Double Trouble

Alex McKenna (Brother)

## **History**

### **Gerome McKenna 2001 - 2019**

**Gerome McKenna** was originally from Los Angeles, California. He dreamed of being chosen to participate in Sivianna's Everyman Project. His family showed great support for his aspiration. His father sold his business, his brother dropped out of school, and his mother began working a second job to raise money. Their hard work paid off, and Gerome was selected for the project. This gave him superstrength. He became a member of Luthor's new incarnation of Infinity, Inc as **Nuklon.**

After Lex Luthor shut down the Everyman Project, Gerome was one of the few that survived. However, the experiments had activated his Metagene, giving him the power to split into two independent beings. He takes the name Double Trouble and rejoined Steel's new Infinity Inc.

Gerome's twin personality began to bully the original. Eventually, his dominant half decided he wanted to become the only personality. The new Gerome believed if he killed him he would be the only one left, free to do what he wanted. However, when he killed him he soon found out he could not actually exist on his own and faded out of existence.

## **Powers and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Metahuman Physiology:** Gerome gained superpowers from undergoing The Everyman Project augmentation treatment, by Sivvanna Industries.

* **Replication:** Jeromedeveloped a latent superhuman ability to generate doppelgangers of himself through an act of will. Each doppelganger can function independently of the core host. As of yet, it is undetermined how many duplicates of himself Jerome can manifest. Jerome does not appear to suffer any ill effects if one of his duplicates is injured or even killed.
	+ **Exploding Clones:** Jerome splits his atoms apart to make his clones causing nuclear fission. He learns he can cause his clones to explode and this is useful when attacking a super-strong baddie. By barging them with constant explosions.

* **Superhuman Strength: G**erome possesses vast superhuman strength, the limits of which aren't known, and he is listed at the class 100 limit. He was considered to have Hourman-level strength.
	+ **Superhuman Leaping:** His strength extends into his legs, as he is capable of superhuman leaps covering several hundred feet in long strides. In his solo series, while his jetpack was being repaired, Jerome needed a way to get around town that was faster, and cheaper, than a taxi. He thought about the Keith method of transportation and realized that, while he can leap as far as Keith, he can get around much faster than walking.
* **Absolute Stamina:** Jerome body grants him unlimited stamina and is therefore immune to fatigue.
* **Invulnerability:**His bodily tissues are much harder due to being instead of normal flesh and far more resistant to physical injury than the bodily tissues of a normal human. Jerome is highly resistant to penetration wounds, even from high-caliber machine gun shells. He can also withstand tremendous impact forces such as falling from great heights, being repeatedly struck by superhumanly strong opponents or breaching planetary orbit and making re-entry without being hurt. Also showcasing high resistance to extreme changes in temperatures.

### **Weaknesses**

**Power Instability:** While Jerome will not be affected if his duplicates are injured, his duplicates will feel everything if he is. He also appears to have some confusion about who is the original out of him and his duplicates from time to time, fearing that he is just another copy.