It was night, Midnighter was protecting the streets of Tranquility, beating up criminals and stuff. A call for help alerted him, he ran to help but something stopped him...

A boy who was probably no older than 15 had gone ahead and knocked down the criminals who had assaulted a couple.

Midnighter was surprised, he had never seen a young hero in these areas before. But now he wondered if that boy was seriously believing himself to be a hero, or if he really was one.