Spotlight Friday: Avila Jones

So, June was the Alliance Month. July is Squad Month. All that really means is that I'll be talking about the Squad's members for the 5 Fridays of July. Today we have a very interesting member of the Squad: Avila.

Name: Avila Jones
Codename: Dart
Power: None; Homo sapien
Team Affiliation: The Squad

Avila is a Homo sapien, which is very, very rare. I think I mentioned it previously, but only something like 15% of the population of earth are sapiens. Evolution has kicked their ass. They no longer have control of the world, which makes many of them unhappy. There are a couple of sapiens in the world who hate this and who focus on being terrorists - killing as many Homo superum as they can. Sometimes other sapiens get caught in the crossfire,  but these people don't really care. They're terrorists, what do you expect?

Avila, however, is not like that. She was pretty unassuming and happy to keep her nose clean and her head down until she met Saber, the previous leader of the Squad before Medic. Avila is a very skilled archer, having won lots of awards for it, beating out even some superum who have things like perfect eyesight and the ability to never miss. Saber and Avila lived in the same neighbourhood, and were friends when children. Saber, after a couple of bad choices, ended up on the Squad and promptly dragged Avila (kicking and screaming) onto it. Of course, she hasn't left since, even after Saber has.

Avila was born sometime in 2018 (which would make her 17 in 2035), is 5 foot 2, and has brown hair and blue eyes. She doesn't live with the Squad all the time and attends school with those who are not on the Squad. Her parents are as supportive as they can be, but they are very uneasy about her being on the Squad. Her mother is a superum with the ability to turn intangible. Her father is, like Avila, a sapien. They live on one of the five floating cities that make up America. She and Saber had some sort of relationship, more along the lines of sisters than lovers, but you never really know. No, not even I know. Saber is scary, and she has a very pointy sword. Avila gets along wonderfully with Dean, being the level-headed and calm person that Dean needs, while also not putting any demands on him. He also thoroughly enjoys harassing her over her crush on (and then subsequent relationship with) Simon Draper, a fellow teammate (who....will be spotlighted at...some point.).

Avila's not really much into the superhero game. She likes helping people, but she's not sure she wants to do it forever. She plans on going to college and studying to be something helpful. But that's the future, and you never know what's going to happen when you're on the Squad.