Well, we've faced worse offs, haven't we? And math always was my best subject. 
Gen 13 (Volume 4) #24 is an issue of the series Gen 13 (Volume 4) with a cover date of January, 2009.
Synopsis for "Teenage Wasteland - Part 4: Mallrats"
Gen 13 entered the abandoned shopping mall. They try to find food but have no luck. Caitlin decides that they should take the time to find fresh clothes in some of the stores. Caitlin and Sarah find themselves alone in one clothing store. Sarah sees a mannequin that looks like her ex-girlfriend Jenny and decides to make a move on Caitlin. But Caitlin rejects her advances and an upset Sarah goes running out.
Elsewhere, a woman named Kachina sees the distraught Sarah in a vision. She approaches a captive Mago of the Paladins, whom she has been trying to force him to reveal all his magical secrets without any success. Due to Mago's resistance, Kachina reveals to him that will capture Sarah to take Mago's place, in order to help her and her people weather the "Earthstorm" that she says Mago and his superhuman kinds wrought on the world.
Caitlin chases down Sarah and tries to apologize. At the entrance to the mall, the girls see a crowd of people outside. Despite Sarah's protests, Caitlin lets them inside.
Grunge and Bobby continue to look for clothes while Roxy grows impatient. When the guys are finally ready, they head out to find Caitlin and Sarah. Grunge leaves the two to get some sweet stuff to eat as Roxy and Bobby reach Caitlin, Sarah, and the host of new people in the mall. Caitlin and Sarah discreetly tells Roxy and Bobby to not reveal their superhuman nature to the other survivors. Bobby realizes that he can see the heat signature of each person now.
Meanwhile, the child Megan and Dr. Cross (now a toddler) survive an encounter with a group of raiders. After failing to convince the raiders to let them go, Megan and Dr. Cross (who is armed with a ray-gun) dispatches the raiders.
Back at the mall, Roxy makes friends with a man named Dominic when he lights up a cigarette-something Roxy has been craving for sometime now. Dominic and Roxy head into a hair salon where Dominic proceeds to bludgeon Roxy over the head with a hair dryer, which he plans on raping her.
Grunge finds the candy store and a few remnants of some candy. He solves the scarce candy by using his power to turn himself into candy by touching a speck of candy in order to cheer Roxy up. But unfortunately for Grunge, his transformation attracts a horde of hungry rats.
Appearing in "Teenage Wasteland - Part 4: Mallrats"
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Antagonists:
- Kachina
- Dominic
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Synopsis for "Father Knows Best - Part 3"
Kaizen Gamorra and Cybernary watch the Reapers descend upon Gamorra Island. Fortunately, Kaizen has activated the island's force field, leaving a handful of Reapers inside the island while the rest are destroyed as they fly into the force field. Kaizen then explains to Cybernary that the end of the world is coming and he has been prepared for it.
Kaizen tells her that decades ago he was captured by the American intelligence agency I.O. and replaced him with an impostor. While in captivity he was placed among multitudes of similarly imprisoned superhumans in which I.O. under the direction of Miles Craven studied them and duplicated their abilities. During his brief moments of consciousness, Kaizen witnessed I.O. creating living weapons of mass destruction from their studies. This inspired him to create his own weapons to counter I.O.'s.
Kazien then reveals to Cybernary that he manipulated her into coming to his home so that she would be safe within the confines of the island when Armageddon came. Furthermore, he needs her help to deal with the few Reapers that bypassed the island's defenses. Then the few Reapers break into Kaizen's office, making Kaizen ask Cybernary to make her decision to either help him fight together or die together.
Appearing in "Father Knows Best - Part 3"
Featured Characters:
- Kaizen Gamorra (Flashback and main story)
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Other Characters:
- International Operations (Flashback only)
- Miles Craven (Flashback only)
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Notes
- Father Knows Best preceded in The Authority (Volume 4) #4 and concludes in Stormwatch: P.H.D. #16.
- Kaizen Gamorra was previously warned about Armageddon and started making preparations in Wildstorm: Revelations #6.
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