In a small town nestled deep within the shadows of the trees, there lived a man named Nathaniel Essex. Nathaniel was a devoted husband father to his wife, Elizabeth, his daughter, Emily, and two sons, Adam and Cody, and a respected scientist known for his groundbreaking research in the field of biochemistry. However, as the years passed, an insidious obsession began to consume him - the desire for superhuman abilities, all thanks to Charles Xavier's research into the X-Gene.
Driven by a relentless thirst for power and recognition, Nathaniel embarked on a dangerous path of self-experimentation. Night after night, he toiled away in his hidden laboratory, injecting himself with experimental serums and subjecting his body to unspeakable horrors in pursuit of his twisted ambitions.
As weeks turned into months, Nathaniel began to exhibit strange and unsettling behaviors. His once-kind eyes now glowed with a malevolent red, his once-soothing voice now dripped with madness, his skin was now as white as the snow, and his teeth became as sharp as a sharks.
As Nathaniel's madness deepened, he turned his twisted gaze upon his own family, consumed by a desperate need to unlock the secrets of their potential abilities. His wife, Elizabeth, once a beacon of light in his life, became his next unwitting victim in his dark quest for power.
Under the guise of concern and care, Nathaniel lured Elizabeth into his laboratory, promising her a cure for a fabricated ailment. With trembling hands and a heart heavy with dread, Elizabeth consented to his ministrations, unaware of the horrors that awaited her.
As Nathaniel injected her with his experimental serums and subjected her to unspeakable tortures, Elizabeth's screams pierced the silence of the night, echoing through the darkened halls of their once-happy home. This was where the family's hell began. Her body withered and contorted under the onslaught of his twisted experiments, her spirit broken by the betrayal of the man she once loved.
In a final act of depravity, Nathaniel pushed Elizabeth beyond the brink of endurance, unleashing forces that should never have been tampered with. As her body convulsed and twisted in agony, a dark energy surged from within her, consuming her in a vortex of shadows and screams until she lay cold and lifeless upon the cold stone floor.
As the echoes of Elizabeth's final cries faded into the night, the kids could only watch in horror as their father hunted them one by one, imprisoning them in grotesque ways. After learning that Adam and Emily had the X-Gene, Nathaniel locked Adam in a vat and poured bleach up until it reached his neck, and let it burn away at his skin until it awakened his powers. As for Emily, she hung by her wrists and was electrocuted over and over in order to awaken her powers.
Adam's, eyes wide with fear, body oozed a viscous substance, a dark slime that hardened upon contact with the air, twisting and shifting into grotesque forms against his will. The boy's terror-stricken cries filled the air as he struggled to control the strange power that surged through him.
Emily, her once-innocent eyes now ablaze with an otherworldly light. As Nathaniel turned his gaze upon her, he felt a surge of recognition and dread wash over him. Emily possessed the ability to absorb and manipulate energy, her very presence a conduit for the forces that he had unleashed.
This made Nathaniel descended further into madness, consumed by a twisted desire for power. With a heart colder than ice and a mind clouded by darkness, he turned his gaze upon his remaining son, Cody, the useless one in his eyes.
Determined to end him, Nathaniel confronted Cody in the dimly lit cell, his eyes ablaze with a mad fervor. The boy trembled before him, a mix of fear and defiance in his gaze, as his father raised a trembling hand, poised to strike the final blow that would end his son's life with a hammer.
But as Nathaniel moved to deliver the fatal blow, a sudden change swept through the room. Adam, the brother turned into a black slime, surged forward in a grotesque and fluid form, enveloping Cody in an inky embrace. At the same moment, Emily, whose body became that of an ethereal energy, had surged forth, merging with her brother in a blinding flash of light and power.
The laboratory trembled as the siblings sacrificed themselves to save their brother, their forms merging into a swirling maelstrom of darkness and light. Cody's body convulsed as the energies of his siblings surged through him, transforming him into a vessel of both darkness and light, a being born of sacrifice and love in the face of unspeakable horror.
And as the energies reached their peak, a deafening explosion rent the air, tearing through the laboratory with a force that shattered the very foundations of the house. In a blinding flash of light and darkness, Nathaniel and his son were consumed by the cataclysmic release of power, their fates entwined in a final act of tragic redemption.
When Cody awoke, he found himself lying in the snow, far from the ruins of his former home. The night was silent and cold, the only sound the whisper of the wind through the trees. A sense of profound loss and sorrow washed over him, the memory of his family's sacrifice burning in his heart like a brand.
With tears in his eyes and the weight of his burden heavy upon his shoulders, Cody turned his gaze to the horizon, his heart heavy with the knowledge of the horrors he had witnessed and the legacy he now carried. He closed his eyes as light came closer, with darkness taking him.
A family found him, lost and alone in the vast snow-covered wilderness of Canada. The traumatic event had caused him to lose his memory, but he remembered names and what had happened to him. His mind was blank before all of that, his memories now buried beneath a thick layer of snow.
The family quickly rushed to his side, their hearts filled with compassion for the young boy who seemed so vulnerable and lost. Without hesitation, they scooped him up and carried him back to their cozy log cabin nestled in the woods.
The kind family, consisting of a father named James, a mother named Sarah, and their two children, Lucy and Liam, took it upon themselves to nurse Cody back to health. They bathed him, fed him warm meals, and wrapped him in blankets to keep him cozy and comfortable. Despite his memory loss, Cody could feel the warmth and love emanating from his newfound caretakers.
Days turned into weeks, and Cody slowly regained his strength under the watchful care of the family. He helped out around the cabin, chopping wood, feeding the animals, and playing with Lucy and Liam. The family welcomed him with open arms, treating him as one of their own.
As Cody spent more time with the family, his memories more and more of his memories faded away – images of his hometown, his family, and his friends. Slowly but surely, he started to piece together the puzzle of his lost memory, and that the longer he stayed the more he would lose.
One snowy evening, as they sat by the crackling fire, Cody mustered the courage to leave in the dead of night. His gratitude for their kindness was paid in full. In the following days, the family helped look for Cody, but were unable to find him. He had become a ghost to them.
As Cody journeyed around, making his way back to America, he carried with him the memories of his time spent in the snowbound wilderness of Canada, where a caring family had shown him the true meaning of compassion and kindness. Though his memory may have been lost, the bond forged with the Canadian family would forever remain etched in his heart, a beacon of warmth in the cold expanse of his mind.
One day, Cody received new of the town where the family lived. A series of strange and terrifying events that had befallen them since his departure. The town had been plagued by sightings of a monstrous creature known as the Windigo – a legendary beast with claws and fangs, capable of healing instantly and instilling fear in the hearts of all who crossed its path.
Filled with concern and a sense of duty to the family who had shown him such kindness, Cody made the decision to return to and help them face this formidable threat. His travels had taught him how to use the Black Slime that was his brother, and the energy that courses through his veins.
Upon his arrival at the log cabin, Cody was greeted with the death of the family. Determined to kill the creature, Cody devised a plan to confront the Windigo. As night fell and the chilling winds whipped through the trees, the ground trembled with the approach of the Windigo. Its monstrous form emerged from the shadows, its eyes glowing with an otherworldly light, and its claws gleaming in the moonlight.
A fierce battle ensued as Cody fought against the relentless creature. The Windigo's claws slashed through the air, its fangs gnashing, but the Black Slime stood strong, united with the energy, determined to protect their brother.
Despite its ability to heal instantly, the Windigo could not withstand the power that laid behind his strikes. With an explosion from the energy, wielding a weapon forged from the Black Slime, the creature let out a deafening roar before dissipating into the night, its malevolent presence vanished.
As the first light of dawn broke over the horizon, Cody huddled over, exhausted but victorious. He knew that the threat of the Windigo was not eliminated, and he had to get stronger because of it.
On his way back to the states, a massive figure emerged, its yellow eyes gleaming with malice and its razor-sharp claws glinting in the dappled sunlight. It was almost like this man was a human lion. The momentary relief turned to dread as he soon realized he was now about to be facing a foe unlike any he had encountered before.
Yet Cody stepped forward, his heart pounding with a mix of fear and determination. He knew that this battle would be even more challenging than the one they had just faced, but he also knew that he could not let this monster win. It would become a stepping stone to new heights.
The lion like man lunged forward with lightning speed, his claws slashing through the air with deadly precision. Cody dodged and parried, his movements fueled by a mix of instinct and the combat skills he had honed during his time in the wilderness.
The battle raged on, a whirlwind of fangs, claws, and sheer brute force. The man's relentless attacks tested the Cody's strength and courage to the limit, but he refused to back down. He with all his might, his determination serving as his greatest weapon against the adversary.
In a moment of desperation, the man unleashed a savage roar and lunged at Cody, aiming to strike a fatal blow. But Cody, covering his weapon in dirt, countered with a swift and decisive strike that caught him off guard.
With a mighty roar, the man stumbled backward, his yellow eyes widening in surprise and disbelief as his wound wasnt healing. The tide of the battle had turned, and Cody seized the opportunity to press his advantage, fighting with renewed vigor and determination, to end the monster before him.
As the dust settled and the echoes of battle faded into the stillness of the forest, the man lay defeated at their feet, his once formidable presence reduced to a mere shadow of its former self. Cody stood victorious, his spirit unbroken by the trials he had faced. The man retreated, to heal or to die of blood loss. With that, Cody returned to the states, and was one step closer to finding Charles Xavier. He needed to know what he was.
Human.
Or.
Mutant.