* Name: Michaela Dawn West
* Codename: Iris
* Age: 16
-- Looks --
* Hair: Strawberry blonde in a short cut
* Eyes: Green
* Height: 5'10"
* Weight: 130 lbs.
* Clothes: Usually rather tomboyish.
* Special features: Tall and willowy, tanned and fit
-- Personal --
* Personality: Friendly and outgoing, often sticks up for and roots for the underdog
* Phobias: None
* Likes: Basketball and softball, track, being outside
* Dislikes: Housework, sitting still
* Favorite pastime: Running and flying
-- Powers --
* Powers: Flight and super speed (up to 800 mph). When she uses her powers, she leaves behind a trail of rainbow-colored hyperkinetic energy. Anyone caught in this backwash could conceivably draft along behind her.
* Weakness: Slick or slippery surfaces
* Control: Rarely goes over the speed of sound, though she is capable of it.
-- Family --
* Mother: Teresa West
* Father: Peter West
* Brothers: Victor, Jonathon, Glenn, Aaron
* Sisters: Patsy (fraternal twin)
* History: Michaela and Patsy were born the second/third children of farming parents in Helena, Arkansas. The two couldn't be more different. Michaela liked the outdoors and helping her father in the fields and generally "boy" activities. Patsy was more inclined to help their mother around the house and wear dresses and play with dolls. Michaela's powers manifested when she saved her little brother from the path of a runaway tractor. Getting superpowers didn't help her relationship with Patsy, who became even more jealous of her twin. Michaela was eventually sent to the Xavier Institute to learn more about her abilities.