ALIAS: None
REAL NAME: Gaia
NATIONALITY: Unknown, alien
TEAM AFFILIATION: Former member of Generation X
AGE: 17+ millenia
POWER: Low level Empath with telekinetic and reality warping abilities
FIRST APPEARANCE: Generation X #37
FINAL APPEARANCE: Generation X #51

Gaia, nothing more and nothing less....hardly. If there was a mystery to enter Generation X, Gaia is the chosen one. First introduced in Generation X #37, she departed in issue #51. That doesn't mean to say that she hasn't had an impact on Generation X and vice-versa. Gaia's first appearance was as a young looking girl with long blond hair who was chained and held captive at the Citadel of the Universal Amalgamator. M-Plate (a mutation of M and Emplate) captured Synch and took him to the other realm in order for him to synch to the mutant girl and use those powers to force them into a collective conciousness. Unknown to the GenX teens who had come to rescue Synch, Gaia herself was the one keeping the Universal Amalgamator in check. Spending the last 17 millennia changed to an altar was bound to take it's toll on anyone and Synch was right there to help her even though he put himself in grave danger doing so.

With her powers keeping the Amalgamator running, Gaia could do nothing but try to talk some sense into those around her. She tried to convince M-Plate that she wouldn't bow down. After all her entire galaxy was destroyed by corrupt people as M-Plate and she didn't bow down then, why would she stop now? Gaia even had to convince Synch to stand up to them and not synch with her powers. Both plans failed and as GenX barged onto the scene, she tore into Synch, unbelieving that he started to Synch to her powers. Taking a chance in the battle, Synch and Penance managed to free Gaia but unfortunately not before their ride out of the dimension was gone and they were trapped. Thanks to a warp under the alter they managed to escape back to Earth and fell straight onto Dorian and Weasel. Once again, being chained to an alter for an unbelievable amount of time can make one do strange things. As Dorian and Weasel began their attack on Synch, Gaia ran out into the town proclaiming her freedom. At last she was free, Penance couldn't keep up to Gaia and she escaped. An unexperienced person running around a city might not cause too much suspision, but with the powers that Gaia has and no previous human contact, it wasn't long before she was noticed.

After a brief absence from GenX, she resurfaced again in GenX #42. During a friendly game of miniature golf, a week after her disappearance, all the psi-talents were hit from a huge psi-wave that took place in X-Men #77. All psi-talents recover from blacking out but find they are without their powers! As Chamber and White Queen recover from this occurance, the team drove away from the scene they were causing by their collapse. As they are driving home trying to understand the situation, they come across a car accident. Looking a little closer Synch sees Chief Authier pulling Gaia free from the car wreck! Is it Gaia? We now see the young girl being pulled from the car has short purple hair and a strange fashion sense. As she fails to explain how she blacked out, she merely states to Authier that, "Chief Authier, you will walk away and not remember any of this.". Authier is not impressed by her failed mind-wipe and explains that he had his eye on her ever since she built her odd house a week ago. It turns out that Gaia is an extremely powerful telekinetic to be able to conjure up all of these items, but is that how she should be using her powers? Authier reveals to the GenXers that he too is a mutant and that he will not report the accident if they accept Gaia into their school so she can learn of her powers and learn of their way of life as well. It is then agreed that she could temporarily join GenX and one day possibly have the chance to officially join.

To say Gaia was quick to learn at the Acadamy would be somewhat of a mistake. Gaia followed the GenXers around and even had a team uniform to wear but she rarely participated in any of the training sessions or classes. It got to the point where the teens were questioning their teachers on it. If she wasn't skipping out on classes, you could find her either in the gym or on the steps with Jubilee taking in some of Earth's finer points...mainly the renowned "Sugar bombs" cereal. While she wasn't picking up on most of Earth's culture, speech and surroundings she still was quite intelligent. She also took a point to thank Ev for the rescue but also tried to stand back from him as he was developing a crush on her, much to Jubilee's regret. After all she is way to old for him isn't she? Really though she mostly knows where she should stand in this dimension. She doesn't force herself into situations like the others but prefers to stay back and learn bits and pieces of her new existance by herself and let her make her own mistakes. Synch explained her to a T when he said in #46, "She's over a thousand years old, and in some ways she's like a little kid.". This is true but that's the way Gaia likes it. If things are going to get in her way, she finds a way through it. Whether it's holding off intruders, dealing with the fact that her kind have been destroyed or even something as simple as using her powers to help her learn basketball, she's going to keep trying until she finds the best way to deal with her situations. Gaia had, and still has, potential. She was introduced during Larry Hama's run as a fill in and unfortunately she was removed, due to the large current roster, as Jay Faerber took on the writing for the comic. Who knows, maybe one day she will return to the pages with a more pronounced background but for now she will depart.