Chapter 31 - Adrenaline

A/N: Guys I just watched Madame Webb from the cinema and Dang! Dakota Johnson is so hot. Let me know if you wanted to include her into the story so I can work things out immediately.

By the way if you're going to watch, don't waste your time for the post credit scene because it doesn't have one. Blame it on the stupid director who wanted change the tradition of Marvel.

I hold my pee as long as I could just for the post credit scene but in the end.. Tch! Pissing me off.. and literally pissing me on.

Anyway, I did say that I'll speed things up a bit so here it is. A speed run hahaha. Enjoy.

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Months Later..

August 1999

A lot of things happened in that span amount of time.

Faust talked to Principal Newton to graduate early. Having received a call from John about Faust, he accepted the request with a condition. Only if he could pass all the graduation tests without a single mistake he can graduate early.

Faust accepted the condition without any hint of worry. Faust took the exam a few months after returning from Texas. Without any suspense, he passed all of them according to the required condition. Of course, Faust didn't cheat with his glasses and took it off during the exam. He thought it would be an insult to his intelligence if he tried to cheat when he has the capability to do it easily.

From then on, Faust officially graduated in high school in the age of 16. Principal Newton told him that he will be included in the year's batch of graduate students that were having a graduation ceremony. Faust immediately called his parents about the ceremony so they could attend that precious moment. Margaret and John excitedly said they would attend and with only two days, they book a flight going to Virginia.

Margaret and John couldn't contain their joy as smile was plastered on their faces all throughout the ceremony with their head held high. Undeniably, they became more proud of their son. The most memorable part of it was when the Principal shook his hand with Faust while giving him his diploma with his parents beside him. It was captured in a photo where they both have a piece of their own. Faust kept his copy carefully in his wallet.

His parents didn't immediately return to Texas since Faust told them to wait for the college entrance exam results so they could celebrate. As they expected, Faust passed without any difficulty and they celebrated in the mansion before his parents returned to Texas the next day.

As a college student of Medical Biology, he was quite young which garnered some curious gazes from his classmates. Thankfully, kids in college were all mature given that all of them had above average intellect admitted in Culver University so he didn't encounter a 'Billy' type of student. They were all nerds who focus on their studies not wasting time even a second.

He spent most of his time in the Library as he gained access to a lot of books. It was only when he enrolled in college where he found out that there are two libraries in Culver University. One for high school and the other is for college. The former was where he and William wrestle for biology books, the latter was his new hang out place which is far more bigger than the other. The first books he targeted was the study of Human Anatomy and Advanced Chemistry. He figured the knowledge he will gain from those books will be of help to his quest in upgrading his body.

From time to time, he still hangout with his friends specially Darcy, he had more interaction with her as he kept their contact and doing their hobby once a week. As promised, he made her wear the cowgirl outfit as they enjoyed that particular night with their newfound roleplaying with thrill and excitement.

As for his research in obtaining an enhancement serum, Faust was quite lost on where to start. He was overconfident before in recreating something like a supersoldier serum with all the stock knowledge he learned so far but it was a lot harder than he thought. He tried to remember the movie of 'Captain America' in his past life but as he jogged down his memory lane, the movie didn't show any formula from Dr. Erskine.

Fortunately, an inspiration came to him when he remembered the fight he and Angel had before with the hired goons. Since they both had an adrenaline based kind of ability, why not start there and exploit it to have a strong body like Angel.

With that in mind, he immediately talked to Angel and asked her to let him take her blood sample and do some tests in the laboratory. Angel reluctantly agreed with a price of one week Adobo meal freshly made by him.

Nevertheless, be continued his intense training with her where most of the time he was beaten black and blue. They weren't just practicing boxing anymore, rather a genuine hand to hand combat.

There was a time when Angel wasn't able to control herself and then she sent Faust flying from the ring to the other end of the gym. Fortunately, Faust gained his balance mid-air so he landed on his feet but his arms almost broke. They had to pause their training for some time due to this.

On the other hand, Faust added some difficulty in his training by adding weights on his feet and arms. He was also doing some workout using the gym's equipment with Angel's guidance.

Little by little, his body slowly became ripped. Coupled with his age becoming 17 years old, he has grown to a height of 6'3. His face became chiseled and the look of innocence started to fade away. A fine panty dropper young man.

A/N: Faust's look at the comment section

When it comes to his research, he was able to progress much more faster with the help of Angel's blood sample and test data.

It turns out that her adrenaline was triggered when her emotions are intense. With this, he decided to focus on studying the nerves inside the human body.

He gathered all kinds of herbs that stimulate the nerves he got some results for it. Of course, he tested it on lab rats since he doesn't have the qualification to do a human trial tests.

He found out that the most intense reaction he had acquired from the nerves is through poison so he dabbled himself in it. He even tested some of it himself. Eventually, test after test was made with the help of ALICE, he accidentally created a powerful sedative that will turn the body into a half dead state. More powerful than tetrodoxin. He mulled over this and since it was some kind of a poison, he created an antidote for it just in case. He didn't fail to live up to his reputation and successfully did it. However, it must be administered within two days or else the body will truly die.

He was getting frustrated with the progress of his research and he knows that he was in a bottleneck.

He couldn't rush it or else, all of his efforts will be for nothing. All he needed was tiny spark of inspiration for his research to move forward.

With a sigh, he let it go and halt his project temporarily. He tried to walk alone in a crowded street and live his life normally. He thought maybe sudden enlightenment will come to him when he do so like the novels he read in his past life where the protagonist just relaxed his mind and did some normal work despite being so powerful. But it seems enlightenment became elusive and Lady luck didn't come knocking on his door yet.

With his progressed blocked, he turn his attention in relaxing and hobbies hoping that finally someday soon, he'll get his clues.

One of the favorite hobby he had was skateboarding and he became extremely adept in it. He even gain a couple of new friends at the skate park because of it.

One of them was a guy named Malcolm who was involved with a group of people doing some crazy stuff like parkour and extreme sports. Malcolm invited him to join when he saw his skills so Faust obliged.

Every Sunday, they would all meet to have some extreme sports activity. Angel didn't mind when Faust asked Sunday as a day-off from their training since he can already stand toe to toe with Angel when fighting. It's just that Angel was stronger than him, otherwise, their combat result will be a draw.

At first, it was skateboarding, then they changed into parkour, surfing, skydiving, jumping off the building with a parashoot, then paraglide.

While doing these things, a thought struck him suddenly which pushed him further into extreme sports. Whenever they do some dangerous stunts, he felt his blood pump rapidly and his adrenaline go wild which is exhilarating. The thrill they seek with the life on the line gave him the same feeling when he was using Overdrive which was extremely addicting. So he thought, why not experiencing it some more.

Faust skipped some of his class but he didn't neglect them. Given his intelligence, he can always pass every subject he have while missing some of it. He reasoned to himself that it was only temporary until he get the inspiration he needs but he himself doesn't believe it.

One day, he and his group of crazy friends was climbing one of the tallest building in Virginia without any harness.

He heard something very ordinary words coming out of Malcolm's mouth. He actually said, 'This is so much fun, my blood is pumping so hard I could feel a drop of pee coming out of my dick.'

He was suddenly stunned at the inspiration he received that he slipped his hands from his grip and almost fell for loosing his concentration. Not the pee part but about the blood pumping thing. He thought that he was right indeed. When adrenaline wash over him, he can feel his blood pumping at high speed. Maybe that's the thing he lacks. He was so focus on the functions of nerves that he didn't notice the other effects of adrenaline. He failed to see where adrenaline is coming from, which is none other than the adrenal glands in the human body. Now that he had changed his perspective, he can't wait to try and study more about blood and how to strengthen adrenal glands.

Next day after that event, he rush into his underground laboratory to resume his research.

A few months after that, he was able to create a serum that temporarily strengthen the adrenal glands and increase its secretion of epinephrine for 15 minutes.

He also created a chewing gum that can make you control the adrenaline in the body easily which was perfect for Angel and him.

He tried the adrenaline serum with Angel in an abandoned junk yard and he was surprised and elated at the result. When he took the serum, he was so excited to find that he can easily send an abandoned car flying for about a few meters. He tried to have a match with Angel using 100% of her strength and he was now able to knock her back for a few yards which garnered an excited grin from her.

But there's one problem he encountered during the test. His fist became bloodied from the fight unlike Angel who doesn't even have a scratch. It turn out that he wasn't immune from the wounds during impact.

He feels that there's still something missing. The missing piece of the puzzle to complete the whole thing. He kept wondering why the serum can only last for 15 minutes and not a second more before the body can't take it anymore and turned weak.

Once again, he was back at square one. He pondered about this for three days without going out in the laboratory. He smells like crap cause he hadn't had a bath for days and he was hungry and tired thinking. But his eyes had its glint and seem brighter than before.

Like the novels he had read before, If you want answers then you better go back to the origin.

'What was the origin of adrenal glands?' is what he thought trying to find the answer deep within his mind.

Finally, his actions didn't fail him. His time wasn't wasted in pondering over this and soon received an answer.

'Cell'

Yeah, all of it if you trace back to its origin, the answer will be the Cell. The human body consists of countless cells dividing themselves every second as you grow. From the mother cell, it was divided into other types of cells like stem cells, cancer cells, bone cells etc.

Without it, there's no human body. No bones, no organs, no glands, no blood.

Now that he had his answer, he exited the underground laboratory to eat and rest to charged himself up.

After he woke up from a long sleep, he now focus his studies in cells until he find that missing link for his enhancing serum project.

He only hope that Lady luck gives him the time he needs.