Characters/Mirage

= Backstory = Piper is from a parallel Earth where The Necromancer never killed Zoey’s mother, and where Uncle Dave was also never killed. In this world Dave had a daughter named Ruth. The Necromancer threatened her and she fled to New York. While there she met Mr Henson, settled down and had a baby with him whom they named Piper.

Within days of the birth, young Piper was zapped back in time. She was picked up by a mysterious person who knew exactly when and where she was going to arrive. This person took her to Fort Collins, Colorado, where she then grew up.

She first discovered her powers when she was working part time in a gas station. She was working alone, and a cop had just left after buying gas and a doughnut. A guy came in and pointed a gun at her head. Her first thought was how helpful it would have been for that cop to still be there, at which point a SWAT team silently appeared out of nowhere and ran between the cashier and the robber, and pointed their guns at him. He fled. Piper, who hadn’t yet registered the fact that they literally appeared out of nowhere thanked them, but they were completely still and silent. She waved her hand in front of their faces, but got no reaction out of them. Then, when she prodded one, they all disappeared and she freaked out.

After some time though she realised that she had made them appear so she tried again, though the best she could do was make an Action Man appear in mid-air, which disappeared when she touched it.

She has also always had an inexplicable draw to London, so when she was old enough in her adoptive parent(s) eyes, 21, she went on vacation there. As soon as she landed at Heathrow though, she heard The Signal. She also got a text from an unknown number, telling her that her cousin Zoey (who her adoptive parent(s) told her about) is here, how to contact her and where to find her.

When Zoey meets her for the first time it is not long after Forethought was absorbed into his Martian Pants, i.e. when Helen revealed her secret identity to her, so she is open to the idea of more time travellers. Piper seems very familiar to her at first and she soon realises she reminds her of Uncle Dave.