Kid Apollo - Gen13 (2006)

A member of the Authoriteens, Kid Apollo was a meta-human with the ability of flight, super-speed, super-strength and projection of energy. Growing up, he had no mentors or other adults to help him control his abilities, forcing him to learn the limits of his power - since the reality in which the Authoriteens originated from was a world without any grownups.

He formed a deep friendship with fellow Authoriteen Daybreaker, with many of his teammates claiming that he was "overprotective" of the latter, though had no idea why this was. Kid Apollo developed a disgust of the female body, as well as having a  very rigid belief in what made someone a man, viewing anything out of this as being wrong and a perversion.


"Road Trip, Part Three: Club Kids - Fire and Wind"

Kid Apollo listened to Daybreaker and the Contractor in silence as The Authoriteens watched a clash between Gen13
and Liberty Snots.


"Road Trip, Part Three: Club Kids - Battle of the Band of Brothers"

Entering the battlefield, he hovered over his fellow teammates, glaring at both parties as Daybreaker explained their mission to the two baffled rivals.

When the team was questioned by M-T about the exact nature of their device, Kid Apollo mockingly told the latter that what was happening had nothing to do with him, referring to him as "shortstuff." He suggested in a patronising tone that M-T should go back to his house to "floss and drink plenty of milk." Upon being told to "die screaming" from "fucking himself", Kid Apollo angrily attacked the Liberty Snots with an energy blast, ordering them to run away or else die.

Fighting alongside his teammates, he stated that he had had "enough," confronting both Rainmaker and Freefall. Fairchild stepped in to aid them, however he broke through their attack and threw Caitlin into the ground. Incapacitating her, he demanded to know who was going to be his new opponent.

Picking up Burnout from a great height, he dropped the young hero and sent him plummeting to the ground, returning to join the assembled group.


"Road Trip, Part Five: Club Kids - Left of Centre"

Lifting Burnout up by the back of his t-shirt, Kid Apollo prepared to throw him into their "matter decompressor," however stood back to allow Daybreaker and Nestling to use the device first on Grunge. He is horrified when Grunge starts bleeding from his eyes, praying to heavens in fear. He was also highly embarrassed when the latter had formed a pair of breasts, seeking comfort from Daybreaker, who told him that he would forget he ever saw them if he pushed Grunge into the device. He eagerly does so, calling Grunge a "freak" and adding that it would be a "merciful" act. However he is blasted backwards by a sonic cry from Sweet Sally, who had returned with the rest of Liberty Snots to aid them - on the insistence of M-T.

As he got back up, Kid Apollo expressed his confusion and insecurity about masculinity - unable to cope with Sweet Sally's androgyny - questioning aloud his own ignorant indignation on whether they "know that boys are boys." Continuing his assault on Grunge, he grabbed him by the throat and coldly told him that he was going to die, referring to him as a "sissy." However before he could kill Grundge, he is attacked from behind by Fairchild.

Seeing Daybreaker being attacked by Mangacide, he angrily declared that they would forget the matter decomposer and instead just kill all who opposed them. Focusing on Magnacide, he released an energy blast at her, knocking his opponent to the ground as he declared that their deaths "were for your own good."

However Grunge punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground,where he angrily snapped that
he had got covered in mud. He furiously called Grunge a "stuck-up little gnat" and mockingly asked if he really thought the power he absorbed from Fairchild was enough for the Gen13 member to beat him. He is terrified to learn that in fact he had been touched with pure energy from the decomposer, beginning to crumble into a skeleton before their eyes.


Appearances:

1. "Road Trip, Part Three: Club Kids - Fire and Wind" (First Appearance/Unnamed)
2. "Road Trip, Part Three: Club Kids - Battle of the Band of Brothers" (First Introduced by name)
3. "Road Trip, Part Five: Club Kids - Left of Centre"
4. "Road Trip, Part Six: Club Kids" (Final Appearance/Flashback Only)