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Chapter 34

The Death of Hana Gitelman
Part 2 of 2

As the fate of the heroes is revealed, Hana Gitelman learns that she too plays a vital role in these stranges of days.  The mysterious man in horn-rimmed glasses has given her an cominous challenge, one which could prove to be the death of her…

We begin with a flashback to Hana’s childhood.  Having just lost her mother and grandmother, she is standing on the roof of her house in Tel Aviv.  She genuinely believes that the umbrella she is holding will allow her to float to the ground when she jumps, which, of course, it doesn’t.  She has flashes of, after the fall, her father telling her to be careful, her teacher telling her to be respectful, and her drill sergeant telling her to be obedient.  So now, having done all of those things, she still has a gun in her face in present day China.

She makes quick work of the guards, taking them all down.  Suddenly, someone from the Chinese government comes in, apologizing to her.  She has used her manipulation of electronic data to forge herself some documents saying that she is an engineer from Israel, and is on the space flight as a method of renewing diplomatic relationships between the two countries. 

So, having made her way onto the into space, she finds herself able to communicate with the isotope tracking satellite in place.  She sends out a message for it to self-destruct, but it has defenses in place that she was not prepared for.  It sends out a virus that somehow crosses over into her physical body.  Knowing that she cannot take out the tracking system with her powers, she takes matters into her own hands, throwing herself at the satellite and knocking it out of orbit, sacrificing herself in the process.

We then flash forward two days later.  We are in Las Vegas, at the home of Niki and Micah.  Through their conversation, we find out that DL has survived the ordeal at Kirby Plaza, and is at the hospital, which is where Micah wants to return.  Niki tells him that the doctors are taking care of him, and that he will be fine.  Micah can’t sleep, though, and he gets up and goes online.  The chat goes like this:

MicahSanders500: “I don’t know what I would do if my dad died.  How did you feel when your mom died?” 
SAMANTHA48616E61: “Lost. Angry. And it did me no good.  It took me a LONG TIME to learn that.”
MicahSanders500: “Thank you for chatting with me.  What’s your name?”
SAMANTHA48616E61: “My name is Hana Gitelman.  But, you can call me Wireless.  And the truth is, death is never quite what you expect it to be.  It might seem like an ending, but really…”

And we close with this final frame, which I want as a poster: