The Day I Woke Up with a Superpower

I opened the eyes when I woke up, I felt something was wrong. The ceiling fan above me was spinning like slow motion and I could clearly count every blade's movement. The birds outside the window flapped the wings as saw like the television show the slow-motion flying scene. Even the clock also seemed to tick slower than usual speed. I sat up and felt confused, but I just realize that my motion completely normal, and I try to move both of my hand, they can react like normal also. When I want to get my phone from the table, I accidentally knocked over the glass on the table, but the glass drops from the table was very slowly. It was so slow that I could watch it fall and even catch it with my hands and put it back on the table. The water in the glass also flowed out at a very slow speed and dripped onto the ground.

At the first, I think is my imagination. But as I walked down to the stair, I can hear my mother’s footstep sounded sluggish and heavy, and my little brother was playing ball in living room but in my viewing angle it like floated unnaturally in the air. Then, I make a theory, everything around me was moving in slow motion except me. To make sure this theory is correct. I rushed to outside, and I saw the car drove passed away from me with slow motion and I can clearly saw the tires and exhaust smoke curling lazily in the air. I felt very excited because this theory seemed like real and for me the world will become a big playground.

I like to play a video game called “Couter-Strike” it’s a first-person shooting game, so I found a way to use my superpower. I joined the “Couter-Strike” professional tournament. The normal professional player felt my reaction was inhuman reaction. So, I am almost invincible in the game, I can saw the bullet in game flying as slow motion and I can dodge them with ease, every enemy movement was slow in my eyes, so I can perfect shot them before they could even react. After many games some professional players started to question whether I was using cheats. In the final round at biggest tournament for “Couter-Strike” my opponent reported me as a cheater.

Official tournament staff was checking my game demo, but they didn’t find any evidence about I am using cheat. However, my inhuman reaction still gets too much of suspect. At last, they decide I was permanently banned. So, my MVP and champion cancelled by official and my name was smeared at gaming community, my reputation was ruined. Fans who had supported me also abandon me. Because of this case my friend also far aways from me and my family also don’t know how to support me continue my career.

With no other options, I decide to say the truth. I recorded a video showing my real superpower, I show the superpower with some motion like I cross a highway that have many cars with high speed to show that my ability. These dangerous actions make this video become viral and many journalists ask me why I has this superpower, but I didn’t answer any question, because purpose of this video is to show I am not using cheat in the game. But the government notice this too.

One night, many armies’ car surrounded my home, but some scientists in white coats came down from the car and have many armies pointing a gun at me. Scientists said they want to understand my superpower. I try to reject it, but they don’t care about my willingness. They bring me to the government's secret military base and unlimited testing my superpower. Armies use the real gun shooting me and I need to dodge the bullet, the scientists recorded and measure my speed, endurance, perception of time.

After many test the government realize my superpower can help him do something. The government said my speed is beyond human limits, with this power I can accomplish things no one else can. So, after the training I had become a weapon. Government always assigned me mission and use my family to force me to do something I don’t want to do. So my life is change forever in a bad direction.