Rogue Boy / Everett Thomas
The mutant who is formerly known as Synch with other mutants. Synch is firstly able to sync up with other mutants and the use Their powers if They Were his own. Synch is a charter member of the junior team mutant, Generation X.
Origin
Everett Thomas was a mutant born in St. Louis, Missouri. He possessed an aura Which allowed him to synch up with other superhumans in his immediate vicinity, Thereby gaining any powers Briefly They possessed.
Creation
Synch was created by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert and first Appeared in X-Men issue 36 (1994).
Mayor Story Arcs
Phalanx Covenant
Generation X
The mechanical collective race known to the Phalanx had assimilated the X-Men and attempted to wipe out what was to be the next generation of mutant heroes. Synch had accidentally synched to Banshee, who was in the area, and had shattered all the windows in his area with Banshee's "borrowed" scream. He did not know how he did it, but the next thing he Knew there was a slew of police officers with guns pointed at him. Unfortunately for Them, the menace was not Everett, but the Phalanx, who attacked the officers. Luckily, he was saved thanks to the help of the Emma Frost, Sabretooth, Banshee, and Jubilee. This misfit band of heroes ended up saving the other kids who Were attacked by the Phalanx. With the sacrifice of Blink, They managed to escape.
Generation X
Following the end of the Phalanx crisis, Everett and the other Youths Were all relocated to the Massachusetts Academy, Where They trained to use Their powers, received a formal education, and acted to the next generation of X-Men, Generation X. Although They where teached to regular students Become, They also Became a new striking force to Help Out other mutants and to make the world safer. The team, teached by Sean Cassidy, the Banshee better known, and Emma Frost Became a tight group Whom enjoyed eachothers company very much. Synch's powers where of great help During Their missions. Synch Became very close to his teammate "M" During Their later years in the school. Soon a romance blossomed between the two.
Death
Synch was one of the original members of Generation X, headed by Banshee and Emma Frost. He met his untimely demise When the school had a bomb in it Placed by Emma Frost's sister, Adrienne. Heroically, Synch searched for the bomb using his teammates powers que he synched up with. He would find it, but would be too far from his team to properly use Their powers. He would jump on the bomb and take the explosion himself dying at the same team. His death would Ensure the survivor of Hundreds of others. Following his death, the academy would be shut down and Generation X would disband, going Their separate ways.
Necrosha
He was one of many mutants to be revived by Eli Bard, in trying to make Selene (The Black Queen of the Hellfire Club, who was also his teacher Emma membrane as the White Queen), a goddess. He is seen with Gen-Xers colleague, dermis (who died after Generation X be dissolved) attacking Scalp along with some of the younger X-Men .Thanks the timely intervention of the other X-Men Synch and most young people mutants dead were freed from the villain's control and had their mutagenic potential unlocked suffering secondary mutations and gaining new powers. In his case Everett won the exact same powers of Rogue with the difference that they were under control and he could play freely in other individuals without permanently steal your life force, powers, abilities and memories. Everett then adopted the new code-named "Rogue Boy" making it an Afro-descendant adolescent version of its counterpart of the X-Men joining the new incarnation of All New Generation X under the tutelage of Xorn.
Powers and Abilities
Rogue Boy has the same exact powers of Rogue / Anna Marie D'Acanto with a touch of stealing the vital essence , consciousness , memories , abilities and super powers of anyone touch being a teenager african American version of Rogue.
Rogue Boy as a consequence of having been revived by techno-organic virus in Necrosha event had its mutagenic potential latent mutant unlocked suffering a secondary mutation that gave him a new level of mutant power. He now is a mutant with the ability to drain the essence of a living being to come into physical contact with this, synthesizing in your body your physical abilities, memories, personality traits, and dies superhuman to a varying degree just like Rogue / Anna Marie D'Ancanto. Unlike Rogue however Everett Thomas has full control over his ability can suppress it consciously in order to be perfectly capable of touching other people or creatures without prolonged physical contact with him is in any way harmful or fatal to other beings. Everett demonstrated such mastery level of the powers possessed by Rogue that he can drain life, the memories, abilities and powers of other superhuman without these however are damaged, lose their powers or even become unconscious as was the case Rogue. He has full conscious control of your ability, if he so wishes, he can physically touch people, not afraid to absorb their powers or minds. He also proved to be able to indefinitely retain the powers, skills, memories etc. other superhumans and keeps them with him the length of time he want without however people or creatures who had their drained powers come to lose permanently their equal powers happened when Rogue stole the powers of Ms.Marvel .In addition thanks to his prior knowledge and training in the Massachusetts Academy and combat training sessions at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning Everett demonstrated a high ability to fight hand- to-hand using his powers or even without them.
He also showed the ability to manifest again powers, skills and knowledge he has absorbed in the past, although it has not presented this ability since its resurrection in Necrosha.
There are limitations as to how much energy he can absorb. Extremely powerful individuals as Magneto or Ares can consciously deny the absorption powers of Rogue Boy powers over them, or maintain a certain degree of power that Rogue Boy can not take them.
More recently, Rogue Boy assimilated and permanently stored the power of the Photon / Genis-Vell. The Powers of Photon he give super strength, invulnerability, flight power, stamina, durability, capacity of, project bursts of photons and cosmic awareness. He also absorbed telepathy and telekinesis of Nathe Gray the X-Man who gives Omega level psionic abilities.