Clark Cabellero

Clark Cabellero is a Lieutenant of Team Lucifer. He is one of the 12 current Level 5 Superhumans at H.E.R.O.

## Background

### Origins

Clark was a teacher before he joined H.E.R.O. approximately 5 years ago after gaining his powers. His powers were highly versatile and lent themselves well to Bramon Xanthe's research. Multiple innovations including weapons, gadgets, and medications were developed from his powers and he was considered a very useful member. However until Xanthe was able to design weapons that could channel his powers he was usually relegated to support roles during combat assignments.

He and Alexis Allaband are frequently paired together on missions and seem to get on fairly well. Their reputation for laziness has won them the moniker "The Do Nothing Duo". However, he does deeply believe in H.E.R.O.'s professed interest in being good and helping people and is notably uncomfortable with Xanthe's utilitarianism and Bernhardt's superhuman supremacist views. He's also gets along well with other people so was often chosen to be Dexter, Claudia, and Tiffany's bodyguard.

### First Arcs

If the MC hits Dead End 1, Alexis and Clark arrive to kill him before Malik incinerates his body.

### Frat House Massacre

**Clark** and Alexis Allaband are first seen waiting for Ella Vulpe after she leaves the MC to deal with the rampaging Kenny at the frat house. They had been being tipped off by fellow Team Lucifer member, Lochan Deus. Announcing that they knew Ella was a superhuman, they demanded she come with them. Ella promptly refuses, beginning a fight.

Ella handles them both quite easily, to the point that both lieutenants realized that they would not be able to stop her if she decided to run. Deciding that eliminating her had taken priority, Alexis decides to take the Evolution Serum Bramon Xanthe gave them. Clark is not being thrilled with being a test dummy for the new drug but follows suit. The duo rapidly evolve to Level 5, terrifying Ella. As she prepares to flee, Clark imbues Alexis with his energy allowing her to summon a massive skyscraper tall "Blade Spire" out of the ground. The emergence causes a magnitude 7.0 earthquake and blasts Ella into the clouds and obliterates her form. While she ultimately survived, she drops her pills resulting in a surge of monster across Sector 1 over the following weeks. Both Alexis and Clark commiserate over the obvious chewing out they were going to get from their bosses for so spectacularly failing their mission.

Clark and Alexis are both then sent undercover at R&X University to try and uncover the disguised MC. Clark takes a position as a combat instructor. He is spotted and recognized by Tiffany Miliken who immediately questions why someone affiliated with her father would take on such a lowly assignment. He takes advantage of the MC approaching Tiffany to avoid further questioning and swiftly leaves. Clark isn't particularly good at keeping a low profile however as he is immediately suspected by Brianna Carson for having no qualifications to be a combat instructor. He isn't really able to get any extra information from the students either and is generally bad at the mission. However, he is happy to hear that Alexis has found Jake and that he was a prospect to be initiated to H.E.R.O., even if he wasn't the MC.

Meanwhile, Bramon Xanthe was working on a scheme to release tracked M22: Minyak specimens into the Sector to try and find out what exactly is luring them into the region. One of these released monsters attack a civilian and Clark interferes, killing the monster. Alexis angrily asks him why he did that and Clark - uncomfortable with a scheme that puts people in danger - says that "we're supposed to be heroes". Xanthe is absolutely furious at the two and angrily reprimands Clark for letting a small thing like civilian deaths get in the way of monster research. Clark pushes back saying that Alexis and his new Level 5 powers make them more than a match for the S Class and that they don't need this meaningless research, especially once the remaining Captains and Lieutenants take the serum. Xanthe tells them that they don't know the full picture and tells them to find another M22 and implant it with a tracker. He would find someone else to do the tracking. The next day, when the duo are patrolling Sector 1, they are seen by both Tiffany and the MC in full H.E.R.O. gear. While the two don't realize the significance of the gear, it increases both Tiffany and the MC's suspicions that they are superhumans.

Clark is also seen when the MC visits Tiffany's house. He greets the MC before warning him about getting too involved with Tiffany's business.

A little later, the two superhumans are pulled out of the university after making a recruiting pitch to Jake.

### Jake Arc

A few weeks later when the MC is fighting the fused minyak in the sewers, he can be swallowed by its giant form. If that happens, Clark destroys the giant minyak (with the MC in it) leading to Dead End 16. When the MC wins, Clark appears in front of him in the sewers afterwards and congratulates him on a job well done. He asks for the body of the monster. If the MC gives it to him, Clark mentions that the MC is doing good work and will give him a way to contact H.E.R.O.. If the MC refuses and attacks Clark, the Level 5 superhuman gives him a warning to back off before instantly killing him - Dead End 17.

Later Clark is seen running into Alexis and Jake as she is bringing Jake into H.E.R.O. to be recruited. His is welcoming and engages Jake in conversation as they move deeper into the building. He also introduces Jake to the rest of Team Lucifer when they walk by. He then leaves to go report on his latest job, promising to rejoin the two in a few minutes. Jake takes this opportunity to use his powers to nudge Alexis into giving him a tour of the research labs (a forbidden area). Alexis shrugs and does so but Clark finds the two and quickly admonishes her. Noticing her lapse she quickly rounds on Jake, realizing that he used her powers on her. She attacks him, only be repelled by Ella who was hiding within Jake's clothes. Ella quickly rams Alexis through several rooms before summoning a M33: Hexenringe to keep her occupied. She then tries to attack Clark, who blasts away the flesh. He is surprised to see that she is still alive but tries to take a reasonable stance; telling her the she can't beat him as a Level 4 and that even if she did there were 11 other Level 5s to contend with. That, backed up by H.E.R.O.'s massive resources meant that she simply didn't have a chance. He even reveals that H.E.R.O. is aware of who she was and just didn't prioritize eliminating her. He then offers her a chance to surrender and tell them how she gets monsters to cooperate with her. Surprised at how little Clark knew, Ella just tosses a bottle of her pills to him before quickly making her escape. He asks Alexis to stop her but she is delayed by the teleporting monster, allowing Ella to get enough distance to escape to the surface, transform into a flying form and leave with Jake. Clark and Alexis observe Ella's flight away from atop massive pillars of iron that Alexis grew. Alexis tells Clark to shoot Ella down and he complies, firing a massive blast of light that hits and causes an enormous explosion. Knowing that it likely had not killed Ella, Clark orders multiple teams to search the area she fell in and report in so he could come in a finish the job.

Clark is later seen escorting Tiffany Miliken to H.E.R.O. to begin her ascension process.

### H.E.R.O Arc

Clark isn't seen again until Tiffany's wedding. He is invited since he'd known the family quite well and was happy to see Tiffany get married. When asked he wasn't in formal wear, he said that he has to get right back to hunt after the ceremony. He talks about how there was probably an ulterior motive to having the captains here - to make sure that the guests are safe from monster attacks. He unfortunately has to leave before the actual ceremony begins.

### Battle of Diamonds

Clark is instrumental in H.E.R.O.'s battle plan to take down Ella. Using a device created by Bramon Xanthe; he is able to safely imbue a huge amount of his power into Alice Alderman who then uses it - with Nico's help - to channel a massive graviton bomb to blast a hole into Hex's dimension. He is then evacuated to the medical area to recover before giving all his remaining energy to Nico. He then passes out. He is unscathed in the Bat monsters attack on the medical area, his Level 5 body too tough for their spines to penetrate. He is presumably evacuated after the battle and recovers his power.

### Twins Arc

Clark asks the MC to help him find a monster hiding in the sewers. Depending on the MC's choices Clark either hunts it alongside him before the MC finds it and Clark kills it with a single light blast or Clark empowers the MC and lets him hunt it on his own. Regardless, afterwards Clark meets up with the MC at H.E.R.O. H.Q and has lunch with him. The two chat and Clark can either tell the MC about his own powers or the other Level 5s.

## Powers and Abilities

Clark is a very powerful superhuman. He is one of 12 Level 5 superhumans at H.E.R.O. and a lieutenant of Team Lucifer. However he does imply that he one of the weaker ones in direct combat and is far more useful supporting the ones who have less efficient energy consumption for their powers.

### Human Abilities

Clark has nearly 5 years of experience as a combatant. Until Bramon Xanthe perfected combat gear for him he didn't typically engage in the front lines and was a fast support battery. Over that time, he has fought many different kinds of monsters and has shown to be quite knowledgeable and levelheaded. While on the lazier side, he is a quick study and a capable teacher and has identified efficient uses for his powers.

### General Superhuman Abilities

As a Level 5 superhuman, Clark's body is incredibly durable. This is especially magnified since since powers naturally boost the performance of superhumans. He also likely has the standard suite of superhuman senses and enhancements.

### Level 5 Abilities

Clark's ability is called Imbued Light. He constantly produces and radiates blue and yellow light from his body. When he chooses to shine his light on someone, or something, it rejuvenates them and magnifies their power. The monster that is the source of his power shines a light that grants life and energy and strength. It's like other superhumans/monsters are plants and superhumans/monsters of this line are like the sun feeding them. Clark can also take it a step further. He can actually infuse others with his light directly, allowing them to shine all by themselves, even when he isn't around. This also ensures he is not benefiting his opponents accidentally.

When required to fight Clark can enhance himself with the light making him very fast, even among the level 5's. He can also use Imbued Light to power up his plasma guns or power blades or other specific gear that the tech team developed for him. This allows him to be quite dangerous in direct combat but generally supporting others is still his strongest suit. Without his gear he is restricted to physical prowess but he is still quite dangerous, able to use his light to block attacks, burn away projectiles, and strengthen his blows.

Clark's moves have been collected below:

## Trivia

* His powers are quite similar to that of Tiffany Miliken.