Volume 1: Prologue
Chapter 1
Stern faces greeted Jedikiah Price more often than not when he attended meetings in Washington, DC. This time in the year 2016, however, the atmosphere felt different. Unease and a bit of tension seemed to accompany the glares around the table at which Jed just sat.
"Doctor Price, what is this I hear about John Young having his powers augmented by the blood of your brother?"
The question surprised Jed, and the fact that Jed was caught off guard surprised nearly everyone else in the meeting.
"I need details, please, Dr. Price."
Thanks for checking out this story.
This story follows my previous story, Part of the Family. I wouldn't want to force anyone to read that so if you haven't read it or just forgot what happened, here's what happened or established in that story and is relevant to this story:
1. Very powerful TPs are able to move their minds into other people.
2. When TPs teleport, they go through Limbo but no one knew because of how quick the process is. John was able to slow down the teleportation process enough that he could remain in an undetectable non-corporeal state before full materializing at his destination. Eventually, he slowed the process down further enough that he could spend time in Limbo. During one of his trips to Limbo, he found Roger's mind (because Roger froze time again after Jed shot him) and put Roger's mind into the body of a brain-dead TP friend. By controlling his teleportation in Limbo, John can traverse huge distances quickly and in a single jump.
3. There was conflict between Jed and The Refuge because of John working for Jed again. Stephen and Cara eventually backed down, but doing so improved relations between everyone. John never got his memories back, but he did recommence his relationship with Astrid. Through her, John resumed his friendships with TPs from The Refuge. John developed Roger's ability to manipulate time.
4. Luca broke out.
5. Jed recruited The Red Avengers into an initiative whereby trained TPs monitor activity in every state and train new TPs there. Colloquially, this initiative is called The Avengers Network.
Finally, three warnings about this current story.
1. I wanted to explain the origin of TP powers. An idea came to me that was completely and ridiculously bonkers. It didn't work. Then, I realized that I should use it because it's crazy.
2. There are some similarities between my story and real life politics. They're coincidences.
3. The structure of this story is a bit odd. John and Luca have their own storyline. Jed and Roger have their own storyline. Cara and Stephen have their own storyline. Morgan and Talia have their own storyline. My initial plan was to intercut these storylines into each other. My final plan is to tell each storyline individually and completely and then move on to the next. You should assume that each pair's storyline is happening simultaneously with the other pairs' storylines (except Luca's and John's storyline). Everything will come together at the end.
Thank you again. I hope you enjoy reading.