Molly Hayes

Origin

Molly Hayes is the daughter of Alice Hayes and Gene Hayes, two mutants who were chosen to be part of the Pride. While her parents' powers were mental in nature, Molly's mutant ability is physical. When it was revealed by Molly's peers, the children of other members of the Pride, that their parents killed an innocent girl, they ran away from home. While on the run, the children tried to escape the grasp of their parents out of fear. Molly, being the youngest out of this group of Runaways, believed this was her chance to become a superhero.

It's worth noting that Molly is the only member of the Runaways that created a costume, though she made it from old clothes and bedding.

Recently, she was once paired up again with the mutant Wolverine, who was her reluctant tour guide at the X-Men's new facility in San Francisco. She was invited to live at the institute, given the rationale that she's one of the few hundred remaining mutants left on the planet. As Wolverine is taking her back to her friends (who at this time were hanging out with the rest of the X-students), they are attacked and captured by a mutant hating extremist who wanted revenge for the cruelty of her parents. Though Wolverine and Molly eventually escape and defeat the villain, Molly's faith of her parents' love for her is shaken by the stories told to her about her parents' evil deeds and hatred of humanity. Wolverine, in a rare moment of compassion and tenderness, then reasures her that if her parents raised such a good kid, then they couldn't have been all bad, and that they loved her as much as she thought they did.

Powers

Molly is a mutant with extreme strength and invulnerability. Her strength level is such that at peak performance, she was able to rip off Cloak's cloak from his corporeal form; something which Cloak stated even a god's strength was incapable of doing. She was also able to prevent a skyscraper-sized monster from stepping on her.

Use of her powers is fatiguing. While the upper limits of her strength have yet to be measured, the more she exerts herself, the more quickly she becomes fatigued, often to the point of becoming very drowsy and falling asleep. Her power seems to be enhanced by adrenaline. She was once awakened from her fatigue-induced sleep by a nearby explosion, and was able to again use her strength (though not to the same extreme levels). She was also once given a power-boost by Nico through a mystical caffeine injection from the Staff of One.

Use of her powers is voluntary. Her eyes glow with a purple-colored light whenever she exerts herself, in the same way her parents' eyes glowed whenever they used their powers. It has also been hinted that she is more intelligent than she lets on.

She is one of the few mutants to retain their powers after M-Day.

Characteristics

Weight: 100
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown