Thermo

Colonel **Raymond James Reyes** is a former Paramour colonel and former member of Hydra who was injected with cosmic serum by Zemo which gave him the ability of fire thus taking on the name **Thermo**.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

**Artificially Enhanced Physiology**: The Cosmic Serum enhanced all of Reyes's bodily functions, such as his strength, speed, senses, durability, agility, stamina, reflexes, and healing. The Cosmic Serum also healed all of his ailments, physical and genetic imperfections instantly, giving him a perfect body better than that of a man in his physical prime. It also prevents him from getting intoxicated by poison, meaning he cannot get poisoned. The Cosmic Serum permanently transformed him from a frail young man into the "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning.

* **Pyrokinesis**: Reyes absorbs thermal energy and can utilize it for physical strength. The cells of a normal human body convert energy from food stuffs into a form of energy usable by the body. Apparently, Reyes can store thermal-derived energy in his cells through the same or a similar method, and release it whenever necessary.
	+ **Thermal Energy Absorbtion**: Reyes possesses the ability to absorb the thermal energy which his body absorbs, by which he takes the thermal energy and uses it for a variety of related purposes.
		- **Thermal Form**: When Reyes absorbs enough thermal energy, he can be transformed into a humanoid sun, giving him great power.
		- **Enhanced Strength**: When Reyes's cells are powered by thermal energy, he is able to augment his physical strength. Reyes proved strong enough to send a Smiley Men flying through the air, break a chapel bench, and use a piece of wood to hit the Demon Bear, causing the creature to stagger a bit.
		- **Enhanced Durability**: Reyes's transformation increases his physical durability. His body is extremely hard, managing to support pieces of wood and concrete that were flying towards him due to the attack of the Chitauri.
		- **Flight**: In his fiery form, Reyes is able to com-bust his feet to achieve flight, with this ability, he is able to achieve speeds comparable to those of jets. He can accelerate up to supersonic speeds capable of catching up with faster beings such as the Mass Man while in the Earth's orbit. During his chase of the Mass Man, he could keep up with him from Brooklyn to Germany, travelling 232 miles in about 15 seconds. This means Reyes can reach or succeed speeds of Mach 14.5. He can also discharge concussive blasts of heat most notably in the case of his human candle punch.
		- **Thermokinesis**: Reyes is able to project heat in intense waves when he absorbs and re-channels thermal energy from any part of his body to raise the temperature.
		- **Fire and Heat Immunity**: Reyes is immune to all forms of heat and fire as they simply add to his abilities and his mutant metabolism is able to simply convert these two forms and augment his abilities.

#### Abilities

* **Master Combatant**: Reyes was able to hold his own against Plasmic, an Enhanced former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent highly trained in combat, though the use of his plasma powers left him to resort to transforming into Thermo to defeat him. The second time he fought him, he did manage to defeat his without transforming by fracturing his arm with a car engine and knocking him out, showing he was more willing to injure him since he mentioned his brother. Also, his arm was weakened by his repeated use of his powers, with the subsequent pain from it allowing him to beat him easier. In addition, he overpowered multiple thugs unarmed, with him saying that it was him and not Thermo that was doing the fighting. He even body slammed one of them, charging into him and lifting him up to slam him into a wall.
* **Master Assassin**: Reyes is one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s greatest assassins, having once been assigned to kill Curtis Hatchet, a notorious master assassin, and was assigned to be a special agent in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigation of the axe that was found in New Mexico, having been able to neutralize Voltor in the event that Phil Coulson had ordered it. Reyes was also able to fight off other assassins such as Shadow Witch, who made a name for herself just by coming close to killing him. While under HYDRA's mind control, Reyes stealthily eliminated the armed security guarding the museum in Germany holding Vjølter. Reyes also swiftly killed many Chitauri, HYDRA operatives, Ulysses Klaue's mercenaries, Ultimate Sentries, and Outriders. After his family's death, Reyes dedicated himself to using his ability to murder any criminal that survived the Snap. Reyes was able to eliminate a whole gang of terrorist gangsters without them even being able to pull out their guns in retaliation, a feat which Miss Ride initially believed to be the work of an entire rival gang. He was even able to take down numerous enemies who were all firing at him when he targeted the Hatchet Tower, showing his skill in weapons other than archery, such as throwing stars and swords. Reyes' killing instinct frightened Carson Hatchet to the point where he reconsidered trying to find him. Ultimately, he proved his worth alongside the Avengers one last time by effectively killing several Outriders after Cricket demolished the Hatchet Tower.
* **Master Marksman**: Reyes is an outstanding all;around marksman, tremendously skilled in wielding both conventional firearms and archery bows with unerring accuracy due to his keen eyesight and impeccable hand;eye coordination. Reyes is capable of firing multiple arrows in a few seconds, strike enemies' weak points with extreme accuracy and directly hit small targets in the greatest of distances, even precisely shoot down a Chitauri Chariot without even looking at it. Reyes was able to aim and hit many Chitauri troopers and Ultimate Sentries in the head. Reyes is a left;handed bowman, meaning he holds the flames with his right hand and draws the aim with his left. Reyes once used drones, which he has been shown to wear on either arm. Reyes is also able at throwing any projectile with the same unerring accuracy, as seen with Reyes scoring a bullseye with three darts simultaneously thrown without effort and perfectly throwing Captain Eclipse's shields with similar precision. Reyes also used shuriken when going under a samurai;inspired guise, taking down enemies at long range. During his retirement, he often played golf where he claimed to hit a hole;in;one every single time, proving that he is also able to make perfect shots with projectiles that don't require throwing or shooting.
* **Master Tactician**: Reyes was recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D.leadership abilities, strategic prowess and has been trained in military tactics. Reyes was able to command a team of operatives under the unwitting control of Zemo to heist a vault in Germany, steal several other raw materials and infiltrate the Helicarrier with esteemed success, often using diversions to accomplish his goals. During the Battle of New York, Stark asked Reyes for tactical input on evading Chitauri Chariots. Peggy Carter has even stated that Reyes does not usually require an extraction plan on his S.H.I.E.L.D. missions due to his competence and ability to formulate his own escape plans. When tasked with rescuing Ruby Maxima from the Hatchet Tower, Reyes formulated a well orchestrated plan to distract Future, break into the facility, trap Vision and rescue Ruby. Reyes even had countermeasures in place when the plan didn't go accordingly, which was to get Maxima to defeat Future with her abilities.
* **Master Acrobat**: Reyes is highly athletic and agile, capable of complex acrobatic maneuvers. Reyes was able to react and successfully evade Zemo's attacks by jumping out of the way before it hit him. He could also fire a grappling hook arrow and swing through a window, deftly flip off the roof of a car and over an Ultron Sentry, and fire an arrow while jumping backward. During the airport battle, Reyes evaded a blast from Exotic Man mid;air after jumping and rolling onto storage crates. When the Hatchet Tower was attacked, Reyes was able to fight off all of the Outriders while scaling upwards, jumping off the walls and even turning and slicing one in half while in mid;air.
* **Master Pilot**: Reyes is an accomplished pilot, able to fly a Quinjet even when a fierce battle was going on and even receiving cargo into the Quinjet while piloting it in mid;air. Reyes was also the one usually piloting the Quinjet before he left the team.