THIRTY ONE
STEVE'S OPTIONS were fading away.
He'd just killed Stellar. Although in self-defense, he didn't feel all that innocent about gouging a man's eyes out, even one as malevolent as Stellar. Maybe he wasn't a man. If Supers were something else, then there was no way of knowing what laws guided them, if any. He was trapped now in his own black hole of unknowing.
They were coming. That much was clear.
He reached out to the only entity whom he might have a shot with. She was too pristine, too pure to fall in with the likes of the Barbarian and Nukeman. They had a relationship, as odd and strained as it was.
Steve's mind reeled as he admitted to her that he was running scared and confused.
Pandora welcomed him into her home. She sat him down and even mixed him a drink, which she se
