The Darkest Minds - "I'm a red,"
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IAAN- Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration. It kills 90% of kids under ten. It's the disease that plagues my world. And no one knows what caused it.
At first the people feared the disease because it killed 90% of America's children. But then, they feared it because of what it did to the ones who lived. The ones like me.
It turned us into freaks, as the adults like to say. The disease gave us special abilities. We were strong. The government feared us.
As the government does when it fears things, it locked us away. They segregated us by colour, by danger, and sent us to live in camps. But I won't have that. Jia Thorin won't have that. I will do whatever it takes to stop this, including joining the Children's League, an organization that advocates for the kids of America, the ones who live.
The ones like me.
Green- those who developed enhanced mental and intellectual powers as a result of IAAN - Safe
Blue- those who developed telekinetic powers as a result of IAAN - Guarded
Yellow- those who developed electrokinetic powers as a result of IAAN - Caution
Red- those who developed pyrokinetic powers as a result of IAAN - EXTREME DANGER
Orange- those who developed mind control powers as a result of IAAN - ELIMINATE
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