Trance (Hope Abbott) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A mutant, Hope attended the Xavier Institute before its closing. She retained her powers after M-Day and is a member of the X-Men's training squad.
Hope was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. When Hope's powers manifested, it appeared as if a ghost had come out of her body, giving her father a heart attack. Her parents then sent her to the Xavier Institute, believing that she would be "cured".[1]
While at the institute, Hope is put in the Paragons Squad under the watch of Wolfsbane. Hope then took on the codename Trance. When it is outed that Wolfsbane and Elixir had been in a relationship, Wolfsbane decides to leave. Magma takes over as the squad's advisor.[volume&issueneeded]
After the events of "Decimation", when the Scarlet Witch removes the powers of most mutants, Hope is one of the few mutants to retain her powers. Emma Frost places the remaining students into an all-out brawl to determine who would become the team of X-Men in-training. Hope does not make the team, but remains at the Xavier Institute.[volume&issueneeded]
In response to M-Day, the government begins gathering information on the remaining mutants. Additionally, the Sentinel Squad O*N*E, a team of human-piloted Sentinels, are sent to "watch over" the X-Men and the remaining mutants, known as The 198.[volume&issueneeded]
Quest for Magik
Trance is among the students who are captured by Belasco and transported to Limbo. As per X-23's request, Trance uses her astral projection to warn the other students of Belasco's return. Thanks to Trance, the X-Men are able to save the students.[volume&issueneeded]
Messiah Complex
Trance is present at the Xavier Institute when Predator X attacks the school. Trance escapes safely, but the Institute is shut down and all the students are sent home.[volume&issueneeded]
Killing Made Simple
Blindfold has a vision and informs the X-Men that Trance is in danger. While she is having dinner with her family, Trance's home is attacked by Orphan-Maker on Nanny's orders, targeting her parents. Wolverine attempts to fight off Orphan-Maker, but is overpowered and both he and Trance are kidnapped. Trance, believing that Wolverine will save her, refuses to use her powers. After realizing that Wolverine cannot help her, she astral projects and begins blasting Nanny and Orphan-Maker. Nanny and Orphan-Maker eject in an escape pod, leaving the ship to crash. Using her energy blasts, Trance disables the self-destruct timer. The ship crashes in a lake, but Trance and Wolverine are safe.[volume&issueneeded]
Utopia
Trance later relocates to San Francisco along with all the other X-Men.[2]
Trance is seen with Dragoness and Toad, who are being pursued by H.A.M.M.E.R. agents. After Dragoness is taken out, Trance goes into her astral form, only to have her power disrupted when her body is shot with tasers. Gambit shows up and knocks out the H.A.M.M.E.R. agents. Trance, in her astral form, is taken to safety by Ariel and Onyxx. Later, Mindee Cuckoo informs Rogue that Trance never made it back to base and that she is detecting Trance's thoughts somewhere downtown, prompting Rogue and her team to search for her.[3] Rogue finds Trance, whose powers are flaring out of control and creating powerful electric blasts. Rogue tries to help calm Trance and help her gain control when Ms. Marvel appears. After taking out Gambit and Danger, Rogue and Ms. Marvel fight, unfortunately Rogue is losing until Trance regains control and jumps in to help Rogue. Trance learns that her astral form is able to punch Ms. Marvel when they are both intangible. After Gambit stuns Ms. Marvel, they teleport back to base where Trance receives medical attention.[4]
Necrosha
Trance is seen with Husk and the New X-Men battling Synch and Skin, two deceased members of the X-Men who have been reanimated by the Transmode Virus.[5]
Trance is part of a team of X-Men that investigates Blindfold's vision of Muir Island.[6] Trance, along with most other members of the team, is briefly possessed by Proteus. This possession is interrupted by Rogue using Psylocke's psychic knife.[7] The team eventually defeats Proteus before returning to Utopia.[volume&issueneeded]
Second Coming
During the events of Second Coming, Cannonball recruits Trance along with Northstar, Dazzler, Anole, Gambit, and Pixie on a mission to recover Magik from Limbo.[8] Upon arriving in Limbo, the team becomes separated when they are overwhelmed by Limbo's demonic inhabitants. Trance fights alongside Pixie and tries to protect Pixie from the influence of Magik's demon, N'Astirh. The effort, however, causes Trance to disappear from Limbo and reawaken in her body in Utopia.[9]
Wolverine and the X-Men
Trance is currently a student at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[10]
Powers and abilities
Trance using her powers
Trance has the power of astral projection and as her code name suggests, she goes into some kind of altered state of consciousness or somehow otherwise nullifies her body to release her astral self. This observation was further affirmed when she asked Emma Frost if she could leave her body outside the Danger Room during an exercise. Her astral form is capable of flight and can pass through magic barriers. Her astral form was able to physically punch Moonstone's intangible form. Trance's astral form is additionally able to project destructive energy that can bend metal and concrete.[3][4]
She can also perceive auras and energy patterns that are invisible to the naked human eye, such as heat signatures and energy patterns. Doctor Nemesis further speculates that Trance's powers seem to react to spatial warps and energy fields; however, he does not know if this is a permanent or a temporary development.[11]
In other media
Trance makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Wolverine and the X-Men episode "Greetings from Genosha".
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