Prologue
2 years prior to present day: First manifestation of meta-human codenamed "Singularity". Future observation strongly recommended
The world around him shook. It felt like an earthquake, but for some reason he remained on his feet. He could…feel the tug of the earth, the gravity that held everything in its place. His head pounded with unbearable pain. He staggered about as the buildings in the town around him began to crumble.
The screams and shouts of the people still in those buildings we're drowned out by the incessant rumbling of the foundations of everything the town stood on. The pain became too much to bear and as a scream escaped his lips, everything collapsed in an instant, the rumbling and screams cut-off in the same instant. Dead quiet. Not even the sound of an insect could be heard. From a distance it looked as if the town had simply vanished. If one drew a little closer, they could see the tallest thing around was a kneeling boy whimpering. The town had perfectly pancaked. Not even a pile of rubble remained. There was nothing left, not even a bloodstain. Another sob escaped his lips. He knew the nightmare would haunt him forever. So he ran and never looked back, afraid that if he did, the sight of the nothingness behind him would destroy what little will to live he had left.
1 year prior to present day: Death Watch mission to acquire Class Epsilon meta-human "Singularity" to client for analysis and possible weaponization. Status: Failure
"You...you guys just won't give up will you..." Singularity gasped as he used his gravity manipulation to run along the wall of the skyscraper ten stories up, trying hard to avoid being shot by the men on the ground. The mercenaries calling themselves "The Death Watch" had been chasing him for 6 months now. They finally caught up to him in this small city. Singularity knew they were trying to avoid killing him. Apparently someone had found out what he was and his potential for destruction and had put a very large price on his head. Last he heard the offer was $50 million dollars alive. His first thought upon hearing that was who the hell pays $50 million for a teenage meta-human? Turns out, someone who wanted a weapon capable of waging destruction on par with a nuclear weapon.
As bullets whizzed past his feet, Singularity ran out of building to run on and began plummeting ten stories with nothing but hard pavement to greet him. Time seemed to slow as he fell. He could hear one of the Death Watch complaining about how they couldn't get their bounty if he was just a pile of mush on the ground. A slight grin marked his face as the ground filled his vision. Just before hitting the ground, Singularity quickly created a zero-gravity field at his feet, killing all downward momentum. Disengaging the field, and gently landing on the ground, he cut gravity in half at his feet and began to sprint with all his might, effectively reaching a speed that made Olympic sprinters seem average.
But that still wouldn't beat a 5.56mm bullet. One of the Death Watch's better shots, let one fly and was rewarded with a puff of red blood appearing around the meta-human's right shoulder. Singularity ate the pavement violently as the bullet tore through his shoulder, he could feel the bone shatter right before the excruciating pain of being shot and then slamming face first into the ground assaulted his nerves. A scream of pain tore through the air as Singularity clutched his right shoulder, writhing in agony. Looking through blurred vision he could make out figures in the distance coming closer, and they were cheering. Gritting his teeth, the gravity manipulator slowly got back to his feet and turned to start running away again still clutching his shoulder, the blood soaking both his arm and the hand trying to put pressure on the wound. Singularity made it about 100 feet before another bullet grazed his left calf. Again he fell to the pavement crying out in pain.
The feeling of dread washed over him as he knew he wouldn't get out of this one through running away. That dread turned to anger which then manifested as rage. The air around him seemed to ripple as the gravity around him became unstable. The mercenaries slowed their pursuit, knowing that even when cornered and wounded, a meta-human could still be dangerous. "LEAVE! ME! ALONE!!" Singularity screamed out as he violently reversed gravity's polarity in the area where the mercenaries were standing, sending them flying into the air. The effort was rewarded with the sickening crack of leg and ankle bones as the mercenaries fell to the ground and the screams. "Enjoy the gift assholes!" he growled before spitting on the ground in their direction.