Johann Henry Fox was living the American Dream. He had married his high school sweetheart just out of high school. He was on a Science Scholarship to MIT as one of the brightest, young physicists in America. He graduated with a doctorate in several fields (including theoretical) of Physics. He went to work at the Tevatron, in Illinois. Everything was going marvelously for him.
Until, one fateful night, early in 2011. An experiment at the Tevatron blasted into Henry (as his colleagues called him; Johann sounding too pretentious) seeming to disintegrate him. The accident was covered up, and the collider was shut down, owing to “budget cuts.” His wife, Kelley, was told he was killed in a traffic accident.
366 days later, Henry popped back into existence. He had no idea of what had happened, only that there was a containment breach . . . then he was standing in an empty lab. Unbeknownst to Henry, he had, for a time, been unstuck in time. During this time, he became a Fabricant. He spent two months in incredible agony as his body changed from flesh to highly-advanced robotic and synthetic components.
When he had finished the change, he saw the future of humanity. No longer would people have to suffer the ravages of age, infirmity, senility, sickness . . . the weaknesses of flesh. They could become like him. They could become better. He knew that the only way for the human race to survive was to surrender their fragile bodies and transform into Fabricants. The first person he wanted to share this with was his beloved wife.
Under the cover of night, he made his way to his old house, only to find it occupied by a new family. Enraged he burst in and took them prisoner. He found out that more than a year had passed since his accident. His wife had moved out. They didn’t know any more. He converted them into Fabricants and reprogrammed them to be faithful to him. He dismantled the children, who were small and weak, for spare parts. He even transformed their pet, an Alaskan malamute named Gabriel, into a Fabricant.
During the conversion process, he realized that full-grown adults, and families, simply can’t go missing. He, and his two cohorts, left Illinois and headed toward Southern California, where his research had shown his wife had moved . . . with her new husband. He began to further detest the weakness of flesh . . . she should have known he would have come back for her—nothing as primitive and transient as death would keep him from her!
Upon arrival in Southern California, Henry found an abandoned building, and set up his camp. Only needing electricity to survive, he ran a tap directly into the main city power lines. With his minion’s help, he captured numerous small animals and converted them into Fabricants. He was careful to reprogram each of them to do his bidding, to ensure their unwavering allegiance.
With an incredibly efficient intelligence network, he began abducting homeless people to convert them into more Fabricants. Knowing that the transient population is undocumented and unmonitored, he hit upon a greater plan. With a small army of Fabricants (fifteen human, counting himself, a dozen dogs, and a hundred small creatures), he opened a homeless shelter under the name of Reverend Johann Fox.
Here, his faithful Fabricants feed the homeless stews made of their flesh. When the homeless become “ill” and begin to transform into Fabricants, they’re taken to secure rooms where they can be “tended to” which involves them being reprogrammed. As his army grows, he still longs to capture his wayward wife, turn her into his eternal companion, and rule over an Earth populated solely by Fabricants.
He observed his wife, teaching at a local high school. By chance, he discovered that one of her students did part time work for his local church and he decided to bring him into his fold. Unbeknownst to Henry, the student he had singled out was Fred Redwood—school outcast, and metahuman. He also had friends with powers that defied Henry’s advanced technology to defeat.
Henry battled against the Teen Supers several times before losing the majority of his force to Robert Mooton, the teen eating machine. Unable to defeat someone who could not be converted into a Fabricant, Henry began reconstructing the experiment that caused him to vanish.
At the end of the battle, the small collection of teen super heroes thought they had destroyed the evil Fabricant, but they were mistaken. Changing the experiment, slightly, Dr. Fox found himself in a parallel world. Making his way to Africa, he converted a small hunting party to Fabricants, and went deep into the bush. Converting random animals to Fabricants, he was, eventually, able to create a fusion reaction to power himself.
This new world has a large metahuman population. He has yet to see if he can turn a metahuman into a Fabricant. He is concerned at their power level. The teens were powerful, to be sure, but the metahumans on this world are an order-of-magnitude more powerful. He must be careful, and grow both his technology base and his army, before he makes his move.
Until, one fateful night, early in 2011. An experiment at the Tevatron blasted into Henry (as his colleagues called him; Johann sounding too pretentious) seeming to disintegrate him. The accident was covered up, and the collider was shut down, owing to “budget cuts.” His wife, Kelley, was told he was killed in a traffic accident.
366 days later, Henry popped back into existence. He had no idea of what had happened, only that there was a containment breach . . . then he was standing in an empty lab. Unbeknownst to Henry, he had, for a time, been unstuck in time. During this time, he became a Fabricant. He spent two months in incredible agony as his body changed from flesh to highly-advanced robotic and synthetic components.
When he had finished the change, he saw the future of humanity. No longer would people have to suffer the ravages of age, infirmity, senility, sickness . . . the weaknesses of flesh. They could become like him. They could become better. He knew that the only way for the human race to survive was to surrender their fragile bodies and transform into Fabricants. The first person he wanted to share this with was his beloved wife.
Under the cover of night, he made his way to his old house, only to find it occupied by a new family. Enraged he burst in and took them prisoner. He found out that more than a year had passed since his accident. His wife had moved out. They didn’t know any more. He converted them into Fabricants and reprogrammed them to be faithful to him. He dismantled the children, who were small and weak, for spare parts. He even transformed their pet, an Alaskan malamute named Gabriel, into a Fabricant.
During the conversion process, he realized that full-grown adults, and families, simply can’t go missing. He, and his two cohorts, left Illinois and headed toward Southern California, where his research had shown his wife had moved . . . with her new husband. He began to further detest the weakness of flesh . . . she should have known he would have come back for her—nothing as primitive and transient as death would keep him from her!
Upon arrival in Southern California, Henry found an abandoned building, and set up his camp. Only needing electricity to survive, he ran a tap directly into the main city power lines. With his minion’s help, he captured numerous small animals and converted them into Fabricants. He was careful to reprogram each of them to do his bidding, to ensure their unwavering allegiance.
With an incredibly efficient intelligence network, he began abducting homeless people to convert them into more Fabricants. Knowing that the transient population is undocumented and unmonitored, he hit upon a greater plan. With a small army of Fabricants (fifteen human, counting himself, a dozen dogs, and a hundred small creatures), he opened a homeless shelter under the name of Reverend Johann Fox.
Here, his faithful Fabricants feed the homeless stews made of their flesh. When the homeless become “ill” and begin to transform into Fabricants, they’re taken to secure rooms where they can be “tended to” which involves them being reprogrammed. As his army grows, he still longs to capture his wayward wife, turn her into his eternal companion, and rule over an Earth populated solely by Fabricants.
He observed his wife, teaching at a local high school. By chance, he discovered that one of her students did part time work for his local church and he decided to bring him into his fold. Unbeknownst to Henry, the student he had singled out was Fred Redwood—school outcast, and metahuman. He also had friends with powers that defied Henry’s advanced technology to defeat.
Henry battled against the Teen Supers several times before losing the majority of his force to Robert Mooton, the teen eating machine. Unable to defeat someone who could not be converted into a Fabricant, Henry began reconstructing the experiment that caused him to vanish.
At the end of the battle, the small collection of teen super heroes thought they had destroyed the evil Fabricant, but they were mistaken. Changing the experiment, slightly, Dr. Fox found himself in a parallel world. Making his way to Africa, he converted a small hunting party to Fabricants, and went deep into the bush. Converting random animals to Fabricants, he was, eventually, able to create a fusion reaction to power himself.
This new world has a large metahuman population. He has yet to see if he can turn a metahuman into a Fabricant. He is concerned at their power level. The teens were powerful, to be sure, but the metahumans on this world are an order-of-magnitude more powerful. He must be careful, and grow both his technology base and his army, before he makes his move.