[ Wp ] Nerds and artists take over the world after everyone is given superpowers based on imagination .

It did n't take long for people to figure out that they could gain super powers with their imagination. It took even less time to figure out just how unimaginative most of Earth's population could actually be when given unlimited power. The day it happened I was on the last day of working fourteen straight as a fire dispatcher. I was tired and thinking of how nice it might be to get home and sleep. Then the building started shaking and the generator kicked on. A few minutes later all of the phone lines lit up with alarm calls and concerned citizens complaining of that explosion they saw over the hills. It was green flame! 
 
 
 Thirty minutes later that green flame passed outward at super sonic speeds. When it hit me I thought I was dead for sure. It was hot for a moment as I was bathed in green fire and then just as fast as it hit me, it was gone. The world was colorless for a moment as I ran to look in the mirror. I think I was just as shocked to see that I was n't injured as I was to be bathed in green flame. 
 
 
 I spent the next several hours dispatching the guys out to the hundreds of nuisance calls. Mainly from the elderly who were terrified by the green flame they thought had burned their property. I could n't wait to get out of there and found myself day dreaming that time would speed up so I could get home. I had to do a double take when I noticed that it really was time to go. Had it already been twelve hours? 
 
 
 I was in my car driving home listening to the radio. There was some major incident in New York, something about buildings being destroyed. Reports from LA, people seen flying over the city. Reports from Japan about giant robots battling with some kids in the streets of Tokyo. The whole world was starting to unravel. I had to slam on my brakes as the traffic screeched to a halt in front of me. I had that thought pop in my head again, imagining that the cars in front of me flew out of my way. Today though, they actually did. 
 
 
 I was terrified as I realized, they flew out of my way because of what I imagined. I hurried home trying to keep my imagination in check. For the next several hours my wife and I watched the TV news in awe of what was happening. We saw things that looked to be straight out of the movies. So much death and destruction. 
 
 
 The next day, humanity rallied. A movement lead by artists, writers and imagineers began all over the globe. Suddenly those who were always thought of as the weak and the weird were the only defense against those who could only imagine the most horrible things. Death, destruction and mayhem. 
 
 
 Most people seemed happy to simply imagine themselves more beautiful. Or to give themselves abilities to help themselves gain advantage in their own shallow lives. My wife was one of those, she imagined both of us looking younger and sexier. I could n't really complain, I mean it was great having her look like a woman out of a comic book. Perfect body, flawless skin, huge breasts and an ass that any porn star would kill to have. The fact that she touched me up did n't feel too bad either, I mean I am not going to lie, it felt pretty good looking in the mirror at those muscles and the total lack of body fat. I was also kind of surprised to find that she had n't given me a moster sized penis. It turned out that she was quite happy with me below the belt which was kind of a nice ego boost. 
 
 
 I did my best to keep a low profile. I knew I was one of the people in the world that had the imagination to do almost anything. In the days and weeks that followed the awakening the world was forced to rethink everything. When people could imagine what they wanted and needed, no one went to work any more. Civilization itself changed from a society of working people to a society of waiting for the most creative to think up the next big trend in imagination. 
 
 
 A think tank made up of internet wizards figured out the thought net which became the way ideas were shared. The way people comunicated. It was like a combination of the internet, telepathy, dreaming. It was always on and we were all always plugged in to it. Once the thought net was online, the geeks, the nerds, the scientists of the world began to assert their will again. Bringing the world back to a sense of order. 
 
 
 The world's previous power elite, the old wealthy frat brothers, the handsome and the politcally connected tried in vain to keep control, but without the need for the money they hoarded and the power based on strength of body connected to their money, they were quickly lost in the sea of mediocrity on the thought net. It was only the most imaginative that rose. Only those weird ones who thought on levels that were physically impossible in the preawakening that became gods. 
 
 
 I am not a god myself. I have n't created anything new and important, but my wife is happy with our castle and happy that her friends are jealous of her husband, so that is good enough for me. 
 

