When teenage geniuses Jackson Carter-West and Valerie Robinson discover they possess power far beyond their intelligence, their lives change forever. With the approach of an otherworldly comet known as the Everglow, they give up everything they've learned to protect the world they know; picking up superhero aliases as they fight back against the mirage, a group of people who want their abilities for themselves. While on the run, they have to decide who they can trust, and figure out how they're going to protect the people they love.