Ripley (Lucas Jones) (Earth-919)

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*The only child of the notorious Private Investigator, Jessica Jones, Lucas "Ripley" Jones had taken his mothers path in life, following in her footsteps of becoming a Private Investigator, and going under the same agency name, "Alias Investigation".*

Whether following her career path is always in question in Ripley's mind, always wondering if being a Private Investigator was the right choice for him. Jones has made many enemies throughout his career and has faced death in the eyes many times due to some of his predicaments and bad choices all throughout his life.

## Appearance

Ripley has short hair, however there are numerous noticeable small scars on the back and sides of his head. He has large wounds on his sides from either being shot or stabbed from trying to play the hero at times. He wears a gold and onyx insignia ring (as pictured) at all times, a gift from his mother.

## Relationships

Having made many "friends" due to his job, it is equal with the amount of enemies he has made.

To many people, Ripley is called an asshole and overly sarcastic, for better or for worse. Jones is known to crack a joke at horrible times, which has gotten him a few slaps and punches in the past. Not necessarily liking the comfort of other people, Ripley tends to "tolerate" everyone, much like his mother did.

Corriane Anders (Blue Blisstol) - Acquaintance, ally.

## Abilities

* **Superhuman Strength:** Ripley is glaringly, obviously and is unnaturally stronger than his human counterparts due to his genetics given to him at birth. Ripley's capabilities are pushed beyond their natural level; making him immensely stronger than normal humans. Jones has been able to lift vehicles with no apparent struggle, however rarely showcases his strength in public.
* **Enhanced Durability:** Ripley's physical durability is extremely high, allowing him to take numerous blows of external or internal assaults before succumbing to the effects.
* **Flight:** Ripley is able to fly, however is afraid of heights and will never use it, even in dire circumstances. He would rather catch a taxi to get where he wants to instead.
* **Telepathic Resistance:** Ability to fight off telepathic intrusion and manipulation.
* **Accelerated Healing:**
* **Superhuman Longevity:**

## Skills

* **Enhanced Unarmed Combat:** Ripley excels in melee attacks without wielding weapons. Rather than relying on weapons or equipment, he draws on his own strength and skill to fight. Jones is able to use different styles of martial arts, perform many different combination strikes, counters, and disarm foes with his bare hands. When in a fight in which he doesn't want to almost kill anyone, Ripley will lessen his punches, and hope for the best.
* **Interrogation and Investigation:** Being a private investigator like his mother, Ripley has great skills with investigation and interrogation.

## Weaknesses

* **Alcoholism:** From the long hours of his job, he had taken up drinking as a part time job along side his private investigating.
* **Constant Training:** To keep his strength and his hand to hand combat at his peak, he needs to train for numerous hours a week. This annoys his neighbours.
* **Enhanced Durability:** If he has been hit a few times, he won't feel the effects of them for a while. But after a fight, the effects will hit him like a brick wall, and will be more painful by tenfold.

## History

Raised in the foster care system from the young age of thirteen, Lucas Jones was a hellraiser that no one wanted. Jessica Jones, the owner of Alias Investigation in Hell's Kitchen was notorious for taking jobs for shady people, not coming home for days or even weeks at a time - to no bother of her son. Jessica loved Lucas, doing anything she could to get him out of the horrible city of Manhattan as quick as she could.

The other habitants of the apartment complex took care of Lucas, treating them like their own son. They despised his mother for leaving for long periods of time, some even threatening to send him away to a "family that would actually love him more than her." As much as they pleaded, she didn't listen. Lucas was taught how to survive by himself without having to rely on other people in order to get by, learning how to fight for himself and how to get back up and patch himself up after getting knocked down by those who thought they were better and bigger than him.

The last memory Lucas had of his mother was the pair sitting down and watching their favourite movie together, Alien. She always joked about calling him Ripley, purely because Ellen Ripley and Lucas had shared the same luscious curls when he was a little kid. The week before officers came to the doors of Alias Investigation and declared his mother apparently deceased. The apartment had its rent paid off, for a few years - just long enough until he had hit eighteen funnily enough, raising speculation that she could have been alive - however was proven wrong at the funeral. She didn't have much to give Ripley in physical items, apart from the apartment and her gold and onyx ring that she wore adorned around her neck.

The foster system wasn't rough for him, a true Hellraiser like his mother taught him how to be. No one wanted to adopt him, and every foster family he was put in quickly sent him back because of his defiant attitude towards everyone.

The one gift Lucas couldn't handle for a long time were the powers that progressively grew inside him much like his mother. In Lucas' first ever fist fight, he completely shattered another child's jaw after barely throwing a punch while defending himself.

It didn't take long to get a hand on his newly found abilities, finding out that people couldn't hurt him as easily as they thought. Ripley thought he was just strong, but was proven wrong when he was shot during his first dangerous Private Investigating gig when he was seventeen and not budging until after the shocking pain settled in, which then only took days at most to completely heal.

Currently Ripley follows in his mothers footsteps, making enemies and taking Private Investigation jobs like Jessica did under the same name - Alias Investigation. He's survived well so far miraculously, and would prefer to keep it that way for a few more years if he can help it.

## Equipment

* Gold Brass Knuckles.
* Black Onyx Ring.
* Black leather jacket.

## Trivia & Quotes

* Lucas didn't originally like being called Ripley by his mother as a child but quickly grew to like it; showing great likeliness to Ellen Ripley.
* Ripley knows how to play both the piano and guitar, but chooses not to.

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