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Songbird says she can only speak about what happened while she was there. She and Fixer had taken the Thunderbolts into the sewer system to find a missing cop who was a friend of Luke Cage’s. In the wake of Daredevil’s takeover of Hell’s Kitchen, they found a lot of ninjas with strange abilities that made them even more lethal.
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Songbird is being attacked by numerous ninjas and she uses her powers to create a shield. The ninjas have her on her back on the floor and they continuously stab at her shield. She yells to Fixer but he has been injured and he is bleeding. A little way off, Moonstone blasts a bunch of ninjas and smiles as she pretends she can’t make out what Songbird is saying.
Man Thing is being attacked by a ninja with a blade on the end of a chain. Man Thing already has dozens of blades sticking out of him but when the ninja slashes at him he rips apart into little pieces. Moonstone is infuriated that someone cut down her garden and she flies at the ninja, slamming him into a wall with force. Juggernaut has been knocked to the floor and a ninja is sitting on his chest. He says that he is not as fast as them but he can take some stabbing to let them get close. He grabs the ninja’s head and squeezes it, spraying blood everywhere. He says it’s a neat trick the way they all joined bodies but it means he’s now getting twenty of them at once.
Songbird says she didn’t know why a hero like Daredevil would let this evil into New York. She didn’t know if Luke and the others could get through to their old friend above ground to make this insanity stop. All she knew was what she had to do.
Songbird tries to get to the dismembered corpse of Man Thing in a bid to help Fixer. The ninjas are too strong so she lets out a huge scream and blasts them all away. She continues to scream and knocks them back down a tunnel towards Crossbones. As the ninjas head his way, he lights his flamethrower and sends a wall of fire at them. Juggernaut is inundated with ninjas but they are running past him instead of fighting. Moonstone notes they are on the run and Ghost says that there must be a secret door somewhere. When they go to investigate where the ninjas went, they find a blank wall. When Moonstone asks where they went, Ghost says he believes it’s the practice of shadowporting.
Songbird gets to Fixer, who is clutching his bleeding stomach. She tells him to keep pressure on the wound as he wearily leans against the sewer wall. He smiles and says that that wasn’t a Songbird that blasted them out; it was Screaming Mimi. Songbird tells him to save his strength and then yells for Ghost. She asks where the nearest hospital is and he tells her it’s back out the access point they came in. She uses her powers to pick up Fixer and tells the rest of the team she has to get him to hospital. She will update Luke on the way. Crossbones asks if she expects them to just sit there. She tells him yes and that when she gets back they will find out where the ninjas are coming from and then they will wipe them out.
As Songbird flies away with Fixer, Moonstone tells the rest that that’s not how it will go down. She says that when the feds get word that Fixer is critical and Luke sent them down there without following procedure then they will pull the plug on the program. No one will care that Songbird had good reason. They will just see that she left a group of dangerous cons alone in the city. Juggernaut says they need to get results. They need to finish the mission and bring back the missing guy. Crossbones says it’s fine with him, as he’ll burn more of the “Jap zombies.” Moonstone says, since he doesn’t talk much, she forgot he was a crazy racist. He replies that everyone is; he’s just honest about it.
Ghost starts scanning the wall where the ninjas disappeared and Juggernaut asks what he’s doing. Ghost replies that he cannot quantify the magical means the ninjas use but their shadow travel leaves a brief signature. He says they went lower than the sewer system. He is picking up an open pocket within the bedrock 1.3 km and 33 degrees downwards. The team scatters as Juggernaut rushes forwards and slams into the sewer wall. Ghost struggles to pick up Man Thing’s head. He says he can re-grow from it with sunlight and nutrients. Moonstone takes the head off him and holds it with one hand. She tells him to eat a vitamin once in a while and says to get into the hole as it may be the only idea Juggernaut has ever had and they shouldn’t waste it.
Eventually, Juggernaut finds the open pocket in the bedrock. As the rest of the team exit the tunnel he made, he asks how that got down there. They look out from a ledge to a huge Japanese building made out of the bedrock. As large braziers light up the area hundred of ninjas pour out of the building and run towards the team. Ghost says an army of tireless workers can achieve much in a short time. Crossbones says that thanks to lead-head’s entrance their cover is blown. Moonstone asks who knew that ninjas didn’t like people sneaking up on them.
Ghost says there are thermal readings of the living inside the structure. Any prisoners must be found within. Juggernaut says he will clear a path to the front door whilst Ghost and Crossbones go in and find the guy. He and Moonstone will deal with the masses. Crossbones says that he doesn’t remember anyone appointing Juggernaut leader. Ghost chips in and says his logic is sound, to which Moonstone agrees. She says her and Marko are the heavyweights whilst the other two are the infiltrators. Even a Juggernaut is right twice a day. Crossbones relents and tells her to start throwing her power around as the welcome wagon is coming.
Juggernaut and Moonstone rush down the cave wall into the hoards of ninjas running towards them. Moonstone flies to the giant stone doors of the building and pries them open with her strength. Crossbones and Ghost stand outside the doors as ninjas pour out from the doorway. Moonstone doesn’t notice a big stone dragon statue coming to life behind her, though. The dragon turns and grabs her in its jaws. As she struggles with it, the other two enter the building.
Ghost says the life signs are coming from above them and so he will take a direct route. Crossbones asks if he can make him intangible too but Ghost replies he can’t. As Ghost flies off, Crossbones says he will make his own way up the hard way. As a bunch of ninjas spot him, he lights up his flamethrower and incinerates them. He looks up to see more of them coming from the ceiling but he says he will take them on too.
Outside, Moonstone struggles in the jaws of the stone dragon. She shouts down to Juggernaut and asks what she was saying about them being heavyweights. Juggernaut replies they must have been saving the dragon for someone like her. Moonstone says she is honored and begins to pry the jaws open. She manages to break off the lower jaw and then uses her strength to flip the dragon over onto the dozens of ninjas Juggernaut was fighting.
Inside the building, Ghost phases up through the floor of the prison area. A bunch of ninjas run off and order one of the others to stay there and bar the door. Ghost floats to the prison bars and finds the hostages inside. They are startled by him and wonder what he is doing. Ghost picks up a bunch of ninja weapons and approaches the bars. The prisoners think he is going to stab them but instead he puts his index finger to his mask in a hush signal. He hands the weapons over to them and they realize that he is there to help.
The ninja made to guard them is a little way off. Ghost phases the keys to the cells off him and starts to free the prisoners. He tells them to deal with their oppressors in kind. The ninja suddenly spots what’s going on and starts to slash at Ghost, but he remains intangible. Ghost tells the prisoners that the ninjas do not live, they approximate life. And like the one attacking him, they can be overcome. The ninja doesn’t realize the prisoners have weapons and is stabbed when he turns his back to them.
Elsewhere, Crossbones is working his way through the building, killing every ninja he sees. When he runs out of bullets, he turns to using his flamethrower again. He doesn’t spot one of them hanging from the ceiling though. The ninja cuts through the fuel line causing the flamethrower to go out. He chucks away the weapon and prepares to fight them hand to hand. As he yells for them to end it, a small red portal opens up in front of his face. A fiery energy spews out of the portal and blasts the ninjas. Crossbones is shocked at first but then realizes it must have been caused when he fell into the Terrigen Mists. He gets excited about his new power and then continues to blast the various ninjas with it. He asks who’s a heavyweight now and tells the ninjas not to run as they are witness to a great day.
He says he’s not just more competent than the others, now he’s more powerful too. He focuses the blast down to a fine beam and then fires it as a line of ninjas. It punches through them all with ease. As the ninjas scream, he yells that his good days are over. Brock Rumlow stops taking everyone else’s s***. He grabs a ninja and gets up close to him. He says next time Luke Cage tries to push him against a wall, this is what he will do to him. He forces the ninjas head into the portal and burns his face off.
As the prisoners make their escape, they hear the screams from the ninjas. Officer Kimbro tells the others to stay back and he will go and make sure the way is clear. He finds Crossbones and asks if he is one of the ninjas. Crossbones replies he isn’t and then fires the energy beam through Kimbro’s chest. Kimbro falls down dead as Ghost watches the events. The portal suddenly disappears and Crossbones begs it to come back.
Juggernaut and Moonstone suddenly smash through the wall and say they are done out there. They ask if he found the officer and Crossbones says he did, but not before this guy. He picks up a ninja and tells them that that’s the last cop he’ll be killing at least. The rest of the prisoners round the corner to discover that Kimbro is dead. Moonstone says that at least they’ll go back. Juggernaut says that a whole load of ninjas ain’t going back up, as they burned their building down.
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(The Raft Maximum Security Prison)
Staring out through a window that overlooks the prison recreational room, Luke Cage yells that he is done with the Thunderbolts. When Steve Rogers asked him to lead them, he talked about a chance to turn the heavy hitters on their side. But he can’t fix them as they are too bullheaded, paranoid, manipulative and ruthless. Now Steve is coming out with the senior Avengers to do an evaluation mission for the feds. Luke says that, out of respect for Steve, he will do it but once it’s over he is out of there.
Ghost has been staring at Cage the whole time, using the software in his costume to read his lips and piece together what he is saying. Cage enters the room with the Thunderbolts in and tells them to get to the courtyard as the Avengers are coming. When Moonstone asks who she gets to buddy up with, Cage tells her she will be going back to her cell. When she asks why, Cage uses his wrist device to show her a holographic image from their last mission. Fixer was stabbed and Songbird went down, but Moonstone didn’t help out. Cage tells her she’s out and then walks away from the stunned woman. He tells Songbird to take her back to her cell and then invites the rest of the team to meet some real heroes.
Thor, Captain America and Iron Man arrive in the prison courtyard, where most of the prison inmates are waiting. As the Avengers walk past them all, the prisoners jeer and threaten them. Steve Rogers shakes Cage’s hand and tells them he guesses everybody there has met. Cage says that Mach V will be there in a minute with the transport and that afterwards he wants to speak to Steve about something. Thor asks where the girl from the ruins of Asgard is and says he wants to speak to her. Cage tells him she is in the women’s section and that he will take him there himself.
Ghost floats over to Iron Man and tells him they meet again. Iron Man asks him how’s it hanging, to which Ghost points out that he is being deceptively informal. Iron Man tells him it’s par for the course for him, working with a madman one minute and then working alongside him a few months later. He tells Ghost that he only knows of his recent exploits academically because all his memories have been rebooted. Ghost turns invisible but Iron Man points out he can still uses his suit to see him.
Iron Man asks why he wanted him dead but Ghost turns it around and asks why Stark Industries is concerned what the little people do. Calling Ghost an “industrial terrorist,” Iron Man points out that he doesn’t really have room to moralize and asks why he can’t just drop the hate for him. He asks what it is about him that fits Ghost’s global conspiracy. Ghost reappears behind the Avenger and tells him that it’s everything about him and, even though his resources far surpass his, he still believes he can outthink Stark.
In the women’s section of the prison, Cage is escorting Thor through the recreational area. All the female prisoners shout suggestive things at Thor and one even flashes her boobs at him. Songbird ushers them all away except for Gunna, aka Troll. Thor overhears her calling herself “Troll” and he tells her not to do that, as she is from a proud and noble family of Asgard. He explains that her mother was captured by the Magzi and that she may have never known her people. He tells Troll he didn’t know she was imprisoned as he was away from Asgard during that time. Troll faces away from him as he comments that she has experienced a life of challenge. She stayed with the trolls but she looks like an Asgardian. Thor’s brother Loki was in the same situation although he never let go of the part of him that was meant to be an enemy of Asgard. He reaches out to her, telling her that if she goes with him she could ride the skies as a Valkyrie or fight alongside the Warriors Three. However, Troll spins around and bites Thor’s hand, catching him off-guard. With her limited speech she yells that she is not a Viking god or an Asgard wench, she is a troll. As Troll spits out the blood from her mouth, Thor mutters that he should have let Rogers do the talking.
Elsewhere, Steve is speaking to Crossbones. Crossbones tells him he finally figured it out as he has been working for Steve all this time. He assassinated him, so Steve had him put on the Thunderbolts, and then they were sent to every dark hole on the planet until he got killed. Steve tells him it wasn’t his idea but he went along with it anyway. Not to get him killed, but to set an example to the rest of the prison. That the very worst of them, like Crossbones, can contribute to a better world.
Steve walks away and Crossbones turns to Juggernaut and tells him he still thinks they’re taking them out to get whacked. Ghost replies that either way it is likely to be their last mission. When Juggernaut enquires why he thinks that, Crossbones answers that they will scrap the program without Cage, to which Ghost adds that Cage doesn’t make idle threats. Juggernaut tells them that once they teleport he is clocking Cage on the head and running for it. Crossbones mocks him and points out that, if he outran the Avengers, the wardens would activate the nanites and he would go face down.  Ghost tells them that before today he would have said the system was unassailable but something he witnessed has given him a possibility. When the others ask him about it, he tells them that every system has a built-in flaw and that is randomness, in this case it’s a member of their team.
Luke Cage and Man-Thing teleport in and Cage tells them they are going to show their guests how they roll. Dr. Banner has given them the location of one of MODOK’s hidden bases in Europe and they are going to shut it down. It will be full of automatic defenses and kill robots and they will be opening the portal with Man-Thing. Iron Man asks how they are going to use Man-Thing, to which Mach IV explains him Hank Pym put an implant in him so they can aim him through space-time.
Ghost slyly informs the other Thunderbolts he only needs to project an ion stream that connects Thor’s hammer to Man-Thing and it will throw off the transport destination. It will also render the satellite system unable to detect the nanites. If they separate at the moment of transfer, they should appear hundreds of miles away from the Avengers. The Avengers and Thunderbolts huddle around Man-Thing and Cage prepare to teleport. As he does so, Ghost covertly hits Thor’s hammer with an ion stream and then yells for everyone to separate as they teleport.
Crossbones, Juggernaut and Ghost emerge from the portal together and Ghost confirms that he is picking up Cage 2.3 km to the east. Crossbones thought they would be further away but Ghost tells him Man-Thing’s transfer was quicker than anticipated. However, the nanites still cannot be activated, as there is no satellite system to convey Cage’s signal. The three men look around the area and wonder where they are. They are in a green, hilly valley with a waterfall and lake in the middle.
Elsewhere, the Avengers have landed and Thor immediately flies into the air to get his bearings. Steve doesn’t recognize their environment and Iron Man is having trouble getting any readings. He deduces that it was Ghost’s doing and Cage mutters that he is going to wring his neck. He says he shouldn’t have waited as he could have scrapped this hours ago. Steve asks what he means and Cage explains that he isn’t having any influence on the Thunderbolts, and he is even becoming more like them. He was going to tell them after the mission that he was stepping down. Steve tries to reason with him but they are interrupted by Iron Man, who has noticed something strange about his reflection in a river. When he looks at his reflection he sees a kid but Steve tells him he just sees a shiny suit of armor. However, when Steve looks at his own reflection, he isn’t in his SHIELD uniform, he is back in his Captain America costume.
A voice suddenly gets their attention and they turn to see a humanoid frog riding on top of a large two-legged hippo-like beast. The frog man, wearing a straw hat and carrying a fishing rod, tells the men the waters have peculiar properties. Whenever people come through there, they think they are looking at their true selves or the answer to some kind of puzzle. However, he just likes to fish in them. Most people come and go through the big waterfall behind them, but they just appeared out of thin air. Iron Man asks if he is in charge and introduces themselves as the Avengers, but the frog man doesn’t seem that impressed. Cage holds out his hand and introduces himself, to which the frog man is much happier to deal with. He tells Cage everyone just calls him “The Frog.”
Cage explains they arrived there by accident and they came with some dangerous people. He says they need to get back home and asks the Frog how they can do that. The Frog gestures towards Man-Thing and tells them they have a swamp walker and there’s no better guide than that. He can get them back through the waterfall with no problem. As the Frog continues to fish from the lake, he tells them that if they stay there too long though they will forget where they came from, much like him.
Thor arrives back and Iron Man introduces him to the Frog. Thor says they are in another dimension like Midgard, but uninhabited. If he knew where they were, he would open up a portal back home. He says he hasn’t seen the Thunderbolts but Iron Man points towards a hill and tells them he is picking up Ghost’s equipment not far away. As the Avengers fly off, the Frog tells Man-Thing that he is hanging around a bunch of highly strung men.
Over the hill, Juggernaut takes a swipe at Ghost, but the man phases. Juggernaut asks what good does it do them to be in another dimension. Crossbones tells Ghost he thought he knew everything but Ghost points out he thought their goal was freedom. He assumed they would reach a similar Earth with historical discrepancies. Juggernaut angrily tells Ghost that if he can’t get him back to Earth, or at least somewhere with naked women, then he can shut up. As Ghost spots the Avengers on his equipment, he relents and tells them he will keep his findings to himself then.
Seconds later, Cage hits the group like a cannonball, throwing everyone to the ground. Juggernaut punches Cage off him and yells that he isn’t going back to the Raft. Iron Man arrives and blasts Juggernaut into a crater, but the villain fights back by throwing a lump of earth at him. Thor suddenly arrives and strikes Juggernaut with a lightning attack. Steve starts to yell orders but Cage interrupts him and tells Iron Man to go after Ghost and Steve to get Crossbones back. Steve is impressed and heads off to track down his target. Cage leaps forward and slams into Juggernaut, as the man tells him he will have to kill him because he isn’t going back to a cell. Thor accepts the challenge and hits Juggernaut with his hammer, sending the man crashing to the floor.
As the battle wages on, Iron Man glides through the air in search of Ghost. He shouts out loud that Ghost will surely perish there, as there isn’t any tech to live off. A voice calls out and tells Iron Man that there also isn’t any corporate hierarchy or domination by individuals. Here, one can be free of his world.
Steve walks through the rugged landscape, amongst high sided ditches within the valleys. He spots a footprint in the grass and continues on; seemingly oblivious to the fact Crossbones is lying in wait a little way off. However, as Crossbones readies his gun, Steve jumps down from a ledge above and catches him by surprise. As Crossbones spicks himself up off the ground, he tells Steve he’s gotten better at stealth and asks if it was because of him. Steve replies that he isn’t dying the same way again to which Crossbones tells him he has a whole new way to kill him. With that, Crossbones activates his newly discovered flame power and launches a stream of fire at Steve.
Iron Man is also flying through the valleys, trying to figure out which of the many readings on his devices is the real Ghost. Ghost phases out of one of the cliffs behind him and zaps his armor with some kind of energy pulse. He tries to take control of Iron Man’s systems but the firewall engages. As he wrestles to find a way around it, he tells Stark that every system can be cracked. Stark turns it around and asks if that is true of him too but Ghost tells him he has no systems, as he is made of free will. Stark informs him that he is a system and that he has been going about things the wrong way. He realizes that knowledge is what Ghost wants the most, so he decides to give it him. Ghost is given access to all of Stark’s history and accounts. He discovers that all divisions and subdivisions of Starktech have recently been closed down. Stark tells him that he isn’t a corporate conglomerate anymore. He isn’t poor but Stark Resilient is a small business. Ghost moves away from Iron Man and turns towards him, declaring that he is no longer the enemy.
Elsewhere, Thor has managed to smash Juggernaut’s helmet off, but receives a huge punch for his efforts. Cage tells him he won’t be dying today but he will be going home. He dives at Juggernaut but the ground beneath them both gives way and they fall down the hillside towards the shore of the lake. Juggernaut is the first to recover and he goes to punch Cage but suddenly stops when he looks in the water. Cage asks what he can see and Juggernaut replies that he wouldn’t know what Cyttorak looks like. He is surprised when his reflection changes from a fiery form to a regular looking man and then again to a robotic form.
Juggernaut sits up and says it doesn’t matter; he’s still not going back. Just then, he spots Iron Man and Ghost floating over the hillside. When he questions what’s going on, Ghost replies that he is returning of his own accord. Juggernaut is still adamant he won’t go back, so Iron Man starts charging up a device in his suit. He tells everyone it is a localized sonic assault that put down and entire regiment before, and so he unleashes it on Juggernaut. As Juggernaut screams in pain, Iron Man is amazed that he is still standing, so he calls on Thor to help him out. Cage tells Iron Man to stop, but he doesn’t, forcing Cage to get angry with him as Juggernaut starts to bleed from the ears.
Cage angrily tells Iron Man to help Steve bring Crossbones in so they can get out of there. Ghost chips in and suggests they all go help Steve. When Cage asks why they should do that, Ghost explains that Mach IV has been trying to decrypt a file from his recordings. He tells them he saw Crossbones manifest a new power whilst they were underground, which was most likely caused by inhaling Terrigen Crystal mists on their New Guinea mission. Ghost then uses is tech to create a hologram of Crossbones killing Darris Kimbro on their previous mission, which makes Cage even angrier than before.
Steve narrowly dodges out of the way from one of Crossbones’s attacks. The villain taunts him and points out he doesn’t like it when the enemy has the power for a change. The bloodied and bruised Steve regains his footing as Crossbones continues his assault. With flames pouring from his head, Crossbones tells Steve he doesn’t need guns anymore, as he is a gun. Steve uses his shield to block another flame attack and then swings his arm to smack Crossbones in the head. The ground beneath the two explodes when it gets hit by a flame attack. As Steve lies on the ground, Crossbones tells him he is finishing what he started and this time Captain America will stay dead.
As he says that, though, Steve grabs a rock and hurls it at his head. Steve quickly stands up and punches Crossbones numerous times. He tells the man he has become talky since he became a Thunderbolt. He also says it is a shame because he has done some good since he started the program, but he has to go back into solitary now. Crossbones fights back and knocks Steve to the ground. He tries to crawl towards the lake but, when he reaches it, he looks at his reflection and sees Captain America staring back.
When Crossbones catches up with him and stands over Steve, though, he sees the Red Skull instead. Steve mocks him and tells him it figures that he would see himself as a pale reflection of someone else. Crossbones screams that he is the best and fires his jet of flame downwards. Steve dodges, grabs him from behind and then shoves his head under the water. As he holds Crossbones head under the frothing water, he says that he is nothing and he didn’t kill Captain America.
The other Avengers arrive and see Steve seemingly drowning Crossbones. However, Steve pulls the man’s head out of the water and tells them he isn’t a killer. Crossbones’ head has turned back to normal and he moans wearily.
On the other side of the lake, the Frog tells Man-Thing he fells like he has seen him somewhere else before. Suddenly, the Avengers appear and startle the Frog, and ask about the waterfall. The Frog points to the waterfall at the end of the lake and tells the group that he has seen beings like Man-Thing bring people through it before. Luke Cage wades out into the water and asks Man-Thing if he can transport them home. Man-Thing slowly turns to Cage and then turns away again without a response. Thor says he can push the beast through but Cage stops him and says that Man-Thing has to want to go through. Steve can’t figure out how to get him through but Juggernaut points out they are over thinking it. He leans down to Ghost and tells him to project an image of Moonstone on the waterfall.
Ghost creates an illusion of Moonstone just in front of the waterfall and it gets Man-Thing’s attention. Cage commends Juggernaut for his idea and asks if he is ready to go back. Juggernaut reluctantly says he is, even though he is sure to regret it later when he is in his cell. Cage says he doesn’t know why, as he has a lot more missions coming up and he won’t see the inside of the cell much. Steve asks if Cage will stay with the team after they tried to escape. Cage denies that they tried to escape and tells him it was a simple transporter malfunction.
As the team heads through the waterfall, Steve asks Cage what he saw when he looked in the water. Cage tells him that maybe they all see something else but he just sees himself. The Frog watches as they disappear and then suddenly leaps off his beast and runs to the waterfall, hoping that it was where he was originally from.
The team appears back at the prison and is met by Mach IV, who tells them he has been searching for them for an hour and a half. Cage says that it seems if you mix Thor’s hammer and Man-Thing’s “whatever,” it confuses the system. Steve asks Iron Man if Ghost stopped hating him just because he changed his organization. Iron Man replies that Ghost’s mind is very binary. Once he didn’t fit into category “A” anymore, Ghost was no longer a threat. Cage says that’s the best they can hope for, tricking them into doing the right thing.
Steve tells Cage this is what he wanted to talk about earlier. He knows Cage views the Thunderbolts as a failure as Moonstone still wants to control and Ghost still wants to topple corporations. Crossbones was an extreme example and they are done with him now. But all these people would have been rotting in a jail cell but instead they have been out fixing the world. They have done a better job than some of the teams of pure heroes wanting to help. Cage has done the best with the worst just like Steve thought he would. As they walk away, Cage tells Steve he really is good at the motivating thing.
Unbeknownst to them, a small frog hops out of Man-Thing’s enclosure. It stops in the doorway to gather its surroundings but, as it does so, the door slams shut and splatters the poor creature.


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Crossbones is strapped into a straight jacket and being kept in a padded room after the previous mission. Mach IV, Songbird and a doctor monitor him via a camera. As they watch, Crossbones tries to attack the force field door, the doctor says that he doesn’t seem to be able to use his new power anymore. The exposure to the waters of the other dimension seems to have burned him out. Mach IV points out that it’s only as far as the doctor can tell and she didn’t exactly detect his powers in the first place. The doctor tells the two wardens that she thinks the Terrigen mists influenced Crossbones but Songbird interrupts her and says that he was already a killer and he isn’t going out with the Thunderbolts anymore.
A voice gets their attention and says it’s not like the team has been out in weeks and then asks when Cage will be back. They turn to see Moonstone floating behind them, dressed in her Thunderbolts costume. When Songbird says Luke is with the Avengers, Moonstone questions it. Mach IV says that after the mission under Manhattan and the recent escape attempt, the agency that oversees the Thunderbolts has decided to ground them indefinitely. Songbird adds that Moonstone is lucky enough to be able to train in the facility. Juggernaut is allowed free to build breakers around the island as letting him out of his cell makes him easier to deal with. Songbird and Mach IV walk away and Moonstone yells that she is going daft in there. Mach IV jokes that she still has Ghost to keep her company.
Moonstone turns and looks up at Ghost, who is floating high above her in the training room. She glides up to him and asks if he finds puzzles, like the crossword he is doing, trivial. He tells her there is no mental exercise to be had and so he has been doing the daily crossword for several weeks now. He is certain it is being used to communicate messages to a secret group in New York. She asks why he sees plots and conspiracies everywhere, to which he simply replies “because there are.” Moonstone tells him she would love to hear how he became enlightened to the true nature of the world and, since they aren’t going anywhere, he may as well share.
Ghost ignores her and continues with his crossword but she persists, placing a hand on his helmet. She knows privacy is important to him but she used to be a psychiatrist and it’s only fair she has some insight into him, considering they depend on each other in battle. She gives him her word that, whatever he tells her, stays with her. It will be a secret, something just between him and her. He tells her it is dangerous data to share, as it would create pathways and bonds. She replies that’s what she wants. He relents and tells her he will block the audio in the tower for two meters around them so she needs to stay close. He will tell her of his past.
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The truth goes back a number of years. Before he was Ghost, he was a very ordinary man. He was making quite a splash in the information technology field and he was well regarded by his colleagues at the most dynamic IT firm, Omnisapient. His work in his field had been noticed early on and he was headhunted to take a position in research and development. Most people in business either work in programming or engineering. Excelling at both, his role was very necessary and the board at Omnisapient was very hands-on and visited him often. Two of the board were the Kolman brothers, Charles and Neil. Charles was the financial face of the company whilst Neil was the technical one with whom the programmers identified. The third, Dana, excelled at mergers and deals, growing the company in record time.
The young Ghost, back then a slightly overweight man, was often well compensated by the three directors for his work. One day they came with a gift of stadium tickets, as they wanted him to head up the next big project. Neil began to tell the young man all about the next stage of their business plan and his zeal was infectious. The idealistic young man liked the trust that was being placed in him as well as the opportunity to chart a new path of information technology.
He dove into the new project and found it exhilarating to have the trust of the board as well as head multiple crews. He would often stay so late into the night he would use the executive showers at the company instead of going home. The project itself was a processor that could alter its physical state, enabling it to store massive amounts of data. There were distractions to the project during the day, but he didn’t mind. One day, a young woman named Shana came and asked him to help her with her computer but one of the directors saw and threaten her job if she wasted any more of his time. He was disappointed but he knew his work was a priority and it soon became clear the company was hinging everything on his project.
His next step naturally made the board uneasy, though. When they learned he intended on scrapping two months’ worth of work, they were furious at the lost time and money they put into the project. He told them, though, that it wasn’t wasted, as he knew the system would work, he just needed a different approach. It was Neil Kolman who defended him and reminded his brother that they hired him for this exact reason. To be innovative and not waste time on something that won’t work. He convinced everyone that Ghost was a problem solver and he would get the project done on schedule, to which Ghost reluctantly agreed. He managed to get the back on schedule by not going home again.
Soon Charles was asking him to roll it out six-weeks earlier than planned, even though it hadn’t been tested in all systems. He annoyed Charles even more by taking a week’s vacation to refresh his mind. He didn’t think the days off would affect the project at all or that he would even be missed. But out of the blue Shana phoned him up and they went out. Suddenly he had a new connection to the company and the energy to go again returned.
To make up for lost time, he beta-tested the project using the companies own networks. His bosses were thrilled as the resulting anticipation drove up stock prices too. Omnisapient expanded rapidly before the project had even been released. But Ghost didn’t care as he was aware of very little that went on outside his workspace. As the time for release grew closer, the board seemed calmer and much more accommodating. They let him and Shana use their personal beach houses and boats so he could relax and enjoy himself. His life was becoming a smooth-running machine and when the project went public the reaction was enormous. The company dominated the market and the board was on the front-line for the countless articles describing their vision.
It should have been a glorious period for their technological wizard but it was a new period none-the-less. Shana was killed when her home burned down, devastating the young man. The directors gave him as much time off as he needed but he felt now he had done his job he wasn’t needed anymore. Dwelling on Shana’s death, he decided to throw himself back into his work and into the binary world.
He embraced the technological world more and more and rarely left it. Soon he had himself fitted with devices that would physically connect him to the systems so he could be in a haven of rationality. He hid his work from his colleagues in case they thought he was abnormal. At night time, he would just become another station in the system as he plugged himself in and entered the digital world. With the orderly structure, he could access data and solve problems and he didn’t have to accept undesired outcomes. His subconscious could solve everything his waking mind couldn’t… or wouldn’t.
After hundreds of hours of processing, a possibility presented itself. Something happened and his mind became joined with the digital world and the properties he inhabited in it manifested in his physical form. He was able to swim through the data stream to various contact points. A receipt here and a funneled account there. Numerous emails that used coded talk and, in some cases, a video.
It all showed that Shana was being coerced by the Omnisapient directors into befriending Ghost so that he would be more proactive at work. She would be compensated for her talents but soon she became greedy and asked for large sums of money to keep quiet. The directors sought out a hired killer who knew that if he used natural gases no one would suspect a thing. The resulting explosion killed Shana and gave the directors some ease of mind.
With this new information, Ghost had the motivation to leave the office but he didn’t know where he should go. However, he saw the contact killer outside his flat and he knew the directors had figured out he was on to them. The only one of them who could have detected the intrusion into the protected files would have been Neil. Another gas explosion would have looked suspicious, so they destroyed Ghost’s entire apartment block, killing numerous tenants.
A while later, Dana is showing and she hears a voice come from somewhere and tell her it’s for the good of the company. She calls out and looks around for the person who spoke but she can’t find anyone. She goes back into the bathroom to see writing on the mirror that reads “I see you.” The voice speaks out again and asks her if she felt the gas explosion was uninspired. She says that her jewelry is in the dresser but the voice ignores her and tells her that creativity was never her strongest suit. That’s what she had employees for. She realizes who is speaking but, before she can say anything else, the voice tells her that her condominium didn’t have gas so they have had to be less clever. She enters her bedroom to see a canister with a digital display counting down. It hits zero, beeps a few times and the whole floor explodes in a ball of flames.
Elsewhere, Charles is flying in a small luxury airplane. He assumes that Dana was killed by the hired killer, who is now sending them a message. He is speaking to Neil over a phone and he says that the killer must want more money. The line goes dead and another voice speaks out to Charles. He says that more money is the only motivation his kind can fathom. Of course that’s what Shana wanted so perhaps he shouldn’t judge. He goes to the bathroom and realizes that someone is in there. Taking out a gun, he opens the door to see the body of the hired killer hanging from the ceiling. The voice speaks out again and thanks Charles for giving him Shana for a time, even if it was a lie. Charles shouts and asks where they are and the voice tells him he’s in the cockpit. Unlike the hit man in the bathroom, he won’t bother trying to make this look like an accident. Why would he? You can’t arrest someone who’s already dead.
Charles opens the door to the cockpit to see a figure cloaked in white, who appears to be semi-transparent. Charles looks through the cockpit window to see them heading straight for a mountain side and he screams for the man to pull up.
On a luxury yacht, Neil says he isn’t coming back to the company now that Dana and Charles are dead. He tells the woman on the other end of the phone he has to go as the fog is coming in and needs to keep an eye on the sonar. The ghostly figure appears behind him and says that a sea escape is an inspired choice and he would only expect it from him. Neil realizes that it is his former employee and he asks how he lived through the explosion. The man replies that he didn’t. The gas main that the hit man rigged exploded and the star programmer was hit with a wall of seven hundred degree heat. No one could have survived that. Yet, if one were wired from head to toe with Omnisapient flux-state processors, the heat might make him go intangible when they were triggered. Kind of like the ghost-tech he was developing.
Neil says that it takes going to extremes to change the world. He’s the only one left now and if the man drops this thing against him then he can make him crazy rich. Or he can give him the resources to pursue anything he wants. Between the two of them, they can hide it all and make a new start. The Ghost fades away again until only a voice can be heard. He says that it’s true that subterfuge would be easy, much like how the sonar has been showing a clear path ahead. Neil calls out the man’s name but the voice yells to stop calling him by that name. That man died in flames and his life is gone. All there is now is a ghost. The Ghost floats away from the yacht as a huge tanker slams into it, causing a large explosion.
Ghost says that he returned to the mainland and returned to his work; there wasn’t a lab that could keep him out. He erased any trace of the life he used to lead. No name and no identification, no government or business has any record of him either. Corporate hierarchy will always push to the top those that want to exploit those with true creative force. So in this afterlife he will haunt them to oblivion. The schemers, the power-players and the manipulators… he will come for them all eventually.
Ghost congratulates Moonstone as she knows more about him than anyone else alive. He asks if she believes that means Ghost has regrown his ability to trust or whether he doesn’t see her as a threat. Before she can give an answer, he phases through her and says that it doesn’t matter to one who is truly untouchable. Mach IV walks in and tells the shocked Moonstone she’s going back in the field again as Cage as a mission for her.
(Level Zero)
As Songbird and Luke Cage walk down a corridor, she asks if they should start him out on a more predictable mission first. He says there’s no such thing and what they have to do needs a ridiculous amount of power. Even Juggernaut and Moonstone won’t be enough so they are tapping into their talent pool. The new Thunderbolt is going to be Hyperion.


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(The Raft)
Hyperion says that he understands that there are other Hyperions in the multiverse who have been to this world but there has been a mistake. Those men weren’t heroes and he doesn’t blame the government, as it’s normal for them to be worried about someone as powerful as he is. He appreciates the opportunity to show them he is not what they think he is. He will help them deal with this threat and any others that arise; he just wants to do what’s right.
The Thunderbolts are watching a screen with Hyperion speaking to the camera. As the man looks sorrowful on the giant monitor, Moonstone simply crosses her arms and tells everyone else he is a lying piece of %*&#. Songbird explains to the others that in some realities he is the Earth’s greatest hero and in others he is their biggest menace. They aren’t sure which one they have there but supposedly he was making trouble in Asia a few weeks ago. Luke Cage says that Blue Marvel brought him in but Hyperion claims it is all Russian spin. Frankly, though, Cage doesn’t care as they need his raw power.
Moonstone asks why and Cage brings up a new screen on the monitor. He explains that MODOK and the Leader created a doomsday plan in case they were beaten by the Hulk… which they were. A global treaty animal reserve for mega-life has been compromised. The island itself is being dealt with but a number of giant creatures are headed for Japan. Moonstone asks if they have to leave them alive, to which Cage replies she will be lucky to come back alive. They are to stop them with no cost to human lives. Songbird tells him it sounds so simple and then ushers everyone to the habitat to meet their new teammate.
They enter Man-Thing’s habitat to see Hyperion floating above Man-Thing, Mach IV and Fixer. The new Thunderbolt says that he understands the idea behind the teleporting but if they all got on a vehicle he could carry them there in minutes. Cage says that they roll by Man-Thing and then tells everyone that they have been briefed on each other and there is no time for training. Hyperion says he is there to work with them all and as long as they share the common goal of the mission things will be fine.
Juggernaut looks at him and asks if the cape means he can fly. Hyperion confirms it does, which prompts Moonstone to tell him that she and Songbird fit that role in the team. Ghost goes up and informs him he has seen recent videos that show him destroying a large portion of…Hyperion cuts him off and says that was another version of him. He came to save people but other Hyperion switched places with him.
Mach IV says they are ready to go and so Fixer has Man-Thing teleport everyone away. After they depart, the Fixer says that all the Thunderbolts are gone and so now would be a good time to do a scan. A mysterious voice comes over the radio and tells him they agree.
(Yokohama, Japan)
As the team arrives, Mach IV says that he was just checking the news feeds from Asia and they are cutting it close. Songbird says she was hoping they would intercept the creatures farther offshore. They all look up to see four enormous creatures making their way to the shore. Three of them are wading through the water and one is flying above them. Hyperion asks if they have any less obvious defenses like venom but Cage says he doesn’t know. All that he heard from Rogers was that they were looking to do as much damage as possible.
Cage starts to yell orders but Hyperion takes into the sky and says that he will deal with them. The others should stay by the bay and protect the innocents. He flies off and confronts the first creature. He uses his sub-zero breath to turn a huge wave into ice, creating a natural barrier. The creature tries to catch him in its jaws but Hyperion is too fast and he zips out of the way. He loops back round and says that he wants to take the biggest one out first. He doesn’t know if the creatures are bright enough to get a message from this but he will show them what happens when they mess with Hyperion. He slams into the side of the creature’s head, causing it to topple over into the water.
He then turns his attention to the flying monster heading right for him. He uses his atomic heat vision to blast its wings. But the fire barely does any damage. Instead, the creature opens its huge jaws and unleashes a bright blue energy beam at him. Hyperion screams in pain and is stunned for a few seconds, giving one of the other creatures enough time to smack him with its claw. Hyperion is tossed back to the shore and lands with such force that he creates a small crater. As he stands up, Moonstone sarcastically congratulates him as Cage tells him they have a better idea what the creatures can do now.
As the creatures near the shore, they start to rip through the ice-barrier with ease. Ghost says that the high salt content made the sea water a poor choice for a wall. Cage tells Moonstone to go irritate the bird one and make it fire its energy beams at the creature with a fin on its head. He and Mach IV will go to work on the armored one. As Mach IV lifts him into the air, Cage yells for Juggernaut and Songbird to go crack the one that looks like a lobster wide open. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have anything for Ghost to do on the mission, other than observe.
Moonstone flies up and gets the flying creature’s attention by bouncing on its head. She wonders why Cage thought that she would be good at irritating it, even though it comes with ease. She slams into the creature’s head again, taunting it some more. Finally, it begins to ready another energy attack and so Moonstone swoops down towards the creature with a fin on its head. She dodges out the way as the energy beam slams into the other creature’s head, causing it to turn towards the flying one.
As Mach IV nears the top of the armored creature, he asks Cage what the plan is. Cage replies that he will hit it a lot and Mach IV should fire whatever he thinks is going to work. As Mach IV flies around it, numerous eyes on the creature’s head spot him and a tongue whips out. It grabs Mach IV by the legs, causing him to lose control.
Songbird and Juggernaut make their way along the shore to meet the red, lobster-like monster. Juggernaut says that he needs some ground to run on to build up a charge and he could wait till the creature reaches land. Songbird says that she will give him a runway and screams, creating a solid pink runway right up to the creature. Juggernaut propels himself along it and slams into the monster with an enormous amount of force.
As the fin-headed monster fights the flying one, Moonstone simply watches and eggs them on. They suddenly look at her and the flying one hits her with an energy beam. A little way off Mach, IV is struggling with the tongue and Cage says he should drop him if it will help. Mach IV is almost free but then a strong wind comes from somewhere and he loses his position. Before he can use a gun, the creature that had him clamps its jaws down and eats them both. Not far away, Hyperion finishes using his strong breath to create the wind.
Juggernaut and Songbird race towards the fin-headed monster as it has made it to the shore. Songbird tells Cain to take care of it, while she helps Moonstone. Juggernaut runs under one of the creature’s feet and holds it in the air, causing the creature to trip and fall into a building. It swings its tail and smacks Cain, sending him flying through the air.
Moonstone is trying to escape the energy breath of the flying creature. She is having trouble trying to out maneuver it and the breath finally catches her legs. She screams and falls into the water, sinking down in an unconscious state. Songbird dives into the water and fishes her out, carrying her limp body upwards. Before she can figure out what to do with Moonstone, the flying creature swoops down and unleashes another breath attack. Songbird uses her powers to create a force field that deflects the breath.
Suddenly, a blur whips past her and knocks her unconscious. As she and Moonstone fall into the water, Hyperion says that with another two down it looks like he will be the only Thunderbolt left. A little way off, Man-Thing simply stands and stares at him. Hyperion turns to him and tells him that he shouldn’t judge him as he is King Hyperion. With that, he fires his heat vision at Man-Thing.


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(The Raft)
Gunna is walking through the courtyard of the prison as a bunch of male prisoners are yelling sexual comments at her. She eventually loses her temper and lunges at them but they are protected by an energy barrier. Two female guards come to calm her down and take her back to the women’s section.  One guard yells at the men and threatens to tranquilize them if they don’t move back.
As the prisoners start to taunt the guards, a voice comes from behind them and they turn to see John Walker aka US Agent. Still in his wheelchair, he tells the three prisoners that they have double duty for a week and in reply they hang their heads. He apologizes to the guards and tells them that he will see that the men’s courtyard supervisor is punished. One of the guards tells him that the prisoners were lucky the energy wall was up, because Gunna is quite strong. She continues and says that the situation bothers her, though, as Gunna is too young to be there. Walker agrees and says he has been meaning to give it some thought and he will talk it over with the Thunderbolts.
(Japan)
As an unconscious Songbird and Moonstone sink to the bottom of the ocean, Hyperion floats above them. He says that four Thunderbolts are now down, five if you include the plant, which he doesn’t. They really thought he was a candidate for redemption. He turns to leave but realizes he has forgotten something. He flies down and grabs the comm-link, which was attached to Songbird’s arm.
Elsewhere, Juggernaut recovers from being thrown around by one of the creatures they were sent to defeat. As he stands up and prepares to fight the monster again, he spots the desiccated body of Man-Thing. The swamp creature is slowly repairing itself but Juggernaut is distracted by Hyperion. He tells Cain that Songbird and Moonstone are in the ocean drowning, whilst Cage and Mach V were eaten by the “giant turtle monster.” And no one gives a toss where Ghost is.
As Hyperion floats off, trying to get the comm. link to work, Juggernaut jumps into the ocean to rescue the women. When he lands on the sea bed, he sees a pink glow in the distance and heads towards it. He finds Songbird and Moonstone floating lifelessly in the water and he swims towards the surface with them.
(Inside the giant turtle monster)
Luke Cage is struggling to breathe as he tries to stop the monster swallowing them. Mach V is using a laser to burn the monster’s flesh and he manages to release some oxygen for Cage. He finishes slicing through something in the monster’s mouth, which allows Cage to pry the giant jaw open slightly. Mach V joins him and they manage to open it enough for them to escape. Before they leave, Mach V decides to leave the monster something to eat, and so he releases a rocket off of his armor. He grabs Cage and they fly away from the monster as the rocket blasts down its throat. They manage to get clear as the rocket explodes and flames erupt out of the monsters mouth.
Juggernaut drags Moonstone and Songbird onto the beach and he spots Ghost floating next to the body of the lobster creature. Ghost is analyzing the parasites that are attacked to the behemoth and has registered that they are giving off a signal of some kind. Juggernaut asks if he knows CPR and Ghost floats down to him, whilst opening files on resuscitation. He leaves Ghost to work on the two women as he goes to straighten out their new team member. Ghost looks at the women and realizes that their breathing has stopped. Taking off his helmet, he says that he has to administer mouth-to-mouth.
Juggernaut walks up to Hyperion and asks what he is trying to pull. Hyperion, floating above Cain, feigns being scared and tells him he has finally figured out the controller. He says the “J” must refer to Juggernaut and so he presses it. Cain screams in pain as the nanites activate in his body. Hyperion says that the handlers must never use this setting, as they probably just make him pass out painlessly. He wants to see if he can disarm his own nanites before he gets a dose of argonite radiation down his spine. He hits J again and Cain writhes in pain on the ground. Not far off, the top half of Man-Thing slowly crawls along the beach.
As Mach V and Cage fly through the sky, they look at the monster they just escaped from and it has turned around and headed back into the deeper ocean. Mach V guesses it has gone to drink as much water as it can to put out the fire burning in its mouth. Cage tries to get a response from the other Thunderbolts but no one answers his radio calls. He looks out and sees one of the monsters crashing through the nearby city and gets Mach V to head towards it. They are suddenly ambushed by the flying creature with its energy breath. Mach V tells Cage he has to let him go if he wants to fight the monster. Cage agrees and gets him to drop him on the monster which is on the land.
On the shore, Ghost is giving Moonstone mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She regains consciousness and immediately throws up sea water. Ghost tells her she drowned but her internal moonstone kept her alive, despite her lungs being full of water. She wonders who revived her but sees that Ghost has his helmet partially off. He tells her he also brought Songbird back; whom he predicted would need oxygen before Moonstone.
Hyperion has finally figured out which button activates the nanites in his system. He says he can remove them later but for now they cannot be activated remotely. He thanks the Thunderbolts for putting an end to his miserable few weeks in the Raft. He will come back and destroy them one day. Before he can finish his thought, something grabs his ankles and pulls him down. Hyperion is incensed to see Juggernaut, who subsequently slams him into the ground. Hyperion stands up, angry that Cain almost ruined his hair. He’s just dealt with the only thing that could have stopped him but he has an extra minute for him.
He starts attacking Juggernaut but the unstoppable Thunderbolt gives as good as he gets. He head butts Hyperion and then slams him into a large boulder. Hyperion says that Juggernaut is the one who cannot be stopped once her starts running. There’s an easy solution to that and it would be to stop running. With that, he thrusts his foot into the side of Cain’s knee, causing it to snap. Cain drops to the floor in pain as Hyperion taunts him and says that he bets the rest of the guys at the Raft are afraid of him. Hyperion says that Cain will be his message to everyone else once he gets the ridiculous helmet off. He uses his heat vision to melt the metal of the helmet and finally rip it off. Everyone will see what happens when someone crosses the Hyperion.
A little way off, Cage radios to the rest of the team that two monsters are headed for the city. Songbird realizes her comm-link is gone but doesn’t have much time to think about it. She tells Cage she will deal with the flying creature as Moonstone says she will take the other one. She starts to walk off but Ghost yells for her to wait. Moonstone thanks him, assuming that’s what he wanted. But he tells her that he is reading that Songbird’s comm-link is with Hyperion and he is killing Juggernaut. Moonstone floats off, saying that Cain is a big boy and he can handle it. Ghost tells her that he is one of them, which stops Moonstone in her tracks.
Hyperion is beating Juggernaut senseless now that there isn’t a helmet to stop him. He tells Cain he bets everyone had a good laugh when the monster’s flame put him down. He continues to swing punches but as he slams his fist down on Cain’s head he holds his hand in pain. Cain tells him he is hard even without the helmet and punches him in the stomach. Cain pummels Hyperion into the ground until the twisted man uses his heat vision to blast Cain away. Even angrier than before, Hyperion rises up and tells Juggernaut that unless he can unleash the sun from his eyes he will die. He uses his heat vision again but the beams are stopped by another blast of energy.
Moonstone floats down and tells him she can shoot energy too. He tells her it’s early in the day and he has all the solar energy he needs to char them both. He yells that he tried to drown her in her sleep, the humane way. She should have taken it. He uses his heat vision again but Moonstone deflects it with her energy beams.
Suddenly, Ghost appears and tells him he will stop him. Hyperion mocks him and calls their entire team a glorified chain gang, but trails off when he sees that Ghost is holding Songbird’s comm-link. Ghost presses the button labeled “H” and Hyperion screams in agony. Realizing that he is being inflicted with aragonite, he yells for them to turn it off and he will do anything. He collapses to the floor as the other Thunderbolts stand over him.
Cage is kneeling on the head of the finned monster that is attacking the city. He radios for the Thunderbolts, getting irate when he doesn’t get any back-up. Finally, Ghost answers and tells him he knows how to stop the creatures. Ghost explains that the parasites on the creature’s backs are like nanites and they are part of a sophisticated bio-control system. They keep the monsters on task. He says that Songbird should use prolonged steady pulses of her energy and the barrage of signals should flip their switches. Songbird uses her powers and the creatures turn around and head back into the deeper ocean.
Cage jumps down to the ground and apologizes to Ghost for doubting him. He then asks if Hyperion ever woke up but Ghost replies that he didn’t. Hyperion is bloodied and bruised heap on the ground after being worked over by the other Thunderbolts. Moonstone calls him a coward and they can’t have cowards on the team. Whoever shows fear burns at the touch of the Man-Thing. The swamp creature walks up to them and, sensing the fear of Hyperion, attacks him with his burning touch.


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Magnum Opus (Part 4)
Standing on the roof of the Oscorp building, Norman Osborn and the Thunderbolts have Taskmaster in chains. However, as he is dressed in Deadpool’s costume, they are unaware of the switch. Osborn delights in the fact the team finally have a win but his anger shows when he asks why he is still alive.
The Black Widow walks up to the Taskmaster and tells Osborn that, after trapping him in the Thunderstrike, she flooded it with incapacitant. She smiles as she explains that his healing factor should overcome it quickly though and that by her calculations he should be waking up right… about… now. She holds her hand towards the Taskmaster, expecting him to wake up but when he doesn’t she stops smiling and looks at the watch on her wrist. Looking annoyed, the Black Widow says that was embarrassing.
Osborn tells her that, even unconscious, he still gives the team the runaround. He then asks her where the teleporter is. When she tells him that he didn’t have it on him, Osborn tells her that Deadpool was only supposed to have it long enough for him to lead them to his communication set-up. She tells him that it had served its purpose and Ghost has decrypted Deadpool’s communications. She then reveals that he was working for Nick Fury. Osborn says of course Deadpool was working for Fury but the question is where is he?
Getting slightly irritated she tells him she’s working on it. He calls her pathetic and asks what does he pay her for? He then realizes Paladin is missing and enquires as to where he is. The Black Widow informs him that he is in the med bay as he took a grenade to the chest. She says the Kevlar took the brunt of the impact but he will not be “dancing jig” anytime soon.
Sat a little way off, bandaging his knee, the Headsman sarcastically says he is fine too and thanks them for asking. Osborn walks up to him and bends down to his level and says he didn’t ask. He continues and asks Headsman what he offers the team other than providing their adversary some target practice. Headsman snarls back at him and says Osborn put him on the team for a reason and that must be because he knows how to get the job done. With that, he takes out his axe and grabs Taskmaster by the head. He yells that if Osborn wants Deadpool’s head on a platter then he will give it to him.
Before he can chop his head off though, a laser hits the axe creating a bright flash and a loud DZAM sound. The real Deadpool, standing on-top of the Thunderstrike, says he was almost late to his own funeral as he couldn’t decide which weapon to bring… so he brought all of them. Covered in weapons, he points a gun at the group on the roof as they all look on confused at the second man in a Deadpool costume.
As the Thunderbolts gasp with confusion, Norman Osborn yells “Kill!” At this, Deadpool leaps off the plane and fires two Uzis at the group, sending them diving for cover. The bullets also break the chains holding the Taskmaster down. Osborn asks what the hell is going on and then asks if that’s the real Deadpool then who do they have? As the Taskmaster stands up, he says it’s someone who should really know better. He takes a grip of his chains and starts to whip them around him.
The Black Widow realizes her “Deadpool” was a decoy and shouts to take them both down. The Taskmaster tells her many have tried and as he fires a gun at him but the bullets hit his chains. After she finishes, he squints his eyes and says “my turn.” With that, he whips his chains towards her, causing her to reel backwards and drop her guns. She rushes towards him and says whoever he is he is a dead man. As the two engage in hand to hand combat, the Taskmaster comments that this isn’t red room training and then asks her who taught her ninjitsu. He then kicks her in the back, which sends her crashing into some ventilation equipment. She yells “your mother,” as she spins around and fires a shot from her widow’s bite. The Taskmaster catches the needle and comments that that was unsportsmanlike. With that, he whips his chains and slams them across her head, causing blood to spray from her mouth.
The Headsman, on his glider, comes up behind him and swings his axe. As the Taskmaster ducks, the axe skims over his head and the Headsman yells for him to hold still. The Taskmaster asks why he would do that and wraps his one of his chains around the axe’s handle. With the other chain around the glider, the Taskmaster pulls them tight, sending the Headsman catapulting backwards. He asks if they are the best Osborn could come up with as the Headsman crashes into the ventilation ducts with a loud bang.
Watching the fight in his shrunken state, Ant-Man comments that Taskmaster took down the Black Widow and the Headsman. He then asks himself where the other one is but, before he can finish, Deadpool comes up behind him and points a gun at him. Ant-Man quickly shrinks further and fires a laser gun at Deadpool. With the gun still pointed at him, Ant-Man grabs hold of Deadpool’s foot. Deadpool wiggles his foot around and yells for him to get off, but Ant-Man leaps up and dives under the leg of Deadpool’s costume.
As Ant-Man climbs up his leg, Deadpool squirms as the man tickles him. As Ant-Man realizes that it was a gross idea, Deadpool aims his gun and fires at the lump in his costume. However, he misses and shoots himself in the leg. Ant-Man appears under the costume on his shoulder and Deadpool fires more shots at that area. As Deadpool collapses on the floor, Ant-Man sneaks out a tear on the costume, choking on Deadpool’s skin flakes. He flies towards the Black Widow and gloats on how he took down Deadpool single handedly. Black Widow reminds him though that Deadpool has a healing factor so he is down but not out.
As Norman Osborn boards the plane, he yells to Ghost to stop standing there and start fighting. Ghost tells him that it’s not really his thing though. As Osborn starts taking off, he comments that’s what he gets for recruiting from the z-list.
Deadpool spots the plane taking off and grabs onto the undercarriage. As it leaves the roof, the Black Widow rushes forward and leaps off and fires a grappling hook at the plane. On the plane, Osborn radios Miss Hand and tells her to assemble his team of Avengers as the Thunderbolts are not up to the task. At that moment, Deadpool comes up behind him with a gun pointed at his head. He tells Osborn that, if he wants a job done right, then he should do it himself.
An irate Osborn spins around and charges at Deadpool. He yells at Deadpool and says how dare he point a gun at him. A little put off; Deadpool says he is the one doing the intimidating and that Osborn owes him. Barely believing that Deadpool is asking him for money, he asks does he know who he is. A little worried, Deadpool asks if Osborn is supposed to be flying the plane, but Osborn ignores him and says alls they ever do is take, take, take.
Becoming increasingly worried, he tells Osborn to put the autopilot on first and grandstand second. As the plane heads towards the ground, Osborn leaps at Deadpool and screams that he is Norman Osborn and he saved the planet and everyone on it. Deadpool shoots him in the chest but that doesn’t stop Osborn from grabbing the merc’s head and slamming it into the floor repeatedly. He continues screaming that they owe him their lives… every last one of them. Angry and out of breath, he pauses for a moment and then turns to the plane controls. He swears just as the plane crashes nose-first into a park, sending trees and soil everywhere.
Picking himself off the floor, Osborn starts calling Deadpool ungrateful when the Black Widow enters and yells for him to get down. She fires her gun and it hits Deadpool square in the chest. He kneels down with his sword drawn and puts his hand on the hole in his chest. He mutters that he was shot through the heart. He then bursts into song and says that she was to blame and she gives love a bad name.
Osborn pinches the bridge of his nose and calls for Black Widow to kill him once and for all. She takes out a hunting knife and says that it’s easier said than done and the only way to be sure is with decapitation. Deadpool tells her that he thought they had something special and then asks for a chance to come up with some memorable last words. A voice calls out and says that he reckons he can help with that one. He then recalls what Deadpool said to him the other day.
With that Headsman enters on his glider, yells “Heads up!” and swings his axe down, chopping Deadpool’s head off. As Deadpool’s head bounces along the floor Headsman tells Osborn he was put on this team for a reason and that was it. Osborn begrudgingly tells him well done. The Black Widow picks up the head and asks if Osborn wants to keep it. Adjusting his tie, he asks he if he looks like a sentimentalist. As he walks away, he tells her to burn it and get back to work.
Dressed in his usual costume, the Taskmaster comments that it is humiliating. He is world class and world class players don’t get paid from the ATM. Deadpool, typing numbers into an ATM display, tells Taskmaster to quit his griping. He told him he was onto a payday. He then flashes Norman Osborn’s gold card and a wad of cash. He tells him that he lifted the card off Osborn as he was getting his skull bashed in. He tells Taskmaster that he might need a few more ATMs as he had cleaned this one out. Deadpool then lifts up his mask to show his neck with stitches all around it. He tells Taskmaster that he owes him one for coming back and reattaching his head. A little confused, Taskmaster tells him that he didn’t sew his head back on. Equally as confused, Deadpool asks who did put it back on? Both men suddenly leap to the same conclusion and Deadpool says it was just like he told him…. she does love him.


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Thunderstrike has survived the battle against Bloodaxe, and convinced the police to let him take his enhanced axe to the Avengers for proper analysis. The Black Knight has the hardest time to, since the axe seems to be alien and enhanced. He stops for now, and thinks that it’s best that Thunderstrike keeps the axe in a safe, there at Avengers Mansion. Thunderstrike thanks for the offer, but rather takes it back home to Asgard, once he figures out how to use his magic mace to cross the dimensional barriers.
The Knight asks Thunderstrike if he’s okay, since he looks a little ragged. Thunderstrike admits that, saying that he had little sleep over the past few days. They meet up with Crystal, who walks away together with the Black Knight. Thunderstrike sees them as a cute couple and regrets that Crystal is already married. He looks up to the sky, and notices Sersi, and it looks like she is watching both the Black Knight and Crystal. He wonders what’s up with that.
Those are concerns for later. He flies up, and wants to go pick up his son, Kevin, with his ex-wife so that they can visit his parents. As Thunderstrike leaves, he doesn’t notice a big man is stalking him, who stands on a rooftop under him in the shadows. Thunderstrike lands on the streets, and transforms back into his human form of Eric Masterson. He enters a car rental store, but there’s something wrong with his reservation and they won’t give him a car. Eric gets angry and shouts through the store that he’s in a hurry.
Elsewhere, Eric’s ex-wife, Marcy, is in a heavy argument with her husband, Bobby. He can’t have it that Eric spends time with Kevin and is absolutely against it. They argue some more, and Marcy realizes to herself how much Bobby has changed lately and that he disappears a lot. Bobby gets even angrier, and makes Marcy understand that they’re a family now, the hard way.
Some minutes later, Eric makes it to Marcy’s apartment. Outside, he wonders why he shouted at the clerk like that. That’s not like him. He wonders if the axe might have something to do with it, but finds that a ridiculous thought. He knocks on Marcy’s door, and finds her crying! Hardly being able to talk, Marcy begs Eric to help her. She fears for Kevin’s safety. Bobby took him away from her!
At the same time on Long Island, the Juggernaut contacts Genetech. He makes them remember that, a few months ago, a group of French scientists hired them to work on some kind of wood and flesh interface for Black Tom Cassidy. Cain wants his medical records to find out what’s wrong. Genetech can’t allow that without the proper authorization. They ask Cain’s relationship with the man. Confident, Cain tells Genetech that they’re family!
Elsewhere, Bobby and Kevin are stuck in the traffic. He can’t believe he actually hit Marcy, the woman he loves. But he doesn’t like the fact that she still allows Masterson in their lives, and he also hates it that she spends so much time with her health clubs. Kevin panics a bit, but Bobby tells him to relax, as he would never hurt him since they’re family. Kevin panics again, as he sees the Juggernaut walking on the road!
The Juggernaut, now in full armor, remembers that Black Tom was almost dying, but told him that Genetech probably saved his life by developing some weird grafting technique. But now Tom is hurting again, and the Juggernaut only cares about getting Genetech to help his friend out. He has to get those files, and won’t stop until he has them.
Thunderstrike scouts the city from the air, hoping to find Kevin and Bobby. He recalls how he always disliked Bobby, and hates that he now hit his ex. He wonders if he should talk to his lawyer about putting Steele in jail for his actions. His enchanted mace goes too fast for him, so Thunderstrike decides to land before he passes them over. As he lands, he almost gets hit by a giant beer keg! Who could just throw it away like that, he wonders?
He lands on a roof, and notices the Juggernaut below him. Thunderstrike wonders what his priorities are. He thinks he should get Kevin first, but if he lets the Juggernaut go innocent people might get hurt. Thunderstrike doesn’t even know how he should handle the villain, as even Thor had the biggest trouble in defeating the guy. He needs a new tactic. As Thunderstrike thinks, he doesn’t realize that the axe on his back glows.
The Juggernaut and Thunderstrike confront each other. The Juggernaut doesn’t need this and just wants to walk away, but Thunderstrike is convinced that the villain’s going to cause more trouble than he already has. He tries pushing them away, but the Juggernaut is unmovable, and Thunderstrike drops on the ground. The Juggernaut laughs and walks away from him.
Meanwhile, there’s still someone stalking Thunderstrike, and the figure wonders about helping him out like with Bloodaxe or not.
Rescue workers help Thunderstrike up. He turns around, and recognizes Bobby’s car, and Kevin is still with the man. He has had enough of the stalling, and throws his mace against the Juggernaut but with no effect. Suddenly, a big energy beam gets fired from behind Thunderstrike, right on the Juggernaut himself! Thunderstrike recognizes it’s the same beam that hit Bloodaxe. He looks around to find out the one responsible for it, but his stalker has already unnoticed flown away.
The beam has formed a deep hole in the ground, and the Juggernaut has fallen inside it. He’s really mad now and climbs up, ready for action! Thunderstrike realizes that he’s got no other choice. He takes out the axe and, the second Juggernaut’s almost back up, he hits his powerful villain with it, and manages to get his helmet off. The Juggernaut’s impressed, and suspects the axe to be enchanted or something. He agrees with Thunderstrike’s offer to talk now.
And so, a few hours later, Thunderstrike has convinced Genetech to give Juggernaut the files he needs. Cain even gives the agents some money for the trouble, and a little extra to pay for the damages he caused. Thunderstrike can’t believe it. Juggernaut tells him that he was lucky he’s in a hurry, and that nobody can stop him. They say goodbye and are confident that they’ll meet again one day.
Again a couple of hours later, Eric has returned from the visit with his parents. Kevin was already there, and Bobby was never seen. Eric’s not sure if he should have left Kevin with his mother, but what could he do? And he wonders what’s up with the axe. He’s sure that it was whispering to him while he was fighting the Juggernaut.
Suddenly, he notices a big flashlight from a roof nearby. He transforms back into Thunderstrike, and flies over there to check it out. Astonished, Thunderstrike finds… Lady Sif! She has travelled from Asgard in search of Thunderstrike, and him alone. What?!


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Twelve Points, Missouri, years ago:
A political parade. A group of agents, Reese, Norris, Armstrong and Logan aka Wolverine watch their secondary subject, Senator Gregory Lee, from different viewpoints.
That’s the guy turning their tax dollars into tactics in the war on drugs, Reese scoffs. He looked a lot taller on Arsenio. Norris, in the crowd, remarks the guy is packing so much security you’d think he already secured his party’s nomination.
What about the primary? Logan asks. Armstrong retorts it would help if they knew what they were looking for exactly. Any specifics? Their guess is as good as his, he replies from a rooftop. God bless sketchy intel, he opines. If anything they’ve heard about Mothervine is true this is a know-it-when-they-see it scenario.
In the crowd, a man steps up to a woman with her young daughter. He whispers something into the little girl’s ears…
In the meantime, the senator is shaking hands, working the crowd. The mother with her daughter steps up to him. He kneels down in front of the little girl Sadie.
Sadie’s eyes begin to glow. Light tendrils emit from her head, smashing things around her. The crowd panics.
Norris confirms her as primary asset. Reese asks for Logan to make the call. Say the word and he can take her down with minimal collateral damage. God help him.
Jumping down from the roof, claws unsheathed, Logan forbids it. He’ll handle this. Hurting the girl is not the op. That ain’t who they are! However, Lee’s security detail is getting ready to fire.
Wolverine tears the tendrils apart. The little girl’s eyes stop glowing and she turns back to normal, asking for her mother. The security men want to take the girl – Sadie – out. Wolverine takes apart their weapons and elbows one in the face.
The mother hugs Sadie and thanks Logan profusely. He tells her not to thank him. Say goodbye to her little girl, because this is the last time she will see her.
He orders Norris to secure the girl and Reese to keep them in sight. The trigger man can’t be far. He wants to talk to him. Said trigger man runs for his life down a side alley, where he is addressed by a striking brunette in a scarlet coat. She jokes he really should leave the field work to someone who hits the gym every now and then. She guesses he just had to see the fruits of his labors first-hand. He screams at her to leave him alone. He’ not going to tell her anything!
She hasn’t asked any questions, has she? She already knows everything worth knowing about Mothervine. How did she find him? Magic, she smiles and snaps her fingers. A moment later, he is shot.
Armstrong and Logan find his body. They wonder who beat them to the punch. Logan sniffs. Can’t be, he mutters as he gets a scent. Pack it in! he orders his people. They’ve got another player on the field. They need to plan their next move!
Today, Utopia:
Jimmy Hudson, Wolverine’s son, once more listens to the hologram message his father left him repeatedly. The other mutants are busy outside. The technopath boy Garab Bashur aka Black Box listens in with interest. He joins Jimmy. What’s he doing?  Just talking to his father, Jimmy replies and stops the hologram.
Garab asks him to not turn it off. Is he suddenly interested in his daddy issues? Jimmy mocks. Not really. But he hears a signal behind the words, a hidden message. He reveals a row of pictures of strangers as well as the message “Mother is calling her children home.”
Garab explains it’s hidden in the code. Some sort of prompt turned the on-switch. He offers his help in finding out.
Soon, Jimmy talks to Kitty Pryde. He’s not asking for her blessing. He knows his dad, James Hudson, but he’s never met his biological father. Kitty knows him. Was he the type to leave a hidden message like that without good reason? Just be careful out there, Kitty tells him. He knows. If he’s caught outside the reservation, it will be trouble for all of them. Just be careful, she repeats and hugs him
Later, as they walk away, Black Box wonders how Jimmy got Kitty to allow him tagging along. Jimmy grins. He didn’t tell her, Garab realizes. Sometimes it’s easier to apologize than to get permission, Jimmy informs him.
In a room, a middle-aged man awakes when his cell phone rings. He notes it’s not his normal cell but the special one he’s hidden away in a drawer. Code? he is asked. He enters the code and is told Mothervine is compromised. Burn it down!
He enters a room with several computers. Everything? he asks. Yes, raw materials too, he is told. They knew this day was coming. Once he’s finished, he’s clear to leave.
Suddenly, the person on the other side screams in pain and breaks off. Moments later, something rushes into his room. A red line appears on his throat. He’s afraid he is out of time altogether, Quicksilver, who has slashed his throat at super speed, informs him. All of them associated with Project: Mothervine… their time is up. This is the payoff, flatscan!  Consider the last few years a chrysalis state for all those little slaves they tried to breed. Now it’s time for them to wake up! It’s time to see what beautiful butterflies they have become. He speaks the code phrase: Mother is calling her children home…


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Years ago, Grant Park, Connecticut, a fertility clinic:
While a nurse calls in a woman, Wolverine’s team infiltrates the clinic, trying to find out what “Mothervine” is. Logan orders Armstrong and Reese to secure the computers and Norris to give them cover. SHIELD wants to know what those freaks are up to.
One of the scientists gives the order to shut it down and purge all the data. Reese hits him, while Armstrong aims her guns at them. She is looking for a volunteer to get her copies of vital Project Mothervine files. And by volunteer, she means person who wants to live to see tomorrow.
Wolverine smells something else. The woman in red is surprised as well. Last she heard, he was dead, same as her, but here they are. Hopefully their agendas are complementary to one another…
Port St. Lucie, Florida, now:
Black Box hopes they didn’t just commit a crime by leaving the reservation just so Jimmy could see his folks. He needs to see them one last time, Jimmy replies.
Hidden, they watch James Hudson looking at his boat.
That’s his old man? Black Box asks. He thought he was Wolverine’s kid. That’s his whole gimmick! Jimmy explains that James Hudson raised him. He and his mom are the only parents he knows.
Heather joins James, teasing a girl might get bent out of shape when her husband misses a hot dinner three times in a row so he can work on a boat. She’s starting to think he doesn’t like her cooking. She hands him a beer.
James apologizes. He lost track of time. Heather reminds him that they agreed to sell the boathouse. James stammers. Heather knows working on the boat was his thing with Jimmy. But they know he isn’t coming back. He can‘t.
James tries to comfort them by pointing out that, even if all of that hadn’t happened, Jimmy would be gone now. Attending college, getting a job, maybe getting married too young. Heather sighs she’d prefer any of those options. With all that’s been happening to the mutants, she just wants to know he’s all right. James insists they raised a good kid. They taught him the difference between right and wrong. They gotta trust wherever he is, he’s okay. They head inside.
Garab suggests Jimmy say hello. Jimmy reminds him of the standing order to turn mutants over to the authorities. His dad is a cop. He’d never turn them over. Btu he won’t put his parents through that. He’s put them through enough already. They leave.
Miami, Florida. The Miami County fertility clinic at night. Jimmy and Garab break in. Jimmy worries that this is all just a weird prank Wolverine left behind.
They are unaware that they are being watched by some men who’ve been monitoring the place for days. Masked men with omega symbols on their masks and a blond guy with crazy eyes. Kyle Gibney aka Wild Child.
The masked men suggest the boys are harmless and ask if they should kill them. Wild Child wants to learn more. Contract calls for them to clean up the mess those jokers left behind all those years ago. If there are any loose ends, he’d like to tie them into a nice little bow…
The boys enter the abandoned place. Garab announces they know nothing about the place except it’s creepy. They find a heavily protected door, but Garab easily breaks the code. Give him something harder next time, he laughs.
Jimmy summarizes whatever this doctor’s office was it was a front for whatever the hell went on downstairs. He asks if Garab thinks all the addresses they found on Wolverine’s holographic message were fertility clinics like this one. Just like this? Garab wonders. This place is kind of a tomb. Whoever bugged out left a lot of equipment, Jimmy muses. Maybe they planned to open business again. Garab scoffs the tech belongs in a museum. Jimmy asks if he can make it work. Tell him why his father was storing all this data. Yeah, Garab replies, it’s kind of like talking to a doddering old grandpa at a nursing home. But yeah.
He concentrates and explains some sort of signal unlocked the hidden data in Wolverine’s little puzzle box. Whatever that signal was, it was designed to act like a virus… erase all the Mothervine data before it fell in other hands. This old equipment was spared from an infection but anything on the net would be scrambled. Except for Jimmy’s device.
He muses this organization was into some weird stuff. Biological warfare, gene tampering, embryo enhancement. They were breeding mutants… programming abilities to activate aggressively on command. They were trying to weaponize mutations. What is he saying? Jimmy demands. They called the program Project: Mothervine, and for whatever reason Wolverine wants Jimmy to know about it.
Not bad for a couple of amateur detectives, Wild Child remarks behind them. The Hardy Boys would be proud. Of course, he can tell which of them is the brains and which is the dumb muscle. They are under orders to sway anyone who sticks their nose where it doesn’t belong. He figures they can’t be working alone. So they’re gonna take the brains with them… see what he knows. And muscles… go ahead with what he is dying to say. “Over my dead body,” right? Jimmy unsheathes his claws. No. over yours!
Wild Child does the same with his fingernail claws. They come at each other and slash each other. Jimmy announces that he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. Wild Child laughs.
Garab tries to create a diversion with the holographic device. One of the guards hits him. Suddenly, identical images of Wolverine’s message appear, distracting the men.
Jimmy slices through some of Wild Child’s claw. Is he some kind of Wolverine Jr.? Wild Child asks and slices him in the torso. He’s been studying Wolverine for years. He was the best there was. And Jimmy ain’t even close.
Interested, he watches the writhing boy, wondering if he has a healing facto. He’d be happy to go at it again. He promises once they are done with Black Box, they’ll quickly put him out of his misery.
Suddenly, there is a whooshing noise and the men holding Black Box are skinned. A moment later, Wild Child’s neck is broken. Their rescuer informs Jimmy he shouldn’t be wallowing on the floor. “Let me help you, brother,” Quicksilver offers.
Years ago:
Wolverine faces his opponent. You! he exclaims. Last time she checked, the brunette in the tight red outfit smiles. It’s good to see him again. Wolverine sheathes his claws and ask what she is doing here… Magda. They share a passionate kiss…


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In a secret installation, men in strange, medieval, templar-style outfits are guarding kids in cells. New men arrive, bringing a new prisoner, an unconscious teenage boy named Jimmy Hudson. The men tell their leader, William Stryker, that they found him right where Stryker said he would be. He was trying to hitchhike a mile away from the motel. They checked the motel room but it was empty. They must have beaten them to--
No, Stryker replies, it wasn't. She's playing games with their mind. The telepath. Powerful girl. He should have gone himself. One of the men protests. He knew what he saw! And he knows what he saw, Stryker replies, as he goes for his throat, or does Donald doubt him now? Remember the gift He has given him to see all the sins of men, see them, find them, take hold of them and purify them! Yes, Reverend Stryker, Donald agrees.
Union Square Park New York City:
Marian Carlyle aka Rogue is surrounded by several Nimrod sentinel units which order her to surrender or they will be forced to engage physically. Trust him, Iceman  who has arrived with the Shroud and the Human Torch  remarks. As someone who has dated her, that is really not a good idea.
Stop bragging! Johnny tells him. Told him she was hot, Iceman replies smugly. Kitty asks Rogue if she is all right. Rogue replies she is but warns them to be careful. To the teensï¿½ surprise, the Nimrods identify Bobby and Kitty, leading Johnny Storm to sulk what about him? They've been over this, Bobby reminds him. He is not a mutant. And he says it's up for debate! Johnny shoots back. But he guesses that means he doesnï¿½t have to surrender. Does appear to be a loophole, Bobby agrees. Ah, see? Now everybody wins, Johnny announces as he blasts away at the robots.
The Nimrod announces as they have responded with aggression to verbal request, lethal force is now permissible. Iceman points out again Johnny is not a mutant. Whatever happened to due process? Besides just because you can do something, doesnï¿½t mean you should! It's called being the bigger robot!
As the robot prattles on, Johnny tells it to wake him when they build the hot blonde Cylon. For now, they are just annoying!
Kitty phases through one Nimrod but Rogue tries to warn her. A moment later, when Kitty is pushed back, Rogue explains they have a kind of shield on them, a power dampener. Unimpressed, Johnny goes as hot as he can, intending to melt a Nimrod. Dampen this!
Unfortunately, the Nimrods are fine, still operating at 98 percent. This must be a really embarrassing moment for him, Bobby needles. He's had worse, Johnny shrugs.
Iceman wants his turn, but Kitty tells him to fall back. Hasn't she ever seen a giant robot movie? he asks. Underneath the scary metal exterior is a confused puppy-loving soul just waiting for some nice boy to come along and take him on long walks. Or stab him in the face with ice daggers, one of the two. Bobby goes for the latter option on an iceslide. He gets why they have a problem with Rogue, he remarks. She dumped him for some dude who was like thirty and had a lame accent, but if he can grow past it then so...
As Iceman speeds toward it on an ice slide, the Nimrod severs one of his arms. As Johnny catches him, Bobby assures the group that it will grow back but it's leaking. This must be a really embarrassing moment for him, Johnny remarks helpfully.
Kitty orders the boys to get out. They'll meet at the rendezvous point in twenty. When Johnny asks where, she tells him it's on Bobby's phone. She'll get Rogue. She's the one they can't hit, remember? She can handle this!
Kitty begins running and counts. As she does, she phases under the ground and dives up at the right point to grab Rogue and pull her down into the subway onto the tracks. A train comes rushing at them and Kitty phases them both inside one of its cars. They land hard and the passengers stare in amazement.
Soon thereafter, they meet up with the others on a roof. What the hell was she thinking? Kitty shouts at Rogue, who apologizes. She didn't mean to get anyone hurt. Kitty points out the news said Rogue started this. That she went nuts all over Port Authority, then made them chase her all the way to Union Square. Did she? She had to get their attention! Is she kidding? Kitty scoffs. When they get their attention, they get shot at!
Bobby asks her to go easy. She did what she was told to do, Rogue replies apologetically. He told her to take the bus to New York, that they would come after her. Who told her? Kitty insists. Rogue continues that they would find her and rescue her. Who the hell told her to do this? Kitty shouts. God, she replies. God told her that they'd save her. That Kitty would save all of them. The others stare for a moment. Ha, Bobby dated a crazy chick! Johnny announces.
New York, Upper Westside:
Elise Cartwright, a young career woman, a corporate lawyer, is a prisoner of Stryker. She was always a workaholic, never got married or had kids, but was happy that way. When Manhattan was flooded she couldnï¿½t get back to her city apartment for weeks. When she finally did get back she found two orphaned mutants, age fourteen, squatting, scared out of their minds. What should have been a quick call to the authorities became a cause for her. She took them in and then came more, nine in total, all with nowhere to go after Magnetoï¿½s attack. So, she gave them a place to sleep, kept them fed and took a couple of hours off each day, playing mother and schoolteacher to them. She didn't worry too much about the government finding her. She should have been worried about other things.
Facing Stryker, Elise tells him she knows who he is. Admiral Stryker's son, who attacked Xavier's school. She saw it on the news. What's his thing, then? Hunting kids? Does that make him feel like a big man?
He asks if she has children. Nine, she spits back. Of course she does, he remarks. He means of the flesh and blood kind. He was a preacher, back before the wave. And he was so ashamed of his father, what he did to mutants. He thought he was a monster. Then he had a little boy of his own and swore to teach him to be kind and tolerant. That he wouldn't be like his father and would raise John better. He didn't understand until it happened... until he saw his son floating in the waterï... what a father will do to protect his own.
Elise refuses to tell him where the kids are. He informs her he already knows. He just wanted to give her a chance to atone for her sins. He produces a big knife and slices her open.
One of his men calls him and is shocked at what he sees. Hesitatingly, he announces they found the children. They were in the brownstone out on Carroll Gardens. Just where Reverend Stryker said they would be. Of course, they were, Stryker replies. He's told Nathan before, this is God's will! The shocked young man agrees. As they walk away from the corpse, Stryker reminds him this is all part of His plan...
Egypt:
In a cave, in the dark, something glowing red stirs...