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	It was a weekday night in the United States and countless people were settling in for an episode or two of their favorite weekly television series.  However, the hundreds of thousands of Americans did not expect that their nightly entertainment would have been interrupted for what at first seemed like a practical joke.  But when everyone realized that the live stream interruption was for real, people started to flip through the channels, which caused them to realize that this broadcast was being shown on [b]every[/b], despite what the channel owners tried to reverse it.

	“Hello, world.”  A man said who was shrouded by darkness.  One could only see his silhouette from a red light that was shining behind him.  “Pardon the interruption of your nightly shows.  Don’t worry, once this broadcast has ended, you will be returned to your regular programing.”

	“Our world has been struck by calamity after calamity ever since these metahumans have made their appearance known to the world.  There was that mass murderer who was taunting a secret organization called S.T.R.I.K.E.  There was the ‘demon’ invasion of Lost Haven.  Now there is this entity called Umbraxis that has already started to pile up a death count!  How is the normal person supposed to live in a world full of metahumans who can obliterate an entire city block?  What can we do about this?”

	“Well, there is one thing that we, as a human race, can do about this [i]problem[/i].  There is a common saying in American colloquialism that goes like this: ‘If you can’t beat them, join them.’  Therefore, I offer you all a gift.  A chance to equal the playing field.  Our environment is changing and we as a species must adapt with it.  Why should these powers be limited to only a select, lucky few?”

	“Therefore, in 48 hours, a device in Lost Haven will emit an energy dome that will eventually grant superhuman powers upon all those who are within its borders.  First Lost Haven will receive this gift, then the Eastern Seaboard, then North America, and finally the entire world!  By the end of this week, the entire world shall know what it feels like to be special.”

	“I already anticipate that there will be those who will object to the transformation process.  However, I would like to show you all something.”  	The shrouded man extended forth his hand in front of him, which was holding a small vial.  “Not long ago, my own team of self-created metahumans prevented a terrorist from depositing this substance into a particular water supply near Lost Haven.  After further study, this substance would turn normal people into mindless, muscular brutes.  In contrast, my gift will not take away your normal intelligence.  In fact, in some cases it might raise it!”

	“My transformation process will affect people differently.  Some will immediately receive their powers once they are within the dome, while others will see the affects emerging after a few days.  Everyone’s body reacts differently to the effects of my metahuman-inducing serum.  And to ease the worries of everyone, the dome has been tuned so that it will only affect regular humans.  There is no need to worry about mutant rodents or cockroaches terrorizing our homes.  Furthermore, anyone who would otherwise be labeled a ‘metahuman’ shall not be affect by the dome, since why should I give more power to the group with which I am trying to level the playing field.”

	“Others might ask whether everyone deserve these powers.  It is quite obvious that there are those who probably should not receive powers for the public good.  Since I have already anticipated this complaint, specific devices have been set up in certain institutions of interest, such as prisons and mental hospitals that will dampen the dome and prevent those, who would present themselves as a danger to themselves and our society as a whole, from receiving powers.  Will this prevent all evil people from receiving powers?  Of course not.  However, I reassure you all that the number of ‘good’ will outnumber the ‘evil’.”

	“Now, I know there will be those who will try to stop my plans.  These are your so-called [i]heroes[/i].  Your champions of freedom and liberty.  Yet, they are also the defenders of the status quo, upholders of the current chaos caused by the regular person’s lack of means to defend themselves from the average metahuman, let alone some global threat.  They claim to want to protect the world, yet they don’t want it to change.  Without change, more innocent people will die.  These heroes are hypocrites.  They will sacrifice your change at godhood for maintaining their own uniqueness within this world.  They would rather have you all be dependent on them whenever some catastrophe happens.”

	After the man finished his speech, he reached over and pressed a button on something that was on his wrist.  Immediately afterwards, the shrouded man began to grow, both in respect to his height and his muscle mass.  Once the transformation had completed, even though the viewers could only see his silhouette, it could be clearly seen that he had a similar body build as the Kingpin from the 90’s Spider-Man animated series.  The only difference was that his neck was so elongated, just like a giraffe or a sauropod dinosaur, that his entire head was off screen.  He then twisted his neck so that his head would be up close to the camera.  His head was still entirely human, despite his neck’s length.  His entire head was shaven bald, while he was wearing a pair of tinted laboratory goggles.

	“Welcome to the [i]Pax Metahumana[/i].”