Alec was just a normal kid starting his Freshman year in Yankee High School. He had just left a middle school where he left memories he'd rather not go back to. When the majority of the population starts dying from awakened superpowers he couldn't be happier. Alec had dreamed of being a hero and he'd be safe he wouldn't be like the school bully Nathan who suddenly gained superspeed while running track which ended with him getting himself mangled in the fence before he could even realize that he was going so fast. Alec knew how to avoid death, in this first of many Awakening storyline we see the look into to future stories Marick, Lilo, Kai, and Sofia.