Lisa Wilbourn is a runaway who refuses to take responsibility for anything - especially not her brother's death - with a sharp insight into how the world works. Dinah Alcott is a child who wants to take responsibility for the whole world. When Dinah recruits Lisa's help to save as lives as possible, will she be ready for what Lisa will do?

Worm AU, set in New York, to give more breathing room for a slightly more original setting. Brockton characters will be moved to New York, but they will mostly be the same. Lisa is more 'evil' than canon, since I emphasised her negative traits to explore those aspects of her character. The Triumvirate, Cauldron, and Scion exist mostly as justification for superpowers, without the conspiracy aspects.

The first nail in the coffin was finding those photos. The riot in Houston was the second. Him leaving was the third, but the final was the letter he left.

Something was rotten in the PRT, in the entire system, and my parents were at the very core of it.

So I did what any responsible teenager would do. I emptied out my trust fund and left.

Taylor Hebert died, this is not the end of her legend.

The story began with her cry for help, answered by nobody. It set her on a course where victory was never an option, where the only thing that could be done was to survive where all else perished. To take the best possible action in the worst conceivable circumstances. To become the one whose name struck fear beyond God in the hearts of men.

When Taylor Hebert called for help, she was answered by nobody. It set her on a much different course, one she no longer walked alone.

Granted powers from another world, Taylor Hebert must deal with a world of Capes who want to kill her once they discover that she can permanently steal powers.

A series of semi-connected extra interludes and follow-up chapters that take place before and after the timeskip in Tabloid. Contains worldbuilding, humour, feels, insight, character development, and original artwork illustrations to complement the story.