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Gavin was not a regular kid, he was different from his peers. Now, it wasn't that he had a mental problem, Gods no, he was blessed. Now, I bet you're wondering what that means, it's simple actually, one of the four dimensional Gods had chosen the male and gave him a unique skill set. There was only one problem though, the Gods abandoned humanity and all other sentient life after the Tri War. That was a long time ago, at least a few millennia, that the humans had to deal with their problems and sort shit out. So, Gavin was a bump in the road. Why, after all these millennia, would the gods suddenly take interest in humanity again? Perhaps Gavin was the first human born to finally appease the Gods, or perhaps it was a mistake. Either way, his powers have always been kept a secret.
Gavin's parents first learned of his powers when he was two. The child was playing with his toys, giggling happily, amused by some unknown thing. His parents, wanting to see what amused their child so much walked over to investigate. Gavin had thrown one of his toys into the air and was know watching as it fell slowly, defying gravity. His mother gasped, causing the baby to look over and the toy to fall at regular speed again and clatter to the ground. The baby could sense his parents shock, and he didn't like that. He sniffled and began to cry, worried he had done something bad.
His parents knew the tales, knew that their child was blessed, that this confirmed all the legends they've always been told. But they had no idea on how to manage their son's power. Why would they? A blessed one hadn't existed since the war. They were filled with worry as their son grew, managing to be able to hide what he was gifted with; Time, Empathy, and Telepathy. Then the knock came.
It was early in the morning, the air cool and crisp from the fact it was mid Autumn of his 12th year of school, 11th grade for you americans. Gavin was getting ready for school, trying blink away the blinding auras that he could naturally see. He went to the door and stopped, confused by the aura he saw behind the door. It was a swirling aura. Now that was weird as auras tended to act mor like static, clinging to a person or object, but this aura was not clinging, it was swirling around whoever was behind the door, it was diverging from the person. His aura was the only other aura like that that he had ever seen. So Gavin opened the door, revealing a man to be in his late thirties.
"Hello, I'm Geoff Ramsey, a sorcerer, and you are gifted from the God of Void." The man, Geoff, said. Gavin slammed the door in his face, completely shocked. He heard a yell of annoyance from outside. How could that man know about him, that he was blessed! And how the hell did he know by which God! He didn't even know which God gave him his powers! After a few minutes of panic he let the man in.
It turned out Geoff was a lot older then late thirties. He was a few millennia old, having been part of the Tri War, watched as the God of Void forced the warring Gods into submission. Knew exactly when the Gods disappeared, claimed he knew why, but refused to tell Gavin it. It also turned out that Gavin was the only person blessed by the gods, a kid named Ray was blessed by the god of OverWorld/Earth. Geoff offered to help him train, help him understand his power, give him a place he felt like he could belong. It was no surprise that Gavin accepted this offer.
Gavin still had to go to school, Geoff made sure of that, but in the evenings after homework and when the day was done he would train with Geoff and the Puerto Rican, becoming fast friends with Ray. They got to know each other, their strengths and weaknesses, help each other grow. They both also discovered they had this weird pocket dimension, a place they could store things. If you had to judge, somehow Gavin's was a bit larger than Ray's, but perhaps that was due to the powers that Void had blessed him with.
Ray knew he was different, knew that not everyone had the ability to see in different ways like him. He could list at least four different ways he could see in that wasn't the everyday vision humans had; X-Ray, UltraViolet, Radiation, and Molecular. It was the last one that perhaps saved his family when he was five.
It had been a normal day by all standards, Ray had played with the other kids, completely destroying them at hide and seek. But now it was night and Ray was unable to get sleep like always and it was probably midnight and he was still trying to just turn them all off when he saw it. It was a cloud of molecules that reminded him of what people exhaled, but it was missing something. Ray didn't like the look of this strange gas, and it was seeping through more and more.
Ray got out of bed and went to get his momma, finding that there was a lot more of the gas in his mom's room then his room. He began to panic when his mom wouldn't wake up. Ray ran to the phone and called 911 and told them that his mom wasn't waking up in a panic. Within five minutes they were there and wheeling his mom out, saying something about a carbon monoxide build up, and that he was lucky. They took him to a nice lady's house that he stayed with until his mom got out of the hospital. All these years later, he knew that without his powers, he and his mom would have died, so he was thankful to which ever god gave him his powers.
Now the whole extra vision wasn’t the only power the Puerto Rican had at his disposal. He also had the ability to run at speeds up to 100 miles per hour, though he was a bit wary about testing it, afraid that he would run into something or trip and he’d be dead. His last, and most powerful power was the fact he could shoot lazers from his eyes. Another thing he was wary about using, nit wanting to burn down the city from a simple accident. So he tried his best to suppress those powers, doing a relatively good job.
He was 14 when he met Geoff. Geoff was different than most people, he could tell by looking at him and the way the man carried himself. It was like he'd seen a lot of shit and deal with none of your sass. When Geoff spotted him and had a look of surprise before going over, bringing a proposition that changed his forever. Of course Ray accepted, wanting to learn how to use the powers that he was blessed with from the God of the OverWorld. And a year later, he met Gavin.
They two of them made a wonderful team. They seemed to work in a perfect tandem after about six months. Geoff said it was incredible, while the two boys just played it off as just the fact it seemed their powers complimented each other. Gavin was a more defensive fighter while Ray was offensive. They covered each other weak points. They were a team.
The only real problem was that Gavin lived in England and Ray lived in America. The only reason they were training together was the fact that Geoff could link them in their dreams. It was a bit frustrating that they didn’t know their partners in real life. But Geoff said he had a solution and that they should go on with their lives.
So they did, Gavin and Ray doing their own things, making their way in the world. RoosterTeeth rose up, and then Achievement Hunter followed. Soon, Gavin had a reason to be living in the states, working as the newest Achievement Hunter, sure he and Ray had to pretend they knew nothing about each other, but finally they were face to face. Everything was going rather smoothly. Then two villains showed up, Ursus and Vagabond. Gavin and Ray had been shell shocked, but knew what they had to do. They threw together a rough disguise and stopped the Villains. That was the day they became Aevum and Velox.
The two of them play games by day, and fight crime by night. With the help of Geoff, they learn to handle their powers and get better, determined to put a stop to the masked villains and their master, Domnus. Gavin and Ray are determined to fight, to prove the gods they were right in choosing them. To prove to themselves that they’re worthy.