Chronicles of the Supers (Book 1): Born From Darkness (The Story of Max) by Jeremy Williams Read Free Book Online Page A

reluctantly
booted the computer up and waited for the computer for several
minutes. After it finally booted up, Max opened the internet browser
and began researching her new abilities.
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    It was now mid afternoon and Max had finished her research. At least
as much as she could given the schools limited internet access. Many
websites had been denied by the school, but she still found plenty of
avenues of research. While most of what she had found had been mostly
useless conspiracy theories about the existence of superhumans, she
had found some useful information about how to test herself to see
what abilities she had. Super strength was obviously one of them, and
she suspected she also had super speed.
    While she had never been much into comic books or hero stuff when she
was younger, many people had. In this generation it seemed there were
many hundreds of thousands of people who wanted super powers to be
real. Even to the point that many went into the fields of science,
technology, and engineering just to realize their dreams of being a
superhero. All in all many people had posted theories and formulae
online to help Max in her studies.
    To that end her first task was to find a place to test out her new
abilities. She needed somewhere secluded, where no one ever bothered
to go or check out for any reason. Several places came to mind
because her fellow students had mentioned secluded "makeout
spots". Though she quicly dismissed them. If those students
really did go by regularly for their 'activities', then the places
weren't secluded enough.
    She needed somewhere no one ever went for any reason, so she searched
out a list of abandoned locations near her area. One was an abandoned
factory from the second world war. Having been built for the sole
purpose of producing machines of war, when the war ended it was
abandoned and never re-purposed.
    Max decided that the factory would likely be the best place and
quickly stalked away from the school and headed in the general
direction of the factory. It had been positioned about 5 miles from
the city because it was meant to be operated all day and night. Max
knew she needed to hurry and decided that testing her speed would be
a worthwhile way to make the journey. And the road to the factory was
lined with heavy trees, meaning she could stay out of sight along her
journey.
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    Max sprinted alongside the road, just inside the thick treeline. She
was moving as fast as she could through the underbrush. She kept
glancing along the road but so far had seen no cars pass. After she
was nearly to the turn off to the factory one finally came up and
paralled her path. The car quickly passed her by but before it was
gone she was able to judge her speed. She guessed herself to be
moving at around 20 miles per hour. While it wasn't the fastest speed
on record, she was moving faster than she should have been able to
with her malnourished body. Also she had run a full 5 miles without
having to stop or slow down. Even though she felt extemely tired she
wasn't really very fatigued in the sense of not being able to
physically continue running. It was more like her mind was tired from
the journey but her body wanted to continue. After another 30 seconds
of running she reached the location of the factory.
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    Max had been exploring the inside of the factory carefully for the
last 2 hours. She had checked every place she could, not that there
were many. The machinery had been moved out after the factory was
shut down and the components had probably been recycled for new
machinery. There were plenty of walls and corners though and several
rooms with no windows. It was the perfect secret lair for Max.
    But it would have to wait for now. Max needed to get new clothes for
school and resume her jobs and schoolwork. The school had let her
keep her job and the grocery store had bought her cover story. Though
she would lose 2 whole days worth of money. Plus, with her new
expenses, she had