Rebecca Ryker

Becca (Nickname)

Bryan Ryker (Brother, deceased)

## Background

### **1994 - 2010: Rebecca Ryker**

Rebecca "Becca" Ryker is the daughter of Harlan Ryker, one of the overseers of the Deathlok Program. Her family was aware that Harlan worked for the government but in what capacity remained a mystery to them as Rebecca assumed he was some type of engineer.

She lived an average life for an American girl. She was quite shy as a child & did not have many friends, rather spending time with her family. One thing everyone noticed about Rebecca was that she always followed the rules, even when everyone else wouldn't. Despite her dislike for the sport, Becca was part of her school swimming team & practiced swimming laps every day. It made her mom proud & that was a good enough reason for her.

One day, after coming home from swimming practice, Rebecca & her family 2343 attacked by a cybernetic robot. While they all remained afraid, her father knew that was a Deathlok, one of his creations from the program. On a suicide mission, the Deathlok exploded nearly killing Becca. Unfortunately, both her mother & her baby brother died immediately. Grief-stricken, Harlan tried to save the lives of his wife & children by adding Deathlok cybernetics but failed. He then locked himself in a bunker & cut off all communication, working to save Becca's life. By the time he "fixed" Rebecca, S.H.I.E.L.D. broke into his lab, arrested him & took Becca into custody.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists tried to figure out what Harlan had done to his daughter but deemed his work too advanced for their understanding. In the midst of their testing, she was kidnapped by Arcade mere seconds after she first glimpsed her new robotic appearance.

### **2010: Death Locket**

Rebecca becomes one of the sixteen superpowered teenagers kidnapped by Arcade for Murderworld Arena. The teenagers are to compete in a 30-day long death match with only one survivor. The teens immediately attack him but are soundly defeated by his new powers. In order to start the game, Arcade offers to makes the first kill. He picks picks Hazmat to be the first death but her friend Red Raven attempts to stick up for her. Instead, Arcade kills Red Raven.

Rebecca tries to form an alliance with Hazmat, Reptil, Juston Seyfert & Talon but goes into a trance & attacks Jenny with a flamethrower. She then flees into the forest away from Jenny's radiation blasts.

She eventually has a run-in with Cammi, who she also tries to forge an alliance with. Cammi rebuffs her then called her a "Deathlok-ette" for her similarity to Deathloks. Misunderstanding her reference to her, Becca chose the codename Death Locket to suit her new identity & life. She later becomes allies with the students of Stonehenge, though Kid Britain & Apex initially believe they should kill her.

Arcade, bored by their inactivity, drops a supply crate full of food, medicine & guns. He also begins causing environmental disasters & designates four safe zones scattered around the island, one of which holds the crate. The Stonehenge kids set out for it but are separated when Aiden & Cullen fall down a ravine. In another trance, Rebecca blasts Nara down as well. When Brian confronts her about this, Apex defends her, claiming that it makes the best sense strategically. The two sides are swiftly reunited, leading to a fight where Apex reveals that she is responsible for Rebecca's unprovoked attack & has been taking control of her functions. While Kid Britain & Nara argue, Apex flees with Rebecca close behind to find out how she was able to control her.

The survivors soon reunite within the safe-zone & discuss Apex. When the time comes to decide what to do about her, Death Locket is one the survivors who votes not to kill her. Apex later puppets Death Locket & Juston's Sentinel into an assault on the other survivors. Nico disassembles Rebecca's robot arm & buries her alive alongside Apex. The two land in Arcade's secret bunker & find Arcade, who they try to convince to stop the deathmatch. Instead, Apex takes control of Rebecca again & uses her to shot Chris in the arm. Rebecca is then made to watch Katy attack the other kids with some of Arcade's unused traps. After finally regaining control of her body, Rebecca tearfully kills Apex & ends the deathmatch. The survivors agree to keep what happened on Murder World a secret.

After S.H.I.E.L.D. saves the teenagers, Rebecca returned to one of their facilities, where scientists tried to graft a new arm onto her that wouldn't be transformed into a weapon.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Cybernetic Enhancements:** As a Deathlok, Death Locket possesses several enhanced traits due to the synthetic & cybernetic augmentation of her body. Additionally, Harlan Ryker utilized cutting-edge technology that even S.H.I.E.L.D.'s expert describes as "next level."
	+ ***Weaponized Prosthetics*:** Death Locket's left arm was replaced with an adaptable weaponized replacement which is capable of performing multiple transformations.
		- ***Concussive Blasts*:** Death Locket's arm can transform into a cannon that emits concussive blasts of unknown energy.
		- ***Extremity Morphing*:** Ryker has shown she can change her limbs into a host of useful tools & weaponry, mainly simple close-range armaments besides more advanced ranged gunnery. Able to change her limbs into simple shapes like spiked bludgeons, razor blades to jab and pierce her enemies with, even receptory relay apparati which she can use to enhance her close-combat capabilities or better commandeer and interface technology with.
		- ***Limb Extension*:** Her cybernetics enable her to hyper extend her limbs to great lengths reaching further than her own body.
		- ***Pyrokinesis*:** Death Locket's arm can dispense large flames with intense heat. The fuel source is unknown.
	+ ***Nanite Technology***
		- ***Automated Defenses*:** The nanite technology appears capable of responding to perceived threats or increases in stress. When Hazmat made an aggressive stance against Death Locket, her robotic arm automatically transformed & shot at Hazmat. When Death Locket became extremely agitated with a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist, her arm weaponized & blasted an energy discharge, though she was able to move her aim.
		- ***Cyberpathy***: Another attribute to her bionic physiology is the ability to process & manipulate information in any/every way imaginable. The cybernetics in her brain makes her a living wi-fi data hub that enables her to implement withheld information stored on her memory drive. This feature also enables her to remotely hack and commandeer any form of communications & information-based networking's imaginable, and with relative ease.
		- ***Hologram Projection*:** Rebecca can project detailed 3D image layouts of a set area and it's facilities from her right index finger.
		- ***Self-Repair/Adaptability*:** The nanite technology inherent in Death Locket's cybernetics can create robotic antibodies & attack internal intruding factors. It can also repair, replace & rebuild missing or dismantled parts.

### Weaknesses

* **Technopathy**: People than can psionically control & manipulate machines & technology can possess control over Rebecca. During her time in Murderworld, Apex secretly used her technopathy to control Death Locket & using her as a weapon to attack several individuals.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Strength:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Energy Projection:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Strategy:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Fighting Ability:** 3 - Average / Basic

## Trivia

* Her & Camille Benally have shown romantic interest in each other. The timing is just off as both went through near death experiences & are quite traumatized.
* Death Locket has a power ranking of 62, classifying her as Power Level 2 / Low Threat. However, she is to re-evaluated at a later date after learning how to operate her cybernetics.

## Notes

* The original character of Rebecca Ryker belongs to the Marvel Universe.