Alex Summers
This page is about the Phase 2 incarnation of the character. For other uses, see Alex Summers (disambiguation).
| Alex Summers | |
|---|---|
 Portrayed by Chris Zylka | |
| Codename: | Havok |
| Affiliations: | |
| Birthdate: | August 12, 1990 |
| Journal: | xp_havok |
| Player: | Sam (player) |
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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: 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, senior at Berkeley College
Relationship Status: Engaged to Lorna Dane
Occupation: Student
Team Affiliation:
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.
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.
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.
At this time he only knows the basics of his powers -- that is, how to bleed them off so he doesn’t explode. He doesn’t know how to control the direction they go in or the intensity of the blasts. As with the absorption he is capable of learning these things, but he’ll need help.
As a side effect of his powers, he’s immune to most forms of heat and radiation.
Equipment
None
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.
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Player: Sam (player)
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Player Icon Base: Chris Zylka
Meta Trivia
Sam rebooted Alex from his phase one version, introducing him 2015.
The age difference between Scott and Alex changed from Phase 1 to Phase 2 - Alex is now thirteen years younger than his brother.
