Living Lightning



Miguel Santos became Living Lightning, a being of electric energy, after investigating one of his terrorist father's illegal experiments to seize control of the country. After a brief career as a misguided villain, Living Lightning became a member of the Avengers until eventually retiring from the team to enroll in college. Living Lightning remains active as a hero, balancing college work with heroism, and is currently a member of the Rangers.

Origin
Miguel's father, Carlos Santos, was a misguided patriot working for and a member of an extremist group called Legion of the Living Lightning. The Legion goal was to take down the U.S. Government for the good of the people. During one of their missions they attempted to manipulate and capture the Hulk but would have their plans backfire. Enraged, the Hulk killed almost the entire Legion including his father and nearly destroy their base as well. Many years later Miguel, hoping to save his father's name, went to the Legion's secret base in the Santa Ana Mountains and began trying salvage as much of the equipment as possible. Miguel accidentally turned a machine on and he would get caught in the wildly firing electricity and get electrocuted. He didn't die though, just the opposite. The machine turned him into a being of pure energy, a Living Lightning.

Power and Abilities
Living Lightning has the ability to transform his body into electrical plasma, in which form he can fly at sub-light speed, generate electrical power as shocks or bolts of current up to 15,000,000 volts and surround himself with a protective electrical force field. While composed of electrical plasma, his mind exists only in astral form.

Electricity Projection: Living Lightning is able to bodily generate up to 15,000,000 volts of electrical power.

Lightning Form: Miguel can transform his entire body into that of pure electrical energy.

Energy-Based Force Field: When focused, Miguel can create protective energy force fields.

Concussive Electric Plasma Blasts: Bodily generates, conducts and releases staggering plasma blasts from his body.

Flight: When his body is in its pure energy form, he is able to cascade through the sky, which simulates flight.

Super Speed: While in his energy form, Miguel can reach speeds up to sub-light speed.

Astral Projection: While in his energy form, his mind resides in an Astral form.

Special Equipment: Living Lightning wears a special suit that grants him greater control in his energy form. He must where said suit to maintain a solid form.

Special Abilities: Miguel is Bi-lingual, he is fluent in Spanish and English and has knowledge of basic unarmed street fighting.