Jaz No.2

Jaz No. 2 is the second of four comics in the Jaz series.

It is still in progress, but can be read here

Plot Summary
Jaz, while attending class on a later day, observes an incident online in which an expensive chip is stolen from the WIDOWTECH company. Her friend Walter also reads the article with her and notices that it suspects that the Calculator Man committed the crime. Walter proceeds to explain that the Calculator Man is the richest supervillain in the area and that he would have a greater motive if he indeed steal the chip, but is soon interrupted by the class bell signaling the end of the day. While walking home alone, Jaz is chased by 5 men who turn out to be Calculator Man-esque androids. She evades them and heads to the local coffee shop, where she properly analyzes the video she took with her phone the previous day. Her somewhat-friend Ivan is also in the shop and exclaims the model of the car, which leads Jaz to question him further if he's seen it before. He replies no, and after brainstorming on ways to track it, Ivan notices the other car previously used by the goons that were arrested on the side, and they head off to see if they could find anything of use. Jaz pries open the back, and while exploring the car they are exposed to knockout gas hidden in the vehicle. When the effect wears off, they find themselves hung upside down in a hi-tech base in the Pacific Ocean, where they meet the Calculator Man himself. Jaz' computer and video footage is confiscated and destroyed, and the two are left to hang while a prison room is prepared for them. Jaz slips out, frees Ivan, and they evade the various robots around the base. While they are sneaking around, Jaz finds the Calculator Man with the chip and the bag from the first comic, where he states that he has an interdimensional portal that is now a capable time machine. Jaz shoots the machine in what she thinks is a critical spot, destroying a major part of the machine and breaking the chip along with it. He immediately detects them and chases after them. They both evade him by stealing a speedboat parked in a docking room. The Calculator Man sends robotic boats after the two since he does not want a murder charge against himself. Once again, Jaz and Ivan escape the robots and they crash into a nearby beach. Jaz has a mental breakdown over the traumatization of what happened and deems that she is a terrible hero, stating that she gained nothing and should have never tried to become a hero in the first place. Ivan gives her a seemingly important folder that he snatched off a table, which is revealed to be full of files that the Calculator Man kept on every other villain in the city, and some DVD fighting lessons to help her fighting ability. Jaz thanks him and plans to deal with the less-important criminals in the file first for practice, then approach the Calculator Man himself for one final confrontation.

The story cuts to 3 years later where the Calculator Man and Andrew returns to the base after yet another failed mission to capture Jaz. It is still barely capable of interdimensional travel, but the time travel function is still broken after consistent tries to repair the damage. The Calculator Man attempts to fix the portal again, this time using a new strategy he did not think of before. When it appears to be working, Andrew asks for the plan, only to be answered with the Calculator Man shooting and killing him, stating after that he does not wish to have further complications this time. He proceeds himself into the portal, a bright flash appears, and the story ends.