7 years ago....
"You act as if this idea couldn't work." Tommy said as his best friend, Leonardo Welch, flew a sleek black jet.
"Listen, Tommy, if it could work, some tiny Himalayan lady would have already found it." His friend sighed as he flipped a switch on the jet. Tommy laughed lightheartedly as he drank a glass of vodka, watching the moisture gather on the dashboard as he set the drink down.
"It has to work. The LAZARUS formula should be able to make me look...." He tapped the metal plate of his mask. "Normal." This depressed him slightly, as he was still sensitive of the nuclear reactor that burst only a few years ago.
Leo was quiet. "I still think it's suicide. I mean, the Himalayas are dangerous enough. Finding some mystery substance in the middle of a mountain? Crazy." He shook his head solemnly.
"The LAZARUS will have to preserved. Frozen. It'd be much too unstable, and hot, if it remains as liquid." Tommy said as he grabbed a large parka.
"You're the craziest asshole I know." Leo said as he shook his head, flying a bit lower to the ground.
"And you love it." Tommy said as he threw open the door to let in the rush of snow and wind, he jumped down, and down, and down- 5,000 feet of nonstop falling onto a mountain of ice.
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Thomas 'Tommy' Bastion, aka Atomikill, crawled up one last stone hill with an enormous amount of effort. Now being 13,000 feet above the ground, with nothing but a shaky stone platform to support him, he looked to the cave door that he had come so far to see, a large steel vault with a lock twice the size of him. Atomikill wiped some sweat from his brow. There was nobody around but him for miles, so he let his atomic radiation roam free through the Himalayan mountains.
As snow fell on his burnt head, Atomikill listened to the crunch of snow as he grabbed the lock on the door. Focusing, he gathered atomic energy from around the atmosphere, and soon a small bubble of atomic power was created- slightly smaller than his finger, an orange pimple on the steel lock. Turning away, he walked to the very edge of the stone platform as he clapped his hands. The energy exploded, sending sparks flying everywhere as the lock was destroyed by the miniature atomic bomb Atomikill built. Turning back, the Radioactive Rebel held a hand up to his face to shield himself from the ashes flying, and slowly opened the huge door, admiring the warmth of the inside.
A long stone hall was laid out in front of him in a room the size of a football field. A thin bridge led to the end of the hall as bright green liquid rushed back and forth below it. Atomikill knew well that the healing waters of green could not hurt him, and so jumped in. As he landed in the burning hot emerald pool, he soon found himself sweating and panting from the heat, gathering up a small jar of the stuff whilst swimming up to the bridge he had jumped from. Climbing out, it took him a full minute to notice the snake in the waters.
It took up to nearly twice the size of the room. Neatly coiled up in the bottom of the huge, LAZARUS lake, it slowly opened it's eyes, a brilliant red to contrast from the blinding bright green. It hissed and swam up to the surface, it's body as thick as a mobile home, chest as green as the water. Baring it's teeth and hissing with it's teeth, which were about as big as Atomikill, it bristled in anticipation. Opening it's mouth in an attempt to eat Atomikill, it charged without a moment's hesitation.
Luckily, Atomikill wasn't so edible. Sending an atomic blast of energy down the creature's throat, Atomikill remembered what Leo taught him- leap and lick. Jumping on top of the monster's head, he jabbed lightly at what seemed to be a gill. Hissing, the creature turned to strike again, charging toward the small man who fell into the water. Luckily, the small man saw this coming. Swimming frantically away, he managed to keep the large snake from driving it's tooth through him. Instead, it merely scraped his arm. Gulping, Atomikill charged his hands as atomic energy gathered, firing it at the creature and making a larger bubble not unlike the one he used to open the lock that sealed the door.
The bubble attached to the snake's throat, and at the last second Atomikill clapped his hands. In a huge explosion, the mountain shook and chunks fell into the wreckage, colliding on the snake and Atomikill both.
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Waking up in a hospital, Atomikill slowly opened his eyes. There stood Leo Welch, with a paddle in hand, pink-ing away at the ball he was juggling.
"Gee whiz..." Atomikill muttered as he scooted up. In his suit again, he looked around. A nice pot of flowers stood by the windowsill, where he recognized the less than beautiful Gothic City. Groaning, he stood up, his suit supporting him, as he grabbed the green vial that sat next to his bed.
"Should you be standing?" Leo asked as he grabbed his ball.
"Oh, I'm fine. Shut up." Atomikill snapped as he pocketed the liquid. "What matters is..."
"That you tanked an atomic blast from less than five feet away?"
"That I have the LAZARUS."
"Look, Tommy, you're not always going to have healing water to bathe in after going through a bomb. You need to be careful-"
"Don't worry, mom, I'll make sure to wear my big boy pants next time." Atomikill scoffed, as he walked out of the door.
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NOW.
Atomikill stood on a raised platform in his cloning factory, as a robotic arm slid down a row of pods. Finally stopping at a lime green one, the arm pulled out the pod, setting it by the Radioactive Rebel as he pressed a few buttons on it. As the lid slid open, he snapped his fingers.
The robot arm grabbed a hammer and smashed the frozen green rock like substances. It kept ramming down onto the rock, breaking it again and again and again. Atomikill rubbed the spot where the snake bit him years ago on his arm as it soon turned into a fine powder in front of his eyes. Finally, he grabbed the powder and rubbed it on his skin. It glowed lightly, as his skin suddenly seemed to inflate and distort. Screaming in agony, Atomikill fell to the floor, but continued to rub it on himself as his 3rd degree burnt skin turned into baby smooth skin. Eventually his screaming came to a halt as he panted, standing up, tripping over his own feet as he tried to grab a mirror.
Eventually, he did, and for the first time in years, Thomas Bastion cried. No longer could he simply hide in his suit. No longer had he need to. For now, Thomas Bastion was human once again. Grinning, he summoned some atomic energy from his fingertips. He still retained his abilities. Perfect. Now, to get into a... slimmer, suit. And then, he'd remote control his suit to fight for the Champions of Peace. And then, he would get more power than ever imagined.
OOC: Atomikill got extreme skincare. And looks like Iron Fist out of his armor. And will be remote controlling his suit for a while now without the COP knowing. So... Yeah.
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