Super Powereds: Year 2

by Drew Hayes

“Beat you? I have no intention of beating you.” Roy took a few steps forward and flexed his hands, a small series of pops emanating from his knuckles and joints. “I’m going to fucking wreck you.”

You don’t get frustrated with things you’ve given up on. If you still cared enough to get pissed off, it meant you still had hope. And hope was the difference between people who accepted their limitations, and the ones who surpassed them.

He didn’t. It was only willpower and pride that kept her from taking one last glance back as she left the room and walked carefully down the hallway.

“I prefer to think of it as a team of people who have had ample opportunity to build character through adversity.”

“I have a plan for everything. I have a plan for Zeus blasting down through the ceiling and declaring himself the king of Naples. Just because I have one, doesn’t make it particularly good.”

“Make an offering to Nyarlathotep, one of the ancient dark gods of the abyss, to come and challenge Zeus for the throne. I figure if one god is real, why not others? While they duke it out, I hightail myself to safety. Then avoid Naples for the rest of my life.”

“Vince, do you know what the difference between monsters and angels is? It’s whether they’re on your side or not.”