7

"Fifteen years ago, the Central Intelligence Agency, or the CIA, received a threat from an unknown force," he began. "The message, though extremely vague, said that they had the power to end the world. That the end was imminent, and that America would be first unless we did exactly what they said. For the time being, we complied while we worked on getting a backup plan in place. That's the real reason the nation is in debt. We have been sending over twenty million dollars to these terrorist every year.

"ahh, but Im getting off topic. The CIA started a secret project to prevent these goons from trying to end life as we know it. That project was called Effort To Save Our Lives, or E.T.S.O.L. Probably the worst acronym ever, but no one but those involved directly would ever here about it. Your mother and I, and Eliza and Garret, were part of it. Specifically, we are part of the Human Efforts chapter. So are you, Sara, and Steven.

"When your mother became pregnant with you, the E.T.S.O.L. scientist genetically engineered you guys to be faster, stronger, smarter, then every other human being. And," he says, seeing the disbelief on my face, "They gave you powers."