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As the police regroup along the outer edges of the block, Terrain lords over the decimation in front of him.

The safe lock clicks and its door swings open. Inside, it extends back into the wall some 6 feet. Bernadette slides out its contents – two silver metal cases. One is around the size and shape of an airport carry-on, while the other is much longer and flatter, more the size of a rectangular guitar

Bernadette (disregarding his displeasure) pauses briefly at his work station. Leaning down, she yanks off her high heels and plops them on the corner of his desk, while looking at him with wide excited eyes.

Adam Harris sits alone at his desk, quietly tinkering with a disassembled computer motherboard. On the corner of his desk is a used name tag with faded ink that reads ‘WarKar Job Fair – Engineers of Tomorrow’ at the top, with ‘Adam Harris – UCLA 2009’ scrawled below.

A split-second later, Relay slides to a hard stop near the exposed underbelly of that overturned city bus. Huddled down, hidden from everyone’s view, are her three Fearless teammates: Night Terror, Magmamite, and Nobody.

A man trapped beneath his toppled newsstand cries out for help. His plea is answered when, from out of nowhere, Relay now stands before him.

Just beyond the cordoned-off area, numerous news crews have set up shop. A WNSG reporter, Barbara Rodgers, holds her microphone up to her face while motioning over to her cameraman, Silvio, to zoom in.

The normally busy Lexington Avenue area is now a battle zone. Ragged slabs of concrete jut up from the street, cracked pipes spill out equal parts water and steam, while exposed wires crackle and spark. An overturned car bursts into flame, pumping a fresh mushroom cloud of black smoke into the air. In the center

‘…threatening Midtown. Fearless spotted at the scene…’