[ WP ] Two months ago , everyone woke up with a random super power . There was no explanation . The world is a different place . And now you 're running late for work .

Two months ago, the world was normal. Now? Pfft..it's a circus here. Hey, I'm not complaining. Ever since the rise of super human abilities, villains have risen, terrorist organizations have prospered, and the mafia is as corrupt as ever. 
 
 Before the switch, I was an unemployed drunk, wallowing in my own regrets and sorrow. I had no reason to live, I was alone. I could look in the mirror, and see my chubby face, and overgrown beard. Now, I do n't recognize that Tom. I'm the new Tom. 
 
 No one knows my true identity. I guess you could call me a super hero, but I prefer to see myself as a moral upholder of obvious justice. Just because that sounds cool right? 
 
 There are twelve factions in the world, each are divided by their abilities. They are ordered strongest to weakest in this order: Gravity, super-strength, fire, ice, super-speed, poison, invisibility, earth, wind, body mutations, super-healing, and increased intelligence. 
 
 The problem was, that even though everyone gained a power, I did n't get anything like everyone else. The true form of my power comes from a source called Reddit. The most intellectually capable people in the world share their knowledge and I gather my vast network from there. 
 
 Few know of it's true power though... LifeProTips. If you follow the guidelines of LifeProTips you'll never lose to anyone! 
 
 Okay... okay. I'm sorry for joking. My power is actually all twelve of the factions. I'm known under my alias, as the Twelve Sockets of Power, or more commonly referred as the TSP. Yet, my abilities have major drawbacks. The powers I use shorten my life considerably. 
 
 My body no longer has time to heal, and I sleep for fifteen hours a night. Now I'm late for work, spilling coffee all over my beautiful attire, rushing blocks at a time in mere seconds, attempting to check into the superhero office. 
 
 As more and more people have ambitious hopes of getting rich by breaking the law with their new found powers, I sacrifice a short amount of my life to keep society from collapsing in on itself. At the rate I've been going, I've probably already lost ten years. 
 
 Finally, I could see the office, but something was strange. The building had caught fire! It looked to be a group of fire elementals, most likely terrorists. Powerful, compared to most users of fire. The office should have been impenetrable, but people were burning up and falling from the windows, dying... 
 
 I dash to the scene, splashing my remaining coffee that had gotten cold, onto one of the attackers. He cried in agony, not from pain, but because I had stained his plain white t-shirt. I smacked him upside the head, knocking him out. From there, I entered the burning building, coating it with ice, and using wind to detour the fire from the civilians. Beating the elementals was n't the hard part. It was maintaining my body, my cells ca n't keep up with this level for long. 
 
 If I do n't finish this soon, I might just die. I finish off every last one of them, and start my rescue. Saving people as fast as possible. I sat the last boy down on the sidewalk, as the building burned. I had saved them all thankfully. The boy looked at me in worry, `` Sir, where's my sister?'' 
 
 `` She was n't in that building was sh-'' A scream emanates from the building. Not good. I ca n't hold this state much longer, but it's going to have to do. I flashed into the building, for some reason the fire would n't go out. A fire elemental was holding the girl as a hostage. 
 
 He seemed stronger than the rest, stronger than me... 
 
 `` TSP, you are definitely a worthy foe..'' He chuckled. 
 
 `` I became stronger by eating other fire elementals. I'm way stronger than you. Give up. This is my victory over the heroes!'' 
 
 `` You're right, you are definitely stronger than me, but I have a power beyond the twelve sockets... one that surpasses them all combined together. No, not the power of love or friendship... but this.'' I pulled out my phone. 
 
 `` Erm?... Your point?'' He looked confused. 
 
 `` I know I ca n't beat you, but look at this really quick, is n't he just cute?!'' 
 
 He was holding the phone, looking down at a post of one of the many r/aww dogs. I took the opportunity to maximize my gravitational pull, freeze him thoroughly, and smack a super punch right through him. He shattered into pieces. 
 
 I lightly picked up my phone, curled the girl up in my arm, and zoomed out of the now crumbled building. 
 
 I ran my hand through my sweaty hair, and I was taken back when I realized I was coughing up blood. I knew I had maybe an hour to live after pushing it way past my limit. I immediately got on r/writingprompts and wrote this story so people could document my great success in this world, and bid me luck in the next! 
 
 ~Tom
