Editing Gestation

{{Infobox Worm arc
| name = Gestation
[[File:Gestation by wolfofragnarok.jpg|thumb|Gestation cover art by [http://fav.me/d7ptq7j wolfofragnarok]]]
| chaptercount = 7
| wordcount = 17,471
| number = 1
| start = 11 June 2011
| end = July 2, 2011
| previous = 
| next = [[Insinuation]]
}}'''Gestation''' is the first story arc of the [[Worm]] series; followed by [[Insinuation]]. Taylor is introduced, the setting is established, and her first night as a hero is shown.

==Summary==
This arc follows Taylor Hebert's decision to become a hero after an incident at her school and her first night out.

She meets villains like Lung and the Undersiders: heroes like Armsmaster. She almost dies and has a lot to think about.

Her father hears her come home and keeps to himself.

==Chapters==
{{Gestation Chapters}}
==Story Impact==
*Several important characters are introduced such as [[Taylor Hebert]], [[Lung]], the [[Undersiders]] and [[Armsmaster]], along with the concepts of [[Capes]], [[Heroes]] and [[Villains]].
*Taylor is bullied at [[Winslow High|school]] by a trio of girls; [[Emma Barnes|Emma]], [[Sophia Hess|Sophia]] and [[Madison Clements|Madison]].
**She summons a swarm of insects to the girl's toilets as a result but overcomes her desire for retaliation and disperses the swarm.
**Emma is revealed to have formerly been Taylor's best friend.
*Taylor has been working on creating her own hero costume using genuine spider silk harvested from black widow spiders.
*Taylor battles Lung and several members of the [[Azn Bad Boys]] after overhearing their plot to kill children.
**She succeeds in defeating Lung after the intervention of the Undersiders, a group of teenage villains.
**The Undersiders mistake Taylor for a fellow villain and leave, and Taylor realizes that the Undersiders were the group of "children" that Lung planned to kill.
*Taylor meets Armsmaster for the first time, and after declining his invitation to join the [[Wards]], gives permission for him to take credit for the defeat of Lung.
*A TV documentary covers information about the first appearance of [[Scion]] in 1982 and the emergence of heroes and villains in the following years.
*[[Danny Hebert|Danny]] hears his daughter come back home late at night and decides to speak with her in the morning.

==Characters==
===First Appearance===
The characters who have appeared for the first time in [[Worm]], in this arc are:
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*[[Taylor Hebert]]
*[[Mr. Gladly]]
*[[Madison Clements]]
*[[Sophia Hess]]
*[[Emma Barnes]]
*[[Lung]]
*[[Tattletale]]
*[[Grue]]
*[[Bitch]]
*[[Regent]]
*[[Brutus]]
*[[Judas]]
*[[Angelica]]
*[[Armsmaster]]
*[[Danny Hebert]]
}}

===First Mentioned===
The characters who have been mentioned for the first time in [[Worm]], in this arc are:
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*[[Oni Lee]]
*[[Bakuda]]
*[[Andrew Hawke]]
*[[Scion]]
}}

==Battles & Events==
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*[[Unnamed Bug Girl vs. Lung]]
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==Trivia==
*Gestation commonly means the developing period of an embryo before the organism is ready to be birthed, hatched, crawl to the mother's pouch etc.
**Here it relates to the first formative experience of Taylor's cape career and how who she meets will effect her in the times that follow.
*The arc was partially adapted into a comic by [https://www.deviantart.com/elianedefortuny ElianeDeFortuny].

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