"Whenever the big war comes, we just all unite," says J, a member of the X-Men and the SCAT corporation. "Fight the power. . . . I hope this never happens: if a cop ever kills one of the guys, I feel sorry for that. I hope to God that never happens. But if that ever happens, that's when we're all gonna unite. . . . We got enough ammunition."
"We got enough. We got enough," says Cee. "We are ready to fight the power, if it comes to that."
"And," says J, "we ain't scared to die, either."
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