"We were a little distracted. George hadn't even made it back from bringing Banzai to the Observatory yet and Gorgon kept trying to jump Regenerator whenever no one was paying attention," Max said softly, his eyes distant.

There was a part of him that insisted this had all happened just a few months ago, the same way Kathy had kept tripping over her age that first year back.

"Zzzap was still out in Boston. It was Stealth that finally got us out here. Best we know is that it started in this building. One of the survivors, some ancient old lady, said it started a few floors below hers."