Ace (metahuman)

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Ace
Information
Species:	Metahuman
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Black
Relatives:	Unnamed parents
Affiliations:	Joker; Royal Flush Gang; Cadmus
Abilities:	Telekinesis, Alter perception, Reality warping
Voiced by:	Hynden Walch

"They got their weapon. And I got cheated out of my childhood."[1]

Ace was the most powerful member of the first Royal Flush Gang. She was the youngest of the group, and exhibited childlike manners. Ace rarely spoke, and often stared into the void.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Demise 2 Appearances 2.1 Justice League 2.2 Justice League Unlimited 3 References

[edit] History

Ace's behavior was symptomatic of her traumatic childhood. She was born with the ability to send out thought waves that altered people's perception, and eventually drove them insane, just by eye contact. When she was only an infant, Ace left her parents in a catatonic insanity, albeit unintentionally. A few years later, she was taken by the government (in an earlier version of Cadmus), which intended to study and use her skill. They managed to dampen her power by the use of a headband, which made her harmless and controllable. She spent all her childhood being studied and tested, until she was taken in by the Joker and recruited into the Royal Flush Gang. Joker intended to use her to drive millions of people insane, via broadcasting signal. This plan would have succeeded, if not for Batman revealing that the Joker had a power-dampening headband with him all along. Ace turned against her "rescuer" and carried out poetic justice by driving him insane. Then, she calmly went away.

[edit] Demise

At some point, Cadmus retrieved Ace and resumed her original training. Ace's powers eventually evolved, and she became capable of telekinetically warping reality. She managed to run away, and used her new power to create her own Royal Flush Gang. The Justice League went after her, and Amanda Waller informed them that Ace would soon perish from an aneurysm. Furthermore, the psychic backlash would kill everyone within her power range, so Waller gave them a device to kill Ace. Batman volunteered to do it, because they were acquainted. Ace allowed Batman to get close to her, because she had read his mind and knew he had no intention of killing her ― he wanted to talk her into fixing what she had changed. Ace confided in Batman her bitterness for being cheated out of her childhood, to be studied and trained as a weapon. She was also aware that she was about to die soon, and asked Batman for consolation. Batman empathized with her tragic background, and held her hand until she peacefully passed away. This event convinced Waller that the world would always need someone with Batman's compassion.

[edit] Appearances

Justice League

• "Wild Cards"

Justice League Unlimited

• "Epilogue"

[edit] References