Lauren Strucker

## Background

### 1993 - 2008: Lauren Strucker

Lauren was born & raised in Atlanta to Reed Strucker & his wife Caitlin Reynolds. Just two years later, her parents welcomed her younger brother Andrew. Her mother operated as a nurse & her father was an attorney who had a dislike for mutants, believing they had an unfair advantage.

At seven years old, Caitlin & her family were driving home after picking her & her brother up from school when an truck nearly crashed into them. Though her parents believed it to be miracle that the truck swerves at the last minute, it was in fact Lauren's powers manifesting for the first time. Lauren never though much of it, continuing her life as a regular girl in a normal family.

She participated in some extracurricular activities & was known as a popular girl in school. At one party, a boy tried to force himself on her. In her desperation, Lauren lost control & used her powers to shatter the windows to make him get off her. Her father came to get her after & she cried the whole way home. He blamed mutants for messing up the party & promised to protect her from them. This event prompted Lauren to keep her powers a secret from everyone.

She continued to practice her powers in secret, never telling anyone. She figured she would only have to pretend everything was normal until she went away to college or studied abroad somewhere that was more accepting.

### **2008 - 2009: Lauren Strucker**

Lauren wouldn't get her wish after a supposed earthquake happens while she is at a school dance. As everyone evacuates, she heads back into the school to find her missing brother. She found him in the locker room, screaming with the faucets bent backward & the entire room falling apart. After calming him down, Lauren takes her brother & goes straight home.

Upon arriving home, Lauren & Andrew explains that Andy is a mutant. She also reveals that she is one as well & that's how she knows so much about Andy. Not long after telling their mom, men in suits come to their door both Lauren & Andrew. Refusing to go with them, Lauren makes a barrier between them so they can escape to their car to leave.

Now in hiding, they eventually meet up with their father at a secret location. Though in disbelief, he loses his anti-mutant mentality when he realizes his children are mutants. The four of them go on the run, knowing that there are people looking for them. They would cross paths with similar men in suits multiple times. While trying to escape, their father took a bullet to the chest. After telling Lauren & Andrew how proud he is of them, he succumbs to his injuries. In her rage, Lauren then incapacitates all the agents with her powers.

## Personality

Academically very gifted, Lauren is organized & socially aware. She shows streets smarts & self-preservation skills. She is a very caring person towards her family & has no trouble using her powers to protect them. She is also patient & nurturing. She also gets defensive when people look down on mutants. Since going on the run, Lauren has become somewhat hardened, depressed & withdrawn.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology**
	+ ***Shield Generation*:** She can push/compress molecules together to create shields. In doing so, she forms force field-like barriers that can be used as protective barriers, as well as push solid objects away. At its lowest level, Lauren's power allowed her to push a bag of popcorn off a vending machine slot with a wave of her hand. To its extreme, her shields are strong enough to deflect bullets, push away oncoming cars & forcefully close the portals generated by Blink. She is able to manifest her shields with just the extension of her hands.
	+ ***Molecular Saw*:** She can move the molecules in her shields at an accelerated rate, creating rapidly rotating shield projectiles that can easily slice through solid objects.
	+ ***Fenris Force*:**A powerful force of incredible strength. If Lauren & Andy hold hands, they are capable of producing an incredibly strong & destructive blast of light. According to Lauren & Andy, they become a single collective entity. Whatever they feel, they can destroy. When used in full strength within the confines of a building of any other material, the building is said to essentially vaporize.
	+ ***Psychic Connection*:** Lauren has a psychic connection with her brother Andy, through this connection they have shared dreams. They can qslo feel each others' emotions & have increased durability when in close proximation.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** Lauren finds air molecules to be the easiest to manipulate, while other substances, such as water, present more of a challenge. She must be able to see what & where she is applying her shields to. She also needs free use of her hands in order to focus her abilities. While powerful, the Fenris Force takes time to unleash. During the preparation for the force, they are completely vulnerable to attack. It also drains them greatly after doing so.
* **Andy Strucker:** Her powers are not effective against Andy's. Because she's pulling molecules together & he's pushing them apart, they cancel each other out. Sometimes, a blast of energy is released when they do this. The blast is strong enough to launch both Andy and Lauren back several feet.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Might:** 3 - Average / Basic (average); 5 - High / Exceptional (enhanced)
* **Quickness:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgetry:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Projection:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Tactics:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Battle:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **TOTAL:** 51 - Power Level 2 / Low Threat (average); 67 - Power Level 2 / Low Threat (enhanced)

## Trivia

* Her great great grandfather is the infamous Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. First known as the Red Skull's second-in-command, he later became the ruler of Hydra. Her great grandfather Andreas & great grandaunt Andrea were a mutant terrorist duo that massacred hundreds in the 1950s & 60s.
* Prior to going on the run, Lauren was essentially the perfect kid. She was smart, pretty, popular, organized & already picked what college she was going to.
* Sometimes she misses her old life.
* She is roommates with Jubilee. She formerly roomed with her brother.
* She is a member of the Chevaliers Squad, mentored by Gambit.

## Notes

* The original character of Lauren Strucker belongs to the TV show, *The Gifted.*