Clay Brady

### 2017 - Present: Clay Brady

Like some people after a traumatic event, Clay tried to get right back to his normal life & act like nothing ever happened. He went back to his job as a race car driver after getting cleared. He reconnected with his wife despite silently seperating the week before. Dorothy was the first person he saw after his return, along with uncle John. Though the doctors cleared him, his uncle wanted him to go see his friends in Gotham just so they could do a deeper dive into his health. While they found no secret damages to anything, John's friend Zatanna found that Clay's energy was different than the average human. It was quite similar to Constantine & the Laughing Magicians bloodline, which made her believe that he had developed tychokinesis.

When Clay got back into his races, he found that he was winning every single race. Even the ones he wasn't even expected to finish in the top three. There would be times where he would get slammed by his opponents but everytime, they were the ones that ended up stuck or hurt but not him. Even more concerned considering his talk with Zatanna, he reached out to Maverick. When Clay related all the "good luck" situations he was in, Maverick said the same thing happened to him. He had been flying through a storm & was struck by lightning but no damage was done to the plane or its occupants. When they landed & had people look over the plane, they were astonished at the lack of damage. In time, the rest of the plane crash survivors began speaking to each other about their own experiences leading to the thirteen of them meeting one day.

As the group began talking over a midday lunch, Clay explained the word tychokinesis to the rest of them. Realizing they could use their abilities for much more than success in their own personal lives & could make an actual difference. None of them were quite ready to completely quit their jobs so whenever something fell through the cracks of justice, any members that were available would lend hand to the small or big issue. At the same time, Clay decided to end his engagement for a second time, feeling as the two only reconnected because of his almost death situation.

One particular mission called for Clay & some others go after a scientist that kept posting about his schemes of releasing a toxin on a blog. The group handled the issue pretty quickly & sent in an anonymous tip to the police afterwards. On their way back to a meeting spot, the group encountered some bad weather & decided to take a detour rather then depend on their usual luck powers. Or maybe it was their luck powers working because they ended up on a sentient & colorful street with some even more colorful residents.

To say the group was confused was an understatement but they sure did feel welcome. It probably would've been a short visit until someone yelled out for Ace from a group of people. Out came a man wrapped in way Clay thought was toilet paper. Introducing himself as Larry Trainor, Ace gave him the biggest bear hug, having thought the young man had died years prior. As the two of them caught up on their lives, Clay decided to go venture onto the rest of the neighborhood with the rest of the team. After relaxing at Granny's Diner for about an hour, they came back to Ace saying that he found them a headquarters to set up base at. When they asked where, Ace pointed to a building that had suddenly appeared & had "The Challengers" written on it. Clay was completely on board & his enthusiasm convinced the rest of the group when they he set up an emergency meeting between all of them.

All the members soon moved on to Danny the Street, with some giving up their full time jobs & others using Danny as their means of transportation. With Danny on their side, the Challengers became much more worldwide, which allowed Clay to get back to his love of races here & there.

## Romantic Relationships

* Dana Blake: Girlfriend (2009 - 2011); Wife (2011 - 2018)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mechanical Aptitude**
* **Peak Human Reflexes**
* **Tychokinesis:** Following the plane crash, the Challengers all gained the ability to subliminally affect probability fields in a psychic manner, allowing "good luck" to happen to them & "bad luck" to their enemies. It is a subconscious ability that usually only affects the user & rarely anything on their enemies. For example, if debris was falling from the sky was about to hit her, she would be hurt if she stood still but if she tried to avoid them, she would move perfectly to avoid every piece about to hit her.
* **Vehical Operation**

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* Though Clay comes from a family coal miners, he decided to go a very different route & become a race car driver. He finds himself at odds with his family due to his career path & their treatment of him. More than any of them, he considers the Challengers to be his new family & has become a grounding presence for the team.
* He is acquainted with Clifford Steele & James Christie.

## Notes

* In the comics, his last name is Brody.
* His family is unique to Earth-44.
	+ Randall Brady is a character from *Smallville*.
	+ William Brady is Dollar Bill from Minutemen.
	+ Grace Brady is the niece of Sargon the Sorcerer.
	+ Wally West is Kid Flash & the third Flash.
	+ Dorothy Blake is one of Daphne Blake's sisters on *Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.*