Killer Bee

Real Name
Samantha Lee

Alias(es)
Killer Bee

Identity
Known to Authorities

Alliance
Anti-Hero

Citizenship
Harvester City, WA

Birthplace
New York, New York

Education
College Graduate Degree In Biological Science

Occupation
Former Biologist

Eyes
Hazel, Insectoid Lenses (When Using Powers)

Hair
Brunette

Height
5'7"

Weight
102lbs

Paraphernalia
Bee has two specially made gauntlets that store her special phero-toxin that instills heightened suggestibility. She also carries "Honeycombs" which are basically explosives that vary in power based on how many cells are in them.

Weapon(s)
None

Power(s)
Killer Bee is capable of spawning insectoid wings from her back which enables flight (80mph. More would be pushing it). She can see in ultraviolet selectively and can generate stringers from her wrists. These stingers contain an amplified version of the venom in her body. This venom is lethal and can kill if not treated within ten hours. It's also proven to slow down healing factors. She also has a thin layer of exoskeletal protection that is hardly visible yet incredibly durable, granting her superhuman durability. She also has enhanced strength and can communicate with, as well as manipulate bees, hornets, and wasps. She has developed a gas toxin that makes other life forms susceptible to this as well though it wares off after a couple of hours.

Group Affiliation(s)
None

Known Relatives
Sterling Lee (Father), Jessica Lee (Mother, Deceased), Jason Lee (Brother)

Abilities
Bee is an accomplished Chemist and Biologist, specializing in insects. She's also a fairly skilled martial combatant.

Reputation
Bee's reputation among the public is largely negative though most heroes are conflicted being that she technically can't think on her own in most cases.

Origin
After being betrayed by her partner and exposed to an experimental compound, Samantha is stung by numerous bees and the mixture of bee venom with this compound imbues her with bee-like powers. But will she use those powers for the greater good or to better herself?

Further Information

Stung By A Bumblebee
Samantha is a strong believer in equality to all life. However, in a world where that view sadly wasn't common, she found herself in a number of lone protests and the like. She was also a biologist who greatly favored Bees. She had been working on several experiments involving venom from a rare bee found in Australia. She had extracted and concentrated it so that she could replicate it and analyze it. However, her lab partner found that in large doses, this venom was a useful substance and stole a vile, planning to replicate more himself and sell it. However, when Samantha caught him in the garden as was the route he'd intended to sneak away through, he pushed her to get her out of the way and she fell through the window, sustaining multiple cuts and bruises before falling into a chemical pool in the botanical labs. However, she had struggled with him just before that to get the vile she did but it fell in with her, tainting the pool and her body which absorbed it through her cuts. She was able to get out but the chemical pool's properties, combined with the venom caused a burning sensation and she wandered back into the insect studies. The scent she'd acquired from the chemical pool drew the bees, hornets, and wasps and when she tried to get them away she was stung several times. She eventually passed out. When she awoke, there wasn't a bruise to her body. Eventually she discovered a number of new found abilities, a new 'Bee Mimicry'. Initially, she tried to use this to do some good within her hometown of Harvester City. However this lasted little less than a week. Eventually it was discovered that the bees, wasps, and hornets she was able to control were affected only because of a mutagenic pheromone that her body emitted. The pheromone affected her as well, causing her to adapt to a sort of hive mind mentality and the insects she could control were affected in a way that made them somewhat intelligent. Taking her as their queen they begin to whisper thoughts into her head (obviously not literally) and this eventually spawned in her an instability and lack of rationalizing abilities. Eventually it began to warp her personality into what it is now with her old persona rarely managing to shine through. This eventually led to villainy and she became an incredibly potent threat to many heroes, especially those who found her attractive.