Lara-Su (alternate reality)


 * You may be looking for Lara-Su from the Mobius: X Years Later timeline.

Lara-Su, also known as Jani-Ca, is Knuckles and Julie-Su's daughter from an alternative future timeline. She first came to Mobius Prime to prevent her father from being killed by Echidna Security Team leader Constable Remington, as her mother explained that was how Knuckles had died in their timeline. She proved unsuccessful, though she managed to thwart a Dark Legion plot to assassinate Julie-Su. When she was transported back to her timeline, her mother explained that she'd gone back to an alternate universe instead of back in time, and finally revealed that Knuckles was still alive in their reality, and was the evil leader of the Dark Legion. Lara-Su joined those attempting to oppose her father's tyranny, and when the initial resistance was destroyed over the following five years, became the leader of the remaining Freedom Fighters. Her situation turned even more dire after that with the arrival of Silver the Hedgehog into her own timeline.

Jani-Ca's Ascent
Vector, whom Lara-Su called Uncle Vector, would occasionally come to visit. At one time (it is possible that this happened often), he brought her a toy and a book and told her stories about his adventures. She liked when Vector came by, and she liked to hear about things outside the base that she was staying at. Her mother, Julie-Su, promised that one day Lara-Su would get to go outside. Lara-Su hated the Dark Legion because they were mean to people, which was the reason she had to stay inside all the time. Lara-Su knew that Vector, Julie-Su, and others were trying to make the bad people go away so that she could go outside and play, and she hoped they would win soon. She also had a secret that she was going to practice. It was the ability to move things by looking at them. When Vector came back, she would show it off to him and Julie-Su, hoping that they would be so surprised. (Official Blog)

Trip to Mobius Prime
Born in an alternate future version of Mobius, Lara-Su grew up thinking that her father Knuckles had been killed when she was younger, and became determined to undo that tragic event. Traveling to present day Angel Island, she arrived during the period in which all the inhabitants except for Knuckles, Julie-Su, and the Dark Legion had been teleported to the Twilight Zone by the Quantum Beam, Lara-Su was rather confused to find Echidnaopolis deserted. Her confusion multiplied when Chaos Knuckles, using his immense powers, undid the beam's effects. Lara found herself surrounded by the returned Echidnas, among them Remington-the very Echidna whom she had been told by her future mother, Julie-Su, had killed Knuckles. Deciding to go undercover until she could make sense of things, Lara-Su made the constable's acquaintance, claiming to be one "Jani-Ca." Almost immediately afterwards, she ran into her grandmother and namesake, Lara-Le, and then the past versions of her parents. She was quite astonished to see Knuckles in his green form, which had apparently never happened in her knowledge along her timeline. (StH: #106, #107)

Regardless, she continued in her quest to protect Knuckles from being killed during a meeting between Dimitri and the Mitre of Angel Island as the Dark Legion and Echidnaopolis negotiated reunification. Lara-Su arrived just in time to prevent Remington's attack on the true assassin, whose shot-aimed at either Dimitri or the Mitre-was caught by Knuckles, who then faked his own death. Heartbroken, Lara-Su was left confused as Remington was not responsible for firing the shot that killed Knuckles. She then overheard Lien-Da talking with the Dark Legion sniper Syntar about taking out Julie-Su and the Mitre. She knocked out Syntar just before he had a chance to fire his shot. Lara-Su realized that she may not have gone back in time to have saved her father, and that perhaps there was a reason her mother did not talk about her younger years. At that moment, Lara-Su began to transport back to her own future reality, despite wanting to stay longer and gain some more answers. (StH: #108, #109)

Upon arriving back in her own time, she confronted her mother and learned from her that the Knuckles in their timeline was now leader of the Dark Legion, having absorbed a massive amount of Chaos energy and gone insane. Julie-Su had hidden the truth from her daughter by saying he was dead, but the time had come for Lara-Su to confront her deranged father. Lara-Su then followed her mother into an uncertain conflict to defeat Knuckles. (StH: #109)

The Last Resistance
Lara-Su and her mother soon became part of a much larger resistance; they organized what became an army of Freedom Fighters and were nearly successful in taking down Knuckles. By this point however, he had assumed the mantle of Enerjak and with the added power of the stolen Chaos Emeralds, crushed the resistance shortly after. Soon, Lara was left with only a handful of allies; as it pained her to think of her foe as her father, she abandoned her name, taking on the alias Jani-Ca once again. Leading the remaining Freedom Fighters, she continued to fight against Enerjak and his Prelate army and eventually developed a plan; she hoped to ambush Enerjak and use the Sword of Acorns (that somehow came into her possession) to drain away his power. (SU: #26)

When her team discovered someone being attacked by the Prelates, Jani-Ca's team moved in to save him; the would-be victim turned out to be Silver the Hedgehog, who had traveled from another reality following one of the Prelates. Silver and Jani-Ca got off to a rough start (due to him mistaking her for another reality's version of herself and using her old name), and she almost cut him down until Blockbuster intervened to allow the hedgehog to explain himself. After hearing Silver's story about how he was a time-traveler and met another Lara-Su, Jani-Ca accepted his story outright. She then had him accompany her team to their secret base and Jani-Ca explained their situation and plan to him while also breifly explaining that she believed his story from her own time-travel experience. However, they soon found themselves ambushed in their own base by Enerjak who claimed to have always known where they were and kept them around for entertainment value until Silver had arrived. Joining hands with the rest of her team, she told Demo to clear a path for them and was lifted out of the crumbling remains of their hideout by Silver, only to be captured in Enerjak's chaos energy. Jani-Ca was able to break free of his hold with the Sword of Acorns however, and remained defiant in the face of her corrupted father and his summoned minions. She became especially enraged when he revealed a new Prelate especially for her; one based upon her mother, whom Enerjak had rendered into a Core. As she engaged her new foe in attempt to hold it off with the rest of Enerjak's soldiers, Jani-Ca told Silver to help the others and leave her to fight her mother. (SU: #26)

Abilities
As Knuckles's daughter, Lara-Su commands Chaos energy through a link to the Master Emerald. This allowed Lara-Su to knock an unsuspecting EST officer unconcious. She also commands Knuckles' strength, and has fist spurs similar to his, which she can retract at will. Later on, she wields a version of the Sword of Acorn.

Background information

 * This Lara-Su exists in an alternate reality. A different version of Lara-Su appeared later in StH #131—144, StH #166—167, and SU #5—8.
 * The origin story of this Lara-Su was taken from the cancelled storyline Knuckles: 20 Years Later.

Appearance
Lara-Su is a red echidna with purple eyes and pink hair tipped in purple. She wears a braid on her left. Her outfit is generally blue accented in darker blue/black; she wears a vest, laced boots/shoes, gloves (featuring dark lines on the backs), and a red shirt matching her fur. The vest has varied between appearances, sometimes being blue with darker patches, other times being dark with a lighter trim. Lara-Su's rough concept design was created by writer Ken Penders; in this early version her vest appeared padded and she wore a black V-neck shirt. Her rectangular glasses (interpreted as shades) were inspired by fan Noelle Carballo.

Later on, Lara-Su's appearance changed slightly to reflect the hardship of her battle against her father; more hardened, she now wears a black shirt under her vest and heavier boots. Additionally, she wears studded cuffs and white wraps on her arms; her bangs sweep to the right and she carries a sword in a scabbard on her back.