Wonder Woman, Barda, Alan, and Red Robin were currently in transit making their way to the power station where Wally is being held. Oracle informed them that the best approach would be underground since the station is very well protected in the air and on the surface. Since Batman has a lack of vehicles that can make an underground path, Alan was tasked with trying to make them a transport. Bruce let him see some designs for a prototype drill he thought up a while back. After a couple attempts and some design input from Red Robin, Alan was able to make them a tank with a gigantic, sharp drill bit on the front to help them get underneath all the defenses the power station had.

Red Robin was piloting the tank while Alan sat behind him focusing on holding his construct together. Barda was sitting next to Red Robin in the passenger seat. Wonder Woman was kneeling in the back of the tank, praying and meditating.

"Oracle says about 5 more minutes in this direction Alan, how you holding up back there?"

"All is well Tim, it's gotten easier as we have gone along. I don't think I have ever made something this big or with this many moving parts. Quite the challenge."

Barda is looking back at Alan "I see some sweat on that brow. You need more practice."

Wonder Woman calls out to her "Leave him alone Barda, let him work. You're doing fine Alan, just get us there."

Tim asks Barda "What's she doing anyway? She's been back there the whole trip."

"Prayer and meditation strengthens a warrior's resolve. Or at least that's what she tells me. She does it sometimes before a big battle."

"Ehh. This won't be too big. Superman is gonna clear the field, we'll get Flash out. Then we leave. Easy Peasy."

"Ha! First rule of the Justice League young one. If it can go wrong, it will and then something will explode."

Wonder Woman tunes out their discussion and resumes her prayers to the Gods.

"Athena, guide my actions and lend me your wisdom."

The light around Diana brightens as she calls on her patrons and family to bless her.

"Hestia, gift me with your lasso once more, so that I can find Truth in all things."

Diana reaches up with her head bowed and grasps the lasso of truth out of thin air, as if someone handed it to her.

"Hephaestus, bless me with your armaments. Grant me your armor, so that my enemies will know how a goddess does battle."

A suit of armor forms itself around her. It has her normal red breastplate and skirt, but a navy-blue bodysuit extends underneath her armor to give her long sleeves and covers her legs down to her boots. Her bracelets are covered with gold cuffs and her shoulders gain golden covers. Wonder Woman hooks the lasso on her side and stands to walk toward Alan. As she reaches him the drill rocks violently almost throwing everyone from their position, except Alan who is rooted into the tank.

Red Robin is rubbing his back "Note to self: Next time put seatbelts in the tank. I guess we are here. We just hit concrete. Don't want to make too much noise just yet. Oracle? We are in position."

Oracle responds "Good. Just waiting on Nightwing and Robin now. I'll keep you posted."

Barda stands up to stretch her legs and catches a glimpse of Diana's new look. "Oooh Diana, now I'm officially jealous. But I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

The two are standing next to each other while Barda looks her up and down. Barda's armor is similar but sports a golden breastplate and gloves with the rest of her body being covered in blue scale-like armor where it is not golden. Her red belt matches her red cape and it holds her fabled mega-rod. Another large difference in their suits was Barda's black, gold, and red helmet that had 3 prongs coming out of the top.

"A gift from the Gods?"

"Yes, they have been very generous as of late."

"Hey! We need a name for the new guy. Everybody's got to have a codename, or do you just want to go by Green Lantern?"

Alan addresses Red Robin's question "I'm not a Lantern, I don't belong to any Corp that exists." Wonder Woman places a hand on his soldier.

"Perhaps a simpler name. One that you pick for yourself. Many of us didn't get to choose our names, you're lucky in that regard." She gives him a reassuring smile.

He turns to her and returns the smile "I have given it some thought in the past, never needed to use it before." They all are listening intently

"How does Spectrum sound?"


Nightwing and Robin were on-route to the holding facility where Linda Park-West was being held. Here stay at the facility was solely to keep Wally, the Flash, in line and obedient. The couple found themselves in a precarious position when Wally decided to stay a hero under government supervision. It exposed his secret identity and his loved ones, despite their best efforts to remain unknown. After Wally's faked death he was given a choice, become the endless source of energy the country needed or lose the woman he loved. With hope being in short supply and the Justice League being an afterthought Wally made the hard choice.

The facilities were close enough to each other to allow for visits, but that was not a part of the plan and deemed unnecessary by Vandal Savage. Linda's well-being was the only thing he guaranteed, and she was still very much alive. Her only ailment would be the broken heart of thinking she may never see Wally again. But her luck was about to change for the better.

As Nightwing approaches the facility with Robin in the batplane, they enter stealth mode which will camouflage them from any sensors or scouts the world government employs. The Belle Reeve prison facility was originally designed to keep metahumans locked away. The subsequent death of hundreds of powered heroes and villains found the facility relatively unused and reoutfitted to keep metahumans out. Breaking into a prison is usually the opposite of what you'd want to do. Unless one of your best friend's wife is locked up in one. A simple job on paper, get in and get Linda out. Simple enough right?

"I still don't understand why I'm not allowed to fly."

"Did you get your pilot's license yet?"

"Like you have one."

"I do actually."

Robin grunts in response. "I was trained to fly any aircraft in existence by the time I was 5. I'm more than qualified to operate this machine."

"Yeah, well maybe we can discuss it when we are done the super important critical Justice League mission. I'm sure you can enroll in Nightwing's flight school for Ninja assassins."

"You are intolerable on your best day Grayson."

"I know, but you have to tolerate me. Besides, we're here."

Nightwing stops the plane to hover just over the swamp next to Belle Reeve. The facility towers over the surrounding area and is surrounded by wildlife and nature in almost every direction. A single bridge connects the prison to a small entrenched area filled with world government battle droids. A few drones are circling the prison as well but have not been alerted to their presence yet.

"Oracle this is Nightwing and Robin here. We are in position and ready to do the saving."

"Roger. Glad to hear Robin hasn't stabbed you yet. I'm sure he's been tempted."

"Not even close to stabbing Oracle, we had the best flight here, right Robin?"

Robin sucks his teeth and continues watching the patrols on the bridge.

"Everyone is in position. I think you'll know when to start."

"When the mass exodus of robots occurs we slip in, get Linda, and head home before they know what hit em."

"Oracle out."

Nightwing turns to look at Robin "You ready?"

"What are the chances that this is a trap? I'm thinking 50/50."

"Wow you gave us better odds than I did, I had 80/20. I'm supposed to be the optimist. I think they'll be ready. But we can push through whatever comes at us. I mean, who has ever been able to stop Nightwing AND Robin?"


"I'm in position. Everybody ready Oracle?"

"All teams have checked in and are in position, make some noise Superman."

He grins to himself and takes the communicator out of his ear and places it in his belt.

Superman entered the upper atmosphere to soak up a bit more sunlight before diving back down to the location where the meeting was. The Anti-Meta HQ, which Batman would have sent him to attack anyways, wasn't very far from where Waller wanted to meet. Batman had informed him of the location's proximity to the site, and when he was done springing this trap he could cause more trouble there to attract more forces away from Wally and Linda. The area was open and exposed with a tree line nearby that gave a canopy cover to the HQ, but he had no plans on running from this fight. He entered low orbit to allow the sun to directly shine on him unabated. The sun renewed his energy as the solar suit increased his own impressive solar energy storage capabilities. The sunlight reflected off the white 'S' as he turned backward and dove toward the trap.

Amanda Waller plotted perfectly, the Hero Hunters are in place as is Amazo. Ivo's pet project was going to be incredibly useful after all. The only problem today was the lack of clouds and the abundance of intense sunlight in the area she chose. The kryptonite and red sun radiation would be enough for Superman to be weakened and the exobytes to give control of Superman's mind back to her. There were already 3 Hunters in the sky waiting to ambush him before he even got a chance to land. The rest were closer to the ground ready to keep him subdued for the exobytes to be put in place. Superman had been negatively affected by the exobytes before, due to Brainiac. They caused him to see illusions and attack the Justice League. Now, with Professor Ivo's alterations, the exobytes would allow Waller to have direct control over the Man of Steel.

"Object entering stratosphere Ms. Waller and approaching rapidly."

"Let's begin then. Bring him down to Earth and stay on top of him. I want this to be clean and quick."

As Superman dove to the spot Waller gave for the meeting he noticed three clouds that he couldn't see inside of with his enhanced vision. "They must be filled with lead particulates" he thought to himself. As he passed them he smiled at the transparency of the trap and played along, beginning to slow down and fly more leisurely toward the location. Time to put Waller's trap to the test.

The Hunters let Superman go by then moved to surround and trap him in a field of red radiation. As they got in position he ducked under a cloud and seemingly disappeared.

"Where'd he go? Find him!" Waller barked.

Amazo responds "Reacquiring target."

They tried to locate his position, but it was too late as Superman appeared above them and pelted them with intense blasts of heat vision. He hit two of the Hero Hunters with a barrage from above that melted through their frame and exposed their circuits to the blistering temperature of his heat vision. The third Hunter fired red sun energy at him, but he dodged the blasts quickly and collided violently with it. Three balls of fire now fell from the sky toward Amanda Waller. The fastest to hit was Superman who blitzed the last Hunter all the way down to the ground and made a crater with its now crushed frame. Superman rose from the crater, walking toward Waller with the crushed remains of a Hero Hunter. He tosses it at her feet.

"Not very impressive Waller, guess they don't like being surprised."

The other two fell from the sky a short distance away, they were on fire and mostly melted from the intense onslaught of Superman's heat vision.

"Not very durable either" he mocks Waller "Is that all you've got?" Waller stares blankly at him, apparently unsurprised at his easy dispatching of the Hunters. But something was off about her. She was calm, too calm.

"Very good Superman, it seems your time spent in recluse didn't take away your strength."

Superman scoffs at her "Not very nice to invite someone to a party and then attack them. But I expected no less from you Waller."

"Nonetheless, you were a fool to come. This time you will be under my direct control. Not even the Amazon will be able to save you this time." Superman blurs forward and catches Waller by the neck, lifting her off the ground.

"So it was you. You did that to me." Again, he notes that Waller's facial expressions aren't changing, and her heart rate hasn't risen at all.

"Release me alien! Or will you kill me like you did Luthor?" Superman recoils at her words, but he notices something strange. Waller's heart isn't beating, using his x-ray vision he notices machinery resembling nanotech inside her instead.

Hero Hunters emerge from their hiding places under the ground and begin to pelt him with red sun energy blasts. The first causes him to drop Waller, the second he deflects with a backhand. Two Hero Hunters get close to him and open their chest to expose the kryptonite cores within. Superman staggers, but blitzes one Hunter crushing its body and collapsing its chest. He tosses it into one of the other Hunters in the sky and they go flying away from the site.

The second Hunter on the ground unleashes a kryptonite blast and it hits Superman square in his chest, the one still in the air is continuing its barrage of red sun blasts onto him. He is becoming more affected by the mixed onslaught of his weaknesses. He struggles through the stream of kryptonite being shot at him, but its seemingly too much and he falls to his knees.

"NOW! Restrain him!"

The two hunters hurry forward and hold Superman down so he is on his hands and knees. The other two that he tossed have returned and aid in keeping Superman on the ground. Waller rushes forward and places two exobytes on his shoulders. They crawl up to his ears and enter, attempting to make their way toward his brain.

"You are familiar with exobytes Superman, you have been under there influence before. This time you won't be seeing any illusions. You'll just be following my orders like a good slave."

Superman laughs as he realizes that Waller doesn't have a heartbeat and isn't even there. He is surrounded by five robots instead of four.

"Why are your laughing alien? Finally recognizing that you are outmatched?"

"We have something in common Waller. We are both sandbagging."

His eyes glow red and his body temperature heats up, melting the Hero Hunters hands that are holding him. He had been slowly raising his internal body temperature as well, which caused the exobytes to disintegrate after getting past his inner ear.

The least damaged Hunter declares "Ambient temperature rising to critical levels."

Superman responds, "Don't have to hold back if you aren't really here."

Superman roars and the area around him starts to steam and catch fire. The temperature raises, and Superman causes an explosion that fries the entire area and warps everything in the vicinity. All seven Hero Hunters are now nothing but melted metal and scrap pieces scattered around the source of the blast. Superman is on the ground and unconscious. He hadn't really mastered the Super Flare once he discovered it, but he practiced it enough to use it to scorch a small area instead of an entire city. All the solar energy he had been storing since his time in the Arctic was unleashed and it destroyed everything around him. He wagered that, if he had to use it, the abundant sunlight in addition to his solar suit would allow him to recover in time without being completely powerless. All a guess based on a hunch he just made in the moment.

The surrounding area was scorched completely, and the trees that were covering the entrance to the Anti-Meta HQ were destroyed in the blast. The Super Flare acted like an EMP that raced beyond the explosion radius and affected the entire building. Superman was still unconscious surrounded by melted robot and another robot that was much larger than the Hunters. Hopefully he would wake up in time to capitalize on his enemies being crippled for the time being. As time went by the robot rebooted his systems and sat up.

Waller decided that Amazo could impersonate her in the "meeting" and only reveal himself if the exobytes failed. Amazo ran a diagnostic on his systems and read on his display 'Critical Functions Rebooting. Nanobots Reconstructing Exo-skin. Critical Damage Found, Power Scanning Memory Wiped. Repair Initiating and Rescanning Recommended.' Whatever Superman had done it was enough to knock him out briefly and fast enough that his automatic defense system couldn't react.

Amazo stood back up and surveyed the area. He noted that all the Hero Hunters were destroyed and likely unrepairable. Then he scanned Superman, he was still unconscious but Amazo detected that his cells were absorbing sunlight at an exponential rate that was much higher than anything recorded. There weren't many options for Amazo to escape cleanly now, without suspicion that he simply defected or turned against his creators. He wanted to engage Superman after the Hero Hunters were destroyed and then fake his defeat. That would allow him to help Superman using his telepathy that he gained from Martian Manhunter. New scenarios were being created in his A.I. matrix and he could only pick the one with the highest success chance.

Amazo reached down to pick up Superman and carried him toward the HQ. A quick scan of the facility showed him that all the power was out, and no one was watching. An alert was posted for all nearby droid battalions and drones to come to the location immediately to provide reinforcements and emergency support.

'Power Scan Repaired' appeared on his display and he looked down at Superman to test. 'Scanning, Scanning, Scanning. Scan Complete. Kryptonian Power Set Ready for Implementation.'

He rose in the air and hovered toward the entrance to the building. There was a room inside that was designed to emit red sunlight, meant to hold Superman if the exobytes failed to control him. With a few changes to the system it would reboot and emit yellow sunlight to help Superman wake up. Luckily it was very close to the Martians so there wouldn't be any more time wasted in their rescue and his escape. As he entered the room he placed Superman on the floor and closed it. After tinkering with the wiring, he was able to root some power to the room and set it for yellow sun instead of red. His scans showed Superman would regain consciousness in 5 minutes. He decided to check on the Martians while waiting, but as soon as he got close his super hearing picked Amanda Waller's voice yelling. Another voice was yelling back at her and though he couldn't make out what was being said he knew it was Professor Ivo.

He wanted to still try and save the Professor as he still felt some loyalty to him for being his creator. A quick scan of the Martians let him know their condition hadn't changed and the building losing power hadn't harmed them further. His display read "Martian Power Set Rescanned and Ready for Implementation" and he decided what to do next.


Amanda Waller was scrambling, her plan seemed to have failed spectacularly and her facility was knocked out of commission by the damnable kryptonian. How the hell was she supposed to predict that he would just explode himself to avoid being captured. She made some very incorrect assumptions and underestimated the rejuvenated Superman she was going against. It seemed like the kryptonite and red sun radiation had barely phased him. She thought using Amazo and having him say and do everything he told her to would be convincing enough. Hell, even Ivo couldn't tell the difference between the two once Amazo had shapeshifted into Waller. Maybe Amazo could still subdue him, but she had no way of knowing aside from going out there and checking and she didn't want to wait to find out that way.

Vandal Savage promised to punish her for her failure, so she needed a backup plan. Keeping Professor Ivo as her unknowing hostage would be her best bet at staying alive and free of Savage's wrath.

As she journeyed to Ivo's lab she stopped by the armory to find a weapon and she was in luck, there was one kryptonite rifle still working. She picked it up and cocked it to make sure the core was ready to be fired than made her way into the lab. She found Ivo still there banging on a console desperately trying to get something to work.

Ivo yelled "Work damn you! Work!"

"Professor we need to evacuate now! Come on!"

Ivo turned around quickly "No! This will work, Amazo has subdued Superman. I just know it! Let's just go out there and you'll see. Amazo can't fail." Waller walks up to him.

"Enough! My first priority is you Professor and this entire facility is now compromised. Come with me now before- "

Suddenly something comes through the ceiling and both of them shield themselves. It's Superman. Waller raises the weapon to fire.

"Enough of this Ms. Waller. Step away from that man and stand down, no harm will come to you."

"I can't do that Superman, leave now and I'll consider pardoning you for your crimes against the world government." Superman holds his place hovering in the middle of the lab.

"I won't ask you again. Let that man go and disarm yourself, or I will do it for you."

"You aren't saving me from anything you daft idiot. The only thing I need protection from in this room is you, alien."

Superman switches his attention to Ivo, and Waller clicks a button on the rifle. Superman speeds forward in a blink and grabs Waller, tossing her toward the exit of the lab.

"You don't have to be afraid of the world government. I can keep you safe from them. You will be free."

"You can't do anything, and I don't want you too. Your kind has always been overbearing Superman, but there's nothing here for you to do. Now fly away and go pester someone-" A rapid beeping sound interrupts Ivo and both of them look down. Waller dropped her weapon before being thrown and now it is beeping increasingly fast.

KABLAAM.

Amazo had gone intangible automatically before the explosion, but that prohibited him from shielding the professor from the blast. The lab was completely destroyed, and everything was broken and in shambles. Waller had set the kryptonite rifle to explode before he threw her, and she dropped it. Amazo walked over to the charred, broken body of Professor Ivo solemnly. He didn't understand what he was feeling as he knelt before his creator, his data told him that his systems were all still working optimally despite the explosion. Still, he didn't want to leave Ivo. Why hadn't he just shielded him instead of saving himself? He stood back up to find Waller and make her pay for her trick. As he rushed outside the lab he could find no trace of her, and before pursuing her avenues of escape an alert rushed to his system.

'Heavy World Government Force Deployment Detected. Estimated 5 minutes Till Arrival.'

Amazo had no time left, he decided to get Superman and the Martians and leave. He would deal with Amanda Waller another day.


In the Batcave, Oracle and Bruce were coordinating the teams evacuating the cities and the Justice League who were now positioned to save Wally and Linda. They didn't have immediate satellite coverage, but Bruce's "Brother Eye" program allowed them to peak into the world government's systems when they needed to. That was how they found Wally and Linda, as well as how they discovered Superman's location. Bruce knew that if they used the program too much or tried to hack a satellite, Vandal would bring his full weight down on their operation. Vandal tolerated their presence and was content with making attempts to kill them rather than finish them off. The intensity of the attacks had risen lately, which is why Bruce sought out as many Justice Leaguers as he could.

The fight with the world government was coming to a climax point and he was running out of options. With the Justice League back, even not at its full strength, Vandal Savage would have to at least hesitate before attacking Bruce's cities again or he would risk losing most of his forces to Superman and Wonder Woman alone. Now they were striking back at the world government. Bruce knew about the power station utilizing Wally's speedforce connection and he knew about its limitations. Removing Wally as the power source would make the country go dark and, undoubtedly, bring the world down on his head. The station could use another source of power, but it would never generate the limitless amount of power required. The resulting hysteria from the blackout might cause riots and would probably be turned against him.

The world was already sick of heroes and people with powers. Vandal Savage's manipulation of the media and his influence with very important international powers allowed him to fill the power trough left by the disbanded Justice League. He used fearmongering and propaganda to show the world all the destruction heroes represented. Before long, he had created a worldwide 'no hero policy', that every country would adopt. Any heroes or metahumans would be forced to surrender themselves and be registered in a database. Any vigilantism was punishable by life in prison or death. Vandal Savage rallied support from everyone, except people who knew him for what he was.

Shayera and Katar Hol, aka Hawkwoman and Hawkman, knew that the tyrant sought to rule the world and would accomplish his lifelong goal if no one stopped him. With the Justice League disbanded they would take matters into their own hands before he Vandal grew too powerful. They attacked him the day before he was to be declared as the world government's President, but he was ready for them. Their Nth metal weapons never even touched him as they were shut down by the newly created Hero Hunters and imprisoned. Once he had become President, his first order was to have them both executed. He knew they would re-incarnate, but he discovered a loophole in the cycle.

Over the years he had battled with Katar and Shayera hundreds of times, each time killing them and resetting the cycle. But they never retained their memories of the encounters. They only remembered that Vandal Savage was evil, and he needed to be stopped. That means they never remembered the scars they gave him as result of the battles. Their Nth metal weapons were able to permanently damage his body despite his healing ability and immortality. Vandal wanted to try and kill them with their own weapons to break the cycle and rid him of their meddling presence.

Katar and Shayera's executions were conducted with an Nth metal blade forged out of their own maces and the executioner was Deathstroke. Vandal did not tell anyone about his plan to kill Hawkman and Hawkwoman permanently so that no one would discover his own vulnerability to the precious metal. So, Vandal's first act was the capital punishment of the two heroes who tried to kill him. Their deaths lead to the increasingly brutal treatment of metahumans and the deaths of many heroes. But Vandal didn't stop at heroes, next he went to work shortening the other side of his opposition. Many villains sided with Vandal Savage and agreed to be registered to work for him. Anyone else was given the opposite treatment, imprisoned or killed for their defiance.

Bruce has grown weary of this fight. He would never tell his family this, but the battle they were fighting was a losing one. They simply didn't have enough firepower or influence on wrestle back power from Vandal. Even if the public was growing to resent him, he had his thumb on everyone and achieved the complete control he had always dreamed of. They need to depose Vandal, but his army and allies were too vast and his resources seemingly unlimited. On top of that, his location was impossible to discover. Even the Brother Eye program he developed couldn't find Vandal's fortress. With the Justice League back in action Bruce finally had enough resources to protect his city and go after Vandal. Saving Wally and Linda would be the first step in his plan.

"All teams in position Bruce. Just waiting on Superman now. You think he can really pull as much attention as we need?" Bruce is staring at the computer screen. It shows all 3 teams converging on their targets in the form of dots emitting from their transponders.

"Yes, but he's going to have to do something stupid."

"You're so pessimistic sometimes Bru-"

The screen showing Superman's dot goes out and goes to black completely.

"Everything I plugged into with Brother Eye just went dark at Superman's location. Almost like an EMP went off. He can do that?"

Bruce's is scratching his head in frustration and leaning back in his chair. Superman's Super Flare ability still needed more testing, but one effect it had was a lasting EMP that could wipe out electronics in the area. It was mind bogglingly powerful and a great way to knock out incredibly powerful opponents of the Man of Steel. The only drawback was it took away his powers for 24 hours and usually knocked him out cold.

"I told you he would do something stupid."

"His transponder is still working, but I'm barely getting a reading. What do we do?"

Bruce is concerned, but Clark told him he would handle the trap and that he was ready for anything. If he took a risk, it was because he had to. So, he decided to trust his friend.

"We continue, there is no way they don't deploy a massive force to counteract Superman now. We have to trust that he knows what he is doing and continue with the plan."

"Oracle to all points, be ready to move. Superman just got their attention, big time."


Author's Note: More to come! Just some quick notes. Wonder Woman's outfit is from the New52 where she had that armor in the "Truth" storyline. I really liked that armor and it's my fav look for her. Constructs are going to be difficult for Alan and take a lot of his effort which will be explained later in the story. He won't be putting out constructs on the same level as any of our favorite Green Lanterns, but he'll make up for it in a few ways. Also, I gave him his superhero name! Spectrum! I don't think anyone in Dc has this name and I think it fits the character well.

Just in case you didn't know Superman is op op and he is going to continue be in the story for the most part. I would say his power level in the story is more like early Kingdom Come Superman. I don't know how people feel about the Super Flare, but I think it's neat and I used here kind of strategically for what's coming next. I might have made some stuff up (comic book science) about Nth metal and what it can do to Hawkman, Hawkwoman, and Vandal Savage, but I've seen certain incarnations of Savage have scars, so I thought it would make sense if they were from Nth metal.

I think this story has become more about the Justice League than focusing on Superman and Wonder Woman's relationship. I don't know how I feel about that yet, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. Sorry about that. The story seems to have gotten away from me in terms of direction since I wanted it to mostly be about SuperWonder. That being said I really like the story so far and I want to keep going with it. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Lara will probably just get more of the spotlight or I'll try to make sure they are together more.

As always thank you for the views and reviews. I appreciate all the support I've gotten on this story. Leave a review if you liked it or hated it or have a question. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!