Champions


 * "I'd like for you to meet my friends. We're the Champions!"
 * ―Shane Aceto to Alexa Richie

The Champions are a private security force comprised of miracles led by Henry Hudson. Its purpose is to protect global stability, promote equality between miracles and baseline humans, and maintain peaceful relations between the two, as well as to act as the world's first line of defence against the Confederacy. Though primarily affiliated with the United States of America, they work with the peaceful interests of the whole world in mind rather than a specific country or organisation. The Champions were first assembled by Chief and Miracle-Man through the Champions Protocol when Doctor Cole activated the Emerald Gem to unleash the Emerald Lizards. The team, consisting of Chief, Miracle-Man, Hex, Drift, Aero, Scales and Behemoth, retrieved the Leviathan Gem, defeated the monsters and went their separate ways.

Chief soon recalled the Champions when Cloud Nine and Resonance endangered civilians during their fight in Mondo City. After the capture of Cloud Nine and Resonance, Chief revealed to the team that they were spied on individually as potential candidates to join a strike force to combat an alien empire who would inevitably make their way to Earth in the future, as well as his true Dullaxian heritage as Ke-Zar. The Champions, understanding they had a significant role in saving the world, decided to stay together. Cloud Nine and Resonance were soon officially recruited, and the team relocated to the Champions Mansion.

Starting the Project
The Champions are the result of Hudson Industries CEO Henry Hudson's secret project, the Champions Protocol. Initially, the company's founder Francis Hudson uncovered an alien spaceship that carried the alien infant Henry Hudson, then named Ke-Zar, and information regarding the Confederacy, an organisation seeking to expand their empire by conquering other planets and decimating those unwilling to cooperate. Francis took the infant in as his own child and began preparing for the incoming forces that conventional military forces would not be able to handle alone, much less defeat. Eventually, Francis died and Henry inherited his company. Henry used the company's finances to observe individuals who possibly had superpowers, sending people to investigate these individuals.

Miracle-Man
As the world's leading authority on genetics and mutation, Henry Hudson was recruited by the United States Armed Forces to work with super soldier Shane Aceto, the military's first recruit to possess the Miracle Gene. When his powers manifested during a mission, Hudson stepped in to provide the new super soldier with special equipment and tools. Eventually, Aceto decided to leave the military and work independently with Hudson. This garnered a lot of worldwide attention, with the media dubbing him Miracle-Man, as Aceto was the first miracle to use his abilities in order to become a public superhero.

Observing the Candidates
Over the next eight years, Hudson and Aceto continued their crusade. Looking to expand their operation, the duo secretly observed numerous miracles living in or near Mondo City, Pennsylvania, though Aceto was oblivious to Hudson's true objective. By 2020, miracles Brianne Shields, Carter Caper, Chellsea Grey, Cadence Jackson, Dawn Leary, and Aaron Ashton were all placed on Hudson's watchlist. Despite the extensive list of potential candidates, it seemed no progress had been made with the project, and the Champions Protocol was subsequently shut down.

Reactivation
In late 2020, Hudson had a disagreement with one of his employees. Using the Emerald Gem, Doctor Cole activated a machine capable of levelling Mondo City and unleashed the Emerald Lizards. Following this, Hudson reinstated the Initiative in hopes to stop the chaos. Hudson spoke with Aceto, who agreed to support Hudson's plan to assemble the chosen candidates and retrieve the Leviathan Gem from the Iris Jungle.

Bringing in the Team
Hudson located Brianne Shields at an underpass in the centre of Mondo City and used his abilities to open a portal. There, Hudson introduced himself to Shields, informing her of the Emerald Gem and how they need to find the Leviathan Gem to counter it. After some persuasion, Hudson was able to convince Shields to accompany him back to Hudson Tower. Meanwhile, Aceto travelled to the Caper Residence in the suburbs to recruit the miracle speedster Carter Caper. He was coldly greeted by his mother and entered the garage by mistake, attempting to find Carter's room. Aceto then accidentally walked in on Caper, who was naked and in the process of changing his clothes, much to Aceto's embarrassment. Aceto told Caper to change before they could talk, much to the latter's excitement, as he was a fan of the Miracle-Man. Immediately after, Aceto and Caper were picked up by Hudson, who transported Caper to Hudson Tower and sent Aceto to find Dawn Leary. Aceto found Leary dumpster diving, much to his dismay, leaving him to question why he was stuck recruiting the "nut-jobs". Aceto approached Leary, offering her a "once in a lifetime opportunity" before asking to head to a nearby park to discuss the situation in more depth. Leary agreed, telling Aceto to lead the way. Later, Aceto regrouped with Hudson, and the two travelled to Mondo City High School to recruit Aaron Ashton. They waited in the bathroom for an unspecified amount of time before Ashton arrived. Much like Caper and Leary, Ashton was amazed to meet Miracle-Man, and tried to get Aceto to read his self-made comic book. As Aceto skimmed through the book, specifically looking only at the pictures, Hudson explained that he knew about Ashton's abilities and how there was "no time for secret identities" before transporting the three of them back to Hudson Tower. In Hudson's workshop at Hudson Tower, Hudson, Aceto, Shields, Caper, Leary and Ashton gathered around a computer screen. As Hudson attempted to explain the plan, he and Aceto discovered that the team was difficult to cooperate with, with Shields being evidently distrusting of her new peers, Ashton having difficulty paying attention, as well as Caper asking Hudson if he could see his browser history. Eventually, Hudson managed to get the plan across to the team, and they agreed to follow Miracle-Man's orders out in the field.

Skirmish in the Iris Jungle
Boarding one of Hudson's private jets, the Champions made their way to the Iris Jungle, which was situated somewhere in South America. After making their way through numerous caverns, the team reached the centre of the jungle and arrived a cliffside. Miracle-Man led the charge, using his tools and abilities to scale the mountain and climb down with ease, prompting the others to follow him. Chief offered to open a portal for Hex, but she declined in order to prove herself, taking flight instead. The Champions continued to follow Miracle-Man through the Iris Jungle, coming across various artifacts and pieces of machinery, as well as an abandoned Guild of Evolution campsite. While Hudson knew what this was, he claimed to have no idea what the Guild of Evolution was when questioned by Aceto. Eventually, the team reached a large waterfall, where blue crystals were forming behind the stream. As they prepared to swim across, they were ambushed by Behemoth, who Hudson recognised as the guardian of the Leviathan Gem. After a lengthy scuffle, Behemoth became less defensive and reverted to his more human-like form. Behemoth agreed to take the Champions to the Leviathan Gem after they informed him of the situation back in Mondo City. As the Champions observed the gem, Behemoth formally introduced himself to the team as Matthias Ruiz, claiming that he resided in the Iris Jungle. As the Champions prepared to leave, Ruiz suggested that he should accompany them if they were going to be taking the gem, with Hudson and Aceto agreeing.

Attack on Mondo City
The Champions returned to Mondo City, where they gathered outside of Hudson Tower. Miracle-Man announced that they had completed the mission and told them that Hudson would get their individual compensations to them, as well as telling them to go home. Suddenly, an earthquake occurred, but before the team could react Chief and Miracle-Man had already left to go inside with the Leviathan Gem. Although Scales began to head home, he was stopped by Drift, who convinced him to stay with the Champions. Inside Hudson Tower, Chief and Miracle-Man, with the Leviathan Gem in hand, arrived at the device powered by the Emerald Gem. Aceto unequipped his staff, commenting on how he could feel the heat coming from the machine even at this distance he was stood. Hudson pulled out the Leviathan Gem as Aceto attempted to convince him to hand it over as the energy surrounding the device could tear Hudson's body apart. Hudson refused, claiming that the whole incident was on him, and proceeded to push through the energy field. The breach in the energy field surrounding the Emerald Gem caused a tremendous blow back, subsequently knocking Hudson unconscious. Miracle-Man attempted to wake him up, but was unable to, forcing him to use one of the custom Hudson Industries motorcycles in the same room to drive out of a window to escape the incoming explosion. With Hudson under his arm, Aceto rode a motorcycle through the window, before being caught by Aero who safely brought them to the ground. On the ground, Hudson awoke and the team reassembled as the Emerald Lizards converged on Hudson Tower. Working together, the Champions fought off the Emerald Lizards, complimenting each other's abilities perfectly to ensure the creatures never reached Hudson Tower. Hudson's ability to summon portals, Behemoth's brute strength, Hex's magical powers and the unexpected duo of Miracle-Man and scales proved rather useful in the fight, while Drift and Aero used their respective abilities to keep civilians safe. The Champions had garnered media attention, with various news outlets including the Daily Sun arriving at Hudson Tower. They gathered up and stood victorious in front of the civilians, who had a mixed response; some hailed them as the heroes of Mondo City, while others feared them and their abilities. Alexa Richie, who had interviewed Miracle-Man previously, questioned the latter about his allies, to which Miracle-Man proclaimed them as his friends and that they were "the Champions". Richie's interview with the superheroes was broadcasted live. Afterwards, the team went their separate ways, but Matthias Ruiz remained in Mondo City instead of returning to the Iris Jungle.

Skirmish in Mondo City
Weeks later, the Champions were recalled by Henry Hudson when miracles Cadence Jackson and Chellsea Grey were having an open duel across Mondo City, and they soon arrived nearby in search of the rogue miracles. While at the scene, Miracle-Man ridiculed Drift and Scales for making jokes during a serious situation. As the team quarrelled with each other, the storm caused by Cadence Jackson's miracle abilities worsened, and a lightning bolt nearly struck Hex, who was saved by Drift with his super speed. Miracle-Man then led the team directly to Jackson and Grey. Upon finding the two miracles, Miracle-Man ordered Jackson to stand down. As Jackson began to apologise and explain the situation, they were attacked by Grey, who had refused to surrender. Another fight broke out, with Miracle-Man and Behemoth attempting to capture Jackson while the rest of the team fought against Grey. Eventually, both Jackson and Grey were captured and Chief was able to open a portal back to his workshop at Hudson Tower.

Discovering the Truth
Now at Hudson Tower, Chief berated Jackson for using his abilities to endanger innocent lives in order to personally pursue Grey. While Jackson claimed a little rain was harmless, Hudson revealed that he had been watching the entire team for quite some time, and that if any of them recieved bad public press it wouldn't be a pretty picture. As everyone stood in shock at the fact that they privacy had been breached, Miracle-Man questioned Hudson's intentions. Hudson explained everything, beginning with a story about how his father and an expedition crew found an infant extraterrestrial that had crashed within Mondo City and how he had raised it as his own child and hid it from the outside world. Hudson then revealed to the team that the alien he was referring to was in fact himself. As the Champions were taken aback, Hudson explained that he was sent to Earth with a purpose: to prepare the planet from an incoming attack from an alien Confederacy. Hudson told them that he believed that miracles were the key to defeating the Confederacy, thus saving the world and baseline humans from annihilation.

The New Headquarters
Immediately, Miracle-Man welcomed Jackson and Grey onto the team, believing that they could put their differences aside to join the fight against the Confederacy, as well as simply protecting Mondo City from hostile activity. Jackson accepted the invitation, but stated that he believed that they needed more resources. Hudson, agreeing with him, turned to Miracle-Man and informed him that it was time to take the Champions to their new home. Hudson brought the team to a penthouse on the outskirts of the city. Hudson revealed that while the penthouse was once his private residence, it was now home to the entire team, much to the Champions' delight. They headed inside to look around their new home and settle in, but they questioned how they had the resources from here to complete their missions. Miracle-Man and Hudson then led the team to an enormous sub-basement, which included various rooms such as armory, mission control, a gym, a meeting room, and a large hangar containing the Hornet.

Chief

 * City.pngName: Ke-Zar (birth name) ; Henry Hudson (legal name)
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: Henry Hudson, born on the planet Dullax as Ke-Zar, is the team's founder and benefactor. When Dullax was destroyed by an alien Confederacy seeking to expand their empire, he was sent to Earth by his parents to warn the planet and prepare for the Confederacy's inevitable arrival, and was found by Francis Hudson. In his youth, he and Francis discovered his true heritage and focused their efforts on protecting the planet. Hudson studied at Harvard University, becoming a brilliant inventor and a leading authority on genetics and mutation, and it was here where he discovered the existence of Miracles. Following Francis' death, Hudson inherited Hudson Industries and worked with the United States Army on Project Miracle-Man, through which he met his future protégé Shane Aceto. When Mondo City was attacked by the Emerald Lizards, Hudson was forced to recruit various Miracles he had been monitoring in order to retrieve the Leviathan Gem and breach the Emerald Gem's energy field. Afterwards, Hudson reassembled the Champions when two Miracles endangered civilians and decided to reveal his alien heritage to the team.

Miracle-Man

 * Name: Shane Aceto
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: Shane Aceto is a former soldier, the first miracle superhero, and the team's leader. After he was involved in a combat incident which saw his superpowers manifest, the United States Army put him under the watchful eye of Henry Hudson, the world's leading authority on genetics and mutation, and whom he would eventually work with independently. His heroic adventures and celebrity lifestyle have brought him into contact with enemies, including Aidon Caliban and Maxwell Augustus. Continuing his work with Hudson, Aceto played a key role in assembling the Champions, acquiring the Leviathan Gem, stopping the Emerald Lizard invasion, and capturing Doctor Cole. Afterwards, he contributed to the establishment of the team's headquarters and the capture of two Miracles.

Hex

 * Name: Brianne Jean "Bri" Shields
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: Bri Shields is a powerful miracle possessing various abilities including telekinesis, telepathy, energy manipulation, and flight. Growing up in Mondo City, Shields resorted to a life of rebellion before running away from home as a result of her mother's strong opposition of miracles. While her activities attracted the attention of Henry Hudson, Shields briefly came into conflict Carter Caper, a future teammate. She later joined up with Hudson and his team of miracles to procure the Leviathan Gem from the Iris Jungle and stop the Emerald Lizard invasion of Mondo City. Afterwards, she briefly took up residence in Hudson Tower after opting to stay with the team under Hudson's guidance. She played a key role in the capture of two Miracles, before relocating to Champions Mansion.

Drift

 * Name: Carter Caper
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: Carter Caper is a miracle possessing the ability to move and think at superhuman speeds.

Aero

 * Name: Dawn Leary
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: To be added

Scales

 * Name: Aaron Ashton
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: To be added

Behemoth

 * Name: Matthias Ruiz
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: To be added

Cloud Nine

 * Name: Cadence "CJ" Jackson
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: To be added

Resonance

 * Name: Chellsea Grey
 * Activity: 2020 - present
 * Status: Alive
 * Description: To be added

Relationships
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Allies

 * Alexa Richie
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Enemies

 * Cole
 * Emerald Lizards
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