Ivy’s alarm went off at 4:30am, she was up and around by 5:00 am. By 7am she had read the news wires from the services, checked her schedule and prepared a list of things she wanted the staff to look into. Her emails were responded to. Breakfast was ready for the children and lunches packed. As her daughter came in, she hid the second lunch bag and sat down to eat the extra plate of food. Everyone knew her mind was still processing Tyler’s death. The pain was there constantly, but she pushed herself to do what she needed to.

She smiled trying to keep her daughter “normal.” 
[color=aaaaaa]”It like Tyler is out with his friends and just hasn’t come home yet,”[/color] her daughter said. 
[color=00ff00]”I know dear,”[/color] she said going over to give the girl a hug.
Her husband came in hugged them both and kissed them. “An emergency came up. A child electrocuted themself after seeing one of the “Suppers” use electricity’”

Ivy had read that a child in Chicago had jumped to their death from the 15th floor of a building because they saw someone fly past the window. Not mention the unspeakable crimes that were happening rapes, murders, and kidnappings. People were being tortured. It seemed like anyone who had an issue with someone else was acting out and blaming it on the supers. This wasn’t to say that good things were also not happening. But negative and shocking news sells.

When she got to her office, the leaders were there waiting for her. They had come to a law that would register people if they abused their powers. The gun rights coalition was opposed as they saw it as a stepping stone to losing gun rights. She had to deal with factions, some wanted to setup interment camps, others wanted to execute them, some wanted the government to stay out of it. 

People were up in arms because the stock market was being weird, Iran was talking about going to war, opec was having an emergency meeting with Russia. Israel was rumored to be creating a division of supers to fight the Arabs. China was a mess as people were fighting the state control. Other places had declared martial law.

Ivy wanted to find a nuanced solution. She wanted to know how this happened, she wanted to understand what they were dealing with, and then figure out laws to  punish the criminal elements and to detain them.