Mike Parker

"Thank you for not giving up on me."

- Mike Parker

"You are not only a hero or a superhero, You're a good man. And it's worth more than just a superhero"

- America to Mike (10 years old).

"I don't know what happens next, but we will face it. Together."

- Mike to his team

Matt Garretty better known as Mike Parker or The Guardian is the deuteragonist-turned-main protagonist of the movie Chronicle and titular main protagonist of Life is Strange: The Guardian. He is (not) based loosely on the characters on the same name.

Mike is a person who is depressed, traumatized, and shattered as a result of the deaths of his mother in an accident and his father in a tornado, but he is also a person who still has hope and he wants to share it with everyone. Mike was born and destined to be The Guardian, an entity who guards defenseless Angels from harm, according to a prophecy. Mike made the decision to defend the world by taking on the role of the Guardian.

He was portrayed by a sim by Sims 4.

Early life
Mike was born to Chris and Anna Parker. In his childhood, Anna apparently left her husband and son so she could protect Matt from terrible danger, which the latter was saddened by his mother leaving.

Anna passed away in a mysterious car accident, with Matt having heartbroken and depressed, but he grew out of it. Despite the tragic loss, Matt and Chris became close, until his dad died in a tornado to save a child. Matt, so saddened by the loss of another loved one, grew up in a foster home until he was 18.

As years went on, Matt became Andrew's more popular cousin. They were close as kids, but they separated in the high school, due to Matt joining the popular crowd, while Andrew remained a socially withdrawn outcast, which caused Matt to cut ties with Andrew to avoid the social stigmas that had already begun to follow his quiet, withdrawn cousin, disliking Andrew because of him being unsocial, not fitting in with the popular crowd, and not attending parties. By high school, Matt drove Andrew around, as his cousin couldn't afford his own car, and was friendly and accommodating towards him, but their relationship was strained and Matt continued to avoid Andrew in public.

Chronicle
Matt invites Andrew to a party to help him meet people, but abandons him in order to spent more time with Casey Letter, of whom he shows a love interest. Later on, Matt befriends popular student Steve Montgomery and, after the party, they find a hole on the ground that emits strange noise. Steve invites a socially inept Andrew, who was being attacked for filming a girl dancing and found crying, to film everything. They found Matt standing outside the hole, which radiates some bizarre, loud vibrations, shocking the three boys and sending Matt, Steve, and a reluctant Andrew to go down the hole to investigate. As Matt, Steve, and Andrew go down the hole they discover a large, blue, glowing crystal object that amuses Matt and Steve, but freaks Andrew out. It surprisingly turns red and begins to generate a radioactive force that pins down Matt to the wall, gives Steve nose bleeds and cuts Andrew's camera off. Having safely emerged, Matt, Steve, and Andrew come to realize that they have telekinetic powers, and experiment playfully with them by throwing softballs back and forth, building lego structures to dramatic music themes, and skipping rocks. They realize that their powers are like muscle tissue, wherein if they exercise it regularly and gently push it, they're capable of becoming stronger. This is proven when the boys go from barely being able to hold up a softball to managing to move an entire car. All of their experiments are relatively harmless and playful, until one rainy evening, after being out with Steve and Matt all day playing tricks on people in toy stores and teaching each other how to build barriers against physical attacks (they do this by attempting to stab one another in the hand with a fork in a diner), a truck begins tailgating them on the way back. Annoyed, Andrew uses his powers on the truck and ends up knocking it off the road, and sending it sailing into a body of water below. Shocked and horrified, Matt and Steve race down below to save the driver as Andrew apologizes, saying it was an accident. Andrew attempts to telekinetically pull the truck out of the water but Matt stops him, telling him to "stop doing things." Andrew and Matt wait in distress as Steve jumps in the water and rescues the driver, who they are all relieved to see is alive. Matt starts to call the cops, but Andrew tries to stop him, protesting that the man is fine and that they should just leave. However, Matt doesn't pay attention to his cousin and the three had to stay behind while they waited for the cops. Steve and Matt later confront Andrew about jab the man into the hospital. Matt assumes position as group leader by setting ground rules for the trio in order to avoid another incident like the one on the road--the major one being that they could not use their powers on living things. The problem eventually resolved, the boys become close again, teaching one another how to use their telekinesis to lift themselves off the ground and fly (eventually becoming so good that they are capable of just hanging around and tossing a football back and forth thousands of feet in the air). They talk about flying around the world together after graduation, with Andrew wanting to go Tibet for its peaceful scenery. Matt eventually agrees. Steve persuades Andrew to participate in a talent contest with him for school, where he uses his telekinetic powers and passes them off as very impressive magic tricks, causing Andrew in becoming, for at least several hours, one of the most popular kids in school. Matt expresses his confidence that Andrew's social status will be different from now on and that they will be like brothers, even jokingly telling him that he loves him. However, at a post-contest party, after a bad sexual incident with a girl named Monica, Andrew is once again shamed and publicly humiliated, causing in Matt once again avoiding Andrew in public. One moment, Matt's nose begin to bleed, and he felt Andrew's pain, but is too busy having sex with Casey to pay attention to his cousin's agony, while Steve was accidentally killed by a lightning telekinetically moved by Andrew. At Steve's funeral, an outraged Matt confronts Andrew about his death, and is shocked and disgusted to realize that he's still filming everything. When Matt tries to force an explanation out of Andrew, Andrew escapes the situation by flying away. Matt then finds out about Andrew using telekinesis to rip several teeth right out a bully's mouth, causing him to confront him about this, nearly punching him in the face, but Andrew proves that he is the stronger of the two by deflecting the strike. He tells Matt he won't break his stupid rules and to stay out of his life, and Matt leaves. While attending Casey's relatives party, Matt's nose begin to bleed and he senses Andrew's agony. He decides this time not to ignore it and discovers on the news that Andrew is in trouble. Matt drives Casey's car to head to the hospital, where he discovers that Andrew is trying to kill his father, Richard Detmer, by dropping him from the air. However, Matt interferes and saves Detmer's life. Andrew confronts Matt about his interference, only for Matt to tell Andrew that this is not a game and pleading him to stop hurting people. Andrew eventually refuses and accuses Matt of "treating him like shit" and that was never there for him. Matt tries to reason with Andrew by admitting that he wasn't always there for him, but that they could put an end to this together, fly away and be a family. When Matt tells Andrew that this is not who he is, he proceeds to outright declare himself an "apex predator", and hits Matt with a bus. The two cousins begin their violent showdown in the middle of downtown Seattle, with Matt still trying to stop Andrew from hurting people. However, badly injured from both the convenience store fire and the physical confrontation between himself and Matt, and weakened with grief over his mother, Andrew hits the ground twice. Both times Matt attempts to protect him from the police officers threatening to shoot and kill him. When he lands beneath a statue, the police ignores Matt's pleas and Andrew's cry to "leave him alone" and opens fire on Andrew. Enraged, Andrew freezes the bullets mid-air and drops them to the ground before sending the entire force and all their cars sprawling back with another burst of telekinetic energy in retaliation. He then releases a scream of agony, and proceeds to mindlessly destroy everything around him, breaking all the windows of the buildings surrounding him. Realizing that Andrew can't be stopped or reasoned with, Matt pleads desperately with him for the last time, crying, "Don't make me do it!". Realizing that Andrew can't be stopped or reasoned with, Matt eventually, painfully relents, and impales his cousin with the spear of a statue. Andrew dies, and Matt flies away before the police can reach him.

Abilities

 * Athleticism: Despite Stiles being somewhat uncoordinated, he has shown himself to be a skilled athlete in his own right. His athleticism is something that has come into play during the battles he's been involved in, such as when he fought Donovan and was able to daze him for a brief moment, and when he was able to momentarily knock Garret Douglas down with his baseball bat, though he had taken Douglas by surprise. He has also been able to knock down, and even hurt, Theo during his brawl with him, and was able to overpower and tackle Scott to the ground in the hospital after his father was attacked, though Scott was both taken by surprise and not trying to hurt Stiles at the time.
 * Heightened Intelligence: Stiles has been described as a straight-A student, and, in terms of book-smarts, he is considered to be one of the most intelligent people in the pack. For this reason, Stiles has good intuition that contributes quite a lot for he is generally referred to as the "brains" of the pack along with Lydia Martin. He is able to distinguish and recognize patterns with ease. When Kira was kidnaped, he was the first to decipher the clues and etc. He's quite an inquisitive human being, and sometimes uses it for the advantage to create humor and lighten the tone but the questions he asks usually lead to a revelation or epiphany Stiles uses to solve the Supernatural murders or mysteries and connects the dots with information he collects before writing on his Supernatural clue board which isn’t an easy feat. During The Divine Move, Stiles intellect was so great that it helped him realized that the garden of snow was all just an illusion set by the Nogitsune's game that it looked and felt real but wasn’t. Then four managed to walk out of the illusion and into the school unharmed successfully outsmarting the dark spirit.
 * Mythological Knowledge: During Stiles' time in the supernatural world and the McCall Pack, Stiles has done a great deal of research into mythology, folklore, and the supernatural, including the Argent Bestiary. As a result, Stiles has an excellent working knowledge of the powers and abilities of various supernatural creatures, as well as their histories.
 * Occultism: Due to guidance from Deaton, Mountain Ash alone is useless and can only have a great magic effect if ignited by the belief in its ability. He instructed Stiles to use that as the spark which allows him to spread it around his position around the building to form a barrier against Kanima Jackson and his courage was so powerful that it not only resists the Anuk-ite's petrification but was also used as a weapon to kill the creature.
 * Technological Knowledge: Stiles has been shown to have an advanced understanding of technology, and has been shown to have copied keycards to the Sheriff's station using an RFID emulator, hooked up all the surveillance cameras to three of the laptops owned by the pack, and hooking up a smart watch to his phone so he can use it as a hidden camera in the animal clinic. He also claims to have figured out all of Sheriff Stilinski's passwords for his work computer, though how he came upon this information remains unknown. Stiles has also shown a degree of knowledge when it comes to electrical engineering as shown when, while in the Phantom Train Station, he was able to rewire one of the radios there so he could contact the real world, specifically the police scanner in his jeep.
 * Investigative/Law Enforcement Knowledge: As the son of the Sheriff of Beacon County, Stiles has an extensive understanding of the laws of California and the country at large, as well as police protocols, shorthand, and numerical codes. He also keeps a police radio in his car for this reason so he can remain up-to-date on what is happening in the town.


 * Pick-Pocketing/Theft: One of Stiles' most frequently used skills is his ability to easily and stealthily steal things without anyone being the wiser. He has stolen heart monitors, cell phones, frequency jammers, and keys/keycards to a variety of doors and vehicles throughout the course of the series, which has helped himself and the pack tremendously.
 * Combatant: While Stiles has not been formally trained in close-quarters combat as far as it is known, he has demonstrated he can defend himself using an informal brawling style that draws mainly on his instincts. Even when he only entered the supernatural world, Stiles showed that he could hurt and subdue Jackson, back when Jackson was still human, as a single punch to the face from Stiles left him with a bloody nose. The primary examples of Stiles' brawling ability are shown by his fight against Donovan Donati before he was killed, the several times that Stiles attacked Theo Raeken, and when he managed to throw Scott McCall around and punch him on the floor after his father was injured. However, in the latter cases, neither Theo nor Scott were interested in fighting back (in the former case, because Theo was purposely goading Stiles into hitting him, and in the latter case, Scott felt so guilty that he didn't want to hurt Stiles in any way), so it may not yield great results in a battle against a fully-powered supernatural who was actually attempting to cause him harm, but it could still make the difference between life and death in a fight nonetheless. Stiles also tried to fight against a Ghost Rider that was about to shoot him, managing to hold back its arm for a few seconds before he was pushed back, which caused him to realize he couldn't fight the Ghost Rider.
 * Fear Resistance: Even though he is an ordinary human, Stiles has courage so great that not even the Anuk-ite, a fearsome supernatural being, could affect him.

Quotes
"What is he, like, a were-cheetah? Does that even exist? Is that a thing?"

- Stiles Stilinski.

Trivia

 * He's a sim from Sims 4.