Kylie Morrison

"'We don't belong in cages. We deserve to be free!'""~Kylie Morrison/Aura The Mutant Underground." Kylie Rae Morrison (codename Aura) is the daughter of Jaxson Morrison and Corrina Buchannon and a mutant with the power of elemental transmutation and manipulation. She's a member of the Mutant Underground, eventually rising to a co-leader position, and is currently in a relationship with John Proudstar/Thunderbird.

Early Life
Kylie was born in Norman, Oklahoma to Jaxson Morrison and his girlfriend, Corrina Buchannon. Together, they were a happy family. When Kylie was four, her mutant powers manifested during a snowstorm where she first learned to manipulate the water and snow around her. Shortly after, Corrina left to pursue her law career (when actually she was contacted by unknown members of the X-Men to help fight for Mutant Rights), leaving Jaxson to raise Kylie alone.

When Kylie was eight, she went with her father to travel the country looking to pursue his music career. During this time, Kylie learned how to play guitar and fell in love with country music and decided she wanted to be a singer like her dad. This went on for six years.

When Kylie was fourteen, her and Jaxson helped a mutant woman and her son escape an abusive situation by driving them to the bus station in Savannah, Georgia. After, they were pulled over by a few Savannah officers, who were also Purifiers, and proceeded to beat Jaxson for aiding Mutants. Kylie shouted at the officers to stop, and when she was struck by an officer, she lost control of her powers. Her powers amplified the already growing storm and the officers went to place her under arrest for attacking them. One pulled out his gun and aimed it at Kylie, but Jaxson wrestled it away from him, and ended up getting shot in the process. The officers used their tasers to knock Kylie unconscious and arrest her.

Season 1 (Finding Aura)
Kylie and her cellmate, Clarice escape from prison and flee from the Atlanta PD, and are found by three leaders of the Mutant Underground; Lorna Dane/Polaris, Marcos Diaz/Eclipse, and John Proudstar/Thunderbird. During a shootout with the police, Marcos and Kylie are both shot and Lorna is captured. Kylie wakes up in the Atlanta Headquarters and meets Lucy Dawson/Lynx, a member of the Mutant Underground and a doctor. Later, Kylie and Clarice overhear Marcos on the phone about helping a family and they inform John about it, and the three go after him. They meet up with Marcos and the Strucker family, and are cornered by Sentinel Services. Clarice opens a portal back to HQ, but Reed is shot and left behind. Kylie catches Clarice as she passes out from over-taxing her powers.

Personality
At first Kylie was a bubbly girl who always laughed and smiled and dreamed of being a singer like her father. However, the five years she spent in prison turned her personality into more cold and distant, and wary on trusting others. Her only friend at the start of the series is Clarice Fong, who was her cellmate for the past six months.

Physical Appearance
Kylie is a petite female with fair skin, sterling silver eyes and platinum blonde hair. When she first arrived at the Mutant Underground Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, she often wore frayed or holed jeans, graphic t-shirts or plain tank tops underneath old flannels shirts and wore her hair either down or in a ponytail. Underneath her clothes, she has multiple scars and puncture wounds from the times she was abused in prison. One scar she always keeps covered is a vertical one on the underside of her left forearm from when she attempted suicide in prison when she was seventeen years old.

Depending on what element she's manipulating when using her powers, Kylie's hair and eyes change color. If she's manipulating two elements at the same time, her eyes turn heterochromiatic (one eye is one color while the other is a different color) and her hair becomes dual toned (one side one color and the other side another).

Jaxson Morrison
Kylie is very close to her father, a self-named "daddy's girl". She idolized him as a kid and dreamed of being a Country Music singer just like him. While she was in prison, she eventually began to blame herself for her father's apparent "death" at the hand of the Purifiers/Savannah PD officers which drove her into a dark depression.

After breaking out of prison and joining the Mutant Underground, Kylie saw her father was alive and they were reunited.

Lucille "Lucy" Dawson/Lynx
Kylie is close friends with Lucy and they grow to care about one another when Lucy beings dating Jaxson. Over time, Kylie begins to look at Lucy as a maternal figure.

Clarice Fong/Blink
Kylie and Clarice were cellmates in an Atlanta prison for six months prior to the start of the series. Seeing how scared Clarice was when she first arrived at the prison, Kylie stood up for her and took various beatings and abuse so she wouldn't have to. Eventually the two became friends and over the series, grow to love eachother like sisters.

John Proudstar/Thunderbird
At first Kylie is a bit antagonistic towards John due to her trust issues, often challenging him or speaking up. However, Kylie warms up to him and eventually respects him as the station leader and offers to help him no matter what the mission. It's also hinted she's attracted to him on a few occasions. In the season one finale, this attraction becomes apparent when Kylie kisses John moments before they enter the Humanity Today summit.

Powers and Abilities

 * Elemental Transmutation: Kylie has the ability to transmute the molecules in the air around her into various other elements.
 * Elemental Manipulation: Kylie has the ability to manipulate various elements around her.
 * Water Manipulation: The first power Kylie demonstrates in the series. She can manipulate already existing water around her (such as rain or water in fire hydrants, building pipes and sprinkler systems) or transmute the molecules around her into water. When she uses water manipulation, her eyes and hair change to deep, oceanic blue.
 * Ice Manipulation: A variant of her water manipulation, Kylie can freeze already existing water around or on her. When she uses ice manipulation, her eyes and hair change to a pale, icy blue. If she uses it for an extended period, the temperature around her drops and her lips turn light blue as well.
 * Electricity/Lightning Manipulation: Kylie's can transmute the molecules around her into electricity or can manipulate already existing electricity. When she uses electricity/lightning manipulation, her eyes and hair change to bright yellow.
 * Wind/Air Manipulation: Kylie can manipulate the air around her or transmute the molecules around her into air. When she uses wind/air manipulation, her eyes and hair change to green.
 * Fire/Heat Manipulation: Kylie can manipulate the heat around her and create fire or transmute the molecules around her into fire. When she uses fire/heat manipulation, her eyes and hair change to red.
 * Light Manipulation: Kylie can manipulate already existing light around her (such as sunlight or other forms of light) or transmute the molecules around her into light. When she uses light manipulation, her eyes and hair change to pale yellow.
 * Hair Color/Eye Color Transformation: Depending on which element she uses, Kylie's eyes and hair change color.

Other Skills

 * Musician: Growing up with Jaxson, Kylie fell in love with music and wanted to be a country singer like him. Kylie is shown to know how to play guitar and later in the second season begins writing songs of her own.
 * Cooking: In season two, Kylie is shown to be a capable cook, having learned from her grandmother and father growing up.

Season 1

 * Hunted
 * The Mutant Underground
 * Mutant Struggles
 * Trial By Firearms
 * Prison Break
 * Unrestful Reunion
 * The Birth of Aura
 * eXtream Measures
 * eXplosive Revelations
 * outfoX
 * A Broken Promise
 * No One Left Behind
 * Humanity Today
 * A House Divided

Behind the Scenes

 * Kylie Morrison is portrayed by actress Katherine McNamara.
 * Given that Kylie is a mutant and thus has "supernatural" or "mystical" abilities, this makes her one of the six [original] characters Kat portrays with such abilities.
 * In Ghost Whisperer, Kat plays the role of Blake Carson-Gordon, a young girl with the sensitive ability to see spirits and has an empathic ability to feel their energies and emotions.
 * In Dark Moon Rising and its subsequent sequels, Kat plays the role of Juliet Galen, a Druid in training who eventually becomes the Emissary to Scott McCall's Pack.
 * In the Guardian Arrowverse, Kat portrays Mia Harper Queen/Blackstar, the daughter of Elena Queen/Nightingale/Thunder Eagle and Roy Harper/Arsenal, who bonds to the Eagle's Head Animal Gem in the year 2040.
 * In Shadowhunters, Kat portrays Riley Fairchild (as well as cannon character Clary Fairchild) a Nephilim (half human/half angel) Shadowhunter with a special angelic ability to foreshadow future events in her dreams as well as recall ancient angelic runes and create new runes as well.
 * In the TMNT (Paramount) films, Kat portrays Seraphina Hanson, one of the Mystic Sisters who can manipulate the element of Fire.
 * Kat also portrays two [original] characters who don't have supernatural or mystical abilities.
 * In Criminal Minds, Kat portrays Riley Fray, a young FBI agent with the BAU who's the love interest of Spencer Reid.
 * In Power Rangers Ninja Steel & Super Ninja Steel, Kat portrays Cassidy Maxwell, the Black Ninja Steel Ranger and the love interest of Brody Romero, the Red Ranger.

Series Trivia

 * Kylie is one of the first mutants shown in the series, along with her friend Clarice.