William Halting (Earth-616)

Bonzai Bill was a former Acolyte and current member of the Offbeats

Early history
William Haltings was born in New York to a rich family of bankers. After the death of his father he inherited everything. However he had just begun to find out about his powers and was worried that he would be an outcast if any one were to find out. His power took on the form of super-speed. Despite the fact that he was doing a good job of hiding his mutant ablities they showed them selves when William accidently used them to win a race at the company picnic. He was driven out and out of fear for his life he ran as fast as he could, as far as he could. When he finally stopped he found himself in the presence of Magneto who told him about the evils of humanity and how his orginization could help him get his revenge, Wiliam who was vulnerable at the time joined.

An Acolyte
During his stay on asteroid M William began developing a suit, which to show how fast he was looked like a bullet. Being a fan of video games he named himself after an enemy in one of his favourite series of games, and thus Bullet Bill was born. However despite becoming an Acolyte he slowly started to realise that though humanity was weak and xenophobic it did not deserved to be destroyed. After searching for a while he found a small group of mutants who agreed with him and his beliefs. They told him about how they were planning to leave the Acolytes and make their own team and Bullet Bill eagerly accepted their offer of becoming one of them.

An Offbeat
Due to him being the oldest at 35 he wanted to be the leader but lost to the slightly younger Dragonfly, although he was made second in command. The team decided that to gain credibility they would defeat the super hero team known as the Avengers. However the attack was a failure and the team was quickly defeated. After escaping from prison, they decided that becoming super heroes would be a better career choice. Bullet Bill has a strong rivalrry with Quicksilver, who believes he is faster and stronger because he is younger. Bullet Bill often attacks him on sight, no matter what the odds are against him.