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(Mar-Vell Field)Giant Man is standing at around, twenty feet high, with several X-Men, students from the Jean Grey Academy and students & faculty from the Avengers Academy gathered around him. He asks for their attention and then welcomes them to the inaugural football game between the two schools.
White Tiger tells their opponents that they’re going down. They’re gonna eat her dust and go home crying. Doop replies (via Doopspeak) that, if she gets chippy with him, he’ll suck her into the extradimensional void in his mouth and she can kiss the backup brain in his butt! She replies that smack talk is one thing but that sounded obscene. Rockslide asks her not to expect Doop to go easy on her because she’s a girl. He hears he made Dr. Doom cry once. “Mess with the bull, you’ll get the horns,” adds Doop as he floats away.
Giant Man explains a few rules which include the fact that powers can be used, so long as they don’t harm their opponents. Wolverine adds that if there is any unnecessary roughness then they’re out on their butts. Hank says that teachers will be participating, though he whispers to himself that he thinks it’s a terrible idea. Wolverine grins at him and reminds him that he owes Hank for sucker-punching him outta the Quinjet. Hank says that was during the conflict and that’s over now. He still doesn’t hold a grudge, does he? “Let’s play ball,” replies Wolverine.
Gambit sees X-23 and asks her to hang on a minute. He heard about her last fight and wonders since when does being on different coasts mean they can’t talk anymore? She tells him that there isn’t anything to talk about. She killed an enemy to save the lives of her friends and she would do it again. He says there’s a difference between that and what she did as an assassin. Laura tells him that she knows, explaining that this time she was barely conscious. She recalls none of it. It was the right thing to do, though, and it doesn’t disturb her. She heads off, adding that she wants to play football now.
Finesse listened in on the conversation but, before she can say anything, Reptil produces his phone and asks her to check out some footage of Joe Montana. Finesse turns her back on Humberto and informs him that she has made herself very clear. If there is to be anything between them, it will be on her terms. In the meantime, the best he can do is to give her some space. His refusal to do so is not helping being about the ‘destiny’ he insists they have together. “I-it was just a trick play,” replies Humberto, slightly confused at her response.
Gambit decides to offer him a little advice, but Humberto isn’t ready to hear it. “Grow my hair long and talk like Pepe Le Pew. Got it,” he sighs. Remy says it’s not what he was going to say but it works for him. What he was going to say is Finesse is a woman and needs her space. He should let her figure out what she’s got to figure out. If he crowds her, he’s just saying he doesn’t respect her boundaries. And, he adds, Humberto looks desperate, which is never a good look.
He tells Humberto that it’s never easy when you know what you want and she doesn’t. But, the best thing he can do is show he takes her seriously and has his own life going on. No one says he’s got to be a monk in the meantime. Humberto asks what if Finesse decides she’s better off without him. Remy reckons it could happen and it will hurt. But, if he really cares about her, he will want whatever is best for her, even if it ain’t him. Maybe, he adds, she ain’t the best thing for him. He isn’t saying one way or the other. The point is, while she is figuring it out, then so can he. He’s not the only one who stands to lose and he’s betting Finesse knows that. Humberto should remember it too.
The game begins. The two teams line up against each other, with Finesse the first to take the ball. The idea is that, when their flags are removed, they are out of play. Hawkeye and Iceman both have the same idea. When the whistle blows, Iceman creates tiny ice daggers and throws them, skillfully removing their opponents’ flags and pinning them to the floor. At the same time, Clint does likewise with his arrows. Kitty tells them that they are both ejected from the game. “Oh, come on,” replies Hawkeye. “For what?” adds Iceman. “Excessive awesomeness?”
Kitty turns to Veil and recognizes her as the one who lost her powers. Veil replies that, no offense, but she looks at it as being cured. She would have ended up like a ghost in a few years. Kitty replies that she’s been stuck that way herself and it’s not fun. She congratulates her and then asks why she isn’t playing. Veil reckons that she’s back to normal now and it turns out that means more than not being a ghost. She isn’t as strong or fast as the others and believes she’ll need glasses again. She doesn’t mean to sound ungrateful. She’s happy that she won’t be untouchable, but she didn’t realize she’d go back to being the loser she was in school.
Kitty replies that she was trained to fight by Captain America. She’s been to other dimensions and saved lives. She’s not a loser anymore. She tells her to get out there and show them what she can still do. Veil informs her that the lines are full, so Kitty turns and sees Lyra holding up Quentin Quire by his shirt. She tells them they are ejected for unnecessary roughness.
Quire looks down at her and informs Lyra that his plan worked. He says she’s from a world with no men. Well, he’s the greatest lover on his planet so why don’t they sneak away so he can show her? Lyra replies that they do have men on her planet. They keep them as slaves. Quire smiles. “It’s official. This is the greatest day my life.”
After a play, Mettle glances over to Glob and asks Jenny if that ‘jello-headed punk’ hurt her. She assures him that she’s fine. He and Rockslide face each other. “Woman problems,” he says. “Dude. Lay it on me.” Ken replies that they were normal for half a day and got to touch each other. It’s tough for both of them going back after that. As he speaks, Rockslide flicks the ball back to Anole and Mettle realizes he’s been played. He thrusts his hands into Rockslide’s chest and the rock shatters. “Agh!” exclaims Rockslide. “You killed me, dude!” As Anole runs the ball in for a touchdown, Rockslide laughs, telling Mettle that he can control his body. He loved the look on Ken’s face. The bug eyes make it a million times funnier. Hazmat steps up to Rockslide, calling him Monster of Rock. She informs him that her boyfriend’s got PTSD from killing a Nazi. He’s totally scarring his psyche. “I oughta…”
Rockslide interrupts her and replies that he’s made of stone. Radiation doesn’t bother him. Hazmat swings her leg and kicks him between the legs. Her shin hits with a thunk and she screams before hopping backwards on one leg. Jocasta warns her that she’s risking ejection, but Hazmat warns Rockslide that she will spend the rest of the day thinking of ways to make him suffer. Mettle looks at Rockslide and asks if he doesn’t have any… “Junk?” replies Rockslide. “Nah. You?” Ken replies that he does. Rockslide leans into him and says he doesn’t want to act like he’s walked in his shoes, but he has an awesome party girl and all the parts he needs whenever he’s ready to go there. So, if it was him he’d stop whining around guys who’ve got none of the above.
(meanwhile)Reptil moves Striker forward to the line and informs him he’s up against Anole. Brandon reckons that’s stupid. Anole is a lot faster than him. What about Julie? Veil tells him to just do it. Brandon faces Anole who guesses that Brandon is the only gay kid in class. Brandon confirms it. “You too, huh?” he asks. Anole tells him it’s cool. They mean well once they figure out what your type is. They might even help him find a nice guy. As they start to run for a ball, Striker replies that he’s only just figuring out what his type is for all the good it’s doing him now. Anole presumes he means the scars. He points out that he has scales and one Popeye arm. He’s not saying it’s been easy but he’s had great dates with mutants and humans. Seriously, he asks. What kind of person is going to change their mind about him just because of his scars? “Me,” replies Brandon as Anole leaps high to catch the ball. He tells Brandon to aim higher than himself. With the ball in the opposition hands, Reptil tells Striker that he was right. He is terrible.
Later, Giant Man throws a ball which Reptil catches in his teeth, thanks to changing into an enormous T-Rex. Hank then shrinks to normal size and admits that this has been a lot of fun. Unfortunately, Wolverine hasn’t finished with him and he tackles him from behind, hard. He takes Hank down into the dirt and then gets up to flick the mud off his gloves. “Now we’re even,” he smiles.
“Ejected,” says Jocasta. “Both of you,” adds Kitty. Wolverine reckons it was worth it. Hank says that as much as he’d like to retaliate he isn’t going to, because unlike Logan, they have to set an example. Tigra decides to step in on Hank’s behalf and she leaps at Logan, calling him a Molson-drinking, aboot-saying troll. Logan pops his claws and asks her to bring it, but Hank looks on in astonishment. He asks her not to eviscerate people in front of the kids. Jocasta tells him that she’ll handle this. She charges up an electric taser in her hands and gives them a taste of her power. The fight comes to a sudden halt with Tigra’s hair standing on end and Logan’s costume smoking away. “Worth it,” he grins. Hawkeye and Iceman fist bump each other, with Clint saying that at least they were ejected for being awesome.
Lightspeed tries to cajole Quicksilver into playing but he tells her that he comes from a place where football involves a ball and feet. This sport is common and barbaric. “Just the air of unearned superiority I’d expect from the cuckolded former consort of a Kree princess,” says Warbird. Quicksilver looks at her and tells her that she is very Shi’Ar. He asks Lightspeed if the rules allow him to strike the woman. She begs him to try. An instant later, the two heroes charge at each other and sparks begin to fly. “Charging taser,” sighs Jocasta.
Giant Man wonders if they’re about to have a problem going forward, but Wolverine says there is no problem. They’re even now and he throws a good party for a nerd. Hank is pleased, because he thinks that Captain America is right about strengthening relations between the X-Men and the Avengers. “That’s what all this is about?” asks Wolverine. He tells everyone to change up. Now they’re all seen what they can do, he wants Avengers students and X-Men students on the same teams. Hank asks him if that’s what he wanted all along. Get the teachers kicked out to foster bonding among the kids? Logan said that Hank said that playing each other was a bad idea and he wasn’t wrong. But, he isn’t that smart. If he wants to know his plan it’s in the coolbox he has in his hand. He opens it up and grabs a beer and shouts, “Okay, grownups. It’s beer o’clock!”
After their brief skirmish, Warbird apologizes and tells him that the rumors were false. He is no coward, but a fierce warrior. She is impressed. “My day is made,” he replies, flippantly. She adds that his divorce is the subject of countless jokes in the Shi’ar royal court. He thanks her for sharing that. Warbird asks if she can ask one question. Why did he not slay his wife for betraying him? He turns to her and replies that it’s because he pushed her away. Because he was a poor husband and a worse father, which is why his daughter refuses to speak to him. It’s likely why he feels the inexplicable need to be at the academy, doing a job he’s ill-suited for and putting up with people who make him want to gouge his eyes out!
He asks if she’s satisfied. An admission of weakness so she can feel superior to him. He tells her to enjoy it. He’s not given to such talk but, as she is from a sociopathic culture that already despises him for who he is and who he had the misfortune to love, he doesn’t feel the need to make the effort to live a lie in front of her. Warbird places a hand on his shoulder. “Earther,” he says. Quicksilver asks if it’s a rematch she wants then so be it. Instead, she places her hands around him and unexpectedly kisses him on the lips.
(meanwhile)X-23 tackles Rockslide, who has the ball, but his heavy legs land on her, causing her to bleed. He reminds her that she only needed to grab his flag. She tells him she forgot but she will heal. As she walks away, Rockslide speaks to Herman Glob and says that the chick is hardcore, but he misses the sports bra.
Finesse asks to speak with Laura. Laura replies that she’s fine. Why can’t anyone accept that? Finesse tells her that she’s not fine. She is either punishing herself or being careless. Regardless, killing Jeremy has affected her. Laura bows her head and says she knows it was necessary, but it feels wrong. Finesse leans in towards her and admits that it’s because Laura didn’t kill him. She did. Laura is shocked. She looks at her hands and replies that his blood was on her claws. Finesse informs her that she was unconscious. “You used me!” she cries. “As a weapon?”
Finesse admits that she could have saved him and stopped his bleeding, but she knew that if she did he would endanger them again. She regrets that she was dishonest with her, but she doesn’t regret her actions. It’s her hope that she understands why she killed him and she accepts the necessity of the choice she made. And, she hopes Laura won’t tell anyone. Laura is furious and replies that she has killed everyone who has done to her what Finesse did. Finesse tells her that she made a choice. It seems that she has choices to make as well.
Nearby, Kitty tells Jocasta that she heard that she left the academy due to philosophical differences. Would she mind if she asked how that worked out? Jocasta replies that she’s not sure she has. She still has significant concerns about whether Avengers Academy is helping or harming these children. Case in point… She looks over to Mettle and gives him a final warning for fighting with Glob. “Don’t tase me Jo!” he replies. She mentions to Kitty that she is reevaluating based on new data, but there are too many unknowns. Kitty asks if she minds an observation. She believes the kids are carrying a lot. They seem tired, body and soul. Jocasta admits that it’s partly her fault, but also the result of what has happened at the school.
Giant Man, who was flying past in his tiny Ant-Man form, grows to normal size. He tells Jocasta that she is right, but he’s not sure what to do about it. He asks for forgiveness. He wasn’t eavesdropping. He was just coming to see if they wanted anything from the grill. He knows full well that they seem jaded. Kitty reckons it comes with the territory. They should have seen her a year into the X-Men. Fourteen going on forty. Hank says he wanted to give them a sense of hope for the future, not resignation. Iceman joins in the conversation. He informs them that when they were kids, the X-Men all had identical uniforms. Ugly yellow things. The day that Professor Xavier gave them their own costumes it was like they’d won the lottery. He felt like a man for the first time.
Jocasta points out that their students already have their own costumes. Kitty doesn’t think that clothes are the point. They should have seen the fashion disaster that was her first costume. Iceman smiles and says he has a picture on his phone. He’s not sure what he likes more. The roller skates or the leg warmers. Kitty asks him to put it away. It’s not about the uniforms. It’s about what they symbolized. It meant Professor Xavier recognized what they accomplished. Iceman agrees. It was like you’d earned a new level, sort of that you were growing up. Hank finds that interesting. He says they’ve accomplished more than he thought possible. They’re not ready to be full-fledged Avengers yet, but they could do something. A new outfit always made Janet happy. Jocasta, however, doesn’t feel that it would work in this case. They need something different. Hank has an idea and wishes to run it by the others.
(elsewhere)The game continues, though no one appears to know the score. Mettle looks over to their teachers and asks Rockslide if they’re always like that. He replies that they’re worse usually and asks about his. Mettle says they’re the same. But, he accepts, they’ve been through a lot lately and they’re really trying. All any of them can do is try, right? He then tells Rockslide and Anole that it’s been great meeting them. It’s nice to know they’re not alone and that the family next door is as crazy as theirs. They should make this a regular thing.


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Commencement
(Avengers Academy, today)“Cut the crap. We know. We’ve known since day one.” Hazmat, flanked by all the full-time Academy students and Veil, squares up to Giant-Man and the rest of the faculty. She adds that they weren’t recruited because they were awesome. They were recruited because they’re the most screwed up and the most dangerous. They’re not the most likely to become Avengers. They’re the most likely to be the next Masters of Evil and they’ve all had enough of being lied to. So, they can either put them in jail or let them get on with their lives. Hank is kinda shocked. This isn’t how it was supposed to go.
(yesterday)It’s evening and Finesse is training against some robots, kicking ass as usual when she spots X-23 enter the room out of the corner of her eye. She turns quickly and hurls her Billy Club towards her. Laura instinctively catches the club between two extended claws. Finesse asks if they’re training or fighting. The charge at each other and Finesse blocks X-23’s attack. Laura tells Finesse that she used her to kill against her will. Finesse somersaults backwards and replies that Laura was unconscious. She’d been disarmed and Jeremy Briggs was going to kill them all. She realizes that being used that way is what the Facility did to her and she vowed it would never be done again. But… she didn’t have time to ask for permission. Laura says she had time afterwards but she let her think she’d done it by herself. She lied to her; manipulated her. “Just like they did.”
Finesse stands against the wall and tells her that, now she knows the truth, she has a choice. X-23 slashes her claws inches from her head and tears a strip from the wall. She snarls at Finesse and tells her that if she told their teachers what she did they would expel her. Finesse says she knows this. “I will not,” replies Laura. But, they are no longer friends and she should stay away from her. Once Laura leaves, Finesse takes it out on the remaining robots, decapitating and smashing her way through them all.
(New York City)Striker is with Veil in a hotel room. He is wearing a suit and Maddie fastens up his tie. He asks her one more time… why are they there? She smiles and replies that it’s because this guy was inspired by his ‘It gets better’ video. Because he’s the only gay kid in his class and he asked him to his prom. Because if he stood him up he would be devastated. On behalf of all those who have ever been stood up, she would kill him slowly and painfully.
Striker checks his reflection in the mirror. Maddie reminds him that the paparazzi have been trying to get pictures of him and sooner or later they will. This way, it happens on his terms while he’s doing something nice. He can put the best possible spin on this and make himself impossible to snark about. His publicist says so. Hell, she adds, his mom says so. Brandon says that this guy Jonathan asked a hot famous person to his prom, and ended up with him. Maddie reckons they will ask him. If he doesn’t want to go through with it then Brandon’s off the hook. Fair enough? They head into the lounge and Maddie tells Jonathan that his date is ready. He stands and places a buttonhole in Brandon’s jacket. “Wow,” he grins. “I still can’t believe this is happening. You look amazing.” Brandon plays it cool and says he does too. “Let’s do this, huh?”
(Avengers Academy)Hank is with Tigra, Mettle and Hazmat. He offers his apologies to both the students for not discovering the method Briggs used to cure them. He was working along those lines. Ken reckons it’s no surprise that he got there first. He doesn’t think Briggs worried too much about safety checks. Hazmat asks if he can do it again. Hank admits that he can’t. The antidote that restored their powers is part of their makeup now and would attack any similarly configured cure. In essence, they’re immunized against it. That doesn’t mean they can’t try other approaches of course and he’s exploring several other theories. Ken says that he means he’s not close so they should get used to being like they are for the time being. Tigra says that, for the time being, yes they should. Ken thanks them both. At least they know it can be done and that’s a huge step.
Hazmat says that they’re doing a live feed from Striker’s prom. He’s gonna be all ‘Did you see it?’ and if they didn’t he’ll sulk like a little girl. She tells Hank and Tigra that they appreciate everything they’ve done and will talk to them later. Once they’ve gone, Hank tells Tigra that they’ll tell them the rest tomorrow.
(Hazmat’s quarters)Mettle asks Hazmat if she’s okay. She removes her helmet and tells him that she is. She doesn’t like being stuck in the suit and never will, but in her room with its shielding, she’s not. And, she doesn’t have to be alone in there anymore. She removes her suit and strokes Ken’s cheek, asking how he’s doing after getting his skin back and losing it again. Ken replies that he realizes there are people worse off than them. He can feel like this. It took him a while to figure it out. It’s hard to explain but he can feel. It’s not the same as having skin but it’s something. There are people who don’t even get that. Rockslide from the X-Men is just stone. He doesn’t even have… He decides to leave it there and tells Jenny that he has her, and that’s more than okay with him.
Jenny whispers into his ear. “Stay with me tonight.” Ken steps back and asks if she’s sure. Is she really ready? She replies that she told him that what she had to work was about her, not him. It was about how she felt about her powers and her situation. She’s okay with them now and is ready… if he is. Ken picks her up and takes her to the bedroom.
(meanwhile)
Finesse walks around the campus, past Jenny’s room where the bedroom light glows. She sees a couple of streaks overhead and looks up to see Lightspeed and Karolina Dean playfully flying parallel with each other at speed. She sees them slow down, come together and kiss each other. Finesse continues down to the beach and overhears White Tiger and Reptil talking. Humberto says that he’s been working with Dr. Strange, trying to get more in touch with his gem. Ava says she’s also been working with Iron Fist in order to find out more about the Tiger God. She asks if she can take a look at it. Humberto lifts his shirt and she sees the amulet in his chest glowing orange. “Oh, wow,” she gasps. “It’s beautiful.” He tells her that she’s beautiful, before stuttering that he means her amulets. Their faces move closer but, before they can kiss, Finesse appears and Humberto asks if she was looking for them. Finesse turns away to leave them in peace and says no.
Feeling a little lonely, she heads to the lounge where she finds Quicksilver watching television. She asks what he’s doing. He replies that he’s watching Downton Abbey. He says his sister enjoys it but he finds it tedious. “You find everything tedious,” she replies. Pietro accepts that but asks her to join him. She squats on the couch and he notices a tear tricking down her cheek. He places a comforting arm on her shoulder and asks her to remember this. For some, this will be the best years of their lives. For her, it will only get better.
(New York City)Jonathan is with Brandon. He tells Brandon that hearing someone close to his age come out and say, ‘It gets better’ was huge. Coming here tonight, he doesn’t know how thank him. Brandon says he doesn’t have to. He needed this. He hasn’t done a lot of ‘normal’ people things. Jonathan says he’ll tell him a secret. Most normal people things suck. Brandon replies that he can think of one or two that don’t. With that the two boys kiss. They are interrupted when Brandon’s phone rings. On the other end is his mother who asks him to turn to the side. He’s blocking the camera. “The what?” asks Brandon. “Kiss him again,” says his mom. “This is great.” Brandon zaps the phone and Jonathan asks if he has to go. Brandon reckons they should have a dance. The rest of the world and all its craziness can wait until tomorrow.
(today)Hank Pym explains that, in their time at the academy, they’ve been through things that he could never have handled at their age. They’ve done the teachers proud and they feel that they should be recognized. He is pleased to announce that as of now they are all Avengers Third Grade. Reptil is surprised and asks what they did wrong. Hank assures them that it’s not a demotion. They should think of it as a sophomore year. They’ll ascend to second grade and then full Avengers. Clint tells him it was confusing to number backwards. They should have gone with levels. Level one. Level two. Everybody gets video games.
Hank hands over Avengers communicators to the students and informs them that they’ve all been awarded heightened security clearance. And, adds Hawkeye, they’ll start doing ride-alongs; one-on-one missions with senior Avengers. It’ll be like internships only without having to get coffee and donuts. Tigra adds that what the boys are trying to say is that they’ve done great - better than expected. She hopes they are as proud of themselves as they are of them.
She looks at their expressions and says that this was supposed to be good news. Hazmat asks her to cut the crap. They didn’t recruit them because they were awesome. They recruited them because they’re the most screwed up and dangerous. They’re not likely to be the next Avengers. They’re more likely to be the next Masters of Evil. And, she adds, they’re fed up with being lied to, so they can put them in jail or let them get on with the rest of their lives. White Tiger is surprised. She didn’t know any of this. Julie is also shocked. She’s been a hero for years and has more experience than some of the Avengers.
Hank assures them that this isn’t how it was supposed to go and asks them all to listen to him. He says he doesn’t know how they found that out and he’s sorry that it was true, but it’s not true anymore. Tigra tells them that they had concerns, not because of who they are but because of what was done to them. She admits that they should probably have been honest from the start. Pietro adds that he did want to from the start. Tigra points out that they didn’t want them seeing themselves as damaged goods. Clint chips in and tells them that they are vets now. They’ve been through wars and proved themselves a dozen times. If they didn’t believe in them they wouldn’t be getting security clearances and they wouldn’t be at the academy. He was the first ‘at-risk’ recruit so they can take it from him that they’re way past being on probation. “You’re the Avengers of tomorrow. End of story.”
Hank tells them that’s not all. They’ve done more than justify their faith in them. They’ve educated them. Jocasta informs them that the program Jeremy Briggs began, to match superhumans with humanitarian causes they can help with, was flawed because he was flawed. But, she believed then and still does today that it was good idea. A better idea, perhaps than any this school is teaching them. Hank tells them that they want them to continue it as part of the Avengers Network of Philanthropic Foundations. Tigra adds that they want them to expand it. Young people throughout the world have ideas about how to help but they lack the resources. They will provide those resources and Jocasta will be their faculty advisor.
Reptil asks if Jocasta is in charge. She replies that he is. Her function is to help. The Foundation is his; his way to make his mark upon the world and to make a difference in whatever way he sees fit. To show young people worldwide what they have proven in their time at Avengers Academy. They may be young, she adds, and may face challenges but they can overcome them and can control their own destiny. They can do something good with their lives. Hank says that it’s the same lesson the students taught them.
Mettle turns to Finesse and says he still thinks she’d make a really hot super villain. Maybe put a boob window in the suit and get some stiletto heels. Finesse quips that she’s going to punch him. Lightspeed thanks the Avengers. This is exactly what she wanted to do. She bets they can coordinate with her brother’s group the Future Foundation. Tigra notices that Laura seems preoccupied and asks how she feels about this. Laura reckons it would be nice to help people and is looking forward to it. Finesse asks Quicksilver if her security clearance is effective now. He says it is and asks why. “As you said,” she replies, “I am only going to get better.” She makes her way to a computer and logs on, accessing the secure data, wishing to begin immediately.
Tigra tells Hank that it took some explaining but it looks to her like this is going to work out. Hank reckons they just might have a shot. Veil approaches them and informs them that with her powers gone she wasn’t sure what to do. The foundation seems perfect. Hank apologizes and says he should have spoken to her first. He explains that they’d love to have her at the foundation as staff, but to do that she needs a high school diploma and has to be of legal age. The others will be there as students but, without her abilities, it’s too dangerous for her to remain at the academy. He asks her not to worry, though. She can take A G.E.D course and obtain her equivalency degree. Before she knows it she’ll be eighteen.
Veil face drops but she says it’s okay. This just reinforces what she was already thinking. She is normal again and that’s what she wanted. So, she needs to start acting like a normal person. She knows what she has to do.
(sometime later)Madeline is at school and walking past the lockers. She wonders what she is doing. Was it all for nothing? she wonders. Everything that’s happened and everywhere she’s been. All the things she’s done and she’s back in high school. It’s a different town and she has a new name, but nothing’s changed. As she looks up a blond girl spills coffee down her top and says, “Whoops.” Maddie drops her books in surprise and the girl tosses a five dollar note to the floor. “Here’s five dollars. That should cover a new outfit where you shop.” She adds that if Maddie waits ‘til there’s a sale at the Salvation Army thrift store she can get two. She then turns and tells her friends that it looks like she’s found the entertainment for the year.
Maddie sees red. She slams the girl into a locker and twists her arm behind her back. She warns her to shut up. She isn’t hurting anyone, but if she moves her arm a few inches she’ll dislocate it and that will hurt like hell. She leans in close and tells the ‘princess’ to listen. If she ever sees her look so much as sideways at her or mess with anyone in this school, she’ll make her wish she’d never been born. The girl cries for her to let go. Her friend, a well-built jock, reaches for Maddie. “A fighter, huh! This is gonna be fun.” Maddie instinctively flicks her elbow up and smacks him in the jaw. “Damn right,” she replies as she knees him in the groin. “But not for you.” She then turn and continues along the corridor. ‘Maybe I did learn something,’ she smiles.


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Worse
(Day 29)Hazmat is running through the jungle. Her containment suit is damaged and leaking radioactive fumes. As she approaches a fire in a clearing, she thinks about how she's always been a hater. About a year ago, they sealed her in her awful yellow suit to make sure nobody gets cancer from her radioactive body. She reckons that people probably think that's what put the chip on her shoulder, but she's been like this since she was little. She was always quick to point out the worst song, the ugliest shoes or the stupidest movie. She doesn't really know why. She guesses that complaining about stuff always made her feel better.
She looks up to see X-23 leaping at her with her claws extended. She snarls at Hazmat, who responds by blasting her in the face, which immediately burns off and continues to sear her flesh and bones. Hazmat thinks that maybe she's growing out of all that now, because she's hurt pretty bad. She tries to stay standing and not to puke at the smell X-23's skin makes when it burns. There's no way she survives this fight. No way. Laura’s gonna gut her. X-23 lunges at her and plunges her claws into Jenny’s shoulders, pinning her to the ground. All she can think is that maybe dying wouldn't be so bad. There are worse things.
(Day 1, Avengers Academy campus)All is quiet on campus. A cleaner mops the hallways, Juston does some repairs to his Sentinel and X-23 plays table tennis with Reptil. He seems impressed with her prowess at the table. Hazmat and Mettle are in her quarters, arms around each other in bed. Jenny tells him that she guesses she just felt like a normal girl for ten seconds. He made her feel like a normal girl. He replies that, if that's what it takes, he's happy to make her feel normal any time she likes. She laughs and hits him with the pillow before settling back down again. She thanks him for waiting for her. She knows it was frustrating. It just took her so long to get ready. Ken tells her she has to stop with that. It was never a problem. They are good. Very good. Yeah, she replies as she moves in for a kiss. As their lips touch, they disappear from the academy and reappear in a mysterious location, hovering several meters above the ground in a circle. With them are fourteen other young heroes, all asleep and surrounding a weird floating contraption.
Arcade, the creator of Murder World, looks at a massive screen which shows a map of their location and the faces of the sixteen youngsters he has transported there. A small robot pops in with his espresso and he says, "Ahem wake up." The heroes open their eyes and quickly try and take in their surroundings. Arcade advises them not to bother trying to move or talk. He explains that they've been sleeping while he got them cleaned and prepped; dressed in some cases. He tells them that he doesn't pass judgment. After all, he was young once. He laughs at himself as Hazmat realizes it was probably her he was talking about.
Arcade tells them he envies them dangling up there, completely terrified. He'd like to think there would be screaming right now if he allowed it. But it’s better that they can't. He rises through the lava that bubbles beneath them, protected by some kind of forcefield and asks them who this badass bogeyman is with the volcano elevator. He's got a crisp hundred dollar bill for anybody who guessed Arcade!
As he seemingly stands unaffected on the molten lava, he explains what it is they're doing there. He says he likes to watch people die. He’s a little sick in the head, but what're you gonna do? He used to build elaborate super hero death traps. They've probably heard about the X-Men and the giant pinball machine. That was one of his. But, he's been doing this a lot of years and his death-trap-to-dead-super hero ratio is embarrassingly low. So, this time they're going to try something a little different. He tells them there are sixteen of them right now. They are completely cut off. Nobody is coming to get them. They can trust him when he says that they wouldn’t know where to look.
He continues to inform them that if they want food or water or medicine then it's all here, but they will have to fight for it. One way or another, in thirty days only one of them will walk out alive. He got the idea from a couple of kids’ books he read in the pen. Teenage super hero death match, kill or be killed. It'll be great!
With a snap of his fingers, the lava disperses and the heroes drop to the ground. Anachronism says he's taking Arcades head off. Bloodstone replies that he'd like to see that. Everyone has pretty much the same idea. The chivalrous Kid Briton tells Cammi, ladies first, but she lets Nara go before her. As Hazmat, Mettle and Reptil in his velociraptor form approach, Arcade figures he'll have to deal with them. He extends his hand which glows and blasts Reptil away from him. He tells them that he understands their Pavlovian response; beat up the villain and make him stop, but sometimes they've got to think about these things. They should pay attention to their situation.
Hazmat ignores him and pours on the power but he remains unaffected by it. He asks if there is any reason to believe they would stand a chance against the guy who had complete control over their motor skills six seconds ago. He places his hands at either side of Hazmat's helmet. I hung you from my ceiling, he says, before firing her into the distance, much to Mettle's horror.
Chase Stein then goes on the attack using his Fistigons to envelop Arcade in a fireball. On Arcade's opposite side, Darkhawk uses his own energies to blast him. Chase remarks that the dude is tougher than he looks but Darkhawk asks him to keep at him. Arcade's forcefield holds fast and he tells them he's starting to look like a bully. He asks them to look around at the smart kids, hanging back. They get it. He raises both arms and blasts them both away from him. As Juston and his Sentinel charge at him, he informs everyone that there’s a reason he doesn't wear a mask. He isn't the villain here. He unleashes concentric circles of energy which knocks everyone off their feet. "I am the God!"
He turns and walks towards a makeshift throne and says that now that's out of the way they can talk turkey. He presumes some of them are thinking, Why me? He says he can't answer that. Fate... Wolverine's school has a better security system... it doesn't matter. What matters is how they play the game. Juston tells him to quit talking about his game. They're not playing it. Arcade replies that life's a game. You're either playing it or losing it.
Anachronism tells Arcade that he doesn't know what Arcade thinks might happen next. He's proved he's a big strong man by knocking them around and calling himself a god. It doesn't mean anyone's gonna haul off and start murdering just cause he says so. "You sure about that?" asks Arcade. He asks him to look around. How many of these people does he actually know? How many would he trust with his life? He didn't say he'd make them kill each other. He can't make them do anything. It wouldn't be as much fun if he could. However, this is a game that will crack them open and let the 'real you' out. The 'you' that they keep crammed down deep where nobody else can see. Bloodstone asks if deep down they're all cold-blooded killers. Arcade smiles and replies that it's not all of them. Some of them are cowards and some are liars. There might even be one real hero. But, does he think that there's at least one natural born bone and gristle killer among them? He does.
Meanwhile, Mettle goes to find Hazmat and he locates her in a snow-covered clearing. She tells him she's okay. He holds her and tells her they'll keep her that way.
Back at the meeting point, Arcade says that he's bored with all the talking. They should kill somebody. The game starts now. He states that there are sixteen players and one of them is the weakest. He'll make it easy. He will do the first killing. He asks them to go ahead and pick the weak link. He isn't messing around either. They must choose somebody or he will.
Back in the clearing, Hazmat complains that, because of the loudspeakers, they can't get away from the idiot's voice. She complains that he's trying to make them choose who he murders first. She feels they have to get back there and put a dent in his skull. Ken replies that they don't. Hazmat turns back to him and snaps, "What? Yeah we do." Ken tells her that they have to take this guy seriously. He just punched her, like, a quarter mile and took a dozen of them out without even trying. He might not look much but the dudes for real. It might be time to play along.
Jenny can't believe he's saying this. The guy is about to start killing people. Ken replies that he doesn't care. Jenny tells him not to be stupid. Of course he does. Ken says that, as long as it's not her, he doesn't care. Over the loudspeakers, they hear Arcade inform them that he's not waiting around all day. They must pick a weak link. They have ten seconds. As he counts down, Hazmat and Mettle return to the group. When she gets there, Hazmat wastes no time in blasting him again with her radioactive energies. "Oh my God. Shut up," she cries. "You are the worst bad guy ever!" Her assault actually appears to hurt him, but his forcefield remains intact. Jenny tells him that they're not likely to line up for his idiot death match. They're teenage super heroes. They get beat up all the time!
Arcade gets to his feet and tells the others that it seems they have a winner. He uses some kind of power to levitate her and stretch her out. Jenny groans as she loses control of her body once again. Arcade says that he doesn't know if she's the weakest link, but she does seem to struggle with the rules of the game. He asks if there are any other voters. They can always pick somebody else and save her life. The kids remain silent and Arcade smiles. Now they understand the game.
Mettle then approaches him. Arcade thanks Hazmat for playing, but before he can do anything, Ken asks him to stop. "It’s me." Tears pour from Jenny's eyes as she tells him not to do this. Ken looks at her, helpless. "I'm the weakest link," he says. Arcade releases his grip on Hazmat who falls to the ground. "Whatever you say kid," replies Arcade. He snaps his fingers and Ken explodes, killing him instantly. Jenny, splattered with her boyfriend's blood, looks up at Arcade who begins to walk away. "Oh, I always forget," he adds. "Welcome to Murder World."


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Deadly Allies
(Murderworld, Day 1)The villain Arcade has murdered Mettle in cold blood. Thirty seconds later and Rebecca Ryker is still in a state of shock. Blood splatters begin to dry on her panda T-shirt as she looks around at the other assembled heroes. Red Raven is equally stunned. Rebecca’s dad says that life is complicated until yours is on the line. He says that if you back somebody all the way into a corner, you can watch their whole life boil down to multiple choices. Fight… or flight. Red Raven turns and looks at her and she decides to take the latter option. Rebecca’s dad also says that, no matter which one you pick or how it turns out, the rest of your life will be defined by a split-second decision.
Red Raven flies almost vertically at great speed. She doesn’t get far before she slams into an invisible wall, face first. She plummets to the ground and lands with a sickening thump. “Oop!” says Arcade. “Did I forget to mention the ceiling? Yeah, that’s on me.” As Hazmat, Reptil and X-23 go to check on Red Raven, Rebecca thinks back to another thing dad likes to say. It’s that people worry too much about making friends when what they really need are allies. “Friends make you weaker, sweetheart,” he says. “Allies make you stronger.” She wishes her daddy were there so she could ask him, ‘What does being alone make you?’
A group consisting of Kid Briton, Apex, Bloodstone, Nara and Anachronism head off into the forest. Warily, Rebecca walks towards Red Raven and the group around her. Kid Briton tells Apex that they’re going, but Apex wants to see how this plays out. Rebecca tells Hazmat that she’s sorry for what Arcade did to her boyfriend. She’s sorry for her. “You’re sorry for me!” Jenny snarls. X-23 tells her not to rise to this, but Jenny tells Rebecca that she doesn’t get to feel sorry for her. She asks if she thinks she is weak! Does she think she can take her now that she’s seen her cry? “Well bring it the *&%@$ on!” She tells Rebecca that she doesn’t know her and doesn’t have anything to lose.
As a stunned Rebecca wonders how to respond, her robotic eye flares up and her bionic hand opens up to revel a glowing energy source. Instinctively, she aims it at Hazmat and fires. Hazmat is enveloped in a blanket of energy. Watching, Apex is impressed that she didn’t give in lightly. Rebecca looks at her arm and asks herself, ‘What did I…” Unfortunately for her, Hazmat’s suit isn’t even affected and she glares at her new enemy. “Nice try,” she says as she opens fire herself. Rebecca makes a run for it, saying sorry all the way until she’s out of sight.
(forever ago)It’s 5:25 am and Rebecca is swimming. Her coach thinks she’s trying to swim the lap more than one second faster than she swam it yesterday… at 5:25am. The truth is, she couldn’t care less. She’s never liked swimming. It’s cold and boring and the chlorine dries her skin out. But, when she told her dad that, he said it didn’t matter. He said ‘competition builds character. Keep at it.’ She was eight at the time and had no idea what that meant. But, she did what he said and kept on swimming every morning, five days a week for six years. Her coach says she’s one of the best swimmers in the state now. Practice makes perfect, right? She still doesn’t like swimming much, but hey - she’s built up a lot of character.
Sometime later, Rebecca is walking home when she realizes her mom’s in. As she enters the house she tells her that it’s her. Lying, she says that she knows she’s supposed to go straight to school from practice, but it’s quiz bowl night and she forgot her laptop from the den. She promises not be late to class. As she speaks, she notices her mother kneeling on the floor holding her little brother. Beside her, a grim-looking Deathlok holds a weapon to her head. Without a word, he shoots and the whole place goes up in flames. Her mother and brother are killed immediately and Rebecca is torn apart by the explosion. She’s not sure if this is the sort of thing that builds character, but it seems like it might be. Either way she bet she wouldn’t have to swim again for a while.
(present)Alone, Rebecca makes her way through the snow-covered forest wearing only the panda T-shirt and a pair of shorts. A voice from above orders her to stop right there and not make a move. Rebecca freezes and Cammi drops from a tree, warning her to do exactly what she says or she dies. She aims a pistol at Rebecca and tells her to pull her robot legs away. She’s about to stand on a land mine. Rebecca looks down and notices the trigger peeping through the snow. Cammi then tells her to take two steps backward and then walk directly to her. Smiling, Rebecca thanks her profusely. She tells Cammi that all day she’s been thinking how impossible it would be to survive there alone and then she pops down from a tree and saves her idiot life.
She extends her hand and introduces herself as Becca. Cammi retains her position, keeping the gun aimed at her and replies that maybe she used to be a Becca, but now she’s a flesh-wrapped killbot murder machine. While she’s sure the meaty part of her brain is sweet as kittens, the rest of her is Deathlok… ette. Becca is confused, so Cammi informs her that the only reason she spoke up is that her tree would have been covered in shrapnel. That’s about as friendly as she gets. She points the weapon at Becca’s forehead and tells her to walk away. She should keep her eyes on the snow this time so she doesn’t blow them both to hell!
(sometime after the bomb)In a medlab, Harlan Ryker is standing over the body of his wife who lies on the slab under a white sheet. A verbal computer diagnosis informs him that there is zero brain activity and a cybernetic symbiosis failure. ‘Subject Anna Ryker is unresponsive.’ Harlan says they don’t get to fail this time. This is his family. This is his wife! She’s not some frozen army corpse. The computer adds, ‘Subject Rebecca Ryker: online. Cybernetic symbiosis complete.’ Harlan turns and he lowers his face mask. He thanks God. He tells Rebecca that she’s in a bad way but he can fix this. He can make her better. He grabs a drill and goes to work on her, splattering himself with her blood. As he works, he says that the rebels have tried it before. They sent one of his Deathlok’s back from the future to kill him before he could invent the technology. He honestly never gave this much thought. He’s well protected and frankly, time travel is far beyond these idiots. They never get the year right. Though if he’d known they’d attack the house…
(sometime later)Harlan continues to work on Rebecca. He tells her, despite the fact she cannot hear him yet, that he’s never worked with living issue before so this is a revelation. In the past, the cybernetic brain has done the lion’s share of the work but her brain is alive and mostly intact. She will have all the practical benefits of the Deathlok but she will still be Rebecca. When they’re through the possibilities are endless. A buzz attracts his attention. He wonders if whoever it is doesn’t see the light on the door which means he’s busy.
He opens the door to find several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents there, two of whom are aiming pistols at him. One informs him that he has a warrant to search his premises. It turns out that the government agencies get nervous when their weapons scientists cut off communications and lock themselves in bunkers. They will be seizing any unauthorized or illegal science experiments. He notices Rebecca lying there. As Harlan is cuffed he warns her not to touch her. She’s all he has left!
(present)It’s now night-time and Kid Briton has found Becca walking in the woods and taken her to camp. He ‘jokes’ to his friends that he’s found a Deathlok who has come to kill them in their sleep. Becca falls to the ground. A tear runs down her cheek as she assures them that she isn’t there to kill anybody. It was just cold and snowy and she saw their fire. Nara puts her booted foot on Becca’s head and says, “A fire, yeah? Well, take a closer look.” Cullen Bloodstone says that it seems that they’re already quite good at the ‘dandy nutter’s’ murder game. Anachronism asks him to leave it but Bloodstone adds, with more than a hint of sarcasm, that they’ve already caught their first kill and you can tell this one’s a proper villain by the panda bear on her T-Shirt.
Nara replies that by all means they should let her go. “Baby Bloodstone and big red think her outfit is adorable.” If they let her go, she’ll just come back later. Kill or be killed, she adds. “Do it.” Becca begs them not to and Kid Briton asks her to provide one reason why they shouldn’t. Apex offers a reason herself, namely that Kid Briton would cry himself to sleep the next three weeks. Kid Briton warns Bloodstone off but Apex says that it was actually her who said that, adding that he should do them all a favor, put his sword away and cook the bunnies. She extends her hand to Becca and asks her to hop up. Nobody is going to hurt her. She has her word on that.
Becca sits by the fire and tries to get warm. She thanks Apex who says that she very much questions her boyfriend’s ability to kill anything, let alone a Deathlok. “That’s your boyfriend?” asks Becca. Apex replies that he is. She offers to give Becca the whole rundown on everyone all at once. She explains that the Braddock Academy’s brightest, in no particular order, begin with Kid Briton. He is an alternative universe Captain Britain who is pretty but sometimes parades around like a cocky twit. And yes, he’s her boyfriend. She shouldn’t judge too harshly, though. She spends most of the year with relatively limited options. Next to him is Nara, who sits with her arms folded and a scowl that could sink a ship. She is the one who might actually have killed her. She is an Atlantean with abandonment issues so it’s hard to blame her for being violent. She kind of hearts her. Becca’s mileage may vary.
She then looks over to the other two and Apex wonders what to say about them. The little one, she explains, is Bloodstone of the monster hunter Bloodstones. He’s brilliant in a frowny face sort of way and probably a lot more formidable than he looks. But, she’s never known anyone put more energy into being unpopular. The big scary guy next to him is called Aiden who wants his codename to be Anachronism. It’s six months since he inherited the body of an immortal Celtic warlord. Yet, he has the self-confidence of a chubby video gamer stuffed down in a bag of crisps.
She continues the introductions with herself, Katy Bashir. She can fly, but not very fast. It’s obviously the lamest super power of the lot. But, she has her plusses. Her mother says she’s quick as a whip and experience tells her that she can talk people into just about anything. “Your turn,” she says. Becca admits that she didn’t go to super hero school. She didn’t even know those existed. Apex asks her to start easy. No one’s judging. She should start with her name. Rebecca offers her name. She says that the tiny space marine called her Death Locket or something. That’s probably more appropriate now.
Apex reckons Death Locket sounds like a pop group. ”Mysterious teenaged Deathlok with those baby doll eyes and a candy code name.” She reckons she’d have them lined up around the corner back home. She then realizes something. Isn’t her dad Harlan Ryker, the Prometheus of modern cybernetics? She apologizes for geeking out on her, but she has this thing for scientists… geniuses. It’s a bit of an obsession. Her friends had their footballers but she had Reed Richard’s poster on one side of her bed and Tony Stark on the other. “And my dad?” asks Becca. Apex assures her that he was strictly a little girl brain crush. Nothing down and dirty. She tells Becca that she is officially her coolest friend… built to outlast the apocalypse and trained for the end of the world. “Ha!” laughs Becca. “Trained….”
(the day Rebecca woke up)With her father arrested and spirited away somewhere, Rebecca wakes up in a lab. A doctor introduces himself as Dr. Kuhlman and he informs her that she’s in the hospital. He thinks she’s going to be just fine. He asks if she can tell him how much she remembers about everything that’s happened. Rebecca replies that a robot thing came back in time and blew up their house. It killed mom and Bryan. She got hurt but she guesses her dad fixed her. She saw her brain, she thinks, then… She pauses and asks where her dad is. Dr. Kuhlman tells her that her dad’s safe but he’s been through a lot and can’t really help them with her.
He informs her that he’s a cybernetics expert but her father’s work is next level. They’ve been studying her for weeks and he still has no idea what her father has done to her. The hardware, the software, the programming… it’s all so advanced and experimental. Her father didn’t share it with anyone. He tells her that she’s alive and awake but beyond that they don’t really know what’s happened to her or how it’s going to behave from now on.
Rebecca asks him what he’s talking about. What did her dad do to her? Dr. Kuhlman apologizes. She remembered so much he assumed she knew. He hands her a mirror and leaves the room, telling her that they think she’ll be okay. They’re just not sure how long it will take to understand her cybernetics or train her to use them. Becca looks at herself in the mirror and a tear trickles down her cheek. One side of her face is flesh, the other metal. Scarring around her mouth hints at what lies underneath.
(present)Becca laughs nervously. Apex asks, “What did I say?” Becca tells her it’s nothing. She’s just had a really long day.


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Earth Girls Aren’t Easy
(Murder World, Day 8)Cammi is doing her rounds, creeping her way through the snow-covered landscape to check on the others without been seen. The late attacks started four nights in, she thinks to herself. She missed the first one by a dozen meters and the second by just a few minutes. There has been no killing yet but they’ll get there. Arcade was right about that much. She knows that people are stupid and selfish. Kids are like people… only worse. For now, their hunter is just testing their defenses and scaring up paranoia in the camps.
She watches Chase and Nico who have a fire going. Chase tells Nico that something was stalking him in the woods. He felt ‘em closing in so he took off back to camp. Nico asks if he’s okay. “No,” he replies. “I got piss all over myself.” Cammi then looks in on the Braddock Academy kids and finds Apex and Nara arguing. Elsewhere, Hazmat sleeps as X-23 patrols the campsite.
Cammi knows she was out there last night, or him, she wonders. Whoever it is, she’d have seen them. It’s just her luck she’s smart enough to sit out Wolverita’s watch. There are at least four camps to choose from and the next one is Juston’s. He works on his Sentinel as usual and tells it he has a good feeling about tonight. He just needs to reboot its A.I. one more time. Cammi thinks that she could have posted up at any one of them, but it probably wasn’t much fun hiding in the woods like a coward. Tonight’s the night to make up for it, especially with “Timmy Tool Belt” spending his whole watch with his head stuck up his robot’s…
As she thinks about it, Juston says hello to his Sentinel. It doesn’t answer so he tries again. When the Sentinel does speak it offers a warning. “Hostile approaching.” Juston shines his torch into the darkness and asks who’s there. Do they really want to sneak up a guy with a Sentinel like that? Up in the trees, Cammi is also keen to discover who else is there. She shouts out but is annoyed that they’ve come via in the one angle she cannot see. She needs to get a better view. She leaps from the tree and closes in on Juston’s camp but stops in her tracks when she sees the Sentinel folding in in itself.
Metal twists and turns and loudly tears apart as the machine seems to implode. Cammi still can’t see who’s doing it, but she can’t think about it too long as the Sentinel begins to fall in her direction. “Oh ****,” she cries as she fires up her rocket boots and rockets to safety. She lands with a thump in the snow and picks herself up. She soon realizes that the assailant has spotted her. She can’t deal with that kind of firepower, not out there. She makes her way into the woods but leaves a trail of footprints.
Darkhawk has no trouble tracking her. He follows the trail into a clearing where he sees a small fire burning. Out of nowhere, Cammi rockets towards him shouting, “Die!” She keeps shooting as she approaches Darkhawk but he erects a forcefield, which easily deflects her shots. As she lands, her gun appears to run out of ammo. Darkhawk drops his defenses and tells her that her assault was impressive.
(The Peak, orbital headquarters of S.W.O.R.D. - Earth’s premier defense against extraterrestrial threat… before Murder World)Cammi is in an interview room, head down, seated opposite Abigail Brand. Abigail introduces herself and informs her that she runs the place. She’s been told that Cammi isn’t very talkative which is fine. She loves to listen to herself. She tells Cammi that her men took a DNA sample when they brought her in yesterday. That DNA had a lot of surprising things to say. It turns out Cammi isn’t a mutant or a cyborg; her genes aren’t radioactive and she hasn’t been possessed, supercharged or artificially enhanced in any way. Her money was on her being a Pygmy Badoon wearing some kind of fancy tween-skin suit. But, no…
She tells her that, according to her report, she is a hopelessly average thirteen-year-old human girl called Camille Benally or Cammi for short. She disappeared from Coot’s Bluff, Alaska, during an E.T. incident two years ago. But, she adds, there are a few things her very talkative DNA can’t explain. Abigail brings up images on a screen beside them which shows Cammi doing a Zero G handstand in open space while siphoning fuel from the power cells of a Shi’Ar War Hawk. She laughs as she plays the moment when Cammi realized her friends cut and run, stole her little ship and left her at the mercy of a warrior race of infamously brutal bird people. Lucky for her, that it was S.W.O.R.D. who showed up and not the Shi’ar.
She reminds Cammi that she paid back that good fortune by shattering the forearm of her best field agent and nearly killing the neon green rookie who somehow managed to subdue her. She has stacks of footage spread out over the last eighteen months documenting the impressive intergalactic criminal record of a tiny little space bandit who turns out to be… her. Cammi remains taciturn as Abigail informs her that she woke up this morning looking forward to shedding light on the mystery of little Cammi, Earth Girl. But, there she sits with her miniature poker face - silent and unflappable. Lucky for her they have spectacular computers. One of them found some interesting footage. It seems that before she embarked on this inexplicable crime spree, she used to pal around with a few guys who more than once saved the entire universe. A video pops up of her running with Starlord, Nova and Drax the Destroyer. Does she want to talk about how she became the littlest space pirate? “Maybe you could tell me more about…” Cammi looks upset as she watches the footage. “Drax…” she replies.
(present)Darkhawk aims his own weapons at Cammi, who responds by telling him he is Chris Powell, otherwise known as Darkhawk. She asks what he wants. He asks if she isn’t worried but she replies that, no disrespect, but she’s seen vids of what his armor can do and it’s pretty badass, but he’s already blasted her once and it’s obviously set on stun. So, why is he there? Chris’ armor disappears and he informs Cammi that someone is attacking the camps at night. Cammi knows that they hit the iron giant. Did he think that maybe she did it and he followed her tracks from the woods? Well, she adds, she didn’t. If she had the power to wad up a Sentinel and throw it through the air, their little scuffle just now would have been way cooler.
Chris grins and replies that their main priority is getting them all out of this place before anyone else gets hurt. He’s had no luck yet, but it will get a lot smoother if people don’t willingly jump down Arcade’s rabbit hole. The goal tonight was catching their stalker and scaring him straight. He tells Cammi that there were three sets of prints out there. One went into the woods and two came into the snow. He picked hers. Is there any chance she’d want to split up and help him figure out where the other two lead?
Cammi pauses a moment and asks if he doesn’t think he’s a little long in the tooth for Arcade’s teenybopper blood? He came up with Nova and the New Warriors. He has to be in his twenties. Chris laughs again and says he’s ancient. That’s what he gets for being more popular when he was younger. Once a teenage super hero, always a teenage super hero, no matter how often he edits Wikipedia.
Cammi turns and begins to walk away. “Waldorf,” she says. Chris asks what Waldorf means. Cammi informs him that it’s a hotel and the disarm command for all the incinerator mines they’ve been standing in. Chris is surprised. She rigged her own camp with explosives? Cammi tells him it isn’t her camp. It’s the trap she lured him into. She sleeps in the trees. She adds that she’ll take the snow tracks and he can take the woods. She’ll meet him back there at dawn and they’ll compare notes.
She heads off into the snow-covered lands which seem endless. As she begins to think that there’s nothing to find, she sees something beneath her. Before she can react, X-23 bursts through the snow and knocks her to the ground. She’s on Cammi in an instant and she raises her fist, claws extended ready to strike. Fortunately for Cammi, X-23 realizes that she isn’t the person she is after. Her scent isn’t right. She gets off her and apologizes before disappearing into the wilderness.
(flashback)As Cammi sits before Abigail Brand, arms folded and with a disgruntled look on her face, Abigail tells her that she’s impressed. She was impressed before they dragged her in there and her poker face is scary good. But, the fact is, she is wanted in seven different star systems. Intergalactic extradition being what it is, she has options. She could give her six cycles in a Badoon labor camp or donate her body to Kree science, which is a three-year program. She could hand her over to the Shi’ar. The list goes on. Or… as S.W.O.R.D. is an Earth-system organization, it would be fairly easy to ‘lose’ a thirteen-year-old human girl planet-side. All she has to do is talk to her. Cammi replies, “Fine. I’ll talk. Just please don’t send me home.”
Abigail asks if she’s telling her she doesn’t want a full pardon back to Earth? Cammi says no. Abigail asks if she’d prefer alien torture prison? Cammi replies yes. Abigail then wonders why she would prefer that. Before Cammi can respond, Arcade uses his power to teleport her out of there to Murder World.
(present)Cammi gets up following Laura’s attack and calls herself stupid. Stupid, weak and slow. She’s a silly little girl who doesn’t deserve any respect. She fires her weapon skywards and screams in frustration. She then removes her outfit and assumes a press-up position in the snow, fists clenched. As she pushes she repeats the words to herself. Stupid. Weak. Slow. Watching are Apex and Death Locket. Apex finds her behavior odd but she’s soon seen enough and they leave.
(meanwhile)As Darkhawk treks through the forest, he hears a noise from behind a tree. He tells whoever it is that, if they’re gonna make that much noise, they might as well cut the crap and show their cards. But, he warns them, “I’m all in.” He stands in readiness as his suit opens up and prepares all his considerable weaponry for battle. Unfortunately, he isn’t prepared for the stranger’s assault. His weapons turn in on themselves and are torn from their housings. The amulet he wears in his chest is then forcibly ripped out and taken into the trees, leaving Chris Powell lying in the grass, unconscious.


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(Murder World, Quadrant 3)It’s evening and Nico & Chase are both wide awake. Chase says that he believes they have a good thing going. They sit tight, protect their little bit of beach and… He pauses as he hears a “Hoo Hoo” coming from the trees. “What was…?” he asks. Nico replies that it was an owl. Chase relaxes and continues to point out that they have the waves at their backs and Nico’s taken care of the food stuffs. They’re set up. They can let all the nasty play out over there. They can pop fools in the mouth now and then if they’re dumb enough to set foot in their pad and bring the pain when the last of them come looking to end it. Nico isn’t interested in his macho rhetoric and says that, in the end, they’ll just flip a coin or something and let fate decide whether she kills him or he kills her. Chase reckons it won’t come to that. “Do you have a coin?” she asks. Chase reiterates that it won’t come to that. Sitting under a tree that has borne magic fruit, Nico asks if he can take first watch. She wants to try and sleep.
As Nico settles down, Chase has a little time to think. His parents were no-joke super-genius smart. Him, he was good at sports; not that they thought it was an okay trade-off. When he was ten and won the little league, on the way home they drove by a pier so he could chuck his trophy into the ocean. His father told him to bite his lip. He would be great at something else, something important and those awards they would keep. Two days before he broke the middle school receiving record, his dad broke a lamp and three bookshelves because they’d booted him out of AP science.
Then, in the senior year, he would have been captain of their state champion lacrosse team, except he had to run away when he and his friends found out their parents were secretly super-villains, sacrificing virgins and feeding souls to big, meaty-looking demon things. Mom was right, though. He did finally find something other than sports he was great at. It turns out he’s the idiot Kung Fu master of surviving horrible, terrifying £&%@*. He outlives everybody. Other people? Smarter people? Nah, they all die. Alex died at the hand of the Gibborim as did his mom and dad. Gert, the first girl he ever… Anyway, she died in his arms. Twice. So, for once in his life he’s not worried about losing the game. He’s scared he’ll win.
As he thinks back, he hears something and stands up, immediately using his Fistigons to blast into the forest. Nico wakes with a start and asks what’s going on. Chase tells her he doesn’t know. He heard something moving and started roasting. She says it looks like he got it. They see a burning pile and she reckons it’s still an owl and what looks like its dinner - the chipmunk. Nico turns and says this isn’t working. They’ll go crazy trying to defend the place, just the two of them. Every night and no sleep, and that’s if they don’t die in a fire. Chase says he’s sorry, but what other option have they got? “We find roommates,” replies Nico. The Staff of One glows and she says, “Uproot.” Her tree with the magic fruit severs from the ground.
(Quadrant 4)Hazmat is in a clearing. “Morning Reptil,” she says. “Any luck?” Reptil emerges from the trees and replies that he’s had none, and how does she always hear him coming? He was being sneaky. She asks him to look at himself. His upper half is human but his lower half is part dinosaur with the large feet to go with it. He admits that he’s found no food and no Juston. X-23 then appears from under the snow and says it’s the same there. Her appearance startles Reptil, who says she’s like a ghost. Hazmat tells him that, compared to him, everyone’s a ghost. Laura explains that the Sentinel’s wreckage ends just outside the quadrant border. It also looks like Arcade’s cut off the food supply.
As they sit around a fire, Laura informs them that she’s only seen one rabbit in three days. Humberto replies that there’s nothing left in the woods, unless they’re hungry for loud British kids. Hazmat bets that the sick red-headed %&$*@ is planning something. She figures hunting is off the table. They’ll spend that energy searching for Juston. It’s time to take the search south. “Jen,” says Reptil. Hazmat asks him not to call her that. He points out that if Juston got dumped in the desert days ago… it’s like 103 degrees in the shade. Hazmat stands up and barks that they’re not leaving him out there. Humberto replies that he didn’t mean that, but how are they supposed to survive the desert on snow melt and no food?
From the forest emerge Chase and Nico, both with their arms raised. Nico tells them she might have an idea about that. Chase whispers that he sure hopes it better than this one. “Reptil,” says Hazmat. He immediately stomps them, pinning them both to the ground with his clawed feet. Chase grimaces and tells him that that was a bad move. Nico asks him to calm down. She has this under control. The three academy students look up to see the glowing tree hovering beside them. “What is that?” asks Laura. Hazmat says she doesn’t know, but she should kill it. Reptil asks how. Jenny doesn’t know. She tells Nico that she doesn’t know what it’s supposed to be but right now she orders her to call it off before she microwaves her boyfriend’s skull. Nico struggles to reply, but manages to explains that it’s not what she thinks it is. It’s food!
Reptil allows them to get to their feet and Nico explains that she and Chase figured out pretty quick that their survival skills stop just shy of hunting and gathering. They’re from Malibu. She found this probably poisonous berry tree in the woods and started enchanting it. She asks if they remember how her magic works. She cuts herself to summon the staff and then there’s a lot of guesswork involved. The magic’s even wonkier there than back home. Escape spells don’t work and she can’t touch Arcade. The tree took a lot of effort to get right, but now it bears fruit every eight hours. She reaches up and grabs one of the glowing gold fruits, adding that it’s high protein and vitamin rich. Chase has a bite and says that they taste like a food sex bomb exploded in your mouth. “Food sex bomb?” asks Reptil. Nico asks him please not to have him explain that. X23 asks Hazmat what she thinks. Nico says they need the food whilst they need a safe place to sleep. They could all use a little strength in numbers. Reluctantly, Hazmat grabs one of the fruits and says fine, but if this is some kind of trick…
Before long, Chase and Nico get their heads down, though Chase bets her fifty bucks they’ll kill them in their sleep. “You’re on,” replies Nico. Time passes and they fall asleep. X-23, Reptil and Hazmat gorge themselves on the fruit. They fill up so much they have to let it digest, but soon they are dancing around the fire, enjoying themselves for a change.
(later)Chase is awake and he goes for a walk with Reptil whilst the others sleep. Chase admits that he’s still not sold on the code name thing. Humberto admits it’s kinda cheesy, but he guesses they’re like band names. All the good ones are taken. Chase asks what he missed. Reptil says he missed sixteen hours and a lot of face stuffing. He points out that Nico’s still asleep. Chase is pleased. Nico needed it. Reptil admits that he thought about killing them earlier. It’s not like he didn’t want to or anything, but when he had them by the throats he considered it. How messed up is that? Chase understands. It’s the place. It does that to ya. Reptil tells him that what’s messing him up though is that he’s still him after that. He was an inch away from murder earlier today and all he can think about is this chica back home and whether they’re still a thing or not. It’s like nothing’s changed. It’s just another part of his day.
They walk a while before Reptil sits down on a fallen tree. Chase tells him he’s a bad person. He sits beside Humberto and tells him that he’s never done anything for the right reason. His whole life he’s done whatever’s easy and whatever’s safe. What gets him something without having to work. Back when Nico and the rest of them fought against their parents, when they got ‘em killed saving the world, he didn’t care about the world. He just wanted to get back at his old man. He hated him and now he’s dead. He used to tell himself that he was getting better and he does try, mostly because he doesn’t want to disappoint his friends. But, at the end of the day, in this place it’s a lost cause. He’s crap. So, killing him wouldn’t be such a bad thing. They’d all be better off. But, he adds, if he ever thinks about hurting Nico again, he’ll rip his spine out through his throat. With that, Chase stands up and says he has to take a leak. Reptil sits there for a moment before looking over to the trees. He sees a swirl of flame develop and calls out Chase’s name. Before anyone can answer, Reptil is enveloped in flame and he screams as his skin starts to burn.
Once Chase has finished, he returns to see X-23 standing over Humberto’s sizzling body. He asks what the &%#* happened. Is he gonna be okay? How did this happen? Laura tells him it was some kid with a flame thrower. It came at him out of the woods. She then turns and snikts her claws. “You were in the woods,” she snarls. Hazmat then appears and warns Chase to back away from her friends... right now! Chase stands and assures her that he didn’t burn the kid. He wouldn’t! Hazmat powers up and as she blasts him with a radioactive burst, Nico appears and uses a couple of spells, firstly ‘Fallout’ to create a wall to stop Hazmat’s attack and secondly ‘Chill out’ to create a pool of cold water to dampen Hazmat’s spirits.
Nico then apologizes, but she doesn’t want anyone to do anything they’ll regret. Chase whispers that he’s about to do something she’ll regret. Nico asks why they don’t figure out what just happened here. Hazmat replies that they’ve had one cheap shot apiece and they’re still standing. As X-23 stands beside her, she asks how they fancy their chances two on two. Chase, though gritted teeth, says he’s sorry for what happened to her boy, for real, but he’ll end them both before he lets them… Nico interjects, pointing out that they don’t want to fight. They’ll go. They can keep all the fruit they want but they’ll take their tree and go. Hazmat grins and aims her hand at the tree. “You mean this tree? Yeah?” She then blasts it, burning it to ash. “I think it might be sick.”
Disappointed, Chase and Nico turn to leave. Chase asks what now. Nico admits that she doesn’t know. He asks if they are going back to the beach. “I guess,” she replies, clearly saddened by what just happened. Chase says he’s sorry about the tree. He knows that it took a lot to cook that thing up. But, the next one will be even more dope. She turns and tells him that there is no next one. He knows that she can’t repeat spells. Chase is lost for words and Nico asks if he has some plan to share. Of course he doesn’t, she adds. That back there was it. They were their best shot at surviving and he just… She turns and tells him to forget it. Chase asks her to wait. She doesn’t think he attacked Reptil does she? Does she? She replies that she doesn’t know, but probably. She asks what difference it makes. They’re screwed either way.
Chase watches her walk away, lit by a full moon. He thinks about all the filthy &*%@ they’ve crawled through together. She’ll save his life but she still doesn’t trust him. How is he supposed to keep her alive if she doesn’t even want him around? He then notices Darkhawk’s amulet hanging in a tree from a chain. He opens his Fistigon and the amulet drops into his hand. Before he can react, the amulet lights up ruby red, swings around and plunges itself into his chest. He is then transformed as a Darkhawk costume builds around him; his Fistigons bearing three scary-looking blades each.


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Born Leader
It's nighttime and Kid Briton is wide awake. Cullen Bloodstone and Anachronism are fast asleep by the fire. Kid Briton thinks that it hardly seems fair. He's near-invincible; a born leader of men. Trained for combat straight out of the crib. He looks at Cullen. How's a runt like that supposed to contend with him? He doesn't stand a chance. Him or his beefcake boyfriend. He wonders if perhaps he should end them both now. It would save the heartache later. He looks down at the sleeping Apex and Death Locket and knows that Katy wouldn't like that and keeping Katy happy keeps him happy. He quite likes happy.
The Braddock Academy, before Murder World:As several heroes try and take down a rampaging monster in the grounds, Captain Britain is in his office with Kid Briton. Cap asks him to take the smug look off his face. He looks like a smug twit. The kid replies that he thought he looked just like him, when the great Captain Britain was still young and handsome. Cap points at him and reminds Kid Briton that he isn't him. His Britain, his universe was a trial by fire. At his age he was just a soft little boy with a silver spoon. Brian has the potential to become so much more than he ever will. And yet, he adds, he seems compelled to toss it all away. He explains that the Braddock Academy exists to make heroes out of Britain's best and brightest. He could be their noble leader. Instead, he is their cocky, self-impressed bully. p>
Kid Briton hears the commotion outside and says it sounds like there's some nasty business out there. Does he need him to tend to it? Cap replies that it's fine. he would prefer to hear what he has to say for himself. Kid Briton says, "So what?" His powers... their powers, depend on self-confidence, yeah? That's how he saved his universe five times before he pulled him out. Cocky is the only reason he is alive. He's sorry if Cap doesn't like the look of it. Cap snarls at him just as a loud ke-rash is heard outside. Kid Briton smiles and asks if he's sure he doesn't need him outside. Cap informs him that the institution is staffed by Britain's mightiest heroes. Whatever's happening out there, he promises they can handle it. The wall then suddenly caves in and Spitfire flies by. "Little help here, Captain," she says. Cap sighs and tells Kid Briton that he is excused. He should return to class. p>
Murder World, now:A song plays over the loudspeakers causing the young heroes like Cammi, Kid Briton, X-23 and Hazmat to stop in their tracks. Who can take tomorrow? asks the song's lyrics. Dip it in a dream. Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream. "The candy man can?" asks Cullen. A large bright image in the sky with eyes and a mouth replies that he's right and the Candy Man thinks they'reboring. Arcade, controlling the image, informs them that it's time to mix things up. Starting now and for the next twenty-four hours, Murder World will grow increasingly more interesting. p>
Nico Minoru and Chase Stein, two young runaways, see a tidal wave heading their way and make a run for it. They head into the snowy regions. Arcade explains that there are safe zones on the outskirts of all four quadrants where you can go to lick your wounds. And boy, will there be wounds, he adds. They spot Cammi being forced out of her tree by a localized avalanche. As she heads groundwards, Nico thinks quickly, raises her Staff of One and says, "Snow Globe." A forcefield protects Cammi as she lands but snow fall buries her deep.Arcade tells them that getting to these safe zones is gonna suck, and there's more. At one of the four safe zones they'll find food, water and all the medical supplies their little arms can carry.Chase tries to free Cammi using his Fistigons but tells Nico that there's a lot of snow. Does she think her spell even worked? Nico admits she doesn't know but asks him to keep digging until he finds her.Arcade gives everyone a clue. That zone is in quadrant 2 so they'd better hurry, because in Murder World it's always first come, first served. Chase finally burns the snow deep enough to locate Cammi. She looks up at him with her gun aimed right at him. "What do you want?" she asks. "Nothing," replies Chase.
Elsewhere Anachronism is picking up a fallen tree and Cullen is looking through the shrubbery. Apex asks what they're doing. They heard Arcade. The earthquakes were just the start. They need to go! Kid Briton replies that they're dead weight. They should leave 'em. "There's an idea," replies Nara, agreeing with his sentiments. Anachronism says he won't be a minute. He's looking for his axe. Kid Briton scoffs and asks why. It's not like he has the stones to use the bloody thing. Anachronism scowls at him. "What?" asks Brian. "Nothing," replies Anachronism.Cullen shouts over and says he's found it. He hurls it towards Brian's face, only for his friend to catch it inches before it hits home. "%&@$ sake," sighs Brian before punching Cullen to the ground. Anachronism grabs Brian and orders him to stop it. Brian tells him it looks like he finally grew those stones after all. Apex tells them that if they're done measuring, maybe they could go now.
The Braddock Academy, before Murder World:Brian is with Katy Bashir. She tells him that she's not sure why she puts up with him. He reckons he knows exactly why. Katy guesses he does have his advantages. A kid called Aiden approaches playing a game involving dragons on his laptop. Kid Briton slashes the laptop with his energy sword, destroying it. "Got 'im," says Brian. "No need for thanks, Aiden," he adds. "Slaying dragons. That's what I do."As Aiden wanders off, Brian grins and remarks that she should see what he just did to the new gamer kid. The ginger. "The look on his face was bloody..." A hand reaches for him and pulls him to her. It's Nara and she tells him to shut up. She doesn't care. She kisses him and after a momentary pause to take in what's happening, Brian responds.< p>
Aiden walks back in on them and apologizes. Brian punches the poor guy to the floor, telling him that the point of this isn't to punish him. It's not his fault he wandered in. He just wanted to make it clear how important it is that no one finds out. He roughs Aiden up some more and he promises they won't. Nara asks what if he tells Katy. Brian assures her that he won't. He's a coward through and through. He probably didn't even need the beating really. She tells him that part was hot. Brian replies that she's messed up. "You love it," she smiles. Behind him, Aiden screams as he to transforms into Anachronism.
Murder World, now):Cammi tells Nico and Chase that by her count, it's Mettle, Red Raven... "Red Raven?" asks Nico. Cammie reminds her of the bird girl from day one. So, it's Red Raven, the kid with the Sentinel and Darkhawk. "Darkhawk, really?" asks Nico. Cammie admits that she is surprised too but he skipped a meet and has been missing for days. She keeps a pretty good eye out. Chase holds his chest and coughs. He says the guy was pretty legit. Cammi reckons the Sentinel was no slouch either. She tells them she's bad at trust and worse when asking for help, but if it weren't for them she'd be frozen stiff and six feet deep. She can survive almost anything, she explains. It's the one thing she's good at, but, she's a little out of her league here. What would they say to an alliance? She can teach them how to stay alive and they can lend her some firepower?
Meanwile, as they head to quadrant 2, Anachronism asks where they are, really. Did Arcade build all this somehow? Is it magic? Cullen says no offense, but who cares? Dead in a magic hell-hole or dead in a computer game. What's the difference?Apex asks what the hold up is with those two. Kid Briton reckons they want to have a swim. "Go on!" he cries. "Jump in!" He says they'll wait for them.Anachronism says he hates Brian. Cullen replies that everyone hates Brian. They hear a rumble beneath then and wonder what's going on. The next second, the bridge beneath them collapses and they fall into the river below followed by several heavy rocks. They scream as they plunge into the water. Anachronism surfaces first and pulls Cullen to the side.Brian laughs and Apex asks if they're alive. Nara reckons they're fine. Brian reckons they really did fancy a swim after all. Nara reckons it'll save them having to deal with them later. Death Locket thinks for a moment and then blasts Nara in the back. She follows the others into the water below. "Nara!" screams Brian.Elsewhere Hazmat and X-23 are carrying Reptil's burned body on a stretcher. Laura asks Jenny if she needs another break but she reckons Reptil needs those medical supplies. They'll never make it if they keep stopping. Laura fears they'll never make it if Jenny collapses. They should rest. They put down the stretcher and Hazmat kneels beside him.She asks him, if it's not too much to ask, if he could wake up now. "All right, I'm up," he replies. Hazmat is startled by his sudden burst into consciousness. He asks her what's for breakfast. She gives him a big hug and tells him that she thought they were going to lose him. She informs him that there is food and medicine out in the desert, but Chase burned him so bad they had to carry him. Reptil asks her to hold up. He tells her that Chase didn't do this. Hazmat replies that she knows it's hard to believe, but the Runaways were playing them. He attacked him while he was asleep. "Hazmat, no," he replies. Laura says that's how it seemed. Humberto assures them that he saw who attacked him. They were in the woods right before the fire. It wasn't Chase, it was that Deathlok girl!
Meanwhile, Brian grabs Death Locket roughly and asks what she did that for. She replies that honestly, she doesn't know. Katy asks her not to sweat it. Everything's fine. Brian turns to her and asks if she's mental! Her pet robot just blasted Nara off a bloody cliff! He summons his energy sword and warns her that she'd better climb down there and make it right before he splits her in half. Katy says no. She reminds him that Nara is Atlantean. She's fallen into a river. She'll swim. The three of them have the best shot of getting to that supply cache. As he said, cutting loose dead weight only helps. She adds that Nara is impulsive and mean-spirited. More to the point, she's fairly useless on dry land. She asks him to look around at all the dirt. Death Locket's made the right choice here. Brian tries to reply but Katy holds his face gently and asks him to listen to her. She let him have his fishy plaything back at school because confidence makes him stronger. Strong is sexy and it was cute to watch him sneak about. However, now they are there, she's done sharing. She turns and heads off, telling them to go win their supper. p> Hardly seems fair, thinks Brian as he watches her leave.