Editing Houston (section)

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
Houston was attacked by a part of [[the Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]], including clones of [[Burnscar]], [[Damsel of Distress]], [[Nice Guy]], [[Shatterbird]] and more.<ref>“We need to decide who goes where,” Defiant said.  “The first teleportation marked coordinates on Houston.”<br/><br/>Weaver spoke up, “I noted Shatterbirds and Burnscars leaving, some Damsels, bunch of others I didn’t catch, but they had weapons and I’m thinking Winter or Crimson.  There were some I parsed as hostages, but it’s only in retrospect that I’m thinking they were Nice Guys.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref> [[Defiant]] successfully counters their attack, using technology of [[Toybox]] to fight them.<ref>“I’m ''not'' saying we should abandon Houston,” Weaver said, before Hoyden could speak.  “Defiant, can you postpone the collapse of this area?”<br/><br/>“Yes, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it,” he responded.<br/><br/>“I think you should,” she said.  “Toybox left enough stuff behind.  Use it.  Stay behind, arm yourself, then throw everything but the kitchen sink at them.  You remember how the scar formed in Brockton Bay?”<br/><br/>“Mm,” he said.  “Tinker technology takes time to understand, to prepare.  Too dangerous otherwise.”<br/><br/>“There’s a solution to that.  I’ll point the way.”<br/><br/>Defiant hesitated.<br/><br/>Golem looked around the group, saw the expressions on faces, saw how even Hoyden had relaxed a fraction.  Even the Dragon’s Tooth officers that accompanied them were a little more at ease.  There were no answers in this situation, but there was a possibility.  An option, vague as it was.<br/><br/>“Okay,” Defiant said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref><ref>They stood in silence, waiting for the other shoe to drop.<br/><br/>“We got him,” Weaver said.  She raised a hand to her ear.  “We got Jack.  He’s ''down''.  Everyone report in.”<br/><br/>“''Houston is safe'',” Defiant reported.  “''Battered, but safe.''” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/interlude-26b/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26b]]</ref>

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