Bird? Plane? Nah it's just Sam.

I've been thinking about superpowers. To start, I want at least one. But which one? Let's begin with flight. Flight isn't that great a power really. Depending on how fast you can go, the effect really is cancelled out by cheap airlines like Ryanair. Why manually fly to Benidorm when you can sit back and let someone else do it for you? Besides, this ability would probably make you an enemy of the state - they have a habit of sending fighter jets after things they don't like. You flying through the sky is gonna get the attention of a government agency that "doesen't exist" And there is always the threat of accidentally being sucked into the turbine of a Boeing 747 and getting blended.

Secondly; invisiblity. Maybe cool at first, but overall this would be pants on its own. People can't see you - unless you're looking for a career as an international assassin or MI6 agent, this isn't going to be much help. It doesen't make it any easier to fight a big evil boss or rescue children from burning schools, and eventually you'll get really bored of people not offering you a seat on the bus.

Invulnerabilty? Captain Scarlet never got any of the girls. Infinite strength? The Hulk can't even stand in a queue without his testosterone levels propelling him to feats of incredulous vandalism. Shooting lasers from your eyes? Pretty darn useless if you're short-sighted. X-Ray vision? Sure to get you on the sex-offenders register.

So, discarding all the previous possibilities, I want teleportation to be my power. Being able to appear anywhere in the universe, instantly, would be brilliant. You'd be able to rob banks and then blame it on the bad guy without a moment's thought. Not like in Jumper, more like in that temporary car insurance advert - Hayden Christenssen is always bumping into things when he teleports; bookcases, pillars, bad guys. I want to be suave and collected, not frantic and sweaty. Besides, I bruise easily. Also, you could eat at swanky restaurants and leave without paying, or make a career in marathon-running. Stopping time would probably come second, but seeing as the whole travelling-at-the-speed-of-light thing negates the need to make more time for yourself, and I want to be omnipresent, not a Bernard's Watch copycat.