psinex@yahoo.com Strange Attractors 12/25 by Phil Hartman DISCLAIMER: They're all Marvel's, except for Todd, Deanna and Danny, who're mine. Please don't sue. NOTES: Last chapter for a while, folks - I'm taking a week off for vacation ! -------------------------------------------------------- Mass. Acad. Cerebro Chamber: 10/1/2003: 22:12 hrs EDT: -------------------------------------------------------- "All right then," Emma said, assessing the students' personal files and accumulated grades, "let's see just how far they've come since the start of the quarter ..." -------------------------------------------------------- PSI-LORD: Richards, Franklin Benjamin AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 1/1/90 HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 115 lbs HAIR: Short blond EYES: Blue POWERS: Omega-class mutant psion: ACTIVE: Astral projection, healing (self and others), precognition, telepathy, telekinesis, electrokinesis LATENT: Teleportation (chronovariant ?) PROFICIENCIES: Astral projection, precognition, healing. PROFILE UPDATE: Franklin has grown VASTLY since starting at the Academy. His control over his non-psychokinetic abilites has become far more refined, and he is all but totally free of his psionic dampers while his self-confidence has grown in positive directions. Much of this, I would attribute to the positive influence of Rachel ... and their cross-time son Todd, who has joined the school as a provisional student (SEE Phoenix II, Soultouch). PHOENIX II Summers, Rachel Sara AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 3/1/90 HEIGHT: 4'8" WEIGHT: 89 lbs HAIR: Shoulder-length red EYES: Green POWERS: Omega-class mutant psion ACTIVE: Telepathy, telekinesis, astral projection, healing, energy manipulation/shielding. EMERGING: Chronovariant astral projection (more ?) PROFICIENCIES: Telepathy, telekinesis, fine TK-control for energy manipulations. PROFILE UPDATE: Rachel, like Franklin, seems to have benefited from Todd's presence (SEE Soultouch). She has evidenced more self-restraint and a greater willingness to set aside personal revenge for the well-being of her son. Rachel's maternal instincts have been shunted from Nathan (SEE Cable) to Todd, who does need them more anyhow. CABLE Summers, Nathan Christopher Charles AGE: 11 BIRTHDATE: 3/15/92 HEIGHT: 4'8" WEIGHT: 86 lbs HAIR: Short, brown w/white streak EYES: Blue (see below) POWERS: Alpha-class (?) mutant psion/cyborg ACTIVE: Telepathy, astral projection, electrokinesis: shielding, cyberpathy; partial metamorphosis into full "normal" appearance. Telekinesis is active, but majority of his TK must be diverted to restraining his techno-organic infection. Nathan remains an individual consciousness, and male. PROFICIENCIES: Telekinetic restraint of his TO-virus. PROFILE: Nathan's fine control over his TO-infection continues to improve, although it still tires him greatly to hold a "normal" appearance for any amount of time. He has bonded with Todd Richards emotionally (SEE Soultouch), and has matured somewhat more in his role as uncle. SOULTOUCH Richards, Todd Baxter AGE: 6 BIRTHDATE: 9/4/2007 HEIGHT: 3'7" WEIGHT: 48 lbs HAIR: Short blond EYES: Green POWERS: Alpha-class healing factor; Omega-class psionic abilities, including telepathy and bio-psionic self-transduction into a being of pure psionic energy (astral projection of physical form). PROFICIENCIES: None; still highly untested. PROFILE: Todd is the cross-time refugee son of a married Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers (SEE Psi-Lord, Phoenix II) of an alternate future where the mutant-hunting Sentinels ascended to power. He was captured by a mutant-hunting cyborg whom Todd has described as "Ahab," and nearly turned into a brainwashed "Hound," a hunter of his own kind. Todd was rescued by the "timely" (pardon the pun) intervention of our time's Luna Maximoff, who was timejaunting during her escape from the exploding Asteroid M (SEE Timedancer). Upon arriving in our time, Todd was unofficially adopted by our time's Franklin and Rachel. Todd has shaken off the worst effects of his trauma, and is a bright, kind and curious boy who loves his parents and extended family. He is an excellent student, and rarely if ever causes trouble. SHATTERBOX: Bailey, Joseph David and Gailyn Elaine AGE: 14 BIRTHDATE: 6/12/89 HEIGHT (J): 6', (G): 4'10" WEIGHT (J): 127 lbs, (G): 91 lbs HAIR: Red (flattop for J) EYES: Green POWERS: Alpha-class telekinesis (Gamma when not in direct physical contact with one another) PROFICENCIES: Fine control of their individual telekinesis, high-grade TK shielding when together PROFILE UPDATE: Joseph and Gailyn have made the best of their limited powers when separated; of all the telekinetics on campus, they have the best fine control. Joseph's initial hostility towards William Shade (SEE Entropist) seems to have faded, and he is spending more and more time with Deanna Pryde-Rasputin (SEE Massdriver). Gailyn, ironically, has taken Thomas Shade (SEE Luckout) as a study partner. LUCKOUT AND ENTROPIST Shade, Thomas Eric and William Simon AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 6/21/90 HEIGHT: 5'7" WEIGHT: 118 lbs HAIR: Short red-brown EYES: Blue POWERS: Alpha-class probability alteration: Thomas, positive (good luck), William, negative (bad luck/jinx?); William is also invisible to electronic scanning (FILE QUERY: if he is invisible to electronic scanners, how did Cerebro detect him ... ? Good question - M.C.) PROFICIENCIES: (Thomas): Self-probability increases; (William): Broad-based cataclysms (spontaneous wall collapses, accidental splashings, etc.) PROFILE UPDATE: Thomas continues to refine his control and make friends, but William is growing more and more sullen, especially following several public rebuffings by Gailyn Bailey (SEE Shatterbox). William also seems to be losing ground controlling his powers, with a number of increasingly dangerous events of random likeliness occuring around campus. MERCURIA Amaquelin-Maximoff, Luna AGE: 12 BIRTHDATE: 7/20/91 HEIGHT: 4'6" WEIGHT: 88 lbs HAIR: Shoulder-length blonde EYES: Blue POWERS: Alpha-class chronovariant with accelerative manifestations: hyperspeed (does not age her rapidly), precognition, psychometry, occasional temporal 'slippage' PROFICIENCIES: Hyperspeed, "buzzsaw" attack (rapidly vibrating her hands to increase damage during punches). PROFILE UPDATE: Luna has made a great number of friends at the school, and is growing increasingly at ease at lower speeds. She is also studying ... possibly more than that ... with Lewis Guthrie (SEE Cumulus and Flora). BLUE Wagner, Alexa Katherine AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 3/8/90 HEIGHT: 5' WEIGHT: 99 lbs HAIR: Curly blue (covered with blue fur) EYES: Gold POWERS: Alpha (Omega?)-class teleporter, Alpha-class hyperagility, visual blending into shadows PROFICIENCIES: Acrobatics, short-range teleports. PROFILE UPDATE: Alexa's relationship with Erik Lehnsherr (SEE Magneto) has survived a series of tests since Erik's memories began returning earlier this quarter. Alexa is also refining her natural agility, and becoming more at ease with feats which her father has made legendary amongst the X-teams. LEECH Name unrevealed/undetermined AGE: 13 (estimated) HEIGHT: 5'5" WEIGHT: 109 lbs HAIR: Wispy black, mostly bald EYES: White SKIN: Green POWERS: Omega-class power damper PROFICIENCIES: Focused damping of an individual target's powers. PROFILE UPDATE: Leech has made some headway in restraining his damper field, and is slowly becoming involved with Claudette St. Croix (SEE Merger) ... despite the fact that she is currently sharing a body with her twin, Nicole. BIG EYES Maddicks, Arthur AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 5/12/90 HAIR: Bald EYES: White SKIN: Pink HEIGHT: 5' WEIGHT: 105 lbs POWERS: Alpha-class psionographic projection; limited telepathy PROFICIENCIES: Self-imagined image projection. PROFILE UPDATE: Artie has continued to refine his image ability to the point where he can generate three-dimensional, multi-colored displays of great detail. He has also continued to grow closer to the other students, who do not care (mostly) how he looks. MARROW Sarah (last name undetermined) AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: Undetermined HEIGHT: 4'7" WEIGHT: 84 lbs HAIR: Short pink EYES: Blue POWERS: Alpha-class bone growth/shaping/regeneration; healing factor PROFICIENCIES: Shaping bones into knives. PROFILE UPDATE: Sarah is still having trouble refining her abilities, but she refuses to lash out at her classmates. However, she has scheduled more extra time in the biosphere for combat training with her bone-knives ... TEMPLATE Mahn, Leong and Nga Coy AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 4/12/90 HEIGHT (Both): 5'3", WEIGHT (L): 112 lbs, (N): 93 lbs HAIR: Short black EYES: Brown POWERS: Alpha-class healing; flesh reshaping (only active when in direct physical contact with each other) PROFICIENCIES: Individual healing of targets. PROFILE UPDATE: Leong has grown somewhat more sober since the New Mutants have engaged in occasional combat with enemies. However, he continues to narrow his abilities, as does Nga. Nga has grown more outgoing and social, and is often a leader in classroom discussion. CUMULUS AND FLORA Guthrie, Lewis Jacob and Naomi Eliza AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 3/23/90 HEIGHT (L): 5'8", (N): 4'10" WEIGHT (L): 119 lbs, (N): 95 lbs HAIR: Short blond EYES: Blue POWERS (L): Alpha-class weather control; (N): Alpha-class floropathy, florokinesis, plant growth stimulation PROFICIENCIES: (Lewis): Lightning blasts; (Naomi): floropathic information-gathering. PROFILE UPDATE: Lewis's control over the weather continues to be sparse, but he is taking it in stride. However, his self-deprecating humor about the South has grown somewhat more biting. On the other hand, he is making friends, especially Luna Maximoff (SEE Timedancer). Naomi has come out of her shell, but still occasionally talks to flowers when she should be concentrating on her schoolwork. MERGER St. Croix, Nicole Marie and Claudette Elise AGE: 13 BIRTHDATE: 7/15/90 HEIGHT: 5'4" WEIGHT: 100 lbs HAIR: Shoulder-length black EYES: Brown POWERS: Hyperstrength, durability, flight, Alpha-class telepathy, teleportation (pandimensional) PROFICIENCIES: None; see below. PROFILE UPDATE: I am ashamed to admit that the St. Croix twins have become trapped in ONE body - Nicole's - following the destruction of Claudette's form in a teleportational accident. However, Erik Lehnsherr (SEE Magneto) is working to restore Claudette to a clone body, and recent Danger Room workouts have revealed that Nicole also possesses powers identical to her sister. It remains disconcerting, however, when one twin will be speaking and another will interrupt her ... only to have them argue with each other and walk off ... and not be able to diagnose it as multiple personality syndrome. MAGNETO Lehnsherr, Erik Magnus AGE (physiomental): 14 BIRTHDATE: 1/2/1928 HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 128 lbs HAIR: White EYES: Blue POWERS: Omega-class magnakinesis/electrokinesis; Alpha-class telepathy, astral projection, telekinesis PROFICIENCIES: Fine magnetic control. PROFILE UPDATE: Following a power surge caused by the Acolyte Fabian Cortez, and an interaction with a reality warp from Franklin Richards (SEE Psi-Lord), Erik has regained far more of his memories and skills. He would qualify for graduation, if I was sure of his mental stability - he is still trying to integrate 75 years' worth of memories into the emotional context of a 14-year-old boy. On the positive side, he has proven to continue to be kind and helpful, if a bit more ascerbic, and has grown closer to Alexa Wagner (SEE Blue). Erik also has full use of his psionic abilities, which the adult Magneto lacked due to emotional scars from Auschwitz. -------------------------------------------------------- NEXT: At LAST - yes, there are other students at the Academy besides the Richards, Summers, and Lehnsherrs ! -------------------------------------------------------- end _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com