Post 3 - BioHeroes

My birthday is August 2, which correlates to Acetylcholine and the motor cortex. Let's see what I can do with this...

1. The Origin Story

    Once, on a dark and stormy night, a kid lay on the floor of a dusty warehouse. He had been bullied earlier that day, just as he had for years and years before. Now, he was twelve years old, and the bullies wouldn't stop. With nothing but despair in his heart, he curled up on the rough, cold concrete and waited for the morning.

    Seconds later, everything changed.

    A bolt of lightning that seemed to be all the sky's rage, concentrated into one stream of light, tore through the flimsy aluminum roof. With a horrible screech, the light enveloped the boy, and for a second, it seemed like nothing remained. The boy lay limp, seemingly lifeless amidst a circle of scorch marks. For hours, the warehouse was silent. Then, suddenly, his eyes fluttered open, his muscles became functional again, and his memory could tap into days long past. He stood up again, brushed the ashes off of his clothes, and began searching for a place to rest.

    A few days later, the boy went to school once again. From across the hallway, he heard shouting.

    "Stop, let go of me-"

    A resounding smack echoes throughout the hallway, and a feeble body lands on the tiled floor, shuddering as the menacing figure looms over. The bullies stare down, ready to begin their onslaught... One raises a fist. 

    "Don't. "

The bully raises his gaze to the boy, standing down the hall. The boy's knees shudder unsteadily

    "What do you think you could do, huh?" The bully begins to approach the boy once more. The larger boy raises a fist.

    "Wha-?" the bully mutters. He looks down to see the blow that struck its target every day for five years missed its target.

    "What are you doing?!" The bully primes his fist for another strike, but his fist, once again, strikes only the air. 

    "How are you doing this?!" The boy looks up at the oncoming punch and swerves out of the way. 

    

    "You've done this every day for the past five years," the boy mumbled. "My memory isn't failing me now." Every fist and heel missed its mark. 

    "Now, leave us alone," the boy whispered. He visualized his own fist, retaliating with its own impact, and it extended nearly instantaneously. His mind's control over its body was heightened - why? Was it the lightning? The bully went scrambling across the floor, retreating down the hallway.

A FEW DAYS LATER - 

After careful inspection, the doctors realized something had fundamentally changed inside the boy's brain. There were surging levels of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine, and his motor cortex had nearly tripled in effectiveness, so his ability to move voluntarily exponentially increased. Suddenly, there was screaming from outside the window of the office. 

    "Someone, help! I'm getting mugged! -"

   Thus, the Flashbulb was born. To this day, the boy continues to deter all of the pains of the past, freeing people from their struggles.

2. The Powers

As mentioned in the origin story, the Flashbulb has the abilities of an enhanced ability to retrieve memories as well as a heightened ability to rapidly convert thought into action. This ties in because the lightning strike enhanced the motor cortex's function, which allows the function of movements, even the fighting abilities that the Flashbulb uses to deter bullying.. Additionally, acetylcholine enables the retrieval of memory as well as conscious movement, which explains his ability to fight off bullies in an instant.

(;/ this is such an odd story, bye guys)

-JC-