The Olympian: Children of the Gods (Limited Series) #2

PROLOGUE: A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP SOMEWHERE IN CONNECTICUT
Lt. Banks is waiting at what looks to be a private airstrip with another officer (a Lt. Colonel whose nameplate reads “MAYWEATHER”), watching as a Learjet finishes its taxiing to the hanger. Its sole passenger is familiar to DCU readers as The Cybernaut. Lt. Banks says he’s nervous about going around Waller on this one, but Mayweather responds that using his contacts with the mysterious network known as Black Box was the only way to get assistance fast enough to help the missing children. Banks is dubious—he suspects Waller knew about Mayweather’s contacts and is manipulating them into involving the Cybernaut, against whom Waller is rumored to have a grudge.

Pissed that he was pulled off the hunt for two White Martians in the mountains of Pakistan who may have been collaborating with the mysterious Chinese spy ring he’s been pursuing,  the Cybernaut starts to read the officers the riot act, but then the older officer hands him a file marked “TOP SECRET – RED SKY.” Cybernaut takes one look and responds “I’ll begin right away”.

CALVIN CITY – ALEX COSTAS’ DORM ROOM
After that the scene shifts to Alex still asleep in his messy dorm room (the clock reads 11:45am) with the phone ringing. After what seems like forever (3-4 panels) he eventually wakes up and answers it – it’s his father! Zeus explains that the recent kidnapping of little Phoebe Williams (remember the billboard from last issue?) needs his attention. Asking why, a little lightning comes out of the phone with a HUGE word balloon saying “BECAUSE I DAMN WELL SAID SO!” Hair slightly singed and his eyes like saucers Alex says, “ok… let me get my pants on.”

CALVIN CITY – THE WILLIAMS FAMILY’S APARTMENT
The Olympian in full costume stands in the hallway of the apartment building with a few cops and Ivy Town Police Chief Liza Warner who’s glad to get the help of a superhero with the kidnapping investigation. Inside the child’s bedroom, he notices a splotch on the wall that no one had noticed before – sniffing and tasting it he tells Chief Warner that he believes that its propofol a powerful anesthetic humorously dubbed "milk of amnesia" by health workers due to its amnestic effects and appearance as a white liquid.

Just about then, Ixion attacks again, setting the building on fire! As the Olympian lays a punch on Ixion that sends him flying into an abandoned building across the street. Flying there, the son of Zeus is about to finish the lunatic off when a “twang” from off panel happens, leaving Alex with a shocked-look on his face as he’s looking at a jet-black arrow sticking through his leg… and collapses immediately after. Standing over his unconscious body is Euryale, with her longbow and a very satisfied look on her face.

Continued in The Olympian #3