La Nuit
Member of X-Force, the team led by Zeitgeist. He was killed during a mission to save Boyz R Us.
Name:
La Nuit
Publisher:
Real name:
Pierre Truffaut
Aliases:
- Pierre Truffaut
- The Night
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Darkforce Manipulation
First issue:
Origin
He was teamed with Battering Ram, U-Go Girl, Plazm and other X-Force members on a mission to North Africa. Like with all their missions, Doop, a flying green creature films them. On this particular one they lost Sluk to a tank explosion.Back home, after the mission, Gin Genie who is his teammate is experiencing an anxiety attack. He tries to offer sensible advice to her to calm down, but accidentally insults her by mentioning 'skin blotches', then this brings a sarcastic mention of his 'Gallic charm'.
Creation
La Nuit was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred in 2001 and first appeared in X-Force # 116.
Major Story Arcs
Death
La Nuit and the others were called to the meeting hall for a briefing by Coach the organizer. He talks of a media-friendly mission, where the good guys defeat the bad guys. La Nuit then sarcastically asks which category X-Force falls under.
When Money-hungry terrorists have taken over the New York studios of 'Sonic TV' and captured the popular boy band 'Boyz R Us'. Already one of the band members has been killed and tossed out the window. Bypassing the crowds outside U-Go Girl teleports the team straight into the building. The mission is going well until an attack from the terrorist's helicopter opens fire on them. resulting in La Nuit, most of the terrorists, the boy band survivors and most of X-Force all die. Only Doop, Anarchist and U-Go Girl are all that are left. The team kills the helicopter crew. Anarchist kills the remaining ground troops.
La Nuit receives a statue next to Sluk, inside the X-Force cafe. Later, the X-Man Wolverine uncovers evidence showing Zeitgeist and Coach planning the Boyz R Us massacre to kill the team for more money.
Powers and Abilities
La Nuit possessed dark energy projection powers.
