Russel

Russel is a boy who puts others lives over himself, he was injected with “plant” power at a very young age. Despite his friendly and charming personality, he’s gets angry when it’s about harming his friends. He always have a caring heart and he shows his kind self to anyone, unfortunately for him, he doesn’t have friends, and he seeks for someone to call him a friend.

Early life
Russel's life was very normal, a caring father, a nice house and bunch of friends. His mother died on her way home for his 6th birthday, and ever since, his father was taking care of him. His father was in the army so Russel was spending most of his life with his grandfather and friends. Although he can’t remember a lot of things about his mother and his father wasn’t around him, he had a happy life. Since childhood he wanted to be a doctor or a rescuer, he always believed in saving lives.

The Special Forces contract
The government was ready to experiment the nature elements injections on younger people, girls and boys who have or had a parent who enrolled in the army, Russel’s father was a soldier, so he was in the list. The government announced that they will train young kids to become an elite soldiers (that if they had one of their parents enrolled in the army, and in range of 13-15 YO), Russel heard about it, and he wasn't interested in the beginning, but he knew that it would make his relationship with his dad much worse, so he spent days inside his house, thinking about choosing between following his career in saving people’s lives, or making his father proud, and in the end, he decided to enlist. He thought they'll take him to an academy to start training, but that's what he thought, the truth was that he was taken to a secret facility where they hold the experiments in there, they injected him and test his condition, and study his new power.

Life after the experiments
At the age of 16, he was sent to the outside world, the first thing he did was heading to his father’s house and tells him everything, he searched his house and he found nobody home, he found some old letter in the letterbox and there was the surprise, his father went K.I.A (Killed In Action), and some of Russel’s friends moved, so he started a new life. Abandoned by society because of his new powers, Russel began to harness his powers and learn new skills by working as a florist in a small flower store, few blocks away from the “Basement bar”. He can’t find a friend from humans because his powers, so he takes the plants as his friends. The sprout on his hat was so special to him, it was the first sprout he ever created with his powers. But he sometime he feels that he needs a friend who is more alive. So he looks for more friends, not only from humans, but from those who were a part of the experiments.

Powers and weaknesses
Years of learning his powers in the facility and improving it in the flower store, Russel’s powers are limitless and he can have multiple tricks on his sleeves. First of all, his left arm made of strong veins and tree wood that makes it impossible to be cut down by any tool, unless they are from other elemental powers, however, he can bring it back and re-grow it in case of losing it. He can make weapons from his left arm using some harmful plants, so far he is able to make: (A thorny Fist, a sharp blade made of strong wood, he can also shoots thorns coated with toxin from a flower that paralyzes the victim for approximately 1 hour).

He’s also able to grow, destroy any plant in the range of 40 meters and he can control some plants, he can also stretch his left arm 10 meters maximum to get to high places. He can grow small plants on his arm, like sprouts and flowers.

Russel’s powers gets more effective with water and sunlights, he’s able to drink water from his left arm too. However, using his powers for a long time without drinking water would make him weaker and ill, using it more while in weakness might be lethal and might cost him his life. Just like plants, his powers gets limited from pesticides, smoke from fires, cigarettes makes him a bit ill and he gets exhausted faster.

Things to consider: his arm reacts depending in his emotions, happiness will cover his arm in flowers. And when he gets angry, his arm will be covered in thorns. But when he falls in love, his arm will be covered in blossoms or roses, and so on. making some moments kinda awkward.

However, Scientists believes that Russel's capabilities never stopped there, and they think there are more abilities in his arsenal. But Russel believes that even if there is, they better not be unleashed...

Love message
As he was reading the messages he found in the letterbox, Russel finds a letter from someone, a girl he met back in the facility, the message’s envelope written on it “To Russel” with a flower petal on it, he opens the envelope and finds a picture of the girl with a message written with simple handwriting and true love...

“Dear Russel..

As i write this message, it was a cold day in the winter, it’s been 3 days since i left the facility and i’m using the blanket that you gave me to keep myself warm, and you patched up my leg. I didn’t knew that in that facility there will be someone so sweet to me, and i thought there will be no one will show me any sign of kindness, until i met you, and i thank you for that. And perhaps you wonder why i gave you this message, and how i knew your address, well, the truth is that i fell for you, and i was very shy to express it to you face to face, and i was scared that the scientists in that facility would know that and try to harm you somehow. And i read your file and found your address, so i decided to give you my message there. I want to tell you that I have found a job in a small bakery shop! It’s kinda stressful but i love it. I thank you that you helped me because if you didn’t, i wouldn’t survive out here. I really can’t wait to see you soon, and remember that you are not alone. Thank you so much for helping me. And most importantly...

I love you....”