[Crack Week] Superheroes can't just ... /retire/.

He's getting too old, he says.

You're too young, there's too much risk, he says.

You have too much to live for, he says.

Try being a normal teenager. Go out, fall in love, get good grades. Go to college. Grow up and raise a family. Live a good life. Go into the family business, be a lawyer like your dad. Continue your fight for justice that way.

Yeah. Just like good ole' dad.

I don’t think so.

There's a reason I took up the cause! There's a reason I put on the costume, took up my weapons! This isn't a part-time thing, an after-school job that I can just quit! This isn't a hobby! Who's going to track them down if we retire? Who's going to bring them to justice? Who's going to keep the streets safe?

So I had a close brush with death!

So I almost died!

So I got lucky!

So what?!?!

I'm not going to turn tail and run away from danger with my cape between my legs!

So the Silver Pair's over. So I'm not welcome back in the secret HQ. So he took away my costume and the latest gadgets.

So what?!

Does he really think I'm that unprofessional and unprepared, that I wouldn't have stocked away extra stuff, that I wouldn't have secured my own ride, that I wouldn't have prepared spare costumes, that I wouldn't have made sure I had other alternatives just in case the unthinkable happened and he died?

I can fight crime on a budget.

This may be the end of the Silver Pair -- but the Scud will continue to fight the good fight.

I'll never put down the mask.