(W) Fabien Vehlmann (A/CA) Ralph Meyer Horrified at the memory of what he's done during the Los Angeles riots, Ian tries to commit suicide. But his body turns out to be simply too durable. Injured but alive, he's taken in by the inhabitants of the city's slums. Meanwhile, the rest of team 21, along with Ian's creators, are summoned to the Pentagon, where a rather unusual general orders them to help the American government locate the android and destroy him!

(W) Fabien Vehlmann (A/CA) Ralph Meyer Ian will have to choose a side now: AIs or Humans. A year has passed since the Los Angeles riots, but Ian is still being hunted by the Pentagon. Extremely hostile treatment by the media has also made him a favored target of a majority of American citizens. Tracked down by an ambitious reporter, the android gets in touch with an eccentric billionaire who promises to tell him what the Nome is - that super-powerful artificial entity with whom he seems to have a mysterious bond... A merciless cascade of new revelations follows.