A Series of Unfortunate Events Part: 30

[“Someone needs to call my fiancé, and you need to find yourself another guinea pig.”]

2012

“This superhero stuff was really only meant for television. It’s nothing like they say it’s supposed to be. You’re not normal and you have to remember that every time when you approach someone with this. That wonderment and appreciation that you’d expect someone with abnormal abilities to receive is barely in the eyes of children. Men and women, hold a scorn, as if, they’re mad at you. Like you were given something they’ve wanted their entire lives, and by some random chance based in the scorn of god you were given that gift in their face as a means to make them feel inferior. By no means did God do me a favor over you when she did this to me. In no way did I ever plan to have to take this path with my life and pay this price…”

Render leaps down from the rooftop he was reminiscing on, gliding through the air with a grace unseen as he positions himself over a small group of men standing outside of a military HUMMVEE. Gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, his mind is bouncing back and forth between the thought of Styrofoam and maintaining aim on the group. He only opens his eyes momentarily between thoughts to maintain his course until he glides above them eight stories up and his eyes burst open with dilated pupils filled with rage blended with fear as his mind shifts from Styrofoam to steel.

In a wave that starts at his face and moves outward to his extremities, Render’s skin shifts away from its natural look to taking on a metallic sheen and smooth texture. The surrounding ambient light from the nearby buildings reflects off his face and hands in a manner that gives him an eerie iridescence as he begins to accelerate toward the ground and the unsuspecting group of men below.