“ARRRG” roared Nicholas, in his impossibly silent room.

A few moments later after his outburst “‘Why the hell are there no strikes in sight?!”

You see, Nicholas is treading into experimental science recently with his latest invention, EME, Electro Magnetic Enhancement, which is essentially a shock therapy so strong, it is capable of increasing neuron connections in your brain, effectively making you able to retain more information than normally possible.

With his current location it would not be wrong to assume that he is taking it another step further, and harnessing lightning to create an even more effective shock. But as you know normal lightning just damages the body, however Nicholas theorized that the rare positive lightning strike, with the potential to create a billion volts in power, would create so much power that it would transcend the harmful effects of lightning itself.

Of course this sounds ridiculous but Nicholas had plenty of evidence supporting his theory, but the chairmen of his supporting company would not have it, and denied the funding for the project.

Which brings us to Nicholas in his lonesome, soundproof, laboratory. Nicholas stepped outside of his lab when he noticed the sensors on his computer had detected inactivity in the clouds above.

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“What the f***?!”

A worthy collection of words to be said, when the once roaring clouds in the sky have darkened but lacked the all encompassing lightning.

“I hope my food is almost finished coo-” is the last thing Nicholas said before the lightning that was silently coalescing in the clouds seemingly smited Nicholas with great fury for his arbitrary statement that had no importance whatsoever.

The moment the lightning strike touched Nicholas’ brain, like the finger of god, he experienced a common phenomenon when your at death's door, hypermemory. In less than a millisecond time dragged for Nicholas, and he remembered all parts of his life in great detail, while he felt the lightning pass through his brain and melt his heart.

‘Why am I still conscious?’ asked Nicholas, which is a reasonable question to ask when a lightning bolt with tens of billions of volts strikes your delicate human brain.

‘Will I die never proving them wrong?’ said Nicholas, with a tone of great loss. And his thoughts and emotions started progressively slowing down.

At this moment, Nicholas was unaware of the changes that happened when the lightning struck his body. As soon as the lightning struck his brain, not only did the same process increased memory happen without his EME machine, but it even surpassed any expectations that he could have had.

Nicholas’ brain had created so many neural connections, that they overlapped each other and increased in strength and even gained new supernatural properties. Essentially all the lobes of his brain have been enhanced to the point that he could theoretically affect the outside world with his thoughts.

Of course with a molten heart you cannot be expected to live long, thus his newfound “powers” would not be able to be tested or even discovered in his current life.