“Strap on time boy. Do you know where to buy one? I need you to buy me a strap online because I have sold the house so we can both join a sex cult” What is the absolute worst question your eighty year old granny has ever asked you? Up until the day the superhero the Weatherlady died it was do you have enough condoms for your date with Christina. My brain tried to deny the question my granny had just asked.
My granny Molly was old and wrinkled to hear her talking about joining a sex cult had my head spinning. My granny cackled “Boy the look on your face” I swallowed relieved and looked around my room. It was bare except for the plasma rifle I had received on my twelfth birthday and a shelf of models of the super powered. Villains and hero's dolls looked down at me.
I saw a sadness in my granny face as she looked at me. “The weatherlady is dead that means the hurricanes and storm's she kept under control are going to hit us. Maybe not soon as its November but come late February March the storms will be back. I just insured the house for a million credits and in a hour or so they will be phoning around asking if they can buy the policy back from us.” For once my Grandmother Molly looked lost and uncertain. “The first famine was a shock. I am not strong enough what I had to do to survive. I just can not do it again. Anyway ”
My granny winked at me “Sex cult your a young man you get three wives.”
Looking at my Granny I got out of bed glad I was wearing a pyjamas and moved to my computer to check my messages. I tapped Chad my best friend's number and his room appeared on the screen. Unfortunately Chad was naked and appeared to be doing yoga. I cursed under my breath and coughed loudly enough for Chad to hear me. Chad looked up and winked at my Grandma “Looking nice there Molly.”
Groaning I wished I had a super power something like the curse master so I could shrivel Chad's balls up. Chad laughed mocking me “Prude Dude you did not think answering your phone in the nude was a issue when the Jessica sisters did it.” Snorting I looked over to see my granny peering at Chad with a smirk.
“Say Chad I need to buy some toys”
If a madman had rushed in with a chainsaw and sign on him saying this is going up your ass I doubt I would have moved faster. I ran to the window and looked out it was not raining but the clouds were like those Stratus clouds I had done for my school project. Low grey and dirty looking clouds coved the sky. Deciding that I would risk the rain fall I headed out. It would be worth getting a bit wet to avoid hearing what my Granny was talking to about with Chad. I took off wishing a had super speed or better was able to fly. Only one in a hundred thousand had a power or a useful power but even if your super power was only able to change the colour of your skin to pink it was still a super power.
Looking at the ground I noticed it was wet and cursed it was going to rain soon. Or it might rain and I had left my rain gear in the house in my rush to leave. I needed to head to somewhere I could not hear my grandma talk about sex. But I did not want to go back into my house. I got the feeling that even Chad was about to hear things that would haunt him.
Unfortunately there was only one place I could go. Gavin's house was nearby but the problem was his demon of a sister. Linda was a super helper. Or she was responsible for trying to increase the number of people who developed super powers. She did this by either getting people horny, scaring them
or in most cases jumping out at them with a stun gun and torturing them. Technically being stripped naked and painted pink was not torture according to the government it was a method to ensure the survival of the human race.
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But I think what she did to Irvin was horrific. She had tied him outside the local church and given him a lap dance just before mass ended. The fact Irvin actually gained a super power did not make what she did to him alright. Who would go through with that for the power to change the colour of your eye colour? I stared at Gavin house and decided I needed to risk it. Since Irvin Linda had been living off the cash she had been paid for helping to develop a super. Apart for the occasional stripping naked and running into the boys locker room Linda had not done anything major.
I sneaked up to Gavin window and knocked on it. Gavin opened the window and waved at me before whispering “Be quite the government just went insane and have increased the rate for anyone helping the development of a super power. My sister has already gone hunting Irvin something about trying for a double awakening . So just stay slient so my parents do not hear you and call my sister” I felt a chill remembering the recording of Irvin's screams asking people not to look.
Gavin next information had me worried “Its this whole Weatherwoman thing it has people worried. I mean she used get 800 billion for three or four months work. 800 billion you could buy Texas for that kind of money. You do not pay someone that kind of money without a good reason. Now they are all now running around saying that the carbon will have to be removed from the air faster and blaming each other for not doing something earlier.” I nodded looking around for his sister.
Gavin chuckled “Just stay silent and do not wake my parents and your good. My sister Lynda and one of her colleagues Ruth are going to do something to Irvin. Apparently you need a bigger stimulation to get a second awakening.” I starred at Gavin “What could be bigger than what they did?” Gavin shuddered “I do not know and do not what to know. Hopefully no one will know except my sister and Irvin. No will go out with me because of what my sister did to Shelly”
I looked at Gavin “Who is Shelly?” I decided to run away before Gavin answered. If Linda had been trying elsewhere to give people superpowers by scaring them I did not what to be anywhere nearby. Seeing me move Gavin chuckled “Relax relax I told you my sister is down trying to get Irvin to awaken again just come in and I will warn you when she is coming.” I nodded looking at the clouds that were in the sky. It had been a while since the acid rain had ruined peoples lungs but since weatherwoman was gone maybe those days would be coming back. I had heard the name the great smoke describing a number of cities in history classes. The stories of kids dying because of the smog had been scary. Still that took months of exposure to kill you
I sighed and decided to take Gavin up on his offer he had a amazing game system. It had been a while since I dared to come over and I really wanted to try the latest racing car game. Gavin let me in the side door and I came face to face with the devil herself Linda who was looking great in a nurse uniform that left little to the imagination. Next to her was a gorgeous redhead who might as well have been topless as she was wearing what I thought might be paint above her waist she was holding a pair of handcuffs and a nightstick. The world seemed to freeze as a alarm went off. I glared at Gavin who looked pale and stuttered “Sorry but if its not you its me.” I looked up and everything went black.
A alarm woke me and I found myself strapped to a chair with a almost naked Lynda wearing a bathing suit and the red head from before looking at me. Lynda grinned “Good news you got super powers” I blinked “what?”
Lynda grinned and kissed who I took to be Ruth before laughing “Yup level E. Your going to put me and my brother through collage. Not that internet one either we will actually be able to talk to humans.”
Lynda grabbed Ruth “You watching because we need to get you excited so that maybe you can increase your level to E plus maybe even F minus.”
Swallowing I tried to remember the statistics and procedure. By now Lynda would have dosed me with super serum to increase my newly woken power. There was a twenty percent chance of death if you pushed the awakening. But a level F was worth millions to Lynda in bonuses while a level E might be worth a couple of hundred thousand depending on the power I gained. I glared at Lynda who chuckled. “Time to ramp this up”
Realizing there was nothing I could do I waited for the lap dance. At least I would get something out of this. As I had woken my powers Lynda would. A chill went down my spine I had just woken my powers this was the time when a second awakening would be more likely. Lynda would push and push hard.
Lynda smiled “Relax stud I am afraid of your grandmother. Anyone who was sixty when half the worlds population died of hunger and managed to keep a kid alive is not to be messed with. So I am just going to show you a little video.”
Lynda pulled out a laptop which showed her and Ruth kissing. I was looking around for a cattle prod when the image on the computer changed to a old granny and for a second the world seemed to stop. The image vanished and Ruth ran over to me and hugged me “It worked a improvement you might be a E plus now and with a few extra super serum boosters you might even make it to level F in a month. We get a bonus per level you increase.”