Cassie Cruz may have cleared her name and outed the mole at Evil Inc’s Fairmount Branch, but the fallout is far from over. Angus the minotaur is still lost in a literary nightmare, Justice Ltd is making quiet threats from the sidelines, and now… there are two Lightning Ladies in the same apartment.

One is the original — charged with power and purpose. The other is her alternate-universe counterpart — barefoot, smug, and every bit as dangerous.

Lethal Librarian watches from below, waiting to see which storm takes the other down first — the air hums. Sparks fly.

This isn’t just a clash of powers — it’s a duel for identity. And there’s no room in this timeline for both.

Transcript

[Panel 1: Alternate-Universe Lightning Lady, angry and emotional, gestures emphatically while standing near a couch.]
Alt-U Lightning Lady: You don’t know how lonely I’ve been!
I’ve been stranded in this dimension for years!

[Panel 2: Lethal Librarian speaks calmly to Lightning Lady, who stands with arms open in a questioning pose. Alt-U Lightning Lady sits on the couch, looking frustrated.]
Lightning Lady: Why didn’t you ask Marquis to send you home?!
Alt-U Lightning Lady: Don’t you think I thought of that?! Every time I tried, his shoulder devil started asking if my shoulder angel could come out and play!*
(*From Evil Inc After Dark #34)

[Panel 3: Alt-U Lightning Lady looks down, her voice softer.]
Alt-U Lightning Lady: Besides... he was convinced that I was you, and he said he liked his new life too much to go back.

[Panel 4: Lightning Lady looks surprised. Lethal Librarian, serious, addresses her.]
Lightning Lady: Oh, did he...?
Lethal Librarian: Focus, Sparky. If we can bring her in, we can straighten out this whole mess.

[Panel 5: Alt-U Lightning Lady, now transformed into a glowing, electrified version of herself, levitates mid-air, crackling with blue lightning.]
Alt-U Lightning Lady: Funny.
(Large text, crackling with electricity): I was thinking the same thing!