The years before the UPG was founded are a very turbulent time in human history.
The super-powered overlords were overthrown, but this left a power vacuum of fear and suspicion in the survivors of the long period of war. What if it happened again? Anarchy reigned, and many of the bands of war "heroes", traumatized, suspicious, and still angry, roamed over the continents looking for any other threats to be purged. Eventually this was settled by the founding of the planetary government, but this period of near post apocalyptic chaos is where Alonzo Rodzic is rifted to. :)
But not to worry! He meets a bounty hunter (goes after people suspect of being Talented and takes them out) and gets adopted. That is... until said bounty hunter finds out that Alonzo is Talented... and he's left conflicted. Do his duty to the rebellion and kill the kid that could become a monster...? Or... follow what his conscience is saying...
Dr. Raine worked as a medic for the side of the rebels during the war, but now that it's over, she's not too happy about how her allies have become the villains. She's a mother figure for the bounty hunter (who's name is Alonso) and jumps in to help him take care of the boy from the future.
Alonzo's Talent is healing, both hyper-healing himself like his dad, and the ability to heal others.