Aberrant: Mutant High - Alekanedero "Shard" Kahue

[Shard]

Birth Name: Alekanedero Kahue

Mutant Name: Shard

Identity: Public

Nick Names: Alek

Aliases: None

Occupation: A student at the Lawrence Hunt Academy.

Legal Status: Mutant

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Mother and Father, alive, living in Hawaii

Group Affiliation: none

Concept: Explorer

Nature: Explorer

Origin: Alek was trapped during an eruption of one of the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands. He was caught in a Pyroclastic Flow and nearly killed as his X-gene expressed.

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Ethnic Background: Hawaiian/Caucasian Mix

Nationality: American

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 120lbs

Eye Color: Magma Orange

Hair Color: None

Handedness: Right

Distinguishing Marks: None.

General Appearance: Alek is a small boy with better than average looks, aside from his freakish hide and eyes. His eyes are the colors of a river of glowing hot magma, and the colors shift as if flowing.His skin is the color and texture of Obsidian, with all the sharp edges that entails. His favorite clothes are a pair of board-shorts and a t-shirt, but in public he'll wear whatever would fit the temperature.

Recorded abilities: Alek can play a mean bass guitar, and draws fairly well. He also has a solid grounding in science and academia due to his mother's help when growing up. His unique abilities all stem from his body becoming obsidian. He can fire a limitless amount of shards of obsidian from his hands, which are very deadly. His hands can be used as claws, also very deadly. His body has many sharp edges, which can do some damage to those not careful with him. And his body is now tougher than before.

Background:As a young boy, Alek was always off wandering. Whenever his mom would turn her back on him, he would be off on another adventure. While he grew older, his love of exploration never dimmed. When he became a teenager, he began sneaking out of the house at night, just to explore the islands he called home. His explorations led to his being grounded several times, but that only caused him to want to explore more.

His family life was very normal and quiet. His mother was a vulcanologist for the US Geological Survey at one of the local volcanoes, and his father was a helicopter pilot for a local company that specialized in sightseeing. They weren't wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, they weren't poor either. His family lived a very quiet and unexciting life, until Alek's 15th birthday.

On his birthday, a volcano near where the family lived became active and erupted. While this normally has a long build-up period, the volcano had been quiet for several months. His family was able to make it to safety, but Alek was off on one of his explorations when the volcano erupted. He tried to make it back home, but he was cut off from the path home by a pyroclastic flow. Trapped, he tried to outrun the flow, but it was moving faster than anyone could run. He was subsumed by the flow, and his previously unexpressed mutant gene saved his life by converting him into a being of obsidian. The pain was intense, and the gasses overwhelmed him. His last memory of his normal world was hot gasses seeping into his lungs and searing them.

Upon awakening, he found himself in the hospital covered in bandages. His mother and father were at his bedside. His body felt strange and numb. He tried to raise his hands but they were secured to the bed frame. Even his eyes were covered in gauze, albeit lightly. He could hear his parents praying at his side, and groaned as they continued, to let them know he heard them. His chest hurt, and he later found out that in addition to the hot gasses that burned him, he was hit in the chest by a couple of rocks, thus breaking a couple of ribs. His mother soon removed the bandages around his eyes, and gasped when his eyes were revealed. Alek demanded a mirror and soon discovered his unusual-looking eyes and his obsidian skin. After a couple of days in the hospital, he tried to escape from the restraints, and did so much to his surprise. It seemed that his body had developed razor sharp edges and claws on his hands. He cut his way free of the bandages and leather straps at his wrists. He then sat there and thought for a while about what to do, now that he was a freak. His parents had been doing research about their son and came to his room about this time with an idea. They would scrape together all the money they could and send him to a high school in NY that specialized in "Gifted" youngsters. After a large tiff that led to his father storming out, and Alek slicing up a pillow, Alek decided it would be for the best, and agreed to go. That was a couple of months ago. Since then, he's been subject to ridicule, attacks, and insults at his home, which hastened his departure. He has only recently arrived at the Lawrence Hunt Academy.