Bailey Dennings

### Allies

Dave (formerly), Ronan, the Demolitions, Carol Wilcox, Anthony Ruth, Baby Intelligence

### Enemies

Peint, The Asteroid, Patrick Morgan, Mr. Stupid NoHead, Annabeth Black

### Type of Character

Teenage War Rogue
Supportive Sidekick

### Notable quote(s)

"By all means, I'll never make a joke again."

"*You want killing to end, you have to do a little more of it, and now! I ask you. I ask you all. Will you stay pinned under the Lord of the North's undeserving, zit-ridden arms, or will you make the NoHeads see the stars? We can submit or we can raise our horn, and right now, I'm living the horn life!! No pun intended. Shall we do it? SHALL WE CHALLENGE THEIR AUTHORITY?!* ARE WE READY???!!!'**"**
―Bailey Dennings' iconic speech to the Police Grand Army[src]

"*I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. It's okay, we're just Fobbles!*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
**Bailey Dennings** is a supporting character in The Super Babies Saga and the protagonist and narrator of *Demolition One* and a background heroine in *The Marauder*, and an accountant and former student of architecture, and the daughter of Celeste and Terrance Dennings. Desperate to get away from her abusive guardian, Dennings took off with Ronan and the Demolitions, and she helped them take down Adolf Hitler, the Asteroid, and their secretive benefactor Peint, thereby preventing the Expansion from ever taking place. In 2030, she became an assistant to Anthony Ruth, Daniel Murrell, and Carol Wilcox when they followed similar careers. While working with the designers, Dennings came into contact with the Police Grand Army when Baby Intelligence converged, only to be tailed by deadly forces. Dennings and Wilcox became focused on understanding the Dam of Demolitions and when Baby Intelligence returned, Dennings assisted him in his war against the NoHeads and proved crucial to securing the Eastern Field. Returning to school, Dennings would later graduate with a doctorate and become wedded to Murrell.

## Biography

### Early life

#### Infancy

"*Me? I'm turning 21 this year. June thirteenth has always been my favorite day of the year.*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
Bailey Dennings was born in Germany on June 13, 2013 to Celeste and Terrance Dennings. When she was three years of age, her parents moved to Austria, as Terrance was in the military. In 2020, her mother died in a car crash. Therefore, she was raised solely by her father and they moved to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania of the United States of America. Feeling sentimental, Bailey hid away some of her books.

#### Life at [*blank - content needed*] Road

"*I am used to death threats, dude. I get them fifteen or sixteen times a week at home.*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
However, when her father died in a workplace accident, she was raised by her godmother. However, her godmother was abusive towards Dennings. She was threatened many times during her time with her godmother and later told one of the Demolitions that she was accustomed to death threats, because she received them 'fifteen or sixteen times a week' from her godmother. Her godmother also swore frequently, a habit which would negatively impact her goddaughter, and she was cited to overreact to everything, such as assuming she had done criminal activities in response to what was really the immediate aftermath of a bloody nose. Dennings's childhood is described as "uncertain and courageous". Despite her limited training, Dennings perfected her use of a pistol.

For an unknown period of time, Bailey was stalked by a perverse boy named Nick, making her furious. When she was twelve years old, she was forced to dance with him. She eventually sought advice from the Dark Priest, who told her she had done nothing wrong and encouraged her to be less apologetic about standing for the things she firmly believed in. As she started puberty just around this time (later citing she started menstruating a year before the Expansion), her home life in general seemed to have drastic negative effects on her mental health.

### Demolitions

#### Meeting Ronan

Thanks to the Dark Priest, Bailey met Ronan, whom she regaled with her experiences with Nick. The two bonded over that story and realized just how much they had in common regarding their ideals. Ronan asked if she wanted to come to Klayton, but Bailey, believing it was too dangerous, and having no way to prove Ronan lacked ulterior motives, ultimately turned down the offer. Disappointed, Ronan left, but not before promising she would return. The following morning, Grandma Dennings arrived and told a girl she had been given some cookie dough as an anonymous gift, but the girl was suspicious and did not want it. Bailey asked if she could have it instead, and Grandma Dennings said no. After she asked the kids about school, the girl chatted indistinctly, and Bailey told her nothing had happened, making her grandmother suspicious. Bailey snatched the cookie dough off the table and fled the house at once.

#### Escape from Athens

"*Listen, girl, your time is up. Look, I know he desperately wanted those models, but I swear to God, I never thought he'd kill anyone for it."
"Who?"
"The game is up. Listen very carefully, because I'm going to tell you what to do from here."
"Answer me! Who the fuck wants me dead?!*"
―Herge and Bailey Dennings[src]
Three weeks later, Bailey was surprised to see Ronan at the library, and what surprised her even more was that she was wearing a somewhat revealing tube top and that no one seemed to notice. Ronan told her that she had joined the Klaytonian Order of the Demolitions, becoming the leader of the Demolition Fleet. She eventually realized that Ronan spent much of her life in her career. Herge tried to warn of what was to come, but was soundly murdered right in front of Dennings. Ronan took her hand and they made a quick escape.

#### Arrival on Klayton

"*Listen up, baldy! As soon as this chick wants to put on some rainbow tights and commit her life to getting involved in other people's business, spending every waking moment with a bunch of eccentric freaks led by some robed skinny dipper, she'll come and ask for a job interview! But until such a day comes, Bailey and I have some important work to do! Need a hand, girl? I'm being literal, you know. Get up, homie."
"Damn, I never realized anyone could make being a superhero sound so lame. What else can you ruin for me, girl?"
"You don't want to know. Trust me. Now you can get out of Bailey's space, Merpa, or I can make you wish you thought four or five times before grabbing a woman's ass.*"
―Ronan and Bailey Dennings[src]
Dennings, Ronan, and the others arrived on Klayton. Inspired by [*blank - content needed*], they became a team of vigilantes and awkwardly wound up making suits for each other. Following this, Dennings would dedicate herself to helping Ronan hunt down the Asteroid and began her crusade by plowing through his goons and dismantling his organization, until she and Ronan could find him.

Disgusted, Merpa tried to get Ronan to take Dennings home and join the Honor Ring, to which Ronan refused before helping Dennings to her feet. Horrified at the prospect of Ronan attacking Merpa, Dennings stepped in between them, believing that [*blank - content needed*]. She and Ledsa than met the Demolitions in their headquarters and went to bed.

#### Preparing for the tasks

"*So the only other place we have to go are abusive and indifferent and heartless guardians?"
"Yeah, but unlike you, I don't have the advantage of being a sass queen...*"
―Bailey Dennings and Poe Ledsa[src]
Dennings and Ledsa met in the courtyard as planned so they could discuss what had brought both of them to Klayton in the first place. To her surprise, Dennings learned they had both come because they had been abused, her by her elderly godmother and him by his young cousins, all of whom were nearly a decade older than him. When Dennings said she was just as strong as any teenage boy, Ledsa told her to prove it and they began to spar, despite neither of them having any real combat training (as Dennings taught herself how to hunt and Ledsa had several escapades from his drunken and insane tormentors), with Ledsa managing to hold the upper hand, albeit barely, and aggravating Dennings with his misogynistic claim that no one cried in response to taking a hit unless they were "little ladies".

#### More training and a revelation

"*It wasn't right at all. It was one thing to contemplate an appropriate punishment for a six-year-old. But trying to murder one of their own cadets? Fucking unacceptable. And those stupid-ass kids on Jupiter? Ancient history, as they damn well should be. Ronan... I love you, you know that, and we're going to finish the Six Tasks."
"Thanks, Bailey. Now we understand each other. I can't think of anything less cheesy or cliched, so here goes: you're the best friend anyone could ever have. So thanks for having my back like no one else does."
"You're welcome. We're going to find the Demolitions and finish this shit. Heck, even if we don't find them, we're doing it anyway. And we'll kick the Asteroid's ass.*"
―Bailey Dennings and Ronan[src]
Dennings learns, much to her horror, that Ronan was once a valuable member of the NoHeads. They are soon discovered, however, and Ronan angrily destroys the bunker with her shockwaves. She demands that Dennings leave her so she could meditate, but Dennings attacks her in a rage. Ronan fends off Dennings's attacks and humiliates her by zapping her only to Generate a shield in her hand to absorb it, making Dennings realize Ronan (for once) isn't aiming to kill. She confesses that she was once in league with the Dark Lord, before being adopted by Sheriff Bladepoint. She says that she was brought up within the warrior culture of the Klaytonians since she was seven years old. Despite being alarmed by the truth about Ronan's complex and pitiable background, Dennings asked without preamble if she was telling the truth about using Purupla Particles to get to the Alpha Centauri system. She says she would have likely died trying to get there, had she not taken part in an experiment to use a retinue of Purupla Particles to jump across trillions of miles without hurting herself. She also admitted that the Klaytonians have no idea their star system had a name, nor that they had any idea what the particles were or how they worked prior to her explanation.

None of this was anything near what Dennings expected to hear. For a moment, they just sat there regarding each other, both lost in thought. Dennings experienced a mixture of tangled-up feelings, but she ultimately realized she didn't have anything against Ronan regarding her time as a member of the NoHeads, and actually pitied her for losing her innocence when she was less than a year old, having just found the closest thing to peace by consistently fighting for a righteous cause and working for a higher authority that actually appreciated her. The revelations also increased Dennings's already fervent admiration for her, making her feel disgusted that the otherwise righteous Grand Army had, as a unit, treated her so cruelly for things she had done at such a young age. And then there was her attraction to Ronan, which she had never told anyone about and that she simply couldn't understand. Dennings took her hand and told her they were going to finish the Six Tasks, together, even if they had to do it alone.

However, Task Four meant Ronan needed to fetch Poe Ledsa, leaving Bailey with Demolition One on the crystalline platforms.

#### Duel with Patrick Morgan

"*Stay down, asshole!*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
After Bailey Dennings was left unguarded, Patrick Morgan attacked her directly. As they continued to fight throughout the chambers, the desperate Dennings soon found herself being overpowered by the highly trained Morgan and at one point attempted to intimidate Morgan by using a wheel chaffe, only to have to eventually admit that she did not know how to use it as a weapon and instead threw it at his head. Believing that their fight would soon be over, Morgan began knocking Dennings through all of the glass containers.

Dennings was soon knocked into Gurgen's container, which then proceeded to save Dennings's life as it began deflecting all of the arrows that Patrick Morgan had continued to attack her with. Frustrated by this, Morgan threw Dennings off the balcony, only for Gurgen to quickly wedge itself between her pliable fingers and lifted Dennings back into the fight, where she began using Gurgen as a melee weapon and continued battling Morgan with all of her remaining might.

Having no idea how to channel Gurgen's energies or even what they could do, Dennings then used the mystical staff to fight Morgan until she was again overpowered and thrown across the room. While Dennings attempted to charge towards her enemy to continue fighting with their abilities, Morgan disarmed her by swinging his crossbow at her wrist and then seized the opportunity to finally kill the practically helpless teenage girl, and he started to electrocute and almost kill her. However, Dennings regained all of her strength, and was able to kick Morgan off the side of the stairway, causing him to smash into a wall as Dennings charged after him. As he attempted to regain his footing, Dennings kicked his head and yelled at him to stay down, only to realize he had stopped moving.

Realizing the door had been left open, she headed into the other room and saw a corridor leading down to a room filled with glittering lights with a great dome overhead. Remembering Ronan would be coming back for her, she began mentally recollecting everything that had happened, realizing she had never loved anyone nearly as much as Ronan, and that she simply wanted to make some friends and get out there, and Ronan was fitting both deep-seated cravings to a tee.

#### Demanding the whole truth

"*You never fail to impress me, Bailey. Or should I say, the new Demolition One? A title you couldn't possibly deserve more. Let me tell you, queen, we may make a valkyrie of you yet."
"NO! Absolutely not. Look at yourselves! Don't you get it?! I'm a murderer. Me. Now you're asking me to add serial killer to the list of things I can't change about myself?"
"I didn't say that, Demolition One.*"
―Ronan and Bailey Dennings[src]
Returning to the chamber, Bailey Dennings soon found the corpse of Patrick Morgan lying on the ground, confirming he had been killed during the Duel on Klayton. Horrified by seeing the body of the man whose life she had taken, Dennings walked away from Morgan, but not first somberly recollecting Gurgen. As Dennings walked through the chamber, she discovered that the Asteroid had gotten away with [*blank - content needed*].

Dennings then discovered that Poe Ledsa and Ronan had just arrived, having intended to rescue her, with Ronan complimenting her for not needing saving and Ledsa expressing his great surprise that she had been chosen by a weapon as ancient, potent, and priceless as Gurgen. Upon hearing from Dennings what had transpired and grimly revealed that Demolition One was dead, Ronan praised her highly and told her the Demolitions may "make a valkyrie of you yet", fondly dubbing her the new Demolition One in the fallen woman's place. Dennings refused as she proclaimed herself as a murderer and couldn't bear killing anyone else in the wake of Morgan's death.

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While Ronan sympathized with her, she told her that sometimes it is better for one or two men to perish than for an entire nation to be enslaved, and that one of the Demolitions' core values was never killing unless one's life was very directly threatened. Dennings denied this before making a remark that she could only relate because of her own guilty conscience begotten of the enemies of the NoHeads she had brutally and even gleefully slain.

Dennings furiously arguing with Poe Ledsa.

Although Ledsa hotly denied this, as he could not believe the one person he cared about had committed such atrocious acts of evil, Ronan did not and returned to Klayton, somberly taking Demolition One's corpse with her and leaving with her assurance that they were all in this together as best friends never turn their backs on one another. Left alone with Ledsa much to her chagrin, Dennings asked Ledsa what he wanted of her. Enraged, Ledsa furiously called Dennings a liar and a coward, claiming she had just saved her own life against Patrick Morgan and still cared for nobody but herself. Dennings insisted that they did not have to kill, but Ledsa told her that there was no other way to win.

### Expansion

#### Testing the suit

Dennings then volunteered to do the test run and switched with [*blank - content needed*]. [*blank - content needed*] then helped Dennings into the suit as [*blank - content needed*] instructed her on some experiences she may have during the test. Watching her, Ronan suggested that instead of initiating their mission, the team should travel back in time and kill Hitler as a child, reasoning that World War II was what had made the Solar System vulnerable to the [*blank - content needed*] as well as the NoHead War.

Disgusted, Dennings immediately rejected Ronan's idea; claiming it was immoral and scientifically impossible. Dennings explained to [*blank - content needed*], Ledsa, and Ronan that changing the past does not change the future, despite the common belief. However, [*blank - content needed*] and Ledsa supported Ronan's idea, and when Dennings asked where they were told this could work, Ronan and [*blank - content needed*] mentioned learning about it at their respective training programs on Klayton and Earth, respectively, with Ronan stubbornly concluding that this made it known. Dennings strongly objected this, and proceeded to explain to her that if you travel to the past, that past then becomes your future, which could not be changed by the new future. They all went to the hangar to initiate the test.

#### Going back in time

On her way out, Bailey Dennings felt the dough in her body ringing and burning her insides, so she very nearly collapsed. When the buzzing stopped, she realized that an ancient being known as Allia was with the Dark Priest and they were about to open Ra's Door. Shocked and horrified, Dennings charged him, but the Dark Priest simply grabbed her in a chokehold and claimed that she had caused this by eating the dough. However, before he could destroy Dennings, Poe Ledsa dove into Dennings' esophagus and righted the timeline by deactivating the tracker planted inside her, reversing massive deals of damage to the Multiverse.

#### The fifth task and lost in space

Over the course of twenty-four days, they bonded and developed a friendly relationship, rationing their food and playing games to pass the time, with Bailey receiving medical assistance from Ronan due to the stab wound she had received from Hitler.

#### Arrival in the Asteroid Belt

As Bailey adamantly held the line, Ronan then charged at the Asteroid, but was cut off when one of the Demolitions shoved a cloth bag over his head.

#### Meeting Peint

"*You will cry out in mortal agony as I proceed to feast on your soul and apply it to enhance the enactment of my will upon all men. I will throttle your little friends, feed on them until nothing remains..."
"I'm sorry, is this supposed to be the part of the fight where the bad guy wastes his time making a villainous monologue or something along those lines? Because I kinda zoned out when you said I was a little girl...*"
―Peint and Bailey Dennings[src]
Bailey Dennings saw Peint in the domain and he revealed his true fate. Ronan's passionate nature and willingness to engage in violence to benefit her people very nearly caused her to give in to the temptation of the Darkness when the NoHeads promised to intervene and decide a three-century-long sectional dispute, conflicts the government had long refused to take sides in.resolve her people's conflict that the government had neglected. Fortunately, she was not blinded by passion and was capable of reason, until she realized the NoHead cause was not what it seemed.

With Ronan temporarily stunned, Dennings nervously unleashed Gurgen upon Peint, who dodged her attacks and began surfing on a mass of paint to lunge at her, catching her completely off-guard and throwing her against a wall. As she got to her feet, Peint landed a few feet away and began subjecting Dennings to some villainous demoralization, though this only annoyed her.

Unlike Poe Ledsa, who became delusional and left the Demolitions, Dennings did not regret breaking the natural law or goading Ronan into it.

### Aftermath

Ronan later sent Bailey Dennings to high school as she prepared to return to her people and resume her leadership of the Demolitions. They had a tearful goodbye. Bailey had learned a valuable lesson of understanding the importance of courage, logic, female empowerment, and had therefore matured. Continuing with her education, Dennings eventually became an architecture student. Dennings went to work with Anthony Ruth as an intern for college credits. Shortly after being employed, she met a woman named Carol Wilcox, whom she took to meet her boss so she could recommend her. Following a successful venture to the Dancing Dorm, Wilcox was employed.

### Second NoHead War

#### Meeting Baby Intelligence

Two weeks after beginning work with Professor Ruth, Dennings and the remainder of the group traveled to the United States of America, where Dennings suspected that Willie the Banker was in league with the Dark Lord, Mr. Stupid NoHead. She went with Wilcox to watch a Crodela game between the Galloping Grenades and the Holy Mackerels, which marked the first time she saw Baby Intelligence in action. She already knew, by this point, that the latter knew and liked Wilcox. After the Grenades won the game and Baby Intelligence got knocked out by a Golgoball, Dennings held ice against his cheek while he was lying on a cot, completely unconscious. When he woke, Dennings introduced herself and relayed the bad news that the Mackerels had lost their first official game.

#### Continuation

"*Who's he?"
"Dan's my colleague."
"You have your own colleague?"
"Oh, yeah.*"
―Bailey and Carol about Daniel Murrell[src]
During this time, Dennings hired Daniel Murrell as her own intern. During a subsequent citywide attack, Dennings ran into a pet store and rescued a puppy who had not had its leash removed like the others, promised to protect him, and named him "Avery".

#### Baby Intelligence's visit

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"*Well, look at you, still on your tiny toes and all.*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
Baby Intelligence then teleported with Kellerman, leaving a stupefied Dennings behind as she mouthed, "Holy crap!".

#### Battle of the Eastern Field

"*That might be the best idea you have ever come up with."
"Um, thanks, baby.*"
―Daniel Murrell and Bailey Dennings[src]
After the devastation caused by the Battle of the Western Field, Baby Intelligence tried giving a speech of encouragement to the disheveled Grand Army alongside Wilcox, and at the latter's insistence, Dennings as well. He expressed his honor, more like intimidation, at being thrust back into the spotlight of the Grand Army, but then lost his train of thought, but Dennings suddenly yanked the microphone out of his hands and told them it was time for them to build character individually through proving themselves in battle, reminded them of what Baby Intelligence had sacrificed and endured to bring about their chance to topple the NoHeads while they were vulnerable, provoked them by mentioning the murder of Indiana Shaffer, and told them that they had all been molded by their failures, as she had. She told them to raise their flag and demanded to know if they were ready to fight. The audience chamber erupted with cheering and applause to her speech. Dennings felt ready to pass out, but Wilcox told her she "could have made a Deaforma a plumber that day", something all the officers roared their agreement with.

During the Battle of the Eastern Field that Dennings inadvertently helped to initiate, she and Murrell fought alongside the others, but they were separated and were nearly killed by a platoon of Ugbots. Fortunately, a stray projectile landed in their exact location and blew up the Ugbot shields, inadvertently saving the pair and allowing Murrell to kick the robots to the ground, breaking them and earning him a compliment from Dennings. Subsequently, a convoy approached, while Murrell and Dennings watched.

Bernal met with them and asked for the import they were tasked to retrieve. However, it turned out to be an ambush and Bernal was held at gunpoint by one of his lieutenants as the undercover NoHead agents revealed themselves. The remorseful mole holding Bernal at gunpoint apologized, prompting Dennings to throw a shruiken at the traitor before he could mercilessly execute Professor Ruth's agents. With the man knocked out, Baby Intelligence intervened and had four cadets take him to the hospital. Later on, the ship arrived with a giant magnet, sucking all the war robots against it at the cost of disarming all the good guys, crushing thousands of war machines, guns, and exoweapons. While everyone looked on in shock, Murrell told Dennings that might be the best idea she had ever conceived. Relieved her friends were alright, an overjoyed Dennings kissed Murrell more passionately. After the battle, Dennings returned with her friends, where she bade goodbye to Baby Intelligence before he returned to the MBH.

### After the war

With the Second NoHead War at an end, Dennings attended the victory celebration in June. In the ensuing time period, she grew closer to her boyfriend Daniel Murrell. The two eventually married and went on to have a child together, Jonathan Murrell. Sometime later, Dennings completed her university studies and gained a doctorate. Being grateful to her former professor, Anthony Ruth, and having some excellent memories directly correlated with him, she made him a quilt as a farewell gift. Following the death of Professor Ruth, Carol Wilcox found the quilt among his possessions and sent it to her. Following this, Dennings took it and held it when she felt that she needed luck, believing that Professor Ruth wanted her to have it back. Unlike many others, she survived the seventeen-year Melanization, alive and well.

### Alternate Universe

In an alternate timeline, Bailey Dennings was still present when the Dark Priest hunted down Ra's Door as he had planned. Eventually, she fell unconscious, at which point he openly assaulted the cosmos and prepared to shrink Dennings into oblivion. Seeing this, Ledsa proceeded to climb his ally's barely conscious body, and dove into Dennings' esophagus and righted the timeline by deactivating the tracker planted inside her, reversing massive deals of damage to the multiverse.

## Physical appearance

Bailey is slender and stands at a pretty average height. She's shown as an average college student with black glasses, brown eyes and clean blonde hair to match. As Demolition One, she wore a purple battle suit.

## Personality and traits

"*Well, I guess that moment was pretty* lit.*"
"Shut the … up, Bailey."
"By all means, I'll never make another joke again.*"
―Bailey and Carol regarding the way Telekinibabe blew up the Necrehulk[src]
Bailey Dennings was a devoted architect with a lot of compassion and ambition. Truly a devoted apprentice, she was extremely goal-oriented and took great pride in her achievements. She was fairly intelligent and, despite not seeming to be as bright as her friends, Bailey was the first to notice that Baby Intelligence lives in New York City and so the MBH is there. She also pointed out that, despite the fact that Baby Intelligence may be unpopular with the community, he has done more for the star system than anyone who was shunning him. Most of all, she ordered an unconventional import that singlehandedly won the war at the Eastern Field. Bailey Dennings is outspoken and sarcastic, as when she told Carol that when the Necrehulk exploded, it 'was pretty lit' and claimed she would never make another joke again. However, she was also shown to be very impulsive, as shown when she hurled a sign saying *"courage"* at someone's head before saying *"good luck absorbing that"* since they had begged her not to do it, and later threw a shruiken at a NoHead mole without thinking twice, almost getting her killed when his friends cited she was cute for "futilely" trying to be a heroine.

Bailey was initially insecure, aggressive, and hungry for approval. She was also a pacifist, having expressed disgust at Ronan's suggestion that the Demolitions shoot down an infant Adolf Hitler. She loved cartoons, potty humor, football, classical music, pop music, game shows, and discussing American pop culture. Her favorite band is One Direction and Harry Styles, specifically, particularly loving the song "One Thing". Despite being jaded by life with her grandmother, teenage Bailey remains very celebrity-cultured, referencing Mark TDK Knight, Daft Punk, Niall Horan, Tori Amos, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Luciana, Nytrix, Skrillex, Blue Stahli, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Halsey. However, she made these references far more seldomly as an adult, adding Taylor Swift and Genghis Khan to the roster.

Life in Tokyo was hard for young Dennings, and she started closing herself in more and more. As she started puberty just around the time she was forced to dance with the very boy that had been stalking her (citing she started menstruating a year before the Expansion), her home life in general seemed to have drastic negative effects on her mental health. Additionally, with her hormones barely developing, the first time she ever felt sexual attraction was towards Ronan rather than Poe Ledsa, with her genuinely wondering if she was becoming insane.

"*I should not be left with this. No seriously, where's my paycheck? Am I paid at all?*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
Dennings, despite having trouble trusting Ronan, eventually bonded with her and came to deeply admire her. Her time spent with Ronan helped her not only gain the confidence she needed and help her become more assured of herself, but also caused her to abandon her death wish and redouble her determination to make her mark on society and prove her worth. However, she still had much to learn. In adulthood, she is very helpful to her friends, but she has limits. While she continuously attempts to be helpful every chance she gets, Wilcox and Professor Ruth often considered her to be annoying. Although she never mentioned why she utterly deplored the NoHeads to no end, this was in fact due to seeing the seductive effect they almost had on Ronan, whom she perceived as the most vulnerable person they could possibly prey on, and being disgusted beyond endurance by the dark aura carried by [*blank - content needed*]. This in turn goes to show just how immune she was to the allure of evil.

She is known to be a huge fan of Musicore, a musical band.

### Sexuality

Bailey initially assumed she was asexual due to the fact that almost all of the men in her life were horrible (especially her second ex-boyfriend), with the exceptions of an absolute being her cruel godmother and innocent male friend. Her misandry also made her hypocritical since she frequently took great offense to Poe Ledsa's misogyny. She wondered on several occasions if she [*blank - content needed*]. She eventually admitted to her face that she found Ronan to be incredibly attractive, who responded by giving her some advice that made her realize not all men were toxic, that Ronan saw her as a sister figure, and that she undoubtedly felt the same way. Going into adulthood she was convinced she loved Daniel Murrell, who like her worked for Professor Ruth and had a snarky sense of humor, and would never interlope with the same sex, showing she had become completely heterosexual.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Gurgen Mastery**: Whilst channeling the Klaytonaforce through Gurgen, Bailey Dennings was capable of projecting powerful energy blasts that enabled her to destroy dozens of drones effortlessly.
	+ **Flight**: Using Gurgen, Dennings was able to levitate, hover, and fly. Gurgen could greatly lessen the impact of falling from great heights by effortlessly reducing her speed, as long as she held on tightly enough.

### Abilities

"*Boys, I have mastered the exquisite art of flying a speeder.*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]
* **Expert combatant**: Having practiced her marksmanship as a preteen, Bailey Dennings further refined her martial combat skills on Klayton and became highly skilled in martial arts, being able to take down a plethora of guards with ease using a homemade arsenal.
	+ **Expert marksman**: In spite of her apparent lack of training, Bailey Dennings was a very skilled marksman, despite her preference to use thrown weaponry such as spears when pressed into fighting. When raiding the [*blank - content needed*], she was able to shoot several officers in their center mass, as well as some in the face and even one from behind with her Breakfast Gun.
* **Gifted intellect**: Through her work with Anthony Ruth and Carol Wilcox, Dennings acquired some degree of accounting knowledge; Dennings' background is better suited in architecture. However, Dennings is skilled in accessing financial information and noticing inconsistencies that even Ruth and Wilcox tended to overlook.
	+ **Expert tactician**: Bailey has proven herself a very skilled tactician when it counts, as she ordered an import that singlehandedly ended one of the hugest battles against the NoHeads in the favor of good.
	+ **Gifted scientist**: Even with limited resources and simple hardware store supplies from another star system, Dennings was able to use them to build a homemade arsenal, with which he infiltrated the Asteroid's territory.
* **Expert musician**: While not a very well known skill of hers, Bailey has shown adequate aptitude for music and would sing when she was in a particularly good or bad mood. Ronan eventually helped her learn to play the allora, which made her enjoy using the instrument and become skilled enough with it that most of the Demolitions relished hearing her play. However, her skill in alien instruments was surpassed by Poe Ledsa.

## Possessions

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"*Gurgen only behaves around the pure of heart... and it came to you."
"Sorry?"
"You. A human without age, or superpowers, or longevity. That's never happened in the history of Klayton, it's remarkable.*"
―Ronan, Bailey Dennings, and Poe Ledsa[src]
* **Gurgen**: A mantle that enabled Bailey Dennings to project powerful energy blasts or levitate and hover in the air. It appeared to be sentient and could move on its own power, the Klaytonaforce, causing it to move and flap in the air without the presence of wind. Offensively, Gurgen's ability to move and fly with or without a wielder allowed it to grab, lift, tackle or send enemies flying through the air. Gurgen aided Dennings by allowing her to project powerful energy blasts, as well as attacking enemies on its own whenever possible.
* **Handmade weaponry**: Bailey used a B18 grenade launcher with non-lethal ammo to [*blank - content needed*], even using the grenade launcher itself as an improvised melee weapon. The weapon could fire cooked eggs and corn flakes and spray orange juice. She also made a special tape out of etonalia that disintegrated anything it was taped across. She eventually stopped making these in favor of using Gurgen.

## Relationships

### Family

Bailey's relationship with her parents was a healthy one. Both of them would consistently read to her, especially her mother, even after she learned how to read herself, something her mother helped teach her to do. When her mother read, she would do so in an even and thoughtful tone, making her daughter feel at peace, making her different from her father, who read in a dramatic and engaging tone, both of which she enjoyed immensely. Bailey was devastated when her mother died. In her grief, she hid away some of her favorite books in her closet, calling them "Mama's books". When she read one of them in private, she could hear her mother's voice reading softly to her.

Bailey was close to Daniel Murrell, her boyfriend and a fellow worker under Anthony Ruth. Following the end of the Second NoHead War, Bailey and Daniel grew closer, and eventually married and had a son together. Both of them have snarky senses of humor. After the Second NoHead War, Bailey married Daniel Murrell and together they had a son, Jonathan. Bailey evidently had a good relationship with her son, and was known to joke in front of him.

Bailey was nowhere near as charitable in her regard for her godmother, who treated her cruelly and was very sadistic to her. She frequently received death threats several times a week.

### Friends

Bailey had several acquaintances as well. Herge tried to warn her about Peint, but he was murdered by Peint's agents.

#### Ronan

"*I love you, Ronan. We can end this.*"
―Bailey Dennings[src]

#### Carol Wilcox

"*But that's not the case at all. You, of all people, Carol, in fancy clothes? Wow, your smell is just... ideal. Girl, you literally look ready for anything.*"
―Bailey[src]
One of Bailey's closest friends was Carol Wilcox. The two agreed on pretty much everything and constantly operated together, such as when they obsessively studied the Dam of Demolitions. It is clear that Bailey appreciates Carol's loyalty to her boss, whereas Carol is grateful for Bailey bringing about her reemployment. Bailey also tried to get Carol to relax, joking with her on several occasions and getting a stark variety of reactions to her sense of humor from Carol.

#### Anthony Ruth

It is unknown how long Bailey has been working for Professor Anthony Ruth, but she seemed to have established a good relationship with her boss.

#### Baby Intelligence

As two close friends of Carol's, Bailey respected Baby Intelligence's tendency not to exactly stay out of life-threatening trouble. She was usually happy to help him out, like she did by "taking care of" the Dam of Demolitions. He acts friendly toward her, and she gives him the same respect, but the two had little contact.

### Enemies

Bailey's unique exploits made her a number of bitter enemies early in her life. For instance, she had a very antagonistic relationship with Patrick Morgan and the Asteroid. Despite this, she did not wish death on Patrick and she was mortified upon having to kill him.

#### NoHeads

Bailey hated them for the impact they had on Ronan and later for wanting to kill Baby Intelligence.

### Others

#### Poe Ledsa

"*You told me once to fight as if my life depended on it, because one day, it might. Well, today is that day. We might be able to beat them, but I'll need your help.*"
―Bailey Dennings to Poe Ledsa[src]
## Gallery

BaileyDenningsFindsGurgen.jpgBailey Dennings first finding GurgenDO Spot 19 - 3.jpgDennings and Ledsa confront Ronan.Dennings-vs-Ledsa-Argument-DO.jpgDennings furiously arguing with Poe Ledsa.
## Behind the scenes

* D. Isaac Thomas said that Bailey Dennings' speech was obviously her defining moment in the series. Her moment was heavily improvised between Thomas and his little brother, Ammon Thomas. Thomas fondly remembered listening to metal with his heart pounding while writing that scene.
* On January 9, 2020, D. Isaac Thomas pitched the idea for a new book to Melissa Vaine as *"an R-rated girl book including Bailey, because I was thinking, ‘Teenage Bailey needs friends.’ Bailey loves interacting with people, and I've got some great ideas for her past that don't involve kicking ass and taking names"*. Vaine considered the matter and responded with an indefinite answer. Thomas, however, confirmed the focus on Bailey Dennings.

## Trivia

* Bailey Dennings knows CPR.
* Bailey Dennings is similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Darcy Lewis. Both were ambitious young women in pursuit of extensive college educations (Dennings is determined to find a worthy job as an architect whereas Lewis intends to become a scientist) and this led them to work consistently with a major character (Carol Wilcox for Bailey and Jane Foster for Darcy). Like Dennings, Lewis respected the main character but never truly had a relationship with him. Both of them are very sarcastic and helpful and they both have a boyfriend who is a minor character (Murrell and Boothby). But the difference is that Lewis unlike Dennings is incredibly impulsive and was very nerdy whereas Dennings was much more logical and simply had no interest in academics irrelevant to her college courses.
	+ It is also possible this is not coincidental as Bailey shares the surname of the actress who portrayed Darcy in the MCU, Kat Dennings.

## Author's comments

*"Bailey Dennings is Carol Wilcox's intern, a quirky but quick-thinking political science major who found herself in the middle of the Second NoHead War, and while she doesn't always understand everything that's happening around her, she doesn't hesitate to speak up about it."*
*"We debated on which woman in Baby/Master Intelligence's life would be working with Lily. We quickly thought of Bailey, but then we were like, she's not a huge star; this is our R-rated breakthrough and we want the narrator to be a huge star. Annabeth quickly came to mind, but Isaac already has a backstory for her in mind. We considered We also thought about Ramona Meyer, but her energy isn't exactly compatible with Ronan and her fleet mates. We considered Morgan, but she doesn't get up tight. Carol gets up tight, and for the longest time we were gonna make her the central focus of all of it, but after a while we realized the narrator learns things that contradict Carol's worldview by far, and we didn't feel good about 20-year-old Carol's thinking being so different from the bulk of her fanbase. We couldn't bring ourselves to omit her entirely, so that's why Carol made a cameo in the epilogue. And... we wound up back with Bailey. Oh, you mean, that seemingly nonathletic girl who throwing-starred that traitorous ass hat out of the blue?! And Isaac and I obviously agreed to make the right move, because the novel was the huge hit it was hyped as."*
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *The Super Babies: An Ended Generation*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 *Demolition One*
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7. ↑ *S.M.S.B.: Where Are You Now?*
8. ↑ *Agents of the S.M.S.B.: Age of Innovation*

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