Vol 1 Issue No.2

"' They didn't kill it. '"-- Miss'splosion on Wonder Watch's failure in the Battle of Egypt

Appearing in "If, When, Things Go Bad"
Featured Characters: Antagonists: Other Characters: Locations:
 * Painkiller (Shay)
 * Beast (Nuna Pondelik)
 * ? (Erem Orbu)
 * Vessel (David Liu)
 * Hyperlight (Maya Rai)
 * Neon!
 * Sobek (In storage)
 * Guards (Jim and friend)
 * Miss'splosion
 * The Doctor
 * Ms. Peregrine
 * Akira
 * The Ladykiller
 * Hannah Grift
 * The Lock-Up
 * Halcyon City
 * Halcyon City High
 * Akira's Penthouse Suite
 * Beachfront

Synopsis of "If, When, Things Go Bad"
The issue picks up where the last one left off. The cover-page is of Painkiller detained in a high-secutrity cell next to Miss'splosion.

Outside the back of the high-security Lock-Up, Hyperlight hacks into a back door to open it from the inside, allowing her and Vessel to enter. Inside, Vessel is startled by a momentary deoderizing spray, but, seeing as they haven't yet alerted security, the duo press on.

Inside, they walk out onto a walkway to find a warehouse under construction. It's stocked with barrels surrounding what appears to be a giant-size ribcage and finger bones. Looking around at the guards, Hyperlight suggests an improvised plan to steal some military uniforms, and proceed through the facility under a disguise. Convincing Vessel, they both climb down a ladder to the warehouse floor, where they sneak around to the back-side of a duo of guards sitting down for a smoke break. Vessel attempts to grab for one of the guards, but they notice and draw their firearms, point blank, on the duo. After a pause, Hyperlight slowly raises her hands with a sigh, and they are both captured.

Set up in cells adjacent to Miss'splosion and Painkiller, all four get to talking on the matter of why Miss'splosion blew up Halcyon City Square. She explains, saying that she had broken out to inform the world that Wonder Watch failed to kill their foe in the Battle of Egypt 5 years ago. Few know the details of the Battle, including who they were fighting. Apparently, their foe was another Trittanian like Ra who wanted to rebel against their brethren and gain more power. Hyperlight, similarly to Miss'splosion, theorized that Set was the culprit; but, as Miss'splosion learned, Sobek was the true threat. Hyperlight deduced that the bones and barrels stored in the warehouse were pieces of Sobek, revealing that, while Wonder Watch didn't kill their quarry, they seemingly had him under lockdown.

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