No-one really knows how meta-humans came to be.
Some say it was science.
A young man sat in his swivel chair, staring solemnly at the syringe in his hand. He ran a hand through his sandy-blonde hair, and sighed. He knew what he had created, he just didn't know exactly what it was. Whatever was in that syringe could either kill him, or do something extraordinary. He had to find out some way.
After rolling the left sleeve of his lab-coat, the man carefully pointed the syringe into his arm, gently inserting it and pushing the needle further into his skin as the red liquid inside entered his body. Once the liquid was completely gone, he retracted the syringe, placing it back on his desk.
He waited for something to happen as the chemical began to take effect. So far, nothi- wait. Something was happening. A horrible pain was just shooting through his entire body, like he was being electrocuted. The man clutched his head in both hands, falling out of his chair and onto both knees on the floor.
The man grunted in pain, trying desperately not to scream. But the pain was too much, and he let out an agonizing scream as his eyes began to glow red with electricity, and his hands engulfed in lightning of the same color, shooting out across both sides of the laboratory.
In a single moment, the facility was obliterated in a flash of lightning, the only remaining, was ash. Ash, and the man. The man standing at the center of a crater, his eyes and hands engulfed in lightning, letting out a terrifying scream to the heavens. Whether he was cursing them, or thanking them, even he didn't know.
Some say people are born with them.
A young couple looked on in a mix of awe, and shock. The woman had given birth some time ago, and was happy to hear it was girl. However, once the doctor saw what the daughter looked like, he was hesitant to give her to the mother. The woman persisted, and the doctor eventually gave her her baby.
Once she finally saw her baby's eyes, she realized why the doctor didn't want to comply. The baby's eyes were glowing, not as in filled with happiness. No, they were actually glowing, like rays from the sun. The mother and father stared at their newborn in awe, and shock. How could this have happened?
Some say people learn of their powers over time.
A teenage girl and her group of friends were walking around the mall, just minding their own business. The raven-haired beauty and her friends were about to make her way into a clothing store, when someone stepped in front of them. He looked to be the typical poser; white tank-top, gold necklace, baggy jeans, Jordan sneakers, and not to forget the most important feature of posing, white.
The girl could only roll her eyes at the sight of this wannabe gangster. She didn't have time for this. She tried stepping aside, but the wannabe kept stepping in front of her. Ok, now she was getting pissed. The final straw was when the wannabe stepped right up to her, and began talking about how he'd take her out, in the most degrading way a poser can.
The girl was having none of it, and decided to push the poser away. But that didn't happen. She only meant to push the poser to the ground. Instead, the poser went flying back, crashing through the window of the clothing store, breaking all the mannequins posing there into pieces.
Everyone stared in shock and awe, especially the girl. How did she do that?
There have been many theories over the years about the rise of meta-humans, as well as many arguments. Some people said they were a gift, a blessing. That they were here to protect the world from evil and make it a better place.
Not everyone agreed.
They said these meta-humans were freaks. A curse. That they were given powers to destroy the world and humanity so that they could rule.
Debates raged for months about the fate of meta-humans. Some believed they should be free. Some believed they should be put to death. It wasn't until the government finally quit, and came with a decision.
Capture all meta-humans.
And in super secret government fashion, they hired an army of specially trained soldiers as part of a secret organization to find and imprison meta-humans. The Hierarchy of International Vengeance and Eliminations.
Also known as, the H.I.V.E.
They combed the streets of every city, in every country, in search of every meta-human. They searched every house. Every alley. Every school. No matter where they went, the H.I.V.E. would always find them. They never killed them, that was the H.I.V.E.'s number 1 rule: do not kill. And they headed their instructions.
That is, until one meta-human fought back.
The resulting attack led him to be shot, and ultimately, killed. The news sent shockwaves throughout the world. Those who resented meta-human's thought it was just.
The meta-human's, however, saw it as an act of cruelty. They too, began to attack the H.I.V.E. They wanted to fight for their freedom, for their lives. They weren't going to let these monsters take them away.
They would fight, or they would die.