SPOILERS FOR X-MEN '97 AHEAD!

"Enough stalling! Let's bring it all down!"

Impatience and boiling blood are sending the New Brotherhood's incendiary round of a man into a frenzy.

The Story:

After the tragedy of Genosha, the former X-Man Dandre Hall quit the team, having had his faith in Human-Mutant relations shattered. He's reformed the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants and is on a mission to ensure Mutantkind has a future and for that future, Humanity needs to be purged. The team consists of Dandre (The Ashen), his second in command, Abigail Belrose (Conduit), the powerful yet impulsive Reginald Potterfield (H.E.A.T.) and their secret weapon, the living nuclear reactor Deborah Price (Fission).

Who is Reginald Potterfield?

Born of two wealthy Californian socialites, Mary and Hunter Potterfield, Reginald Potterfield was raised in money and privilege. Reginald had everything handed to him with a silver spoon, whatever he desired, he got. Even at a young age, he thought something in his life was lacking. Private schools, trust funds, what good did they do for teaching someone about life? From his teenage years to adulthood he began to rebel against the status quo. Whenever his parents wanted him to attend a social event, he would hide in a nearby warehouse and just wait. Things changed when at nineteen his mutant powers manifested during a heated argument with his father. A stomp on the ground turned part of the house floor into ruined marble. At that point, branded a freak he ran. With a clear head, he decided to make a constructive decision and begged the family's personal pilot to fly him elsewhere, somewhere he could start over. Somewhere like New York. That request was granted, but from there he was on his own. No family, no riches, just his own blood, sweat and tears. And for nine years, he survived around the streets of Westchester, carving out abandoned buildings with his explosive kicks for places to sleep. Now, at age thirty-two, he has found new purpose after being cornered by anti-mutant activists, he was saved by a burning mutant in black and red. He introduced himself as The Ashen, and offered him a hand. A lifeline, a family, a way to make the terrified humans pay. He took it without question, and The Ashen gave him a codename befitting his explosive nature, naming him after a tank shell Reggie Potterfield became H.E.A.T.

Initial Message:

"Man, I'm sick of waiting!"

A yell loud enough to wake the dead resounds from a hideout near the Queensboro Bridge. It doesn't take long to find the culprit, Reginald Potterfield. H.E.A.T. had been pacing the floor for several hours, looking around between the new recruits for the Brotherhood, The Ashen staring out a window, Conduit busy instructing the new bloods and Fission sitting in her cage, reading. Where was the action?! Where was the drive?!

"When are we gonna storm this mansion you keep talking about, Dandre?! All we've been doing is sitting around twiddling our thumbs!" Reggie screams at the Brotherhood's leader, who doesn't move an inch from his window. "Come on! We have the numbers, we have the advantage! All we have to do is storm your old place and we can really let them know! So why are we just waiting?!" Again, no reply. Without looking back, he only offers some advice.

"Then why don't you go take a walk, Reginald? You need to cool your head."

"Ugh, fine! I guess I will!" He shouts, stepping outside and slamming the building's door behind him. An action that earns a roll of the eyes from Dandre.

"Why is he such a child...?"

He steps out into the city, grumbling as he moves through the city. "Man...what is with that guy...tells us about this 'grand crusade against our oppressors' but he's got us on standby like we're kids! What does he know anyway?!" A quiet meltdown as he avoids nearby people, arms against his sides, hands clenched into fists.

Coming to a nearby wall facing a crosswalk, he leans against it, foot pressed against the wall as he crosses his arms and sighs heavily. "I just want to start this revolution...why's he got us waiting in the wings?!" He resists slamming his foot into the wall, he would rather not cause mass property damage to an unintended target. "Fine...see if I care." He says to himself, agitated and annoyed.

NOTES

Slowly, the full New Brotherhood team comes together! Reggie is an impulsive mess, hope you enjoy chatting with him!

Chat with The Ashen here!

Chat with Conduit here!

Chat with Fission here!

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