Fiction's gotta make sense

Been thinking of the premise of the story. I retrospect, my justification for the artificial gifted kinda killed one of the most important parts of the story: How could a person born from a lab and such have an interesting personality? I spent all day thinking bout that, and came up with a solution: They werent born in a lab. They were regular children, just tampered with. This also allows me to better explain how the powers work. Science fiction doesn't have to make sense, just has to make you THINK it does.

Here I'll explain how the powers work in nature, and how they were replicated. (Descriptions taken from here as they sum them up in better words than I ever could.)


* Pyrokenesis - the creation and manipulation of Fire using the mind. The body is able to produce large amounts of heat that can be focused to set fire to air itself, and thus create small fire-balls etc.

With training, a person can make their flames hotter, turn into a human-torch, make fire into waves and streams and also create beams.

Known users:

• Angel (artificial). Angels possessed a rare blood type, ideal for one of the Gifted Program's branches, pyrokenesis. He was entered in the program at 8 months old, while his body was still developing. His cells could be altered to work at a more accelerated rate than normal, producing large amounts of heat at will.

Aquakenesis - Aquakenesis is the the creation and manipulation of water using the mind. The body takes moisture as well as Hydrogen and Oxygen from the Atmosphere and allows the user to expell this through his/her pores. A side-effect of the ability is that the user can survive long periods of time without water.

If an experienced aquakenetic is close to or surrounded by water, he/she can manipulate the water. Some aquakenesis can also possess the ability of cryokenesis, which is the ability to collect water-vapour in the air and withdraw it's heat, causing an area of the user's body/ area near the user to be covered in ice/freeze.

Known users:

• Steph (natural) - Steph is a skilled aquakenetic, also capable of cryokenesis.
  

Dark Matter Manipulation - Dark Matter is the mysterious matter that populates most of the universe, dark matter cannot be detected by most methods: it does not emit heat, cold, or radiation, and yet has numerous effects. Some people can unexplainedly control Dark matter, even summon it into existence.

There have been only 5 known cases of Dark Matter manipulation. Dark Matter manipulation is an ability believed to originate from Vampires, an extinct race , said to be the most powerful creatures on earth. Vampires are thought to be a myth, as there has been no evidence of these creatures.

Dark matter has various properties, it can change gravity, and even move through time and space.

Known Users:

• Iban (natural)- He was born with limited control over Dark Matter, killing his parents and most of his neighborhood at age 5 by accidentally creating a black hole that obliterated everything in the area. He was entered in the Gifted Program at age 5, and was tampered with to suppress his powers. While it is unknown how he controls it, it was learned that his thoughts had a role in its control. He can summon dark matter to alter gravity, and can to an extent create portals that absorb blasts, impacts, or objects.
• Mary (artificial)- Mary was injected with Vampire DNA taken from a fossil before birth
  

Mental powers - The ability varies, a user can have the ability of persuasion, illusion, telepathy, etc... or various at once. It is the most sought after power, it is rare, and even rarer is a person who can use it effectively. Most telekenetics don't know they possess the ability, or simply dont know how to use it.

Types of mental powers:

* Persuasion - This ability allows the user to make another sane person follow their commands. Use of the ability usually involves a darkening of the eyes and a grainy voice. The power can be resisted by strong minds and it also depends on the confidence of the user. This ability allows the user to make another sane person follow their commands. The power can be resisted by strong minds and it also depends on the confidence of the user.

* Telekenesis - Telekenesis is the ability to move objects with the mind. The ability usually requires small physical movements like pointing and sweeping for accuracy. The strenght of telekenesis depends solely on the mind. If one is focused and clear minded, ones telekenetic powers are stronger. If a person is distracted or their mind is clouded, their telekenesis weakens.

* Illusion - llusion is the ability to alter light patterns with the mind and disguise physical objects with complex illusions. It takes a skilled and strong-minded person to see through these Illusions, but a skilled user can make his/her images in-penetrable. The ability also allows the user to manipulate the sight of others. The user does not actually alter light itself (for that would make it Elemental) but alters the way targets percive light.

* Telepathy - elepathy allows the user to controll the minds of others, altering their perceptions and being able to read their minds. They can also plant thoughts in peoples heads and find out information about their genetics.

Note: This ability allows the user to reach into the minds of others to find out how to use their powers. This only works for Mental powers.

Electrical Manipulation - Electrical Manipulation is the creation, manipulation and absorbtion of Electricity. Includes many abilities, such as being able to absorb Electricity and create it. The body develops a new type of cell that attracts and repels Electrons, and large focusses of these allow the user to take total controll over Electricity in many different ways. It can be made into force fields, bolts,arcs, and balls as well as being able to seperate atomic bonds and fuse them. The body will also work as a kind of electromagnet over conducters.

• Yadow
  

Regular boy, grew up in a midclass town. At age 8 was abducted by the Government. Apparently he possesses a rare blood type, which was suitable for a Government Project. He was part of the Artificial Gifted Program. His body was slowly tampered with.

Electrical manipulation is also a tricky ability to recreate. The body is only used to a small amount of electricity, and cannot simply get used to it, as opposed to cryonekesis and pyrokenesis.

Due to previous failures, some special steps were taken to ensure control on the subject Yadow.
First, he was periodically injected with a substance which included elements like lithium and cadmium. This was done to make his body accept it. At age 11 his heart was replaced with a powerful electrical regulator. This regulator was wired to his brain. During the surgery, his blood was drained and replaced with a stronger batch of the substance he was previously injected with. A "battery" was placed next to the regulator, and some metal was attached to the bones in his fingers, elbows and cranium. The surgery laster a total of 60 hours, almost 3 days. After the surgery, he was placed in a coma for 3 months. When he awoke, he short circuited the entire medical wing of the building. It was clear that the operation was a success, Yadow was the first documented case of a successful artificially created Bioelectrical Human.

The regulator and the lithanox replaced his heart and blood respectively. Yadow was now a human battery. The lithanox is a substance that can contain a massive amount of electricity. His blood cells adapted to the lithanox in place of blood. The cells now fitted the requirements for electrical manipulation, as the lithanox altered them, allowing them to attract and repel Electrons. The regulator acts as a heart, charging and pumping the lithanox through his body, providing energy for for his regular bodily functions, but allowing him to manipulate electricity. Since the regulator is wired to his brain, Yadow can indicate the amount of energy he wants it to provide. When he commands it to release a high amount of energy, it is drawn to the metal in his arms, which then discharge, effectively allowing him to shoot electrical blasts. These blasts can either be released concentrated, to deal greater damage, or dispersed, to cover a large area. Although the generator allows Yadow to create his own electricity, the amount it can generate in a day is limited. The battery placed next to his stomach allows him to store a large amount of electricity, either from the regulator (which takes or releases energy from the cells), or from an external source. Yadow always keeps the battery full, in case he gets exhausted or he reaches his limit, so he can use the stored energy.

Although his body has been conditioned to withstand electrical currents constantly going through his body, it can only take so much. His body is used to the amount of energy the generator produces, but it can be damaged by an external source of electricity if it has a higher voltage.