Laura Todd

## Background

### 2006 - 2014: Laura James

Laura grew up in Gotham with her abusive mother. She had never met her father & remember her mom saying that he wasn't worth knowing. Her mom's feelings towards him & his absence led to increased desire in Laura for a father, with her becoming attached to older male figures.

When Gotham was declared No Man's Land, Laura's mother almost sold her for money but changed her mind. Though she did it for her own selfish reasons, she never stopped reminding Laura that she was the reason she was still around.

### 2014 - 2017: Laura James

In short, things sucked for Laura & when her metagene activated, things went worse. Her mother decided that she could use this to her advantage & sold Laura to some dummy company for a couple of thousands dollars. She wouldn't know it but it was one of the many fronts for CADMUS. For nearly four years, Laura poked & prodded by various scientists that tried to get a knowing of her powers.

The nightmare that had become her life would end when one of the doctors began feeling sympathetic towards the child. She freed Laura & released her before she was killed herself. Out on her own, Laura did her best to survive.

Months later, Laura would end up in the Narrows of Gotham alongside other kids, forming a pseudo family. She was extremely protective of them, doing her best to always defend them. She felt they treated her way better than her mother as no one was ever mean to her or raised their hand at her.

Laura would first meet Jason Todd when she was ten. It started with passing hellos & Jason eventually became curious as the girl was always by herself or with a different teen every time. Knowing her usual spot, Jason began to purposely sit there to wait for her & was able to get a conversation out of her sometimes. Laura would always disappear at the last minute as she didn't want to become close with him.

One day, a man would threaten one of her friends after accusing him of stealing from him. As he began beating on the kid, Laura went into a blind rage that would lead to the death of the man. Inconsolable that she killed someone, Laura eventually found Jason at their normal spot. After explaining what happened, Jason took Laura & brought her to see his father. She went on to explain her childhood to the two men, going into details about her abuse & the men she had killed.

Seeing the girl was just lost, Jason brought Laura with him back to the Wayne Penthouse to live with him. Bruce continued looking into her past but would eventually find a large gap in her story as there were years of records missing. Bruce has continued running tests on the girl with her permission to fully understand the scope of her powers.

## Powers & Abilities

* ​​​**Enhanced Intellect:** Laura possesses intelligence higher than the average human. Her ability to process, react, memorize, deduce, analyze & simply comprehend to enhanced levels, able access any thoughts faster & more efficiently than normal human levels.
* **Regenerative Healing:** She heals at a much faster rate, though to what extent is undetermined.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Laura's strength is at superhuman levels. When the autopsy was done on the man she accidentally killed, it looked as if he had been hit with the strength of a large truck.

### Weaknesses

* ​​​​​​**Power Control:** As a young girl, Laura is still trying to get a hold of her powers & be careful in case there are new ones.
* **Rage:** Like her surrogate father, she sometimes loses control when she's upset. When a man began savagely assaulting her friend, she went blind with rage & accidentally killed him with her superhuman strength.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Range:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strategy:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Combat:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **TOTAL:** 49 - Threat Level 1 / Minimal Threat

## Trivia

* As a promise to Laura, Jason had the children taken in to foster care funded by the Wayne Foundation until they found them families.
* She's very stubborn but knows when to admit that she needs help.
* With her permission, Bruce has been running tests to see the full scope of her powers. He's found that she's nearly incapable of injury.
* Laura is kind of the cause of Jason & Donna's break up.
* Artemis legally adopted Laura after her & Jason had been together for two years. It took some time but Bruce helped with all the paperwork & legal issues. Jason would've adopted her himself but he couldn't due to being legally deceased.
* When Jason & Bruce went to go investigate the man's death, they found he died of a blunt force trauma. Laura's friends said she only hit the man about four times but the impact & placement of the hits caused him to die.

## Notes

* *Earth-44 Explanation: Originally, Laura Todd was an original character that received some inspiration from Laura Kinney. Now that I have officially decided to incorporate the Marvel Universe, I reworked her backstory to fit with the comics though it is now CADMUS that did her cloning & not the Weapon X program. Then I changed my mind back & wanted to separate characters so now there is a Laura Todd & a Laura Kinney.*
* To view the 2030 version of the character, click HERE.