Stephanie McNeil is a orphan who ran away from a New York City orphanage and later strive to survive the crime and poverty-infested streets of Hell's Kitchen, hacking into ATM machines with a stolen laptop and stealing food from unsuspecting tourists. One fateful night, she encounters Black Shadow after being hold up by two street punks, who turned out to be members of a Mafia kingpin who is responsible for her parents' murder. She is later discovered by her long-lost twin brother, Jason, an NYPD detective who later joined Black Shadow's team as the Blue Mirage. Stephanie later became one of Black Shadow's partners along with her brother in order to track down the kingpin. Since then, she dons the mantle and costume of the Pink Illusion, one of Black Shadow's loyal soldiers in the war on crime. Stephanie is a very talented in many skills, including hand-to-hand combat, hot-wiring vehicles and computer hacking. She is a gifted gynmast and acrobat, and is an expert in non-bladed matial arts weapons including nunchuks and long staffs. She is also a natural in throwing boomerangs, which are still her personal weapons of choice. Her hobbies and reading Hardy Boys novels and hiking. Her favorite food is baked fish with lemon sauce. Pink Illusion's armor is a prototype stealth suit with adoptive camoflauge with can blend in with any enviroment. Her utility belt holsters holds standard equipment as well as two foldable boomerangs and storage compartments containing up to eight shiruken stars either standard or explosive depending on mission.