Verity Carlo

Make no mistake—Verity Simone Carlo is quick, resourceful, independent, and crafty. The problem is that she likes to think she's wiser and braver than pretty much everyone else. It's a good quality that lets her sustain her rootless teenage existence hitchhiking across the United States, living on theft and what little kindness strangers give her. However, two mace sprays in her backpack attest to how little she's willing to trust said strangers. When she was a child, something happened to Verity that hurt her so badly that she refrains from bonding deeply with anyone or showing any sign of fear. It's been with her so long that she abandoned several foster homes and presumably welcoming families in her mid-teens. Because of that pain, Verity sees most people as marks, dupes, or threats; fear of getting hurt again keeps her moving when she might settle down and makes her abrasive and pompous. She lived in several foster homes over the years, ultimately running away from all of them. Social services tried their best to find her a place she'd feel she could stay but never succeeded, and Verity embraced a life of hitchhiking and pickpocketing. However, things changed forever when she ended up stealing a palmtop that contained information on hidden Decepticon bases. This drew her into the conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons. She would find an unlikely new family in the Autobot special ops team known as the Wreckers, as they were misfits and rejects like her.