Kyle Lennox â–ş 28 â–ş Author and Photographer â–ş Max Irons
Kyle Lennox always wanted to be a hero. After watching his first Superman movie, he was hooked on the idea of saving people’s lives and doing good in the world; Unfortunately, the world had different plans for him.
Luxury seemed to run in the veins of the Lennox family, with his mother being a powerful politician and his father being the author of a variety of compelling short stories. His older brother became the picturesque of what his parents painted him into, and Kyle didn’t have to deal with as much stress or obligations that is brother had weighed onto him. He was, however, inspired by his father and eagerly followed in his footsteps to become a writer. Unfortunately, the boy always found himself coming up short in his writings and wrestling with writers block, which formed a longing for experience. To ease his restlessness, his father took the boy out on his carver yacht, and they would pretend to be pirates, which was amusing to the boy, but didn’t do him justice. When his father’s attempts proved to be fruitless in inspiring creativity in the boy, he settled for buying his son comic books, and to his surprise, the boy fell in love with them, slipping into different realities each night.
Freshly into high school and halfway through junior year, a seventeen year old, Kyle, had started to become rebellious, leaving his potential at the door as he went out each night. Having always provided for their son and giving him an easy life, it upset both of his parents when Kyle began to do poorly in school, and started to portray his unorthodox behavior. It wasn’t until one night, when Kyle and his best friend shared several drinks at his favorite club, that they ended up in a heated argument, which resulted in Kyle having to walk home. Halfway to his house, he had realized that he was being followed, but by the time he had made this discovery, a van had pulled up next to him and two men in ski masks knocked him out and shoved him into the van.
 Three years had passed and the sun was shining bright over Portland. The search for Kyle had been dying down, and people were losing hope. But, by day, his distressed father continued to raise awareness of his son’s disappearance and made any advances he could, no matter how futile they proved to be; by night, his father had turned into a self-loathing alcoholic as a means of coping. It wasn’t until one drunken night, that the troubled father heard the door bell ring; Racing to the door, as he always did since his son’s disappearance, he opened the door only to find his battered son with blood stained clothes.
 Kyle refused to talk about what had happened or what he went through, and his father, although filled with questions, respected his son’s decision, realizing that having him back was a blessing in itself. To Kyle’s surprise, his mother had divorced his father and taken his older brother, as well as the majority of his money and belongings; and as time waved its merciless hand, Kyle’s drastic changes in behavior had slowly started to reveal themself. Kyle would refuse to speak, throw temper tantrums, and would spend most of his nights locked in his room. Worried, his father quickly placed the boy in therapy and a support group.
 After two years of extensive therapy and countless support group meetings, the boy had slowly broken into a former shell of himself, but still refused to speak of what had happened in his absence. Instead, he took his therapists advice and wrote down what he endured, how he had managed to escape, and everything he had felt in his time in captivity. One of the possessions, that his mother didn’t take from his father was the carver yacht, and his father had decided to put it to use by taking Kyle out on a fishing trip. Kyle found himself at peace when he was out at sea, feeling nothing but deep love and comfort when he was floating on the vast, wavering ocean, and this feeling helped him build up the courage to finally show his father his journal. His father cried and hugged his son, praising him for his progress and telling him how happy he was to have him back. The next words his father had told him where the most meaningful in his life -
             "You’re the hero of this story, kid."
As night fell upon them, Kyle asked his intoxicated father if they could spend the night sleeping on the boat, and head back in the morning. Nodding, his father dropped the anchor and staggered back into the cabin of the boat. The next morning, Kyle opened the door to the cabin only to see his comatose father laying on the bed, and after several attempts at waking him up, he had come to terms that his father had overdosed on alcohol. Shock settled in, and for the second time in his life, his world came crashing down before him.
Shortly after the death of his father, Kyle sought out a publishing company and published his journal under the name, Black & Blue, on behalf of his father. However, by the time the book hit the shelves, Kyle was already out at sea with nothing accompanying him but suitcases of clothes and comic books, steering the yacht, which he now named, Albatross, as far away from his hometown as he possibly could.
born and raised in Portland, Oregon
near death experience drove him to becoming an adrenaline junkie
Kyle is played by Brandon in EST.
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