Thunder

Lightning (Sister)

Green Lantern (Alpha) (Maternal Uncle)

Damon Stewart (Maternal Uncle)

## **History**

### **Anissa Pierce: 1993 - 2009**

Anissa was born with a dormant meta-gene inherited from her father, Jefferson Pierce. Anissa was raised by Jeff and her loving mother Roselynn in several cities. Anissa was born in Ivy Town, Rhode Island, but moved to Midway City and Brick City where her earliest memories were forged before she would spend the rest of her formative years in Gotham City.

Early on, Anissa knew she wanted to be a costumed hero sort because her dad told her he was Black Lightning when she was six years old and would allow Anissa to help him practice his abilities in the basement of their home (while from a somewhat safe distance and with full protective gear). Tending to some of the minor injuries her father had gained during the course of his late night'early morning adventures became something of a morning ritual for Anissa and helped foster her love of medicine (and also cured her of any fear of blood).

At age nine, Anissa's sister Jennifer was born with her meta-gene already activated. Having a newborn electrokinetic in the house was truly an ordeal so Jefferson took a break from his vigilante pursuits to be a stay-at-home dad during Jennifer's earliest years. This disappointed Anissa for several reasons. Not only did she missed out on the father/daughter time due to a newborn and Jefferson's need to help wrangle in Jennifer's powers, but it also was a loss of time where Anissa could train with her dad. Eventually, Anissa began to fear she was not a metahuman like her father since she was born before the fateful lightning bolt struck her father and she feared her dream of being a costumed crusader was just that: a dream.

Though Jefferson would return to being Black Lightning, Anissa had nearly given upon that dream and she began to develop into a normal teenager. Well, almost normal. While most girls her age wanted to talk about boys, Anissa found herself attracted to the other girls. When Anissa came out to her best friend, the best friend's boyfriend decided to take offense and decided to corner Anissa on her walk home. Before Jefferson could intervene, the first punch was thrown and the bones in the boy's hand shattered against Anissa's jaw.

## **Powers, Abilities, Equipment, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Metahuman Physiology:** Inheriting her a metagene from her father, Anissa is capable of controlling the density of her body, without affecting her size or shape.

* **Self-Hardness Manipulation:**
	+ **Invulnerability:**
		- **Immobility:**
		- **Regenerative Healing Factor:**
	+ **Supernatural Strength:**
		- **Shockwave Stomp:** Anissa legs are thickly muscled, allowing her to do massive damage by kicking something or someone or she can use them to create seismic shocks by stomping the ground. As a result, Anissa can generate shockwaves with a strength of 7.5 on the Richter Scale, or 9.5 if near a fault line.
		- **Supernatural Leap:** Thunder is able to use his highly developed leg muscles to leap great distances. Thunder becomes denser, her strength increases considerably, which means she can jump farther than usual. Thunder has transposed about 1,000 miles with a single leap, and she jumped on top of the Mount Everest from ground level.

### **Weaknesses**

**Suffocation:** Although her body is indestructible, Anissa still has a normal metabolism and respiratory system. She's therefore vulnerable to choking, suffocation, and drowning the same as any other human being such as when she fought New Wave.