Halcyon Daze

Halcyon Daze can be summed up shortly: A delinquent teams up with a billionaire to stop a mad scientist from aiding a corrupt politician in the upcoming election. The story takes place on an alternate Earth where everyone possesses a superhuman ability (called a "talent") as a result of natural evolution. If the politician is able to

Background
"Halcyon Daze" is a play on the mythological concept halcyon days, a 14-day period of calm said to be brought by a European kingfisher bird nesting, typically prior to the winter solstice. The bird is a figure in Greek mythology, based on Alcyone, daughter of the wind god Aeolus, whose lover King Ceyx drowned at sea. Alcyone flung herself into the waters to be with her lover and Aeolus turned her into a bird to keep her from drowning.

The play on words could be an allegory to this, the allegory referencing how the population Halcyon City is blind or even resisting the propoganda brought on by their nation's government and relishing in the calm by ingesting media and entertainment while a storm, the rebellion, is brewing.

Part 1: Shockwave
The story follows a rebellion that operates primarily in the rundown suburbs of neon noir populous Halcyon City. The Rebellion is sparked by the stirring political climate and presidential campaign of the loud politician Red Sinclair, otherwise known as Lady Red. Lady Red believes in a society where only a selected elite still possess their talents while the rest of the subjugated population is made powerless.

The titular character is mundane Aiden Carter, who endures a fatal accident. The young criminal dies, is revived by a powerful serum, and upon discovering he can use his power is then offered a chance to live a more fulfilling life as a power melee fighter. He almost immediately fills the vacancy of the power melee fighting team Black Sting in the upcoming tournament.

However, he discovers that a dominant opposing team, Blue Hazard, is planning to win the prize money to fund a super weapon designed by an elite faction of the government. He must carry his team to victory no matter what it takes to keep Blue Hazard from taking the prize money they're almost guaranteed at the beginning, all the while must keep secret that he has been enhanced to ensure his safety and the safety of the man who got him the serum, Noah Zaferan.

At the very beginning, Noah describes Aiden and his relationship as "I am the brains, and he [Aiden] is the brute, the body and the spirit," which may foreshadow how Aiden is often seen being abused physically and how Noah is manipulated mentally by the villains of the story.