Prodigy's History
David Alleyne was raised by his father and mother with his younger sister, Kim, in their home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Growing up, David was always bright and intelligent, but when his mutant powers activated, the answers just started coming to him. He quickly realized he was a mutant with the ability to telepathically absorb the knowledge and skills of anyone nearby. Concerned that this knowledge was not authentic, David kept his mutation a secret and began studying even harder. He began taking college-level courses while finishing high school and started working with
Karma at the university library until he was outed by the hate group Purity. After his cover was blown,
Danielle Moonstar recruited him.
David was enrolled in the Xavier Institute, given the codename Prodigy, and placed on
Moonstar's New Mutants Training Squad along with
Surge,
Elixir,
Wind Dancer,
Wallflower, and
Wither.
Dani appointed Prodigy as team leader, but he declined and
Wind Dancer took over. She turned out to have some limits, and in the end, Prodigy and
Wind Dancer chose to become co-leaders.
Prodigy had previously lost his mutant powers due to the effects of M-Day. Even without his acquired knowledge, Prodigy is very intelligent. Without using his powers, he's completed college level courses while in high school, operated complex technology, piloted the Blackbird, and built the Danger Cave. The Stepford Cuckoos unlocked all the knowledge in his mind that he had previously absorbed. As a result, Prodigy had access to all the knowledge and skills he had briefly obtained with his mutant power, but he couldn't psychically gain new information from others. He has since regained all of his mutant powers after being killed and resurrected by the Five.
