Brimstone

Prologue

Hi. My name is Ashley Tridian to family,

Mack to everyone else,

and to villains, I am called... I don't know yet.

I'm still trying to figure this hero biz stuff out. When I was 4 years old I started all the types of martial arts training you could think of; Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Tai Chi, long sword, staff, dagger, etc. At age 15 I found out that I had really awesome powers, at the price of my sister's life. And that I was a mutie, a mutant. Something to do with my DNA and stuff like that. I'm 18 now, and have a pretty good idea how to use my skills, and powers.

Wanna know a little secret? When I first got my powers I freaked out and traveled across the whole continent to try to control my mutation. After 9 months when I came home, I went online looking for everything on the subject to help me with my training. I read a billion comics on the X-men, Spider-man, Wolverine, anything I could find on my powers, but I couldn't find nothing about my 'special' abilities. You see, I can control the elements. You know, Earth, Fire, Water, Air? And I'm not talking about using them, I'm talking about completely being able to manipulate them to do anything for me. I guess you could consider me a class Omega mutant. While I was doing my 'research' I fell in love with the idea of becoming a X-man and impressing the team.

I'm not just brunt and brawn you know, I have a pretty good brain to use and I use it to it's full potential. I knew about Cerebra and Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning. So I waited 'till one of the X-man came for me. But not before I got some crime fighting in before. I usually only use the Fire and Earth elements in a fight but I still train with Air and Water. Criminals used to call me 'that guy' or 'that costume', something relative to that. I used to cover my entire face with my duds (Costume) and the crimeys saw me as a guy because of how my costume looked and my fighting style. Anyways, I'll take you back to the beginning when it all started, when I was accepted into Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning...