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=== Chapter 3 ===
Sourcefield chases David, yelling that she doesn't believe that he killed Steelheart.
=== Chapter 4 ===
=== Chapter 13 ===
David tries to aim his rifle but Obliteration knocks it aside and grabs David by the throat. David manages to stick the bomb to the Epic, but he ignores it, removing David's phone and ear piece and kicking his gun away. He then questions David about killing Steelheart and
=== Chapter 14 ===
Val berates Mizzy for abandoning David, and she says she went to rescue some people who were trapped in a burning building. They discuss the attack, and Regalia's projection appears saying she recruited Obliteration by offering to let him destroy Babilar. Tia snaps at her, and Regalia threatens to destroy the boat they are in, before relenting at the mention of Prof. She says that she doesn't know how much longer she can hold back from wiping out the city and vanishes. They go to another building and dump soap in the water to obscure it and prevent Regalia from scrying through or manipulating it. They then surface a submarine.
=== Chapter 15 ===
=== Chapter 17 ===
David wakes up somewhat disoriented, and after passing through the atrium which seems to be under fifty feet of water above the skylight, follows distant voices to find Prof and Tia talking about Regalia. Tia and David think that Regalia is trying to resist acting evil, but Prof thinks it is a ploy. David argues in favor of saving Regalia, but Prof thinks that David is really thinking of Megan instead, and Prof says that despite his former friendship with Regalia that she doesn't deserve mercy for all the death she has caused despite the personality warping that is inflicted on Epics who use their powers. Prof says that he will put Regalia down one way or the other and
The Reckoners convene in another room with a glass wall facing the water of Long Island Sound to plan the battle to bring down Regalia. She isn't a High Epic, so they think that their main obstacle to killing her is mainly locating her using triangulation based on their estimates of five miles for the range of her abilities. Tia reveals that she and Prof knew Regalia in the past and Valentine is upset that they never mentioned this before. Prof says that Regalia probably keeps one base and stays there, unlike Steelheart who moved around a lot to elude his enemies. They decide to try to lure out Regalia to pinpoint her location by going after Obliteration and [[Newton]], the Epic gang leader and Regalia's lieutenant. Valentine mentions that they had a plan for taking out Newton, but it involved a device called a [[spyril]] that is now broken. Prof disperses the crew except David to remind him to focus on Regalia as the primary target. David ponders that his attitude toward Epics has changed after meeting Prof, [[Conflux]] and Megan, and thinks about trying to capture and keep an Epic's powers neutralized to restore their personality as a proof of concept for saving Regalia or Megan at a future time.
=== Chapter 20 ===
David tries to spy on Newton but Mizzy dissuades him from drawing Newton's attention and they discuss the Epic while dancing. David speaks of his research into Epic weaknesses and how it felt to kill Steelheart. Mizzy says she admires David's dedication and that she wants to kill Megan for killing her friend Sam, and David doesn't reply but he does decide he needs to clear Megan's name as soon as possible.
=== Chapter 21 ===
=== Chapter 24 ===
David practices with the spyril, which requires a high degree of coordination to master due to the separate controls for propulsion and balance. He manages to jet just above the water at high speeds and shows off this ability though Mizzy jokes that he looked like a porpoise when doing this. They stop to eat lunch, and talk about fighting Epics. David reviews a photo of Obliteration, and calls Val to keep an eye out
=== Chapter 25 ===
=== Chapter 27 ===
David
=== Chapter 28 ===
David and the Babilaran refugees are in a warehouse the day after Prof rescued them. The refugees have agreed not to say they didn't see anything and not to return to the city for at least a month.
David lies to Val about how the people were saved to hide the fact that Prof is an epic. He tries to engage her in friendly conversation but fails repeatedly before getting her to talk about a prior operation he'd heard rumors of. After finally having a successful conversation with Val, David goes to the supply shed to check on Prof, who has been hiding in it.
=== Chapter 32 ===
=== Chapter 39 ===
David spends a day brooding that he will be kicked out of the Reckoners. The following day, David talks with Prof as the others plan to go on a mission to take down Newton.
== Part Four ==
David touches the water and imagines what the city might have been like as it was flooded, and relives his fears of drowning though they are less intense than usual and he dismisses them. A voice tells him to seize his new powers but he refuses and the tingling feeling vanishes. Regalia thinks that David has powers now but he glibly denies that he changed, and asks Regalia if the powers are tied to Epics' fears. Regalia vanishes and he falls into the water, and then swims to a nearby building.
He ponders the implications of what happened, and thinks that Calamity is a gifter Epic. He asks some Babilarians for directions to Finkle Crossway to where the ambush is taking place, then picks a place along the planned route to intercept the other Reckoners to warn them. David ends up in a bazaar where he trades his sneakers for a cloak, sandals and a knife. David goes to a tavern to wait for Newton and she appears shortly thereafter. A couple of random people
=== Chapter 43 ===
=== Chapter 49 ===
David shoots Obliteration while holding onto him, and they both teleport into a dark windowless room. David grabs Obliteration's eyeglasses and backs away as Obliteration draws his sword. David asks about Obliteration's nightmares which gives the Epic pause, and he asks how David knows about the nightmares. David explains his nightmare theory, and Obliteration gets a revelation from this and thanks David for the secret, and tells David to say hi to Regalia, then teleports out. David leaves the room to explore the building that he is in, and finds old posters including one with a band's name and a picture of hands holding a glowing fruit. David finds a room with two hospital beds, one with a sleeping
man hooked up to tubes and the other with an older woman, Regalia, watching some monitors. A doctor who was examining the man sees David and leaves. One of the monitors displays Prof, Val and Exel in a glowing room. David says that Obliteration brought him there and that he figured out how Obliteration was getting orders from her to find him. Regalia says she is very sick and that her powers can't save her. David figures out the sleeping man is Dawnslight, and Regalia says she doesn't understand why Calamity granted powers to a man who was comatose since his childhood, and who has turned Babilar into his dream. Regalia says she has cancer and weeks to live, and David asks why she cares about Prof. The monitor shows a device and Regalia explains that other Epics can gift their powers, and David realizes the device is a bomb made from Obliteration's DNA. Regalia says David assumed wrong about her plans for Prof, and detonates the bomb remotely. The bomb blows up but the explosion is contained by Prof who uses a forcefield on it, though he had to expend a great amount of power to do so. Regalia then explains that she wanted a successor.
=== Chapter 50 ===
David yells at Regalia and watches Prof on the monitor as he gives into the darkness and kills Val and Exel with forcefields, as High Epics at first usually go after those who know them best. Angered, David stabs Regalia with Obliteration's sword, killing her. On the monitor, where Prof is, a similar bank of monitors appears, one of which has a map to where Regalia's headquarters in New Jersey is. David notices a video camera and realizes that his location is on a monitor where Prof is, and that Prof would be going after him next.
=== Chapter 51 ===
David tries unsuccessfully to waken Dawnslight. David realizes he will have to face Prof eventually and decides not to put it off. David climbs to the roof of the house he was on, and in the early morning light, sees the water receding from Manhattan. David contemplates his role in Prof turning evil and thinks he isn't totally innocent even though it was Regalia's plan. Prof appears, using a forcefield to levitate himself. David holds out his pendant and says he believes in Prof, but Prof responds by enclosing a forcefield around David to kill him. David is suddenly outside the forcefield before it compresses. A bright light appears and explodes around them, and is revealed to be Megan. Megan puts Prof into his own forcefield twice, and Prof shows fear suddenly. Megan and David teleport to a house nearby, and David watches as Megan collapses and Prof flies off. Megan says that she doesn't feel like killing David and moans that the secret is the power of love. Megan summons some clothing and David explains that she took control over the darkness by facing her fears when she tried to rescue David.
== Epilogue ==
David and Megan return to Babilar, and Megan says the roots from Dawnlights plants are holding up the buildings and keeping them from collapsing. David explains his Epic fears theory, comparing it to oatmeal on pancakes, and Megan says that David has been saying similes, not metaphors. Mizzy shows up, saying she survived due to a message from Dawnslight, and gives another message to David that says to dream good dreams. David implores Mizzy and Megan to not shoot each other, and says they have a lot of work to do.
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