Editing Victoria Dallon (section)

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Victoria is informed that everyone is allowed to use powers again. After getting scolded by [[Miss Militia]] for breaking the rules again, she angrily flies back home, only to find it destroyed. Using her improved power, she rips the ruined building apart to recover necessities and her costume. While doing so, she also tests the boundaries of the dimensional rift. Once returning to the former [[Cauldron Compound]], she sees that the heroes have gathered everyone who they could find to help, including [[The Undersiders]], her [[Breakthrough|team]], [[New Wave|family]] and [[Amy Dallon|sister]].<ref>[[Radiation 18.1]]</ref> There she assists [[The Wardens]] in spreading information about [[The Shardspace|Shardspace]].

After the speech, she gets sent to the old Fallen Camp with her team and affilates, positioned in between [[Titan Eve]] and [[Titan Oberon]]. She requests artillery from the [[Patrol Block]] on scene.<ref>[[Radiation 18.2]]</ref> She returns to the Wardens' headquarters for defensive supplies, then moves on to the battlefield with her group, where she assists in fighting Titan Oberon. Inmidst of the battle, [[Tattletale]] tells her about their grim future.<ref>[[Radiation 18.4]]</ref> Victoria ensures that the rear groups retreat alive, and helps [[Flechette|Foil]] and [[Damsel of Distress III|Damsel]] to harm the titans. They retreat just in time for [[Titan Skadi]] to arrive, demolishing parts of their reinforcements.<ref>[[Radiation 18.5]]</ref> With [[Parian]]'s full potential, they manage to hold Oberon and Skadi back for long enough that Eve can retreat towards [[Dauntless|Kronos]].<ref>[[Radiation 18.6]]</ref> She continues to help [[Legend]] fight Skadi, but twists her foot in the process and gets swatted by Oberon, dropping into a dimensional crack to catch her fall. While retreating from the battlefield, she visits Titan Eve to talk to her, after which she heads back to the Patrol Block, where she meets [[Lightstar]]. They tend to her injuries and realize that Victoria is suddenly losing a lot of hair. [[Jasper]] shows up to calm her down.<ref>[[Radiation 18.7]]</ref>

Receives a custom made laser-cannon from [[Dragon]]. Seeks out [[Tattletale]] to resolve a problem between [[Lookout]] and [[Rachel]]. Tattletale clarifies that the hair loss came from a chemical burn.<ref>[[Radiation 18.8]]</ref> Victoria talks with [[Natalie Matteson|Natalie]] and the rest of her team and takes a quick nap at Rain's old house in the Fallen Camp. After waking up, she gets the idea to send unpowered people into [[The Shardspace]] to overwhelm and sabotage titans from that side.<ref name="II18.9">[[Radiation 18.9]]</ref> She speaks to the people of [[Earth Gimel]] through Kenzie's tech and about five thousand volunteers join her cause. Together with [[The Wardens]], she leads them into Shardspace. Titan Skadi attacks the convoy and Victoria shoots her with the laser-cannon, after which more Titans move in to join the battle.<ref>[[Radiation 18.10]]</ref> The laser-cannon's charge is quickly spent after the Titans of [[Fortuna]] arrive.<ref>Narwhal shouted.  Capes hurried to the one side.  Ophion’s creation was attacking.  A tide of flesh.<br/><br/>I added my gunfire to the response, flying up for a vantage point that didn’t risk shooting some cape in the back of the head, then putting shots in the thing.<br/><br/>Until I pulled the trigger and nothing came out. <br/><br/>I dropped it, undid the clasps, and hauled out the power cell. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/24/infrared-19-1/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.1]]</ref> Victoria hands the empty power cell to a tinker and flies off to recharge the cannon, then enters Shardspace to protect the volunteers from Skadi. While leaving to fetch her cannon to help with digging, she notices that the Shardspace's crystals project the ugly and shameful memories of parahumans and potential parahumans to the volunteers.<ref>[[Infrared 19.1]]</ref> Vicky and the volunteers bomb Shardspace so hard that it temporarily incapacitates capes and titans. It also slightly changes some people's powers, including Victoria's Wretch. After suffering another flashback to her trauma due to [[Engel]], Victoria helps fend off the Ophion titan again, then leaves with her team to join the fight against the [[Contessa|Titan Fortuna]].<ref>[[Infrared 19.2]]</ref>

She fights the new titans created by the second Ice Break and attempts to save [[Snuff]], but fails and breaks the laser-cannon in the process. Has to withdraw to get it repaired. Briefs with her team on the new situation, [[Chris Elman]] included.<ref>[[Infrared 19.5]]</ref> She explores the new properties of her forcefield while fighting the [[Mr. Bough|Ophion Titan]], but gets stabbed by the titan's spikes and has to accept Chris's help to fix her leg. Chris tells her about [[Amy]] wearing bits of her skin. Deciding that they can't make a difference on the battlefield, [[Breakthrough]] heads back to Shardspace, leaving [[Tristan]] and [[Sveta]] behind.<ref>[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref> With [[Tattletale]]'s help, they make it to [[Contessa|Titan Fortuna]]'s part of Shardspace, where Sveta, Byron, Chris and [[Harbinger V]] catch up with them and they get a look into Fortuna's memories.<ref>[[Infrared 19.7]]</ref> Victoria gains insight on the [[Entity]] and [[List of Shards|The Eye]]'s origin. [[Chicken Little]] follows them into [[Shardspace]] and leads Victoria to an area where she sees images of her loved ones, which she interprets as her Shard being in love with her. She tells her Shard that she loves it too<ref>[[Infrared 19.8]]</ref> and goes through two trigger-related flashbacks. Once back with her team, Fortuna shows them a possible future of [[The Simurgh]] winning.<ref>[[Infrared 19.9]]</ref> Breakthrough investigates a little further and Victoria gets an idea on how to defeat both the Simurgh and Fortuna at once.<ref>“Let’s say we can get to this window of opportunity you’re talking about,” Sveta said.  “What do we do then?  You wanted them to stumble?”<br/><br/>“That’s the basic idea.  And for that, we need… something big.”<br/><br/>“Big in what sense?”<br/><br/>“Big in the messy sense.  In the… blood, guts, altering our machinery sense.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/15/infrared-19-10/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.10]]</ref> She decides to seek out Amy for help with her plan, going against the advice that Victoria had given to her earlier and Amy turns her down, refusing to use her power again.<ref>“Can we count on you?” I asked, and my voice was softer.  “We need help.”<br/><br/>“No,” she told me.<br/><br/>“No?” I echoed her.<br/><br/>“I’m going to keep talking to Dr. Darnall as long as he’s willing to listen.  Even if it’s only for the next two hours.  He was telling me about doctors, nurses and burnout, the effects it can have.  Um.  He said other stuff, it made sense.  I can give you guys information if it helps, I have a good mental picture of how a lot of this fits together.  But… I think it might be better if I never use my powers ever again.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/15/infrared-19-10/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.10]]</ref>

Victoria convinces Kenzie to surrender her tech to [[Dragon]] after an incident with [[The Heartbroken]]<ref>[[Infrared 19.g]]</ref> and joins the [[Wardens]] in their attack against [[The Simurgh]], for which she reclaims the laser cannon.<ref>[[Last 20.1]]</ref> Simurgh uses [[The Machine Army]] as a distraction to attack the [[Cauldron Compound|Wardens Headquarters]]. With the help of [[Colin Wallis|Defiant]], they chase after the Simurgh. Victoria's call to [[Bonesaw]] happens. She asks the girl to help her cause a genocide.<ref>“It would need to be deployed. I’d have to get it from here to there,” she said. “What is it?”<br/><br/>“It’s… genocide,” I answered her.<br/><br/>Chris was staring into my eyes.<br/><br/>“Oh. Of?”<br/><br/>“Us.” No use dressing it up. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/29/last-20-2/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.2]]</ref> The heroes fight their way through the Compound until Simurgh attempts an ambush. Through a flashback induced by the Simurgh, Victoria receives another upgrade to her power. With her newfound power, she is able to turn the tables on the Endbringer. [[Colin Wallis|Defiant]] orders Victoria to move ahead and stand guard for [[Dinah Alcott]], assuming that she is the Simurgh's target.<ref name="II20.3">[[Last 20.3]]</ref> On their way, the group runs into [[Bloodplay]], who injures [[Byron]] and Victoria. [[Chris]] helps them tend to their wounds at the laboratory.<ref name="II20.4">[[Last 20.4]]</ref> Victoria moves on alone, finding the Simurgh having taken control over [[the Mathers Giant]]. She fights her way through Simurgh's trickery with the help of [[The Undersiders]] and Dinah, using an injection provided by Chris to remove Simurgh's control over the Mathers Giant.<ref name="II20.5">[[Last 20.5]]</ref> Antares attempts to hit Simurgh with [[Torso]], but that plan fails, so she uses [[Rain]] instead by putting him inside of her forcefield. Together they manage to bisect the Endbringer, who's remaining half escapes.<ref>[[Last 20.7]]</ref> Despite them mostly successfully fending off the Simurgh, Chris stopped going along with Victoria's plan. Victoria fights and defeats Chris, even while heavily injured.<ref>[[Last 20.8]]</ref> Victoria is sent to the compound's infirmary, where [[Tattletale]] confronts her about the genocide plan. Victoria manages to convince Tattletale of it. [[Semiramis]] heals her wounds. Vicky speaks to [[Contessa]], informing her that [[Fume Hood]] and [[Dauntless]] will help defeat [[The Simurgh]].<ref>[[Last 20.9]]</ref>

[[Colin Wallis|Defiant]] encounters her after the Simurgh's defeat. Victoria and her team found a way to set the genocide plan in motion even without Chris's help, beginning with themselves.<ref>Antares hummed.  It was faint, like a tuning fork.  Her teammates did the same.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>She took him by the hand.<br/><br/>With one gauntlet, he moved her arm up to a part of his forearm where skin was still skin.  He felt the hum shiver through flesh, making subtle changes.<br/><br/>A death sentence, like the one she and her team already carried. [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.a II]] </ref> As it turns out, Victoria's plan merely puts every infected parahuman to sleep, including herself. Civilians are given the cure. Victoria falls asleep at the old [[Breakthrough]] headquarters, dreams of past fights, then encounters [[Gallant]] and [[Swansong]]. After twelve hours of sleep, a civilian wakes her up. She dumps her costume, then checks on Kenzie at the Wardens HQ, where she runs into [[Tattletale]] again.<ref>[[Last 20.11]]</ref> 

Her plan worked somehow and [[Fortuna]] surrenders. Victoria leaves [[Breakthrough]], but continues to do work with [[The Wardens]].<ref>[[Last 20.e1]]</ref>