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Mastermind III
Real Name: Unknown
Affiliation: X-Corps
Previous Affiliations: Brotherhood of
Mutants
Aliases: Martinique Jason
Relatives: Jason Wyngarde (Mastermind I, father, deceased), Regan (Lady Mastermind, sister)
Alternate-X Versions: Part of the Ladies Mastermind (The End)
Codename Etymology: Pronounced măs'tər-mīnd'
[From Latin, magister + Old English, gemynd]; One who plans complex
projects.
Powers & History: Like her father, Mastermind III can project sophisticated illusions
that are indistinguishable from reality. However, she also has the added ability
of low-level telepathy, which she uses to glean information from her victims to
make the illusions even more realistic. She can also project the illusion directly
into a person's mind. "Martinique" was hired by Arcade
to frame Wolverine for some serial murders in London.
One of the victims was Alexandra Davies, an old acquaintance of Gambit's.
Gambit flew out to London to investigate her murder, and was led right to Wolverine,
who had somehow been brought to London unawares. The two almost killed each other
during Martinique's mental manipulations, but eventually realized that Logan was
innocent and was being framed. Mastermind III got suspicious of Arcade's motives,
and forced him to reveal the truth - that he and his partner Ms. Locke were playing
their usual game of "Try to Kill Me" for Arcade's birthday when Locke cut his
face. Arcade lost control and stabbed Locke to death. He had called in Mastermind
because he had convinced himself that Wolverine had murdered his partner, and
he wanted revenge. Martinique was disgusted at having been used in this horrible
charade and implanted a recurring waking nightmare in Arcade's mind in which he's
the elevator conductor in an elevator full of Ms. Lockes.
Months later, Mastermind III was recruited by Mystique
into the Brotherhood of Mutants, and played
a key role in their attempted assassination of Senator
Kelly. She was captured and incarcerated, held in a comatose state inside
a virtual reality helmet. Weeks later, she was brought into the X-Corps by the
Multiple Men, who broke her out of her prison. Banshee,
the head ofthe X-Corps, drugged Martinique and put her in a tank with a machine
that made her broadcast pain telepathically every time one of the former villains
in the X-Corps tried to disobey orders or act agressively.
However, the X-Corps was infiltrated by Mystique, who somehow communicated with Mastermind and got her to agree to betray the X-Corps. In the interim, she was found by Chamber, who had come to investigate with his fellow X-Men, and psi-blasted him out of her head after walking him through some strange thoughts. Soon afterwards, Mystique shut down the machine and freed Martinique.
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