Super Suzie

Suzanne Summers was about as unremarkable as women come. She was in her second year at metro city university, studying biomedical engineering. Historically, given that engineering was a primarily male dominated field, women like Suzanne would have a long line of suitors and harassers. Suzanne was not most women.

She had a thin, mousy, almost sickly appearance, with no curves to speak of. Her brown hair was matted and greasy, as she frequently skipped the shower to maximize the amount of time she had to study. Her face, although quite pretty, was almost always hidden behind thick-rimmed glasses. No one paid her any attention, and 364 days of the year, that suited Suzanne just fine. Her birthday was tomorrow, she would be turning 21, and it was the only time she wished she had people to be with. She was adopted by an older couple at birth, and although they loved her, they were back on the farm, several hours away. In Metro City, she was alone.

As her last class of the day wrapped up, Suzanne got on the subway and headed downtown. She stopped at a grocery store and picked up a few things, including, as a spur of the moment decision, a birthday cake, which in a few hours would become dinner as she studied in her dorm. Hours passed as she studied for an upcoming anatomy and physiology exam, and it was soon 11o'clock. She put on some sweats and an old t-shirt for bed, and quickly drifted into a fitful, cake-fueled sleep.

Little did she know her life was about to change.