Chapter Three
My Super Villain Suit
My speedster suit is exactly like golden boy’s suit,
except color. His is a brilliant gold
that just dazzles the eye. Mine is a
deep black, the color of the void, like a shadow. The suit with built-in mask completely
conceals my face, unlike in the comic book versions you may have seen. There are no eye holes either, we can see through
the fabric easily enough. It gives us
the look of statues almost. The fabric
is designed to withstand the friction of a speedster’s speed, however that is
rarely a concern, due to the Velocity Field, which provides a sort of quantum
buffer to the effects a speedster has on the world around them and vice
versa. Still there are times when
friction resistance is useful, so most speedsters wear these types of suits. Also, and interesting fact: the fabric was designed for protection in
interdimensional travel, which is the main reason modern speedsters such as me,
Golden Speedster, Young Golden Speedster, Golden Speedster Mk II, Synapse, and
Blinding Speed, use it as our super suit today.
Like the suit the matching black boots were designed
by Red Dwarf Laboratories in Philadelphia for use by the Golden Speedster,
though his, are, of course, gold, like a mummer in the Fancy Brigades in a New
Year’s Day parade down Broad Street.
They provide excellent traction and maneuverability. I can’t stress enough the importance of traction
when you’re running several times the speed of sound at a light jog.
I understand my counterpart’s suit had a built-in comm
system that allowed his team back at Red Dwarf Labs to monitor him and offer helpful
advice. My suits comm system has a built-in
interface with a super-intelligent AI, who offers me unbeatably helpful advice,
as it’s based on observations of future outcomes. So, that one is a win for me, I think. The origin of this super-intelligent AI is
another excellent story, with a fascinating little twist, which we’ll get to
later. So, hang in there, it will all be
worth the wait. We have so many things
to talk about: mad men, both
super-intelligent AI and super-intelligent, telepathic dolphins, a war between
superheroes and supervillains, the origins and end of the multiverse, good and
evil, time travel, impossible people, fan service, and a story about crippling
guilt and bottomless remorse. All this
and more.
(c) Copyright 2019 Diana Hignutt
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