Fallen Angels #2

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So, when we last left off, Bobby and chance where in deep kimshi. Bobby's powers had completely flaked out, and he and the young Korean girl Chance were at the mercy of a couple of street thugs. Chance tries to protect herself, and then Bobby tries to protect her. Both fail, and then this happens:



They leave Bobby behind, but thankfully Warlock shows up to save the day. When Bobby goes to the door where Chance and Ariel were, he finds nothing there.

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Moira has arrived with Siryn and Madrox. After a quick briefing, Siryn and Madrox head to New York to hunt Bobby and Warlock down...er, find Bobby and Warlock.

We go back to Bobby and Warlock. In order to mix with the crowd, Warlock has changed his form in order to blend in, but he's having a hard time maintaining concentration as both he and Bobby haven't eaten in a while. Thankfully for Warlock, he's Warlock:



Bobby, unfortunately, is not able to transform garbage into suitable food. Therefore, he has a bit of a quandary, as he has no money.

(Quick rant time: this is likely one of the reasons this mini gets looked down upon, as in setting up the situation you have to believe a number fo things that don't really make sense.

For instance, Bobby is stinking filthy rich. If he had the money to afford a bus ticket to New York, shouldn't he have enough money to buy some food, buy a restaurant, buy a hotel? l

Madrox and Siryn are sent unaccompanied to a strange city to look for someone that apparently they've not met--it's really unclear as to whether they have any experience with one another other than the files at the mansion.

Also, where the hell are the other New Mutants? I can't imagine that they wouldn't insist on searching for Bobby and Warlock or sneaking out and looking for him. Yes, they were told to stay in house, but that never stopped them before.

Okay, rant mode over. Back to the story).

So Bobby's hungry and lamenting that he has no money, when Warlock tells him that since he's a super-villain now, he should just steal some food. Bobby agrees, and decides to break into the first doorway he sees. Unfortunately, it's a church.

Bobby runs away in shame, but as he ripped the front door off of the church, he's created a little problem for the kindly clergyman within. He's retrieving the door when he's accosted by some more street thugs. Oh, won't someone help the poor man?:



Who are Don and Bill? We'll be getting back to them...oh, we'll definitely be getting back to them. Anyway, Don and Bill make quick work of the dastardly street thugs, but they can't stick around to receive thanks--they're searching for Sunspot.

shifting gears, Siryn and Madrox have gone to the bus station to begin their search when this happens:



This will become important later.

So Madrox intentionally duplicates himself a number of times and they begin searching for Bobby. They do have a device to help them locate him, but with so many mutants in New York, it's hard to zero in on Bobby.

So anyway, Jamie is searching and lo and behold, one of his dupes runs across Bobby and Warlock sitting on a stoop. All the other dupes come running, but so does the unidentified youth, who identifies himself as Gomi, and we finally get to see Don and Bill:



Yep, mutant lobsters. Super-strong mutant lobsters. Who apparently have a mental "rapport" with Gomi (much like the Falcon's with Redwing). Unfortunately, I couldn't scan one of the funnier moments in this issue where the lobsters nearly blundered into a seafood restaurant.

By the way, I have to agree with Bobby here. The Hellions treated Empath better. At least their attitude was, "he may be a jerk, but he's our jerk."

Then we meet another member of our rapidly expanding cast:



Personally, I like the Vanisher. He's not out to rule the world or destroy it or take great vengeance upon someone. He just wants to steal your money. If he kept a lower profile, he'd be damned successful at it too.

So Siryn and Madrox the original arrive on the scene, and Siryn instantly attacks the Vanisher, who--well, he vanishes. He is a bit of a coward, after all. Chance and Ariel show up, and everyone follows the two of them through the doorway. Siryn is just a tad slow: