Box

Madison Jeffries is a really good auto mechanic who's an immigrant from Canada. Those with the know how, would also know that he was a Mechanic First Class, US Army 2002-2004. He was Medically Discharged due to psychiatric issues, combat related. He also has a Purple Heart and an Afghanistan Combat ribbon.

Background
Madison and his brother Lionel were born and raised in Toronto. When they hit puberty, each discovered they had developed Mutant abilities. Madison had the ability to mold and shape metal, plastic, silicon, glass and other such items into whatever forms his mind could create, while Lionel discovered he could do much the same with flesh and bone. Madison hated his powers and used them as little as possible. Lionel set his mind that it was a sign he was to become a Doctor and do great things. So while Lionel concentrated on studies and Medical school, Madison coasted along in life. He took some college classes but was more interested in the women there than his studies. He dropped out of College eventually and took some courses to learn to pilot small planes, then started studying how to build them, thinking of getting a job at an airport as a mechanic. When 9/11 happened, both brothers thought they should do something to help out America. Neither one hesitated as they began getting the visas and approvals needed to join the United States Army. Lionel became a medic, and Madison became a Mechanic First Class, both heading overseas together to Afghanistan. Madison kept his abilities in the closet, never using them unless he absolutely had to, but Lionel was ecstatic about how much he could help injured soldiers by knitting their bodies back together. That all changed however after an assault on a convoy that the two of them were in. Rockets and IEDs ripped apart vehicles and people alike, and no matter what he did, Lionel couldn't save all the massively injured people around him. He went insane, animated the dead soldiers, and Madison had to use his powers to stop their rampage and restrain his brother. The whole event caused him to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and both brothers were medically discharged from the Army and sent back to Canada for medical treatment and care.

While he was recovering from his experience, Madison met a double amputee named Roger Boches. They became close friends and together they worked on a project that Roger had envisioned to give himself legs again, The Box. Their work caught the eye of James MacDonald and Department H recruited them for its Superhero program. Roger progressed quickly from Gamma Flight to Beta Flight and was looking likely to become Alpha Flight, but Madison couldn't get past his past traumas. He didn't like the military feel of the place, didn't respond well to authority, and so he eventually washed out from Gamma Flight. He decided he needed a fresh start, one where he didn't imagine Government Agents watching him from around every corner, so he faked his own death and then proceeded to sneak into the United States. His skills quickly got him a job working as an auto mechanic where he could happily throw himself into his work. He tried to forget the events of Afghanistan even while he worried about how his Brother was progressing in treatment. He enjoyed being just a normal guy, not a Mutant freak or pawn for the Government anymore. Still... a part of him wondered what could have been, what it might have been like if he had managed to make it as a Hero...

Personality
Madison Jeffries is a rather quiet, sullen man. He's always been a bit gloomy and argumentative, a counterpoint to his little brother Lionel's bright, cheery, optimistic outlook. Lionel saw his Mutant abilities as a marvelous gift, Madison saw them as a curse making him a freak. Lionel had great dreams of the future, Madison always stuck to just stumbling through from one day to the next. But Madison loved his brother dearly and in many ways, he leached off of Lionel's positive attitude. When they were together, he could get to see the world through Lionel's rosy glasses rather than his own gloomy ones.

After Afghanistan, Madison was crushed. Losing his brother was like losing a part of himself. He was very defensive about his brother and protective. He felt like it was his duty to help his Brother to get better and remember all those dreams he once shared with Madison. But at the same time, he longed for that bond of companionship, the Brotherhood that he transferred towards Roger Boches. When he joined Department H, he feared what they might do to Lionel if they realized about the power he wielded, so he made sure it was a condition of his joining that his background not be looked into too closely simply to protect Lionel.

Being in Gamma Flight reminded him too much of the Army, too much of what he had tried to put behind him. He couldn't be a good little soldier. He respected James MacDonald, felt he was a good guy but knew he wasn't the one really calling the shots. He tried to get with the program, but found himself rebelling against it more and more. He would let little things blow up into big shouting matches or physical fights. He would get into a high pressure training situation and freeze up. He saw Roger excelling and moving on up to Beta Flight, but he just couldn't get himself to follow his example.

After he was given the boot, Madison was more torn than ever on what to do with his life. Planning for the future was Lionel's thing. Madison grew despondent and depressed. He actually contemplated killing himself, and was in the works of setting it up when he came with the idea of faking his own death. It became a cathartic thing, like he was destroying the person he had been, and being born again as a new person. He tried to be cool and laid back in things... tried to leave the nightmares and pain behind him with his new life. But he couldn't completely forget the life he had, or his Brother back up in Canada. All he could do was bottle up those pains and emotions, causing them to get unleashed all the more in his nightmares and when his defenses were down. He has a big heart and is very loyal to his friends, but it takes some times for him to open up his real inner self to someone and let them into his old life as well as his new. He tends to be rather vague and oblique when it comes to his past and gets resentful of anyone trying to push for details he's not ready to give up yet.

Madison Jeffries is a rather quiet, sullen man. He's always been a bit gloomy and argumentative, a counterpoint to his little brother Lionel's bright, cheery, optimistic outlook. Lionel saw his Mutant abilities as a marvelous gift, Madison saw them as a curse making him a freak. Lionel had great dreams of the future, Madison always stuck to just stumbling through from one day to the next. But Madison loved his brother dearly and in many ways, he leached off of Lionel's positive attitude. When they were together, he could get to see the world through Lionel's rosy glasses rather than his own gloomy ones.

After Afghanistan, Madison was crushed. Losing his brother was like losing a part of himself. He was very defensive about his brother and protective. He felt like it was his duty to help his Brother to get better and remember all those dreams he once shared with Madison. But at the same time, he longed for that bond of companionship, the Brotherhood that he transferred towards Roger Boches. When he joined Department H, he feared what they might do to Lionel if they realized about the power he wielded, so he made sure it was a condition of his joining that his background not be looked into too closely simply to protect Lionel.

Being in Gamma Flight reminded him too much of the Army, too much of what he had tried to put behind him. He couldn't be a good little soldier. He respected James MacDonald, felt he was a good guy but knew he wasn't the one really calling the shots. He tried to get with the program, but found himself rebelling against it more and more. He would let little things blow up into big shouting matches or physical fights. He would get into a high pressure training situation and freeze up. He saw Roger excelling and moving on up to Beta Flight, but he just couldn't get himself to follow his example.