Nature's Freaks and Beauties

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#### Peace

Isaiah Washington is released from prison and meets with his parole officer, Kasandra Fernandez. She tells him that he must have a home, but without money or a job, he realizes that his only option is his sister, Kayla. Kasandra also explains that the state has programs to help felons with a job to get back on their feet. He leaves her office where he calls his sister from a payphone outside. Within an hour she arrives with her daughter who asks Isaiah various questions on the way home. Upon arriving, he notices a massive mansion in the hills overlooking the town. She recounts that she read an article about the man who resides in the mansion. His name is Corbin Palmer, the CEO of a development company Laborate.

Jazz Illcon wakes up early and puts some coffee on. She is joined by her boyfriend who cooks while she reads the newspaper. After a pleasant meal with her boyfriend Jazz leaves drives down to the local office of Laborate where she is greeted by a young man who walks her through the building. He tells her about some of the research by various departments that the company has been publicly involved in. They arrive at a set of glass doors that lead into a massive room. She is ushered inside and is left alone in front of an older man sitting at his ornate desk. Jazz introduces herself to the man, as politely since Corbin Palmer was the CEO of Laborate. He motions for her to sit, which she complies with immediately. They go over the plans for a housing development that Corbin had green-lit with Jazz as the head contractor. After an hour of brainstorming and evaluation, Corbin approves Jazz's budget and action plan.

When Isaiah and Kayla arrive at the house Kayla has Isaiah take Nia inside where he is greeted by Kayla's oldest son, Darius. He sits down and recounts the last time he had seen the young boy. The kids laugh at his silly story and look back as their mother enters the room. Carrying in the mail, she hands a letter to Isaiah addressed from Nicky Moreno. The letter details that the Silence is making moves to take over some major territories in the north east. Isaiah rips it up, throwing their pieces in the garbage and looks out the window. The neighborhood in his view almost glowed in the sunlight. Later in the day Kayla goes to her second job leaving Isaiah with the kids. The doorbell rings and Isaiah opens the door to find a young woman in her mid 20's standing in the doorway. She explains that she is the kids' babysitter and Isaiah calls Kayla. Kayla is too busy to talk and tells him to let watch the kids that night and he would watch them the rest of the week. The girl introduced herself as Elly Durand. Isaiah cooks dinner and feeds the four of them sitting and having the first real family dinner in decades.

At the end of the night, Elly tucks the kids in and flops back on the couch. Isaiah asks her about the town, the mansion on the hill, and how things have truly been for Kayla while he was in prison. She recounts how Kayla's husband left right after Darius was born. Her second boyfriend was sick with cancer and had tried to help with bills, but ultimately gave in to his illness. In a bender after losing him to cancer she had a one night stand that resulted in Nia's birth. Elly's mom had taken in the kids while Kayla spiraled and worked with the sheriff to help her regain herself. Isaiah recounted his own tale starting when he had gone to prison

André pulls Isaiah and Jazz out of the rubble and tries to wake them. Jazz awakens and help

### Acceptance

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Corbin's DNA fuses with an Izain's allowing him to evolve the power giving him the ability to raise the dead. He releases a toxin forcing the Vespigian military to quarantine the town. With in the wreckage the few remaining soldiers, including Krav, enlist the help of the last survivors who had been mutated by the cosmic energy. With Krav providing assistance from the makeshift base and Isaiah leading the survivors make a push with a few soldiers toward the ruins of Corbin's mansion. They encounter many of their undead friends along the way before finding had fled into the sewers. They follow and search the seemingly endless maze until Jazz and Isaiah find Corbin who is able to get the upper hand and escape. A call from Andre and Elly leads them to the body of the 5th member, Ivan Vaughn just outside what appears to be Corbin's lab. In actuality, Ivan had discovered Corbin and Krav's shared lab. After realizing the truth he was killed by Krav who set the lab on fire and disappeared. The final four approach Corbin who attempts to reveal his motives to his assailants who...

***(The fight with Corbin moves to the surface where they have to contend with the undead and Corbin)***

In the aftermath, President Chester E. Banks passes a new initiative that would form a new paramilitary group known as the Watchdog Unit.