Corey Ross

## Overview

Corey is a former member of Specter and the adopted on of Malcolm Ross, the leader of Specter. His life has been riddled with loss and disappointment which changed him mentally to accept bad things and live with them.

## Appearance

Corey is tall with white hair, but he dyed it black between Abnormal and Aftermath. He wears casual clothing with, partially custom made with a specific material to reduce friction when he uses his Abnormality.

## Personality

Corey has a cold and serious tone to almost everything besides from when he's around Fallon Sprillow and Thea Tochtli, two of his closest friends. This is mainly because of how he was raised during when he was a teenager; his father went from being loving and gentle to a strict and blunt; this is the reason he struggles to manage himself emotionally.

He has always struggled to process negative parts of his life making him feel lost, and unsure about the future. Risha, his girlfriend, helped him process his feelings a lot, but instantly goes back to how he when she's not with him.

## History

All of what Corey knew as a child was Specter. During his early years, Malcolm taught him how the world works, and shaped him into the man he would become. During this time, his father was kind to Corey and played with him in his spare time.

When he was 12, his Abnormality started to show. Soon after his father found out, he was sent to train with other Specter members like Fallon Sprillow. His father had high hopes for him. He would meet Fallon and they would get close to her, they would team up during training exercises and worked well together.

Malcolm, however, thought Corey and Fallon were getting too close, and to make Corey more of a cold-hearted, Malcolm forced Corey to sexually harass Fallon. This, unknowingly to Corey, resulted in Fallon giving birth to Jovan Sprillow later on. They were separated from each other during Fallon's pregnancy to try and make Corey forget and move on from her, unfortunately this didn't work and they still cared for each other. Corey felt extreme guilt for what he did which began his journey down his becoming emotionally unstable.

Fallon and Corey kept on teaming up together though Corey's guilt made him quiet. Throughout the next 4 years, they completed the trials and were sent into the South District to help Fergus secure control in the most unstable part of New Washington.

## Synopsis

### Abnormal

#### Act 1

Corey entered the story with Randy as they block both Zane Cendre and Sam Frey from escaping an alleyway. They were tasked by Fergus to cause a bit off trouble, they didn't ask why; Fergus loved havoc. The fight began with Zane lashing out at Randy with Randy easily countering him. Corey pinned Sam to the fence blocking them from going further down the Alley, but Sam retaliated by using her Abnormality to push Corey away, which was successful. He was caught off guard, and so was Randy. Zane released smoke to let Sam and himself escape.

Later on, Fergus told both him and Fallon to go and collect some money someone owed Specter. Corey and Fallon had a little back and fourth of small talk as they comment over a spar between two people [without Abnormalities] in the main area of the Warehouse Specter was based in. After the small chat, they both moved out; it was a small task they wanted to get done quickly.

They both moved through the alley ways. They then heard shouting coming from behind them; Miles was running after them for some unknown reason. Fallon insisted on leaving them to her, so he zoomed off. He then came back after Fallon was electrocuted and knocked out, and zoomed about to knock Miles, Zane and Sam away from her and zoomed her back to the warehouse where she recovered quickly. They had chat whilst Fallon laid on a bed in a medium-sized room, it was only them in there. Corey declared to Fallon that he was going to get revenge for what they did to her. In his head, he only wanted to beat them up a bit to make sure they don't mess with them again. Fallon wanted to join him.

The next day, Corey found Fallon after she tracked them down, and alerted him of their location. He zoomed across Zane's backyard taking the knives that were left at the last fight. Zane soon saw them up on the roof top. At this moment, Corey got Sam into submission so she can't fight back and put the barrel of the gun to the back of her head, though she tried and failed. During this conflict, Thea Tochtli, who was with Zane, Sam and Miles, intervened and aimed a gun at him. Fallon dropped in to save him by aiming a gun at Thea, who took her attention. Zane then aimed a gun at Corey, and Corey kept his cool. Once Fallon started to user her powers, and began burning her clothes away, Corey zoomed to get her and took her to a few allies away. She stood there naked; Corey gave her his hoodie, which extended almost down to her knees (it was a long hoodie, even for him) and thye went back to the warehouse with what they went to get.

They were seen next when Miles' group went to go get back Jason Cross, who was kidnapped by Randy, under the orders of Fergus to teach them a lesson. After Fergus shot Jason in the head and Miles lashed out, Corey lashed out in response, knocking Navier into the wall and Sam onto the ground. Hearing N.I.S.H.A soldiers were coming to the warehouse because of all the commotion, Corey grabbed Thea and Fallon, the only ones left in the warehouse other than Miles' group, and some dead Specter members including Fergus. Fallon declared that she wanted to leave Specter. Corey agreed, not because he wanted to, but because he didn't want to be without his best friend at the time. They began making their way to the Specter HQ in the West District...

### Aftermath

#### Act 1

Two years after Specter and N.I.S.H.A were defeated, he has settled down with his girlfriend, Risha Chambers, in an apartment midway up a skyscraper and had a child with her: Ava Ross. He has struggled to move on from what happened over the previous few years, he lost everything he knew: Specter's gone, his father is dead and he split ways with Fallon. Although Risha helped, he was still unsure whether he actually wanted to leave Specter; he convinced himself he did, but he missed the days of belonging to something he spent his whole life enveloped in.

Corey went out to get food one time in a market within the West District. Here, he brought various groceries and a few other small things for Risha. He turned around from a market stall in the crowded market, and spotted Fallon Sprillow. Internally, he was shocked to see her after so long, but managed to keep his cool on the outside. Corey moved over next to her, but they didn't make eye contact; they had a back and fourth of small talk where Corey tried to bond with her again by asking where she has been for the past 2 years. Fallon responded saying it doesn't matter and asks if he needed something. Corey asked whether she wanted him to go, and she promptly said yes. He leaves quickly, in a mix of sadness and anger.

On his way back home, an loud explosion can be heard above the streets: an apartment was going up in flames with the debris falling. Corey realised it was his apartment, and zoomed up the side of the building to the opening. Once he got up there, he saw a tall woman holding Risha by the neck. The woman had her back to Corey, but turned to see him. Corey called out Risha's name, but the woman breaks her neck before she can respond. Corey zooms about around the woman but realising where he would be, she grabbed him, and tossed him out of the skyscraper and into the one opposite injuring him moderately. Watcher and Fallon arrive to see what was going on. They try to fight her but she overpowers both of them tossing them across the apartment like a rag-doll. Corey manages to zoom out of the building and land back into his own apartment and attacks the woman who lifts him up and slams him into the ground, taking him out of the fight. She reveals her name to be Impact and one of the 13 Wraiths. Impact was sent to kill Corey. Corey, feeling dazed, was told by Fallon to snap back into reality and get Ava and get out of there. Corey, snapping back into reality zooms to get Ava and gets into a safer place in the apartment building. When the fight was over, Corey was cradling Ava in his arms, sitting on the ground. Watcher approached him and said there's somewhere safe for them to stay, and Watcher takes them to Watcher's Safehouse.

Corey was seen next when Fallon went to tell him about the mission they were given by Watcher. He was still hurt by Fallon rejecting Corey when they met the day before, but managed to keep it hidden by playing with Ava whilst Fallon talks. She told Corey about the mission they had: to go and find Randy and Thea which he guessed were based in the south. Corey accepts this mission, and, with a playful smile, offers Fallon a chance to hold Ava. Fallon accepts and they gossip about the condition of the South and who will look after Ava when they're gone. They agree that Fallon's mother would look after her, and they agree to leave in 2 hours.

After leaving and getting to the South, they approach the Warehouse where Thea was based, and where the Specter's South District HQ used to be. When they enter the warehouse, they find the floor littered with dead bodies and was shocked to see men, women and children dead. A woman with green hair, walks in front of them out of the shadows of the warehouse with blue gas flowing slowly out of her body. After introducing herself as Ivy, one of the wraiths, Corey zoomed at her rashly, grabbing her and slammed her into the wall. He would toss her again into the middle of the warehouse. Corey zoomed up to her and kicked her around the face, grabbing the back of her neck, lifting her up and slamming her into the ground. The Blue gas explodes out of her body consuming him and Corey screams in pain. The blue gas stops, and red gas begins to flow out her body taking, and his Abnormality begins to fade. Fallon throws a knife at Ivy, but she dodges and picks up Corey holding him in a headlock. She holds Corey's body in front of her as a human shield until he falls unconscious and let's go of him. Corey stumbles to the ground motionless. After Fallon was defeated, her and Corey were taken without a trace.

## Abnormality

* **Hyper Speed:** This Abnormality allowed Corey to move at high speed to the point where he can avoid bullets and even set his clothes on fire due to friction with the air. This super speed is caused by his body having an increased metabolism; body functions like healing, digesting and processing information is increased.

## Associated With

* Fallon Sprillow
* Randy
* Thea Tochtli
* Sam Frey
* Navier Fraser
* Zane Cendre
* Risha Chambers
* Watcher
* Zephyr Khan
* Allister King
* Myllionn Qiumm