Name: Penelope M. Johnstone
Appearance:
Superhero Name: Siphon
Bio: Penelope has had a hard life. She abused by her parents and tormented at school for years, both physically and mentally and even when teachers and faculty saw it at school they chose not to do anything, turning a blind eye simply because her tormentors had money. The only good thing in her life was tuning into the Chase Siblings exploits whenever she could along with researching super powers. Penelope knew that there had to be more to her life then this. At night, she dreamed of power, obtaining the power she never had in her life. That was all she wanted, to have the power to take control of her life, to take the power from those who hurt her and make them all pay. One day, when going for a walk, a series of events lead to her being chased by two metahumans, members of the local gang in the city. She was cornered in a warehouse and was slammed against a table and was being strangled to death. Before she died though, she summoned up a power, the power she had always wanted and stole the power from him, absorbing his super strength and kicking the criminal through a wall. Penelope then battled the other and managed to defeat him, stealing his power as well. The following day, she began fighting back against her tormentors, easily shoving down who tried to grab her outside, knocking down the head bully with a single slap and humiliating them in a wrestling match in gym class. That same day, she met Vindalee, one of the first people to be nice to her and the two quickly became friends. She sat with Vindalee at lunch and they discussed their powers. Vindalee introduced her to Bruiser, her brother and they made a plan to meet the rest of the team later.
Penelope did indeed meet with Psyche and his team but when they revealed their plan to take over the city, Penelope found herself wrestling with a moral choice: Become the hero she had always dreamed of being, just like the ones she looked up to, or become the villain and strike back against everyone. Penelope wrestled with the decision but in the end, the good in her won out and she tearfully declined after she found out she couldn't talk them out of it.
She returned home and was verbally attacked by her father. In a fit of anger, she threw him through the pantry doors, badly injuring him.
Her home was soon attacked however by the gang from before and Psyche's crew. She tried to fight them in her backyard but was bested by Burst. Outnumbered and outgunned, Penelope had only one chance: She talked to Psyche and let him read her mind, filling him in on what really happened with the gang, this caused the two groups to turn on each other, with Bruiser releasing her mother and the two gang members knocked out. After team Psyche left, Penelope drained their powers and spoke to the police.
Her parents went to the hospital and Penelope stayed at a hotel.
The next day, she left and began walking the city, not wanting anyone to be attacked because of her. However, Psyche's group had declared war on the gang and their leader, Apex, decided to use this as an excuse to destroy the city and her army of meta's went on the attack.
This lead to the city becoming a warzone, with the police, the criminals, Penelope, Team Psyche all fighting it out and even ordinary people rioting in the city during all the chaos.
Taking a bad beating despite her best efforts, Penelope knew she could not win this alone and allied herself with Psyche's group and later the police to bring order to the city.
The battle was intense. There was loss of life, immense amounts of destruction of property and tears and blood shed but they eventually succeded in defeating the gang and then confronting Apex who revealed her horrifying power of transformation and proceeded to give the heroes the fight of their lives.
Through teamwork and genius usage of their powers, they defeated her and Penelope succeeded in taking her powers. Psyche's group left Penelope on good enough terms and she herself went home and passed out from her wounds.
She woke up later at LION where she was healed and explained what had happened to her and the city. She met up with her parents again and they reconciled. Her parents are now in therapy for what they did and went through. In the meantime, Penelope is living at the Halworth Institute to get back to a more normal life, make real friends and get a better handle on her powers.
Powers: Power Absorption: Steal the powers and abilities of others through touch.
Absorbed Powers
Superhuman Strength and Durability: Absorbed from Rocco and Apex.
Electric Blasts: Absorbed from Volt.
Pyrokinesis: Absorbed from Blaze.
Cryokinesis: Absorbed from Blizzard.
Mouth Beams: Absorbed from Belch.
Stretching Limbs: Absorbed from Stretch.
Finger Claws: Absorbed from Claw.
Flight: Absorbed from Glider.
Super Jumping: Absorbed from Leaper.
Thunderclap: Absorbed from Shockwave.
Laser Swords: Absorbed from Slice.
Forcefields: Absorbed from Barrier.
Sonic Scream: Absorbed from Banshee.
Finger Gun: Absorbed from Gunslinger.
Monster Transformation: Absorbed from Apex.
Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFe2gBBWAEg
Hey the metor bit worked in My Super Ex Girlfriend
