Cat Grant here. I wish I could say things…give you all the news that is worthy to print in easy to manage…nevermind.
I write this from a hospital bed. Have been witness to a tragedy of Homeric proportions.
I have no words for the valor, courage or raw unabiding love I witness last night.
Love turned to sorrow. Love turned to rage. Either way love forever lost.
Let us hope things get better…I fear, however, they are going to get much worse.
Orichalcum caught Cat Grant before she hit the water and then saw a blinding red light. Achilles is alone on the bridge with his shattered sword. Orichalcum takes Cat to the hospital, followed by Achilles. The others take care of Ferdinand, Thomas, and Flamebird. Cat will recover. While Achilles is waiting for her to wake up, Lois Lane shows up as Cat’s emergency contact.
Orichalcum returns to base where the others are seeing to the other wounded and fills them in. She asks Grandfather how he ended up in the diamonds. He say he put himself in them because he knew he was about to be erased from the timeline. He notes that Orichalcum’s Homo Magi heritage is through her grandmother. Grandfather wants his body back, but it probably destroyed. She contemplates building a golem body for him.
Akasha studies his grandfather’s diary again, which starts in mid-1920 when he’s 60ish. The diary ends in 1968 when he’s sick. But he mentions a protégé that the organization will groom to take over Leviathan. He established criminal organization called Leviathan who fought Ra’s al Ghul because of opposed goals. Akasha investigates Leviathan and finds that there’s a patent on cloning held jointly by Cadmus Labs and Juniper Startup, the latter of which is one of many shells traced back to Leviathan.
Quantum talks to Flamebird about having a portable yellow-sun light source with her at all times set up through his nonsense powers. She reluctantly agrees to try. Meanwhile she suggests looking for the stygian dagger in the waters below the bridge.
Rachael treats Thomas and Ferdinand.
Cat Grant wakes up. Achilles tells her she was very brave and leaves, meeting Flamebird on the way to base. She didn’t find the dagger but did see an odd energy signature that she recognized as red lantern energy. Achilles researches Red Lanterns with the Orb.
At dinner, Akasha opines that her grandfather overrode Grandfather’s history. Orichalcum suggests she and Akasha do a blood test to see if they’re related. Thomas runs the test, which indicates that there’s a 99% likelihood they’re 1st cousins. Orichalcum says she’s going to build Grandfather a body. Achilles tells them the Stygian is now a Red Lantern.
Next day, insert Cat Bites here. Rachael goes back to campaigning. Polls show her neck-to-neck with Thorne, who is playing up her friendship with pedo Quantum. The negative ads continue for the next few days, but Rachael doesn’t go dirty but instead runs with her taking a bullet for Thorne. The back-and-forth goes viral.
Quantum consults with Akasha about reading Mark Shaw’s mind.
Election day. The team votes. Thomas tells Rachael he plans to leave after the election. The celebration party is held at the Embassy, attended by lots of celebrities, super and not. Quantum’s mother has been promoted to a two-star general. Achilles doesn’t respond to Donna or Cat’s expressions of sympathy. The election is too close to call for most of the evening, so the party dwindles down to hardcore watchers. At 2AM, Thorne calls Rachael and says he’s going to pull ahead by 35 votes and offers her a position in his administration as head of Community Outreach. The next day, the election is called for Thorne by the exact amount he said, but an automatic recall is triggered. Rachael asks Orichalcum to investigate and she finds that 267 late registrants from Chinatown gave him the win. Thorne-supported candidates downballot also won by thin margins.
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