Mekanix #2

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Synopsis

The lab is in chaos following the power surge in the test. Kitty’s classmates are shocked by the mishap, scrambling to solve the problem with no success. One student tries to call for help, but the test program is priming up to fire lasers. They project onto a crystal at the center of the equipment, and a beam of light rips through the roof of Bessemer Station and continues into space. The light from the beam can be seen throughout the city, and Shan, riding the bus, realizes that it’s coming from Kitty’s lab. Elsewhere, Tom, the Purity student who hacked the Physics computer system, also sees the beam. His girlfriend Alice and fellow Purity member Jeff, who caused the system overload, are each reacting to what they’ve done – Jeff is freaking out while Alice couldn’t be prouder.At the Station, Prof. Benes calls for a status report. One student, Pauline, is badly injured, a virus has corrupted the system, and Kitty informs him that the only solution is to shut down the system by hand. He starts to instruct his students to leave via a getaway tunnel while he shuts the system down, but Kitty punches him out. She explains to her classmates that she knows the system as well as him and stands a better chance of surviving the situation. She tells them to shut down the circuit breakers outside the lab, and her fellow students reluctantly leave her. Once they’re gone, Kitty phases through the floor of the lab, down to a large metal pipe marked ‘Natural Gas’. The minute she recognizes it, a fiery explosion bursts through the lab floor. The space underneath is demolished, but Kitty’s phased state saved her. She needs to breathe, though, and the heat starts to get to her. She reaches the main circuits, and pries them apart, preventing any more electrical explosions from happening.Kitty begins to make her way through the getaway tunnel, reflecting on her past as a superhero. Rescue workers spot her from a manhole opening in the street above, and amazingly it’s...