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Orphan X

Close to 2 years ago

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Laura watched Night Vision as he grappled away into the night. He had just finished handing Wild Thing over to the authorities, while she perched on a nearby building under cover of darkness. She was never that good at working closely with the cops, doing things by the book wasn't her way. Despite Dark Claw's best efforts to teach her about justice and restraint, Laura’s instincts always leaned more towards a ruthless efficiency that often blurred the line between hero and vigilante.

She turned and walked away into the night. Laura reflected on her strained relationship with Night Vision. Even though they shared a bond through Dark Claw, their methods clashed too often. Every encounter while hunting the same villain usually ended in heated arguments or brief skirmishes. Dark Claw had tried to bridge the gap between them, but Laura was stubborn.

However, tonight was different. She'd been hot on the tail of Wild Thing for days now, tracking her spree of chaos through New Gotham City silently and closely. Unbeknownst to her though, Wild Thing hadn't been as reckless as normal, and this spree was an elaborate trap to take Laura out of the picture once and for all. She had been careless, too excited at the chance to capture Wild Thing once and for all to notice the obvious clues being accidentally left. Luckily for her, Night Vision wasn't so careless.

He'd happened to have been in the area, and caught on quickly to what was going on. Showing up just in the nick of time as Laura sprung the trap to get her out of the sticky situation. As much as she hated taking orders, especially from him, she couldn't deny his instruction during the ensuing chaos saved her from a few bruises and broken bones. Of course, as if it was his catchphrase, he pestered her to join Titan X once again. She never understood his insistence to get her to join. She told him to fuck off as she did every time.

The more she thought about it though the more appealing it became. She might have been hot-headed, but she wasn't stupid, and it's not like Dark Claw was someone who only ever worked alone. There would definitely come a point where the threat she was facing was too much even for her, maybe getting a few trusted contacts wasn't the worst thing in the world. She sighed, swallowing her pride as she tapped the communicator in her ear and cycled it to Night Vision's frequency.
"I'm in, but don't think this is a permanent thing. You bozos embarass me and I'll be back in NGC before you can blink."

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Present day

A few new recruits were joining the team today, and by god they needed them. Laura thought back to when she first joined Titan X. She was like chalk and cheese with the roster for a while, finding it hard to take orders and co-ordinate missions with the other members, truly embodying her chosen psuedonym 'Orphan' as she went astray trying to take the villains down on her own. For the first year, her involvement was sporadic at best. She would disappear for weeks, only to reappear just in time to assist on a mission and return to Titan Tower.

Gradually, Laura found her place within the team. She grew accustomed to working alongside others and even developed a protective streak towards her teammates, albeit expressed through sarcastic jabs more often than compliments. Over the year and a half since she joined, the team had seen many members come and go. Some left by choice, others due to disagreements, and a few, tragically, because of death.

Laura pulled on a white tank top and black jeans, preferring comfort over her full costume while inside the tower. The sleek black leather jacket and combat boots could wait until she was on duty.

Downstairs, she joined the gathering team in the lobby. She leaned against a wall with her arms folded, watching as Kid Cannonball tried to make himself comfortable in the unfamiliar surroundings. Gary moved over to welcome the new member of the team. If anyone could make him feel at home, it was him. The atmosphere was buzzing with anticipation, punctuated by Gridlock’s booming "BOOYAH!" echoing through the space. Vic Stone’s entrance never failed to amuse her. Her eyes drifted over to him as he began retelling a story she must have heard at least 3 or 4 times. For once, the story had an exciting ending though as the Herald of Cytorrak burst through the wall. Shock, anger, then a mischevious grin all shot across her face in an instant.

Snikt

The claws in her right hand slid out with that familiar sound as Night Vision shouted his call to arms. She saw Gary transform and begin to charge at the towering villain. Now this was more her style: slice first, ask questions later.

"Mind if I hitch a ride big guy?"

She crouched down and then quickly leapt with superhuman agility, landing on the back of the giant gorilla and holding on with her free hand. Timing her swipe of claws with the strike Gary was throwing, she aimed to hit Mal Duncan from the opposite side, their coordinated attack intended to disorient and overpower the Herald of Cytorakk.

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@Omega Manwow this looks great!!! I’ll either have a post up today or tomorrow also!

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Orphan X

Orphan X

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DC/Marvel Characters Used: X23 and Cassandra Cain

Name: Laura Wayne née Cain

Alias: Orphan X

Age: 25

Powers: Laura possesses an accelerated healing factor, not quite on par with Dark Claw's, but not far off either. This is expected to reach full capacity by the time she is 30. She also posseses superhumanly enhanced senses, strength, stamina, agility, and reflexes. Her main form of offence are her bone claws, two of which she has on either hand and either foot.

She was also trained in multiple martial arts and stealth techniques by both Benjamin Cain and Dark Claw and excells at stealth and assassination techniques.

Weaknesses: While her healing factor is exceptional, it still takes time to kick in and she can be incapacitated by heavy enough attacks. Energy based attacks in particular are tricky to heal from. She also has a "trigger scent" implanted within her DNA from a young age which induces a berserker state in which she turns into a remorseless and unstoppable hunter who won’t rest until she’s killed her target. Unfortunately she does not independently decide who this target is, and this could potentially be used by villains to her detriment.

Team Affiliation: Titan X

Personality: Hot-headed, Sarky, Confident, Relentless, Resourceful

Appearance: Laura stands at approximately 5'4" with a lean, athletic build that emphasizes both strength and agility. She has dark brown hair that only looks darker when contrasted with her pale skin and green eyes.

Her costume consists of a sleek, black leather jacket that fits snugly, made from high-tech material to provide both flexibility and protection. The jacket has armored sections on the shoulders and forearms, offering additional protection while allowing for a full range of motion. Her legs are covered by fitted black pants made from a durable, flexible fabric, enabling her to move swiftly and efficiently .Her hands are covered by black gloves that extend slightly past the wrists, featuring reinforced knuckles for added striking power, while her feet are shod in sturdy black combat boots that rise to her mid-calf.

BRIEF Bio: Laura Cain was a clone of Dark Claw created by Benjamin Cain (David Cain + Bullseye). From a young age, she was trained to be an expert assassin with the sole purpose of one day finding and killing Dark Claw himself. Her youth was stunted, as she was cut off from the outside world by Cain, who only allowed her to meet others when absolutely necessary. She completed her first assassination at the age of eight and continued to work with and for her father until her teenage years, when Cain decided she was ready to go after Dark Claw.

The assassination attempt did not go as planned, and she was subdued by Dark Claw with minimal difficulty. Seeing that she was almost feral and resisted any methods he tried to use to calm her or extract information, Dark Claw placed her in Arkham Asylum for holding. Having been trained for this potential eventuality, Laura escaped with relative ease and set about her second assassination attempt. She skulked in the shadows, doing her best to track Dark Claw and contact her father, who had been surprisingly radio silent since her incarceration.

After a tough fight with Dark Claw, she discovered that her father had been left for dead in a rundown sewer and had gone into hiding to avoid capture. The feeling of being on her own for the first time in her life was as scary as it was liberating, but she couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and sadness after realizing her "father" did not care enough to ensure her safety.

Nevertheless, she was trained with one purpose, and subconsciously everything was telling her to fulfill it. Using expert tracking techniques, she managed to follow Dark Claw back to his manor, where she took him by surprise and attacked him, but was again defeated. After seeing the noticeable similarities in their innate powers, along with receiving encouragement from his butler, Logan realized there was more to Laura than met the eye and trapped her within his manor.

What followed was a great deal of time spent de-conditioning her from the psychological trauma and training Cain had put her through. It took a while, but eventually, Laura began to warm to the hodge-podge family that had formed under Dark Claw's watch. Sparrow was instrumental in this, being another girl around the same age as her. During this time, Laura also began to uncover memories of her early childhood, realizing that there was a part of her that longed for family and belonging, something she had never been allowed to experience under Cain's control.

Eventually, Laura felt she was old enough to go out on her own. Dark Claw, of course, kept tabs on her, but she was well and truly changed for the better and wanted to do good in the world...at least in her own strange way. This led to a few run-ins with another former student of Claw, Night Vision. They butted heads on a few occasions, disagreeing completely in their methods and even coming to blows at one point. Nevertheless, with encouragement from Claw, Night Vision persisted in attempting to get her to stop going at it completely lone wolf and join the Titan X team. She refused vehemently until Night Vision was instrumental in helping her take down the Hyena's girlfriend, Wild Thing. She realized his worth as a leader and grew a level of respect for him, tentatively joining Titan X for the time being.

Supporting cast/characters:
Dark Claw
Night Vision
Sparrow

Amalgam Universe Notes:

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@Omega Man Would this stll be able to be run with the current roster? I think we're all on the same team so far so might be possible with the smaller group?

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Orphan X

Orphan X

---

DC/Marvel Characters Used: X23 and Cassandra Cain

Name: Laura Wayne née Cain

Alias: Orphan X

Age: 25

Powers: Laura possesses an accelerated healing factor, not quite on par with Dark Claw's, but not far off either. This is expected to reach full capacity by the time she is 30. She also posseses superhumanly enhanced senses, strength, stamina, agility, and reflexes. Her main form of offence are her bone claws, two of which she has on either hand and either foot.

She was also trained in multiple martial arts and stealth techniques by both Benjamin Cain and Dark Claw and excells at stealth and assassination techniques.

Weaknesses: While her healing factor is exceptional, it still takes time to kick in and she can be incapacitated by heavy enough attacks. Energy based attacks in particular are tricky to heal from. She also has a "trigger scent" implanted within her DNA from a young age which induces a berserker state in which she turns into a remorseless and unstoppable hunter who won’t rest until she’s killed her target. Unfortunately she does not independently decide who this target is, and this could potentially be used by villains to her detriment.

Team Affiliation: Titan X

Personality: Hot-headed, Sarky, Confident, Relentless, Resourceful

Appearance: Laura stands at approximately 5'4" with a lean, athletic build that emphasizes both strength and agility. She has dark brown hair that only looks darker when contrasted with her pale skin and green eyes.

Her costume consists of a sleek, black leather jacket that fits snugly, made from high-tech material to provide both flexibility and protection. The jacket has armored sections on the shoulders and forearms, offering additional protection while allowing for a full range of motion. Her legs are covered by fitted black pants made from a durable, flexible fabric, enabling her to move swiftly and efficiently .Her hands are covered by black gloves that extend slightly past the wrists, featuring reinforced knuckles for added striking power, while her feet are shod in sturdy black combat boots that rise to her mid-calf.

BRIEF Bio: Laura Cain was a clone of Dark Claw created by Benjamin Cain (David Cain + Bullseye). From a young age, she was trained to be an expert assassin with the sole purpose of one day finding and killing Dark Claw himself. Her youth was stunted, as she was cut off from the outside world by Cain, who only allowed her to meet others when absolutely necessary. She completed her first assassination at the age of eight and continued to work with and for her father until her teenage years, when Cain decided she was ready to go after Dark Claw.

The assassination attempt did not go as planned, and she was subdued by Dark Claw with minimal difficulty. Seeing that she was almost feral and resisted any methods he tried to use to calm her or extract information, Dark Claw placed her in Arkham Asylum for holding. Having been trained for this potential eventuality, Laura escaped with relative ease and set about her second assassination attempt. She skulked in the shadows, doing her best to track Dark Claw and contact her father, who had been surprisingly radio silent since her incarceration.

After a tough fight with Dark Claw, she discovered that her father had been left for dead in a rundown sewer and had gone into hiding to avoid capture. The feeling of being on her own for the first time in her life was as scary as it was liberating, but she couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and sadness after realizing her "father" did not care enough to ensure her safety.

Nevertheless, she was trained with one purpose, and subconsciously everything was telling her to fulfill it. Using expert tracking techniques, she managed to follow Dark Claw back to his manor, where she took him by surprise and attacked him, but was again defeated. After seeing the noticeable similarities in their innate powers, along with receiving encouragement from his butler, Logan realized there was more to Laura than met the eye and trapped her within his manor.

What followed was a great deal of time spent de-conditioning her from the psychological trauma and training Cain had put her through. It took a while, but eventually, Laura began to warm to the hodge-podge family that had formed under Dark Claw's watch. Sparrow was instrumental in this, being another girl around the same age as her. During this time, Laura also began to uncover memories of her early childhood, realizing that there was a part of her that longed for family and belonging, something she had never been allowed to experience under Cain's control.

Eventually, Laura felt she was old enough to go out on her own. Dark Claw, of course, kept tabs on her, but she was well and truly changed for the better and wanted to do good in the world...at least in her own strange way. This led to a few run-ins with another former student of Claw, Night Vision. They butted heads on a few occasions, disagreeing completely in their methods and even coming to blows at one point. Nevertheless, with encouragement from Claw, Night Vision persisted in attempting to get her to stop going at it completely lone wolf and join the Titan X team. She refused vehemently until Night Vision was instrumental in helping her take down the Hyena's girlfriend, Wild Thing. She realized his worth as a leader and grew a level of respect for him, tentatively joining Titan X for the time being.

Supporting cast/characters:
Dark Claw
Night Vision
Sparrow

Amalgam Universe Notes:

Got a surge of inspiration today and managed to get this done! Hope everything is ok. Thanks a lot @Omega Man the backstory you wrote was a great help in fleshing out this character. I took a few details from it when writing the backstory.

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@Omega Man that would be great! I think I’m just having trouble with how much creative liberties I can take with the character. I’m a big fan of X23 and was thinking of mixing her with Cassandra Cain, but I’m not hugely knowledgeable on batgirl. I was going to use aspects of both and add some of my own stuff but wasn’t sure how far I could go with that. I’m struggling a bit with the supporting cast if I’m honest as well!

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I may start on a CS soon, I'm having a bit of trouble working so closely with mixing established characters.