Peter Maximoff (Earth-10005)

## Quicksilver

**Peter Maximoff** also known as **Quicksilver** is a mutant who has the ability of super speed.

## Biography

### Early Life

Peter Maximoff was born in 1955. He was the result of an affair between Ms. Maximoff and the mutant Erik Lehnsherr.

### Original Timeline

#### World Record Scandal

In 1977, Peter participates in a track and field competition and breaks 8 world records. An investigation is conducted on him in which he is revealed to be a mutant. This sparks a controversy of mutant participation in athletics. Later, athletics officials adopt a genetic testing policy in partnership with Trask Industries in which no athletes carrying the mutant X-Gene can compete in professional sporting events.

#### *X2: X-Men United*

His name, along with the name of several other mutants, was listed on Stryker's computer.

#### *X-Men: Days of Future Past*

Some time after this, he met Wolverine and the pair became friends. He was among those captured and being escorted to a concentration camp.

## Personality

Cocky, overly-confident and somewhat of a kleptomaniac, Peter Maximoff is often quick to act and impatient due to his enhanced speed and being three steps ahead of everyone else. He has a fast-paced manner of speaking and acting, such as before meeting Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy and Wolverine, he had already discovered that they were driving a rental car and while leaving, checked the flight path of their plane to Paris. During 1973, Peter often enjoyed stealing or showing off his powers by getting in and out of places with whatever he wants under seconds flat and leaving no trace. He agreed to help Xavier and Wolverine break Magneto out of prison, on the benefit for Peter that he got to break into the Pentagon, supposedly the most impenetrable prison in the world.

Peter has also displayed a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. For example while attempting to escape the Pentagon and was confronted by security guards, using his super-speed, gives one a wedgie, stole another guards hat and making another punch himself. After the X-Mansion exploded and Peter began saving the students within, he also flirted with Moira and took the time to drink a bottle of soda and eat an entire pizza while doing so. He also follows the latest music, such as during the 70's keeps Jim Croce's *Time in a Bottle* in his Sony Walkman cassette, but changes to the more progressive rock, Eurythmics *Sweet Dreams* during the 80's while battling Apocalypse. Peter shows consideration and value for life, during his evacuation of the Mansion, he went out of his way to save the goldfish and a small dog, carefully checking every other room. He also made sure everyone was not harmed by his intense speed by throwing a couple of students in water and some other into a net made from the curtains. Peter has also displayed a sense of bravery, as evidenced from when he heroically took on Apocalypse, the most powerful mutant of all time, on his own while all other X-Men were hiding.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Speed**: Quicksilver can move at supersonic speeds. His speed allows him to move faster than a normal human mind can even perceive; he was able to casually outrun the bullets fired by Pentagon guards at Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto and rearrange them before they could hit them after incapacitating them. His speed is so immense that seconds after the initial explosion of the X-Mansion, he was able to effectively save the dozens of inhabitants inside, all while goofing off, before the explosion reached peak combustion, at a speed of 2,748,235 MPH (Mach 3,581). His accelerated speed allows him to totally defy gravity, such as being able to easily run across walls and ceilings.
	+ **Accelerated Perception**: Quicksilver's increased speed also augments his reaction time, allowing him to react to danger and events much faster than a normal human. His reflexes are so fast that they even allow him to catch bullets in mid-air. As a result, Quicksilver tended to see the world around him as if it were in slow motion, especially when he is moving at super speed.
	+ **Increased Metabolism**: Quicksilver's powers also accelerates his metabolic rate. His body can break down food more efficiently than a regular human and, as a result, expels very little waste products that he can exhale through his skin. This enables him to rapidly heal from injuries much quicker than a normal human. After being severely injured by Apocalypse, Quicksilver is seen with crutches, however he made a full recovery after a day.
		- **Longevity**: It is likely that Quicksilver's lifespan is also extended. According to Wolverine, he and Quicksilver met sometime after 2006, stating that Quicksilver can get into anywhere. This implies that Quicksilver ages at a slower rate and likewise has not lost any speed despite being around 67 years old.
		- **Superhuman Stamina**: Due to Quicksilver's superhumanly accelerated metabolism, his musculature is prevented from tiring or building up lactic acid or fatigue toxins.
	+ **Extreme Force Generation**: Quicksilver had enhanced momentum, which allowed him to enhance the force in his attacks, strikes, impacts, and collisions, often propelling objects or people several feet.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: Quicksilver was able to jump up high into the air without any build-up or change in speed and balance. He could easily run around his basement in a blink of an eye despite the number of stolen objects and the three X-men members coming in later. During the evacuation of the mansion, Quicksilver is capable of performing a back flip whilst carrying two students under his arms.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Quicksilver is able to use his speed to increase his strength in such a way that his blows have incredible power, to the point that he was even able to gain the upper hand on and beat up Apocalypse easily and could knock full grown men out with a simple tap from his finger. He is also capable of carrying multiple students from the X-Mansion at a time with little effort.
	+ **Molecular Acceleration**: Quicksilver is able to accelerate molecules (be it his or another's) to disrupt the inter-molecular bonds around him. This can lead to many effects such as molecular combustion upon physical contact with the target. He was able use this ability to shatter the glass above Magneto's prison cell by placing his hands on it, vibrating the glass at a high speed until it shattered.
	+ **Superhuman Metabolism**: Quicksilver's speed requires him to eat large amounts of food to maintain his energy. While saving students from the X-Mansion, he quickly devoured almost a whole pizza.
	+ **Improved Thermal Homeostasis**: Quicksilver can function in a stable internal environment that requires constant monitoring and adjustments to his condition that changes constantly, meaning he can resist the effects of friction and temperature while moving at incredible speeds.
* **Enhanced Durability**: Quicksilver's body is enhanced to survive the impact of his speed. His joints are a strong as spring steel, his bones are several times harder than calcium and his soft tissue, skin and muscle are proportionally enhanced to match. In fact, kinetic energy, inertia, friction, pressure, and vectors have absolutely no effect on him.

### Abilities

* **Combatant**: Quicksilver can infuse his super speed with physical combat, enabling him to fight at incredible speed. His attacks may cause more damage than normal due to gaining kinetic energy, and thus momentum, produced through the speed of each hit. With this simulated superhuman strength, he was able to send Apocalypse flying through the air with a single hand, and thereby repeat the process by continuously intercepting the launched target.

### Weaknesses

* **Whiplash**: Due to his incredible speed, if Quicksilver carries someone, the effects of high-speed friction caused by air resistance could injure anyone he carries. To protect his passengers, Quicksilver has to hold the back of their heads, namely their necks. During the Pentagon extraction, he holds Erik's neck to avoid causing him whiplash injury. He did the same thing with Mystique when he took her to Magneto's location while in Cairo.
* **Sufficient Force**: Despite the increased durability that Quicksilver's speed physiology grants him, sufficient force is enough to injure him. Apocalypse was capable of easily breaking his leg and dislocating his arm.
* **Complete Molecule Control**: Quicksilver is unable to accelerate the molecules of someone or something who has full control over their own molecules. This was evident when he tried to penetrate Magneto's magnetic field but was unable to due so, as Magneto, whose powers were vastly enhanced by Apocalypse, having full control over the molecules within the magnetic field.
* **Human Vulnerabilities**: Despite his powers, Quicksilver is still capable of being hurt or killed as easily as any human, whether through weapons or another combatant.

## Equipment

* **Stereobelt**: In 1973, Peter wears a Stereobelt so he can listen to his music while he is running. He can hear the music normally, even though he is running faster than human senses can perceive, presumably by making the music play fast enough to catch up with his own senses.
* **Walkman**: In 1983 Peter uses a Sony Sports Walkman, to keep up with the Walkman fad of the 1980's. The device has a belt clip, which allows Peter to clip the device onto his belt. Like the Stereobelt, Peter can use it to listen to his music while he is running. He can hear the music normally, even though he is running faster than human senses can perceive, presumably by making the music play fast enough to catch up with his own senses.
	+ **Clip On Headphones**: Peter wears clip-on headphones to listen to his music and also they don't fall off his ears even when he is running at super speed. He later uses Sony earbud headphones in 1983.
* **Duct Tape**: Peter carries duct tape with him in order to tie up his enemies. Peter uses this tape to tie up a securty guard at the Pentagon.
* **Goggles**: Peter wears silver goggles in order to protect his eyes from debris while he is running, such as water.