MICHAEL VEY

One day, Michael gets beat up by bullies as he is leaving school, and a popular cheerleader named Taylor witnesses the bullying. In self-defense, Michael shocks the three bullies and they fall to the ground. The next day at school, Taylor confronts him about the occasion. After some hesitation he explains his powers, and she tells him that she can read minds when she touches someone, and also "reboot" people's minds. They later discover that they were born in the same hospital near the same date, and a machine, called an MEI, made by a company called Elgen, Inc., was used during the time of their births. Taylor soon meets Michael's friend Ostin, a very smart though ordinary human who is aware of Michael's powers, and the three of them form their own group, the Electroclan.
Shortly after, both Michael and Taylor receive scholarships from the prestigious Elgen Academy. When Michael tells his mother about the scholarship, she immediately makes him leave Pizza Max, the restaurant where they are eating. On their way to the car, a man attempts to rob them. When Michael shocks him, another man appears accompanied by two teenagers. The man reveals himself to be Dr. Hatch. Michael then passes out after being drained of his electricity by Nichelle, one of the teenagers. When Michael wakes up, he is in a hospital and Ostin's mother tells him that his mom has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Taylor has been taken captive from her cheerleading practice after a horrible headache to Elgen Academy, where she finds out that she has an identical (but evil, to be found out later in the story) twin, named Tara.