Editing Slaughterhouse Nine (section)

===[[Brockton Bay]]===
The Slaughterhouse Nine arrived in Brockton Bay for a second time in early June of 2011.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/interlude-10-5-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> They initially split up in order to recruit each of their chosen individuals as candidates for membership, scouting out these candidates for several days and speaking to them on June 7th and 8th.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/plague-12-1/ Excerpt] from [[Plague 12.1]]</ref> Their arrival prompted the heroes and villains of Brockton Bay to meet in order to discuss how to combat the Nine.

During this time, [[Cauldron]] also sent [[Battery]] a note telling her to let [[Siberian]] and [[Shatterbird]] escape the city alive.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/26 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12.5]]</ref> <ref>Well, to be clear, Cauldron wanted Shatterbird and Siberian to leave the city, not necessarily Jack. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/monarch-16-13/#comment-8710 Comment] by Wildbow on [[Monarch 16.13]]</ref>

After the [[Undersiders]] were forced to leave the meeting, the Slaughterhouse Nine confronted them in a parking garage. Jack Slash told them that each candidate would be tested by every member of the Nine in turn, ending in Jack Slash; failure of a test would lead to death or worse.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/plague-12-4/ Excerpt] from [[Plague 12.4]]</ref> During this confrontation, [[Tattletale]] revealed that [[Cherish]] was plotting to take control of the Slaughterhouse Nine, something Jack Slash and [[Bonesaw]] had already countered. Jack Slash injured Tattletale for revealing this information. After this, Tattletale proposed a game to Jack Slash: if more than half of the candidates survived the tests, the Nine would only take the voluntary recruits with them and leave the remaining survivors. 

Shatterbird sang thirty minutes after this confrontation. Following this in quick succession, [[Mannequin]] attacked Skitter’s territory and was driven off by her, and the Slaughterhouse Nine killed all the [[Merchants]] except for [[Scrub]], who could harm [[Crawler]].<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/24 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12]]</ref>

Jack delivered the finalized rules of the game the next morning, giving each member of the Nine a time limit to administer their tests and prohibiting individuals who were not Brockton Bay residents from interfering. The Nine’s rules stated that they would win if they managed to kill five of the six candidates.

In between the game’s beginning and the first attack, [[Imp]] infiltrated the Slaughterhouse Nine and failed to kill Bonesaw. She instead struck a deal with Cherish.

Mannequin was the first to take part, attacking [[Skitter]] once more. He was driven off by the Undersiders and saved by [[Burnscar]], forfeiting his turn. The Nine were then ambushed by [[the Travelers]] and the Undersiders, who captured Shatterbird and Cherish. In the same confrontation, [[Grue]] was captured by the Nine and later tortured by Bonesaw. The Nine captured Skitter, Tattletale, Imp, Trickster, [[Sundancer]], and [[Ballistic]] when they attempted to rescue Grue. Bonesaw began to torture them but was blindsided by [[Parian]]. Grue underwent a [[second trigger]], killing Burnscar and freeing his allies.

The Nine and the collective Parahumans of Brockton Bay continued to clash, ultimately resulting in Bonesaw releasing a plague causing agnosia so that none of the defending parahumans could recognize each other. [[Panacea]] cured the plague, but the Nine managed to escape, recruiting [[Hookwolf]] and leaving behind a modified Cherish on the bottom of the Bay as punishment.