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*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Jax and Hershel prepare to execute the plan, marveling at the sheer size of the city of Lux. The five reckoners are waiting in small groups around the city. Hershal and BrigandBriggen launch groups of drones designed to burrow into the underside of Lux and lay explosives in the tunnels there. Wingflare descends, alongside hundreds of Ravens. Because Lifeforce does not descend alongside his army, Abigail calls for the group to stand down and retreat. Jax protests, unsuccessfully, then launches Hershel's missiles against orders. The missiles bury the Ravens in rubble, but Wingflare lifts the rubble off easily. Jax gets on his motorcycle - equipped with a motivator that will let it drive in thin air - and takes off towards Wingflare. Jax convinces the gang to send the second volley of rockets to distract Wingflare. The reckoners detonate the drones buried in the underside of Lux, making tons of rock fall and breaking the city in half. Jax is almost crushed by a massive rock, but it is caught by Wingflare, who attempts to put Lux back together. Jax jumps onto a drone and flies towards Wingflare. He tries to attack her with his sword, but fails and is grabbed by Wingflare telekinetically. Abigail shoots Wingflare and Jax manages to get away while she is distracted. Jax reveals that he managed to cut some hair off of Wingflare. The team regroups at the rendezvous point, though BrigandBriggen has been gravely injured.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Jax meets up with the surviving Texas Reckoners, led by Abigail. Abigail gently informs Jax that Paige is dead, killed when Wingflare dropped a section of road on her. Abigail tries to contact Prof, but he doesn’t respond. She is unable to contact any other Reckoners, leaving the Texas Reckoners as just four members: Abigail, Jax, Hershel, and BrigandBriggen. They decide that despite their apparent lack of assets, they should keep going. BrigandBriggen expresses doubt, but the other three agree to keep fighting, and BrigandBriggen eventually agrees.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Back in the present, after the events in Galveston, Jax sits on the beach with Hershel and watches the city burn in the distance. Abigail calls, telling them that BrigandBriggen is badly inured by shrapnel and that they need to prep the med kits. BrigandBriggen and Abigail arrive, and Brigand’sBriggen’s face is horribly disfigured and damaged by the shrapnel and fire. Despite the fact that his injury was caused by Jax recklessly firing rockets without permission, BrigandBriggen says he doesn’t blame Jax. Back at the Coop, Jax and Wade start working together on the Mitosis motivator.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Over the next several months, the Texas Reckoners prepare for the day of the infiltration. They hide in an apartment building nearby, waiting for Wade to come back. He arrives with multiple pizzas, having hacked into the delivery database of an Epic’s personal pizzeria. As they feast, they all discuss what they would do if they could spend an entire day doing anything with anyone. Hershel says he would want to spend a day at the zoo with his mom. Wade says he would get back a video game he had once lost and play it again. Jax says he would spend the day with his older brother, eating waffles and tinkering with old musket parts. BrigandBriggen says he would spend the day grilling steaks and drinking wine. Abigail says she would spend the day with her daughter, Sophie, whom she neglected because of a busy job and who was killed by an Epic.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Thousands of hopefuls wait for Lux in the town of Sweetwater, Texas. As the Reckoners wait, they discuss what they think is up there. BrigandBriggen is hopeful, and believes that Lux is actually a paradise, just as its flyers claim. Hershel and Jax, however, think that it’s all a lie and that it’s as awful as everywhere else. Hershel says that if Lux turns out to be all full of ponies and campfire songs, he will lick Brigand’sBriggen’s boots clean. As Lux approaches, Wade is assigned to be the first up the ladder. As the ladders drop, people mob around them and some start fighting to be the first ones up. Jax uses the martial arts skills that Zeff had taught him and defends the ladder against the other people, letting the other Reckoners get up onto the ladder. Jax hurries up the ladder, and once the Reckoners get high enough, they start using repelling gear to ensure they don’t fall.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

They stand on a hill, gazing down at a real carnival down below, complete with carnival games, cotton candy, and a Ferris wheel. BrigandBriggen tells Hershel that now he has to lick BrigandBriggen's boots, per their earlier deal. Rows of houses are laid out in neat neighborhood, and Jax is shocked and discomforted that Lux actually is a paradise like its flyers claimed. Jax feels conflicted, knowing that he is here to end this paradise. They enter a suburb, and the Raven lieutenant leads them into their new house, which is clean and pristine.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Paige tells the others about the four Epics in Lux: Lifeforce, Languish, Cloudbreaker, and Wingflare. She says she doesn't know much about Lifeforce, as he is secretive. Jax explains their plan to Paige, as well as summarizing what has happened since Arlington. Paige tells them that the power grid is underground, along with the Raven tunnels. They look at the tunnel blueprints, and find a storage closet thirty-five feet away from the power grid. They realize that they can get into the storage closet, then dig five feet through the rock, using a reversed sonic snare to keep them from being heard. Then, they would be close enough to use the boomerang watches to teleport in an out of the room, and be able to work for thirty seconds at a time. Paige says she can get them into the storage closet through the ventilation system. Abigail assigns BrigandBriggen to help Jax with the power grid when the time comes. They set the day of the attack to be in seven days.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

The team works on different aspects of their plan, then head out when the time comes. They board the Alyssa after crossing the pond in paddle boats. Wade secures an antenna to the outside of the ship, then they all head inside. The team proceeds via a series of air ducts, activating the sound envelope to cover their progress. They break through a locked door using a hand buzzsaw, still unheard by Ravens thanks to the reversed sonic snare, proceeding into a the supply room from which they will teleport. Hershel blows dozens of holes in the wall using explosive charges. Wade hacks the security camera to mask their movements and provide information, and Jax goes in to eliminate the single security guard with BrigandBriggen. Jax attemps to tranquilize the man, but when he misses, BrigandBriggen's dart flies true and knocks the guard unconscious. Jax and BrigandBriggen return to the supply closet before the boomerang watch kills them, and they return to the power grid room with tools. They run into an issue when the wires are laid out differently than expected, leading to tensions between Jax and BrigandBriggen. They ended up having to jump back and forth hundreds of times over the next few hours, making only slow progress on the system. The slow progress and several errors make tensions mount even higher. Eventually, Jax and BrigandBriggen got into an argument about which wires to cut. BrigandBriggen wins the argument, but they cut the wrong ones, causing an error. An alarm suddenly begins blaring. They complete the sabotage work just as the Ravens arrive, and BrigandBriggen's boomerang watch is destroyed in the ensuing chaos. Jax tries to bring BrigandBriggen back with him using his own boomerang watch, but Raven bullets and the boomerang time limit prevent him from doing so. They are forced to abandon BrigandBriggen to the Ravens as they make their escape.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

They hurriedly leave the Raven tunnels, and none of them speak as they work back at base. Jax wants to rescue BrigandBriggen, but they don’t know where he is. They use the boomerang’s signature frequency to send a message to BrigandBriggen using morse code. After an entire night of waiting, they finally get a response. BrigandBriggen sends a signal back, telling them he’s in the palace and that they need to come fast and bring mitosis. Paige gets them into Lifeforce’s palace, and they soon find BrigandBriggen, who has escaped his captors but is wounded. They all enter Lifeforce’s throne room, where everything is dipped in gold. Lifeforce greets them calmly, and walks down to them. Jax charges his sword with mitosis, then throws it, sinking the sword into Lifeforce’s chest. Lifeforce drops to the floor, but he doesn’t dissapear as he’s supposed to. Life gets to his feet, then gives a signal. Hundreds of Ravens pour into the room, leveling weapons at the Reckoners. BrigandBriggen walks forward to stand next to Lifeforce, revealing that he betrayed them. Lifeforce makes BrigandBriggen a Raven, healing his disfigured face and other wounds. BrigandBriggen says he was afraid of dying, so he made a deal with Lifeforce. Lifeforce explains that because of Brigand’sBriggen’s warning, he had Languish negate the mitosis motivator’s powers.

Jax wants to duel BrigandBriggen, but Lifeforce offers to fight him instead. Lifeforce tells Languish via radio to stand down, leaving him vulnerable. Jax charges Lifeforce and attacks, having initial success against the Epic. Jax charges up mitosis and presses it against his neck, and Lifeforce starts to fade. Mitosis overheats, then breaks, leaving Lifeforce still alive. Lifeforce defeats Jax aided by a sudden burst of strength, and shatters Shiloh into multiple pieces. With no other choice, the Reckoners surrender. Ravens take the others away, and Jax is sent to a room to talk with Lifeforce alone.

*[[BrigandBriggen]] (point of view)

BrigandBriggen is in his new fancy house on Lux, but he feels guilty about betraying his friends. He grills a steak - a rarity in the world of Epics - but fails to fully enjoy it due to visions of the past, and of the friends that he betrayed. He repeats the phrase "You made your choice". Ultimately, he vomits up the steak, and realizes that he is worse than Lifeforce: For while Lifeforce is building something good in Lux, BrigandBriggen is only looking out for himself.

*[[BrigandBriggen]]

Lifeforce summons BrigandBriggen to his throne room, and angrily informs him that Languish has been kidnapped by his fellow Reckoners. BrigandBriggen begs and pleads, and Lifeforce regards him with distaste. Lifeforce tells BrigandBriggen that he needs his help, then leads BrigandBriggen to a room in his laboratory, called the Chrysalis Hollows. The room is filled with small chambers, with frosted glass walls. He gives BrigandBriggen a chamber, and ushers him inside. Lifeforce takes a syringe from a case and injects its contents into Brigand’sBriggen’s neck. Lifeforce begins counting the seconds inside his head. After about a minute, BrigandBriggen begins to grow panicked, and starts frantically scratching himself. He screams, saying that there is something inside of him, demanding that Lifeforce get it out. He collapses into madness, then dies moments later. Disappointed, Lifeforce jots down the results of the experiment and leaves Brigand’sBriggen’s corpse in the chamber.

Languish is in his lakeside house, preparing to flee the city. He no longer trusts any of the people or groups in the city, and determines that he would be safest away from Lux. He packs clothes and a gun, thinking about his future and wishing he could taste Lux’s delicious food once more. Right as Languish is about to leave, the Reckoners arrive and stop him. Languish tells the Reckoners that Lifeforce killed BrigandBriggen, and the Reckoners have mixed reactions to the news.

The Reckoners go to BrigandBriggen's old house in order to regroup and shelter from Raven patrols. Languish cooperates, knowing that Lifeforce would kill him if he is found. The Reckoners decides to rest for the night. The next morning, Languish asks about Hershel's missing leg, and the others explain the game to him. Languish considers for a moment, offering up his candy bar as the price of his guess. He guesses that Hershel got trapped and had to cut it off himself. Wade says that it’s impossible, saying that nobody is that hardcore.