Originally the story had the government telling them that they had parents alive… but the story- and log line- may work better if they sense their parents as a result of their powers… hm…

“Two foster children, upon receiving complex mind powers from a rogue government agency, immediately sense their remaining parents are alive and in trouble and set out with their adopting family to find them, while avoiding capture from rogue agency.”

I know it’s a little long, but am I on the right track?

Well the idea behind the powers is this…. the government agents were trying to harvest the power of imagination from the children. All of the other children were abducted by nightmares, but the remaining two were able to imagine the nightmares away.

I’m having trouble keeping the imagination bit down to a concise form.

And in addition to them being strong in imagination, I made the two of them the main characters because ultimately the show is about family and the love of a family. Having two unrelated kids get adopted by the same family creates a much bigger strife potential, but also shows the power of family in a much bigger way.