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'Cable. Are you all right?' someone asks the time-displaced teenage Nathan Summers, who stares back, wide-eyed, 'He. it. Whatever it was. It let me go' Cable utters. He rubs his head and exclaims that he wants payback, but that he is okay. 'Good' the other voice replies, before Cable remarks that Apoth wants the “end of all difference”, which sounds like genocide to him. 'I don't do genocide' Cable adds. Paige Guthrie a.k.a. Husk states that she heard Psylocke went crazy, and asks if she is okay. 'No, Husk. No more than we all are' someone tells her. Husk adds that she thought the whole point of this Krakoa thing was that they don't have to care about what happens to humans. 'Does that feel right to you? Living like that?' someone asks her. 'No' Paige admits, hanging her head. 'Bling?' someone remarks, to which Roxanne Washington tells them that if they are putting together a strike team, then she is in. 'We're not X-Force. We're unofficial. It might put you at odds with this place' Roxy is told. Roxy explains that she doesn't trust this place. 'I trust you. If you trust Psylocke, then I trust her too' Roxy adds. 'Copy that. I'll tell Psylocke we have a squad. And I'd be proud to stand  with any of you' Laura Kinney a.k.a. X-23 exclaims as Cable, Bling and Husk all turn to her.
Elsewhere on Krakoa, Kwannon, who now goes by the name “Psylocke” is meditating in an area surrounded by a jungle. 'You hide your breathing and the sound of your movements. But the blades of grass beneath your feet betray you' Psylocke tells X-23 as she approaches her from behind. 'Take it up with the grass' X-23 mutters, before reporting that she has a team, and that when Apoth makes his move, they will follow them into the fight. 'I don't have a reputation, so you must have used yours' Psylocke supposes, before getting to her feet and turning to Laura, she thanks her. 'I didn't see it' Laura remarks. 'That vision you saw in the field. I didn't see it. But I believe you did. So what did it tell you?' Laura asks. Psylocke reports that it told her the world is born of opposites – gods and demons, Paradise and Hell, so whatever Apoth is, its opposite reached out to her to stop it. 'Why won't it... stop it?' Laura asks.
Psylocke asks Laura if she believes in God, to which Laura replies 'If you ask me, I'll sayy now, but like most people, I hope there's something out there. Some kind of power behind it all. That's as far as I get'. Psylocke informs Laura that the first time she killed someone, she wondered if God would stop her – punish her – if she would hear some kind of voice, and she even feared judgment. She glances down as she reveals that she never heard that voice, and remarks that her lover, Matsu'o told her that God creates, but the rest is up to the individual. 'Are you saying God is speaking to you?' Laura asks. Psylocke turns to walk away as she replies 'No. I'm saying whatever it is won't stop Apoth. But it's giving me a chance to. For all I  know it's a part of  him. As a child, I would have called it kami. Make sense of it if you must. I have to speak with Sinister about evolution' Psylocke calls out.
At Bar Sinister, the diabolical scientist sits on his “throne” and tells Psylocke that he is not the Wizard of Oz – he can't make a lion brave or give a beating heart to a man of tin. 'I know what you are, Sinister' Psylocke replies, informing Sinister that her most charitable description of him is someone who believes in unlocking potential. 'So unlock mine' she asks him. Psylocke adds that when Elizabeth Braddock left her, she took a measure of her power with her, and that her enemy is a consciousness hiding inside of fiber optics. 'I can only destroy him where he exists. Telepathy  can aid me, but I need more power' Psylocke adds. Sinister tells Psylocke that she doesn't need power, she needs innovation.
Sinister holds up the Overclock tech and reports that he has analyzed the device she graciously shared with him, and explains that if Apoth uses it as a gteway to minds, he has made it a possible gateway to Apoth, but to test it, he needs to separate Psylocke's consciousness from her body, and the most efficient way to do that is through pain – extreme pain. Psylocke sits down and Sinister places the Overclock tech on the side of her head. He informs her that this is a controlled test – contained and in cyberspace. He explains that if this works, then Psylocke's consciousness will know Apoth's world, and here, Apoth cannot see her, while on Earth, it would be like walking into Apoth's kingdom alone. Sinister warns Psylocke that if it does not work, then her mind might shatter – there are risks, and he has even odds on the outcome. 'Do it' Psylocke instructs Sinister. Sinister leans down and tells Psylocke that she leaps toward pain like someone who feels they owe that to the world. 'Why are you still talking, Sinister?' Psylocke asks. 'Why, indeed?' Sinister replies as he clicks a button on the Overclock tech, switching it on.
Inside cyberspace, Psylocke appears to scream as data streams flash by, and a city materializes before her – Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The city is a throne to Apoth. It happens in a moment – a blink of violence and it is done. Apoth decides that this will be a fine place for him, as his servant and disciples attack, ravaging the city as Apoth washes upon their shores – and by peace, vows that he shall destroy many. Communication is broken, the world has no idea that Apoth is evolving – and the most advanced city in the world is now his.
Psylocke drops to the ground as Sinister asks her how it felt to be disconnected and whole at the same time – all mind, no body. Psylocke removes the Overclock tech and informs Sinister that she has felt that before, and asks if she can use this device to find Apoth. 'In his proximity, yes' Sinister replies. Psylocke thanks Sinister, who asks her why she cares about what happens to them, as Apoth can't come here. 'Let him infect the world. You owe it nothing' Sinister points out. But Psylocke tells Sinister that conscience isn't based on debt – conscience is purpose – and finally, she has.
Flashback:
'Little worm, look at you now' Kwannon's cloaked mentor utters as they sit in a room lit by candelight. 'You've kept this hatred for so long, haven't you?' Kwannon's mentor remarks. Kwannon raises her blade, as her mentor informs her that she has one more lesson for her. 'After your killing stroke, don't let go of your anger' Kwannon's mentor adds, pointing out that her anger is the only thing that she will ever be able to trust – that she should trust  it as a butterfly trusts its wings, and then it will never let her fall. Kwannon's mentor drops her walking stick and tells Kwannon not to waste her time, that she is out of her chrysalis, and that she needs to spread her wings. 'Violence is all you will ever be, Kwannon. I have accomplished my task' the mentor announces, before Kwannon swings her blade, killing her mentor as blood splatters across the room.
Present:
The sun shines down on Betsy Braddock as she stands on a slope, her psi-sword raised overhead,. Kwannon stands several feet away and draws her own blade, copying Betsy's moves as Betsy practices with her sword. 'We. We together. One body and mind. We. Together' Kwannon thinks to herself, kneeling at the same time as Betsy kneels. Kwannon hangs her head, she decides that she cannot blame Betsy, and that she will forgive her – once she can no longer feel her – and they are finally apart. Betsy turns around, sensing Psylocke's presence, but Psylocke is already walking away.
Elsewhere: 'Show me' Laura exclaims as Husk and Bling stand nearby, while Cable stands several feet away from them across a field. Husk announces that she will go first. 'Whatcha got, Baby Cable?' Husk exclaims as she pulls her skin off, revealing a stronger form underneath, that the energy fired by Cable's gun cannot penetrate. 'Lemme hold that for a second' Bling smiles as she places a hand on the gun, and then breaks it in two with ease. 'When you're  made of diamonds, the rest of the world feels like paper' Bling declares. X-23 tells Paige and Roxy that that was a good start, and asks which of them thinks they can hit her. 'If I hit you, I'll leave a mark' Husk boasts. 'If you hit me' Laura points out, as she uses the blade on her foot to draw a line in the ground, and instructs the others to cross it.
Husk, Cable and Bling rush towards X-23, who uses her claws to knock back Husk and Bling, and leans back as Cable attempts to punch her in the face. She then blocks Husk who attempts to punch her again. 'Let me not lead them the way I was led. Let me not teach them the way I was taught. Be more than the forces that have created you' Psylocke thinks to herself as she approaches her companions, 'Enough' she calls out to them, informing them that she knows what city Apoth has chosen. Everyone looks over to Psylocke, who thinks that she must be more than this war. Psylocke introduces herself to everyone and tells them that some of them may have known this body, but they do not know her. She tells the younger mutants that she is asking them to leave Heaven to fight with her in Hell, and admits that she does not deserve their trust. 'But if you give your trust to me... I will die to protect you' she assures them. 'I will kill to protect you. Your lives are more important than my own. I give you my word'.
Psylocke kneels before the other mutants and asks them to give her the honor of leading them. 'She always this dramatic?' Bling asks, turning to X-23, who tells hr that she once say Psylocke smile. Husk steps forward and informs Psylocke that her father died in a coal mine, and that she has been fighting her whole life to make that feeling go away. 'I head this...thing...likes killing children. There ain't no paradise worth letting that happen' Husk declares. Husk holds out her hand and adds that if this place is Heaven, then she guesses they are angels. 'When I read the Bible, angels had swords made of fire' Husk remarks, before the others all extend their hands, joining them together. 'Angels are warriors. So let us stop this madness' Bling suggests.
Later, Magneto, the Master of Magnetism floats towards Psylocke and tells her that when he was a boy, in the camps, a man once told him that they are only what happens to them as children. 'I would tell you to let humankind save itself from what it has created. And I would mean those words, Psylocke' Magneto adds. Magneto tells Psylocke that she wants justice – that she wants to be justice, and that the boy inside him will always understand that. Magneto tells Psylocke that she is rare among them, that she understands the gift of Krakoa, she understands Heaven because she has lived through Hell. Magneto informs Psylocke that she never needs to ask his permission to act again, that she has his trust, his will and assistance. Magneto uses his powers to tear open the ground, a large gully forming, as he tells Psylocke to let Apoth know that mutantkind still watches the world. 'Show this god of machines a higher power. And rain your vengeance from the sky' Magneto exclaims, as a jet rises up from the gully.
Elsewhere, Apoth declares that this city his his throne, and soon, the world will be his kingdom. 'She will hear this suffering and she will come. But do not fear. You are safe in the union. Safe from judgment. In Dubai, civilians begin to appear wearing the Overclock technology on their heads, as Apoth tells them that they are part of the one-mind, that the world will join them and difference will end. 'Prepare for everlasting peace' Apoth utters.
Apoth is able to see the jet that Magneto gave Psylocke, and inside the jet, Cable reports that they will touch down soon. Psylocke tells Cable and X-23 to assume from here on out that Apoth can see them. 'Let him see us' X-23 replies as she reaches out and puts a finger on Psylocke's hand.
'Rejoice' Apoth thinks. A hooded figure with a strange body can be seen. 'Mother is here' Apoth utters.


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Kwannon thinks to herself that what she touches withers – and what she loves dies. The voice of her mentor echoes: 'Who are you to save anyone?' she hears her mentor say. Kwannon decides that she has no right to play hero, to be righteous. She tells herself that Elizabeth kept the righteousness, and left her as the shell. 'You know what you are. You will fail' Kwannon tells herself, echoing thr words of her former mentor. 'Myself against myself. Silence your thoughts. They cannot help you. Remember where you are. Focus. Remember what you came to accomplish. And those who followed you here' Kwannon, who now calls herself  Psylocke, tells herself as she looks out to her companions, who drop down to the ground in Dubai, where they are about to confront a hostile force. 'Don't injure them! They aren't in control!' Laura Kinney a.k.a. X-23 calls out to her allies as they find themselves confronted by Apoth's civilian forces. 'And if they're trying to injure us?' the time-displaced Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable asks. 'Then we get hurt. They're innocent' Laura replies. 'Are we clear?' she shouts. 'Clear!' Paige Guthrie a.k.a. Husk responds. 'Clear!' Roxy Washington a.k.a. Bling agrees.
'Psylocke?' X-23 calls out, after hearing nothing from Psylocke herself. 'Psylocke?' she snaps again, while Psylocke readies her psychic knife and announces that she is here. 'And apoth's up there' she adds, looking up to a high-rise building. Psylocke tells her companions that they don't need her, that they never did – they can do what must be done. 'I have a god to kill, Laura' Psylocke adds. 'Then get it done!' Laura calls back as she knocks over one of Apoth's forces. Laura tells the others to form up, to get some space between them and Apoth's forces. She adds that Psylocke has her task, and they have theirs. 'Stop them but keep them alive' Laura reminds the others.
Psylocke tells herself that this is already done, that through her will, she can accomplish the task. 'This is already done' she remarks. She closes her eyes, and tells herself to run. Her feet spring across the ground, 'Run, little caterpillar. Jump, little caterpillar' Psylocke thinks to herself, when suddenly, 'Fly' she calls out, as psychic energy manifests around her, and psychic butterfly wings appear, which begin to carry her up the side of the high rise. Pain, like failure, claws at her. It whispers, and tells her that she is not strong enough. Psylocke tries to fight the pain with love. 'Fly' she telsl herself, while thinking that she must fight with rage, but fight. 'FLY!' Psylocke screams as she moves higher and higher on the psionic butterfly wings.
Down below, Cable and the girls are still up against Overclock's controlled forces, when Cable informs Laura that he has an idea to buy them some time. 'Don't start asking for permission. Make it happen!' Laura calls back to Cable. 'Copy that' Cable replies as he hurls something towards their opponents and tells his companions to cover their eyes. The small object hits the ground, and releases a blinding flash that takes out Overclock's forces, while the mutant heroes cover their eyes to protect themselves. 'Lord, Cable. What was that?' Husk asks. Cable explains that it was modified phosphorus, and explains, Overclock or not, fire makes anything back off. Laura turns to Cable and asks him how much crazy he brought with him. 'Plenty' Cable responds. Laura tells him that she will keep that in mind, and suggests he keep it under control. 'Always' Cable assures Laura, who turns to see Psylocke continue to fly up the side of the high-rise and utters 'She's up to him. it. You can do this, Psy'.
'No more children' the manifestation of Apoth, appearing as a combination of man and machine utters as it hovers on the rooftop of the high-rise. 'Hai!' Psylocke exclaims as she drops down onto the rooftop. 'No more children. I should have destroyed you before. Don't expect me to make that mistake again' she warns the creature. The strange being asks 'So how do you mutants do it? Pithy words and then we fight?' to which it boasts that it can be anywhere in any mind, linked by his dirty drug. 'You can't destroy me' Apoth declares, while asking Psylocke to be the mother of God, beside him, to take his mercy. 'I don't want mercy' Psylocke responds as she holds up her Overclock technology and places it on her forehead, adding that she doesn't deserve it. 'But you deserve me' she informs Apoth. 'Use that and I already have you' Apoth warns Psylocke, who suddenly connects to Overclock.
Back outside, Laura tells the others that they need to help Psylocke, otherwise what is happening here will be the world world. Cable points out that he doesn't think Psylocke wants their help. 'I don't care what she wants' Laura exclaims, when suddenly, 'Oh no... no...' Laura utters as one of the civilians under Apoth's control lunges forward and pushes Husk backwards, to the ground. 'Please...kill... kill me...' the man pleads, appearing to be in agony. The man lashes out Husk, who calls out to Laura, 'What do I do -' Husk begins, before a shot is fired, and the Overclock-controlled civilian falls backwards. 'Cable!' Psylocke snaps. 'He was dead already' Cable remarks, before asking how they save the ones that aren't.
Linked to Psylocke, Apoth looks at her and remarks 'Fascinating. Your mutation of mind keeps you independent of me. But not for long'. Psylocke readies her psi-knife as Apoth asks her if she thinks she has more power here. 'How are you so foolish?' Apoth mutters, declaring that here, possibilities are infinite, his power is infinite. 'Kneel. And I will spare you so much pain' Apoth warns Psylocke, who responds by telling Apoth to kneel, and then she won't end him. 'End me? You can't even touch me. Try. Walk to me and try' Apoth responds. Psylocke closes her eyes and tells herself to ignore Apoth's words and laughter. 'You don't need to survive...God just needs to die' Psylocke tells herself as she opens her eyes and appears with some psychic armor and shield to protect herself.
'Enough' Apoth declares, remarking that perhaps God is meant to be alone. Energy crackles around Apoth's hand, which he directs at Psylocke, who blocks it with the psi-shield. The energy pours on, but Psylocke stands her ground as Apoth tells her that her mind is open to him. 'Can you feel it?' he asks her. 'Shall I choose the form of your cruel teacher?' Apoth asks, as his form shifts into that of Psylocke's hooded mentor. Psylocke doesn't react, she continues to hold her psi-shield strong, blocking the attack. Apoth shifts its form again, 'Or your love?' he asks Psylocke. 'Or your child?' he suggests, shifting his appearance into that of Psylocke's dead daughter. Psylocke doesn't react, she holds strong and pushes forward through the energy attack.
On the battle field, 'Laura!' Cable calls out as energy wraps around X-23, who flips over it, and lands near several of Apoth's forces, which she knocks back with ease. 'What do we do?' Bling asks. 'We help Laura save their lives' Cable replies. 'That's what I thought. Follow me' Husk smiles as the heroes rush towards Laura.
At that moment, 'Mommy! Mommy, no! I'm not fighting anymore!' Apoth, manifesting as Psylocke's daughter calls out, as Psylocke moves closer and closer, and eventually slams her psi-shield into Apoth, 'Please!' her “daughter” pleads, before Psylocke shoves her psi-knife into Apoth, creating a huge flare of energy that is noticed by those outside. 'Is that her winnin' or losing?' Bling asks. 'Winning' Husk declares 'Surviving?' Cable suggests. 'I don't know' Husk admits. Back on the rooftop, Psylocke looks at her hands as a voice calls out her name. Psylocke looks up and sees a strange figure hovering over her. Humanoid, glowing. 'It is finished' the figure tells Psylocke. 'What are you?' Psylocke asks. The new figure explains that it is the other aspect of what called itself Apoth. It states that life is binary, always, and to be God, Apoth had to make an adversary, and Apoth knew that, which is how he came to exist. 'And now there is no need for me' the being adds.  Psylocke asks the being why he didn't stop Apoth, to which the mysterious being replies 'I did stop him. I sent you'.
Later, back on Krakoa, 'What do you mean you're walking away from us?' Laura asks. 'We can keep fighting together. We can be something. Don't shut us out' she tells Psylocke, who explains that she is not shutting them out, but setting them free of her. Psylocke claims that she isn't a leader, but tells Laura that she is. 'You're better than me. More certain than me. All I know how to di is make someone what I am. That can't happen'. Laura asks Psylocke what she is going to do, to which Psylocke replies 'I'm going to hope that I can call you a friend'. The two women then embrace.
Shortly, at Bar Sinister, 'It lives within?' Sinister asks, holding the Overclock technology. Psylocke tells Sinister that she isn't Xavier, and she can't even do what Elizabeth does, but that Apoth's echoes in her mind are bound in that thing. 'You should destroy it. But I know  you won't' she tells him. 'Let's pretend I destroyed it' Sinister suggests, before asking Psylocke that if he had need of her, could he call on her. 'If you can find me. And if I believe your need is just' Psylocke responds. 'What could be more fair than that?' Sinister replies.
Afterwards, Psylocke looks out to the sun, which beams down on her. She tells herself that she did a good thing – that she can do good things. 'I can' she utters.


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Chapter 1: Wolverine: Denial
Sam’s barbershop. Lower East Side, New York City…In a former barbershop, now closed with planks boarding up its windows, are two people talking. One of the two states that he doesn’t buy it. To this, the other, someone with a metal arm and doing his best to pull a stuck lever, replies that he doesn’t want to argue about this. He was there and saw him get shot. There is no denying it. The other person, holding an adamantium claw against his chin, still disagrees. He thinks maybe his companion was a witness there for a reason. After all, Nick Fury told him to be there. Maybe the kid just saw what they wanted him to see. The kid strongly points out that nobody wanted to see that. He thinks his friend doesn’t get it… it was the death of Captain America.
Wolverine plays with a shard of claws and makes scratches on it with his claw. He explains that things aren’t always what they seem, as this place used to be a barbershop. It all stinks of spooks to him. Wolverine’s companion, the Winter Soldier, who is sitting in a barber’s chair and struggling with the chair lift lever, asks if that’s why Logan wanted him to meet him there. He can’t even imagine what this place was like, back in the day. Someone came in there for a haircut, and some operative presses a button, and whoosh, you’re sent down to a SHIELD office below the street. He jokes somebody was reading too much James Bond novels.
Winter soldier manages to finally pull the lever but much to his surprise the chair immediately and rapidly descends to a lower level. Taken by surprise, Logan calls out to the Soldier and, looking down into the level below, asks if he’s okay. Luckily he is and Logan jumps down after him. He sees the Soldier lying on the ground and asks the kid if he can help him with something. “Yeah,” Winter Soldier says, “you can stop calling me kid.” Logan points out that’s how he remembers the soldier… as a kid. That’s how everybody and their grandmother remembers the Soldier. He was Bucky, Captain America’s sidekick back in World War Two. Kids all around the world dreamed of just meeting Cap, and there Bucky was in his dandy red-and-blues, fighting alongside the living legend. And everyone remembers how Bucky died.
Many years ago…Bucky jumped on a plane with explosives on it that had just risen up. Captain America jumped after him.
Now…The Winter Soldier reminds Wolverine he wasn’t the only one people thought had died that day. The world also lost Cap back then. “Exactly,” Wolverine exclaims, and there he is, alive and stuff. And after digging Cap out of a block of ice, he survived as well. All Logan is saying is, that this isn’t the first time the world thought Captain America was gone. The Winter Soldier demands to know what Logan wants from him.
Wolverine knows that people say Cap is dead. Seems to him that the next step is to identify the body. The Soldier realizes Wolverine plans to go up there, right into the lion’s mouth, and wants him to come along. Logan confirms, but the Soldier doesn’t want to be included in this because he has his own agenda. “Suit yourself,” Wolverine concludes. Before Logan leaves, the Soldier wants one favor. If Logan does see Steve… he wants Logan to say “hi” for him. Logan disappears in the shadows, leaving the Winter Soldier alone in the underground place he just found.
Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, night…Daredevil jumps gracefully from rooftop to rooftop. To himself, he remarks how quiet the city is, but believes that’s naturally when they lose on of their own. Suddenly, Wolverine jumps through a wall and attacks Daredevil. Despite the swiftness of the attack, Daredevil effortlessly avoids it with a backflip. Casually saying Wolverine’s name in a greeting, Daredevil asks if he thought he could sneak up on him. He could smell the beer on Logan’s breath four blocks.
Daredevil throws his billy club at Logan but he blocks it with his claws, actually impaling it. In reply to Daredevil, Logan says that word is that he’s got two or three other guys running around in his costume and had to know if he was talking to the real Daredevil. Wolverine explains he’s going to take a look at Cap’s body, and Daredevil’s heightened senses could come in handy at peeling back the truth. Daredevil takes his billy club back, and answers that people die. Logan of all people should know that. He’s certain they’ll be arrested on sight and wonders how Logan is planning to get around all that. Logan smirks that he’s got a guy.
Later, at the SHIELD Helicarrier, 10.000 feet above New York City…Tony Stark, in his SHIELD uniform, finds it unacceptable what Commander Hill just told him. He’s certain their prisoner knows something. Maria reminds Tony there’s a little something called “due process” and wants to know how much longer they’re going to keep him there. Until they find the truth, Tony answers. He wants to know who their captive works for, and what they thought they’d gain by killing Captain America.
Maria and Tony go for a walk, not noticing that, around a corner, Wolverine and Daredevil are standing. Logan jokes that it turns out Daredevil isn’t the only one who’s blind around here, to which Daredevil asks that they can’t be heard either. Nearby, Dr. Strange appears in his astral form, wanting to remind the two they have ten minutes to get back here. Magic isn’t exactly science and doesn’t want them to be late. Logan asks the doc if he’s going to tag along with them, but he can’t. As it is, he’s only here in his astral form. The strain of the teleportation and cloaking spells have left his corporal host in a state of exhaustion. He again reminds them about the ten minutes, and Logan and Daredevil take off.
Daredevil sees Logan is wandering off and reminds Logan that he told him they kept Cap’s body below. To this, Logan replies simply that they’re taking a detour. Daredevil realizes what’s going on. They’re not here for Cap, but for the guy they’ve got in lockdown there. Through gritted teeth, Daredevil tells Logan that he won’t let him kill him, but Logan replies coldly that he is actually counting on that. He just wants to ask the guy some questions, and Matt is going to be the lie detector. Daredevil asks Logan didn’t just tell him, to which Logan answers Daredevil might have said “no.” Daredevil wonders why Logan doesn’t bring a telepath like Emma Frost, but Logan states this isn’t X-Men business. Besides, Daredevil’s a lawyer, too. Still, Daredevil won’t let Logan violate the prisoner’s civil rights. Logan is surprised that’s what people are calling them these days. He told Doc Strange what they needed and he gave one last trick.
They arrive in front of Cell 26, which is guarded by two soldiers. With the guards unable to see either Wolverine or Daredevil, they are able just walk inside without any trouble. And in the immense, almost completely empty room sits the villain Crossbones. Crossbones thinks Wolverine is there to do him, to which Logan wonders aloud why everyone thinks he’s here to kill Crossbones. Is it because he killed Captain America? Daredevil is surprised Crossbones can see and hear them, unlike everyone else, but Logan whispers to Daredevil that Crossbones is the only one. Daredevil whispers he now understands why Dr. Strange is so exhausted and starts listening to what Logan and Crossbones start discussing.
Crossbones confirms he took a shot at Cap, but he didn’t get the kill shot. Wolverine places a gun on a table next to Crossbones. He moves his hand towards it, mentioning he saw the news footage and that means Crossbones is an accessory. Or maybe Cap wasn’t shot at all. When Crossbones asks what the gun is for, Logan replies he borrowed it from one of the guards outside. Daredevil then also asks what the gun is for, though Wolverine ignores him. Instead, he asks Crossbones if he really thinks Cap is dead. Crossbones replies that he’d better be.
Daredevil confirms Crossbones is telling the truth. Or what he thinks is the truth. He repeats his earlier question about the gun. Still ignoring him, Wolverine tells Crossbones he knows he’s a hired assassin and asks who he was working for. Hesitant, Crossbones admits he doesn’t remember, but Logan thinks that’s a pretty weak excuse. Daredevil again listens intensely. Wolverine suggests he take a shot in the dark. He remembers Crossbones worked for the Red Skull and that he hates Cap more than anybody. He wants to know how the Skull is involved in all this. Daredevil mentions that if Crossbones can’t remember, it might be because he’s been blocked. And he also warns they haven’t got much time left, but Logan thinks it’ll be long enough.
Logan becomes angry and thinks Crossbones isn’t even the real shooter. “Yeah,” he answers. Logan adds that, when the world finds out Crossbones is too dumb to know anything… that will make him the punch line to the worst joke ever. To this, Crossbones becomes furious, and Daredevil tries to warn Logan about it, but Crossbones quickly grabs the gun and fires! Wolverine is thrown backwards as over half a dozen shots hit his head and torso. Still very much alive, though in pain from the bullet wounds, Wolverine quips that that’s what the gun was for.
A moment later, Wolverine lunges towards Crossbones, grabbing him by his throat and pushes him against a wall. He’s got until the count of three to tell him who shot Cap, he yells Daredevil tries to tell Logan not to do it, but he refuses to listen. Wolverine snikts the outer two of his claws out on either side of Crossbones’ neck, but he still won’t answer. He wants to pop out the final claw, but Daredevil holds him back, saying it’s been enough. He asks Logan if he simply thinks just because he shot at him he’s got some right to kill him? Because of self-defense? Is that why Logan brought him here? Crossbones doesn’t know anything.
Logan sheathes his claws back in, and gives Crossbones a very hard punch in his face, knocking him out. Daredevil asks Logan if he’s feeling better now that he had his pound of flesh. He warns their time is almost up and have to leave. Logan says he won’t be coming with Daredevil, who is surprised to hear this. Logan has something else and, before he asks, it’s not about Crossbones. He thanks Daredevil for helping but, Logan tells Daredevil, he has enough trouble in his own life and shouldn’t be adding his.
A few minutes after Daredevil left, in another, dark room at the Helicarrier…Wolverine stands in front of a casket that has an American flag covered over it. Logan opens it and takes a sniff. Iron Man enters the room and confirms to Logan it’s really Cap inside the casket. Logan takes a look inside, and sees Cap lying in it, wearing his Army dress uniform. It remains quiet for a while. Iron Man realizes Logan came there to make sure Cap is dead. Stark mentions that, twelve seconds ago, Logan showed up on all their sensors. He jokes that Doctor Strange is going to have to learn he’s getting tired of this little trick. Crossbones is a mess. Tony tells Logan has been busy and wants to know if somebody came with him.
When Logan doesn’t answer, Tony says he thinks Logan is just going to have to accept that Cap is dead. Logan wonders if Stark is telling this to him, or to himself. He doesn’t see Cap’s shield in the casket. He wants to know how Stark is going to play this. Now that Steve Rogers is dead, should Captain America live on? Logan knows that’s what Stark would like to see happen.
Tony opens his helmet, revealing his face to Logan. He reminds Logan that Cap was his friend… perhaps his best one. Logan is ready to leave, but a giant hand blocks his way. The hand, belonging to Yellowjacket, wants to arrest him instead. However, Logan interrupts, informing Stark that he is going to let him go, and even give him some transport. Hank smirks Logan really thinks he can take Iron Man and every SHIELD agent outside this door right now. “Yeah,” Logan confirms, but that isn’t why Stark is going to let him go. He knows they want him to go back to the Avengers and tell them. To tell it to anyone who had hope. Those who are in denial. Luke Cage. Spidey. The other Avengers. That Stark wants Logan to tell them he has proof.
Considering this for a moment, Stark orders Hank to let Logan go, and he does as told. Logan walks outside, giving Stark one last warning. If he finds out he had anything to do with Cap’s death… he’ll kill him.


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Chapter 2: Avengers: Anger
The Mighty Avengers…In a nightly sky, the Avengers’ jet soars across an ocean, toward a hill on which stands a lighthouse, its signal light cutting through the darkness. Inside the jet, Ms. Marvel informs her team that, at 22:00 hours tonight, the super-villain Tiger Shark was picked up via satellite off the coast of Maine. He is in possession of the so-called “Horn of Gabriel,” which can (she kids them not), draw sea monsters from the ocean depths. Their bigger problem is that Tiger Shark has either knowingly or unknowingly has chosen a beachhead that houses a top-secret nuclear warhead installation. Their attempts to contact Prince Namor have gone unanswered. She asks for any questions. Wonder Man has one, and wants to know where Iron Man is, as he isn’t with them.
The New Avengers…The Thing, dressed in a big brown trench coat and wearing a brown hat, stands in front of Dr. Strange’s former house, which he has cast a spell over to make people believe it is abandoned and has now been scheduled to become another Starbucks store. Ben hopes that this isn’t somebody’s idea of a joke, because he isn’t in the mood for those.
The Mighty Avengers…Carol recalls Tony told her he had to handle something but is sure he’ll be right along. It’s not like him to miss a shot at saving the world.
The New Avengers…Ben takes out a small cigarette pack and opens it, as he has written down a secret code word on it to allow him entrance in the house. “Vishizzney”, Ben reads incorrectly. (He can’t even read his own stupid handwriting). “Vishazzey?” It’s again wrong. He gets angrily and demands that somebody opens the door now!
The Mighty Avengers…A hologram of Iron Man has appeared in the jet. He thanks Carol for the vote of confidence, but he’s got a feeling she’ll have this all cleaned up by the time he gets there. Wasp asks if everything’s okay over there but Tony doesn’t know yet. He explains that, a few seconds ago, Wolverine just popped up on their Helicarrier sensors. Carol is surprised to hear that, to which Tony guesses it’s more of Doctor Strange’s doings. And that’s getting annoying. A grumpy Ares says he would be more than happy cleave both Wolverine and Strange in half, given the chance.
The New Avengers…Dr. Strange is meditating in his house, blue energy flowing across his body. The Thing has suddenly found himself inside somehow and wonders how that’s possible. Wong welcomes Ben and asks for forgiveness for his master not greeting him, but his astral form was needed… elsewhere. Ben quietly whispers he hates magic. Wong mentions the doctor had him hold Ben’s chosen beverage ready when he arrived, something called “an ice-cold pabst blue ribbon.” Ben jokes Wong is a life-saver and in return he suggests Ben follows him because the others are already waiting for him.
The Mighty Avengers…Iron Man reminds Ares that both Dr. Strange and Wolverine are good men, and that they were both allies. “Who you’d have to arrest if…” Carol begins. Cutting her off, Tony remarks that he would just like to know what he’s doing here first. Ares points out Wolverine and Strange chose their sides in this conflict, and that they turned themselves into enemies. Natasha looks outside a window and warns “uh-oh.” When Wonder Man asks what she means, Carol explains Natasha is saying “uh-oh” because they just made visual contact. They’ll reach the drop-zone in about four seconds, and she proudly shouts out: “Avengers Assemble!”
The New Avengers…Ben follows Wong to the basement where Luke is already awaiting the Thing, joking if he’s ready to do this “thing.” Ben mocks he liked Luke better when he was wearing that open yellow shirt and tiara over his afro hair. He spots a pondering Spider-Man sticking on the wall and hopes he isn’t planning on wearing his mask the entire evening. Choking back tears, Peter explains that his eyes are a little red. He never thought this would happen. Ben knows, adding that they all miss him. But this game will take their minds off it. Ben has had enough talk, and proudly shouts out: “It’s clobberin’ time!”
The Mighty Avengers…Tiger Shark blows deeply into the golden horn, which helps him control a giant sea octopus. While Ares and Wonder Man join forces to fight it, Ms. Marvel flies towards the villain himself and orders the Avengers to clear the beach. She hits Tiger Shark in his face, telling him that this stops now. Above, Natasha jumps out of the plane, wearing a parachute and starts shooting bullets at the monster. The Wasp joins in, asking where Sentry is, as they could use the manpower. Natasha mentions Bob told her he had a therapy session and sarcastically asks Janet if she wants to interrupt in that, which she doesn’t.
The New Avengers…Ben isn’t impressed at the hands his opponents are dealing, but Luke jokes he doesn’t have a problem, because he isn’t losing. Iron Fist promises Ben he has everyone covered. Ben asks Jessica what her deal is, since he can’t see her eyes because she’s wearing her super hero mask. Jessica jokes that Spider-Man’s also wearing his mask, but Ben isn’t talking about him.
Jessica thinks Ben doesn’t trust her. He smiles he doesn’t know and sarcastically asks how she and Hydra are doing these days. Luke warns Ben not to go there, but Jessica immediately becomes angry, rising to her feet. Peter calms her down by saying Ben’s just trying to psyche her out. When she questioningly asks back if he is, Spider-Man calmly repeats that he is. Oh, Jessica realized.
The Mighty Avengers…Ares slices his ax through a massive tentacle of the octopus, yelling at it to die. Wonder Man flies close to the creature and also hits it across the jaw like a rocket, ordering it to return to the water.
The New Avengers…Iron Fist joins into the joke and also puts on his mask, to which Ben sighs. With a stern voice, Luke orders everyone to just play cards.
The Mighty Avengers…A furious Tiger Shark seems to best Ms. Marvel and shouts that people have always deemed him a second-stringer, but when he beats the Avengers he’ll finally get some respect. Carol can’t believe that is what this is all about.
The New Avengers…Viewing the empty chair in their table, Peter asks if they’re going to talk about it at all. Jessica doesn’t seem understand, so Peter is blunt. It. Steve. The death of Captain America. Rather than reply, the others simply ignore Peter. Luke tells Danny that he’s good on cards, but Danny replies that he’s bluffing and tells Ben that he will take two. Jessica mopes she has the worst hand ever, to which Ben tells her it’s going to cost her twenty to stay into the game. Peter looks at the empty chair next to him, and then puts his cards on the table. He sighs, and mentions he’ll fold.
The Mighty Avengers…Wonder Man flies towards the monster again, which closes its mouth on him! Natasha, who has landed on the beach, has seen it and shouts his name in astonishment. Janet wants to fly after Simon, which Natasha sarcastically replies that that leaves her alone to fight a newly arisen monster from the sea, which looks like a Fin Fang Foom wannabee. Janet starts firing her blasts at the monster’s eye and shouts after Simon, saying if he’s still alive he needs to move out of there now!
The New Avengers…Luke notices Patriot and Hawkeye wanting to leave and ask where the two are going. Patriot replies that they’ll be going on patrol, which Luke wants an explanation of. Patriot mocks they’ll be going after some bad guys like they used to, instead of fighting each other. Luke doesn’t want to hear any attitude, to which Patriot answers that he’ll have to do the same.
Danny promises Luke that the kids will stay in the area and will call if anything happens. Luke didn’t like Patriot mouthing back at him and mocks that, when he’s done with the boy, he won’t be able to sit down for a month. Danny reminds Luke it’s been a hard week… and a hard year, even. He needs to let it go.
The Mighty Avengers…Simon pulls open the mouth from the octopus and thanks Janet for the assist. Below, Natasha calls out for help as the monster is about to park its feet down on her head! Luckily for her, Sentry arrives just in time. He lifts up the monster and throws it far away into the distance, promising the creature won’t be bothering anyone anytime soon. Natasha thought Bob had a therapy session, which he confirms he did. It was a “45-minutes hour.” Natasha thinks they’ll still bill Bob for the full hour, which he confirms and she hates that.
The New Avengers…Wolverine has come back and says hi to everyone. Ben tells him to grab a chair, and jokes he feels like taking anyone else’s money. Peter asks how it went, but Logan just wants to sit and goes for the empty chair. Peter moves to stop him, saying that the chair is for Steve, but Logan coldly answers that he won’t be needing it. Seeing Peter visibly astonished, despite the face mask, Logan explains he saw the body. And he saw Iron Man too, in case anyone cares about that. Peter thinks Logan is wrong. He thinks he saw a clone, or one of those SHIELD L.E.D.’s or L.M.D.’s… or any other robot thing SHIELD might have.
As cold as ever, Logan points out to Peter that Captain America is gone, okay? Captain America is dead. Peter attacks Logan, picking him up by his costume, telling him to shut up! Wolverine snikts out his claws and warns Peter to let go of him.
The Mighty Avengers…Carol hits Tiger Shark a few times in the jaw, causing blood to platter from his mouth. She can’t believe all he wanted was some street credit and not caring about how many people could get hurt along the way. Natasha sees her fighting and is impressed.
The New Avengers…Peter hits Logan in his face, not understanding what’s wrong with him. He yells that Steve was a good man and tells Logan that’s something he’ll never be. As Ben sighs, Logan fights back and warns Spider-Man he has already seen one dead body today, and asks Peter if he wants to go for two. He pushes Peter against a wall and points his claws at him.
The Mighty Avengers…A loud noise is heard, and the octopus returns to the sea. Namor has arrived and has just blown on the golden horn. He apologizes if the sound hurt anyone’s ears, but the sea creatures find it unpleasant as well, so he had to use it to make them return home. He tends to defeated Tiger Shark and asks Carol what she hoped to accomplish here: that her victory today would heal over the fact Captain America is dead?
Namor tells the others not to take out their anger on these beasts so they would feel better. Carol can’t believe she’s getting a lecture from Prince Namor, the poster boy of anger management. Namor promises that for stealing the Horn of Gabriel and causing such destruction, Tiger Shark will be dealt with in his kingdom beneath the sea. However, he warns that, if he finds out that the missiles hidden in this coast-line are directed at Atlantis, then there will be much anger not so easily dismissed. He leaves back into the ocean taking Tiger Shark with him.
Ares asks Carol if they won, which she confirms. He thinks that’s good, believing that’s all that matters.
The New Avengers…Ben breaks up the two combatants, then announcing that he isn’t just talking to the two of them. He sees they’re ready to take off somebody’s head, even if it will be one of their own. Ben knows he isn’t one to be setting examples, but getting angry isn’t the answer. It won’t change the fact that they lost one of the greats. Luke corrects they lost the greatest. Peter leaves, mentioning he’s got to be getting home. Once he’s gone, Logan tells the others he going to shadow the kid, so he makes it there in one piece. Luke agrees and Logan heads outside.
Ben asks the others if they’ll continue playing cards. Luke tells him to shut up and deal.


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Seize the Child!
Alyssa Moy is frantically running through the deserted streets of lower Manhattan, carrying young Franklin Richards in her arms. They have just been attacked by the Technet; now they can only run for their lives. Suddenly, Alyssa is more than happy to see a police car approaching her. “Help me, officers! For the love of heaven – Help!” she screams.
Alyssa reminds Franklin what she had told him – that everything would turn out fine. They’ll report to the officers what happened, they will notify Franklin’s parents and his Uncle Ben will be rescued. Franklin asks her if she’s sure it’ll all turn out like this. “Scout’s honor, Franklin!” Alyssa assures him.
As the police car casts some lights on them, Alyssa tells them their names and that they come from the warehouse on Pier Four, the new headquarters of Fantastic Four. Alyssa pleads them to believe her, no matter how crazy it may sound: the warehouse has just been attacked by some aliens, bounty hunters who were after Franklin and who captured Ben Grimm, the Thing, in the process. “Nothing to worry about, miss” one of the officers assures her. Another one states it sounds rather serious whereas the third one insists that Alyssa and Franklin are safe now.
Alyssa urges them to radio for backup: call Franklin’s parents or even the Avengers, as the three officers can hardly be a match for the Technet. One of the officers assures her they are all trained professionals and can manage just fine on their own.
Alyssa is puzzled to listen to New York cops speaking with English accents. She realizes something is not right and asks the “policemen” who they really are. One of them tells her she doesn’t need to react like that; all she has to do is to step over by the car and her troubles will be over. Suddenly, another voice can be heard: “Hold it right there!”
Another police car appears with an officer proclaiming “This is the police”! The fake policemen insist they are the police, too. “Gimme a break here, pal!” retorts the other policeman and stresses out the fact the logo on the fake policemen’s car reads “London Metropolitan Police.”
Suddenly, the fake cops reveal their true colors and assume their actual form: they are the monstrous beings known as Warwolves! One Warwolf attacks the policeman, telling him he shouldn’t interfere. The Warwolf drains him of his life energy. Alyssa covers Franklin’s eyes, telling him not to look.
Alyssa gets into the officer’s patrol car, urging Franklin to close the windows and lock all doors. She is horrified to realize the ignition is empty: the keys are missing! One of the Warwolves is mockingly holding the keys: they all tell Alyssa that if she gives them what they want, maybe they’ll let her keep her skin. After all, there’s nowhere for them to run or hide. Alyssa, of course, knows they won’t let her survive; she hastily puts something out of her pocket that might as well save them: her self-made passé-partout or as she calls it “a handy-dandy universal key! Indeed, her plan bears fruit and Alyssa drives away The Warwolves are not concerned: the boy won’t escape; they have his scent.
As Alyssa drives away, she wonders who those creatures were and whether they are part of the Technet. If they are, then Gatecrasher has a lot to answer for, since one of the Warwolves sucked the life out of that poor officer. She decides she has to stop thinking like that: it’s the kid that needs her now. She asks Franklin to give her the radio; once they’ll reach the cops, they’ll be safe.
Suddenly, Ferro2 of the Technet jumps on the car and uses his four swords – one for each of his arms – to damage the car’s engine so as to stop it. No engine also entails no power steering, which means no control over the vehicle – hence, as the car starts spinning around, Ferro2 loses his balance and falls off the car.
Meanwhile, more than sixty blocks uptown and another sixty stories above Rockefeller Center, in one of the most romantic venues of Manhattan, the fabled Rainbow Room, Franklin’s parents, Reed Richards and his wife Sue, are having a dance, celebrating the anniversary of their very first date. Charmed by the romantic time they’re having together, Sue notices he’s hardly said a word all evening. Reed states that, once upon a time, he couldn’t stop talking.
Sue replies she didn’t mind it then nor does she mind it now. She had never met anyone with so much passion, even if she couldn’t understand most of what he said to her on their first date. What mattered for her was the sparkle in his eyes that she immediately knew was for her alone. Reed assures her the sparkle’s still there and the passion still burns hot as ever. As he says this, he kisses her. They both feel free of responsibilities, knowing that their only child is being taken care of by the Thing.
Unfortunately for them, the Thing is currently a captive of the Technet, still contained within a narcotic sac on Bodybag’s back. Gatecrasher is disappointed to hear from Ferro2 of his failure to seize the child; Ferro2 replies he’s sorry. “Tell that to our employer” she scolds him. They all know the Omniversal Majestrix Opal-Luna Saturnyne does not tolerate failure.
Gatecrasher updates her team on what they’ll do: surface transport is to be closely monitored for their quarry’s lifesigns and surface transports and all forms of communication are to be interdicted. She also suggests a psychic inhibitor is to be employed to ensure no mental cries from the boy reach his blood relations. She reminds everyone this is a low-profile operation. They want no involvement with the local superheroes, particularly those annoying “X-creatures.” Their task couldn’t be simpler: they simply have to collect the boy and then their considerable fee for a job well done.
In the streets, Alyssa is still running, trying to calm Franklin down, assuring him everything’s okay. Franklin keeps crying and screaming incessantly “I want my mommy!” Thanks to Franklin’s vast powers, the echoes of his heartfelt cry flow outward over the continent to be heard by other individuals who also possess special powers: Spider-Man’s spider-sense kicks into high gear but he can’t see a threat around; Phoenix listens to the psychic voice of someone in deadly danger; Doctor Stranges realizes something menaces the child and promises to stand by his side; Roma knows Franklin has the power to reshape the very cosmos and in his primal terror, he could destroy reality; the Watcher notices that yet again a scion of humanity transcends his origins and the fate of all may hang in the balance, yet he can’t interfere since he’s charged solely to observe; and an unidentified man remarks that the boy challenged the might of the Celestials and that, if this power was his, he could destroy them all. Gatecrasher is shocked to see the circuitry of her module be overcharged by Franklin’s powers.
Alyssa tries to calm an extremely upset Franklin down. She wipes his tears off and asks him what the problem is. “We’re alone. The monsters got Unca Ben. They’re gonna get us, too!” he replies. Alyssa reminds him she had promised Ben to keep him safe. She’s a woman of her word; she tells him she saved his father’s life more than once in the past from a lot worse. Franklin is surprised she knew his dad. Alyssa replies she did, long before he met Franklin’s mom. She then asks him if he has any bright ideas.
Meanwhile, Gatecrasher’s tracking module has stopped sparking. Thug asks her if that’s for good or if they’re doomed. She replies that, the way their luck’s running, probably both. She does agree with Saturnyne, for once, though: as long as Franklin Richards is free, none of them will be safe.
Elsewhere, working some wires, Alyssa is using her brilliance to make a communication device, by tapping into the fiber-optic datanet that Con Edison uses to monitor and control the city grid. The message won’t be subtle but it will get the job done. Suddenly, Franklin warns her the monsters are coming! As the Technet appear, Alyssa and Franklin flee. Alyssa sees a nightclub and rushes in, hoping they’ll lose them in the crowd; on second thought, she fears they may follow and start shooting. Realizing she won’t find any help here, since the crowd couldn’t hear her even if she screamed at the top of her lungs, she looks for the back exit, oblivious to Johnny Storm being in the club and flirting with a girl.
Alyssa and Franklin leave from the back exit of the club, only to witness the female warriors known as Bacchae to be ready to execute some men in suits with their swords because they dared encroach on their turf. The men are kneeling on the ground, waiting to be killed. Alyssa can’t stand by and let anyone murdered. She throws herself on two of the Bacchae, startling them. The distraction provides a chance for the men to get loose and they start fighting the Bacchae.
One of the men, called Lu, warns another one whom he calls Lao Wei Chung to watch his back. Lao assures him he can fight his own battles. Carrying a gun, he tells the Bacchae he wasn’t encroaching on their turf. He just came here to listen to some music and have some good time. However, if they want war, they’ll have it. By saying this, he starts shooting and the Bacchae flee. One of the men suggests they leave as well before the Bacchae summon reinforcements or the law. Before leaving with his limo, Lao kisses Alyssa, telling her he owes her his life and assuring her that’s a debt the Master of the Golden Sword looks forward to paying!
Elsewhere, Reed and Sue are having a good moment; one they want to last forever. Unfortunately, Sue sees the Fantastic Four signal – courtesy of Alyssa – projected on the World Trade Center and realizes something’s wrong. Reed calls home but Pier 4 is off-line, voice and data both. Sue asks him if it is a system crash. “My hardware doesn’t crash,” he assures her. Invisible Woman realizes the signal must be an S.O.S. As she’s about to jump off the building, Mr. Fantastic asks her what she’s doing. She safeguards her family, she replies.
Invisible Woman projects her invisible force field, using it to cast a transparent ramp from building to building across the heart of midtown Manhattan. It is a frictionless slide that allows her to surf effortlessly through the midnight sky, faster than some of her fellow heroes can fly. People below her are watching this and admiring her. Sue herself doesn’t realize what would happen should her ferocious concentration waver.
Nearby, Alyssa apologizes to Franklin, telling him they should probably get a lift from that Lu guy and his limo. Franklin says he doesn’t like guns; Alyssa agrees. Suddenly, Sue slides down with her force field tramp. Franklin is exhilarated to see his mom and hugs her, screaming “We’re saved!”
The reunion is interrupted by the Technet teleporting there. Alyssa warns Sue they are bounty hunters and they’re after Franklin. Gatecrasher claims that theirs is as honorable profession. In this circumstance, the Technet represent the ultimate authority: the warrant for the boy’s extradition is valid across the continua. They can only defy it at their own peril! Invisible Woman claims that, where her child’s welfare is concerned, she’s the ultimate authority.
Using the fighting moves she’s been taught by Iron Fist, Sue starts kicking and punching Gatecrasher, using her force field to extend her blows well past the range of her limbs. Sue warns Gatecrasher to stay away from them. She doesn’t care what authority she represents: nobody takes Franklin away from his family. That happened once: never again! As she says these words, Ferro2 attacks her. Knowing he’ll expect a shield to block his swords, she manifests an invisible bo staff to keep him at distance.
With Invisible Woman distracted by Ferro2, Bodybag menacingly approaches Alyssa and Franklin. Mr. Fantastic suddenly appears and immobilizes Bodybag, stretching his hand inside her oral cavity and finally extracting the Thing from her narcotic sac. Reed jokes that he was expecting someone taller. Ben admits he liked Reed more before he started cracking jokes and explains he has been reduced in size by China Doll. He also explains that Thug is responsible for his lumps. Upon seeing Thug, Ben starts fighting him.
As the battle progresses, things do not look good for the Fantastic Four. Scatterbrain blitzes Reed’s consciousness; Waxworks turns Sue’s limbs to “silly putty”; Ringtoss imprisons Alyssa and Franklin within unbreakable circles of energy and China Doll prepares to shrink them down for transport. Gatecrasher rejoices in triumph, boasting that they are professionals and when they get a job, they get it done. Numbers reminds her there are four of them in this team. Indeed, at that moment, the Human Torch makes his triumphant entrance and unleashes his flames on China Doll. She screams she can’t abide his flames and is instantly knocked out.
The Fantastic Four benefit from the confusion caused by the Torch’s appearance. Reed releases himself from Scatterbrain’s grip and the Thing knocks Thug out. Joyboy approaches Sue, intending to get her out of the fight by manifesting her heart’s desire. Joyboy’s eyes gleam… and Invisible Woman is transformed into a blue-skinned Atlantean, dressed in a royal Atlantean outfit and calling herself Queen of Atlantis, consort of Namor! The “Atlantean” Sue proudly proclaims that those who threaten the blood of her blood will face her wrath – and then easily takes Joyboy down with her force field.
Reed is shocked to see this is her heart’s desire but Ben tells him this must be a trick – the Technet are playing with their heads. Franklin tells his mom she looks cool, although she replies she feels as always – but then starts gasping for air. Sue screams she can’t breathe and Reed, in horror, realizes her physiology is now Atlantean and she breathes water, not air. In other words, she’s dying! Fortunately, Joyboy’s enchantment instantly wears off and she reverts back to normal.
Gatecrasher assures them Joyboy manufactures nothing; the images he warps come solely from the most heartfelt dreams of his targets. She then calls them to surrender once more otherwise they’ll suffer the consequences. “You and what army, blimp?” Ben asks. “Funny you should ask, misanthrope. This army!” she replies and triumphantly shows them they are now surrounded by the entire Captain Britain Corps!


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The First, the Final? Fire!
(the past)
In memory, this is the defining moment of their lives. A small, private spaceport on the outskirts of Central City, California. An experimental vessel designed to take humanity to the stars. A man – Reed Richards – willing to spend life and fortune in pursuit of a dream. Three friends – Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm – ready to risk their all to help. From this day forth, their world would never be the same.
(the present)
Manhattan Pier Nine, just up the Hudson River from the current home and headquarters of the Fantastic Four. It’s a crime scene: the victim has been tentatively identified as Reed Richards, founder and leader of the team.
The three other members of the team suddenly appear in mid-air, courtesy of Human Torch’s flying abilities and Invisible Woman’s force fields. One of the policemen present exclaims that’s it’s them for real: the Fantastic Four! When Johnny demands to know who’s in charge there, a woman introduces herself as Charlotte Jones, Manhattan South. She explains she’s primary on this investigation. It was she who called them. She thanks them for coming so quickly. She tells them that 9-1-1 received reports of a metahuman battle at this Pier. By the time radio cars responded, the fight was over; the combatants were long gone. Witness statements and materials found in that taxi indicate that the victim was Reed Richards.
Charlotte presents them with a briefcase that the victim carried. Sue confirms this is Reed’s briefcase. She gave it to him herself in their first anniversary. She also confirms this is the taxi he was riding when he left their warehouse. Sue asks Charlotte if she has any leads, to which the detective’s response is negative. Even though Charlotte realizes she’s going way outside procedure by asking, she still admits to them that she’d be grateful for any help.
In response, Sue presents a resonance scanner which could be useful. She explains this scanner is calibrated to track the unique metabolic signature of Reed’s body. Wherever he was taken, they can follow. However, she quickly realizes, in surprise, that the readings lead to a telephone booth nearby and then they vanish. She realizes that something about the discorporation signature is very familiar. She will have to interface with their main database to try for a match for these readings. Ben admits that, if he didn’t know any better, he’d swear he was listening to Reed talking just now! Sue admits that marriage will do that.
Ben has an idea and asks Detective Jones to punch a keypad in the booth phone and track the last number called. Since the trail leads to a phone, he wants to see if it was used. Sue, however, has already discovered something: her tracker informs her of a secondary pattern belonging to a metahuman named Pipeline. She informs the others he’s Genoshan, a member of their state security special operations group called the “Press Gang.” His power is to reduce people to digital files and then transmit them over telecommunication lines. Ben confirms her findings: he’s also just found out that the last call made from here was international… to Genosha. Charlotte remarks that, if that’s true, there’s nothing the NYPD can do. Genosha’s an outlaw nation. If they have Reed Richards, he’s as good as dead.
(the past)
Reed and the others are in the shuttle, all set to go. Ben reminds Reed that he knows how crazy this is. After years of years, making sure every part of this project was just about perfect, they suddenly have to launch tonight, a full week ahead of schedule. Reed also reminds Ben they don’t have that week. They may not even have tomorrow: someone wants this flight stopped! This someone has already suborned the other two members of their crew. Ben thinks they just quit! He also points out that nobody thinks Reed’s stardrive will work. And now Reed is talking about conspiracy and sabotage! He may call it betrayal, but these other two who left – Burroughs and Hennesey – maybe considered it a simple matter of survival.
“Then why are you here, my friend?” Reed asks him. Ben explains that he gave his word. However, he’s a test pilot. He knows the odds and accepts the risks. Those two kids – Sue and Johnny – have no business there. The siblings argue that the controls are designed for a crew of four. They can’t make this flight without them. Ben insists they’ve got no backup or support. If anything goes wrong, they’re on their own. Reed stresses that if he knew there was serious danger, he’d cancel the flight in a heartbeat. He asks him to trust him: they’ll be fine! Johnny excitedly asks them what they’re waiting for: it’s time to make history! Indeed, ignition of the ship follows.
(the present)
Manhattan Pier Four, on the Hudson River, just above Stuyvesant High School
Dr. Valerie Cooper discusses the situation with the team, in the presence of Charlotte Jones. Val explains that the White House felt she was the best liaison with them in this situation, given her post as Special Presidential Assistant for National Security and Metahuman Affairs. Sue asks her what their government can do to help. “Explain some geopolitical realities and pray you understand,” Val replies. She hopes this news report – contained in a CD she presents them with – will better explain things.
Manoli Wetherell appears on screen, reporting for “Worldbeat.” She explains to the viewers that the focus tonight is Genosha, which once called itself an ideal society that represented the cutting edge of science and technology. Located off the East African coast, midway between Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands, it was settled originally by Indian Ocean Corsairs and was reputedly one of the destinations of the legendary Sinbad the Sailor. Genosha grew in recent years to become a financial and industrial powerhouse that rivaled even the United States. They boasted of creating a land without poverty – a democracy where citizens were judged by deeds and character and not the color of their skin. Genoshan citizens were “free.”
However, this was Genosha’s greatest lie and the ultimate cause of its downfall. Existing in Genosha was a permanent underclass of metahumans, genetically engineered and conditioned to serve the State. Every resident of the island was tested at birth and all with the potential for super-powers were handed over to the genengineer for appropriate modification. Eventually, in part due to the intervention of the mutant band of outlaws knows as the X-Men, the truth about Genoshan society became known to the world. Not long afterwards, the metahuman slave class rose up in open revolt. For the first time, open warfare exists on the planet between humans and metahumans. The sole response of the United Nations thus far has been to declare a total embargo around Genosha, in order to prevent the spread of this conflict.
After the video finishes, Val explains that the gravity of the situation is actually much worse than presented in this report. There’s a new player involved there, someone unknown to all the intelligence services of the great powers who’s apparently using Genosha as a proving ground for weapons and tactics. The Genoshan department is desperate; that’s apparently the reason they acquired Reed Richards, hoping that his legendary brilliance would provide an effective counter to their new foe. Val explains that, officially, the USA can’t take sides. Unofficially, though, they’d prefer to see the established government survive.
Ben asks Val if it’s okay for them to go after Reed as private citizens. Val explains they can provide neither back-up nor support. Anything goes wrong, the Fantastic Four are on their own. Sue tells her they’re used to that. She assures Val she appreciates her candor but she’ll have to excuse them, as they’ve a lot of work to do.
A little later, Ben, Sue and Johnny are about to leave. Alyssa wishes Ben she was going with Ben. Ben is grateful for the offer but reminds her that the Fantastic Four are a team. He likes her a lot and respects her smarts but she is still as friend. Alyssa assures him she understands and asks them to come home safe.
Ben confidentially asks Johnny if they can trust his friend, Alysande Stuart, to look after Franklin. Johnny replies that he may not know her very long but he trusts her with his life. Alysande gives Johnny her word of a Highlander that she won’t let him down. Even Charlotte gives Sue her word as a cop that her son will be in the safest of hands. Sue thanks her in response. As the team departs on their airship and everyone bids them farewell, Charlotte tells Franklin that she has a son about his age and asks him if he’d like to meet him. Franklin asks her if her son would like to meet his new puppy! As the Pogo Plane rises in the sky, Sue remarks that Franklin looks so brave and alone standing there waving goodbye. Ben is confident they’ll be back, together with Reed, before she knows it. Sue vows that if any harm has come to Reed, she’ll make the people responsible wish they’d never been born.
(the past)
The launch was perfect, as were the initial stages of flight. Suddenly, though, everything goes wrong. An alarm is sounded, signifying that they’re being bombarded by cosmic rays. The shielding can’t handle the load and the radiation is burning through! All of a sudden, Reed feels his whole body heavier than lead. He can hardly move or breathe! Sue takes the controls in his place, assuring Ben that everything will be fine. However, Sue herself is horrified to see that her hand is suddenly gone: she can feel it but she can’t see it! Johnny himself feels like he’s burning up! Ben pulls the abort switch in order for the auto-pilot to return them to Earth, despite the agony he feels in every move, as if his body is ground to bits of rocks.
(the present)
As the plane keeps going, Johnny remarks that, if Dr. Cooper is right and Genoshans want Reed for his big brain, they are in for a disappointment. Irritated, Sue asks him what that’s supposed to mean! Johnny urges her to face facts. Reed’s changed since that battle with Crucible. Ben agrees. Reed is smart as ever but something is missing. Crucible stole from him that special genius that made him Reed. He’s lost the ability to create. Sue retorts she’s not blind. She sensed it from the start but chose not to care since the new Reed who came home was so wonderful to be with, as a husband and a father. Still, Sue believes they should rescue the man first and worry about the state of his mind later. Suddenly their plane is hit: they’re under attack!
(the past)
They remember nothing of the crash. There was too much pain. Susan Storm’s first awareness is the sound of surf and the taste of salt water in her mouth. She assumes there’s something wrong with her eyes. Her body feels okay… she just can’t see it. She calls out to Reed. Unfortunately, he has problems of his own: Sue sees his entire body look like a stretched piece of taffy! Ben also emerges, now transformed into a monstrous being. Reed had asked them to trust him; promised everything would be fine. “Look at what he’s done!” he exclaims. Sue can’t believe this is Ben. A little bit further, Johnny asks them to help him. He can’t stop the burning. He feels like he’s on fire! And then, before their eyes, Johnny Storm becomes fire.
(the present)
Ben informs them they’ve got no port wing; no power. If re-entry friction doesn’t finish them, they’ll still hit the ground like a meteor. Sue uses her invisible force field to form an airfoil that should give them a measure of maneuverability. Johnny uses his flame to replace the blown engine. Ben informs them he’s got red lights on the landing gear: it’s deployed but not locked. He tells them to make sure they’re strapped in tight. He asks Sue to use her force field to cushion the impact. Under the circumstances, Ben opens a hole underneath him and uses his nigh-indestructible “rocky” feet as impromptu brakes to help the ship land less roughly.
As the team emerges from the plane, Ben mumbles that he spent weeks working on this baby! He practically rebuilt the Pogo Plane from top to bottom and then he had to take her through a full FAA and NASA flight certification process… and the first time she flies, some mook knocks her out of the sky! That mook is going to pay!
A woman of golden skin and purple costume appears, stating that both appellation and threat are apparently directed at her. Ben assures her she got it right! He asks her who she is and why she knocked them out of the sky. The woman replies they’re intruders; they represent a potential threat to the plan and must, therefore, be eliminated. Enraged, Johnny flames on, assuring her that the Fantastic Four don’t die so easily. The villainess believes that remains to be determined and swats him away like a fly!
Ben lifts some wreckage he intends to clobber her with when the woman disintegrates it. The villainess informs him it within her capability to do the same to him. She asks them to spare themselves further suffering and surrender. Sue replies she doesn’t know the meaning of the word and defends herself from the villainess’ blasts with her force field. Sue strikes back and traps the woman in her force field globe, thinking she’s beaten. The woman informs them that her conclusion comes from a false presumption: to truly defeat her, she must kill her. That capacity is beyond the character matrix of Susan Richards!
Sue is amazed she knows who she is. The woman assures her she’s fully conversant with all the skills and especially weaknesses of all potential foes. To demonstrate this, she asks her how it is that the Human Torch can sustain combustion without any discernible source of fuel. “Suppose that were to change?” she sardonically adds. Suddenly, Johnny feels like his flames hurt; he can’t shut down his power; and then starts to burn, until he dies! Nearby, the Thing is attacked by dozens of strange, small winged critters that swarm over him like army ants and quickly tear him apart!
Sue is shocked to see Ben and Johnny dead. The villainess finally introduces herself as Ayesha, “she who must be obeyed!” Ayesha believes the game’s ended. In keeping with Sue’s own title and power as the Invisible Woman, she commands her to vanish not merely from sight but from existence… and Sue is no more.
A little later
As Sue wakes up, her first thought – as her last – is of Reed, and of how sorry she is to have failed him. Her second is to wonder if she’s gone mad. In front of her stands none other than her own self, next to Ben and Johnny, all three grinning evilly!
The villain known as Crucible bids Sue, Johnny and Ben welcome to their new home – their new bodies! Ben, Sue and Johnny are trapped in the bodies of Jomo Kimane, Farisa Mansour and Harry Soong respectively, all three wearing the standard uniforms of Genoshan metahumans. Johnny realizes this is the creep Ben told them about – the one Ben and Reed fought in Stockholm! “Precisely,” Crucible confirms, with Ayesha standing loyally next to him. The “Thing” – actually Jomo Kimane now inhabiting Ben’s body – ironically notes they are all undoubtedly curious as to what has transpired. Ben, however, is perfectly aware they’ve been bodyjacked. Some kind of mind-switch: the Genoshans in the bodies of the Fantastic Four and vice versa. Sue assumes that this process allows Crucible to create a fighting force from existing metahumans and eliminate any opposition to whatever lunatic scheme he’s concocted. They’ve heard this spiel from others before: they are not impressed.
Crucible grabs both Ben and Sue from their throats, furious that they would mock him. Ben defiantly states that, wearing the armor and the attitude doesn’t make a man Doctor Doom. Crucible agrees but the difference here is that he will succeed. He is the hope of the world; the crucible through which humanity must be honed against the coming trials! Ben thinks he’s nuts. “And you are at my mercy,” Crucible replies.
Johnny insists he doesn’t understand the risk he’s running: his Human Torch mustn’t ignite his flame… Before he finishes his phrase, Johnny screams in pain and kneels in the ground. Crucible advises him to be careful. The body Johnny currently inhabits, that of Harry Soong, is that of an old, obese man. His new body can’t handle stress! Crucible advises them to rest and get accustomed to their new bodies: they’ll be in them for the rest of their lives. Johnny mumbles that this will last until Harry, in Johnny’s body, will flame on. Ben reminds him they’re not dead yet and they will not die. Crucible departs, leaving them locked in that room.
Later, Johnny accuses Ben and Sue they’ve got nothing to complain about. Their new bodies are young and beautiful whereas he can’t even climb a flight of stairs without his heart going like a trip-hammer! Ben admits he’s tired of Johnny’s bellyaching, after which Sue asks them to stop. They should find a way out of this instead of fighting amongst themselves. Ben shoves her aside, confessing he’s sick of fighting. If they win, he’s back to being a monster. At least, this way he gets a fresh start. Johnny moves against him, telling him to leave his sister alone. Ben punches him in the stomach, in response. Johnny collapses to the ground, mumbling something about his heart...
One of the guards watching to a monitor calls Medicalert to the Security Wing: it looks like one of the prisoners is having a heart attack! A doctor rushes in the room, escorted by two armed guards. Sue begs the doctor to help her brother: she can’t find the pulse. The doctor retorts that this is probably because she doesn’t know where to look. As she turns Johnny around – lying face down until then – the latter sports a huge smile and assures the doctor that, when he was a boy scout, his sister taught him what he needed for his first aid merit badge! Johnny kicks her away and together with Ben and Sue they take out the guards. Ben declares it’s time to go, although Johnny believes they have to take the guards with them, otherwise they will die.
In Crucible’s laboratory, the villain is about to test Human Torch’s powers. One of the system operators informs Crucible that there’s an incoming communication, demanding to speak to him: Harry Soong! Seeing Johnny/Harry on monitor, Crucible realizes they’ve escaped and assumes they haven’t just called to gloat. Johnny delivers his final warning: Crucible has to abort the Human Torch test before it’s too late. He begs him to consider the lives of the others in the building. Would he condemn them all? Crucible assures him that, to achieve his goals, he’d gladly make any sacrifice! Turning to his Torch, he orders him to obey and flame on! As Harry Soong ignites the Torch’s flames, a light of blinding radiance is released. Watching from the monitor, Johnny recalls how the first time he used his power he had no control. He couldn’t help himself and ignited his nova flame!
The upper part of the building is torn apart from an explosion of fire. Sue remarks that it feels like the building just got hit by a bomb! Luckily, they’re in the parking sub-basement. However, she realizes she spoke too soon as she sees the blast wave surging all the way from the top to the bottom of the building, heading towards them. Sue, Ben and Johnny get into a truck, together with the captive guards and drive away. They only have seconds before this blast wave turns the garage into a white-hot blast furnace. Sue pleads Ben to go faster and faster. The flames, however, start chasing the truck. In order to avoid the flames, the vehicle exits the garage and goes all the way over the catwalk, crashing down on the street underneath.