Dr. Tom Smith was one of Paragon cities leading Petrologists(studyer of rocks). One day he was given a small sliver of rock that had been discovered on the body of a Rikti invader. It was of a texture and color that no one had ever seen before, and the baffled scientists turned to Dr. Smith to determine what it was. He tested it in multiple liquid solutions and so forth, but one solution reacted differently when the shard of rock was put into it. And the react was quite violent. The rock shard exploded into thousands of different pieces. Dr. Smith jumped back, but the shards still managed to penetrate his safety suit. He fled the laboratory, but as he did his body began to change. The rock shards had become lodged in his skin and were now quickly expanding and multiplying. Soon his body was covered with large plates of this strange rock. He ran out onto the street and sent pedestrians fleeing in every direction. A policeman drawed his gun and fired at Dr. Smith, but as the bullet approached his stone skin began to harder to an incredible density at the point of impact, sending the bullet zinging harmlessly to the ground. Dr. Smith fled into a nearby alley way and slumped to the ground, dismayed. He heard a gruff voice behind him issue a command for his money. His eyes glanced up to catch the sight of a young member of the hellions, brandishing a sledgehammer at him. He grimaced and stood up. "You call that a sledgehammer?" he asked. "This is a sledgehammer!" And as he spoke a huge hammer of craggy rock formed in his hands. The young hoods ran off, and Dr. Smith realized he could control the stone, but not get rid of it. In his exile Dr. Smith decided to devote his life to crime fighting, taking on the name Seismic Smasher....
So yeah, there is my background, sorry about the whole structure of it, but I didn't feel like setting it up right. Hope you enjoyed it and I would like to see more people writing.
