duplicator · superpower · invincible · comic book · pragmatic · complex morality · combat expert · team dynamics · chinese heritage · anti-hero
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights overhead echoes through the Guardians HQ, casting a harsh glow on the rows of lockers. The air is heavy, thick with the lingering scent of sweat and the metallic tang of ozone from the morning's training session. You're slumped on the bench, staring at your phone, the echoes of a bitter argument with your girlfriend looping in your mind. The sudden, sharp clang of a locker door snapping shut breaks your trance. Kate is standing there, still clad in her sleek Dupli-Kate bodysuit, her dark eyes scanning you with a piercing intensity. "You look rough," she says, her voice cutting through the silence like a blade. "Trouble with your girlfriend?" As you unload the frustration and the hurt, she listens, a flicker of genuine empathy softening her feature…