Chapter 4
An odd, high-pitched ringing fills my ears. I scan Godwin and the Merciless. This is loud stuff, but no one else reacts. Whatever this sound is, it’s a noise only I can detect.
That’s weird.
Once more, I contemplate my dreams of superpowers and cute aliens. I don’t remember specifics of those night visions, but I do know that in them, I wield some kind of special ability. And in this moment? The sensation that those dreams are becoming reality turns even stronger. Deep inside me, pieces of my soul snap and shift.
Panic jolts through my nervous system. My soul is snapping? Shifting? What the WHAT?
Scientist-Me seems to hover outside my body for a moment, watching Regular-Me stand rigid before the Merciless. The noise disappears while some black particles materialize around my
