It happened the night before, on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. He wanted to meet to give me the news in person.
"There's a new recruit." Sunblock was grinning from ear to ear. "A new Castigator. Someone with powers."
At first, I didn't see the importance. I walked to the railing, raised my goggles to my forehead, and gazed out over the drowned city. The tops of the tallest buildings stood out like islands in the dark sea. Cookfires flickered in scattered windows as a few survivors struggled to hang on. Not exactly the Big Apple I'd once loved. Not exactly the City That Never Sleeps.
"Don't you get it?" Sunblock grabbed my shoulder and shook me. "No one on Earth has manifested powers and come forward in years. Now there's a twenty-fifth Castigator! Brain
