Spectacular World

Life Finds A Way

When he was a young boy, he once tried to join the baseball team. There wasn't really a reason for why he wanted on the team. It was the popular thing at the time, and he was only twelve, so that felt like a good enough excuse. He didn't get on the team, though.

He failed.

He was born awkwardly small, and years of bullying had resulted in him becoming overweight at just twelve years of age. He wasn't athletic. Never had been the type. That experience had opened his eyes. Later that same day that he tried out for the baseball team, he went home and began working out for the first time.

He ignored the bullying and focused solely on keeping up with his studies and improving himself. When the next year came around, baseball stopped being popular. Now, the new thing was football. He tried out, and of course, he made the team. Nearly four years later, he still played football. Could have even gone pro. Part of him still wished baseball was more popular, though.

"Something on your mind, kid?" The chief of police asked.

Kevin was taken out of his thoughts by the voice. He turned slightly, and even in the dark they were seated in, he could still see the large man. Aarush Brenner was a formidable man with light-brown skin. He had moved here recently with his son, Kyle Brenner. Kevin still cringed when he recalled how he had almost beaten Kyle and Hope. Thankfully, the officer didn't know about that incident. He was muscular and strong, dressed in simple winter wear.

"I'm fine, sir. Just a bit lost in thought."

"You'll have to forgive Mr. Buckle." The mayor spoke. He still sported his pencil-thin stash and his neatly combed hair. Sunshine was what he preferred to be called when he was doing his 'job,' though Kevin really didn't like calling a grown man that. He was dressed in a typical suit and seemed casual despite what was happening. "Buckle's body took well to the mutations and allowed him to shift into a Super, but his mind, however, was never meant for it. He can get a little-"

"I said I'm fine." Kevin didn't growl; he was smart enough to know how bad it would be to bite the hand that was feeding him. Still, he put some force behind his voice. For a moment, the image of that Cinder girl came to his mind. He was sure of who she was. He had been barely conscious from a bat to the head, but he had made out enough to know that Hope Lauren had gained powers. Then, low and behold, he's suddenly saved by a female hero, around her age, that sounded exactly like her. A hero who was so strong that he knew at that moment no amount of training would ever allow him to keep up. "I can handle it." He sighed.

He had to handle it.

The mayor gave a faint nod. "Very well."

They weren't in a room. Rather, they were all seated in a large limousine. The car in question drove around the city block at a slow pace. It was heavily armored, though it didn't look like it, and had blacked-out windows. He was seated in the back with the mayor and the chief of police. The two men had been quietly talking about how the Wandering Coin was growing.

He wore his red robes. Long and flowing, they were awkward to move around in, but Sunshine insisted on it. The robes reminded him of the fact that he was basically in a cult. That in his quest for power, he had stepped a bit too far. The masks were worse. It covered his upper face and looked sort of like a skull. Two golden coins covered the sockets, and they made it impossible to see.

At the front of the vehicle, his two siblings, if you could call them that, were seated. One drove the vehicle, and the other sat quietly in the passenger seat. They never really talked all that much. There were only three of them, and he was blessed to be one of them. No one else had been able to survive the drastic change their body had to undergo in order to become a Super. Only the three of them did. Maybe they were more driven; perhaps they really were unique and this was fate, or maybe it was utter dumb luck.