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       [Cover has Kid Kirby standing upright, arms folded, looking
        down at the Phantom Walker, who has the back of his head 
        towards us. A speech bubble from Kid Kirby says "Why have
        _you_ summoned Kid Kirby?"]
 
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                            "Injection Of"

Space moved out of the way as Kid Kirby settled down on the moon's 
surface. With the recent influx of new members and the distance between 
him and his herald, Kid Kirby had left the LNH for a brief vacation that 
consisted of seeing some of the other planets in the solar system.
        Now he was preparing to return to earth, feeling somewhat 
refreshed. He was about to take off on the last short hop when a small 
alarm alerted him to an incoming message.
        Kid Kirby switched on the audio communication circuits. "It is 
I, Kid Kirby, here," he announced.
        "Ah, Kid Kirby, good to finally hear from you." The Kirbian 
recognised the voice of Multi-Tasking Man. "We've got a call for you 
from Squeaky Clean. Hang on a moment while I put you through."
        The line popped and buzzed as various signals were sent. Kid 
Kirby had time to wonder about the state of telecommunications before 
contact was made.
        "Kid Kirby?"
        "It is I."
        "Squeaky Clean here. I'm currently at the Hardy Hospital in 
Con.net.i.cut. I was wondering if you could come here to help me with a 
slight problem. It's rather complicated."
        Indeed. Kid Kirby raised a hidden eyebrow. Already there was a 
need for his services. "The Wielder of the Power Kirby shall be there."
        With that, Kid Kirby disconnected and took off, leaving large 
prints in the dust. His sensors had already located Hardy Hospital and 
calculated a course.

                                _-~-_

Squeaky Clean lay on his back and fretted. He didn't really have much 
choice about laying on his back. He had been thrown out a seventh story 
window and had landed in a manure truck, breaking his leg. Now, he was 
forced into immobility to let his leg heal.
        This didn't concern him right now.
        Also, while he had been visiting Maurice Beyke, aka Captain 
Cleanup, in hospital, a nurse has professed her love for him, and was 
unwilling to give up the idea, even though he had told her that he 
could never love her.
        This also wasn't his biggest problem.
        His real concern was that Maurice Beyke, after suffering major 
injuries in a fight, died. And currently, Maurice Beyke was in an 
apartment that belonged to his cousin packing their things and getting 
ready to move back to Net.ropolis.
        He could tell when he was out of his depth, and this was one of 
those times. When Maurice had been injured, he had refrained from 
calling the LNH. He doubted even their sophisticated machinery would 
have helped. Maurice needed time to rest and recover. Squeaky had been 
worried about Maurice for a while, which was why he had suggested a 
holiday in the first place. Even severely wounded, Maurice would be 
better off not in the LNHQ, which was attacked on a regular basis.
        But with Maurice rising from the dead, Squeaky had given in. 
Something was exceeding strange here. When Maurice had appeared at the 
end of Squeaky's hospital bed, Janice, the nurse who had been with him, 
and the one who loved him, had nearly fainted. She had then gone to 
alert her superiors. The doctors had been unable to find anything wrong 
with Maurice, and were unable to prevent him from leaving.
        Squeaky had summoned Kid Kirby in the hope that the cosmic 
traveller might have met something like this before.
        What he was not expecting was to have the Kirbian knocking at 
his window.
 
                                _-~-_
 
Kid Kirby hovered six stories above the ground looking in at Squeaky 
Clean. While he could have easily entered the room without help, he 
realised that many people disapproved of the destructive manner involved.
        Instead, he waited for someone to open the window and let him in.
        In due course, a nurse arrived and did just that. Kid Kirby noted 
her wide-eyed astonishment and approved. It is good that people are 
respectful of the Power Kirby.
        Once in the room, and positive he had Squeaky's attention, 
although this was not hard, he posed dramatically. "What is the menace 
that causes you on call on Kid Kirby? What devastation has occurred that 
requires the aid of He Who Wields the Power Kirby? What has happened 
that-"
        "KID!" yelled Squeaky. Kid Kirby, surprised, stopped in 
mid-speech. "If I may explain?"
        The Kirbian nodded. "Certainly my young, and rather loud, 
friend."
        Carefully Squeaky explained the events of Maurice's death and his
apparent return. 
        "What is the problem here?" asked Kid Kirby. "I, myself, have 
nearly died yet still lived on, only to return to my full might. Indeed 
several LNHers have also been killed and many of them have come back to 
life afterwards."
        "But, Captain Cleanup? Is he really the sort of hero that would be 
capable of such things?"
        Kid Kirby considered this. "Well, no," he admitted. "But that 
does not mean that he can't have returned from death."
        "Still, I'd be grateful if you could examine him... just to make 
sure nothing disastrous has happened."
        "Certainly. Kid Kirby has given you his word that he would help
you, and help you he will. Where may I find Captain Cleanup?"
        Behind him came "Hi Squeaky, are you ready to get out of here? 
Oh, hello Kid Kirby. What brings you here?"
        Kid Kirby opened his mouth to answer but Squeaky got there first.
        "I'm worried about you," he said. "You're not suited for this 
sort of thing."
        "You sound as if you'd prefer that I remained dead."
        Kid Kirby could easily see that Squeaky was hurt by this. He 
decided to keep out of this and concentrated on acquiring parts from the 
'Kirby Zone' to create the scanners he would need.
        "I'm sorry," said a quiet Cleanup.
        Squeaky looked away, unable to keep up eye-contact. "Are you 
ready, Kid Kirby?" he asked.
        "Indeed. I have just finished assembling a biopsytrioconic 
entraphonoscope. It will enable me to scan every part of Cleanup and 
cross-reference it with the records in my own database." The Kirbian One 
turned to Cleanup. "If you would just put your hand on this imager?" Kid 
Kirby pointed to the appropriate part of the device and Cleanup 
obligingly put his hand on it.
        The Kirby tech proceeded to take samples of Captain Cleanup's 
DNA and perform its tests. Slowly, the results came up for Kid Kirby to 
study. He did so absorbedly.
        "Interesting," said the Kirbian.
        "Yes?" asked Cleanup and Squeaky as one.
        "Physically, you are Captain Cleanup..."
        "But," prompted Squeaky.
        "There is something different about your powers."
        "What about them?" asked Cleanup.
        "Are they gone?" asked Squeaky.
        "They are still there," assured Kirby. "But, they are somewhat 
diminished."
        "What?"
        "They do not register as much as they used to. Whether this is 
due to your death or if this happened naturely over time I cannot tell."
        "So that's it?" asked Squeaky. "He dies, then comes back and 
nothing much as changed? Makes death seem... almost trivial."
        "Death is never trivial," said Kid Kirby.
        "Well," said Cleanup, picking up the bags he had walked in 
with. "Now that's settled, let's get you back to the LNHQ."
        "In case you haven't noticed," replied Squeaky. "I happen to be 
strapped into a leg support. I can't simply get up and walk out of here."
        "With Kid Kirby here, I'm sure you don't need to." Cleanup turned 
to Kid Kirby. "Can you create something to support Squeaky while we 
travel back to the LNHQ? He can rest up there while I get back to work."
        "Certainly," replied the Kirbian. "I will take you there myself."
Kid Kirby sent out a call for a private flight.thingee he had, and 
changed the biopsytrioconic entraphonoscope into a susocutrino 
hetretulol which would keep Squeaky's leg in one position during the 
flight.
        "Are you sure you should be going straight back to work? You 
haven't had much of a rest."
        "Nonsense. I feel fine. Besides, think of the mess the LNH must 
be in right now without our support. Once you're better, then we can 
discuss my retirement and you taking over for me."
        "What? Retirement? Who said anything about retirement?" Squeaky 
said, almost panicked by this.
        The flight.thingee choose this moment to arrive outside the 
window. Kid Kirby caused a break in conversation as he placed the 
susocutrino hetretulol on Squeaky's leg and removed the primitive 
hospital leg support. He carried Squeaky into the flight.thingee, then 
helped Cleanup and the bags into the craft.
        As he piloted the craft back towards Net.ropolis, Kid Kirby 
heard Cleanup continue in the background. "Now that you've graduated, I'm 
thinking about leaving the hero business. I'm sure you'll be able to fill 
in for me. There's a nice little dry cleaning business I've been 
thinking about setting up."
        Hearing Squeaky protest, Kid Kirby turned his mind to other 
matters, not the least of which was piloting the flight.thingee. When he 
got to the LNHQ, the Kirbian hoped that he would remember to notify 
Doctor Stomper and Organic Lass about the genetic disturbance in 
Cleanup's body. It wasn't anything that would affect him, rather it was 
more like junk DNA that hadn't been there before. Not harmful, just 
unnecessary.
 
Back in the ward room that Squeaky had so abruptly left, a nurse turned 
up to check on him and was not a little surprised to find the bed empty 
and the remains of the hospital's leg support lying on the bed.
        "Well, wherever you've gone, Squeaky," promised Janice to 
herself, "I'll find you. I know we're supposed to be together."
        She turned and angrily walked out of the room.

                                _-~-_

Kid Kirby entered his room, glad to be away from the maddening crowd. 
When they arrived in Sick Bay, with Kid Kirby holding an injured 
Squeaky Clean, they had immediately been barraged with questions.
        Kid Kirby had finally been able to get away, but managed to give 
Organic Lass a full report in private of his findings on Captain Cleanup's 
body. He had gone from there straight to his room.
        But even then he was not allowed to rest. In his room was a note 
to come down to the Monitoring Room and pick up a message.
        Curious as to why the message couldn't have been given instead 
of the note, Kid Kirby left for downstairs.
 
Entering the Monitoring Room, Kid Kirby saw immediately why he had had 
to come down. Spayed on the wall in large glowing red letters was the 
following message:
        "KID KIRBY,     
           MEET OUTSIDE BAY 4312 AT THE DOCKS OF NET.YORK CITY
                                THE PHANTOM WALKER
                P.S. THANK YOU OCCULTISM KID"
	[I'll reveal this joke. It's an injoke concerning how 
Occultism.Kid left me a message on Tiny Tim. - Jamas]
        Giving this message the evil eye was Multi-Taking Man, who was 
also reading alt.devilbunnies, reading _Flatland_, doing a Times 
crossword, and lots of other things. "That message appeared last night. 
Nobody saw who did it as someone put Figment Lad down for duty last 
night. As nobody knows if he really exists, we can't really ask him 
anything.
        "Anyway, the Ultimate Ninja has already sent a team in to 
investigate the area. You're to go as soon as possible."
        "Nobody tells Kid Kirby what to do."
        "And nobody's telling you what the UN will do if he finds out 
you've disobeyed him."
        "What does Occultism Kid say on the matter?"
        "Funnily enough, we can't seem to find him either."

                                _-~-_

The docks of Net.York were not the nicest place to be, and Kid Kirby 
reflected on this as he touched down. Despite what Multi-Tasking Man 
might think, it was not the ninja's wrath that brought him here. He was 
sure that he had heard of the Phantom Walker before, or, at least, his 
kind, and wanted to find out more.
        Kid Kirby scanned the area and quickly managed to locate Bay 
4312. This was helped by the sound of bickering that he heard on the air.
        "This is just so brilliant. We come all the way here to meet 
with some trenchcoat wannabe only to find out that we can't do whatever 
the hell we like just because we're not Kid Kirby."
        "I AM NOT A TRENCHCOAT WANNABE!"
        "Oh, so even tempered and moderate. May I have your autograph?"
        Kid Kirby could easily identify one member of the team the UN 
had sent. As Bay 4312 came into sight, Kid Kirby immediately spotted the 
figure of Sarcastic Lad. He also recognised Cheesecake Eater Lad and 
Parking Karma Kid, who were currently keeping out of the away, and 
snickering at Sarcastic Lad's performance. The other figure, by process 
of elimination had to be the Phantom Walker.
        Kid Kirby focused his scanners on the Phantom Walker, but they 
weren't quite as sensitive as the one he had created earlier to examine 
Captain Cleanup.
        The information was just as interesting though.
        According to his scanners, the Phantom Walker should have 
collapsed in on himself long ago. His density reading was higher than 
that of iron. Theoretically, his own body shouldn't be able to hold him 
up. Yet, the gravity reading was no higher than that of any normal 
person. Kid Kirby could also detect high muscular strength (though not 
high enough to account for him standing), and the possibility for other 
super powers.
        This was definitely what he had suspected. He looked forward to 
the following meeting.
        By this time, the Phantom Walker had spotted Kid Kirby. 
"Finally," he said, glancing at Sarc, "a real hero."
        "Oh no," gasped Sarc, falling backwards. "You're words wound me."
        Leaping forwards, Cheesecake Eater Lad and Parking Karma Kid 
grabbed Sarc before he hit the ground and dragged him out of the way.
        Kid Kirby strolled forwards. "What task drives you to calling 
upon the Wielder of the Power Kirby in such an abrupt manner?" he asked 
of the Phantom Walker.
        "I need power to back me up. There's a job that needs doing here 
and you're someone who knows what that implies."
        Kid Kirby nodded. He did know what forces were acting on the 
Walker. "Very well. Where do we need to be?"
        "Over at Bay 1239. I said to meet here in case others came." The 
Walker shot a glare at the other heroes, who said nothing.
        Kid Kirby nodded again. "I will meet you outside there." He 
launched himself into the sky.
        While the others watched the Phantom Walker stepped backwards 
into a nearby shadow and was swallowed up by it.
        "Come on," said Sarc. "Let's get over there as quickly as 
possible."
        As they got in the flight.thingee and PKK prepared to take off, 
none of them noticed as something flashed momentarily behind them.
 
                                _-~-_
 
Bay 1239 was much like Bay 4312, large, deserted looking and dark. 
However, Kid Kirby could sense people inside, moving about quietly. He 
saw the Phantom Walker step out of a nearby shadow and nodded to him. 
The Phantom Walker indicated the Bay and motioned that they go inside.
        Kid Kirby put up his hand to stop the Walker. "Why?"
        "There's something going on inside," said the Walker quietly. 
"This something is evil, rotten. Drugs."
        "Kid Kirby does not get involved with that sort of business."
        "You do now." The Phantom Walker strode forward and kicked at the 
door. It burst open revealing him and Kid Kirby to those inside.
        Those inside were men, a lot of them, all on the thickset side. 
They looked up startled at the intrusion. One of them stood up and 
pointed a finger at the Walker.
        "That's him. That's the one I was telling you about. He's the 
one wot organised-"
        A shattering sound filled the air and Kid Kirby traced it to the 
submachine gun that was now in the Phantom Walker's hand. Bright red 
marks splattered across the front of the man who had spoken, and he fell 
down, limp and broken.
        "It's a bust! Protect yourselves!" yelled one of the other men 
and quickly they all melted into darkness. All too soon return fire 
burst from the shadows and the Walker was forced to duck behind cover. 
Kid Kirby walked over to him, the bullets ricocheting off his armour. 
"What was that man about to say? Did you organise this?"
        Any answer would have been inaudible as the flight.thingee
containing Sarcastic Lad and co. showed up at that point. It touched down,
and the door spung open. Cheesecake Eater Lad stepped out. "What's going
on?" he asked. 
        Kid Kirby heard the Walker say "I might be able to get out the
way, and you don't have to worry about mere bullets, but what of them?" 
        The Walker was right. The heroes would be cut to pieces. "GET 
BACK!" roared Kid Kirby. "TURN THE SHIELDS ON!" His words were 
punctuated by the chatter of gunfire from the warehouse.
        Cheesecake Eater Lad jerked back in surprise as bullets bounced 
off the pier, making their way towards him. "Get the shields on!" he 
yelled stumbling back inside.
        A shout was heard from inside the warehouse "Eat this!" and a 
bright blue laser beam shot out, tearing its way through the 
flight.thingee's cockpit window. Kid Kirby could barely make out Parking 
Karma Kid hurriedly scrambling out of the way before the controls 
exploded.
        Kid Kirby moved forward, into the path of the beam, confident 
that his armour, strong with the power Kirby, could handle any laser 
weapon. It came as something of a surprise, therefore, when he felt a 
laser mark score across the front of his armour.
        Realising that this was no ordinary weapon, Kid Kirby reached 
into the 'Kirby Zone' and pulled out a macron deflector to absorb and 
displace the force of the beam.
        It did so for about five seconds.
        This was just enough time for Parking Karma Kid, Cheesecake 
Eater Lad and Sarcastic Lad to escape from the flight.thingee before its 
systems went critical and it exploded.
        Fortunately, during this five seconds, Kid Kirby also managed to 
summon a strectron contracter to absorb the force of the explosion, which 
not only kept the heroes from being killed, but also stopped them from 
being thrown into the harbour.
        Men erupted from the Bay, eager to make the battle personal. 
Some were armed with knives, other submachine guns like the Walker had, 
and others had futuristic weapons, obviously similar to the beam weapon 
that had destroyed the flight.thingee.
        The Phantom Walker leapt up from his shelter. "Still want to 
keep out of it?" he yelled to Kid Kirby as he sprayed the mob with his 
gun.
        Kid Kirby turned away from the fight to check on the others. 
They were picking themselves off the ground, winded but otherwise unhurt.
        "I think we have a problem, guys," muttered Cheesecake Eater Lad.
        Kid Kirby decided that the Eater of Cheesecakes was right. He 
had to get into the brawl, if only to protect the others.
        Summoning a simplistic stun gun, he turned back and choose a 
target. The first thing that came to his eyes was a knife thrown by one 
of the men. He watched for a moment, plotting its trajectory, and its 
likely source, until it bounced off his armour.
        Having selected his target he aimed and fired. The man dropped, 
unconscious.
        It was then that Kid Kirby saw the bodies lying on the ground, 
victims of the Phantom Walker.
        "Decease these activities at once!" roared Kid Kirby.
        The Phantom Walker remained stoic. "Will you fight them your way,
then?" 
        "Yes," replied Kid Kirby. "I must."
        Setting the gun to wide beam, he had time for a brief shot, 
affecting nothing, before a blue beam shot the gun from his hand.
        "These aren't kids, Kid Kirby. Neither are they psychotic 
villains, malleable to the mere force of your presence. These men are 
prepared to kill, and you have to do the same."
        "Oh yeah?" came from behind the Walker. "What about us? We 
aren't so easily taken out either, you know."
        The Walker turned to see Sarcastic Lad jeering impudently. The 
Walker dropped to the ground as he sensed heavy fire from behind him, 
and saw Sarcastic Lad quickly jump to one side as the laser beam shot 
towards him.
        "This time," he heard Parking Karma Kid say, "we just might be."
        Only Kid Kirby followed the flashing arc of metal as it flew 
through the air, finally embedding itself in the chest of the man who 
had just fired.
        The others saw the thrower come out into the light. It was the 
Ultimate Ninja. "I can't leave anything to you, can I?" The three 
addressed slowly shook their heads. "Haven't I trained you better than 
this?"
        This time, not waiting for a response, the ninja leapt from his 
standing position beside the wreckage of the flight.thingee, over Kid 
Kirby, and into the fight, his ginzu katana blade flashing.
        The Phantom Walker took this as a cue and moved closer, still 
firing his gun.
        Kid Kirby, thinking more of everyone's safety from the Walker's 
gun, also waded in.
        Feeling left out, Sarcastic Lad, Cheesecake Eater Lad and 
Parking Karma Kid took up ninja fighting stands and jumped in.

                                _-~-_

Page 20 - Three tiers consisting of five panels. Two on top, one wide in
the middle, two on the bottom. 

Panel 1 - Mid range shot, focusing on Kid Kirby, who is firing energy 
blasts at the thugs. His back is facing us, and there is a slight halo 
around him due to his blasts. Also in the picture is Cheesecake Eater 
Lad and Parking Karma Kid, who are fighting hand-to-hand with two thugs. 
The one facing Cheesecake Eater Lad has a gun, the other a knife.
        In the background, the Phantom Walker is weaving in amount the 
thugs, shooting them down as he goes.

                No dialogue.

Panel 2 - This frame is one second after the first, but the focus has 
panned left. Parking Karma Kid is still visible, but facing towards the 
first panel. Focus is on the Ultimate Ninja, who is dodging lasers and 
bullets while slicing two opponents, his katana still in the guts of his 
second victim. Sarcastic Lad is to his right, throwing another thug into 
the water.
        In the background, the Phantom Walker is nearly at the door of 
the warehouse, and is turning away from us.

                No dialogue.

Panel 3 (wide) - Full shot of the pier. Kid Kirby is on the left and is 
firing a large blast, larger than the previous ones. It runs the length 
of the panel, finally striking a thug at the other side, who is carrying 
a scaled up version of the laser pistols, which is now blowing up. On 
our side of the beam, now in silhouette, are the Ultimate Ninja and 
Sarcastic Lad and several thugs. On the other side, faces bathed by the 
blast, are Cheesecake Eater Lad, Parking Karma Kid and the rest of the 
thugs,
        The Phantom Walker has now made it into the doorway, only the 
back of his shirt and jeans are visible.

                No dialogue.

Panel 4 - Close up on the face of Kid Kirby. Although he is wearing 
armour, we still get the impression that he is surprised by the 
consequences of his actions. Behind him is Net.York by night, and the 
burning wreckage of the flight.thingee can be seen.

                        KID KIRBY

                Kid Kirby has taken a life! Kid Kirby does not kill
		indiscriminately!

Panel 5 - Close up on the face mask of the Ultimate Ninja. His eyes are 
set grimly and his features under the mask are set in a grimace. To his 
left is his katana blade, moonlight glinting off it. Behind him, 
Sarcastic Lad has thrown a thug off the edge of the pier, but now has 
the thug's gun.

                        ULTIMATE NINJA

                Save it for later, Kid! We've got other problems!

Page 21 - Same layout as page 20. Three tiers, two panels, then one wide 
in the middle, then two more panels on the bottom.

Panel 1 - Mid shot. Sarcastic Lad and Cheesecake Eater Lad are in the 
foreground. Sarcastic Lad is holding the gun and has accidently fired 
it. The blast goes over CEL's head, who has ducked down, hands up to 
protect his head. In the mid ground, the Ultimate Ninja is dispatching 
two more thugs with his katana. Top right, from the warehouse in the 
background, is a _scream_.

                        CHEESECAKE EATER LAD

                Hey! Watch where you're firing that thing!

                        SARCASTIC LAD

                Let's see you do any better with five seconds practice.

Panel 2 - This is a shot down the length of the pier. Kid Kirby is in 
the foreground, refraining from his energy blasts, but pushing thugs 
into the water. Parking Karma Kid is knocking over a thug. The Ultimate 
Ninja is killing another one. Cheesecake Eater Lad has grabbed Sarc's 
gun, and they both watch as CEL throws it into the harbour. There are 
only two other thugs standing.
        The Phantom Walker is running out of the warehouse, in which 
there are flickering lights.

                        PHANTOM WALKER

                Get down!

Panel 3 (wide) - The right two-thirds of this shot is of the exploding 
warehouse. The fireball is wide and high, and parts are flying through 
the air, flaring as they go. The other third is of the Phantom Walker, 
the Ultimate Ninja, Sarcastic Lad and a thug being knocked down by the 
blast.

                No dialogue.

Panel 4 - Close up on the heads of the Ultimate Ninja and the Phantom 
Walker as they face one another, the ninja is frowning but the Walker is 
smiling faintly. Above them can be seen two terrified thugs, back to 
each other, as they face Sarcastic Lad and Cheesecake Eater Lad on one 
side, and Parking Karma Kid and Kid Kirby on the other.

                        ULTIMATE NINJA

                That was extremely stupid.

                        PHANTOM WALKER

                Wasn't it just?

Panel 5 - Far shot. Everyone is walking towards us, outlined by the 
burning warehouse behind them. Sarcastic Lad and Cheesecake Eater Lad are 
holding a thug each, and the Ultimate Ninja is glaring at the Phantom 
Walker.

                        PARKING KARMA KID

                Looks like there'll be a high time in the ol' town 
                tonight.


                                _-~-_

Cheesecake Eater Lad winced. "Did you really have to say that?" he asked.
        Parking Karma Kid shrugged. "Someone had too, and it may as well 
be me."
        Sarcastic Lad shook the thug that was in his care. "So, what do 
we do with this scum now that we've got them?"
        "We've drop them off at the nearest Police Station," said the
Ultimate Ninja. "They're not our concern." He turned to the Phantom
Walker. "But you are. Just what do you know about this situation." 
        "One of the men identified you as the source," said Kid Kirby.
        The Walker shrugged. "He was probably high as a kite. He 
wouldn't have the slightest idea about what he was looking at."
        "So what do you know about this place?" snarled the ninja.
        "I know that some company set this place up. I also know that 
that company has to be stopped."
        "And we're going to stop them?" asked Parking Karma Kid.
        The Phantom Walker looked at them sullenly. "I had wanted Kid 
Kirby's help. Him I can use. I guess you'll have to come along too, now 
that you're here."
        "Well, thank you so bloody much," said Sarcastic Lad. "Don't do 
us any favours."
        "We will help you," said the ninja, glancing at Sarc to quieten 
him. "If only so I can keep an eye on you."
        The Phantom Walker bowed gracefully. "I just love it when a team 
gets along on trust."
        He walked off into the darkness, the others following him wearily.

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NEXT ISSUE: Up against a drug company. And what does the Queen bee have 
to do with all this?
 
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Credits:
 
Squeaky Clean and Captain Cleanup are public domain, and are unreserved.

Kid Kirby belongs to Jameel al Khafiz, used with permission

Multi-Tasking Man belongs to Jeff Coleburn, cameoed without permission

Cheesecake Eater Lad and Parking Karma Kid are public domain.

Sarcastic Lad belongs to the Saint, whose mail site denies his existence.

Ultimate Ninja belongs to wReam, used with permission.

The Phantom Walker belongs to Jamas Enright
 
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