Taylor Hebert is a happy girl, well as happy as a little girl can be in a dark reconstruction web serial about superheroes, though at the moment the correct adjective would be emotionally broken and sad. She was sitting on her bed being comforted by her best friend, Emma Barnes, weeks after her mother died in a car crash when she was just 8 years old.

Emma Barnes was at a loss at what to do currently. However this version Emma Barnes began to deviate from the one we all know and love the way one loves having garbage thrown in her face.

"I just wish that *sniff* I could just see and talk to her again." Taylor sobbed.

This line of dialogue was the one that sparked a lightbulb in Emma's brain. And was the start of the diversion.

"There's no one sopping us from seeing her right now"

Taylor looked up at her friend "Wh-What?" she said in confusion

"Well there's nothing stopping us from going to her grave right now." Emma tried to smile comfortingly.

"B-but we don't even have the directions!"

"There is Google Taylor."

And a weak smile broke through the weeks of tears.

So they looked up the directions and got on their well-used bikes and sped off into the night. Unknown to them strange and inconvenient things were happening around them.

A car driven by the E88 ,full of people who were less than moral and after coming upon two little girl would proceed to do less than savory things to them given a good excuse, that would've stumbled upon our protagonists. Had all their tires somehow popped before they could do so. A group of ABB taking patrols upon their territory that also would have the same intentions as their rival gang counterpart had slipped on multiple banana peels in cutting through an alley at the same time and manage to knock all patrolling members unconscious. Robbers who were in a police chase on foot, away from robbing a jewelry store, and would have used the girls as hostages had been run over by a runaway car that was the result of a towing truck's hook rusting off and breaking. As this incident happened in a uphill street the car rolled down and gained speed right into the path of the robbers' escape and also prevented them from happening upon the two girls.

Incidents like this gradually escalated bordering on bare ridiculous and clinging on to coincidence. Almost as if some strange and mysterious force was awakening and the origin point of the force happened to be moving towards a graveyard where a certain mother was buried.

Taylor and Emma had managed to hike their way over to Annette Hebert's gravestone. Her inscription reading

"Annette Rose Hebert

1969-2008

She taught something precious to each of us."

Seeing this Taylor couldn't help but break into sobs again. Emma reached out to her but stopped once she saw her trying to smile.

"Hey Mom nice to see you again.*sniff* everything's fine right now … "Taylor attempted to smile but broke down once again.

Everything's not fine! Dad is too sad to DO anythng

"M-Mom wouldn't want me to be sad she would want me to move on and tough it out.*sniff* she managed to say through the sobs

She was interrupted when Emma pulled her suddenly into a hug as deep and tight as she could.

"Your mother wouldn't want you to hold it all in either. So let it out."(Granted Emma saw this in TV once but it seemed appropriate) It worked as it gave Taylor a reason to cry even harder while Emma patiently patted her friend's back.

(Unknown once again to them a force seemed to ripple outwards as if something was chained yet suddenly broke free. As if some set condition was met and was the requirement to allow the force to run amok. This force seemed mischievous and absolutely chaotic and was revolving around a crying girl in the metaphysical universe.)

After managing to stop crying they stayed silent for a while. Basking in the simple comfort that exuded they broke apart eventually.

Wiping away her tears with her sleeve Taylor said "We should probably get back" she now said with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Yeah" Emma responded (Silently thankful that she managed to comfort her as she had no idea if what she was doing was right or wrong but was once more thankful that it worked out)

The two friends held hands, smiled at each other and began to walk back towards their bikes

-and then were suddenly snatched up by a gigantic bird.

This bird was the majestic golden eagle. An eagle that was strong enough to carry a human child. Unusual though as it seemed to be augmented with the specifications to carry a full-grown human adult. It was an escapee of a parahuman with the name of "Zoo" who seemed to be able to control and augment animals less sapient than a human. Broke free from his control when he was knocked out after robbing a bank and had been living freely ever since. However the golden eagle still had the instinct that all birds had. An attraction to shiny objects. Especially the shiny object that Emma currently had around her wrist, a shiny "Gucci" bracelet covered in bling that happened to reflect the light from their flashlights that they used to navigate their way over there. This light managed to catch the bird's eye and attracted it like every other bird.

There's a certain kind of shock that hits you when you're carried off by a gigantic bird. The first thought that comes to your mind is 'Is this really happening' and after a short pause the realization hits that yes it really is happening. That's usually when the screaming starts.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

This was currently happening with both Taylor and Emma both of who were trying to free themselves with punching and kicking.

"Let us go you stupid bird!" Taylor yelled

The bird though complied as Emma had managed to score a lucky kick at the place "where the sun don't shine"

Unfortunately this meant that they were thousands of feet in the air over an asphalt highway as the bird had traveled far out of Brockton Bay.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

As 8 year olds don't have the mental fortitude to keep conscious when falling to their imminent demise they blacked out. And after doing so fell into the back of a farm animal delivery truck into a pile of hay.

This farm delivery truck was speeding off towards a certain city that served the basis for a certain group called the Slaughterhouse 9.

*6 years later*

"Welcome back to Fox World News after Harbinger was killed in a freak accident the Slaughterhouse9 has seemed to resurface yet again and in China a new peace has settled after Yangban was put into jail, Africa's rogue hero Moord Nag and her sidekick Ashes have defeated another villain on the rise. Meanwhile in Japan they are celebrating the defeat of Leviathan in Kyushu. Remember also to watch out for the mysterious and dangerous organization called Cauldron that seems to have dropped off more Case 53s in"

The phone blared out news that a person was holding at the bus stop and was also the place where two girls were waiting. One of the girls was wearing a dorky pink-striped sweater vest and shorts with strangely laceless shoes while also carrying a hefty-looking backpack. The other girl was wearing a short sleeved shirt with a purple bomber jacket with multiple pockets and a short skirt also holding pockets with spats underneath. On top of the skirt lay a belt that held a grappling hook of all things.

They got onto the bus and got off on separate stops. Both walked some distance before reaching a certain house.

Emma Barnes had stepped onto her front porch for the first time in 6 years.

Taylor Hebert had knocked on the front door of her house

Both were treated to looks of shock by whoever opened the door as the visitors (and possible stay-ins) said

"Hey Dad"

"Hey Sis"

"I'm home"

Once upon a time there was a girl named Taylor Hebert who became a psychic-like godly badass. Unfortunately this happened after she had been broken mentally and scarred for life. So let's make her a different kind of badass the kind who suffers through ridiculously dangerous situations every day and yet still come out with it with a smile. This version of Taylor Hebert had a mother that if she hadn't taken up her husband's name would be Annette Murphy.