Chapter 4-8

March 23rd.

At the Hebert household.

Taylor and Amy had become quick friends after their chance encounter in taylors bug nest. The basement/cave was an idea Georgia had given her after she had come over for dinner that one night.

"Why are you over here again Amy?" Taylor asks

"I got into another fight with Carol." Amy says

"What was it about this time?" Taylor asks

"Apparently I am adopted Tay…" Amy says with clear sarcasm

"Didn't you already know that?" Taylor says with a smile

Amy snorts in response.

Breaking news is suddenly playing on the tv.

"It was a normal Wednesday morning. Students at Cornell University were just getting ready to start the classes when at 7am an explosion shook the campus grounds. It was followed by alarms and several dozen more explosions as the sprinkler systems were finally set off." The reporter says as smoke is rising from the building in the background.

The camera pans around showing several armored police vehicles along with the local protectorate group. Staged behind them are the paramedics.

Amy and Taylor watch the news as a streak of light flies into the building.

"There goes the Hero Legend, into the danger zone." The reporter says with awe.

Amy turns the tv off.

"That's nothing compared to the bay." Amy says with a scoff.

When you have a dragon that gets upset and levels 1/8th the city in his biennial fight with the blender dog. Though that might not happen this year since according to Tay, Georgia almost blew off his leg with a 40mm armor-piercing round.

"True, I wonder if someone went Carrie again," Taylor says

"Who's Carrie again? I keep hearing about it but I don't actually know of the incident." Amy says

"I wish we didn't have to use that Steven King book as an adjective," Danny says from the kitchen.

"Well, when one of the best horror story writers writes something that mirrors a parahuman triggering and getting revenge on her bullies. It makes sense that it would be seen as the "First incedent." " Taylor says

"Wait, it's a book. Not an actual incident?" Amy asks in shock.

"You… How do you, of all people, not know that?" Taylor asks

Unknown to them Cauldron was plotting in the background with a move that would have long-lasting consequences. Assuming their plan wasn't interrupted by something stupid.

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Thomas Calvert is scared shitless.

Coil thought he had seen it all until Tattletale had run and taken the undersiders with her.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go ary.

After all what was a plan in the face of overwhelming firepower? His mercenaries literally could not get past the gate before they were shelled into oblivion. The one that survived the first salvo said he had been hit by a freedom sedan.

Though, this was the farthest one of his timelines have made it without the city being nuked. So this gave him the rare opportunity to learn about his enemies.

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Several simulated hours later.

Coil has learned nothing besides the fact that his mercenaries' body armor was not immune to anti material rounds.

He got more from Tagg's charge than he did from several dozens of timelines.

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Amy had left earlier in the day. Taylor was in the den watching the black widows work on her outfit.

"It should stop knives and small caliber arms hopefully." Taylor murmurs to herself.

"Could it stop me though?" Taylor asks, looking at the hole she punched into the concrete pillar which had height marks on it.

She punched the pillar in a rage after she realized her powers were causing her to shrink.

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Hannah was out for a walk. She couldn't stand being on the rig at the moment. Someone had hacked the PRT and leaked most of the confidential files relating to cover-ups and other incidents. They had claimed that it was the Herbert case that made them do some digging since it was leaked a ward was responsible for all of the sufferings the girl went through.

Assault was MadCap… That was the second biggest problem with the local ENE, the fact that Armsmaster killed a girl was probably the lightest crime leaked. The biggest one was the Identity of Coil or Thomas Calvert who was running a black ops group trying to take over the criminal element of the bay committing all sorts of crimes in the name of taking over the city.

"You look like you've had a day." A woman says

"That is not even the start of it… You look exhausted as well." Hannah says

"Kids." She says with a smile.

"Your's?" Hannah asks

"It feels like it. Though they aren't. They tried to start a fire to see how hot it felt recently."

"I'm Hannah,"

"You can call me York." New York says

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Next chapter should be a PHO so hopefully, I'll get to do it on my day off. This one took so long to get out thanks to someone stealing the license plate off my car and I had to spend my two days off with police reports and dmvs.