Phoenix

A woman with a strong fire-based power, giving her hair that resembles crackling flames. She is optimistic and enjoys having a good time.

Story
In the story, Dakota acts as a strong adversary and teammate for Hayden and the rest of the top tier students. Later on in the story, she develops romantic feelings for Cheri, which blossoms into a loving relationship.

After graduation, she was invited to join The Millennium Force in the year 2000. Due to her relationship with Haze, she was dropped from The Millennium Force in the year 2002, when it became public knowledge. This was entirely by corporate mandate, and did not concern the feelings of the actual team.

This developed into a two year civil lawsuit against The Vanguard citing a "discrimination" claim against them. They settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Eventually, they returned Phoenix's hero license, but she only remained tangentially associated with The Millennium Force. For the time being, at least. Papa Flame's immense popularity and wealth probably had a lot to do with it.

Power
Dakota's power is Phoenix Rising, which not only gives her the form and breath powers of a three metre long Phoenix, but allows her to lay "eggs" which she can teleport to and heal at. This gives her immense power and durability, despite her Phoenix form being quite weak.

Her mutation makes her hair act and look like flames in the wind, though it is not hot to touch.