<>FULL NAME: Dr. TERESA KINKAID
ALIASES: Special K, Princess Premenstrual, TKO, etc.
AFFILIATIONS: Former representative for Kelloggs
BACKGROUND: Once there was a child prodigy named Teresa Kinkaid, a girl genius who was an expert at chess, a card-carrying member of MENSA who earned her first degree at the age of twelve.  Her future looked absolutely wonderful until the day she discovered she was diagnosed with a debilitating illness known as Nevison's syndrome, a disease that was ultimately fatal.  Deciding she was not going to die, the girl earned a couple more degrees as the degenerating nerve disorder eroded her ability to control her own body and she set about to find a cure.  A cure was found, or so she thought, but the girl knew by the time the FDA cleared it she would be dead.  So she did a very reckless, irresponsible thing and she tested the cure on herself.  The cure worked.
    Only it did not.  The cure only served to both awaken her paranormal gene and to arrest her age.  She was super humanly strong, durable and agile, healed quickly from injury...and she looked like she was perpetually fifteen years old.
    The girl coped, went on with her life, became a muscian, a doctor, a super hero.  Then one day the girl was captured by extradimensional invaders and cloned her.  The plan was to use clones of various heroes as plants in different super teams, these clones would sabotage equipment and/or kill heroes.  These clones had all the memories of the originals and thought they were the originals, and at the key moment would be remotely controlled by their handlers.  What prevented the Kinkaid clone from acting was the fact her spine had been snapped by a super villain who had escaped from The Hole, her connection had been severed.  The real Kinkaid was rescued by The Vindicators and confronted her double.  While some would have seen the clone as a violation, meeting her physically traumatized double only made the original Kinkaid feel pity and she came to defend her.  In time she came to view the clone as a sister, they became good friends.
    The fact that they did not share similar tastes for men helped.
PERSONALITY: Not only does Clone Kinkaid have all the emotional bagges inherent with her sister's memories, she also has to deal with the fact she is not the original.  She does not let this get her down too much, however, as she realizes that as bad as her life may seem, it could always be worse.  Still, she often uses sarcasm as a defense mechanism.  Due to her unique conditions she has few friends outside of the paranormal community, having alientated many people over the years.
POWERS/SKILLS: Teresa has the ability to quickly heal from any injury save one that would kill her outright.  She has regenerated fingers, fully recovered from concussions and even survived exposure to a class IV virus.  This power is what holds her Nevison's Syndrome in check; it still sits in her cells, waiting for release.  During those rare times when she has suffered broken bones her body quickly resets them, no matter how much it hurts.
    Teresa is very strong and has been classified a "brick" by Pure Power Plant scale (albeit at the lower end of that scale), and she is resistant to damage; she is able to withstand small arms fire without serious injury and can handle temperature extremes from the artic to Death Valley.  This gives her a higher immunity to heat and cold attacks, but not much.  Her reflexes and agility both are abnormally high and she has been able to incorporate her advantages into an eclectic and very effective fighting style that makes the most of her speed and small size.  She is able to leap great heights and distances, over a hundred yards straight up and up to a half a mile in distance.  She is able to maintain a sustained run up to thirty miles per hour, with short bursts almost twice that, and swim at almost ten knots.  Teresa still needs to breath, but is able to hold her breath for up to ten minutes provided she does not have exert herself.
    Teresa has excellent motor control and is able to use her strength to create hand holds in most conventional building materials.  This is not something she can use in combat, however.
    Teresa is highly intelligent and has a Doctorate in Genetics.  She is also a talented chess player, a decent singer and can play a mean axe.  She is also a pretty good dancer and loves to go to teen clubs to let loose.   She is fluent in French and Spanish.
EQUIPMENT: Teresa was able to keep the rapid-deploy glider wings from her costume, they are basically a cool looking emergency parachute.  She carries an equipment belt complete with a compact first aid kit with a portable medical scanner, a tool knife, mini-binoculars, a gas mask and a small flashlight.  She also uses other equipment when necessary. Most of this equipment is commonly available.
APPEARANCE: Teresa appears to be an attractive fifteen-year old girl with a wiry build and stringy black hair with large black eyes.  She stands five foot one inches tall and is sensitive about her height.  She has gone through several "costume phases" but these days she simply wears durable leather in the field.  When in civilian clothes she tries to dress like an adult, but often comes off looking even more cute for her troubles.  She does not need glasses (her vision is now 20/10) but she wears them in a vain attempt to look more dignified.

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