The Rise of TheGeek

A Tale By: William Thorn

The Turning Point.

The chilled air felt like ice as I pondered what I had done my tears tasted like salt as they ran into my mouth. I did not ask for this I was technically considered bad but I never did evil before with my own hands. I guess the signs were there when I was little but this was not the life I had wanted.

Chapter 1:

Discovery

I knew from any early age I was special but no one really considered my intelligence super and for someone with a super brain I was really good at being dumb. I considered myself a genius idiot. I was born in Florida during one of it's not so cold winters, but later moved to a little town outside of Gotham city. The town was called Pinecrest valley and only had a few attractions which drew in lost travellers on their way to Gotham, even a nice prison known as Pinecrest Academy "The High School for lost causes" and while I was not a lost cause I was very different from my family and they did not understand why I was such a freak.

I first tapped into my ability and understood what it was during my freshman year in auto shop using only the parts given and a junk car I made a nice hot rod, but the teachers thought I had stolen some of the parts and so I was given a week's worth of detentions. I practiced until I became like MacGyver creating complex things out of simple household items, I couldn't help it my mind was moving so fast I thought of something my hands reacted and in no time I had built a workable toy helicopter using electrical tape, few paper clips and straws, the only real tech was used in the controller which I got from a remote control car I had forgotten about in the back of my dorm room closet.

Still I scrapped it I did not want to create a reason to be poked and prodded at by those jerks known as the rough'n'tough gang, which was an odd collection of athletes and gang kids brought in from Gotham. I was already in deep trouble with them for liking the head honcho's Girl. Amber McClark was not a very bright girl, but her G.P.A was still higher than most at the academy, partly because I tutored her a lot. It was the best part of the day for me, because I loved her smile and the way she always said "Thanks Amien I appreciate the help I don't know where I would be without you." I always had to stop myself from correcting her it was my fault she thought it was that anyway, because I could barely believe she would see me let alone speak to me. When she asked what my name was I went "I am umm D D Du D Amien."

`Following the best was the worst time, because after our session her Boy would bring his friend to "encourage me" not to over think my time with her. Life was hard but I always had my small T.V where I watched the news about the rouge justice bringer Batman and Superman the man of steel. They never seemed scared of anyone and always protect those without defenses. I dreamed that they would save me from the school, and take me into the league

I would contemplate how I would be as a member of the Justice league I even had a name picked out RED VENGANCE (which now that I think of it is still a really cool name.) I would always have a different power that I would use to bring many forms of justice to the halls of Pinecrest. But at the end of the day I was still just Damien William Thornrose the geek with two first names.

I really admired the Robins being able to fight against wrong doers, in fact every Halloween If I wasn't dressed as Red Vengeance I was Robin. However as school moved forward I became more and more separated from the other students they began picking on me more and I hated it I sent letters to the heroes asking for help signing as my Hero name.

They never wrote back I began to resent my idols for leaving me in the dark as it consumed my heart. I started locking myself in my dorm and crying and smashing, even started inventing machines to help prevent being picked on.