the kids who fall in a vat of toxic waste, get their powers as soon as the very next day. or... they die

mmm... good choice. nothing says, "look out world, here i come!... at some point... when i get up the energy" like a big, pancakey breakfast at ihop.
you pull into a parking spot and get out of your car just in time to see a semi truck swerve out of control and run into a pole. the pole, including some power lines comes crashing down on you. you jump out of the way just in time. unfortunately, you jump into a puddle of water with power lines in it.
yep. you get electrocuted.
it is not pleasant.
but by some crazy miracle you survive. not just survive, you walk into ihop completely unharmed. well, you have some major hair issues, but that's pretty much it.
so, you're enjoying your pancakes and you realize that the electrocution did something to you. besides giving you mad scientist hair, it somehow gave you the ability to pause time.
think evie in "out of this world".
this could've totally come in handy way back when you were hitting snooze.
you're sitting at your table pausing and depausing time when you start listening to the breaking news report about a bank robbery thing going on.

you ...

PAUSE TIME AND STOP THE BAD GUYS
PAUSE TIME AND JOIN THE BAD GUYS
IGNORE IT AND EAT YOUR PANCAKES