A/N This first chapter is here for exposition, actual characters and plot will be introduced next chapter. Nearly a year has passed since the events in Second Son.

This world has changed since the defeat of Augustine. The image she worked so hard to push to the public, about how the D.U.P. was necessary to put a stop to all the dangerous "bioterrorists" only dug her a deeper hole the more Delsin did for the community. After he defeated her, everything she built began to crumble like the bridges she destroyed. The D.U.P. fell apart, with no leadership and no support. The government, seeing the example set by Delsin, Fetch, and Eugene, decided to release the conduits held in Curdun Cay.

A registration process was put into place. Conduits would have to register their abilities, but the registry would remain confidential, viewable only by authorized government officials. Other than that, they were free to live their lives like any other citizen. However, many conduits attempted to use their abilities to commit crimes. Most were stopped by fellow conduits who knew that their actions could doom them all. So, a new organization was formed specifically to police conduits.

Many of the conduits who had worked for the D.U.P. were recruited into this new organization, as well as many conduits released from Curdun Cay. There were definitely going to be more conduits who would break the law, they're only human after all. The first person policed by them, Augustine herself, was tried and convicted for treason. She was sentenced to life, and the newly reopened Curdun Cay had its first new prisoner.

This new organization is government funded, and not much different than a normal police force, except for the fact that they would be going against criminals with abilities potentially more dangerous than any weapons. This new organization was called the Conduit Crime Response Unit, often shortened to the C.R.U., and they had headquarters set up in every major city across the country.

A/N That about covers everything I added to the universe, next chapter I'll introduce the characters. Please review.