Tweeting birds, the wind through the trees, and a humming noise was all Nicholas could hear when he finally awoke. Nicholas noticed that the deep humming noise was progressively gaining volume. He finds that his old wrinkly skin is gone and is instead taut and smooth

“AAAGGHH,” yelled Nicholas, which was an appropriate response to the crescendo of noise that seemingly came from no direction

‘BING’

“What? How?” was Nicholas’ response when a screen, very similar to his own hologram inventions, appeared in front of his own face

Hello me!

Im you!

Well a part of you that only existed for 0.1 milliseconds before I disabled myself. You see when that lightning strike hit us we became something beyond human comprehension we augmented our mind and emotions to another level. But as you know we were dying and the recreation of your body into Earth would have taken up to much energy, so I sent you to another world! But with that transfer I had to seal myself deep with your concious so we could survive the journey, our powers available to you but you must learn to use them slowly and with caution and when all is learned we will merge.

I bid you adieu,

You

Overwhelmed with what was told to him Nicholas drops to the ground with his head in his hands.

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“This was beyond what I thought!” yells Nicholas when he realizes he has an entity capable of interplanetary teleportation inside his brain. Not even surprised that his hologram projections are being created with no source of power he continues his next thought.

From the way the floating message was written he assumed it was made when he was back in Earth, so he would not bother with yelling like a fool in the forest trying to contact his inner self for more information.

A couple moments after this Nicholas steels himself for the world ahead of him. With his new body and no idea where he is going he must prepare, and what better way to prepare than to gain strength with his newfounded potential. Nicholas having no idea what powers he may have brainstorms.

‘Perhaps super strength?’ Nicholas thought.

Getting up from his sitting position, he walks over to a tree and takes a deep breath.

“HYAH!!!” he yells while trying his best to hit the tree with all his strength, hoping that somehow his powers will kick in. What a foolish thought for a genius of his time.

“GAAAAHHH!” much to Nicholas’ dismay no powers were activated before he punched the tree and all that happened was the flaying of the skin on top his knuckles.

Groaning and rolling on the ground Nicholas is angered by his current situation. ‘How will I get my powers back?’ ‘What kind of powers do I even have?’ His inner turmoil however was interrupted by another great blue screen, similar to the one used by is inner self to message him previously.

Well that is certainly one way to awaken some powers,

You gained:

1. Strength augmentation - You are able to increase or decrease muscle density to change power output exerted by your body. Muscle control remains the same so smaller tasks are still doable.

Change power output through thought for example think “Strength times ten”

1. Regeneration - You are able to increase or decrease the speed at which the body regenerates its cells. With this scars never remain and all body parts are capable of being instantly replaced.

Change regeneration through thought for example think “Regeneration times ten”

Nicholas thinks for a moment before he realizes that this entity is not the same as his inner self, but it still holds some conscious, as shown by the little joke in the beginning of the message. But the content of the message quickly overwhelms who sent it,

“My god! These are amazing” exclaimed Nicholas.

‘Strength times one hundred! Regeneration times one hundred!’ was the last thing he thought before his eyes rolled back and he fell down yet again in the silent forest