Leslie Willis || Livewire || 19 || Superhuman || Rank 1 || Saoirse Ronan
“This thing is my whole life. All righty, if I can’t stay in the game by playing by the rules… Then I’m sure as hell gonna burn the game board. In fact, you know what I think? I think I need a bigger venue.”
Though born a simple human, Leslie Willis was always in her own way shocking. After graduating high school at the top of her class, Leslie attended a popular university in Metropolis, Kansas, though her only reason for going there was their radio opportunities. Soon her internship at the local college radio station turned into a full-time job where she had her own late show. Leslie used her time to address controversial topics no one else would touch on. No one was immune to the shock jock’s venomous words, not even Superman. She took cynical joy in bashing on the Man of Steel during her broadcasts.
One evening during a severe thunderstorm warning, Leslie was hosting a rock concert in honor of her first year anniversary working at the radio station. Ignoring her producer’s warnings about the coming storms, she demanded the show go on. As the show started, a huge bolt of lightning struck the stage and it caught fire, trapping the DJ. Another bolt was headed right for the stage, but she was saved by none other than Superman who pushed her to safety and took the shock. The lightning ran through one of the wires and electrocuted Willis.
When the girl woke, she saw that her skin had turned ghostly white and her hair turned blue. On the television in her hospital room, they spoke of the incident. One live reporter, a co-worker of hers, insinuated that Superman, fed up with her criticism against him, may have pushed her into harm’s way to punish her for her arrogance. She blamed Superman for her transformation caused from the freak accident, refusing to take the fact that she should have shut down the concert that caused her transformation in the first place. Angered by the thought, Leslie ripped the alarm clock from the wall. She was about to whip the clock at the television when it suddenly turned on. There was no power to it and no batteries in it. She discovered she could manipulate electricity, but she wasn’t the first to know this.
Soon after her waking up, two people representing a government agency were in her room. They detected strange electromagnetic frequencies that traced back to her and insisted she come with them to a place called Novus Academy where she could train and learn to become a hero. More vigilante justice was the last thing she wanted. That’s what got her into this mess in her mind so at first, she declined the offer but soon enough, their insisting sounded more like she had no other choice.
SPECIALTY PROGRAM: Power Training/General Studies
CHARACTER TRAITS: Opinionated, hot-headed, irrational, passionate, sarcastic
