Secret Weapons Vol 2 0

And so I was just sitting there when I heard these two people talking about my lunch but then I turned and looked and it was actually two pigeons! -- Like literal birds but I could understand them, like what they were saying. They all stared at me and so to make sure I wasn't y'know, crazy, I asked a jogger if they heard anything and she just said the birds were cooing a lot, so well, I guess that doesn't mean I'm not crazy but this is it, I feel it!

-- Nicole "Nikki" Finch

Solicitation[]

Before the fall of the Harbinger Foundation… Before the opening pages of SECRET WEAPONS #1… Academy Award-nominated writer Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and legendary artist Adam Pollina (X-Force) present all-new, standalone prelude to the year’s best-selling independent limited series!

Meet high school senior Nikki Finch… She’s a gifted athlete with an unusual set of medical ailments and high-aptitude test scores that have drawn the attention of an obscure and little-known NGO calling itself the Harbinger Foundation. With seemingly limitless resources at its disposal, the Harbinger Foundation has just offered Nikki a place in their newest class of recruits for a prestigious, but secretive, mission: to unlock her hidden potential via the invasive, dangerous and often deadly process known as “psiot activation”...

If they succeed, Nikki could become an extraordinary example of Toyo Harada’s vision for the future of post-human biological superiority. If they fail, she’ll likely die on the operating table…or be locked away for future study in the mysterious research facility known as The Willows…

An essential new chapter in the Harbinger mythos is about to be revealed as Nikki Finch – a future founding member of Livewire’s squadron of misfit telekinetics – relives the never-before-told saga of her recruitment and activation at the hands of Toyo Harada’s Harbinger Foundation in a must-read standalone special from two of Valiant’s most accomplished storytellers!

Nikki's Story[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Nicole "Nikki" Finch

Supporting Characters:

Avichar "Avi" Malakar
Dean (Nikki's ex-boyfriend and state champion)
Jules (Nikki's blond friend)
Lucia Alonzo (likes to blow things up)
Martin Tyus
Nikki's brunette friend
Owen Cho
Sonya (Girl with thorny hands) (First appearance)

Villains:

Andrew & Marcy Finch (Nikki's parents)
Harbinger Foundation
- Toyo Harada
- Ion / Daniel Hessler (Hologram)
- Stronghold
- Doctor / Surgeon (activating latents/psiots)
- Driver
- Elizabeth Westbrook (Recruiter at HGC) (Behind the scenes)
- Mr. Ward (Recruiter at Willows) (First appearance)
- Never-been-to-Oklahoma-City girl
- Sparring girl
- Teachers (Behind the scenes)
- "What a bitch"-on-a-plane guy
Rex-O

Other Characters:

Blake (Potential psiots) (Only appearance; dies)
Guy at Goodwill center
Guy who bought Nikki's parents house
Hamilton (Mentioned only)
Hotel lady
Latents
Lady in public restroom
Les Misérables (Mentioned only)
- Fantine (Mentioned only)
Madison (Fellow musician/student)
G.A.T.E.
Nikki's birds
- Bluejay
- Crows
  - Waldorf & Statler (+1)
- Owls
- Pigeons
- Raven
- Xander (Hawk or eagle)
Psiots
Russell Crowe (Mentioned only)
U.S. Government (Mentioned only)
Zoe (Fellow musician/student)

Locations:

1793-1794
- French Revolution
  - Reign of Terror (Mentioned only)
Kansas (Mentioned only)
New York (Mentioned only)
- New York City (Mentioned only)
  - Manhattan (Mentioned only)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City
  - Crossroads Resident Center aka The Willows
  - Goodwill center
Olympic Games (Mentioned only)
Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh
  - Harada Global Conglomerates
Unknown hometown of Nikki
- Unknown high school

Items:

Bagels (Mentioned only)
Blood sample
Floor routine video
Fun Home (musical)
- "Ring of Keys" lyrics (Mentioned only)
Leaf skimmer
Machine guns
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) (Mentioned only)
Pigeon (the language; spoken)
Pink gloves
Pipe (thrown by Rex-O)
Soda (cherry coke flavor)
Transverse flute

Vehicles:

Airplanes
Freight train
Helicopter

Credits[]

Writers: Eric Heisserer
Pencilers: Adam Pollina
Inkers: Adam Pollina
Colorists: David Baron
Letterers: Dave Lanphear for A Larger World Studios
Cover Artists: Raul Allen & Patricia Martin (A), Veronica Fish (B), Sibylline Meynet (C), Sija Hong (1:20), Adam Pollina & Diego Rodriguez (1:50)
Editors: David Menchel (Assistant), Charlotte Greenbaum (Associate), Warren Simons
Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons

Synopsis[]

This article does not have a synopsis recorded yet.

Notes[]

Each panel of this issue shows a few seconds a day in the life of Nikki.
The story ends where Secret Weapons (Volume 2) #1 (June, 2017) begins.

Quotes[]

I don't think she has bread. She's a raw fruit human, I bet.

-- The first pigeon that Nikki understands.

She speaks Pigeon!

-- Another pigeon.

How can this be? Are you half-Pigeon?

-- Yet another pigeon.

And so I was just sitting there when I heard these two people talking about my lunch but then I turned and looked and it was actually two pigeons! -- Like literal birds but I could understand them, like what they were saying. They all stared at me and so to make sure I wasn't y'know, crazy, I asked a jogger if they heard anything and she just said the birds were cooing a lot, so well, I guess that doesn't mean I'm not crazy but this is it, I feel it!

-- Nicole "Nikki" Finch

This is how it happens for me. It just appears. I wasn't thinking about soda. I don't even know if it's dinkable. I don't like cherry cola anyway.

-- Owen Cho

I do. Let me try it, I'll tell you if you're a good soda brewer.

-- Nicole "Nikki" Finch

You are either very brave or very dumb.

-- Martin Tyus

So you gave me a roommate suffering from "a minor palsy," is what you called it. Maybe you could have said she blows things up when get them?

-- Nicole "Nikki" Finch

I'm so sorry! Oh, dios mio...

-- Lucia Alonzo

That's it. You're back in action. -- Give us five more! Come on! -- I know a great bagel place after this.