Doctor Science's Journal, Part one

==Journal Entry One ==

From the journal of DOCTOR SCIENCE!

Dear Journal,

MUAHAHAHA!

I’ve been wanting to get that out of my system for a while. It’s been really bugging me that I can’t do the laugh around the equipment, as the sonic amplifications might destabilize- Well, never mind. The point is, I did it! I managed to finally complete the invention that so many have been baffled by: The Depowerization Ray!

Well, to say it’s “complete” is a bit of an overstatement. It… Functions. Sort of. I managed to de-power one of our captured loner subjects. The loony was calling himself “Captain Atomic”, or some nonsense. Had those gross tights and everything. Anyways, after using some of the Death-Dogs to take him down, I took him back to the base. Funny thing is, he kept going on with the character! Rambling something about how I would “Never get away with this!” and how “good always wins!”. What a loon. I turned the ray on, aimed it at him and… It worked! I saw his muscles shrink and his fighting spirit go. He moaned… Briefly. Then the bad part happened.

You see, I wasn’t quite sure what depowering would do. Since surviving the “virus”, most people have developed a… Half-immunity. It’s not fatal. And I wasn’t sure if it would just give him new powers or what. I had HOPED he would just become a normal man. Sadly, fate had other plans.

His head, dear god, his head. It expanded, like a beach-ball, while his body started to melt like heated butter. Horrified, I picked up my Laserizer and shot him. He… Popped like a balloon. I wasn’t sure what the yellowish-orange substance that now coated the room was, until I took a whiff. It was blood.

Dear lord, journal. My experiment has both succeeded… And failed. I can successfully remove powers. But… At what cost?

Sincerely, Doctor Science, PhD, DDS, MP, BBQ.