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Name - Luke Thomas
Alias - Plastic Man II
Age - 18
Sponsor - Giganta
Personality – Lovable, dorky, relaxed
Powers - With a completely pliable body Luke can stretch his body in numerous ways only hindered by his imagination. Stretching, forming, shrinking, growing, reforming, inflating, flattening, Luke can perform countless feats. Also because of his body's new condition mind control is impossible to do on him, or reading his mind in general.
Weaknesses - If Luke turns into anything he will always still show up as his uniform and skin tone. Plus hot and cold temperatures will effect him as well as any high frequency vibrations sent into his body.
Appearance -
BRIEF Bio - Luke grew up the only child of Charles Thomas and his wife Cheryl, Charles being the extremely wealthy owner of Thomas Chemical Inc. One of the top chemical producing companies in the world. Luke's parents stayed together until he was six, when they broke up in a very ugly divorce that saw Luke's father get complete custody.
Growing up Luke had a very privileged, but sheltered life, he never went to any school that wasn't high class and private. Leaving Luke with plenty of money but not many friends, and his father getting onto him for it constantly. One day as Luke was at his dad's main factory. The factory came under attack in a terrorist attack. Luke was held hostage until a stray shot hit him in the shoulder. Causing him to falling over the railing and into a vat of chemicals, which never saw another person touch it except one, a low some criminal named Eel O'Brian who raided the place and was never seen again.
When Luke's father found out what had happened, he came to an ingenious idea after chastising Luke for letting himself get into danger. Charles for the next year did everything he could, having his newly super powered son train in all sorts of different fighting styles, and with any elastic heroes he could pay. Paying for a high quality suit based on the former elastic hero who had long vanished without a trace.
When Charles debuted his son to the public, Luke ended up having a panic attack during the public ceremony. Hyperventilating enough that he ended up inflating himself big enough to knock everyone off the platform. Sadly things never got better for the young hero. Luke had no confidence in himself, and constantly screwed up. The cops more than once finding a tangled up mess.
As his company's stocks tanked from the horrible publicity. Luke's father finally one night unloaded on Luke. Screaming at him about how he was a failure, and how he ruined everything. Kicked out of the home and disowned by his father. Luke survived miserable on the money he had saved. Finally though, having been asked to find a young hero to sponsor. Giganta immediately thought of the failed elastic hero that chemical company sponsored. She hunted him down, offering him a spot on the team, and a second chance. Understanding how important such a thing is, she also brought up the idea that by coming back and succeeding, he could stick it to his father. Luke liked the sound of that, and is now more focused than ever.
What Changed – Luke saw a bad omen in the group after the Yellow Sea Creature incident. The group struggled to stay coherent, and while Luke himself was getting better and better. Eventually he just felt uncomfortable being around everyone. Which made his normally hard to crack brain all the easier for Heartbreaker to manipulate him. The last the group saw of him Plastic Man was a melted mass that seemed dead. However it wasn't the case.
After being saved by the original Plastic Man and his son, Luke stayed with them in NYC quietly until finally they talked him into joining them on their journey around the world. Luke loved the idea, but after thinking about it, called Ditto one last time to let him know what was going on. He didn't want the rest of the team to learn the truth yet, as he felt like he needed to get away from superheroing and all that.
For the next year Luke joined his protege and new father and stepbrother in spirit of their trip. Luke saw the world, and their fun loving ways rubbed off more and more on Luke. The shy, awkward kid was slowly blooming into a man who oozed confidence. Luke had the time of his life, but his father-in-spirit decided it was time for Luke to return to superhero work. After all, if Luke isn't ready now to lift spirits and save the world, he'll never be ready.
Notes - Charles Chemical Inc. owns a patent on the Plastic Man name, but have since been quiet about it, trying to get the public to forget. Even with the disowning Luke does own a very sizable bank account, he had it since he was 8, so he could move when he was 18 and could be declared independent.
