"Hiding in plain sight," Lincoln "Link" Marshall said to himself, and he took a look at the Northeastern University campus, located in the heart of Boston. At this hour, campus was mostly empty. Link stood in the snowy quad, wondering what on earth he was doing in a place like this. Anyone looking at Link would see a big and tall, dark-skinned young man in a black parka, red silk shirt, black silk pants and black Timberland boots. Urban America writ large for the twenty-first century, as it were...
Link missed his ancestral home of metropolitan Kano, Nigeria, but the West African realm he held so close to his heart was far away. Link couldn't go back to Nigeria anytime soon. Sniffing the air, Link sensed the approach of several people, and scoffed privately. People, how he despised them. A lifetime spent hiding in plain sight, masquerading as the enemy, hadn't dulled his hatred of them.
In the summer of 1969, a group of rogue scientists performed experiments on isolated populations in three parts of the world. They targeted the poor and disfranchised, in places torn by war, strife and poverty. For these reasons, they selected poor people in Nigeria, China, Chechnya and Mexico. Thousands of men and women were experimented on, and altered at the genetic level. Most of these people would die within a decade or two following these experiments, but certain genetic changes were passed onto their offspring.
The sons and daughters of genetically altered peons from Nigeria, China, Chechnya and Mexico turned out to be much more than anyone could have foreseen. They're stronger, faster and smarter than ordinary human beings. They possess sharper senses, and quicker minds. They are not mutants. They are not genetically enhanced super soldiers. They are simply members of a new species that goes by the trinomial taxonomic name Homo Sapiens Supernus.
At present time, there are thousands of these supermen and superwomen loose upon the planet Earth, and they are in conflict with each other. Link was born and raised in Kano, Nigeria, the son of Ismail Adewale and his American wife Nadia Marshall. Link was unique from the get-go. He was fluent in Hausa, Igbo, French, English, Spanish and Russian before he could walk. As Link grew older, it became evident that he was a cut above ordinary humanity.
Link's parents had been experimented on by the rogue scientists, resulting in his unique genetic gifts. As Link grew older, his parents health declined, and they went to America and Canada to seek medical help. Along the way, they introduced their son to the West and its wonders. Link studied at the University of Montreal, graduating with a degree in civil engineering at the age of twenty one. The gifted young man wanted to pursue a career in the sciences, but fate had other plans.
"Link, you must hide from your enemies for the time being," said his uncle Mustafa Adewale as he ushered him onto a plane bound for Europe. Link looked at his father's older brother, a wizened old Nigerian Muslim tribesman, and hugged him fiercely. After his parents deaths, Link was looked after by his uncle Mustafa and his kin. Link vowed that he would return to Nigeria and do great things for his people, if the fates did not conspire against him.
"I will never forget you, uncle," Link said, and after thanking his uncle, he boarded the plane. From Lagos, Nigeria, Link flew to Europe, and then boarded a plane bound for America. Two days later, Link arrived in Boston, Massachusetts. He was subsequently provided with a study permit, a work permit, a social security number, a loaded bank account, and a Massachusetts Driver's Licence. Link enrolled at Northeastern University, and began the next chapter of his already tumultuous life.
What Link's uncle Mustafa hadn't told him is that a man named Ibrahimovic Gaibov had come to their remote compound on the outskirts of Kano, Nigeria, looking for him. Ibrahomic was tall, pale-skinned, blond-haired and blue-eyed, speaking in a thick Russian accent. Born in Argun City, Chechnya, Ibrahimovic was gifted with the same superhuman abilities that marked Link as different from the rest of humanity. He arrived at the Adewale family compound in a helicopter, backed by armed men.
