Valerie Perez

## Background

### 2000 - Present: Valerie Perez

Valerie Perez is the daughter of well known Flash villain, Weather Wizard. At the time, he was a high ranking member of the Carranza Crime Family. Her mother wanted Valerie to have nothing to do with Mark's chosen career path so Valerie has her mother's maiden name. As she grew up & realized who her father was, she maintained no contact with him even as he continued to discover her new phone numbers & call her.

During her freshman year of college, Valerie received an internship at S.T.A.R. Labs in Central City. Her mother was ecstatic that Valerie was doing something positive with her life. She worked closely with Doctor Caitlin Snow, who was the bioengineer at that location. They worked closely with the Flash Family to understand their genetics & connection to the Speed Force.

In February of 2019, an explosion erupted at S.T.A.R. Labs. It was caused by Luke Thatcher, a disgruntled employee of Keystone Motors, who was seeking revenge on S.T.A.R. Labs as they they were the reason Keystone Motors switched to intelligent robots to manufacture their automobiles, resulting in the loss of his job. Valerie was caught in the explosion but luckily was saved by Impulse. The two later shared a kiss in the heat of the moment as a result of him saving her life.

Due to the explosion, S.T.A.R. Labs decided they needed to conduct more thorough background checks on their employees. It didn't take long for S.T.A.R. Labs to discover that Val's father was Weather Wizard. Her coworkers tried to protect her but Valerie was fired. When Bart came in the next day to help with an experiment, he learned of Valerie's firing. Bart asked his father to use his connections to get Valerie her job back as it wasn't her fault that the Weather Wizard was his father. As the Flash, Barry spoke with members of STAR Labs & gave Valerie a glowing recommendation to restore her position as an intern. As a result, Valerie was reinstated because who would want to argue with the Flash.

Less than a year later, Valerie was kidnapped by the Weather Witch (her paternal half sister). Again, she was saved by Impulse & the two kissed, leading to romance between the two. Their relationship was rocky at first & after Val saw him with a bunch of girls at a teen club, she almost ended the relationship before it began. They persevered however with Valerie meeting Bart's extended family during dinner at the West household. After dating for awhile, the stress of dating a superhero caused Val & Bart to argue after having dinner with her friends. They broke off their relationship & Valerie has since disappeared into her studies.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Science:** Valerie is a very gifted woman with an advanced intellect in the field of science. As a freshman in college, she was offered an internship at STAR Labs based on her grades & no application from her. She quickly became a star pupil & has already been offered a job upon her graduation.
	+ ***Speed Force*:** Valerie has also become quite the expert on the Speed Force as well.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Range:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Strategy:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Combat:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **TOTAL:** 18 - Threat Level 0 / No Threat

## Trivia

* Valerie didn't know that Bart was the reason that she got her job back as the Flash told S.T.A.R. Labs to tell Valerie that they just changed their minds for other reasons.

## Notes

* In the comics, Valerie is the daughter of Manfred Mota, a foe of three different Flashes.