Dear
Pen Pal,
Marcus
Welborn, here. Just like you, I’m in fourth grade. Unlike you, I’m not ten yet.
I’m nine and a half years old. You think you’ve got exciting things going on,
well, I’ve got a superhero for a best friend! Isn’t that cool? His name is
Jimmy, but most people call him Jimmy the Super Powerful. Maybe you’ve heard of
him, even though you live on the other side of the world.
Jimmy
once lived down the street from me and was in my class before getting sent away
to a foster home in Bellevue, Michigan, which I think is like an orphanage for
kids. The child welfare people are sure that his parents are dead. Even though
he’s far away, I still get to see him nearly every day.
He has
another best friend who’s a girl, although I think they’re in love since he
kissed her on the lips once. Just don’t tell him I told you because Marcus
Welborne never gives away embarrassing secrets. Her name is Annie Marshall. She
still lives on the same street as me, Appletree Lane right here in Battle Creek.
Because Jimmy can run and fly at super speeds, he just zips on over even though
he lives far away. One day when they both were in the Sahara Desert, Jimmy accidently
turned Annie into a superhero by changing her DNA or something like that. That
was when they kissed. Kissing helped to change her, he said. Don’t ask me how .
. .
Wait!
Before I tell you about her super
powers, I had better explain Jimmy’s first. Okay, Jimmy can transform into an
adult for six hours at a time and he can turn into a giant over fifty feet
high. His powers are different for each form he takes. When he stays a kid, he
can run, fly, and swim way over the speed of sound but under the speed of
light. However, he can move as if traveling the speed of light, but he does
what he calls a run-warp and he leaves regular time and space. It, like,
freezes up for him, scrambling up everything around him.
He can
control atoms and molecules. What I mean is that he can cause things to change
their states of matter. You know, it’s when things are gas, liquid, or solid.
He can also change the hardness and density of stuff or make something metal
into plastic or paper or anything he wants. Because he can control atoms and
molecules, he can heal people from even the most severe injuries, but once
they’re dead, he can’t make them live again. And boy is he strong. Lifting two
thousand pounds is a cinch for him. Walking through solid objects is another
power of his which he calls phantoming. It’s weird because “phantom” isn’t even
a verb.
As an
adult, Jimmy can still fly and run quickly, but slower . . . only up to one
hundred miles an hour. However, he becomes way stronger. He cannot do his
phantom power or control matter, except for changing its state. When he grows
into a giant colossal man, he can’t fly at all and has super strength and
that’s about it. Oh, whether he’s a boy, a man, or a giant, his body is pretty
much invulnerable to injury and most illnesses.
Jimmy got
these powers from a corporation named Etyouth. They fed him special genetically
modified food, whatever that is, in an experiment. The food was created by
Jimmy’s dad, who had worked there. Anyway, Jimmy went into a coma for a month.
After the coma, Jimmy bounced back to normal—or so it seemed. Oh yeah, his mom
died back when he was four of a type of cancer that only affects women. At least
everyone thought that she passed away.
As
soon as Jimmy’s father found out about what Etyouth was doing, he tried to
quit. However, Etyouth locked them in an apartment to prevent Jimmy and his dad
from leaving. They escaped, though, when Jimmy discovered he now had super
powers. That’s when Jimmy and his dad found a house to live in on Appletree
Lane.
I
first met him while in third grade, but I never knew he had super powers. None
of the other students did—well, except for Annie. He started going to Cherry
Orchard Elementary, and he was sort of a dorky kid. Luckily, he and I became
friends so I could teach him how to be cool. Before coming to this school,
Jimmy had never attended one. While he lived at Etyouth, he had a teacher all
to himself, which I guess is called a tutor. There weren’t any other kids
there, so he grew up all weird being around just grown-ups.
Well,
after nearly a full year, Etyouth tricked Jimmy and his dad into a battle in
Arizona and captured them. In charge of Etyouth, William McDonnell convinced
Jimmy that they killed his father and planned to do the same to him. Only,
Jimmy fled the Etyouth compound once again back to his home. It was kind of
stupid because they knew where he lived. He was afraid, though, Etyouth would
hurt Annie because she knew too much about him and he wanted to protect her. It
was only a matter of time before Etyouth would come after him—and her!
Like I
said, while in the Sahara Desert, Jimmy turned Annie into a superhero. He was
just trying to make it so she wouldn’t get hurt while flying with him. If they
had crashed or turned too fast, Annie could get killed. So, he changed her body
so that it could be just as indestructible as his. He hoped to turn her back to
normal but failed. Now, they are both a super powered team.
These
are Annie’s powers. Just like Jimmy, she can morph into an adult and a giant.
Her powers are different for each form. As a girl, Annie has telekinesis so
strong that she can hurl objects like boulders weighing megatons for miles!
When in contact with any computerized device, her mind will hack into it and
even surf the Internet if it can connect in any way. Once on the Internet or
any Intranet system, she can bypass all security features on any site.
While
Annie is a grown woman and in her giant shape, she has a wicked hair-power and
can throw it out like a rope and control each individual strand. Her hair is
like steel cables! In these two forms, she can fly and she does have some
exceptional physical strength, but not like Jimmy when he’s grown up. She does
have some powers she can do in any form. Annie has something called super
empathy in which she can read other peoples’ emotions, even their most buried feelings.
Then, she can talk them into doing whatever she wants them to do. Before I
forget, I have to tell you that she does have super eyesight. You know, she can
see through things, spot objects at a far distance, and locate stuff in the
dark. However, her most terrifying ability is that she can spit acid, but she
has more quantities of it as an adult or a giant.
Annie
and Jimmy have super abilities together. Like, they have telepathy and when
their spits combine, an explosion happens. Jimmy can fuse his body into Annie’s
so that they only look like one person or they can merge into him. When they’re
merged, they can use all their powers regardless of the form they take.
Well,
Etyouth finally took action and kidnapped Annie’s brother and grandma and
Jimmy’s grandparents. They distracted Annie and Jimmy by sending this dude in a
robot suit to our school’s playground and there was this battle with explosions
and stuff. He even picked me off the ground and I almost pooped my pants.
Anyway,
my super-powered buds rescued their families and demolished the Etyouth complex
out in New Mexico. It was there that the truth about Jimmy’s parents was found.
Neither one had died! Etyouth messed with their brains somehow and now they
have entirely new identities complete with two other kids, meaning Jimmy has two
younger brothers. One day, Jimmy is hoping to reunite with his parents and help
them to remember their true selves and more importantly—their firstborn son.
Meanwhile,
Etyouth had managed to create their own military and for a time took over
Washington, D.C. Jimmy and Annie went on to rescue the whole city and the U.S.
after fighting a giant ape, a rat, and a dog-cat beast while dodging a
poop-throwing enlarged orangutan. In the end, the world was safe from Etyouth,
and their leader, William McDonnell, went to prison.
Jimmy
had to go live in a foster home while Annie made friends with her archenemy at
school. My mom and I are working to lose weight, although since Jimmy healed me
from that gunshot wound, I started dropping pounds without even doing anything.
Well,
that’s all of my exciting news. So far, Jimmy and Annie haven’t battled
anything new. Everything is peaceful. If anything else happens, I’ll let you
know.
Your
Pen Pal in the USA,
Marcus
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