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''This page is about the [[:Category: Phase 2|Phase 2]] incarnation of the character. For other uses, see [[Alex Summers (disambiguation)]].''
  
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| name    = Alex Summers
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| image  = AlexP2Wiki.png
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| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3024712/ Chris Zylka]
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| codename = Havok
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| teams  = [[X-Factor]]
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| birthdate = August 12, 1990
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| journal =  [http://xp-havok.dreamwidth.org/ Life Is Short]
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''You got twenty years of brothering to make up on, let's see how you do with that before I start using my baking prowess to get you favors.''
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Alex is currently taking a sabbatical from the mansion to spend some time with his wife.
  
  
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== '''Details''' ==
 
== '''Details''' ==
  
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'''Character Journal:''' [http://x-havok.livejournal.com/profile x_havok]
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'''Character Journal:''' [http://xp-havok.dreamwidth.org/ xp-havok]
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'''Real Name''': Alex Summers
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'''Real Name''': Alexander Summers
  
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'''Codename''': none
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'''Codename''': Havok
  
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'''Aliases''': none
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'''Aliases''': Alex
  
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'''First Appearance''': [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/24382.html#cutid1 June 4, 2003]
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'''First Appearance''': [https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/3721596.html July 7, 2015]
  
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'''Date of Birth''': January 28, 1986
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'''Date of Birth''': August 12, 1990
  
 
'''Place of Birth''': Anchorage, Alaska
 
'''Place of Birth''': Anchorage, Alaska
  
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'''Citizenship''':  US
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'''Citizenship''':  American
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'''Relatives''': [[Summers Family]]: Phillip Summers (grandfather), Deborah Summers (grandmother), Christopher Summers (father, deceased), Kate Summers (mother, deceased); [[Scott Summers]] (elder brother).
 
  
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'''Education''': On break from pursuing geology degree at the University of Hawaii - Hilo.
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'''Relatives''': [[Scott Summers]] (brother), [[Christopher Summers]] (father), [[Summers Family|Phillip Summers (grandfather), Deborah Summers (grandmother), Kate Summers (mother, deceased)]]; [[Ross Family | Kara Ross and Allison Ross (foster mothers); Megan Ross (foster sister)]]
  
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'''Relationship Status''': single
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'''Education''': High school graduate, graduate from Berkeley College
  
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'''Occupation''': Student
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'''Relationship Status''': Married to [[Lorna Dane | Lorna Summers]] (October 14, 2017)
  
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'''Team Affiliation''': None
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'''Occupation''': Part-desk jockey/part-contact maintainer with [[X-Factor]]
  
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[X-Factor]]
  
 
== '''Biography''' ==
 
== '''Biography''' ==
  
 
=== '''Childhood''' ===
 
=== '''Childhood''' ===
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Born as the second child of Kate and Chris Summers, and the younger brother of Scott (thirteen), Alex led a quiet, happy existence for the first three years of his life. But everything went pear-shaped when the Air Force transferred his father across country. During their flight, the plane ran into severe difficulties over the Nevada desert, and Alex's parents buckled both boys into a single parachute and pushed them to safety. Scott's powers manifested, allowing him to generate an optic blast to slow their fall, while the plane crash claimed the lives of their parents.
  
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Alex was born in Anchorage, Alaska to Christopher and Kate Summers, the second of their two children. When Alex was eight, his family underwent a cross-country move because of his father's Air Force career. During their flight, however, the plane ran into severe difficulties over the Nevada desert, and Alex's parents buckled both boys into a single parachute and pushed them to safety. Scott's powers manifested, allowing him to generate an optic blast to slow their fall, while the plane crash claimed the lives of both of Alex's parents.
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Following the accident the Summers brothers were separated, and Alex went into a foster home without ever knowing what became of Scott. He spent three years bouncing around the system, ending up in six homes before finally, at the age of six, landing in the Ross home with Allison and Kara and their three-year-old daughter Megan. He settled in nicely there, and for a while things were good again. It was at the age of thirteen when everything blew up - literally - and he finally manifested, accidentally destroying part of the Ross’ house. Thankfully Allison was the only one home at the time and she wasn’t close enough to be caught up in it. Aware of the backlash it could cause if it was discovered that their foster son was a mutant, and not wanting to give Alex up or put him in danger, the family covered it up, insisting it was a gas explosion and moving before anyone could question it too much (investigations, of course, proved that it wasn’t a gas explosion at all, but there was no evidence to indicate anything else and by the time it got that far the family was already gone and there was no other evidence to indicate what the cause might have been).
  
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While Scott recovered in the hospital, social services placed Alex with a foster family, being unable to locate the boys' grandparents in Alaska. Around the age of twelve, however, Alex's mutant powers manifested and destroyed part of his adopted parents' house. Neighborhood backlash caused Alex to strike out on his own and made his way to Hawaii. Alex spent a few years working odd jobs, surfing and working as a lifeguard on the Hawaiian beaches until at age 17, his powers flared out of control again - this time accidentally taking out a large area of coastline and accidentally causing a number of deaths. Shortly after this incident, Alex was brought to [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]].
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They moved to a small, isolated town, to a house where their closest neighbor was miles away, to protect Alex from being discovered and homeschooling him. Their backyard was a large field that went on for miles - the perfect spot for Alex to bleed off the energy when it began to build up.
  
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=== '''Living At The X-Mansion''' ===
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He wasn’t a complete prisoner in the house, of course - Allison and Kara were just wary of letting Alex out too much. Over time he began to learn the signs of when the energy was building up too much, which made it easier for him to go out. He found ways to entertain himself at home as well - the long, often empty street they lived on made extreme biking and skateboarding experiments possible and gave his mothers a completely different reason to fuss over him when he came in scraped up and bruised and laughing about it all.
  
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Once at the school, Alex quickly obtained a high school diploma and found a place among the staff working with the younger children. He also developed a number of strong relationships, notably with his roommate [[Shiro Yoshida]] and his soon-to-be girlfriend, [[Lorna Dane]]. While Alex was overjoyed to be reunited with his brother, he and Scott did not see eye to eye on Scott's position with the [[X-Men]], with Alex often providing very vocal resistance to the idea that his brother was regularly putting his life in danger.  
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=== '''Adulthood''' ===
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It was a good life, all things considered. By the time Alex turned eighteen, though, he was ready to get out of the house and see the world. It was with much reluctance that Allison and Kara let him go, assured in the fact that he could take care of himself. He spent two years traveling and finally landed in California, where he learned to surf and got a job at a local surf shop, making friends easily and moving between their couches, never really finding a home.
  
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Alex, however, would find his life endangered when he ran away from the school following a powers accident which severely injured Lorna. He was captured by the [[Hellfire Club]] under the command of their Black Queen, [[Selene]], who used him as a power battery, feeding off his mutant ability. After being [[Hellfire| rescued by the X-Men]], Alex's opinion of the team cooled somewhat, although he still held a deep desire to see his brother out of harm's way, having lost him once already.
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But that wasn’t the life Alex wanted for himself, and the winter before he turned twenty he applied for, and got into college for the following fall semester. He met Lorna Dane at orientation, and the two instantly clicked - not long after the start of their freshmen year, they began dating.
  
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In the next year, Alex would find another obstacle in his relationship with his brother, namely [[Jean Grey]]'s return from being thought dead. Once more, Alex was outspoken about his belief that Jean's return was doing more harm than good to Scott, and though the animosity would slowly cool, the initial hostility served to drive something of a wedge between the Summers brothers.  
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And for four years life was good. Alex and Lorna dated, going through the usual ups and downs of a relationship, but they were happy and in love, and Alex proposed the summer before their senior year. It was all perfect.
  
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This may have been part of the impetus for Alex's decision to return to Hawaii, to pursue a degree in geology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Now engaged to Lorna, the two took their leave from the mansion to pursue their life and studies in Hawaii.
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==='''And Then It Wasn't'''===
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For winter break, Alex decided to go with his class on a trip to Spain. They were, unfortunately, stranded there in the wake of M-Day, and didn't manage to get back to the US until June 2015. He got back to California to find that Lorna wasn't there anymore - she had gone to New York. They made arrangements to meet there - but unfortunately Alex never made it. He was captured while on his way to Nevada to see his family, by the [[Brotherhood of Mutants]], who intended on using him as bait to get to Lorna.
  
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==='''Further Information'''===
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He spent a month in their "care" until he was rescued by Lorna, X-Factor, and the X-Men, and brought back to the mansion. There Lorna finally came clean about who she was (the daughter of Magneto) and why Alex had been captured. Alex did his best to be understanding, but it was a lot for him to take. On the plus side, there was also a nice surprise waiting for Alex at the mansion - his long-lost brother Scott.
  
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Life in Hawaii with Lorna was not to be completely idyllic, however. As time went on, Lorna dealt with her own issues, some stemming from her time [[With Malice Aforethought|possessed by Malice]], and found herself questioning her relationship with Alex. When she decided to return his ring and go back to New York and the school, Alex became even more withdrawn and isolated. With the help of his roommate, Jared, he managed to keep an even keel over the next few months, concentrating on his studies.
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==='''Mansion Life'''===
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Alex adjusted pretty easily to life in the mansion, making friends with various residents of various ages and throwing himself into making a home in the place. He and Lorna reconciled with the agreement that they were starting over, and had their first "date" in November. He even got a job with X-Factor at Lorna's recommendation. In September he and Lorna went on a road trip back to their apartment in California so they could clean up and pack it up, officially beginning their new lives in New York when they returned. His first mission with X-Factor - [[Case File: A Better Mole Trap | investigating the death of a homeless mutant]] - ended in disaster when they were ambushed by [[Sabretooth]], and barely made it out alive. He spent the next few weeks recovering from his own injuries and nursing Lorna through hers. Pretty much a typical way to end what hadn't been a fantastic year.
  
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Through his studies, however, he met [[Vida Rocca]], the daughter of one of his professors, and the two began a relationship. With their common interests and similar outlooks, the pair lived happily as they continued their studies, until a chance visit from Lorna drove a wedge between the two when Vida secretly spotted the former lovers sharing a brief kiss. Overcome by jealousy, Vida went to her mother for consolation, and eventually became the [[Living Pele|avatar of the Hawaiian goddess, Pele]] and would be the second woman to siphon Alex's power to serve her own ends, attempting to drive all non-ethnic Hawaiians from the islands. Eventually defeated by Alex and Shiro, Vida returned to normal. In a gesture of maturity, Alex met with her and forgave her before returning to the mansion in New York.
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==='''New Year, New Thrills'''===
  
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Since his return, Alex has decided to train with Scott, to prevent himself from becoming a victim again. His relationship with Shiro has also changed, with the two growing very close through their shared experience.  
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Alex's next mission, thankfully, went a little better, when he helped a [[Operation: Mutant Massacre | small team infiltrate the offices of the Sapien League]]. He succeeded in blowing the building sky high, and got to experience the thrill of jumping out a window with [[Susan Storm]] and falling hundreds of feet with nothing but one of Sue's force fields stopping him from going splat on the ground. He became obsessed with sky diving as a result.
  
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Unfortunately, his daredevil lifestyle was put on hold when he broke his leg skiing with Lorna in March. That didn't stop him from trying to get around, however - he, Arthur, and [[Kyle Gibney]] tried strapping a skateboard to his cast so he could get around. It went about as well as one would think it would. At least he didn't break his other leg. The summer was mostly quiet, but ended up on a high note with a hike along the Appalachian Trail and the renewal of his engagement with Lorna.
  
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==='''Wedding, And Not So Happy Stuff'''===
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2017 had a lot of ups and downs between wedding planning. X-Factor accidentally ended up with a missing kid case after [[Case File: Cat Scratch Fever | Alex and Lorna were caught up in a bank robbery (they found him)]], and later helped investigate a [[Green-Eyed Monster | rock that seemed to be making everyone sick (they found the rock and used Warren's credit card to get it off the streets)]]. [[Psi War | the apparent death]] of Quentin left him reeling, although he was more than happy to join in on making fun of Quentin when he came back.
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The highlight of everything, of course, was marrying Lorna in October. Even that was marred, however, by [[Magneto | her father's]] appearance. He didn't try anything, however, and the wedding went off without a hitch.
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2018 was quiet for the most part, save for having to [[Generation X: Demon Bear | save the kids from a demon bear]]. Things went a little bit to hell in December when Warren, semi-possessed by a demon, made a move on Lorna. He was quite proud of her for punching him, and remained furious with his so-called ''boss''.
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The end of the year was peak mansion insanity when [[The Danger Room Paradox | a malfunction with the Danger Room pulled various mansion people into simulations of fictional worlds]], and Alex got to go to Hogwarts for a little bit. He was, unsurprisingly, a Hufflepuff.
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2019 shook his outlook a bit when [[Case File: Take Me to Church|a case about a missing child]] turned into a hunt for a cult. The girl was killed before [[X-Factor]] could get her out, and Alex, who was there when it happened, held himself responsible. He buckled down on his training efforts as a result, determined not to let anyone else get hurt because he wasn't fast enough. There was also [[Operation: Siege Perilous|some weird thing]] about other universes existing, and another version of himself dying, but that was all kind of confusing and he put it out of his mind.
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Life took on a pleasant status quo for a bit, with most of 2020 and 2021 being dedicated to making sure his wife didn't overwork herself. The results of that have varied. He also continued working with the Underground, helping younger kids adjust and trying to make them feel better about their circumstances.
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==='''Life, Continued'''===
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Alex continued dedicating himself to work, as well as getting more involved with opportunities to help the Underground. Lorna's departure in 2022 hit him a bit hard, but he did his best to keep a smile and keep on going. He even got to help [[Chicago is Burning | a young mutant in Chicago]] find his way to the mansion for safety.
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Warren's return to the mansion was a less than thrilling one; between that and Quentin threatening someone on the journals, Alex began to withdraw a little, focusing more on working and his volunteer duties.
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Following the encounter [[A Haven to Call Home | with the mutant cult Haven]] and losing control of his powers, Alex decided it was time to take a break from the mansion and spend some time with Lorna.
  
 
== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
 
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'''Weight''': 150 lbs.
  
 
'''Eyes''': Blue
 
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'''Other Features''':   Besides his dashing good looks? A scar on his left leg from an extreme biking experiment gone wrong when he was fourteen. Various scars from his time in captivity with the Brotherhood.
  
 
== '''Powers''' ==
 
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Alex absorbs ambient radiation, from both solar energy and other forms of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, and stores it within his body like a living battery. He can release this energy in a destructive plasma blast, capable of causing massive damage (through intense heat) to anything it encounters. Since Alex cannot control the absorption of energy at this time, he often needs to vent excess energy on a regular basis or risk his powers overloading in a destructive explosion.  
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Alex absorbs and releases ambient radiation. He gets the radiation from solar energy, as well as other forms of high-frequency electromangetic radiation. He stores it in his body, and can release it in a destructive plasma blast. These blasts have the capability of causing massive damage through intense heat. Alex is not capable of controlling the absorption of energy (there’s room for him to learn how to, with proper training, but being self taught he has no idea where to begin), leading to the need to vent the energy on a regular basis. If he doesn’t, he risks going into overload and causing a destructive explosion.
  
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As of his arrival to the mansion, he only kne the basics of his powers - that is, how to bleed them off so he doesn’t explode. He accidentally realized he could control the direction of his blasts during a spider invasion that he could direct the blasts and make it go a certain way by extending his arms. He's been working on that with Scott since.
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As a side effect of his powers, he’s immune to most forms of heat and radiation.
  
 
== '''Equipment''' ==
 
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Containment suit, designed by [[Forge]] which allows Alex to bleed off his powers without exploding.
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Skateboards, surfboards, bicycles, etc.
  
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Alex has taken to carrying around a billy bat on more mundane cases so he has something besides his powers to help him fight.
  
 
== '''Trivia''' ==
 
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Alex is into a variety of extreme sports - surfing, skateboarding, biking, if it has wheels and/or a board and is dangerous, he's probably done it at some point.
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He has a skateboard collection he's particularly proud of.
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=='''External Links'''==
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[https://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+alex+summers xp_communication posts]
  
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[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+alex+summers xp_journal posts]
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[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+alex+summers xp_logs posts]
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[https://xp-teams.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+havok xp_teams posts]
  
 
== '''Plots''' ==
 
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[[Hellfire]]
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===2015===
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[[The Caged Bird]]
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[[Case File: A Better Mole Trap]]
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===2016===
  
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[[Repodemon]]
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[[Operation: Mutant Massacre]]
  
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[[Reavers (plot)]]
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===2017===
  
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[[With Malice Aforethought]]
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[[Case File: Cat Scratch Fever]]
  
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[[Day In The City]]
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[[How To Kill A Spider]]
  
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[[Mutants and Molotovs]]
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[[Psi War]]
  
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[[One-Eyed King]]
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[[Green-Eyed Monster]]
  
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[[Living Pele]]
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[[Generation X: Demon Bear]]
  
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[[The Danger Room Paradox]]
  
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===2019===
  
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[[Fear in the Dark]]
  
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[[Case File: Take Me to Church]]
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[[House of Horrors]]
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===2021===
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[[A Fistful of Nanites]]
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[[Potomac Calls to Chesapeake]]
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[[Monster Mash]]
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===2022===
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[[Clan Akkaba (plot)|Case File: Clan Akkaba - Inception]]
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===2023===
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[[Case File: The Underbelly Project]]
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[[Chicago is Burning]]
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[[A Haven to Call Home]]
  
 
== Meta ==
 
== Meta ==
  
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'''Player Icon Base''':  [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/ Ryan Gosling]
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'''Player Icon Base''':  [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3024712/ Chris Zylka]
  
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
 
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Sam rebooted Alex from his [[Alex Summers - Phase 1 | phase one version]], introducing him in 2015. In [[January 2024]] they put him on one year hiatus.
  
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The age difference between Scott and Alex changed from Phase 1 to Phase 2 - Alex is now thirteen years younger than his brother.
  
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[[Category: One Year Retirement]]

Latest revision as of 17:43, 5 January 2024

This page is about the Phase 2 incarnation of the character. For other uses, see Alex Summers (disambiguation).

By request of the previous player and with mod agreement, this character is not available for applications for a period of one year. If you have questions, check the XPP post on the 2021 retirement amnesty, or feel free to contact the mods at x_moderators @ googlegroups . com.


PHASE 2
Alex Summers
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Portrayed by Chris Zylka
Codename: Havok
Affiliations: X-Factor
Birthdate: August 12, 1990
Journal: Life Is Short
Player:


You got twenty years of brothering to make up on, let's see how you do with that before I start using my baking prowess to get you favors.

Alex is currently taking a sabbatical from the mansion to spend some time with his wife.



Details

Character Journal: xp-havok


Real Name: Alexander Summers

Codename: Havok

Aliases: Alex

First Appearance: July 7, 2015

Date of Birth: August 12, 1990

Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska

Citizenship: American

Relatives: Scott Summers (brother), Christopher Summers (father), Phillip Summers (grandfather), Deborah Summers (grandmother), Kate Summers (mother, deceased); Kara Ross and Allison Ross (foster mothers); Megan Ross (foster sister)

Education: High school graduate, graduate from Berkeley College

Relationship Status: Married to Lorna Summers (October 14, 2017)

Occupation: Part-desk jockey/part-contact maintainer with X-Factor

Team Affiliation: X-Factor

Biography

Childhood

Born as the second child of Kate and Chris Summers, and the younger brother of Scott (thirteen), Alex led a quiet, happy existence for the first three years of his life. But everything went pear-shaped when the Air Force transferred his father across country. During their flight, the plane ran into severe difficulties over the Nevada desert, and Alex's parents buckled both boys into a single parachute and pushed them to safety. Scott's powers manifested, allowing him to generate an optic blast to slow their fall, while the plane crash claimed the lives of their parents.

Following the accident the Summers brothers were separated, and Alex went into a foster home without ever knowing what became of Scott. He spent three years bouncing around the system, ending up in six homes before finally, at the age of six, landing in the Ross home with Allison and Kara and their three-year-old daughter Megan. He settled in nicely there, and for a while things were good again. It was at the age of thirteen when everything blew up - literally - and he finally manifested, accidentally destroying part of the Ross’ house. Thankfully Allison was the only one home at the time and she wasn’t close enough to be caught up in it. Aware of the backlash it could cause if it was discovered that their foster son was a mutant, and not wanting to give Alex up or put him in danger, the family covered it up, insisting it was a gas explosion and moving before anyone could question it too much (investigations, of course, proved that it wasn’t a gas explosion at all, but there was no evidence to indicate anything else and by the time it got that far the family was already gone and there was no other evidence to indicate what the cause might have been).

They moved to a small, isolated town, to a house where their closest neighbor was miles away, to protect Alex from being discovered and homeschooling him. Their backyard was a large field that went on for miles - the perfect spot for Alex to bleed off the energy when it began to build up.

He wasn’t a complete prisoner in the house, of course - Allison and Kara were just wary of letting Alex out too much. Over time he began to learn the signs of when the energy was building up too much, which made it easier for him to go out. He found ways to entertain himself at home as well - the long, often empty street they lived on made extreme biking and skateboarding experiments possible and gave his mothers a completely different reason to fuss over him when he came in scraped up and bruised and laughing about it all.

Adulthood

It was a good life, all things considered. By the time Alex turned eighteen, though, he was ready to get out of the house and see the world. It was with much reluctance that Allison and Kara let him go, assured in the fact that he could take care of himself. He spent two years traveling and finally landed in California, where he learned to surf and got a job at a local surf shop, making friends easily and moving between their couches, never really finding a home.

But that wasn’t the life Alex wanted for himself, and the winter before he turned twenty he applied for, and got into college for the following fall semester. He met Lorna Dane at orientation, and the two instantly clicked - not long after the start of their freshmen year, they began dating.

And for four years life was good. Alex and Lorna dated, going through the usual ups and downs of a relationship, but they were happy and in love, and Alex proposed the summer before their senior year. It was all perfect.

And Then It Wasn't

For winter break, Alex decided to go with his class on a trip to Spain. They were, unfortunately, stranded there in the wake of M-Day, and didn't manage to get back to the US until June 2015. He got back to California to find that Lorna wasn't there anymore - she had gone to New York. They made arrangements to meet there - but unfortunately Alex never made it. He was captured while on his way to Nevada to see his family, by the Brotherhood of Mutants, who intended on using him as bait to get to Lorna.

He spent a month in their "care" until he was rescued by Lorna, X-Factor, and the X-Men, and brought back to the mansion. There Lorna finally came clean about who she was (the daughter of Magneto) and why Alex had been captured. Alex did his best to be understanding, but it was a lot for him to take. On the plus side, there was also a nice surprise waiting for Alex at the mansion - his long-lost brother Scott.

Mansion Life

Alex adjusted pretty easily to life in the mansion, making friends with various residents of various ages and throwing himself into making a home in the place. He and Lorna reconciled with the agreement that they were starting over, and had their first "date" in November. He even got a job with X-Factor at Lorna's recommendation. In September he and Lorna went on a road trip back to their apartment in California so they could clean up and pack it up, officially beginning their new lives in New York when they returned. His first mission with X-Factor - investigating the death of a homeless mutant - ended in disaster when they were ambushed by Sabretooth, and barely made it out alive. He spent the next few weeks recovering from his own injuries and nursing Lorna through hers. Pretty much a typical way to end what hadn't been a fantastic year.

New Year, New Thrills

Alex's next mission, thankfully, went a little better, when he helped a small team infiltrate the offices of the Sapien League. He succeeded in blowing the building sky high, and got to experience the thrill of jumping out a window with Susan Storm and falling hundreds of feet with nothing but one of Sue's force fields stopping him from going splat on the ground. He became obsessed with sky diving as a result.

Unfortunately, his daredevil lifestyle was put on hold when he broke his leg skiing with Lorna in March. That didn't stop him from trying to get around, however - he, Arthur, and Kyle Gibney tried strapping a skateboard to his cast so he could get around. It went about as well as one would think it would. At least he didn't break his other leg. The summer was mostly quiet, but ended up on a high note with a hike along the Appalachian Trail and the renewal of his engagement with Lorna.

Wedding, And Not So Happy Stuff

2017 had a lot of ups and downs between wedding planning. X-Factor accidentally ended up with a missing kid case after Alex and Lorna were caught up in a bank robbery (they found him), and later helped investigate a rock that seemed to be making everyone sick (they found the rock and used Warren's credit card to get it off the streets). the apparent death of Quentin left him reeling, although he was more than happy to join in on making fun of Quentin when he came back.

The highlight of everything, of course, was marrying Lorna in October. Even that was marred, however, by her father's appearance. He didn't try anything, however, and the wedding went off without a hitch.

2018 was quiet for the most part, save for having to save the kids from a demon bear. Things went a little bit to hell in December when Warren, semi-possessed by a demon, made a move on Lorna. He was quite proud of her for punching him, and remained furious with his so-called boss.

The end of the year was peak mansion insanity when a malfunction with the Danger Room pulled various mansion people into simulations of fictional worlds, and Alex got to go to Hogwarts for a little bit. He was, unsurprisingly, a Hufflepuff.

2019 shook his outlook a bit when a case about a missing child turned into a hunt for a cult. The girl was killed before X-Factor could get her out, and Alex, who was there when it happened, held himself responsible. He buckled down on his training efforts as a result, determined not to let anyone else get hurt because he wasn't fast enough. There was also some weird thing about other universes existing, and another version of himself dying, but that was all kind of confusing and he put it out of his mind.

Life took on a pleasant status quo for a bit, with most of 2020 and 2021 being dedicated to making sure his wife didn't overwork herself. The results of that have varied. He also continued working with the Underground, helping younger kids adjust and trying to make them feel better about their circumstances.

Life, Continued

Alex continued dedicating himself to work, as well as getting more involved with opportunities to help the Underground. Lorna's departure in 2022 hit him a bit hard, but he did his best to keep a smile and keep on going. He even got to help a young mutant in Chicago find his way to the mansion for safety.

Warren's return to the mansion was a less than thrilling one; between that and Quentin threatening someone on the journals, Alex began to withdraw a little, focusing more on working and his volunteer duties.

Following the encounter with the mutant cult Haven and losing control of his powers, Alex decided it was time to take a break from the mansion and spend some time with Lorna.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 150 lbs.

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Blonde

Other Features: Besides his dashing good looks? A scar on his left leg from an extreme biking experiment gone wrong when he was fourteen. Various scars from his time in captivity with the Brotherhood.

Powers

Alex absorbs and releases ambient radiation. He gets the radiation from solar energy, as well as other forms of high-frequency electromangetic radiation. He stores it in his body, and can release it in a destructive plasma blast. These blasts have the capability of causing massive damage through intense heat. Alex is not capable of controlling the absorption of energy (there’s room for him to learn how to, with proper training, but being self taught he has no idea where to begin), leading to the need to vent the energy on a regular basis. If he doesn’t, he risks going into overload and causing a destructive explosion.

As of his arrival to the mansion, he only kne the basics of his powers - that is, how to bleed them off so he doesn’t explode. He accidentally realized he could control the direction of his blasts during a spider invasion that he could direct the blasts and make it go a certain way by extending his arms. He's been working on that with Scott since.

As a side effect of his powers, he’s immune to most forms of heat and radiation.

Equipment

Skateboards, surfboards, bicycles, etc.

Alex has taken to carrying around a billy bat on more mundane cases so he has something besides his powers to help him fight.

Trivia

Alex is into a variety of extreme sports - surfing, skateboarding, biking, if it has wheels and/or a board and is dangerous, he's probably done it at some point.

He has a skateboard collection he's particularly proud of.


External Links

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Plots

2015

The Caged Bird

Case File: A Better Mole Trap

2016

Operation: Mutant Massacre

2017

Case File: Cat Scratch Fever

How To Kill A Spider

Psi War

Green-Eyed Monster

2018

Generation X: Demon Bear

The Danger Room Paradox

2019

Fear in the Dark

Case File: Take Me to Church

House of Horrors

2021

A Fistful of Nanites

Potomac Calls to Chesapeake

Monster Mash

2022

Case File: Clan Akkaba - Inception

2023

Case File: The Underbelly Project

Chicago is Burning

A Haven to Call Home

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Meta Trivia

Sam rebooted Alex from his phase one version, introducing him in 2015. In January 2024 they put him on one year hiatus.

The age difference between Scott and Alex changed from Phase 1 to Phase 2 - Alex is now thirteen years younger than his brother.

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