Devin Annable (Earth-4040)

{{Character Template Devin is the youngest of his team, he stands at 5'4. Just two inches shorter than his teammate Angie. He has blue eyes and black, short cut hair which he always keeps combed. He has a lean build and olive colored skin. He always carries a comb in case his hair gets messy. He is rarely seen without a smile on his face and has already developed dimples around the corners of his mouth.
 * Title = Speed Demon
 * RealName = Devin Annable
 * Identity = Known
 * Alignment = Good
 * Affiliation = X-Men
 * Relatives = Austin Annable (brother) Harley Annable (brother)
 * BaseOfOperations = X-Mansion
 * Gender = Male
 * Height = 5'4
 * Weight = 120
 * Eyes = Blue
 * Hair = Black
 * UnusualFeatures =
 * Citizenship = American
 * MaritalStatus = Single
 * Occupation = X-Men Trainee
 * Education = High School
 * Origin = Earth
 * PlaceOfBirth = Galveston, Texas
 * Creators = GammaSenninGokuRocks, Fusedtwilight
 * HistoryText ==Physical Description=

=Personality=

Devin is the proverbial trickster of his team.

He is fun loving and comedic and always provides jokes. He is an expert on pop culture and loves being a hero. Though he tends to be rash and is easily goaded into falling into a trap he is also known to be loyal and fiercely protective of his friends.

Like most speedsters Devin can be rash. He can become bored very easily and can get impatient when things are going slow.

He has a strong sense of right and wrong and does not believe you can be a hero and a killer.

History
Need for Speed

Devin's parents knew their youngest would grow up to be a speed demon.

Devin was born when his mother suddenly went into labor. With no time to go to the hospital Devin's father had to aid her in delivering him in their home.

When Devin first learned how to walk his family had their work cut out. Devin was always running around. Chasing after his brothers or the family pets. And when he wasn't doing that he was climbing furniture or the grandfather clock.

He could be a handful but his clan dotted on him.

Growing up Devin felt a strong connection to powered individuals that were super-fast. He especially idolized the mutant Quicksilver.

Speed was Devin's passion. He dreamed of one day growing up and becoming the worlds fastest man.

But fate can often throw us a curveball.

Grounded for Life

At the age of seven Devin as diagnosed with Cerebral Polsay.

He was forced to use a wheel chair and developed a severe speech impediment. A fate that was hellish for someone like him.

His family naturally gave him their full support. Whenever he got antsy or too energetic (which was often) his brother Austin would carry him around the house or run outside while Devin rode on his back.

His brother Harley (who was born mute) could understand Devin's pain. And to help him communicate better he taught him sign language and morse code.

The next three years were torture for Devin and every night he would pray to get his legs back. Ironically enough he would get his wish.

Mutant Brothers

When Devin was ten both he and his brothers became mutants, though no one would realize Devin's mutation to a little later.

His older brother Austin grew to be almost eight feet tall as well as superhuman strength and minor healing abilities. Harley developed enhanced senses, grew a bit stronger and developed telekinetic and empathic powers. Devin gave them the names Tank and Sign.

Since they didn't develop any noticeable mutations their parents simply passed Austin's growth off as a hormone deficiency.

Devin still loved his brothers but could not help but feel a little bitter that they got powers and he did not.

When Devin's speech began to improve the family decided to go to the county fair to celebrate. No one knew it was a result of Devin's mutation activating.

While at the fair a pair of unsupervised kids were running around and bumped into a man who was throwing knives at one of the booths (admittedly not a smart thing to be doing when surrounded by a crowed) causing his aim to be severely off and the knife to fly at Devin's father who was walking back from buying snacks for his family.

Acting on instinct Devin ran forward in a shock of speed, saving his father from being impaled and discovering to his shock that he was once more able to walk.

The family quickly left to return home, Texas was not a mutant friendly state and a crowed had gathered during the incident and the Annabel's knew things could turn violent.

When home Devin explained what happened and proceeded to run inside the house at an impossible speed, causing his brother Harley to use his telekinesis to lift Devin up and kept him from running.

Realizing Devin would never be able to keep his mutation a secret his parents decided to send him to the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.

Path of a Champion

Although he hated to leave his family, Devin was delighted to join the infamous mutant training school.

Although he loved training to use his power he found his academic studies to be just as boring as they were back at his old school.

During his time there Devin would meet Wayne Tonda, a fellow troublemaker and the pair soon became best friends and the most diabolical pair of mischief-makers to vex the school and it's faculty.

Warren saw potential in Devin and knew he just needed some discipline. So when he asked Devin to join his team-the Champions- Devin could not have said yes fast enough.

Devin enjoyed several missions with his new team, and soon came to see them all as a second family.

He loved to brag about them to his family and they were all happy Devin found people who loved and cared for Devin as much as they did.

But had they known what was about to happen they might have reconsidered sending Devin to the school in the first place.

The Purifiers

No one could have predicted the Purifiers attack on the school.

The mutant-hating group had been planning for years to attack the X-Men. They waited for the right time to strike and when they were able to lure the majority of them away they launched a deadly assault that claimed the lives of many of the students.

The X-Men trainees managed to beat back their attackers until the rest of the X-Men had arrived. But by then it was too late and both the mansion and a large chunk of the school was gone.

Devin had been badly wounded, had it not been for Michael healing him he would have died.

The loss of many of his friends coupled with seeing some of his team kill many of the Purifiers caused Devin to go through a serious depression.

When the X-Men were disbanded the students were sent home and Devin went back to his family. For the first time since he was ten Devin did not have a smile on his face.

Growing Up

Back home, Devin discovered his speed had increased exponentially. At first he assumed it was simply his powers growing stronger.

But even his new speed couldn't help him get out of his funk.

Devin did not keep in much contact with his team. Seeing Michael, Rickard and Jacob kill bothered Devin a great deal. He didn't think it was possible to be a hero and a killer at the same time.

Devin's conflicting emotions caused him to snap when one day he saw a anti-mutant rally in town. They were praising the Purifiers for what they did. They even had pictures of the destroyed mansion and somehow had gotten hold of the pictures of all the mutants who died and were proudly displaying the images of their dead bodies on signs.

This caused Devin to snap and using his speed he attacked the bigots. Moving too fast to be seen he brutally beat them. Had it not been for his brothers stopping him he might of killed something.

Bringing him back home the family confronted Devin for his actions and Devin (who was himself shocked at what he did) tearfully apologized and opened up about his feelings and confusion about how to feel about what his friends did.

In the end it was Devin's grandfather (who fought in his share of wars) that was able to help Devin understand that being a hero was like being a soldier. If Devin was going to become like his idols he needed to understand that sometimes in order to save a life, another must be taken. Because sometimes that was the only way to protect the innocent from the bad guys.

When the Annabels got the call that the School was being reopened (now on an island called Utopia) Devin rejoined his team.

It was during this time Devin discovered the reason he was so much faster was because when Michael healed him, he also cured Devin of his disease which had been keeping him from unlocking his true potential.

Now free of the disease he can finally reach his true potential.

Having matured a little, Devin still remains the little brother of the Champions and though he has a long journey ahead of him, he is ready to walk the path of a hero.


 * Powers = Devin is a mutant speedster. Capable at moving at speeds beyond that any human could hope to achieve.
 * Superspeed: Originally Devin could only run up to 220 miles an hour. But after he was cured by Michael, his speed has since tripled and he is believed to be able to get faster as he gets older.


 * Transportation = X-Jet.
 * Custom = Mutant
 * CustomLabel = Race
 * Abilities = Is capable of understanding American Sign Language and can understand Morse Code. |NotesHeader = |Universe = Earth-4040|Trivia =.


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