Just as devilgirl Desi is about to be escorted out of the office, Cassie Cruz’s trusty assistant rushes in to stop Desi’s termination! She might not be the mole because a second “lie” has been leaked to the superheroes!

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[Panel 1]
Jeremy runs into the office, yelling.
Jeremy: "WAIT! DON'T FIRE DES!!"
People in office look surprised
Jeremy: "Captain Heroic has been sent to the East Side to battle the All-Lizard League!"
Cassie Cruz: "Oh... no..."
Lightning Lady: "Worried your former business partner might catch salmonella?! This, I gotta see..."

[Panel 2]
Close-up of a reporter — Hana Takahashi — delivering a news broadcast
Hana Takahashi: "I’m on the city’s East Side, where Captain Heroic has been sent to battle a super-villain team-up!"

[Panel 3]
Captain Heroic is being interviewed by Hana as a cameraman records.
Captain Heroic: "It looks like a false alarm, Hana. There are no reptiles here. Unless you count your cameraman’s Crocs."

[Panel 4]
Scene shows a bird’s eye view of a city street
Captain Heroic: "You need to stretch for time? I could pretend to look for Stand-Up Chameleon."
Hana: "No worries. They already cut to another crew."

Another TV reporter: "I’m on South Juniper Street, where ten ambulance teams have been dispatched. LITERALLY."

In the scene, several ambulance drivers are lying scattered on the ground.

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[Panel 6]
Back at the office
Giant Tess: "What does all of that have to do with Desi’s firing?"
Cassie Cruz: "Hoo boy… Ok... in order to find out who was leaking company secrets...I MAY HAVE planted false information in each of your work files..."
Tempest: "I get it. When the fake info gets leaked, you have your mole."
Miss Match: "The 'Zombie Movers' was one lie."
Lightning Lady: "And the All-Lizard League was another..."

[Panel 8]
Iron Dragon: "And the only person with all of the lies is..."
Cassie Cruz: "...me."

[Panel 9]
Tempest: "That only leaves one question..."
Shout from off-panel: "WHERE’S CASSIE CRUZ?!"

[Panel 10]
Angus the minotaur looms with Lethal Librarian fuming behind him, with several books orbiting her.

Parting shot

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