Star Harbor Nights

 "...when heroine Mindfyre lead a mixed coalition of California and Midwestern heroes to free their enslaved comrades from the 'Toymakers.' Though a fire caused by the villains' self-destruct mechanism left little for investigators to work with, new details are emerging..."

D.J. hit mute as Perfect came into the living room. Mr. Buttons, the stuffed rabbit which Perfect had been clinging to like a life preserver when D.J. had put her into bed the night before, was nowhere to be seen.

At the beginning of all this, I told you that our story was one that involved the entirety of creation, though it would make more sense viewed in terms of individual people and places. Thus, we have followed a few days in the life of Perfect Jones, as she struggles to make the world a better place... even as she struggles to understand her place in it.

The first thought Allison had when she became aware of the light was that it was way too bright to be her bedroom. 

Stiletto raised her armored scythe-arm to parry the samurai's katana, but the sword cleaved clean through it, severing most of the assassin's forearm. The slanted edges of the wound trailed lines of viscous silver blood. In an eye blink, Stiletto caught the severed limb with her good hand and held it up against the smooth stump. A line of silver bubbled up around the injury, cementing it in place and then smoothing out.

The first Amy and Echo knew of the approaching vehicle was when it nearly struck the parked van where they sat on the edge of the road. The sleek bike's engine was completely silent and it was running without lights... the latter factor certainly contributing to its driver nearly wiping out trying to avoid them before straightening out and racing away through the night.

Minerva Wisdom locked eyes with the assassin's, though the crackling coronal discharge of her lightning vision prevented their expression from being read. She raised her fists, communicating through body posture her intention to strike... or that was what she intended to convey.