SLIPSTREAM

 

SLIPSTREAM

Real Name: Davis Cameron

First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men (Vol. 1) #6, December 2001

Powers: Slipstream is a teleporter whose mutant ability generates a warp-wave, a funnel of displacement energy which rips between quantum space to connect two distant points. Riding the wave can carry him and any additional people and objects he chooses to ferry between those points. He can also open a stable warp-wave to a new location and allow matter to continue to travel from one end to another and back as long as he maintains the effect. He once opened a warp-wave into a disaster area, sending his sister Lifeguard through to gather the injured and bring them back through the funnel to safety.

 

Slipstream seems to be able to teleport to places he hasn't been before as long as he can visualize the destination, and is capable of detecting other teleportation signatures. Teleporting leaves a small, residual energy signature for a short period of time after the departure and Davis can lock on to this signature to guide his warp-wave, transporting to the same location as the teleportation effect he's tracking. Slipstream is an excellent surfer and uses a hoverboard to fly and surf the warp-wave while traveling, with other passengers buffeted about like the inside of a tornado during transit. When his power is active, his vision narrows to a pinpoint focus directly ahead of him to better allow him to safely traverse it.

LIFEGUARD

 

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.