Kate Five
In Reality Z-25 31-H, Kate Five was a British woman who became a superhero after bonding with a shape-shifting symbiote. While Kate herself was benevolent, the symbiote had an evil of its own, which it sometimes managed to exercise.
Description
Physical appearance
Kate Five was a tall, muscular woman with pale skin and long black hair. When bonded with the symbiote, she usually used the symbiote itself as a costume, a form-fitting, rubbery-looking black outfit — with only the addition of black boots. She also wore large black earrings. (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise)
Personality
When in control of herself, Kate was a benevolent individual with a fun-loving, party-going attitude and a quick wit. She was interested in women, as evidenced by her falling in love (and lust) with Centennia. (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise)
Powers & abilities
Kate could normally exert some measure of control on her symbiote, which granted her superhuman strength and resilience allowing her to go toe-to-toe with Centennia. However, this came at the price that the symbiote sometimes managed to take control of her altogether. (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise)
Biography
Meeting Centennia and the Odds
Kate Five first met the Odds when she attended a party attended by many superheroes, which they organised at the Fortress of Evening (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise) in the aftermath of their discovery of Captain Perfect's villainy. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth) She crossed paths with Centennia, who'd just broken up with Perfect over the aforementioned incident, and developed a crush on her, attempting to flirt with her, though, at that time, the relationship did not go any further. (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise)
Losing control
At some point following her first encounter with the Odds, Kate Five lost control over her symbiote, which began actively forcing her to engage in various violent acts, including hurting her friend Taki. She travelled to New York once again, intent on taking out the Odds. At the Fortress of Evening, Armstrong Fatbuckle let her in and she quickly despatched him before heading to the roof, where the rest of the Odds were partying. She suggested a drinking game, using a bottle of wine which she'd secretly drugged. Due to Centennia being the best poker player, she was the last Odd standing, and eventually realised Kate was not in her normal state of mind. The two fought, with Kate nearly choking the life out of the partially-drugged Centennia until Armstrong Fatbuckle's disembodied arm intervened, providing enough of a distraction for Centennia to land a punch on Kate and send her careening into the bell of the Fortress's belltower. The vibrations forced the symbiote to let go of her body, and it fled while Kate herself lost consciousness.
After she came to, once more herself, the Odds reassured her that they didn't blame her for the things she'd done under the symbiote's influence, and Kate and Centennia finally shared a kiss. Since Kate had previously been using the symbiote as an outfit, the Blue Knight even went clothes-shopping for her, buying her clothes to wear on her way back to the U.K.. However, after saying her goodbyes to the Odds and leaving the Fortress, Kate was immediately ambushed by the symbiote, which forcibly bonded with her once again. (COMIC: Symbiote Surprise)
Behind the scenes
Kate Five is the main character of the Kate Five series by James Bridger.
