Mark's POV
Flashback- Mark's Whole life
I was born on March 21 as the only child of my parents: Earl & Emmel Fozen were trained PSI-operatives. When I was 8 years old, I've gotten into a fight with another boy at school, it triggered my powers for the first time, nearly killing him. The boy's parents sued my parents and demanding they make repayments because of what I did to him, I was sent to the operatives to shield me from further reprisal from them. I was trained under my mentor Aris Cho, he was a strict individual and was hard on me but he was understanding what I've been through. He made sure that I hone my abilities from Telekinetics, combat awareness, and to master my psionic powers known as Psycho-kinesis.
My parents, however... were later killed by that boy's parents which I learned they were wealthy executives who ordered the hit and I wanted vengeance when I was 14 years old. My superior talked me out of it, citing they are protected by the law and have influence in high places, he wanted me to continue with my studies, not throw my life in revenge. I did what he suggested however, I hated those corporate bastards since they think they are untouchable with their money and influence, I could never forgive or forget what they did to my parents.
To illustrate, by the time I was 18, I was selected for the Soldier program during the Twuxi War. There I was forced to babysit a corrupt ass executive because their support was very vital to the war effort, the same person I accidentally injured as a kid. The man had the fucking nerve to berated me like I was a child to him, bragged about his god-damn money & status, he also put too much faith in his mercenary squad protecting and covering his ass and not to mention calling me a "lowly military grunt".
I hated that bastard with every fiber of my being and would have killed him right there and then if I wasn't holding back my frustration at the time and focused on finishing the mission. I met Alice during that time, she was a trained sniper with a PSI-Level of 2 but despite her weak telekinetic powers, she was a formidable woman who can line up shots as a sniper, she took 15 men with a single shot.
When that bastard wanted me to accompany him to a business meeting, I tried to refuse at first, citing it is not my job to be his fucking babysitter but he threatened to ruin my future wife's career if I didn't comply with his wishes.
However, during the meeting, we were ambushed by the enemy and the man was reduced to begging and panicking for his life, even trying to bribe them. He turned to me and demanded that I protect him after all the crap he gave me, I shook my head and watch as they blew his brain out.
My superiors chewed me out for my failure to protect him since he was a valuable asset to the war effort. I stood up and told them:
"The bastard had it coming, his parents had mine's killed because their golden boy got a scratch on him. Do you expect me to give a rat's ass about him now?" I said regardless of how they'll respond, surprised at my blunt statement on the situation.
Afterward, I was assigned to security detail protecting the scientists in charge of a top-secret project that means to give us an edge over the enemy during the war. However, I saw that they were willing to use human subjects that were from the enemy and even some of my fellow brothers & sisters in arms I became disgusted at the way they handled human life like they were playthings for them. I strongly considered in killing those scientific bastards for playing god, deciding who lived or died but decided against it since I remembered my superiors held me responsible for the death of a war asset.
My comrades, however, didn't share my restraint, they were fed up with atrocity after atrocity and decided to take matters into their own hands. They killed the scientists upon learning what they did on their atrocious experiments, I did not take part in the slaughter nor I did try to stop them since they had enough of letting them do whatever they wanted. I was disgusted with the scientists either begging for their lives, being cowards, or try to speak intellectually only to get their brains blown out.
However, I had a personal grudge with Dr.Johnson since he was responsible for these inhumane experiments. I saw that he insulted them and called them primates when they caught up to his ass.
I walked up to the man and bluntly made it clear that these people are not his playthings to experiment upon. The son-of-a-bitch didn't care or have a conscience about anything but himself. Instead of killing right there and then, I decided to toss his ass into one of the test tubes that he put many of his subjects through; death is way too merciful for the likes of him. I watched as the fucker mutate to the point where he can be barely called human.
To top it off, I went ahead and gave a high voltage to that bastard, revenge for all of the atrocities that he did. I notify my superiors of the whole situation and took responsibility for the whole situation that transpired instead of ratting out the others who were involved, I knew they had their reasons for doing so.
After I've reached the rank of Lt.Admiral and had an impeccable record of completing missions with little casualties. I was summoned to a court-martial near the war's end. My superiors had gotten word about the mutiny on the lab, they had considered court-martial me for my derelict of duty but after considering my accomplishments during the war as well scoring a set of victories with my comrades including Max and some of my superiors vouching for me.
I was given an honorable discharge from the military but they made it clear that I was not allowed to return in the future for life. I shed blood, sweat, and tears to fight a war and sacrificed my life many times too many times to count... All I get is to be put out to pasture.
The military was my life... I felt at home with it than being a civilian. I turned to drink at a tavern to forget my sorrows and the experiences of what I've been through. My wife, Alice, however, was pregnant at the time, has urged me to get work to be able to pay the bills, even suggested that I take up mercenary work, but I wasn't going to work as a gun for hire.
However, one day, fed up with drowning my sorrows at a bar, my wife walked into a bar full of tough guys and chewed me out in front of them. I was shocked that my wife drove all the way to notify that she about to give birth to our daughter, I saw that her water broke, she grits her teeth trying to hold off giving birth, she grabbed me by the collar:
"You got 2 choices, Mark: Either you take me to the hospital so I can give birth to our child," she said between taking deep breaths. "Or I'll go by myself, divorce you, and chase your ass down to the ends of the earth. I have tolerated you drinking yourself into a slump for too long." she threatened.
"Alice...." I tried to say but my wife glare stops me from doing so.
"You have until I get in the car, Mark. I want to see if you can man up and be the father for our unborn child, not next week, not next month, and sure as hell NOT NEXT FUCKING YEAR!" she bellowed. "Now! And be the man that I fell in love with; not some drunk who wants to get buzzed with alcohol." she walked off toward the door, trying to continue with her deep breaths.
"Alice, wait!" I went after her despite being heavily buzzed with alcohol. "Let-Let me take you to the hospital!" I slurred my words.
Thankfully, Alice took pity on me and she drove toward the hospital knowing fully well that I would be too drunk to drive. A normal man would be passed out from drinking too much booze but I been through enough shit to stay awake and she'll know if I pass out drunk before our child is born. She gave birth to our firstborn daughter, Elizabeth but we now had to contend with bills including the medical costs. I decided to take up mercenary work after making a budget to know which bill that needed to be paid off.
"Hey Max, This is Mark," I said when my buddy picked up the phone. "You got a few moments?"
The rest is history and had 3 more kids with my wife: Aaya, Christian, and Skip. He joined 2 years later, he is eager to impress his old man, but I know already he'll do well with the company.