Vey: The Beginning

Michael Indigo lived with his Mother,Father,and Brother when he was a child. His mother was caring,his father supportive. His brother was a pain sometimes,but was still loved all the same. Mike went for a walk one day on the first day of summer. School had been let out,and kids were biking around and hanging out. He passed a Warehouse like he did every day when he walked down this sidewalk. The normally abandoned building had blue lights glowing behind the dirty and stained windows. His mind racing,he thought about what might be going on. When his intrigue got the better of him,he jumped the fence around the warehouse and crept towards the building. He peeked around a corner of the building,looking for any signs of danger. When he found none,he walked cautiously to a door a few meters away. Mike peeked through a crack in the decaying wooden door and saw various machines and contraptions with electricity sparking from many wires. He stepped in,facinated by these machines. With eyes moving between machines,they rested on a control panel on the far end of the room. He jogged to it,looking over the Qwerty key board and other buttons that were glowing. He pressed the Start button and a massive screen lit up in front of him that he had not seen when it was off. He jumped back,then read the words on the screen."Project Vey" it read in blue font. Reading the description,it was said to enhance the abilities of a person and give them Energy Absorbtion/Control powers. Looking around,all of the machines were dusty and some had cobwebs covering them. "What is this all about..." He said in a quiet voice. He searched through some files and found a button that said "Activate". With a shrug he clicked it and a chair came from the shadows behind him and it restrained him with metal clamps and what felt like a metal collar around his neck. "Warining: This process will be painful. A tranquilizer will be administered." A female computer voice said. 'Oh Come on!' Mike thought as the chair released a syringe and many wires,the syringe injecting him with the tranq solution. His vison blurred,and his eyelids felt like one ton weights,steadily closing more and more until his eyes were closed and he was knocked out. The machines glowed a deep purple and began to whir,then roar and their glow brightned until they were like the sun. The energy was channeled by the wires and another syringe injected something in his neck. The energy caused his body to spasm while he was knocked out by the tranq. His eyes opened,but they were bright blue with small white sparks flashing on them. He screamed and tensed his muscles and concentrated with all his might. A warning siren sounded and massive amounts of energy fed back through the wires,overloading the machines and making them glow red. Soon,a few chemicals in the room were catching flame and the flame spread to the machines. The fire clung to the bottom of the machines due to the chemicals,and then the entire building erupted in a searing inferno. Various pieces of debris rained down on the street,men women and children taking cover in the nearby Supermarket. With a loud and thick 'SLAP' Mike landed on the ground in the street,red streaks running down his neck and throughout his body. Police and ambulances arrived,manuvering around the debris. An ambulance stopped in front of Michael and two paramedics jumped out,carrying him to the back of the ambulance. They stopped the bleeding from his skin wounds,but could do no more. With that,they sped off to the nearest hospital for more medical help. They set up Mike with a painkiller on a drip and in a bed with covers up to his chin. He was asleep,his body growing and becoming denser with muscle. He awoke 4 years later with lazy eyes. He became more and more awake,and the numbness on his neck and on the inside of his throat were bothering him,so he held his throat. He removed his hand a found it covered in blood. Just then a Doctor and several nurses rushed in due them monitering his heart-rate monitor.When they were done,he had white gauze wrapped around his neck not too tight. The Doctor handed him a white board and a marker and said "You can't talk. Your vocal cords were severed. For now,use that whiteboard to communicate.". Several hours later the Doctor and Mike's family enetered the room. He gave a curt nod and left to give them some privacy. He wrote on his board "Who are you? Why am i in a hospital?". He had no idea who they were. In fact he had no idea of who HE was,and WHEN he was. All he could remember was a word. Vey.His Family was devastated at his memory loss and he was looked over and treated over the course of three days. The doctors were amazed at how fast he had healed,though his voice was never going to come back. They had removed 3 pieces of metal embedded in his throat. He had had several broken ribs,a fractured skull,internal organ damage,and a major concussion. They had said that they were suprised at the fact that he only had THOSE injuries. From what the Police could guess, he was the closest one to the explosion on the sidewalk. No one knew he went inside the building,not even Mike. He walked out of the Hospital,leaving his family. He still didn't beleive anything they said. How could he? They were strangers to him now. With some clothes donated from the hospital to him,he went out. He walked back in a bad part of town,unsure where to go. He had some money from the government for people like him who woke up from a long Coma. He knew he needed more,so he asked around and he found a little coffee shop that was hiring. When they asked his name,he said with hesitation "Vey". He learned about his powers from a nasty incident with a mugger. He shocked him so bad he paralyzed him,though he blamed an exposed electric line,which there was one on the side of the building. From there,he left the town and practiced his powers. He learned that he could use many different kinds of energy. He became a mercenary later on when he turned 20,after 3 years of training and doing odd jobs to earn money. He was a lone wolf Merc,known for his purple and blue clothing. Later,he met another powered Merc, Ombra. The two have been bitter enemies every since they fought for the bounty of a Russian politic.