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You know?
Sometimes, I believe my parents are psychic.
Of course, I know they can't. Dad's already super strong; and mom's super stretchy and elastic.
But with how accurate they were, when naming me and my siblings, I can't help but think they had to have known something about our powers.
My older sister, Violet. Her powers are violet forcefields, and she can turn invisible; like ultra violet light.
My older brother, Dash. His power is super speed; to the point where he can run on water.
And then there's me; the youngest. Jack-Jack.
My powers are, in a single word: yes. Laser eyes, portal abilities, the ability to float, the ability to multiply myself. I can spontaneously burst into flames, I can turn into a angry monster, change in size, some telekinetic abilities (I think); you name it, I can probably do it.
I think that's why I was named Jack-Jack. You know; cause of that famous quote? "Jack of all trades"?
The problem is that that's not the whole quote. The whole thing says, "Jack of all trades, master of none." And, well............... my powers stay true to that.
Aunty Edna said that I would grow into my powers, and could control them when I got older. I mean..... I was a baby when my powers were first developing; so of course I wouldn't have any control over them!
But now, here I am. Now 15 years old, and I still can't control any of them.
When I get mad, I turn into an angry monster demon........ thing. When I want to go literally anywhere, I'm practically already there. If I have multiple things I want or have to do, all of sudden, there's like 9 of me, doing several tasks, all at once.
Now, that alone doesn't sound bad. It honestly sounds useful at times. That's until you remember that my family tries to keep our superhero identities secret, so we're supposed to not use our powers outside of that; and then you realize that the only thing that controls my powers are my ideas and emotions, and you quickly realize how well I do in normal, everyday society.
I mean, I doing my best to hide them. Every now and then, I do something that activates one of my powers; but so far, no one seems to notice, so I think I'm doing good so far.
I've also been working with Aunty Edna, in her mansion; figuring out how my various powers activate, and training to control them in any given situation.
And yet.... I still don't have full control over what I can do...............
Cookies often help though.