Titan Part I: The Fallen Hero

Becoming Better

So Michael and I begin training. We use the training room for 18 hours each day. I practice targeting and shooting my latest ability: Energy blasts from my hands. I accidentally hit a wall.

"Sorry about that!" I say to Michael.

"It's fine. Keep going!"

We train for several weeks.

I practice my shapeshifting skills. I also practice on focusing my mental powers.

"In order to keep yourself from unintentionally reading a person's mind you have to keep your brain concentrated."

I practice utilizing my ability to become intangible. I discovered that I could turn individual parts of my body intangible while keeping other body parts intact.

We also test my ability to absorb energy. This one took a while to control. One day, I tried to absorb light energy and it made my body combust into fire.

"AAAAAAHHHH!!!!" I yell running around.

Michael grabs a fire extinguisher and puts me out.

"Whew. Thanks."

Next we try electricity. My body absorbed the electricity easily.

"I feel a surge through me."

One day, when I am absorbing energy, I start to feel weak.

"I-I feel weak. What is happening?" I ask.

I fall to the ground, weak and confused.

"It seems like your body can only absorb a certain level of energy. If you go beyond that, your body will start weakening."

Finally we go over combat training. Michale builds a robot to be my sparring partner. His fists actually hit pretty hard. It actually knocks me to the ground.

"How is this able to hurt me?"

"I inserted it with your DNA so it has your strength level."

"How did you get my DNA?"

"While you were sleeping, I gathered samples from the saliva coming from your mouth while you're sleeping."

"That is disgusting."

Finally, we practice controlling my flying. I practice on my turns and dynamic. It was difficult. I kept crashing into buildings but I finally manage to keep my body under control.

"Just like riding a bike."

After we were finished training. I put on my costume and head outside of the base.

"It's good to get out of the base. Now we can restart my superhero career."

I float myself in the air. I start listening for police scanners.

The radio turns on. I could hear what it was saying through my enhanced hearing abilities including the ability to hear radio signals.

"What do you hear?" Michael asks.

"There is another hostage situation at the same Bank."

"Be careful."

I fly to the bank, thinking about my plan. Last time I attempted to stop them I went in without a plan or thinking. This time, I will be prepared. I see police cars surrounding the bank.

"What is the situation officer?"

"Titan? Oh you have got to be kidding me? Haven't you caused enough trouble already?"

I just glare at him.

"Alright fine, the Anarchist has struck again. He is inside with more men. Also, something is different about him. He seemed more reckless."

I crash through the door and go to confront the Anarchist.

"Ah look who it is? The wannabe superhero. Back for some more?" Anarchist says.

"I learned from my mistakes Anarchist. Now you're going down!" I say.

"Not if the building is coming down with me!" He says.

He pulls out the detonator and starts pressing it but nothing happens.

"What the hell?" He says, pressing the button over and over again.

"I deactivated your bombs on my way in here."

"Crap!" He yells.

I run at him at super speed and punch him into a wall, knocking him out. The other men attack. One of the guys pulls out a knife and attempts to stab it into me. How, the knife shatters in contact with my skin. Another guy grabs a hostage and threaten to shoot him. I flick a small ball of electricity at the guy causing him to fall to the ground, electrocuted.  I untie all of the hostages and walk them out of the building.

"They are safe officer!" I say.

The officers are shocked. Suddenly one of them starts clapping.

"Where are the gunmen?"

"Inside, taking a nice nap."

"Well done, Titan," the sheriff says.

"Thank you, sheriff," I say, smiling.

The news reports my successful rescue. Over the next few months I keep performing heroic work. I save cats from trees, stop bank robberies, save people from burning buildings. You know, the usual superhero stuff. I become a media darling.