Paradime 6
My name is Jason Jordan.
I'm 25 years old, dyed my hair orange just for the fun of it.
My father and mother got a divorce. Dad took my sister Mary and moved to Australia, while I lived with mum here in Lagos.
Growing up I had just one friend, Mark Adrian.
We were like brothers, doing everything together, but two years ago he died in a car accident.
I work in a gas company as their electrician though.
It isn't a fun job, but I just have to do it to earn a living and take care of my mum.
Everyday I do check ups on the buildings wiring to prevent any problems, cause just a spark could blow us all up.
On this normal and regular day, I went to work like always.
Starting off with my checkups, going from room to room that had gas plants and cylinders.
After the checkup I went outside to just sit in the garden and eat something.
"Help! Help!"
That scream came from inside the building.
I ran inside to see in a room, an engineer was dangling on a cable. It seems that while doing work on the top of a gas plant he might has toppled which led him to falling from that height.
"Hold on!"
I yelled to him as he was dangling but the cable was breaking.
In a haste, I ran to the plant, getting my tools as I then climbed the plant through the ladder to the top.
"Give me your hand!"
The engineer in distress and panic wasn't listening.
"Hey! You have to give me your hand!"
I finally caught his attention as I stretched out my hand for him to grab.
"Okay, okay you can do it man."
He stretched forth his hand. Both of us trying to reach other, the cable breaking and we were running out of time.
SNAP!
The cable broke as he slipped.
I don't know what led me to do it, but probably adrenaline.
I took a dive at the man, my left hand going for the cable, my right going for the man.
I grabbed himand threw him up to the plant while my left hand grabbed the cable and at that moment—
SHOCK!
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"
Screaming in pain as I was shocked, electrocuted and torched by the cable and I fell.
Landed on a plant badly, current flowing through me, wheezing for breath, and losing consciousness slowly.
The last thing I heard was—
BOOM!
I woke up with shock in a hospital.
Bandages and stitches were all over me as the nurse rushed in.
It turned out I was unconscious for four days. After another two days I got discharged.
All my injuries had healed up, which seemed too strange for the human body.
Going home that day and at night I couldn't sleep.
I kept dreaming about the accident, the current that flowed through me, the explosion, and me meant to be dead.
The nightmare made me wake up that night around 2 Am to take a walk for a bit of fresh air.
I felt better just walking a block away from my house, the fresh air, although empty and silent street because obviously people are asleep.
The weather was getting windy, cloudy and darker, hearing the thunder clap at a distance.
I decided to return back home.
As I was going back, it was getting way more windy, the thunder claps getting louder, and I stepped foot into the entrance of my house—
CRASH! STRIKE! CLAP!
Lightning from above came down and hit me.
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"
Screaming in pain as I was getting burnt.
Lightning isn't supposed to strike this long, it was hitting me non stop, even striking my surroundings.
But I then noticed something, the burns began to heal up, and I wasn't feeling pain from the lightning strike, instead it felt normal, it felt good.
I stood up as the lightning dispersed.
Staring at my arms as I saw sparks of lightning, the flow of the current and I knew something wasn't right.
I began working on my self trying to understand what was happening to me.
Days passed, weeks passed, several encounters with lightning strikes and instead of killing me, it energised me.
I even noticed incidentally I could generate and release lightning from my body.
A year passed and I finally got control of my abilities—
I could generate and control electricity and lightning, even break down my entire body and travel through the air, sky, and clouds as lightning itself, and also move through electrical appliances.
Seeing what I could do, well I figured the city needed a hero, it wouldn't be bad seeing people looking up to you, and putting their trust, faith, and hope on you.
I was able to get a material that is a conductor of electricity and it doesn't get consumed by the current.
Sewing it into a black jacket, black hand gloves, black trousers, black boots, black inner shirt with the letter 'V' embroidered in orange like a lightning bolt. And finally a domino mask covering my eyes and upper nose to conceal my identity.
I then took on the identity—
"Volt"
At first I was wanted by the police, but after proving myself and stopping great threats, I was finally announced and declared as the states protector.
One day, this weird thing happened.
I was walking home when a dark purple portal opened up in front of me and I got sucked into it.
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Paradime42
InBolt'sLair
Mary, Bolt, and Death Rider were in here discussing on plans and how to solve all the mess.
Suddenly, the lights went off.
CRACK! STRIKE!
Orange lightning shot down from the ceiling crashing unto the floor.
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"
They all heard the voice of someone screaming in pain until the lightning dispersed and the light came back on.
"What the fuck!"
They all yelled as the guy stood up and they all stared at each other.
"Who are you?"
Asked by all the guys
"I am Jason Jordan."
Responded by all.
"This is amazing! So you are from another dimension, lovely."
Mary walking up to him looking at Volt who just stood, looking all confused.
"Dimension? What do you mean?"
He asked and then Mary briefed him, and he too briefed them.
"Nice to meet you Volt, I am Death Rider from another dimension."
Death Rider shaking him
"I am Bolt from this dimension."
Bolt shaking him as he offered Volt a sit and they all locked in.