Echoes of Power

"We sought to perfect humanity.
Instead, we remembered why nature doesn't take orders."
- Council of Genetic Regulation

The year humanity declared its perfection was the year it started to rot.

For decades, scientists tried to purify the species, enhancing strength, speed and intelligence.
But evolution never liked being forced.
The first generation of "Human Mutants" wasn't a leap forward.
It was a fracture.

At first, the world celebrated them - the superhumans, the prodigies, the miracles.
Until the changes stopped being predictable.
Until children were born with eyes that glowed, skin that hardened into steel, or voices that shattered glass.
Until someone realized they couldn't control what they'd created.