Brenda Del Vecchio

### 2000 - 2014: Brenda Del Vecchio

Brenda Del Vecchio was born to Leto Del Vecchio & Rita Cardenas in the city of El Paso. She grew up very close with her mother but was very scared of her father. He was abusive to both her & her mother, something no one ever knew. Whenever her Aunt Amparo visited, she would put a smile on her face to act like nothing was wrong. Her father's possessive & volatile personality made it hard for Brenda to meet people but she made friends with one kid: Tye Longshadow.

When Brenda was thirteen, her mother decided enough was enough. She called to tell her sister that they were going to come stay with her for awhile & had Brenda go pack some bags. As they waited at the station for the bus to arrive, both Brenda & her mother were kidnapped. Though they both thought Brenda's father had hired men to kill them for leaving, they quickly realized they were wrong. Brenda & her mother never saw their kindappers' faces, having been locked away for the whole travel process before entering into some unique building. They both quickly realized it was no building they were at but a spaceship belonging to The Reach, a species of aliens that had just arrived on Earth for "benevolent" reasons.

Both Brenda & her mother were experimented upon in a Reach mobile base in the western Pacific. They wanted to see if they could trigger either of their metagene to activate. When they weren't being tested on, all of the abductees were left in one large pod & Brenda discovered her friend Tye among the captives. The two eventually made friends with other captives: Asami, Eddie & Paco. Both remained aware of their surroundings, as they rarely sedated them during or after the experiments. For weeks, abductees would disappear after experimentation failed to gain the Reach's desired result. Unfortunately, her mother would become one of those that disappeared. Due to Brenda's unique physiology, they discovered she had a wide set of powers & felt she could be an asset.

But before they could do anymore testing, a group of superheroes launched a rescue mission. Many of the hero teams had become aware of the multiple kidnappings by the Reach bu without proof, they could do not much due to their standing with the United Nations. But The Team, a more or less black ops version of the Justice League was specifically put in place for missions like this. They succeeded in rescuing all the captive members & abducted teens, sending them all back to their families.

With the Reach being publicly outed as an enemy of the planet, they launched an attack before all the superheroes subdued them & forced them to leave Earth. Most of the children were placed back with their families though some had nowhere else to go. Brenda was considered one of the lucky ones & was returned to her father (against her wishes) but stayed in contact with the friends she made.

Things did not change much for Brenda when she returned home. As the only one left in the house with her father, she received all of his pent up rage. Just a few months after returning home, the neighbors called the police for a possible domestic case at their household. Once the officer got a look of Brenda, they arrested her father & sent her to live with her Aunt Amparo in Roswell. When her dad was sentenced to prison, her aunt became her legal guardian. A few weeks later, her father was killed before he had his day in court.

## Romantic Relationships

* Jaime Reyes: Dated (2016)
* Paco Testas: Boyfriend (2018 - Present)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Unique Physiology:** Brenda's powers are very unique in nature. In addition to her Homo Magi heritage from her mother, she also is half alien from her biological father.
	+ ***Truth Inducement***: She is able able to induce others to tell the truth, guaranteeing that the person is telling the truth to the best of their ability.
	+ ***Enhanced Senses***: She seems to be able to read and identify magical abilities in a person.
	+ ***Psychic Link*:** She possesses a psychic link with all other alien-human hybrids that were genetically conceived by the Reach. The link allows them to communicate, perceive their emotional trauma & locate them if they are in certain proximity.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* After her & Jaime broke up, they remained best friends.
* She is best friends with Jaime Reyes & Tye Longshadow.
* Unbeknowst to Brenda, her aunt had her father killed in prison as revenge for hurting Brenda.
* Her father's family comes from Italy & are Jewish. Her mother's ancestors are from Spain.

## Notes

* She is a composite of Brenda Del Vecchio, Bonita & Probe. The latter two are members of the Posse. Brenda is a love interest of Paco. Bonita is a love interest of Damper, who Paco is composited with.