Post by Blue Beetle on Oct 1, 2012 16:03:38 GMT -6
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The Blue Beetle
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Jaime Reyes (Pronounced "Haime")
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18 nearing 19 years.
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Male
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Student, Hero.
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Home; El Paso, Texas.
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Jaime Reyes is a noble young man. Having been taught well by his parents, he dares not harm an innocent. Nor will he kill. He feels strong passion to saving others and doing what's right. Even in times of hardship and chaos, he will do what he can to keep his head straight. When he first started his role as the Blue Beetle, he was scared, nervous and worried. It was a whole new world for him and it was practically forced onto his shoulders. Or, technically, his back.
But with time and further practice, Jaime was able to get a better hold on being the Blue Beetle. Yes, he's dealt through difficult times, hell, even being left behind by the Justice League due to the Scarab's defenses. He will show emotion. At first, he was very emotional. He is a young man after all. In ways, his emotions put him past other heroes.
When not being the Beetle, Jaime is a casual lad. Doing schoolwork and trying his best to be the good son that his parents raised him to be. He'll have a fool around with his friends and is almost a comedian in and out of the suit. He enjoys good company. And every now and then, a break from the hero-work is always nice.
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Hero!
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Human.For the most part...
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The Reyes family, Batman and the Justice League. His friends Paco and Brenda along with Hector and Nadia of the 'Beetle Cave'. Traci 13, the Teen Titans, Booster Gold, and most certainly, the Scarab, Kahji Da!
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- Tracking Systems, the suit can track any form of energy, biological, magic or technology.
- Scarab Sight, the Scarab can track anyone Jaime has encountered and search for anything concealing itself even if they are in other dimensions. It can also determine a persons conditions such as pregnancy.
- Symbiotic Telepathic Communication, Jaime and the Scarab can communicate but the Scarab talks in it's own language.
- Wireless Network Connection.
- Superhuman Strength. Sufficient to pick up a light truck.
Can be estimated to be able of lifting up to 3 tons.- Superhuman Agility -Armor Resilience.
- Partial Armor Manifestation.
- Dual-Purpose Wings, the wings could act as a shield but have changed to be more translucent.
- Battle Analysis Adaptation.
- Energy Blasts.
- Vibrational Frequency Manipulation.
- Translation.
- Waste Disposal, he doesn't need to use the bathroom in the suit.
- Healing factor
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The Blue Beetle scarab is the most powerful weapon of all the Blue Beetles. The only Blue Beetle to have not used the Scarab is Ted Kord. Jaime has had the most unique powers and has fully bonded to the Scarab. The Scarab can still use many of it's powers on it's own and can take over the armor if Jaime is being manipulated. Jaime even believes that there may be weapons powerful enough to hurt the Spectre due to the scarab giving him options after options on how to handle him.
The Scarab won't hurt nature unless reasoned with and it causes Green Lanterns to act violently towards him and defends itself in response. The nature of the scarab is still unknown. It has a strong reaction to the Green Lantern rings as Guy Gardner attacked him, and is driven to escape from them whenever possible. It has recently been revealed that the scarab is a piece of ancient alien technology created by a conquering race called the Reach.
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- Jaime Reyes is human and without the efforts of the Scarab, he can be killed, wounded and such.
- With the right technology, the Scarab can be defected or stalled. With the right frequency, Jaime could be rendered useless and in pain as the Scarab is linked to his nervous system as well as his mind.
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Jaime Reyes was a relatively normal high school student from El Paso, Texas. His father ran a garage, his mother was a paramedic, and his little sister was a brat. Jaime hung out with his two best friends Brenda and Paco, the mediator between the hard-working Brenda and the laid-back Paco. By both Brenda and Paco's accounts, he was a good friend, the kind of person who could let them be themselves, and who could always make things better. Jaime aimed to help his father out at the garage, but Alberto turned him down, not wanting to see his son grow up too fast.
Some while before, Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle, had come into possession of the Blue Beetle Scarab, the artefact which had given Dan Garrett, the first Blue Beetle, his powers. The Scarab had been presumed destroyed early in Ted's superhero career, but it was discovered intact in a pyramid in the Middle East. Ted lost the Scarab on a visit to the Rock of Eternity, home of the wizard Shazam. Shortly afterwards, he met his death at the hands of Maxwell Lord, Black King of Checkmate.
The Rock of Eternity was later destroyed in mystical battle between Shazam and the Spectre, its contents blasted across the world. The Blue Beetle Scarab came down in El Paso, fire and portent in its wake.
Jaime discovered the Scarab on the way home from school with Paco and Brenda, half-buried in a disused lot. He took it home, curious as to what it might be. That night, the Scarab came alive, and grafted itself to the base of Jaime's spine, inducing strange dreams in Jaime.
He also got in trouble with a local gang of magic meta humans called the Posse Mistaken him for a magic meta human they magically scanned him and a invited him to join. Jaime declined the offer but the Scarab had no intentioned to be scanned and it almost killed Probe. And easily bested the rest of the Posse.
The next night Booster Gold sought Jaime out, and took him to meet Batman. Booster had been to the future, where he had learned that Batman would seek out Brother Eye and fail - but he had also learned the Blue Beetle Scarab was the one thing capable of seeing Brother Eye.
Jaime went into space with Batman and his team. The Scarab saw where Brother Eye was hidden, and pulled the rogue satellite back into reality. Jaime, together with Black Canary and Green Arrow, destroyed Brother Eye's dimensional stabilizer, preventing it from escaping outside reality again. Once Batman's team had sent Eye plummeting Earthwards, the Scarab shunted Jaime outside dimensions itself, seeking to escape the Green Lanterns on the spaceship.
Unfortunately, the chaos of the dimensional stabilizer's destruction dilated time for Jaime. As far as he knew, he'd only been outside dimensions a couple of minutes; on Earth, however, a whole year had passed.
The next thing Jaime remembered, he had come down in the desert outside El Paso, and Guy Gardner was trying to kill him. Once Guy realized he was fighting a kid, he broke off the fight, but not without promising Jaime he would be back.
Jaime eventually managed to find his way back home, only to discover his year-long absence. In that time, his father had been crippled, forcing him to walk with a cane, Paco had teamed up with the Posse, and Brenda had been taken in by her aunt after her abusive father died in a DUI. He revealed his identity as the Blue Beetle to both his parents and his two friends.
Jaime's attempts to learn more about the Scarab led him to the Posse - and involved him in their conflict with El Paso's resident crimelord, La Dama, as she sought to bring the magical metas of El Paso under her control.
Her henchman Diviner even got so far in manipulating The Bottom Feeder to adduct the baby daughter of the Posse leader Damper, Alina Jaime fought to save the baby, discovering he could permanently slay the Bottom Feeder but despite of the Bottom Feeders own wishes he refused as Jaime was not a murderer.
After that, Jaime and the Posse launched a raid on Warehouse 13 where La Dama was holding her collection of magic-metas, only to find most of them were happy where they were. However, the Posse managed to convince a good half of them that they could return to their ordinary lives, promising the Blue Beetle would defend them. La Dama had no choice but to accept this, or risk facing her guests' 'objections'. Jaime and La Dama made a reluctant truce - both knew the other's secret identity, and could make it public whenever they chose.
Jaime initially believed the Scarab was a mystical artifact, up until Peacemaker arrived, revealing that it was a piece of extraterrestrial technology. Jaime's search for more information took him back to where he'd crash landed in the desert, in an attempt to find out about his missing year. He then headed out on Dan Garrett's trail, looking to find out what the first Blue Beetle had known about the Scarab.
The current Dan Garret was the original Blue Beetles granddaughter and claimed she had the right of the scarab, but since it was stuck to Jaime's spine she let it go.
However, it was Jaime's investigation into a cattle mutilation outside El Paso that would provide his biggest lead on the Scarab. His confrontation with the monstrous creation responsible led him to the Reach, the alien civilization who had created the Scarab and left it on Earth.
Jaime discovered that the Reach were galactic conquerors, who planned to add Earth to their list of conquests. Initially, the Scarab had been programmed to be obedient to the Reach, and to subordinate its host's will to them as well. The Reach had intended to present the Scarab's host as Earth's protector, before moving to establish their influence over the planet.
However, during the centuries the Scarab had spent on Earth, it had been infused with magic, the magical 'corruption' preventing the Reach from controlling it. With Jaime's assistance, it had started to develop free will and independence, overriding the Reach's deepest programming.
Nevertheless, the Reach still intended to take over the planet, even without the Scarab to help them. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, the Reach were peaceful 'galactic traders'. Their secret bases and technology were hidden away, out of phase with the rest of the world, and Jaime was the only one who could see them.
Seeing Jaime and the Scarab as the biggest threat to their plans, the Reach attempted to eliminate them through the use of deniable agents, including Earth's supervillains. Jaime, meanwhile, tried to find out what the Reach were up to, and how he could stop them.
Worried that the Scarab might still be a threat, Jaime sought help from the local branch of S.T.A.R. Labs. An encounter with Livewire, who was being assessed there at the time, triggered a strange reaction in both Livewire and the Scarab, resulting in a fight. Superman put a halt to the battle, and helped to reassure Jaime about himself and the Scarab.
Jaime also assisted Traci Thirteen in foiling Eclipso's attempt to kidnap a baby with great magical potential and use it as a new, uncorrupted host. During the course of the adventure, Jaime and Traci developed a romantic interest in each other, and remained in long-distance contact after Eclipso' defeat.
When the Reach recruited Lobo to prevent the launch of a rocket containing anti-Reach technology, Jaime teamed up with the Teen Titans to make sure the rocket lifted off safely. Afterwards, the Titans invited Jaime to Titans Tower, so he could hang out with them, get training, and learn how to fight. Jaime took them up on the invitation - and found himself helping the Titans fight off their future incarnations, the Titans of Tomorrow.
Finally, Jaime and the Scarab managed to uncover the Reach's scheme and destroy it, but also ended up destroying any evidence of the scheme,
By this point, the Scarab had become an independent, free-willed entity in its own right, naming itself Khaji Da. Together, Jaime and the Scarab devised a plan to bring the Reach down before they tried conquering Earth again.
Jaime allowed himself to be captured by the Reach, giving the Scarab the chance to hack into the Reach's computers and broadcast their invasion plans worldwide. The Reach's Negotiator, driven to breaking point, ordered Earth's destruction - but again, Jaime and the Scarab intervened, stopping the world-rippers before they could be activated.
The Reach were forced to withdraw, claiming that the Negotiator had 'gone rogue'. The Scarab, however, had had a conversation with the other Scarabs onboard the Reach ship - a little surprise for the Reach.
It's been a year or so since then, Jaime was a part of the Teen Titans for a brief while before they were disbanded. As of late, he's continued to study and do school as well as remain the hero of El Paso.
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Bring! Briiiing! Bring! Briiiiing!
The Reyes' family phone rang aloud throughout the entire home.
"Ugh. Milagro, can you get that?" Sighed the tired voice from the darkly lit room in the back of the household. The voice was paused as the question hovered through the home.
No reply.
"Milagro?" The voice called again, this time, less tired and more curiously concerned. With a grumble and a groan, the young teen rose from his bed and left his dimly lit room. His little sister was no where in sight. "....Oh." He then remembered that she had ballet practice today. Actually, it was her first class. Jaime figured she was more into Jazz or some sort of quick step, but Ballet?
Bring! Briiiing!
Shrugging, Jaime continued to squint through the ringing of the phone. For some reason, most any sound sounds loud when you are just waking up from a nap. With Dad at work and Mom at Milagro's practice, it was up to Jaime to pick up the ringing talking machine.
With a small click, the phone was in his hand. With a small yawn, Jaime held it to his ear. "Hello, Reyes residence. Jaime speaking."
"Hello, this is a reminder that you have 35 days to vote for the new mayor-" Jaime quickly put the phone down and let out another sigh. Of course it was a solicitor. What else would it have been? Barely anyone other than family calls. With a stretch of his arms and a flop onto the sofa that was centered into the TV room, Jaime snatched the remote off the table and began flipping through the local TV stations.
He had off today. Mom wrote him a letter asking off from school for the day. There was a big commotion that had to be stopped last night and it went on till about 5:00 A.M. He got several hours in, but he still felt exhausted. Legs propped up upon the cushions, Jaime felt comfortable. He continued to flip through until the station was set to the local news. What he saw seemed to be average. News about other places. That was refreshing. Maybe the world knew Blue Beetle needed a day's rest?
Oh how the world liked to spite him.
"Breaking news! Police are on the scene as several men overtake the Westmerry Bank. Nothing has been heard, but we're told there are several tellers and a few customers being held hostage. Police say that-"
Jaime's comfortable position was discarded as he jumped to his feet. "Time to get to work." His tone went from tired to serious. Rushing to the back door, he let his fingers brush over the locking mechanism, making sure the door would be locked behind him. Opening it quickly, he mentally sent the signal to the scarab. There was a bit of a sting as the device began to crawl out from under his skin. Quickly, the well two toned armor coated his form revealing El Paso's very own, Blue Beetle! &^$(*@ Several beeps echoed from his back.
"It'll be quick!" Jaime nodded with a grin towards his beetle back and quickly flew off into the sky, letting the door close behind him.
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