by GoozX and Chewy Walrus
Hey, the name's Ritchie Stevens. Everyone calls me Ritchie Stevens. I'm not one for nicknames. I guess you can say I'm a basic kind of guy. I like simple things. Then again, my life has never really been that simple.
I worked my way up the ranks, graduating first in my class. I worked as a street cop for a little while, before quickly moving up the ranks until I got to where I am now.
I am also known as Special Agent Turner. Why Turner? I have no idea; I guess they don't want to use real names, so they brand everyone with shitty "fake IDs" and fake backgrounds and shit like that.
I work for the people of America, even though they have no idea who the hell I am, nor do they give two shits. I work for the government -- no, not the FBI or the CIA. I work under the MCCA, also known to some as the Metagene Cover and Control Agency.
You don't know the name because we don't want you to. Ever wonder why this freak gene outbreak isn't so widespread or violent? We monitor all known people in the country with the special gene. Anyone gets out of line, well, let's just say that they die of "natural causes" or have an accident. We are the public's only protection against these freaks, they just don't know it.
TriVext log entry 76852.90
Authorization Walker-579-Gamma-Crimson
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We're making a lot of progress today on the metahuman expansion project. The DNA samples that I and my associate, Dr. Zachary Knell, head of metagene research, have retrieved from our collaboration with the MCCA have proven vital to our understanding and potential control of the metahuman community.
Dr. Knell and I have been working long and hard on our mapping of the metahuman genome and differentiating it from the typical human genome. We still have yet to determine how or why the metagene manifests itself. This much is still a mystery.
However, we have determined how the gene is read to manifest the powers and abilities that it gives. Genetic combinations, when arranged in certain combinations, exhibit various powers. We've identified the combinations necessary for accelerated speed, enhanced strength, flight, telepathy, telekinesis, and elasticity.
I am currently in search of the combinations for the other rumored powers that are said to be the resultant of a manifest metagene. Dr. Knell, an accomplished geneticist, is instead currently studying other venues for the metagene utilization in everyday society.
Dr. Walter Curie, another of our colleagues, has taken the liberty of commencing interoffice metagene tests, in order to make sure that our DNA is pure and remains as such. I look forward to the results.
Dr. Charles Walker
Assistant Head of Metagene Research
TriVext Corporation, Thunder City
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