Taylor Jason Garrick
"I'm just as human as an actual human."
Codename: Rocket.
Age: 17.
Gender:Male.
Sexuality:Not sure of.
Relationship Status:Single.
Species:Homo Superior. (Or simply known as Mutant.)
History:"I'm not letting him join your goddamn X-Men!" Emily Garrick said, her face stern and angry. She could not let him do this, considering that mutants are being hunted day and night by those villainous Equalists. She calmed down, and thought. Jason would've wanted him to have a choice in this, wouldn't he. He always did. It was his choice after all.
Waking up at three years old, in an alleyway with newspapers and trash while being hated by humanity is something no one would want to go through. Yet this child did, his mother and father had left him to die on the streets once they had seen his powers. There is such a hollow void in his mind, something was always missing, the blurry memories were all he had. The boy wanted to know them, he always had. The boy had always had an serious expression when he was little.
He grew up on the streets, with no one to support him. He stole food, shoplifted candy or clothes, about doing anything he could to survive. It was rough, sure but it kept him alive, and his ability to jump high helped him when it came to stealing or finding food. It was a hard life, but he never complained. He could've been dead, but he was still here.
After a year of their marriage, Emily and Jason Garrick had wanted a child, unfortunately they tried but they couldn't. They believed in equality for mutants and humans. So when they found the unnamed dirty blonde preteen that had the ability to jump higher than the average human, they had adored him, not caring of his abilities. They adopted him and gave him the name Taylor Jason Garrick. And they treated him like he was their actual son. And now he had something to fill those blurry memories with.
His secondary mutant power had became active when he was being jumped by a group of thugs. He was walking home from his high school, since his foster parents wanted him to have a good education, and was attacked and almost killed. These thugs wanted his wallet, and he had said no. As soon as he was on the ground, and threw one off of him into a wall by just struggling, they ran off. And he had realized that he had super strength.
It would only be so long until the Equalists found out about Taylor and that his parents believed in equality. One day, when Jason Garrick was driving to work, he was shot at by three Equalists. His car swerved, and he crashed. Taylor's father was dead, for the first time in so many years, Taylor cried. His mother was mourning just as bad as him.
At the funeral, Taylor realized he didn't want anyone else to have the same fate by the Equalists. But he was just one mutant, not like he could do anything by himself.
It didn't take a long amount of time after his father's death for the group of mutants fighting for the right cause known as the X-Men, noticed Taylor's incredible abilities and wanted to recruit him. Taylor wanted to make a difference in the world, plus his father would've wanted him to have a choice.
And what was his answer? Yes.
Appearance:Taylor, for a young man like himself, has a very decent body build. A decent six pack. He has dirty blonde hair, if it was any darker it would be brown. His eyes are a pale green, and his height is about 6'1". The teenager weighs about 142 lbs, around the average weight for a 17 year old male. His hair is always short, his sideburns usually being a darker blonde than the rest of his hair.
His eyebrows are also about the same color as his sideburns. The right side of his shoulder seems to be a stab wound, from the day he was jumped. He also has two tiny slash marks on his chest, from the same fight. He does also seem to have some bruises, it seems to be the only marks he has on his body.
His body build seems to be the equivalent of an athlete. A very slim build, but with a good enough amount of muscle. He would be considered a very handsome teenager to society, if he wasn't a Mutant of course.
Powers:Taylor has the ability to jump high, and somewhat fast. Simulating a mini-rocket going up in the air, which is the reason Rocket is his codename. He can reach many distances, and has even climbed up a building with jumping only 7 times. This is obviously something the natural human could never do. He can sort of climb buildings by jumping on the wall, going in the air, and jumping up again to repeat the process, sort of like bouncing sideways. He can also charge his jumps, making him go even higher than normal. This can be a problem though, considering it takes up a lot of stamina, depending on how high the jump. Somehow, gravity doesn't affect him when he lands back on the ground.
He also has super strength. He can punch through walls, and break one of the opponent's ribs with a good punch. He can pick up objects like an car, or an lamp post. But this would be the equivalent to picking up a long dumbbell without any help. If he's rather angry, his super strength could be amplified a little to the point where can tap glass and a big crack would appear, and if he'd tap it harder, it would full shatter. This goes well with his super jumps, he could dig his hands into the wall like a pickaxe going into rock, helping him climb up if he slips. He basically has the standard super strength abilities.
Personality:Taylor isn't the average irresponsible, non-caring teenager. Matter of fact, he's the exact opposite of that. He cares a lot about his friends, family, or lovers. He seems to goodhearted and wants equality just like his parents. He is not really the social type though, which is one of his biggest problems. He doesn't really like to talk the others, he's usually quiet and just thinking. He is overall a serious person for a young man his age. But he isn't stern, and does smile and laugh at people's jokes.
He selectively becomes friendly to people over time. He doesn't naturally start liking a ally in the first couple of days like anyone else would. He studies them first, see how they act towards others, see what they like, and if then he chooses if to rather be friends with them or not. A very weird way of making friends.
He's not sure about what sexuality he is, and seems emotionally distant, when he isn't. He's just confused, he doesn't know if he likes a guy or girl, or both. Which makes his love life a little bit complicated, considering he has never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. This is something he would like to explore.
He's not much of a interesting person, but he does seem to have potential. He follows orders, and will cooperate with teammates, even if he doesn't like that certain teammate.
Likes:Coffee, Drama movies, Action movies, Dogs, Games.
Dislikes:Death, Equalists, Cats, Guns, Books.
Numb - Linkin Park"I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me, and be less like you."
