Words In The Dark

Cesar Brown is a boy that can read the mind of anything that thinks. Anything under the sun that has free thought. Animals, humans, creatures, and even some plants. He can understand the things they're trying to say, and he understands things that no one else does. One thing he's never understood, though, is why he's the way he is. He doesn't know why he has these powers, but seeing as he's afraid of what the reason truly is, he doesn't question it. He and his best friend, Ax the bird, just float through life.

But then one day Cesar meets a group of people just like him. There are other kids that have powers too and, to Cesar surprise, they use them to fight the supernatural creatures that creep in the night. After much deliberation, they persuade Cesar to join their crew (with the help of a tall, dark, and handsome boy with pale blue eyes that Cesar apparently can't get enough of) and he uses his powers to make their duties easier.

Then something goes wrong. A group of creatures that kill anything, magic or not, show up and Cesar faces a foe he doesn't understand for the first time in his life. He can't read their thoughts, he doesn't know what they are, he doesn't know what they want, and because of this, he is absolutely terrified. He doesn't know what's going on. What are these things? Why can't he understand them? And after a particular incident, he can't help but ask: Is there something else that's going on behind the scenes?

A boy from the group drags him along in a mission to seek out answers. They creep around behind the group's back, and they find that their problem goes beyond just the killing of evil creatures. They find that there is a bigger problem to face, and because of this, they can't help but wish they could go back to being in the dark about the evil in the world.