Editing Crawler (section)

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
Ten clones of Crawler were among the ranks of the [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand|Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]]; this included nine perfect duplicates and one [[Spawner|hybrid]] with [[Breed]]. Several of the Crawler clones were dealt with by [[Dragon]].<ref>[[Interlude 26.x]]</ref>

The threat of infant Crawler clones being in the Nine's dimensional headquarters forced the heroes to collapse the entire dimension.<ref name="26.6">“I wouldn’t say that, Chevalier,” Jack responded, his voice carrying through the vast chamber with two or three hundred vats spaced evenly throughout.  “See, we mixed things up a little.  There’s a specialized cleanup area that can kill the Crawler clones.  We gave them their powers right off the bat.  Mixed them in with the others.  You’ll have to be fairly discerning, and devote manpower to the task.”<br /><br />I thought about using my power, but there weren’t any bugs native to this area.  I was limited to the ones that I’d brought with me.  Not enough to cart two or three hundred children off to some special device.<br /><br />“A distraction,” Defiant said.  “There’s another option.  A bomb.  If we track down the device Dodge used to create and maintain this dimension, we can collapse it.”<br /><br />“How fast?” Chevalier asked.<br /><br />“Fast,” Defiant answered.<br /><br />“Poor sportsmanship,”  Jack rebuked them.  “Let’s try a different distraction then.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/03 Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.6]]</ref><ref name="27.4">“You will help,” Defiant said.  “After.  When you work, it’s going to be with supervision.  Panacea can check your work and vice-versa.”<br><br>Bonesaw sighed.  “My lab.  The alternate dimension, the cloning vats-”<br><br>“Destroyed,” Defiant said.<br><br>“You’re serious?”<br><br>He didn’t respond.<br><br>Bonesaw scowled. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref>