When the dead walk..

"We have a situation. Rusty's armor went for a walk... without him." -Raina

Raina, Grim, and Rusty decide to head out to get started on their training, taking advantage of the invasion happening in the city right now. Grim asks Raina where Mind is, since the focus yesterday had been on Grim and him learning to combine their powers. Raina knows that Jack went to visit his father, but simply states, "He had business to take care of in Kings Row." Rusty and Grim find that they can support each other's techniques in that what one can't hold, the other can. Mindstryker then shows up, telling Raina telepathically that his father is all right for now.

They are joined by some of the other local heroes as they combat the supernatural invasion. Grim finds that his power can increase Mindstryker's abilities, who in turn, can send some of the energy to Raina as well. However, they find that the raw power combined with battlelust quickly starts pushing her cat into a frenzy. When Grim feeds his power into Rusty, nothing happens at first. Theorizing that since Rusty's power is his brain, she suggests to feed the power directly into his head, which causes him to blackout.

They determine that more controlled experiments are necessary and that they will try it again later. The group easily cuts through the supernatural hordes (no thanks to the lag!) and talk eventually turns back towards Harris. Especially when Grim finds that he can pull off clothing with his shadow tentacles. Raina cautions that armor is not as flimsy as fabric, thus more practice will be needed. The group also finds itself somewhat split on whether killing Harris is necessary.

Eventually the group returns to base to analyze what they had learned from the training. Raina theorizes that while Rusty may not be able to accept Grim's magic, perhaps Shadow's magic would work. The two leave to experiment and Kalius shows up. Kalius and Grim then leave to work on seeing if Grim can boost Kalius's abilities as well. Raina suggests that they use the time that the others don't need them to go see Jack's father. Saddened by the thought of his terminally ill father, Jack agrees and the two head to Kings Row.

As they travel to his father's apartment, Jack thanks Raina for coming with him. Interested in meeting his father, she responds that no thanks is necessary. His father answers the door and immediately, to Raina's slight irritation, asks if she lost clothes on the way there. Jack responds and leads the way in and the three settle down to talk. Raina finds Jack's father to be very intuitive in determining that she was not human with Jack having told him nothing about her origins. However, before they can get much further, Shadow contacts her mentally and informs her that there is trouble at the base.

While sketchy on the details, Raina finds out that Rusty's armor has taken a life of its own and taken off into the city. Shadow also tells them that Rusty's brain is safe in medbay, but that the armor must be stopped. Calling Kalius, she, Mind, and Shadow head out to find and stop the metal behemoth. They find the now hostile armor in Atlas Park.. and its gotten bigger.