Thanks and here is another character caught in the crossfire. Burst could manipulate energy, control it, alter it and amplify it, making him one of the most powerful mutants on the planet. He worked as a hero, but that changed when terrorists got hold of a nuclear bomb. Burst was sent to retrieve it along with other heroes and unfortunately, it detonated. Burst used all of his concentration and power to contain the blast, saving thousands, if not millions. This act of heroism had an adverse effect on him. Once the nuclear energies cleared, Burst crackled with energy, energy he could not control. Pure energy flew in every direction, causing pure chaos. BSH’s best scientists worked to make him a containment suit. A normal life now impossible, Outburst was born.
The warship’s beam ripped across the city, destroying blocks in seconds, killing anything in its path. Outburst was escorting people towards a portal when a beam crashed through the block next to them, heading straight towards them. The hero flew into the beam and he concentrated, holding the energy up, away from the ground. The energy ripped into him, through his suit, but the beam remained above the citizens. It eventually passed over them and they were saved, but once again, Outburst had been affected by this extreme use of his powers. He fell, his unconscious body hurtling towards the ground.
Houdini, a teleporting hero, was helping to rescue those caught behind the beam. He teleported to a relatively untouched area, a bubble of no damage, when he saw the man falling. The man, naked except for a few pieces of armor, was falling towards the ground, energy rippling off of his body. Houdini teleported and caught him, before teleporting him back to somewhere safe. He looked at this fallen man and recognized him. It was burst, human again. The effort of keeping the beam off of the innocents had reverted him back to his human self, just as saving lives had turned him into energy. Houdini dashed off again, finding Amalgam, bloody, but alive and saving others trapped in the rubble.
