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Control

What's my super power? Mind control. No, it's not only that. I can fly and what not, but my main power is mind control. Don't get me wrong, it's a great power, I love it a lot. It's what got me to the point of where I am. Where am I? Oh, right. In my basement snorting cocaine. I know what you're thinking. A super hero doing drugs? How are you going to protect the public? I do. I do protect them. I protect them from all sorts of evil, but my favorite evil that I protect them from is drugs. I just used my mind control to convince the dealer to give me all his drugs. Sometimes it's just a little baggy of weed or it could be an insane amount of bricks of cocaine. I never used to be this way. It just started with me controlling a bunch of kids smoking a joint. I used my powers to join them with out question. I just wanted to see what it's like. One thing left to another and I couldn't get enough. It started with smoking weed, then popping a few pills of oxicodonx, then to snorting cocaine and shooting up heroine. I plan to get better, I really do, but I can't. These drugs control me, just as much as I control others.