Suzanne Chan

Moira MacTaggert (Guardian)

Salem Center, NY

## Background

### **1989 - 2003: Suzanne Chan**

Suzanne, or Suzi, was the daughter of David & Emily Chan. Her parents were originally from Hong Kong & became naturalized US citizens after living in California for 20 years. Shortly after starting her freshman year of high school, her father received a promotion that would require him to relocate across the country to New York City. Her mother was in no rush to move & wanted Suzanne to finish her school year or at least wait until after Christmas break. On the other hand, Suzanne was excited to be moving as she loved big cities.

During the Christmas break, after her father got settled, Suzanne & her mother flew out to New York to see the big city. David was showing them around in Chinatown when both him & Emily were gunned down in a crossfire between gangs. Although she was no more than a few feet from her parents, Suzanne didn't have a scratch on her.

After the shooting, the police brought Suzanne into the station as they figured out what to do with her. But all she could think about was how when the shooting started, she stopped the bullets midair then moved herself out of the way. While fascinated with her new power, she then grew devastated as she wasn't able to prevent her parents death. She soon became inconsolable about it so the police placed her in the hospital on 48 hour psychiatric hold so they could observe her. She mostly just cried & sleep the whole time.

Once her hold finished, the police told her that they looked into the shooting & had no leads on her parents' killers. Upset, she left the police station before child services could arrive & went back to the spot of her parents' death. Her powers suddenly activated again & she was able to see past events of the area, including her parents' deaths. As the shooting replayed, Suzanne began to follow the phantom car throughout the city. When she arrived at the house, she looked inside to see the killers celebrating. Suzanne then called the police & when they arrived, the gang opened fire but Suzanne used her powers to freeze the bullets & save the officers. The police were able to arrest everyone & brought Suzanne back to the station again.

Realizing the girl needed more than just child services, the detective made a call to Dr. Moira MacTaggert to come meet the young teenager. Moira then offered Suzanne a chance to train her powers & a place to stay among other teens like her. She took her up on her offer & began going by the codename Sway.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** She can control time within her immediate vicinity.
	+ ***Temporal Stasis*:** She can stop time in minute radiuses. This enabled her to stop objects entirely, freezing projectiles in mid-air & immobilize her enemies.
	+ ***Temporal Deceleration***
	+ ***Time Replay*:** She could replay recent past events in short bursts, witnessing them as ghostly images.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Energy Projection:**  4 - High / Trained
* **Strategy:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Fighting Ability:** 4 - High / Trained

## Trivia

* Her best friend is Ella Hansen. The two were roommates back when they were students. They both bonded over the fact that they were orphans came to look to each other as family.
* Sway has a power ranking of 52, classifying her as Power Level 2 / Low Threat.

## Notes

* The original character of Suzanne Chan belongs to the Marvel Universe.