Veronica Lopez

## Background

### 1989 - 2014: Veronica Lopez

Veronica Lopez is the only child of Detroit natives, Ernesto & Rosalita Lopez. Though Ernesto had only one child, his brothers had six children each. She grew up very close with her cousins, considering them to be her siblings. While all the boys were protective of her, she really became best friends with her cousin Ella Lopez. The two always got the boys out of trouble whenever they did something stupid, though they sometimes participated. The two shared a passion for law enforcement, with Veronica enrolling herself in the police academy & Ella taking herself to college to study forensics. Both worked at the local police department until Ella moved to Star City to work for their department. Veronica decided to leave shortly after, travelling to the east coast to join the Gotham City Police Department.

Veronica became a highly skilled officer of the law, so skilled that she was offered a promotion to become a detective in a reduced time. She would of took the position but when she was given the opportunity work for US Homeland Security, she quickly accepted. Veronica & group of other agents would work together to take down various powered criminals based on the tips they received.

She had only been with the team for two months when a case led them to contaminated site, leaving all of them infected. The team was quarantined & told they were going to die. She contacted all of her family & fiancée to tell them goodbye, then waited for the inevitable. For the coming weeks, Veronica slowly watched all her comrades slowly die before she was the last one left. She kept waiting for the day where she wouldn't wake up but it never came. Instead, she soon found that received powers from the infection.

Veronica was eventually greeted by a black woman in a blue suit inside her containment cell, offering membership to a secret organization. Having given up everything, she accepted her offer.

## Romantic Relationships

* Derek Delaware: Boyfriend (2011 - 2013); Fiancée (2013 - 2014)
* Jonathon Barragan: Lover (2015)
* Sydney Rojas: Lover (2016)
* Chato Santana: Lover (*Unknown*)
* Zahra Abed: Lover (*Unknown*)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Telepathy*:** She is able to read read minds and showcases a limited ability to control them as well.
		- ***Mind Control*:** She has only showcased a limited ability in this.
	+ ***Enhanced Senses*:** She is able to sense when oncoming danger is imminent. She displays this ability when she is able to sense the Suicide Squad's oncoming attack. She calls it the Skull Sense.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Due to her training with the GCPD & US Homeland Security, she is able to hold her own in a fist fight.
* **Firearms:** She is well versed when it comes to firearms & is able to hold her own in a shoot-out.
* **Investigation:** She is considered to be an extremely skilled investigator.

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* In addition to her ex fiancée, she's had relations with Rose Wilson, Karl Hansen, Chato Santana, Zahra Abed, Sydney Rojas, Johnny Barracuda & Lucas Carr.
* The relationship between her, Chato & Zahra is an interesting one. Veronica dates the both of them. Chato & Zahra do not date but occasionally will get together without Veronica but that is extremely rare.

## Notes

* Her family dynamic is unique to Earth-44. She is given no family members in the comics.
	+ Ella Lopez is from the TV show *Lucifer.* Rosalita is the name of Ella's aunt. Jay & Ricardo are Ella's brothers.