Jemal / Tyson
Male – 15 years old
Special Ability: An unusual ability to control a deadly super virus. If Jemal chooses to, he can infect someone just by touching them, and he can control the degree of which the virus will spread, but if angry enough, he can infect anyone withing a radius of 10 meters. If the degree of the virus is high, people can get infected just by breathing the same air as people who are already carrying the virus. Just as Jemal has the ability to give the virus, he also has the ability to take it away, or even the ability to give someone immunity like himself. The virus eats the flesh, and depending on the degree, it can kill someone within a few hours after contact. First symptoms start with a great lack of energy and burn like marks on the skin, and eventually loss of vision. Eventually before death, an individual will go into a zombie like state, where the virus has taken over the nerve system, giving Jemal the ability to control them like puppets. Their bodies will remain alive as long as Jemal controls them, but when he lets go off the control, the virus will stop and with it the body will too. The limits of how far and how many he can infect is unknown because Jemal never dared to use his ability unless was absolutely necessary.
Bio:
Jemal was born in some village in Africa, He was found by an American scientist named Alex, who was researching a deadly disease in that region. When Alex found him, he was alone, alive amongst hundreds of dead bodies, and although she was wearing a suit to protect herself from the infection, the little baby boy was wearing nothing but a piece of cloth over his little stomach, which lead Alex to believe he was immune which could be leading her to a cure. She took him back with her to Winslow, Arizona, where she lived with her husband Jerry and her 13 year old daughter, Page.
The Metrolabs is where Alex worked, and after a few months of gentle tests, Alex and her co workers could not find what was special with the boy, the facility manager George, told Alex she has to take the boy away because he is just wasting their time. While Alex was considering giving the boy to an orphanage, everyday after testing she would bring him home, and after a few months the family grew fond of the boy, so she decided to adopt him. Alex named him Tyson.
A year and a half later, Tyson still in his toddler hood, started to show signs of sickness, much like the disease Alex was researching in Africa. She quickly grabbed him and brought him to the lab, where she was greeted by the horrifying smell of rotten flesh, and the sight of the people who she worked with, dead. She walked in holding Tyson, shocked trying to make sense of the scenery, her foot been grabbed by George who struggled to talk, until finally said “The boy... Kill...” were his last words. She turned around and a black man was standing there, his skin was rotten as well but it looked different, almost as if it was a different version of the disease. “Give me back Jemal” the Man said, she ran the other way hiding in the cafeteria still holding Tyson, who to her surprise was silent. She realized quickly that the Man was Tyson's.. no, Jemal's father.
Her husband arrived, Alex realizing she pocket dialled him, and as he walked in, Jemal's father grabbed her husband by the neck, and waited for the virus to spread, but to everyone's surprise he appeared to be immune. Alex quickly realized that she too was immune as she was holding Jemal. Alex's husband kicked Jemal's father in the stomach, he pushed him and then grabbed a stapler from the desk and beat Jemal's father to death with it. After the incident in the Metrolabs, the family moved to Miami, Florida, far away where they could start a new. Page and her father continued to call him Tyson, while Alex called him by his birth given name, Jemal.
Alex dedicated the following 13 years helping her son learn how to control, what she considered, his curse, and when page was a little older she helped her mother with research. Tyson's relationship with page was strong, she took him to see a new movie every Saturday, and they would play basketball together in the back yard all the time. When Page would be sad, he would always come to her room and the two would talk for hours, and it was obvious to everyone that he was very mature. Eventually Page moved out on her own with her best friend Lexy. Tyson also grew up to be great at painting, as it was one of Alex's research on him. Every week she would come by with new supplies and give him a new canvas and let him draw whatever was on his mind. Nowadays their house is full of his paintings, almost like a museum.
A few months ago, Alex and her husband were both killed in a car accident, which devastated Jemal so much he appeared to have lost control of his abilities, when police found the neighbours dead from an unknown infection. Page, knowing she's now immune, let Tyson move in with her for the time being while her friend Lexy was in France visiting her grandparents, or at least until she finds someone who can teach him to control his curse.
