Banjie Bellingston and Heath Harley were innocent children with such promise, until tragedy changed their lives. Banjie has lost his father, and his natural identity, when the radical scientist, William Medlock, sets forth a heinous plot to reduce the world's population with mass destruction. Heath has been abandoned by his mother, and left to his malicious father, Shawn Harley, the leader of the criminal underworld. As Banjie and Heath grow into young adulthood, an inevitable clash arises. Banjie becomes a pillar of hope in the midst of anarchy, when he decides to use his mutant abilities to aid the city. Heath, along with his unruly gang, has overtaken his father, and is now the leader of the criminal underworld. When their paths cross, a rivalry is born, and St. Iyer's fate is tarnished forever.