Snippet #1436570

I heard that heroes had better health benefits
Leon Ramirez certainly hoped so, he was not risking his life in order to protect the masses when he could get the same coverage when he is just blowing thing up and doing thins he just wanted to for no reason other then just to do them.
So J'onn, you gave me dumb, and dumber-er. Genius...
Leon began to feel a bit of embaressment fill his face. Without a doubt, he was probably the one she referred to as "Dumb-er".But, how could she blame her? What Leon managed to say had not only made him look like an idiot, he probably lost respect with everyone in that room.Especially with Martian Manhunter.
They are going to get their asses handed to them aren't they, have they even worked as a team yet? I can tell by your face that is a no.
Leon had never worked with the other boy, not even knowing his power, but he silently hoped he wasn't as physical as himself. He wanted someone that knew a big of magic, or long range skills so they don't get in his way. Leon could learn long range skills, but that could take a couple months, and he needed to focus what he was good with now, and later build up his skills with longrange. Leon thought of himself as a one man army, give him a year, enough food and water, and he could take over a whole country. Which was not that far from the truth, since in that one year he was given, he could focus on his mental skills enough to able to take control of the president,prime minister or whoever was ALREADY the leader.He just needed time, and protection for that.
So far, his abillity to hack into his D.N.A has given him the abillity to regrow his cells perfectly, so he would not age once he turns twenty one and thus would never die of old age. It has given him super strengh, to the point of carrying automobiles, and the speed of an olympic sprinter. His skin was strong enough take direct bullet shots from automatic guns and pistols and not break, although it would brusie him. Higher powered bullets, like ones from snipers may be able to kill him however. The final power he has been working on lately was the power to regenerate but it is not very strong, he is able to recover from fatal wounds, but it would take him time again. All in all, he was someone who's powers left him a jack of all trades, but the master of none.He just needed to learn what his primary enemies would be, and he would focus his slow D.N.A modification to able to use their weaknesses.
And little Mr. Love struck here." She snapped her fingers, making his pants translucent for a moment before they faded back to normal
Did she just do that to him?What does she think was the first thing he did when he was able to hack his D.N.A? Heroism was not on his list of things he was self-concious about. Either way, as any lucky girl would find out, there is still a teenager under the hero.
I'm not the sort you should go falling for hun. Go find a damsel in distress or something, actually the both of you will have that opportunity...unfortunately
Was she serious?Leon was not the type to choose someone who would always get him into messes like Superman did. Hell, he would want a girl LIKE her. Someone who could take care of herself, and make his life a whole hell lot easier. Either way, she was old as hell, and he was not into old ladies. Too bad she had the hot body of a eighteen year old.
J'onn is very sick, and not as powerful as he used to be
Oh no, oh god no. Leon could have cried. One of the strongest heroes in the universe, the Martian manhunter, was sick? The man who managed to go through everything imaginable and still come out on top? The man who lost his family, his whole world and adopted another? The man who ignored the comments, who did not have to rely on pride or selfish reason to help was slowly dieing?Leon hoped his face filled with grimace was ignored.
How about you answer my question seriously this time, because I do need to know, it is important. And it dictates how I teach you. Yes a Sorcoress who has been around for 157 years has a thing or two to teach by the way. No buff cigarrette rambo is going to be able to the job better than
Damn, could she read his mind?How the hell did she know he was thinking about Rambos as his leader? He really hoped she did not explore too far..he had some secrets that were better left unsaid, or atleast he thought they were better left unsaid.
Why do you want to be heroes?
Leon decided to speak up, he was thinking of the same thing, and finally decided on an awnser."Well, I have had some powers for about a year now, the powers that I have, I gave myself. No one else, no heritage, no technology, no random god and no stupid interspacial item was the cause. It was my own hard work. I choose my path, no one else can choose it for me. And when the cards are down, when the rules are displayed, when the points matter, that is when the day is decided by me. Whether I choose what I choose, can either save the day, or simply destroy it. No amount of your teaching, no matter how rigirous, no matter how time-consuming and from hell it is, it cannot change me who I am inside. I pick who I am, I choose to be here because I..I choose to be a hero. I choose to attempt to save the world, I attempted to make it a better place. I attempted to make it my own. The world is what you make it, and since I have the power to change it, I will. I will make the world better. Because I choose to.I am a hero, out of the love of choice. I am here out of the love of freedom. I am not here for pride. I am not here to flirt with you. I am not here to be some super powered monstrosity's punching bag. I am here to do what I must do, in order to satisfy myself, and every other strong human being out there.".