Calias Arthur Lawson

"I don't care what happens to me anymore . . . I'm tired of being used. I want Malcolm to pay for all the things he's done. I want him to pay for all the things he's done to me. And I want that to happen right now."

- -Cal, Chapter 25 of Behind the Mask ""Calias Arthur Lawson, or Cal for short, is a biologically nineteen- and literally about one-year-old clone of Rylan Sloan. He was created by Malcolm Dietrich and raised by him and Veronica Dietrich for about six months. As of Super Charged, he is living in a townhouse with Abigail Hamilton, Connor Hamilton, and Rylan Sloan. So far, he's only been included in the original draft of Behind the Mask and following novels.

Behind the Mask
Cal isn't in the first two books (The Supervillain and Me and Caped Crusaders) due to the fact that he simply wasn't alive yet. For the first few months of his life, he lives with Malcolm and Veronica Dietrich, learning how to talk, read, write, and other miscellaneous things under their roof. He was seriously abused, physically, verbally, and emotionally, and wasn't even given a name, instead just being called "Boy" or "Pond Scum" by Malcolm and Veronica.

When he first appears in Behind the Mask, Abigail Hamilton is working a receptionist job at a hairstylist's. Cal, who originally she assumed was Rylan, walked in. Abigail offers to go get her employer, who's actually in charge of cutting hair, but Cal asks her to do it. Hesitantly, she does it, though when her employer walks out she gets in a mild amount of trouble. Abigail suspects that "Rylan" is not actually Rylan based on the way he talks, but doesn't have any real proof until later that night, when she sees that Rylan's hair is uncut.

The next time he appears, he's on camera starting a fire in an apartment building in the Iron Phantom suit. The entire group sees this and starts theorizing, though all of the theories lead back to Malcolm who is still causing terror across Morriston. Hunter starts suggesting names for him, and in the process asks Rylan's middle name. Abigail

The next encounter with him happened while Abigail, Sarah, and Rose were looking for him. After looking in all of Rylan's favorite place, Rose suggests that they look in the deli across the street from the apartment building he burned down. There they find him, though only Abigail goes in to talk to him. Abigail gets angry at him and yells that he can have Rylan's middle name, thus naming him Calias (or Cal for short) in the process.

Trivia

 * His initials spell out C.A.L., which was mentioned as an intentional choice Cal made when was picking out his name.