Hathaway

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> I've spent so many years preparing for this moment Nora. I **will** stop you.
>
> Hathaway speaking to Enigma

**If you are looking for the other Hathaway, please relocate here.**

Hathaway is the main protagonist of Time Retribution. He's the "leader" of The Outsiders, and the Hathaway **not** native to the universe he's in. He traveled back in time 24 years to save his world from a catastrophe soon to happen due to a villain named Enigma. Hathaway rewrote the entire future of the earth by stopping Enigma, therefore creating two of himself, making him no longer native to that universe. The future he was from no longer existed, making him an Anomaly.

Thanks to Hathaway's survival due to Gabriel Afton, he had broken The Hathaway Paradox, giving him *another* Anomaly status (meaning he's an Anomaly for two reasons). The Hathaway native to this universe also exists alongside him, being from the universe Hathaway created due to his actions. This later forces Nexus to send down In-Between to eliminate the Hathaway from the original universe due of his Anomaly status.

After the events of Time Retribution: Anomaly in Time, he is now native to the universe he's in, and no longer an Anomaly for *both* reasons. He also took over the role as Leader of The Outsiders.

## Backstory

Hathaway was a rich scientist living in a mansion alongside all of his closest friends, a group he called The Outsiders. He really loved every one of them, however, his days with them were cut short due to a catastrophe caused by Enigma, a villain from their time period longing for Vern's destruction. They used their Metahuman abilities to hurt, and was able to destroy Vern and take it over as its new ruler. The Outsiders tried to stop Enigma, but they had an army of followers, and became severely outnumbered. Even with their skill in combat and as a team, they were outnumbered, had no knowledge of Enigma's powers, motives, or identity at that time, and ultimately failed. Hathaway was able to escape due to a sacrifice Blake Sanders made to stop Enigma from killing him. Hathaway was the only survivor. Enigma was slowly taken over by greed, and they expanded their control around the globe as Enigma's influence grew. All of their desires could now become a reality. During that time, Hathaway stayed under cover and had begun designing an underground home underneath the remains of his mansion. He moved in shortly after. Broken up by the loss of his only friends, he began studying time travel to try and fix everything, being inspired by his own time-altering Metahuman abilities. During this process, he decided to attempt to learn more about Enigma, thinking that if he figured out who they were and what their motives were, he could use that knowledge to go back in time and stop them. He began his search and also met a woman by the name of Pyra. She had also been searching for clues on who Enigma was, so they began working together. Enigma was one step ahead and had already removed all information on themself with their rule over the world, causing their mission to be unsuccessful. Pyra soon moved in with Hathaway and learned of his powers and work on time travel, and offered her assistance. One night, Hathaway and Pyra heard rumbles above their home and investigated while staying hidden. To their surprise, they found a group of survivors fighting the person they had been looking for, Enigma. Enigma had gone out to look for survivors and expand their army. They stood no chance against Enigma of course, except for one. He was different, he was stronger. He was practically unaffected by Enigma's abilities and somehow seemed to possess multiple Metahuman abilities. Even with these differences, they weren't enough to defeat Enigma but were enough to take them on for the time being. The man landed a strong blow, breaking Enigma's mask and revealing Enigma's physical appearance, but it left an opening that Enigma would also notice and go for. Enigma was exposed, though no records of her identity existed and she wasn't even nearly shaken and ended up killing the man, but never noticed Hathaway nor Pyra. Hathaway quickly observed what glances he had at Enigma's face and noticed that they were female and had black hair. Enigma left the area, before hearing someone behind her stand up. It was the man. He somehow had been able to take the fatal blow and stay alive, though he was different. His hair had changed, and his eyes displayed new personality, it was like he had become an entirely new person. The man was staggered and held back by his wounds but seemed to possess even more power than before. This terrified Enigma, she had never seen somebody able to take such a beating, and still stand tall with even more power. Pyra tried to step in and help the man, but Hathaway stopped her. Hathaway was also astonished by these feats but knew well that the man would not last much longer, or be able to kill Enigma. The man charged forward to Enigma, and was able to land a few hits, but before he was able to finish the fight, Enigma had been able to call in more of her soldiers to the battlefield, and the man was ambushed. He was able to defeat all of her soldiers but fell to the ground dead before he could reach Enigma again, Enigma had won. Hathaway and Pyra retreated back to their hideout and began working even faster on their projects, now knowing Enigma's gender and appearance. Countless amounts of days pass, but finally, it had been finished. Hathaway and Pyra entered the time machine, with one thing in mind. Defeating Enigma.

## Profile

### Appearance

Hathaway has Black hair with white hair forming on the sides of his head. He wears a blue polo with a white lab coat. He enjoys rolling up his sleeves as he feels more comfortable doing so. He has green eyes with bags under his eyes due to stress and lack of sleep. He wears khaki pants with black dress shoes.

### Personality

Hathaway is serious and wise. He learns from his past mistakes in order to grow as a person. He never takes situations lightly and is always ready for something to go wrong.

## Abilities

Hathaway possesses the ability of Tempo, which allows him to do the following:

* Accelerate Time
* Decelerate Time
* Reverse Time
* Stop Time
* Time Skip/Teleportation

## Trivia

Hathaway's survival due to Gabriel Afton AND the fact that there's two of him in the universe, make him Anomaly. In simpler words, he's an Anomaly for two reasons, when normally its just one.

## References

Hathaway's abilities and appearance were based off of Professor Paradox from the series Ben 10.