[[Scene: Arrival in the Superpowered Universe]]

I blinked, and suddenly I was standing in the middle of a sprawling city, unlike anything I’d ever seen. Skyscrapers twisted into the clouds, surrounded by shimmering force fields and holographic billboards. The air buzzed with energy, and everywhere I looked, people were flying, teleporting, or manipulating the elements around them.

A young woman with glowing blue eyes zipped past, leaving a trail of lightning in her wake. Nearby, a man levitated a car with just a flick of his wrist, setting it down gently before turning invisible and disappearing into the crowd. I watched, wide-eyed, as two people sparred mid-air, moving faster than my eyes could track, bursts of fire and ice colliding with a thunderous sound.

“First time here?” a voice asked beside me. I turned to see a teen in a hoodie, floating casually a few inches above the ground, his eyes glinting with a metallic silver hue.

I nodded, still in awe. “Is everyone…?”

“Yeah,” he smirked, raising a hand to create tiny, crackling lightning sparks that danced between his fingers. “This is a world of powers. You’ve got something too, right?”

I stared at my hands, wondering what abilities might be lurking inside me. This universe was filled with people who could bend reality itself—and now, so was I.