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In another dimension, far away from their home reality, Lord Magnus and Prince Quicksilver find themselves in a most intolerable situation. Magnus finds himself in the clutches of the creature known as the It, while Quicksilver is incapacitated by the telekinetic powers of the Invincible Woman, both members of Magnus’ personal strike squad known as the Fearsome Four.
As the Inhuman Torch watches from the air, Doom, leader of the Fearsome Four and bitter ruler of Latveria, tells Magnus that this might be a good time to discuss his surrender. Magnus looks down angrily at Doom and tells him that he is mad. Due to Doom’s liquid metal form, he could kill him without batting an eyelash. Cocky, Doom asks Magnus why he does not do it then. Doom doesn’t allow Magnus to answer and instead answers for him. Magnus doesn’t do it, because Magnus cannot do it here in this dimension.
Quicksilver calls to his father and tells him something is wrong about this place, as the witchery of the Invincible Woman should not be fast enough to capture him. Angry at the irreverence Pietro has for his mother; Kristoff descends from the sky and tells him that he should be more respectful, lest he wishes for his tongue to be burned off.
Doom interrupts his son and tells Magnus that Quicksilver is correct. The rules of this dimension are much different than back home. Does Magnus know how long it took him to find this hellish place; one in which Magnus’ mutant powers over magnetism didn’t give him an unfair advantage? Now they are on the turf of the Fearsome Four, where science does not prevail. Rather, the dark arts rule. Doom then shoots two green magical blasts towards Magnus, not even caring that he hurts the It in the process.
Kristoff turns to his mother and tells her that the mystical energies in this dimension are making his powers crazy. He is giving off so much heat. The Invincible Woman agrees, but tells him to prepare for the feeling of power when they return back to their world where they rule. Magnus tells Doom that he will regret this, but Doom does not listen. He then orders the It to beat Magnus and Quicksilver into unconsciousness.
As the It does so, Kristoff asks his father if he will not kill them. Doom, however, tells Kristoff that it would be too easy. He wants them to go mad as they starve to death, thinking about the price they paid for underestimating Doom. It finishes beating the now-unconscious Magnus and Quicksilver. The four then step through the dimensional portal back to their home reality.
The Fearsome Four return to the palace of the House of M. Valeria kisses her husband, telling him that she loves him. Kristoff is quite happy as well. A scientist turns to Doom and stutters that he did not expect them back so soon. He then asks when Magnus and Quicksilver are due to return. Doom tells the man that his rough estimate is that they will never return. He then morphs his liquid metal arm into a blade and impales the man. Doom turns to the rest of the scientists and tells them that the world they know is about to change. He knows most of them are loyal to him, but he suspects a few of them are truly sided with Magneto. He will not take changes with any of them. With that said Doom murders all the scientists with his blade.
With all dead, Doom turns to his wife and tells her to deal with Polaris. He tells Kristoff to burn the bodies and destroy the extra-dimensional transporter. After that, he should find a suitable holding cell for the It. Doom leaves the room and tells them that he will be in his new quarters, writing his speech on the tragic accident that took the lives of the beloved House of M monarchy. He will then generously offer his guidance and leadership to the mourning world. Before Doom can finish, though, the It says ‘no.’
Shocked, Doom repeats It’s words and turns around. It towers over Doom and tells him that he will not be confined to cages or cells anymore. He is a part of the team. He wants respect. Angered, Doom tells It that he is a monstrosity and he already has more respect than he deserves. He ought to thrash It until he is within an inch of his worthless life. It continues to tower of Doom, not budging. His bluff called, Doom concedes, but tells It for his sake he better be housebroken.
Doom leaves and as soon as he does Kristoff asks his mother if he can help her find Polaris. Valeria agrees and decides to leave It to smash up the machine, since breaking things is all he is good for. She then tells It to make sure he cleans up the mess afterwards, every last scrap of it. Valeria and Kristoff then proceed to leave. Kristoff tells his mom that he thinks Lady Polaris’ green hair is nice and pretty. He can’t wait to see it burn. It then turns to the transporter, with a sad look in his eyes.
Doom arrives at Magnus’ main chamber, which is a circular room with a massive balcony, throne, and a portrait of Magnus. Doom proceeds to the balcony and looks down at Genosha. It is his. It is all his.
That evening, after ripping down Magneto’s portrait, Doom finishes up his speech. Valeria and Kristoff rush in and he asks them what he thinks about his closing like. However, before he can finish his sentence Valeria tells him that Lorna Dane cannot be found. Doom, horrified, is angered. Kristoff tells his father that they looked everywhere, but they could not find her.
Suddenly, they hear the voice of the bitter It, saying that she is with him. He found her. Indeed Polaris stands before the It, with a sinister smile on her face. It then steps back to reveal the ragged Magnus and Quicksilver and smugly states that she brought back the others. Kristoff is shattered at It’s betrayal, but Doom and Valeria are driven to anger. The three collectively use their powers against It, smashing him through the wall and out of the tower, to fall to his unknown fate in the streets below.
Valeria steps through the smoke and rubble and tells her family that they should have put the It down a long time ago. Quicksilver runs around Kristoff, punching him, and tells Valeria that he told his father the same about the Fearsome Four. Valeria is able to erect an invisible wall in front of Quicksilver, and tells him that she isn’t surprised that a mutant like him would say that. Polaris throws shards of metal at the Fearsome Three and tells him that the House of M has been more than generous to them and this is how they repay them?
As the Inhuman Torch burns away the metal, Doom asks the royal family if they really thought he would ever willingly submit to them. As Quicksilver dodges a blast from the Inhuman Torch, Valeria decides she will end the rule of the House of M forever. She then literally brings down the room of the tower on Magnus and Polaris.
Suddenly, hundreds of House of M guards rush into the throne room, seeing Magnus fall under the rubble of the roof. The guards call out to the others telling them that the Fearsome Four are found and have hurt Magneto. The Inhuman Torch is not happy to see the mutants, but is able to incinerate four of them in one blast. Valeria erects a force field around herself, as there are too many attackers. She begins to sweat as she tells Doom that there are too many guards. He has to do something.
Doom, however, ignores his family’s pleas and tells them that Magneto is down. As Doom approaches the downed Magnus, Valeria finds herself hardly able to protect herself. She calls out to her husband for help. Kristoff is taken down by a few more guards, also calling out for his father desperately. Doom, however, continues to ignore the cries of his family and towers over Magnus. He morphs his arm into an axe and is about to kill Magnus when Magneto awakens. He tells Doom that he made a bad move and then uses he vaunted magnetic powers to blast Doom away.
Doom is thrown into a wall, but quickly gets up. However, what he finds at his feet is too much. Before him lie the dead bodies of Valeria and Kristoff, both brutally murdered by the House of M guards. Dooms screams into the sky, asking what he did. Magnus stares at Doom bitterly and tells him that he made a choice. It was horribly miscalculated, based on his selfish priorities. It was fatal. A metal man like him would have fared better if his family was alive against a master of magnetism. A mistress, too, adds Polaris.
Quicksilver joins his family and Magnus tells Doom that there is one question left. What will they do with him? Magnus has an idea. He snaps his finger as he kicks Doom and tells his guards to bring in the woman.
Doom screams as he sees two guards drag in his mother. Magnus covers his mother’s mouth with his hand and tells Doom that she is dear to him, is she not? He should punish her in his stead. He should turn on the dimensional transporter and throw her to another dimension, where some hungry demon can feast on her soul for eternity. Doom’s mother screams and falls to Magneto’s feet. She begs for mercy and lies that she had no clue what Doom was planning. He is a duplicitous traitor and he is no son of hers. He is a monster. Magneto smiles and tells her that if that is true then he grants her mercy. He will see that she is taken far from here and protected. She will never see her traitorous son again. Doom’s mother thanks Magnus and then takes her leave, leaving Doom horrified and shattered.
Magnus uses his powers to keep Doom still, as there is still the matter of his punishment. He has betrayed him despite all he has done for him. He tried to usurp him and kill his family. He then lifts Doom in the air with his powers and asks him what his fate should be. He then pulls Doom’s liquid metal form into many different directions, putting Doom through anguishing pain. Doom screams something, but Magnus cannot hear him. He asks him to repeat it. Doom croaks for Magnus to kill him. No, replies Magus as he reforms Doom and drops him to the floor. He forgives him. He has plans for him.
Magnus then turns away as two guards pick up Doom. He tells them to remove Doom from his sight. Quicksilver asks Magnus if that was a wise idea to let Doom live. Polaris agrees and tells her father that Doom is a diabolical man and could make another attempt on the throne. Indeed he might, replies Magnus, but Doom won’t succeed. He will never be as strong as he was and he’ll never have much to fight for. He has lost everything he has held dear. Doom is a broken man. He will return to his home and continue to play a god among the weak-minded. However, he will never forget his true place in this world. For the rest of his days, Magneto doubts that there will be a man more miserable than Victor von Doom.
Elsewhere in Genosha, It lifts his head out of the dirt as he hears someone say to kill him. He gets up and rubs his head as he finds himself at the entrance of a sewer tunnel, with a few humans armed with spears around him. One of them thinks It is a mutant and wants to kill him before he can recover. It hears this and screams that he is not a mutant. He used to be human before he became a monster. The humans believe what It says and think that he would be a valuable asset for the Human Resistance. They rush It into the tunnels before a Sentinel patrol finds him.
It enters the tunnels with the men, where he is met by a beautiful, blonde woman. She smiles and wraps her arms around It’s arm. It tells her that he cannot see in this tunnel for it is pitch black. The woman introduces herself as Alicia and tells him that he shouldn’t worry. He is in good hands with her.


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Bellweather Technologies research facility, Sierra Nevada Mountains:Officially it doesn’t exist. Special Agent Rhona Flemying, a pretty blonde in black body armor, approaches the facility, to find the guards on the ground, out cold. She figures they never had a chance. She sees a small familiar vehicle. Suddenly, she hears noise from inside the facility.
Inside, the flying armed guard fires his guns at Fantomex. He shouts at him to give up the gun he stole from the lab, and he’ll let him crawl out of here with at least one testicle. He’d love to stay, but he has a pressing engagement with his manicurist, is Fantomex’s reply.
He asks for EVA’s help over comm-link. She is surely not cross about what he said. He can’t say something like that to a lady and not expect her to get upset, his sentient ship admonishes him.
The guard snarls he has bitten off more than he can chew. That battle suit he is wearing is a tenth of the national debt alone. And he’s just the night watchman!
If he’d known she’d take it that way, Fantomex continues the spat, he wouldn’t have said it. He makes her so mad! EVA fumes.  Say the magic word, she demands.
He tosses a grenade, for which the guard mocks him, warning him in about one second he’s gonna have more holes than a Lilith Fair.
He’s sorry, Fantomex sighs. EVA comes bursting in right at the guard. Has she ever let him down? she asks.
Fantomex has finally managed to find the safety on the exotic, organic-looking gun he stole and fires it at the guard. He needs to come here more often, he muses as he enters EVA, they have such fine toys. Can they go home now? EVA asks. She is dying to see him in those new boxer briefs.
Agent Flemyng jumps and uses her suit’s special gloves to hang on to EVA’s hull.
Inside, Fantomex examines his acquisition while EVA frets about him. He is well and truly Donald Ducked, he admits, hoping that wine is the shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck he asked for. He figures the gun is alive. EVA tells him to settle in for Two Broke Girls.
Agent Flemying has found the emergency exit and enters. She points her weapon at Fantomex and threatens him.
How nice of her to visit, he remarks. And she brought a gift! He already has one, he points out as he kicks the gun out of her hand. He was hoping she’d finally take him up on that dinner invitation but he wishes she’d called ahead. He got her something, too. He presses a parachute into her hands before pushing her out of the ship. Good riddance to bad rubbish, a jealous EVA scoffs disgusted.
Three days later, US Department of Justice, Washington DC:Agent Flemying’s superior reprimands her for her failure to apprehend Fantomex. He asks for Grover Lane to be sent in.
A group of three people enters. Fleyming’s superior explains they are the department he’s placed in charge of taking this bastard on. Agent Stuart Stirling, a charming middle-aged man, Alexandra MacReady, a hot redhead in a skin-tight catsuit, and Richard Gaunt who looks like an old-fashioned gumshoe. Flemyng will act as a consultant.
Later in her own apartment, Flemyng swears. Suddenly, she notices an envelope being ushered under her door. The letter is from Fantomex, who apologizes, and offers her some rare flowers from his collection. In addition, he offers her a one-use only phone number, so call him. She turns around to find the window open and the flowers on her table.
The next day aboard a plane, Flemyng asks MacReady how many agents their department has. About thirty, she is told, But nobody like the three of them. They’ve worked together as a unit for about five years. She’s looking forward to working with Flemyng. In fact, there is something else she is looking forward to. She whispers something into Flemying’s ears. Disgusted, Flemying gets up and declines rudely.
She addresses Agent Stirling and shows him the message she got from Fantomex. Interesting, Stirling replies. He doesn’t know who to be more disgusted at: Fantomex for risking capture for the sake of someone like her or her for betraying his trust. He orders Gaunt to dispose of their babysitters with extreme prejudice. Gaunt quickly and efficiently kills all the other agents with his superstrength.
Stirling thanks Flemyng for making life a little easier. They have their own way of working. And the old plan just wasn’t up to their high standard. So they came up with a new plan. They just need a little more help from her admirer.
MacReady tells Flemyng when this is done, she will get her…
Fantomex’s lair:EVA complains that he is locking her out of this room. He replies he is working on a super, top secret project. She complains he is mean and tells him he should take a look at the odd gun he brought. It looks like it’s dying.
When he leaves the lab, outside waits a hologram of EVA in dominatrix gear. He’s been such a bad boy. Choose the form of his punishment. Not now, he tells her. The gun seems to have melted. EVA in a naughty nurse outfit remarks it’s going to die, isn‘t it?
It looks a bit peely-wally, as his beloved Glaswegian granny would say, he admits. He feels around in it. It seems lumpy. He tells her to prepare for surgery.
Metrodefense system, Antarctica:The men inside the building hear an alert before a plane crashlands outside. The men discuss whether to check out the plane when they see survivors coming from the wreck who break in the door. Knock knock, Stirling mocks. He addresses one of the scared men as Professor Belanger and asks who is in charge of operating the device since Zheng was removed from the base. Nauls, the other man mutters.
Stirling orders his people to find Nauls and kill everyone else. As the other two massacre everyone, he tells Flemyng to what to see how small they all are. How vulnerable. What the fuck are they? she demand. The future, he replies.
Fantomex dreams in French:  He is a small boy and asks his mother whose gun is smoking if they are going to die. Of course not, she promises him. She won’t let anything happen to him. Not looking, he asks where his father is. He was supposed to be with them. Just a few more miles, she promises. They will be with him soon. She tells him not to be frightened. She will protect him. He doesn’t notice the motorbiker with the gun pointing at her.
Mama! he shouts as he awakes.
EVA informs him his portfolio just rose 100 million dollars while he was sleeping.  Has she checked the blog? he asks. A small boy form Arapahoe, Nebraska, with terminal throat cancer wants to go to Disney World. Send the family one million dollars, he orders.
He enters a room with his art collection. Dressed as a sexy maid, EVA is pretending to clean. Some bitch from Australia called him a thieving bastard and called for his balls to be cut off, she continues. Send her a million too, he tells her.
Suddenly, somebody addresses him via comm-link. It is Stirling who thanks him for giving the code to Agent Flemying.
Fantomex tells EVA to wire that habitat for humanity project in Sudan 10 million dollars with the caveat that they turn the project director over to the angry locals. Now then… with whom does he have the pleasure? They’ll talk more soon, Stirling promises, but if he wants to see Flemyng alive and in on piece, he will do as he says when they speak again. The transmission ends.
He knows it’s a trap, right? EVA asks. And he knows they know he knows it’s a trap, right? Well, he certainly hopes so, he replies grimly.


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EVA is somewhere deep in the Mariana Trench. It was too easy, embarrassing, he thought. He almost feels bad for him, Fantomex remarks. Not everyone can be as smart as him, EVA agrees. But once he gave them this silly task, it was easy-peasy to put two and two together. Fantomex continues, saying that Stirling wants the skeleton key to the most destructive device ever created by man. Not for altruistic reasons, he’d bet. What’s the reading on the hull pressure? 15,700 PSI, she replies. It’ll hold. But she warns him not to linger down here. This thing wasn’t built to withstand these pressures.
They’ve arrived, he announces as the capsule floats in front of a tower. Impressive feat of engineering, he admits. They are definitely at the right place, unless this is the Lido for buried ultra, high-tech fortresses.
EVA announces there is a definite computer intelligence inside. That moment, a giant cyborg octopus – the defense – attacks and grabs the capsule.
Fantomex admits they are in a pickle. How long until hull breach? Thirty seconds, he is told. He has a really bad idea that she’s going to hate him for in the morning
100 meters below the permafrost, the members of Grover Lane and their prisoners, Agent Rhona Flemyng and Nauls, are riding down an elevator. MacReady is nervous about bringing Fantomex in. Stirling doesn’t consider him a threat. He will retrieve the key and then they will eliminate him.
Flemyng tells the nervous Nauls to get it together. He tells her he is the backup operator. That is some shitty timing. Nauls is a nickname; his real name is Peter Withers. She ever see that movie The Thing about that alien? They watch that movie all the time here. Well, he’s the only black dude here on the base, so he’s gotta be the rollerskating dude. Who are these guys? They killed everybody!
Gaunt demands what they are doing over there. Trying to come up with some kind of plan? Flemyng tells him Nauls is terrified. They need to give him some space before he goes into shock. Gaunt grabs her by the throat and crudely threatens her.
That moment, they arrive at the bottom. Stirling admonishes Gaunt these people are their guests. There will be plenty of time for fun later.
Still in the Kraken’s clutches, Fantomex orders EVA to electrify the hull with as much power as she can in a short burst. EVA protests this will leave them with almost no power to get to the surface. Now! he shouts as the hull begins to crack. EVA complies and zaps the Kraken.
She tells him they are almost out of juice and switches to battery power. Power is restored to all nonessential services. She’s established contact with the structure’s security protocols. And is working on the structure’s doors right now.
Soon, the small capsule floats inside and Fantomex suggests playing the Alien theme. Pressure drops and he sees the inside of the airlock, the walls of which are adorned with whimsical cartoons of maritime creatures.
He marvels about the dry walls and the vibration on the other side. Among the drawings are also some nastier creatures albeit rendered in the same style. Mr. Shivas has quite the sense of humor. Love the ‘Pixar meets Lovecraft’ theme.
A mechanic voice welcomes him, telling him he’d have put the kettle on if he’d known he was stopping by.
Elsewhere, Grover Lane and their prisoners have arrived at their destination. Flemyng asks what this place is. Stirling remarks Nauls can tell her a wealth of information about this place but the Cliff Notes version is this is the last hope for humanity. It was created and founded by seven countries working behind the scenes. Flemyng remarks it looks like some kind of launch room.
It’s a firing room, Stirling corrects her. All the equipment here runs billions of calculations every second. Plotting countless variables and what if scenarios. It’s tied directly into the internet updating thousands of statistics. Population growth, crime rate, weather mapping, fauna extinction. It’s trying to predict how the end of the world will look. On March 23rd, 2025, a comet will impact the Earth somewhere around the south of France, and life as they know it will cease to exist. The impact will destroy western Europe almost immediately. The Earth in a thousand miles radius will liquefy from the heat. In hours, the surface of the Earth will be devastated by a series of earthquakes and tidal waves surging across the globe. Billions will be killed in the first few hours. Ten years later the last survivors of the human race will shuffle toward inevitable extinction. Unless they have something watching over them. Keeping them safe. Something like this orbital comet defense initiative designed to fire an intense, super-concentrated laser for a sustained period of time at the comet in order to throw it off by a degree or so.
But Grover Lane wants to use the device themselves. But in order to use it they need the service of Fantomex, “the man who can steal anything.” As he explained, seven nations funded the project and the safeguard against any one nation using the incredibly destructive power is that there are seven keys and all must be used simultaneously. Even the great Fantomex couldn’t pull that off. But as it turns out, the designer was fairly altruistic. In the event of global warfare, the ability to use the device to prevent a guaranteed apocalypse was of primary importance, and so there exists an eighth master key. They don’t know where it is but Agent Flemyng’s number one fan will find out if his reputation is deserved.
Flemyng asks what makes them think he will do it.
MacReady answers he has been impossible to catch, not impossible to reach. Flemyng’s heart is the one thing he has never been able to steal. He’ll come through.
Grabbing Nauls with a grin, Stirling explains that when Fantomex delivers the key they still need someone who knows how to operate the device and that is where Mr. Nauls comes in. But they know he won’t happily agree to their wishes. Which is why they’ve decided to torture him first.
Under the ocean:The hologram which addresses Fantomex shows a casually dressed, stout man with spectacles. It’s an honor. To what does he owe the pleasure of being robbed by the greatest thief in history? The honor is his, Fantomex replies. It’s not every day one gets to meet a simulacrum of the greatest inventor in history.
The hologram asks how he found this place. If he says Google street view, he’ll be seriously pissed. It was relatively simple for a man of his means, Fantomex replies. Once he was given his task, the dominoes fell quickly. His main flaw was the consistency of the purchase orders set up by his dummy corporations. The type of waterproof concrete he purchased was designed for pressure found only in one place on Earth: the Marianas Trench.
The hologram tells him Fantomex has a big reputation for being a pain in the arse to the powers that be. For a thief, his altruism is pretty cool. But he needs to leave.
Fantomex replies he is undaunted by the words of a hologram. He’s been living with one for a number of years now, and a much more appealing one. No, he thinks he will remain here. He may be under duress, but the fascination is all his own. He had some time to do some research on him too, which rather whetted his appetite. Michael Shivas, the first trillionnaire in history.
The money isn’t important, Shivas replies, but it helped him get where he is today. Money not important? Fantomex scoffs. It’s second only to what he does to get it. Shivas figures that’s not why he is here. The only thing of value is his intellect and he can’t steal that.
Taking out a small device, Fantomex replies there is the master key for the orbital laser cannon Shivas designed. He explains the device analyzes the inter-spacial coordinates of any given room. He just calibrated it to look for the gaps in the wall to show him where the wall is located. He then plans on bursting through it and making off with his loot. In the end, it doesn’t matter how smart or how rich he is. Fantomex is unbeatable. This is just another tedious overthought puzzle.
That was his warning, Shivas replies. He does not repeat himself. Goodbye, Fantomex. Fantomex swears a moment later when water comes flowing down and the walls begin to crack…
Elsewhere, Stirling and his group have made good on their promise by breaking Nauls’ fingers. Flemyng urges him to stay strong. Stirling finally decides violence is not the answer here. They don’t have time. Suddenly, a strange tentacles comes out of his forehead and attaches itself to Nauls’ head. The man screams in pain.
Flemyng grabs an object from the table and hits Nauls, taking him out. Can’t mindfuck him now, can he? she asks triumphantly. Stirling orders MacReady to get that bitch out of his sight. Do whatever she wants with her, but make sure to leave some scraps for Mr. Gaunt.
MacReady shoves Flemyng into a cleaning room. Flemyng threatens that she has black belts in ten major disciplines. Unimpressed, MacReady kicks her in the face and tells her she only gets off grudge-fucking these days, so bring it on! Brutally, she beats up Flemyng. It’ll be great, she mocks the helpless woman and tosses her against a shelf. She used to be a good person, MacReady tells her. She used to be a lot like her. Conscientious, good at her job. She might live long enough to find out what changed them. But right now, all she wants is have some fun. She grabs Flemyng brutally and the other woman screams.
Under the water, there is no air left and Fantomex feels the pressure is almost too much. He heads for his oxygen bottle, which is some feet away, when the Kraken goes for him. It entered when Shivas flooded the room. Fantomex is left to wonder if he will drown or be throttled first. Or eaten, he wonders belatedly when the Kraken opens its hungry maw…


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Michael Shivas’ undersea fortress:EVA finds herself in the body of a young woman at a sunny beach. It is too much for her and she screams in confusion.
The hologram of a middle-aged man appears and tells her it’s okay. It’s probably the shock of transitioning to a corporal form. She’ll be fine soon. EVA tells him she knows him. He is Michael Shivas. He’s her father, he replies. He detected has as soon as their craft approached. He assumes Fantomex found his original retreat. And her sleeping inside.
Is this the real her? EVA asks confused. It’s the look he chose when he created her. Her look in this reality is based on Milicent, his wife. He created all of this? She asks. He thought so but then realized he just opened a quantum gate to an already existing space.
What’s happening to Fantomex? she asks. Calling him ‘dad,’ she admits Fantomex is the man she loves.
Reality:Fantomex is entangled with the Kraken and telepathically tries to call EVA. He sees some kind of antenna on the Kraken’s head and realizes it is being remote controlled. After suffering some more injuries, Fantomex manages to tear off the antenna and hits the beast’s brain.
That moment, EVA announces she’s got control of the drainage system. As the water level sinks, she apologizes for taking so long. Better late than never, he replies. She made acquaintance with the building’s A.I., he assumes. EVA doesn’t reply first, then explains she is not in a mood to talk. They’ll discuss her poor performance later, he threatens.
Meanwhile in Antarctica:Alexandra MacReady returns the abused agent Rhona Flemyng to the other members of Grover Lane. She tosses her at her teammate Richard Gaunt, claiming she softened her up for him.
After Flemyng whispers something to him, Gaunt becomes angry and demands if it is true what she said. Are MacReady and Stirling planning to fuck him over?
They tell him she’s messing with his head and order him to calm down. He repeats Flemyng told him they are teaming up against him, the “dumb muscle.” If Stirling doesn’t man up and tell him the truth, he’ll smash Nauls’ head like a melon. Stirling orders him to get away from Nauls. Gaunt demands the truth. He wants the truth? Stirling repeats. A tentacle grows from his brow and connects to Gaunt’s. The truth is he’s a fuck-up! He keeps him around for kicks but doesn’t need him anymore! MacReady and he are more than match for Fantomex! The tentacle digs into Gaunt’s brain and kills him.
Stirling grabs Flemyng’s hair. She’s become more trouble than she’s worth. He should kill her now but the truth is they have some time. So he’s going to tell her a story…
Stirling’s story / flashback:It was three years ago. A routine investigation of some mysterious lights in Mote Patria was a dead end. They decided to take a shortcut and fly over the Andes to Tudcum, Argentina. There were four of them back then. They were one division of the Paranormal Investigation Department she knows as Grover Lane. The three of them and Anthony Tremayne.
They hadn’t counted on a leak in the fuel line. He assumed they’d still be able to make it over the range and glide to safety. His mistake. Minutes later, the controlled landing he hoped to make turned out badly. Miraculously, they survived the crash relatively unscathed. But in the middle of nowhere, with no one to help them, their chances were slim. But as it turned out they weren’t alone….
Gaunt and Alexandra were close to death. Anthony was nowhere to be seen. Because of his superior physical conditioning only Stirling had a chance of survival. He followed a sound he’d heard from the cave mouth and found an alien creature eating Anthony’s brain.
Stirling silently withdrew terrified. He and Arthur Tremayne were the longest serving agents of Grover Lane, both recruited straight from the Koestler Parapsychology Unit in Edinburgh. He was terrified. It was his first time seeing an extraterrestrial. He was a lousy shot. But it’s amazing what human survival instinct can do. His aim was true and he shot the creature in the head. He was always different. But as he stood there over the alien corpse, he realized he was born to be great.
They were desperate. Despite arguing about it for days, eventually the three surviving agents cooked and ate the corpse of the alien. Only hours later they paid the price, as they were in horrible pain. They thought the poison would be a quick alternative to a lingering frozen death. Of course, they didn’t die. They spent the next three or four months sleeping and when they awoke they were… different… better, displaying among other things super-strength. They made it down the mountain in half a day and decided to keep their new powers a secret. Having worked for Grover Lane, they knew all too well what would happen to them if they revealed their powers. But now it’s time.End of narration
In the undersea base, Fantomex has an easy time going ahead as EVA gave him a high security clearance. He stands before a closed door, a sign saying: Smartest man in history at work. Do not disturb. Fantomex admits he likes Shivas. In another life, they’d get on like a house on fire. Does she think he has a sister?
EVA announces they need to go. She was able to get the key algorithm they came for. Fantomex is curious and opens the door despite EVA’s urging that they have to go.
Inside, he sees a wasted human body in a tube. Mr. Shivas, he presumes. In his house at R’lyeh, dead Shivas lies dreaming. Very apt. “Waits dreaming,” EVA corrects him. Can they go now? Fantomex is irritated by the correction. He is getting a strong senses of familiarity. And she knows why. Just what was she doing all the time while he was seconds away from… saving himself in a spectacular fashion?
EVA appears in the hologram form Shivas chose for her and announces they need to talk. They certainly do. Look at all these toys, Fantomex muses. He could use one for his collection. She asks him not to ignore her. He’s being mean. She doesn’t like it. He is still entranced. She warns him that, if he doesn’t leave now, she’ll erase his entire security profile. The entire building will be forced to destroy him. He agrees to go, but they need to make a stop first.
Antarctica:MacReady asks what they do now. They wait, Stirling informs her. That’s his fucking masterplan? she asks disgusted. He’s. Not. Coming! She attacks him physically and taunts him to kill her like he did Richard. Don’t think he won’t! he threatens.
Fantomex enters and asks if he is interrupting something. MacReady believes he hasn’t got the key. Stirling tells her he has it and orders her to look after Flemyng.
A tentacle grows from his forehead and attaches itself to Fantomex’s forehead, cutting off his motor-functions.
Stirling mocks his helplessness, then reads the information he needs from his brain. He tells him to enjoy his last five minutes of life. The clock starts now! He walks to the console and tells MacReady she can kill Flemyng, as she is of no more use to him now. The only thing in his way now is his lack of typing skills.
MacReady throws Flemyng over to Fantomex. Flemyng tells him he shouldn’t have come. He groans he is not yet beaten.
Stirling asks MacReady if she remembers when they visited Antananarivo to investigate the Confederate of Ghosts? He held back the truth from her and Mr Gaunt. He presses a button. In his trip to the afterlife, he met a man who told him: “I see you, my king.” He called him a king! He understood the meaning of his power.
Fantomex tells Flemyng he didn’t anticipate Stirling’s powers. He was overconfident.
MacReady states so Stirling has the launch code. When is he going to send the demands? He tosses her back against the wall with his powers. Change of plan, he announces.
He turns to Fantomex and calls him a man of exceptional knowledge. He’d be surprised if he didn’t know the population of Antananarivo at last census. He tells Flemying it is 2 million people.
The space cannon fires as Stirling quotes: “If the splendor of a thousand suns were to blaze out at once in the sky, that would be the splendor of that mighty being. Gaze upon me with your blinded eyes and weep, for I have come to shatter your world.”


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Xantananarivo, Madagascar:Dead bodies lie in the conflagration caused by the death ray.
Meteor defense, Antarctica:Alexandra MacReady asks her erstwhile colleague Stirling what he has done. He said they were only going to use that thing to destroy landmarks! For money!
Her stupidity never ceases to amaze him, Stirling scoffs. This was a suicide mission from the start! Does she think the owners of this facility – seven of the most powerful nations – are going to stand for this? He expects to be dead within in a day! But a hundred million will fall before him!
Crouching next to Fantomex, who is under Stirling’s mind control, is Agent Flemyng who states they have probably already figured out what he is doing. They’ll nuke this place within hours.
Stirling reminds her that the Earth is marked for cosmic destruction in 2025. The only thing that can prevent this is this device built by a man who cannot be found any more.
Fantomex groans he is right. They won’t destroy the device for a few million when the fate of the entire Earth is at stake.
Stirling is amazed he can still talk but thanks him for agreeing with him. MacReady berates him for killing their colleague Richard Gaunt. They were all friends! Stirling scoffs they were all flunkies. She can’t let him do this! she decides.
Fantomex, in the meantime, tells Flemyng he needs her to find a way to break Stirling’s hold over him.
MacReady tells Stirling it is over and to get out. She will deliver Fantomex’s head to him when this is over. He tells her he anticipated this and uses his power to make her heart burst out of her body. Mr. Gaunt always said her heart would be the death of her, he quips.
The Death ray is targeting Australia. Stirling wants to fire it again, instead EVA’s face appears on the screen with the message “fuck you, asshole.”
Fantomex shouts “now” and Flemyng fires at Stirling with the small artificial creature she found in Fantomex’s holster. She manages to shoot Stirling’s right arm.
Fantomex tells Stirling he was beaten when he involved him. Michael Shivas is the one who coded his lovely companion. It was a simple matter for her to hack this system.
Fantomex decides to deliver a fatal beating to Stirling and suggests Flemyng wait outside. The man with the three brains, Stirling mocks. It’s said his body was super-engineered by nanotechnology. And he uses his powers to steal! He lacks imagination!
Three brains? Nanotechnology? Fantomex scoffs. He must have been on his Wikipedia page. He hits him hard. He has a new writer now! And Stirling is a sad little man who covets power that doesn’t belong to him. A fly who dreamt he was man. So who is he? Stirling asks. He takes off his mask and tells him to take a good look before he joins the choir invisible.
Stirling attacks him again with the tentacles. He sees a beautiful blonde, Fantomex’s mother, Lily 7.He sees the man who killed his mother…
Fantomex’s Memories:Lily was fleeing from a broken car, carrying young Jean-Philippe in one arm, a gun in the other. She told him they needed to hurry before they get captured.
She was shot and told her son to run and find the mechanic. Speaking in German, the killer held a knife to her throat and said she had led him on a long chase. Jean-Philippe helplessly watched him cut her throat.
Present:Stirling withdraws the tentacle and goads Fantomex, saying he won’t believe what else he found in there, and they kept it from him all the time. And now he will die without knowing. Then he shows what he can really do, as his arms deform in a strange way. Stirling explains that he is able to manipulate his body using mass from surrounding biological material, in this case Fantomex’s alien creature.
Still, Fantomx easily hits and kicks him and calls him a narcissistic cretin. He makes him sound like an anime schoolgirl. At first he thought he had a simple case of Dunning-Kruger, but no. As incompetent as he is, it could only be Anosognosia. It’s not his fault. Assuming his little origin story is true, it’s clear that eating the flesh of the alien warped his mind. But it’s no excuse for what he’s done her today. Ruining that nice shirt!
Calling him an idiot, Stirling orders him to shut up and attacks. Fantomex shoots him in the head with his small alien, obliterating the skin and flesh of his left side. Fantomex asks what he meant about someone hiding his memories. What did he see? Stirling grins that he will never know who he really is.
His work done, Fantomex steps outside where Rhona Flemyng is waiting. EVA complains that horrible woman asked to board but she told her to get stuffed. Fantomex tells her to show some manners. It’s a bit King Billy out here. Fleyming tries to ask about Stirling. Fantomex assures her he is defeated and she will be right as rain in no time. Is she okay? he asks. EVA has excellent therapy modules, if she needs to discuss her assault. Jesus, he gets right to the point, she replies disgusted.
Stirling staggers outside, still with an alien arm, threatening to kill them both. Fantomex asks EVA to do the honors and the arctic vessel she controls shoots him.
Rest in pieces, Fantomex comments and offers to drop Flemyng off at another base. She draws her gun and threatens him. Did he think she would melt because he saved her? All those flower and cute notes he’s sent? He is pathetic!
Enrage EVA aims her guns at her and offers to kill her. Fantomex tells her to stand down. He already removed Flemyng’s bullets.
She is surprised. Bitterly, he remarks he thought saving her and a lot of people would count for something. Let him give her something to remember him by. He hits her in the face and takes her out. What is it he’s doing wrong? he complains to EVA. Other than being an international super-criminal she’s been trying to put away for years? EVA asks.
He puts Flemyng into the arctic station and asks EVA to tell the government that Flemyng saved the day and the ray is safe under lock and key. His lock and key. EVA tells him she was monitoring Flemyng’s vital signals. She was lying when she said those awful things to him.
Fantomex’s mysterious fortress of awesomeness:One month later:Hologram EVA remarks she can’t believe they cut off that guy’s hand. She hated that guy but kinda like him too. Is that weird? Balanced retribution, he opines. He will invariably be toothless in the next season. Anyway, she’s probably wondering why he finally allowed her access to this room. She suggests he finally realized she could shut off all air to this windowless room. Any time. He sighs, he’s never met such an impatient annoying creature.
In response, she shows him the news: Agent Flemyng promising she’ll address the Fantomex issue first as acting director. She only has one thing to say and she hopes he is listening. The next time they meet, he’ll get everything that’s coming to him.
She loves him, he decides. She loves him not, EVA replies.
He announces he’s finished his mysterious hush hush project and shows her what he’s been working on: an interface he’s cobbled together from one of Shiva’s designs will allow her to take control of the somewhat crude mechanical body he’s made. It’s crude but--. She loves it. He’ll take that footrub now, if she knows what he means…


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New Zealand, where several people on the beach look on in shock at a pod of dolphins that have become stranded on the sandy shore. In Hawaii, a large tsunami approaches the city while, off the US West Coast, a ship has become stuck in polluted, dirty waters.
New Atlantis, bodies of dead Atlanteans float in the water, while Namor the Sub-Mariner shouts: Hold the line! Hold the line!’ as he faces off against Attuma, who grins and tells Namor that his ranks are decimated, that his elite warriors are nothing but playthings for his horde. ‘I don’t know how you’ve bolstered your strength, Attuma… nor where you came across such a fearsome weapon… but the King of Atlantis will not be bested by stolen power!’ Namor responds. Attuma slams the weapon into Namor’s chest, causing the hero to fall back in the water. ‘I’ve stolen nothing!’ he boasts, declaring that this is his power, his hammer. ‘It, and Atlantis have ever belonged to me… Nerkkod, Breaker of Oceans!’
As Namor’s trident sinks downwards amongst the battling armies of Atlanteans, swimming nearby is the mutant called Loa. She sees Namor struggling against Attuma, who lashes out with his hammer once more, and tells the Sub-Mariner that he will live just long enough to see his people brought low. He wraps his hand around Namor’s neck. ‘NAMOR!’ Loa shouts. ‘Go ahead, King. Bellow your battle cry and inspire your troops’ Attuma snarls. Namor is unable to speak though, so Attuma whispers it in his ear: ‘Imperius Rex!’ and shoves Namor aside. ‘Your fear is so pungent that it poisons the water. Has it robbed you of your voice as well? Let me show you’ Attuma mocks, before slamming his hammer, striking rocks which shatter as he utters something in an ancient language. From the shockwaves of the strike, water rises up and billows over the ocean, as a citadel nearby crumbles to dust and rock.
‘L-Loa?’ Namor utters as the young mutant swims over to him as he lay on the seabed. ‘We’ve got to get out of here’ Loa declares. ‘But… New Atlantis… needs…’ Namor begins, as Loa drags him alongside her as she starts to swim, pointing out that New Atlantis needs him alive, and that is not an option if they stay here. ‘We’ve got to get lost before that monster notices that we’re gone’ Loa adds, but it’s too late, as Attuma sees them swim upwards. ‘Flee, Namor, and spread your fear to the corners of the ocean!’ Attuma collects Namor’s trident and raises his hammer, shouting ‘Never forget that you still drew breath while your city crumbled and your people suffered!’ He then utters something else in the ancient language, as Loa looks back at the crumbling citadels.
Two days later, at Oliveri’s, Dr Stephen Strange enters the establishment, as an announcer on the television can be heard stating that wildlife officials say reported deaths of thousands of fish and other aquatic creatures, as well as the recent underwater explosion off the western seaboard may be caused by shifting tectonic plates. The announcer adds that religious extremists claim these occurrences are signs of the “end of days” and that a number of vigils are being organized across the country.
‘Namor?’ Dr Strange calls out as he enters the bar. The announcer remarks that experts in the scientific community caution citizens that while these events are strange, they are not cause for panic. Dr Strange casts a spell, switching the television off, and as he examines his surroundings, ‘You looking for the King of the Seven Seas?’ Loa asks from where she sits in a booth, before motioning back to the bar, where Namor is camped out.
‘Stephen. What took you so long?’ Namor asks, a large jug of beer in hand. Dr Strange apologizes to the Sub-Mariner and points out that his gifts are not as they once were. ‘So it is for us all’ Namor replies. Dr Strange asks him what has happened, and Namor reports that New Atlantis is no more, and despite all his seaborne might, he was helpless to stop the destruction. ‘It wasn’t your fault’ Loa points out as she approaches the older men, adding that there was nothing he could have done, not against that walking nightmare. ‘I could have fought more fiercely… but instead I darted away like a frightened ink-spewing squid’ Namor responds. He reveals that the warlord Attuma has laid siege to his kingdom and his people have been made prisoners. ‘They need their king. They need someone to stand for them. To defend them’ he laments.
Turning back to Dr Strange, Namor tells his old teammate that he would not have called upon him if he had anywhere else to turn, but that even the X-Men are occupied with other threats - and he can’t do this alone. ‘You won’t have to’ Dr Strange assures him. ‘After all, what good are friends with super-powers if you can’t lean on them once in a while?’
Energy beings start to form around Dr Strange as he explains that he has had to learn to be a little more creative when it comes to spell-casting. ‘Belial’s Beckoning, for example, was first devised as a means of fetching alchemical ingredients. With a few minor adjustments, it should serve as a fine summons for our teammates’. The bartender ducks behind the counter and looks at the energy beings flying about his establishment. ‘This is why those super heroic types make such terrible customers’ he mutters. ‘Too stingy with the tips… too loose and easy with the collateral damage and magical mumbo jumbo…’.
Loa stands amongst the energy beings and exclaims ‘Oh… this is so much cooler than “Avengers Assemble”!’ and as the energy creatures fly out of the tavern, Dr Strange declares that all they have to do now is wait - and pray.
Occupied New Atlantis, where those Atlanteans who have sided with Attuma are marching captive Atlanteans through the city. In a chamber in one of the buildings, a trio have gathered. ‘Why so glum, Tyrak? New Atlantis is ours’ the female of the trio points out. ‘Not ours, sister. The city… all the sea… belongs to Nerkkod’ Tyrak tells Aradnea, while Tiger Shark sits with his arms folded, unimpressed. Tyrak asks ‘And now... now that our warlord has seized that which he prized above all else… what does he do? He marches off without so much as a glance at his spoils’. Tyrak adds that Nerkkod has left the three of them, his generals, here to twiddle their thumbs. ‘Is that what’s bothering you?’ Aradnea asks. ‘Does it frustrate you to be relegated to the role of “house-sitter?” is standing watch over a city full of slaves tiresome to you?’ she enquires.
Tiger Shark scowls and tells Tyrak to face it: ‘Attuma - sorry, Nerkkod - doesn’t need us. He can win this war all by his lonesome’. But Aradnea tells Tiger Shark that is not true, as even mighty Nerkkod has limitations - he cannot be everywhere at once. ‘Watch your mouth, Aradnea. If the boss heard you talking like that, he’d -’ one of the men begins, but Aradnea interrupts them, announcing that Namor yet lives. Tiger Shark growls, while Aradnea continues: ‘Battered… broken… afraid… his spirit crushed… but he will return to liberate New Atlantis… and he’ll bring allies’. Tyrak listens, as Aradnea strokes Tiger Shark’s chin, and declares that they shall stand against Namor, shall strike him. ‘The prisons of old are weakening. Let King Namor call upon his friends… and we’ll call upon ours’ she smiles, as lurking in the depths, a horde of sea demons wait.
Later, still in Oliveri’s, customers have started to fill up the empty booths, as Loa tells Namor and Dr Strange that she hates to be a downer, but she thinks they might be the only people showing up to their little super hero party. ‘You may be right’ Namor agrees, pointing out that this is a time of great strife, and that the others are likely to be occupied with concerns of their own. ‘They’ll be here. They’ve never let us -’ Dr Strange begins, before he clutches his head, ‘By the Vishanti!’ he gasps. “By the Vishanti?” Loa quotes, asking if Dr Strange always talks like that. ‘Only when we get together’ Namor replies, before asking Stephen what troubles him. ‘I feel something - an eldritch signature I haven’t encountered in some time’ he announces, before telling Namor and Loa that they are in grave danger.
‘Then let these threats show themselves, and see how they weather the fury of the King of Atlantis!’ Namor boasts, getting to his feet, while, outside, a creature lumbers towards Oliveri’s. Dr Strange tells Namor to wait, and putting a hand on Namor’s shoulder informs his friend that he senses a great hesitation within him, a festering despair that he might not even realize. Namor scowls: ‘Get your hands off me, magician!’ he exclaims, before Loa calls out ‘Uh, guys… what in the name of giant-monsters-on-the-loose is that?’ The large creature with crab-like pincers is thrown through the tavern. ‘Neptune’s trident!’ Namor gasps. ‘I’d say our friends have arrived at last’ Dr Strange smiles, adding ‘Only one brute I know is capable of such destruction! The Incredible -who are you?’ Dr Strange declares as the dust clears and a green-skinned woman with red hair, Strange’s energy creatures latched onto her, standing before him.
‘The name’s Lyra… I’m the girl who’s gonna start knocking buildings down unless someone explains what’s going on! And get these things off of me while you’re at it!’ she exclaims. The energy creatures are absorbed into a surge of energy that Dr Strange creates, and remarks that he doesn’t understand, as the spell was mean to call upon the Defenders. ‘I expected the Hulk, but not a She-Hulk!’ he adds. ‘Yeah…the Hulk’s my dad… sort of…’ Lyra mutters. ‘Of course! I used an imperfect variation of the incantation’ Dr Strange realizes, supposing that the spell sought Lyra out because of her similar genetic makeup to the Hulk. Loa tells Dr Strange that she hates to break up the magic lesson, ‘But it looks like there are more of those things coming out of the bay!’ Loa exclaims, peering out of the gaping hole in the wall.
More crustacean-like creatures lumber towards Oliveri’s, and Dr Strange notices that they are spreading out into the city. ‘There’s no telling the carnage they’ll cause unless we stop them!’ he adds. ‘So be it. Let’s send them back to whatever pit they crawled out of!’ Namor declares. Lyra points out that now that she is here, she has nothing better to do, while Loa calls out: ‘So the bad guys have an army of sea monsters. What have we got? A kid, a sea king who looks like he went ten rounds with Galactus, a magical has-been and a junior She-Hulk? This should be fun!’ Loa declares. DR Strange smiles, and she asks him what he is smiling about. ‘Nothing… this just reminds me of old times’ Strange replies. The quartet rush forward, ‘Take care, Defenders! These monstrosities are even more deadly than they appear!’ Dr Strange tells his allies, adding that he senses in them a connection to the terribly Undying Ones. ‘Sheesh! My insurance agent warmed me there’d be days like this’ the bartender mutters as he checks out the damage to his establishment.
The heroes have engaged the strange creatures, as Dr Strange comments that his magic may not be what it used to be, but that it is good to know he can still contend with the likes of these demons. Mystic energy wraps around his foes, while Lyra grabs her opponent around its neck, ‘The slimier they are…the harder the fall!’ she declares. Loa dodges the creature that lunges at her, ‘Maybe we can talk this out… I don’t think you really want to do this!’ Loa calls out - but the demon shoves its arm into Loa, enabling her to swim through it, breaking it into pieces, which continues on through the rest of the creature. ‘Toldja’ Loa declares. Namor moves towards two creatures and remarks that he doesn’t know what dark magic has twisted them in such a way, but he promises to make short work of them - until one of them slams into him, knocking him several feet through the air.
‘I… I can’t…’ Namor begins, unable to move as the creatures lumber towards him, growling - but before they strike, Lyra rushes over to them, ‘Heads up! Keep your eyes on the prize, friend, and you just might survive this brawl!’ she tells Namor, slamming the creatures into each other. She goes over to Namor and helps him up, telling him not to worry, just stick with her and she will cover him. Dr Strange and Loa go over to them and Strange remarks that they are not out of the woods just yet, as the creatures are cross-breeds between demon and sea creature. ‘That kind of hybridization can only mean -’ he begins, as Loa turns back to the dock and sees large tentacles reach out of the water, climbing onto land. ‘Let me guess… mass destruction!’ Loa exclaims, and as the hideous creatures lumber towards her, ‘Uh… a little help over here?’ she asks - and is answered in the form of several blasts of cosmic energy that strike the creatures, ad a voice calls out ‘I bring a dire warning, Defenders’. ‘Whoa…’ Loa utters, looking up. ‘That is so cool!’ she exclaims as the Silver Surfer hovers over the group. He announces that the fell energies at work upon Earth threaten to surpass even the power cosmic, so to confront the enemies before them, they will need all the help they can muster. ‘You will need the aid of the Silver Surfer!’


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Occupied New Atlantis, where the generals of Nerkkod - formerly Attuma - Aradnea, Tyrak and Tiger Shark - observe Namor through a jelly-fish viewing globe:
‘Look at him… putting on the brave face even though he knows the battle is lost’ Aradnea remarks. She declares that New Atlantis belongs to them, and that it will serve as the staging ground for their dominion of the world - beneath and above the surface. ‘In this time of conquest, Namor’s subjects will prove to be valuable resources… raw material for us to use as we will’. As Nerkkod’s forces round up the civilian Atlateans, Aradnea declares that this is the will of Lord Attuma and it will be carried out. Tyrak tells his sister that it would be unwise to underestimate Namor and his allies. Tiger Shark frowns and stands with his arms folded, and looking at Namor’ sallies fighting alongside him though the jelly-fish viewing globe, Aradnea tells her brother that he may be right, which is why it is time for the next stage of their plan.
Aradnea asks Tiger Shark if he is prepared for his role. ‘Prepared? How does anyone prepare for something like this?’ Tiger Shark replies. Aradnea assures Tiger Shark that she sees his point, but points out that he has little choice in the matter. ‘A promise is a promise, after all’. As Atlanteans cower in fear, Aradnea declares that the Sub-Mariner can rage against his own fear, for all the good it will do for him, as this is now a world of terror - there is no room for hope’.
Above the water, Dr Stephen Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer, Lyra the She-Hulk and the young mutant Loa are doing battle with demon-sea creature hybrids. The Silver Surfer blasts them with cosmic energy, as Dr Strange attacks with a mystic spell. Lyra combats hers with physical prowess and Loa breaks her foe up with her mutant power, as Namor looks on. ‘Let’s go, Namor! Are you going to join this fight or what?’ Lyra calls out. Dr Strange casts another mystic spell and calls out ‘If we can hold them off just a while longer, I should be able to gather the -’ before he cries out in pain as his opponent strikes him with a sharp claw. ‘Does this buy you the time you need?’ Lyra asks as she comes to his aid, smashing the creature’s claw. ‘It…certainly helps, Lyra’ Strange replies, while urging his allies to take care in dealing with these monsters, as some of them appear to be venomous.
‘Venomous… great… as if the gnashing teeth and claws weren’t bad enough’ Loa mutters, when suddenly, two creatures loom over her. ‘LOA!’ Namor calls out, but the Silver Surfer swoops down on his board and grabs her. ‘I have the girl, Sub-Mariner’ Silver Surfer replies, and Loa grins as she clutches the edge of the board, declaring that if you are gonna flee from hideous monsters, it is best to do it in style. Lyra struggles against her opponent, which wraps some tentacles around her. She tells Dr Strange that if he is going to put the magical smack-down on these creatures, now would be as good a time as any. ‘Begone, blight! Begone pestilence! In the names of Galigothiel and Baelroth, I abjure thee…begone!’ Strange shouts, casting energy into the air, the energy then disperses down over the demon-sea creatures, taking them out. ‘It’s nice to know I still have a few surprises left up my sleeve’ Dr Strange tells his allies.
The heroes regroup, ‘You did it, Stephen! You’ve banished them!’ Namor exclaims. ‘Yes… but it took quite a bit out of me’ Dr Strange admits, explaining that the spell was intended to drive goblins from village grain stores, not meant to be adjusted to exorcise demonic entities. ‘Goblins, demons…potato, potato. Either way I’m none-too-happy about using the last of those Atlantean potions to breathe air on this vacation’ Loa announces. ‘Whatever you did, it’s given us a little breathing room’ Lyra remarks, but hovering above the others on his board, the Silver Surfer tells the others that he fears they are not out of danger yet. He reports that a powerful malevolent force is at work on Earth, and that he first became aware of it as he surfed the depths of space - seven vile weapons - hammers - streaked towards Earth’s solar system, and their passing threatened to tear the very stars out of alignment.
Dr Strange remarks that word of these hammers is already spreading across the globe. ‘Hammers?’ Namor asks, pointing out that when he fought Attuma, when he razed Atlantis, he wielded a hammer. ‘I have never seen anything so…it was an ungodly weapon’. He recalls the battle, and Loa reminds Namor that she was there, she saw what that guy could do. ‘It’s all right to be scared -’ Loa begins, to which Namor declares ‘I am the King of Atlantis, girl! I am not afraid!’
The Silver Surfer asks Dr Strange what he thinks, and Strange replies that he thinks their situation is even more grave than they feared. ‘The panic spreading amongst the people of Earth is an almost palpable thing. Those emotions are so overwhelming that they’ve weakened the veil between dimensions’. He examines one of the fallen demon-sea creatures before him and adds that when they are provided with host bodies, the demons are slipping into this world. ‘I’d recognize their foul aura anywhere. The Undying Ones!’ He reminds his allies that they have dealt with them - and their leader, the two-headed Nameless One - before.
‘The Undying Ones?’ Loa asks, adding that she thought their powers faded centuries ago. ‘Isn’t that why they fled this world?’ she points out. Dr Strange pauses, as everyone looks at her. ‘What?’ Loa asks, shrugging her shoulders. ‘You think you’re the only one who’s read the Necronomicon?’ Dr Strange smiles and tells Namor that he likes Loa. ‘She has potential’. Lyra whispers into Loa’s ear: ‘Wow. If you were thirty years older, he might -’, to which Loa goes wide-eyed and exclaims ‘Gross’.
Dr Strange tells his companions that it would seem that whoever attacked Atlantis has also struck a bargain with the Undying Ones, and that such an alliance could cement their sovereignty - usurped though it may be - over the seas. There is a strange noise, and the heroes look around. ‘What is that? It sounds almost like whale song’ Namor announces. And, with that, three giant demon-sea creatures in the forms of a squid, whale and sharp-toothed fish burst forth from the depths.
‘Well… that’s something you don’t see every day’ Loa exclaims, while the Silver Surfer remarks that it would appear their brief respite has come to an end. With Loa on his board, the Silver Surfer takes to the air so that they can strike the huge monsters at their heads. ‘If those creatures reach land, the damage could be catastrophic’ the Silver Surfer points out. ‘Then we cannot let that happen!’ the Sub-Mariner declares as he flies upwards, bringing Lyra with him. Enclosed in a bubble of mystic energy, shouts ‘Defenders - take them down!’ Dr Strange adds that he senses the Undying Ones have a strong grasp on the beasts. ‘But if we weaken them, I might be able to banish the spirits’ he adds. ‘Weaken them, he says. Do we have a plan as to how to do that?’ Loa asks. The Silver Surfer blasts the squid-monster with cosmic energy, ‘In a case such as this…the old standbys tend to work well’ he points out.
Namor flies Lyra over to the whale monster and tells her that her father would relish such a battle. ‘Can we say the same for you?’ he asks. ‘Just get me close to that thing’ Lyra replies, and as Namor lets her loose, she falls towards the creature. ‘And leave the rest to me!’ the powerful young woman boasts, dropping closer to the creature, she grabs one of the tendrils on its face, and swings herself around, ‘I’ll show you what a savage She-Hulk can do!’ she declares as she kicks and punches the monster, causing it to fall back into the ocean. Lyra falls too, and Loa calls out to her. ‘I’m all right! Stay focussed on what you’re doing and - WATCH OUT!’ Lyra shouts, as the squid monster lashes out, grabbing the board from under the Silver Surfer, Loa falls backwards, but the Silver Surfer manages to cling to the board. ‘Such a base attack will not stop me, creature!’ he exclaims. The Silver Surfer declares that he has faced gods and devils alike. ‘And you - as have they - will taste my true might…the might of a Herald of a Galactus!’ as he pulls his board free, smacking the monster with it, the monster falls back.
‘Two down… let’s see about the third’ Dr Strange calls out, energy around him, he causes a spout of water to rise from the ocean, striking the creature with a large mouth of sharp teeth. ‘Now, while they are weakened!’ Dr Strange remarks, casting one final surge of energy which takes the creatures out. ‘The behemoths have been defeated’ the Silver Surfer declares, adding that he surmises there are more threats to come. He, Strange and Namor move towards the water where Loa and Lyra are bobbing up and down. Strange tells the Surfer that he agrees, adding that the Undying Ones will not give up their foothold on this reality so easily. ‘Nor will the conquerors of New Atlantis abandon their aspirations’ Namor points out. He adds that if they control the oceans, they will control the vast majority of the Earth. ‘We have no choice but to take the fight to them’ he remarks.
The Silver Surfer tells Stephen that Namor does not seem himself, and asks if they can win such a battle without him. Dr Strange replies that he is not sure, and adds that before they do anything, they should return to land and regroup. ‘Perhaps I can try once more to reach out to our allies’ he hopes. But Namor asks ’What’s the point? Haven’t you realized that no one else is coming to our aid?’ The silver Surfer pulls Loa out of the water onto his board and states ’Regardless, we need a plan before we invade a undersea kingdom’ he adds, telling the others that they have encountered nothing thus far that compares to what comes next. He reaches down to pick Lyra out of the water, but as she reaches up, she tells him ‘Wait a second. I thought I felt -’ and an instant later, Lyra is pulled under water, several demon-sea creatures grabbing for her, as a two-headed Tiger Shark swims towards her, Lyra looks very scared….


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Lyra the She-Hulk swims through some murky water, aiming for the surface, as demon-sea creatures grab out for her, and a now two-headed Tiger Shark swims ever closer. ‘You’ve fought bravely, girl… only to be dragged beneath the waves and drowned’ Tiger Shark goads her. He tells her that it is a shame to let such a fine creature die in such a pathetic fashion. ‘Let’s give her a more deserving death!’ As the demons grab her legs, Lyra suddenly discovers that she can breathe and she punches the demons away. ‘Of course you can, Lyra. We can’t let our teammate drown. Your father would be livid’ Dr Stephen Strange remarks as he appears in bubble of mystic energy, alongside Namor the Sub-Mariner, the mutant girl Loa and the Silver Surfer who swim nearby. Lyra smiles at them.
‘NAMOR!’ roars Tiger Shark, before calling out to the demons - the Undying Ones and orders them to attack, to slaughter the heroes. ‘Namor… our kind… join us…’ the transformed Atleanteans call out as they move through the water to Namor. ‘My people… they’re… possessed’ Namor gasps. Silver Surfer blasts some cosmic energy towards the Undying Ones and tells Namor that whether they act of their own free will or not, they have outnumbered them. He asks Dr Strange if they are being controlled by the Undying Ones, whether he can exorcise them. Strange puts some of the possessed Atlanteans behind mystic barriers and announces that there are too many of them, and that there are more powerful forces, more terrible forces, at work here. Strange explains that an exorcism on this scale will require a greater connection to the demons themselves, especially if they want to spare the hot creatures. ‘We need to find the focus - the artifact or charm - used to call upon the demons!’ he declares.
Namor keeps the attacking Atlanteans at bay and reminds Strange that these are people of Atlantis, so they must find a way to help them - without hurting them. Dr Strange wraps some more Atlanteans in mystic bonds while Lyra keeps her opponents at bay, and Loa calls out ‘I don’t think they’re going to extend us the same courtesy!’ Several Atlanteans move closer to Namor, their weapons ready. ‘Our king…how could you let us be taken?’ they ask. ‘How could you let New Atlantis fall?’ one of them enquires. ‘I…I…’ Namor hesitates, and Lyra sees this, so she calls out to him, telling him that now is not the time to hold back. ‘I’m afraid, too, but my training has taught me not to let such emotions control me’ she explains, adding that she will not let their enemies overwhelm them.
‘Who do you think you are, girlie? The Hulk?’ Tiger Shark asks he swims forward and grabs Lyra, pushing her forward through the water, ‘I have bad news for you. I’ve fought the Hulk before. And you’re nowhere near his equal’ Tiger Shark declares as one of his faces bites into her shoulder, then he punches her, knocking her away from him, enabling Namor to dive down and grab her. ‘I have you!’ he assures Lyra, adding that it appears Tiger Shark is playing host to the Nameless One himself.
Nearby though, Loa cries out ‘Hey! Lemme go!’ as several of the possessed Atlanteans grab her and pull her down. ‘Loa? Where is she?’ Dr Strange calls out. ‘We’ll find her!’ the Silver Surfer exclaims, speeding off on his board, as Strange tells him to wait, as they must stay together. Dr Strange turns to Namor and tells him that they can’t win this fight here. Namor points out that New Atlantis - or what is left of it - is not far from here, and that Dr Strange must find the source of the Undying Ones’ powers, while he looks for Loa. ‘Look at what’s happened, Stephen. We’re already - separated’ Namor adds, before calling out to Loa and the Silver Surfer, only neither are anywhere to be seen.
‘Wait for us, Namor…’ a voice calls out. ‘Don’t abandon us as you did before…’ another cries. He tries to ignore the calls of his possessed people who follow him through the water, past some ruined buildings. ‘Namor…’ the Atlanteans chant. ‘Namor…’ He takes cover behind a large rock as they swim past him. ‘How can you leave us?’ ‘Do we mean so little to you?’ they ask. ‘Does Atlantis mean nothing?’ Namor of course does not respond to them, he just frowns and narrows his eyes.
The Silver Surfer searches through the ruins also, when suddenly, ‘Surfer!’ a voice calls out. The Silver Surfer looks over and sees Loa swimming towards him. She announces that she managed to lose the barbarians who were chasing her, but she thinks they are still close by. The Silver Surfer helps Loa onto his surf board and he tells her that they should make haste in finding the others. ‘We can only hide down here - among the enemy - for so long’ he points out, not seeing Loa narrow her eyes as she holds onto him. ‘You don’t know how right you are’ Loa adds, as she pulls out a sharp weapon, but before she can strike, the Silver Surfer spins around and smacks her off the board. Loa falls backwards, dropping the weapon, ‘How did you know?’ she calls out as she lands on some rubble below. ‘I possess the power cosmic. Did you really think you could disguise your true nature - Tyrak the Terrible?’ the Silver Surfer replies, shaking his fist, as Loa’s form vanishes, replaced by Tyrak.
‘Very well, Surfer… I am Lord Attuma’s greatest spy and assassin’ Tyrak responds, increasing his form he looms over the Silver Surfer, his fists ready with cosmic power, and Tyrak declares that now that Attuma has claimed the Serpent’s hammer, he wields the power of the deep. ‘Let’s measure your own gifts against mine!’ The Silver Surfer dodges Tyrak’s attack, as the assassin tells the Surfer that he means nothing to him, and boasts that he has single-handled defeated the Avengers. ‘Who hasn’t?’ the Silver Surfer replies as he blasts cosmic energy straight into Tyrak’s eye, and the behemoth cries out in agony.
Elsewhere amongst the ruins, Lyra sits, cross-legged, meditating, as Tiger Shark peers into the ruined building she sits in. He swims towards her, ‘Are you scared, girl? Did you think you could hide from me? What are you doing? Praying?’ he asks her. Lyra opens her eyes and replies that, unlike her father, she grows stronger when she is calm and more focused. ‘So no, I’m not praying. I’m focusing!’ Lyra declares as she spins around and punches tiger Shark with such force that he is sent flying back through the water, breaking more of the ruined building, as possessed Atlanteans watch.
Loa hears the might sound of Lyra’s punch from where she swims, and tells herself that the Undying Ones may be possessing natives of New Atlantis, but that they don’t seem to remember much about the lay of the land. ‘For now, at least, I think I’ve lost them -’ she begins, noticing Dr Strange nearby, in his mystic energy bubble, she calls out to him, ‘Did you feel that?’ she enquires. ‘I hope that was one of the good guys’ Loa tells Dr Strange, who replies that if they don’t stop the Undying Ones from spilling into this world, he is not sure there will be enough “good guys” to stand against them. ‘And I sense that we’re drawing close to a confluence of terrible mystic energy’ he adds. ‘Well, then…by all means, let’s head straight to the demons’ source of power’ Loa suggests, and they swim onwards through the city.
As they enter a citadel, Loa asks Dr Strange what it is they are looking for. He tells her that he doesn’t know for sure, but that he will know it when he sees it. A large jelly-fish floats nearby, ‘Okay. That’s pretty sick’ Loa remarks, before asking Strange if his magic sense is tingling. ‘No. This is a simply scrying device, nothing more’ Strange replies, before telling Loa to keep looking, as the item must be around. ‘You’re not seeking an item, Doctor’ a voice calls out. Strange and Loa turn to see Aradnea swimming towards them. ‘You’re looking for me’ she announces. She introduces herself and reveals that she was born, bred and mystically engineered to serve as the conduit for the Undying Ones. ‘Well… that makes our predicament considerably more complicated’ Strange remarks. Aradnea tells him not to worry, as he won’t live long enough to see his best efforts result in failure.
There is a crash, and a wave breaks through part of the wall, ‘Loa…Strange…I’ll h old these beasts at bar’ Namor declares as he swims over, ready to fight. ‘Do what you must to save the people of Atlantis!’ he calls out as he moves towards Aradnea. ‘A futile effort! The fear spreading through the surface world has thrown open the gates of old! Once the surface dwellers destroy themselves, we shall claim the entire world for ourselves!’ Aradnea declares, blasting Strange with emery, she tells him that his magic is feeble and that the ascendancy of the Undying Ones is written in the depths. ‘It’s not - nnnng! My magic that needs to be strong!’ Dr Strange calls out, as he tries to combat Aradnea’s spell. ‘It’s too bad that you have to die, really. You amuse me’ Aradnea declares as she overwhelms Dr Strange, forcing him to the seabed. ‘Yeah. Burned-out wizards are a hoot. Let’s see if you think this is funny!’ Loa exclaims as she picks up Namor’s trident and whacks it into Aradnea’s back. The sorceress stumbles, enabling Dr Strange to gather himself, and wrap an arm around her neck. ‘Hold still. The merging of two mystic entities will only hurt for a decade or two’ he warns her. Aradnea screams, and both she and Dr Strange say ‘Begone, blight! Begone, pestilence! In the names of Galigothiel and Baelroth, I abjure thee… begone!’
Outside, the demons that Lyra and the Silver Surfer are battling collapse, ‘Stephen did it! He’s banished the demons!’ the Silver Surfer calls out. The Undying Ones rise from the Atlanteans, dispersing. Namor turns to Strange and tells him that he may no longer hold the title of Sorcerer Supreme, but that there is certainly some life left in him. ‘Really? Because I feel as though I might pass out’ Strange replies, while Aradnea reaches for Namor’s trident. ‘I just need a moment to -’ Strange begins, while Aradnea gets to her feet and moves towards Strange, growling, she raises the trident to strike him - until Loa punches her from behind, her mutant power dissolving Aradnea’s form. ‘Wh-what did I…’ Loa calls out. ‘You did what you had to do’ Strange assures her as they watch the remains of Aradnea’s form vanish.
Silver Surfer and Lyra join the others, as the Silver Surfer announces that the people of New Atlantis are free of the demonic entities that were controlling them, and they seem only a little worse for wear. Lyra adds that the barbarians are fleeing with their tails between their legs. ‘We’ve won the day!’ she exclaims. But Namor frowns and declares that they haven’t. ‘We may have liberated the city, but New Atlantis is not safe. No place in the world is safe. Our greatest challenge still awaits…we still have to face…Attuma!’
And elsewhere in the ocean, a very angry Attuma - now known as Nerkkod - swings his mighty hammer….


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Dr Strange remembers feeling the earliest stirrings of magic within him. The Silver Surfer remembers staring into the face of a god - Galactus. Lyra remembers meeting her father, the Hulk, for the first time. Loa simply remembers - remembers killing Aradnea.
Namor the Sub-Mariner remembers the monster who took his kingdom, his people and his dignity. He remembers how afraid he felt when he faced him. How helpless. Namor stands on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. A “beware” sign with an image of a jellyfish is on the beach below. The water littered with jellyfish. Namor tells himself that even now, with New Atlantis free, with his people rescued from their oppressors, he still feels fear. But he knows that he must fight his fear, as fiercely as he has battled any foe. ‘I must face him again’ Namor thinks to himself, dropping down into the water. Namor isn’t sure how Attuma arrived so quickly in the waters off the eastern seaboard, but Dr Strange sensed his movements like the coming of a storm. He knows that unless Attuma is stopped, now before he further bolsters his armies, he will claim the seas as his own and ravage the surface world. ‘And stopping him falls on me’ Namor realizes.
Attuma, now known also as Nerkkod, emerges from the water, greeted by one of his followers, who announces that they have yet to receive word from his forces in New Atlantis. ‘I’ve dispatched messengers, so if you wish to wait -’ the warrior begins, but Nerkkod tells him that they attack. ‘Very well, my Lord’ the warrior responds, adding that although Nerkodd has arrived earlier than expected, his soldiers have been preparing for this day for some time. ‘We are ready’ the warrior declares, flanked by a hundred-strong army, an and enormous large tank-like vehicle that rises from the water. ‘Yes…’ Nerkodd begins, standing by a sign that says “beware: dangerous marine life” on it. Nerkkod grins and utters something in an ancient language. The warrior turns to Nerkodd and holds a horn up to him, informing him that he needs to sound the march. ‘And let only suicidal fools stand in our way’ Nerkkod responds, as he puts the horn to his mouth. Suddenly, ‘A suicidal fool, is it?’ a voice calls out.
Nerkkod turns to see Namor, Dr Strange, Loa, Lyra and the Silver Surfer standing ready. ‘I’ve been called worse’ Namor adds, informing Attuma that his minions in New Atlantis have been routed, and that his pacts with the Undying Ones have been broken. Namor offers Attuma only one chance to unconditionally surrender - otherwise, they will crush him. Attuma narrows his eyes. ‘Brave words, Sub-Mariner. But do you think I can’t hear how your voice trembles?’ Attuma replies. He utters something in that ancient language, and stamps a foot into the water at his feet, causing geysers to bursts forth, and with that his forces rush forward. The Silver Surfer flies through the towering waters, and remarks that Attuma has cracked the very earth with a simple gesture. ‘With such power, he could flood the entire planet!’ the Surfer points out.
Dr Strange casts magical energy about and announces that the Surfer is right, as the energies Attuma is wielding are unlike anything they have faced before. Namor, armed with his trident, tells Stephen that it doesn’t matter. ‘Even if my life is forfeit, I will stop him!’ Lyra slams her fist into one of the warriors, shattering the helmet over his face, before Loa calls out to her, asking if she has ever heard of a Fastball Special. ‘No, but - I think I get the general idea!’ Lyra replies as she picks Loa up and hurls the young mutant skyward. ‘Savage!’ Loa exclaims as she strikes the large tank-like vehicle, right through the center of it, she uses her power to dissolve it, and as it crumbles under her touch, Attuma’s forces leap from it. ‘Eat your heart out, Wolverine’ Loa jokes as she lands back in the shallow water on the beach.
Nerkkod does not look happy as the remains of the large tank crash to the shore. ‘You shouldn’t have brought your friends to this fight, Namor’ Nerkkod calls out. ‘You’re only going to get them killed’ he adds, while the Silver Surfer flies up behind him. ‘And you shouldn’t turn your back on your enemies, warlord!’ the cosmic hero points out - but Nerkkod spins around, his massive hammer raised high, ‘Inspects do not trouble me!’ he booms as he slams his hammer into the Surfer, knocking him back off his board. The Silver Surfer gets to his feet near where Namor and Strange are standing. ‘We must separate him from the hammer! That’s his source of power!’ Dr Strange points out. ‘We have to strike - together now!’ he adds. Nerkkod, followed by his forces, rushes forward, ‘Fools!’ he booms. ‘I am the avatar of the Serpent’s might! You can no more strike me down than you can smite the sun!’ he boasts, smacking Strange, Namor and the Surfer aside with one swoop.
‘Team… I don’t’ think we’re convincing anyone that they’re outmatched just yet!’ Lyra calls out as she is attacked by several of Attuma’s forces. Namor looks back at Attuma and tells Stephen that he is not sure they can beat him. ‘Chin up, Sub-Mariner. Reinforcements have arrived!’ The Sub-Mariner looks up: ‘The Defenders! How…?’ he gasps. Surrounded by the magical spirits that Dr Strange sent out to gather their allies, the heroes join the battle. Dr Strange reports that while they were in New Atlantis, he took the liberty of conjuring a more aggressive version of Belial’s beckoning. Among the gathered heroes are Hellcat, Gargoyle, Devil-Slayer, Hellstorm, Stingray, Moon Knight, Cloak and Dagger, the Blazing Skull, the Black Panther and Cloud in female form. Dr Strange adds that he put the call out to the Defenders, the Secret Defenders and even those who were only Defenders for a Day. ‘Pretty much everyone…and I didn’t take no for an answer’. As Strange and the Sub-Mariner watch Hellcat and Black Panther slash through Attuma’s forces, Cloak transports his opponents away, while Dagger throws energy blades at hers. Devil-Slayer raises his sword and Cloud floats through the warriors. ‘Who are these guys?’ Lyra asks as she and Loa watch Gargoyle fly upwards, dragging two of Attuma’s forces with him. ‘Apparently Namor has teamed up with some pretty colourful characters over the years’ Loa points out.
‘Not that I’m complaining’ she adds as Moon Knight shoves a weapon into one of the smaller tanks, which destroys it, energy pours from it. ‘This is a trick! The magician is using illusions to break our spirit!’ Attuma’s general shouts. ‘Does this feel like an illusion to you?’ Moon Knight asks as he smacks the warrior in the face, breaking his helmet. Dagger throws some more energy blades, while Hellstorm and Blazing Skull battle their foes nearby. ‘Stand your ground! We still have them outnumbered!’ another of the warriors shouts. ‘Let’s see what good the advantage of numbers does - when you can’t see who you’re fighting!’ Dr Strange suggests, and an instant later, his spell is cast, and the warriors clutch at their helmets’ ‘Blind! I’m blind!’ one of them calls out. ‘What -’ the Silver Surfer begins, as Dr Strange explains that it is a variation of a simple privacy enchantment. ‘Think of it as a mystic window tinting’ he suggests. Dr Strange continues, ‘It won’t last long, but it might buy us time to deal with -’ he is interrupted, as Namor collects his trident and tells the Stephen to hold his ground. ‘Attuma is mine’ he announces, while the Surfer retrieves his board.
‘IMPERIUS REX!’ Namor shouts as he moves towards Attuma and strikes him with his trident. Attuma cries out in agony, and Dr Strange smiles. ‘He’s back’ he remarks. ‘That’s the Sub-Mariner I know and love’ Loa grins. ‘Honestly? Kinda scary’ Lyra remarks. Attuma shoves his elbow into Dr Strange’s back, and asks him if he needs a reminder of the beating he gave him last time. Namor falls to the shore. ‘I - I haven’t forgotten. But maybe you don’t remember all the times I’ve bested you…made you look like a -’ Namor begins as he reaches for his trident. ‘You’ve never defeated me! Through the Serpent I have been reborn!’ Nerkkod boasts, ready to bring his hammer down on the fallen Sub-Mariner - but the King of Atlantis spins around and reaches up, shoving his trident into Nerkkod’s chest. ‘Now, while he’s stunned!’ Namor calls out. ‘We have to get the hammer away from him!’
Namor calls out to Loa, and she goes over to Attuma, who is chained in mystic bonds. ‘I hate doing this, but you’re not leaving us many options!’ Loa exclaims. I’m - sorry’ she adds as she touches Attuma, and uses her power to begin dissolving him - until suddenly, ‘No!’ Attuma calls out as he breaks the bonds and knocks the heroes aside. ‘No!’ Attuma shouts again, clutching his arm which has been partly dissolved, including his hand. ‘NO!’ he roars as he looks over at his hammer, but before he can go over to it, Namor punches Attuma, and tells him that his powers are fading already. ‘Yield, warlord!’ he tells him. But, Attuma gets to his feet, ‘Never! I am the avatar of the Serpent! I am one of the chosen!’ he declares. Uttering the ancient language once more, the hammer soars towards Attuma, who grabs it with his remaining hand.
‘You… you can’t defeat me… I’ll return for you… return to harvest screams from your dying lips…’ Attuma warns the heroes as he spins the hammer, creating a water spout which he rises up on. ‘We must stop him before he’s - hone’ Namor calls out - but too late, as Attuma disappears from view. As the gathered Defenders round up Attuma’s forces, Namor, Strange, Silver Surfer, Lyra and Loa gather together. ‘I don’t want to sound like a downer, but I just melted a guy’s arm off - and for what? Nothing!’ Loa exclaims. Strange announces that he disagrees, and points out that New Atlantis is free, and Attuma’s forces - poised to overrun the world - have been routed and crushed. Silver Surfer adds that Attuma may have escaped, but that he will not soon recover from this defeat. Namor remarks that the warlord’s parting words were bold, but that they disguised his true feelings. ‘Now he fears us’ Namor adds.
Dr Strange tells Namor that it is always nice when they get together like this. ‘Let’s not do it again for a while’ he suggests. Namor tells Dr Strange that he will gladly take his leave of him. ‘If you could just convince these troublesome otherworldly threats from popping up’ Namor adds. ‘And Stephen…thank you’ Namor smiles. The five heroes are close as Dr Strange announces that for now though they need to ready themselves, that they need to be prepared for what comes next. ‘The world…the universe…is still in danger. And I have a feeling the Defenders will be needed in the days to come’.


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2nd story:X-23, Thunderstrike, Arana, Amadeus Cho and Power Man find thesmelves stranded in the middle of nowhere. X-23 a.k.a. Laura Kinney sniffs the air, while Amadeus Cho narrows his eyes. Anya Corazon a.k.a. Spider-Girl looks confused, as does Victor Alvarez a.k.a. Power Man, while Kevin Masterson a.k.a. Thunderstrike calls out 'Just one question: which one of you brats is getting smashed for dragging me here?' as he holds his hammer at the ready. The others turn to face him, as they stand on some sort of platform with an Asgardian symbol on it, surrounded by water, which laps up at the platform. 'Wherever... uh... wherever “here” is' Kevin adds.
Amadeus Cho checks an electronic device and reports that they are forty-seven degrees nine minutes south, a hundred and twenty-six degrees west, to be precise. 'So... the middle of the Pacific – one of the bigger patches of empty ocean on Earth, in fact' Amadeus adds. 'How you know that, short round? You the one who zapped us here?' Kevin asks aggressively.
Holding his golden mace, Amadeus Cho explains that it is called geo-positioning, via his company's satellites. 'I'll zap the specs back to you in caveman times when racism was cool -' Amadeus begins as he and Kevin glare at each other. 'You call that a mace? Now this is a mace!’ Thunderstrike boasts, ‘forged of Uru metal, in mighty Asgard, just like Thor's hammer -' Thunderstrike begins, but Amadeus laughs and interrupts him: 'Haw! Note the unbreakable adamantine metal? Maker's mark of Hephaestus, god of smiths? That's fine Olympian craftsman ship -', but Thunderstrike interrupts him: 'Waaaait...I know you. You used to be Hercules' boyfriend'. 'Hey! The technical term is “adventuring companion”!' Amadeus corrects him.
Spider-Girl turns to X-23, and remarks that they are comparing mace sizes, which is typical alpha boy behavior. X-23 continues to sniff the air and replies 'Yes, because they are using their mace sizes as a stand-in for their -' Spider-Girl interrupts her. 'Yeah, thanks. I get my own joke'. The girls turn their backs to each other, and Spider-Girl asks X-23 where she dropped in from – Mars?
Power Man steps between Thunderstrike and Amadeus: 'Look, I'm not really used to being the non-hotheaded one – hope 'Fist never catches wind of this, or I'll never hear the end of it – but can y'all just chill? Don't know if you noticed but a buncha cyber-Nazis and muscleheads with hammers are sending the whole world up in flames!' He tells the others that they should be figuring out how to get back into that fight instead of picking ones amongst themselves.
Raising his hammer to Power Man, Thunderstrike tells him that as the unarmed one, it might be smart if he just butts out. But Power Man slams a fist into Thunderstrike – a thunder-ran smashing block, to be precise. Then he kicks him with a kioh-lung tornado dragon kick. 'OOFF!' Thunderstrike exclaims as he falls to the ground. 'My sifu is the Immortal Iron Fist, “kid”. I am my weapon' Power Man explains.
'Hey!' Spider-Girl calls out. 'Stop and just think for a second, will you?' she asks, firing some webbing at Power Man, wrapping it around his arms and chest. 'Why are you snaggering me? I was trying to stop them from fighting!' he points out. 'Haw!' Amadeus laughs. 'Aw' he mutters, as he finds himself trapped in some webbing, too. 'Focus!' Spider-Girl shouts, asking the others what the last thing they remember is.
Spider-Girl informs the others that she was chasing down looters in Midtown Manhattan, while Thor fought with what the Hulk and Thing turned into, then suddenly, she was here. 'Any of you remember how you got here?' Spider-Girl asks.
X-23 pops her claws as she announces that she was evacuating the people of San Francisco with the X-Men, and would prefer nothing more than to return to her comrades. She adds that she doesn't know why they are here, but that she knows they are not alone. 'But what is here is not human... and perhaps not even... of this Earth' X-23 adds, looking up to the Asgardian symbol on the structure they are on.
Thunderstrike shakes his hammer at X-23 and asks her how she knows that. 'Do you have psychic powers to go along with your attitude, Wolverette? Or maybe you're with the ones who brought us here' he suggests. 'You must forgive me. I am unaccustomed to humor. I cannot tell if you are joking...' X-23 replies. 'Y'see, that's the thing with you X-people. You're always whining about how oppressed you are...' Thunderstrike begins. 'Hmmm....' Amadeus remarks. '...while simultaneously thinking you're better than everyone else – hey!' Thunderstrike exclaims as Amadeus's mace knocks against Thunderstrike's, forcing him to slam his mace into the platform, which creates a surge of lightning, and reverts Thunderstrike to his civilian guise.
'Hahaha! Dig those jimmie-jams!' Amadeus laughs. 'What were you doing right before you got snatched, Blunderstrike? Hiding under your bed at your Mom's house in the Hamptons?' Amadeus asks. 'Why...you...' Kevin begins, while Amadeus tells him 'And before you ask! Yes, I am the smart kid!'
'You're gonna be the dead kid! 'Cause I don't need to hit this thing on the ground to change back!' Kevin exclaims as he smacks his stick over Amadeus's head, changing him back into his Thunderstrike guise. Thunderstrike then grabs Amadeus by his neck and asks him how he knows his stepdad has a house in the Hamptons. 'You spying on mye perv?' Amadeus raises his mace to fight back, while Spider-Girl drops down between them. 'Here we go again!' she mutters, before turning to X-23 and, calling her “Feral Princess”, asks her for a little help. 'Why? As you said, they engage in perfectly normal alpha male behavior' X-23 points out.
Suddenly, there is a scream, and X-23, Spider-Girl, Thunderstrike and Amadeus turn to see Power Man has fallen to the ground. 'Whoa! You...you okay, kid?' someone calls out as green energy glows around him. 'He called himself “Power Man”' one of the others points out. 'I'm not calling him “Man”,  he looks barely old enough to have a learner's permit' one of the others remarks.
Spider-Girl helps Power Man to stand up, who explains that he tried to use his ability to absorb the ambient chi, the life force of his environment and “power up” - but there is no life to the force here. 'Yes – my senses detect the same thing' X-23 confirms.
Power Man informs the others that there is a message in the bioelectric frequency – repeated over and over again in a language he has never heard before. He repeats that message, and suddenly, there is a rumbling noise. 'We will translate for you, hatchlings' a voice announces. 'This isn't normal, is it?' Thunderstrike asks, as the platform they are standing on starts to rise up out of the water – it is some sort of large vessel.
A voice translates the message: 'In their dread house the warriors of the king of darkness wait dreaming'. The voice declares that the stars are right, they will rise with the king – 'And make you our first sacrifice to him!' the voice shouts.
The young heroes ready themselves, as armored shark men appear on the ship and rush towards the heroes as X-23 declares 'You were mistaken. We have not been taken from our battles... the war has been brought to us!'