Group X: No Tolerance Any Time, Part II Go back to part I.

(Issue #2. Front cover. We see Bastion holding a gun to Starshot's head. She is on the ground, in her uniform.)

Bastion: And when I'm done with you, I'm going after that friend of yours.

(Inside front cover. Repeat the blurbs from last issue.)Page 1, panel 1. We see Odora sitting on top of a ferris wheel.)

Cap (N1): Discover Place.
Cap (N2): Kirsten McDevin was assigned to work this area.
Cap (N3): The park is closed for the evening.
Cap (N4): But that won't stop some people from trying to take a few souvenirs.
Odora's thoughts: [I've got a nice viewpoint from here. . . but what is going to happen next?]

(Panel 2. She spots some lights on at a souvenir shop.)

Odora's thoughts: [Trouble below!]

(Panel 3. She flies off. Page 2, panel 1. We see some people in masks taking some of the souvenirs. They have a shopping cart filled with action figures of the Marvel Universe.)

Man1: Well, we've got enough to last us awhile.
Woman1: Let's book it.

(Panel 2. Odora flies in.)

Odora: That's enough of that!

(Panel 3. Splash panel, which crosses over onto page 4 as panel 1 there. Odora strikes the woman, knocking her down. Leave room for credits and episode title here.)

Woman: UHN!!
Cap (N, episode title): The friends are not mine.

(Page 4, panel 2. Odora blows a sleep gas into the man's face. He catches it.)

Man: *Cough!*

(Panel 3. Odora turns around to strike the woman in the jaw. The woman falls.)

Woman: UHN!

(Page 5, panel 1. Odora knocks the man into a display. He falls, out cold.)

SFX: POW!

(Panel 2. An Odora action figure falls at the feet of Odora. Panel 3. She picks up the package, and looks at it.)

Odora: This doesna look like me at all.

(Panel 4. Go over to Sonnos. He is flying over East L.A.)

Cap (N): And about the same time, over in East LA. . .

(Page 6, panel 1. Sonnos comes to some Hispanic people who are being confronted by some policemen. The policemen are both white men.)

Cop 1: Look, just come along quietly and nobody will get hurt.

(Panel 2. The Hispanic people get upset.)

Hispanic man: What? What did I do?
Cop 1: Look, you know what you did.

(Panel 3. The Hispanic man resists.)

Hispanic Man: I didn't do anything! It wasn't me!
Cop 1: Against the car, Mexican!

(Panel 4. The policemen draw their knightsticks.)

Hispanic man: What am I charged with?

(Page 7, panel 1. Cop 2 strikes the Hispanic man with his knightstick.)

SFX: WHACK!
Hispanic man: UHN!

(Panel 2. The police continue to beat on the man.)

SFX: WHOK!
Man: UHN!

(Panel 3. Sonnos flies down into the fracas. Panel 4. Sonnos sonicly pushes the policemen away from the Hispanic man.)

Sonnos: Don't mess with an amigo, gringo!

(Page 8, panel 1. Sonnos stands between the Hispanic man and the policemen. The Hispanic man now has a few bruises on him.)

Sonnos: What is going on here?
Cop 1: Stay out of this, mutant!
(Panel 2. Sonnos is deadpan.)

Sonnos: Listen, I respect the law, but not when it's unnecessarily hurting people.
Cop 2: This guy is stoned out on drugs. He doesn't know what he's doing.

(Panel 3. Sonnos then scans the Hispanic man.)

Sonnos: Well, there are traces of alcohol in his blood, but it is at .0013%. That's well below the intoxicated limit. I see no trace of drugs in his system.
Cop 1: That shows how much you know. You're under arrest for impeding an official investigation.

(Panel 4. Sonnos faces the policemen.)

Sonnos: Just what are you investigating?
Cop 2: That is not your concern. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

(Panel 3. Sonnos faces the Hispanic man. The cop continues to drone on, but we do not hear him.)

Sonnos: Se�or, what were you doing here?
Hispanic man: My dog has wandered off, and I was looking for it.

(Page 9, panel 1. Cop 2 approaches Sonnos.)

Cop 2: I don't think you're taking me seriously, mutant.

(Panel 2. Sonnos faces Cop 2.)

Sonnos: I am trying to find out the truth, and you seem unwilling to give it to me.

(Panel 3. The cop pulls out his knightstick.)

Cop 2: I'm going to have to take you in, mutant.

(Panel 4. Sonnos is deadpan.)

Sonnos: Es un lastima that this happens all the time here.

(Page 10, panel 1. The cop strikes Sonnos in the head with his knightstick.)

SFX: POW!

(Panel 2. Sonnos recovers.)

Sonnos: I have tried to reason with you, gringo.

(Panel 3. Sonnos sonicly lifts the policemen.)

Sonnos: We have made a videotape of this, and your superiors will see it. For now, you are returning to your headquarters.

(Panel 4. Sonnos flies off with the cops.)

Hispanic man: Gracias.
Cap (N1): Police brutality.
Cap (N2): It's never a pleasant sight.
Cap (N3): It's difficult not to be prejudicial.
Cap (N4): After seeing crime committed by Hispanics over and over,
Cap (N5): They start thinking all Hispanics are that way.
Cap (N6): Of course that's not true.
Cap (N7): And they are having to pay the price for that.

(Page 10, panel 1. Cut over to Dormira. She is riding a motorcycle down a street in Northridge.)

Cap (D1): So far, it is quiet.
Cap (D2): But I have only to find the crime.
Cap (D3): It is nearby.

(Panel 2. Dormira continues to ride her motorcycle.)

Cap (D1): It may look calm.
Cap (D2): But it is far from that.

(Panel 3. She turns a corner. Panel 4. She comes to a cat burglar trying to break into a home.)

Cap (D): And here is but a small part of the trouble.

(Page 11, panel 1. Dormira stops her motorcycle, and goes up to the burglar. Panel 2. The burglar turns, and sees Dormira. She now has her helmet removed. Panel 3. The burglar runs away from Dormira, with her following him.)

Dormira: You cannot get away from me.

(Page 12, panel 1. They continue to run after each other. Panel 2. Dormira makes a flying tackle on the burglar.)

SFX: WHAM!
Burglar: UHN!

(Panel 3. The burglar strikes Dormira in the face.)

SFX: SMAK!

(Panel 4. Dormira gets the burglar in a full nelson.)

Dormira: I will not let you get away with this.

(Page 13, panel 1. The burglar throws Dormira into a wall.)

SFX: Whunk!

(Panel 2. Dormira rushes the burglar.)

Dormira: I will catch you.

(Panel 3. Dormira strikes the burglar with a green ball.)

SFX: CRACKLE!

(Panel 4. The burglar falls.)

Dormira: Nice try.

(Page 14, panel 1. Dormira removes the mask on the burglar to show she is a woman.)

Dormira: There is prison cell waiting for you.
Burglar: Zzzzzz. . . .

(Panel 2. Dormira pushes her badge.)

Dormira: Computer, teleport this scum to the police. Inform them what has happened.

(Panel 3. Dormira returns to her motorcycle.)

Cap (D): And one less criminal on the street.

(Panel 4. Dormira mounts the motorcycle, holding her helmet.)

Cap (D): Now to find the criminal who will take her place.

(Page 15, panel 1. Cut to Starshot and Spyre. We see them in the part of LA where hookers hang out. Both of them wear very tight, low cut dresses with miniskirts that come above the knee. We see them standing on a corner, watching people come by.)

Starshot: I hate dressing like this.
Spyre: Wellp, you aint gonna catch flies with vinegar, Sara.

(Panel 2. They continue to talk.)

Starshot: This makes me look like a tart.
Spyre: That's what you're supposed to be.

(Panel 3. A convertible stops in front of them. Sitting in the convertible is a sleazy looking man.)

Man: Say, why don't you come with me, red?
Starshot: What do you want?

(Panel 4. The man opens the door.)

Man: Why, I want you, of course.

(Page 16, panel 1. Starshot approaches the man.)

Starshot: Why should I go with you?

(Panel 2. Spyre follows Starshot.)

Man: I've got something you want.
Starshot: Which is. . .?

(Panel 3. The man flashes some cash at Starshot.)

Starshot (1): All right.
Starshot (2): You're under arrest.

(Panel 4. The man drives his car off. Starshot manages to get in the back seat of the car, and Spyre runs after him.)

Starshot: Resisting arrest isna going t'help ye.

(Page 17, panel 1. Starshot tries to pull the man away from the driver's seat. They struggle against each other.)

Man: Hey! Stop that! You're going to kill us both!
Starshot: Only if you don't stop the car.

(Panel 2. The car runs into another car. Starshot is thrown from the car.)

SFX: POW!

(Panel 3. Starshot lands in the arms of Spyre.)

Starshot (as she lands.): UHN!
Spyre: Sara, are you alrighty?

(Panel 4. Spyre checks on Starshot, who nurses her back.)

Starshot (1): That really hurt.
Spyre: Sara, are you alrighty?
Starshot (2): Only me pride is hurt.

(Page 18, panel 1. Starshot stands.)

Spyre: Are you sure? You were thrown from a car that hit a wall.
Starshot: We should worry about getting that man out of that car.

(Panel 2. They go over to the car.)

Starshot: Well, let's hope he's alright.

(Panel 3. Spyre tears the door off the car.)

SFX: SKERUNK!!

(Panel 4. Starshot and Spyre pull the man out of the car.)

Starshot: Are you alright?
Man: No thanks to you!

(Page 19, panel 1. They pull the man away from the wrecked car.)

Starshot: If you had just stopped like I had said, none of this would had happened.

(Panel 2. The man then grabs Starshot, and points a laser to her head.)

Man: Don't move. Spyre: Starshot!

(Panel 3. About 10-15 sentinels surround Spyre and Starshot, holding rifles to them.)

Carp (Pointing a rifle at Spyre): You too, mutant.

(Panel 4. They chain Spyre's arms and legs together.)

Spyre: If this is some fantasy of yours, it's gettin' mighty sick. Carp: Shut up, mutant! You are going to die!

(Page 20, panel 1. They handcuff Starshot, and disarm her.)

Carp: We've got a nice cell for both of you.

(Panel 2. Carp pulls Starshot's badge away from her.)

Spyre: Computer, teleport us now!
Starshot: Hey! Watch where you put them hands, mister!

(Panel 3. Carp strikes Starshot as Spyre vanishes.)

SFX: SMACK!

(Panel 4. Carp pushes the badges.)

Carp: Alright, I know you can hear me. We have your friends, mutant. We want the one called Lotus. You have one hour to meet us at the parking lot of the ballpark in Arlington.

(Page 21, panel 1. We see Lotus standing at the controls in the headquarters.)

Lotus: Well, the stage is set. And now the stakes have been raised.
(Panel 2. Lotus faces the other members of Group X.)

Lotus: Vicki, stay here. Everyone else, We're going to meet some bad guys.

(Panel 3. The parking lot outside Texas Stadium. The members of Operation: Zero Tollerance are there as Group X teleports in. Starshot is now bound and gagged.)

Bastion: Ah, right on time.
Lotus:Let her go, Bastion. It's me you want.

(Panel 4. Bastion pushes Starshot at Lotus.)

Bastion: You want her, you can have her. Since you're all going to be dead soon, it doesn't matter anyway.

(Panel 5. Suddenly Lotus and Bastion vanish.)

Walking Eagle: What in the world?
Cap (N): Next issue: A confrontation gone awry!

Onward to No Tollerance any time, part III.

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