Lacius

* True Form
* Human Form
* Cocoon
* Human Disguise

> \*sigh\* I'm really scared, Omeka. This Osseus, this whole prophecy I have to fight.
>
> - Lacius expressing fear in his upcoming battle with Osseus.

**Lacius** aka **Lucas** is a character who appears in the HydroVerse series of comics, he is the son of Hydro-Girl and Kevin Harrison. He originated within the Sikring of Water after it was bonded with Kevin's DNA, acting as an 'egg' for him to form inside of.

After his birth, Lacius struggled with finding himself as well the unfortunate absence of his father. But the biggest thing befalling Lacius was an ancient prophecy that would lead him to becoming a warrior in his own right. He would adopt a human disguise named Lucas whilst operating on Earth in recent times.

## Appearance

When Lacius materialised, he had a very ghoulish and incredibly muscular/veiny appearance. He possessed claws, very little facial features with only glowing white eyes, he also had very leathery skin and was bald. He donned a human disguise for operating on Earth, where he took the form of a bald Caucasian man named Lucas.

When he finally broke out of his "cocoon" after having intercourse with his girlfriend Wanda, Lacius' overall appearance underwent a drastic change in design. He retained his musculature, and now sported a more human-like appearance albeit with aquamarine-coloured skin similar to his mother. He had bright white eyes and long white hair. He also possesses glowing white patterns around his eyes. With this new form came a new human disguise that greatly resembled his true form.

For *End of the Line*, Lacius was given a black/blue full-body suit.

## History

### Early Life

A long time ago on Aqua-Irava, some elders took to depicting entertaining creations on cave walls until an unknown Aqua-Iravian decided that the young ones deserved to know the truth about an event that would happen someday in the future. He depicted a demon he called Osseus, a massive skeletal being who was hidden within their neighbour planet known as Vort along with two spherical objects symbolising destroyed planets. Osseus was depicted holding a very powerful staff too. Everybody thought this Aqua-Iravian was insane and was spewing foolishness on the walls. Below the depiction of Osseus was only then known as the "great one", a young Aqua-Iravian who would be born from a demigod and would rise to stop Osseus from harming life.

Omeka knew the prophecy would happen, and was of the very few who actually believed in the prophecy because she herself witnessed Osseus conceal himself within the planet of Vort. Omeka knew she could not stop Osseus herself as that would disrupt the prophecy and cause more chaos, she knew that Hydro-Girl would birth the "great one" and Osseus' days would be numbered.

### *Hydro-Girl 4: Pollution Solution*

Lacius was conceived by Kevin and Hydro-Girl when they began to make love, with Kevin's sperm cells making contact with the Sikring of Water which was hidden within her body.

### *Hydro-Girl/Liza*

As she was travelling through space, Hurihiko was stricken by a severe pain in her stomach. The Sikring of Water, an artefact hidden deep within her body, extracted itself out of her abdomen and flew down to Earth and travelled to Isla de Reptilia. Hurihiko followed it and encountered Liza and her reptilian followers. Liza and her allies grabbed hold of the Sikring of Water, before it began floating and slowly materialised into a physical form.

Lacius immediately attacks his own mother and is easily manipulated by Liza into being a pawn for her schemes. Lacius then travels to Aqua-Irava where he confronts and injures Omeka with his energy blasts.

Joining Liza and the others in invading a place called the Golden City, Lacius lays waste to the city until the military decides to drop a bomb onto his location, trapping Liza and her allies under rubble.

As he climbs out, he once again attacks Hurihiko and this time impales her on a piece of rebar. Liza then moves in for the kill as Lacius has a change of heart, knocking Liza away and taking his mother to a faraway island where she can heal. When she wakes up Lacius tells her to leave him alone, as he needs time to himself. They both wish each other the best and Hurihiko leaves.

### *Battle for Downpour*

During the final battle against Corvus, Lacius shows up to aid his mother Hurihiko and her allies in battle by firing energy blasts at Corvus' Malum form.

### *Hydro-Dark*

Inside the Aqua-Iravian crystal caves, Lacius watches as Omeka places Hydro-Girl into a healing pool in order to restore her energy from her fight with Corvus. Lacius asks if his mother will be alright, Omeka reassures him that she will be healed in time. In order to complete her own healing process due to being attacked by Corvus, Omeka decides to summon an entity known as the 'Overseer'.

Lacius watches as Omeka does this, and begins conversing with the Overseer. Lacius chimes in, asking if it's true that the Overseer can heal others. The Overseer decides to take Omeka within his light so that he can help heel her. Lacius decides to ask the Overseer why bad things happen to them. The Overseer suggests Lacius consider himself lucky, as he has seen worse in other realities.

This catches Lacius' attention, so the Overseer decides to show the young one a glimpse of another reality where things have gone wrong. Afterwards, Lacius leaves to go and sit in a clearing in Aqua-Irava's jungles and Omeka finds him. Omeka asks Lacius why he is by himself, Lacius inquires about his mother's condition and Omeka tells him not to worry and that he must take her place for now.

Lacius worries if he is worthy to live up his mother's expectations, Omeka tells him that she is certain that he'll surprise himself.

### *Lacius*

Sitting by himself again admiring the scenery of Aqua-Irava, Lacius is greeted again by Omeka. Lacius immediately asks about his mother's condition, Omeka tells him that she is still in the healing process. Lacius begins to dwell on how he doesn't feel as close to his mother as he wished.

Omeka tells him that she senses a great connection between him and his mother, Lacius begins to blame himself for her injuries and talks about how he could have done more. Omeka consoles him, telling him that he cannot blame himself for something he could not prevent and to be patient.

Suddenly, a rumbling is felt across Aqua-Irava which alerts both Omeka and Lacius. Omeka senses that the rumble came from the planet Vort, the entire landscape of Aqua-Irava is then covered in a purple wave. Lacius and Omeka find themselves in a dark realm, standing before a strange throne-like structure with thorns protruding in all directions.

They are then greeted by a skeletal figure known as Osseus, who sits on the structure before them. Osseus dismisses Omeka and speaks to Lacius, telling him that he wanted to meet him. Lacius is confused, Osseus tells the young Aqua-Iravian that it is said that he will vanquish him when he begins his ascension. Osseus threatens all of Aqua-Irava before sending Lacius and Omeka back to their home, with Lacius promising he will be ready.

He then turns his attention to Omeka and tells her she must explain the situation, Omeka does so and tells Lacius about how the prophecy describes Osseus' goal to destroy numerous planets and that only Lacius can stop him. Lacius is taken aback by this information, and questions why Omeka cannot defeat Osseus instead. She mentions how she cannot interfere with prophecies, and tells Lacius to travel to Earth to find the staff that Osseus will use to destroy the planets and destroy it.

Lacius questions how he will find this object, Omeka reveals that he will sense its immense power nearby. Lacius agrees to this, and is tasked with destroying the crystal that sits on the tip of the staff. Lacius travels to the staff's location in a B.M.B.M. Research outpost and adopts a human disguise in order to enter. Lacius encounters a guard who doesn't remember seeing him around, Lacius introduces himself as 'Lucas' and that he is with the team studying the staff. The guard tells him to get to work.

Making his way to the staff's observation sector, Lacius meets a scientist named Wanda and immediately becomes smitten with her. Lacius asks Wanda how they came to discover it under the guise of a memory refresh, Wanda tells him that they found the staff poking out of the ground and built the outpost around it for study. As they talk, Lacius realises strange feelings occurring inside of him. Wanda catches on and asks Lacius if he is okay, to which Lacius reassures her, but cannot help but stare into her brown eyes.

After a moment of silence, Lacius asks if she would like to be friends but believes he came off sounding creepy. Wanda dismisses his concern, and agrees. Suddenly, a nearby guard explodes into a bloody mess and is revealed to be Osseus who immediately begins attacking. Lacius tells Wanda to run and she does so, Lacius then strips his human disguise to fight Osseus. Osseus gains the upper hand and takes Lacius down, the skeletal being then drains Lacius of his energy before leaving.

Injured, Lacius travels back to Aqua-Irava and tells Omeka that he was unable to complete his mission. Lacius mentions how he met a 'wonderful female' on Earth, this immediately shocks Omeka and she tells him that he cannot engage in a friendship with her. The two argue and Lacius becomes irritated, and takes Omeka's claim that humans and Aqau-Iravians shouldn't form friendships as her way of calling his existence a mistake. This causes the two to argue before Lacius eventually storms off, feeling he doesn't have what it takes to beat Osseus.

Omeka finds Lacius staring at depictions on the wall, showing his mother's journey from being born to vanquishing Vortak. The two talk, with Lacius apologising for his temper. Lacius decides to ask about his father, Omeka describes him as a very brave human that partook in dangerous quests with Hydro-Girl. Lacius mentions how he is scared of the prophecy, but Omeka tells him that Osseus is not as powerful as he appears. After a conversation, Lacius' spirits are raised and he decides to face Osseus.

Knowing that Osseus' physical form will rise out of the planet Vort, Lacius travels there to convince the people to leave. They refuse, as they do not want to abandon their home. Lacius can only watch as Osseus' massive body rises and breaks the planet apart. Osseus then retrieves his staff from Earth and manages to destroy two nearby planets before targeting Earth, Lacius then arrives to fight, launching himself at the giant opposition.

Osseus flicks Lacius with his massive fingers and sends Lacius crashing into a meteorite, Osseus begins to close in on Lacius as he regains his balance. Lacius uses his strength to deliver powerful strikes to Osseus' face, but it does little to affect him. Osseus catches Lacius in-between his hands and crushes the hero in-between his palm and the same meteorite before mocking him. As Lacius attempts to get up, Osseus raises his fist and slams it down on Lacius, knocking his enemy out.

Omeka watches in distress as Osseus aims his staff directly at Lacius. Lacius wakes up and immediately grabs hold of the staff's crystal, he uses his full strength to push the staff away and turn it to face Osseus' chest. The staff's tip then impales Osseus' heart, causing it to explode and take Osseus' entire body with it. Lacius rests on the meteorite. Lacius returns to Earth and meets with Wanda in his human form at a park, where he apologises for leaving her at the research outpost.

Wanda invites Lacius out to a cup of coffee and they both walk off, with Eileen and Hydro-Girl watching from the distance.

### *Lacius: Return of Osseus*

Since his last appearance, Lacius has moved into Wanda's apartment complex and their relationship further grows. The two spend a night together, Lacius listens as Wanda talks about the stars. The two begin to fall asleep but Lacius cannot help but wake up and looks around the room. He sees Osseus standing in the corner of the bedroom, shocking him.

Osseus mocks Lacius and holds up Hydro-Girl's disembodied head which causes Lacius to look away, he is then greeted by a horrific hallucination of his father which turns out to be Osseus in disguise. Lacius panics and wakes up, Wanda also wakes up to begin comforting him. Wanda suggests they go out on a date the next day and Lacius agrees. The two head out to a café as planned and the two talk. Lacius apologises to Wanda for not being accustomed to others showing concern for him as she does but as Wanda responds, Lacius spots Osseus sitting in a booth behind her looking at him.

Wanda snaps Lacius out of his trance, he then decides to head into the restroom where he tries to compose himself as someone in one of the stalls asks for toilet roll. Osseus then appears in the mirror and climbs out of it, looming over Lacius before grabbing his arms. The skeletal being reveals he is no longer an 'illusion' and mentions how his race are 'known jokers'. Lacius kicks Osseus away and transforms into his true form to fight. By the time he finishes transforming, Osseus disappears. Lacius then gives the man in the stall the toilet roll he requested.

Outside, the café is raided by a group of armed robbers who begin making their way to the register while forcing everyone to cooperate. Wanda mocks the gunmen which turns their attention to her, Lacius apprehends them and breaks one of the gunmen's arms. Another man opens fire on Lacius, he fires an energy blast which goes right through their stomach. The remaining gunman becomes frightened and surrenders, Lacius lets him go as he senses that the man doesn't want to cause any harm to anyone.

Lacius walks back into the restroom as Wanda watches and she begins asking people if they are alright, Lacius (in his human form) exits the restroom and greets a very annoyed Wanda and attempts to apologise. The two go for a night walk, with Wanda trying to convince Lacius to tell her any problems he may have but he reassures her that nothing is wrong. Wanda continues her attempts, wanting Lacius to show more affection. The two stop near a lake where Lacius reveals that he has trouble with expressing emotions, Wanda reassures him that it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Wanda walks towards the lake and continues making conversation but Lacius spots Osseus in the water who bursts out and grabs Wanda's foot, causing Lacius to scream and jump to the rescue. It is revealed to be another hallucination, and that he accidently yelled down Wanda's ear. She suggests they go home to rest. At home, Lacius gets up in the middle of the night and walks out into the living room of the apartment, he encounters Osseus who is sitting on the couch. Lacius tells Osseus that he is meant to be dead, the two talk and Osseus reveals that what he battled was merely an illusion he created and that the entire battle never happened.

This conversation wakes Wanda up and she comes out into the living room, becoming terrified at the sight of Osseus. Osseus enrages Lacius which causes him to transform and leap at Osseus, the two smash through the apartment window and fall onto a roof below. Osseus manages to pin Lacius down and begins draining his energy, Osseus stands over his fallen foe and teleports away as Wanda runs to Lacius' aid and takes him back inside the apartment complex. In their room, Lacius reveals his origins to Wanda and mentions how he never wanted to lie as he worried she would be afraid of him.

He goes on to mention that with her, he's felt things that he has never felt before, this causes Wanda to lean in to kiss him which causes him to want to change back. Wanda doesn't let him and tells him that they will get through this together as she places her hand on his abdomen, the two make love and this causes Lacius' appearance to completely transform into a more human-like appearance with long white hair much to Wanda's surprise. Wanting answers, Lacius adopts a brand new human form closely resembling his true form and travels to Howlite City High.

In the nearby courtyard, Lacius approaches his mother Hurihiko who is sitting on a bench reading a book. At first she doesn't recognize her son and mistakes him for another student but he immediately addresses himself much to his mother's shock. Lacius reveals to Hurihiko that his new appearance happened as a result of him and Wanda making love, but doesn't directly say it, Hurihiko guesses the reason due to his facial expression. Hurihiko mentions how she isn't sure why such a thing happened, but she assumes that his and Wanda's love broke him out of a "cocoon" into a new person. The two hug.

Osseus' people begin breaking out of the surface of numerous planets in Earth's solar system and begin travelling to Earth and causing havoc, Lacius runs to Wanda to check up on her and tells her that he is the only one who can stop it much to Wanda's worries. The two hug before Lacius heads out to fight the invasion. He heads out into a nearby street where a team of soldiers are fighting off a single one of Osseus' goons. The skeletal being manages to gain the upper hand but Lacius steps in to battle, managing to stop a car from being thrown at him but fails to avoid the skeletal being's spear weapon plunging into his leg.

The skeletal being then uses its other sharpened appendage to whip Lacius into a nearby fence, before launching another attack at Lacius who attempts to stop it but ends up having the skeletal being's blade impale the palm of his hand. As it attempts another attack, Lacius grabs the blade and pulls the skeletal being towards him, proceeding to deliver a powerful punch to its face. Lacius then uses both of his hands to smash the skeletal being's head into pieces, its lifeless body drops to the ground before mysteriously teleporting away in a red flash.

Lacius' attention is drawn to a nearby gas station where another skeletal being with pyrokinesis is attacking, Lacius steps up to the fiery being who immediately blows fire at him. Lacius leaps out of the way of the flames and onto a truck, he jumps off to evade another fiery attack before he is caught by his wrist and swung into an electrical box. The skeletal being then harnesses its flame powers and grasps Lacius in order to harm him. Lacius continues to struggle until he sees Wanda running up to the scene, the sight of her causes Lacius to slowly begin to absorb the energy of the skeletal being still grasping him.

Expelling the energy absorbed, Lacius gets out of the grasp and realises his new power. Lacius then expels the rest of it onto the skeletal being, killing it for good. The skeletal being, like the previous one, begins to get teleported away but this time Lacius makes contact with the teleportation energy and is taken to Osseus' world. Lacius confronts Osseus once and for all and the two charge at each other, the two collide and Osseus attempts to drain Lacius of his power. Lacius then uses his strength to push Osseus into a nearby rock structure, but his enemy manages to use an energy blast to send Lacius crashing into the ground below.

As he gets up, Lacius notices his power being triggered within his hands, his energy detects the large towers in the area they are fighting and his body begins draining the towers of their energy. Osseus launches himself onto Lacius and stomps him into the ground, but Lacius expels some of the energy which manages to push Osseus backwards before delivering a strong punch to the skeleton's face which takes out his eye. This stuns Osseus long enough for Lacius to begin draining the towers of energy, Osseus panics and beats Lacius down instantly before grabbing the young one's face and slamming it into the ground. Osseus begins claiming that Lacius was never meant to defeat him.

Suddenly, Lacius grabs Osseus' wrist and kicks him off of him before attempting to drain the towers' energy again. Lacius ends up absorbing so much energy that the towers begin to explode and as Osseus looks on in anguish, Lacius delivers another hard strike to Osseus' face which completely destroys his head. As Osseus' lifeless body falls to the ground, Lacius looks up at the towers as they fall apart and Osseus' world begins to die. Due to the amount of energy absorbed and expelled, Lacius' body is gripped by pain before he finally collapses.

Sometime later, Lacius wakes up in the caves of Aqua-Irava being held in a healing pool by his mother Hurihiko who mentions how his father would be so proud. Lacius asks where Wanda is, and she is revealed to be in the caves also. Lacius climbs out of the healing pool and embraces Wanda as Hurihiko looks on.

### *End of the Line*

As Hurihiko sat at the edge of an island she prominently visits, Lacius (in human form) joins her and asks if there is something wrong. Lacius' mother tells him that she feels at fault for the death of his father Kevin, but Lacius doubts this and claims that his father was brave and knew the risks. He then tells her that she cannot continue laying on such a burden before suggesting she meditate. They both hug and Lacius leaves.

Sometime later in their apartment, Lacius is spending some time with Wanda until he notices the sky outside changing to a deep purple. Lacius leaves the apartment and meets with his mother and others in the ruins of Downpour City as an interdimensional entity known as Motesius has been freed from his imprisonment. Lacius decides to help his mother in the oncoming battle as do the others, he also defends his mother against one of Yuki's sarcastic remarks. When Hurihiko prepares to leave to battle Motesius, Lacius prepares to stay and fight with the other allies.

As the battle begins, Lacius aids the others in fighting Motesius' minions with his energy-based powers. He helps rescue Jane from a swarm but she goes berserk and lunges at him, causing Kevin to have to step in and pin her down. They both awkwardly introduce one another and shake hands. Lacius and the others notice Motesius' minions combining into a giant monster, he leaps onto it and attempts to drain its energy to no prevail. The monster manages to shake Lacius off.

Continuing to fend off the monster, Lacius then notices Danny jumping into the monster's body before sacrificing himself to destroy it. When Hurihiko returns after defeating Motesius, she and Lacius embrace before they all come together for a group hug.

## Personality

When he was first born, Lacius was extremely aggressive and unhinged which made it easy for him to be manipulated by Liza and used as a pawn in her plans. After he realised Liza was lying to him all along, Lacius was incredibly regretful of his actions such as harming both Omeka and his mother. Lacius turned over a new leaf afterwards, but still struggled with his emotions.

In the coming years, Lacius went from extremely aggressive to somewhat naïve towards feelings such as love, especially when he first meets Wanda. He also appears to be able to see through people's mannerisms, as he spared the life of a criminal because he could tell they didn't want to cause no harm. Lacius is also shown to be incredibly helpful, giving a man in a restroom toilet paper even after he was attacked by Osseus a few seconds earlier.

## Powers & Abilities

### Supernatural Strength

Being a half-blood, Lacius possesses supernatural strength and can deliver powerful blows, one was enough to completely destroy Osseus' eye.

### Supernatural Agility

Lacius is able to use his supernatural agility to easily evade attacks with ease.

### Enhanced Healing

With his enhanced healing, Lacius can recover from any injuries in a certain amount of time.

### Energy Blast

When he was first born, Lacius was able to shoot powerful energy blasts from his hands.

### Energy Absorption

After breaking out of his "cocoon", Lacius was given the power to drain various energy sources out of both living things and objects.

### Energy Expulsion

When he absorbs enough energy, Lacius is able to expel that energy through a powerful attack. If he expels too much, he'll weaken himself.