Khali Spencer

Khali Spencer shows up for the first time.

Khali Spencer, code name Iron Rhino, is a secondary character in Ray Fox. Khali is a black rhinoceros who acts, alongside Natasha, as a bodyguard for Jason Morales.

## Background

Before becoming a Meta Officer, Khali started his law enforcement career by working at the military, followed by the Meva City Defense. During his career, he lost his arms, which forced him to rely on bionic arms. Khali went on to become a Meta Officer. His skills were good enough to be hired as a bodyguard for Jason Morales one week prior to the events of the comic.

## Personality

Khali is a man of great discipline. He is observant, rational, responsible, and moral. He addresses Morales as his boss respectfully. He is very open minded, recognizing Ray's potential despite his poor performance at the end of the fight against his yak opponent. As an honest person, Khali hates keeping secrets and maintaining lies, feeling guilty for taking credit for Blaze saving Morales while letting Ray still be seen as a criminal. If forced to keep a secret for so long, Khali's conscience can make him admit his mistakes.

As a hero, Khali shows great ferocity when fighting villains, manhandling Tang and demanding to know what he was planning. He's willing to leave himself vulnerable to save citizens, which is a trait that villains like Halberd exploit to defeat him.

## Appearance

Being a black rhinoceros, Khali is a large man with a stocky build. He has black hair that is braided, a goatee, and a visor. He has black metallic bionic arms to replace his original ones and three-toed feet. Khali dresses with a button shirt, a blue tie, black belt, and black pants.

As the Iron Rhino, Khali wears a full-body power suit that covers his entire body and is made from the same materials as his bionic arms.

## Powers, Skills, And Abilities

Khali is a TELUM and GENUS Meta who relies on the natural strength that he gets from his rhinoceros body and the technology that he uses to fight as the Iron Rhino.

### Powers

* Flight: By using his power suit, Khali can fly via jets.
* Plasma Repulsors: Khali uses the palms of his power suit to shoot concussive blasts of energy.
* Super Strength: Thanks to his bionic strength, Khali has a level of strength higher than the average rhinoceros.

### Skills

* Expert Fighter: Because of his long career of fighting crime, Khali is a good fighter. He easily subdued Tang when the latter was sneaking on him, only failing to defeat him because of a surprise attack from Boony. He was also the only one of the trio who noticed Ray's fighting potential, believing that a fighter's true worth is not determined by a win or a loss.

### Abilities

* Peak Physical Condition: Khali is a rhinoceros in peak physical condition thanks to his long history fighting as a law enforcer.

## History

Khali goes with Morales and Natasha to Jak's gym to see a Black Boxing demonstration. He's impressed by Ray's performance despite losing against his opponent, even defending the young fox from Natasha's criticism. As the trio leaves the gym, Khali overhears Tang speaking with the Port Town Gang, attacking him and demanding information. Boony attacks Khali by surprise with an EMP, allowing Tang to escape and Halberd to capture Morales.

Khali chases after the Port Town Gang, but he is incapacitated when Halberd threatens innocent civilians. Blaze arrives and defeats the Port Town Gang in front of a surprised Khali. Later that night, Khali is receiving medical treatment and is thanked by Morales, who assumed that Khali saves the day. Khali attempts to reveal the truth, but he is unable to say anything.

For the next days, Khali goes with Morales to the Meva City Capitol to learn about the Monroe Syndicate. On one of those meetings, they are confronted by Asuka, who wants to convince Morales to release Ray and make him a Meta Officer. Khali is locked inside the elevator with Morales and Natasha, hearing Asuka's argument. As Asuka talks about Ray's good points, Khali feels guilty because he knows that it was Ray who saved Morales.

The following day, Khali goes to Morales' house, scaring Miranda because he was flying in front of their bedroom's window. Khali confesses to Morales that it was Ray who saved him from the Port Town Gang. However, Morales reveals that he knew about it for,a while. Khali later attends the conference where Ray reveals himself as Blaze. Afterwards, he flies above Morales' limousine, talking about what a crazy day it was.

## Trivia

* Khali is the first Meta with a disability. In his case, he's an amputee who lost his arms and had them replaced by bionic prosthetics.
* His identity as Iron Rhino is a reference to Iron Man.
* His military background and bionic arms to replace his original ones brings to mind Jax Briggs from Mortal Kombat.