Summary:Mitosis

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Chapter 1

David Charleston and Abraham visit a hotdog stand in Newcago, and David introduces Abraham to Chicago-style hotdogs and the vendor gives them half off. David enjoys the hotdog, reflecting on the way things used to be. David and Abraham go greet newcomers at the entrance of the city, where they’re being processed. As he greets people, David notices a suspicious man entering the city, and follows him. As David watches the man from a distance. The man looks around him, then splits into two identical versions of himself, and the two walk in different directions. David calls Tia and Abraham, and tells them that they have a big problem.

Chapter 2

As David tails the Epic, Tia looks him up in her files. She tells him that he’s called Mitosis, and that he can split himself nearly indefinitely. She reports that the more clones he makes, the dumber they all get, and that Mitosis hates music. Abraham goes to the government offices to get the city officials to safety, and Tia says that Prof is too far away to help. As they talk, the Mitosis clone that Davis is following steps out into the street, pulling out his gun. Mitosis announces that he is here to fight David. He announces that for every five minutes that pass without David revealing himself, he will kill a random civilian.

Chapter 3

As David and the others discuss what to do, Mitosis counts down the minutes. David abruptly steps out into the street, shooting Mitosis in the head. All of the Mitosis clones start chasing after David. David engages another Mitosis clone. The clones keeps duplicating as David kills them with his rifle, but he manages to kill them. Jax runs into an abandoned hotel, trying to buy time for Tia to find out and utilize Mitosis’ weakness. Tia tries to find some old music from Mitosis’ old band, as she thinks that it’s his weakness. Clones find David and crowd into the hotel, attacking him. David fights them off, and discovers that the more clones there are, the more unstable they become. More clones break in and start to overwhelm Jax, and Tia finally finds the right music.

David plays the song on his mobile, and the clones close to him melt. David runs from the clones and escapes the hotel, but as he does he gets shot in the side. David is forced to throw his mobile to distract the clones, then runs for the understreets. He tells Tia to find a way to play Mitosis’ old music across the city.

Chapter 4

Hundreds of Mitosis clones chase after David as he runs into an air vent, which is narrow enough that only one clone can enter at a time. As the clones corner him, David desperately starts singing one of Mitosis’ old songs. David sings, and each clone melts as they approach. They clones slowly grow closer as David’s voice gives out. Mitosis demands to know how Steelheart really died as David begins to black out. David hears distant singing from outside the tunnel. Hef realizes that all the citizens of Newcago have come outside and have begun singing at Tia’s request to them. The Mitosis clones begin to melt.

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