Fast Bill

Fast Bill is a secondary villain in Spyman's Cosmos, who debuted in No-Life's Alone in Paris. He is a speedster in his late 20s, who uses his power to commit crimes while being unseen by a regular human eye. Thanks to his superspeed, he also often transports his partners-in-crime from The Troublesome Trio, with whom he most often targets the remains left after the battles of the Spyman's Cosmos gang.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Bill was born sometime in the 1990s in the United States. At one point of his life, he conducted an experiment, which gave him the power of superspeed. Over the years, he learned how to control it. Eventually, he was tempted by the thought that nobody would be able to see him stealing things and finally started using his powers for his own benefit.
Sometime later, Bill joined the League Of Villainy and Evil, where he met Le Collecteur and The Mime. The three decided to work together and formed The Troublesome Trio. In 2016, their leader heard of BSoD's Gang and noticed an opportunity in stealing their constructions and selling them to other villains for another price. Fast Bill and The Mime were quickly gathered by him and the three managed to successfully steal the Andromeda machine. One year later, they repeated their scheme with the DNA scanner and even though BSoD's Gang stopped their activity in 2018, The Troublesome Trio had already become respected enough among the villains of the world. Still, without the valuable treasures from the battles of Spyman's Cosmos, the Trio was focusing on stealing many famous artworks and such, which maintained their popularity.
After both BSoD's Gang and Spyman's Cosmos returned in 2020, The Trio once again started scavaging after the battles and among many things, they managed to steal the power crystal from Vitreous' destroyed Driller, which was then put in the L.O.V.E headquarters in Paris.
=== No-Life's Alone in Paris ===
As the Trio was trending more than ever that year, they were invited for a special panel on the 2020 edition of Criminal Con and organized a contest, where they would pick a random person to accompany them on a special action, which while simple, would be an honour for the lucky one.
Thus, they showed up on the event, which took place on December 23. Fast Bill was the second to be introduced and he joined The Mime by the table. Following that, they were listening to their leader giving a speech, until Bill got bored of that and rushed things to move onto choosing the winner. Le Collecteur then took the microphone over again and Bill came back to his seat. He listened to his boss reminding the rules and presenting what they would steal - The Pearls of Toulon, which were hidden in a certain mansion in the city. Then, Collecteur started telling about the winner and how they were considered a failure after serving for BSoD during his quest for The Scarlet Griffin. The winner turned out to be a Gun henchman, however as he had a few shared experiences with Tobias Sanders, the latter mistakenly showed up on the stage, which surprised everyone.
Sanders was shocked that they would choose a random henchman over him, so Bill explained that the gun was actually the only one of his army, who was left standing after the battle on Nisipoulis. This led to Tobias's outrage, which Bill, Mime and other villains gathered in the hall, watched with the slight smiles on their faces. Although Le Collecteur took it peacefully and talked to him with legitimate honesty, saying that he will never become a greater villain if he continues to commit the same crimes, Fast Bill quickly turned it all into a joke, laughing from Tobias reacting too fast to Collecteur's earlier introduction to the winner. This ultimately ashamed Sanders and caused the whole room to laugh from him.
Later, after the panel ended, Bill was discussing the strategy with his friends and their companion.
Subsequently, the Trio went to the house, where the Pearls were supposed to be. Collecteur went there earlier to prepare himself on a distant roof. When Bill, Mime and Gun henchman finally arrived, Bill checked on his boss through his communication device and interrupted him thinking of his family. Le Collecteur then asked him if the house was truly empty as they found out that the owner wasn't in. Bill was about to confirm that, when he noticed the light in one of the windows. He and the other two approached the wall, only to witness someone falling from the height. The person landed on the gun, smashing it into pieces and killing it, and turned out to be Larry Mealey, Tobias's partner in the flesh. Fast Bill was shocked by their guest's unexpected death, but managed to explain what happened when asked by his boss. Hearing that he was wondering what the other two were doing, Larry approached Bill's ear to tell Le Collecteur that they were stealing the Pearls first. 
Collecteur didn't care much and he quickly got inside the house, where he had a run-in with No-Life, who turned out to be the infamous kid that made Tobias and Larry the failures that they were. However, he managed to get the necklace and get out in a few minutes. Bill and Mime met up with him in the door and were about to leave, when No-Life decided to stop them and jumped at Le Collecteur after a short speech. Their leader ordered an attack and a fight commenced. At first, only The Mime fought the boy, as they still didn't see him as a huge danger. However, after he knocked down their partner, Bill joined in instead.
He punched No-Life at superspeed a few times and then escaped with the pearls he snatched. No-Life didn't let him run away though, as he was also very fast and cut his way. Bill then ran with him to a nearby bulding wall, holding him against it, he started phasing his hand in an attempt to crush the boy's heart. However, the kid kicked Bill in the crotch and pushed him into the wall. In shock, it caused Bill to get stuck, but he got out a few seconds later with a chunk of the wall around his neck though. Due to that, he decided not participate in the battle anymore and run away.
A month later, at the end of January 2021, Fast Bill and The Mime were approached by the grand boss of L.O.V.E, who had a special task for them. Bill was asked to inform their currently imprisoned boss about it and he visited Le Collecteur in his prison cell. Bill began to joke from Jacques in the same manner that they used to laugh from Tobias and Larry, which obviously annoyed the boss. He told Bill that if the only reason to come was to laugh then he could just leave now. However, Bill got to the point of the matters, reminding him that even though he was the Trio's leader, he still had the L.O.V.E boss above him and told him that he gave them a mission. Bill then asked Le Collecteur if he wanted in and the latter smiled in an evil manner, meaning that he did.
== Powers & Abilities ==
=== Powers ===
* Superhuman speed - after a certain experiment, Bill was gifted with the superspeed powers, which soon tempted him to get the things he wanted for free, as he would never be caught by anyone. He can run at outstanding velocities, but his maximum speed is unknown. Due to this power, Bill possesses other, extraordinary abilities connected to his speed:
** Intangibility - by moving his body fast enough in one place, Bill is able to vibrate his molecules, allowing him to phase through solid matter.
** Accelerated healing - as his molecules move as fast as he does, Fast Bill is able to heal from any injury in the matter of minutes or hours at most if the damage is serious enough.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Accelerated metabolism - due to moving at fast velocities, Bill quickly loses energy, which causes him to be hungry a lot more often than a regular human. In that case, he needs to eat a decent meal at least once an hour.
== Appearances ==
* No-Life's Alone in Paris
== Trivia ==
* Fast Bill was mainly inspired by A-Train from The Boys comic book series and live-action show.
* His character concept was transferred from Team KK, which also featured a villain of the same name and motivations. However, the Spyman's Cosmos Fast Bill is considered to be a different character by The Philmer.
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