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The End is Here
The Black Mountains in North Carolina - and at New York Harbor - and also the Big Island of Hawai’i. ‘THOR! A voice calls out. It’s Rita DeMara a.k.a. Yellowjacket. ‘Praise Odin t’was not only evil dead that Chaos King freed from Hel’s gloomy talons!’ Thor exclaims as Rita flies towards him. ‘But how did you get here…?’ he asks. ‘Hey, I could listen to that Shakeaspeare talk all day long. But I got two awake dead Avengers and a cargo full of sleeping living ones here!’ Yellowjacket replies, referring to the vessel floating behind her, before asking what the plan is. ‘Try shutting up - and hitting something!’ the Hulk booms as he and Skaar battle alongside Dr Walter Langkowski a.k.a. Sasquatch and James “Mac” MacDonald Hudson a.k.a. Guardian, like Yellowjacket, similarly revived by the Chaos King.
Thor is confused by their appearance and wonders how they can be in all these places at once. Fire and smoke billows behind them, while Sasquatch grapples with a large tentacle and remarks that was the same reaction everyone in Alpha Flight had. ‘We thought we were still in Alberta’ he declares. Walter explains to Thor that the scrap of Space-Time now yet absorbed into the Chaos King is collapsing into a curvature singularity, like the event horizon around a black hole. ‘Sequence and distance are compressing to infinite / eternal meaninglessness around a single point…which even the non-physical in the room must realize…is the bazillion foot tall glowing bearded guy in the skirt’ Walter explains, referring of course to the Incredible Hercules, who towers over the Earth, a match for the deadly Amatsu-Mikabohshi - a.k.a. the Chaos King!
‘Mere hero no more…god of gods…you have only…gathered for your doom!’ the Chaos King exclaims. ‘Oh, yeah? Well - we’re sick of your stupi - aw, screw it!’ Hercules exclaims, interrupting himself, before punching the Chaos King hard, knocking him backwards through space.
At the remains of the Baxter Building in New York City, ‘No, Miek! We have to work together or the Chaos King will destroy us all!’ Amadeus Cho calls out as Miek the Unhived, in the thrall of the Chaos King, holds the young man over his rather large mouth. ‘Enough lies, human!’ Miek calls out - but he loses his footing when a wall behind him begins to crumble, forcing him to release Amadeus. ‘Excuse me, coming through!’ Amadeus exclaims as he manages to get onto Miek’s back, and smashes him in the head with his weapon. Amadeus calls out to Galactus - addressing him as “Big G” - he tells him to hang on, that he is going to give him whatever help his world’s-smartest-cockroach intellect can. ‘Whoa’ Amadeus utters as he stops in his tracks, as he sees the world-eater, Galactus, draining his own momentual power cosmic to open the portal to the bubble universe known as the Continuum.
‘Galactus with the hero move…’ Amadeus exclaims. But the Silver Surfer calls him a fool: ‘You think my master would sacrifice himself for any living thing?’ he asks. ‘I don’t have to think, Surfer. I’m seeing it live at eleven!’ Amadeus replies. ‘You’re seeing a force of nature maintaining his food supply’ the Surfer corrects Amadeus. Silver Surfer swats away some creatures as he tells Amadeus to use his teleportation technology to move this planet’s population into the continuum, and quickly before all of Galactus’ energy is consumed holding the portal open. ‘My master needs their life force in this new universe, or -’ Silver Surfer begins, before Amadeus interrupts him, asking ‘Where the heck did you come from, anyway?’
‘All places are now one because -’ Silver Surfer begins, ‘Oookay’ Amadeus mutters, ‘All right, all right…fought the Gods before. You can do this’ he tells himself as he approaches some equipment. ‘Just make with the nice science and…oh, no…’ he exclaims.
Up above, the Chaos King has regain his “footing” and punches Hercules hard in the face.
‘Heh. Tickles’ the Red She-Hulk exclaims as she punches a muck-liked vbeing in the face, while Hulk and Skaar battle alongside her.
The equipment connected to Galactus begins to work, ‘Move your people, human!’ Galactus booms. ‘I…I can’t…not in the time we have…I -’ Amadeus replies nervously, but Galactus booms at him again: ‘MOVE!’ ‘The universe’s oldest entity is screaming at me…telling me to save you, Delphyne. But I’m calculating this every what I know how…and as soon as I start saving anyone…millions get left behind. How can I…how can I…’ Amadeus exclaims as he begins keying calculations into the equipment, the image of Delphyne Gorgon on a monitor before him, while images of the citizens of Earth flash before him on other monitors.
Up above, the Chaos King’s sickle-like fingers slash Hercules’s chest, drawing blood. Lightning crackles around Earth. ‘Herc…’ Amadeus utters. ‘Just…do it, boy!’ Hercules calls out. ‘Wait, you were the one who was all “No, we stay and fight -”!’ Amadeus reminds Hercules, who orders ‘Do it!’ But tears stream down Amadeus’s face as he announces that the math doesn’t work, that there is no time to save everyone. ‘And I can’t…I can’t choose who lives and dies!’ Amadeus exclaims. Hercules tells his faithful sidekick that he hates this just as much, but that in Gaea’s embrace he saw how true gods work. ‘You have to start the evacuation. NOW!’ he exclaims. Amadeus continues to cry, ‘No! You’re the god! I’m just the plucky mortal sidekick!’ But Hercules reminds Amadeus that they have walked this road together. ‘You’ve taught me as much as I’ve taught you…and now, here at the end -’ Hercules is interrupted as the Chaos King comes up behind him and shoves his claws through Hercules’s chest.
‘I - I need your help…to fulfil the responsibility I so foolishly claimed. We cannot let him win’ Hercules declares. ‘Wait, what?’ Amadeus exclaims, before urging Hercules to bring the Chaos King down to Earth, quickly. ‘Your brains…my brawn…ONE LAST TIME!’ Hercules exclaims as he struggles with the Chaos King, before managing to force the Chaos King down onto Earth. He lands nearby, his jagged-toothed mouth a horrid site. The device strapped to Galactus is in operation, while Amadeus calls out to the God Squad. ‘Let him have it!’ he shouts. The Chaos King look up and sees his army gathering. ‘The time has come to end time…and snuff out -’ he begins, before Silver Surfer interrupts him, calling out to Sersi.
The sultry Eternal tells the Surfer that she is way ahead of him, as she uses her power to create a large mega-phone, which is used to amplify Venus’s song, upsetting the Chaos King’s army. Guardian, Sasquatch, Yellowjacket, Balder and the Hulk continue to battle the creatures, with Guardian telling everyone not to let the creatures get near their master, that they have to keep the Chaos King isolated. When the Hulk bats one of the creatures away, Balder exclaims ‘Well done, monster’. ‘Whatever, baldy’ the Hulk replies. ‘Balder’ the Asgardian corrects the Hulk. ‘Haw’ Hulk mutters.
Suddenly, ‘Your clinging to your life only ensures agony in -’ the Chaos King begins as he shoves his claws through Hercules’s eyes! But, the Chaos King is interrupted with the arrival of the Mighty Thor and Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan a.k.a. Hellstorm. ‘Your threats drown in thunder!’ Thor booms as he strikes the Chaos King through the chest with an massive burst of lightning, while Hellstorm attacks the Chaos King from below, engulfing him in fire. ‘Now, Herc, give it all you got!’ Thor calls out to his friend. Hercules regains his composure, and uppercuts the Chaos King in the face, breaking several of his teeth.
But the Chaos King just laughs, and he increases his mass, looming over Hercules, his form shifts into that of a void, as he begins to engulf everything. ‘Your last ounce of strength…against my perfect darkness? Weep, gods and heroes. Now Chaos is king!’ the deadly being booms as even Galactus is engulfed. But, in truth, the void begins to grow smaller, as the Chaos King exclaims ‘Perfect once more in the void…all become nothing…’.
As the darkness disappears, the gods and un-dead heroes gather. ‘I…I can’t believe that actually worked’ Sersi exclaims. ‘Psh. Of course it worked’ Amadeus replies, boasting that Athena always said he would save the Multiverse, after all. ‘Okay, okay, you don’t have to be so Mary Sue about it’ Sersi mutters. Guardian flies down to Amadeus and declares ‘You know, I actually am a rocket scientist. But what just happened?’ Amadeus holds the void in his hand, ‘The numbers don’t lie, Guardian. We couldn’t beat him’ Amadeus declares. ‘So we let him win’. Amadeus explains that Hercules punched the Chaos King through the portal, into the Continuum, which is the Chaos King’s universe now, filled with his inchoate void. ‘Happy ending all around, then?’ Mac asks.
‘Not yet’ Amadeus replies as they look at the destruction around them, the Earth is very messed up. ‘But…I thought we won’ Yellowjacket exclaims as she flits nearby. ‘Sure. We saved creation. What’s left of it’ Sersi declares, before Amadeus goes over to Hercules, bloodied and bruised. ‘I…failed’ Hercules exclaims, while a voice calls out to him: ‘You listened to the boy…you listened to your heart…and you saved creation itself’. Athena appears before Hercules, returned now to his true size, in a strange darkness. ‘Athena? But I…killed you’ Hercules exclaims. ‘If you meet the Buddha on the road…’ Athena begins. ‘What?’ Hercules asks.
Athena tells Hercules that for millennia she has walked with him, in hopes that one day he would walk away, and become all she dreamed he could. ‘The greatest of heroes. The greatest of men’ Athena exclaims. Gritting his teeth, Hercules asks Athena if she set all of this up. ‘I only saw what could come’ Athena replies. ‘But so many…so many died…’ Hercules exclaims. ‘As they all would have one day or another, without meaning or purpose in the corrupted universe they occupied’ Athena replies, telling Hercules that now the slate is clean and a new world can grow.
Athena informs Hercules that when he recovers from his injuries he will be the new All-Father - a man become god, possessing the heart that fearsome Zeus never had. ‘No. No no no’ Hercules exclaims. ‘Rise, God of Heroes. And as existence begins anew…rule with the wisdom our father never knew!’ Athena exclaims. Hercules does stand up, but he shouts ‘NO!’ as the darkness around them turns to light. ‘No? Listen, brother -’ Athena begins. ‘No. For once, you listen’ Hercules tells Athena, adding that he understands now. Brother, wait. Until you heal, you cannot wield your powers so -’ Athena begins, but Hercules tells Athena to step aside. ‘You’ll die!’ Athena shouts.
‘You call me the God of Heroes?’ Hercules asks. ‘What heroes teach us…is what the gods should be’ Hercules’s true form stands up, and announces that no matter what the cost, he undoes all that Athena’s cold wisdom has wrought. ‘As my first - and last act as All-Father - I do what any true god should do - what the heroes among us do every day - I give up everything…to protect…to heal…to restore…and then to walk away’.
Hercules’s actions restores the universe to hoe it was before the Chaos War - Nightmare is once again in his realm, while Ares is once more imprisoned. The cities all around the world begin to repair and restore themselves, with each being returned to their true position on Earth. Civilians wake and look around them, unsure of what has transpired. ‘Hey, the big guy comes through. I always knew he would’ Spider-Man remarks. ‘In more ways that one’ Iron Man points out. ‘How’s that?’ Captain America asks as the heroes wake from their slumber and look around them - ‘Look who’s not dead anymore’ Cap calls out, as Guardian and the other dead members of Alpha Flight remain standing with Snowbird, Sasquatch, Northstar and Aurora. ‘Whoa! We’re still here?’ Guardian exclaims as they stand on a beach, looking out over the sunrise.
‘Hey…it’s Herc’s world. I’m just living here’ Guardian remarks as everyone turns their attention to Hercules and Amadeus, standing on the water’s edge. Suddenly, Delphyne Gorgon rushes from the ship that was housing the sleeping heroes. ‘Amadeus!’ she calls out. ‘Delphyne!’ Amadeus exclaims. ‘You did it!’ Delphyne declares. Amadeus admits that he helped, while Delphyne asks if Athena was right. ‘I hate it when she’s right’ Delphyne mutters. ‘Ah Delphyne. I nearly…you have no idea…’ Amadeus mutters. ‘Say it’ Hercules tells him. ‘Shut up’ Amadeus replies. ‘Come on. I just restored the universe. The least you can do is -’ Hercules begins. ‘Shut up’ Amadeus shouts. ‘Say it!’ Hercules tells him again. ‘I love you’ Amadeus tells Delphyne, who begins to cry as they embrace.
Amadeus and Delphyne break their embrace and Delphyne tells Hercules that she finds him slightly less incompetent than usual. ‘Well. That is something to celebrate’ Hercules remarks as he and Amadeus “high-five” each other. ‘Ow’ Hercules exclaims, looking at his hand. ‘Whoa. That shouldn’t have -’ Amadeus begins, to which Hercules declares that he is a supergod no more. ‘Or - any kind of god, it seems like. But it’s worth it, don’t you think?’ he adds. ‘Man…’ Amadeus exclaims as he and Delphyne clasp hands. “Man” ‘Ha. Exactly’ Hercules exclaims. ‘Well…I could always use a sidekick’ Amadeus declares. ‘Keep dreaming’ Hercules replies as he and Amadeus walk away from the gathered heroes and a new day begins.


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Dead X-Men
His Anglo name is John Proudstar. He died by fire. That is the last thing he truly remembers. He was an X-Man, and was fighting to save the world. A raven lands on some rubble, and suddenly, John Proudstar a.k.a. Thunderbird bursts through the ground. First to last, he was a warrior, true to the heritage of the Chiricahua Apache. He figured he was done, that he had earned his last sleep. But rising from the ground, Thunderbird supposes he was wrong. ‘I’m - back! But - how’s that possible?’ he asks. ‘Gimme a break!’ he shouts, before reminding himself that he is a mutant, and that with the folks he hung with and the life they led, anything is possible.
But looking around, Thunderbird sees several others all in the same situation as he. ‘This is pushing it’ he thinks to himself, before realizing that the rubble and remains around him look like the Xavier School, and supposes that somebody had a war here, and that it looks like the X-Men lost. While up in the sky a fiery symbol can be seen, Thunderbird turns to his companions. He recognizes Sean Cassidy a.k.a. Banshee, and the woman he is with Thunderbird remembers from video-communications with Xavier - a scientist by the name of MacTaggert. ‘Moira, d’you think this is a dream?’ Sean asks as he helps Dr Moira MacTaggert to her feet. Wearing her classic yellow and pink spandex outfit, Moira replies ‘I can see you again, Sean. I can hold you. That’s all I care about’.
But Thunderbird doesn’t recognize the rest - three Madrox dupes, and two young blonde girls. ‘You killed me, Esme!’ Sophie Cuckoo shouts, grabbing her sister by the arm. ‘Keep talking like that, Sophie…I’ll do it again!’ Esme retorts. Thunderbird realizes that from the way everyone is talking, they are all like him - all of them are dead. Thunderbird looks up - he has never seen the sky like this. There are no clouds, and worse, no stars, as if all creation has gone black. Except of course for that figure right overhead - a great Thunderbird - an icon of John’s people. It was the codename he chose for himself, and he finds it weird that no one else is looking up, wondering if he is the only one who can see this.
Suddenly, Banshee calls out to Thunderbird, who turns around and looks at Sean and Moira. ‘Been a while, Irish’ John replies, before telling Sean and Moira that they both look good, all things considered. ‘You mean, that we should be dead?’ Moira replies. ‘Yup’ Thunderbird remarks, before announcing that he recalls being dragged back once before, for a while at least. ‘But why all of us? And why now?’ he asks.
Suddenly, Esme exclaims that they cannot do that until they have all been properly introduced. ‘Talking takes far too long...so I’ll just establish a full-spectrum psychic rapport…to get the formalities over with’ she declares, linking the minds of everyone. One of the Madrox dupes exclaims that his head hurts, while Sophie begins to curse her sister. Up above, the black crow flies, while Esme tells her sister to stop her shrieking, that she is just merging everyone’s prime memories, and then this will all be over with. ‘But by all means, if you’re so inclined, feel free to cry’ she adds.
Thunderbird declares that Esme talks like this is some kind of game. Sophie explains that to her sister it, is, and apologizes on her behalf, remarking that Esme is not very likeable. Suddenly, Sophie lashes out with a psychic burst, sending Esme careening backwards. ‘What’s your problem, Esme. You want to fry everybody’s brains?’ Sophie asks. ‘Howzabout just yours’ Esme mutters, while Thunderbird tells them that is enough.
More ravens appear in the sky above, while one of the Multiple Man dupes remarks that it is funny ending up with a splitting headache when you are dead. ‘I think you were the first to go’ another one remarks. The dupe wearing a slightly different costume tells his others that he remembers them both, so he must have been the last. He adds that he never figured as ghosts they would stay as individuals. ‘Be so much better if we had a manual, then at least we’d know the rules’ he remarks.
Moira declares that they need to know what is going on, and realizing the Cuckoos are telepaths orders them to scan the locality to try and find some answers. ‘For a flatscan, Dr MacTaggert, you’re totally bossy’ Sophie points out. ‘She’s also right’ Esme remarks. ‘Nag, nag, nag. What’re you, Esme, teacher’s pet?’ Sophie replies as the girls begin to scan the area. Moira remarks that they remind her of Emma Frost, to which Banshee tells her that she is not far off, and adds that luckily, their power is as impressive as Emma’s. ‘Aye’ Moira agrees, before noticing that the Cuckoos are pushing too hard.
‘Esme, what’re you doing?’ Sophie asks. Esme replies that she is expanding the search radius, and asks her sister if she has a problem with that. ‘It’s starting to hurt!’ Sophie exclaims. Esme boasts that she can take it, but Sophie calls her an idiot, and lurches forward, so Thunderbird helps her up and tells her to take it easy. Moira points out that they have no facilitates. ‘If something goes wrong -!’ More Ravens appear above now, circling the area, while Esme asks ‘What, Moira? I’ll die? Under the circumstances, big whoop!’ Banshee asks her what she saw, to which Esme replies that she saw nothing. Sophie announces that she scanned the town nearby and found nothing - no active human minds.
Esme boasts that she scanned the whole country and found plenty - that everyone on Earth seems to be unconscious, almost brain dead. ‘I’m sure you can relate, sear sister’. Sophie tells Esme that this is no joke, and points out that they may be the only ones left to set it right. Thunderbird steps in between the squabbling girls and announces that two telepaths means they can cover lots more ground. He tells Esme to take two of the Jamies and check out Salem Center, while the rest of them try to find some answers here.
‘Yo, muscles, who went and made you boss? And don’t you dare gimme that kind of look!’ Esme exclaims, before declaring that it is a waste of time, energy and breath, and tells Thunderbird that he and Logan are like twins - the quintessential male boss who won’t quit until he wins. ‘Might as well argue with a rock’ she tells herself.
Even more ravens appear in the sky above now, while Esme walks over to the two Multiple Man dupes, and Thunderbird tells them now to play hero, and that if there is trouble to yell for back-up. John explains that what they need is knowledge - who they are up against and what happened. ‘We have that, we can decide what to do about it’. Moira quietly tells Banshee that John is far better at this than she thought. ‘That’s right, you’ve been part of this from the start’ Sean recalls. ‘Charles and I worked together for what seemed like a lifetime. I vetted every recruit - except Jean’ Moira reveals.
‘You know, Banshee could search the town faster by air. We need another flier’ Esme announces as she starts to walk off with the Madrox dupes. Thunderbird points out that they could also use more muscle, but they have what they have. ‘Live with it’ he tells Esme, who calls him a jerk. Thunderbird turns to Sophie and tells her that he knows it is hard, but he wants her to stay linked to her sister. ‘Call me old-fashioned, but none of us die again today’. Sophie replies that she will do her best, before asking what they are going to do in the meantime. Thunderbird looks around at the ruins and points out that this is the X-Mansion. ‘I figure we were all brought here for a reason’ Banshee declares that they should search for clues, to which the Madrox dupe jokes that he hopes they are labeled.
The five begin their search through the ruins, and Thunderbird tells Sophie that the only telepath he knew on the team was Jean Grey, who was called Marvel Girl, only she quit soon after he arrived. ‘She’s Phoenix now. She gets resurrected a lot’ Sophie explains, adding that she wonders if that is as hard as it is to be a Cuckoo. She explains to Thunderbird that there were five Cuckoos originally, all of them identical, at least on the outside. ‘Inside though, we were so different’ she remarks, before assuring Thunderbird that she loves Esme. ‘But I was the strongest. I guess she hated that. Probably why she set me up to die’. ‘And there I thought us Multiple Men had issues. Does that mean we can’t trust -?’ the Madrox dupe begins to ask, to which Thunderbird suggests they consider today a second chance for all of them, before Moira announces that she has found something.
In Salem Center, still more ravens have gathered in the sky above, while Esme leans against the door to a store, the two dupes are inside, exploring. One of them remarks that after all the time they were affiliated with the X-Men, they hardly ever came here. ‘Dude, we were practically our own team back then, remember’ the other points out, adding that they didn’t have a lot of goof-off time. ‘Totally boring, boys’ Esme exclaims telepathically. ‘So who asked you, blondie?’ one of the dupes replies, adding that he hates telepaths. ‘Creep mental eavesdroppers’ the other remarks, before pointing out that, speaking of creepy, this place looks like everything just folded, with no warning, in the middle of what they were doing, then instant oblivion.
Esme begins to glow as she tells the dupes to keep looking. ‘For what?’ one of the dupes wonders. Esme replies that she is not sure, but that she will know it when they see it. ‘You playin’ us, honey?’ one of the dupes asks as they approach Esme, who replies ‘Like, if I was, there’d be anything you could do about it’, before announcing that there is something on the very edge of her perceptions, circling around them all. ‘It’s a hunger -’ she begins.
‘ - and we’re its prey’ Sophie tells her companions back at the Xavier Institute rubble. ‘Not good’ Thunderbird exclaims, before telling Banshee to go and bring the others back here. ‘can he carry all three?’ the Madrox dupe asks. ‘Don’t be daft, ‘course I can’ Sean replies, before announcing that he will not leave Moira. But Moira tells Sean that the team needs him. ‘I’m a Highland Scot, I can look after myself’ she reminds him, while Thunderbird tells Banshee that he is wasting time, and assures him they will keep Moira safe. ‘You get the kids! And you do it fast!’ Thunderbird declares. ‘I’ll be back before y’know it!’ Sean exclaims as he takes flight.
Thunderbird asks Moira what it is that she has found, and holding up a book, Moira replies that she thinks it is one of Destiny’s diaries, but that the pages are unreadable, written in some kind of code. ‘Pardon my ignorance, but who’s Destiny?’ Thunderbird asks. ‘Sorry - I keep forgetting you missed out on all of this’ Moira remarks, revealing that back in the 19th Century there lived a woman named Irene Adler. ‘As in Sherlock Holmes? But I thought she was fiction’ Thunderbird exclaims. ‘Reality, my friend, is full of surprises’ Moira tells him, before continuing on:
Flashback illustrations, narrated by Moira MacTaggert:
Irene Adler was a mutant, a seer and a prophetess, and as an adolescent, she began writing her diaries - chronicling increasingly bizarre and hallucinogenic visions of possible futures. It took her the better part of a decade - and some say it cost her sanity. What they know for fact is that it cost Irene her physical sight, and she emerged from the ordeal blind to the world around her, but determined to protect humanity. That quest led her to cross paths with another adventurer - a man of mystery named Eric Raven. They started as allies and became lovers. But Raven was also a mutant - the shape-shifter they know as Mystique. Irene took the identity Destiny. The X-Men first knew Mystique and Destiny as adversaries, but they later became allies. Only Destiny died on Muir Island, and they all thought her secrets were lost with her.
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‘Apparently we were wrong’ Moira adds, before the Madrox dupe asks ‘No offense, but what the heck good does this do us? This stupid book’s written in gibberish!’ Thunderbird ads that Madrox has a point. ‘The wind! It’s turning the pages - whoa!’ Sophie declares, while shock falls over Moira’s face, as the page turned to reveals a sketch of Muir Island. ‘Yeah, it is! Oh, sorry, my bad - I’m seeing things through Moira’s mind. Lemme put us all in synch so you guys can look too!’ Sophie declares, while Moira looks down at the book and announces that the words and images are becoming clear:
“There are many keys. If the universe is to be saved, all must be properly turned. Go to Muir Isle, where the lay lines intersect. While chaos sweeps across the universe and carrion’s demons rend the waking dead…the one above all is roused from his sleep and nature’s avatars rally the powers of Earth and Heaven, of fire and waters - in defense of life itself”.
‘Cryptic, isn’t it?’ Moira remarks, before noticing the others all looking at her, she asks them what they are staring at. ‘You, Moira. You’re changing’ one of them tells her. ‘Laddy, I’m dead, and this waking death has its own reality -’ Moira begins, before a raven suddenly dive-bombs her. ‘What’s with these birds?’ Sophie calls out as she helps Moira to safety. Moira explains that they are ravens, bound to the service of their great adversary - his eyes and his weapons of first-strike. ‘Great. A Hitchcock moment’ Sophie mutters. ‘WACH OUT!’ the Madrox dupe calls out, announcing that their claws and beaks are like daggers. ‘So’s the power of my mind’ Sophie boasts as she unleashes her power on as many of the ravens as she can.
‘The more we hit - the more we seem to face’ Thunderbird declares as he begins to pummel his way through the ravens, while the Madrox dupe finds himself in a strange predicament - split into another dupe as the birds’ attacks trigger his cloning power. Thunderbird tells Madrox to both hit the birds as hard as they can, but wonders to himself if it will be anywhere near enough. Suddenly, there is a piercing sound: ‘Banshee’s scream!’ Thunderbird exclaims. Esme clings to Banshee’s shoulders as his sonic scream tears apart any birds that enter its radius. Esme tells Banshee to drop the Madrox dupes, and when they land on the ground, the impact causes them to create a few more clones. ‘The house odds just got way better!’ one of them jokes.
‘In their dreams’ Esme tells Banshee, adding that the only way to win here is to decimate the baddies, and suggests to Banshee that they combine their powers - his sonic scream and her telepathy - to smash their bodies and fry their tiny brains. ‘A bit ruthless, that’ Sean remarks as he and Esme drop to the ground after destroying the ravens. ‘You wanna complain? It got the job done’ Esme points out. Sean assures her that he is grateful. ‘Whatever’ Esme mutters. Banshee sees Moira keeled over on the ground nearby, and rushes over to her, ‘Are you all right - your hair’ he begins, as he sees that her hair has turned gray. Moira looks up and Sean, ‘Merciful saints! My love - what’s happened to you?’ Sean gasps as he sees that Moira has aged phenomenally.
‘What’s necessary, if our universe is to have even the smallest hope of salvation’ Moira reveals. ‘This is no longer my body alone. My love, we have so little time left to us’. Sophie asks Moira what she means by that, to which Thunderbird points out that he thinks that is fairly obvious. They look up and see even more ravens hovering above them. ‘Looks like it’s time for round two’ Sophie exclaims as the birds suddenly dive down. ‘Two Madroxes are down’ Sean calls out. ‘No matter how many we take out, more just…appear out of nowhere’ one of the dupes declares.
Sophie telepathically announces that they are not normal birds, that they are demon-crows and they want more than their bodies. Esme agrees, and explains that they are soul eaters. ‘And in these numbers, even we can’t destroy all of them’. Moira suddenly grabs Sophie and Thunderbird, suggesting that it may be better if they remove themselves from this fray. Telepathically linked, Moira tells John that she sees now what they must do, and tells him that the thunderbird that appears to him only it is more than his avatar, it is a gift from his god, that it is what brought them all here. ‘Call to it if you would embrace your destiny’ Moira tells him.
Thunderbird does so: ‘Sky power! Carrier of lightning! Great avatar of my soul - hear me!’ John shouts. ‘You who brought us together here. And through Destiny’s prophesy have, have revealed your plan!’ Light suddenly shines down from the thunderbird in the sky, and John asks it to carry them now on wings of fire, away from this great enemy, to this heart of Earth’s power. ‘Not bad, Proudstar - for someone we thought was just a muscle head’ Esme mutters. Banshee holds onto Moira and unleashes his sonic scream at more birds, while telling Thunderbird that whatever his plan, he best make it snappy, otherwise they are all done for.
Esme announces that they have lost another Madrox, before she gets struck by one of the birds. ‘Esme’s hit!’ Sophie calls out, rushing towards her sister, she tells the birds to back off. Thunderbird continues his speech to the avatar - ‘So that we may fulfil your grave purpose in this great battle for survival of the universe!’ As energy pours down from the avatar, John tells himself that he has his answer, and realizes that the thunderbird avatar is creating a portal made of whirling clouds. ‘You’ve done it, John! This marvel is our salvation!’ Moira exclaims. ‘Sure hope so’ John replies, before grabbing Banshee and Moira, and throwing them into the portal, telling Sean to keep his lady safe. ‘I’ll do my best’ Banshee replies, before Thunderbird calls out to the Madroxes, telling them they are next. ‘We’re gone, boss!’ the modern Madrox calls out as he and the two others leap into the portal.
‘That’s our cue, twins!’ Thunderbird exclaims as he runs towards Sophie, who is holding Esme in her arms and keeping the ravens at bay. ‘Esme’s down. She’s hurt’ Sophie tells him. Thunderbird replies that he will carry her and they will run. ‘You’ll need cover fire’ Sophie points out. But John tells her to trust him, that they will manage. ‘What the -?’ John gasps. ‘Bad news, John. I think the odds just changed - and not for the better!’ Sophie exclaims as a huge image of a raven appears in the large group flying towards them. ‘Time to go, girl’ John exclaims as he picks up Esme. Te tells Sophie to run, like her soul depended on it.
Sophie follows John, telling him that she will cover his escape and be right behind him. But an instant later, Sophie is struck by the crows. ‘Sophie - no!’ Thunderbird calls out. Sophie projects her image as she tells John that they have got her. ‘Ill come get you’ John calls out, but Sophie tells him not to be stupid, as that is what the birds want. She tells Thunderbird to get away from here and to tell Esme that this is her chance to prove she is stronger than Sophie. ‘I’m sorry, Sophie’ Thunderbird calls out as he rushes to the portal, carrying Esme, who calls out to her sister.
Sophie declares that she is sorry, too. ‘Another world, another chance at real life, who knows -’ she begins, before crying out that they are cutting through her shields. ‘Oh, merciful God, it hurts!’ Sophie cries out. ‘Stupid girl, what have you done?’ Esme demands as she is shoved into the portal. ‘What she had. She saved our lives…at the cost of her own’ Thunderbird explains as the portal begins to vanish into the sky.
The demons will leave Sophie her eyes. They want her to see what’s coming…as their master descends from the heavens. Once the Apache trickster god, the bearer of magic, the harbinger of messages from the great beyond - the suborned raven will be transformed into the demonic Carrion Crown, water of the dead. To the Carrion Crow, war is but a game. And every player must wear the uniform. The birds tear human flesh, sculpting, molding until its shape reflects their own. What form proclaims…mind and soul will quickly follow. The Carrion Crown will craft a turncoat…who will lead his army to her friends and consume them as her rightful prey. Those few who thought to stand against the Chaos King will learn - that there are fates far worse than death. The lost diary of Irene Adler, for example!
And as such, Sophie is transformed into a raven-girl hybrid, and stands alongside the deadly Carrion Crow….


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Dead X-Men
In a burst of light, John “Thunderbird” Proudstar, Sean “Banshee” Cassidy, Dr Moira MacTaggert, Esme Cuckoo and three Madrox dupes are transported from the ruins of the Xavier Institute to the ruins of someplace else. John thinks to himself that sometimes he hates being a super hero, as things always happen, things he cannot explain. But what’s crazier is when the folks he is with take them all for granted - like teleporting. One moment they are all at the X-Mansion, 40 miles from Manhattan, and the next, after jumping through a hole in the iar above them, they are someplace different.
‘Where -’ Thunderbird begins, while Banshee holds the weakened Moira up and announces that they are at Muir Isle, off the north tip of Scotland - where Moira has her lab. ‘No offense, Johnny, but how’d you do that?’ one of the Multiple Man dupes asks. ‘No offense, big fella, but you’re a muscle guy’ another remarks, while the third asks him where he learned to teleport. Esme rubs her head and walks away from the others, presumably thinking about her sister, Sophie, who sacrificed herself so that the others could escape.
Thunderbird explains that he called out to the god of his people - the thunderbird, who answered his prayer and brought them all here. ‘I gotta figure that wasn’t any accident’ he adds, before turning to Moira: ‘Sean said this was your lab?’ he asks. ‘Aye - though it’s seen better days’ Moira replies. Thunderbird realizes that Moira seems to be changing before their eyes, into someone completely difference. ‘As I think I have’ Moira adds, before she collapses. ‘Moira, what’s happening?’ Sean calls out. Thunderbird realizes that Banshee and Moira were totally in love, and he knows that Sean died first.
‘What’s wrong?’ Banshee asks as he crouches beside Moira, holding her up. Thunderbird realizes that Sean will do anything to prevent death happening to Moira again. The only trouble is, when the time comes, Thunderbird is not sure they will have a choice. Moira looks at Sean and replies ‘A very great deal, I’m afraid. And none of it pleasant!’ But Sean exclaims ‘That voice - yuir face - Destiny!?’ Moira - or rather, Destiny - touches Banshee’s face and asks him to forgive her, declaring that the need is desperate, she explains that the diary Moira found was imprinted with her very soul, and that physical contact allowed their souls to merge and for her to utilize Moira’s body. ‘Why?’ Thunderbird asks.
‘If you’re Destiny, the seer who wrote these diaries…then you know what’s happening here, right? You can help us fight?’ Thunderbird calls out. Nearby, Esme walks alone, while a raven hovers overhead. ‘A crow. Sophie!’ she thinks to herself. Destiny sits up and replies that she is here to try, telling the heroes that the conflict is far greater than they can imagine. She announces that there is an entity known as the Chaos King, who seeks to return the universe to the empty void before time itself, and he is very close to achieving ultimate victory. ‘Should that happen, the future is no more - for all creation’ Destiny adds.
‘So what’s our part in this?’ John asks. Destiny opens her diary and explains that they need to unleash the most ancient and primal spirits of the Earth itself. Destiny points out that to prevent that happening, they are being hunted by the King’s most fierce lieutenant, the Carrion Crow. ‘The Eater of the Dead’ Thunderbird remarks, before asking Destiny if she knew all this ages ago why she did not warn people. ‘Knowledge, John - is not understand’ Destiny replies, telling him that she spent her entire life trying to decipher what she had written. Destiny hangs her head as she reveals that, unfortunately, the comprehension only came with her own death. She declares that the Chaos King has almost achieved his objective. ‘What we do here constitutes the last, desperately slim hope of creation’.
Nearby, Esme looks up as a large gathering of ravens hovers overhead, and the voice of her sister, Sophie, calls out ‘Did you truly think you could escape me, sister? Or my master?’ Thunderbird tells Destiny that this is out of their league, to which Destiny replies ‘So we yield?’ John tells her that he did not say that, and reminds her that she sees the future. ‘Don’t you have a clue?’ he asks. ‘A thousand-thousand possibilities, so many they drove me mad - coalesced at last down to one’ Destiny replies. She continues, explaining that the struggle returns to Earth because the Chaos King was born here, and it is his link to the infinite. ‘Here is where he becomes surprisingly vulnerable. We must awaken the forgotten gods…the primordial forces who form those world’s that sustain life’ Destiny explains.
Thunderbird points out that they are the embodiments of creation itself, so their manifestation should help tip the struggle against the Chaos King. Destiny explains that Muir Island is the nexus of Earth’s lay-lines, and the thunderbird is the anvil they use to unlock the gate. Banshee declares that it sounds like a proper “Hail Mary” pass to him. ‘Aren’t they the best kind?’ Destiny asks, before Sean asks what happens to Moira. Destiny tells him that they are all dead, but back to do this job and then, hope willing, creation goes on without them. ‘For that, my darling, is reality’.
Nearby, ‘I’ll fight you!’ Esme tells her sister, who replies that she will enjoy that, because Esme will lose. Esme projects her astral image, while the Madrox dupes begin discussing the situation. ‘What d’you think, is this a second chance?’ one of them asks. ‘To do what, get killed again?’ another remarks. The modern-looking Madrox dupe points out that they are stuck this way and cannot even reintegrate. ‘You want to give up? I’d rather fight’ one of the others exclaims. ‘Toldja. You were never a match for me, Esme’ Sophie exclaims as Esme falls to her knees. Thunderbird notices the ravens appearing in the sky and tells Destiny that whatever her plan is, they need to do it now.
One of the Madrox dupes notices something happening to Esme, as energy swirls around her, while Sophie declares that her sister is just a loser, while Esme exclaims that her sister was such a show-off, who had to stay behind and save her. Esme rises, her form resembling half-girl half-bird, and exclaims that Sophie could not even save herself. ‘Doomed herself, doomed us all!’ she exclaims, before announcing that Sophie is using their bond to make her just like she. Thunderbird calls out to Esme, telling her that she cannot let Sophie win, that she has to fight this.
Esme replies that she is trying, and fighting as hard as she can, but it is so difficult. She rises, and stretches her wings, admitting that Sophie was always stronger. ‘Not “stronger” sister - I’m the strongest!’ Sophie boasts as she, in her carrion form, enters the sky above through a portal. More birds fly in after her. ‘What’s Esme doing?’ Thunderbird asks. ‘Bless her soul, she’s refusing to give up’ Destiny points out. ‘You may have me hooked, Sophie. But I’m not beaten. I can still fight!’ Esme exclaims as she flies towards her sister. Thunderbird tells Banshee to go give her a hand, so Sean takes flight, unleashing his sonic scream, while telling John to look after Moira.
Thunderbird replies that he will do his best, while one of the dupes exclaims ‘There are so many crows!’ Thunderbird tells him to rustle up some duplicates to even the odds. ‘Would things were that easy. They will make a difference…but in the end, it won’t matter’ Destiny remarks. The Madrox dupes get to work at creating more duplicates. ‘Not sure if we’re souls, or copies of souls, or what - but sometimes quantity beats quality!’ they remark. The modern Madrox tells his brothers to double up and then do it again. ‘And then hammer these creeps!’ he declares.
But suddenly, the crows grab hold of one of the duplicates. ‘Guys, help me!’ he calls out. But the dupes cannot get to him, and the birds show him no mercy. He barely has time to scream before he is torn to pieces. And that is just the beginning. Thunderbird tells Destiny that they will buy her as much time as they can, but that the rest is up to her. ‘Don’t make our sacrifice be for nothing!’ John tells her, before he realizes that the Carrion Crow must have great ears, for what he said made the creature laugh.
‘What the devil is that?’ Sean asks energy pours from the portal above, striking Madrox dupes and ravens alike. Thunderbird protects Moira / Destiny while telling Banshee that whatever it is, the creep does not care if he hurts his own, so long as he nails them. Pretty much all of the Madrox dupes are down, before Banshee gets clipped by one of the energy bands. Thunderbird prays to the gods of his fathers for at least a little bit of help, while shielding Moira / Destiny.
On the ground, Banshee calls out ‘Moira are y’all right?’, to which the reply comes: ‘What a silly question, Sean - I’m dead. But that doesn’t mean we can’t fight back! Blast the Carrion Crow, Banshee! Smash his portal, do it now! I want to hear him scream!’ Thunderbird remembers that back in the day, he heard stories about Banshee, but figured they were exaggerations, as he never had the chance to see him really tear it up. Until now that is, as Sean unleashes his powerful sonic scream, in a fit of fury. Although he is not able to kill the Carrion Crow, the hit of the scream causes the demon to stagger big time. Best of all, Banshee managed to shatter the portal that the Carrion Crow used to follow them to Muir Island.
‘Maybe now we’ll have a chance’ Thunderbird thinks to himself, before seeing that the shock wave brought Esme and Sophie down to the ground as well, and Esme recovers first, making the most of it. Sophie announces that she is the vessel for much of the Carrion Crow’s power, to which Esme replies ‘Not for much longer’ as she strikes her sister. As their transformed physical forms battle each other, so to do their astral forms. ‘I’m going to beat you!’ Esme exclaims, but Sophie declares that it will not be enough. ‘Strike me down and his power will be broken’ she tells her sister.
Sophie reminds Esme that she always wanted to be stronger, and tells her that today, here, she can prove it. ‘I have to be destroyed’ Sophie exclaims, telling Esme that only she can do it. ‘I won’t! I can’t!’ Esme replies, but Sophie tells her that she must, that she cannot resist the Carrion Crow for much longer, that this is their only chance. ‘This is your chance to truly be the hero!’ she tells Esme, announcing that she is going to open her mind, to give Esme a clear shot. But Esme replies that she will not take it, that there has to be a better way. ‘You always hated me, this is the opportunity of a lifetime!’ Sophie tells her sister, as Esme replies that she loved her, too, that they are twins.
Destiny tells Thunderbird that this is their moment, that when all around them is in balance, unsure of which way to gall, he needs to call to the thunderbird, to let himself be filled with magic. ‘Let him guide you to your destiny’ she exclaims. Thunderbird stands strong, ‘Great one - hear me!’ he calls out. He remarks that he blew his first time as an X-Man, that he was full of pride and also anger. ‘I wanted to prove myself, to fulfil my dreams as the big-shot Apache warrior’ he adds. ‘I forgot you created the world as a whole. Our gods as a team. All of the elements of life work together, we depend on one another’.
‘Thank you - for not abandoning me - for offering me…for offering me…this second chance…to set things right. To life - and die - with honor!’ Thunderbird calls out as he is engulfed by energies, which he then channels and sends outward. ‘Bless my soul - what’s the lad doing?’ Sean asks as he lands near Moira / Destiny, who replies that Proudstar has linked with the elemental power of the thunderbird, and he reaches out to embrace Earth’s lay-lines, the primal force of the planet itself. She adds that he will use that energy to awaken the most ancient entities of creation itself, to take up arms against their adversary.
Esme tells Sophie to hold onto her, as they cannot withstand the wind, as it is too fierce. ‘What happened to us being enemies?’ Sophie asks as the sisters hold each other. Esme tells her to stop being so flip, as they are sisters, and adds that their only hope is if they stand together. Destiny explains that the girls are caught between the darkness and John’s light. ‘With them, as with us, the battle can go either way’ she remarks. Banshee exclaims that he feels so helpless, that there must be something he can do. ‘It is not yet time’ Destiny tells him. Banshee asks her what she is talking about, pointing out that it looks like they are wining.
Suddenly, ‘Sophie - d’you see?’ Esme calls out when she sees something. Sophie replies that, for them, nothing ever comes easy, as standing before them, is the Carrion Crow. ‘You mortals are such silly creatures’ the Carrion Crow begins, asking the girls if neither of them telepathic enough to know that this was his plan all along. ‘Why else do you think you were resurrected? Thinking that you were doing good, you have instead opened the path to my master’s ultimate victory’ the Carrion Crow declares, explaining that his link, through them, has given him entry to Earth’s heart. ‘And through that, to the heart of creation itself!’
‘I am the rot that eats at both life and hope. As I return you to the shadows from whence you came…so too shall I shatter the elemental bonds of life itself!’ the creature declares. Esme tells the Carrion Crow that will not happen, that she will not allow it. ‘I swear - I’ll find a way to bring you down!’ she boasts as she flies to the Carrion Crow - who bats her away with ease, calling her a fool, he tells her that she already had her chance, but threw it all away by refusing to take her sister’s life, she has guaranteed the annihilation of everything.
‘Esme!’ Sophie calls out as she rushes over to her sister, who has transformed back to her human form. Sophie’s form begins to change back also, as she holds her sister, and exclaims that Esme killed her once, and wouldn’t do it again. ‘Even as you tortured her body, she regained her soul - she sacrificed herself…to set me free!’ Sophie exclaims. ‘She’s my sister. I love her, I forgive her - and I am so very proud of her!’ Sophie cries. Carrion Crow tells her to enjoy the feeling, for the moments of her existence that she has left.
Carrion Crow approaches Destiny and Banshee and declares that there are no more games to play. ‘Your books of the future have reached their end!’ The Carrion Crow unleashes a burst of energy, ‘Moira - look out!’ Sean shouts as he leaps and pushes Moira / Destiny out of the way, while unleashing his sonic scream at the Carrion Crow, telling Moira that he will keep the enemy back as long as he can. ‘Most impressive - for a mortal’ Carrion Crow remarks as he is held back by the power of Banshee’s sonic scream, adding that, sooner or later, Banshee will run out of breath. ‘And then you’re mine’ he warns him.
But Destiny tells the Carrion Crow that he forgets that the future is hers to see. ‘What seems obvious is not always what is true. We led you here - on purpose’ she exclaims, before calling out to John, telling him to merge with his avatar, to become one with him. Thunderbird stands and calls out to the spirits of land and sky, of water and growing and living things. ‘Hear me! The Earth is in peril. I call on you to sustain your mother world - come to her aid - against the powers of annihilation!’ he exclaims.
‘Powerful words - but they will not be enough to save you’ the Carrion Crow declares as he approaches Banshee and Moira - who has reverted back to her true form. ‘Behold - your Destiny has fled. She knows the end is at hand’ the Carrion Crow exclaims as Sean helps Moira up, telling her that he is sorry, but his sonic scream is done. ‘That horror’s right, though - you’ve become yourself again’ Sean points out. Moira looks longingly at Sean and tells him that they have done all they could. ‘I wish I could do more. Seeing you, holding you. I wish -’ Sean begins, as Moira tells him ‘Perhaps another time, another place’, before asking Sean to hold her close. The Carrion Crow unleashes a burst of energy that engulfs Sean and Moira. ‘Aye, lass - whatever comes, we face it together’ Banshee exclaims. ‘I’ve never been more proud…’ Moira tells him, before they vanish.
Thunderbird closes his eyes and declares ‘It’s up to me now’. He opens his eyes and announces that he won’t be found wanting, as his thunderbird avatar has merged with him. He glows as the avatar hovers around him, and he declares ‘I am Proudstar, son of the people you call the Apache. My soul is bound to the most honored, most fierce of our sprits - the thunderbird! We do not fear crows - or their masters…we hunt them - to their DEATH!’ John booms as his avatar reaches out - and slices through the Carrion Crow.
The Carrion Crow calls Thunderbird a fool and remarks that this means nothing to him, as he is but a servant of a far greater power. ‘What ravages me will do him not the slightest harm!’ the Carrion Crow boasts. ‘Maybe. Maybe not. But this sure looks like a righteous start’ Thunderbird remarks as the Carrion Crow explodes before him.
Thunderbird reaches up and calls out ‘One above all, and Earth below - hear my words. Take back all this power that is yours. Let your healing magic flow forth through the world’s lay-lines. Bind up the wounds of the world. Keep all her children safe. Hold them safe in this time of peril!’ and as he does, the avatar returns to the sky, and energy flows all around.
Thunderbird approaches Sophie, who holds Esme, and asks how Esme is doing. Sophie replies that she didn’t’ make it, but that she died at peace with herself. ‘John - does this mean we won?’ Sophie asks. John tells her that they held up their end, that they have bought the world another moment to fight, and other folks will have to make the most of it. Thunderbird kneels down beside Sophie and puts an arm around her, while Sophie exclaims that she guesses it is over, their second chance, but they made it count. ‘Didn’t we? We did our best. I hope whoever comes next does the same’ she tells John.
Thunderbird replies that it is funny, he knows what is coming, but he feels more alive than ever - as if his life finally counts for something. ‘Who knows, Sophie, if there’s a next time, maybe you and me’ John tells Sophie, who replies ‘I’d like that, John’, before they are engulfed by nothingness, and vanish.


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Civil War: part 1
Control Room, WTNH-Channel 8: While observing the New Warriors on his television screens in a studio, a producer asks Speedball how many villains they are dealing with. Responding via camera, Speedball at first believes that he’s seeing three villains. However, on that moment, Coldheart comes out of her hiding place emptying the trash. That marks four villains in total, and they are all on the FBI’s most wanted list.
The producer confirms that Cobalt Man, Coldheart, Speedfreek and Nitro all broke out of Ryker’s prison three months ago, and all of them have records that go as long as a person’s arm. He mentions that Coldheart fought Spider-Man a couple of times, and Speedfreek –surprisingly enough – almost took down the Hulk! Speedball, however, finds that hard to believe.
Nearby, Microbe starts to sweat, fearing that these villains might be out of their league. He thinks they shouldn’t go into their house. Speedball reminds Microbe about the strong ratings this show will get. This could be the best episode of the entire second season! He reminds Microbe that, for six months now, they have been driving around the Midwest looking for goofballs like these villains to fight, and the best thing they’ve managed to find so far was a bum with a spray can and a wooden leg. This could be the episode that really puts the New Warriors on the map. If they manage to beat these villains, Speedball believes that people are going to stop whining about Nova leaving their team so he could go back into outer space.
When Namorita wants to hear about the plan, Speedball smiles it is for Namorita to spend five more minutes in the makeup chair or else people will see that big, ugly zit on her chin. While Namorita does that, Night Trasher keeps watching the house with his binoculars. Suddenly, he spots that they have been spotted by Coldheart, who quickly runs into her house and warns her comrades about the danger, and to get into their suits. Fast behind, the New Warriors all quickly jump through the house’s window and start the battle.
Speedball quickly takes on Nitro, and jokes about the rather lousy way the villain dresses as he punches the guy in the face. A cameraman warns Speedball he didn’t get his joke on tape well, and asks if he can say it again. Speedball does, and kicks Nitro into his face.
While she’s facing Night Thrasher and Namorita, Coldheart mentions she recognizes them. She has seen the New Warrior’s reality show, and she refuses to be taken in by losers like them. Namorita punches Coldheart into her face, and Night Thrasher kicks her. Microbe manages to get his bacterial beasties to rust Cobalt Man out, and he tells the others that somebody should really take care of Nitro, as he’s an old enemy of Captain Marvel.
Meanwhile Namorita quickly takes to the air, and sees that Nitro was trying to escape. However, she dives at him and pushes Nitro face first into a school bus, which is parked at the side of an elementary school, filled with children. She orders Nitro to get back up onto his feet, and not to try and use some of his stupid explosions, because that’s only going to make her hit him harder. Seemingly subdued, Nitro recognizes Namorita, because she is the cousin of the Sub-Mariner. He sarcastically smiles, and mentions that they aren’t the losers the New Warriors are used to battling. No, they are playing with the big boys now.
As he speaks, Nitro’s eyes start to glow, followed by an immense explosion, which encompasses the whole city block and everything inside it!
Sometime later…In the rubble of the neighborhood, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men and other heroes help the firemen clear search for survivors and recover the bodies of the dead. In the middle of the devastation, Iron Man informs Cap that he heard the police got a lead on Nitro, and that the word on the street is that the villain sneaked out of town in the back of a pickup truck. A grim Cap doesn’t think it matters. He mourns about all these children that died in the explosion. The FEMA Chief told him that there could be eight or nine hundred casualties. And they all died because of some stupid reality show.
Iron Man thinks that the New Warriors should have called in their help, and that Speedball should have realized these villains were out of their league. The whole country saw the tape where Speedball said they were trying to improve the show’s ratings.
A fireman calls out to Marvel Girl and Cyclops to come over, because they need some help. Their motion detectors are picking up something twenty feet down below a lot of big rocks, but they don’t have any diggers around. Rachel is ready for it, and the firemen quickly realize they better move out of the way. She telekinetically lifts up tons of rubble, and the firemen find a surviving family, who hid in their cellar. The firemen report to their teammates that they’ve found six more survivors over by the school’s north side, and they need blankets and a defibrillator to take care of the survivors’ wounds.
As the family is led out, Wolverine looks at the Sentinels, which are standing motionless, simply surveying the X-Men. The family’s youngest child, a little boy sees the towering Sentinels and gets scared. However, his mother tells her son not to be scared, because the Sentinels are only their to keep an eye out on the X-Men. They’re the good guys. Still eying the Sentinel, Wolverine angrily shouts at the pilots that they are still following them around, even though they volunteered to help out on this federal emergency. The pilot inside the Sentinel smirks that they are just doing their jobs.
Goliath doesn’t think that this time it’s just mutants the Sentinels are watching. He tells Ms. Marvel that this is the straw that broke the camel’s back, mark his words. Carol isn’t sure about that, but Goliath is confident he’s speaking the truth. After Philly getting bombed, the Hulk trashing Las Vegas… Wolverine saying he was gonna kill the president – this is the start of the witch hunts. He truly believes that people will start coming after them with torches and pitchforks. Carol replies that maybe this time the people might be right. Still sifting through the rubble, Goliath doesn’t know how anyone can justify this.
In the following days…Appearing on Larry King Live, She-Hulk explains to Larry that a ban on super-heroes is impossible, seeing that over a thousand super-villains live in the world of today. But she does think it’s reasonable when the heroes get the proper training and get required to wear a badge.
At a memorial service for the casualties of Stamford, a priest states that he hopes they can ask the Lord for mercy. Not for the children who perished, but for the super-people whose carelessness caused this tragedy. After the service, as Tony Stark exits the church, a woman calls out his name. To everyone’s surprise, when he turns to her, she spits into his face, calling him a filthy piece of crap. A body guards tries to push the woman back, telling her they’re going to ask her to leave. In tears, she shouts that she won’t be dragged away from her own son’s funeral, and she believes it’s Stark who should be dragged away.
Tony understands that the woman is upset, but defends that the carelessness of the New Warriors had nothing to do with him. The woman disagrees with that. She reminds Stark that he’s the one financing the Avengers, and that he’s been telling kids for years now that they can live outside the law if they’re wearing tights. She shouts that cops have to train and wear badges, and she believes Stark finds that to be too boring. She believes that, with him being a billionaire and having a badass attitude, he can have himself some super-powers and start up a private super-gang.
The guard calls for someone to get the woman out of there. However, she takes off on her own, crying that Stark began this mess with his dirty billions, and that the blood of her dead Damien is on his hands now. In the watching crowd, Jameson smilingly holds his arms around his photographer, Peter Parker, hoping aloud that he’s getting all this.
On another news show, a man claims that he doesn’t want to speak ill of the dead, but says that Speedball was a boy who, by all accounts, couldn’t even name the current president of the United States. He believes that, even though these super-powers may be awesome, they should be tested before they are allowed to act openly in the community.
A night later, things start to turn ugly…Johnny Storm lands in the city at a nightclub, to meet up with his beautiful date. He apologizes for being late, claiming that he had to stop along the way because he had to rescue some kids out of a burning orphanage. The girl smiles, not knowing if Johnny is telling the truth or trying to get her not to be mad at him for being late. Johnny jokes back that he’s telling the truth, if she swaps “orphans” with “babes” and “burning orphanage” with “signing autographs.”
They walk to the front of the club’s line together and Johnny greets the bouncer, his old friend Chico, and asks the guy how it’s going. Chico informs Johnny that Paris and Lindsay are waiting for him upstairs, and that all the other girls couldn’t believe him when he told them Johnny would be stopping by.
The other people notice how Johnny cut into the line, while they have to wait to get in. When they begin to complain, Johnny smiles to the people that the next time they save the planet from an attacking Galactus, they can borrow his free pass. The people wonder what Johnny is going to do the next time he blows up a school, or when he goes off to kill some kids. Johnny can’t believe his ears. An angry man thinks Johnny has some nerve swaggering around town the way he does, after what happened. If he were him, the man says, he would have been ashamed to come out.
Johnny angrily defends that he’s got nothing to do with Speedball or the New Warriors. Those guys were C-list super-heroes to begin with, tops. Growing even angrier, the crowd start calling names at Johnny, and his date wants to get out of here. Suddenly, someone smashes a bottle on Johnny’s head, and he collapses, unconscious! The crowd begins to riot, and literally starts beating Johnny up!
Not much later, the event is reported on the news channels. One reporter claims that more attacks on several super-heroes have taken place. In related news, the president has been put under pressure and people from Stamford want to know what his proposals are for super-hero reform.
Later, at the Baxter Building…As the sun sets, a group of heroes have gathered at the Fantastic Four’s headquarters. Dr. Strange asks Reed what they are saying: will he be forced to become a federal employee or face a warrant for his arrest? Reed replies that, actually, Strange is one of the few post-humans the government is hoping to seek a compromise with.
Nearby, speaking to Cage, the Wasp asks about pension plans and annual vacation times. It’s ridiculous. What are they trying to do? Turn them info civil servants? Cage rather believes that the government is looking to close them down. Listening in, Iron Man defends that the government might be just trying to make them more legitimate. He wonders why shouldn’t they be better trained and publicly accountable? Joining in, Patriot recalls that somebody told him they should go on strike if they mess with heroes like this. He proposes the question to the others, wondering if anyone else thinks a strike is a good solution. Reed honestly doesn’t think that someone could seriously advocate a super-hero strike.
Having enough, Cyclops wants to know what the general consensus is. Tony explains that, for as far as he is concerned, Stamford was their wake up call. He thinks that this is what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. He thinks that becoming public employees makes perfect sense if it helps people to sleep a little easier.
Falcon can’t believe he’s hearing this. He defends that the masks are a tradition. They can’t just let people turn them into super-cops. Yellowjacket thinks that they are lucky that people have tolerated them for as long as they have. Why should they be allowed to hide behind masks? Chiming in, Wolverine explains to Hank that they should wear masks because the world isn’t so nice outside his ivory tower. The Thing agrees with Logan, thinking that Johnny wouldn’t have ended up in the hospital last night if idiots like Hank weren’t trying to give them a bad name.
Having been hanging upside down and out of sight, Spider-Man makes his presence known, much to the surprise of the Black Cat. To Ben’s statement, he asks “who knows?” However, he does think that, if people are trying to force everybody to work for Uncle Sam, a whole lot of people might just hang up their tights. To this, Sue replies that she doesn’t think that having a secret identity is such a big thing. After all, the Fantastic Four have been public since the very beginning, and that has never been a serious concern to them. Spider-Man rejoins that won’t – not until they day he comes home and finds his wife impaled on an octopus arm and the woman who raised him begging for her life.
Nighthawk wonders if anyone else thinks they are just being paranoid here. After all, he adds, this is all just speculation at the moment. Daredevil, standing at the back of the room, disagrees with that statement. He believes that this has been building up for quite some time, and that Stamford was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. This is the end of the way they do business. He can smell it in the air.
The SHIELD Helicarrier, six miles above New York…Captain America meets up with Commander Hill, who is flanked by two SHIELD officers. Hill explains to Cap that she’s been told that twenty-three friends of Cap’s are meeting at the Baxter Building right now, discussing how the super-people should respond to the president’s big solution. Maria wants to know from Cap if he thinks his friends are going to go for it.
When Cap replies that he doesn’t think that’s for him to judge, Hill replies that she doesn’t want to hear about any of that nonsense. She knows that she and Cap are never going to be as tight as Cap was with Nick Fury, but she is currently still the acting head of SHIELD. She demands that Cap at least respects her badge, if he doesn’t want to respect her.
Cap believes that this plan will split the heroes in the middle, and that the president is going to make the heroes get into a war with themselves. One of the flanking agents wants to know what’s wrong with the super-heroes, and how anyone can argue with super-heroes being properly trained and paid for a living. The second agent asks Cap how many heroes will rebel against this. Cap believes a lot. When Hill wants to know if there will be any majors, Cap says he expects a few people, but mostly heroes who work close to the streets, like Daredevil and Luke Cage.
To this, Hill states, more than asking, that there will be no one he can’t handle. Taken aback at the implication of her question, Cap begs her pardon. He heard, she replies.
Continuing, she explains that the proposal goes to vote into a two weeks’ time and could be law in as little as a month. But they can’t go in half-cooked. She reveals that they are already developing an anti-superhuman response unit at SHIELD, but they need to make sure that the Avengers are on their side and that Cap is leading the group.
Cap tells Hill that she can forget about that. She is asking him to arrest people who risk their lives for America every day of the week. Hill defends that she’s only asking Cap to obey the will of the American people. Cap shouts at Hill not to play politics with him. He believes that super-heroes need to stay above that stuff or Washington starts telling them who the super-villains are. Maria thought that super-villains were people who wear masks and don’t obey the law.
On that moment, lots of SHIELD agents step compartments in the walls. They aim their rifles at Cap and cock their weapons. Cap wants to know if this is the hit squad Hill has been training to take down the heroes. Hill defends that nobody wants a war. The people are just sick of living in the Wild West. Cap defends that masked heroes have been part of this country for as long as anyone can remember. Hill jokes that one can also say that about smallpox, and tells Cap not to act like an idiot. Nobody is saying that he can’t do his job. It’s just time that Cap became legitimate like they are.
Cap orders the soldiers to lower their weapons, but Hill orders them to stand their ground. Captain America is not in command there. Cap orders the soldiers his request again, or else he won’t be responsible for what happens next. To this, Hill warns her men to keep the tranquilizers ready. Cap replies that this is insane. Completely insane! Cap then damns Hill to hell for this, but she then returns the sentiment, damning Cap to hell for making her do it…
By the time Hill gives the order for the tranquilizers, Cap has already launched himself at the soldiers. Grabbing one agent, Cap uses him as a human shield, before going on the offensive. He propels his shield at one soldier, knocking him out, even as he delivers a blow to another’s mid-section. The shield then ricochets and slices through two rifle barrels, while Cap delivers an open-fist blow to another’s face. The Avenger even has time to deliver an elbow to another soldier before the shield ricochets against another and returns to his hand. One of the SHIELD officers attempt to rally the rest of the troops, but Cap simply plows through the soldiers and jumps through the helcarrier’s window and into the open sky below.
Calling on her radio, Hill orders all units to stop Captain America. Soldiers all over the helicarrier open fire with live rounds, but Cap – even in freefall – easily deflects them with his shield.
An approaching jet fighter, designated War-Hawk One by the radio tower, is given clearance to land. The pilot “Roger”s base-command and then asks about the situation with ground crew. Before he can get an answer, Captain America land on the fighter’s cockpit and anchors himself with his shield, which he uses to break through the canopy. When the pilot swears aloud at this, Cap instructs him to just keep flying – and to watch that potty mouth!
Rather than descending into the hangar bay, the pilot continues through for the exit. The ground crew calls for the exit door to be closed but there’s no time, and the jet clears the exit, with Captain America riding it like a surfboard into the night sky.
Watching Cap escape, Hill calls him an idiot. They’re trying to save lives.
Meanwhile, at the Baxter Building…Interrupting their discussion, Spider-Woman asks if she’s the only one who can see a big, dome-headed guy staring at everybody. Dr. Strange introduces Jessica to the Watcher, and explains to her that he only appears to record moments of great change and enormous upheaval. Uatu’s presence there now, Strange concludes, doesn’t bode well.
Washington, DC…An angry mob protests against the super-heroes in front of the White House, and demand justice for Damien, one of the boys who got killed in the explosion. One news pundit tells the other analysts that the fact that the Congress has responded so swiftly just proves what an effective political operator Miriam Sharpe has become. She and the other Stamford reformist have really tapped into America’s quiet discomfort with superhuman misbehavior there. Meanwhile, at the gate of the White House, Miriam Sharpe, mother of Damien, hold a framed picture of her boy, as she stares within.
Inside the White House Cabinet Room, one Cabinet official tells the others of how Captain America landed the jet he stole in a football field - before taking the pilot for a hamburger and fries. He thinks that’s just like Captain America; making sure a two-billion dollar warplane doesn’t get damaged, no matter the danger he is in.
Speaking sarcastically, the president tells his Cabinet secretary that he’s glad he thinks it’s funny. Because he got the impression that the registration plan was controversial enough. He also believes that Cap going underground means that every super-hero who disagrees with their proposal now has a figurehead.
In response, Iron Man replies that this means the other heroes should find a leader of their own. When the president wants to know what Stark is proposing, Stark replies that he can continue pushing his registration just like he planned it. Flanked by Mister Fantastic and Yellowjacket, Iron Man assures the president that he can leave Captain America them.


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Civil War: part two
Dank, dark lair: Lights fall upon the battered and broken figures of the Vulture and the Grim Reaper, both chained together to a metal column. The beaten and bloody villain Vulture tells the S.H.I.E.L.D. troops before him that the lunatic broke his nose. Aren’t these S.H.I.E.L.D. idiots before him supposed to be hunting him down?
The sergeant of the S.H.I.E.L.D., Unit Five, is contacted by the Hellicarrier and asked if he has found more bad guys. The sergeant confirms and adds that, downstairs, the Trapster is chained to the sink in the men’s room. How many criminals do Vulture and Grim Reaper take him up to? Eight of nine?
S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier – Six miles above New York City: Director Maria Hill, sitting in her command center as she receives some coffee, tells the sergeant that it brings him to fifteen. As she looks at footage and bio-data on the villains, she explains that he has capture fifteen super-criminals in seventy-two hours. However, the numbers do not add up. There is no way that Captain America took down all these criminals, as it is physically impossible.
“Meaning?” asks the puzzled sergeant. Meaning, states Hill, that this is their nightmare scenario. She doesn’t think he is alone anymore.
Some Time Later: It takes little time for the nation’s largest newspapers to spread the news. The Registration Act has passed! The president promises action against Captain America! Captain America goes into hiding! Millionaire Tony Stark backs the Super Hero Reform!
At a press conference, Miriam Sharpe, mother of one of the Stamford school children victims, Damien, tells the reporters that she is disappointed in Captain America’s choice in the registration matter, but she couldn’t be happier about Iron Man joining her cause. However, there are still seven days before the Act is law, so Captain America has time to change his mind.
New York City: A massive Doom Bot lies in ruins on the streets of New York, surrounded by cheering citizens of the city who applaud their heroes. Yellowjacket, Mr. Fantastic, She-Hulk, Iron Man and Doc Samson stand over the fallen monstrosity. Iron Man helps Ms. Marvel out of the wreckage and asks his teammates if they hear that. That applause is the sound of people trusting super heroes again. She-Hulk turns to Iron Man, asking if they will technically be super-heroes after the Registration Act. Won’t they just be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents when they are on the federal payroll?
No, says Iron Man. They are super heroes. They fight super criminals and save lives. The only thing that changes is that the kids, amateurs, and sociopaths are being weeded out of their ranks. The feline Tigra, leaps upon the Doom Bot to speak to Iron Man, and critically asks him what category Captain America falls into. The others look at Iron Man, who tells Tigra that Captain America is wrong this time. She needs to trust him on that.
Baxter Building: Night falls over New York City. In the Baxter Building, the Thing spends time with his godchildren, Franklin and Valeria Richards.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the building, Reed Richards takes long strides as he busily walks back to his work. His wife, Sue, approaches him and asks him how his project is coming along. Ecstatic, Reed tells Sue that it is a dream. Tony’s big plan for the super hero community is the most exciting thing he has ever worked on. He wasn’t kidding when he said he would revolutionize the super hero community. He hasn’t’ been this excited since the time he first saw a black hole.
As Reed goes back to his work, Sue tells him that she would be excited too if the plan didn’t mean jail time for half their Christmas card list. Agreed, says Reed, not even looking back up. However, the renegade heroes leave them no choice if they refuse to register. If Sue needs to see the social implications the renegades will cause to ease her mind, she should look at the boards to his right.
Sue walks over to the boards where Reed has done many calculations. Confused, at what she is looking at, Sue asks her husband what he means. Reed explains that it is the exponential curve the number of super-beings is following and the apocalypse that will follow if unlicensed activity isn’t brought under control. Tony’ secret plan is amazing for them all. She should just hear what Tony and Hank Pym are talking about. They are like concept machines. He has never seen people that super-charged.
Sue notices a C.D. on Reed’s desk, with the number 42 written on it, and asks what it means. Reed grabs Sue’s wrist as she tries to pick up the disk, telling her that it is classified information.
Oh, right, says Sue, a bit put off by her husband’s secretiveness.
She then changes the subject and supposes she should head off to the hospital anyway. Reed, who is already back at his work, barely gives thought to Sue’s excuse, and simply tells her to give Johnny all his love. Sue then walks away into the shadows, feeling the coldness.
Daily Bugle:  BR> Robbie looks at J. Jonah Jameson and tells him that he just received word that Tony Stark is having a huge press conference tomorrow morning. Ben Urich is in, but Peter Parker is out of town. Who should they send in Parker’s place?
Jameson doesn’t reply, so Robertson questioningly calls his name. Jonah apologizes, as he is miles away. He is just thinking about how tonight, at midnight, everything the Bugle has campaigned will officially be law. There will be no more masks or secret identities. The clowns work for S.H.I.E.L.D. or they go to jail. Robbie asks Jameson if he thinks all the heroes will really sign up. As Jameson looks out his window to see Spider-Man swing by, he replies no, he doesn’t think so. Just the smart ones.
Tony Stark’s Penthouse – 11:40 PM: Tony Stark and Happy Hogan sit anxiously awaiting midnight. Happy tells Tony that there are only twenty more minutes to go. He heard from S.H.I.E.L.D. that they are looking at thirty-eight signatures already. Isn’t that what he predicted? Pretty much, says the worried Tony. Is there any word from Captain America? Only that he is putting together his own team, replies Happy. He will see this fight to the finish.
Tony throws his head back and stares at the ceiling, hoping to God that they are doing the right thing.
Midnight: The lights blazing at Time Square suddenly shift as a new message appears on the famous giant screens. The Registration Act is law!
24 Hours Later: The Young Avenger known as Patriot leaps across rooftops as he tries to evade his attackers. Spotlights shine down on him from war choppers as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents begin to the hunt for renegade heroes. Patriot runs as fast as he can, but the toll of the chase begins to wear his body.
Aboard the chopper, the agent reports to base, stating that an unregistered minor tried to foil a bank robbery in costume. He then identifies the vigilante as Patriot from the Young Avengers. He is currently in pursuit. The agent, Fox-Trot Four, is then given permission by Air Command to use tranquilizers and minimum force. The choppers waste no time in attacking Patriot with projectiles intending to stun the hero.
However, Patriot is unaffected by the attack! Aboard the chopper, the pilot is annoyed to find the target is bullet proof. His colleague then complains about how the info-base was supposed to be updated by people.
Reaching the end of nearby rooftops, Patriot finds that the next closest building is not only too high, but too far away! However, this distance problem is no problem for him, as thanks to his powers he leaps off the rooftop and easily traverses the distance in a single leap. He then crashes through the glass frame of the building across from him.
Inside the building, Patriot tells his teammates in the Young Avengers that they have to get out right now. S.H.I.E.L.D. caught him breaking up a mugging and now they are after him. It seems like these guys are not messing around. However, before Patriot can make a move, the chopper shoots in a canister that dispenses green gas everywhere. Oh boy, says Patriot.
The entire floor of the building then explodes.
Inside the chopper, one agent asks the other if he is sure the kid was indestructible. He’ll be fine, replies the other. Besides, he is more worried about the office block. Command said property damage was to be kept to a minimum or its head-rolling time.
Soon, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents round up and detain Hulkling, Kate Bishop, Stature, Wiccan, Patriot and Vision of the Young Avengers. As they are marched onto an armored truck, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents tell them to look at all the damage done. This is what happens when they try to act like some bad vigilante like Captain America.
Elsewhere: Daredevil, or perhaps a man dressed like Daredevil, watches the video of the Young Avengers being detained. He asks Luke Cage if they should get a group together to free the kids. Cage, however, tells his companion that Captain America and Falcon are already undercover on the scene. Cocky Wilson even told him to get the coffee ready.
New York City: The armored truck, escorted by the NYPD, drives away. As a blonde man with glasses drives, his companion tells him that this is what is he talking about. These kids are what…sixteen or seventeen? They are out in public laughing in regular people’s faces while wearing pantyhose. It isn’t like they are banning them. No one is stopping them. Heck, they are even offering to pay these vigilantes. However, these freaks don’t get a buzz off of being legit. They like the feeling of being in a mask. That is how they get off. They will need one cold shower when they see the pen the Registration side is building for them. Has the other man heard of that place? Number Forty-Two?
Frank in Supplies told him that they aren’t even allowed to look at the blueprints without special goggles. The agent’s companion, annoyed, speaks up and says that he should tell him something. He talks too much!
The undercover Captain America then knocks the other man out of the speeding vehicle!
The man crashes into the road, causing the police cruisers to swerve out of the way and flip over and crash themselves!
In the back of the truck, another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent reveals himself as an undercover Falcon, who breaks Wiccan free and tells him that he needs him to use one of his teleportation spells now. Yes, says a nervous Wiccan.
Outside, S.H.I.E.L.D. calls all units in the area of the George Washington Bridge and tells them that they suspect a hijacking of a S.H.I.E.L.D. bus. A roadblock is quickly set up as cruisers stop on the bridge and a helicopter drops a barricade.
Cap calls back to Falcon that cops are already blocking the road. Annoyed, Falcon tells Wiccan to hurry up with the “freakin’ spell.” Wiccan concentrates hardly as he chants that he wants to be somewhere else.
Outside, S.H.I.E.L.D. realizes that the hijackers will kill themselves. They order the cops to fall back, but to keep up the barricade. Suddenly, magical energies manifest around the armored bus as Wiccan’s powers kick in. Right as the bus is about to crash into the barricade and officers; it vanishes, leaving behind only residual energy.
Elsewhere: In a secret complex, somewhere, the bus rematerializes and comes to a screeching halt. The sudden stop throws all its occupants around. The Young Avengers regroup as the back of the truck opens and they step out. Oh, my God, says Stature as she looks around. Where are they? P>
Congratulations, children, says the enigmatic Cable, you just joined the Resistance. Daredevil helps the Young Avengers out as they look around the massive complex to see Goliath, Hercules, Cloak, Luke Cage, Night Nurse and Dr. Jane Foster!
As Captain America frees Stature, she asks him what this place is. Cap explains that it is a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house, number twenty-three. It is one of twenty-eight such safe houses and only known to a thirty-third degree S.H.I.E.L.D. officer. How many thirty-third degree officers are there, asks Hulking as Daredevil unlocks his bindings.
Just Nick Fury, replies Captain America. Daredevil explains that Fury is underground now and can only be contacted via scrambler-phone. However, he said they could use this place for as long as they need. He is already working on their new secret identifications.
Why do they need new identifications, asks Patriot. Cable smiles and tells the naïve hero that their old ones are compromised. They are going to need somewhere to hide when they aren’t kicking butt and taking names. Captain America takes off his glasses and tells the heroes that they are living here for the duration of the crisis. Iron Man’s crew is planning something huge and they have to fight back from here.
Suddenly, Dagger calls from a nearby computer screen, which shows an image of Tony Stark’s press conference, and tells everyone that they should see this.
Washington, D.C.: Tony Stark stands before a large group of reporters and tells them that he does not have to introduce Miriam Sharpe. She, if they recall, lost her son in the Stamford tragedy, which kick-started his passion for the federal employment of all super-heroes.
Xavier Institute: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast, and Colossus of the X-Men watch the news conference eagerly; just as Wolverine comes in, wishing to know what the fuss is about.
Washington, D.C.: Tony Stark then motions to his left as Spider-Man, in his regular red and blue uniform, swings into stage. Tony is sure Spider-Man needs no introduction.
New York City: Sue Richards sits at the bed of the battered Johnny Storm. She watches the television and mutters that she hopes Tony knows what he is doing.
Washington, D.C.: Spider-Man takes the podium and tells the reporters that, as they know, he has guarded his secret identity well over the years. It was only after a long talk with his wife and his family that he decided to take the following step. The Registration Act gives heroes a choice. They can follow Captain America’s trend with heroes completely unchecked, or they can go legitimate and earn back a part of the public’s trust.
Elsewhere: Wasp, Thing, She-Hulk, and Yellowjacket watch the conference from their headquarters, as Aunt May and Mary Jane watch from Avengers Tower. At the Daily Bugle, Miss Grant tries speaking to Jameson as he watches the conference, but he stops her and tells her that if she even thinks about asking him what he wants for breakfast, she is fired.
Washington, D.C.: Spider-Man tells the reporters that he doesn’t wear a mask because he is ashamed of what he does. He is proud of who he is and right now he is going to prove it.
“My name is Peter Parker, and I’ve been Spider-Man sine I was fifteen years old,” says Spider-Man, as he takes off his mask and reveals his face to the entire world.
Daily Bugle: Miss Grant, Robbie, and several other Bugle employees rush to Jameson’s side as he collapses behind his desk.
Washington, D.C.: “Any questions?” says the smiling Peter as he faces the world, mask in hand.