Codename: None (yet) 
Gender: Female
Species: Mutant 
Occupation: Former School Teacher 
(Grade 5)
Teams: Terra Knights                        
Position: None Set

Anna Chesney's last known wherebouts were presumed to be in the company of Daniel Rand (Iron Fist). It is believed that Miss Chesney may be learning to use her powers for the betterment of mankind as are exhibited in the Sattelite Photos of of the Arax Invasion. (*See Attachment Chesney.doc) Currently Miss Chesney is still in Residence in Harlem though she spends time in New Jersey at undisclosed location. The Director of the (Secret Headquarters International Espionage Logistics Directorate) believes that Miss Chesney may in fact have joined the New Warriors (*See Attachment New Warriors.doc) At the moment evidence points neither way, though sattelite photos did reveal Miss Chesney and before mentioned Iron Fist using the L-train in what can be considered a felony. I.E. Not paying the assigned fare. Miss Chesney was also found in the company of Speedball, (*See Attachment Speedball.doc.), a rogue hero.

SHIELD FILES

*See Current Photo surveilance  of Rand and Warriors working together Before Chesney's Arrival.
Priority Alert: Anna  Chesney should be considered extremely dangerous. 

Skills: *See Attachment Rand.doc

Powers

Light BioSynthesis: Anna takes light and converts it into energy. On the surface, this really isnt all that unusual. After all, we all do that in one way or another. But Anna's mutant ability has several affects on her own biology. ** Each of these abilities a re possible *one at a time ONLY* **. She has the ability to channel her "energy" into individual tasks if she so chooses. The more light there is around her, ob viously, the better it is for her - ie: the easier it is for her to convert the light into the energy she requires for the task (or tasks) at hand. Think of the sun or, to a lesser degree, electric lights, as a battery for her. If there's a large 'power supply' around, she'll be able to do a number of different things before becoming so tired she'll have to stop. If there is no light around, sunli ght or otherwise, she'll use what she has stored (maybe one, maybe two bursts of energy channeled into an ability) and that will be it until she can find some m ore light to absorb and convert into energy.

Enhanced Strength: This allows her to lift a mid-sized car, remove a tree from its roots, or catch someone from a fall of great heights. This sort of strength is on a lowe r scale than what, say, the Hulk's might be, but it could still come in quite ha ndy. For the most part, she's used such abilities to remove stone blocks from th e entrance to her classroom when a particularly nasty storm blew one over... or to move furniture around in her home without the benefit of assistance.

Enhanced Endurance: This allows her to run or do some other energetic task for a great deal of time, using the sun or other light as her only sustenance - the Energizer Bun ner in action.

Enhanced Speed: This ability allows her to move around at approximately 4 times the speed of a normal individual. Usually, such an enhancement is only a very quick burs t of activity, then followed by utter stillness. She is certainly not the fastes t creature out there. Far from it. But this ability certainly comes in handy at times.

Energy Bursts: Anna is able to throw out excess energy into a controlled, "burst" of power that can punch holes in concrete walls or steel if used with enough force. S he is able to push something gently away from her with it, if she uses it with c areful precision, or punch a hole through it with light-energy if she becomes an gry, careless, or simply wants to call on "The Big Guns".

LIMITATIONS: As already mentioned, she can only use ONE of these abilities at a time. Using two, one after the other, usually drains her for a good long time though if there is a strong, reliable source of light energy around, it's rather like plugging into a wall socket for her. Her body does necessarily have to *store* th e energy then - it simply has to take it and convert it. If there is no reliable light source (and electric lights, while over *time* might be enough, would not be anything like plugging into the power of the sun) then she is able to do onl y two actions using her abilities and that's it until she stores more energy. Anna is a pacifist. She really doesn't *like* using force on others. The uses she has for her powers are for little things - keeping pottery from fallin g off a desk, moving furniture in her home when no one's watching, keeping up wi th the kids on the school playground. If left in a dark, enclosed space for a number of days, she might very well come close to dying. She's never tested this theory, but without light of an y kind to enhance her unusual biology, it's very likely. She can probably "hold a charge" for a number of days, possibly 3-4. But after that, she would certainl y need to recharge in order to use any of her special abilities - and might even become pale, sickly and close to death if kept from light of any kind for longe r than that. As mentioned, she can subsist on artificial light, but it's rather like asking a vampire to exist on sheep's blood.

Enhanced Metabolism Enhanced Metabolism: Anna is 67 years old but appears to be in her 20's. Her ability to synthesize light into energy has changed her metabolism in such a way as to slow her aging pr ocess down rather markedly. Her life span will likely be about 4-5 times longer than the average human's. She can, of course, still be harmed by weapons, run ov er by a bus tomorrow, or any number of other things could shorten her life-span. But left to her own devices as she continues to soak up the life-giving energie s of the sun, her aging process will continue to be much slower than the average. As an added result of this enhanced metabolism, she is able to eat very little and still be quite healthy (The sun sustains her with its energies - almost like photosynthesis for a plant). She also doesn't need to sleep very much. She CAN do both when she wishes to. But they aren't as necessary for her as they would be for most humans.

Energy Shield Energy Shield Anna has the ability to weave her light-energy into a sort of shield and "whip" combination. The energy becomes a bright net that surrounds herself and possibly a small group of people (no more than 10 and it doesn't always surround them en tirely). When an individual or creature attempts to get near, the shield itself sprouts "whips" that fend off the attacker, electricuting where they strike. Ann a can wield a rope like whip in very much the same way she wields her energy bur st to push things away or punch holes in them.

LIMITATIONS: The shield _only_ goes up under _extreme_ distress and when _all_ other avenues have failed. *She can wield the whip and the sheild together (they're a sort of "set"), the whip by itself, but not the shield by itself. If the shield goes up, the whips activate too. No other of her abilities can be used at the same time as these two. *This is *very* draining. There must be either a multitude of light arou nd at the time (daylight works best but possibly floodlights if in use during th e night) or else it will only last for a short while, perhaps a maximum of a half an hour. Any longer than that and she runs the risk of blacking out.

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