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their powers for crime, the United States started a group called the "P.C.A." (that’s for "Paranormal Control Agency;" their symbol looks like this: PCA ). They took agents from the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. and the Secret Service and gave them the job of stopping the bad guys. They call the bad guys "Rogues." Later they started a P.C.A. Academy, and this is the first year people will work for the P.C.A. who graduated from the Academy.
     
    I think it is really sad that so many people changed by the Paranormal Effect want to be Rogues. My big brother has always read comic books and he read comic books to me when I was a little kid. I think it’s so sad that no Paranormals want to be super-heroes. Why don’t they want to be like Superman or Spider-Man or the X-Men? In the comic books the bad guys always lose, but how can they lose in the real world if there are no super-heroes to fight them? There are some Paranormals who work with the P.C.A. against the Rogues, and that’s a good thing, but it would be cool if somebody wanted to be a real, live super-hero. If I ever get changed by the Paranormal Effect, that’s what I’m going to do.
     
    A lot of people are scared by the Paranormals and hate them just because they got changed, and I think this is sad, too. In Miss Wallis’ class, we learn about stuff like Civil Rights and how prejudice is bad, so I think people should remember these things when they think about the Paranormals. The Paranormals are just people like you and me who got changed and they did not ask for it to happen to them. The Rogues are uncool and should be punished, but regular people who turn Paranormal should not be punished if they aren’t Rogue.
     
    Paranormals are just like you and me, only different, and if people with different colored skin and who have different religions should be treated equal, then a man who can change the color of things should be treated equal, too.
     
    My name is Jeffrey Lawrence, and if another kid in my class turned Paranormal, I would still be his friend, and I hope that if I turned Paranormal, other kids would still be my friends, too.
     
    And if a Paranormal decided to be a super-hero, I think that would be really, really COOL!!!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

TODAY
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

VORTEX
     
    I don’t have time for this , Joseph Davison thought as he pinched the bridge of his nose in futile defense against his on-setting headache. On top of everything else, I really do not have time for this.
     
    "You can’t do this to me, Joseph!" bellowed Richard McLane, the current pinnacle of a never-ending stream of sustenance for the headache monster that lurked behind Joseph’s eyes. The monster grew in perfect synchronization with the rising decibels in McLane’s voice.
     
    "I can , Richard," Joseph said flatly, "and I am ."
     
    McLane glared at him with hate-filled eyes. His brow was fiercely knotted, seemingly all the way to the top of his mostly-bald pate. If looks could kill ...
     
    And thanks to the White Flash, Joseph noted inwardly, these days, they sometimes can.
     
    For a split-second, an irrational fear tightened Joseph’s chest, stifling his breath. What if McLane had gone paranormal? At any moment, heat waves or psychic bolts or God knew what else could surge forth from this seething man and end Joseph’s life in the blink of an eye.
     
    But no ... if the Paranormal Effect had touched McLane, its sole influence had been to loosen the man’s conscience. McLane was to be feared for what he did , not what he was .
     
    " Mister McLane ," Joseph continued, slapping on his best authoritative tone, "the current purpose of this institute, as you well know, is to develop effective counter-measures for dealing with paranormal rogues. The President himself has commended us on our rapid advances." Joseph leaned forward on his desk, clasping his hands together in front of him. " You have led your division in weapons development, and