to hurt others, and that she later regrets the damage she does. For instance, during the team's first encounter with Kurse during Secret Wars II, Katie realizes that Kurse is completely disoriented and hesitates when she is asked to blast him. After she is finally bullied into destroying a building and crushing Kurse, she immediately worries that she has killed him. Katie grows into a much more assertive and sensitive individual. When she witnesses the physical damage she had done to Jakal and Kurse, she begins to realize the magnitude of her actions. In the Snark Wars, she saves her siblings' lives, loses her energy powers and gains the flight/acceleration abilities formerly held by her sister Julie. Katie emerges as a stronger character, ignores her siblings when they try to get her to do things she doesn't agree with, and refuses to use her powers to seriously harm people. By issue #36, Alex observes that Katie is no longer a "dumb little kid". After the Snark Wars, whenever possible, Katie attempts to act as a rescuer. During The Fall of the Mutants, Katie even tries to save Pestilence, in spite of the fact that the villain had just made her ill. In spite of her youth, Katie has been a key member of Power Pack, and has played major roles in most of the team's battles. In numerous instances, she has rescued the entire team, uncovered crucial information and provided critical support in missions. When the Pack encountered Master Mold, for instance, Katie saved Franklin Richards' life by flying right under the giant robot's foot. In a separate incident, Power Pack was captured by evil mutants called the Morlocks, and only Katie escaped. She managed to save her siblings with the help of some X-Men, and was given honorary status by the team. In another memorable incident, she found herself lost in a blinding snowstorm in Manhattan, where she encountered a seriously injured and disoriented Wolverine. She was able to assist him in his flight from Lady Deathstrike and the Reavers until he healed enough to neutralize his enemies. Katie also had another solo adventure at some point in which she was brought into conflict with the agents of A.I.M., whom she defeated while being 'scouted' as a potential recruit for the Great Lakes Avengers, but not being familiar with her would-be recruiter, Doorman (who was attempting to coerce her