2029

Malcolm Simmons was a child prodigy, at 13 he was already one of the youngest people to ever graduate from M.I.T. but all that went away in an instant. One morning he woke up with a sore throat, his mother noticed her sons discomfort and asked him what was wrong.

He attempted to tell her he had a sore throat but when the first word came out it was as if a train had crashed through the house. Every window shattered, the walls cracked, the ground shook and every car alarm within a 2 mile radius went off.

His parents rushed him to the doctor.

Dr. Harlan was amazed at the sight of his vocal cords,"Did you have him treated by Nexus when you we're pregnant?"

Malcolm's mother nodded as the doctor sat back, "This is becoming common with the children that were modified. Everyday now we hear new stories about these kinds of things. Your son has unique vocal cords, they produce sound of such a volume that it becomes a destructive force."

His father looked to the doctor,"Is there any way to control it or fix it?"

Harlan shakes his head,"Not that I can think of, as a side effect of his abilities his vocal cords are damn near indestructible making them next to impossible to remove without taking vital parts with them, as far as control goes the best I can tell you is don't let him speak because those cords are pretty much built to be a weapon now."

2041

Rob and Malcolm sit on a couch playing a video game as Adam sits off to the side working one of Malcolm's dexterity puzzles when Campbell steps in,"Ahem."

They pause the game and look back as Campbell speaks,"These are detectives Reed and Costello from the Chicago PD......"

Rob interrupts,"If either one of you is named Lou I won't be able to take you seriously."

Campbell reaches over and swats him on the head,"As I was saying, They'll be working closely with us from. Apparently the local Mafia has been employing Trans humans for quite some time now. The head of the Task force has decided that it'll be mutually beneficial if we cooperate with regular police."

Detective Reed, the older of the 2 detectives has had a long and distinguished career he looks with a scowl at the 2 on the couch and then at Adam who had yet to even look their way. Detective Costello had just earned her detective shield and was happy to be assigned as partner to Reed who was well respected by most in the department.

Reed looked to Costello,"I have something to discuss with the Captain, you may as well get to know our new co-workers."

The group noticed his visible annoyance with that last word. Rob and Malcolm shrugged as they walked off and Costello sat down. Adam looked toward Costello with a smirk as Rob lit a cigarette.

She turned up her nose,"Those things will kill you."

Rob leaned back,"One of the great things about being spliced, we're cancer proof."

She looked annoyed,"Well I'm not spliced."

Adam snorted as a grin came over Rob,"If you say so."

Her eyes went wide as Rob continued, "Don't worry lady, we know how to keep our mouth shut. In fact Simmons here is a master at it."

She eased up a bit, "How did you know?"

He replied, "Super human sensory perception and Adam has regular snake vision, you don't have a Normie heat signature if you weren't one of us you'd be in a hospital having a seizure or something with that temperature. Also Adam's a telepath so he would've figured it out even without that."

She looked at Malcolm,"And what's your ability?"

He looked to Rob,"He's basically a human sonic cannon, he'd tell you himself but it would kill us all."

The 3 then looked at you, "What's yours?"

Before she could answer Reed and Campbell entered. Reed stepped in front of the T.V. and began, "The Chicago Syndicate has been using you people...."

Rob sat up,"I'm fairly certain they haven't been using me or anyone else in the room."

Reed gave him an annoyed expression,"The syndicate has been using splicers..I mean Trans humans as enforcers, hit men and drug runners for years. We haven't been able to bring any of them in though because we weren't equipped to deal with them."

Ana, Max and Brian came in and introduced themselves and sat to hear Reed out as he explained the problems the department had been having in the last few years.

The next day

Costello walks in in the morning and find the HQ mostly empty but sees Ana in the kitchen are pouring herself some coffee,"Where is everyone?"

Ana looks over, "They're in the training room, ever since the whole Kate Winchester thing a few weeks back Campbell has insisted on drilling us every morning cause to be honest we had our asses handed to us."

Costello sits down,"Did the guys tell you?"

Ana nods,"That you're one of us yea, no worries. Your secrets safe detective."

She smiles, "Call me Sara. I'm sure you guys probably think I'm a sell out."

Ana shakes her head,"We all do what we gotta do to get by, they don't exactly make it easy. Malcolm has a degree from M.I.T. and before he joined the task force the best job he could find was cleaning up a coffee house."

Training room

Rob stands looking at Brian, "You're going about this all wrong, yea you're good at dodging but you gotta use your speed while you're hitting too. I'm willing to bet if you put it behind your swing even the air off it should be a knock out."

Brian nods,"Okay." and swings, Rob is barely able to dodge but there is a sound of a sonic boom that hits and sends him flying into a wall.

Rob gets up slowly,"Next...lets work on..control."

Adam squares off with Max, "The reason your sister beat you has nothing to do with her power, unlike Rob and Ana who were crippled by it you were able to move yet you just stood off to the side. You're fear is what defeated you."

Max swings at him,"You saw how strong and fast she is."

Adam dodges,"Yes but she wouldn't be able to touch you while you were on fire without maiming herself."

He angrily swings again,"And I'm supposed to kill my sister?"

Adam swats his hand away,"She is a threat to you and everyone around her, I'm not saying killing her is the answer but you can't allow yourself to freeze up like that. Until you overcome your fear of her she'll always own you."

Max's hands burst into flame as he throws multiple angry swings that Adam easily dodges. Adam then sweeps his legs sending him down to the mat.

Campbell stares at Malcolm, "Are you gonna swing or what?"

Malcolm shrugs as Campbell continues, "What do you think you're gonna do when an enemy has you cornered?"

Malcolm grins and whispers as low as he can"boo." The force sends Campbell to the ground.

The Captain sits up and shakes his head,"Okay, that's enough for today."

Rob looks over rubbing his aching back,"Sounds cool to me."

Max is the last to leave, he's angry at Adam but knows what he said is true.

As the men enter the kitchen area Rob looks at Ana,"Why weren't you in there?"

Ana continues to sip her coffee,"Oh please I can kick all your asses at once."

Adam enters,"She's not wrong."

Campbell looks at Costello,"Where's Reed?"

She answers,"His daughter is having a kid. He won't be in today."

As she says that an alert goes off.

Rob looks up still aching,"Crap."

Chicago IL, A small bar near Lincoln Park

Rob has a beer as he watches the sports report on the big screen. He drops his beer when a familiar scent catches his attention. A woman leans in behind him and whispers in his ear,"Hi Robby."

Before he can turn he gets a sensation as if his skin was on fire. The air touching his skin becomes like hot blades to him as he is suddenly over whelmed by the sounds and smells surrounding him causing him to fall to the floor in the fetal position trying desperately to regain control of his senses.

Kate casually leans over and drags him toward the door out into the street where panic had started in the streets. She looks down at Rob,"Just wanted to make sure you got the chance to take it all in."

She then handcuffed him to a street lamp and continued on.

7/11

Ana grabs the cooler door to grab a soda but the door comes off the hinges, she turns to call the clerk but has a muscle spasm causing her to stumble. She catches herself on a shelf that crumbles in her grasp. She then decides to leave but notices the clerk sitting in the corner behind the counter in tears muttering to him self. She looked out and noticed the crowd out side.

Task Force HQ

Brian steps out of the building and begins to walk down the street but suddenly feels himself picking up speed, he tries to stop but he blasts away. When he finally regained control he found himself in Mexico.

Malcolm is in his room tinkering with a gadget when he feels the muscles in his throat start contracting. He drops what he was doing and ran toward the elevator taking him to the basement where he locks himself in a small reinforced room. He then lets out a sonic scream that rattles the building.

Max walks past the conference room where he sees Campbell pacing and muttering to himself while he waves his gun around,"Captain, are you okay?"

Campbell doesn't even notice. Max trembles as he realizes what's going on. He looks down at his hands as they burst into flames.

A giggle comes from behind him,"Did you miss me Maxy?"

Lincoln Park Zoo

Adam sits on a bench in the reptile house, taking in the warmth on this chilly autumn day. He's roused from his thoughts when he hears commotion outside. He looks around at the calm reptiles for a moment then steps out. He sees the humans around him in a state of panic along with several of the animals.

As he walks a man from the snack booth runs up to him screaming and grabs his coat, Adam attempts to pull away. In the brief struggle his hood falls down. The man gives him a look of sheer terror as the other panicked people look their way. They began hurling things at Adam, some calling him a demon.

He runs away toward the HQ dodging people the whole way. He stops finding Rob handcuffed to the street lamp sobbing in pain and leans down,"What the hell is going on?"

Rob looks up and attempts to regain his composure,"Kate is here. Why aren't you messed up?"

Adam shrugs then helps Rob to his feet,"Many animals at the zoo seem to be affected as well, luckily I was in the reptile house. They seemed unaffected."

Rob looks over to him,"Being indoors has never saved anyone from her before."

Adam nods, "Perhaps reptiles are immune."

Rob then states, "You need to get to HQ, she's probably there already. I'm slowing you down, if she gets a hold of Max she'll burn this city to the ground. Leave me here."

Adam sits him down on a bench, upon hearing the painful grunts he looks down to Rob,"Let me help." He then strikes him in the head knocking him out to alleviate the sensory overload.

He then runs toward the HQ as fast as he can and bursting through the front door he finds Max in the main hall covered in flame,"Where is she?"

Kate pops her head around the corner,"Cool, I get to see a snake man flip out."

He turns to face her,"I'm afraid not."

Kate and Max look at his demeanor, agitated but in full control.He adds,"Don't make me hurt you."

She chuckles,"I dare you." Max looks to Adam,"Run."

Adam ignores him and goes to face her. As he enters the room she catches him by the throat and hurls him against the wall,"Mommy wanted me to be an athlete, paid top dollar to get the full package."

She stepped over to him kicking him hard in the chest. When she goes for a second he catches her foot and strikes her hard in the knee sending her down then he swung for her face. She blocked and slammed his head into the wall and jumped back to her feet. As Adam stood up she smashed the coffee table on him sending him back out to the hall knocking over a terrified Max.

She walks up behind Adam and locks him in a full nelson,"Got ya."

Adam grins,"Normally that would be true." He then spins his head around teeth bared and goes to bite.

She kicks him away. She swings her fist at him and he catches her arm driving his teeth into her flesh and pumping venom into her.

She pulls back already slowing, he then steps forward and knocks her out. Max's flame cuts off,"Is she dead?"

Adam shakes his head,"My venom isn't concentrated enough for one bite to be lethal."

Highway 90 near Gary, Indiana 6 hours later

Kate is in the back of an unmarked truck headed toward the nearest prison capable of holding Trans humans. The truck abruptly stops and the rear door is ripped off. A large man looks in,"Need a ride lady?"

2027 Winchester home Richmond, VA

Max Winchester walks into the house nervously, the door was open. He noticed his sister Katie sitting on the stairs with a gleeful smile. He turned toward the living room where his father sat sobbing on the couch with a bloody knife in his hand. He began shaking his head and repeating, "I'm so sorry baby." Max looked over and saw his mother laying on the floor as Katie crept up behind him.

She whispered in his ear, "Your turn."

He felt heat welling up in him as she looked smiled. He burst into flame lighting the house up around him as Katie skipped out of the house giggling.

2041 Chicago, IL

Early in the morning Captain Campbell speaks over the PA, "Everybody up and in the conference room, now."

A few minutes later they shuffle in the room groggily as Rob asks,"What's the deal Elvis? I was having a wonderful dream about......"

"Kate Winchester." Campbell stated cutting Rob off.

The humor left Rob immediately as he looked to Max who suddenly looked nervous.

Ramos noticing the instant change in mood asked,"Who's Kate Winchester."

Campbell flipped on the view screen,"She is possibly the most dangerous Trans human on the planet."

She sits down,"What'd she do."

Rob looks over,"It's her power, she emits some kind of energy. In normal humans it causes paranoia, hallucinations and general psychotic behavior. The real dangerous part is her effect on us."

She looks curious,"What happens to us?"

Campbell answers,"When your powers develop your body starts producing a chemical unique to trans humans, it acts as a regulator giving you a subconscious level of control so your body can cope with your abilities. When she's using her power this chemical protects you from the effects she has on normal humans but in the process it stops regulating."

Max chimes in, "Basically sending our abilities into over drive making them uncontrollable."

Campbell continues,"We're not sure where she's headed......"

Max shouts,"We know exactly where she's heading. We always know." He then storms out.

Ana looks at Rob curiously so he tells her,"She's his older sister. When they were kids she drove her father crazy. Made him kill their mom. After she made sure Max saw she caused him to set fire to their home. He ran away but she has a habit of finding him, last time was in Santa Cruz back in 38."

Campbell interjected, "You may have seen it in the news."

Ramos' eyes went wide,"She caused the Santa Cruz massacre?"

Nexus HQ New York City

Cromwell paces nervously behind Rossini, "Where is she? For all we know she could be here. I don't want her anywhere near me."

Rossini sighed,"Such a whiner. You have nothing to worry about, based on her past we can assume she'll do what she always does. She'll find her brother, he's her favorite toy."

A little boy cries,"Please stop Katie."

His older sister chuckles,"I want to see it burn."

The boy screams as flames pour from his hands and his sister laughs at the sight.

2029

15 year old Max Winchester wakes up looking at the smoldering garbage around his spot in the alley. He pulls himself up from the pavement to start his day. He's been on the streets for 3 years now. He wanders out of the alley past the frightened bums who kept their distance.

A few hours later as he left the shelter where he always went for dinner he heard a scuffle going on in an alley. He looked down and saw some large boys surrounding a smaller one. The ring leader shoved the smaller boy,"My dad says you're one of those spliced freaks."

The smaller boy looked defiant, "Better than being a walking jello jiggler. What's your blood type, Crisco?"

Max chuckled from behind them. Some of the boys looked back as the ring leader shouted,"What's so funny, prick?"

Max looked him over,"I thought you people were supposed to be jolly."

They stepped toward him but he made a flame in his hand,"Do you really want to do this?"

The boys ran away as the smaller one walked up,"I could've took them."

Max looked down,"If you say so. I can tell you don't belong around here."

He nodded,"I'm Rob, and you are?"

They walked back to meet up with Rob's father who looked angry,"I told you not to wander off."

Rob smiled,"Its okay, my friend here had my back."

Frank looked Max over as Rob hopped in the car,"You got some place to sleep tonight kid?"

Max shrugged,"I'll find a spot."

Frank shook his head,"Get in the car."

2041 Chicago, IL

Max and Ana sat on a roof top waiting for a signal from Rob and Adam who were chasing a splicer with the ability to blend into shadows and travel in them over short distance.

Max looked over to Ana,"Any idea how we're supposed to catch this guy?"

She shrugs,"Bright light?"

Max shook his head,"I'm not sure that'd work."

Down on the street Adam commed Rob,"He's moving."

Rob replies," I noticed, bout damn time too."

Rob calls Max,"Make it daytime."

Max rubs his hands together and takes a breath,"Its about to get hot."

He unleashes a massive ball of fire exposing the shadow traveler forcing him to run for the nearest shadow left. Ana leapt down landing beside him and clamping a power inhibitor on him,"Got him." She calls Max,"Told you, bright light."

Pelican Bay State Prison, Sub Level Trans Human section.

A woman sits in her cell as a guard walks by, he slides a small box into her cell.

She picks it up and opens it, inside there is a picture of her little brother Max in Chicago and a note, 'Ms. Winchester, here's a little gift to help you out. From a friend.'

An evil grin comes over her as she lifts up a small device from the box,"Be seeing you soon Maxy."

Nexus HQ New York City

Cromwell storms in angrily,"Mind telling me why you busted Kate f**king Winchester out of Pelican Bay? Are you trying to start a slaughter."

Rossini looks up,"I needed to see her power work for myself."

Kree/Shi' Ar border zone

The Starjammer floats behind a large asteroid scanning the large warship monitoring the area. The Professor states,"4 large cannon, 25 gun turrets, 32 fighters."

The navigator, a blue Kree woman named Lor-En looked up,"Any ideas how this is going to work?" David looked over,"You'd probably just worry more if you knew."

Hanger bay 10 minutes later

Tor-Vel hits his comm,"Not to challenge authority or anything but can I go on record that this is a bad idea."

Hal answers,"Noted, if you have a better method of getting on the ship feel free to share."

Tor looks back to 7,"Sorry about the close quarters, this isn't exactly built for 2."

7 nods,"I've been in tighter spots." He hits his comm,"Looking forward to your first space walk, David?"

David replies,"Honestly, I think I'd rather have a prostate exam."

7 chuckles,"Molly, ready to go?" She responds, "What ever gets me out of this fighter."

The Bridge

Hal looks to the crew,"We ready." They nod ,"Go"

Holographic images appear surrounding of Kree warships causes them to open fire in several different directions as the cloaked Starjammer moves below releasing 3 Razors from the hanger. They slide past the Warship shields and open their top hatches letting Molly, 7, and David out.

They fire magnetic lines attaching themselves to the ship and reeling themselves in. They waited for a moment until a garbage shoot opened and they crawled in. They waded through to a vent shaft and crawled in.

Outside the fighters had been sighted leading the Shi'ar to release there own. The Starjammer releases their remaining 5 Razors and decloak to enter the fight. They are careful not to fire the main cannon focusing on the taking out the fighters and the weapons of the Warship.

In the Warship

David pops his head out of a vent,"Looks like a stockade, empty except for 1 cell."

They hop out and try to slink past the cell, the man inside doesn't even look up,"It'd be easier if you had a guide."

David stops,"What are you in for?"

He looks up," The name's M'lek, I was caught disparaging the brat sitting on the throne."

7 interrupts,"Can you get us to the Captain's quarters?"

M'lek nodded.

Outside

Tor-Vel slices through several fighters on course to destroy the Warships main cannon, he rapidly fired to no effect so he rammed at full speed tearing it away. The Shi'ar captain roared at his pilots about their in ability to stop 8 Kree fighters as the Starjammer pounded on the Warship from the side.

In the ship

M'lek proved extremely useful, finding a direct path to the captain's quarters with minimal security. 7's camo devices prevented capture the few times they encountered anyone.

Once there they searched for charts leading to several top secret locations throughout Shi'ar space when their luck ran out.

Several guards burst in, Molly caught the first and slashed his face sending him to the floor as the others rushed in. 7 tossed the charts in his pack and fired up his repulsers. He blasted their way out as David and M'lek picked up some of the dropped weapons.

7 looked around, "We need to get to the hanger."

He hit his comm,"We'll be heading your way soon, pay attention to the the comm."

Outside

The Shi'ar fighters made several futile strafing runs on the Starjammer as it attacked the Warships auxiliary cannons crippling the weapons system. Suddenly 2 Shi'ar fighters sweep past the rest. 7 yells into the comm,"Open the hanger doors, and don't shoot."

The fighters slid into the Hanger bay followed by the Razors as 7 shouted,"Fire the cannon."

The Bridge

Hal looked back to the gunner,"You heard the man."

They fired a shot, blasting a massive hole in the Hull of the Warship and took off top speed deeper into Shi'ar space.

2028 Home of The Brooks family Providence, RI

Adam sits in his room trying to block out the fighting but his hearing is too good. He hears every word as his father yells,"You did this to him you selfish @#$%."

She replies,"I didn't think......." He interrupted, "You never think, its just another example of you doing whatever the hell you want regardless of the consequences to anyone else."

She began yelling,"What do you care, you'll barely even look at your son." He replied,"Do you blame me? You know what never mind, I'm done."

He marched to the door,"I'll be back for my stuff."

The door slammed and Adam heard his mother stomping up the stairs toward his room. She threw the door open grabbing Adam and dragging him along behind her, "You ruined my life you little freak, go join your father if he'll have you."

She pushed the crying child out the door and locked it behind him. This was the last time Adam Brooks ever heard from either of his parents.

2041 Chicago, IL

Foxtrot company is riding in their transport to respond to a call from the Chicago PD, Monroe is reading an article on his phone and looks over to Winchester,"According to some experts, our powers may come from a personality trait."

Winchester rolls his eyes,"If you start that flamer crap again I will actually set you on fire."

Ramos looks over,"What."

Rob replied,"He don't like tacos."

Max shakes his head,"You're disgusting."

The group stares at him as Ramos states,"I'm not sure if that's homophobic, racist or sexist."

Rob nods,"I'm an overachiever."

The transport stops and they hop out. A large man is stomping down the street flipping police cars. Campbell steps up,"Okay we need to contain him, form a perimeter......"

Rob stops him,"I got this."

Campbell looks down at him,"You know what, go ahead." The Captain leans on the car and orders the group to stand down much to the shock of the surrounding police.

Rob casually strolls up to the large man,"Hey, Tons of Fun."

He turns,"The name is Bull."

Rob looks around,"Sounds about right. So Bull, you want to go ahead and surrender or am I gonna need to embarrass you in front of all the nice Normies."

Bull swings at him, Rob sidesteps. Bull starts swing his fists wildly as Rob dodges with ease and spins around behind him,"You know, they say violence is never the answer, sure a historically inaccurate statement but it sounds nice."

Bull turns in a voice that's almost a growl,"I'm gonna crush you."

He charges and Rob leaps away, he looks around,"Where'd he go."

"Up here big fella." Bull looks up to see standing on top of a street light.

Bull hits it snapping it which brought it down hard on his head, the extra weight from Rob was enough to knock Bull unconscious.

Winchester walks over to Campbell with his hand out as the Captain grudgingly slaps a 20 into it.

Adam looks up,"Someone was watching."

Campbell looked over,"What's that?"

Adam walks over to a fire escape quickly climbing to the roof of a building grabbing up a mobile camera. He tosses it down to Rob who caught it and handed it over to the Captain.

He looks it over,"Any ideas who this belongs to?" Simmons raises his hand.

He pulls out a note pad and writes, 'It's a Cryptech Odinseye, top of the line. Very expensive. Its far more than a camera, it collects all data from its area of view.'

He walks over and opens it up to pull out the hard drive.

Foxtrot company HQ

Campbell stands at the head of a table in front of a view screen,"The Odinseye was apparently following Bull, it recorded not only his abilities but also police response time and ours, not to mention Monroe's show boating. Our tech guys say that who ever it was transmitting to don't want to be found."

Nexus HQ New York City

C.E.O. James Cromwell stands behind Dr. Emil Rossini, "Why the interest in this guy? We've seen far more powerful Splicers."

Rossini sighs,"A bulldozer is more powerful than a computer, doesn't make it any more useful. His sensory abilities are frankly superior to any technology on Earth, the only thing that even comes close, is the snake man."

Cromwell straitens his tie,"Anything on those Orwells?" Rossini shakes his head,"No, they know how to avoid us. There is a great deal of potential among the T.H.T.F. though."

(Chapter name based on Military Phonetic Alphabet)

2027 Doctor's office Marine corps base Quantico, VA

Lt. Col. Frank Monroe sits listening to Dr. Ed Quinn,"What do you mean super human senses?"

Dr. Quinn turns to face him,"All of his senses are enhanced, and not just the basic 5."

Frank looks confused,"There are more than 5?"

Quinn nodded, "There are somewhere between 9 and 21 depending on which expert you ask but that's not the point. Your son is remarkable, aside from the hyper acute hearing, sense of smell and eyesight that'd make a hawk jealous he's pretty much off the scale. His natural sense of balance and spatial awareness combined with his enhanced agility and dexterity make your son basically a genetically perfect soldier."

Frank scowled, "Are you suggesting turning my son into a weapon?"

Quinn's excitement faded,"Easy Frank. I got a bit a head of myself. I've just never seen anything like this."

Frank leaned back in his chair, "I wish his mother had been as accepting as you. Can you believe she had the nerve to get angry at him over this? It's not Rob's fault she went behind my back and had our son customized like he was a goddamned car."

Quinn sighed, "Been what, 2 months since the divorce?"

Frank nodded as Quinn continued, "On the bright side I still have to laugh when i remember seeing the look on her face when she found out she couldn't take the house."

They burst out laughing.

2041 T.H.T.F. HQ

A Gunnery Sargent calls out,"Foxtrot company, Monroe, Martin,Ramos, Brooks,Winchester, Simmons. You'll be under Captain Campbell's command. Golf company....."

After roll call Foxtrot company sat talking as they waited for Capt. Campbell, Rob looked over to Brooks as he held his hood tight, hiding his face,"What's your story, I heard you were an animal splice."

Brooks pulled away as Rob continued,"No worries, we're all freaks here man."

He looks around the room, "Okay, I know Brian is our speed guy, Ramos is our power house, Winchester is our mascot."

"Oh shut up, prick." Winchester stated annoyed,"Call me Max, I'm a pyrokenetic, Rob's just mad cause I'm prettier."

The 2 laughed as the group stared at them. Rob then looked to Simmons, "And how about you?"

Brooks spoke up,"He doesn't speak, a whisper from him would shatter a normal person's ear drums."

Rob looked back to him,"How do you know that?"

Brook's eased up,"I'm a telepath."

Rod grinned,"Telepathic snake man, nice."

Capt. Campbell entered, he was a tall muscular man with graying hair,"Sit down Monroe."

Rob delivered a sarcastic salute,"Yes, Sir Elvis."

Ramos looked up,"Elvis?"

Campbell replied, "I was named after the King, show some respect."

The Captain walked around the room looking at a clip board,"Aside from Monroe's super human ability to annoy me we have an impressive array of abilities here. We're going to be working in Chicago and the surrounding area starting next week."

Monroe interrupted,"Prepare to be sad for Cubs fans."

Campbell looked back at him,"Shut up."

Engineering bay, Starjammer

A pink Kree named Col-Cas and a blue Kree named Nor-Vas follow Hal-Lass as he introduces 7,"This is our head engineer, Creed 7, he'll be your boss down here." Col looks up at him, "I've been in the engineering corps for 10 cycles what qualifies you to give me orders?"

7 looks down on him,"Are you familiar with Shi'Ar, Ferrum, Skrull, or Nuwalli technology?"

Col looks confused,"What's a Ferrum?"

Nor chuckles,"Take that as a no, I on the other hand am fully trained in the use of Shi' Ar and Skrull technology."

Col stammers out," I can take apart a skrull engine."

7 sneers,"Good for you."

Col leans back to Hal,"Any chance I could take him in a fight?" Hal replies,"Not at all."

Hal escorts more new crew men to the bridge and has them register with the Professor,"You 6 will be working here along with Agent Fry and David, Fry will give you your assignments. Doctor the med bay is directly below the Bridge."

Hanger bay

The remaining 10 of the new crew members all pilots showed Hal their fighters. He looks at them like a child in a candy store,"What are those."

One pilot, a pink Kree name Tor-Vel steps up,"These are new, they're called Razors. They're coated with vibranium and emit an energy field that allows them to pass through Shi' Ar shields as if they aren't there."

Hal runs his hand along the front edge and winces as Tor continues," They're built to be able to cut straight through any ship they hit, for those occasions when the guns fail."

Hal smiled,"I'll have to give one of these a try. Back to business, meeting on the mess deck in 20."

Mess Deck

Hal stands in front of the crew,"We're flying into the heart of Shi' Ar space. Our job is to break holes in the enemy's defenses and gather intel. Our first assignment is to a Shi' Ar prison station, apparently there's some kind of weapon held their that high command is eager to have in our arsenal. The exact specifications will be given as needed."

He looks over the crew,"Eat and rest up while you can and I suggest getting to know each other because from here on out these are your only friends."

Col stands up,"Whose the first officer on this ship?"

Hal rolls his eyes, "Hey Sam, you want to be first mate?"

Sam looks up,"Huh?" Hal nods, "There's your guy."

(I know this is short and slow but I'll make up for it next chapter)

Savannah, Georgia

Rob Monroe sits on the back of a pumping truck smoking as it empties a septic tank. He hates his job but his kind tend to be lucky to have jobs. As the machine finished up 2 men in military uniforms approach. He doesn't even look up,"Who's your friend dad?"

General Frank Monroe grins," I have a job for you."

Rob turns, " I didn't think the Marines had any place for me and my kind."

Frank sits down on a bench,"That was a politician's decision, things have changed."

Lieutenant Ted Jones approaches with files,"We're forming a special unit to deal with Trans Human threats, the General has told us of your abilities and we believe you could be a great asset."

Rob looks back at the truck,"Well its better than my other options, How's the pay?"

Houston, Texas, 1 day later

Brian Martin, the fastest man on Earth is sitting behind a counter at a liquor store where he makes just under minimum wage. He stands up as the bell hanging by the front door rings.

Rob Monroe walks in, "Are you Brian?"

Brian nods as Rob continues,"I think I have a better use for you than arguing with drunks over correct change."

Yuma, Arizona 2 days later

Brian and Rob along with Lt. Jones stop into a small building near the boarder to check on a rumor they'd overheard about a splicer fighting in illegal cage matches to make money.

As they sat a large man named Benny entered the cage to cheers. The crowd went quiet when Ana Ramos entered, she was less than half the size of Benny but he was still nervous, he ran at her swinging but she caught his fist and threw him through the cage wall and into the floor. He laid there unconscious as angry spectators complained about their lost bets. As she collected her winnings Rob and his group approach.

She looks them over with caution,"Its not my fault if you lost your cash, you should know better than to trust your eyes now days."

Rob chuckled,"I think we found a new recruit."

Lt. Jones cleared his throat,"Hold on a minute. Ma'am are you even a U.S. citizen."

She glared at him,"I'm from Cleveland."

Rob looks over,"The accent fits."

She looks up,"A recruit for what?"

New York City

Adam Brooks sits on bench in Central Park just past midnight as Gen. Frank Monroe sits down beside him. Adam looks nervous as he pulls his hood tighter.

Gen. Monroe eases back,"Animal splicing is rare, your folks must have been monumentally short sighted."

Adam nods,"My mother thought it'd be cool to have a son with snake eyes, she didn't know about the other traits. Don't think she cared until I came out looking the way I do."

The General continues,"We've been watching you for a while now, you're strong, you're agile. I think you could be more useful to my task force than to this park bench catching pigeons."

T.H.T.F. base, undisclosed location Colorado

Several dozen people sat in a large room as General Frank Monroe entered with his last few recruits, these people shied away from the crowd keeping themselves covered.

He addressed the crowd,"As you may be aware, Trans human crime and hostility is becoming a huge problem. I know most of you are thinking we brought this on ourselves, honestly I'd have to agree with that. I'm not asking you to agree with us or even like us, all I'm asking is that you help us keep this from escalating into full blown war that will end badly for all sides. You will be paid well for your services, odds are this is the best job opportunity most of you will ever have."

2013

A pharmaceutical company called Nexus developed a new process for genetic engineering that was both effective and no more expensive than a regular check up. Due to the inexpensive nature they even managed to convince insurance companies to cover it. They promised the ability to make perfect children. Stronger, faster, smarter. They promised a completely customized children.

Many complained about the suspiciously speedy approval by the FDA but by then it had become trendy. Millions of parents worldwide flocked to Nexus clinics to have their unborn children upgraded for over a decade. Eventually the trend faded, the children born from it were for the most part exactly as promised and people started to just see it as another passing fad until the oldest of these children began entering puberty.

It started small, a 12 year old boy in Texas made headlines by breaking a land speed record on foot. A month later a 14 year old girl in Germany shocked her family by lifting a truck above her head. At first people marveled at these children but as the stories began to become common and wide spread people started to get scared. This fear quickly turned these upgraded children into outcasts, in some cases even the parents of these children turned on them.

The government began to pass restrictions, splicers as the children had come to be called were now forbidden to join in sports with the so called normal children. They were forced into segregation, and denied government aid. There was even serious discussion among politicians about having them declared non human.

As these children became adults anger and resentment toward what they called the Norms began to grow as colleges and employers refused splicer applicants condemning most to poverty and the most menial of jobs. Crime as it turns out is an equal opportunity employer. As the rate of splicer crime increased it became obvious that normal police were incapable of handling them.

After much debate the federal government came to the conclusion that the only way to bring these super humans under control was to form an organization to police them made up of their own kind. The Trans human task force was formed and a nation wide recruitment drive was initiated.