Powers are weird. Yeah, I'm stating the obvious but think about it. You've got people who shoot lasers, fly on trashcan lids, make mad science, see in the future or even mess with your mind. Me? I cheat death. Like, I've been stabbed, run over by trucks, shot by pistols and shotguns… you name it, I've probably died that way and lived to tell about it. - Taylor 'Respawn' Hebert

August 31st, 2010, 19:00 hours, Brockton Bay, Approximately Fifteen Minutes from Brockton Bay Cinemas. The precise time and place that Taylor Hebert was fatally wounded whilst caught in the crossfire between the ABB and the E88. The precise time and place that the Queen Administrator, suborned by the Earth-born Ethereal Asaru, made Taylor The Commander of XCOM.

Ever since she was young, Taylor had an imaginary friend who told cool stories and talked about magic cards. Of course she knew he wasn't real, but he reassured her, made her feel important. He truly believed in her and her dreams, never laughing at her, only encouraging. Why can't she get rid of him, even after all these years? "I'll always be by your side Taylor. Always."

Southern Japan is in ruins, flooded with Leviathan's waves and fleeing refugees from Kyushu. Among the chaos, Kenta comes across a feral child with curly brown hair, a deadly power and an insatiable thirst for murder.

Taylor is intangible and invisible; she's escaped from all her problems, but in a way that only brings new ones. Just as she loses hope, she finds a group of teenage Parahumans that might be able to communicate with her.