We now live in an age where superhumans live among us.
If you are the 3% of humans born with an "S" gene, aka the Superman gene, predominant in males, you have better senses, stamina, strength, looks and intelligence than normal humans, and are born a successful model, genius, athlete. You are born genetically perfect. If slightly emotionally impared.
However, there's a catch.
If Sentinels use their powers too much, or loose concentration while using their powers, they can go into a coma, or simply forget to breath, too enraptured in their powers. This, in its extreme, is called going over the edge. There was no cure.
Until Guides were discovered.
Like Sentinels, Guides are Telekinetic and Empathetic humans with a "G" gene capable of stabilizing Sentinels when they go over the edge, predominant in females. However, Guides are rare. Making up only .005% of the World's population, Guides were extremely hard to find.
With Sentinel Zone Out rates increasing, the Sentinel Council is desperate to find more Guides, begining to test in schools, where teens are at the age that signs of Guides first occur, making any Guide found that doesn't accept the offer to the new "Guide Academy" disappear.
Cassidy Blake had always wished she was a Sentinel, that she could swim as fast as Damian Moore, or look as good as her supermodel/actor cousin Nathan. But as secrets she didn't know she was keeping are revealed, Sentinel jocks start being nice to her, and the Council of Sentinels start sending people to her house, Cassidy can't help but wish to be normal.
"I'm a messed up girl." Sigh, peek through lashes, then "Most of the time I either overreact, or I don't react at all. There's a numb spot where my heart should've been and mouth knows nothing but sarcasm." Lip bite, looking away "I've seen too much to make me this. "
Eyebrow raised, then "You're a messed up girl." A light nod making the dark tousled hair bounce. "You don't know how to react or how to listen to your heart." Fidgeting with fingers, Is he nervous? "You're not sarcastic you're defensive." Smirk. Damn right he can't be nervous. "You haven't seen too much, you've seen one side of life for too long." Another smirk. Alright, where's the police? Trouble is on its way. "It's about time you see the better side".
"I don't want you to be my superman, or batman or ironman or-." Another sigh, then "I'm not a mission! I can't be saved"
Smirk, then. "I'm not saving you, you don't need to be saved." Smile, wait what? "Babe I'm Your-Man, and I'm here to give you a good time"
Book 1 of 'SuperHero' Series.