Home of the Anomaly
Origin
April 2005 - The Discovery
Lindsey Roberts and Kayla Ridgefield, two biomedical scientists, and phytopharmacologists working for Million Innovation Lab Enterprises (MILE), embark on a scientific excursion to discover new plant life in the Amazon Rainforest. Their journey takes them to Imataca, Venezuela, a forest ripe with gold and home to several thousand species of plants and animals. It is considered one of the best locations in the world to conduct research due to its species-rich environment and the many areas that still have yet to be explored.
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Shortly after they arrive in Imataca while setting up camp, Kayal discovers a peculiar plant and recommends that it should be studied. While gathering her equipment she witnesses one of the utility trucks drive right over the plant, crushing it to shreds. Not losing hope for studying the plant, Kaylay shovels around the tattered remains and puts it in a specimen case, and takes it to the lab for study and observation.
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Surprisingly, within the first 12 hours since the plant was run over it looks healthier. 24 hours after the plant was run over it no longer looks wilted, but it is still split into pieces that are attached at the core of the plant. 36 hours pass and Kayla can see, with the help of a microscope, spiderweb-like strands reattaching the limbs of the plant to its core which to the naked eye looks like a clear substance with tiny silver flakes floating in it. 48 hours later and the plant looks as though nothing ever happened to it. The only portions of the plant that did not survive are those that were completely severed off.
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Kayla, Lindsey, and their team search the area for more of the same plant and send samples to MILE labs across the globe. Tests are run at the other locations, but it is soon discovered that the plant only rejuvenates itself completely in Imataca.
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Taking a break from work, Lindsey and Kayla set out to explore an area a few hours away from their base camp and discover a nest of rats that have been savagely attacked. They collect the survivors and take them back to camp with them with the intention of nursing them back to health and conducting some research.
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Kayla and Lindsey create a serum made with extract from the plant they named Kaylinrepleo. They soon see astonishing results. Those injected with the KR-5 serum make a full recovery from their life-threatening injuries. In most cases, the rats become 10 times stronger. For three years MILE scientists run tests on various rats from geographically disparate locations that have been injured severely. They see very few abnormalities or side effects and there is a strong push for human trials to begin, which is approved by the U.S. Government in April 2008.
June 2008 - Human Trials
June 27, 2008, Marines and Soldiers depart their military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan to support a combined arms operation and head towards Southern Helmand Province. No more than six miles into their road march an improvised explosive device (IED) explodes beneath the lead hummer, killing both the driver and assistant driver and badly wounding the turret gunner. A few seconds later, another IED explodes, blasting a 7-ton passenger transport truck which occupants inside of the dusty road and onto its side. The majority of Marines and Soldiers are dazed, but okay. However, several screams can be heard from within the cab of the 7-ton. The driver is badly wounded and losing blood rapidly. The A-driver is unconscious, and the gunner who was thrown from the turret has suffered multiple fractures to his arms and legs.
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A Marine radio operator quickly conveys a Nine Line report and a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) takes place within minutes. Those needing extreme medical attention are given blood transfusions containing KR-5. This is the first time the experimental serum is used on humans. Although more time is taken to heal, all those treated with KR-5 heal in the same way the rats did. Some but not all, experience extreme bouts of depression and elation, which eventually wanes. But for those with the 1% genes, they may have physically survived the physical trauma, but the KR-5 triggers a heightened and nearly constant state of animosity toward any and everything. Since testing on rats revealed that 1% of rats exhibited the same traits after treatment, the serum was approved for human trials. Those treated with KR-5 also came to realize that their wounds may have been healed but they would forever bare the mark of the serum. All pigment in their irises faded to a silver-white color once they fully recovered.
Novemebr 2011 - The Genesis of Anomaly
Oluchukwu "Oluchi" Agu, an African-American man in his late 20s, living in San Diego, California with his family of four, used to serve in the Marine Corps, but now has a successful career working for a travel agency. Both he and his wife decided one evening that it would be fun to play the lottery. After a few months of intermittent lottery play, with no real luck, Oluchi goes to a nearby gas station to buy another ticket. That evening he watches as the lottery numbers are chosen. He can hardly believe his eyes as he sees the numbers appear on the TV screen. The host announces, "11, 25, 38, 37, 44." The numbers on his ticket are a match! He just won the $2360,000,000 jackpot. Doing a quick calculation, Oluchi can hardly contain his elation when he recognizes that after taxes, the take-home amount is %179,360,000. The next day Oluchi verifies his numbers at San Diego District Lottery Bureau and word spreads quickly across local and state news broadcasts that he won the Mega Millions jackpot.
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Shortly after Oluchi is announced the winner of the Mega Millions jackpot a few of his neighbors devise a scheme to get their hands on his winnings. After much debate, they agree that the best idea is to ambush him, kid nap his wife and children, and hold them for ransom. The three neighbors plotting on Oluchi are local members of law enforcement and since they have access to various equipment, they agree to lay spike strips on the road as the family heads out of town for an outing. The plan backfires and ends in the death of Oluchi's entire family. He sustains several life-threatening injuries and is barely breathing, so his assailants attempt to cover up their tracks while leaving him to die. Little do they know, several homeless veterans discover Oluchi lying under a nearby overpass near the wreckage and carry him, badly mangled and barely breathing, to a hospital.
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When Oluchi is brought in, one of the doctors recognizes his name and in the fight to save his life and potentially gain a new funds donor for the hospital, the doctor recommends using KR-5 to help stabilize Oluchi. Thus far, the "KR-5 Method" had never been used on civilians, although several hospitals in the U.S. had trial medical kits. Stabilization is successful and the doctor and his staff perform Oluchi's life-saving surgery.
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During his operation, Oluchi's mind races back and forth through numerous memories. Part of him feels as though he is actually there and it's comforting. The pleasant scenes stop abruptly and Oluchi feels the sense of falling deep into the darkness of a huge pit on a deserted highway. The squeal of tires attempting to stop their movement and the sounds of breaking glass pierce his ears as he continues to fall. Then with a blood-curdling yell for help and a violent jolt of movement, one of Oluchi's hands grasps the guardrail of the hospital bed while the other one smashes furiously against it. He wakes up.
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The operation was a success. Fortunately for Oluchi, his side effects don't include what is now called One-Percenter Syndrome. He is soon in rehab and getting acquainted with his body's new incredible abilities. He has no idea what potential and opportunities lie ahead. What he does know, he knows the truth of what happened to him and his family. The KR-5 enhanced his memory recall and he can clearly recount what was said by the men that left him to die and what they look like. He knows two of their names and that's enough for him at the moment. Although he struggles with the desire for vengeance, he buries that deep inside himself, and instead, he uses it as fuel to attain justice for his family.
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Shortly after the operation, Doctor Rylin Meade and Doctor Richard Lank approach Oluchi to discuss plastic surgery, A sliver of skin cut deep into the bone on his chin did not grow back and the doctors recommend plastic surgery. Oluchi refuses, vowing never to get the surgery until justice is served for his family.
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With his lottery winnings, he gives back to the hospital that saved his life, invests in endeavors to get the homeless off the street, and starts an organization for children and families faced with coping with the loss of loved ones due to vehicle accidents. He also uses his newly acquired wealth to search for the criminals that killed his family. Little does he know, his journey for justice will lead to numerous criminal organizations falling and the uncovering of corruption at some of the highest levels of local, national, and international governments.
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Most know him as Oluchukwu Agu, a nearly 30-something millionaire philanthropist, and dapper businessman with deep dark brown eyes and a jagged scar on his chin. Criminals know him as an all-black tactical uniform-wearing, force to be reckoned with who never removes his face mask, has what appear to be glowing white eyes, and is called Anomaly.