Moira Sullivan

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Moira Sullivan is the mother of Chloe Sullivan and the ex-wife of Gabe Sullivan. Moira is a metahuman with the ability to control other meteor freaks.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Powers and Abilities 3 Season Six 4 Moira's Case file 5 Notes

[edit] Early Life

It is unknown when Moira was exposed to and infected by the meteor rocks of Smallville, or when she began to display powers. Moira first left her family when Chloe was five, eventually divorcing Gabe. In 1995, when Chloe was eight, she realized that she had the power to telepathically control Chloe, and voluntarily committed herself to protect her daughter from her powers. It is unclear if she ever lived in Smallville with her family after they moved there in 2000, but she was at least physically absent from her daughter's life by the time Chloe started high school. When Chloe was a high school senior, she discovered Moira had been in a mental institution since she was twelve. One year after, Chloe visited her mother for the first time.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Moira had the power of mind control. Her powers seemed to be limited to other "meteor freaks": metahumans who acquired their power from kryptonite. Her powers did not require line of sight; she was able to control Chloe several times from miles away. They seemed to rely on her holding an object belonging to the metahuman as well.

Her case file mentioned that Moira "may be the key to finalizing Project Ares", a project that took DNA from metahumans in order to produce super-soldier. With her powers of mind control over meteor freaks, Moira could command an army of super soldiers. Most likely, Moira's DNA was successfully added to the project, as supersoldier Wes Keenan was mind controlled. Wes was able to temporarily resist his mind control though, suggesting that Project Ares was unable to duplicate the full range of Moira's powers; no metahuman was ever shown to be capable of resisting Moira's mind control.

[edit] Season Six

When Chloe was twenty years old, she began to realize her actions were being manipulated by an outside source. She assaulted Lex Luthor and stole a flash drive from him, but could not clearly remember doing so. Lex had transferred Moira out of Forest Glen Sanitarium into Level 33.1 and was trying to use her powers for his benefit. He told Moira that if she did not obey, she would never see Chloe. Moira controlled Chloe to alert her of her captivity.

Although Moira maintained that she could only control her daughter, Lex proved her wrong by commanding a metahuman named Lowell to attack her. When a violent psychopath escaped, Moira used her powers against Lex by commanding the escapee to kill Lex. When Lex discovered what she had done, because of her refusal to cooperate, Lex threatened Chloe's life. Moira tried to get Chloe to leave Smallville as quickly as possible, but she was intercepted by Lex's men and thrown into Level 33.1 as a prisoner in the same cell as her mother. There, Chloe discovered her mother was the one controlling her, and that Lex has developed a drug to wake her from her catatonic state. Chloe and Moira attempted to escape by using Lowell. Moira was caught but Chloe was able to overpower a guard and took a smoke grenade launcher from him, which she fired at Lex when he attempted to block her escape. Clark Kent arrived and saved Lex's life and broke out Chloe and Moira out of Level 33.1.

Clark took Moira and Chloe to Queen Tower for safety. While Chloe left to secure a permanent safe place for her, Moira revealed that the drug only works for twenty-four hours. As she slipped back into her catatonia, Clark told her all about her daughter's accomplishments. After Chloe returned, she begged her mother to make a deal with Lex for the drug, but Moira refused. Minutes later she relapsed into her catatonic state.

[edit] Moira's Case file

Moira's psychological profile can be seen on the screen when Chloe looks up her mother's case file on the flashdrive.

She has blue eyes and brown hair, is 5'8", was born September 20, 1960, and admitted herself to Forest Glen Sanitarium approximately nine years ago. considered delusional and underwent intensive psychotherapy.

Patient eventually fell into a catatonic state, rendering further treatment ineffective.

First contact: Patient came to our attention while researching her daughter, also suspected of possessing special abilities. Upon first attempting to communicate with the patient, we found her still catatonic and unresponsive. Patient was given a newly developed drug intended to disrupt the catatonia and 'Wake' the patient. Drug proved successful only when administered every --"government utilization" and special forces. They want to use this person as a weapon: "Patient may be the key to finalizing Project Ares." They want to create peptide-enhanced beings. "Result: the world's first unstoppable army."

[edit] Notes

• In the Season 5 episode Tomb, Moira was portrayed by an uncredited blond woman, whose face is not shown.