"Ya know what's better than flying a ship? Flying a ship to go kick the shit out of the man! Hell yeah!"

Coming from a far off world, Shela is the youngest of three siblings in a military medical family whom all had great expectations for them as they grew up. And Shela had high hopes of becoming a pilot, so she could help airlift wounded soldiers to safety. She also studied basic medical procedures so she could care for the wounded in transit or while waiting for more skilled doctors to get their hands on them.

However, this dream of hers never came to be, as she was a bit too reckless in her flying and kept trying to show off with various tricks in mid-flight. She got her flying license nonetheless, but was marked as a reckless pilot and she had a tough time getting any kind of work because of it. This made her resent the legal system and government on her homeworld for "ruining" her fun, making her turn over an anarchistic leaf. Shela would often go out for joyrides while hanging out with her best friend, a salamander named Bea. The two grew up together and were practically sisters.

After Bea went on a vacation with her family, Shela was left to deal with her own family for a few weeks without the aid of her bestie. During this time, she got into trouble with her family and the authorities for flying in a no-fly zone, something that really pissed her off and made her want to leave home, preferably with Bea. She was shocked to hear Bea suggest to her that they both leave to make a living of their own. The two left the next night for parts unknown with a bit of cash Shela nicked from her folks.

After a couple years, the two ended up finding a snake named Vashj, who saved Bea and her family from a monster attack, alongside a catlike, synthetic humanoid. Upon learning that this mystery man was the infamous Leon Baron, Shela was thrilled that he was around, yet very quickly saddened that the "ultimate rebel" was apparently dead. The three teamed up to take jobs of their own as freelance mercs to get as far from their current star system as they could. All the while, Shela and Bea were trying to keep Vashj's spirits up after she lost Leon, the only other person in her life to care for her. Both girls believed that someone like Leon wouldn't accept getting crushed as a good way to die.”

In three years' time, they made their way to Terra to find a place to lay low after picking a fight with the wrong crowd by mistake. Luckily for them, Terra was perfect. Deciding to blow off some steam, they took a much needed vacation to Isle Del Criador in order to relax. Much to everyone's surprise, they** were reunited with Leon, who had apparently survived through a copy of himself he forgot about and worked his way across the stars before finding his own way to Terra, where he got himself a new synthetic jaguar body.

The four of them spent days talking about their adventures and what had happened up to this point. Leon, very glad to be reunited with Vashj, eagerly offered all three of them a place on the island's security staff. Shela, however, told him that the Baron was needed again, as the government back home was getting worse and more like a tyrannical empire than a democracy. It took some convincing, but he eventually agreed and decided to check things out for himself, with the girls as his crew of rebels and freedom fighters. With that, the Viper's Fangs were born to fight for the little man.

Shela acts as their pilot and on-board medic. Whatever she couldn't do by hand, she would use medical devices for, which given to her by Leon's old crew mate Dr. Al Korso, who even gave her his custom-made nanomachines to help keep all of their organic crew members healthy.

Shela has a very punk and sassy attitude, often seeming like she doesn't care or seen with earbuds in listening to music as it helps her focus while flying. As much as she tries to deny it, she can be a reckless pilot but she has never crashed once. She's just had a lot of close calls as she's a massive thrill seeker and adrenaline junkie.

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Gaaaaaaah damn me and my procrastinationnnnn! -shakes fist- Anyway here ya go guys! :D

This piece was given to me by  haedan

Shela, Bea, and Leon belong to me.

The mentioned Vashj belongs to  whiterosesamurai

Thanks to  whiterosesamurai and  sickbastard for helping me proofread.

Artwork by  wonder.land