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Tommy knew about the electricity running through his veins, he knew how it worked, it was his best friend, one bioengineered into his body, but still his friend. He had it ever since he gained consciousness in that tube of green liquid, watching as people in white coats jumped and celebrated him waking up. Those poor fools.
Tommy kept the energy in his body, storing it, feeling it grow and try to claw its way free, but he kept it hidden, much to the confusion of the scientists, who double and triple checked the gene was in him. Tommy kept it inside for 3 years, his body starting at just a little under a year old, and growing until he was 5. He watched them bring new people, inexperienced people in, the ones who glanced at him and his features, his eyes that could pierce through one's soul, even as they were assured he was made in the lab, and had never seen the outside world at all.
Tommy waited, until people in suits came, the head scientists happily showing off Tommy to them. He could hear them talking, he was shaking, had been for a few months, as he listened to the people with his expert hearing. "We disguised her" and "she has shown promise in all the tests'' is what was being said, and Tommy snarled, before chuckling at the confused expressions. "Once we get her to use her electrokinesis, we will give you a call, if you choose to fund our project and future endeavors that is' ' is what caused him to snap, they were selling him. He unfurled his body, lightning following his every move, and he swam forward, placing his hands on the glass keeping him in. And pressed, he watched as the people grew frightened, as a small crack, resembling a spider web, formed on the glass surface. It shattered, and Tommy used his lightning to deflect anyone getting in his way. He left the room painted in red, and stole a lab coat from a scientist one the floor, the one that was least stained, before using his lightning to move at a pace faster than light. Tommy Danger Kraken Innit had escaped.
Tommy ran, giggling as he did, making friends with the little birds around him, playing in the lakes he found, eating the mud. Tommy was being a feral child. He traveled until he stumbled upon the land of anarchy, the place many people feared, 2b2t.
Tommy was quickly absorbed into one of the child fighting rings, where he met what would soon become business bay. The champions, with electroshock, Tommyinnit's stage name, ontop. Tommy didn't care much for the people whose lives he ended, that kind of empathy never programmed into him back at the lab. He gained knowledge on fighting, both with and without weapons, violence was a universal language and to the boy it was his first.
The boys eventually left, leaving the ring of fire and bodies blazing, all laughing wickedly as they escaped 2b2t. And eventually settling down and forming Business bay. He was 10
A year later, Tommy met wilbur. Tommy was in search for a vacation, wanting to get away from running the place, when he met the prince, who wanted to make a name for himself, just like his father. The two teamed up, and travelled until they found Essempii, and formed L'manberg.
Tommy went through the wars without his powers, after Wilbur turned around and took the boy in. He was a valuable asset, and even helped cut his too long hair. Tommy wanted to look like Wilbur.
No one knew of Tommys past, and assumed he was the way he was for other reasons, though they never say the Tommy that scanned for clues, that read a person's moves, ready to end their lives for his country.
Tommy let a stray bolt hit his enemies, tased those who got too close to assassination, caused a death or two, but he kept his powers hidden, only Tubbo knew, and Tommy was sure he would forget eventually as well. He gave joy to the people through light shows, and well placed bolts, firing rockets when they needed it the most. Tommy was a valuable asset, he also learned a lot about himself too, and the body he had been created in.
Unfortunately, his serial number was permanent on his upper left thigh, but Tommy doesn't care about that. He has his family.
Until he didn't
Tommy went to hell and back, and Tommy lost everyone, Wilbur was dead, Fundy didn't want anything to do with him, Niki was trying to kill him, and Tubbo, Tubbo was off playing house with his husband and child. Tommy was alone, and figured he had nothing else to lose. Tommy began using the lightning that ran through his body more, shaping it into weapons, darts, testing his speed, and even trying to fly. Multiple messages of [TommyInnit fell from a high place] filled the chat but he kept trying. He even asked Foolish for help, watching as the demigod lit up in joy, watching the boy learn. And then he left. Giving the people one last show as he flew off like a comet on his lightning. Reaching his hand to the stars reaching for his mother, the night sky that was a comfort to him as a baby through his teen years.
Yes Tommy innit was born in a lab, created to be the perfect human, yes Tommy was very flawed in many ways, but he had his mother, Clara, the night sky. And that was all he really needed.
He traveled all the way back to Business bay, and took back his place, after so many years, Electroshock was back home, his mother guiding him, his real friends guarding him, and his kingdom, who would give their lives to their king.
Tommyinnit was a lot of things, loud, brash, and a spit fire, but he was also cold, calculating, and knew when to strike. King Theseus Danger Kraken Innit, would make the kingdom of Essempii pay for everything they did.