Dressed in his jersey, Biff Meadows felt compelled to pick up a football lying on his bedroom floor. His hand could sense power pulsating from beneath its surface. Why leave that ball here, where its power could at most affect his family? He had to bring it to school. He couldn't wait to throw it at someone. Whoever caught it would be so lucky ...
Sarah McMillan stood by her doorway and pulled her iPhone out of her purse to check its battery level. 100%. Excellent. She noticed an app on its front screen that hadn't been there last night: Prepper. She pressed its icon, imagining what it could do to her classmates.
Jay Duncan grabbed his AP textbooks off his desk and placed them in his backpack. So heavy, yet so easy for him. His most valuable possession was his calculator. A picture of the DC Universe villain with that name popped into his brain. He zipped open his backpack's front pocket. Yes, the calculator was still there. His best birthday gift ever, even better than his complete Star Trek DVD set. He stroked its keys ... including a few that hadn't come from the factory.
Athena DeVries ignored the anti-magic pendant on her dresser. It would only get in the way of the pleasure that the mystic arts could bring her. She took a dusty tome out from under her bed, brushing away threads of spider webs. Opening it at random, she happened to see the page with the spell she planned to use today at school. She whispered its foreign words to herself. Soon she would say them in public, and the sheep would never be the same again ...
