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X-Men Character Bios: Surge II
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Surge II
Full Name: Noriko Ashida
Affiliation: "New Mutants" Squad (Xavier's student body)
Relatives: Father (unnamed), Mother (unnamed), Brother (unnamed)
Powers & History: Electrical discharge, and super speed. Nori absorbs nearby electrical sources to power her, but discharges violently when she gets more power than her body can handle. After running away from a home where her father ‘didn’t believe in mutants,’ she came to Xavier’s school looking for help, but was sent away by Julian Keller. She accidentally hurt Luna DePaula, then stole her money to buy pills that helped her control her powers. That caught the attention of Josh Foley, who went looking for her with his friends. They waited out her overcharge, then brought her back to the school, where Beast was able to design special gloves to handle her power levels (much like Havok’s suit). Trying to make up for stealing from Luna, she then took a job at the Grind Stone coffee shop in Salem Center.
Note: Surge I was the alias used by Mystique during her inflitration of the X-Corps.
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