[The Prospects 01] • The Prospects (Short Story) · Above the Stars

"We know who we are. We’re misfits and mistakes, the least-wanted of the wannabes, our own greatest weaknesses."

From their headquarters in Griffin Tower, the New York Guardians do what they must to save the world - and in the basement of Griffin Tower are the Prospects, a team made from youngsters who have high hopes but practically useless powers. When one of the Guardians loses his armored exoskeleton, he finds himself responsible for training a cowardly speedster, a wind-blasting quitter, a manic brawler, a wise-cracking hacker, and the villainess who dealt him the most humiliating defeat of his career. But when the supervillains set aside their competing schemes to destroy the New York Guardians, the fate of the world will depend on the Prospects learning, the hard way, if they can find new ways to become super to themselves and heroes to the world.