Elevator Pitch

Humanity has hit a major crossroad, one leading to a sci-fi paradise while the other leads to a cynical tech-based nightmare. Super science is becoming mainstream and for everyone, it feels like the day before cyberpunk. Like the major breakthrough that will make everything feel like “The Future” is just on the horizon. This foreseen breakthrough is here but not in the form of a technological advancement.
A new breed of humanity is rising from the masses, blessed and cursed with strange new powers. The quick, clever, and powerful of humanity have taken notice of these people of tomorrow; but instead of asking what this means for humanity, they have taken to capturing, hiding and ensnaring their “could be saviors” and setting them to the task of fighting for the obsolete agendas of yesterday.
The shadowy bad guys that have been keeping the super people a secret have started fighting each other using their collections of power wielding individuals. This is taking their attention from containing the super people. Worse for them, the mutant power people of tomorrow are still showing up and now in greater number. Not all are content to stay in the shadows or be pawns in the game of others. They seek to reshape the world to their own liking, for better or worse.
That might not be such a bad thing; corruption in government and business have risen obscenely. Crime is comically prevalent but society has become so morally blase that they accept and expect all of it; seeing where they can play this system for their own benefit. The good people accept being victims and the bad people have no problem using the victims but it's not too late to save people. It would just take a miracle or maybe super powers.