Colors

She has the most useless superpower in a world full of amazing superpowered humans.
She's a laughingstock, the butt of others jokes.
That is until she starts using her power for her own purposes... no one is laughing now.

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Al has always aspired to be a hero working at the Pillar, a law enforcement agency for Evolved to protect people from supervillains. It was her dream, she'd do anything to be a strong hero that can beat anyone.
However, her Cific is useless - she has the ability to change colors. Which is great for color-coding documents and files; but completely powerless when fighting enemies or saving people from collapsing buildings.
Despite her weakness, she pushed herself and managed to join the Pillar. Her dream job. It was one of the best days of Al's life.

Years later though, she finds herself rotting away in the basement filing papers and mission reports for her coworkers. She's never been on a field assignment and her colleagues think she's a liability. Her boss brushes her off even though Al's a hero and should be saving people. Or, at least assisting others in their missions.
Al knows, if given the chance, she can prove to everyone that she's strong enough to be the best. Maybe even better than Ultra Strike, the greatest Pillar of her time. People say he's next in line to take over the organization when the president resigns. No one looks down on him.

So, when a disaster strikes and Al's precinct is called to action, she decides to ignore orders and, for the first time in her life, be the hero she's always known she could be.

But what happens when she finds herself in over her head and needs another hero to rescue her? What are the consequences of her actions? Can she get stronger and prove to everyone, especially herself, that power is a matter of determination?
How far can Al go before something breaks?

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