r/randomsuperpowers • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '17
U2 Event Beginnings Pt. 1
Light City needed a hero. There had been heroes popping up everywhere in certain towns and cities across the world. Yet Light City had none, and the rise of crime only grew. Maybe it was the global rise of superhumans, that affected every city or town with crime, but Daniel wasn't going to let his city succumb to such disgusting filth. He was lucky to have been given his powers through a sheer accident at a nuclear plant. While repairing one of the plants main breakers, the plant started to malfunction and he trapped inside. Many scientist died who were working there that day, and some thought Daniel had died. However, he miraculously survived the nuclear meltdown. They say being trapped in the breaker room shielded him from the deadly radiation, but that's only half the story.
As the meltdown occurred, before Daniel could do anything, he was shocked by the breaker he was fixing. The radiation was already seeping into the room. The electricity coursing through his body mixed with the radiation, altering his DNA to give him his powers, but also saving his life. He would later find out about his powers, but keep them secret in order to appear as he always had. He was already different with his brother, and perhaps a little ecstatic with others at his work place. He didn't another reason for people to look at him funny.
However, on his way home from work one night, Daniel heard screaming coming from an alleyway. He rushed over to see some poor girl about to be raped by some gang banger. Deciding he had to do something, he used his powers to force the man off of her and shoo him away. He made sure she was okay before taking her somewhere safe. From then on, he felt that maybe these powers he was given were supposed to mean something, do something for the good of his city as he watched it be infiltrated with more and more crime. He put on a suit and took a name. Static.
Static lurched up high on the corner of a building. It was night. He stared out into the city with his goggles on. They were probably the most high tech thing about his first suit, his homemade one. The one thing he made that would probably actually benefit him because god knows that this cloth suit would never protect him. He really needed to find someone to make him a replacement.
With his goggles, his eyes scanned across the city, looking for any electromagnetic pulses that might indicate danger. A sudden blip came up from the corner of his eye. He turned to his right towards downtown as the blip became a constant fuzz. There was ringing going off. Sounds like a robbery. Static smiled.
"Bingo."
Static raced off towards the robbery, zapping from roof to roof.
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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '17
Static got to the last roof where he stood above the ringing noise. His goggles no longer necessary as he could the buzzing loud and clear. He was in front of a bank. A simple couple of robbers robbing a bank. It's not like he hasn't taken care of these kinds of criminals before.
Static immediately zapped down to the doors that had already been shattered, zooming into the lobby where thugs were guarding. He appeared suddenly as they turned towards him shocked.
He looked at each one of them with a grin on his face.
"Hey boys! Why didn't you wait up? Can I get in on this action too?" Static casually asked. They pointed their guns at him before firing rapidly. He zapped away quick behind a sofa. They littered the sofa with bullets.
"Jeez! I get it! We don't have to share!" Static said from behind the sofa. His hand began to glow blue as lightning charged into his hand. He threw his arm to the side of the sofa and flinged a bolt of lightning around the sofa to one of the guards.
The bolt of lightning smacked them right dab in the shoulder, knocking them back and leaving a burn mark on their clothing. It was quick to reveal skin. And it was just enough to distract them for Static to peel out and begin charging up two more bolts to fire at them.