Chapter Nine
President Adam Lucius Plutarch—the current President of the United States of America and formerly known as the supervillain the Billionaire—looked worried. And that was worth mentioning, because Plutarch was usually brimming with self-confidence (perhaps a bit too much self-confidence sometimes) and charisma. That he looked worried spoke to the gravity of this situation, which just made me more worried myself, though I tried not to obsess over it too much and focus on the present. He had looked more confident during the brief speech he had given to the nation five minutes ago in which he claimed that the US would figure out how to deal with this new threat, though even then, I’d seen some worry on his face.
We were back in the meeting room from before; me, Strike, Shade, and
