Chapter Two - "The baseball player who became a superman"
You know me as Thor.
Took me a long time to accept that name. Now it is the only one that matters.
I did not pick it for myself, the other three did that. But hey, I'm blonde, big, good-looking, it does make a kind of sense.
Not sure why I am doing this, everyone watched what we have done for the last few years. What more do you need to know?
Questions. They told me there were questions I could answer.
Oh it's a Test! A test without someone trying to kill me, I am beginning to warm to this task.
Never could follow instructions. These are not in any order.
#37
No I am not Invulnerable. People like to say it but it really is not true. Compared to you I might seem to be but that is something different. My skin is about twice as dense as the average human being. My other tissues are similar.
I heal about twice as fast as most. Sounds nice but it is not Wolverine-style regeneration.
#38
Bullets hurt but they are unlikely to kill me. A tank shell would probably hurt me quite a bit.
#82
I have always believed we made the only choice we all could have made. If we had not stood up as Justice I firmly believe the world would have fallen to chaos.
Hundreds of unchecked gods running amok.
I have never regretted it for a moment.
#117, 118, 119
My Hammer weighs 222 pounds. The grip is wrapped in a thick layer of absorbent rubber to cushion my hand when I hit things. It is not enchanted, and it does not return to me when I throw it.
It was a gift from everyone who knows me. You probably do not know this but it is the tradition at Olympus for everyone to get together to buy one special gift for birthdays and other occasions.
I got it the first year of Olympus so I have had it for a little over 2 years now.
#259
I am not Superman, 'a superman' is a general classification that we use for people with my basic abilities.
#1
What do I remember about the beginning?
I remember a whole lot of work and a whole lot of not knowing.
You praise us for standing up and you should. We looked the whole unknown number of would-be gods in the eye and said "Behave, or else!". Were we four of the strongest MetaHumans on the planet or perhaps just 4 average ones? Would others of our kind respond to our call... or gather to remove us from their path?
We prepared for both in that short month after the press conference.
Psyche and Speed had both been unable to resist the lure of using their powers for their own personal gain. Both insist they only took from criminals, I believe Psyche. Speed though never been all that sure about. It is so easy for him to just take whatever he wants.
We had almost unlimited funds, and with that kind of money you can perform a whole set of miracles. We became a Foundation within days of the press conference. Without any of the four of us revealing our human identities to anyone we became legal entities. It was explained to me a number of times but I still have no idea how it happened.
#122
My driver's license says 'Thor'.
#123
Why Wyoming? A small army of real estate people looked everywhere to find the biggest chunk of land in the United States. They found it somewhat odd that we added the clause that being near unused land owned by the United States government was a plus. On that one we were thinking ahead.
The purchase of a number of pieces of land, along with our eventual annexing of some government land gave us some 8,000 square miles.
Today you call it the Sovereign Territory of Olympus.
In the beginning it was just home.
#51
Kid Flash was the first MetaHuman to arrive, big surprise. Exactly two hours after we first set foot on our new land he blasted into our midst. For about three minutes he and Speed blurred around us while we tried to decide if there was a battle going on or not.
16 years old, hyper in a way that made Speed a whole lot less annoying, and dying to help out. Until that point we had not made any plans for using our MetaHuman abilities to assist in construction. But once the idea took hold it turned out to be enjoyable.
He hated the name Kid Flash. He bitched, he pitched about a million alternatives, but he was stuck with it. He did not shut up about it until finally Pulsar told him that someday his name would be Flash.
Psyche found the second. The day after we arrived in Wyoming she left to visit Colleges. In 14 days she visited 8 institutions of higher learning. She was recruiting what would become the core of our administration and science groups.
I have to give Pulsar credit for that idea. Have Psyche screen the best and the brightest young women and men. We needed a broad spectrum of skills but mostly we needed adaptable minds who could help us manage the beast we were creating. Speed watched over Psyche of course, but the only incident involved the MetaHuman I mentioned. You know her as Nova.
Psyche knew Nova's secret the moment they met. It is somewhat unfortunate that our Queen Telepath chose to speak the secret out loud while they were in a public place.
The fires that resulted from Nova accidentally powering up caused a lot of property damage but no injuries. Despite the reputation she later gained, Nova really is a sweet girl.
The brief fight she and Speed had qualifies as the first superpowered misunderstanding battle. I understand these are quite common in comic books but fortunately not in real life.
#2
Do I think what we did was important?
I think we saved the World. There was destruction, too many people, Human and MetaHuman, died, but we are still here.
I am Thor. The Hammer of Olympus!
Thor, Kid Flash & Nova
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