Difference between revisions of "Summary:Firefight"

Sourcefield chases David, yelling that she doesn't believe that he killed Steelheart. DavidSourcefield taunts herthen intoruns chasingafter him blindly, while having backup Enforcement officers nearby as a contingency. David heads for their primary trap inside a building, and Sourcefield stops following, so they order some of the officers to chase Sourcefield with balloons to urge her onward. Sourcefield is able to elude the balloons and fight off the officers, but David throws a balloon at her back, making her turn. David spits at her feet and gets her to chase him again, and he goes to a residential building, and enters one of the apartments and goes into the bathroom, closing the door. Sourcefield enters through the wall, and David triggers the trap, a barrage of Kool-Aid from the ceiling, and showers spraying the beverage throughout the small room. David rips her mask off, revealing a middle-aged woman, and shoots her at point-blank range, killing her.

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 David said that he did and will kill Obliteration also. Obliteration recites a poem that ends with a death threat, and removes his shirt that has the bomb stuck to it, revealing a bandage. Obliteration throws David into the water and leaves, but as David climbs out, the Epic reappears to chain a heavy iron ball to David to make him sink, andthen shovingshoves him fully into the water. As he sinks, something appears in the water near him and the weight vanishes. David emerges from the water and finds Tia, but she doesn't know who saved him, though she does say that Prof drove off Obliteration. As they leave, the townspeople emerge, and David spots Megan among the crowd briefly, realizing it was her who removed the chain.

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.

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. MeganMizzy says she heard that Regalia is bringing scientists into town for some unknown purpose and David asks her to see if she is bringing other types of experts in as well. David ends up lingering on the edges of the party again instead of mingling.

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 ofif he starts sitting out in the sun, which may be how he charges up to nuke cities. Mizzy changes the subject to Firefight, saying she got information from Prof indicating that she is a Fire Epic, even though Prof knows that isn't true, which confuses David. David then practices more with the spyril, hoping to master it as quickly as possible. Taking a short break, Regalia suddenly appears.

David findfinds Prof and reports on Obliteration's behavior, and Prof says that they should go observe the fire Epic firsthand. David takes the spyril along and they get into the submarine, heading to Turtle Bay, an area on the mid-eastern side of pre-Regalia Manhattan. As they sail, Prof asks about David's proficiency with the spyril, and David carries on a secret text conversation with Megan, who asks him to meet up with her, and he replies that he will try. Prof says he is thinking about sending David back to Newcago, since he is too brash and seems likely to not follow orders and stick to their plan to kill Regalia, and demands that David reveal his secrets and objectives before they go any further, so that Prof can decide what to do.

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. Prof says that David waswants baitto join the wholemission, timebut andProf thatsays it will take time for Davidthe Reckoners to regain everyone'strust in David, and acknowledges that David may not be ready to trust him after being used as bait. Prof says theythat he planplans to use a forcefield to deal with Obliteration, and that he will have to deal with the side effects of great usage of his power to do so. David implores Prof to verify if Megan was telling the truth about her weakness to show that she is trustworthy. Prof getsloses angryhis temper and chokesattacks David, and tellschoking him. He says that heDavid shouldshouldn't have beenconcealed morehis opencommunication insteadwith ofMegan meetingand Meganthat inhe sees this as a personal secretbetrayal. David speculates that Regalia may be resisting the darkness and urges Prof saysto reconsider his plans. Prof replies that kind of optimistic talk is bad for him, andbecause that Davidit hasencourages him believingto falselyuse andhis thatpowers carelessly. Prof istells givingDavid inabout bythe usingteam hisof powerssuperheroes he and beingRegalia destroyedattempted to form during the early days of slowlyCalamity. ProfHe saysexplains theythat triednone thisof inthem other than himself were able to hold back the pastdarkness and that he hadeventually was forced to kill one of his former Epic colleagues and that another turned evilfriends. Prof alsothen says that theythe Reckoners are going to trap and kill Megan. David begs him not to go through with it and tries to explain his theory about a pattern among Epic weaknesses. Prof locksignores Davidthis aloneand traps David in histhe conference room using a forcefield,. andA few minutes later, David sees the sub leave the base.

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 throughthrew fruits at Newton, and she sends her henchmen to find them. Looking at the crowd, David spots Mizzy in disguise, standing near him.