, ▁newly ▁elected ▁President ▁Er win ▁R ex all ▁establish es ▁a ▁repr ess ive ▁d yst op ia , ▁enfor cing ▁har sh ▁economic ▁policies ▁that ▁subject ▁Mar tha ' s ▁family ▁to ▁ab ject ▁pover ty ▁while ▁repe aling ▁the ▁ 2 2 nd ▁Am end ment ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁run ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁terms . ▁ ▁As ▁she ▁grows ▁up , ▁Mar tha ▁is ▁an ▁average ▁student ▁who ▁displays ▁a ▁gift ▁for ▁computer ▁programming . ▁Her ▁teacher , ▁Donald , ▁encourag es ▁her ▁to ▁perform ▁better ▁and ▁brings ▁her ▁cont rab and ▁items , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁sand wich . ▁One ▁night , ▁Mar tha ▁shows ▁up ▁at ▁Donald ’ s ▁class room ▁and ▁finds ▁that ▁he ’ s ▁been ▁murder ed ▁by ▁the ▁Ice ▁Man , ▁a ▁h ul king ▁criminal ▁working ▁for ▁a ▁local ▁gang ster ▁called ▁the ▁Pope . ▁Mar tha ▁st abs ▁the ▁Ice ▁Man ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁long sh orem an ’ s ▁hook , ▁causing ▁him ▁to ▁ble ed ▁to ▁death . ▁ ▁Mar tha ▁is ▁rem and ed ▁to ▁a ▁psych iat ric ▁hospital , ▁where ▁she ▁disco vers ▁that ▁experiments ▁are ▁being ▁secret ly ▁performed ▁on ▁children ▁to ▁gen et ically ▁alter ▁their ▁minds , ▁effectively ▁turning ▁them ▁into ▁human ▁computers . ▁National ▁budget ▁cut s ▁eventually ▁cause ▁the ▁hospital ▁to ▁shut ▁down , ▁leaving ▁Mar tha ▁hom eless . ▁Medical ▁workers ▁dispatch ed ▁to ▁round ▁up ▁the ▁patients ▁try ▁to ▁sub due ▁Mar tha , ▁but ▁she ▁k