A-Train

## **History**

### **Reginald Frankin: 2001 - 2014**

Reginald "Reggie" Franklin grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. He lived only a few blocks from David's house. He lived with his father Xavier Franklin, a police officer in the New York Police Department, his mother Emily Franklin, and his little brother Nathan and his younger sister Margret.

Reggie's wide circle of friends included David Norman, Kayden Quesnell, Roman Diaz, and Ryan Allen. Reggie was Midtown High's star quarterback, where his speed on the football field lands him tons of scholarships". Reggie became an ardent supporter of Mister Marathon, despite popular opinion against him. He even formed a Mister Marathon Fan Club while still in high school and scared away Channel 2 staffers when they tried to interview people about their reasons for hating Mister Marathon.

Before his Freshmen Year during the summer when Reggie visited Yonkers, New York to attend his aunt’s wedding, Reggie prayed for Prankster to crash the wedding so he could have a chance to see Mister Marathon. When the wedding was over and done, without so much as a drunken argument between relatives, Reggie was bummed, so his new uncle, Harold Robert, approached Reggie to see if he could cheer the kid up. When Reggie said he was hoping to see Mister Marathon, Harold let Reggie in on a secret, saying that because he was a member of the NYPD, he knew Mister Marathon personally and would arrange for Reggie to meet him, the next time he visited.

Reggie talked his parents into letting him go back to Yonkers, New York to spend the rest of the summer with his Aunt Piper and Uncle Harold. Reggie's first meeting with the Mister Marathon was everything he ever wanted and so Uncle Harold would “arrange” other meetings for Reggie, in exchange for helping his aunt with the infant twins. Of course, Reggie did just that. But the summer end.

Returning back to school during a school assembly informing the dangers of drugs. They even had it a guest speakers which turns out to be Uncle Harold & Dad. Reggie was incredibly embarrassed about this. His friends were making crude and awful remarks about his uncle's presentation. But suddenly his friend Kayden show him this shiny blue liquid. Kayden told him and the others he was going to do it they snuck out. They snuck out the auditorium.

On the bleachers, Kayden told them the new drug was called **Compound** **V** it was supposed to give you this amazing buzz. Everyone took the drug along with him. Suddenly he gains this incredible and indescribable feeling and rush. It felt like every cell of the body was electric he soon starts to walk. Then a thunderstorm started. As he was walking lightning struck him this surge increase this amazing feeling of the drug. He started to run and run faster and faster until he stops right in the middle of a street and was about to hit by a truck until the girl pushes out of the way. As he got back up the girl disappear. Reggie realizes he was 60 miles away. He ran back it took him 2 seconds. When returning back he discovered they all his friends gain power. With these new powers, they formed a team called **Teenage Kix** who were regarded by the public as young heroes tormented by existential problems. The first mission was stopping this supervillain known as Massive but was assisted by the famous hero Badger and his daughter PopClaw they defeated the villain in an epic battle. During the time of confrontation, A-Train realizes PopClaw who saved his life. A-Train and PopClaw talk after that he found out she attended their high school her real name, Charlotte Irvin. A-Train convinces her to join the team. She instantly joins because she didn't want to be with her father and his team. This new group wanted to continue fighting crime forever so they implied and were accepted into Columbia University all with different scholarships and got a Brownstone Townhouse.

A-Train’s life changed forever on July 26, 2019, but not for the same reason as everyone else: for him, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. After Justice Legion defeated a group of Super Terrorists. It was at that point where his uncle decided to retire and Justice Legion were down a speedster. … a position that. A-Train was simply perfect to fill. When he was asked by Investigation Inc. to leave the Teenage Kix and join Justice Legion, A-Train didn’t think about it twice, and accepted the offer, ready to play with the big guys… and discovering that the rules were so much different.

## **Appearance**

Reggie is an extremely muscular young man with auburn hair and green eyes. He is considered very handsome. His superhero costume is him wearing a blue sleeveless tank top with a large capital A going across down to his hips and wearing a white belt with a capital A in the center of his belt within a blue circle. He wears blue gloves with white accents on the wrist, the end of them. He wears blue shorts with white knee pads and has blue boots. His mask is basically a giant white A with blue goggles in them.

## **Personality**

Like most "heroes" A-Train is self-centered and mostly interested in fame, fortune and publicity but he does care about helping others.

He has been shown to be extremely careless with his powers, by running through causing collateral damage accidently, however there are hints throughout the series that A-Train has caused this kind of incident before become desensitized to it. He later even joked about this incident to a fellow "hero" laughing at damage he done showing him to be a very callous individual.

The only person A-Train truly cares about is his girlfriend, Popclaw. However, their relationship is a very strained one with A-Train focusing more on his career as a member of the Seven and maintaining his title as the World's fastest man. Things take a turn for the worst when she is blackmailed into revealing information on Compound V and A-Train is "forced" to incarcerate her in order to ensure the security of his position on Justice Legion. While A-train does feel some form of remorse about imprisoning her, he ultimately blames Fuego for "forcing" him into that position.

A-Train is determined to maintain his status as the fastest man alive. As a result, he uses the drug Compound V to further amp up his powers. This leads to his downfall as he later suffers from a heart attack, ultimately being the reason for him getting kicked out of Justice Legion.

## **Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Superhuman Physiology:** Reggie gained his superpowers after he was injected with Compound V  and his powers were amplified further by being struck by a bolt of lightning similar to his Uncle Mister Marathon.

* **Speedster Physiology:** Reggie's body is adapted towards the rigors of high-speed running. His cardiovascular and respiratory systems are many times more efficient than those of a normal human being. He metabolizes an estimated 99.5% of the caloric energy content of foodstuffs (normal humans only use about 25%). The chemical processes in Reggie's muscles do not generate fatigue toxins, the byproduct of locomotion which forces the body to rest. His joints are smoother, his tendons have the tensile strength of spring steel, and his bones are made of significantly more durable calcium. Reggie's reaction time and the speed at which his brain processes information are heightened to a level similar to his running speed, enabling him to perceive his surroundings while traveling at high velocities. Reggie's tear glands produce tears that are more viscous than normal, which prevents rapid evaporation and allows for the constant replenishment of surface fluids on his eyeballs under the influence of high wind velocity. Reggie's body is more flexible, agile, and stronger than any human could achieve.
	+ **Absolute Speed:** Reginald Franklin is by far the fastest being on the planet, according to Shockwave he's the fastest man to have ever existed, making him one of the most powerful beings to exist. Reggie can move faster than thought and with the aid of other JL members, came up with a plan within 1 second. Reggie managed to move so fast that time apparently appeared to be frozen around him. Theoretically, speeds greater than Mach 10, are dangerous to both people and to the environment, but the Speed Force has shown that if needed, Reggie can use it to prevent such effects from occurring, hence why he is able to run at speeds much faster than light on the planet Earth without it having devastating effects on the planet. He can also run across bodies of water and up the sides of buildings. He is able to save and carry over half a million people 35 miles away from a Nuclear Warhead that had already detonated including the ones at ground zero in only .0001 microseconds (10 picoseconds, or 1/100,000,000,000th of 1 second) - a feat that would require moving 13 trillion times the speed of light He has moved and ran so fast, that he was capable of outrunning and defeating death itself (the Black Flash) by outracing it to the end of time/space, past entropy, the next Big Bang and into the next Universe. Reggie's even fast enough to move when time is frozen at a standstill. His speed is so immeasurable that he has moved faster than and reacted to and less than an attosecond (an attosecond is one quintillionth of a second. To put this in perspective, one attosecond is to one second, what one second is to the age of the universe.)
		- **Supernatural Athleticism:** Reggie's agility, balance and bodily coordination are heightened to levels greater than any human being. He is able to easily maneuver on falling debris and objects, while moving at super-speed.
		- **Supernatural Stamina (Superhuman Endurance):** A-Train possesses vast superhuman endurance that is nearly inexhaustible. He was able to run non-stop for over 10 days straight without tiring against Krakkl at speeds so far beyond light and so unimaginable. During temperatures of minus 35 in Keystone City, Wally spent his time patrolling and protecting the city, while being at the edge of exhaustion.
		- **Supernatural Reflexes:** Reggie's reaction time is enhanced to levels far greater than any normal human being. He is able to easily perceive the movements of other speedsters, and react to danger and events.
		- **Enhanced Strength:** Reggie's physical strength to levels superior than the average human being. He is strong enough to lift 800lbs with no sign of physical strain, even while running with it. He has also been seen single-handedly reconstructing several ruined buildings, and moving heavy beams and girders into place. While rebuilding a bridge in 30 seconds, he carries heavy beams and girders one at a time, during the course of the construction. As Kid Flash, he managed to carry the Gorilla Monty from his hometown's Blue Valley Museum of Humanities to the "entering Blue Valley" city limit sign. Wally even pushed back and kicked a giant metal ball going at high speed, preventing it from doing damage to the city. When Wally was just a boy he pulled his dad's car from the police station all the way back to the house, where his father was imprisoned in. Both Barry and Wally each pushed a heavy steel cable drum of their own, in order to wrap up a giant. Wally has lifted and carried pieces of concrete from stone columns, over his head.
		- **Speed Aura (Enhanced Durability):** A-Train body is surrounded by what he calls his "Speed Aura". This aura protects him and anyone who is running with him or carried by him, from the effects of using his speed. This includes friction and airborne particulate matter. With this aura, he is able to absorb kinetic energy. Due to his body being surrounded by his protective "Speed Aura", Reggie's durability is heightened to immense levels. It protects him from injury from high-speed impacts such as punches he delivers and receives from his opponents.
		- **Cyclone Spinning (Anatomic Gyration & Aerokinetic Flight):** By running in a circle at a certain speed, A-Train is able to create a vortex with a variety of effects. One effect is pulling the air away from the center in order to suffocate an enemy. Another effect is levitating whoever and whatever was in the center. Some other effects are acting as barriers to movement or funnels for toxic gases. The Flash also can spin his arms to create directed funnels of hurricane speed air that can knock down barriers or reduce the speed of a falling object. When putting out forest fires, what the Flash does when he runs around the perimeter is create a pocket tornado. The updraft lowers the temperature inside the funnel and raises the fire off the ground which takes away its fuel source .By spinning like a helicopter, he can even perform a limited kind of flight.
		- **Regenerative Healing Factor (Decelerated Aging):** By accelerating his healing while using to sustain him, Wally could heal from any injury instantly, without prematurely aging.
		- **Accelerated Thought Process (Accelerated Perception):** The Flash's mental abilities are also increased in speed, simple computations can be done at lightning speeds, and his ability to perform normal feats at increased speeds has allowed him to build hundreds of force field generators in a matter of minutes, move sandbags to cover a beach or search an entire area for something as small as a paper clip. Wally can also read at super-speed, but rarely takes advantage of this ability to learn at increased speeds, although Jay Garrick has done so and has become a jack of all trades in several disciplines and languages. Wally managed to keep track of and process all the computers in the Monitor Womb at the JLA Watchtower, when mounting Rescue and Containment OPs all across the planet; when the Earth the temporarily lost it's gravity. Shown capable of pushing back the infinite possibilities and desires of the Id, thus using it's power back on its creators the Cathexis. The Flash possesses enhanced senses that allow him to perceive normally at super-speed, and the ability to alter his perceptions so that falling objects can appear to be standing still. His ability to alter his own perception of time is so great, that if he wishes, the tick between a second can pass for millions of years. He can even push this ability to the point, that to him, it is as if the Universe is standing still. It does not truly stand still, it is his own perception of time that seems to stand still, and his body automatically adjusts to his perception, hence, the slower he views the world, the faster his body moves through time/space to adjust to his perception. When he traveled to Hell, Wally's senses automatically adjusted to the realm's atmosphere by blocking out its disturbing sounds and smells.
		- **Molecular Oscillation:** Wally can vibrate his molecular structure at various levels to achieve various effects. If he chooses, Wally can excite the molecules of whatever substance he vibrates through to critical mass causing it to explode. He can even vibrate atoms back to solid form.

* **Absolute Speed:**On Compound V, his speed is further enhanced, which allows him to defeat Jetstreak in a race for the title of "the fastest man alive," simultaneously setting a new record for himself. However, he had trouble controlling himself as he accidentally slammed Batter into a wall killing Robin Ward, Hughie's girlfriend by running into her, which reduced her to a shower of blood and made him accidentally swallow one of her molars. Before his race with Jetstreak, he shot up **Blue** in a blur. The results of his race with Jetstreak stated that he ran **371 meters per second (829.9 mph/1,335.6 kph/Mach 1.08)**, while Jetstreak only ran 342 meters per second, where 343 meters per second is the speed of light (765.03 mph/1,231.2 kph).
	+ **Speed Clones:** He could create images of himself by various ways, including moving at incredible speeds or through illusion. He can utilize high speed to create a solid afterimage, realistic enough to actually attack and bleed from injuries. He is moving fast enough to be in more than one place at once.
	+ **Invisible Speed:** He can move so fast that others can't see or follow his movements because he moves faster than the eye can follow. He can perform a burst of speed that allows him to move so fast it appears as if he has teleported he is able to maneuver at the high speeds accurately and does not cause any shock or disturbance to the surface they step on.
	+ **Time Travel:** He can move so fast that everything else appears to slow down or stop while he moves typically. He can enhance how fast he moves and thinks using time, using it to stimulate nerves to increase reaction and movement to the maximum. He can enhance his reflexes due to the increased brain activity, dodging bullets, and solving problems much quicker.

**Weaknesses**
**Heart Condition:** As a result of using **Blue** to enhance his abilities, A-Train eventually suffered a heart attack. The resulting heart condition prevented him from exerting himself as much as he used to. A-Train claims to no longer have the condition.

### **Abilities**

**Quarterback:** A-Train has an innate knowledge of football. A-Train has an innate knowledge of football, sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal.

### **Weaknesses**

**Metabolism:** A-Train he had to consume 3,000 calories per hour to maintain his energy without passing out.

## **Trivia**

* Reggie got a scholarship from Columbia University
* Reggie is attending Columbia University.
* Reggie has on/off relationship with his former teammate PopClaw
* Reggie is having sex with Crimson Countess
* Reggie seems to have a crush on Starlight.
* Reggie is on the Columbia football team (Columbian lions)
* His number is 5 and his plays quarterback.
* A-Train is based on Kid Flash (DC Comics) & 3-D Man (Marvel)