Well, the whole world really, but I only pay attention to what effects me.  I won't pretend that I know what happened, and to tell the truth I really don't give a fuck anyway, there's nothing that I can do about it. What I can tell is what I saw and what I saw was ...not normal, but then, nothing's really normal these days anymore. People changed. Not all of us, just some random people were suddenly able to do things that people aren't supposed to be able to do.

  It started slowly at first. Somebody caught on camera flying above the rooftops in their pajamas. A little old lady picking up a car like it was a dinky toy and laughing so hard that her false teeth fell out. A kid disappearing and then reappearing at whatever place that he happened to be looking at. Shit like that. Then more and more of the fuckers started turning up like they were their own ethnic group or something.

   Eventually the ones with the power started getting the notion that they were better than other people. They had the belief that they weren't people anymore, they had evolved and become more. I can't say as I blame them really. All of a sudden you're able to do anything you want, take anything that you want, be anything that you want and then a powerless society tells you ‘ No!’? Who the fuck are the police but a bunch of 'norms' protecting 'norms'. It wasn't long before there was a pretty thick line dividing the 'species'.

    Normal people who got left behind when the super power fairy came through town were jealous as hell. Wherever there's jealousy, resentment soon follows, fear, even hatred. With a snap of a finger they all just became less. Unevolved. Lower class. Slaves. It became nasty out there.

   Those who were gifted with the powers weren't all the same. Their powers varied in strength and ability and with those variations came the difference in attitude.

 Some had only minor changes happen to them. Simple stuff like being able to see at great distance or making little licks of fire appear at their fingertips. They lived and worked like ordinary people for the most part and if smart kept them a secret.

     But then there were some with immense abilities. Able to lift a building with their bare hands or even a thought. These were dangerous people and some even considered themselves gods. These fuckers are the most powerful. Able to do unimaginable things. These men, women, and scariest of all, the children. They strut around making no secret of their powers and treat people like ants to be squished if they get in the way. They are fearsome beings and hated by all including each other. Many a battle between these creatures has decimated city blocks and killed people numbering into the thousands.

   Then we have the 'superheroes'. These are our self proclaimed protectors. Not as powerful as the gods but strong enough not to fear the haters. They don their costumes and capes like a bunch of yahoos out of a comic book and go to the aid of the people when things turn to shit and people are getting killed. Some of them are honorable, truly doing what they can for people, but they can change. You can only go so long fighting for nothing before you realize that you can do it for something, and that's when the heroes aren't really heroes anymore.

   With the 'gods' people know what to expect. Just stay out of their way and they leave you alone. They don't care about us and when they do show a particular interest, you do as they ask and hopefully you walk away unscathed. 'Heroes' can be unpredictable. They pretend to be your friend. They walk among the masses in full costume like a bunch of peacocks looking for the adoration of the people, . If they aren't given what they want there are always consequences to be paid.

   The police aren’t what they used to be. How can they be? They tried in the beginning, but how do you stand up to a creature that can shake the very earth at will? Shoot him? Bullets might work, they're not all bulletproof, most, but not all. Even if the 'god's' not bulletproof, you'd better not miss because these things can be worse than a kid having a tantrum, and by the time they're done there is nothing left standing.

   The police did manage to defuse a few of the situations though, they used negotiators who would manage to find some remnant of what these people once were and bring them back down to earth. It was courageous beyond belief on the part of those police officers and they were doing reasonably well considering what they were up against.

 Then the cops went up against that dude from prison...