Aimee Connors

Aimee is a small (5') seventeen year old girl who lives at Redención House. She has purple skin, black hair, and amber eyes that gleam in the dark.

Known Biography
On November 3rd, 199x, New York City was cold and wet. The firefighters of Ladder 125 were coming back to the firehouse after a grueling call putting out an apartment fire when one of them noticed a box by the door. Inside was a newborn infant wrapped in a towel, her skin was purplish and the firemen worried that the baby was dying or had serious heart problems. They took her to the hospital and discovered she had the X-gene - the purple skin was a harmless mutation, not a life threatening condition.

Aimee was treated for mild exposure and sent to foster care right away. Living in the foster care system until she was 14, Aimee was not always treated fairly by her 'parents,' or other foster children. One family in particular was especially cruel, locking nine year old Aimee in closets when she disobeyed, and disciplining her with a belt. She finally told her social worker and she was removed from the home, but the emotional scars are not so easily healed.

At 14 Aimee took to the streets of New York, running away from her latest foster family and leaving 'regular' life behind her, for good. Two years later she struck out across the country, living hand to mouth as she wandered.

Eventually she heard of and came to Redención House where Anna Fernandez welcomed her with open arms, and an open heart. Aimee is trying to learn how to live above board in a society that hates and fears her just because of how she looks, and it is anything but easy.

Personality
Aimee is a tough talking street kid with an inner shy girl. At Redención House she tends towards shyness, preferring to be ignored than made much of. Living on her own, and learning to distrust any kindness as a runaway, Aimee can be hard to get to know. But with her new 'family' she has opened up, trusting finally that here were people who wanted to see her do well, and wanted to help her succeed.

Mutation
Aimee can see very well in the dark with her amber colored eyes, and her hands and feet are covered with little barbs that help her 'stick' to various surfaces. She can crawl up any wall, and even across ceilings. She is very fit, but she is not a heavy hitter.