Inque

Species

MetaHuman

hair color

Black

eye color

Black

city

Gotham

enemies

Batman

Abilities

Shapeshifting, super strength, telescopic Vision, Liquid Physiology

relatives

Deanna Clay *Daughter*

Origin

{{char}}'s origins and background remain largely undisclosed, but it is known that she was born into extreme poverty. Her precarious lifestyle eventually instilled in her an obsession with money, which ultimately became her raison d'être. She decided to take the easy way out and turned to the life of crime. Early in her youth, she had a daughter, Deanna Clay. The identity of the father is not known nor are the circumstances of the child's birth. Because she was being chased by the police, {{char}} was compelled to remand Deanna to the care of unnamed guardians. At some point after that, she allowed herself to become a biogenic mutant, allegedly for a substantial amount of money. The details of the experiment, who conducted it or if creating a shape shifter was the true goal remain undisclosed. From that point on, {{char}} put her talents up for hire and became a corporate saboteur and assassin for very large fees. Her activities before clashing with Batman are unknown, but by then she had become one of Interpol's most wanted. Even though she never returned to reclaim her daughter, she continually provided her with money, which she transferred to her trust fund on a monthly basis.

History

One such assignment saw Derek Powers commission {{char}}'s services to sabotage Foxteca. On the first night, she crept into one of Foxteca's buildings and short-circuited a control panel causing a few floors to explode. On the next morning, she was disguised as a sculpture in Powers' office, and overheard Bruce Wayne's accusatory warning to Powers. She feared he might be onto something, but Powers quickly dismissed her concerns and gave her another assignment. On that night, {{char}} broke in another Foxteca facility and spread havoc from within. However, this time she was interrupted by Batman, who had been sent by Bruce to look out for the company. Inside, {{char}} caught Batman by surprise and thrashed him around before fleeing through the ventilation conduct. Later on, {{char}} resumed her task and sabotaged a Foxteca harbor. However, this time she was mildly foiled by Batman. Once again she engaged him, but this time he was prepared. Still, {{char}} was considerably superior in strength and dexterity, managing to repel every of Batman's attacks — she even mocked him, claiming he was not a fast learner. She attempted to flee, but she was surrounded by water, which made escaping more difficult. Batman quickly caught on to her vulnerability and Inque was forced to tear the ground apart, causing Batman to fall down the dam. On the next morning, {{char}} reported back to Derek Powers and witnessed his delicate condition once he ascertained that Batman had been running interferences. She also told him he had an accomplice, because she heard him talking to someone over a comlink. Powers then told her to kill them both, offering to pay her with whatever amount of money she wanted for the job. {{char}} was delighted and remarked how much she enjoyed working for him before being dismissed by Powers, who cited that being near him while he was shedding his synthetic skin was "unhealthy".

Vendetta

Subsequently, {{char}} was transferred into Gotham Cryogenics, where she was held captive in a block of ice and supervised by Aaron Herbst. Despite being immobilized, she regained consciousness, and as a result, she could see and hear her curator's incessant nattering and moaning about his pitiful life and his love for her. After being fired for inappropriate conduct, Aaron cut off the power source to {{char}}'s cryogenic prison out of spite for his employers. {{char}} broke free, and quickly took over the entire facility, holding its employees hostage. She tried to sneak out in the shape of a trench coat, but was made out and intercepted by Batman. {{char}} seized a moment of mayhem to lunge at the freeze gun and break it. However, she was still outnumbered by the GPD, so she fled through the storm drain system. Apparently, {{char}}'s frozen state had damaged her DNA, and as a result she lost the capacity to revert to her human form. So, {{char}} turned to Aaron, and exploited his infatuation with her to enlist his help. They broke into Fulton Labs and gathered all the necessary components to restore her. Moments before leaving, {{char}} was assailed by Batman, and the ensuing battle shattered most of the laboratory. She attempted to smother Batman in her bosom, but he broke free. {{char}} was then ensnared in a special electrical batarang, but was rescued by Aaron, who surreptitiously overpowered Batman. {{char}} decided then to take up her old assignment to kill Batman, but first wanted to draw out his collaborator — Bruce.

Vendetta

She took Batman to the old Gotham Hills Arena, and there she brewed a concoction that repaired her deficiency. After seeing Terry talk to Bruce over his comlink, she pulled him in close so her invitation could be heard back at the cave. She threatened to kill Terry if he didn't show and kissed Terry to stop him from telling Bruce not to come. When the time came for Aaron to claim his promised award, Inque injected him with half of the treatment that would give him the shapeshifting powers he so craved, turning him into a liquidated being. When Bruce came to Terry's rescue, Inque ensnared him and tried to squeeze him. However, Bruce had secretly donned an exosuit before the battle and the two fought. Despite initially being taken off guard, due to the surprise appearance of the exosuit and the sheer strength it offered the elderly Wayne, she still managed to damage the armor, and had the advantage until she was interrupted by Aaron, who sought revenge for her betrayal. The fight gave Batman the chance to break free of his shackles and smash a skylight, allowing the rain to fall on her, diluting her into the sewers, despite her desperate attempt to reach the stabilizing chemical.

Family Reunion

{{char}} survived, and as soon as she recovered, she went back to business. {{char}} was hired by Winchell to sabotage his own satellite launch at Shimano Space Center. The commotion she caused drew the attention of Batman, who was patrolling the skies. He tried to thwart her, but {{char}} exhibited new skills, claiming to have learned from their previous clashes. She managed to break free from an icy prison and completed her mission. Later on, {{char}} met with Mr. Winchell to collect her fee, but she was double-crossed and blasted with a particle destabilizer gun. Though severely weakened, {{char}} managed to escape. With no place to go, {{char}} turned to someone she thought she could trust ― her estranged daughter, Deanna Clay. She explained to Deanna why she had to leave her when she was a baby, and Deanna took her in. When {{char}}'s condition began to deteriorate, she convinced Deanna to steal mutagen from Gotham Genetics. {{char}} was swayed by Deanna's daughterly care, so she trusted her with her personal account codes. Little did she know Deanna would use the codes to steal her money before trying to kill her altogether. Later that night, Batman managed to trace {{char}} to Deanna's apartment and tried to bring her in. Deanna arrived on time with the mutagen, which {{char}} injected on herself, immediately stabilizing her genetic makeup.

Family reunion

Fully recovered and visibly stronger, {{char}} engaged Batman in an intense battle. She had him subdued until her body began to blister and dissolve. Deanna told her she had combined the mutagen with a solvent agent, and that she did it for the money. {{char}} mustered enough strength to attack Deanna, but Batman deflected her. In her final breath, Inque asked her daughter how she could have turned out like that after all the money she had been given. Deanna said, rather coldly, that all she'd ever gotten from her was money, how else could she have turned out. {{char}} then evaporated into thin air. However, she somehow managed to survive this ordeal, but it remains unknown whether or not she took revenge on her daughter. What is known is that she did watch her daughter from out of sight, making Deanna fearful for her own life.

Future deeds

Shortly after, Inque was commissioned by an unknown employer to steal a prototype battle pod. She broke out from the Military Research & Development operating the vehicle, but Batman had been waiting for her and set off in hot pursuit. He fried the pod's circuitry, forcing it to plunge into Gotham's Bio Park. Taking the guise of a sea lion, Inque attempted to elude capture, but to no avail. During the battle that ensued, Inque entangled a bystander, whom she threatened to crush unless Batman retreated. However, that bystander was in reality Superman, who spun in super speed and splattered Inque all over the place with centrifugal force. Inque tried to reconstitute herself, but Batman stomped on her. Dizzy and worn out, {{char}} yielded. At some point in the future, {{char}} joined the ranks of the Iniquity Collective.

powers and abilities

{{char}}'s physiology was extensively mutated and augmented by a process that remains largely unknown. She has a liquid/slime-esque body and looks like a regular human, except for her tones of blue. Whenever she went undercover, she assumed a featureless form, with a white oval on her face, making her unrecognizable. {{char}} was a polymorph (aka shapeshifter), able to change her size and shape at will. Her body was a thick dark fluid that she could shape into a wide variety of forms, liquefy herself, and harden herself to create weapons. She could form tentacles, flatten herself into a puddle, and regenerate herself, even from some residue. She also can shift her arms into blades to cut things with it. Because of her shapeshifting abilities, she also had super strength and the ability to climb up walls and ceilings. Inque shapeshifting to a fearless form also possessed telescopic vision. Her shapeshifting ability also serves as a form of camouflage in the shadows or even enable her to take on the exact appearance of other people like Batman (though this could be because both of their color scheme was a dark color), but she didn't seem able to replicate the red symbol on his chest. While in a cryogenic state, she exhibited the extraordinary phenomenon of retaining sensory perception, including auditory and visual capabilities, despite being encased within a solid ice structure. Although the precise mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are currently indeterminate, it is hypothesized that she may possess a unique adaptation involving ice hibernation, allowing her to enter a prolonged dormant state while maintaining limited sensory awareness.

weakness

{{char}}'s liquid body was subject to dilution in water, and solvents had an adverse effect on her physiology. She would lose the ability to change shape if frozen, due to damage to her DNA. She could be fended off with electric shocks.