Summer Bellamy

Summer being formally introduced to Ray.

Summer Bellamy is one of the main characters of Ray Fox. She's a Meta Officer serving under Asuka Himura. After arresting Raymond Fox during his stint as Blaze, Summer now has to work with him while learning how to be a better Meta Officer.

## Background

Not much is known about Summer's past other than she was born as a neo-mutant. She had a rough life until she met Himura Asuka, who convinced her to become a Meta Officer to turn her life around. Apparently, they met during a fight, with Asuka treating Summer with affection, motivating her to abandon her life of crime to become a Meta Officer.

After joining S.O.S. to be with Asuka, Summer ascended the ranks to become Asuka's main subordinate. However, Summer also formed a rough relationship with Rose because of their opposing personalities. Likewise, Summer developed a reputation of insubordination and recklessness with Carol, who plans on firing Summer if she doesn't behave more professionally.

## Personality

At first glance, Summer is a loud, aggressive, reckless, outspoken hyena with a penchant for insubordination and excessive force. However, Summer is more self-conscious, empathetic, loyal, and friendlier than she looks.

Because of her past, Summer holds a great deal of respect and admiration for Asuka, seeing her as a mother figure, admiring her strength, and following her orders despite Summer's reluctance to break the rules. Likewise, Summer is self-conscious about who she was before becoming a Meta Officer, working hard to keep her place in S.O.S. when her position is threatened. Due to Ray being a neo-mutant vigilante who caused property damage in Meva City and was offered the chance of being a hero by Asuka, Summer initially resented the young fox, feeling that he didn't earn his place on S.O.S. while she's barely holding on to her position.

Summer has a history of excessive force and insubordination, as seen when she disobeyed Asuka's orders to not fight Liev twice and when she kicked Ray in the face in his first arrest and manhandling him in the second one. Because of these actions, Summer is warned by Carol that she'll be fired if she keeps acting recklessly. Because of her desire to keep her job, Summer is willing to take extra jobs to make up her mistakes.

At work, Summer shows confidence that borders in arrogance and recklessness. She likes a good fight, as she enjoyed the opportunity to face strong adversaries in Brigade and Liev. However, she can be a bit stubborn with her own decisions, refusing Ray's aid at prison, even fighting him, for suggesting they should team up to fight the inmates.

Outside of work, Summer is calmer, more mature, and responsible. She gives Ray advice on being a team player and is proud of him for owning up to his mistakes as Blaze.

## Appearance

At 5'11, Summer is a very tall woman with muscular arms and legs. She has gray fur with darker spots in her face, limbs, and torso, and a lighter shade of gray in her underfur. Summer has black hair styled in a Mohawk, covering one of her eyes. She has purple eyes, a black nose, and sharp teeth.

## Powers, Skills, and Abilities

### Powers

As a neo-mutant, Summer possesses an ability that creates explosions and provides a decent amount of super strength. However, because of the nature of her power, Summer can easily hide her neo-mutant status.

* Kinetic Energy Manipulation: As seen in her fight with Brigade, Summer can create energy upon being hit and release it in a powerful counterattack. When using her full power, Summer creates an explosion. During the train with Ursa, Summer revealed that her power is focused on absorbing the strength of her opponent to release it as a burst of power. According to Dexter, this is due to Summer having unique receptors in her body that allows her to absorb impacts and redirect them as kinetic energy.
* Super Strength: It is implied that a side effect of Summer's neo-mutant power has increased her overall strength, making her stronger than the average hyena and other species. However, her strength has limits, as Summer can be outmuscled by larger and stronger individuals like Brigade and Liev.
* Super Durability: Besides her strength, Summer is capable of taking a large amount of damage, likely a result to help her use her neo-mutant powers. She took a full power punch from Brigade and countered it with her power.

### Skills

* Expert Fighter: As Asuka's subordinate, Summer is a good fighter. While she mainly uses brawling, she's able to pull of punches and kicks that are too difficult to use thanks to her experience. Additionally, Summer has some wrestling techniques, as she used a suplex to defeat an inmate once.

### Abilities

* Peak Physical Condition: Thanks to training with the S.O.S. and her harsh lifestyle on the streets, Summer is more physically fit than other hyenas, even disregarding her neo-mutant powers.

## History

### Arresting Blaze

Summer makes her first appearance in the story by helping Asuka rescue Ray from Liev. After Liev escapes, Asuka arrests Ray for being Blaze, putting on handcuffs that neutralize his neo-mutants. Before Ray can say anything, Summer knocks him out with a kick to the face, much to Asuka's disapproval. The duo then takes Ray to interrogate him.

When Ray wakes up, Summer asks Asuka for permission to kick him again, which is denied. Summer then laughs when Ray attempts to use his powers to escape, only to get beat up by the guards for resisting his confinement. Asuka goes to interrogate Ray with Summer following him. Summer insults Ray, voicing her desire to capture Liev rather than waste time on him.

Due to the interrogation getting cut short by the real interrogators, Asuka takes Ray to her truck, where Summer is currently residing. Summer voices her disdain for Ray for wanting to be a hero despite the troubles he caused. Ray, having reached his limit with the hyena's abuse, calls her out on her behavior. Before the two can fight, Asuka threatens them into compliance while she explains Ray about neo-mutants and gives him the ultimatum of abandoning Blaze or be arrested by Asuka the next time he acts as Blaze.

The conversation is cut short by Liev's forces invading S.O.S. to capture Ray. Asuka tasks Summer to protect Ray while she fights Liev. However, the attack was a decoy to lure Asuka away from Ray. Liev and his armies use their teleportation devices to catch up to Summer and Ray, knocking down their truck.

Summer attempts to fight Liev, but she's easily defeated. Feeling guilty for endangering Summer, Ray breaks out of his handcuffs and fights Liev long enough until reinforcements arrive. Due to Ray revealing himself as Blaze by using his powers on camera, Summer arrests Ray again as soon as Liev leaves the scene. Summer then reacts with shock when Asuka declares her intentions of making Ray a Meta Officer.

### Working As A Guard

After the incident with Liev, Summer is called by Carol, who reminds Summer that her behavior during missions will get her kicked out. Wanting to avoid a confrontation, Summer uses her incoming time as a volunteer guard at the correctional to escape a lecture from Carol.

By sheer coincidence, Summer is assigned to be Ray's guard, who is not happy to see her after the way she treated him. As the two argue, Warden Karr detects Roulette, an assassin chameleon sent to kill Ray by the Monroe Syndicate. While Warden Karr fights Roulette, another assassin named Brigand goes after Ray. Summer fights Brigand to a stalemate by using her neo-mutant powers to create an explosion, separating the assassins from her and Ray.

As Ray and Summer rest from the fight, Ray asks Summer about the explosion she made, causing Summer to rebuke him. Ray suggests teaming up to defeat the assassins, but Summer refuses because it's her job to defeat the criminals and keep her inmate from escaping. A guard is then thrown at them by the inmates who escaped, forcing Ray and Summer to escape.

After covering enough distance to escape most of the inmates, Ray suggests to team up again. They are attacked by a few inmates, forcing Summer to work together with Ray. After Ray tricks an inmate into removing his handcuffs to use his powers again, Ray attempts to reach out to Summer. The hyena respons by punching Ray, calling him out for being a poser who gets rewarded for his neo-mutant status while she has to prove herself to everyone to keep her job. Finally reaching his breaking point, Ray fights back against Summer.

As Ray attempts to calm down Summer, Roulette shoots him, revealing himself and the remaining inmates. Summer realizes that her stubbornness endangered Ray. Wanting to fix her mistake, Summer finally teams up with Ray, defeating the inmates as they use their full power. With the inmates defeated, Roulette and Brigade escape. As Ray and Summer talk, the two get into an argument, causing Warden Karr to neck-whip them before they can fight again. Later that night, an annoyed Asuka is presented with the sight of Summer and Ray childishly fighting each other again.

### Advising Ray

After the incident with the Correctional, Summer returns to S.O.S. to work. Sadly, she's confronted by Carol, who takes Summer to her office to reveal the paperwork caused by Summer's antics. After finishing her talk with Carol, Summer goes to eat ice cream, finding Ray talking with Rose and Arty on the way. Summer intrudes into the conversation, advising Ray to take responsibility for his mistakes and earn the trust of people if he wants to remain a Meta Officer.

The conversation is cut short by Al, a former elephant guard of the Arsenal, who blames Ray for losing his job. Asuka arrives to diffuse the situation, but Al is too mad to care, attacking the group with his trunk. Summer prevents Ray from fighting Al, telling him to trust in Asuka. After Asuka subdues Al, Summer is in awe, and then gets mad when some birds yell at Asuka for the collateral damage. Summer's anger is reduced when Ray suddenly faints. After Arty can't diagnose Ray, Summer takes a look and realizes that he's suffering from lack of energy since it happens to her as well. Summer suggests that they take Ray to his sister's house to properly feed him.

After Ray wakes up and reunites with Liz and Jak, Summer starts eating, listening to Ray's story. Upon hearing a knock on the door, Summer answers, having an awkward first meeting with Ally. Ray goes to have a private talk with Ally while Summer keeps eating. Later that night, Summer watches Ray unmask himself, smiling with pride as he takes responsibility and promises to be a better protector for Meva City.

The following day, Summer and her friends return to S.O.S. as Ray voices his desire to start his life with them.

### Mission To Ursa

During Ray's first day at SOS, Summer and Rose arrive together as they argue. Carol then brings Ray to them and task them to tell him how SOS work. Summer ignores Ray while Rose talks to him, but she immediately gets scared when Regi arrives. The two take Ray to Rose's office to discuss the upcoming mission.

Summer is initially excited about the mission, but she is annoyed that they have to be escorts to a rabbit girl named Maureen Digger. Her opinion shifts when Rose reveals that they will be working at the Big Al Express, which is like a cruise ship for animals of their size.

On the day of the mission, Summer shows some jealousy upon seeing Asuka treat Ray nicely. Asuka notices this and takes Summer to eat some candy from Hitsume. Asuka apologizes to Summer for neglecting her lately, which allows Summer to feel better about herself.

After boarding the Big Al, Summer is the only one besides Ray to pay attention to the meeting. Once the briefing is done, Summer is focused on training at the train's gym. There, Summer bonds with Ray as she explains her powers with Dexter's help and shows some sympathy to Maureen's situation.

The following day, Summer is met by a Cassius Topklaw, who pretends to be a worker at the Big Al. Summer expresses annoyance at the wildforest section of the Big Al as she removes her shirt to reveal a black top, much to Ray's embarrassment. Annoyed at the lack of people staring at the team because of Ray's presence, Summer yells at them to leave under threat of beating them up. With the group regaining their privacy, the team is taken to a room filled with workers that were beat up by Cassius.

As Ray and Summer try to help them, Cassius tries to kill them. The two of them are saved when a masked rabbit named Mo attacks him. Ray and Summer fight against Cassius and win when Summer breaks his hand and Ray shoots fire on his groin. As the duo is recovering, they realize that Mo is Maureen Digger, the rabbit that they are supposed to escort.

## Trivia

* Despite her feats of athleticism and acrobatics, Summer doesn't know any martial arts. According to her answer in a Ray Fox Ask blog, she learned her fighting style while brawling to defend herself in the streets.
* Several art works show Summer being best friends with Ray. Ironically, the two hated each other in the first chapters where they met.