June Altner

### Abilities

Reality Manipulation, Teleportation, Portal Creation, Enhanced Regenration, Enhanced Stamina, Enhanced speed, Enhanced Strength, Celestial Light manipulation

### Affiliations

The New Defenders

**June Altner** is a hero who was a victim of the Apollo Project. Born with minor regenerative abilities, these abilities were seen fit for expiriments with the Tesseran's Omnicube. Not known to the scientists, the Omnicube contained a stolen bit of Galexa's power, cut from a space angel's wings when in battle with the Tesserans. The Tesserans were never able to access this power fully as they used it as a battery instead of a cognitive force. When June was given physical cognitive access to the power, they became able to use celestial light, manipulate reality and teleport across space & time. Eventually, their powers caused the fabric of the cosmos to shatter and tear resulting in a spit in reality. They corrected this split eventually, and became a Celestial Being working for Galexa after reseting the timeline.

## Early Life

June Altner was born an identical twin to John Altner. Their mother was a victim of the first Apollo Project's experiments and they were taken after birth for study. Their first years were relatively stable, being houses in En-Com's labs. However, after the cessation of the first Young Defenders they were moved to Hepis Academy where they were both subjected to experimentation that eventually resulted in John's death. June grew close to Maeve Yeung when she became able to make them see visions of their brother. The two became adoptive siblings through their time at Hepis.

June's abilities were tested throughout their childhood, with June being tortured to see the limits of their regenerative properties. After John's death, June became depressed and distant, only communicating directly with Maeve. When Hepis & En-Com began experimenting with the Omnicube, June's abilities became valuable and they began testing. After failing the first few experiments, the scientists eventually unlocked the Omnicube and June bonded with its power. Because of the nature of the alien DNA used to bond with the powers, June was not limited to constructing tesseracts with the Omnicube, but rather was able to access Galexa's powers directly. Not understanding June's powers, En-Com put them into a solitary confinement.

When they were breaking out, Maeve insisted upon finding June, who ultimately was able to create a portal for them to escape.

## Life with the Defenders

Upon their rescuing, June and Maddison were brought into the care of Beatrice. The two both suffered from extensive trauma, June also not understanding their new abilities. Eventually with Maeve's help they became more welcoming of strangers and help. Tessa tried to help understand June's power, but ultimately could only teach June how to create portals and tesseracts, which June did with ease.

June mostly stayed out of conflicts while Maeve inserted herself more. Ultimately, Seline sought out June and kidnapped them again with the help of the rebooted Eve, June's abilities being the only ones Seline couldn't mimic. Seline sought to understand the abilities and steal them. June initially defended themself but then after Seline's psychological torture was broken down. While being saved, June fought off Eve and Seline, their anger and fear causing them to create a minor rip in reality. While Eve was defeated, Seline managed to escape.

## Shattered Reality

Upon En-Com's dissolution, many people began to seek out June because of their now apparent power. June slowly became more and more scared of their abilities, now not completely able to control them. Being chased by fellow heroes, government bodies and Seline, June accidentally caused more tears in reality.

Either Seline uses death prophecy to bring John Altner back or June creates a reflection of him, but John returns and Seline uses her abilities to control him. John gains the ability to shatter reality too and during an altercation where Seline uses him to steal the power, June is thrown out of their reality. June returns to their reality in what feels like moments to them, but has been 5 years in which Seline has used John's abilities to bend reality to her will. Earth is a robot-run post-apocalyptic state with many of June's friends dead or in hiding. June is aided by The Jesters and the remaining defenders to track down Maeve who is being held captive. They are also finally found by Raven Holmes, now a celestial being, and told about the nature of their power.

With reality starting to shatter apart, Maeve and June combine their powers to send June's consciousness back in time. In the past, June manages to slowly fix reality and use their powers. In the present, Seline's forces track them down and start to try and kill June who is protected by the defenders. Eventually, Seline and John also enter the past and track June down, resulting in reality and the realms splitting open and a fight breaking out between the different worlds. June manages to absorb John's abilities, and right before Seline's forces in the present find June's body, June says goodbye to Maeve and snaps reality back together, destroying the five years.

June awakens in Galexa's realm and the two talk. June has now tied reality to themself, making themself a stand in for Galexa. June agrees to hand over this position to Galexa, but keeps their powers as a celestial being. June will be allowed to be free once they fix all the tears in reality and reflections caused by their misuse of their power.

June returns to Maeve in the fixed present, who is now running a revamped Hepis Academy with Beatrice to aid survivors of the Apollo Project. Maeve uses her abilities and sees the alternate reality. The two say their goodbyes, June saying they don't know how long it will take to fix the various realms in distress but thanks Maeve again and flies off into a different realm, finally a celestial angel.

## Afterlife

Simon had a life changing accident a year ago that has changed how he views the world. His heart randomly stopped one day and he was resceciated in the nick of time. Now back at school for his senior year, a new student Eli enthrals Simon as they feel familiar to Simon. The two grow closer, but Eli seems secretive and afraid. Eventually Simon becomes aware that Eli is being pursued by mysterious figures. While they grow closer, Eli is always distant and secretive with Simon. Eventually, Simon is with Eli when they are confronted by the figures and Eli manages to fight them with abilities that seem impossible to Simon. As the figures begin to attack Simon, Eli tells Simons to trust them and pushes Simon into a new reality.

Simon wakes up in a hospital, informed that he's Lars and has just come out of a coma. His family and doctors fuss, but eventually Eli is with him as a nurse. Simon freaks out and Eli says that they can't explain as they're being watched, but begins to bring Simon books that explain everything. Eli is really June and the figures are various reflections and shatters seeking to solidly their existence. Simon thinks he's lost it but June comforts him. Eventually when Simon is discharged, June and he meet outside of the hospital and June shows Eli their abilities. Now being pursued again by reflections conciouss of the powers being used, June and Simon once again jump realities, but this time together.

Simon wakes up in the body of a Seattle native and meets June who is a punk singer. June explains more and eventually tells Simon they're seeking him because he has similar abilities. June eventually reveals that Simon is a reflection June made of parts of themself and that's why Simon thinks they recognized June. June reveals Simon and June have known each other in different realities before, but were torn apart and Simon got lost in the mind of his host, which caused the accident. June tries to help Simon regain his abilities as they are pursued. The two are eventually ambushed and June is ripped from the reality and put into a new one. Simon manages to follow, but June does not remember who they are.

In the new reality, June is getting married to an older man who is a reflection. Simon is June's childhood abusive stalker. Simon slowly tries to convince June but is unsuccessful, ultimately Simon manages to regain his abilities and memories from the previous realities and helps June. Simon realizes the reason the reflections keep appearing is because he himself is a tear in reality, but one June wouldn't fix because they fell in love. Simon ultimately awakens June and they fight off the reflections, but Simon sacrifices himself to stop them from appearing again. Right as he dies though, June pushes his consciousness back in time and he wakes up during the initial fight as Simon. June joins him back in the past, revealing that Simons death allowed him to become a celestial being too. The two reconcile and agree to enter a higher plane of existence together, deciding to explore what lies beyond mortal reality.