Elizabeth

"Please let me believe what you believe in too. Let me believe that life is wonderful."

Elizabeth, also known as Experiment 009: The Man Eater, is one of the experiments of the SSS, and one of the main protagonists of Bonds: Retribution Prophecy.

Appearance
Elizabeth's design is based on Lolita fashion. Originally, Elizabeth's hair was gray at the beginning. Her hair itself, after she regains her color, fades from a light blonde to rainbow, and she is depicted with a hat that has a speaker attached. Her earrings appear to be styled like in-ear headphones that hook over the ear. The buttons on her dress are amplifier buttons/knobs, while the bottom of her dress has a keyboard pattern. Her shoes also have neon-lighting. She looks like a junior high school student, between the ages of 14 and 16, but her actual age is unknown.

Personality
At first, Elizabeth was portrayed as a doll unable to show any emotion.

Elizabeth does not appear to be any less foolish than a typical human being in physical form, but this is contrasted by her lack of detectable emotion, even in skirmishes with the SSS which usually end up with her being injured. It is difficult to understand what she is thinking due to her rarely showing any outward emotion. Her lack of expression also makes it difficult to determine whether or not she has any consciousness, but she is revealed to be rather intelligent. Eventually, with the help of Oliver, she shows a little of her emotions. Elizabeth even goes as far as to give a small pout.

According to the scientists, when she was first admitted into the facility, Elizabeth was withdrawn to the point of being unable to articulate full sentences or express herself well, instead having her doll, "Elize," speak for her. However, while this certainly wasn't a healthy way of living, it did at least help keep her mental state somewhat stable. On the other hand though, whenever Elize was separated from her, the normally quiet girl would completely lose her composure and even showed willingness to resort to violence to get her doll back.

Powers and Abilities
Elizabeth fights with supernatural abilities, whose origin is probably artificial in nature. Her abilities are voice-activated, and can take effect almost immediately. Combined with her advanced skill in hand-to-hand combat, this makes her a formidable opponent for the members of the SSS.

In SSS's attempt to infiltrate Elizabeth's room, they gain information about her abilities, which are compiled in her personal computer.

List of Guard Skills
Hand Sonic: Calls forth a single blade or a pair of blades, one on each hand. The blades are capable of slicing through steel or even easily dispatching Shadows. It has been shown to have many variations:


 * Hand Sonic [Version One]: Regular shape resembling a longsword. The main version she uses when fighting the SSS.
 * Hand Sonic [Version Two]: A thinner, longer version than the previous. It has a curved-diamond shape on its tip. She made this version thinner for higher speed.
 * Hand Sonic [Version Three]: Is shaped like a traditional sai. She once remarked that this version is "inelegant".
 * Hand Sonic [Version Four]: A variation which is shaped like a lotus flower with no edges other than, perhaps, its petals. Apparently more of a bludgeoning weapon than a slicing one. Elizabeth admits to have created it in her attempt to make her weapon "cuter".
 * Hand Sonic [Version Five]: Elizabeth's most recent variation of Hand Sonic. It is basically a pair of pincers secured on the arm by a violet gauntlet-like accessory that resembles a demon's head, horns and shape. She created this version due to Noah's advice that she should give herself a more ruthless image. She also used this version as a makeshift slingshot and for dispatching the Shadows or hitting certain targets from afar.
 * Hand Sonic [Version Twenty-Eight]; This is Elizabeth's latest version of Hand Sonic. The scientists have stated that it excels in bringing pain and that one would merely know just by looking at it.

Sonic Rotation (unnamed): This technique when activated, produces a blue aura when used. Elizabeth produces a Version One Hand Sonic on each arm and spins rapidly, effectively destroying everything in the vicinity. It was stated to be as powerful as a jet bomber, after it demolished a mass of Shadows and left a circular crater in the ground.

Man Eater Abilities
Super Agility: Man Eaters can jump higher than any human can, are able to climb fast and possess better reflexes than humans.

Super Speed: Man Eaters can move at incredible speeds.

Enhanced Strength: Man Eaters are immensely physically stronger than humans. Man Eaters are even stronger than angels and can overpower them with ease. They are even able to overpower seraphs.

Telekinesis: Man Eaters have the ability to move, manipulate or otherwise interact with objects/matter with their mind.

Shapeshifting: Like many supernatural creatures, Man Eaters can take human form.

Elastic Jaws: A Man Eater's jaws are incredibly flexible and can be unhinged with ease, enabling them to open their mouths incredibly wide.

Powerful Jaws: Man Eaters possess massive, retractable jaws that are immensely strong and serves as their primary weapon and way to feed. Their jaws can rip open almost anything they bite into, including humans, angels, demons and various other creatures - even other Man Eaters.

Super Stamina: Man Eaters have unlimited stamina and never tire, however they do get hungry but cannot starve to death. However, the stronger Man Eaters have better control of their hunger, allowing them to blend more easily in society.

Venomous Blood: It is shown that Man Eaters are able to instantly kill angels (and probably other creatures if not anything excluding themselves) by sticking their fists into their chests and injecting them with black Man Eater blood. Victims of this ability swell up grotesquely, their blood vessels darken, and black blood spews from their mouths as they die.

Other powers
Distortion: Allows her to deflect bullets and other projectiles away using an invisible shield in front of her. The drawback of this ability is that she has to take it down should she want to switch from defense to offense. This ability does not deflect physical attacks as she is shown to dodge physical attacks.

Delay: Creates a sort of after-image for close range. It is effective in dodging melee attacks by confusing the enemy into attacking elsewhere.

Artificial Element Manipulation: Elizabeth can create, shape and manipulate artificial/synthetic materials. i.e. materials that are produced, prepared or made rather than natural. These include synthetic compounds, fibers, fuels/oils, etc. This is how she created the 'Glass Box of Hell' shown in the beginning of the story.

Oliver Richards
At the beginning, Elizabeth's relationship with Oliver was... complicated, to say the least. Oliver thought everything that Elizabeth had told him from the beginning was a lie, and that it was just a method to get him to join the SSS, all because Rose told her to. However, as he would later find out, it wasn't a lie at all and Elizabeth was being truthful about everything she told him- she had not once lied to him, even if he believed she did. After finding out the truth, their relationship started to progress in a positive way.

Oliver started learning more about Elizabeth, from her race, to her personality, to her past experiences. In fact he even learned that him and Elizabeth met a long time ago, before Elizabeth joined the SSS, and he indirectly caused her current status. Still, he did eventually to forgive himself thanks to Elizabeth's help. In fact, it was thanks to Elizabeth's influence that he started to change himself, and become a good person.

Elizabeth did fall in love with him eventually, which was mutual between them, and it's implied that he took all of her firsts. From her first kiss, to her first time, and he was, inevitably, her first love as well. Although it is currently unknown if this is also the case with Oliver, it is a speculation that Elizabeth also took all of Oliver's firsts.

Asher Richards
Though it's not yet confirmed, it's speculated Elizabeth had some sort of connection with Oliver's brother, Asher, though nothing is confirmed yet.

Quotes

 * "Elize is... my ideal... yearnings of... myself. Unlike me... not weak, unlike me... not hesitant... strong and cool..."
 * "It's the truth. There's nothing I can do about it. I don't know how long ago it was, but I was suddenly born there. That's that. My memories are distorted and vague. I have no idea about things such as what kind of being I am."
 * "This time, I can say with confidence. The feeling in my heart is unmistakably... love."
 * "When you caressed my head... just a little, it made me happy. 'Would it feel like this to be touched by someone from your family', that's what I thought..."
 * "You're an eyesore. You're better off gone"
 * "I won't allow my comrades to die. I'll protect you with my life. Trust me."
 * "Forget about revenge. The fate of those who seek revenge is grim. It's tragic, You will end up suffering and hurting yourself even more. Even if you do succeed in getting revenge, the only thing that remains is emptiness."
 * "I'm telling you this because you don't get it. You think you get it, which is not the same as actually getting it. Get it?"
 * "The next generation will always surpass the previous one. It's one of the never-ending cycles in life."
 * "But, ah... [...} Right, other than that, if this is also the cause of your misery... [...] You were never the sort of person I would choose."