Darkest Minds: A Burning Red

Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration or IAAN for short is a fatal disease affecting children between the ages 8-14. Over 98% of the USA's children population died from this disease. Life for the surviving 2% of children was more than torture, they were given powers that corresponded to colours.

Greens are Geniuses
Blues are Telekinetic
Yellows are Electrokinetic
Oranges are Mindcontrollers
Reds are Pyrokinetic

Reds are rare. The powers they posses have immense destructive potential, so the government uses them for power and to control.