Eastern Alchymist
Rose Allen had trained to be a scientist. She took all the courses and was top in her class, she hoped to find job with some esteemed lab and make a name for herself. She thought working for a company like Fluor Daniel might provide the opportunity she needed to succeed. She hoped her basic knowledge of Engineering would lead her to new plateus and her determination to apply green energy in new areas would be rewarding!
One day whilst working away at her plans, late at night, cause she really didn't have a life outside of work. She surprised a thief at the office who didn't think anyone was there. Rose surprised the villain Alchemica as she turned the vault door into air and was rifling through the plans to see which ones Fluor' competitors would want a heads-up on. Alchemica, startled to find someone there this late in the night scraped part of her focus on the filing cabinet before turning her powers on Rose. Naturally, Rose crumpled breathing in the knockout gas, Alchemica grabbed the plans she could and headed out of the building.
As she passed Rose' unconscious body a sliver fell off the fabled Philosophers Stone and landed on Roses head. Almost immediately it secreted itself into her brain. Alchemica escaped.
Rose woke in the company medical suite and was attended by several medical professionals. Alchemica's robbery had been detected and once the medicos were satisfied that she had suffered no ill effects from the knockout gas Rose was released and given several weeks off to recover.
Being a workaholic, Rose didn't know what to do with herself and was starting to go stir crazy. Several of her coworkers had sent flowers to her hoping she would get well soon (Roses, naturally). The flowers had not been treated properly and were dying much quicker than they should have, Rose sprinkled some of the plant food she had been given and her eyes flashed with a green energy. Suddenly the flowers bloomed to full life again.
Startled, Rose didn't know what had happened, but the scientist in her wondered if she could do it again. It was winter, the snow had covered her back yard. She uncovered a small section and again applied the plant food to some dead grass. It grew young thick and green. Somehow, she had some new powers over plants!! But how to use them and use them for good??