Anissa Pierce

## Background

### 1995 - 2009: Anissa Pierce

Anissa was born on June 28, 1995 to Lynn Stewart & Jefferson Pierce in Freeland, GA. Though born in Freeland, she spent little time here as her family eventually moved to Metropolis when she was a toddler then added a new family member in the form of Anissa' younger sister Jennifer.

She grew up in bliss of her father's former activities as a crimefighting vigilante, just as her mother wanted. But he couldn't stay away from long. No matter, Anissa still retained a normal childhood. She soon found out who her father was in middle school but he refused to let her following his footsteps.

After returning home from school one day, Anissa's hands began glowing with electricity, before she accidentally broke the sink. She confided in her father, who told her to keep things under wraps & he would help her with her newfound powers. They soon realized her powers were related to her emotions. if she was extremely shaken, upset or excited then her strength was triggered. and she tossed the robber into several shelves. Happy to have stopped a crime, she smiled and took her medicine to the counter

Jefferson & Anissa began testing out her powers, initially having little luck, before learning to take breaths & hit her targets, filming it all so she could review it later. Knowing that she could control herself better with more help, Jefferson allowed her to join the Titans that fall.

## Personality

Anissa is proven to be like her father, extremely intelligent & an open-minded individual. She is not afraid in standing up for what she believes in such as protesting The 100. Anissa is also brave but this tends to get her in trouble with both the gang & the police as a result of her hot-headedness. She is very protective of other individuals, whether it is her family or stranger. She once in the second grade kicked her teacher in the leg because she thought that he had made one of her friends cry. She has also been shown to be very selfless.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology:** Anissa is capable of controlling the density of her body, without affecting her size or shape. She can trigger this through her breathing.
	+ ***Invulnerability*:** She can increase the density of her body to make herself immovable & completely invulnerable.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength*:** She can trigger her strength through holding her breath & has proven powerful enough to flip a car upside-down. Whenever she uses her powers, her hands start to glow. Anissa has shown to become so strong that she can lift and throw a military tank.
		- ***Super Leaping*:** She can use her strength to launch or propel herself into the air.
		- ***Stomp Induced Shockwaves*:** Anissa can generate shockwaves by stomping hard from where she is presently positioned, inducing loud tremors that can be heard & felt over a large area.
		- ***Thunder Clap:*** She can also produce shockwaves by clapping her hands together. These shockwaves produce enough force to push people or objects away & knock them down.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** She can regenerate her cells at an accelerated rate.
* **Acrobatics:** Since becoming Thunder, Anissa has developed free-running skills and could drop from a height of several feet without injuring herself. Her skills allow her to fluidly dodge and attack from different directions without losing balance.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Anissa was taught by her father on how to protect herself. Anissa has been shown to possess impressive martial arts skills, as she was able to single-handedly flip a member of The 100 onto the ground. Her fighting style seems to include Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Karate, Aikido, Muay Thai, Ju-Jutsu, Krav Maga & Judo.
* **Investigation:** Anissa is an excellent investigator, as she follows every lead & rumor to discover the truth.
* **Lip Reading:** Anissa has been shown to be good at reading lips, after having taken a lip reading class so that she would know what the police are saying if she is in a protest.
* **Medicine:** Anissa is a trained medical student, making her more than capable of keeping a level head in situations of blood & gore.
* **Multilingualism:** She can speak French fluently & can hold her own in a Spanish conversation.
* **Thunder Suit:** Anissa bought herself a makeshift suit to protect her & hide her identity from enemies. Once her parents discovered her powers, they had Gambi make her a suit. The suit is made of a breathable Kevlar weave, so that when Anissa's "not bulletproof, she'll still be bulletproof." The suit is also fireproof, water-resistant & has state-of-the-art neural interface technology stitched into the lining so that Gambi is able to monitor Anissa's vitals from the tailor shop's basement.

### Weaknesses

* **Breath Control:** All of Anissa's powers, except for her accelerated healing factor, are triggered when she inhales deeply. Because of this, when she is in between breaths, she is as vulnerable as a human.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 10 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* She wears a blonde wig when she operated as Thunder.
* Anissa hates puzzles.
* She is good friends with Beth Chapel.