Story:Extraordinary Children/History

43 years ago, in one of the countless laboratories dotting the city of Almythest, military scientists were developing an experimental biochemical weapon, a virus, as government-funded research for the island on which Almythest sprawls. One day, an overworked and overtired scientist, in his state of semi-consciousness, did not properly seal the virus away in its containment after the day's research. The virus slipped out and rapidly began to spread. Within a few weeks, hundreds of thousands had died. As it was an experimental virus, the stock of antibiotics to combat it were extremely rare and were only able to save a handful of people. The government didn't survive long enough to take any action, so it was up to leaders of other powerful nations to completely quarantine the entire island nation. Planes were no long allowed to land here, and ships could no longer dock in the once thriving port city. No thing or person was allowed in or out.

Though there were survivors, there were not many. The remaining population was less than 1/80000th of the population before the pandemic, and stuck on the island due to the quarantine. Fast-forward 20 years, and the island is devoid of life, including the virus. Other metropolises have taken over as technological capitals, and Almythest is a dead city known as the City of Phantasms. Though long gone, it has not been forgotten.

Seeing the utter destruction of the population of Alythest and the surrounding areas spurred on a global peace conference one year later. The major result of this was a treaty banning the use of biological warfare. However, at the same conference another resolution, this one top secret, was written up behind closed doors outside the range of earshot or recording devices by the leaders of nations. If there was to be no more biological warfare, another method had to be put in place. Thus Project EC was born.

Project EC called for the construction of a massive laboratory facility in the City of Phantasms, one where experiments of a new sort could take place unnoticed. Experiments to create a new breed of soldier, a method of warfare that would become more effective than what it was replacing.

The construction of The Labs took eleven years and right after its completion, the researchers got right to work. They started with only a few children after they lied about starting an orphanage, but their numbers quickly grew after they started their own police force, the Silver Sentry, to find acceptable candidates and recruit them, whether through adoption or kidnapping.

In the present day, The Labs hold approximately 1,000 children. All of them possess some sort of power and no two are exactly alike. While the eldest children reach their 21st birthday, not one single child has participated or even seen live combat. The fruits of the researchers' labor are apparently yet to be seen.