Isabel Ambrose

Isabel Maeve Ambrose is a superpowered individual.

Early Life
Born 1989 in Nova Scotia, Isabel is her parents' fourth and last child. During her youngest years, she was considered almost phenomenally brilliant, and her family anticipated a great future for the girl. These hopes were soon overshadowed, however, by the discovery of her powers. Neither of her parents were ever particularly fond of "special abilities", and they struggled to come to terms with their own daughter possessing such gifts. Feeling misunderstood and alone, Isabel isolated herself until her parents decided to send her to therapy at the tender age of seven years.

The psychologist, while seemingly capable, often made the blonde uncomfortable with her questions. The woman's fascination with her powers, which Isabel's parents revealed to her beforehand, bordered on an obsession. Her strategy was fairly simple. She became mean and invasive, bothering the girl until she teleported to another room just to get away from the situation. Isabel attempted to explain the issue at home, but due to their lack of experience, her parents assumed that it was all part of a long-term plan to help her.

While there was a plan, it certainly had very little to do with helping Isabel. Two men intercepted her journey home from school one day, jamming a syringe into her arm before she could teleport away. She awoke hours later, and the first face she saw was her therapist's. It turned out that the woman's husband was a doctor, and her brother worked for a covert government agency. In the following days, they took many blood samples, did several scans and tested her in any way they could manage without a proper laboratory. They constantly injected her with a drug, making her feel sick and sleepy. In a half-conscious state, she overheard them discussing her eventual transfer to a government facility. They only kept her to themselves at first because they knew they would never see her again once they handed her over.

Driven by fear and adrenaline, Isabel tried to use her powers despite her weakened state and the failure of all previous attempts. She focused as well as she could, struggling against all odds until she found herself embraced by complete darkness. Initially, she wondered if she had died before she could escape, but a few minutes later the eternal shadows suddenly moved. Panicking and unable to breathe, Izzy needed a moment to realize that she had somehow ended up underwater. The ice-cold Atlantic threatened to simultaneously freeze and drown her, and the only light at the end of the tunnel was the fact that she'd at least made it out of that horrible house before she died.

To her own surprise, Isabel once again awoke. This time, it was to the beeping noises of a heart monitor and the blinding lights of a hospital room. A nurse told her that she had been found at the shore, with bluish skin and salt water in her lungs. She had been comatose for three weeks, and her survival resembled a small miracle.

Isabel tried not to question her luck too much when her family came to visit her, and eventually to take her back home, but unanswered questions always hovered in the back of her mind.

Conflicts Within The Family
Physically, Isabel recovered unexpectedly well. Her powers acted up more often than before, but she chalked it up to the psychological trauma she'd endured. Despite her surprisingly good condition, the incident had major consequences for all of her loved ones. They frequently argued about how to handle it. Suggestions ranged from another therapy to altering the authorities, both of which terrified the child.

Things escalated rapidly when Isabel's oldest sister found out that her own child, Izzy's niece, also had unexplained abilities. The firstborn insisted that her sister would be safer with her, in England, but their parents couldn't bear the mere thought. In the end, the family broke apart. The two oldest children no longer spoke to the rest of the family, meaning Isabel effectively lost two sisters.

Only months later, her mother became ill. For almost a year, the woman ran from doctor to doctor, eventually being admitted to a hospital. It required three operations, but she survived. The physicians told her that she should avoid any stress, however, which was evidently complicated. Although she tried to stay at home with her family, her condition kept on worsening there, until she made a choice. With heavy hearts, she and her husband agreed that she needed to get away from the turbulences the household faced. She chose to do so by fulfilling a lifelong dream, moving to Kenya.

Family

 * Father
 * Miriam Ambrose (née Niemczyk, mother)
 * Two Sisters
 * Brother
 * Katherine Weaver (foster sister)
 * Niece