Children of the Atom

Season One

Episode Nine, 'Supernova'

Part Two

"AIEEEEEE!" Liz screamed as, with the discovery of her mutant ability to (what? Glow) sunk in, and a sense of terror engulfed her, her feelings lifted her up quite literally. She swerved and thrashed in the air as she kept getting higher. The beach crowd scattered as she dive-bombed them and the last thing she saw before going high into the city was the disgusted look on Johnny Benson's face as he looked at her.

Terrified, she swerved around again and again, screaming her head off. A trail of glowing heat was her calling, and flames arose whenever the trail touched something solid. Touching anything herself meant that it melted, so calling home; her mom was out of the question. Then, all of a sudden, in front of the flying girl, arose her saviors.

Three teens all dressed in white clothing, two boys and a girl. The girl was a little older than Liz, and strong-looking and curvier than herself. Her white shirt had had the sleeves ripped off to emphasize her muscular arms, and her long brown hair was up in a ponytail while brown hairs flew in her determined face and brown eyes. She stood on a rock that was flying, balancing. One of the boys was standing on a rooftop ledge next to her, white-haired and skinny-looking, built a bit like some of the boys from the track team. But the one she noticed the most was the flying brunette boy, solidly built and with a determined, chiseled face and body. Also he was totally hot.

He held out his hand. "Come with us if you want to live."

"Dude did not just say that," the white haired boy groaned.

"Dude so just did," the brunette girl groaned too.

Liz, without knowing it, had stopped in midair, and looking down made her screech again. "Try pointing your head," the hottie advised. "You lean your body in the direction your head is pointing. It'll keep you flying straight."

"How-how did you know that?" She stuttered, feeling like a total dork.

"Practice." He said simply, giving her a small smile that seemed to melt her insides.

"Okay. How did I stop?"

"You probably just told yourself to stop. Like you would running or walking. So try telling yourself to fly to that rooftop-" he nodded to the one the white-haired boy was standing on "-and then turning off flight all together."

"I CAN'T!" She screamed, terrified. "I'LL FALL!"

"Okay. Okay." The hottie extended some range of power, and she was caught in a grip that moved her to the rooftop. "Now try."

She furrowed her brow intently, and then – glowing girl gone, flying her gone as she fell on her feet. "Wow. Thanks. So who are you all?"

"Oh." Said the hottie. "I'm Vance Astrovik. And these are Tommy Maximoff-" he nodded to the other boy – "-and Danny Petros." The girl, who crossed her arms and scowled. "We're mutants too. Like you, Liz."

"How do you know my name?" She demanded, feeling angry and embarrassed, her cheeks red.

"The same way we knew how to find you and what your powers are. A mutant detector from where we were." Vance said, consulting a piece of paper. "You have…microwave heat generation, manipulation, and heat emission. You fly by projecting the microwaves in a tight stream."

"So what are your powers?"

"I'm telekinetic. I move objects with my mind. Tommy's a speedster and he blows things up, and Danny manipulates earth." Vance said.

"What-what are you doing here?" Liz stuttered, feeling a little awkward about all her questions.

"We came to help you." Danny said, rolling her eyes. "From the first big day. Congratulations, your life has taken a big ol' turn."

"I-I know. My life is-this changes everything. I-I-I can't go back to school." Liz kept stuttering.

"Why not?" Vance said.

"Why not?" Liz screamed back at him. "I project micro-whatsists! You think I can go around school like that?"

"Yeah. Yeah I do." Vance said simply. "You can have the life you had, you just have to learn how to do what you do and decide what you want to do with it."

"What I want to do? What am I going to do with this?"

"This is the hard part." Vance said. "You get to find out what kind of person you are. You get to be someone special. A good guy? Learn your powers and help people. Or, rob banks and hurt people."

"I don't want to hurt people," Liz said, agitated. "I don't know what I want to do at all."

"Well, we could get some popcorn." Tommy suggested.

Liz shot him a death glare.

"You'll be okay." Vance said, whacking Tommy on the back of his head. "We'll help you."

"Why can't I just…be?" Liz begged.

"Well, you can. But-"

"Here comes the but…" Danny muttered.

"You have powers that need using. For the greater good." Vance said.

"But…" Liz felt a little worried. "Can't I like, get a minute to enjoy this or whatever?"

"I'm not saying you have to sign up to a life of no fun at all," Vance said, grinning a little. "Don't let being a mutant stop you from making the best of your life."

Liz felt a little woozy. Wow. He's like Dr. Phil in the body of that hottie from Glee.

"Okay." Tommy said, cutting the moment to a stop. "Can we find a better place to be than a rooftop?"

Vance looked a little uncomfortable. "You can. But I'm not. I'm going back."

AN: Sorry for the wait, but these things happen – like two weeks in another state without a computer!