Editing Colin Wallis (section)

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
The pair continued their pursuit of the Nine and were eventually able to force them into hiding.<ref>[[Cell 22.2]]</ref>

Dragon and Defiant arrive at [[Arcadia High]] in a pair of Dragon suits in order to apprehend Taylor, under orders of the PRT. Defiant counters her insects with his spear and defends Dragon as she verbally spars with Taylor. Defiant also apologizes to Taylor, admitting that he should have attempted to compromise with her and he regrets how he handled things with her. He is even willing to officially admit culpability in how Taylor became who she is. When Skitter asks why they have come to arrest her in a public place - outing her cape identity in the process - Defiant informs her that Dinah told them it was their best chance of apprehending her.<ref>[[Chrysalis 20.4]]</ref>

Taylor refuses to go with them and uses her fellow students as an escape method. Defiant is dogpiled by many of them, preventing him from grabbing Skitter. When Dragon is forced by her programming to attempt to apprehend Skitter, Defiant makes a crude adjustment to her code that prevents her from pursuing Skitter further. Although he does not feel the risk of losing Dragon is worth Taylor's freedom, Dragon insists it is the right choice. He makes the edit, crippling Dragon. While Skitter escapes, Defiant embraces Dragon's malfunctioning android body.<ref>[[Chrysalis 20.5]]</ref>

After the incident, Piggot reminds Defiant that he is on a strict probation, with terms that he had personally agreed to. As Dragon is unable to speak (although can presumably still communicate with him thanks to his cybernetic implants), Defiant promptly makes the demand that the Protectorate needs to clean house and eliminate any sign of [[Cauldron]] influence. When the Director refuses, Defiant claims that he and Dragon will simply leave then. In response, [[Alexandria]] indicates that the PRT will hand over much of Dragon's responsibilities to [[Saint]]. Because of this, Defiant and Dragon agree to a compromise: after the next Endbringer attack, the PRT will clean house.<ref>[[Interlude 20.x]]</ref>

Director Tagg tells Taylor that she may be held by Dragon and Defiant in one of their vessels, away from any of her insects, until the time of her trial.<ref>[[Cell 22.2]]</ref>

Defiant arrives, with Dragon, to ostensibly collect Skitter from the Protectorate HQ in Brockton Bay. He confronts Skitter in a storeroom, pinning her to the ground with his spear until Dragon arrives. They haul Skitter to the Pendragon and, as they go, Skitter ties Defiant to Dragon with a cord from her insects. As they arrive, Skitter attempts to push Defiant over the edge of the roof, however Defiant manages to catch himself and Dragon hauls him back up over the edge. Angry, Defiant snaps at Skitter to "Stop trying things."

When Skitter continues to resist, Defiant tells her that Tagg and Alexandria are dead. They continue to spar verbally until Miss Militia intervenes, talking through Dragon's set of power armor. Defiant tells Skitter that they were not there to arrest her. Further, he says that the whole situation with Alexandria was a mistake - one that they are all about to pay for.<ref>[[Cell 22.5]]</ref>

Defiant likens Alexandria's mistake with Skitter to his lie detector - she had the wrong information and made the wrong decisions because of it. And, given that she never actually killed any of the Undersiders, they are poised to attack in fifteen minutes - something which Defiant says would be almost impossible odds with the suits, the Brockton Bay Protectorate and ten other visiting heroes. As the timer counts closer to zero, and Skitter sticks to her terms, Defiant goes into communication with the new Chief Director and Chevalier who agree to Skitter's terms.

Still, the Protectorate faces a public relations crisis due to the death of Alexandria. Defiant offers the Dragon-craft as a thing to use to capture the imagination of the public - but Miss Militia states that they're still vulnerable to the Endbringers, in contrast to Alexandria who had been instrumental in stopping all three on numerous occasions.

Later, Defiant gives Taylor her new mask and costume that she will wear as Weaver. He congratulates her and compliments her speech, although Dragon shushes him as he attempts to press a conflict of interest issue.<ref>[[Cell 22.6]]</ref>(this last part goes into personality not catching the nuance of what is happening)

Defiant and Dragon served as transport for [[Weaver]], taking her to and from prison, court, Protectorate meetings and what she terms 'field exercises'. In New York, Defiant acted partly as her advocate during her meeting with various protectorate teams.<ref>[[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Defiant also debriefed Weaver in part after her action against [[The Adepts]].<ref>[[Drone 23.2]]</ref> When Behemoth was detected in [[New Delhi]], Defiant and Dragon arrived to collect Weaver from Boston.<ref>[[Drone 23.4]]</ref>

En route, Defiant provides Weaver with a flightpack that he had created for her and admits that he had wronged her and set her on the path to becoming a villain. Because of that, he has put himself on the line to recommend her for the Wards and will invest as much time and and equipment as necessary to keep her on track. In exchange for the apology and the flightpack, Colin asks Taylor to look past his own transgressions from his time as Armsmaster. As they land and disembark, Defiant prevents Taylor from rejoining the Undersiders, telling her that her place is with the Wards.<ref>[[Drone 23.5]]</ref>

When Alexandria arrives, Defiant is as confused as anyone else, claiming that he saw her dead body himself and verified her DNA, examined and carbon dated her prosthetic eye and checked several other readings. He also confirms that Alexandria went missing from Protectorate custody.

Defiant assists in the battle with Behemoth but is out of contact for some time following the destruction of Dragon's suits. In the final battle against [[Behemoth]], Colin lent support to Chevalier as he faced the Endbringer head-on.<ref name="I24"/>

In the aftermath of the battle, Defiant waited in vain for Dragon to reboot and took time to reflect on his life, his actions, and his attitude. Trying to clear his head, he sets out to help rescue workers, later a rebooted Dragon finally contacts him.<ref name="I24y">[[Interlude 24.y]]</ref>

Months later Defiant is present representing the Protectorate at the [[Khonsu Meeting]], alongside Dragon. He exchanges verbal barbs with Saint over the needed response.<ref>[[Scarab 25.5]]</ref>