Teenage Wasteland
Volume 2 collects #7 - 12 in the Runaways series
The runaways are trying to gather their knowledge and do good deeds to undo the bad things their parents have done. Alex is working to desipher the book taken from the Pride that will give the history behind the group. It is hinted several times that one of the runaways will help the Pride out by reveling their whereabouts.

1st storyline
On an impromtue mission to get snacks at the local convience store they stop a robbery in progress and discover another teen who is being controlled by his evil parents. 16 year old Topher goes with the gang to their hide-out and suddenly Nico (aka Sister Grim) and Karolina (aka Lucy in the Sky) come to blows for his affections. When Topher and Nico go outside to escape it all Nico disovers Topher's big secret - he's a vampire! Yikes! The normal ways to kill him won't work except sunlight. When he tries to bite Karolina (she's made of sunwaves) he emplodes.

2nd storyline
A lieutenant with the L.A.P.D. bring in vigilantes, Cloak and Dagger, from the East Coast to bring the runaways home. But we know he is in the pocket of the Pride (runways evil parents). Cloak and Dagger quickly find the runaways and apprehend them. While Cloak has 4 of them under his cloak it is hinted that one of them is not as innocent as the others. Is it Alex, Nico, Karolina or Chase? Gert (aka Arsenic) and Molly come along and save the day by yankig Cloak's cloak off him literally leaving the four stranded in Dark Force Dimension. We find that the Cloak is a stuttering young man. When Dagger gives Cloak back his powers and it brings back the 4 and we never find out who is the dark force. Cloak and Dagger promise to bring back re-enforcements to help the runways defeat the Pride. So as the runways return to their secret lair Cloak and Dagger are captured by the Pride and their minds are erased.

This is a fast moving series leaving me wanting more. Thankfully I have volume 3 already checked out!