Rift Runner

Nick Monteleone, aka **Rift Runner**, is a superhero/vigilante and former member of the Flickr Fighters. A avid superhuman who used to be on the rise, he was best known as a transporter stemming from his rift generation and a hero in his own rights.

## History

### Origins

Nick Montelone was born on August 3rd, 2001. He was mostly the average highschool student, just getting through life as he saw fit. One day, while out with friends, the group came across a large gated facility. Being idiotic teenagers, the groups lepat the fence and trespassed. Once inside, the group split off. Upon entering a laboratory, Nick found a strange, glowing piece of technology. Upon touching the piece of tech, an energy wave caused a blackout all over Chicago.

When Nick came too, he was outside, a strange feeling in his chest. The group met up and swiftly left the area. Later that night, Nick was in pain, his hands being the source. Eventually, when it was too much, Nick raised his hands and began to shake them. This action caused them to glow, emitting a purple and blue light. A giant vortex of color appeared under himself and upon falling through, he found himself outside.

Nick continued to test this the next day, learning he did in fact have super powers. He travelled back to the facility the next day, finding an armored suit to use for himself. After securing a cape from a cosplay store, he was finally ready and thus **Rift Runner** was born.

After a heated argument with several Flickr Fighters, Nick decided to leave the group in 2020. His current presence is unknown.

## Personality

Nick is very stoic, keeping his emotions to himself and usually compiling to be left alone. He displayed himself as a brooding, uncaring hero to help keep his emotions in check. When not working with others, he usually will mock villains, playing mental games to get them off balance. He was always approached by members of the team much to his dismay, and to quickly get them to their destination. Though he won't admit it, Nick did not mind spending time with the other members of the Flickr Fighters when not on the field or training.

After his departure from the FF, Nick showed more of his true self, thinking better of himself and having said some hurtful stuff to some of his previous teammates, but realized it was too late as he wanted to redeem himself.

## Powers and Abilities

**Rift control:** Rift Runner is able to tear the fabric of reality, opening a wormhole called a 'rift'. Passing through the rift will transport said person or item to another rift. These rifts act as blackholes, with a vacuum like effect that can be lowered or increased, all under Rift Runner's control. Rift Runner can currently create up to 10 rifts at once, though this can incapacitate him almost immediately if he loses focus. He is able to Rift anywhere on earth, though the further away from his current location, the more it drains his vitality. He is able to create a rift that can send him back in time by about an hour, though this negates his powers for a few hours and causes him extreme pain.

**Reaction time:** Because the power uses up much energy, Nick trains a lot in reacting to/with time. By improving his ability to quickly create rifts to stop damage or catch enemies. He practices this training with Recur, as his speed is of the fastest of any Flickr Fighters.

**Combatant:** Without using his rifts, opting to train with Sapphire and other members, and has proven a formidable opponent.

**Genius level intellect:** Rift Runner is considered one of the smarter members of the Flickr Fighters, due to his studies in wormhole theory and geology to better use his powers. He is also considered among the strongest of the Flickr Fighters, with a mixture of his raw power and intelligence, as well as his technique.

## Equipment

**RR Suit:** The Rift Runner suit is a padded spandex-like material that has heat and cold resistant properties. The suit has a lightweight, shock resistant armor plate over his chest, shoulders, knees, and crotch.

* **Boots and Gauntlets:** Rift Runner's boots are made with a shock absorption feature to stop him from breaking his legs upon exiting a rift from high up. His gauntlets are equipped with dual electro darts, used for emergency situations. His left gauntlet also has a touch screen with a digital map function, allowing him to make precise rifts.

* **Helmet and Cape:** Rift Runner's helmet features a variety of features, including an infrared scanner, gas filter, and a voice modulator. His cape is fireproof and has small metal weights on the bottom that can be used for combat.
* **Earpiece:** Wireless earpiece that allows contact. It requires little charging and is used by most members of the FF. He has a pair of backup ones in case his suit or powers get out of hand.

## Weaknesses

**Power limit:** One of Nick's main disadvantages is using too many rifts or rifting something too large will greatly effect his stamina, causing him extreme tiredness, however Rift Runner's weakest attribute is his sense of teamwork. When working with others, he puts them before himself in any situation, endangering himself to protect them. This is due to his lack of trust in said heroes, with him only trusting a handful to handle themselves.

**Lack of trust:** When working with others, he puts them before himself in any situation, endangering himself to protect them. This is due to does not put much faith with said heroes, with him only trusting a handful to handle themselves.

## Trivia

* Nick suffers from arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.

* Rift Runner was one of, if not the tallest of the Flickr Fighters, at a height of 6'4" (193.04cm). Talking to some of the shorter members makes him want to add a neck brace to his suit.
* Hero Standing/Progression: Rift Runner became a strong hero with the year and two months he had been active. He had climbed up the Hero Ranking system significantly, going from 93 to 20 within the year. But since his departure from the FF, he has not been seen since then.