Monet St. Croix

## Background

### 1988 - 2003: Monet St. Croix

Monet St. Croix was the second child of the rich & eccentric Ambassador Cartier St. Croix, a Monegasque wealthy former president of several corporations & Jamila St. Croix, a descendant of Algerian royalty. Monet was born & raised in Algiers, Algeria alongside her older brother, Marius & two younger twin sisters, Claudette & Nicole. Though it was quite wrong, Monet's father always told her that she was his favorite child.

Monet & her family eventually moved to Monaco, where she & her siblings lived a lavish lifestyle in Monaco, where they each grew accustomed to the finer things that money could buy. Monet eventually developed mutant abilities when she was fifteen. Her father was aware of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning & sent Monet away to understand her powers. Monet prospered at the Institute, having always been a good student & a fast learner.

### 2003 - 2006: Hollow

While visiting home during their summer break, she encountered her brother, whose power manifested into something like that of a vampire & caused him to feed on the bone marrow of other mutants. With his own mother as his first victim, Marius turned to dark magic & took on the name Emplate. Knowing Monet had impressive mutant powers of her own, Marius offered to share his new power with Monet so that they could rule the universe together. Self-involved as any teenager could be, Monet laughed at her brother’s new form & his ludicrous offer. Outraged & filled with jealousy of Monet, he magically trapped her in the form of a mute creature with razor-sharp, diamond-hard red skin named Hollow.

Their younger sisters walked into the room to check on Monet only to find Emplate & Penance. With their sister nowhere to be found, they assumed that Marius had killed her. The sisters opened up a dimensional portal & banished Marius. Before he was pulled away, Marius told Hollow that only he could restore her true body, prompting her to jump in with him. As Hollow, Monet would become her brother's slave. In order to satisfy his hunger for genetic marrow, he would repeatedly feed on her. Despite not showing it, the experience would scar Monet deeply, leaving her suicidal years after being freed.

### 2006 - 2010: Penance

After serving her brother for three years, Hollow was dropped onto the front lawn of the Xavier Institute. She was brought inside by Moira MacTaggert, who discovered her powers as she cut her hands by trying to pick her up. As she could not communicate & seemingly didn't understand anything, Moira placed her in the infirmary as she attempted to discover her identity. As she left her to recover, Hollow awoke with one thought on her mind: survival. Tearing apart the infirmary wall & escaping, she was free. Hearing the alarms of a breach, the X-Men rushed to the infirmary & saw the extensive damage she caused during her escape. They split up in groups to search for her before she could cause further damage to the Institute. One of the students, Paige Guthrie, misjudged the situation & attempted to tackle Hollow but ended up scarring herself. Seeing the commotion, Chamber went to search for her own as he felt a bond to Hollow. The two eventually crossed paths & Jono spoke to her in an attempt to convince her that he knew how she felt, eventually succeeding in calming her down into staying with the team.

Professor Xavier soon arrived, having been away for another task. Upon meeting with the girl, he was able to find out that Hollow was in fact his former missing student Monet. Using his own powers with the help of her younger sisters, they were able to free Monet at last. Wanting to restart her life, she took on the codename Penance.

Monet returned to the Institute with a sizable attitude & a large chip on her shoulder. She quickly clashed with many of the Generation X members & often earned their irritation with her condescending attitude & occasional arrogance. Jubilee often teased that Monet only power was simply to be "perfect." In truth, Monet had survived an incredible series of ordeals, that she did not share with anyone other than Xavier. She had been enslaved at the hands of her brother, resulting in Monet becoming self-reliant, outwardly harsh & defensive to make up for her fear & insecurity.

Monet was quite sad to learn that her former boyfriend Synch sacrificed his own life to stop an exploding bomb that had been placed at the academy by Emma Frost's cruel sister, Adrienne. Learning of his death, she began to open up by acting a little more human & vulnerable around her fellow teammates. Following her graduation, she returned home. She began seeing a therapist, where she revealed that she hid behind the "Penance" persona so that others would not see how vulnerable she had become due to the lengthy amount of time she was held captive by her brother. She also engaged in a brief fling with James Madrox. The tryst did nothing to help Monet's stability as Madrox was unsure whether he or his duplicate had slept with Monet.

Afterward, Monet found her old classmate Darwin in Las Vegas. They had drinks at a bar & Darwin finally admitted his feeling towards her only to be rejected. As Darwin left the bar, Monet told him that she needed to feel something other than the pain she's encountered in life. The two ended up having sex but Monet was gone when Darwin woke up. She returned to the Xavier Institute as a sort of retreat from the life of superheroes & to wind down from recent events. The traumatic experiences helped her form a kinship with Karma, as she could relate to her pain of having a malicious brother.

### 2010: Penance

When it was revealed that her brother Emplate was behind a mysterious illness & series of abductions, Monet went to confront him. She planned to distract him long enough for him to fade away to his own dimension again but he managed to merge with Monet at the last second, cursing her with his hunger. Knowing she wished to hide her curse, Emplate warned her that he would only cooperate if she fed him. She left the Institute, not wanting to put everyone else in danger. She eventually crossed paths with Sabretooth, who promised to keep her secret & offered to let her feed on him. The two soon developed an odd relationship, with Monet frequently teasing him.

## Romantic Relationships

* Everett Thomas: Boyfriend (2003)
* Angelo Espinosa: One Night Stand (2008)
* Victor Creed: Lover (2010 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** Monet is a mutant with a wide variety of mutant powers at superhuman levels a&d representing a near-perfect human being. All of her physical skills are greater than the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete. Her mental capabilities are similarly enhanced, being beyond that of most average humans.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Despite her incredible resistance to harm, it is possible for Monet to be injured. However, she possesses a regenerative quality allowing her to heal & quickly recover from near-fatal wounds. The effect also has the added benefit of making her more resistant to toxins, disease & possibly the aging process.
	+ ***Enhanced Senses*:** Her senses are so advanced that she possesses telescopic & night vision, as well as superhuman hearing.
	+ ***Superhuman Intuitive Ability*:** M can process information quickly, giving her vast knowledge & intelligence, an accelerated learning aptitude, a knack for quickly analyzing multiple information & operating machinery, eidetic memory, the ability to read at superhuman speeds & incredible deductive and reasoning skills.
	+ ***Flight*:** Monet is able to fly through the air through sheer act of will. While her top speed is not currently known, it is at least 500 MPH. She caught up with & leisurely maintained the speed of a passenger plane carrying a suspect while inducing a psychic illusion.
	+ ***Telepathy***: M has the ability to read minds, project her thoughts into the minds of others & defensively mask her mind against telepathic intrusion.
	+ ***Telekinesis*:** M has recently displayed the ability to affect matter on a questionable scale projecting thought waves as concussive force.
	+ ***Mutant Aura Perception*:** She is capable of perceiving the auras of mutants, allowing herto distinguish them from normal humans. She chose to suppress this ability for fear it would lead her down the same path as her mutant-feeding brother, Emplate.
	+ ***Gestalt Form*:** Monet & her siblings can combine into various forms, each with varying appearances & powers.

* **High Level Intellect:** Monet possesses a high level of intelligence. She has perfect memory & superhuman intuitive skills.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** She is capable of using computers & electronic devices with ease.
	+ ***Multilingualism***: Monet is capable of speaking English & French fluently.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**: Monet is a formidable hand to hand combatant.
* **Diamond Form (formerly):** When she was Hollow, she had diamond-hard skin & extended razor-sharp claws on their fingers, toes & hair follicles that are sharp enough to shred the skin of anyone touching her. Because of the density of the skin, it also has a highly reduced capacity for physical injury, as well as a mind that is resistant to psychic intrusion. Her skin absorbs light, making her appear to be in constant shadow.

### Weaknesses

* **Mute (formerly):** AsHollow, Monet was mute & could only communicate through gestures.
* **Past Trauma:** Monet is traumatized from the suffering & pain she suffered from her brother. She later stated that she has suicidal thoughts every day because of this trauma.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** Unknown
* **Might:** Unknown
* **Quickness:** Unknown
* **Mysticism:** Unknown
* **Gadgets:** Unknown
* **Projection:** Unknown
* **Tactics:** Unknown
* **Battle:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Monet is a citizen of France, Yugoslavia, & Algeria, with passports from all three countries.
* She is a Muslim like her mother.
* Her relationship with Sabretooth is a close one but odd & rocky.
* During the three years she was Hollow, Monet did not physically age making her chronological age older than her biological one.

## Notes

* The original character of Monet St. Croix belongs to the Marvel Universe.