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When Steelheart and his soldiers arrived, it quickly became clear to the team that their preparations had been compromised. Nightwielder went after David, who ran into the stadium and was distracted by an image of Megan appearing in a hallway.{{book ref|steelheart|36}} He fought Nightwielder off, reporting his sighting of Megan to the team, but the Epic kept ambushing him as he attempted to get to the field to try shooting Steelheart with his father's gun. David ran into another "illusion" of Megan, but this one spoke to him, mentioning the word knees. Deciding not to shoot her, he instead grabbed onto her and discovered that she was real right as an explosion knocked him down.{{book ref|steelheart|37}} Realizing both that Megan had disappeared again and that Steelheart's team must be listening in on their conversation, David lured Nightwielder and Megan to him again and managed to kill Nightwielder. He understood suddenly that Megan had been Firefight all along. Megan appeared to just be coming back to full awareness, with memories of the past still trickling in, but in the end she let David go, and he went to join Prof.{{book ref|steelheart|38}} David helped cover Abraham and Cody's retreat to the copter, but then he ran out to the confrontation between Prof and Steelheart and shot the latter with his father's gun.{{book ref|steelheart|39}}
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|We are all afraid of you. Fortunately I know someone who isn't afraid of you, and never has been.
|David to [[Steelheart (Epic)|Steelheart]]{{book ref|steelheart|40}}
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The bullets failed to harm Steelheart, and Prof was forced to jump in and save David. Steelheart savagely attacked Prof, leading David to think that he was dead. As Steelheart advanced on him, David finally put together the Epic's weakness: someone who was not afraid of him. He quickly rigged the handgun to explode, pointing it at Steelheart so that the Epic would grab it and try to kill him with it. Steelheart did so and fired, killing himself in the explosion.{{book ref|steelheart|40}} Prof kept the explosion from harming himself and David, revealing to David that he was really an Epic. They discussed his powers and Megan's identity as Firefight, and then Prof handed David Steelheart's steel skull. As Prof waited on the field for Tia to bring the helicopter, David ran into the stadium again and sought out Megan. He tried to convince her to come with him, but she refused; failing that, he warned her not to use her powers for a while so her mind could clear. The copter arrived, and Prof called David out to the team.{{book ref|steelheart|41}} They flew away from Soldier Field as the citizens of Newcago gathered outside to look up at the sky in daylight.{{book ref|steelheart|epilogue}}▼
==== Mitosis ====▼
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|I'm here for the one they call Steelslayer, the '''child''' who supposedly killed Steelheart.
|[[Mitosis (Epic)|Mitosis]]{{book ref|mitosis|2}}
|side=right|size=250px
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The Reckoners assisted with the change of government in Newcago following Steelheart's death, including dealing with riots and organizing jobs and law enforcement. As part of their new role in helping run the city, David and Abraham went downtown one day to check in on those entering the city. After stopping by to get a hot dog from [[Sam (vendor)|Sam]], David saw a suspicious man and tailed him. He realized the man was an Epic when he saw him creating clones.{{book ref|mitosis|1}} Tia quickly identified the Epic as [[Mitosis (Epic)|Mitosis]], and she and Abraham discussed what to do with David as he continued following one version of the Epic. Suddenly, every copy of Mitosis began calling out a challenge to David himself, promising to kill one citizen of Newcago every five minutes that it took for David to show up.{{book ref|mitosis|2}} After three minutes, David stepped out of hiding and shot the copy nearest him. All of the clones immediately ran for David, who took off in a random direction and began shooting each one he came across.{{book ref|mitosis|3}}
▲The bullets failed to harm Steelheart, and Prof was forced to jump in and save David. Steelheart savagely attacked Prof, leading David to think that he was dead. As Steelheart advanced on him, David finally put together the Epic's weakness. He quickly rigged the handgun to explode, pointing it at Steelheart so that the Epic would grab it and try to kill him with it. Steelheart fired, killing himself in the explosion.{{book ref|steelheart|40}} Prof kept the explosion from harming himself and David, revealing to David that he was really an Epic. They discussed his powers and Megan's identity as Firefight, and then Prof handed David Steelheart's steel skull. As Prof waited on the field for Tia to bring the helicopter, David ran into the stadium again and sought out Megan. He tried to convince her to come with him, but she refused; failing that, he warned her not to use her powers for a while so her mind could clear. The copter arrived, and Prof called David out to the team.{{book ref|steelheart|41}} They flew away from Soldier Field as the citizens of Newcago gathered outside to look up at the sky in daylight.{{book ref|steelheart|epilogue}}
David hid briefly in a hotel, but the clones detected him and came after him. Tia finally found an album by Mitosis's old [[Weaponized Cupcake|band]], which they hypothesized was Mitosis's weakness, and David was able to play it from his mobile to kill the clones attacking him. He got shot by another copy of Mitosis, however, and was forced to flee out the window without his mobile.{{book ref|mitosis|3}} He ran down to the river and climbed into an air vent, where he could force the clones to come at him one at a time. As each copy of Mitosis neared, David sang part of a song and melted the copy.{{book ref|mitosis|4}} Finally David was growing weaker, the shock of being shot wearing off, but as he was about to be overrun, the people of Newcago responded to Tia's emergency message and began singing in unison; this finally undid Mitosis.{{book ref|mitosis|4}}{{book ref|mitosis|5}} Abraham retrieved David from the tunnel and took him to a hospital, where several doctors attended him until Prof could arrive and heal him. Afterward, David and Prof discussed the nature of an Epic's weakness and the fact that Mitosis had deliberately come while Prof was away.{{book ref|mitosis|5}}
▲=== Mitosis ===
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==== Journey to Babilar ====
The Reckoners learn that Epics, including Mitosis, were being sent to Newcago by a High Epic known as [[Regalia]] in Babilar, formerly New York City. David, [[Jonathan Phaedrus |Prof]], and [[Tia]] travel to Babilar to take on Regalia; but David's primary reason for going to the city is to find Megan after hearing that she killed a Reckoner based in Babilar known as Sam. Throughout the book, David to struggles to adjust his perspective on Epics after meeting Prof, Megan, and even [[Dawnslight]], an Epic responsible for the nourishment of the people residing in Babilar.
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