Chloe Carter

Chloe Carter is an ex-military operative with Autism and ADHD. She is mother of Chelsea Carter, younger sister of Jayden Carter and daughter of Michael and Melissa Carter. Chloe is recruited to the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative for her desire to seek revenge against those who wronged her and her outstanding knowledge in weaponry and advanced military tactics. She eventually becomes Shaundi's most loyal, closest and best friend and a potential romance option for Maddi, David, Rod and Shaundi herself.
== Biography ==
Beware Spoilers for the following: Miss Carter. (currently unconfirmed)
=== Early Life ===
Chloe grew up in the rural region known as the Bay Islands, a district outside Brisbane separated into four different Islands: Macleay, Karragarra, Lamb and Russell. Chloe and her family lived on the most notably larger island-Russell. It was somewhat peaceful and she called it home her entire life. Upon going to primary with her older brother Jayden, a very young Maddison Parmenter knew that young Chloe was different to her other classmates, they introduced themselves and would become best friends for decades. She also got bullied by Jade Webster, Amelia Harris and Chantelle Thompson. until the end of the seventh grade as they matured and started to accept her for who she was.
Chloe, Maddi and the rest of her other classmates went to the local high school in Victoria Point. It wasn't until early February at age 13 that Chloe was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which would make life rather difficult for her. Thus, she had to be physically active, she was constantly going to appointments to help manage her stress levels and taking all sorts of medication to suppress the symptoms. Throughout high school, Chloe still dealt with bullying and came across several other problems throughout the years, most of which was because of her Autism and IBS. Two of the the symptoms can become temporarily worse if she eats too much or becomes stressed.
At the start of 2018, Michael died of a heart attack after Summer's brother, Dylan started attacking Chloe after she panicked while driving, overwhelmed by the cars around her, thus accidentally hitting his car. Michael tried to defuse the situation but Dylan was too worked up to reason, thus putting great stress on Michael, the situation worsening upon seeing his daughter getting verbally and physically abused. Chloe snapped soon after and viscously attacked Dylan, he died later that night after Summer had to make the tough decision to have his life support turned off. Sparking a strong hatred towards Chloe, with her brother's popularity and status as school captain, many others would stand with her.
Chloe's father died later that night with his family around him, and Chloe started blaming herself for his death. As for Summer, a strong hatred towards Chloe sparked and with her brother being the most popular student in school because of his status as school captain, many would stand with Summer. As the year went by, Australia's technology and society started to advance following the beginning of the Zintek Revolution in 2017. Halfway through the year, Chloe had a cybernetic implant surgically fitted to the left side of her head, acting as a constant dosage of Concerta, replacing the tablets. It made things easier for her family but not for Chloe herself as it made it easier for others to identify her as someone with special needs. With the death of Summer's brother, the bullying got worse and it lead to Chloe making several attempts at suicide, but they were stopped by Melissa and Jayden.
At some point, the domestic violence at Maddi's home got out of control so she drove to Chloe's house, asking if she could spend a few hours there. Chloe, Melissa and Jayden kindly accepted. Maddi also stayed the night, but overnight Maddi and Chloe became more than friends, having something of a one night stand. Melissa found out the morning after when she went to wake up the girls to find them sleeping in the bed together, completely nude. Chloe was completely embarrassed and tried to understand what happened overnight while Maddi left. Maddi constantly apologized to Melissa, stating she would never deliberately embarrass her daughter in such a way.
Later that day, Melissa went into Chloe's room to talk when she states that she has come out as bisexual whether she likes it or not, much to Melissa's surprise. Chloe was extremely worried and frightened of what consequences there would be if news spread around the school that she had such a sexuality. It wasn't until the following week at school that Summer found out and spread the news in an attempt to break Chloe, in which it was almost successful, leading Chloe to attempt suicide but was stopped by Jayden once again.
When the bullying got to it's worst, Chloe attempted suicide several more times but with no success. With all possible suicide methods destroyed and/or hidden by Jayden, Melissa and Maddi, Chloe started using her nails/claws to slit her wrists but they were eventually clipped by Melissa so Chloe could no longer inflict harm on herself like that. She ran away the day after her formal, believing that everyone one will be better off without her around. However, this sparked a massive search from the Bay Islands through to Cleveland and Capalaba by Melissa, Jayden and Maddi with the help of her other friends. She was eventually found and they returned home.
The next day, Chloe graduated with all her friends and reconciled with Summer. In the following years, Chloe became lazy and had no ambitions to do anything, not even get a job, arguments with Jayden were constant and got worse as the years went by. It got to a point where she was still living with her mother when she was 31 and still didn't have a job. It wasn't until she got into a major argument with Jayden after she borrowed his car for work and wrecked it after she got arrogant and tried to race a group of P platers. She was put into hospital with major injuries after she was flung out the front window. The argument involved the both of them saying things they wouldn't usually say to one another and Jayden didn't want anything to do with his little sister again, casting her out of his life.
As days went by after, Chloe started to rethink her life choices from 2019 onwards. So she moved out while her mother wasn't home and moved to the Gold Coast where she got a job as a waitress, got into a relationship with Andrew Willis before getting married to him and giving birth to Chelsea.
=== Saints Row (2018) ===
Chloe, Maddi, Jade, David, Janel and the rest of her squad were tasked with taking out a supposedly terrorist controlled village. She followed her order but noticed that they were standard police force, not terrorists. By the time Chloe and her squad went to the rendezvous, civilians were being organized into groups and executed. Chloe completely disagreed with the method and questioned her general's orders only to discover he and the entire ANZAC X program had been corrupted by L.E.G.I.O.N. The end resulted in Mexican standoff, Chloe was shot in the leg with a hollow point bullet and the rest of her squad except for David, Janel and Maddi were lined up and executed in front of Chloe. Enraged, Chloe swore to kill every one who was responsible as she was dragged away and court martialed for disobeying orders. Chloe realized how corrupt everything was when even the court wouldn't listen to her and she was given dishonorable discharge. Chloe spent the next few months living in fear that someone would come for her or her daughter. So she signed up for witness protection should such an event happen.
With the most deadly and advanced military program and battalion in the world corrupted, L.E.G.I.O.N. used ANZAC X against it's own country on Devil's Night and to completely obliterate the American, Russian and Japanese navy, rendering them defenseless before moving in on the countries and attacking the countries themselves.
Chloe first meets Persephone, Shaundi and Asha at work when she orders what they request. Her slow writing and struggles to spell certain words makes Asha impatient and she call her a retard, making Chloe upset until she becomes aggressive. Chloe calms down when she realizes a scene has been made and refuses to embarrass herself in front of other customers and her friends (coworkers). Upset still, Chloe walks away and her friend and fellow coworker Georgia takes over and orders for the three girls. A few days later, three men in suits working for Hammersmith Industries, and L.E.G.I.O.N., claimed the workplace to convert it into a Research and Development lab, with a L.E.G.I.O.N. lair underneath. Chloe and her coworkers begged them to leave the business alone as they have families to look after and bills to pay. Unsuccessful, they were all forced to leave and the workplace was instantly converted into an R&D lab through advanced means. The next day, while walking past, Chloe noticed large amounts of money going in and out of the lab. Chloe takes it upon herself to sneak through the lab and steal a duffel bag with money and she escapes successfully, but unaware that she was being observed by Persephone and Shaundi. She then donated equal amounts of money to her fellow coworkers and their families, once again being observed by Persephone and Shaundi. While walking back to her car, a mysterious person in a hoodie accidentally bumps into Chloe, leaving a note on the ground. Because of Chloe's curious nature she picks it up and the note tells her an address to meet. She drives to the address and is confronted by Persephone, Shaundi and Asha in which Persephone proposes the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative to Chloe. At first, Chloe tells them to "get stuffed" and has no interest in joining the initiative, stating that she has had enough of killing others and fighting, wanting to settle down and spend more time with her daughter. Shaundi insists by telling Chloe that her strong spirit and hatred towards LEGION makes her a worthy recruit, finally stating that her desire for revenge would be fulfilled. Chloe agrees and joins M.A.Y.H.E.M.
She travelled to Stilwater and became agent Kookaburra. She had a rough start to the initiative, having no friends but seeing potential for friendship towards Shaundi and some of the others. Being socially awkward, Chloe rarely spoke and tried to stay on everyone's good side. She ended up having a rocky relationship with Shaundi when she disobeyed Shaundi's orders during a raid on a L.E.G.I.O.N. lair, killing an interrogation subject to potentially save Shaundi, in which Shaundi was mad at her. After realizing Chloe was just trying to help and prove her loyalty, Chloe was approached by Shaundi and their friendship began to grow, eventually becoming best friends. Even though she started making friends with the other agents, Chloe requested that Maddi and David join the initiative, which Shaundi accepted her request and the initiative gained two new recruits. Chloe proved herself a loyal friend and agent to the others and being a more than capable fighter on the battlefield. Through her memory convergence, Chloe discovered that on Earth-76, Zinyak became fascinated with Autism, which he and his kind started to call "the gift", and used her in cruel experiments to further study "the gift" when she was captured shortly after the Zin began attacking small towns and rural regions.
== Personality ==
Chloe is a very shy, insecure and socially awkward woman. She struggles to socialize with other people, mostly men, and is very quiet in groups of up to four or more people. She is also very insecure about her past. Chloe has a habit of avoiding topics such as some of her past actions, choices, beliefs and her sexuality out of fear of being shamed and judged for who she is. Chloe also fails to understand most basic social cues and sarcasm. She also struggles with regulating her emotions, sometimes in certain situations she lacks any emotion and in other cases she becomes very emotional when she becomes distressed, even over small problems.
Her autistic traits are but not limited to awkward communication, saying things she doesn't mean, a trait shared with Sheldon Cooper, getting easily distracted, interests in specific topics and subjects and violent outbursts when she becomes angry, provoked or something doesn't go her way. Chloe's ADHD causes her to display signs of inattention, excessive activity and/or impulsivity. Thus, she also has trouble regulating emotions or problems with "executive function". This also gives her a very short attention span and can be easily distracted, in which she will move on to other topics or activities that spark her interest such as disassembling and reassembling weapons and firing them. Like others with ADHD, Chloe also has executive dysfunction, in which she cannot stay focused one task. If she is doing a task and sees something else that has to be done, she will immediately stop her original task and move on to the next one, she can repeat this behavior every time she finds another task that needs to be completed. During briefings, she is known to fidget and move around where she sits, almost constantly changing her sitting position. Despite being in the army, Chloe has difficulty processing certain information as quickly and accurately as others. This often makes her slow to react and process what is happening around her.
As of 2018, Chloe didn't take a liking to excessive cybernetic augmentation whether it be in video games, movies and even real life. Interesting enough, this dislike for cybernetics started over the appearance of Royce from Cyberpunk 2077 in which his unsettling, disturbing augmentations on his body and especially his head, disturbed her. It also makes it hard to look at her brother because of the cybernetic brackets on his jawline and neck, in which she questions him as to why he would do such a thing to his body even though he had a proper reason as to why he got the cybernetics fitted. Even though Chloe's full intelligence and mental capacity is questionable, she has extensive knowledge of almost every weapon created, with military, war and weaponry being a big special interest for her.. She can identify almost every weapon by it's sound, ammo capacity and what bullets it uses. She is also highly trained in most forms of martial arts. Chloe also has outstanding knowledge and experience in advanced military tactics and covert operations ranging from black ops, observe and report, infiltration, spec ops, espionage and assassination, making her one of the most valuable agents in the initiative both on and off the battlefield.
When in a good mood, Chloe often makes pop culture references to various video games and movies such as Avengers: Endgame, Cyberpunk 2077, Predator, Need for Speed: Carbon and many more, much to the annoyance of Persephone. Chloe is also known to have no experience with relationships and marriage, which is what led to her divorce after her husband found out a half truth that she used him to lose her virginity. For Chloe, she values the quality of her friendships rather than the quantity of friendships she has, even though she has made many friends over the years, from Summer to Shaundi and eventually Asha. Things that seem ordinary to others like invitations to parties and being asked to meet up/hang out mean a lot to Chloe, in which she will be very open to the person and say how much it means to her. She often finds humor and pleasure in passing gas around her friends and family (preferably Melissa, Jayden, Michael, Maddi, David, Shaundi, Jade, Georgia, Chantelle and Amelia), as she sees family and friends as her safe space, where she has the freedom to be herself without any negative judgement.
As a teenager, Chloe was known to go out of her way to try and fit in and be like everyone else. Though she is highly aware that the world would be boring if everyone was the same, she found it difficult to be herself with people out there that would judge her and make her feel ashamed of who she is. Chloe was also known to have often emotional connections to property of hers that would seem ordinary to others. If something from her childhood was either sold or thrown away, she would throw tantrums and become extremely emotional, sometimes to the point of being upset and crying. At times, she is known to take things personal, even believing that some insults are directed towards her Autism and/or ADHD, in which she will become very aggressive. Chloe will also show signs of aggression if offended, encouraged or provoked, which gives her a very short temper. Sometimes her anger allows her to bypass the effects of her implant, temporarily rendering it's effects on her behavior useless as she works herself up into a violent fit of rage. Also as a teenager through to her late twenties. Chloe rarely displayed sexual attraction towards a mate, often stating she won't go out of her way to get into a relationship with a partner. But as years went by, Chloe began to feel a different type of loneliness and it began to mess with her emotionally. It wasn't until she was 28 years old that she began making several attempts to attract a mate/get a boyfriend and possibly get married eventually but with no success. It eventually lead to her making desperate attempts while trying not to embarrass herself as much as possible.
As an autistic person, Chloe displays repetitive behaviors such as ritualistic behavior, in which having a routine, structure and sameness to her day makes her feel safe. She has the habit of sticking to a strict routine for her day including what time she wakes up, goes for a run down exactly five blocks, returns to her apartment, gets dressed for work, leaves the apartment, drops Chelsea off at school, arrives at work, finishes work, picks Chelsea up and returns home, including her most well known route to and from the school and work, though her ADHD makes it hard for her to keep track of time and complete her routine on time. If even the smallest deviation occurs to her routine, Chloe will become distressed, which leads to her having an autistic meltdown and/or shutdown which also temporarily worsens two of her IBS symptoms. The same applies if she finds herself in unfamiliar places or taking different routes, even if they are to a destination she is familiar with, in which Chloe can once again become stressed, panic and become upset, once again worsening two of her IBS symptoms. She also has a habit of displaying compulsive behaviors including time consuming activities that reduce her anxiety and stress when she finds herself in a situation of the latter and self-injury which causes her to use her nails/claws to scratch her skin, often causing small marks or scars, in which she has interest in watching the marks disappear or watching her skin heal due to the accelerated healing rate in humans on Earth-87469. She also lacks social and emotional reciprocity and displays impaired non-verbal behaviors including lack of eye contact, facial expressions, posture and gestures, though she makes various hand gestures while communicating with others frequently. It isn't until joining the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative that her new friends start to help her break down these walls and help her be more open to other people. She is known to hate loud noises and bright lights as well, like many other people with Autism, Chloe can become overwhelmed and stressed when there is too much noise and visuals to process, causing her to go into sensory overload. Like all people with Autism, Chloe frequently stims when she is happy, excited, nervous, stressed, because she feels like it or to regulate her emotions. Like others, Chloe finds comfort and safety in stimming, though she rarely stims in public but is comfortable doing it around her friends and family as she is aware that she won't get any negative judgement. Her stimming frequently involves dancing, pacing in circles or from left to right, rapidly moving her arms, making noises, fidgeting with anything that intrigues her from fidget cubes to her car keys, singing and playing with her hair. She finds herself uncomfortable and stressed if her stimming is interrupted, questioned and/or people look at her in public as it is one of the few things that makes her feel safe. As she is unable to express and display her emotions like others such as Shaundi, Maddi, David, Rod and others, Chloe uses certain stims as a way to express herself when she is happy, sad, angry, nervous, frightened, distressed and more.
Chloe is also extremely loyal towards her friends. With every friend she makes, she instantly shows absolute loyalty towards them unless they are ableist or mean to her. Several examples include her relationship with Shaundi, after they come to terms Chloe instantly becomes loyal to Shaundi and is supportive in any possible way. Since the age of 12, Chloe began refusing to answer phone calls from people she doesn't know. If a number appears on her phone she doesn't know, she will not answer it and she won't phone other places such as Centrelink, doctors and other services, often leading to her mother, Jayden, Maddi, Chelsea or Shaundi making the calls for her.
== Appearance ==
Chloe has a very fit, athletic appearance to her body and has long, blonde hair with a cybernetic implant called the Zephyr RTN-C surgically fitted to the left side of her head. Connected directly to the brain with wires, the implant displays and flashes certain colors based on her emotions and serves as a constant dosage of Concerta by altering brain patterns via the wires running from the interior of the implant to the brain itself. As a reminder of who she is and where she came from, Chloe has a tattoo of the Bay Islands on her right forearm.
Overall, Chloe appears very healthy and physically fit with visible scars on her back, thighs and a small one down the left of her ribcage from her days in the army. She also has a cigarette burn mark on her inner thigh, an injury she obtained as a teenager. In addition, she has three small scars from having her appendix removed at age 12, one on the right of her stomach, one just underneath her belly button and another just above her private part. She also has another scar on her left leg after surgery in year 1. Chloe also has three small scars on her back, another on her upper left arm and another approximately 5cm below her breasts, all of which were obtained during her years in the army. While having different appearances and clothing throughout the game, Chloe's default outfit consists of her beloved silver necklace she was given for her 16th birthday and her dog tags with her maiden name on them, rather than her husband's surname. Her choice of clothing is denim short shorts, casual women's shoes, a white tank top and plain leather jacket that she wears occasionally. Another personal favorite of Chloe's is her old senior jersey from year 12.
== Powers and Abilities ==
Special Ability -
Mayhem Ability -
Strength -Chloe is far stronger than an average human (Earth-87469), capable of lifting near heavy objects and people and throwing them great distances. This also allows her to smash her way through hollow walls.
Endurance -Chloe is capable of running long distances and being highly active for long periods of time.
Speed -Chloe can reach outstanding speeds when running on foot, capable of keeping up with most vehicles.
Weaponry -Because of her special needs, Chloe has a special interest in weapons. Thus, has large, varied knowledge of almost all weaponry that has been created. She can identify weapons by date of creation, sound and bullets used.
Hand-to-Hand Combat -From a young age, Chloe was extensively trained in hand-to-hand combat and is highly trained in most forms of martial arts.
Agility -Chloe also possesses above average agility. Allowing her to swiftly block attacks, perform takedowns and much more.
Facial/Vocal Recognition-Chloe is able to identify people she knows, whether it be friends or actors by seeing their face and/or hearing their voice, allowing her to instantly and easily identify them.
== Trivia ==
-The cybernetic implant surgically fitted to the side of her head is based on and inspired by the LED Androids have in Detroit Become Human.
-Chloe has a tattoo on her left forearm consisting of the Bay Islands-Macleay, Karragarra, Lamb and Russell to serve as a reminder of who she is and where she came from. This is a sign that she misses her small and local community, as she hasn't been there since a major family argument involving herself, her brother and mother.
-Chloe makes references to other movies and games such as Far Cry 5, Black Panther, Mortal Kombat 11, Injustice 2, Forza Horizon 4, Baby Driver, Avengers: Endgame, Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, Alien, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Predator, Upgrade, Fast & Furious 7 and more, including the cast and what characters they played. This states that she has incredible facial and vocal recognition of almost every actor no matter their age.
-During her years as an ANZAC X Major, Chloe and her squad worked with Janel Braddock and the US military on several operations.
-Chloe is confirmed to be bisexual.
-There is a timeline where Chloe was erased for choosing to be a model instead of a soldier.
-There are multiple timelines where Chloe's suicide attempts were successful with each one being at different points in time during 2018.
-Chloe's best friend, Maddi, is also her adopted sister. She was adopted into Chloe's family by her mother, Melissa, when the two girls were teenagers.
-Despite being shy around most boys, Chloe has a crush on David and some of the other agents.