Powerless

10. Having Powers Suck

Ok, so let me explain something. I've known I've had powers for a long time now. Ever since the patches of scales slowly started to show up. Snake mimicry... A form of Beast modes. Basically, People who are born with innate abilities of certain animals.  I was happy. Having powers isn't something that everyone has the gene for. There are more normal humans than we ever actually admit.

When Roman first found out he got his powers he nearly set his desk on fire. I was the one that stopped it. The fear I felt manifested and I canceled his power out. That was the day I found out about my second power.  Nullification.

I wasn't completely covered in scales at that time. It took years for that to happen so I never had to wear gloves or anything like that. I remember sitting at my desk building this... thing. Roman was freaking out because he kept burning his pop sticks or freezing his apple juice. I was trying to ignore it the best I could but... I was 7. I would move a pop stick into place and it was like the air around me came alive. I was small then so it wasn't as strong as it is now. Just small things... The desk would hum. The air would buzz slightly. Every time Roman would pass me or touch me I would get this jolt.

When I went home my mother told me I must have gotten another power. That's when she started to worry. I was developing them faster than most and at such a young age to have 3 powers. She worried about my sanity. 

She had me going to this therapist Picani... I think... Anyway, I didn't understand what was wrong with me. I was 7 going to therapy for what I believed to be no reason. Needless to say, I got frustrated and angry. One night Roman had called saying he wanted to go to Pepis Pizza with his friends. He had asked if I wanted to go but my mother said I couldn't. I had an appointment I couldn't miss.

I got so angry during the appointment because my best friend was out there having all sorts of fun and I was stuck in here listening to this doctor drone on and on about the effect of powers on the mind and body. My blood was boiling. Now I didn't know it at the time but I had another power that could cause a lot of problems. 

Power mimicry. The ability to copy and use the powers of people I touch. My mother has no power... So that meant the last person I was in contact with was... Roman. I slammed my hands on the couch and the whole thing just burst into flames. Mr. Picani quickly grabbed me pulling me away from the fire and I gripped my head hearing all these voices screaming in my head. The fire died down almost instantly but the voices didn't.

Needless to say, that's when the gloves came into the picture. If I don't touch anyone... I don't get their power. It's not permanent. I only have it until I touch someone else and it's only one of them, not all... So in regards to Logan. I already had superintelligence so instead, I got his foresight. Pretty cool right... not. It sucks. Big time!

The hardest thing about the thing with Ghost was having to listen to everyone drone on about people who have 4 powers are destined to go insane. I have 5. How have I managed not to go crazy? I don't know. When my mother found out about my fourth power she cried... all night. She got a hold of my father all the way in Washington had a very long conversation on what our next steps should be. 

That's when the mask came. See my father is a scientist. He had been working with the government on way's to nullify powers within certain areas. You know... standard army crap. Anyway, when he heard about what was happening he spent many sleepless nights creating a prototype suppressor. The mask... 

It's painful. The twitches and the headaches... and every time I take it off all that built up energy has to go somewhere. It sucks, but... I'm scared. If I use my powers and end up going mad I could end up hurting people I care about. So I deal with it... I just... I

"Cassidy!" I jumped causing my hand to slip and a banged my head on the desk. 

"Shit..." I winced at the pain and slowly looked up to see Mr. Sanders standing over me with a serious look. "Sorry. What did I miss?"

"A lot, moron." Roman yelled over and I frowned. Says the man that got his ass kicked and missed pretty much everything at the training grounds.

"I was just telling everyone that event's that happened during training the school has agreed to take you on a bit of a trip." Mr. Sanders said as he returned to the front of the class.

"VACATION!" Everyone started yelling and I groaned. Mr. Sanders just shook his head laughing.

"Not quite. You'll still be training. You are still students after all."