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Post by stephenadams on May 8, 2009 22:32:53 GMT -5
April 17
Stephen was wandering around Manhattan, teleporting from building to building, trying to figure what the meaning of his life was. His life had seemed so normal until he got his first abilities. Since then he had been shipped off to a new school for other freaks like him, while there he hadn't made any friends really, just met a few kids who were trying to start a super hero team.
He didn't know if they actually managed to make it though, since he had tried to stop a plane from crashing and gotten this weird hunger he hadn't been thinking that much about those kids.
He also found out that he was from the future, when he was a young child he used an ability to go back in time and somehow a person knew he was going to do that and was their to make sure he was set up to be with a family and that he wouldn't remember his past, or his past that took place in the future.
Stephen now felt like a monster as well due to his hunger giving him this craving to kill people like him for their powers, thanks to that he now lived in some forest he randomly picked. Stephen figured that made him a Homeless Time Misfit Antisocial Wannabe Superhero Serial Killer Freak.
"God, I hate my life." Stephen said from on top of a large building, he then teleported to the bottom of it, not caring if anyone noticed. If he was a freak he might as well use the perks that came with it.
Stephen wandered what he should do, should he just give into this hunger and kill people, continue to try and be a hero, or should he just turn his back on the world that seemed to not accept him to the point that he lived in a forest by himself. The only people he seemed to be in contact with were played games with for money so he could get some decent clothes and food without stealing it. He currently was wearing some black clothes he had bought at some store he randomly teleported to.
Stephen now sat on a subway he randomly teleported onto, he decided he would just sit here for awhile and see if anyone interesting showed up, it had been awhile since he talked to someone who wasn't going to hate him for taking their money. Stephen used his mind reading power to see if he could find anyone of interest.
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Post by solidus on May 9, 2009 17:39:45 GMT -5
Ben never thought he'd enjoy corporate life. However Primatech wasn't exactly what he envisioned what a company would be like. When the word company is said, paperwork, pens and suits rushed to minds. But Ben's company was so different. He doubted any company on the Earth was like his. No other company was like his company. Primatech offered abilities, guns and, well, yes they required a person to wear suits, these suits were so much better than the average corporate suit. He wasn't sure why, but they were. Perhaps it was the confidence projected by the reason he was wearing a suit that made the suit seem better.
But no matter how cool the abilities he saw, no matter how cool the guns he was trained to use, or how nice the suits felt against his skin, nothing could beat the pay. Even though they made Ben's work life extremely cool with all the guns, powers and suits, they had to improve on his finical life as well. When he was a simple engineer, he could only dream to get half of what Primatech paid them. Ben only feared all this good stuff would at some point come around and bite him in the ass. When Bennet talked about morally gray, he assumed this ass biting would involve being forced to do something he wouldn't like.
But until that day, Ben decided to enjoy corporate life and it's payment, so today on a day off, he spent it shopping. Got some stuff for the apartment: new radio for the kitchen, some light bulbs and dvds. Got some stuff for him: new sunglasses, new tie and some chocolate. Then he bought some gifts for his friends. Small things for the girls of the office and something for Bennet. He felt kind of sorry for the man after Level 5 was broken into and Bennet was attacked. Strange incident, apparently after the two intruders released a prisoner, some idiot came out of nowhere and subdued Bennet.
Ben was on an assignment on the other side of New York, so when he eventually reached the building, it was too late. Though he knew there was nothing he could do, he still couldn't help but think he should have been there. He could have electrified them, burnt them to a crisp, blinded them or caused them to go deaf. As he walked along the subway, he couldn't help but think what he could have done to help.
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Post by stephenadams on May 9, 2009 18:45:16 GMT -5
Stephen had almost given up hope of finding someone interesting when a man walked onto the subway. He worked for some company called Primatech that had something to do with abilities.
Stephen was curious about this Primatech thing so he decided to talk to this guy, not right to him though, the guy talked about the company providing him with guns and Stephen didn't want to end up talking to this guy at gun point because he knew about his company.
Hello, I would like to ask you about the company you work for, Primatech. What exactly do they do?, Stephen asked, using telepathy to talk to the man.
Stephen made sure he wasn't looking at the man as he sent the mental message, he didn't want the man to find out it was him sending the message. Stephen wondered if this man had an ability, his hunger began to grow at the though of that.
Stephen lowered his head in annoyance, this hunger of his was really starting to piss him off. He wished he knew how to get rid of it so he could stop wanting people's power.
Stephen thought of the people he had killed and sadness washed over him. He remembered his adoptive sister and mother, both of whom tried to kill him because his mother had had a vision of him killing people. He also remembered the man that he had found using his mothers ability, he didn't know him at all but he had been a living breathing person.
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Post by solidus on May 11, 2009 13:11:18 GMT -5
Ben's trail of thought was rudely interrupted when a strange message entered his mind. He tried to focus on the voice in hopes of working out who was talking to him, however he got nothing. Though the voice in his mind spoke and he could hear the words, the sound was extremely strange, it was compelling. The voice seemed to have a strange dominance over Ben's body and mind, even more than his own self control. He tried to resist the voice, put over things in high priority over his own mind however his thoughts betrayed him and he found his mind blurting everything he knew about Primatech. The details echoed in his mind, making his thought clear for the mind reader to see.
He remembered the first time he was warned about Primatech. The words of his former lover as she told ghost stories about their agents kidnapping Ben's kind with the intention of evaluation his risk to society. He was prepared to fight them on their first meeting, however when the agents approached him he became seduced by their offering of a better life. And as it would seem, they haven't failed to delver. They improved his life greatly, he had action, money and an way to use his power for good.
Once his mind told the story of Primatech, Ben was returned control of his body and he looked around for whoever could forced him to tell about Primatech however there was too many people. Any one of these people could be telepathic and he had no way of knowing. So instinct caused him to absorb some of the surrounding light, reading to convert it into electric energy for an attack at any moment. If this person was intent on hurting him, then Ben was going to give him one hell of a fight.
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Post by stephenadams on May 11, 2009 18:27:34 GMT -5
Stephen listened to the mans thoughts, not sure of what to make of them. So the Company took specials and risk evaluated them, Stephen guessed that if a special was to dangerous they were locked up or something. Stephen thought this would be bad for him, seeing as he had only met two or three specials that could take him in a fight out of a much larger number.
Stephen's hunger grew stronger as the man used his power to absorb and convert energy. The ability seemed interesting, and Stephen began to wonder what else he could do, Stephen shook his head and put it in his hands, he didn't want to kill anymore people, at least, not someone who had done nothing to him.
Stephen decided he might as well question the man further, though he wouldn't force the man to answer this time, he would let the man answer with his own free will.
What would you do to a special with multiple abilities?, Stephen asked using telepathy.
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Post by solidus on May 14, 2009 10:42:24 GMT -5
You don't need to worry about Primatech, you'll be lucky to survive me if you don't get out of my mind! Ben threatened as he began to understand how this telepathy thing worked. These messages seemed to get clearer every time this stranger talked. The more he listened the better understanding he got of this strangers voice. Though only two messages had been sent into his brain, Ben was able to have this thoughts replay them over and over again. The voice seemed young and male, however that's all he could get. Looking around, there was too many people to pinpoint where the telepath was stationed, however he was ready to act upon learning of his location.
He didn't like someone inside his mind, his thoughts were his own and not for a complete stranger. In this materialistic world where the government could take whatever you owned if you failed to meet their requirements, a person's thoughts were really the only thing a person owned and the nerve this person thought he could simply walk around the thoughts of another without permission was a great offense. Ben was determined to make this man pay for violating his private space and the more angrier he got, the more energy he absorbed from the area around him.
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Post by stephenadams on May 14, 2009 19:52:13 GMT -5
Stephen was surprised at the man's reaction, it seemed the man didn't take well to having a mind to mind conversation at all. Either that or he was naturally aggressive, Stephen didn't really care, even if this guy had a powerful ability Stephen had it as well now, plus his arsenal of other abilities. That meant unless this guy was a genius or extremely lucky, Stephen had the advantage here.
Stephen noticed that the lights started to flicker and wondered what the problem was, he wondered if it had anything to do with the man he had angered. He had assumed the man had a power and it seemed he was right, unless the subway just happened to have a malfunction around this time.
Stephen did yet another quick sweep of the man's mind and found that he was absorbing energy. Stephen found this interesting, and his hunger again continued to grow stronger, he began to absorb energy as well, hoping that between him and this man they could take out all the power in the subway and he could strike his prey.
Stephen shook his head, he didn't want to kill anyone anymore, even if they had an interesting ability. He decided that he would continue to drain energy, and if the man made any move to strike him...... well Stephen could forgive himself if it was in self defense.
Stephen couldn't however, stop himself from encouraging the man to attack him, You really think your strong enough to beat me? Do you even know how many people with powers I've killed?
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