LIFEGUARD
Real Name: Heather Cameron
First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men (Vol. 1) #6, December 2001
Powers: Lifeguard was born with the mutant power of situational hyper-adaptability. This enables her to manifest a variety of superhuman traits to facilitate the protection of herself or other living beings from different threatening and adverse situations.
The range of variability her power is capable of was never measured, and she did not consciously choose how or when her power activated. Generally, her default response for all forms of threats was to alter her flesh into a superhumanly strong golden metal, increasing her strength and durability dramatically. If necessary, she could grow wings (either under her arms or from her backside) in order to fly or additional arms to carry multiple people to safety. She has developed superhuman strength, grown gills and a fish-like tail, and has even assumed the form of a whale. She was never seen morphing her body in these or any other way without first assuming her default golden state. Lifeguard also could apparently manifest psychic powers, such as the ability to control water mentally and some form of telepathy. Once the threat passed, her body would revert to normal.
Her power inadvertently caused the emergence of her inherent Shi'ar genome, and she appears to be locked into her final transformation of gold skin, wings, razor sharp talons, and predatory instincts, still unable to control her powers and possibly unable to transform any further or reverse the change. Her appearance also includes cranial markings and feathers that represent Shi'ar royalty.
Heather Cameron is also a qualified trained lifeguard and an excellent swimmer.
1 comment:
The difference between her and Darwin?
Darwin adapts to protect himself while Lifeguard adapts to protect herself or others. Darwin can also consciously trigger mutations to deal with specific goals or problems, while Lifeguard's power is purely reflexive.
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