((Collab Post between TheUnknowable, Ceta de Cloyes, and Letter Bee))

@ the diner:

"Cool," said Derrin, glad that she had backed off.  Talking about super powers made him nervous enough, but talking to a hot chick, especially one that was into you, was even worse.  "No wonder you beat him so easily.  He couldn't really effect you."

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@ the convention:

"I didn't know you could get powers like that, but, now that I think about it, there's no reason you couldn't.  At lease we have an Emma Frost, even if we don't have a Professor.  Maybe we can form our own Xmen without one."

"Yeah," said Alexander. "Either way, we're going to need money, connections, and hideouts. We also need popular support; without that, we are nothing. Oh, and an encrypted website that's public, but unhackable." A smile.

"We're going to have fun working together."

"Sounds like I need to do some studying, then.  I'm decent with tech, so I'll start looking stuff up when I get the chance.  Besides, I can still get powers if I need them enough, so I bet if I study enough I'll get that level in Supergenious I was talking about."

Alexander blinked.

"You can? How? I thought once the infection has passed..."

Kyle pulled out his cell phone and brought up a youtube video about the virus.  "I've seen a few videos, including this one, that suggest that not everyone loses the ability to get new powers when their symptoms go away.  They call them "Carriers", and the carriers can infect other people.  I checked on the FDA website, and it looks like they think that's a possibility.  If that's the case, the guy that broke out of qurantene at the space center is probably on too, and he's still on the loose."

"So," spoke Alex, "another villain to fight, if he is a villain."