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7 SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, ITALY Sitting behind the wheel of her viola pasifae purple Aventador Roadster with her husband in the seat beside her, Penny felt very content as she drove along the narrow SP 255 road in northern Italy. She hadn’t been out for a nice drive with her Martian for too long a time now, and she realised how much she’d missed it. There was such a sense of utter peace when she was alone with him on the open road. We have to do this more often, she reminded herself. Although today the drive had a purpose, more than just simply enjoying a road trip. Her man had come back from his errands two days ago feeling very frustrated with the entire auto industry. In their poolside cabana he explained how he’d gone out to buy the Vargas family a nice trio of cars as a thank you to Sofia Vargas for standing up for him at the diner. None of the dealerships had what he wanted in stock, so he’d had to special order everything and now he was waiting for the cars to arrive.

6 LAS VEGAS, USA Cera was a local hero in her home city of London, having fought and killed a great many Betelgeusens during the Battle of London. Although she hadn’t been the only super to defend Great Britain. The famous Bonfire of the EuroStars had flown over from Brussels to fight for his homeland, and had battled alongside Cera more than once. It had created a bond of friendship between them, and Cera now knew his secret identity: Lord James Matthew Astor – although she simply called him James like his other friends did. In the north, Mechman and Red Dragon had fought the invaders across Scotland; as well as Mindlord, Suncore, Damsel, Golden Guardian, Rascal and the Anachronaut. Together they were known as the Golden Heroes, and the British people loved them. There were rumours floating around of knighthoods and damehoods. But to the general public in America, not counting the diehard supers fans, Cera was just another random metahuman, although a beautiful and sexy one. She