the YHA

i don't know how much i've posted about the YHA so I'm going to recap and just post what i know so far.

the YHA was created by Miss M. (Opel MacNamara) she was the head of the MacNamara corporation but stepped down in favor of her brother. She is supposedly training the future leaders of the company. in truth she is funding the Young Heroes Association. the YHA was about to start recruiting when Adam blew up a building her car was passing. she was the one to make the 911 call and she stayed to see it through. in the end the offered him a place to train and to stay and so on. he took the offer on the condition that he get to live richly and so on. she agreed and they got started. just under a month later ( and with Adam still basically in training ) Ben took a joy ride on the Hall carpet. Miss M. recruited him at once and helped cover up the incident. 2 weeks later Miss M. found Criss who had been hospitalized. she was offered membership and since she was having problems with her family and needed a place to stay among other reasons she accepted the offer.one week later Dylan accused Miss M of child endangerment and they blackmailed each other into submission. Dylan ended up joining the group and quickly became the head of the information department.

these are the senior members. later they become known as the first team.

about five months later Miss M. discovers Fey who decides to join the group on the condition that she can finish the school year first. her membership is put on hold as per her request. about a month later Criss is doing sweep of the city and seen Erin playing in a park. he is all alone and using his powers. she tries to stop him from getting himself killed and after he proves he's alright he starts asking her questions and ends up following her back to the hide out where he was recruited. 2 months later Fey joins the team officially. it was about four weeks later that Gavin helped Fey out at a bank heist and he was given the option to join a few days later he took the chance.

that's the history to the present. i do know a few things that are going to happen later but I'll save those for another post.

the reasons for the YHA some statistics:
the ratio of people without powers to people with powers is about 500:15
of those 15, 7 will die before they master their powers. in the group examples are Adam and Criss, both spent time in the hospital before joining the YHA.
3 of the rest will not use their powers because they're not useful or too weak to be any help. an example from the group is Fey. if she hadn't been trained to she would have ignored her power.
3 of the remaining would use their power for their own gain, basically turn evil to one degree or another.
1 of the remaining two would try to become a hero and help people but would fail and most likely die, Erin would have probably ended up in this category if not for the YHA.
only one out of the 15 would have become a recognized hero or use their powers successfully for good. Ben falls into this category.

the age you get the powers is also important. the 'magic age' is between 14 and 27. most people get their powers in that age range.
if you get your powers younger you see them as a part of you and use them without a thought. often people who get their powers younger then 14 use them for their own gain like a selfish child or use their powers in a public way. most people who are in the spotlight and have powers got them young. Erin falls into this category.
if you get you're powers older then 27 then you are set in your ways. most people are either afraid of their own powers and don't use them or start using them for their own gain. only a rare few turn to heroics and try to use their power to help.