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[color=gold][b][sub]C H A P T E R   T W O :    C A P T A I N   M A R V E L   V S .   T H E   T E E N   T I T A N S[/sub][/b][/color][b][color=crimson][sup][h1]THUNDERSTRUCK[/h1][/sup][/color][/b][/center]
[COLOR=deepskyblue][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]J U M P    C I T Y[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][sup][color=SILVER]December 4[sup]th[/sup], 2017   |   6:34p.m.   |   S.T.A.R. Labs[/color][/sup][/INDENT][/INDENT]
Thunder rolled in the distance.

Above the cityscape below, the clouds were illuminated by the flashes of light that momentarily lit up the sky at dusk. There was a bright bolt of lightning, the clap of thunder like a bomb dropped in the atmosphere above, after which there was a small figure floating in the heavens.

Static crawled up and along the blue-on-red ensemble that covered the boy. The white cowl and cape flowing from off one shoulder as he hovered there a moment. As he turned his gaze below, the child found his mind already working out the points of orientation.

The message had been routed by Matrix in the Justice League Watchtower. A break-in reported at the S.T.A.R. Labs in Jump City.

Descending down through the dark clouds, the raven-haired boy found himself floating over a structure that looked like it had been hit by a bomb.

Or worse.

Someone had wanted to get into S.T.A.R. Labs rather badly, it seemed...

The sound of sirens -- police, fire, and ambulance -- could be heard in the distance. The building seemed to tremble, as though the foundation had been disturbed. Moving quickly, the boy began moving through the building looking for anyone who might still be in there.

What he found, two layers deep, was [b]ground zero[/b]. 

A strange, reddish-purple ooze seemed to coat the ceiling, walls, and floor around where some kind of containment unit had been blown apart.

And some rather large, messy footprint made clear that something -- or [i]someone[/i] -- had walked away from this. Bringing one hand up to the communicator recessed into his ear, Billy said, [color=crimson]"This is Captain Marvel. I'm at S.T.A.R. Labs, but this wasn't a break in... it was a break [b]out[/b]."[/color]

As the boy went to follow the mucky trail, a decidedly [i]squick[/i] squish immediately sent a shiver up his spine even as he took a step. Looking down, his boot was now gummed up in whatever slime or sludge had re-decorated the interior of the place.

[color=crimson]"Ewwww..."[/color] the child-hero murmured, floating up off the group as he moved through the air on the trail.