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The Dark Speedster (Rewritten)

By deactivated-59c716930b8a6 May 30, 2015 17 Comments

"I was, am, and always will be ahead in the game. Nothing will ever change that, not now, not ever."

The Dark Speedster

Real Name: Christopher Anthony Knightfall

Aliases: Alexander Miles, Dark Speedster, The Reverse Runner, Anti-Speedster, The Negative Conduit

Identity: Secret

Height: 6'2

Age: Chronologically 40 (Ageless)

Weight: 180 Ibs (81 kg)

Gender: Male

Family: Christopher is descended from Marcus Knightfall.

Hair Color: Umber

Eye Color: Cobalt

Species: Mutant Speedster

Timeline: 2165, Alternate CVnU Future

Nationality: Canadian

Orientation: Heterosexual

Occupation: Prime Enterprises Director, Scientist, ~~Mutant Extremist~~

Affiliation: Prime Enterprises

Alignment: Anti-Villain

My Past, Your Future [First-Person Origin]

"In a short span of time, I've had more taken away from me, and faced greater disappointments then most."

Tell me...

Have you ever encountered a real, undeniable, and highly unexpected tragedy? In a mere few days, have you had the thing you held most dear, stripped from you and destroyed? Even worse, by someone you trusted with your life? And next thing you know, right when you are mere moments away from gaining retribution, from writing a wrong, you suddenly find yourself helpless to go forward? Trapped, in a desolate crucible, without a way to reverse it all. I know, it all sounds strange, but bear with me here. Because in a short span of time, I've had more taken away from me, and faced greater disappointments then most.

Every waking moment, I'm reminded that I've become a hollow shell of what I formerly was, that my powers had failed me, left me stranded in a place unrecognizable. And every single day, I am in search of a way to bring about my own peace of mind once more. To restore what was lost, to avenge those who were taken from me, to punish he was dwells in this time. For over two years now, the unending search for the man who would have my entire clan wiped from existence goes on. The search is fruitless, but I won't stop until I can complete it. To protect my own existence, and my clan, I can't rest until I have saved the past... and rewritten my future.

I was 35 years old, when this entire thing began. I was a man, regarded as a top scientist, a genius among various others. I didn't let my lineage prevent me from achieving greatness, it didn't get in the way of my rise to success, as it had for certain ancestors of mine. As rewarding as my life had been, even these advanced times were far from perfect. The unending war between humanity and homo-superiors had heightened considerably. Battles raged across various countries, factions growing from every vestige, officials looking through every corner for deviants to punish. You always had to be on the look out for people who would give you away the second they got wind that you possessed powers.
If you were a mutant, like I was, it was almost as though there wasn't a person you could genuinely trust, or otherwise, confide in.
Unbeknownst to the idiots believing that my technological capabilities could aid them against metahumans, I myself lead various charges against the corrupt, unrelenting officials. I hate to seem immodest, but with the powers I possessed, combating those seeking to put down every last metahuman, mutant, or superhuman on the planet was made easy. The Speed Force... or, the Anti-Speed Force, had gifted me with unimaginable gifts. Attentive study and practice enabled me to unlock more of the force's additional abilities than many before me.
Regardless of whatever tools they brought... I always remained one step ahead.
Having penetrated veils of power I would have previously thought were unheard of, I had begun to bear the foolish assumption that I was, indeed, immovable, without weakness. At the time, it certainly seemed as though I was. The governmental dogs didn't stand a chance against me. No matter what preparations they had made, regardless of whatever tools they brought... I seemed to always remain one step ahead.
I played my part well. Not a single person suspected that I, world renowned scientist, was the terrorist putting the animals down. That I was responsibly for the deaths of countless Anti-Metahuman officials, and that it was my involvement in various empowered assaults, that led to the desolation of quite a few encampments, bases, and superhuman containment facilities. I covered my tracks, I tied up loose ends. Heck, I wasn't one step ahead, I was a thousand...
But it's just as I said before, there simply wasn't a person that I could actually trust.
Certainly not the Knightfalls, otherwise known as my family, and clan. That's right, I'm a Knightfall. And no, most of my relatives aren't the sociopathic bastards that our ancestors are. Were this one hundred and fifty years ago, I wouldn't trust a single one of them. But times were different, and to an extent, so were we. At least... until a trusted individual decided to turn us all over, the last thing that I had expected. At this moment in time, his name isn't important. What's important is that he was a coward, and instead of aiding in the battle of Anti-Mutant Extremist, he sold us all out for his own freedom. To top it all off, he publicly acknowledged the branches of X-Gene mutation with the Knightfall clan, giving leeway for the government to begin exterminating us like rats.
For his 'services', he was given access to advanced technology, and allowed a position on a large organization of soldiers equipped to hunt metahumans down. No, just in case you were wondering, it wasn't Maverick. The organization's name isn't important, because right now, in the timeline that I'm trapped within, they don't even exist... yet. However, it wasn't long before an assault on the clan was coordinated. My lab had been attacked first, but thanks to my superhuman speed, I made it out alive. Simultaneously, however... the clan had been taken out in a wild assault upon them...
By the time I had arrived upon the scene, the place was slick with gore. Bodies everywhere, most of them Knightfalls, some of them soldiers. And he was standing there. The traitor. In the middle of it all, fully armored, and having been the one who lead the charge. As the bitter reality of it hit me, I had been overcome with emotion, grief and wrath standing out among them. I had been taken over my instinct, my mind filled with murderous intent. For leading the slaughter of his entire family, for selling us all out, I wasn't going to kill him... I was going to annihilate him. No punishment, no amount of agony would be enough for him. I couldn't decide exactly what I was going to do to him...
He had noticed me standing there, in a state of shock. Even through the mask, brightened by his azure HUD, I could tell his eyes had widened in fear. He knew he had no chance of taking me in a fight... and wherever he went, there would be no escape from nightmare I was going to bring him. However, with his newfound resources and advanced experimental technologies, there was one thing he could do.
Escape into the time stream.
However, his plan to get away from me by going through time didn't simply end there. Just as I said, there was no chance whatsoever of him defeating me in combat, regardless of whatever tech hhe possessed. To tie up any loose ends, including me, he was going to go centuries back, and eliminate his own ancestors, not only to erase me from existence, but to get rid of any surviving Knightfalls. However, the bastard had done his homework. He knew which particular line not to meddle with, his...
And thus, just as I had charged forward, he had activated his time traveling technology, entering the timestream. However, as crimson lightning arced around me at rapid rates, I reopened the wormhole that he had taken. I still don't know how exactly I did it, but in the haze of emotion, I had somehow managed to leap through time.
The battle seemed to last for hours. As he barely defended himself from my assault, I battled him through various timelines, preventing him from escaping from me. Eventually, I managed to knock him into the time of 2012, onto the rooftops of New York City. He was exhausted, but the speed force kept me invigorated. Thus, I had begun to run forward, preparing to rip out his spine, or crush his heart, perhaps punch through his chest. I didn't know what I was going to do, I simply wanted to bring about his agonizing death...
And then it happened.
A bullet rang out in the darkness, cascading through my ribcage. I had fallen, my surroundings suddenly coming back into focus.
Taking this opportunity, the traitor took a massive leap from the top of the rooftop, its anti-gravity components enabling him to fly away from my position. He had escaped... I hadn't undertaken my vengeance. I had failed...
I tried to return back to my future, hoping, praying that by some manner of ability, I would be able to emulate what I had done before, and travel back through the time stream. However, when I did it before, I was inexperienced in its use. During the time jump, my dimensional abilities had begun fluctuating, leaving me unable to return to my time period.
I was stranded.
And he was out there, preparing to make his move, ready and willing to take out his own clan. To this very day, he still hasn't made his move. More then likely, he was gathering enough resources to take us all out simultaneously, making connections in this vastly different timeline, evading me...
But I wasn't going to take that sitting down. I had to find some way to gather enough resources to find him, to protect my clan from being erased from existence itself. To rewrite the future, I had to forge another identity in a timeline unlike to my own...
And thus, the search started. Day and night, I'm always on the lookout for a sign, something that will tell me of the traitor's position. However, for the time that I'm trapped here, I'll also aid in the combating of anti-metahuman forces. Perhaps taking care of a few loose ends here will help clean the chaos of my future. Seeing as quite a few problems in my world are prominent here, I have few qualms against pitching in when the situation requires it...
While I am also in search of the traitor, I have to keep a constant watch upon my ancestors, making sure they won't fall victim to the traitor's schemes. Particularly, my direct, immodest ancestor known as Marcus Antonius Knightfall...
To the outside world, I am Alexander Miles, founder and director of S.T.A.R Labs, and rising scientist. The resources gained from the company will aid in my search, and provide me with the tech I need to track him down. When I regain my time traveling abilities, I'll use them to rewrite my mess of a future, to erase the blight that the traitor caused. Sooner or later, I'll find him, and I will gain vengeance for my fallen relatives.
My name, is Christopher Knightfall, The Dark Speedster...

The Anti Conduit - Powers

The Speed Force

Christopher's primary ability, the Knightfall of the Future is capable of tapping into a portion of the speed force, enabling him to move at physical velocities significantly beyond that of an ordinary human being, and at times, beyond that of many other Speedsters. The unique energies seemingly imbued within his body's cellular structure appears to be one of the many variations of the speed force, one that he dubs 'The Anti Speed-Force', more then likely do to certain abilities that enable him to feed off of other variations of the force. It almost appears to be a corrupted form of the force, being generated by what appears to be a negative electric charge. Thus, through the creation of kinetic energy, the Dark Speedster would be more then capable of traveling and engaging in combat at extremely high velocities, considerably higher than that of supersonic, to the point of being able to run at the speed of light itself. Generally, when moving at superhuman velocities, the Knightfall is surrounded in crimson arcs of electricity, sometimes leaving a trail of the electricity behind him, before it fades. However, by moving at slower speeds, he would be capable of running without the electrical arcs surrounding him. Through extended use, as well as practice of the various abilities that the speed force grants, Christopher could be capable of achieving even speeds even further beyond the speed of light. Currently, at this given moment in time, his speed is in a state of fluctuation, and thus, he is rendered incapable of utilizing the speed force's dimensional abilities, having possessed only a portion of the speed force [Read Origins].

Perception and Reflexes: Because of certain augmentations from the speed-force, Christopher's reactionary abilities, as well as his perception of events occurring around him, are on an entirely different level than that of an average human being. Able to control the exact rates that he perceives his surroundings, Christopher can see the world around him in slow motion, or even watch it as though it had entirely come to a halt. In conjunction within his heightened reactionary abilities, Christopher is easily capable of dodging and catching projectiles, such as bullets, or delivering hundreds of blows to his opponent before they can even comprehend his presence.

Phasing and Vibration: Yet another ability the Speed-Force has bestowed upon him, Christopher boast the ability to vibrate his molecular structure to such a degree, that he can pass through virtually any solid object. Through the vibration of his body to the natural frequency of air, he would be capable of rendering himself in an intangible state. If need be, he can simple vibrate portions of his body, such as limbs, something he does rather often for offensive maneuvers. With a certain level of scientific understanding, the Negative Speedster is even able to mimic the ability of invisibility, simply be vibrating his bodily structure at such a rate, that light doesn't reflect from his body, and thus, doesn't render him visible.

Speed Aura: The Speed-Force grants Christopher a rather unique, seemingly invisible field of energy around his body, barely extending but a mere inch past his tissue. Seemingly activated at will, the speed aura, when in effect, protects him from receiving any damage or burns from friction, and allows him to continue breathing whilst his speed abilities are in effect. If need be, he could extent the aura around another being through physical contact, as to protect them from harm as well. To a fair margin, this aura appears to be capable of mitigating physical damage received, capable of absorbing an impressive amount of kinetic energy.

Afterimages: At will, when utilizing the speed force, Christopher is capable of leaving behind afterimages of himself, most of which last only a few seconds before vanishing as swiftly as they had appeared. However, via energizing the speed-mirages, he is able to make them last significantly longer than regular afterimages, even after he has long since vanished from the scene. For the first few moments, after an indefinite afterimage is created, several arcs of electricity will chain between the real Dark Speedster, and the afterimage. However, afterwards, the arcs will fade, leaving behind an extremely lifelike mirage of him.

Whirlwind and Vacuum: By running in an circular formation at a certain velocity, Christopher would be capable of generating a considerable powerful whirlwind. Depending on the rate of how the whirlwind was formed, he could even create a vortex, one that he could use for a plethora of purposes. Depending on the intensity of the vortex in question, he would be more then capable of performing feats such as suffocating his victim, causing them to levitate in the intense winds, or simply to cause wanton destruction to his environment. By moving his limbs in a formation akin to a windmill, he would be able to create winds similar to a cyclone, though directed at a particular target. Thus, if need be, he could deprive a certain target of oxygen, at a certain radius, of course.

Energy Absorption and Speed Theft: Christopher is capable of absorbing nearly any form of energy he comes into contact with. He is able to utilize the energy he absorbs to further his speed abilities, and to aid his bodies self-regeneration. When coming into contact with another person, he is capable of leeching the bio-electric energy from his victim, resulting in the victim's death due to the nervous system running off neuro-electric pulses. Another ability, dubbed Speed Thieving or Theft, is the power to absorb the accelerated momentum of objects and people in order to reduce their movement speed significantly, perhaps even fully stop them in place. Simultaneously, the victim's kinetic energy is compounded with Christopher's own.

Accelerated Healing: Another useful ability is the power to rapidly regenerate at faster rates then the average human being. When having sustained minor to moderate forms of damage and trauma, it appears that Christopher is capable of repairing the damage swiftly. Major injuries can and will take considerably longer amounts of time to mend, thus it is quite possible for Christopher to pass out before it fully heals. Prolonged or repetitive damage and trauma is capable of killing him as well. To maintain his healing abilities, the Negative Speedster requires sustenance and rest, lest his regenerative abilities begin to decline drastically.

Accelerated Metabolism: An ability that can be both helpful and debilitating, The Negative Speedster's metabolism is accelerated beyond what is humanely possible. In conjunction with his naturally healing factor, Christopher not only can heal faster, but his body is able to swiftly burn harmful materials such as toxins and poisons, while also being capable of burning out sedatives and other drug-related liquids. The downside is that Christopher's body burns calories at a much faster rate then any ordinary human being, while he is utilizing his superhuman speed. Thus, this requires him to eat larger portions of food in order to maintain his energy, less he begin to suffer from starvation.

Time Position and Agelessness: Due to the particularly unique nature of the Negative Speed Force, Christopher has been permanently rendered out of the regular time stream, and thus, constantly exist in his very own, unique plane of time. Because of this peculiar position outside of the time stream, Christopher is immune to effects that would otherwise tamper with his connection to time. Another unique ability granted by this is the fact that Christopher's body, virtually frozen in a completely different plane of time, no longer ages. In fact, at will, he is capable of shifting his body to whatever age he pleases.

Dimensional Travelling: By accelerating to velocities beyond the speed of light itself, as well as generating vast reserves of the Speed Force, Christopher is able to break through the fabric of time and space, enabling him to move through dimensions, and even break into the time stream. Do to this ability, he would be capable of entering into other timelines, and altering it to his leisure.

Physical Attributes

Metahuman Strength and Durability: While bearing a rather lanky appearance, in truth, Christopher's rather heightened muscularity, coming from his most peculiar bodily genetics, grants him with physical strength well beyond the range of an average human being. Regular exercises and a somewhat strict diet has enabled him to maintain his physical capabilities at peak. As of now, he is capable of lifting up to 15 tons with only a fair amount of effort on his part. Thus, he would be more then capable of feats such as manhandling his opponents, and even other beings possessing metahuman strength. With the enhancements from his speed force aura, he is capable of dealing blows equivalent to being hit by a car, and more. He is able to handle great amounts of physical damage and trauma, and can even sustain projectiles such as bullets without faltering.

Abilities

Vast Intellect and Technological Prowess: By all meanings of the word, Christopher is a genius in an almost boundless amounts of scientific fields, as well as being an extremely proficient tactician, in and out of battle. His mind is capable of absorbing and processing greater amounts of information than humanely possible, and is able to utilize more of his mental capacities. He possesses eidetic memory, capable of memorizing and recalling almost anything with extreme precision. Having created many forms of advanced technology, even while stranded in the past (Present to the CVnU), he was even considered a genius among his timeline's populace. Though his courses of action could be considered somewhat malevolent to many, he genuinely is a man of science, and there are few sciences he hasn't become extremely knowledgeable on. The Reverse Speedster is a brilliant tactician, and a particularly calculating individual in general.

Proficient Combatant: While Christopher certainly doesn't possess a mastery of martial artistry, he is a more than capable melee combatant, consistently utilizing his cunning and tactical prowess in battle to hold his own against opponents with much greater combat abilities then himself. He has learned and almost mastered half a dozen styles of martial arts, and would not hesitant to incorporate what he has learned into physical combat. He is able to take notice of his opponent's particular combat styles, and accordingly using that knowledge to pinpoint a weakness in his opponent's style, thus giving him the advantage. Though he generally needs not bring weaponry into battle, he always carries around a small dagger, one that he proficiently wields in combat.

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