WASHINGTON, Danielle "Lady Liberty"

[Danii "LadyLiberty" Washington]

DANIELLE CHRISTINE WASHINGTON

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{We're all in need of a superhuman woman now}

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Full Name: Danielle (Danii) Christine Washington
Code Name: Lady Liberty
Age: 28
Date of Birth: July 16th
Sexual Orientation: hetero
Species: Human
Alliance: SHIELD/Avengers reserve
Citizenship: Marvel
Canon or Original?: Original

"Victory is MINE Baldy!
And if you had any hair I'd take that too!"

Hair: Shoulder length and dirty blond, normally either left down or tied in a tight bun when working.
Eyes: Large, clear blue eyes
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 134 lbs
Distinguishing Marks:
A beauty mark on her lip
The words Three Hundred and Forty Three tattooed in script going down her spine
Occasional scars here and there

Appearance:

At first glance most people think of her as the girl next door, then they get a better look at her and realize she has the potential to be more then just that. The woman has soft features, a round face and a pair of lips that always seem to be quirked into a slight smile. Most people never get a chance to have a good look into her eyes as she always has a pair of sunglasses or goggles on, but by all accounts, they're as blue as her mothers were. The girl is rather tall, standing at five foot ten without the aid of high heels someone could say her legs go on for hours and be right.

Voluptuous enough to definitely garner a double take, Danii prefers clothing she feels comfortable and less constricted in when she dresses down, daisy dukes and cowboy boots are a staple of her wardrobe, along with a fair amount of American flag printed underwear, the bras can normally be caught peaking out of whatever top she has on that day. If she has to throw on something to cover up, the first thing the girl reaches for is an old WWII bomber jacket that belonged to her great grandfather. But when it comes to work, she either looks as nondescript as possible to fit into her surroundings, or wears a matte black skin tight SHIELD catsuit that the organization seems so fond of, the fabric has to be the least light reflective as possible for when she needs to disappear into the shadows.

Face Claim:
Kate Upton

"I’m not interested in making new friends,
I don’t even like the ones I have”

Likes:

• Baseball
  -The Great American past time! As a native New Yorker, she's always rooting for the Yankees, and being obnoxious about it in the process
  
• Planes
  -She's been obsessed with touching the sky since she was a little girl
  
• Guns
  -As a weapons expert, she knows her way around just about anything that goes boom
  
• Her Car
  -A 1969 Chevelle SS, a gift from her father for her 21st birthday
  
• Cooking
  -Chicken pot pie, burgers, meatloaf, apple pie, fried chicken the list really goes on and on, she just loves to feed people
  
• Wilderness
  -The blond loves to go hiking and camping or just spend time in the woods
  
• Going to the beach
  -She loves to look out at the ocean, hang around on the beach in a bikini and soak up the sun
  
• Cartoons
  -Especially Bugs Bunny and the other Looney Tunes
  
• Movies
  -Watching movies is her favorite past time, and she has a sizable collection of dvd's to prove it
  
• Her work
  -It's dangerous sure, and most people will never know what she's done, but she knows that she's done something for the good of her country and her fellow Americans and thats enough for her
  
• Fireworks
  -So Danii has a pyro streak to her, watching the night sky light up with different colors is just the best in her opinion
  
• History
  -The woman is a closet history buff, a trait that rubbed off on her from her father and grandfather
  
• Helping people
  -As cliche as it sounds, it's true, she holds the door open for people, she helps old ladies with their groceries and feeds her neighbors pets when they're out of town.

Dislikes:

• Terrorism
  -Using fear and coercion tactics against innocent people to strong arm someone into agreement is despicable
  
• Porcelain Dolls
  - With their dead vacant eyes that always seem to follow you around the room, they seriously creep her out
  
• Discrimination
  -It shouldn't matter a persons sex, race, orientation, or mutation status, a person is a person and their rights are guaranteed under the constitution
  
• Dancing
  -The woman can't dance to save her life, she just never had the time to learn
  
• Flag burning
  -Sure it's covered under the freedom of speech, but Danii feels she should still be allowed to put her boot up someones ass
  
• Disorganization
  -Growing up an army brat, everything always had to be precise and organized, and this has since been deeply engrained into her
  
• Lights
  -Possibly her biggest weakness, and that's why she dislikes them so much. Being blinded by someone turning on a lamp hurts, aside from being plain obnoxious
  
• The Red Sox
  -Seriously, she's a Yankee fan, mention the Sox and see what sort of rant that starts up
  
• Having to explain her 'condition'
  -Ya know, the one brought about because her mother was exposed to gamma radiation when she was pregnant with Danii, thus the enhanced human powers
  
• Being stuck in traffic
  -As a New Yorker, it's a daily occurrence, and one that causes and amazing spike in someones blood pressure

Personality:

"She's a great girl," People tend to say that a lot when you mention Danii. She's a sweetheart really, one of those 'glass is half full' types that tries to find the silver lining, the bright side to anything and the good side to most people. Always walking around with a little half smile on her face when she isn't at work, humming a tune and chirping a hello to her neighbors when she walks past. The blond likes to have fun and believes that there is no fun to be had being spent in a fog of misery and general dread while someone waits for the other shoe to drop. It's a conscious decision made from years of seeing and being made to do things that make people cringe to think about.

But Danielle doesn't live in a fantasy world where all is rainbows and butterflies, where everyone is just a good guy that lost their way. She thinks there is the space in every living being to do what is right or what is wrong, and because of that people do need to be held accountable for their actions, no matter what it is they've done. Even her. Everyone has made mistakes, everyone has done things that they wish they could take back, but as long as you own up to it and attempt to redeem yourself then yes, you've done well in her eyes.

Growing up in the military, Danii learned quickly it was best to develop a thick skin, the reason why most things roll off of her like water off a ducks back. She doesn't become hung up on insults, instead making a short quip right back and moving on with her life, unless you've done something particularly despicable, the blonde is quick to let go, preferring not to hold onto grudges. Something of a closet tomboy though, as sweet as she is the woman also has her 'rough around the edges' moments, with a snap New York temper if something hits the wrong button just the right way, though it's gone in the same flash that it came.

When it comes to work though, no matter what it is and no matter how small and insignificant the mission may seem, she takes it seriously. Her head is in the game and she doesn't allow herself the luxury of rest until the job is done, no matter how long it may take or what sort of insane mission impossible motion she has to go through. A strong work ethic was instilled into her by her father as a child, pride in her herself and the quality of her work, love for her country and a need to do what she believes is necessary for the sake of countrymen is what fuels her day in and day out through everything.

"With great power comes great responsibility"

Powers:

Night Vision: Put simply, the blond can see in near perfect darkness, though it isn't much in comparison to other amazing abilities some of the people she stands shoulder to shoulder with have, when your job requires spying and infiltrating, not having to turn on a light is pretty useful.

Enhanced Healing Ability: She has an enhanced healing ability, as opposed to having to wait months for a broken bone to heal, it takes a matter of hours, cuts and scrapes are gone in moments. Bullet wounds heal exceptionally fast. But specifically she has a resistance to venom, poisons, foreign diseases and bacteria as her mothers immune system was in a constant state of overdrive when she was pregnant with Danii.

Enhanced Strength and Endurance: That gamma radiation really does some interesting things, doesn't it. She isn't the strongest, not at all, but if push comes to shove, she can slam her fist through a concrete wall, and has more then enough endurance to go a few rounds with some particularly nasty folks.

Abilities:

• Weapon Expert, specifically firearms
  
• Extensive Military Combat Training
  
• Extremely Agile, due to years upon years of training

Weapons

• Guns: Her two personal favorites though are a brushed chrome .44 magnum desert eagle and matte black .45 MP Smith and Wesson
  
• Knives: A KA-BAR 5699 ZK three inch 'neck knife' hidden under her shirt and a Columbia River AG Russell Sting double edged four inch boot knife
  
• A pair of brass knuckles

Strengths:

• Level Headed
  
• Dependable
  
• Almost stupidly brave
  
• Highly adaptable

Weaknesses:

• Lights: The trade off for the ability to see in the dark was that Danii can't withstand anything brighter then about the 25 watts a Christmas tree puts out without wearing a pair of sunglasses or goggles.
  
• Her Pride: Pride is a powerful thing, and sometimes it pushes her to continue even though she shouldn't, even though she doesn't think she can anymore. Even when all reason is screaming at her to back down or concede, stubborn pride keeps her going.
  
• Children: They're innocent, they are the future. The fastest way to get her to drop her weapon is to hold a child hostage, the fastest way to get a bullet between the eyes is to hurt a child in front of her, reason goes out the window when it comes to protecting children.
  
• Bullets: The wounds heal in a matter of moments, the problem? If the bullet is lodged in her body, it'll heal around it, and fast at that. If the bullet doesn't pass through, Danii will have to stop and dig it out herself while she still has the chance.

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce
the sanest man alive to lunacy,"

History:

Her history starts, really, generations before she was born. Seven generations ago when her great-great-great-great etc grandfather came to America from Ireland, the man changed his last name from McCaffrey to Washington when he got off the boat, hoping for a new life in New York. Eventually he signed up to fight in the civil war, one of the lucky few to make it home alive and starting the long standing tradition of one or two of his children and their children joining the military, leading to the old family saying that "There has been a Washington in every war."

Her grandfather had followed the tradition, becoming a fighter pilot in World War Two and a big fan of the star spangled man with a plan. Her grandfather passed the stories down to her father and to her in turn, along with the old leather bomber jacket she always has with her. Like her grandfather, her father Benjamin was a military man her mother on the other hand was a scientist who had been given the task of studying Gamma radiation and the effect it had on a fellow scientist by the name of Bruce Banner. What Angelique didn't realize at the time was that she was pregnant, and after an accident exposed her to high amounts of radiation, things got a little out of hand pregnancy wise.

Angie's hormones were all but insane at that time, her immune system in overdrive as it tried to deal with the radiation exposure along with the pregnancy. The pregnancy was complicated and Angelique ended up dying in childbirth, though Danii came out healthy and without any noticeable mutations. From the moment she was born though she was the apple of her fathers eye, who tried his best to juggle the love for his country and role as it's defender as well as his role as a father. Though "home base" as home was always referred to was the Bronx, New York, she was bounced around different countries whenever her father was shipped off to a different base.

Being a little girl surrounded by hardened army guys meant she had to be able to take a comment and give it back in kind, and she grew up quick on the uptake, able to pull a zinger out when need be. She grew up very much a tomboy, finding it easier to act as one of the guys then anything else, and combat and defense training started young, with different 'uncles' always attempting to impart her with wisdom on which pressure points were most effective and the fastest way to take a .22 caliber rifle apart and then put it back together. When she was still young her father became a SHIELD operative, where he still works now.

Her teenage years were a hoot. When her sight started to go, she found she could see better in the dead of night, and along with that Danii hit the 'rebellious phase' with a bottle of green hair dye, a few packet of Knox gelatin and a Sex Pistols album. In other words, she became a punk, the most anti-anything she could possibly think of, dying her hair green and styling it into six inch long spikes all over her head known as 'Liberty Spikes' which became her signature look through her teenage years, earning her the nickname 'Liberty' from the SHIELD agents that had essentially watched her grow. Eventually she grew out of it, instead going for a more Monroe look and eventually joining the army like most of the Washington clan before her. Operation Noble Anvil got her moved up to the rank of 1st Sergent before she was honorably discharged, when her sight became so bad in the daylight that her superiors began to think it was a liability.

Almost immediately afterwords she was picked up by SHIELD, partially because her father had some pull but mainly because the ability to see in the dark was too good to pass up, and she had grown up around enough of the life to know how things worked. Originally she was 'Agent Washington' until one Fourth of July she was going to a party dressed as the Statue of Liberty when a drunk someone got a little too handsy and she kicked his ass six ways to Sunday while wearing that skintight green Statue of Liberty outfit. When that particular story got out it resurrected the old Liberty nickname, and Fury in all his stanch humor codenamed her Lady Liberty, and so it's been ever since.

"Next time guys, we should just
rebuild this place outta Lego."

Writing Sample:

Ugh, go look at Jokers

"I'm through talking, get out of my cave,"

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