Spectacular World

The Victorian stared down at Battery. The world's strongest woman was totally silent. His words still echoed through her mind, but she didn't have time to consider them. She floated off of the ground slowly and instead turned her attention to the city around her.

The battle with the Beast was still fresh in her mind, having just come to an end, and the city around them had suffered the most. She didn't know the state Oleander would be left in or if it would even be considered a city after this. Not a single building was left standing. All roads were cracked or burned, and mass flooding filled the streets.

The number one hero's enhanced senses caused her to hear everything around her.

She heard the crumbling of buildings, the screaming of children, and the way the Lauren's cried and clutched onto Paragon. What she didn't hear was Cinder's voice. That young hero, the one who possessed her father's power, felt strangely absent from the city now. "Anything?" She asked numbly.

She stared up at the sky where Cinder had flown. "I haven't found any traces of her." The voice of Boy Genius came over the shared radio they had.

"I understand." She floated over the city using her golden light to cast healing rays on the people below as she went by. It wasn't as good as Paragon's, but the young Lord didn't seem to be in any condition to heal at the moment. "And what of the Immortals you were telling me about?"

"I'll explain it later." The child sighed. She didn't need to see his face to know it would be forming several new stress lines soon. "For now, can you grab Battery and bring him back here? Not even I know how he came back, and I'd seriously like to make sure he's not a Calamity hidden in disguise."

"Yeah." She nodded slowly. "I'll get him to meet us at Nightshade-"

"Lois!"

Her enhanced senses allowed her to hear the yell. At the mention of her daughter's name, she stopped. She had been so focused on the Beast that she had forgotten to check on her child. She zipped over as fast as she could, finding herself back near the bridge. It had long since been torn down, no longer connecting it to Oleander. That wasn't what she focused on, though. Her gaze was instead drawn to the people that stood in front of the destroyed bridge.

The hero Myth stood down below, limping forward. His body was beaten and battered, but he was alive. One of his legs was twisted at an odd angle, and it looked like it hurt him to take a step, but he fought through the pain and marched forward, staring at the girl in front of him.

Lois, also known as Whisper, stood down below. Actually, she didn't stand. She floated. It wasn't much, but the girl's feet didn't touch the ground. Her mask was gone, and her long hair flowed out, shifting from blonde to a stormy gray color, looking almost like a stormcloud. Lightning danced and sparked at her fingertips, and some even crackled out of her eyes, which had turned a brilliant red. Her gaze was fixed straight up, and her body shook as the energy coursed through it.

"Lois-" Myth went to touch her but suddenly found his hand in a death grip as the Victorian landed next to him. The number one hero gripped his wrist tightly and gently shook her head. Myth gritted his teeth but didn't argue, pulling his hand away. "It's about time you came to check on your daughter." The young man spat out.

"She's inherited her father's power." The Victorian stared down at Lois and felt several emotions bubbling up inside of her. The one that stood out the most, though, was pride. "I always knew deep down something like this would happen. That one day, Max would pass on the title of Lord to you." The smallest hint of a smile came onto her face. When Lois was born, she was almost ashamed of the girl. Her daughter, the daughter of a Lord and the number one hero, granddaughter of Full Monarch, had dared to be born with very little power. Yet now here, her child stood with the ability that rightfully belonged to her. "It's okay, Lois. Mom's here."