I love the both of them, Laura especially since Wolverine yeah, totally no bias...
But pragmatically speaking, I hold the opinion that Laura edges Scandal out in terms of physicality and the combination of that with her skill and regenerative factor is what pushes her over. Not that it detracts from Scandal's own skills whatsoever.
Maybe it's telling that I didn't quite do my research thoroughly before casting my vote but I essentially made a decision based on what I already knew about the two characters through peripheral encounters and prior wiki hopping years ago. Maybe it's dated but I've always thought Accelerator was so absurdly broken given his power kit that even the standard application of time stop could be readily defied.
And Dio really can't do much of anything to him whereas Accelerator can make chunky salsa with no issue so.
What AvP said. It's good to be remorseful of the past but don't dwell on those regrets, I'm sure you've become a better person for it. Try to have a good time as before and mingle with the others. Load's changed.