Week 3: BioHeroes

My birthday is September 15, so I have the temporal lobe and norepinephrine.

Origin Story: At age 17, Willadeen Bell with her big glasses and full luggage sat waiting to board the plane. She had just finished the summer before her senior year when her dad took a new job in China. She didn't know the language and now had to integrate at a new school. When her flight was called, Willa slowly got up and dragged her feet to the entrance. As she boarded the plane she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms every time her dad made encouraging comments about their new, exciting life in China. The plane soon took off and Willa closed her eyes for the long trip ahead. Not an hour away from her destination Willa was awoken by screams and thunder. There was a huge storm and the plane had already been hit by two massive lightning strikes. The plane started to descend at a rapid rate toward an empty field. As the plane fell, Willa's window was hit and smashes by a lightning strike that went right into Willa's head making her black out. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in China. Willa sat up and felt her head realizing she didn't have her glasses on anymore. As she looked around, she realized she could see perfectly even without her glasses. A young Chinese nurse walked over to Willa and started speaking. Even though Willa knew that it was in Chinese, she could understand her perfectly.

When the lightning struck Willa, it hit her temporal lobe which controls language, visual perception, and the ability to communicate. Her language abilities were enhance allowing her to understand and speak every language and even to animals making her the Super-Speaker. Her hormone norepinephrine was also affected increasing her ability to concentrate and have a speedy reaction time. Soon after she discovered her abilities, she learned of three other individuals who temporal lobes were enhanced by accidents in different ways. They formed The Temporal Team: Hearing-Helper, Opioid, Static Sensation.