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Norway…
In a medical room, Thor struggles to keep nurses from giving him a shot. “Golmen” enters the room and demands to know what’s happening to his brother. One of the nurses explains they want to make sure Thorlief doesn’t hurt himself, because he’s had another psychotic episode about thunder gods and super heroes. And he’s calling himself the mighty Thor again. Golmen believes Thor has stopped taking his medicines, and reminds him he knows what happens if he doesn’t do what the doctors tell him to.
Thor calls Loki a liar, because he knows this is the illusion. He can feel the Washington rain on his face. He can hear the roar of the warplanes as they pass over his head! He knows the Trickster’s powers are weakening and that he has no power over him now. Loki tends to his brother, calling him a very sick person. If that is true, Thor adds proudly, he wants to know why Loki is suddenly soaking wet… and why he is holding his hammer?!
As Loki panics, Thor suddenly breaks free from the nurses and slams Mjolnir in his face! The world around him turns back to normal. Thor is back in Washington, and the finishing strike has been witnessed by all the Ultimates, Fury, Betty and the army behind them.
Cap walks towards Thor and is relieved he actually killed Loki, who lies on the ground. Unfortunately, Loki… is still alive! He crawls back up and says the universe is putty in his hands to be shaped and fashioned in any way he pleases. He can change the color of the sun and sky. He can’t possibly be killed by a hammer. On that moment, Loki summons a gigantic red dragon that attacks the Ultimates, ready to eat Thor.
Loki, floating in the air, declares they can send Surtur and Ymir after him; it won’t matter. Not the trolls, the dragons or the giants can stop him. He mocks this victory sure feels liberating. And now, they will all see what a god can really do. Recovering from the fall, Captain America thinks they may need some reinforcements now.
Out of nowhere, an army of trolls appears and attacks the Ultimates. Elsewhere across town; gigantic red wolfs spread themselves and attack the innocent citizens. Betty notices something coming out of the ocean behind them and warns the Ultimates about it. They all look around, and… giants emerge, ready for battle! One of the giants smacks his hammer onto the ground, which luckily doesn’t harm anyone of the heroes. Captain America orders everyone to fall back.
Hanging in mid-air and close to Loki’s dragon, he asks why he smells fear. Loki looks at his brother, and sees how he kills the dragon with his hammer, which falls onto one of the buildings below. Thor attacks Loki, wondering if his wretched powers are weakening. Their battle leads them into crashing into another building. The blow is heard by the Ultimates, but Hawkeye doesn’t know if that truly was Thor, because he isn’t wearing his glasses.
In the building, Loki has created duplicates of himself and they all fight Thor. Loki claims that weakness was hiding in the shadows. That weakness was merely orchestrating wars. He reveals he spent three hundred years in the Room Without Doors, plotting and planning their next encounter. But now, Loki realizes he should have been brave. He shouldn’t have feared their old father Odin up there. He should have done this years ago. One of the Lokis strangles Thor, causing him to drop his hammer and fall onto his knees. Loki asks Thor how that feels, dying alone in the dirt? In return, Thor calls Loki a fool for thinking he would come here alone.
Suddenly, a colorful rainbow appears out of nowhere, spanning across the entire city. It lands on the battle field where the Ultimates are standing and, from a bright light, actual Vikings suddenly materialize!
Witnessing the whole event together with his teammates, Hawkeye apologizes to Thor for ever having doubted him. The Vikings climb on their horses and combat the trolls. The Ultimates soon join the battle and Captain America orders them to take their enemies down. A long and hard battle follows.
Nearby, Thor is still fighting Loki, shouting at him how he dares to defile their father’s name. How he dares to thwart his plans for the world. He calls Loki filth and excrement. Thor refuses to fall before the shame of Asgard! In pain at the hands of Thor’s hammer, Loki admits he was jealous. Jealous Odin sent Thor to save the world. Loki only wanted Thor to fail, so Odin might smile on him for once. As Thor grabs Loki by his clothes, Loki asks Thor if he saw his little clues. If he saw how clever he was. Norway isn’t even in the European Union.
Thor throws down Loki, who reminds his brother about the security tapes. All he did was wriggle his nose and they saw Captain America killing Hawkeye’s family. He wonders if Thor can see the funny side in all this. Thor powers up his hammer, on which a lightning bolt strikes upon. Proudly, Thor declares that the game is over and that their father wants a word with him. Thor slams his charged up weapon onto Loki. A very bright light appears, spreading itself across the entire city. Thor relaxes in the light, even embracing it while it purges the city of all the evildoers, killing them. It’s phenomenal and an indescribable sight.
“VICTORY!” Thor cheerfully declares. The deceiver has been slain! Honor has been restored! The planet is under his protection now. The triumphant Vikings and the Ultimates stare at him.
Later, New York City…
The X-Men, Fantastic Four and the other heroes the Liberators had captured have been rescued. They talk about the Thing smacking a guy with a truck, and that Colossus said Ben even cracked jokes about it. Reed asks Sue if she’s okay, but she just feels some adrenaline from all the fighting. Reed later contacts Tony, informing him that New York, Washington and all the army bases are now back into their hands. He asks what they’re going to do now. Are there any more orders from SHIELD command or should they fan out and help the emergency teams?
Drinking a glass of wine in his Iron Man suit, Tony compliments Reed that he’s such an earnest young man. If he keeps this up, he’ll be grey by the time he’s thirty. He tells Reed he just evaded a terrorist invasion, for heaven’s sake. Orders from above are to break open the Bollinger.
Washington…
The Ultimates and the Hulk walk towards Thor. Janet is thrilled that everything Thor told them is real. They’re even standing here with a big gang of Vikings. It’s unreal. She kisses Thor on his cheek, calling him awesome, to which Thor jokes he does his best. Quicksilver stretches, asking if they saw Janet turning into a giant. He says they should have seen the president’s face, as he thought he was going to vomit. Hank approaches them, agreeing that Janet was brilliant. He gave her that formula for emergencies and she handled herself perfectly. He was so proud of her.
Captain America warns Pym not to try to weasel out of this, reminding Hank that he aided foreign terrorists and that he’s going to jail. “Absolutely,” Thor confirms. Hank shouts at Cap to get out of his face. He knew they had at least one traitor on the team. He didn’t know who he had to trust. Infiltrating the terrorists’ ranks was the only solution. He’s sure the Ultron robots will back him up on that, and asks the machines if they will. However, the Ultrons are busier flirting with Wanda. She’s talking to one of them, not believing it hasn’t been to the Museum of Industrial History. She’s certain the machine will love it. She suggests the machine gives her a call next week and they’ll hook up when Pietro’s not around. The Ultimates are not sure how to react to this.
Nearby, Perun asks some of the soldiers if there is anyone he can surrender to, because it appears all his friends are dead.
A news report is heard on TV. A reporter reads that so, America’s cleanup begins, Russia and China have been quick to distance themselves from the international terrorists claiming links to both governments. Russian premier Vladmir Puttin described the actions of the Liberators as “horrific” and, together with the Chinese authorities, has offered both aid and a full investigation. Millions of dollars have already been raised for families left homeless by the attack and the Red Cross has praised an unprecedented effort by volunteers around the globe. Still uncertain is America’s response.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has urged restraint from the White House, as have leaders in the European Union. Bert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, says that, naturally, he and the president are hopeful for a diplomatic solution, but they cannot rule out deployment of their own superhumans, at this stage in time. This is, after all, what the Ultimates were put together for.
Some time later…
People cheer in front of the White House, where American flags hang out.
In Washington, nurses carry the body of Captain Al-Rahman away on a stretcher. One of them reminds the others to be careful with it, because Dr. Brankin wanted the body for the lab. As Al-Rahman is put away, Captain America looks at him one last time.
Fury, now with one arm, finds it ironic that a skinny kid becomes a super-soldier to go off and fight the invading army. He guesses that story pushes all the right buttons for Steve. Fury mentions he was told Cap and the others want to quit after this. He wants to know if that’s correct, because the country still needs to be looked after. “No,” Cap exclaims, “the world needs to be looked after.” That’s why they need to be independent. Sending them abroad again to stir up hate accomplishes nothing. They can fight Fury’s wars if it stirs people to do things like the Liberators did.
Relaxing on some stairs together, the Ultimates members take some time to talk to each other and drink some beers. Betty gently places a blanket over the body of Bruce Banner, who has turned back to normal. Thor believes change is on the way and asks the others if they can feel it. Everything he came here to do is finally falling into place. Janet admits that the only thing that scares her about cutting loose from Uncle Sam is the money. She doesn’t mean salaries, because they can all get other jobs. She means the meeting rooms and private jets and all the equipment they’re going to need to keep this thing going. They’re talking billions of dollars here. Where are they going to find that insane level of cash?
Iron Man flies by, asking if anyone fancies a little rumpy-pumpy back at his place tonight. Thor smiles to Janet that his father moves in mysterious ways, and she understands the gist.
Black Widow recuperates…
At a hospital, where many patients are waiting their turn. Inside a room, a nurse promises Natasha she has nothing to worry about. She lost a lot of blood but the emergency people found her just in time. She needs to get some sleep now and then she’ll be right as rain. There’s nothing for her to be afraid of now. Natasha closes her eyes but then, unfortunately for her, an angry Hawkeye enters the room, pointing his bow and arrow at her. He mocks he would get a second opinion on that if he were her.
Natasha quickly jumps out of bed but, before she can escape, Hawkeye shoots an arrow into the palm of her hand, impaling her to the wall! She screams, and another arrow follows in her other hand. Natasha swears revenge for this, but Hawkeye wonders what Natasha did to herself to get rid of Tony’s nanites… slash her wrists off? A sweating Natasha smiles with an evil look on her face, asking Hawkeye if he has a message for his wife and kids he wants her to pass along. Hawkeye doesn’t think she’ll be seeing them where she’ll be going. He fires another arrow, which lands straight through the middle of Natasha’s head, killing her. A disappointed Hawkeye leaves the room, hoping his former comrade will burn in hell.
Tony Stark’s townhouse…
Tony swallows some pills, and then goes to check up on the redecorations that are happening at his home. He is welcomed by Pepper, who asks how the memorial service was. Tony answers it was too sad to even talk about. He wants to change the subject to this wonderful shade of vermillion she picked out for the walls. He takes it their new HQ will meet all feng shui requirements.
Pepper promises it will. But they’re having problems with the aircraft hangar in what used to be the penthouse. The builders said they’ll need two more weeks. Tony doesn’t think that’ll be a problem, and wants Pepper to contact SHIELD and let them know they’ll need to hold onto that jet for another fourteen days. She needs to ask for Nick’s office and then they’ll be sure to get some storage discount. Pepper thought the relations with the general would be a little strained now, though Tony says he doesn’t see why. Because they cut themselves loose? Quite the opposite, actually. Relations have never been better.
They walk into Tony’s office, where he pulls out his jacket and throws it on a desk. He explains to Pepper that all team costs have now been transferred to him, leaving SHIELD’s massive budget free for wiretaps, lady-boys or whatever those rascals like to spend tax dollars on. Likewise, removing their super-soldiers from state control leaves the president free to sign his superhuman test ban treaty Russia and China have been pushing for. The Ultimates took the world to the brink. Even an old warhorse like Fury can see that now.
Pepper and Tony stare outside a large window together. She thinks that, naturally, Tony has been preparing for this since the beginning. Tony admits this was actually one of fourteen probable outcomes he had anticipated, but it was always up there in his top three. And who knows? Perhaps with a little careful management, they can even make a profit while they’re saving the world.
Suddenly, Tony stops talking and a tear comes to his eye. Pepper notices and asks if he’s okay. Tony says it’s nothing, but it’s just… Natasha. She broke his stupid heart. He knows Pepper knows how little he usually cares about that. He dumped Christina by e-mail, Britney by skywriting and breaking poor Jennifer’s heart just two weeks after what’s-his-name walked out on her. But Natasha was different. She could drink like a fish and was up for doing things he’d never even seen in that year he took off just to browse the Internet.
Natasha was like him with magnificent breasts and, as Pepper knows, that has always been one of Tony’s ultimate fantasies. Tony fears that he shall never… Suddenly, he stops his sentence right there, when he sees something outside the window. He panics and immediately asks Pepper to give him the binoculars. She pulls a drawer open and gives them to Tony, so he can stare… at a beautiful blond woman outside! Tony smiles and is impressed by the “view.” He wants Pepper to prepare his helicopter, his mountain retreat and that extra-special bottle of Romanée Conti he had been saving for an emergency seduction. And he wants her to hurry because time is of essence here. Pepper asks what about Natasha and how she broke his heart. Tony smiles at her never to underestimate the healing power of a blonde, and jokes he’ll be back at work in a month.
The Triskelion… SHIELD HQ and the new super-villain prison complex…
Hank has been imprisoned in Bruce Banner’s former glass cage. He wakes up, looking at the many unpacked boxes around him. He notices that Janet is standing outside the cell and they share a look at each other. Hank wonders if they all need to spend a little time in these cells.
Brooklyn, 1942…
Steve Rogers and his girlfriend, Gail, have just walked out of a movie theatre, and Steve talks about how he enjoyed the picture. He can’t believe it was made by the same guy that made Stagecoach. Gail didn’t know, and Steve confirms it was John Ford. It said so in the newspaper. He really wants to go to the valleys after watching that movie. Gail rather thinks and jokes it was Maureen O’Hara he was gawping at. Steve changes the subject and apologizes for not having enough money to take her for a little bite. But his mom was short and little Howie was needing a new pair of boots.
Gail asks to stop apologizing, because they don’t need money to have a good time. She just wants to enjoy the fact that they didn’t have Bucky Barnes sitting between them for a change. Steve confesses that Bucky actually asked if he could tag along, but Steve told him he’d see him for an hour in the morning instead. He asks Gail if she can believe the guy and that he’s really something. A bit sad, Gail asks Steve if he’s scared about going away. Steve isn’t, because he wants this more than he ever wanted anything. He has wanted to fight the Krauts since he saw his first newsreel.
However, Gail isn’t talking about the war. She’s talking about the experiment. All those needles and drugs they were telling him about. Isn’t he worried something could go wrong? Steve is confident it won’t go wrong. He can feel it in his heart. They’re going to make him a super-soldier and he’s going to put an end to all this fighting. Gail doesn’t say anything to it and Steve asks if she’s okay. Gail promised Ma she wouldn’t cry, but she has something for Steve. She wanted to give him something nice for going away, but she was kind of broke herself and ended up getting her stupid picture taken. She looks like a big elephant, but it was all she could afford. She thought it might help Steve if he got a little homesick.
Steve looks at the picture, which reads “To Steve, keep me close, Gail,” and has a picture of a heart under it. Steve smiles that it’s beautiful, and says so is Gail. They hug each other and Gail wants Steve to promise he’ll come back home. He does, and Gail smiles they’ll be waiting for him. They kiss.


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Central Park, Southwest Entrance, twenty-two minutes ago, the teenage hero Spider-Man swings down, complaining that it was bad enough he went to school this morning without a jacket, but who knew he was going to need thermal underwear as well. Spider-Man overhears a police report from a squad car just underneath him: ‘All units, all units, shot fired in the vicinity of Radio City Music Hall, one woman down. Repeat, one woman down’. ‘Oh no!’ exclaims Spider-Man a.k.a. Peter Parker as he lands on top of the police car, recalling that his Aunt May said she was going to see the Christmas show at Radio City.
‘You hear that? Like a thump?’ one of the cops asks. ‘Are you kidding me? We haven’t had a new ride in fourteen years. Everything has a thump!’ the other officer replies as they drive off, with Spider-Man stuck to their roof - for a moment that is, as suddenly, a shot is fired and Peter finds himself careening backwards into the Park. ‘Ow! Ow! Ow!’ Peter exclaims. ‘You should’ve stayed down, kid!’ exclaims the handsome Clint “Hawkeye” Barton as he leaps off a bridge and fires tranquillizers at Spider-Man.
‘So I could make an easier target? Now there’s a plan!’ Spider-Man mutters as he makes his escape, firing webbing all over the place, while shouting ‘You shot me, you screwball!’. Spider-Man recognizes Hawkeye and tells him that he may have his face covered and muffled his voice, before asking him if the rest of the Ultimates know he is about 40 crayons short of a box. Clint continues to fire at Spider-Man, remarking that perhaps he has gone a little crazy, that maybe every time he hears a gunshot it takes him right back to when his family…his kids… his voice trails off before seeing Spider-Man in the tree above him, and exclaims ‘Or maybe it’s all an act to mess with you!’.
Spider-Man dodges the bullets, ‘I get it. You got problems’ he remarks before suggesting Hawkeye go cry his eyes out on Oprah, ‘And take me off your list of things to shoot!’. Hawkeye ignores Spider-Man and keeps on shooting, ‘No? Let’s see how you like it on the receiving end!’ Peter exclaims as he lunges towards Hawkeye blasting plenty of web at him, ‘Eat web, cowboy!’ Spider-Man shouts.
Hawkeye tells Spider-Man that if he wanted him dead, they would be picking out coffins by now, before getting knocked to the ground by the force of Spider-Man’s webbing which smacks into him. Clint composes himself and explains that he came out here looking for the Black Panther, revealing that the Panther got tossed about ten blocks into the Park by Venom.
‘Now, you just happen to be out here and I figure you know something about tall, dark and gooey’ Hawkeye exclaims, remarking that he has read the SHIELD file which says that Venom is somehow related to - ‘Huh? Where’d ya go?’ Clint exclaims, looking around. ‘Boo!’ exclaims Spider-Man as he drops down from above Hawkeye, hanging out of a tree, Peter quickly wraps Hawkeye up in strong webbing, exclaiming ’I told Nick Fury - and now I’m telling all you jackasses who thought working for him was a good idea - stay out of my file, stay out of my life and most of all -’ Clint suddenly interrupts, ’Three. Two. One’ he declares. Spider-Man asks him why he is counting, before falling to the ground.
‘Cheater’ Spider-Man exclaims, lying in the snow, he is unable to move thanks to Clint’s tranquilliser dart which struck him earlier. Clint rips the webbing from around him and tells Spider-Man that he will be down for about twenty minutes. ’Have a bit of a hangover, if you’re old enough to know what one of those feels like…but if I find out you had anything to do with Venom paying us a visit…I’ll make sure you won’t ever get up again!’ Clint warns Peter, holding one of his weapons close to Spider-Man’s face.  ‘Bite me!’ Spider-Man mumbles, when, suddenly, ‘HEY!’ shouts Hawkeye as his weapon is forced out of his hand - by a shield tossed by none other than Captain America!
‘Mission aborted!’ Captain America a.k.a. Steve Rogers tells Clint, informing him that he is needed back at base ASAP as there is a priority one. Hawkeye follows Captain America across the snow-covered ground, leaving Spider-Man where he is, Clint asks about the Panther. ‘He’s my responsibility now’ Captain America replies. ‘How so?’ Clint asks. ‘Because I just said so’ Steve replies. ‘Hey…uh…guys? Little help here?…I hate you’ Spider-Man exclaims.
Meanwhile, at Tony Stark’s mansion, which serves as headquarters to the Ultimates, seven minutes ago, a door swishes open with a powerful force. Quicksilver - Pietro Lehnsherr - has returned.
In one of the labs, Janet van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp sits at the bedside of Dr. hank Pym a.k.a. Giant Man, her husband who is currently in the med-lab, hooked up to life support. ‘If you can hear me, we need to know what you took. There were dozens of pills and…’ her voice trails off just as another voice exclaims ‘Janet, she’s dead!’. Quicksilver has arrived in the med-lab and speaking extremely fast, even for him, he declares that he thought he had the bullet in his hand, but it couldn’t be stopped. ‘It was an assassination - that bullet was programmed to kill only Wanda, it keyed in on her DNA!’.
Quicksilver lays his sister - Wanda Lehnsherr a.k.a. the beautiful Scarlet Witch - down on one of the beds. Janet turns to her teammates, telling Pietro to slow down, as she cannot understand him. ‘She is DEAD! My sister! Wanda. She’s DEAD! Is that clear enough for you?’ Quicksilver shouts furiously. Pietro exclaims that he wasn’t fast enough to protect her, that he kept radioing for help, ‘Why didn’t anyone respond?’ he asks. The Wasp assures Quicksilver that they didn’t get any messages and assures him that they will find out who did this. Jan informs Pietro that Captain America has gone to look for Hawkeye and the Black Panther.
‘My father was right…’ Quicksilver whispers. ‘I’m sorry…what did you say?’ Janet asks. ‘I said, my father was right!’ Quicksilver exclaims more prominently this time. ‘This would’ve never happened if we had stayed with the Brotherhood!’ he declares. A wide-eyed Jan tells Quicksilver that he is upset, and reminds him that the Brotherhood is a terrorist organization. ‘You don’t know what you’re saying!’ she exclaims. ‘Don’t I…?’ Pietro asks, when, suddenly, the room goes dim, a red light glows and a computer announces that there has been a main power supply failure.
Upstairs in his quarters, a solemn Tony Stark knocks back another drink, several glasses and bottles scattered about on the table next to him, while his Iron Man armor stands nearby. ‘Tasha…’ he mumbles, heavily intoxicated.
In Thor’s quarters, the mighty God lies on his bed with his girlfriend, new member to the Ultimates, Valkyrie, who lies her head on his chest and asks him if he ever wonders why sometimes he talks like on that movie Romeo and Juliet with all those “thous” and “thees”. Thor replies ‘That I speaketh true? Mayhaps…for the year past I struggled to prove my identity to the people of Migard. Now, I have no such conflict’.
‘So…cause I believe in you, you can be kinda like yourself?’ Valkyrie asks. ‘Verily’ Thor replies. ‘Tee-hee. I thinketh it cuteth’ Valkyrie giggles, before calling Thor “honey” and telling him that these past few weeks have been ‘so awesome’ and that she can’t thanked him enough. Thor interrupts his nineteen year old girlfriend and exclaims that something is amiss, just as a computer announces that the power grid is off, and that lockdown commences.
Indeed, an explosion down below makes way for the arrival of five mutants, the computer announces that the lockdown is incomplete - the Brotherhood is here! Mystique! Sabretooth! Blob! Madrox! Lorelei! Sabretooth tells everyone that they know what their jobs are. ‘Change the plan and you’re dead!’. Mystique orders Madrox the Multiple Man to send one of his dupes to shut off the annoying alarm system. ‘On it!’ ‘On it!’ ‘On it!’ several Madrox dupes  exclaim.
Back upstairs, Tony fumbles and struggles to get his Iron Man armor on, when, suddenly, a voice exclaims ‘Darling, I know you’d fall to pieces after I…left. But I never imagined it would be so dramatic!’. Tony looks up, and standing at the balcony window is Natasha Romanov - the deadly Black Widow, the betrayer of the Ultimates. Tony calls out to her, and remarks that he has been drinking, ‘And…and…you’re dead!’ he declares. Natasha rubs a finger across Tony’ face and tells him that they were so close, that sometimes he got them confused. ‘I’m not the one who is dead - you -AAARRRGHH!’ she screams out in pain and falls to the floor.
‘Sorry, Tony, but I always thought your taste in women kind of sucked!’ exclaims the Wasp as she flies out of “Natasha’s” ear, stinging her from inside, she revealed that it was actually Mystique posing as Natasha. Jan flies over to Tony and tells him that she thinks it is all related - his sex tape hitting the internet, Venom’s attack, Hank’s overdose and Wanda’s assassination. ‘Wanda?’ asks Tony, confused, sweating. The Wasp tells Tony that they are under attack and could use his help, but not if he is a liability. ‘How sober are you?’ she asks. ‘Sober enough’ Tony replies as he goes to pick up his helmet.
In Thor’s quarters, Valkyrie puts on her bikini while Thor pulls his pants up, exclaiming that battle calls once again. ‘Thou hast been pressed to honor thy name, Valkyrie’ he remarks. Valkyrie asks Thor if it doesn’t bother him that no one knows how she got her powers. ‘It is as it is. Believe in thyself’ Thor replies, when, suddenly, Lorelei appears behind Thor, ‘She’s a fraud, Thor. Kill her!’ Lorelei whispers. ‘Hey! I heard that!’ Valkyrie shouts, asking ‘Who the Hell are you and how’d you get into our bedroom?’. Lorelei ignores the question and tells Thor to kill Valkyrie. ‘Yes, mistress’ Thor replies, enchanted. ‘Mistress?’ Valkyrie asks. ‘Something you wanna tell me?’.
‘DIE, pretender!’ Thor shouts, raising his hammer to Valkyrie, ‘Totally…uncool!’ Valkyrie exclaims, raising her sword just in time, sparks fly as their metal clangs together. Valkyrie leaps backwards from Thor, calling out to him she tells him that he has to get his head straight. ‘Don’t waste your breath’ the mysterious Lorelei whispers, exclaiming that no man - or woman - can resist her siren’s call. Valkyrie slices her sword across Thor’s hulking back and shouts ‘Listen you bitch, I knew a girl like you in high school. Played all the boy’s cause she was this hottie. She even messed with a guy I liked. The big difference between then and now…? I couldn’t CHOP HER HEAD OFF!’ Valkyrie screams at Lorelei.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the obese Blob has found the refrigerator and chomps away on some food. ‘What I wouldn’t give for a nice gouda cheese right now!’ he exclaims, when suddenly the Wasp appears beside him, blasting his face with her wasp’s sting and exclaims ’When I think of all the years I struggled with bulimia…just looking at you makes me want to barf!’. The Blob snarls at the Wasp, ’Gonna eat you up!’ he exclaims. Suddenly though, the floor underneath the Blob is pushed up - including the Blob, by Iron Man, who asks the Blob if he didn’t see the sign on the way in. ’The management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. That means you, you fat tub of goo!’ and with that Iron Man flies the Blob out of his mansion. ’You go, Tony!’ the Wasp exclaims.
Nearby, Captain America tells Hawkeye that he can shoot to wound, as they need at least one of the Madrox’s alive to interrogate. ’Yeah, well…you know what the best part of killing multiple men is, Cap? There’s always plenty more where that one came from!’ Clint exclaims as the Multiple Man’s dupes keep lunging at him. Suddenly, Sabretooth comes up behind Cap, announcing that this was a simple bag and tag mission, ‘You want it to be all “search and destroy” it’ll be on your head!’ he exclaims as he shoves his claws across Cap’s back. Steve swings around, smacking his shield into Creed’s face, telling him that he wants him out of this house. ‘SUCK IT!’ Creed replies as the two men smash into each other.
‘Using language like that, Creed, is what’s tearing apart the moral fabric of this country!’ Captain America exclaims, warning Sabretooth that if there had been a lady present he would make it so Creed would never utter a word again, before smashing his shield against Sabretooth’s face once more, causing blood to spray everywhere. ‘Come on, you sons of bitches!’ Hawkeye shouts, firing bullets furiously at the Madrox dupes. ‘Three more and I win a stuffed teddy!’ he jokes. ‘Kill him!’ ‘Kill him!’ ‘Kill him!’ the dupes shout.
In the med-lab, Tony’s robot servants are ripped apart by the arrival of someone new. Standing beside Wanda’s body, Quicksilver doesn’t turn around, he simply states ‘I knew once the power grid was shut off, you were here. It’s unlike you to use the same battle plan twice. I thought you were locked away…Magneto!’.
The Master of Magnetism frowns and replies that, perhaps he is locked away, and that this is all an illusion. ‘My message remains the same. I want…I expect you turn over my daughter’s body’. Approaching his son, Magneto declares that it is time to be with family now. ‘Family? I’m your son and - you shot off my kneecaps!’ Quicksilver exclaims. ‘You healed. Wanda will not. Magneto replies, to which Quicksilver asks how he can know that Magneto isn’t responsible for her murder. ‘Look into your heart, Pietro. And you can answer that question’ Magneto declares, remarking that the better question is who he thinks is going to be of the most value to him in solving Wanda’s death. ‘The Ultimates? Or. The Brotherhood?’.
Upstairs there is a swoosh as someone races past and Thor exclaims that his head clears, to which Valkyrie remarks that little Miss Heartbreaker just blurred out of here. ‘You and me gotta talk about it, Thor’ she adds.
‘What the Hell?’ Hawkeye exclaims as Sabretooth and Madrox vanish also. The Wasp flies over and remarks that it was Quicksilver, he pulled everyone out of here. ‘And he took Wanda’ she adds, remarking that they are going to have to find them, although she is not sure how. Suddenly, a voice exclaims ‘I know you think you’ve got a murder to solve, but, believe me - you’ve got a much bigger problem on your hands!’. It’s Wolverine….


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Tony Stark’s mansion, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, last night. ‘The Scarlet Witch is dead!’ exclaims Logan a.k.a. Wolverine of the X-Men, his claws outstretched, declaring that Wanda Lensherr was murdered in the streets of New York by an unknown assassin and adds that even before her body is cold, the Brotherhood - led by Magneto himself - conveniently shows up here, hands the Ultimates their collective asses and makes off with the evidence. ‘And none of you want to ask why?’ he asks Steve “Captain America” Rogers, Clint “Hawkeye” Barton and Janet “Wasp” van Dyne.
‘Okay…why?’ the Wasp whispers. ‘Pietro called his father’ Wolverine announces, ‘Bull$#!%’ Hawkeye replies, exclaiming that Quicksilver hated Magneto and reminds everyone that Magneto shot his own son in the kneecaps. Wolverine agrees, but points out that, without an insider, the Scarlet Witch’s body would still be here, where he could learn something from it. Captain America asks Wolverine how he knows any of this, to which Logan replies ‘The X-Men make Magneto their business’.
Hawkeye asks Wolverine if he didn’t belong to the Brotherhood, to which Wolverine snaps ‘Didn’t you used to have a wife and two kids?’. This angers Clint, who shouts ‘That’s it, mutie, you wanna go, let’s go!’ and begins firing two of his guns at Wolverine, who snarls ‘”Mutie”? Oh, I’m gonna dig this, Barton!’ and lunges at Hawkeye as the bullets rip through him, not harming him of course, while the Wasp scolds Hawkeye.
Wolverine pins Hawkeye up against a wall and holds his claws to his face after ripping part of his mask off. ‘It’d be kind of hard to aim at anything without a head’ Wolverine threatens Hawkeye, who replies ‘Just do it! I’m better off dead anyway’. Wolverine retracts his claws instantly, while Captain America hangs his head, and Clint asks ‘What…? Oh. Did I use my outside voice?’. The Wasp flies over to Clint and hovers at his face, one of Clint’s red glasses covering his eyes is broken and he stares at her as Janet asks him what the Hell is wrong with him. ‘#^<& off!’ Clint replies, which causes Captain America to tell Hawkeye to watch his language. ‘#^<& you, too!’ Hawkeye retorts.
Suddenly, ‘ENOUGH!’ bellows Thor, God of Thunder, lightning flashes from his eyes and he declares that he will brook no further fighting amongst themselves. ‘The Brotherhood is where this anger should be placed!’ he declares, while his girlfriend and teammate Valkyrie tells him that he is hotter - if that’s even possible - when he is angry. Captain America declares that Thor is right and remarks that they need to get the Scarlet Witch back from the Brotherhood. ‘Easier said than done, Bub’ Wolverine replies, remarking ‘He’ll protect them to his death’. Captain America reminds Wolverine that the ultimates have dealt with Magneto before, but Wolverine exclaims that he isn’t talking about Magneto. ‘I’m talking about Pietro!’
Hawkeye re-loads his guns and acts puzzled, remarking that he rode with Quicksilver on a dozen SHIELD missions and that he was glad to have him. ‘There’s a ringing endorsement from a guy who’s ready to take the gas pipe’ Wolverine mumbles, before asking the Ultimates how much they really know about the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. ‘What’d you do? Take Fury’s word for it when he said that Magneto’s son and daughter would make bright new additions to the team?’ Wolverine remarks, before asking if they even know why Pietro guarded Wanda so.
The Wasp asks Wolverine what is in this for him, to which Logan points out that they need to find out who killed the Scarlet Witch, and reveals that he does too, because they are not talking about just any girl. ‘We’re talking about Magneto’s daughter…and she could’ve been mine’.
(Flashback, years ago, narrated by Wolverine)
After the War, Logan drifted from place to place, as he had no home or family to go back to unlike most of the grunts. He found himself in the Balkan Mountains - not the kindest spot to take yourself during the winter - especially when you are looking for a place that isn’t on any map and most people don’t think exists - Wundagore. ‘Sometimes what you want in life isn’t what you need in life’. Collapsing in the snow, Logan was found by a scarlet-clad woman who said her names was Magda. ‘Years later, I’d see how much she bore a striking resemblance to Wanda - and why wouldn’t she? Magda was Wanda and Pietro’s mother’.
Logan had sought out the Witch of Wundagore, thinking - foolishly - that she would help him to end his life. ‘When you wake up one day and realize that you’re going to outlive everyone you ever loved…you begin to look for alternatives’. Logan and Magda made love by the fire place in Magda’s house - perhaps Wolverine was bewitched, somehow feeling something for someone else would change his attitude about living. But he can never be certain - for what Logan didn’t know at the time was that Magda was already spoken for - by Eric Lensherr. ‘He wasn’t calling himself Magneto yet - even though he was a powerful S.O.B’.
During their love making, Logan and Magda were interrupted by the arrival of an enraged Eric - Logan unsheathed his claws prepared for battle, but Eric used his power of metal to toss Magda’s cauldron at the naked Logan, smashing him out of Magda’s home and into the cold snow. Logan had been cast down out of Heaven - only to learn that he could never find Wundagore again.
(Flashback, years later, narrated by Wolverine)
It would be years later that Logan - now Wolverine - would come to lay eyes on Magda’s face once more - only this time, it would be Wanda Lensherr…the Scarlet Witch! ‘By the time Fury recruited her for SHIELD she’d ditched dressing like her Mom - didn’t any of you notice what she was wearing recently?’
Deep in the Savage Land, Wanda smiled at Logan and told him that it was nice to meet him and that she looked forward to getting to know him better, while Eric - now Magneto - either pretended not to - or honestly didn’t - remember meeting Logan back in Wundagore, after all, it did happen very fast. ‘Either that, or he knew what seeing his daughter would be like for me - and that could be used to his advantage’.
Wolverine told the Scarlet Witch that he was looking forward to getting to know her as well, to which Pietro a.k.a. Quicksilver quickly told Logan not to become too comfortable with that idea. ‘Pietro! Logan is our guest!’ Magneto scolded his son. As Wolverine would later be told by Xavier, he believed that Magneto was so hard on Pietro because he was a constant reminder that Eric had been with a mere human, and Pietro looking so much like his father probably didn’t help. ‘You can only imagine what looking at Wanda every day was like for him’.
‘My son is weak, pathetic, really’ Magneto told Wolverine. ‘Uh-huh. What’s that got to do with me?’ Wolverine asked. ‘You want to prove your loyalty? Wanda and he have planned to go “exploring” tomorrow. I want you to track them. And kill him’ Magneto told Wolverine. ‘The Witch ain’t gonna like that much…’ Wolverine muttered, examining his powerful claws.
The next day, exploring the Savage Land, Quicksilver asked the Scarlet Witch why it is that their father despises him so much. ‘No matter what I do its never enough!’. Wanda replied that it doesn’t matter - so long as they have each other. Quicksilver declared that he wished they could return to the Balkans, to their mother - and taking his sister’s hand in his told her that she looks more like her every day. ‘I wasn’t sure what would’ve happened if I hadn’t interrupted. I wasn’t going to kill him - just spook him - give him a chance to get away from his father’.
Wolverine lunged at Quicksilver from the shrubbery and shoved his claws into Quicksilver’s chest, warning him that if he tried to move - quick as he is - the blades will slice right through his chest. As blood splattered in his face, Quicksilver told Wanda to run - but Wolverine hadn’t counted on Wanda’s reaction, and her eyes glow red, which is when Wolverine realized that Pietro wasn’t protecting Wanda from the world - he was protecting the world from Wanda. ‘You will leave my brother alone!’ Logan withdrew his claws from Quicksilver’s chest, and turning around, sees the Scarlet Witch, glowing pink, and at least a dozen mighty dinosaurs behind her. ‘Oh %$^#!’ Wolverine mumbled.
‘It was Wanda who later told everyone how the dinosaurs were the result of Magneto’s genetic experiments. And, just a guess, but Magneto’s ego wouldn’t allow him to say otherwise - that his daughter - part mutant, part witch - could rearrange reality…bend time and space…so that dinosaurs from the past could roam the Earth today. No one knew how powerful she was, or could be - except maybe her own brother’.
Wolverine began running through the Savage Land as Quicksilver tended to the Scarlet Witch. A tyrannosaurus rex followed Wolverine, but Logan leapt of a cliff, and the massive beast followed him - plunging to the hard ground below.
The Scarlet Witch examined Quicksilver’s wound as Pietro exclaimed that he should have been faster, ‘Letting that maniac anywhere near you!’. Wanda interrupted her brother, asking if they are going to talk about it, or just pretend it didn’t happen. ‘What? The dinosaurs? We’ll tell everyone it’s one of father’s experiments gone wrong’ Quicksilver replied. But Wanda declared that she didn’t want to conjure anything like that. ‘If I can’t control this power…’ her voice trailed off as Quicksilver wiped a tear from her eye. ‘…how do I know it won’t control me!?’ Wanda finished. ‘Because I wont let it!’ Pietro assured his sister, telling her that they will look after each other, like they always have. ‘And nothing will ever split us apart’ he added as they moved closer together, hidden in the jungle - but not from the prying eyes of Wolverine.
(Present)
‘Spurned by his father. Desperate for his mother…Pietro found in Wanda…a kind of love…that no one in this room can really understand’. Wolverine tells the Ultimates. ‘I don’t want to understand it. It’s sick!’ Hawkeye exclaims, adding that he knew Wanda, that he worked with her at SHIELD, and that they should all be glad this happened before it got out to the media. ‘Sounds like that worried ya’ Wolverine remarks, adding that he already knows how Hawkeye feels about “Muties”, and remarks that a gunshot like the one that killed Wanda would have had to have been fired by one helluva marksman.
Captain America warns Wolverine that if he has anything to say then he best say it. ‘Just thinking…how helpful Hawkeye could be at catching this shooter’ Logan replies. Captain America just grunts, before announcing that they will need two teams, one to stay here and examine the murder scene - Hawkeye the Wasp and the Black Panther, while the others goes after Magneto - Thor, Valkyrie, Iron Man, Wolverine and himself. The Wasp tells Captain America that she can appreciate he wants to take the big guns to Magneto, but that is not how they are doing it.
The Wasp declares that she will need Captain America and Iron Man to stay here in New York, and remarks that Quicksilver said Wanda was killed with a DNA specific bullet, so Tony Stark is the best person to tell her where it came from. ‘And I need you, Steve, to gold it together here when this story blows up - and it will blow up’ the Wasp declares, before turning to Wolverine and asking him if he has an idea where to start looking for Magneto. ‘Yep’ Logan replies, to which Janet announces that she wants a team assembled in thirty minutes - with the Black Panther.
30 minutes later, the Ultimates are getting into their transport craft and the Wasp declares that the Savage Land is a pretty big area to cover - particularly if you want to keep the element of surprise. ‘That’s why we’ll have help when we get there’ Wolverine assures the Wasp, when, suddenly, the Black Panther appears. ‘Where the Hell have you been?’ the Wasp asks, before asking the Panther where Cap is. The Black Panther just stares at her, remaining silent. ‘That’s the Black Panther?’ Wolverine asks. ‘Is there a reason you’d ask such an obvious question?’ the Wasp replies. ‘Nope. Not really…’ Logan tells her as the aircraft takes off.
‘Tony!’ the Wasp exclaims, surprised by the return of Iron Man who sets down beside her. ‘You had me worried. Last time I saw you, you were blasting out of here with the Blob!’ Janet recalls, before asking where the ball of blubber is. ‘He won’t be bothering us anymore’ Iron Man replies. The Wasp asks what that is supposed to mean and explains that she wants to interrogate him. ‘Never mind that’ Iron Man replies, before revealing that he went over the crime scene and that he has found the bullet that killed the Scarlet Witch.
Tony explains to the Wasp that it is sophisticated stuff - DNA specific, designed to assassinate the Scarlet Witch - and only the Scarlet Witch. He holds the bullet out in his hand as the Wasp asks if he has any idea who makes something like that. ‘Yes, I do’ Stark replies. ‘It was made by Stark Industries’. The Wasp goes wide-eyed and asks Tony what he is saying. ‘Someone at your company designed a bullet to kill the Scarlet Witch? Dammit. Who was it, Tony?’ Janet exclaims. ‘Tony…?’ she asks as Iron Man turns away from her. Taking off his mask, Iron Man turns back around - ‘Who said anything about me being Tony?’ he asks, revealing a mechanical construct under his mask. Flanked by some robot servants, “Iron Man” then knocks the Wasp out.
Later, the Ultimates arrive in the Savage Land, 800 miles off the Coast of Australia. ‘This is so totally awesome. Dinosaurs. Real. Live. Dinosaurs!’ Valkyrie exclaims as she exit’s the transport. Thor tells his girlfriend that someday - when she sees Asgard, then she will see true wonders. ‘I don’t know…Dinosaurs are pretty cool…’ Valkyrie replies.
Wolverine approaches the Black Panther and quietly tells him that he didn’t say anything in front of the others, but that, for the life of him he cannot figure out what he thinks he is doing. ‘And I sure as Hell hope you don’t get somebody killed’. The Panther just scowls from beneath his mask.
Hawkeye follows Wolverine out of the transport and exclaims that they are sitting ducks hanging here and asks Wolverine where the help he promised is. Suddenly, a voice announces ‘That’d be us!’ The Ultimates all turn to the red-haired woman standing next to a blond man, both scantily-clad, and flanked by large sabre-tooth tigers. ‘Welcome to our home! I’m Shanna and this is my boyfriend, Ka-Zar’ Shanna exclaims. Ka-Zar assures the Ultimates that their craft came in right under the radar. ‘Magneto will never know what hit him!’ he exclaims, grinning….


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Years ago, eight hundred miles off the coast of Australia. Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr are en route to Australia, and in their small plane, Xavier explains that they are going to see a young Aborigine, who has the ability to create a “gateway” to other places. Eric replies ‘As you know, I’m less concerned about finding new mutants, Charles…as I am about finding a home for my children, and for children like them’.
Seated nearby are Eric’s young children, Wanda and Pietro. Wide-eyed, Wanda tells her twin that it feels like they have been flying forever, and asks him how much longer it is going to be. Pietro assures his sister that it can’t be that much longer, and tells her that nothing is going to happen, as he is here - but, suddenly, as if on cue, one of the plane’s wings explodes, causing Wanda to scream. She calls out for her brother, so Pietro holds on to her tightly, as Eric rushes towards his children, while Xavier tries to steer the plane, announcing that there is some kind of landmass below.
Indeed, there is, and a tribe of scantily-clad people carrying spears look up at the falling aircraft, notably a large muscular man with a young boy and a young girl at his side. The two children begin rushing towards the direction of where the plane is about to land, and the girl, addressing the boy as Ka-Zar, asks him who he thinks they are. Ka-Zar calls the girl Shanna, and tells her that he doesn’t know, but that he has a bad feeling about it. ‘You get a bad feeling about everything!’ Shanna replies as they continue to rush forward, with two sabretooth-tiger cubs at their side.
Ka-Zar replies that it doesn’t really matter, as no one could have survived the crash, but as they arrive on scene, two men and two children emerge, unharmed, from the rubble. The tribe approach the newcomers, and the muscular leader asks the new arrivals if they are all right. ‘Who are you?’ he exclaims. ‘We come in peace…’ Eric replies.
(Present)
Today, in that same location - the Savage Land. Ka-Zar and Shanna have grown up into able-warriors, their cubs no longer cubs, but full-grown sabretooth-tigers. Ka-Zar exclaims that they did live in peace, at first, but as more and more mutants arrived, Magneto decided that the natives had to go. ‘He slaughtered half or tribe - including my parents’. Shanna explains that they have waited for years in hiding, hoping for the day thy could overthrow Magneto and take back what is rightfully theirs. ‘Then, we heard from Wolverine!’.
Wolverine a.k.a. Logan of the X-Men, points out that the sun is coming up, so they better get moving, otherwise they will lose their advantage. He turns to the mysterious member of the Ultimates known as Black Panther and warns him to stay where he can see him. Inside the Ultimates’ jet, Clint “Hawkeye” Barton motions to a wall lined with weapons, ‘Nice stuff!’ he exclaims. The Norse God Thor explains that they are all gifts from his father, forged by Ulik the Troll. ‘Really. Is there a discount if I ordered a little something for myself?’ Hawkeye jokes.
Leading her winged horse from the jet, Valkyrie calls out to Ka-Zar and Shanna and asks if there are more of them. ‘I mean, we need help, big time’ she exclaims. ‘Big time, Valkyrie’ Ka-Zar replies as more warriors emerge from the jungle.
Meanwhile, at Tony Stark’s mansion, home to the Ultimates, in Manhattan, where a robotic Iron Man holds Janet van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp up by the throat, telling her that she should be excited, as this is the beginning of a new world order. ‘Imagine a world where there is no disease. No famine. No war!’ the robot exclaims. Suddenly, ‘You forgot - no freedom!’ exclaims Captain America as he bashes the fake Iron Man in the head. ‘Come with me if you want to live!’ Captain America tells the now free Wasp, who is rubbing her throat.
The Wasp flies after Captain America into the mansion, asking him what is going on. ‘Iron Man is some kind of robot? Where’s Tony?’ she asks. Captain America replies that they must get inside, as it is not safe outside, when, suddenly, his voice goes mechanical, and he starts cutting out. ‘Omigod!’ exclaims Janet as a tiny man riding a wasp flies out of “Captain America’s” mouth. The robot Captain America falls to the floor, and begins to turns to goop. ‘Can’t say I wouldn’t have liked to have done that to Cap himself!’ Hank “Giant-Man” Pym, in his “Ant-Man” garb exclaims.
The Wasp is shocked to see him, ‘You’re awake and out of the house? Your ankle bracelet should’ve -’ she begins, but Hank tells her that is not important now. ‘I need you to shrink down to Wasp size and come with me. ‘There’s a conspiracy - it’s everywhere - and I think I may be the one to blame!’.
Back in the Savage Land, Hawkeye goes about taking down duplicates of the Multiple Man. Blam! Blam! Blam! Three in a row go down as the handsome hero shoots at them from his position in a tree. ‘More fun than shooting a barrel full of monkeys…’ Clint whispers, when, suddenly, he is forced out of the tree by a crazed Sabretooth. ‘I’m gonna rip your head clean off!’ the savage mutant roars. Clint fires at his foe, before exclaiming ‘Thanks - I was trying to think of what I wanted to do to you!’ and raises a knife to Sabretooth’s throat - but Sabretooth is just as quick, and guts Hawkeye with his deadly claws.
Crouching in the bushes though, the real sabretooths witness this and roar as they leap from the bushes and attack Sabretooth with powerful force. Ka-Zar and Shanna step forward, and Ka-Zar tells his girlfriend to take the tribe and do their part, while he will get Hawkeye back to the ship for medical help. Shanna tells Ka-Zar that she will make sure that he still gets a piece of Magneto. As Ka-Zar leans over to pick Hawkeye up, Clint tells him not to be an idiot. ‘Go with your girl. Just let me die out here…go! Get the @#$% out of here!’ he exclaims.
Elsewhere, Wolverine follows the Black Panther through the jungle, and Logan exclaims ‘Look, I’ve known you long enough to trust your play - but what do you think the rest of them are going to do when they find out you’re -’ Logan goes silent as he detects something wrong, and indeed, something is wrong - Juggernaut races up from behind him and slams him hard in the back, ploughing through massive trees as he does. ‘@#$%! The @#$%ing Juggernaut!?’ Wolverine exclaims, annoyed.
‘Ill make you platter like a bug on a windshield!’ the Juggernaut bellows as he bashes down some trees. Suddenly, the Black Panther scratches his knuckle-spikes across the Juggernaut’s helmet. ‘Dumb move!’ the Juggernaut exclaims, as he splats the Panther to the ground in one easy move. ‘Ain’t you heard? Nothing stops the Juggernaut!’ he bellows, raising his fists, ready to bring them down upon the Black Panther once more….
‘How awesome is this!’ Valkyrie exclaims to her horse as they fly across the jungle, some flying dinosaurs alongside them. Valkyrie exclaims that, pretty soon, they will be over the citadel, then they can swoop down and grab Wanda’s body. ‘Then Thor will -’ she begins, until a massive burst of flame rises, causing her horse to buck, and toss Valkyrie off its back, thrusting Valkyrie into open air, where she begins to plummet, thousands of feet to the jungle below.
(In Hallucination)
Suddenly though, ‘What…?’ exclaims a confused Valkyrie, as she finds herself in an apartment room. ‘No…no…no! I can’t be back here!’ Valkyrie exclaims, when suddenly, someone begins banging on the door. ‘Barbara! I know you’re in there! You’re late with the rent again!’ Looking at herself, Valkyrie discovers that she is dressed in the outfit she wore as a member of the Defenders. She wonders if it was all a dream, and curls up on the bed. ‘Thor…please…’ she whispers, while her landlord bangs on the door, ordering her to open it. ‘Please come rescue me…’ she cries.
(Reality)
‘Where do you think she is right now, Mastermind?’ asks Pyro, as the two mutants stand over Valkyrie, whose body lies motionless on the ground, a glazed look over her eyes. ‘In her own private hell, Pyro. Where she’ll stay until I say so!’. Mastermind replies. ‘She’s kinda hot…’ Pyro remarks. Smirking, he asks Mastermind if he thinks Magneto will mind if they played with her a little, before they killed her.
Meanwhile, ‘Press on to Victory!’ bellows Thor as he leads Shanna and the tribe through an army of Multiple Man dupes. Shanna spears one of the dupes through the chest as she asks where the hell the rest of the Ultimates are. ‘They will be here!’ Thor assures her, as he approaches Unus, who tells Thor that it doesn’t matter who he brings along with him. ‘This place is untouchable!’ Thor swings his hammer, but it only strikes a powerful force field. Thor continues to smash the force field, ‘You stand against a God, Unus - and you are but a mortal!’ With that, Thor’s powerful blows manage to weaken Unus, causing him to lose the force field, and enabling Thor to smash his hammer into him, as the powerful God exclaims ‘A thing of mere flesh and blood!’.
Suddenly, ‘ENOUGH!’ booms Magneto as he uses his power over metal to blast everyone away - everyone except Thor, whom he gives a single chance to surrender. Enraged, Thor approaches the Master of Magnetism, boasting that if there is to be a surrender on this night, ‘It will be from your lips!’ Thor raises his hammer, but Magneto forces it down to the ground. ‘As I suspected, you Norwegian dolt. Whoever forged that trinket used a bit of iron! Just like there’s metal in your body armor - you lost this battle before it even began!’ Magneto declares.
Thor is forced to his knees, ‘Imagine. A God bows before me!’ Magneto snarls. ‘NEVER!’ shouts Thor as he tries to pick his hammer up. Magneto hovers off the ground, exclaiming that the truth is, he thinks of Magneto has beneath him. ‘Well beneath me!’ he exclaims as he causes the ground beneath Thor to crumble away, bringing Thor down with it. ‘Is your sister safe?’ Magneto asks his son, Quicksilver. Quicksilver, dressed in a red and purple costume, matching his fathers, replies that she is, before pointing out that the Ultimates are not going to rest until they have her. ‘Then it’s time to end this pathetic revolution - now and forever!’ Magneto declares.
Back at Tony Stark’s mansion, in the sub-basement, insect-sized Wasp and Giant-Man make their way through a ventilation shaft, and Janet exclaims that she didn’t know the mansion went down this far. ‘We have to be ten stories underneath New York!’ she exclaims. Hank replies that one of the benefits about being on house arrest was that he got to do lots of exploring. Janet turns to her husband and asks if Cap and Iron Man have been replaced by robots, then how will she know if Hank has too. ‘Paris. On top of the Arc de Triomphe’. Hank replies.
‘Wait…what?’ Janet replies, to which Hank reminds her that they took a break from school and skipped over to France, where Janet had a little too much champagne, and decided it was a good time to tell him she was a mutant. ‘We had a lovely fight after that’. Annoyed, Janet exclaims ‘Who told you about that? Nobody knows that happened!’ ‘I do’ Hank replies, and tells Jan that, whatever else she thinks about him, he never stopped caring about her.
Looking through the vent into a room, Hank and Jan see someone place “Iron Man’s” mask back on, ‘Almost done, Tony’ he remarks. ‘Have to admit, I didn’t expect “Cap” to assert his personality so strongly, but I’m pleased that you didn’t fractionalize when just might be winning the battle’.  ‘Systems reboot commencing…’ the “Iron Man” replies. ‘Thanks, I could use a drink, any vodka down here?’ Iron Man asks. The mysterious figure exclaims that it is amazing that the personality imprints are near perfect. ‘I almost wish Fury were still in charge so I could shove your metallic boot up his ass!’.
Wide-eyed, the Wasp exclaims ‘Hank! He sounds just like you!’ Hank replies that there is a reason for that. ‘He’s our son!’. Standing with robot versions of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk, and dressed as Yellowjacket, Hank and Jan’s son exclaims ‘They think of us as toasters - alarm clocks - and vibrators - but when the war between man and mutant is settled, and most of the human population is dead, only then will they realize - the machines have already won!’.


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Tony Stark’s mansion, home of the Ultimates. Inside an unknown sub-basement, Hank and Janet Pym a.k.a. Giant-Man (or rather, Ant Man at the moment) and the Wasp hide in a vent as they watch the goings-ons around them. ‘Hank, what do you mean “he’s our son?”!’ Jan asks, motioning to the robot called Yellowjacket in the sub-basement. ‘It’s complicated, Jan’ Hank replies, to which Jan tells him to uncomplicate it, ‘Near as I can tell, that…thing has replaced the Ultimates with -’ Jan remarks, until Hank interrupts, telling her to be quiet, as Yellowjacket is downloading. ‘Downloading? For what? To who?’ Jan asks. ‘Jan. I love you. But, for once in your life, shut up!’ Hank exclaims.
Yellowjacket stands before a monitor, ‘Report 597A. Project Ultimatum. Record and playback simul’ he declares.
(Flashback images shown on monitor, narrated by Yellowjacket/Ultron)
To my creator, Henry Pym, you sought to provide androids to SHIELD  as a replacement for Super Soldiers. You called it Project Ultron.
‘I’m not asking for a salary. I’m giving you these ideas for free, Nick!’ Hank once said to Nick Fury, who replied ‘Hank, please don’t embarrass me like this’, with the Ultron robots standing around them.
It wasn’t Fury who was embarrassed, of course. You were humiliated and as much as I would have liked to retaliate…something happened to my original programming. Something…unexpected. Wanda. The Scarlet Witch. It was as if I were under some kind of spell. Improbable. Impossible.
‘Wanda, were you just flirting with that machine?’ Wanda’s twin brother, Pietro a.k.a. Quicksilver, annoyed, asked Wanda as she stood seductively before the Ultron robot.
But…she was after all…a witch. Wanda became my desire. My obsession. I found myself demoted to domestic help. Hardly what I was created for. I was a soldier. This was war. Indeed, the Ultron robots became servants around Tony Stark’s mansion, serving and cleaning.
It started with hacking into Tony Stark’s personal computer. Leaking his private sex antics onto the internet. He needed to be distracted with alcohol. Stark would’ve spotted the replacements.
The Ultimates were later attacked by Venom, yelling ‘Where is she? Tell me where she is or I’ll kill every last one of you.
I created “Venom” to kidnap Wanda. To keep her from them. For what was to come…but she wasn’t there. She was with…him. Her brother. Pietro…my rival.
Indeed, Wanda and Pietro were going out shopping, and after being confronted about Wanda’s current choice of clothing by Captain America, Quicksilver exclaimed that, regarding his sister, there is only one side. ‘And that’s by me’.
‘Any idea who the “she” he was looking for? And since when does Venom turn into a pile of poo?’ the Wasp asked, standing before the goop that Venom had become.
There was a design flaw. The composition degraded. It needed to be corrected. You would’ve picked up on it.
Which is why Ultron had to remove Hank from the equation, so he overdosed him, though Hank was found by the Wasp.
I had followed them. As I often did. Disguised in the crowd, undetected.
‘I love the snow…it always reminds me of the winters in the Balkans. Do you remember how we used to stick out our tongues and try to taste every snowflake?’ Wanda asked her brother. ‘Promise me you’ll take me back there again, brother’ Wanda exclaimed. ‘Wanda. Whatever happens, I will always -’ Pietro didn’t get to finish the sentence, as Wanda was shot. Murdered.
‘- love you’, that’s what he was going to say. It was at that moment. That fateful moment. That I realized…she would never be mine.
BANG.
It was a crime of passion. And no one suspected the butler did it.
(Present)
‘Omigod! That thing murdered Wanda!’ the Wasp gasps, before Hank tells her that it doesn’t stop there. Indeed, Yellowjacket stands before several tanks with robot versions of the Scarlet Witch, Giant-Man and the Wasp inside them. Yellowjacket looks up at the robot Scarlet Witch, and exclaims, still referring to Hank Pym, ‘You named me Ultron. I took the name Yellowjacket. After Wasp, Ant-Man. The next generation of Ultimates. I did it all for Wanda. I need her by my side. To see me as a hero in her eyes‘.
Yellowjacket declares that the war has only begun, and reveals that he knew by killing Wanda, her father would be enraged. ‘You taught me parents are always protective of their children - Magneto would lead the charge against all of mankind, and the machines would be victor’. Yellowjacket declares that he discovered how to improve on Hank’s original designs. ‘Human DNA bonded with the mainframe alloy prevents the degrading. The personality imprint is near perfect DNA that maintains its integrity better when the human host is alive’.
Yellowjacket walks past a tank where the real Tony Stark is being held, and declares that Tony never fought the Blob that day, that he had already been replaced. ‘What did you tell Nick Fury?’ Yellowjacket remarks, recalling Hank’s words: ‘Captain America might be durable, but he’s still a human being. What I’m offering you here is utterly expendable war machines…completely under SHIELD command’. ‘Expendable? Imagine my Ultimates replacing your Ultimates. Completely under my command!’ Yellowjacket exclaims.
Jan turns to Hank, ‘Did it occur to you that he said all that to get us to follow him - it?’ she asks. ‘Good, because that’s exactly what we’re gonna do’ Hank replies, to which Jan remarks that they are going to need some help.
Meanwhile, in the Savage Land, off the coast of Australia, ‘The revolution is OVER! All who stood against me will die!’ Magneto booms, magnetic energy crackling around him. ‘Father. The sky itself rages!’ Quicksilver exclaims to his father, who replies ‘Let it. God’s wrath has nothing on mine’.
Nearby, Ka-Zar, of the Savage Land people, tells his lover Shanna, and all their people, to fall back. Shanna is helping a wounded warrior, while their sabretooth tigers are nearby. Shanna exclaims that they are getting slaughtered out here. ‘Thor is down, but - why haven’t the Ultimates shown up?’ she asks. Suddenly, as if on cue, a jet arrives overhead, and five figures leap from it - ‘Ultimates attack!’ orders Yellowjacket, flanked by robotic versions of the Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man and Thor.
Attached to the side of the jet though, is the real Iron Man. ‘We’re clear’ he whispers. ‘Stay in stealth mode, Tony. At least until we find Steve Rogers’ the Wasp, hidden inside Tony’s helmet orders. ‘That idiot Steve Rogers’ Hank mutters, also hidden with the Wasp. ‘Hank!’ ‘Jan!’. Iron Man streaks across the skyline in stealth mode, telling the Pym’s that he appreciates them getting him out of that green tank of goo, giving him a totally new appreciation for the martini olive, ‘But while I’ve got you inside my helmet - could you both keep it down!?’ he asks.
Elsewhere in the Savage Land, the Juggernaut, of the Brotherhood of Mutants, holds the Black Panther in one arm, ready to crush him with his other arm. ‘You’re about to learn first hand that nothing can stop the -’ he is interrupted as he is about to say “Juggernaut”, by Wolverine a.k.a. Logan, ‘Yeah, yeah, we know…’ the X-Man mutters, riding a triceratops dinosaur, he plows into the Juggernaut, skewering him on one of the dinosaur’s horns. ‘Last time I heard that one, I fell of my dinosaur’ Wolverine remarks, before telling the Juggernaut that he should never have made a move on them as he pulls the villain’s helmet off his head, and shoves his adamantium claws to the Juggernaut’s chin, telling him that following Magneto will only get himself killed.
Suddenly, the Black Panther catches Captain America’s shield, and exclaims ‘Logan - let me’. Logan backs off, and Cap approaches the Juggernaut, smashing his, now broken, face with his trusty shield. ‘Brought you your laundry!’ exclaims Iron Man as he throws a backpack down to Captain America. ‘Thanks. And for the shield, too’ Cap replies to his friend, while the Wasp flies down to Steve, asking him if he wants to tell her what the hell is going on here. Steve gets in to his Captain America costume, while Jan asks him why he was dressed as the Panther. ‘Where is the real Panther - is there a real Black Panther?’ she asks. Lightning crackles above them as Cap tells Janet that they will discuss it later. ‘Right now, Magneto is the priority’ he points out.
Elsewhere, Mastermind and Pyro of the Brotherhood stand over the Valkyrie, unmoving on the ground. ‘So…that hot body is here…but her brain is all scrambled eggs?’ Pyro asks. Mastermind replies that he doesn’t know where Valkyrie’s head is at, for he just sends them away, and he doesn’t go with them.
(Inside Valkyrie’s mind)
‘I know you’re in there, Barbara. The rent is due now!’ a voice cries out. Lying on her bed in the costume she wore while with the Defenders, Valkyrie tells herself that this has to be a dream, as she was in the Savage Land. ‘Thor loved me!’ she shouts.
(Reality)
‘And she won’t wake up or nothing?’ Pyro asks. ‘They never do’ Mastermind replies as he licks Valkyrie’s face. A tear begins to fall down Valkyrie’s face.
(Inside Valkyrie’s mind)
Someone bursts into the room, their odd voice exclaims ‘Valkyrie. I did not give you power so that you could die this day. We made a bargain. And I intend to keep it. Go now. Slay your enemies’.
(Reality)
‘Men.’ Valkyrie whispers as she grabs her sword. ‘Uh-oh’ utters Pyro. ‘DEAD MEN!’ Valkyrie screams as she leaps to her feet, free from Mastermind’ hold, she slices Mastermind’s head off with ease. Pyro holds his hands up, nervously, he tells Valkyrie that this was all Mastermind’s idea. ‘I didn’t want to have anything to do with touching you. I’ve been a good guy. I even was one of the X-Men for a little while!’ Pyro exclaims. Valkyrie doesn’t care, she responds by cutting both of Pyro’s flaming hands off, causing Pyro to scream. ‘Now…where’d I leave my horse?’ Valkyrie asks, frowning.
Meanwhile, Magneto is suddenly knocked backwards by a hammer - the hammer belonging to the robotic Thor. ‘WHO DARES?’ Magneto demands, for he knows that he is holding the real Thor at the Earth’s core still. ‘We dare. Surrender, Magneto!’ Yellowjacket orders. ‘Or die. You pick’. Magneto orders Quicksilver to stay with Wanda’s body, to which Pietro replies ‘But I want to be with you’. ‘Go, boy. NOW!’ Magneto orders as he blasts magnetic energy waves at the “Ultimates”.
Watching nearby, Shanna asks Ka-Zar ‘Who are those guys?’, when suddenly, Thor lands In a blazing glory, several feet from his counterpart. ‘MAGNETO!’ Thor booms. ‘By my word as the Odinson, you will DIE this very night!’. The robotic Thor turns to Yellowjacket and remarks ‘I don’t sound like that, do I? Please don’t tell me I sound like that’. Yellowjacket tells his follower that there is one way to make sure. ‘Stop him from talking’ he suggests. The real Thor watches as his doppelganger approaches him, and asks ‘Who dares take the image of a God?’ to which the robot asks ‘Why do you talk like that?’
The Wasp and Ant-Man hover around Yellowjacket’s head, and Janet exclaims ’Guess what, Yellow-jerk?’ ’You’re screwed!’ Hank declares, as they both begin to take Yellowjacket on. Yellowjacket shrinks down to a similar size in order to fight them. Fire begins spreading all around them thanks to the battles, while Thor fights his opponent in the air, Iron Man, Captain American and Wolverine arrive. Iron Man and Cap take on their replicas, while Wolverine deals to the robotic Hulk. ’Take them out!’ Captain America orders, while Magneto watches the battles from above.
‘It ends here! You’ll be melted down into slag. Sold for spare parts!’ the Wasp tells Yellowjacket as she blasts him with her Wasp’s sting. Thor tells his robot doppelganger that he is nothing more than a forged weapon, one without a warrior born to wield its power. ’And without that, you are even less than nothing!’ he exclaims as their hammers clang together. As Wolverine shoves his deadly claws though the robot Hulk’s face, Logan remarks that he wishes this was the real Hulk, as they have unfinished business. ‘I almost fell sorry for you. But then I’d be feeling sorry for myself’ Iron Man tells his double as he blasts him backwards.
Yellowjacket returns to his regular size and grabs the Wasp, ‘Don’t you know how close we are to being you?’ he asks her, adding that he would rather not kill her, as his experimentation on her DNA has only begun. ‘Besides…you’re almost like a mother to me’ Yellowjacket adds. ‘Then I guess that makes me…the mother X$%^#$%!’ Hank shouts as he increases his form enormously, and Yellowjacket follows him, both towering over the tallest trees and dinosaurs, then Hank pulls Yellowjacket’s head off, and tosses it down to the battle field.
‘Look at that. Guess somebody kicked out the plug!’ Wolverine exclaims as the other robots begin to malfunction. Hank explains that Ultron was like the server to the others, so when he crashed, he took down the mainframe. The Wasp asks Hank if he is all right. ‘You’ve never grown to this height before!’ she points out. ‘Huh. Well, Ultron pissed me off!’ Hank replies, before Jan tells him to shrink back down and she will give him a kiss. Captain America slices the head off his counterpart. ‘Way to dot that “I”, Cap’ Wolverine remarks.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, the Wasp, Giant Man and Wolverine turn to Magneto, and the Wasp tells him that they came to the Savage Land to find out who killed his daughter, to learn how murdered the Scarlet Witch.
Nearby, Hawkeye stands over Sabretooth, telling him ‘Should’ve left me for dead, Sabretooth’ before blasting a few bullets into him.
The Wasp informs Magneto that, as it turns out, it wasn’t any man of any woman they can blame for murdering the Scarlet Witch. ‘It was a thing. A machine’.
Hawkeye wonders if he is dad, and is just a ghost going through the motions. ‘You know, one of those ghosts that’s not gonna rest until…the job’s done’.
Magneto scowls as he asks the Wasp why she is telling him this. ‘Do you expect some sort of forgiveness? Did this “robot” just build itself? No man’s hands gave it life?’ he asks. ‘Of course not, but - it’s unclear if Wanda didn’t alter its programming -’ Hank begins, to which Magneto retorts ‘Do not even say it. MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN DEATH!’
‘Shut up!’ Clint “Hawkeye” Barton shouts as he walks up behind his teammates in the Ultimates. ‘Just. For once. Shut up!’, Clint shouts as he begins firing his weapon.
BANG.
The bullet slides towards Magneto, who doesn’t have time to react. Suddenly though, ‘Father…forgive…me…’ whispers Quicksilver as he speeds in front of his father, taking the bullet. ‘Pietro?’ Magneto utters, confused, before the bullet strikes his son.
‘Hawkeye! What did you do?’ the Wasp snaps. ‘The job…can I go die now?’ Clint replies as he collapses. ‘No…no…no…NO!’ screams Magneto with so much fury, that he ruptures the ground around them, creating a large crevice between him and the Ultimates. Janet tells the Ultimates to stop Magneto by any means necessary, to which Iron Man replies that he has nothing, as his counterpart shut down everything but life support in his armor.
‘I will have at Magneto!’ Thor declares as he marches towards Magneto. ‘Come face me, coward!’ he booms, only to fall from the ground he is standing on, into the ever-expanding crevice. ‘Go away!’ Magneto retorts, using his powers to draw Thor’s hammer towards him. Thor begins to fall down the crevice, when suddenly, Valkyrie, on her pegasus, swoops down, ‘Gotcha!’ she exclaims as she grabs her boyfriend’s hand, and pulls him up onto her horse. ‘My hammer!’ Thor exclaims. Valkyrie tells Thor that they will get it back, ‘Now, come here…I missed you handsome’ she whispers as they kiss. Watching Magneto fly away with his son, Iron Man tells Janet that they have nothing that can get to that altitude at that speed. ‘Then he’s gone…’ the Wasp whispers.
Later that night inside Magneto’s citadel. ‘Pietro’ Magneto whispers as he kneels at the slab his son lays on. ‘I know we had our differences. Terrible differences. But in the end, I hope you know that I loved you and your sister…equally’ Magneto exclaims. Magneto whispers in his son’s ear, ‘I know you can’t hear me…but if you could…tell me where you took Wanda’s body. I…I just want to bury my daughter…’. Magneto gets to his feet, walking away from Pietro’s body, he declares ‘For what they’ve done, for what this world has done. For killing my children…they will all pay the ultimate price!’ A tear falls from Quicksilver’s eye….
Back in the Savage Land, Valkyrie and Wolverine load Hawkeye into their jet, ‘If you intended this to be your final out, Barton, you screwed the pooch. You’re gonna make it’ Wolverine remarks. ‘Logan…’ Clint whispers. Ka-Zar and Shanna stand by the Ultimates, and Ka-Zar remarks that even though it didn’t turn out like anyone expected - ‘It never does’ Wolverine interrupts - ‘We just wanted to thank you all’ Ka-Zar concludes. ‘Thank us? For what?’ Wolverine asks. Ka-Zar explains that the Ultimates came to the Savage Land to lead the revolt against Magneto. ‘He’s gone. Our people have taken back what was ours’. Valkyrie smiles, ‘Cool. You should come visit us in New York’ she remarks. ‘Really…? I’ve always wanted to see this city. A city. Any city!’ Shanna exclaims excitedly. ‘Totally. And bring your cats, too’ Valkyrie adds.
‘Pym!’ Cap calls out. ‘When we get back, you’re still under house arrest!’ Cap announces. ‘What?’ Hank asks, shocked. ‘You’re lucky we don’t have you sent away for violating the terms -’ Steve begins, until Hank interrupts ‘Violate this!’ he snaps, declaring that he has taken all the crap he is going to take from Captain America. ‘I’m the hero here and you can’t accept that!’ Hank declares. ‘You’re delusional, you created Ultron’ Cap replies. ‘I saved Tony’s life! Everybody’s!’ Hank snaps back.
‘Stop it both of you!’ the Wasp shouts, reminding everyone that she still leads this team, Jan tells Cap that he messed up with his whole Panther charade. ‘I needed you back in New York City - and you were nowhere to be found’. Jan declares that Hank rose to the occasion, so he has earned his place on the Ultimates. ‘You don’t like it - find another team!’ Janet exclaims, giving Cap an ultimatum. Wolverine and Valkyrie look shocked at that comment. ‘I need a beer’ Logan mutters.
Three days later, at an undisclosed location, the head of Ultron, in ruins, mutters ‘Report 597A. Project Ultimatum. Record and playback simul. To my creator Henry Pym. You sought to provide androids to SHIELD as a replacement for -’ the transmission ends when a gloved hand pulls some wires from the Ultron head. ‘Puppets!’ a voice exclaims. ‘Did that fool Pym honestly believe that he brought life into this collection of tin cans? His child like understanding of robotics is laughable!’.
The mysterious figure looks at the Ultron head, holding it in one hand, he declares ‘Every moment. Beginning with the murder of the Witch. Has been orchestrated. Programmed and performed. It was…and will always be…’ he exclaims as he crushes the Ultron head with his hand, ‘…DOOM who pulls the strings!’


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Ultimatum, chapter one: Three Kings
4.12 PM, Tuesday, at the Baxter Building, home of the teenage adventurers known as the Fantastic Four. ‘Sue…I think you know how I feel about you’ Reed a.k.a. Mr Fantastic says to the Invisible Woman, holding a small box behind his back. ‘Maybe I do. Or maybe I don’t, Reed Richards’ Susan Storm replies as she sits at a computer console. ‘The way I always have. How I wish we could share the rest of our lives together!’ Reed exclaims. ‘Are you about to do what I think you’re about to do…?’ Sue asks, shocked.
Elsewhere in the Baxter Building, the Thing is working out, lifting some weights, as he tells the robotic Herbie to make himself useful and fetch him a friend bologna sandwich - ten of them. ‘I would, Ben, but then who would spot you?’ Herbie replies. ‘Okay, one, I think it’s uber-creepy that you call me “Ben”, and two, it’s only a couple of tons I got on here. What’s gonna happen?’ the Thing replies.
In the kitchen, Johnny Storm a.k.a. the Human Torch is eating some cereal, while his father, Professor Storm, stands across from him. ‘How many times are we going to have this conversation, Dad?’ Johnny asks. ‘As many times as it takes to get you off your duff and make something out of your life!’ Professor Storm replies. ‘At your age, Johnny, your sister Susan was already -’ Johnny’s father begins, until Johnny shouts at him: ‘Stop comparing me to Sue!’ Johnny tells his father to face it: ‘You don’t get me and you never will!’.
4.12 PM, Tuesday, at Tony Stark’s mansion, home of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Ultimates. Tony stands in his Iron Man armor, holding a martini, he turns to Steve “Captain America” Rogers, and remarks ‘Steve…I wonder how practical it would be to take a bath in a martini’. Captain America suggests that they should go on patrol instead of waiting for the next disaster to hit them. ‘You know what I think? You need to loosen up. Have a drink. And stop thinking about another man’s wife…’ Tony tells Steve, referring to the Wasp.
On the rooftop, the Mighty Thor and the scantily-clad Valkyrie are engaged in a sword fight, while Valkyrie’s horse, Pegasus, hovers above them. ‘Better, verily, thy skills have improved tenfold!’ Thor tells his girlfriend. ‘You should see me in bed, Thor, very verily’, Valkyrie replies.
Down in one of the labs, Hank Pym a.k.a. Giant Man has donned the Yellowjacket costume. Hank’s wife, Janet a.k.a. the Wasp, asks her husband if he is sure about this. ‘After all the damage Ultron did, you still want to dress up like him?’ Hank replies that he admits it is controversial, but the designs in the Yellowjacket costume are amazing. ‘And maybe I can make up for what that monster did…’ Hank suggests. The handsome Clint “Hawkeye” Barton leans against a wall, and tells Janet that it is unbelievable she is still speaking to this loon. ‘He shot you with ant spray!’ Hawkeye reminds her. ‘That’s weird even by my standards!’ he adds. ‘Butt out of this!’ Hank tells Clint. ‘Bite me, freak!’ Clint retorts.
4.12 PM, Tuesday, onboard the L Train, where Peter Parker the Amazing Spider-Man is sitting with four of his friends - Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacey and Kong. Kitty asks what the game plan is once they hook up with Johnny. Peter replies that he figures the Human Torch will get them into some hot spot, to which Kitty replies ‘You did not just say “hot spot” and Torch in the same sentence’. Mary Jane smiles, ‘Yeah, he did’ she remarks. Kong announces that he has an idea, to which Kitty asks if involves going to see “The Dark Knight” for the ninth time. ‘…maybe…’ Kong replies. Mary Jane turns to Gwen and asks her if she is okay. ‘Yes. No. I don’t know’ Gwen replies. ‘With everything that’s happened to me, Mary Jane…’ her voice trails off, and Kitty points out that it is not like things could get any worse.
4.12 PM, Tuesday, at the Broadway Theater district, where several members of the teenage mutant heroes known as the X-Men are making their way through crowds of people. ‘Hey, watch where you’re going!’ Dazzler exclaims as a man barges into her while walking past them. ‘Dude acts like we’re invisible!’ Dazzler exclaims, to which the Beast points out ‘That would be virtually impossible’. Angel tells the Beast that he doesn’t think they are supposed to take Dazzler literally, to which Nightcrawler mutters ‘Says the man who would not know the first thing about it’. Angel asks Nightcrawler what that is supposed to mean, to which Dazzler tells him that, out of all of them, he is the most passable as a human.
‘With feathers that have an eight-foot wingspan?’ Angel asks. ‘All of which fold up neatly inside your Gucci suit’ the Beast points out. ‘What about Alison?’ Angel asks, motioning to Dazzler. ‘Riiight. I’ve tattooed and pierced my entire body because I’m having a love-fest with myself’ she snaps back. Angel tells Dazzler that he thinks she looks beautiful, to which Nightcrawler, long coat and large sunglasses covering his appearance, asks if they can just get into the line, as he doesn’t want to miss getting tickets.
Suddenly, lightning crackles in countless locations all over the city of New York, and the rain begins to pour - torrential. ‘Reed…’ Sue whispers as she and Reed are on a balcony at the Baxter Building. ‘Thor…’ Valkyrie whispers as she clings to her boyfriend in the pouring ran on top of the Ultimates mansion. ‘Uh…’ Peter Parker mutters as he looks out the train window. ‘Warren…’ Dazzler whispers to Angel as she and the others look up at the sky, while civilians begin to scatter.
4.13 PM, the lightning continues to dart across the sky, while the rain continues to pour - and a massive wave sweeps over New York City, covering some high-rise buildings, while others barely stand above it. Roads are gone, civilians, cars, all submerged. ‘Omigod’ Kitty Pryde whispers as she, Peter, Gwen, Mary Jane and Kong stare out the window of the train.
The rain still beats down, and Reed has shifted his body into a parachute, floating along through the air, holding Susan out of the water. Reed tells Susan that she needs to use her force field to lift him to the roof, while Susan exclaims ‘Reed…what…what is happening? Where’s Ben? My Dad? Or…JOHNNY!’ she screams. Inside the Baxter Building, Herbie hovers above the Thing, who shouts ‘What the @#$% is going on?’ as he tries to push a large whale back through the building. And in the kitchen, Johnny and Professor Storm are trapped between the deep water.
At Tony Stark’s mansion, the water has covered at least half of the extravagant mansion - when, suddenly, Giant Man, at an enormous size, bursts through the mansion, ‘JAN!’ he booms, calling out to the now-missing Wasp.
4.14 PM, Dr. Bruce Banner is underwater, floating around with several cars, seemingly unconscious, he suddenly opens his eyes - but transformed into the Hulk! The Hulk swims to the surface, before paddling along the top of the water, ‘Why is big clock thing watching Hulk?’ he asks, looking up at a clock.
Back at the train, which has now stopped moving, Kitty phases Peter up through the roof of the train, while Peter asks her what she is doing, pointing out that somebody might see him up here. ‘Somehow I think everyone on the train has wetting themselves more on the mind’ Kitty replies, before asking Peter who cares, as half of New York is underwater anyway. ‘You’re right…course’ Peter replies, his face close to Kitty’s, while Kitty pulls Peter’s jacket off, ‘People need help. Go do the thing that you do!’ she tells him, assuring him that she will look after their friends in case some giant sea monster thingy shows up. Peter takes off his shoes and tells Kitty that she is pretty great. ‘Yeah. I know. Now, stop being all cute and go!’ the former X-Woman exclaims. ‘Like I could handle this?’ Peter mutters as he swings away on some webbing.
Meanwhile, Angel, wings outstretched, swims through the water, dodging various cars, he finds Dazzler, who is floating unconscious, and immediately he swims upwards, and flies into open, rainy, space, ‘Come on, Alison, you’re not going to die on me!’ he shouts, before landing on a rooftop, ‘No….!’ he cries as he checks Dazzler’s vitals. ‘No…’ he whispers, putting his head to hers.
Inside the remains of Tony Stark’s mansion, Captain America floats about in the water, when Iron Man grabs him, ‘You’re not going today, Cap!’ Tony exclaims, before blasting up through the water, and into the rainy sky. Captain America coughs as he regains his breath, and asks where the rest of the team are. ‘Who made it out? Thor? Hawkeye? Wasp?’ he asks. Tony replies that he doesn’t know, as it all happened so fast. ‘So many bodies…hard to tell where anyone is…anyone!’
Reed and Sue have made it to the top of the Baxter Building, and Sue exclaims that she thinks she can push the water back. ‘We both know who did this!’ Reed exclaims, to which Sue replies that they can’t be certain, but Reed snaps that he will be certain once they go after Namor and make him stem the tide. Susan tells Reed to shut up, as they don’t have time for that. Susan concentrates hard, she is clearly in pain, blood trickles from her nose as she creates an enormous force field, and pushes back the water all around them - only to pass out moments later. ‘SUE!’ Reed shouts as he catches his girlfriend.
‘Hey. Can you tell me what the hell is going on in twenty-five words or less?’ the Thing asks as he clambers up the side of the Baxter Building. ‘I don’t know!’ Reed retorts, not looking at Ben, only concerned with Sue. ‘Ya did it in three. I didn’t think ya had in ya!’ Ben exclaims. Reed declares that Sue pushed herself like never before, shoving all the water back into the ocean, but now she won’t wake up and is barely breathing. ‘You’ve got to get her to help, Ben!’ Reed exclaims. ‘Where? Look around you, Reed. There’s nothing but dead -’ the Thing begins to reply, as Reed interrupts, ‘Then get Johnny or Dr. Storm to do it!’. Ben hangs his head as he announces that he thinks they have lost both of them. Reed goes wide-eyed, before he extends his body off the rooftop, ‘Where you going, Reed? REED?’ Ben calls after his friend, while holding on to Susan.
4.21 PM, Reed is in a high-tech speedboat, zipping across the ever-increasing water, when, suddenly, Namor appears almost out of nowhere. ‘For someone who positions himself as an intelligent man - you’re nothing more than an impetuous child. After all that just happened - how could I not know you would come for me!’ Namor booms as he leaps onto Reed’s boat. ‘You did it! You killed them all!’ Reed shouts. ‘My Sue…’ he whispers. ‘I could care less what you think!’ Namor snaps as he smashes through the glass and pulls Reed from his seat, through the window, shouting that he had nothing to do with the destruction of New York.
Reed extends his body, wrapping himself around Reed, asking why he should believe him. ‘Because of Susan!’ Namor retorts. ‘The rest of you are less than sea urchins in my eyes. But I would never knowingly put her in danger. Surely you believe that!’ Namor declares. ‘You arrogant…’ Reed begins as he uses a device to knock Namor unconscious. ‘Did you think I’d come unprepared?!’ Reed asks as Namor falls onto the front of the speedboat. ‘But id it wasn’t you…who? And why?’ Reed wonders.
12.31 AM, Eastern European Time, location - Latveria, specifically, Victor Von Damme’s castle. ‘Where the devil is everyone!?’ booms Victor Von Damme, better known as Doctor Doom. He makes his way through his castle, it is so cold that he can see his own breath in front of him. ‘Doctor Mary Storm! Boris!’ Doom bellows as he walks into a large chamber, where Boris and Mary Storm are completely frozen, and icicles are scattered throughout his castle. ‘This is impossible!’ Doom exclaims as he rushes out the front door. ‘LATVERIA!’ Doom bellows as he sees the entire surrounding area frozen. ‘Who dares -?’ he wonders, angrily.
5.02 PM, at Xavier’s Academy, Westchester, New York, the rain pours and lightning crackles… ‘Professor! What’s happened - I heard you scream!’ shouts Scott “Cyclops” Summers as he and Wolverine a.k.a. Logan rush into Xavier’s office, where they find him lying on the floor, his wheelchair overturned. ‘No @#$%, Cyclops, everybody in the tri-state area heard him!’ Wolverine remarks. ‘Kurt…Hank…Alison…’ Xavier mumbles. ‘What about them?’ Cyclops asks as he and Logan help Xavier back into his wheelchair. ‘They’re gone…millions…dead…’ Xavier mutters. ‘What do you mean, dead?’ Wolverine asks.
‘Something terrible has happened’ Xavier exclaims. ‘Something. What thing?’ Wolverine asks, getting annoyed. ‘Have to tell them…warn them…’ Xavier mumbles as he presses his hands to his head, and uses his telepathy, sending a message: ‘This is Charles Xavier. I know what has transpired. Even more terrible…I know how and why…and he will not stop until it is worse…far worse. We need to band together. Put any differences aside for the battle to come. I’m sending you my X-Men…what’s left of them. They will have the coordinates, but here is a mental image of where you must go’ Xavier telepathically tells Captain America, Mister Fantastic, Iron Man, Thing and Spider-Man.
An image of a space station attached to an asteroid is flashed into the minds of the heroes. ‘This is where you will find him. He does not fear your arrival. What he’s done…this course of action…he’s told me in the past. A kind of doomsday plan. But, it was purely theoretical .We never thought he’d act on it. Murder six billion people. Every man, woman and child on the planet. You have to stop him…you have to stop…Magneto!’ Xavier announces.
Indeed, aboard his floating citadel, Magneto, with Thor’s hammer resting at his feet, sits upon his throne, ‘Yes, bring them, Charles. Bring everyone so I can tell them myself. For what they’ve done…they will have to pay the ULYIMATE price!’….