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Nick Fury vs. the World
(Days ago, the Moon)A gold-colored space ship lands on the Earth’s moon, its landing jets kicking up a fine mist of the lunar soil. In short order, three people and several Mindless Ones exit the craft. Leading the group is a spacesuit-clad man with giant eyeball in place of a head, followed by a hulking man clad in a gold-colored version of Iron Man’s earliest armor. The armored individual, Dr. Midas, informs the Orb that he hopes that he knows that if he cannot deliver on what he has promised… he will literally tear that ridiculous head of his off his shoulders and hurl it into orbit. Seemingly unworried by the threat, the Orb glances back, noting that he didn’t come there to die. None of them did. They came to be reborn.
Hearing this, the third of their party, Exterminatrix, the daughter of Dr. Midas, chimes in that she thought they came to rob the Watcher. That too, the Orb replies. This way, he then announces, follow him. With that, he leads them down a hill toward a massive complex off in the distance. Arriving in short order, they come to a massive door with a purple-luminescent lock in its center. Almost sheepishly, the Orb speaks to the lock, introducing himself. He then announces that he’s had dreams about this place and… he thinks that means he was invited…? Strange, the Orb then notes innocently. It doesn’t seem to be letting them in. Hearing what seems to be proof of a complete lack of a plan, Midas pronounces the Orb an imbecile and promises that he will flay him alive for… Suddenly, the doors slide open with an almost humming VMMMMM. See? the Orb ask, presenting their new entrance with a gesture. He told him he wasn’t crazy.
Immediately, Exterminatrix takes point, charging into the bowels of the Watcher’s home. She orders them all to spread out. Find anything that looks like a vault or an armory. They have to move fast. He’s the Watcher. He sees everything. They won’t have long before he… Exterminatrix stops mid-sentence as she finds Uatu the Watcher standing before them, blocking their way. I see you, the cosmic giant informs them. “Plan B,” Midas announces, raising his arms and pointing his guantlet’s repulsor at their foe. “Kill the bastard.”
In short order, the tower at the center of the Watcher’s suffers a massive explosion.
(Now, the Moon)At the center of the Watcher’s home, what remains of the central tower still stretches upward from the lunar landscape. Suddenly, something impacts with incredible force a short distance away with an audible WHOOOM, thanks to being within the Moon’s “Blue Area” atmosphere. So great was the impact that, even by the time the ejecta has cleared, the projectile in question, the Hulk, has not yet recovered.
Meanwhile, in Earth orbit, the space-suit clad Luke Cage freefalls, unconscious and unaware of the message relayed via his comm system. Avengers priority alert, the voice announces, this is Captain America, requesting backup from any and all space-faring operatives. They are engaged in battle in Earth’s orbit. The target… is Nick Fury.
At the source of the transmission, the assembled Avengers all attempt to close in on the now-aged Nicky Fury, who stands on an incredibly small, orbiting asteroid and is clad in an augmented spacesuit. In his hands he holds an energy rifle, which projects against his attackers: Iron Man, Black Widow, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man and the Falcon. Meanwhile, still on Fury’s cloaked space station, Captain America continues his report, even as he takes on a host of Nicky Fury LMDs. He blasted the Hulk into the Moon, he continues. Consider him armed and dangerous. Ending his transmission, Cap mutters a curse to Nick, wondering what the hell has he gone and done this time.
Attacking with speed, Iron Man arcs around for a strafing run at Fury. Nice armor, he mocks his opponent. Where’d he get the alien tech? And why is he an old man all of a sudden? Did he miss when that happened? He’s missed a lot of things over the years, Fury tells “Stark.” More than he could possible imagine. Him, though… he doesn’t miss. With that, Fury fires and hits Iron Man in the chest, ending his attack vector before it can begin.
And what’d he miss? Falcon asks. What’d he do to deserve being lied to? Other than watch his back for years? Attacking at the same time, Wolverine announces that they trusted him. That’s where they went wrong. Won’t happen again. He even violated the sanctity of “meat night,” you sonuva… The double-attack of Falcon and Wolverine pays off and the two quickly disarm Fury and hold his arms tightly. Appearing before the now-captive Fury, her guns drawn, Black Widow demands that he tell them what’s happening. Help them understand this. He wishes he could, Fury replies. He wishes there were time. With that, Fury shrugs off his captors, propelling them away from him and into the void.
Fury’s respite is short-lived, however, as Captain America appears from above him, his shield leading his charge. There is time, Nicky, Cap announces. Time for him to stand down. But it’s running out. Even if he could explain things, Fury replies, engaging in hand-to-hand defense, Cap would still hate him more than anyone. Damn it, Fury, Cap rejoins. He’s always know who he is, and he’s always respected him. Don’t cross a line he can’t come back from. Not after everything they’ve been through. Lifting the two off of the small asteroid, Fury replies that he crossed that line a long time ago. For all the right reasons. Look behind him, he then tells “Steve,” referring to the Earth. In the days to come, as he starts to understand what’s really happening there… he wants him to remember this view. And know he’s not sorry for anything he did. Except this. Punctuating his statement, Nick Fury delivers a right cross, knocking Cap away.
He’s sorry too, Nick, Cap replies. Sorry it had to be like this. Thor… “Aye, Captain,” Thor replies, entering the fray. This will take but a moment. Indeed, less than a moment later, Thor impacts hammer-first into Fury’s mid-section. As Thor presses, Cap apologizes to Fury that he didn’t see sooner what was happening. He’s been manipulating this investigation from the very start. And he’s afraid to find out why. But he will. No matter how much it hurts them both. As Cap speaks, Thor continues his assault, cracking Fury’s space helmet with his hammer, Mjolnir.
Meanwhile, still on the cloaked space station, Fury’s assembled heroes debate their next action. Ant-Man suggests that they should be helping the Avengers, but Emma Frost notes that they should be getting the hell out of there, as it could look bad for them. Like they’ve been working for Fury. To this, Moon Knight point out that they have been working for Fury. Some of them may still be working for him, Black Panther corrects as watches Doctor Strange continue to work his spell on the doorway. Hearing this, the Winter Soldier asks if he’s referring to him. He’s the one who cut Fury’s head off, remember? Yes, Black Panther agrees. And also brought the real Fury the Watcher’s eye. Winter Soldier then point out that maybe the Panther missed the part where he shocked him with his old-man cane and took it. To this, Panther asks what about the part where he blew up Moon Knight’s ship? What about him, “Mr. High-and-Mighty Panther,” the Soldier counters, pointing his finger accusatorily. He’s the one who recruited them all into this?
As the two continue to argue, Ant-Man asks Moon Knight if they are still picking sides. An easy call, he then notes. He’s siding with the Avengers. To this, Moon Knight replies that he honestly doesn’t know anymore. Fury has gone to some insane lengths, but… he’s done it for the right reasons, hasn’t he?
Suddenly, Black Panther spies the Punisher, Gamora and Rocket departing and asks where they hell they are going. Some place where they don’t have to listen to them, Punisher replies. In agreement, Gamora adds that she’s on the side of the man who wears the skull. Glancing back, Rocket adds that he’s still not even sure why he’s there. He just knows he hates all of them.
Nobody’s going anywhere! Doctor Strange announces. They are in this whether they like it or not. All of them. And together they’re going to decide their course of action. Regardless of Fury’s reasons, he’s still a mass murderer. He votes that they take him down. Who else wants to be on the right side of history?
Does he get a vote? the Orb asks, holding the upper half of a Fury LMD, severed at the abdomen, by its hair. Because he votes they kill him. And take every last damn one of his eyes. To the surprise of the heroes, the Orb seems transformed. Luminescent purple energy swirls around his head. Cursing to the Hoary Hosts, Strange asks the Orb what Fury did to him. She doesn’t think it was Fury, Emma interjects. Ignoring the two, the Black Panther asks what the Orb meant when he said he was being changed by what he stole. What exactly did he see, villain? Other than eyeballs. Secrets, the Orb replies. He stole all the secrets. Including this one:
Half a breath later, the luminescent swirls around the Orb expand, knocking the heroes off of their feet.
(Days ago, the Watcher’s Lair)Uatu the Watcher watches no more. Now he acts. Surrounded and beset by Mindless Ones, the Watcher holds back the optic blasts of three, while projecting energy from his hand to knock back a fourth.
Watching nearby, the Orb marvels at the actions of the Watcher and asks Exterminatrix if she can imagine having power like that. Her arms full of devices, she replies that they found the armory. Grab everything he can carry and go! His single, massive iris still fixated on the battle, the Orb wonders what it’s like… to be him. To see what he sees. He wonders…
Now speaking to the Watcher directly, the Orb asks Uatu that he’s scared, isn’t he? He’s holding back. Because he saw… what did he see? Now raising the immense, high-tech rifle against his shoulder, the Orb tells the Watcher that he saw his own death, didn’t he? Yes, he can see it himself, in his eyes. Poor Watcher… He can help him. He can make sure… he never has to see anything again! With that, the Orb fires his weapon and a spray of blood spatters from Uatu’s temple.
(Now, Earth’s orbit)Protected from the vacuum of space by his spacesuit, Spider-Man activates his web-shooters, capturing both of the Watcher’s eyes. Reporting his accomplishment via their comm, he asks, just curious, what happens if he throws up in his space helmet. Also, guys, these things are really glowing like crazy. They remember the last time one of them did that, right? Bomb full of secrets? Anyone?
Still in direct, single combat with Fury, Thor continues his hammer blows. Yield! he commands Fury. The time has come to explain thyself! Thor then notes that his metal suit is failing, and he does not wish to harm him. Same to him, big guy, Fury replies, but he’s afraid this is going to hurt. So… he sees he’s got a sister, and he also sees… Hearing this, Thor realizes Fury has had access to the Watcher’s secrets and begins to ask how. Learn from this hurt, Fury orders Thor. Learn and be better for it. Never forget that it wasn’t a punch that took him down. That despite all his strength, in the end when he was beaten… all it took was a whisper.
With that, Fury leans in toward Thor and whispers. Suddenly, Thor’s eyes go wide and his mouth gapes. What…? he asks. What didst thou say?
Some distance away, Captain America rides atop an orbiting satellite, kneeling on it as it falls around the planet. Anybody have eyes on Fury, he asks. Thor? Thor, come in. What the hell’s happening out there? Unfortunately for him, Cap’s questions go unanswered… and an Asgardian hammer made of uru metal impacts on the lunar surface a short distance from the unconscious Hulk.
Hearing nothing from Thor, Captain America radios Iron Man, asking if he’s seen any sign of Thor or Fury. Negative, Iron Man replies. All he sees is… The armored Avenger pauses for a moment and then notes that something just hit the Moon. It’s… Glancing down toward the lunar surface, he spies Thor attempting in vain to pick-up his hammer. He must be seeing things, Iron Man mutters. It looks like Thor… trying to pick up his hammer. Over the comm, Cap replies, asking him to say again. It sounded like he said…
Engrossed both in Cap’s words and the sight below him, Iron Man does not see Nick Fury free fall next to him. “Stark, override code…” Hearing the code that follows, Iron Man has but a moment to wonder how Fury knows of it. Before he can react, his armor follows its programing and flies off. Seeing this, Cap begins to ask where he’s going and then asks for any other Avengers to come in… Anybody?
Over the comm, Cap hears the voice of Nicky Fury, who notes that even though he was a robot, he wasn’t a liar. Bastogne. The best steak he ever had. Still trying to understand, Cap asks what he has done. All he sees is truth now, Fury explains. Ever since he opened the eyes, that’s what he showed them. Truth. Did he know Wolverine once murdered his own children? And Natasha… she’ll never understand why he didn’t choose her. It’s because she’s a lot more like Cap than Fury these days. He was hoping she could stay that way.
Touching off from the satellite, Cap tries to reason with Fury, telling him that, whatever he’s done, there’s still time to stop. Just talk to him. Just tell him… He doesn’t have to try and forgive him, Fury replies over the radio. He’s not asking him to. Years ago, he watched a man die. A man who’d given his life to a greater cause, and with his last words he ask him if it had been worth it. He didn’t have time to answer. He wishes now he’d said yes. She wishes he’d told him how sometimes the worst of them have to walk point, and do whatever it takes to clear the way, for the best of them to follow. He wishes that man had met him, he tells Steve. He’s sure glad he did. Good-bye.
With that, Fury activates the boosters on the bottom of his feet, rocketing him into the black. Cap calls out Nick’s name, but Fury orders the comms off. Set course… for the Moon.
Meanwhile, a gold-colored space ship has landed on the Earth’s moon and two people and a couple of Mindless Ones have exited the craft. Leading the group is Dr. Midas, his body the same as that of the Thing, save for the blue which glows between cracks of his rocky skin. His daughter, Exterminatrix, walks behind, followed by two Mindless Ones, which are no longer mindless. After this, they make them mindless again, yes? one of the Mindless Ones inquires. They take away the thinking? Just like they promised? Trust him, Midas replies, as he leads the group toward the Watcher’s complex. After this… he’ll take everything.
A short distance away, the Hulk struggles to his feet, muttering that he will smash. Hulk will smash. However, before he can completely recover, luminescent, purple energy bowls him over. This is it. This is what his dreams were all about, the Orb proclaims as he passes, ignoring (and being ignored by) Thor in the distance. This is why he was meant to be there. To see the Watcher’s last secret. To see the secret that killed him.
(Days Ago)In his armed spacesuit, Nick Fury approaches the Watcher’s complex, its central tower still aflame. Over the radio, Fury is informed by one of his LMDs that it sounded like he said “I can see you.” Then there was an explosion, and the line went dead. When Fury asks if that’s it, the LMD confirms. All Moon-based listening devices are currently off-line. He knew it was a good idea bugging this place, Fury voices. He’s going in. To this, the LMD asks Fury if he’s sure about this, given his condition? And his past history with the… Interrupting, Fury tells “Matilda” that he knows what to do if he doesn’t come back. Call them. Tell them everything. Asked “everything?” Fury replies “Every last damn thing.” Show them the unseen. That’s an order. Show ‘em why it had to be this way.
There’s definitely been a break-in, Fury reports via his comm as he enters a new chamber. Helluva fight, too. Can’t tell what was taken but he’s guessing there was… Fury’s words trail as he suddenly happens upon the Watcher, bent on one knee and holding his eye socket, which leaks luminescent, purple energy. Oh, hell, Fury mutters as Uatu the Watcher looks up with his single, good eye and gazes upon the latest intruder to his home. Taking in the grim look from the cosmic giant, Fury quips that he guesses the Watcher didn’t take out his left eye just to mock him. Tell him what happened there. Tell him what he saw.
(Now)Nick Fury begins to decelerate as he descends to the lunar surface. In short order, he is at the main entrance of the Watcher’s complex. He saw it all back then, didn’t he? Fury asks the departed Watcher. Even this, he bets, then mocking him as a big, bad sonuvabitch. As the door opens, Fury notes that at least this time… there’s nobody watching.
Unseen by Fury, seven Watcher gaze down at the former home of Uatu… and watch.


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The One Who Watches
(Days Ago, the Moon)In the tower arising from the center of the Watcher’s complex, Nick Fury looks up at the silent yet scowling Uatu the Watcher, purple energy leaking from his now empty eye socket. He’s been robbed, Fury notes. How the hell does that happen? Receiving no reply, Fury tells Uatu not to mind that for now. Just tell him who did it. Still, the Watcher does not reply. Scowling himself, Fury voices that they may have taken his eye, but he knows he still sees everything. He knows who they are and where they came from, and probably where they’re headed right now. Just tell him, and he’ll take care of the rest. Still, Uatu the Watcher does not reply.
Cursing, Fury tells Uatu that there isn’t time for this! Look at the damn place, he then says, waving his arm around at the ruins of the Watcher’s home. It’s been looted! And they both know what sort of trinkets he liked to keep there! If just one of those things has fallen into the wrong hands, the entire Earth is in… Suddenly, Uatu the Watcher speaks. He is correct, he tells “Nicholas Fury.” He does see all things. Even the unseen.
With a gesture, the Watcher conjures images of Fury’s actions, defending the Earth with lethal means from threats it never knew existed. For a moment, Fury is dumbfounded, but soon finds his voice. You son of a bitch, he proclaims.
(Now, the Moon)Unaware that seven Watchers gaze down at them from above, Dr. Midas walks through the ruins of the Watcher’s complex, his arms spread wide. Yes, there is great power here, he announces. In the walls, in the air, enough power to enslave worlds. To put galaxies to the torch. Enough power to change the course of creation. And this time… they will take it all.
Leading his party, consisting of his daughter Exterminatrix and four Mindless Ones, Midas walks deeper into the complex until he finds the resting place of the Watcher’s corpse, now laid out on a table in respect. There is power in the Watcher’s dead flesh as well, Midas continues. Pointing with his rocky arm, the same as the Thing’s but adorned with blue light at its cracks, Midas orders them to take the Watcher apart, so that he may drink his blood and consume his knowledge, one bite at a time. In life, all this fool did was watch. Through his death… all they shall do is conquer.
Suddenly, Midas’ extended arm explodes at the wrist. As the rocky hand falls to the ground, the heavily armored and heavily armed Nick Fury announces that he won’t with that hand. Fury, Midas fumes as he holds his rocky stump and gazes upon the two Watcher’s eyes he holds in his hand. He will gladly trade him the hand in exchange for all his eyes. To his daughter and minions, Midas orders them to kill him!
Immediately, the four no-longer-mindless Mindless Ones rush at Fury. Fury is the bringer of sin, one literally thinks aloud. Fury is the master of secrets, another proclaims. Kill the one who made us know, the third thinks. The one who damned them, the fourth adds. Seemingly unworried, Fury mocks that he thought Mindless Ones were smarter than this. A moment later, the four massive, extra-dimensional creatures launch themselves at Fury, who responds in kind, delivering blast against blast.
(Days Ago, the Moon)Fuming, Fury orders the Watcher not to dare look at him like that. Who the hell is he to judge him? What has he ever done… but stand around and watch? Watch as Fury fought to save the world. Fury then adds that he won’t make apologizes for how he did it. Especially not to Uatu. Pointing his finger, Fury continues that Uatu had the power to stop him, if he’d wanted. He had the power to stop it all. But all he ever did… was nothing. He knows, he knows, Fury then mocks, Uatu’s bound to bear witness and not interfere, as part of some crazy cosmic order of Peeping Toms. And he likes to brag about how he’s broken that vow, more times than anyone can count, right? Because what, he showed up to shout a warning? Fury’s been down there day after day, in blood up to his knees. Uatu wouldn’t have an Earth to stand above and stare at if it wasn’t for him. And he’s not gonna let Uatu through all that away now. Everything he did was worth it, so long as that Earth is still spinning. So tell him what he saw! Tell him who he has to kill next!
His diatribe spent, Fury pauses in silence for a moment, a silence which is ended by Uatu. “You already know,” Uatu the Watcher tells him.
(Now, the Moon)Impossibly, Fury sends the four Mindless Ones hurdling backward. Still clutching his stump with his remaining hand, Dr. Midas watches the battle and mutters that he will turn this to his advantage. He always does. He will grow a better hand. Nevertheless, he then says to his daughter, they should probably save the old one. Just in case. He’s right, Exterminatrix replies, bending to pick up her father’s severed extremity. There is power in the air. Here, and with every breath, it tells her… if they stay, they’re going to die.
Calling his daughter by her given name, Oubliette, Midas tells her that he wants her to put a golden bullet in that old man’s skull. And then he wants her to bring him… Turning to where his daughter stood but a moment before, Midas finds her gone, along with his severed hand. OUBLIETTE! he roars into the air, but Exterminatrix is gone, running away, her father’s immense, rocky hand clasped to her chest. Goodbye, father, she says to herself. She’ll always keep him close to her heart.
Back at the battle, Fury continues his thrashing of the Mindless Ones. They can’t win, he tells them. Believe him, he knows. With these eyes, he can see all things. Yes, a new voice interjects, but he’s not the only one. Turning to the source, Fury spies the Orb, who confidently approaches. He’s been touched by this eyes as well, he says to Fury, referring to the two, gouged eyes Fury clasps in his hand by their optic nerves. Would Fury like to know what they showed him about Nicholas Fury? Not particularly, Fury bluntly rejoins. Ignoring Fury’s words, the Orb replies that they showed him where his soul is weakest. A moment later, purple energy projects from the Orb’s head, knocking Fury back off his feet and causing him to let loose of the two eyes. As well as his armor, the Orb then adds, stepping toward the dropped eyes.
No, Fury says simply, rising back to his feet. He doesn’t deserve so many eyes, the Orb tells him, not when he couldn’t even keep all the ones he was born with. He took the first eye, Fury yells, delivering a right hook at the same time. He started it! It’s his fault Uatu’s dead! Unaffected by the blow, the Orb replies that he thought Fury said he could see the truth. In everything but his own lies, he supposes. As a Mindless Ones joins the battle, knocking Fury back, the Orb stoops to recover the eyes. He still doesn’t understand the biggest truth, does he? he asks Fury. They didn’t start this. Any of this. They didn’t choose him or his eyes. He chose them. Unfortunately for Fury, he is unable to respond, as the four Mindless Ones have him pinned to the ground and deliver blow after blow against him.
(Days Ago, the Moon)For a moment, Fury takes in what Uatu has just said. Finally, he asks why did they take his eye? He knows this place, he continues. He’s searched it himself, when he’s passed out in one of his fugue states. He’s had the whole place bugged for years. He’s been watching him, he then asks of Uatu. Well, guess what, he has been watching him too, pal. And he never writes anything down. All his secrets, everything he sees, and he doesn’t record any of it. Or does he? The secrets are in the eyes, aren’t they? He knows how many lives he could save with those secrets? He knows how many lives could be lost or ruined if they end up in the wrong hands? Who was there? Who took his eye?
Silently, the Watcher watches. Angered by the lack of reply, Fury raises his pistol. Damn it, answer him! he orders. What did he see?! For a moment, Uatu does not reply. However, a moment later, he drops his head, looking down in what seems to be shame. He has seen… too much, he replies. It is time… for someone else to watch.
Raising his right hand, the Watcher begins to produce luminescent, purple energy. What is he doing? Fury demands. Put his hands down. He’s not the enemy there! He’s trying to protect the damn world! Uatu will not stand in the way of… Fury’s words trail as Uatu raises his other hand, which also glows with purple energy. Damn it, no, you bastard! Fury curses. Don’t make him…!
(Now, the Moon)As the Mindless Ones continue to pound on Fury, the Orb regards the two Watcher’s eyes, one in each hand. There are so many things they’re going to see together, he says to them. He can’t wait to get started. Yes, he feels them stirring, he tells them. They like that idea, don’t th… Suddenly the one of the two eyes moves on its own accord, wrapping its optic nerve around the Orb’s throat and squeezing. Immediately, the Orb drops the other eye and tries to pull the attacking one off of his neck.
Nearby, the Mindless Ones take pause on their beating of Fury. Can’t die now, Fury mutters to himself. Not until he knows… it was worth it. Until he knows this isn’t the end… To this, one of the Mindless Ones mentally projects that it looks like the end to them. They may be mindless, Doctor Strange suddenly announces, but they’re not wrong. This ends now. With that, the assembled heroes of Fury’s candidates attack. Thank God, Fury mutters weakly. They’re there to see him answer for his crimes, Black Panther informs him. Stay down.
As Fury’s candidates do battle against the Mindless Ones, he weakly mutters to them. They’re there because they’ve seen the truth in what he said, he tells them. And for that, he’s sorry… He’s sorry to have to pass this burden on. It ain’t an easy road. Wasn’t for him. Won’t be for any of them. But it’s a road… somebody’s gotta walk. For the sake of them all. Hearing this, despite the weak speaker, Black Panther replies to Fury that they’re not there to redeem him. They’re there because there’s one last sin he hasn’t confessed to. Now on his feet, Fury shuffles to pick up the remaining eye. One last sin… he repeats. Damn it Fury, Strange yells, mid-spell. Say it! Yes, he… he… he did it, Fury admits weekly. I killed the Watcher.
(Days Ago, the Moon)Fury pulls the trigger and fires a shot point-blank into the forehead of Uatu the Watcher. The cosmic giant falls backward.
(Now, the Moon)Staring at the Watcher’s eye in his hand, Fury asks God help him.
As the rest continue their battle, the Winter Soldier directs his attention to Fury and already has his gun drawn when he gets Fury’s attention and orders him to put the eyeball down. This is finished. No, Buck, Fury rejoins. Not quite yet it again. Midas is still inside, and growing stronger. He can feel it. Somebody’s gotta stop him. He’s the only one who can. He’s gotta save the world on last time… or else… Lowering his weapon, the Winter Soldier tells Fury that he’s going to die if he doesn’t give this up. Let them finish it. They can save the world too. Yeah, Fury replies, glancing back for a moment. He sure hopes they can. Fury then begins to walk off, voicing that he can do this. He’s got one more sin left in him. Just get everybody back before…
Suddenly, a thunderous FA-BOOOM! reverberates through the complex. Taken aback, the Winter Soldier looks up and asks Nick what the hell is going on. This whole place looks like it’s gonna come down around their… By the time he looks down, he sees that Nick has shuffled off a great distance. Down the hallway, Fury hears the Winter Soldier calling for him, but ignores him. Instead, he focusses on the radiant, blue light from the chamber ahead. Reaching the chamber’s entrance, he finds Dr. Midas, located within a sphere of energy and levitated above the corpse of the Watcher. All this power and all he ever did was stand around and stare, Midas muses to Fury. Such a pathetic waste. He’s glad Fury killed him, he says. Now, give him the Watcher’s eye and he promises… he won’t have to watch what comes next.
Elsewhere, the eye attacking the Orb has gotten the upper hand. However, rather than strangling the Orb, it has wrapped him in purple energy and then begins to embed itself in the Orb’s chest. As the Orb yells in excruciating pain, the seven Watchers appear around him. They cannot interfere, a female Watcher reminds her colleagues. All they can do… is observe.
Meanwhile, as debris rains down around them, Strange suggests that they all pull back and regroup outside. They can’t, the Winter Soldier replies. Fury’s still in there. To this, the Black Panther notes that something tells him that Fury is right where he belongs.
(Days Ago, the Moon)He had no choice, Fury says aloud to the murderer Uatu as he digs out the cosmic giant’s remaining eye. The job complete, Fury takes the eye in hand and notes that it’ll all be worth it in the end. He swears… He swears…
(Now, the Moon)Once again, Fury is standing over the corpse of Uatu. Calling him “big guy,” Fury almost sheepishly suggests that they hope he was right. Descending from his levitation point back to the ground, Dr. Midas voices that he’s still not sure how Fury did it. The Watcher had the power to kill him a thousand times over. So why didn’t he? Because Uatu the Watcher wasn’t a murderer, Fury replies. Unfortunately, for him, he tells Dr. Midas, he sure as hell it. Incredulous, Midas asks if Fury is going to kill him… with a dead man’s eyeball? Apparently the years have turned Fury senile as well as… Midas’ words trail as Fury steps forward and presses the eye against Midas’ chest. As blue and white electricity arcs through his body and the air around them, Midas screams in agony.
Though Midas’ screams go unheard outside the complex, Fury’s candidates see well the electrical storm raging from the complex’s central tower. Whoever comes out of that, Black Panther tells his colleagues, they take down. Hard. Watching the fireworks, the Winter Soldier suggests that they can’t just stand there and watch. He sure about that? Emma Frost asks. Seeing where Emma is looking, the rest of the group turns their eyes upwards and spies seven Watchers watching the same energy storm. Two take a moment to glance in the direction of the heroes.
Back in the complex, Fury literally presses his advantage, keeping the eye in constant contact with the reeling Dr. Midas. He wanted the power, Fury reminds him. Take it all, you sonuva bitch. Vainly, Midas pleads for Fury to stop, yelling that it’s too much. Too much! He can’t…! Get it off! Get it off! A moment later, Midas explodes, his form discorporating and leaving only the Watcher’s eye behind. The crisis passed, Fury weakly chuckles to himself. Death by eyeball. Looks like… he’s finally getting what he deserves. They all do sooner or later, don’t they? he asks Uatu’s corpse. Slowly collapsing to the ground, Fury curses. What he wouldn’t give for a good Cuban right about…
From their vantage point a distance away, the assembled heroes watch as the entire complex explodes. Damn it, Nick, the Winter Soldier whispers. High above, the female Watcher sheds a tear and whispers goodbye to Uatu. Soon thereafter, the flames of the explosion subside, leaving behind only the wreckage of what was once Uatu the Watcher’s home.
(later)With the arrival of Avengers, Cap recaps what they know. Nicky Fury is dead. They know that. He’s seen the sack of bloody stew that proves it. And they’ve got another sack they tell him is Dr. Midas. What they don’t have… is a reason why. Fury’s satellite full of LMDs… it disappeared the second he died. There’s no sign of the Orb or Exterminatrix, and all those Mindless Ones that were so chatty before are suddenly mindless again. Whatever was there they were all after… Whatever the Watcher and Fury died for… it’s gone now too. Along with all the Watchers. There’s nobody left who can tell them why one of his oldest friends suddenly went crazy and died. Unless… Turning to Black Panther and Doctor Strange, Cap asks if there’s something they would like to add?
Soon thereafter, as Cap walks away, Strange asks Black Panther why he didn’t tell him. He doesn’t tell anyone anything, Black Panther replies. Why didn’t Strange tell him? He doesn’t know, Strange admits. He still might, he supposes. But with the way things are after all this… No one trusts anyone now. With so many of their secrets dragged into the light, somehow it’s made them all more secretive than ever. For now… he thinks they’ve all suffered enough for their sins. Maybe this one should die with Fury. To this, Black Panther suggests they hope that it is actually dead.
(Earth)A short distance from a golden spaceship, which has crashed in a desert, Exterminatrix sits on a rock, her father’s severed hand lying on the ground a short distance away. The power’s gone, she remarks to no one at all. Her father’s gone. Without him, his empire will crumble. The world as she’s always known it is finished. This was not one of their more successful capers. He got too greedy, she then tells her non-present father. Wanting the power of a god, all for himself. He should’ve known, you can’t take over the world in a day.
Suddenly, Exterminatrix spies a desert snake, which has just bitten her father’s hand. Seeing it turned to gold after having tried to bite her father’s hand, she picks it up. You’ve got to do it the old fashioned way, she continues, one golden bullet at a time. So begins… the new Midas empire.
Elsewhere, a knock brings a woman wielding a knife to the door. Blood spattered across her tank top shirt, she yells for the knocker to go away. He can’t stop her! Gesturing to a bloodied man whom she has tied to a chair, his hands bound behind his back, she adds that she’s had enough! Enough of him treating her like a fool! Enough of his stupid eyes! So leave her alone! He can’t stop her from killing him! Standing in the doorway is the Orb, the Watcher’s eye embedded in his chest and looking outward. Lady, he’s not there to stop her, he tells her. He just wants to watch.
In Rocket’s space ship, the former candidates of Nick Fury are being taken home. They told Cap everything, Ant-Man supposes of Black Panther and Doctor Strange. Must’ve been hard, hearing how his friend went crazy like that, he then adds. He means… they can all agree he went crazy, right? Despite his questions, no one responds. However, another question suddenly occurs to Ant-Man. Aren’t they missing somebody?
Elsewhere, a small craft piloted by a reptilian humanoid circles the Earth. It is just as they have heard, the alien reports. Their forces are in chaos, their Watcher is dead. The Earth is ripe for the taking! They should attack now. They should attack and… Suddenly, the alien’s space helmet is shattered by a gunshot, exploding the alien’s skull and knocking him off of his craft and into the void. A distance away, the Winter Soldier stands on a small asteroid, holding a giant rifle previously used by Nick Fury… and having completed a task previously assigned to the same man.
Elsewhere, among the ruins of what was once Uatu the Watcher’s home, a figure that was once Nick Fury walks. Clad in a blue cloak, he is barefoot and trailing a chain which is wrapped around his whole body. He is the Unseen. There will always be someone watching. Someone who sees all things. All the beauty and horror. All the secrets and sins. Someone whose sacred duty it is to record the life of their world. To observe them from afar. To watch… but never interfere. To remain forevermore… unseen. This is his burden now. This is his curse.
High above him, the Earth, a lone, blue sphere among the stars, continues to spin.


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Mexico, the Temple of Huitzilopochtli: A young  blond man runs for his life within the temple, as behind him the building caves. Almost there, he tells himself, before moaning not another one, as his stepping on a certain pane activates another trap that he barely he makes his way out of. He gets it, he murmurs. The Aztec god of war isn’t fond of intruders.
Having survived intact and dusting himself off, he remarks that this wasn’t quite as bad as the legends made it out to be. He gazes down into a gorge full of stalactites. Now all he has to do is swing across it with a vine, which of course breaks in mid-jump. He barely manages to save his life by holding onto the precipice with one hand.
If anyone’s listening, I could use a hand here, he shouts. He can see that, comes the reply from another man who is wearing an impeccable white suit and whose face is obscured by his Panama hat. He continues to say that he takes it from the destruction the doctor left in his wake that he was able to find the artifact. Addressing the man in white as Barrett, the blond man tells him it was right where the manuscripts said it would be - He’ll give it to him, as soon as he helps him up.
Barrett demands the artifact first. Being in no position to argue, the doctor gives up La Cornona de Huitzilopochtli. With this, the world is one step away from apocalypse, Barrett mutters, ignoring the plight of the other man who falls to his death.
Egypt, Cairo’s market district, nighttime. On the roof of a warehouse stand three young urchins staring through the roof window at the food down below. They have gathered some fruit but it isn’t enough. One of them, Ororo, informs the others that she is going back in and ties the rope around her waist. The other girl, Nari, admonishes her not to be foolish. What will teacher do if they get caught? Ororo calmly points out that the punishment will be worse if they don’t bring back enough food for everyone.
Skillfully, she lowers herself down with the rope, landing silently. The guard is standing some distance away with the back to her and notices nothing. Ororo begins to gather more fruit and puts them in her bag.
Up on the roof, Nari takes up the bags full of the goods they already stole and the boy Hakiim, who is munching on an apple, asks what she is doing. She is going home, Nari explains. Let the master thief fend for herself. Hakiim accuses her of jealousy, because Ororo is Achmed el-Gibar’s prize student. Nari tries to hit him and instead hits his apple, which lands down in the room. The noise alerts the guard who sees Ororo  and cries out “thief.”
The other two children quickly draw her up to the roof, where Nari puts the blame on Hakiim. Ororo isn’t interested and orders them to stick to the rooftops and pray their feet are swifter than those of the men who are following them on the ground.
The two girls make a jump from one rooftop to another one that’s a little further away and urge Hakiim to jump as well, but he freezes.  Nari suggests leaving him behind. Ororo tries to encourage him. He jumps, but doesn’t make it to the other roof. He falls into the alley, though he remains unhurt. Nari reminds Ororo they have a job to finish. She does not intend to suffer for Hakiim’s mistakes. Ororo replies she’d suffer more if she knew she had left a friend behind. She jumps down to join Hakiim.
Moments later, they are cornered by the guard. Ororo assumes a battle stance and the men, who take back the food, make fun of the kids. Do they know what they do to rats who steal food? one of them asks. Another voice replies that he is sure that it is nothing they’d come to regret later. It belongs to the thief-master Achmed El-Gibar. The men are suitably impressed, frightened even and ask for Achmed’s forgiveness. They were not aware those children were under his protection.
An honest mistake, Achmed replies with a grin, which can be remedied easily. The guard gets the hint and hands over the food. Achmed commends them on acting wisely. The same cannot be said for his pupils. He tells the men to deal with them as they wish… if they can find them. Actually, the kids have already disappeared.
At the thieves' hideout, Nari regales her fellow urchins with the tale of the adventurous escape, naturally painting herself as the heroine who wanted to bring food to the others, while claiming Ororo was selfish and only interested in fighting. The other kids doubt her version of the tale. Nari is clearly jealous of Ororo being Achmed’s prize pupil. All Ororo is after is the glory, she shouts. Funny, she was just thinking the same thing about Nari, Ororo who walks in with Hakiim retorts.
Hakiim angrily attacks Nari, blaming her for leaving them behind and then spreading lies to save face. Nari berates him for being without any skill and Ororo finally tells them to break it up. Nari warns her that Achmed will have Hakiim’s head for his failure that night. Achmed enters sternly stating that praise and punishment are for him to decide.
The kids greet him ebulliently, offering him what they stole. Achmed gives Nari a stern look and she tries to defend herself. He admonishes her – he taught her to steal, but not to steal away when her fellow thieves need her.
He turns to Hakiim who has failed again. Ororo defends him. Hakiim was following her orders. This is her fault. Achmed is disappointed in his prize pupil and tells her she will go without dinner that night.
Later on the roof, Ororo watches the night sky. She muses that her mother always said the goddess smiled upon this land. On a night like this, she can almost understand what she meant. It almost makes one forget their place in the world for a moment, doesn’t Hakiim agree?
Caught, the boy joins her, admitting that apparently he really makes a lousy thief. Ororo tells him not to be so hard on himself. He thanks her for taking the blame that night and shares his meager supper with her. She thanks him, telling him he is a good friend and, in this life, that is the greatest treasure. Hakiim implores her to come back in then where more friends are waiting. Outside, there is nothing but sand and stars. Ororo reluctantly agrees.
Hakiim asks why she is spending so many nights out there, gazing into nothingness. Ororo confides that her mother told her she was destined for great things, that the blood of queens and priestesses flowed in her veins. If only she could see her daughter now. Every night, she hears her words echoing in her head like a distant sound and she waits for the nothingness to finally give way to something more. It never does. Even though she saw her parents die, she still dreams of them returning somehow.
Hakiim tells her to consider herself lucky. His parents abandoned him when he was a baby. As much as he wishes he could understand Ororo’s pain, he never had anyone to miss. Then he may truly be the luckiest of them all, Ororo muses.
The next morning on the crowded marketplace Ororo pickpockets a tourist. As she counts her money, she runs into the merchant she and Hakiim escaped from the day before. The man gives chase and she ends up in a blind alley. She sees a ladder and a few big pots. The man follows. Seeing nothing, he believes Ororo climbed up the ladder and proceeds to do the same. Ororo, in the meantime, has hidden in one of the pots and steals away the ladder the moment the man is on the roof. Angrily, he swears.
For Ororo, that was way too close, as she hated the feeling of being confined. Suddenly, she recognizes Achmed’s voice coming from a nearby café, where he sits with a stranger – Mr. Barrett.
Barrett wants to hire Achmed’s thieves for a case. Achmed refuses, as what Barrett wants is far too dangerous. Barrett shows him a case full of riches and assures him the services will be repaid beyond his wildest dreams. In that case, Achmed decides, he may have just the thief Barrett is looking for. From outside, Ororo greedily and hopefully watches.


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Before the Storm part 2
Nighttime in Cairo: Ororo runs for her life, chased by others. Suddenly, the rest of Achmed’s urchins are in her way, demanding she stop. Clearly pained, her friend, Hakiim, tells her there is no escape. She has something that belongs to Master el-Gibar and, unless she returns it to them now, they will be forced to take it away from her.
Impatient, Nari pushes him aside, spoiling for a fight. She sics the others after Ororo, but the other girl quickly takes out the rest of the kids, including the hesitant Hakiim. Finally, only she and Nari are left. Nari at first has the upper hand in the fight and mocks that this is all that Teacher’s “prize pupil” has to offer. That title should belong to someone who has earned it. Ororo agrees, as she turns tables on Nari and takes her out.
Achmed joins them and asks for the pocket watch that Ororo kept. He commends her on beating her own record. He is going to have to make this test harder next time. He admonishes her that he hopes she will be able to work with her fellow urchins as well as against them, for the next day a completely different test is to begin.
The next day, Achmed arrives at a Pyramid excavation site, already expected by Dr Barret, who is not amused when Achmed introduces Ororo, Nari, Hakiim as the greatest thieves in all Cairo. He didn’t expect children. However, Achmed convinces him and Barrett explain that within the ruins of this ancient temple lies a stone that was once thought to possess great power – the Opal of Ozymandias. Legend says that he who possesses the opal will become invincible, that he will live eternally in the service of an old Egyptian warlord called En Sabah Nur.
Is that why Barrett wants the stone, Hakiim asks innocently. Ruffling the boy’s hair, Barrett informs him that this merely a myth. He seeks to safely deliver this priceless artifact into a museum before it falls into the hands of some filthy local scoundrel too savage to understand its true glory. He wasn’t referring to them, of course.
He warns them that the temple is riddled with booby traps and dangers that only the most skilled thieves could possibly survive. And then there is a curse… Although he quickly assures the children that most Egyptian curses are nothing more than exaggerated “no trespassing” signs. He translates the curse: “Ozymandias, the eternal, will give life to the stones themselves so to crush all who invade the sanctum of En Sabah Nur.”
What do they receive in return? Ororo demands to know. Barrett explains that they will earn glory in bringing this long-lost wonder to today’s world, but they will also be rewarded in ways far more grand that she ever imagined possible. When do they begin? a stony-faced Ororo asks.
Soon, the three children are in the pyramid, following  the map down a corridor. Hakiim gets a fright when he sees a tall figure before him, but it is only a stone statue. Nari teases him mercilessly and wonders why teacher made them bring him. Bad enough she has to work with Ororo.
Nari notices that Ororo is gone and has remained somewhat behind. Ororo apologizes. She does not do well with such small places. Nari calls her pathetic. In Ororo’s stead, she would instead fear teacher’s reaction when he finds out— Ororo slams her against the wall. She has her reasons, she states curtly. She only needs a moment and then they will move on. Hakiim assures her that he is with her and she thanks him.
They move onwards with Nari taking the lead, still wondering what the problem is. Unnoticing, she activates a lever on the floor and suddenly a block of the ceiling comes down on her. Ororo grabs both Nari and Hakiim and forces them to jump to safety.
Hakiim nervously reminds them of the curse: the stone would come alive and crush all intruders. That was it? How disappointing. Ororo grimly remarks that they have plenty enough ahead as before them looms a scorpion-filled chasm. They make their way across the feeble bridge, but Hakiim almost falls before Ororo drags him to safety.
Outside, Achmed patiently waits for his children despite Barrett’s offer to return him to Cairo.
Inside, the kids escape another trap, this time one of fire filled by chasm filled with crocodiles. All the while, Nari is arguing with the other two. Finally, they reach the main chamber, where the opal is supposed to be. Ororo warns Nari of more traps, but the other girl ignores her. She walks up to the stone statue of Ozymandias and takes the opal from his turban.
Triumphantly, she turns to Ororo, not seeing that Ozymandias’ eyes suddenly glow red. In return, several other stone statues’ eyes begin to shine and, while Nari still doesn’t notice, the other two kids watch in horror as four statues come alive.


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Before the Storm part 3
In the camp outside the pyramid, master thief Achmed el-Gibar is worrying. His three students have been gone far too long. Something must be wrong. He opens the tent’s flap. Inside, his employer, Dr. Desmond Barrett, is busy talking to his men. Unaware of Achmed’s presence, Barrett tells his men that, as soon as those” whelps” have returned with the opal, they will begin the ceremony. Soon, their dark master will rise again and they will serve at his side as he ushers in a new age of Apocalypse. Muttering ‘no’ Achmed quickly leaves but his presence has been noticed.
Achmed runs towards the temple, intent on finding the children but Barrett’s people find him first and bring him down. With his eyes strangely aglow, Barrett announces that they still need el-Gibar alive … for now.
Within the temple, the startled Hakiim announces that they are dead. When his fellow thief Nari touched the Opal, strange stone statues came to life and are now intent on attacking the children. Ororo tells her friends not to lose hope. As long as they stand, they may still have a chance. Evading the blow of one stone being, Nari cynically asks Ooro who she is trying to kid.
Evading another stone statue, which is trying to smash her, Ororo points out that while the creatures are bigger and stronger they are smarter and faster. Hakiim angrily blames Nari for bringing this trap to life. Ororo recalls that the curse Barrett mentioned spoke of “living stones.” These must be the Opal’s guardians. She sees one stone being just sitting in the middle of everything and figures that he is in charge.
The kids keep on fighting for their lives, this once even Nari and Hakiim manage to work together. Ororo lures three of the stone beings after her to the edge of a pit. As she quickly jumps aside, the stone beings fall down. However, another one has captured Nari and Hakiim in the meantime.
Ororo grabs the Opal from Nari’s hand and holds it over the pit.  Turning to the one stone being whom she has identified as the leader she gives orders to release the others or she will throw the stone into the pit. The stone being commends her for her smarts, but the game is over. Quicker than she can act, another stone being grabs her.
The leader, Ozymandias, orders the stone guardian to bring her and the stone over. As he gets a better look at her, he shouts out in surprise. She is so young, but there can be no mistake! Surprisingly, he asks her for forgiveness. He mistook Ororo for a common intruder. He did not expect her so soon. The children are released.
Getting a better look at Ozymandias, Ororo asks if the temple and the Opal belong to him. Nothing belongs to him, he reveals, not even his life. His master – En Sabah Nur – made sure of that centuries ago. Now Ozymandias is no different from the statues at his command. He is naught but a humble servant. Today he serves her.
Ororo is understandably confused. Who does he think she is? He knows not only who she is, but also what she will become, Ozymandias replies, pointing to a stone column showing an image of Charles Xavier. Next to it is an image of a grown up Ororo, in her first X-Men costume. She is flying and people on the ground bow down to worship her. That is her? Ororo asks confused. But how?
Ozymandias sees all, he reveals. Visions of the future that he carves on the stone helix. A record of what has passed and what will be, etched in eternity waiting for En Sabah Nur to rise again. It is the gift and curse his master has bestowed on him. These visions have shown Ozymandias that Ororo’s path will be a long and difficult one. That the trials she has already faced are nothing compared to the ones ahead of her. But they also show that she will prevail. That she will soar on the wind as a savior of her people.
He must be mistaken, Ororo replies sadly. She is an orphan. She has no people. Not yet perhaps, Ozymandias admits. Pointing at a stone column that shows images of Professor X and Cyclops, he tells her that she will find them someday and will help lead them to a brighter tomorrow. She is destined for great things. She is one of the chosen. Her journey has just begun and today fate has brought her here for a reason.
The Opal is hers to take. Ozymandias now sees why she must, but he also warns her. Its power comes at a terrible price. He tells the children to go. Ororo remains behind, asking how they can repay him for his kindness. With a smile, he tells her not to worry. He is certain that her debt to En Sabah Nur will be repaid in full someday… Beside him is a column with ‘XII’ – the Roman numeral twelve – and the faces of several Mutants – Ororo among them – around the number.
Back in Cairo, two of Achmed’s urchins worry about their master and their fellow students. They don’t notice a group of men closing in on their hideout.
Back in the desert, the three youngsters have almost reached the temple’s exit. They still find it hard to understand what just happened. All the more so because Ororo hasn’t informed the others of what went on between her and Ozymandias. When Nari presses her for information, Ororo just replies that Ozymandias told her what she needed to hear. Nothing more.
That moment, the ceiling caves in, apparently another trap. Nari manages to jump free with the opal, but the other two are buried. Horrified, Nari runs outside crying for Achmed to help them. Instead, she is expected by Barrett, who cheerfully informs her that they are expendable. He takes away the opal, as Nari asks if he set the trap. His eyes begin to glow and energy swirls around him, as he announces that he is the trap. As she cries for Achmed, he tells her that her master cannot hear her. He fires energy blasts at her and assures her that she will be with him very soon.


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Before the Storm part 4
Ororo’s memory:
Ororo recalls a happy life with her family… a lifetime ago. Everything was perfect… until the sky fell. A bomb hit their apartment building. They were buried and young Ororo was buried next to her mother’s corpse.
Present:
History repeats itself. Buried under rubble, Ororo sees the arm of her friend, Hakiim, just as such a long time ago she saw her mother’s arm. But the next moment, she hears the boy moaning. He is still alive!
Ororo desperately tries to pull free. In vain. Panicked, she begins praying to her goddess, vowing that this must never happen again. Winds begin to rise around her and lightning hits the piece of rubble, freeing her.
Dazed, Ororo gets up and finds Hakiim, who is bruised but not badly injured. Like her, he wonders how they got free. It sounded like a storm suddenly erupted within the temple. Ororo admits she has no answer. She called the goddess and then… It seemed she was listening, Hakiim simply decides. That’s answer enough for him.
The two children run outside, looking for Nari and Achmed but find nobody. Something must be wrong, Ororo decides. Achmed wouldn’t just leave them behind like that.
They carefully enter Barrett’s tent, when suddenly a small shape attacks Ororo. She rolls onto her back and deftly kicks the other person off. The boy vows that they will die until he recognizes them. He is Abdul, another of Achmed’s young thieves. Abdul hugs his two friends and apologizes. He thought that they had returned for him. They said Ororo and Hakiim were dead and he was afraid of being found.
The other kids ask what’s going on and Abdul recounts how a group of men broke into their den, while they were sleeping. They took the young thieves by surprise and brought them there. Abdul managed to slip free and hide, as the others were being unloaded. Achmed el-Gibar and Nari were already being held prisoner when the others arrived and Barrett said that he had killed both Ororo and Hakiim.
Ororo asks where the others were taken. Abdul shows them to another tent. The guards took them in there, but they never came out. They walk in, Ororo in the lead, and see a ladder leading down. Soon, they find a giant cavern. Within it, a strange huge Egyptian sarcophagus is surrounded by Barrett’s people and the prisoners.
The three children hide and listen to Barrett rant, as he explains that the pieces are finally in place. Once the ancient equipment is assembled, the resurrection can begin. With the life force of those pathetic street urchins to provide him sustenance, En Sabah Nur – the first of Barrett’s kind – will rise again and the glory of Apocalypse will be unleashed. Barret’s eyes glow, as he states that thanks to the combined powers of the opal and the crown he will be able to serve his dark lord for all eternity. Invincible, immortal, unstoppable.
Ororo decides they have to stop him. She will provide the distraction… Abdul interrupts. He will distract the guard to make amends for being a coward before. Besides, he points out, Barrett still believes Ororo and Hakiim to be dead. Until they reveal themselves, the element of surprise is still in their hands. Ororo agrees and commends his courage.
Downstairs, just as one of Barrett’s men assures his boss they have the children under control, Abdul appears and pipes up that they spoke too soon. While the men try to catch him, the other two children slip down and get closer to the guarded captives. Ororo and Hakiim take out the guards and proceed to free the others. Achmed greets them profusely and urges them to hurry – Abdul will not be able to last forever on his own, he fears.
Actually, Abdul is holding his own, until an impatient Barrett begins showing his powers and threatens to kill the boy. Behind him, Ororo, followed by the other urchins and a smirking Achmed, sarcastically suggests this time he better finish the job. As you wish, Barrett retorts, as he begins firing energy blasts at Ororo. The fighting begins.
Achmed commends Abdul and Nari tells Ororo that she thought she might never see her again. If only she were so lucky, Ororo quips while evading an energy blast.
Barrett runs towards the place where he had left the opal. Even if he cannot return En Sabah Nur to power today, the power of the opal is still… He finds the opal is gone. From another part of the room, Hakiim calls him, taunting him with dangling the opal. Hakiim evades his energy blast and climbs up on the sarcophagus of En Sabah Nur.
Barrett orders him down. Is he afraid of accidentally hitting his “dark lord?” the boy mocks. He may have found safe haven, Barrett admits, but his friends have not. He fires at and hits Nari and takes her hostage. He demands Hakiim hand over the stone or he will kill them all. Hakiim doesn’t know what to do. If he hands over the opal, he might thus kill them anyway. Ororo comfortingly tells him he has done his part. Now she will do hers.
Hakiim tosses her the opal and she turns towards Barrett. She informs him that the stone should grant him immortality. That should give him plenty of time to get his master back to life. She offers him the stones if they are allowed to get out alive. Barrett agrees. After all no power comes without a price. So she has been warned, Ororo states ominously as she hands over the stone.
Barrett places the opal into the crown, as he orders them to watch his ascent to eternal glory. However, his excitement turns to horror, as he watches himself slowly turn to stone. He gets his immortality, but not the way he expected.
How did Ororo know this was going to happen, Nari asks. She didn’t, Ororo replies, but when Ozymandas gave her the stone he warned her that its power comes at great cost. She hoped he wasn’t exaggerating. Achmed agrees that it was a risk worth taking. He gathers his children and takes them home.
The next day, Ororo and Hakiim are once more on the roof. Is everything all right, Ororo asks Hakiim. Still thinking of the previous day’s events, the boy isn’t sure. Ororo smiles and remarks that maybe some things aren’t meant to be understood, but she has faith that all answers will be revealed to them in time. He does know one thing, Hakiim remarks. She saved them all. More than once. She had once said that her mother had told her that she was destined for great things. He thinks this adventure proves her words true. Nari joins them and surprisingly agrees with Hakiim. But Ororo better never tell the others she said so. So, what do they think happened to the opal? Hakiim wonders.
In Ozymandias stone cavern, the blind prophet has taken the opal back and takes a long look at the carving he has made of an adult Ororo as an X-woman.


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The Seventh Dagger
In the dead of night, a man rushes down an alleyway. He puts a hand against a brick wall, slapping his blood along the bricks. ‘Not much farther. Just another block, I think’ the man tells himself. ‘I can make it. Got to--’ He looks up to a sprawling skyscraper, and tells himself ‘Heard that he had moved to that weird skyscraper. Then the doorman said he’d moved to some creepy brownstone. If anyone can save me, it’s him. He’s the supreme master of the mystics arts on the entire planet’. The rugged man sees the building up ahead - the sanctum of Doctor Strange. The man reaches out for the door knocker, but his blood covered hand slides down the door as he collapses, leaving a trail of blood down the door - that pools around him as he clutches his chest - a dagger firmly stuck in him. ‘Oh, my -’ gasps Wong as he answers the door, before crouching beside the unlucky man and telling him to be still while he gets the doctor.
Wong races back inside, leaving the man clutching his chest, and an instant later, Doctor Stephen Strange appears, ‘You didn’t touch him, Wong?’ Strange asks. ‘No’ Wong assures the Sorcerer Supreme. Dr Strange explains that the man’s aura is heavy with enchantment, and looms over him, the first step, he knows, is to remove the dagger from the man’s chest. Strange tugs at the dagger with eldritch force, but the dagger resits him. ‘The man is bleeding to death! Pull it out!’ Wong exclaims. But Strange reveals that the knife is a trap, so he cannot remove it, and asks Wong to fetch his medical bag - and some pliers.
Strange begins to massage the wounded man’s life force, slowing down his vital signs to stanch the flow of blood. Dr Strange’s magic works on him, but the dagger is somehow impervious. Strange projects his catastrophe magic through the lens of the Eye of Agamotto, hoping that while he waits for Wong he can learns something about his “patient”. The man rises before Strange on a bed of mist, and Strange realizes that he should have recognized the man before - he is Eric Simon Payne, a one-time cultist who has since been at war with the agents of the supernatural - and when the two of them met, he called himself the Devil-Slayer. ‘What enemy of his did this?’ Strange wonders, before Wong arrives with the medical bag and pliers.
Strange asks Wong to take the pliers and remove the knife from Eric’s body. ‘Me? But - didn’t you say it may be a trap?’ Wong asks. Strange explains that it is a trap for magicians, but not common men. ‘Ha. Common men? Very well’ Wong replies as he crouches down and uses the pliers to remove the dagger. Dr Strange congratulates Wong on his good work, but cautions him to avoid actually touching the dagger, before bidding his cellular phone from his coat pocket, he exclaims ‘911’.
In seven minutes, paramedics from St Vincent’s screech to a halt at Strange’s stoop, and he explains what he needs to do - reaccelerate Payne’s vital signs, he proceeds to let the paramedics do their work, and as he watches them, recalls that once he would have been able to perform the heart surgery that Devil-Slayer will need. The ambulance then screeches away, so Strange turns and walks inside, with Wong asking ‘And what do I do with this?’ as he holds the dagger up using the pliers. ‘Bring it in, Wong. Bring it in’ Strange replies.
Hovering into a library of sorts, Strange tells himself that he does not need magic to sense that here is still a veil that hangs between he and Wong, before asking Wong to bring the dagger into the light. Strange examines the dagger and sees an inscription engraved upon it - an ancient Aramaic. “Seven blades for seven sorcerers. By midnight they shall die”. ‘What does that mean?’ Wong asks. Strange sits down and announces that it means his old enemy, Silver Dagger, is up to something. The dagger hovers before Strange as he reminds Wong that Silver Dagger was the man who would be pope - who has vowed to eradicate all magicians in the name o God.
Strange realizes that the challenge is designed to make him chase around the planet, exhausting precious energy. Strange’s participation in the 5000 year War of the Vishanti has left him exhausted, yet he knows that if he do not take the bait, others like Payne will be slain. Strange tells himself that Silver Dagger knows him well, that he cannot refuse his challenge. Strange knows he cannot ascertain the sort of enchantment around the blade, let alone remove it, but assuming that the other six blades are enchanted similarly, he may be able to use this one as a mystical compass. The blade begins spinning around, while Strange’s astral form departs his physical body, as it is the quickest means of travel.
The dagger stops spinning, coming to a halt, Strange supposes that the dagger is pointing in the direction of what is presumably the next closes knife. ‘You realize Silver Dagger means for you to gather the seven knives’ Wong points out. Strange replies that he is aware of that, but it seems he is obliged to prevent any further murders. ‘Look after my body till I get back, will you?’ Strange asks as his astral form follows the dagger as it soars out of a window. ‘If all he wanted to do was kill the other magicians, why would he inform you about it in advance?’ Wong wonders, looking at Strange’s body.
Meanwhile, in Nepal, a monastery is built into the side of a treacherous cliff. Americans are seldom accepted into the Order of Low Men, but James Mandarin impressed the High Lama by fasting outside the temple gates for three months. Unmoving, in silence, James Mandarin has spent the past four years now chanting and meditating with his fellow Low Men, trying to get in touch with the divine in him. Today, however, someone comes who will try to get in touch with the mortal inside him - as a man dressed in the same red robes that the monks wear approaches the circle where James Mandarin sits. The new arrival pulls a dagger from under his cloak.
At that moment, Dr Strange’s astral form enters the monastery, and realizes that it is not that different from the one where he trained in the mystic arts a lifetime ago. But he senses that there is death afoot here, and knows he must intervene, although there are strict limits on what he can do in his intangible, astral form. But Strange sees that James Mandarin is having an out-of-body experience at the moment, so he “borrows” his body, possessing the monk, Strange saves his knife, but knocking back the assassin. The blade falls from the assassin - and Strange prevents it from striking James Mandarin.  Strange works his magic on the second blade, and seeing no other weapons on the assassin, he returns to his astral form, as there are other lives in danger, he has no time to subdue the assassin, instead having to leave him to the monk’s mercy.
Strange’s astral form proceeds now to follow the two blades as they lead him towards the next. He knows that Silver Dagger wants him to find the assassins, not to mention running him ragged while he does it. ‘But what danger awaits at the location of the last dagger?’ Strange wonders.
Meanwhile, in Berkley, California, twenty-something Jennifer Kale, one-time apprentice to Dakimh the Enchanter, has taken a sabbatical from her mystical studies to have a normal life. “This will help make me a more rounded person” she told the aged wizard. The wizard bought it, and on this autumn afternoon, life is good, as on the university campus Jennifer and her friend Denise are enjoying the afternoon sun. ‘That boy Chris sat next to you again, Jen. That means something, I tell you!’ Denise exclaims. ‘Go on’ Jennifer replies, to which Denise exclaims that once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times means something. ‘I read that somewhere’ she assures Jennifer, who looks sceptical, and while sipping a soda, replies ‘You think so? He is kinda hunky’. ‘Make that move, girl!’ Denise urges her friend.
“Make the move”? Jennifer repeats, asking what kind of advice that is. ‘You know how flustered I get. I wouldn’t - know - what?’ Jennifer begins, unaware that a young man on a skateboard swiftly approaches her, armed with a dagger. But Jennifer sees a strange reflection in Denise’s glasses, and a voice urges her to protect herself, as she is in danger. ‘Why are you looking at me so strange?’ Denise asks, before Jennifer suddenly shoves her friend out of the way, and casts a spell as the skateboarding assassin is almost upon her - she causes the pavement to rise up and propel the assassin into a tree. ‘A knife’ Jennifer thinks to herself as she sees the dagger fall to the ground, while the assassin’s skateboard vanishes.
Jennifer wonders whose reflection it was that she saw in Denise’s glasses, while Denise asks ‘What the heck happened to that hot-dogged?’ Jennifer claims that she doesn’t know and suggests he hit a bump in the pavement. Denise crouches beside him and announces that it look like he has been hurt. Jennifer replies that she will phone for an ambulance, and walks away, firstly to go and get the dagger. She leans into pick it up and sees that it is not your common punk’s switchblade, but suddenly, Strange’s astral form appears overhead, telling Jennifer not to touch the dagger flies as it up to him. ‘Doctor Strange!’ Jennifer exclaims Strange telepathically informs Jennifer that he needs the dagger, and asks her to report the youth to the authorities, as he may be involved in some anti-magic cult. ‘Three daggers one causality. That’s one too many!’ Strange tells himself as he follows the three daggers onwards.
Back in Manhattan, ‘He’s bound to have left his lair by now’ Silver Dagger thinks to himself as he lurks in an alley. He decides that he can go down and break into Strange’s sanctum, and await his return. ‘By dawn he will have returned with the seven daggers that will rid the earthly kingdom of his demonic presence forever…as well as cleanse my immortal soul!’ Silver Dagger then vanishes in the darkness.
In Casablanca, Rama Kaliph is here on business. A rare Assyrian occult artifact is rumored to be on sale here, and he intends to buy it for his collection. But as he makes his way through the bustling market place, he is unaware that an assassin in beggar’s clothing has a different artifcat for him - a dagger - which he plunges into Kaliph’s back, causing the man to cry out in agony. Nearby, Dr Strange’s astral form, with the three daggers, approaches. All the astral travel is taxing on strange, who prays that he is not too late - but as he hovers over the marketplace, he sees his friend Rama lying motionless in a pool of blood.
‘I am too late. They got to you before me’ Strange tells himself, apologizing as he detects that Rama’s spirit has left his body. ‘I will return and see to your affairs. But first I must remove your murder weapon’ Strange assures his friend, as the dagger slowly rises before the amazed crowd that has gathered. Strange’s astral form continues on its journey, with the fourth dagger, hoping to prevent further assassinations. ‘The knife - it flies!’ one of the shop keepers calls out. ‘Quickly, Habib - before the police blame us!’ another exclaims.
Meanwhile, at Mount Athena, in Upstate New York, site of the US Government’s clandestine energy research project, and current home of the extra dimensional investigators known as the Squadron Supreme. Arcanna Jones a.k.a. Moonglow walks alongside a scientist called Sheldon, who informs her that it is looking grim, as Congress is slashing their budget, that three floors are already shut down, and he fears extra-dimensional research will be next. ‘Where will that leave the Squadron, I wonder?’ Arcanna asks, before thanking the scientist, Sheldon, for the information. ‘Remember, you didn’t hear it from me’ Sheldon tells Arcanna. ‘Right’ Arcanna replies as she presses a button on an elevator, which opens as Sheldon leaves.
‘Hi’ Arcanna greets a soldier in the elevator. ‘Lo’ the soldier replies, while Arcanna realizes that she has never seen him before. Suddenly, the soldier grabs Arcanna from behind: ‘DIE, WITCH!’ he shouts as she shoves the dagger through her back. Arcanna falls to the elevator floor, while Dr Strange’s astral form enters a moment later. ‘Am I too late once more?’ Strange asks himself, before telepathically commanding the assassin to throw himself against the wall, which he does, knocking him out.
Strange suddenly senses movement behind him and sorcery all around. ‘Arcanna?’ Dr Strange asks as he sees Moonglow standing behind him. Arcanna assures Dr Strange that she is okay, as the assassin stabbed an illusion, nothing more. ‘Thank goodness!’ Dr Strange gasps, before explaining to Arcanna that he wished he had time to explain, but needs her to have someone take the dagger outside so he can levitate it away.
The Canadian Rockies, where Dr Michael Twoyoungmen a.k.a. Shaman, former member of Canada’s now disbanded premiere super hero team, Alpha Flight, finds himself battling a snow creature of mythic proportions. ‘So once again your kind has the audacity to manifest on this plane. I will make you regret this sojourn, Great Beast!’ Shaman exclaims. The mystic leanrs that the Great Beast who slobbers over him is fast when the creature attempts to swat Shaman away - ‘I am faster!’ Shaman boasts as he catapults himself backwards, escaping the Beast’s attack. From his medicine pouch, Shaman throws some pulverized lark’s claw, and the creature falls to the snow covered ground.
Shamans’ powder crystalizes the liquids in the creature’s body, meaning if he does not return to his realm, he will die. But nothing happens. The creature remains lying in the snow. ‘Come, creature! I am waiting. You may dematerialize now’ Shaman exclaims. ‘Go back, join your brethren in the realm of the Beasts!’ But suddenly, the creature convulses and Shaman is knocked off of it. ‘Does it still live?’ Shaman wonders, when he notices the dagger floating nearby. Doctor Strange’s astral form rises from the snow creature, and informs Shaman that while he fought the Beast, he was being stalked by a human assassin, who flees. ‘What - who?’ Shaman asks. Strange tells Shaman to capture the assassin and he may reveal his plot.
Shaman reaches into his medicine pouch, ‘Assassin! You cannot escape - the reach of my magic!’ Shaman calls out as some sort of twister emerges from the medicine pouch, and retracts back to the medicine pouch with the assassin in tow. ‘You are lucky I closed my pouch before you reached it!’ Shaman tells the assassin, before asking him who sent him. ‘I - I -’ the assassin replies nervously as Shaman looms over him. Dr Strange tells Shaman that time runs out, and collects the dagger, assuring his associate that they will speak later, as he takes flight once more. Shaman waves to Dr Strange.
‘I now have the sixth dagger’ Strange tells himself, knowing that there is just one more to go. Hovering in the air, he watches as the six daggers point to his final destination. He follows them - one more dagger to find, but it is seven minutes to midnight. ‘What far corner can it lie in?’ Strange wonders.
‘Inside this house of sin - Strange’s doors may repulse magicians, not most master lock picks’ Silver Dagger thinks to himself as he lurks within Strange’s sanctorum. ‘As I predicted - Strange never left the building - here is his body meditating’ Silver Dagger tells himself as he stumbles upon Strange’s body sitting in the library. ‘He sent his ghost-form around the world on my wild chase’ Silver Dagger realizes. ‘How easy it would be to kill you right now, magician. But there is something you must do for me first’ Silver Dagger exclaims, producing the seventh dagger. ‘All comes to those who are patient’ he remarks as he sits down opposite Strange’s body. ‘And you will come to this - the seventh dagger!’ Silver Dagger exclaims.
‘The seventh dagger, I assume - is for me?’ Strange calls out as his astral form appears, the other six daggers in front of him. ‘Is that you, Strange?’ Silver Dagger calls out. ‘I’m impressed that you can perceive this ethereal form’ Strange admits. Silver Dagger replies that he has been practising, and informs Strange that the seventh blade is not for him - ‘They’re all for you!’ he shouts as he commands all seven blades, which yank out of Dr Strange’s control, swirling around him. Strange knows that the blades cannot affect his astral form, but they can harm his physical form.
But as the daggers swipe down and pierce Strange’s body, it is revealed to only be Dr Strange’s cloak - Wong’s handiwork. ‘Each one of those daggers was imbued with one of the sins you and your ilk have forced me to commit in tyring to rid Christendom of you!’ Silver Dagger calls out. ‘My sins are now yours - and passage to the kingdom of Heaven is mine!’ he booms, but suddenly, Dr Strange steps through a curtain into the library, once more in his physical form. ‘No. it is not’ Strange declares. ‘WHAT?’ gasps Silver Dagger.
With a gesture, Strange uses his catastrophe magic to transform the ceiling and floor, into large teeth which clamp down on Silver Dagger, trapping him. Strange stands before Silver Dagger and tells him that now they will talk. ‘I am not a demon. You are blind to the difference between magic used for evil and magic used for good’ Strange declares. ‘Magic IS evil!’ Silver Dagger booms. Strange remarks that Silver Dagger claims magic is evil, but supposes that his control over the daggers is surely sorcery.
The daggers suddenly remove themselves from Strange’s cloak, as Silver Dagger causes them to strike Dr Strange, but Strange attempts to use his magic to divert them, only the daggers are still immune to his magic. He dodges them - and they clang against the “teeth” which have captured Silver Dagger - all but one of them, which passes through the gaps, and strikes Silver Dagger in the chest. ‘Merciful father!’ Silver Dagger gasps. Strange realizes that the daggers were flung by Silver Dagger with such force, that the villain could not stop them before he was struck. ‘His sins have found him again’ Strange decides. ‘You summoned me?’ Wong asks as he enters the library, where Strange is crouched over Silver Dagger’s body. Strange thanks Wong for guarding his body, and asks him to fetch his medical bag and some pliers….


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Brooklyn, the apartment of Patsy Walker a.k.a. Hellcat and Ian Soo:
It is either very late at night, or very early in the morning when Patsy suddenly sits up in her bed and gasps 'Jen'. She walks out into the living room. Holding her cellphone, she utters 'Cmon... c'mon'.
Patsy's roommate, Ian approaches her and asks if she is okay. 'Please tell me we're not infested by anything again. My heart can't take it!' Ian declares. Patsy assures Ian that they are bug-free, and explains that something has come up. Ian asks Patsy where she is going. 'It's, like, stupid-o'clock right now' he points out. Patsy replies that she knows, and informs Ian that she thinks Jen is in trouble, that something has happened, and she has to go. Ian offers to go with Patsy, 'I'll grab my jacket -' he begins, but Patsy tells him that it is okay, and suggests he go back to sleep. 'I got this' Patsy tells Ian. 'You sure?' Ian asks. 'Pretty sure' Patsy replies, when suddenly, Ms America Chavez bursts through one of their apartment windows.
'Hey' America shouts. She tells Patsy that she got her text, and asks her who told her. 'Told me what? I don't know what's happening. I just woke up with this feeling, like Jen's in trouble' Patsy explains. 'She is. Patsy, she's in a coma' America reveals. 'WHAT?' Patsy exclaims. America informs Patsy that they were fighting Thanos, and Jen took a bad hit. America tells Patsy that Jen is at the Triskelion, but it is closed off to everyone. 'Can you get me in?' Patsy asks. 'Yeah, I can. But -' America starts to reply. 'Please, America' Patsy asks again.
America turns to Ian, who shrugs his shoulders and tells her not to look at him. 'She won't let up until you take her' Ian adds.  'Fine, but you're on your own getting out' America warns her as she turns away from Patsy, who assures her that she can work with that. 'Good luck...' Ian calls, waving goodbye to Patsy.
Soon, at the Triskelion, Patsy and America stand before a set of heavy doors. 'She's through there' America announces, adding that security has been tripled, so she guesses that Patsy has about two minutes before they come for her. 'Fine by me' Patsy replies. America tells Patsy that she is serious, and adds that the doctors don't know how stable Jen is, so it might be dangerous. 'I don't care – she's my best friend' Patsy replies as she enters the room, to find Jennifer Walters a.k.a. the She-Hulk in a bed, various monitors surrounding her motionless body.
'Oh my god, Jen...' Patsy gasps. 'What did they do to you?' Patsy asks, covering her mouth. She sits beside She-Hulk, and asks America 'Who let this happen?' America responds by explaining to Patsy that no one did, that they were fighting, and things got away from them and they made a mistake. America then hangs her head and informs Patsy that War Machine is dead. 'Rhodey? No! How?' Patsy asks. America reveals to Patsy that there is an Inhuman who can see things. 'Everything's really screwed up. I have to go. It's not over yet' America adds. Patsy rushes over to her, 'Don't you dare leave me!' she tells America, before asking if Jen is going to wake up. 'I'm so sorry' America replies as she rushes away. 'HEY!' Patsy screams at her.
'I can't do this alone' Patsy utters, sitting back at Jen's side, and holding one of her hands. Patsy's head drops onto the bed, but she opens one eye to look at Jen. Suddenly, Patsy's cellphone rings: “My mummy says I'm a miracle” is the ringtone. 'Ian?' Patsy asks, answering the phone. Ian asks Patsy if she is okay, as he sits at their table, stirring a hot drink. Patsy informs Ian that Jen has been hurt. 'I'm coming. Where are you?' Ian asks.
'Miss? Who let you in here? I'm going to have to get security. This area is a restricted' one of the medical team declares as she enters Jen's room. Patsy introduces herself and explains that Jen is her friend. 'Patsy?' Ian can be heard asking over the phone, but gets no response. The medical staff member looks at one of the monitors and tells Patsy that she can't be here right now, as She-Hulk is in a very delicate state. 'Please' replies Patsy, asking what is going to happen to She-Hulk. The staff member looks over at Patsy and assures her they are doing everything they can. She adds that She-Hulk flatlined for a while, and it took all of them just to get her stable again. The staff member explains that She-Hulk is unresponsive and that they have no idea how long it will last. 'If you leave your information, we'll keep you updated' she offers. 'Hello?' Ian calls out. Patsy answers him by informing him that she will be home soon. Patsy puts a hand on Jen's head and tells her to dream of sweet things. 'I'll be back for you'.
The next morning: 'So, the facts are these' Patsy announces as she stands in the law office of Jennifer Walters PLLC, 68 Jay Street in Brooklyn. Standing before Patsy are Ian, who holds the hand of his boyfriend Tom Hale, one of Patsy's childhood friends. Sharon King, the landlord and a former mutant is with the group, as is Howard the Duck, a duck-tective, and Angie Huang and her monkey Hei-Hei, Jen's paranormal paralegal.
Patsy informs the others that James Rhodes is dead, and Jen is in a coma, but they are not sure when she will wake up – or if. 'Which is why I called you all here'. Patsy then looks down and admits that she doesn't know what to do. 'How could this happen?' Tom asks. 'She's so... strong' Ian adds. Sharon remarks that she saw Jen two days ago, while Howard starts pumping his fists in the air and exclaims 'Who was it? Thanos? I could take him. I'll knock his block off'. 'Hei-Hei wants vengeance' Angie announces, as the monkey screeches.
Sharon asks Patsy if they can see Jen, to which Patsy informs the others that Jen is at the Ultimates' HQ, and she only got in because the place was empty, but it is closed off to visitors. 'Damn it, Jen' Sharon mutters, while Angie puts a hand on Jen's shoulder and tells her that Jen will be all right. 'I have faith in her strength. She has survived worse'. Sharon turns to Angie and asks her how she can be so calm about this. Angie tells her that she isn't, but points out they do not all process grief in the same way. 'I am heartbroken' Angie announces, hanging her head.
Patsy crouches beside Howard, who is still pumping his fists into the air and shouts 'Well, I ain't. Point me at who did this and I'll give him a taste of the ol' one-two!', but Patsy tells him that won't fix this. 'Sure would feel good, though' Howard tells her. Patsy rubs his head and agrees with him. Patsy picks up a photo on Jen's desk and looks at it, and tells the others that Jen was in the middle of cases, that she had a whole active list of clients that someone is going to have to handle. Angie announces that they will help. 'Oh, Angie!' Patsy declares, embracing the other woman, while the monkey leaps into the air, unimpressed. 'Well -' Angie begins, before Tom, Ian and Sharon all join in, making it a group hug. 'Don't look at me. I'm not a hugger' Howard mutters as he turns away from the others, before he cries out 'WAUGH!' as someone pulls him into the group hug.
Soon, at the Nicer Dive Bar, near 68 Jay Street. Patsy, Tom and Ian, Sharon, Howard and Angie and Hei-Hei are sitting around a table. Howard is slumped over, face on the table, empty bottles scattered around his chair. Sharon raises a glass into the air: 'You know my favorite thing about Jen?' she asks the others, announcing that Jen always paid her rent three days late, that every month, on the fourth, she would slip the check under her door and apologize – every month since she moved in. 'Like clockwork' Sharon adds, hanging her head. Head resting on her arm, Patsy declares that she can't pick a favorite. 'She's perfect' she adds. Patsy slumps over on the table, and pushes her drink off the edge of the table. 'Patsy!' Ian calls out as he uses his telekinesis to grab the glass and the drink that starts to pour out of it. Ian tells Patsy that it is okay, that they are all here. 'I know... I know. I just...' Patsy begins, as she informs the others that Jen came back into her life at a point when she needed her more than Jen knew. 'She gave me a job, a purpose, and even turned a blind eye to me sleeping in the storage closet'. Patsy adds that Jen never asked her why she didn't want to fight the big fights anymore – she just let her be.
Flashback:
Jen and Patsy are engaged in a training session, during which Jen tells Patsy to watch her knees and not to overextend. 'Dude, it's hard! You're, like, nine feet tall!' Patsy calls back. 'So work with what you've got. Use my size against me' Jen suggests. 'Easier said than done!' Patsy exclaims. Jen smiles and explains to Patsy that it is all about balance. 'If your opponent has you physically outmached, check for weaknesses, and -' Jen begins, before she finds herself thrown over, and landing on her back. 'You do know I've been combat training since, like, forever, right?' Patsy asks. 'Oof. Point, Walker' Jen mutters. She rubs the back of her neck as Patsy helps her up, and Patsy asks Jen if she wants to get pizza after this. She remarks that the place by the office has something called The Unconquerable, and she wants to try it. 'How is it possible that you can eat more than me?' Jen asks. 'Sheer determination' Patsy replies, when, suddenly, they hear someone scream for help.
Seconds later, Patsy and Jen are in their costumes, and arrive in an alley-way, where a thug is holding a knife towards a frightened woman. 'Hey, stinkhead! Back away and drop the cutlery!' Hellcat warns him. 'Ah, crepes. Super-broads' the criminal mutters, twirling the knife in his hand. 'He just grabbed my phone! Help!' the woman pleads. 'Can we?' Hellcat grins ar She-Hulk. 'I dunno, you're probably too tired...' She-Hulk smiles back. 'Pretty, pretty please with cherries on top?' Hellcat calls out. 'Only 'cause you said the magic words' She-Hulk tells her. The confused thug looks at them and asks 'Are you guys gonna fight me, or -', just as She-Hulk picks Hellcat up and hurls her towards the thug, who looks up at she drops down towards him, and knocks him out.
The thug lies slumped over on the ground, while the woman thanks Hellcat and She-Hulk. 'He asked me what time it was, and when I pulled out my phone...' the woman begins. 'Ah, man! That's the worst! It preys on your common decency and then, blammo, you're mugged!' Hellcat replies. 'Weird. I've never gotten that one' She-Hulk remarks. 'Of course you haven't! You're a mountain!' Hellcat pooints out, to which She-Hulk asks 'What, you think I don't get my share of crap walking around New York?' The woman they rescued tries to interrupt, but they ignore her as Hellcat replies 'Well, no, okay, fair point. I'm sure you do'. 'You know how many people on an average day ask if I'm in cosplay?' She-Hulk asks. 'Oh, as if anyone could get gree body paint that even' She-Hulk replies, while the woman starts to back away and tells them that she is just going to go.
Shortly, Patsy and Jen sit opposite each other in the pizza parlor, a large pizza on the table in front of them. 'This pizza is my new husband! I'm going to marry it and have its pizza babies and name them...' Patsy begins, to which Jen suggests 'Harold and Stacy'. 'What? Stacy?' Patsy asks, laughing.  Jen tells Patsy that they already have a pizza for a dad. 'You've got to give them some stability'. The woman look at each other and smile, before Jen opens a can of soda and tells Patsy that she doesn't mean to pry, and she knows that Patsy is going through a lot, but that if she ever wants to talk about what is going on, she is here. 'Jen...I know' P{atsy smiles, putting a hand into Jen's hand.
Present:
'Pats?' someone calls out. 'Yeah?' Patsy asks, her eyes still staring off into the distance. 'Pats!' someone shouts. 'Oh' Patsy replies, as she looks around at her friends around the table. 'Where'd you go?' Ian asks. 'Sorry, I... nowhere. I'm okay' Patsy replies, before Sharon leans into Patsy and asks if she can borrow her for a second. They leave the table and Patsy asks Sharon what is going on. Sharon tells Patsy that she was going to wait to say it, but figures she might as well: 'If Jen's out, for however long, we're down another tenant. The building can't take the hit' she informs Patsy, who asks what that means. 'Jen paid late, but she paid. You're pro bono for now, and it's not like Howard's raking in the bank. Half my clients are out fighting this awful battle, and who knows if they'll make it back or end up... we're in rough shape' Sharon explains. 'You're kicking us out?' Patsy asks. 'No! We just need to make some changes' Sharon replies, telling Patsy that if she will work with her, she has an idea. 'Let's hear it' Patsy tells Sharon. 'A change of scenery' Sharon announces.
Later: 'Am I crazy, or did you not just move into this office?' asks Bailey as she and several other of Patsy's new acquaintances with super powers are helping to move furniture from Patsy's office. Patsy empties a box into Bailey's magical bag and explains that with Jen out of the picture, she and Sharon decided to use Jen's office for now, adding that they are really going to try and expand the temp agency, try and bring some cash in. 'Gotcha' Bailey replies, before telling Patsy that she is sorry, and that she hopes Jen is okay. 'Me too' Patsy smiles. Sharon pops her head into the office and asks 'Need some help?' Patsy smiles at her, and tells her that she does. Patsy and Sharon carry some boxes from Patsy's old office, and Sharon asks Patsy if she is okay, pointing out that this must be kind of strange. Patsy replies that it is, but that keeping busy helps. Sharon tells Patsy that it probably isn't any of her business, and asks why she isn't out there fighting. 'Feels like dang-near every super hero I know has thrown their hat in the ring' Sharon adds.
'Heh. You're not kidding' Patsy replies, before looking over her shoulder as a young woman in a yellow trenchcoat carries a box with an expresso machine in it down behind her. 'It's like I told Jen before... all this. I've done my part. I've Avenged and Defended. I just wanted to lie low for a while and get my life back on track' Patsy explains to Sharon, before suddenly she turns back around: 'Wait – Jubilee?' Patsy calls out. Jubilee smiles: 'Hey. You want me down the hall or in there with you?' she asks. 'Well, I said “dang-near” didn't I? Not “all”. I figured we could use an assistant' Sharon explains. 'Absolutely' Patsy smiles. Patsy tells Jubilee to take that box down the left, and that she will check in with her in a minute. 'Cool' Jubilee calls back.
Patsy and Sharon step into Jen's office. 'Wow' Patsy utters. Sharon tells her that she hopes it isn't too much change, and adds that things are going to be weird for a while. Patsy tells Sharon that it is good – focus on the work until Jen wakes up. 'I hope she does' Sharon remarks. Patsy picks up a photo of she and Jen and tells Sharon that she doesn't know if she can do this without Jen. Sharon puts a hand on Patsy's shoulder and tyells her that she can. 'If anyone can, Patsy Walker, it's you'. 'You think so?' Patsy replies. Sharon tells her that she does, and adds that she knows Jen does too. 'If there's anything you can count on, it's this: We'll be here for each other, no matter what'.