Editing Mathers Compound Assault (section)

== Aftermath ==
The Fallen retreat and head for the City; Tattletale informs Victoria's team about their destination, but Victoria fails to gain support from other patrol groups in the area.<ref name="6.6" /> She does gain the help of other hero groups to lead an attack within the City.<ref>[[Pitch 6.9]]</ref> The Crowleys carry out a terrorist attack that causes widespread devastation, expanding the portals and presumably trapping key members of the [[Wardens]], including [[Chevalier]], [[Glaistig Uaine|Valkyrie]], [[Bonesaw|Riley]], and [[Jessica Yamada]]. Rain and Ashley turn themselves in, are charged with murder, and proceed to attend court hearings.<ref>[[Torch 7.2]]</ref>

Ashley and Rain turning themselves in signaled the potential falling apart of the yet-unnamed hero team; though Kenzie wanted to continue the team and was willing to ignore their actions, Rain and Ashley wanted to cooperate with the authorities, a choice which Sveta backed up.<ref>“Yeah,” Sveta said.  “Not us as a group.  We’d be peripheral, coordinating.  We all know people.  We can do the right thing here, all of us working together.  That’s what I want most- for this to have been a good thing.”<br><br>“You say that like it’s already over,” Kenzie said.<br><br>“This part of it’s almost over,” Ashley said.<br><br>“No,” Kenzie said.  “Nuh uh.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/05/pitch-6-7/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.7]]</ref> With the loss of Ashley, Rain, and Jessica Yamada, Victoria expressed concern for the team, and took it upon herself to look out for its members.<ref>''I don’t know how I’m going to help these guys, Jessica.''<br><br>I found myself actually hesitating before approaching Sveta, Tristan and Chris.  The group had lost two of its members and its mentor in a matter of nine days.<br><br>Kenzie was missing, I noted.  She was always early, barring extraordinary event.  Worrying, when she was first or tied for first place among those I was most concerned about- she had just lost her friend, or whatever it was that Ashley was to her.  Hard to pin down.  That was the first half of it.  The second half was the underlying threat within this group that Jessica had been so concerned about.<br><br>''What do I even do?'' - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/05/torch-7-5/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.5]]</ref>

The battle also exposed the presence of two Fallen converts within [[Advance Guard]], namely [[Scapegoat]] and another cape, who died in the battle.<ref>“It always is.  What happened, Scapegoat?” I asked.  I used flight to stead myself as I dropped low.<br><br>“I don’t know,” he said.<br><br>“He went Fallen,” someone supplied.<br><br>“He’s not the only one,” Mayday said.  “We had one other, who died in the scrap.  A lot of people were looking for answers after the end of the world, and the Fallen were promising them.”<br><br>Scapegoat shrugged.<br><br>''Reach'', as Tattletale had put it.</ref> For the [[Undersiders]], the situation with [[Cradle]] caused some minor conflict within the team, with [[Parian]] and [[Foil]] uncomfortable with what Tattletale had allowed to happen, apparently having underestimated how far the cluster was willing to go for revenge.<ref>“Tattletale,” Parian said.  “We think you should make amends here.”<br><br>Tattletale’s eyes roved over our group.  She fixed them on Rain.<br><br>She knew.  She knew what we came to say.  That Rain had come to the conclusion he had.<br><br>“Amends,” she said.  “I’ll point you at the Fallen.  You don’t have to give me Cradle.  If I really need him, I’ll discuss it with you and get permission first.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/08/pitch-6-8/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.8]]</ref>

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