Clayton Matthews

Clayton Matthews was a detective, superhero and father in 2300: Turn of the Century

Losing his sight and his arm
Clayton was blinded when he was six by his Superhuman father during an argument with his mother, and in order to protect her unborn daughter, she had to leave immediately afterwards. Clayton lived with his father until he was 13, and developed his powers. His father, who had developed an anti-Super mindset during the preceding years, disowned him and left for Traven. He left Clayton with a sizable amount of money in the bank, the promise that he’d be better off, and lying on the floor of the teleporter room, missing his arm and half of his shoulder assembly.

A new arm, and new family
He was rushed into the emergency department, and after a three-day operation, they were not able to regenerate the arm with healers or regenerative blood as his wouldn’t accept other Superhuman influences. So they rebuilt it with cybernetics. Clayton was adopted by his doctor who was the main reason he survived. Clayton learnt to control his power better than anyone he knew, and turned it into a weapon he could use when he had no weapons.

Meeting his love
When Clayton was 21, he was a visitor at Aubrey Carmichael’s workplace as a customer when he spotted, out of the corner of his implants, a meteor heading for Earth. He lead the evacuation without even needing to be asked and made sure everyone got to safety. But Aubrey hadn’t, so Clayton raced back inside, grabbed her hand, and phased her through the rubble and the building collapsing around them. They shared their first kiss almost immediately after that.

Joining the police force
Clayton joined the police force with the intention of saving the world. He had a beautiful girlfriend who he managed to convince to join him and, halfway through the academy, marry him, and he knew that he was always heading towards this calling. He graduated second in his class; first place going to his now wife, and third going to the first Giant on the force named Besupo, who Clayton had spent hours working with and teaching and learning from. Clayton learnt Besupo’s fighting method while he was in training as well – an obscure martial art that was designed for larger fighters with more mass than Clayton normally had, but Clayton learnt to leverage his massing ability for combat as well as the phasing ability.

Forming the Superhuman Task Force
Clayton served on the police force for three years before his talents for catching the right people were noticed by the commander, Mr. Ecroft, and he was tasked with bringing in the vigilante known only as The Crimson Ghost. Clayton spent months mapping the appearances of this hero and developing the software to predict teleportation. However, to his surprise, it was The Crimson Ghost who found him and talked him into creating an elite task force of Superhumans who could save the world at a moment’s notice. He took The Ghost’s offer to Mr. Ecroft and was pleasantly surprised at the response – an emphatic approval. When Clayton told Aubrey the good news, she had news for him as well, and in one day he became a superhero and an expectant father. He carved out an identity criminals feared and people loved over the next few months as he worked on a plan to save the world for his daughter.

Expanding his family
When his daughter arrived in his life, Clayton knew he would protect her from the bad in the world at any cost, and he became an even better and more dedicated hero. He became one of the most decorated police officers and heroes in a matter of a few years. His sister-in-law, Lauren, eventually joined his task force, and the team became even stronger. With the heroes more prevalent in society, crime was reduced very effectively, as were cases of Superhuman villainy.

Powers and abilities
Clayton has the power of Molecular Manipulation. He is able to move through solid objects and also increase his density exponentially. In order to do move through matter, he must exhale deeply, and to increase his density he must inhale deeply. This provides him a finite length of time he is able to spend in both forms.