Chapter 4: Superhuman
What is this place?" Asked Capone. "Uh...you guys are gonna wanna sit down for this." Assured Victor. The five sat in metal chairs that were lined up in a row. Victor began pacing back and forth. "That facility that you escaped from is a top secret organization that is trying to take children and give them bionic abilities so that they can help fight in wars and go on top secret missions." "Why children?" Asked Dario. "They live longer." Replied Victor. "Okay, so we were those kids?" Asked Capone. "It appears so." Confirmed Victor. "I built this lab to help you hide from the O.D. and train you to hone your abilities." Victor explained. "O.D.?" Asked Dario. "That's what the organization is called. It stands for Operational Defenses." Said Victor. "Abilities? Is that how Dario kicked the door open?" Asked Justin.
"If that happened then yeah." Said Victor. "You all have bionic chips in your necks that the O.D. implanted that give you superhuman abilities beyond your imagination." Victor explained. "Dario, you have acceptional strength ranging to about 100 tons of force. And Veronica, you have incredible speed meaning you run at about 72,000 miles per hour. Justin you have an enhanced intellect. Everything known or recorded by mankind and supercomputers around the world is stored inside your brain." Victor explained More thoroughly. "Hey! What about us?" Asked Robert throwing his hands up in confusion. "Robert, your fingers can manipulate the static electricity around you and form laser spheres that you can throw." Said Victor.
"Cool!" Said Robert as he stood up and created a ball of energy in the palm of his hand. He then threw it at the wall as it burned a hole in the thick stones. "Hey!" Yelled Victor. Robert looked at him. "What?" He asked. Victor just motioned his arm towards the damage he made. "Oh. Sorry." Robert said shrugging his shoulders. "Anyway..." Capone stood up. "Whats my ability?" "Capone, you have an extremely special ability called power replication." Victor explained. "Upon contact with anyone who has bionics, you absorb their ability and keep it until contact with another bionic superhuman. Plus, you automatically have super strength, but not as strong as Dario's as your strength ranges up to about 50 tons unless you touch Dario which would level out your strength."
"Wait, so you're going to teach us how to use these powers?" Asked Veronica. "To the best of your ability yes, but you would need to be here more often so, I'm going to need you all to move in." Said Victor. The group's eyes widened. "I'm sorry. What?" Asked Justin chuckling. "Yeah. There's plenty of extra rooms in this place. Now, you're going to need your parents' permission so, if they need to meet me it's okay." Assured Victor. "I'll go to each of your houses and talk to your parents one by one." He said. The next day came as Justin heard a knock on his door. He opened it to see Victor standing at his front steps. "Hey Justin. May I come in?" He asked. Justin looked behind himself. "Yeah sure." He said moving out of the way. Victor stepped into the house. "Mom, this is Vic, a friend of mine." Justin said walking him into his living room.
"Hello Mrs. Faulls. My name's Victor Townley." He introduced himself shaking Justin's mother's hand. "Please, call me Heather." She pleaded. "Well, Heather, I'm an entrepreneur and an inventor. I just met your son yesterday, well I rescued him yesterday from a governmental organization called the Operational Defense. They've injected a bionic chip into your son's neck that allows him to perform incredible feats." Justin's mother's eyes widened. "What?!" She exclaimed. "Calm down. He's okay now. We managed to escape before they could find us." Victor explained. Heather sighed in relief. "Well, what are these "abilities" you speak of." She asked. "Your son and his friends all have extraordinary abilities that compliment each other very well. Your son has an enhanced intellect and incredibly sharp senses." Victor explained.