Powers That Be

In the near future, after two meteor fragments struck Earth, some people developed strange skills, though there was nothing unusual about the meteor. In the USA, these unexplained powers quickly divided those who had them into two groups.

The Top Tier heroes, known in social media the Fab Four, were employed by the military in a fight against a super-villain known only as Wokon. Those endowed with lesser powers were nowhere near as revered until a determined woman who went by the handle of Ayurveda C'Dabra organized a diverse group of them into a brave and successful crew.

Financed secretly by the owner of an up-and-coming comic book company, they took on some serious villains and paid a heavy price, and in the process, they embarrassed the Top Tier people, who were increasingly seen as asleep at the wheel.

This growing rivalry was to result in dire consequences for the Tier Two Team. The question was: could they ever survive this and recover their good name? Or would it kill them trying?