Juan Camilo was in the backyard of his house, looking at the sky.
He had flown high.
Too high.
From up there, the world looked fragile.
The roads were simple lines.
The towns, irregular patches.
The people… almost nonexistent.
He descended slowly, concentrating on not causing any damage. Even so, the ground sank slightly beneath his feet when he landed.
He wasn't hiding.
To him it made no sense. Sooner or later they would find him. And with the strength he now had, the real danger didn't come from ordinary humans, but from others like him.
Then he felt it.
A different sound.
A distant hum. Rhythmic. Artificial.
He turned his head.
Very high up, almost invisible among the clouds, there was something that hadn't been there before.
A military drone.
He rose immediately, but not quickly enough. The device had already changed course.
They were tracking him.
—Seems I was right… —he murmured.
He could destroy it. Easily.
But doing so made no sense.
After hours traveling across his country from the air, he decided to return home.
He turned on the television. Every channel was talking about the same thing.
In Brazil, a man had stopped a train with his bare hands.
In India, a woman survived the direct impact of an experimental missile.
In the United States, the army had evacuated an entire city.
And then the news appeared that completely confirmed his thinking:
—Official sources confirm that these governments have identified a single superhuman per country, all manifesting simultaneously since the start of the year.
One per country.
Juan Camilo exhaled slowly.
That meant he wasn't just a phenomenon.
He was a piece.
A new variable in an already unstable world.
And the final thought was the most unsettling of all:
In a world as morally unpredictable as his…
twenty-nine people having that much power
could destroy everything or improve it.
Important notice: This work is a work of fiction. The characters, events and dialogues described herein are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to real persons, including public figures such as presidents, political leaders or institutions, is used solely for narrative purposes and is not intended to reflect real events or opinions about such persons or entities. It should not be interpreted as a faithful representation of reality, but as part of a fictional universe.