"Ok, that's great for you, but what about the rest of us," Simon said. "They just destroyed our school. Killed innocent kids. And for what, our DNA. I say we find out where the bastards are, and see how they feel about getting eliminated."
Ben was taking care of Andy when Simon's parent mom came in the room.
"Hi. Do you need any help," she asked.
"Um, not right now. He's sleeping. It's when he wakes up that I'm going to need help."
"Oh, ok."
After a long pause, "So you have powers, too?"
Ben was caught off guard. He hadn't talked to anyone without powers in a while.
"Um, yeah. Well, at least I did. You know the school got attacked. And the ass-," Ben caught himself. "The idiots that did it shot me and a whole lot of other students with something that took away our powers."
"Oh my god. Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine minus the lack of my powers. I just can't help but wonder why Simon didn't lose his powers when he got shot."
Simon's mom thought it strange that Ben didn't know that Simon was only half human.
"Simon didn't tell you. He isn't fully human. His father is a creature from a place called the Shadow lands."
Ben thought this woman was crazy. But it was believable. The school he went to was a place for kids with superpowers. Why not have one that was from some other dimension.