Bonds
A/N; Vervoid's turn! This'll probably be the shortest backstory out of the three.
That is all. Onto the story~
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Egyptian Cyborg
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Vervoid is a miracle, or so his parents felt when he brought himself back from a pit of despair.
His parents met when his mother Marie was taking a gap-year visit to Egypt, where she met his father Ammon while touring round a museum. Ammon invited her to a coffee at his favourite café and from there to two hit it off, exchanging addresses so they could write letters to each other when Marie returned to America. As the years went on though, their letters gradually turned from normal friendly letters to love letters until eventually Ammon asked Marie that if he moved to America, would she marry him. Marie's obvious reply set in motion Ammon's plans to move to America and as soon as he was able, he got the earliest flight he could get. And right there and then in the Airport when Marie went to pick him up, he got down and asked her officially to marry him with ring in hand. They had their wedding day in America, surrounded by Marie's family and friends, then their honeymoon in Egypt so they could celebrate their wedding with Ammon's family.
A couple of years later, the happy couple welcomed their new son, Vervoid. And for twelve years, Vervoid lived a happy normal life with wonderful, loving parents and a fascination for everything Egyptian. But at twelve years old, things began to change when Vervoid found himself drawn to anything technological, finding he was able to turn things on and off without needing to touch them, manipulating them with just a thought or action. It started off with small things, like the TV remote or his game controllers. 'Course, young Vervoid was excited at this newfound ability and eventually showed his parents. He felt his excitement drop when he saw how worried his parents looked. When he asked if he had done something wrong, his parents immediately reassured him that he hadn't done anything wrong at all, but he was to be careful who he used his powers around. Some people wouldn't accept what he did as well as they did. Vervoid took his parents' words to heart and only ever used his powers at home, when he was alone or with his parents.
Two years he kept his powers a secret, and in secret he practiced as much as he could, honing his skills until he could practically control anything and everything in the house from his room without having to get up from his desk chair. But then while on a school camping trip, Vervoid's life was turned upside-down. The group was hiking when they passed through an avalanche area and were strictly told to keep their voices down, when a couple of guys ignored the warning and startled a girl into shrilly screaming. Suddenly the group was running for their lives as boulders rained down on them. Vervoid had briefly stopped to make sure everyone was keeping up when a large rock crashed into his back and sent him toppling over the edge of the path with the avalanche, falling unconscious during the fall.
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The next thing Vervoid remembers is utter panic when he wakes up to find he see's nothing but blackness and unable to move. When he was eventually calmed down, the doctor explained everything. The avalanche and fall down the mountain side combined had left Vervoid in a critical condition. His arms and legs from the knees down had been crushed so severely that they had to be amputated, not that Vervoid would've felt them as his spine had been broken in five different places rendering him paralyzed from the shoulders down. He had had other injuries as well, but they were able to fix those. When asked about his sight, the doctor answered that they weren't sure how during the fall they'd been damaged, but they'd been damaged that badly that they had to remove his eyes as well. The doctor then sadly apologised that they couldn't have done more to save what they could of him, but Vervoid simply shook his head and smiled, saying that the fact they were able to save his life was enough.
Eventually he was able to return home with his parents, and though he was glad to be alive he was saddened that now his parents had to take care of him 24/7 since he was now bedridden. He hated the idea that he was possibly a burden on his parents and during a particularly sleepless night, he found himself reaching out to the electrical currents he could sense, suddenly reminded of his technological powers. And he was suddenly struck by an idea which filled him with hope; an idea that he thought over and over during the night, building and expanding on it until he was confident he could pull it off. And in the morning when his parents came into his bedroom to say good morning, he explained his idea to them. For a long time they were silent and Vervoid feared they were scared by the idea, but then his father asked him what he'd need and he was filled with hope again.
In just a couple months' time, his parents bought him everything that he felt he needed then he would take apart, manipulate and rebuild it all, until he had made himself a new pair of arms. They were held on by straps and clips to his shoulders and he couldn't feel them in any way, but it was an improvement. He could use his powers to feel the electric current running through them and move them naturally, so now he could at least do some things. And now that he had proven he could lessen some of the burden on his parents, he was immediately planning his next move.
And so for several months, his parents brought him whatever they could that he wanted and slowly but surely he built himself new limbs (even an improved pair of arms), eyes and something to support his broken spine. But once he was done, he had to figure out how to attach these new cybernetics. For a few nights, he thought over and over how to do it when a thought popped into his head that the human nervous system was similar to the electrical systems of technology. The night he realised this, he finally knew what to do. And in the morning, his parents woke up to find their son, standing at his bedroom window and seeing the world for the first time since the avalanche. They believed they had been given a miracle, until reality set in.
At first, his parents were wary about their son going out in public, let alone returning to school, scared of how people would react to him and his new cybernetics. But they couldn't keep him locked up in the house anymore. So eventually they contacted the school asking someone to come over to see if Vervoid could possibly continue his education. Though the faculty were confused as to why, the Principle and Student psychologist came over and were shocked by the sight that greeted them, Vervoid the paraplegic, not just standing but walking and seeing. Unfortunately, the Principle reacted the way his parents feared, labeling Vervoid as a freak and shouldn't be allowed back at school, but the psychologist argued that no matter what Vervoid was he was a legal student and there was no reason why he shouldn't return to school other than the fact the Principle was prejudiced against him for being a cyborg. And if that was the only reason, then he'd bring it before the school board that he was being prejudiced against a student for no other reason than what he was. Realising what the psychologist was threatening, he grudgingly agreed to let Vervoid return to school.
His parents' fears were not unfounded as he returned to school and began going out in public. A lot of people and fellow students began to shun Vervoid, seeing him as only a freak and abomination. Though Vervoid lost a lot of his school friends, some remained, remembering how he had only ended up like this because he had wanted to make sure no one was left behind in the avalanche. The friends that stuck by him made the days easier and by now, he saw no point in hiding his powers when they asked how he'd done it, showing them what he could do. He lost a couple of friends during this time when they got naughty (aka illegal) thoughts about ways Vervoid could use his powers, but the friends he was left with he appreciated having.
For a time, things were going well. He was doing well in school and his friends made time out of school fun and enjoyable. His parents loved him and appreciated every moment with him. He even found some inspiration from movies to create a new cybernetic for himself, a tail with a semi-AI program he created himself (after a long time of research and numerous failures). He never left home with it though, since it might've freaking a lot of people out. But even so, at sixteen, he began to notice suspicious looking people. It was brief sightings at first, seeing them out of the corner of his eye but at turning to look at them they were gone, or seeing them for a moment then doing a double take to see nothing there. But as time went on, the sightings happened more and more often and they were no longer making an effort to hide from him. There were points they began staking out his school or tailing him when out with friends. It eventually got to a point that even his parents and friends began to notice them, him and his parents starting to fear they might be government agents. Though while his parents feared for his safety, he feared for theirs' and his friends' safety more than his own.
So one night, after a very long and tough decision, Vervoid grabbed a backpack, attached his tail and ran away from home; leaving his parents a note saying that they weren't to worry about him. He was doing this to make sure no one got hurt if they were after him, that he didn't want anyone getting hurt, on purpose or on accident, trying to protect him.
Since then for six months, he's been moving from place to place, trying to keep those people off his tail (figuratively speaking) while surviving on his own. Now he finds himself in Dakota City, hoping that far from his home and in the hustle and bustle of a big city, it'll be harder for the wrong people to find him.
What he didn't anticipate, was him finding the right people.
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A/N; I said Vervoid's backstory was going to be short xD His life has probably been the nicest out of the three, so really not much happened to go into detail with. Next is Erix 8)
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