[i]"Thats right folks you heard it first here on channel 7 news, I'm Carrie Barns reminding you that Veridian City is safe, once again"[/i]

The TV clicked off and Kevin threw the remote onto the couch cushion. It bounced off the faux comfortable material and landed with a soft thud on the stained and derelict carpet. The smell of sriracha and soy permeated the halls of his apartment, as he grabbed his keys, and made his way for the door. [i]What,[/i] he thought [i]were some goody two shoes hero's going to do for his neighborhood. Nobody cared about the Silk Sticks before the collapse of the city, and they damn sure haven't since[/i]

The door met its jam with a solid thud. The latch and lock affirming his “stuff” was “safe”. As he made his way downstairs to street level he could hear the shouts in Cantonese as the food was chopped and fried to perfection. Mr. Fong was a crotchety old man who owned the building that housed both Kevin and the restaurant; as well as most of Mr. Fongs' extensive family. As Kevin walked past the front door he met eyes with Fongs' daughter Kim. She shot him an awkward smile as he briskly passed the window and meandered across the street among the mass of pedestrians. As he cut through back alleys and over fire escapes he quickly made it across the slums of Veridian. He contemplated wither or not he really wanted to have his powers known. after all [i]he[/i] just learned of them himself not too long ago. Plus, who wants to be in some government database? Not this guy, definitely wasn't his style.

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As Kevin exited his favorite comic book store, he witnessed some thug stealing a very nice bike from another citizen. Although in public, Kevin figured he could risk it, he concentrated on the concrete in the path of the bike and with a little breath and hand motion, froze the oxygen molecules in the air and cause the bike thief to lose control and bail on the bike. Kevin figured he made a clean getaway, however unbeknownst to him someone with a camera phone caught a video of Kevins cryokinetic abilities.