Virus

Virus's powers and abilities

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Bio-Fission: Virus can divide into proportionately-sized physical duplicates of himself. This occurs because Virus creates his replicas from the mass of his own body rather than from an extradimensional source as is the case with Reprise's similar power. Hence, when a duplicate body "splits off" from Virus, he undergoes a mitosis process like that of cells and becomes identical twins, each with half the mass of the original. Like the original Virus, the twin also possesses the ability to divide into new, smaller replicas. Hence, if both continuously replicated, the twin Viruses would become thousands of thumb-sized copies in a matter of seconds. This appears to be the limit to the number of replicas that Virus can create from his own mass. Virus' control over his powers is such that he can create copies of himself in any combination of sizes.

Virus can use his replicating powers in clever ways. He can slip free of conventional bonds like ropes and chains by dividing himself until the resulting copies are small enough to escape. By splitting into thousands of copies who link themselves together, Virus becomes a human ladder that enables him to climb over walls or safely descend to the ground from great heights. Virus reintegrates himself once completing his ascents and descents.

Virus duplicating himself

When conducting robberies, Virus would split into hundreds of tiny replicas to bypass a store's security systems and larger replicas to serve as decoys.

Virus' powers grant him offensive abilities as well. If attacked, Virus can quickly divide into a swarm of copies, who are small enough to evade his foe and launch a counterattack. Though Virus' copies are weaker than the original due to their small size, they can still overwhelm and defeat a normal sized person through sheer numbers.

Each of Virus' replicas is capable of independent thought, feeling, and action though they share a telepathic link. If one is injured, it is traumatic for all the existing counterparts. It is unknown if the death of the original Virus would automatically kill all the other copies.

Virus' copies remain in existence for as long as he wishes. When he wills them out of existence, they are seemingly "absorbed" back into his body. It is not known whether they always automatically disappear if the original is rendered unconscious. HIS BODILY VOLUME DICTATES BOTH THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF COPIES HE CAN GENERATE -> For example, he can have 1 big copy, 1 medium copy, and the remaining volume be tiny copies based on his original overall volume. But, the sky is the limit as to how he might choose to distribute that volume.