Issue #7- Emma is now working at a department store. One of the customer has a dog in the store and Emma was just trying to get her to take the dog outside. The dog took a leak on the floor and Emma was just trying to stop it. Her boss tells her to go clean it up and Emma insults her, she gets fired and is the third job she's had in two weeks. She comes back to her place to see her landlord nag about the her rent. He tries to come on to Emma but she pushes him away psychically and leaves to go cash her check. That night Emma dines by herself at a fancy place but has no money. She psychically puts an image of the money in the waitress's mind but was caught by the manger. Emma was forced to wash dishes to pay off her tab. Emma meets a guy named Troy Killkelly. They start talking and he comes over to Emma's place to talk. The next day they go to his place but were attacked upon entering his apartment. The guys demanded money from Troy but he says he will get it to them soon. They leave and Emma and Troy get out of the hospital. Troy plans to go to a casino on a boat and win some money to pay off the debt.
Issue #8- Emma and Troy begin their night at the poker table hoping to get enough money to get Troy out of the jam he's in right now. Emma stands behind Troy and watches him play poker. Emma can read everyone's mind and she knows when someone's bluffing or not. Eventually Troy would lose in an all-in pot and the two now have less money then when they started. Emma and Troy return to their apartment to sleep. In the morning they talk about what happened last night and tries to think of a new money plan. Emma tells him they should go back to the casino and reveals to Troy that she is a telepath. Emma detects men coming to beat Troy to death and they quickly exit out of the fire escape. They run away but would be caught up by those men. Eventually Troy knocks them out and they escape. That night they return to the casino where Emma finally uses her telepathy to win poker matches.
Issue #9- Emma wins a bunch of money using her Telepathy to read the minds of her opponents. They call for a taxi and goes wild with the money they earned. They go to the guy that Troy owes money to and repays him. He demands interest in the money he returned because of how late it was and demands five thousand dollars. Troy and Emma had no choice and left to go home and finds Troy's apartment completely wrecked. Troy decides he wants to get out of town but is interrupted when Emma kisses him. She tells him that they should just go back to the casino and win some more money. Emma tries the slot machines and concentrates too hard and only makes Troy see winnings. Eventually Emma realizes that she could force people to see whatever she wanted them to see. She next tries craps but is still unsuccessful. Her next idea was to make the banker see chips when there wasn't any. It works but they are caught on camera and the owner can see no chips. They talk to the owner and are banned from the casino for life. Upon leaving some men pull guns on the two of them and force them in their car.
Issue #10- They are taken to the guy that Troy owes money from and they demand money again. They threaten to kill Troy and he reveals that Emma's father is rich and they decide to use her as ransom. They call a guy to come and they began filming a ransom video. They send the tape to her father Winston. Winston and Emma's sister Adrienne watch the tape and realize that it is Emma. Adrienne has a hunch that it is staged but Winston is eager to move on this matter. He sends a video back to the criminals. The video states that he does not think Emma is worth 2 million dollars and tells them to just kill her. Later Adrienne takes the Emma ransom tape to her friend in the media.
Issue #11- Adrienne shows the news station the ransom tape of Emma Frost, and it appears that it will go on the air. Meanwhile, the kidnappers are extremely angry with Winston Frost's response to his daughter's kidnap. She tries to run away and was caught by one of the kidnappers, but upon touching her she receives all of his memories and collapses. Troy takes a gun and points it at the leader, he tells him it's a stupid idea and catches him before he can pull the trigger. He drags Troy to another room and shoots him dead. Adrienne returns home to the family and they see Emma's ransom tape on the news. Winston confronts Adrienne about it and she tells him she sold it to the news, and then he slaps her. Meanwhile, the kidnappers are deciding what to do with Emma and decides to look her up somewhere until they figure something out. The media has begun surrounding the Frost mansion with questions about his daughter's ransom. Winston has begun to act like he really cares because he has to keep up his reputation and actually care for his daughter in the eyes of the cameras. Adrienne is forced to lie that she got her black eye from playing badmitten. The Frost gets a package from the kidnappers with a lock of Emma's hair inside it in a finger. Winston reappears on the news and now is prepared to accept any demands they want for his daughter.
Issue #12- Winston is on the television preparing to accept any demands from the kidnappers. The kidnappers take off Emma's mouth cover but she mumbles jiberish and so they had the camera guy put it back on her. He tells her he's sorry but Emma talks to him telepathically replying "Sure you are." Winston continues to make contact with the kidnappers and they demand to get two-thirds of the money before they release Emma. Emma is helplessly chained onto a fence when she tries to read her mind, she sees the death of Troy in the leader's mind and vows to make them pay for what they did to Troy. Just when they were about to kill her she talks to the other three kidnappers and begins to play mind games with them. She tells them that the leader is just going to take the money all for himself. One of them decide to ask how they are going to split the money and the leader tells them they are splitting it equally, the rest of them decide to agree with it. Emma begins finally projecting images into the kidnappers mind, making the leader and only the leader see Troy. He begins to notice that it might be because Emma is doing something. Some of them begin to question him and now he points a gun at one of the other kidnappers telling himself that he doesn't trust anyone. He grabs the leader's girlfriend and points a gun to her head. The leader shoots her anyways and everyone begins to open fire. The girlfriend was actually still alive and wakes up and shoots the leader dead. The camera guy helps Emma escape in which Emma goes to the place that the ransom was supposed to be left for the kidnappers, Emma takes the money and gets ready to board a bus. She is also shown to be blonde now, suggesting that this is when she dyed her hair blonde.
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Issue #8- Emma and Troy begin their night at the poker table hoping to get enough money to get Troy out of the jam he's in right now. Emma stands behind Troy and watches him play poker. Emma can read everyone's mind and she knows when someone's bluffing or not. Eventually Troy would lose in an all-in pot and the two now have less money then when they started. Emma and Troy return to their apartment to sleep. In the morning they talk about what happened last night and tries to think of a new money plan. Emma tells him they should go back to the casino and reveals to Troy that she is a telepath. Emma detects men coming to beat Troy to death and they quickly exit out of the fire escape. They run away but would be caught up by those men. Eventually Troy knocks them out and they escape. That night they return to the casino where Emma finally uses her telepathy to win poker matches.
Issue #9- Emma wins a bunch of money using her Telepathy to read the minds of her opponents. They call for a taxi and goes wild with the money they earned. They go to the guy that Troy owes money to and repays him. He demands interest in the money he returned because of how late it was and demands five thousand dollars. Troy and Emma had no choice and left to go home and finds Troy's apartment completely wrecked. Troy decides he wants to get out of town but is interrupted when Emma kisses him. She tells him that they should just go back to the casino and win some more money. Emma tries the slot machines and concentrates too hard and only makes Troy see winnings. Eventually Emma realizes that she could force people to see whatever she wanted them to see. She next tries craps but is still unsuccessful. Her next idea was to make the banker see chips when there wasn't any. It works but they are caught on camera and the owner can see no chips. They talk to the owner and are banned from the casino for life. Upon leaving some men pull guns on the two of them and force them in their car.
Issue #10- They are taken to the guy that Troy owes money from and they demand money again. They threaten to kill Troy and he reveals that Emma's father is rich and they decide to use her as ransom. They call a guy to come and they began filming a ransom video. They send the tape to her father Winston. Winston and Emma's sister Adrienne watch the tape and realize that it is Emma. Adrienne has a hunch that it is staged but Winston is eager to move on this matter. He sends a video back to the criminals. The video states that he does not think Emma is worth 2 million dollars and tells them to just kill her. Later Adrienne takes the Emma ransom tape to her friend in the media.
Issue #11- Adrienne shows the news station the ransom tape of Emma Frost, and it appears that it will go on the air. Meanwhile, the kidnappers are extremely angry with Winston Frost's response to his daughter's kidnap. She tries to run away and was caught by one of the kidnappers, but upon touching her she receives all of his memories and collapses. Troy takes a gun and points it at the leader, he tells him it's a stupid idea and catches him before he can pull the trigger. He drags Troy to another room and shoots him dead. Adrienne returns home to the family and they see Emma's ransom tape on the news. Winston confronts Adrienne about it and she tells him she sold it to the news, and then he slaps her. Meanwhile, the kidnappers are deciding what to do with Emma and decides to look her up somewhere until they figure something out. The media has begun surrounding the Frost mansion with questions about his daughter's ransom. Winston has begun to act like he really cares because he has to keep up his reputation and actually care for his daughter in the eyes of the cameras. Adrienne is forced to lie that she got her black eye from playing badmitten. The Frost gets a package from the kidnappers with a lock of Emma's hair inside it in a finger. Winston reappears on the news and now is prepared to accept any demands they want for his daughter.
Issue #12- Winston is on the television preparing to accept any demands from the kidnappers. The kidnappers take off Emma's mouth cover but she mumbles jiberish and so they had the camera guy put it back on her. He tells her he's sorry but Emma talks to him telepathically replying "Sure you are." Winston continues to make contact with the kidnappers and they demand to get two-thirds of the money before they release Emma. Emma is helplessly chained onto a fence when she tries to read her mind, she sees the death of Troy in the leader's mind and vows to make them pay for what they did to Troy. Just when they were about to kill her she talks to the other three kidnappers and begins to play mind games with them. She tells them that the leader is just going to take the money all for himself. One of them decide to ask how they are going to split the money and the leader tells them they are splitting it equally, the rest of them decide to agree with it. Emma begins finally projecting images into the kidnappers mind, making the leader and only the leader see Troy. He begins to notice that it might be because Emma is doing something. Some of them begin to question him and now he points a gun at one of the other kidnappers telling himself that he doesn't trust anyone. He grabs the leader's girlfriend and points a gun to her head. The leader shoots her anyways and everyone begins to open fire. The girlfriend was actually still alive and wakes up and shoots the leader dead. The camera guy helps Emma escape in which Emma goes to the place that the ransom was supposed to be left for the kidnappers, Emma takes the money and gets ready to board a bus. She is also shown to be blonde now, suggesting that this is when she dyed her hair blonde.
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