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  Part One Mississippi, 1860             Young Samuel Clemens imagined how much of a mad captain he appeared to the crew of the Jefferson , his fourth steamboat since earning his pilot’s license a year prior – and the first that he had a chance of captaining himself. It was the Jefferson’s maiden voyage up the Mississippi. Its rust color stood out from the lush greenery that bordered the sparkling clear waters. Personally, Samuel hated it; he preferred the ship to be pearly white instead.             Thankfully, one of his crewmembers was a familiar face – Grant Marsh, who served with Samuel aboard the A.B. Chambers , their previous steamer. At the sprite age of 25, Marsh proved himself quite the capable navigator, hence why Samuel personally recommended him as first mate on the Jefferson .             His seco...

  Part Six             Rania counted at least twenty Foot Soldiers each on opposite ends of the corridor where they had her and her friends cornered. “They should’ve sent more ,” she smirked at the challenge lying in front of them. She stood back-to-back with Tyler, who himself sounded ready for a fight when he told her, “This is one heck of a first date!”             “ First ?” Rania responded amusingly. “Oh, honey, this is definitely number two!”             “If you lovebirds are done flirtin’, whaddya say we start kickin’ some Foot!” Raphael recommended.             “Agreed,” Rania said. She then looked over to Daredevil and asked, “Still got that second wind, DD?”             The red vigilante spat...

  Part Five             Tyler couldn’t begin to comprehend what he had literally walked into.             The flat, rectangular monolith on the roof of his apartment contained a whole bigger space inside of it, accessible with a single touch from Rania’s hand. She gave some sort of technobabble explanation for it, but Tyler was too stunned to even listen. His entire perspective of reality had changed – figuratively and factually – the moment that he entered Rania’s ship…her ‘TARDIS’.             “Jeez! What a night!” He gasped in a mixture of expressions.             “You good?” Rania asked.             Tyler looked at her for the first time since entering her TARDIS. Her features had changed; she loo...