Spencer Lahela was your average guy, kind of...
When he was young his father made a terrible decision, one that cost him his and his families lives, all except for Spencer anyway. His father made a deal with the devil, the devil in this case being a British Hydra branch. They had raided his family home while the teen was out smoking pot and getting drunk with his friends, when he returned home, his families bodies laid infront of him with a group of Russian men hovering over them. Instead of killing Spencer too, they took him in, not to care for him, of course not, that would be stupid, but to experiment, they wanted their own super soldier...
However the experiment went wrong and instead of having the ability of being overly buff, strong and able kill you in mere minutes, Spencer was left with the ability to manipulate objects with his mind, read minds and trick your mind into believing anything he wanted it to. He could basically control your mind in anyway he wished. Brain-washing was basically impossible to perform on Spencer, so when he saw what they did to those it didnt work on and the consequences they suffered, when Hydra tried it on him, he didnt think twice before acting like it worked. But this just made the killing even worse on his conscience. He had spent years working up to be Hydras most prized possession (in which they gave him the name Phantom), and when they trusted him to go to New York alone to take out some competition over there, he didnt look back before fleeing. Yet he always looked over his shoulder, never letting down his guard.
Spencer took up street magic earning the name the Ace Of Hearts (this being due to his charming personality and pristine knowledge of a card deck) this way he tricked people into giving him money but he also did what he had always loved doing which was magic. He never had to kill anyone since leaving, but being a very good con man got him onto S.H.I.E.L.Ds radar, however not in the way you'd expect...All Rights Reserved