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May 2010
(Utopia: Island home of the X-Men)
There is action going on in the Danger Room, overseen by Storm in the control room. As she watches, Dr. Nemesis walks past and asks if it's her time to babysit. Ororo says hello, but no, it isn’t. She's just auditing the class. Down below, Anole, Jonas and Rockslide face their opponent who dazzles them with her lightshow. Nemesis says she cuts a good figure, and Ororo reckons she's quite skilled with her powers and the others seem to like her. However, she's not accustomed to teamwork yet. Nemesis says that some people are X-Men and some aren't. She's certainly got the spirit, but she looks like a solo act to him.
Dagger leaps over the students, bouncing off Rockslide as she whizzes across the room, causing him a little damage. Storm flies down and calls a halt to the session, asking Santos if he requires assistance. Santos reckons he's fine. Storm then tells Dagger that it was a good session, and Anole agrees. He doesn’t thinks he's had his butt kicked faster. Tandy thanks him and says it means a lot to be there with the X-Men. It's the first time she's belonged anywhere.
Dr. Nemesis enters the room and asks if can have a word with the 'bright-eyed girl.' He has her results. Tandy is excited, but the news isn't great. Nemesis informs her that the results are the same as the last three times. There is no altered DNA helix, no hereditary markers and no trace of an X-gene. He shows her a portable device with the scan results on it. He tells her she's a very strong, talented young woman, and one day she will make some lucky man an inexhaustible lightsource. But... she is not a mutant. Her powers are wholly a result of the drug she and Tyrone were injected with.
Anole feels for her and places his hand on her shoulder. At least now she knows. Tandy asks Nemesis if he's sure. Isn't there another test they can run? She mentions that Dr. McCoy was working on something cellular involving latent bone something or other. Nemesis tells her straight. It's very simple. Mutants have X-genes and show up on Cerebro. She hasn't and doesn't! She should be grateful, he adds. Half the island would trade places with her in a heartbeat.
He departs, and Anole tells Dagger that it doesn't matter. Santos agrees. They should go play some G.T.A. She has to let them beat her at something. Tandy bows her head, dejected, but says she has something to do. Ororo appears and tells Tandy that she did well today, but even this compliment isn't enough to cheer her spirits.
(meanwhile, in South Boston)
A group of people are hanging out on the steps of a brownstone, talking about the changes taking place in the neighborhood since the big dig. As they chat, Cloak teleports in and quickly assumes his non-costumed appearance. Tia notices him and tells him he is right on time. She asks him where he came from, but before he answers, she grabs him and they kiss passionately.
(Utopia)
Tandy tries to call Tryone, but his answer machine picks up. She glances at the photograph of them both on the phone, and a tear trickles down her left cheek.
(flashback)
Inside an old church, Tandy is freaking out, her light powers bursting at the seams. She calls for Ty to help her as she can't control it. "What did they do to us?" she cries. Tyrone asks her to take it easy. He reminds her that she saved him before when he was drowning in the dark. He can help her now. He absorbs the light she's giving out which helps to calm her down. Her light fades and she thanks Ty. He tells her that they've got to make a pact - a vow, if they're going to survive this. He swears he will always be there for her, and she reciprocates as they hug each other.
(present)
As Dagger lies asleep on the sofa, Cloak appears beside her. She wakes and asks where he's been. Cloak replies that he told her. He's been on errands and didn't want to disturb her. Tandy sits up. "Errands. Six days in a row?" Ty turns away and says that he took advantage of them, used them as weapons against good people. Tandy says they haven't even talked about what happened... about Norman Osborn. Ty says they turned against him. What more is there to say? Tandy tells him he looks tired. Would he like some of her light? She reaches out to him, her hand glowing, but he grabs her wrist and says no. Not tonight.
Tandy holds her wrist as if his grip caused her pain. She asks why he won't let her touch him. What's wrong with her? Ty stutters his reply, more from not quite knowing what to say than to his old speech impediment. He says he's got a lot of things to figure out, and this place, the whole island segregated from humanity? It's not for them. Tandy barks at him, asking how he would know. He's barely been there. She asks if he'll be around tomorrow, or does he have more errands? Tyrone teleports away without response, leaving Tandy frustrated and tearful.
(later, back in South Boston)
It's a beautiful day and Tyrone is shirtless, playing basketball with Tia. He tells her he hasn't been back to the old school for ages and it feels right. She comments that he was pretty skinny back then, and his stutter has now gone. He says that she was the only girl who would talk to him. "I always liked the tough jobs," she replies. He dunks a shot and Tia puts her arms around his waist. She informs him that she knows his secret. "S-secret?" he asks, warily. She tells him that she saw the riots on TV in San Francisco with the X-Men, and the one thing that caught her eye was a brother with mad powers... and a real familiar jaw. She shows him a photograph on her phone of he and Dagger in action. Tyrone tries to deny it, but it's clearly him.
Tia tells him he can teleport, right? That makes it easy to visit the old hood once a day, even from three thousand miles away. Tyrone's been rumbled, and he admits that he is lost. She hugs him as he tells her that when he's there, he just wants to be with Tia, but when he's with Tia, he feels all guilty. Tia knows it's a strain for him... keeping a solid form and looking normal. She can tell, though she knows that it can be easier. It's only hard because of the bad patterns he's fallen into. Ty looks over her shoulder at four uniformed men standing there and his eyes open wide. "Trust me Ty," she says. "They can help."
Tyrone begins to power up, but Tia tells him that he has to get away from the X-Men. They're like a cult, taking in kids and teaching 'em to use their powers. Strickland, the leader of the group, remarks that powers are a trap. They've lost a whole generation to that sweet abyss. No more. Cloak is furious and replies that he understood one word of all that... trap! Before he can teleport himself to safety, Strickland shoots him in the chest and Ty drops to the ground. Strickland says, as he falls, that it's not the way. That's exactly what he has to unlearn. As the soldiers carry him away, Tia asks if he's okay. Strickland tells her that she knows the drill. He must be taught. Anyone can be cured. It's a simple matter of retraining. He thinks that Tyrone is an advanced case. He's become very comfortable using his power, but with their help, he will be saved. He's very lucky to have a friend like her.
(back in Utopia, three days later)
Tandy is in Scott Summers' office and feeling anxious because she hasn't heard from Ty in three days. Scott replies that he's been coming and going ever since they arrived on the island. Does she have any evidence that something's happened to him? Tandy admits that she doesn't, but she thinks he's been teleporting to his old neighborhood in Boston. That’s where they should start. Cyclops tells her that he doesn't have the resources right now, and honestly, this sounds like a young lovers' quarrel to him. She snaps back at him, saying he means it doesn't sound like a mutant problem. Is that it? Scott's phone rings and he handily excuses himself.
(soon)
The alpha team is gathered together and Angel wonders if this is a code red. Dr. Nemesis doesn't believe so. It's probably just some unscheduled fighter exercises out of Hickam Air Force Base. However, Cyclops wants all the fliers in the air and he hands each of them tracking devices to show where the seven mysterious airborne objects are. Storm reckons they're almost certainly harmless, but says she will locate and I.D. the objects. Tandy appears and tries to get her attention, but Ororo doesn't have time to talk at the moment. She can find her later, all right? Storm turns to leave along with Namor, Northstar, Pixie and Angel. Dr. Nemesis asks Tandy not to look at him. He has work to do, and for the last time, he cannot help her. As the X-Men take to the air, Tandy heads to the airport, gets on a place and heads east.
(South Boston Senior High School)
Strickland and his team have taken Cloak to a closed high school. Strickland informs Tia that it's not a matter of removing the subject's power. That's been tried and it never works. The trick is to teach him not to use those powers by gently but firmly showing Tyrone the enormous harm caused by super-beings. Only then, can he resist temptation. Tia knows this, but she isn't entirely happy. Strickland asks her if she trusts him. She replies of course, and Strickland assures her that this must be done. She knows this. Will she bear witness and be there for her friend in his time of need? Tia opens the door to a room where Tyrone is sat, shackled, with his eyes forced open in order to watch images of super-being catastrophes. "Of course, sir," she replies. "Of course I will."
Strickland asks Ty if he can hear him. Before he can ask him anything else, the wall explodes and they see Dagger standing on the other side. She doesn't look happy, especially when she sees Ty in the position that he is in. She immediately uses her light powers to take out the soldiers to her right and left and zaps his shackles, releasing him. She helps him out of the chair and tells him that her light found him. He looks at her and recoils. "N-n-no," he cries, "S-s-stay away from me!" Dagger is surprised at this, but Tyrone powers up and tells her that powers only cause death and sorrow. Dagger says she doesn't know what they've done to him, but he has to listen to her. "Accept my light. You need it." Tyrone is confused. He replies that he doesn't need light. It's so dark and he is so hungry. She attempts to get through to him, telling him that he can lie to her and run away if he wants, but he can't deny what he is!
As she speaks, Strickland and his team encircle them, but Ty notices and dark entrails emerge from his cloak and they drag one of the soldiers inside Ty’s cloak. The guy screams as he disappears. Dagger then hits one of them and adds, "What we are!"
Strickland orders a flanking maneuver, and two other soldiers move to the sides. They then shoot both Cloak and Dagger in the stomachs and they fall to the ground. Strickland orders them to be restrained before they get up, but before they can, they are interrupted by Dr. Nemesis and Anole who walk in through the door. Nemesis recognizes their weapon as Smart Dust. It's an experimental U.S. military nanotech, enhanced with a stolen bootleg version of the Avengers' power dampener. He uses his own gun to neutralize its effect and shoots the remaining soldiers. Strickland orders the others to fall back.
Tandy looks up at Dr. Bradley. "You followed me," she says, weakly. Bradley asks her to blame Storm. When her team came back empty-handed, she asked him about her. It triggered a rare, irritating attack of conscience. Anole punches out the sole female member of Strickand's team, and Tia goes mad. She attacks Dagger, telling him that she did this. She turned him into this. Dagger realizes that Tia is also a teleporter, and Ty attempts to restrain her. Tia then looks at her hands and realizes that she's used her own powers without thinking. "
Mister Strickland," she cries. "I need help. It's started again." She turns to find that he has fled the scene. Tyrone tells Tia that he understands now. She needs help and should go with them. "To the X-Men? I'd rather die!" she replies with a snarl. She is confused and turns to leave, asking Tyrone not to let Dagger ruin him. As she departs, Tandy turns to Ty and says, "So... anything you want to tell me?" Tyrone looks at her and Anole and asks what about her and him. "Uh, hello. Gay?" replies Anole.
Tyrone asks if the girl was a mutant. Nemesis doesn't believe so. He's not even sure she's a teleporter, exactly. He thinks they should get lover-boy back to the island. He doesn't know if that process had any long-term effects. Dagger states that Tyrone isn't going back to Utopia, and neither is she. She asks Anole to tell Jonas and Santos that she's sorry and say thanks to Storm, and that anytime they need them, they've got their backs. Until then, they should enjoy Utopia. "You belong there. We don't." She carries Tyrone out of the building and heads away.
(nearby, shortly after)
Tia has rejoined Strickland. She is strapped into similar device that Tyrone was fastened into earlier. She informs Strickland that they thought she was a teleporter. Strickland asks her to hush. He tells her that she has become unstuck in time, just as she was when he first found her. Now she'll have to learn all over again. She replies that she knows, but Ty was always so weak. Strickland asks her not to worry about him now. One day he will return to her. One day he will see the true light and turn away forever from the sin in his heart.
(New York City)
Cloak and Dagger are in the church, and Ty is still feeling out of sorts. Tyrone assures her that this can't last. They're going to tear the place down. Tandy says maybe not. There might still be time. Ty says she doesn't have to do this. Tandy says that she has plenty of light to give and he is damn lucky to have it. She hopes he knows that. She glows warmly and Ty absorbs her light to help his recovery. Dagger leans over him and tells him that the church might be broken and the walls might fall in at any minute. But the vows... the vows still stand.


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Chapter 1: Gathering of Heroes!
The beginning, somewhere in the cosmos…While observing all of Earth’s heroes, a male alien entity raises its hand, asking his companion if they are agreed. Earth is the star sector that has the most super-heroes. He asks if they shall be their pawns in the upcoming event. The other entity agrees, since their chosen ones must be mighty, in a contest where the stakes are life… and death! The other entity says that it’s time to move to Earth.
Meanwhile, at Avengers Mansion, the Avengers are busy training. Iron Man and the Vision occupy themselves with running 50 rounds around the mansion. Wonder Man tests his strength and is coached by the Scarlet Witch. The Avengers get a visit from former teammate, the Beast, who is now with the Defenders.
The Beast says that he dropped by to work out because the Defenders don’t have this kind of equipment at their headquarters. He playfully bounces around, annoying both Captain America and the Wasp. Janet van Dyne tells him to cut it out, joking that Hank must be a little rusty now that he doesn’t play with the big leagues anymore. The Beast takes that as an insult and playfully challenges the team of heroes and suggests to have a party afterwards.The Avengers try their best, but the Beast dodges them all. The Avengers decide to stop trying it individually and to catch the Beast like a team. They outnumber him, but suddenly, they get teleported away!
At the same time, above the Arctic Circle on the frozen island of Nonanya Zemlya, the villanous Red Ghost laughs at the fact that the Soviet State has labeled him an enemy.
The Red Ghost laughs that the very scientific genius the state mocked will unleash a series of earthquakes, which are be powerful enough to topple their greatest cities. But the Ghost has to stop his attack, as he in turn gets attacked by the Soviet Super Soldiers!
The Crimson Dynamo explains to the Red Ghost that the sensors in his armor led them right to his secret hideout. The Dynamo fires an energy beam at him, but the Red Ghost turns intangible. Not even Vanguard’s mallet can harm the Red Ghost in this state. The Red Ghost takes out his gun, explaining that while he may be intangible, that doesn’t mean that he can’t harm his enemies. He fires, but luckely the Soldiers dodge. Darkstar commands her teammates to dismantle the Red Ghost’s machinery, while she unleashes her Darkforce and imprisons the Red Ghost in it. Red Ghost begs for mercy, but the Soldiers don’t listen to it and rush over to him to knock him out. Suddenly, a bright light appears, and the Super Soldiers are gone! The Red Ghost is left behind and doesn’t understand what’s going on.
At that exact moment, half a world away, the Fantastic Four “enjoy” a party that’s thrown in their honor. The spokesman introduces the leader, Reed Richards to the guests. Ben is bored and doesn’t want to listen to another of Reed’s speeches. Johnny jokes about it, but Sue tells them to knock it off, because it’s not Reed they want to hear, but… Ben! The Thing can’t believe it but stands up anyway. As he wants to begin to talk, the same light from before appears and teleport the Fantastic Four away!
Meanwhile, the Canadian team Alpha Flight returns and flies home, recovering from their recent reconnaissance mission. Northstar can’t wait to be back at Ottawa. Sasquatch asks why, because he liked it in the wilderness. So did Snowbird, the demi-goddess announces. Aurora prefers to go back to Quebec and teach at the school again. A thinking Shaman says that there is much to be recommended about both worlds. Their leader, Guardian, isn’t much interested in that and leaves the philosophy to Shaman. The bright light appears again and teleports the team away, leaving their plane behind.
Meanwhile, the X-Men are busy fighting some training robots in their Danger Room, as the light also teleports them away.
In Harlem, the heroes for hire, Iron Fist and Power Man have located a hidden location of some gangsters. They attack them, but are teleported away as well.
While climbing on a building, Spider-Man’s spider-sense tries to warn him, but he realizes to late that he too is teleported away.
At a fashionable club in Soho, Hellcat and Valkyrie enjoy a night out and watch Dazzler singing. They too vanish, but luckely the public believes that it’s all a part of Dazzler’s closing act.
Over Staten Island, Moon Knight and Daredevil are lifted away on a helicopter. Moon Knight warns Daredevil that they are surrounded by a bright, red light, but the blind Daredevil doesn’t notice until they get teleported away.
The teleportation even includes to the Savage Land, where Ka-Zar and his partner Shanna are the victims.In Greenwhich Village, at his sanctorum, Dr. Strange meditates with the Devil-Slayer until they too get teleported away.
High above the streets of San Francisco, Spider-Woman finds herself defeated and imprisoned by the Gypsy Moth. The villainess is certain that she is victorious, but then Spider-Woman vanishes.
Over the Hudson River, the Machine Man streches his robotic legs, but he too disappears.
In upstate New York, at the Energy Research Center, Quasar thanks Jack of Hearts for his assist. Jack notices them glowing and thinks that Quasar’s energy is leaking, but before Quasar can explain, they are gone!Meanwhile, somewhere in the great Southwest, the battle between the Hulk and Leonard Samson gets disturbed by the teleporting.
High above the Andes, even the Eternals get all teleported away. And it matters not if one’s powers stem from the supernatural, as the Son of Satan, Daimon Hellstrom, vanishes. And so does the mighty Thor. All with exceptional abilities are taken. From the American Indian super-hero Red Wolf, to the Japanese samurai known as Sunfire. Elsewhere, England suddenly finds itself bereft of the crimson costumed hero Captain Britain, who was enjoying a flight with his companion, the Black Knight.
Even in the hidden city Atillan, the Inhumans and their newest family member Quicksilver can’t fight the mysterious red light.High above France, the hero called le Peregine vanishes. In Australia, while preparing for a meditation, the Talisman too disappears. In Argentinia, Defensor tries to defend himself from an army of attackers when he gets teleported away. In Northern Ireland, a group of school children watch how their lives are rescued by the heroine Shamrock, until she disappears.In Israel, Sabra is busy fighting some enemy troops. She is winning, but then disappears. In the people’s republic of China, the Collective Man tries to defend himself from an army of armed swordsmen.
In Saudi Arabia, the Arabian Knight flies on his carpet when he gets teleported. And over West Germany, the teleportation beam spirits off the electrically charged hero Blitzkrieg.
And so, all the startled heroes find themselves in a huge arena! The heroes begin to talk among each other, trying to figure out what happened and where they are. Thor flies towards the External Icarus, but neither God knows what’s happening. Shaman feels a strange force at work. Alpha Flight notice Wolverine standing among them and go to him. Wolverine thinks that they are behind it somehow, but Guardian says that they are as surprised as he is. Sasquatch jokes to the Beast that he is one of “Earth’s mightiest heroes”. The Beast jokes back.
Iron Man notices Vanguard and the Crimson Dynamo and suspects the Russians are behind all this, but they too know nothing.
Shamrock coolly notices Captain Britain, and that he is wearing the symbol of Great Britain. Captain Britain also notices that Shamrock wears the green colors of Ireland on her costume. The mutual dislike is instant.
Iceman walks to Darkstar, saying that it’s been a while since they saw each other after the Champions disbanded. Bobby compliments Laynia on her new costume. Darkstar thanks him, saying that she has thought a lot and fondly about him ever since she left the Champions.Machine Man walks towards the android Vision and they search their databases in an attemp to understand what’s going on, but they can’t come up with any previous similar event.
The Collective Man walks over to the X-Men, Sprite and Colossus. He asks why Piotr doesn’t use his powers to serve the Russian State, like he does for China. Colossus explains that he feels that it’s best that his powers serve the entire world, as a member of the X-Men.
The Black Panther notices Captain America staring, and asks him what’s going on. The one moment, T’Challa says, he was with his subjects in Wakanda, and the next, he is here. Captain America says he knows and is as surprised as he is. Cap tries to figure out who of their enemies has the power to do all this.
Elswhere in the arena, two wall-crawlers say ‘hi’ to each other. Spider-Man and Spider-Woman joke about it. Hellstrom goes to Dr. Druid, informing him that he senses that this is not the work of the devil. Dr. Druid agrees, believing that this goes beyond the work of anything mystical.
The Black Knight explain to the Arabian Knight and Defensor that his Ebony Blade is mystical in origin. The Arabian Knight says his sword is too, and suggests they test their skills one day. Defensor says that he goes into battle carrying his golden shield.
Windshear and Karnak walk over to Prince Namor and ask him if he knows what’s going on. Unfortunately, the Sub-Mariner doesn’t, but wants to ask Dr. Strange if he might know some answers. The Human Torch scouts the arena and reports to the Thing that every super hero of Earth is present.
Quasar says that he didn’t know that there were so many of them. Ben takes the opportunity and introduces Johnny and Quasar to each other. Suddenly, the Hulk begins to feel hot. Dr. Strange explains to Namor that he has no clue who their kidnapper is. Moondragon does a mental scan, but they don’t do much more than simply ascertain that the arena they are in is somewhere in space. Professor X corrects them, they are in Earth orbit. But even he can’t learn who built this place and why they are here. The heroes grow impatient and want to know who brought them here: a friend or a foe. The heroes stop their talking, when the same bright light from before shows up again and are introduced to the ultimate gamesman… the Grandmaster!
The Grandmaster’s companion, a hooded woman whose face is obscured, explains to the heroes that they have been brought here to fight the greatest tournament their world has ever seen. The heroes get angry when they learn that all this is just about a stupid game. The Grandmaster explains that the glow that brought the heroes here is keeping the entire Earth in stasis. And if the heroes refuse to cooperate, it will remain that way forever.The Grandmaster explains the game rules. There are four objects, quarters of the gleaming golden globe of life, will be hidden at the four corners of the Earth. The Grandmaster reveals that he and his faceless opponent will each choose twelve champions to seek out the objects. Whichever of their group first gets the objects, wins.
And if he wins, the Grandmaster says, he can restore the life of his dead brother, the Collector! The Grandmaster explains that like he himself, his brother is immortal and one of the elders. Cursed with the gift of prophecy, the Collector foresaw the coming of a great evil, and thus set about collecting those whose super powers and abilities might oppose that dark day. But the Collector was discovered and slain. His murderer turned out to be Korvac, who upon sending his life in an act of cosmic suicide, undid virtually all the damage he had done to the moment of his death. All, that is, except the restoration of the Collector himself. And unfortunately, the Grandmaster says, not even he, who has the power of life and death, can restore life to an immortal.
So the Grandmaster went in search of someone who could, and found his opponent, who wishes to remain nameless for now. The Grandmaster wants to begin to choose the fighters. The female insists that if the Grandmaster wins, the Collector’s life will be restored, but if he loses, the Grandmaster will join his brother in oblivion.They begin to chose, but exclude all the immortals, including the Inhumans, the Atlanteans, Eternals and the aliens who stay on Earth. The Grandmaster picks Captain America first. The Grandmaster knows from his thoughts that Cap doubts, but if he wins, the Grandmaster promises to never bother Earth ever again.
The gathering goes on. The Grandmaster’s champions become Captain America, Talisman, Darkstar, Wolverine, Captain Britain, Defensor, Sasquatch, Daredevil, the She-Hulk, le Peregine, Blitzkrieg and the Thing. His opponent chooses next, and her champions are: Iron Man, Vanguard, Shamrock, Iron Fist, Storm, the Arabian Knight, Sabra, Angel, the Invisible Girl, the Black Panther, Sunfire and the Collective Man. Let the games begin!


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Frenzy in the Frozen North
Chapter 2 - First Contest: Frenzy in the Frozen North!Talisman, Daredevil, Darkstar, Sunfire, the Invisible Girl and Iron Fist arrive in a snowy area, where a blizzard is taking place. The heroes (with the exception of Sunfire) can hardly withstand the cold. Iron Fist realizes that the unknown send them to the four corners of the planet to look for the prizes, so this place must be the North Pole. Sunfire agrees and wants to find the prize as soon as possible so that they can get out of here. Iron Fist agrees. Sue suggests that the two teams work together to find the prizes. Sunfire disagrees, remembering that the Grandmaster told them that they must compete with each other, fearing that if they do otherwise Earth will remain in suspended animation. Sunfire flies away. Iron Fist introduces himself to Sue Storm, whom he recognizes as the Invisible Girl from the Fantastic Four.
Sue says that Fist is right and shakes hands with Danny Rand, and they decide to work together to find the prize first.On the other team, Darkstar recognizes the hero besides her and asks if he is the American super hero Daredevil, whom she heard about during her short stay in the United States. Daredevil says that she’s right, and claims that he has also heard about her from the Black Widow. Darkstar is surprised that Daredevil knows Natasha Romanova, because though she is a deserter, her name is still honored in the U.S.S.R They shake hands. Darkstar notices their other silent teammate and asks for his name. Talisman hesitates into introducing himself, believing that this could endanger him one day, but does so anyway.
Talisman explains that he is from Australia, and a shaman, who communes with the Altjeringa, which is better known as the Dreamtime.Suddenly the heroes feel something hot and notice Sunfire flying above them. Darkstar offers that she best follows in case Sunfire knows where one of the prizes are. She asks if either Daredevil or Talisman can fly, but they can’t.As Darkstar is out of sight, Daredevil tries to figure out how to tell Talisman that with him being blind, he works best alone because allies only disturb his radar sense. Talisman cuts in, apologizing for having to say this, but explains that he posesses certain “senses” that work best when he is alone. Daredevil of course doesn’t mind and let’s his new friend be and takes off.
High above, Darkstar has found Sunfire and they begin to fight. Sunfire unleashes his flames, but Darkstar transforms her Darkforce into a giant hand and traps Sunfire inside it. Below, Sue and Iron Fist notice Daredevil walking by. Sue wants to keep him covered in case he finds the prize first. Iron Fist notices the fight above them and rejects Sue’s words, saying that the first move has already been made, and if they are to be the Grandmaster’s players, they best join the fray, and fast! Iron Fist takes off, leaving a confused Sue behind, who finds this so unlike working with the Fantastic Four. There, she is used to work in a team and here she’s on her own.
Sue tries walking on the thick snow, but that’s difficult. Sue turns invisible. The snow sticks on her boots so Sue can use them as skies and move easily. Sue notices Talisman and walks over to him. Talisman himself is in his astral form looking for the prize. He senses Sue approaching his body and skips the search, fearing that Sue might attack him and he can’t leave his body unprotected. Talisman gets back to normal and stands up, surprising Sue who tries to attack him. Talisman doesn’t understand, because he hears someone talking but doesn’t see anyone. Talisman takes out his Bull-roared and whirls it around, trapping Sue inside the Dreamtime! Sue can’t stand it there as everything is distorted and it seems like her body falls apart.
Elsewhere, the blind Daredevil senses that he is not alone. He is correct, as Iron Fist approaches him and introduces himself. Iron Fist bows to Daredevil, wanting to begin to fight. Daredevil doesn’t understand and attacks at full speed, jumping at Fist. Iron Fist dodges the attack using a hard punch and slams Daredevil away. Daredevil makes a snowball and throws it at Fist’s face. Fist can’t see now and punches in the wild, hoping to hit Daredevil.In the sky, Sunfire tries to escape from Darkstar’s transformed hand. Sunfire uses the maximum of his heat powers and frees himself! Sunfire says that he is a warrior, a Samurai even, and won’t be beaten by a woman. His flames crack the snow below them. Sunfire keeps attacking, forcing Darkstar to hide behind a transformed shield of her Darkforce.
On the ground, Talisman keeps attacking Sue, who despite being unable to concentrate, notices the snow below her cracking. Sue believes that the Dreamtime must be some sort of illusion. She creates an invisible force field and flies up until she is free. Talisman has to stop his attack. He notices the ice next to him cracking up and knows he has to run away because he couldn’t survive if he fell into the ice cold water.
Daredevil is still fighting Iron Fist, but finds the battle useless. Suddenly, his radar senses something: it’s the prize! Daredevil runs away and tries to pinpoint its exact location. Sue notices Daredevil running away and wonders what he’s doing. Sue realizes that Daredevil has found the prize in the water, but so have the other heroes. They use their various powers on each other, but Daredevil still manages to dodge all the attacks and claim the prize, a golden quarter of a globe, first.
Chapter 3 - Second Contest: Ghost Town Showdown!Elswhere, Iron Man, the Arabian Knight, Sabra, the She-Hulk, Defensor and Captain Britain land in a mysterious ghost town. They all realize that this must be where the prize is hidden. Iron Man introduces himself to Sabra, who does the same. Sabra explains that like the spiny pear that is the symbol of the Israeli people from whom she derives her name, she is harsh to her enemies, yet sweet to her friends. The Arabian Knight doesn’t care about all of that and says that he won’t fight side by side with a Jewess. Iron Man finds that ridiciolous, but Sabra is understandably insulted and flies away. The Arabian Knight uses his magic and reveals his flying carpet and takes off as well, wanting the prize to be his.On the other side, Denfensor charms the She-Hulk, introducing himself as Gabriel Carlos Dantes Sepulveda of Brazil.
In case his costume doesn’t speak for itself, Captain Britain also introduces himself. Defensor wants them to work together as a team to find the prizes, but the She-Hulk and Cap rather work alone.
The She-Hulk bounces high up in the sky and notices the Arabian Knight on his carpet. She attacks him and easily defeats him as well. She-Hulk continues her bouncing and finds Sabra. Sabra hopes that her spines will be enough to defeat the She-Hulk, and the attack appears to be a match for Jennifer. Sabra notices and decides to test her strength against her foe.Below, Iron Man enters a saloon, using his build-in flashlight to find the prize. He gets disturbed by Defensor. They attack each other.
Iron Man’s armor is stronger than Defensor’s shield, and the armored Avenger knocks Defensor down.Above in the skies, the Arabian Knight has already recovered from his previous fight, but this time has to face Captain Britain. Cap takes out his star sceptre and the Knight his sword, and they begin to duel.The She-Hulk is able to withdraw from Sabra’s hard punches and in return slams her down. The Knight notices and lands his carpet and orders it to catch Sabra. Sabra, surprised, asks why, because she thought he hated her. The Knight says it’s because they are teammates. Sabra exclaims that she would rather be dead than to be allied with him. Captain Britain uses their discussing in his advantage and defeats the Arabian Knight and flies towards Sabra.
Sabra dodges Cap’s attack and punches him down. Below them, Defensor gets smashed through the saloon’s wall by Iron Man and bounces into Cap, knocking him down. Defensor tries to figure out what happened. Iron Man notices this and takes off in the hope to be able to take down the She-Hulk. The She-Hulk grabs his throat, but Iron Man unleashes a powerful repulsor blast from his gloves and knocks her down. Iron Man can’t believe he did this, and doesn’t notice that the Arabian Knight is standing behind him. The Knight moves over to attack him, but then next to him, he notices something shining in the saloon’s oven. He opens the oven, and finds the prize!


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Siege in the City of the Dead
Chapter 4 - Third Contest: Siege in the City of the Dead!The Grandmaster and the Unknown’s next groups arrive in a grassy area. Wolverine and the Thing try to figure out where they are, and le Peregine notices their adversaries materalizing across them. Wolverine asks le Peregine who he is. Le Peregine reveals that he is France’s champion. The Thing asks Wolverine if he isn’t one of the new X-Men. Wolverine confirms that he is, and that he is as mean as his namesake. That’s fine by the Thing, who suggests that they better move fast and find their prize. Wolverine agrees, but explains that he best works alone and therefore does that. The Thing isn’t much interested and lets him go.
Vanguard notices his foes departing and finds them undiciplined. Next to him, the Black Panther greets Angel, asking how things are with the X-Men. Angel explains that there is a whole new team now. He was with them for a while but it didn’t work out, so he left the group. Angel asks the Panther how he is doing with the Avengers. The Panther replies that he hasn’t been an active member of late. Vanguard claims that they are wasting valuable time they should spend finding the prizes. He suggests himself as field handler. Angel believes that the Black Panther would be a better leader, seeing that he is the leader of an entire African nation. The Panther explains that everyone can be a leader if they want to, but he doesn’t find it absolutly necessary that there is one. Vanguard proposes that they find their adversaries then, learn about their strengths and weaknesses and defeat them. Angel goes airborne and the Black Panther uses his stealth moves and leaves too. A surprised Vanguard takes off as well.
The Black Panther soon arrives at an ancient city, entirely empty. The Panther realizes that the city must be, by the looks of it, an archeological excavation revealing hundreds of ceramic warriors. The Panther explores the city, but gets attacked by Wolverine, but the Panther easily dodges the move. Wolverine snikts out his claws and is ready for some real action.Angel, while scouting the area from the air, gets attacked by le Peregine. Le Peregine tells Angel that he has read a lot about him and wants to test their strengths. Angel doesn’t really want to fight, but le Peregine takes this to his advantage and quickly kicks Angel down.Meanwhile, Vanguard climbs a high hill, where he is approached by the Thing, who asks who the costumed hero is. Vanguard introduces himself and they begin to fight.
At the same time, the Black Panther is able to keep Wolverine’s adamantium claws at bay, but has the biggest trouble doing that. Wolverine says he wants to kill the Panther, who wonder if he is telling the truth or if he is just trying to scare him.Angel buys some time to recover from le Peregine’s hard kick. He finds the ancient city and picks up a staff from a warrior statue. Le Peregine finds him and they fight again. Angel uses his staff and defeats le Peregine wit hit.Meanwhile, Vanguard has to take out his weapons to be able to fight the Thing. The Thing isn’t impressed and makes short work of Vanguard, knocking him out. The Thing hears a fight on the other side and sees Wolverine fighting the Black Panther.
Ben tells Wolverine to stop fighting the Panther, explaining to him that the Panther is a friend of is. Suddenly, the two stop their fight and smell something below them. The Thing smashes the ground real hard and finds the prize! Ben picks it up and then both teams get teleported away.
Chapter 5 - Fourth Contest: Struggle in the Jungle!Meanwhile, the two remaining teams arrive in a jungle in South America. Surprised at the beautiful sight of the place, the heroes quickly regroup and introduce themselves to each other. Sasquatch introduces himself to Captain America, saying that he’s honored to fight along his side. Cap says the same, thinking in himself that Beast is nothing compared to this guy. Blitzkrieg introduces himself as a warrior of West Germany, and that he is the master of the lightning strike! Blitzkrieg uses his powers and flies away from his teammates. Sasquatch suggests to do the same and seperate to find their prize earlier. Cap had hoped to work as a team, but agrees and they leave.
Shamrock introduces herself, revealing that she is Ireland’s lucky lady. The Collective man introduces himself as Tao-Yu, the people’s hero of the Republic of China. Storm introduces herself to as Ororo, and suggests that they seek for the prize now. The Collective Man agrees, saying that the jungle is vast. So he duplicates himself 5 times and says that this will make it easier to find the prize. Storm and Shamrock are astonished at the sight of Tao-Yu’s powers. He explains that they are five beings merged into one, and that they can draw on the power and abilities of any and all citizens of their nation! Storm suggests to split up and search for the prize alone, and they all agree and take off.
A short time later Storm finds Blitzkrieg. He attacks her with electricity, but Storm is of course unharmed by it due to her control over all aspects fo the weather.Cap meanwhile swings over some trees with vines and finds Shamrock. They fight and Cap grabs her. Shamrock doesn’t want him to win and frees herself from his holding grip. She falls down, but they are high up from the ground and Cap fears that she probably killed herself.Meanwhile, a sweaty Sasquatch searches the jungle for the prize, but is confronted by the Collective Man. The Collective Man attacks, but is of course no match for the giant, who easily knocks him out.Storm uses her heaviest rain clouds and defeats Blitzkrieg. Shamrock survives the fall. Cap jumps down to check if she’s allright. Shamrock runs away from the legendary hero. Cap follows her, but gets attacked by a cobra! Cap tries to free himself and wonders why the cobra didn’t attack Shamrock.
Meanwhile, the Collective Man is still not defeated. He combines all of China’s citizens into one and is able to knock Sasquatch out. But the Collective Man exhausts himself and passes out.Blitzkrieg finds Captain America and frees him from the cobra. Cap still doesn’t understand how Shamrock could be so lucky. Cap searches the trees in the hope to find the prize, but Blitzkrieg has a better idea. He creates a vortex of electricity that reveals the prize, that was hidden inside a tree trunk! Cap sees the prize and runs to it, but Shamrock outruns him and gets the prize first. They get teleported away.
Chapter 6: Winner Takes None!They all arrive back into the Grandmaster’s arena, who separates the winners from the losers. He thanks his players for giving their best shot, and promises to never use them or the Earth in one of his games ever again. The Grandmaster uses some sort of move and takes the prizes away from his champions. He splits the prizes into pieces and orders his opponent to resurrect his dead brother, the Collector. Iron Man doesn’t like the idea, because he was there when the Collector died. Nothing remained from the villain except for a pile of ash. The Thing, Wolverine and Talisman also have seconds thoughts about the plan.
Talisman uses his powers to bring the Dreamtime to them. He asks Sue who is already somewhat used to ist disorienting aspect for help and to take off the Unknown’s hood. The heroes can’t believe who they are seeing: Death! The Unknown is now known. Death says that she agrees with the heroes fears to resurrect the Collector. Death refuses to do it. The Grandmaster gets angry, telling Death that she cheated. Death suggests that the Grandmaster sacrifice his life for the Collector to be reborn. She can’t have two such powerful beings walk around in the universe. The Grandmaster agrees and sacrifices his own life and the Collector is revived! The Collector notices his now dead brother’s clothes and gets angry at Death for doing this.
The Collector wants to fight Death, who tells the Collector that he would lose. Death suggest a game to the Collector and if he wins, she shall revive his brother. The Collector agrees and asks Death for the game rules. Death teleports them both away and laughs, with an evil look on her face. As Death disappears, so do all the heroes who go back to where the Grandmaster kidnapped them. Beast and the Avengers arrive back at their Mansion. The Avengers continue their combined attack to defeat the Beast, who asks them to stop. Hank takes a look at the clock, and realizes that they haven’t been gone for almost an hour! Beast hates to bring this up after all they’ve been through, but jokingly says that he did mob the floor with his former teammates before they got teleported away. But, Beast continues while he and the other Avengers stare at the sky, it will be a long time before he thinks about having another game!


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The Gathering
Sergeant-Major Harry Malone has been called in to help train United States army troops, so that they can fight opponents with supernatural powers. A cadet worries how they are possibly going to win against a powerful enemy like Magneto. Malone replies that is mostly going to be done with the help of technological weapons. Those weapons would be able to counter their natural abilities. Malone is certain that they are going to win this war, because despite their powers, superbeings are not gods. Suddenly, another soldier warns his Sergeant: incoming! The soldiers all look up and see Iron Man and the Human Torch teaming-up pursuing an unidentified person.
Iron Man and the Torch quickly move and find a flying Rogue, asking her what she thinks she is doing here. Rogue playfully replies that she should ask the questions, because the two super-heroes are practically “playing” in the X-Men’s backyard. Iron Man answers that they are helping the soldiers training, and ask Rogue not to interfere with it. Rogue says that depends who the soldiers are training to attack. The mutant flies away at full speed, telling the heroes that if they want her gone, they’ll have to catch her.
Iron Man suggests to Johnny that they follow her. The Torch doesn’t know what Iron Man’s problem is, saying that he likes her just the way she is and follows her example and flies off, following her. Iron Man doesn’t know why he even bothers because Johnny is as hot-headed as Rogue is. Iron Man’s build-in computer provides him some information about Rogue’s past. He remembers how Rogue made her debut as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, when they attacked the Avengers. Iron Man doesn’t really trust her, but re-considers that thought when he recalls the Scarlet Witch once being a member of the exact same group, and she is now the co-leader of the Avengers! And Tony trusts her with his life. So he decides to give Rogue the benefit of the doubt.
But Iron Man wonders where he would stand if there ever were a war between humans and mutants. With his fellow humans or with the X-Men, who the Avengers have always fought with side-by-side as allies? Tony hopes that this will never change, but lately, he has begun to wonder.
The Torch finds Rogue over Westchester. He throws some flames at her, but Rogue dodges them and the flames almost hit a watching crowd below. Iron Man luckily defends the crowd. Tony doesn’t like Johnny’s thoughtless attacks, but hopes that he will keep Rogue occupied, so that she’ll only be focused on him and not longer on Iron Man. And when that time has come, he will make his move and defeat Rogue. Tony notices an opening, but as he prepares to attack, the three heroes suddenly all are teleported away!
An alien space ship appears in space above Earth, and everyone who can be considered a hero on Earth finds himself in it.The Torch comes to in a large palace-like bedroom. He wonders what to do. Johnny fears that he could be in danger and flames on. A beautiful green-skinned woman enters the room and introduces herself as the Hostess. She explains that on behalf of her employers, the Coterie, she bids Johnny welcome.Rogue too wakes up in a room, and is approached by a handsome male Host. Both aliens explain to Rogue and Johnny – as well as every other hero aboard - that the Coteries are gamemasters, who celebrate excellence and supremacy in all fields of endeavor, but most of all in games of direct physical competition.
Both aliens reveals that the prowess of Earth’s heroes is known across the cosmos. They would like to stage such a contest here to determine the best among them. As an incentive, they offer access to the knowledge accumulated during the aliens’ travels. In return for supplying them brief entertainment, Earth’s species gain the potential to reach untold benefits, to reach the very stars. The aliens continue that no race who has accepted their invitation have ever suffered from it. Indeed, they conclude, the contestants and their worlds have found the experience quite literally transcendent. The aliens say that they offer a glory unlike any of Earth has ever known. They hope none of them will refuse.
Iron Man hears the same story and for safety reasons he records the conversation in his body armor for later observation and analysis. Iron Man discovers that the woman he sees is a robot, with built-in Nanites that serves as a biohazard. But for what purpose? Iron Man intends to find out, but at the same time also accepts the offer.Elsewhere in the huge space vessel, alien controllers report to their boss that everything is going smoothly and that the contestants await their word to begin. One of the controllers report Iron Man’s thoughts. The unseen leader gives the command to begin, and to let Iron Man be the first fighter, and the first one to fall. The Emperiatrix researches her contestants, and through the nanites in their bodies, the contestants are as happy as they have ever been.
For the X-Man Storm, that contains a night out in Tokyo with her best friend Yukio. For T’Challa, the Black Panther, a hunt side by side with his trusted aid, Zuri. For the legendary Avenger known as Captain America, that is a fight with Sharon Carter. For the Thing of the Fantastic Four, that is a moment of peace together with his one-time girlfriend Alicia Master, whom he now has lost to the Silver Surfer.For Shadowcat, it should have been a reunion with her deceased best friend, Illyana Rasputin. But Kitty doesn’t feel happy at all and shivers from pain instead. Something is burning up inside her and she feels like she is going to die!For the Asgardian Thunder God Thor, it is a big feast with his first and greatest love: Jane Foster. And for the Incredible Hulk, there is nothing. He doesn’t want any of the things the other superhumans want. He just wishes to be left alone. While the amazing Spider-Man, wants a night out with his beautiful wife, Mary Jane Watson.
Iron Man isn’t allowed a moment of pleasure, and gets teleported down into an arena instead. The announcer teleports down his opponent as well: Psylocke! The telepathic X-Man doesn’t hold her breath and immediately goes over to action! As Iron Man fights her, he recalls how Psylocke was trained by the Hand, who are probably the deadliest cadre of terrorists and assassins in history. Still he doubts that her flesh is going to be a match for his advanced armor. Psylocke attacks him with a move Iron Man recognizes as the Mandarin’s Impact Beam! That can’t be, Iron Man believes, unless the Mandarin himself is here. He doesn’t understand, because Iron Man thought that this was a contest of heroes. However, Iron Man remembers Interpol reports from a while back, that mentioned Psylocke once acting on the Mandarin’s behalf as Lady Mandarin. In that stage, Psylocke was coerced for a while into trying to take over the Hong Kong underworld as the Mandarin’s distaff stand-in.
Iron Man activates his boots jet-pack and flies up, wondering how Psylocke got a hold on the Mandarin’s rings, that provide him with powers. Or did the X-Man have them all along? Iron Man wonders if Psylocke is finally showing her true colors and if playing hero was only a ruse. Psylocke creates a vortex and uses it as a tornado, trapping Iron Man inside it. Afterwards, she uses a Frigi-beam attack and freezes Iron Man inside. Iron Man can’t free himself, even his reserve powers are fading away. Iron Man panics when Psylocke uses a Black Light Beam and blinds Iron Man’s sensors. Psylocke uses an Electro-blast, the perfect conclusion to end the fight.
Suddenly Iron Man remembers that Psylocke is a telepath and realizes that all this is just an illusion, and that she is only making him think he is losing. Iron Man recalls that Psylocke’s specialty is her psychic knife and thinks that she is about to use it to finish him off. He knows that in order to use the knife, Psylocke has to be in arm’s-length. Iron Man’s armor reactivates and brings him back to reality, and just in time he dodges Psylocke’s attack and knocks her out! Iron Man is the winner! He gets a loud cheer from the crowd.
The Emperiatrix isn’t pleased with the victory, and calls forth her servant, the Badoon Brother Royal. She makes him and the rest of the Brotherhood of Badoon promise that they’ll do something about Iron Man, who is the only one who’s able to resist her nanites. He must be eliminated.
Iron Man is brought back to his room, where the robot Hostess repairs his armor. In secret, Iron Man discovers the nanites in Psylocke’s body and that of the others, and finds out that he is the only one unaffected by the machines. Tony wonders what to do about that. Iron Man isn’t given much time to rest though, as his next fight already comes up!
His next adversaries are the entire team of X-Force. Iron Man tries to find some information about the team members in his databases, but some of them are incomplete. So, Iron Man easily defeats Cannonball, Moonstar, Sunspot and Proudstar, but has trouble defeating Bedlam, who uses his powers of disrupting electricity to disarm his armor. The final kick comes in the form of Domino, who defeats the Avenger. The announcer teleports Iron Man back to Earth, and proudly presents the new victors to the crowd: X-Force!


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Process of Elimination
The newest Spider-Woman races through town, trying to avoid the Human Torch’s flames. Johnny tries to mock the new hero by telling her that Spider-Man is her partner, which is not the case. Spider-Woman is quick and moves fast, but the Torch is faster and blocks her way. But this doesn’t stop Spider-Woman. This time, she quickly grabs the Torch and smashes him real hard through a tall sky scraper. The building collapses. Spider-Woman bets that must have brought some hurt to the Torch, but hopefully didn’t kill him. She checks the bricks, and gets surprised by a flame from Johnny. The Torch uses all the flames he’s got inside him all at once, trapping Spider-Woman inside. Spider-Woman can’t stand the heat and collapses.
The Human Torch wins the contest! Johnny gets cheered by the crowd and Spider-Woman is teleported away. Johnny flirts with and kisses the female announcers: he couldn’t be more happy.Meanwhile, Iron Man has landed somewhere in a swamp like area. He hears something and decides to check it out. He tries to figure out who it could be, but has no clue at all. Suddenly, the ground below Iron Man gets destroyed, and Tony himself gets attacked by local predators! They are stronger than Iron Man, but he tries his best and doesn’t give up. Iron Man receives unexpected help from a psychic knife, that destroys all the predators. It’s Psylocke! Betsy Braddock, with her costume shredded and an angry look on her face, is determined to finish their contest until one of them is dead!
Meanwhile, the next contest begins. It’s the Hulk versus Mr. Fantastic! Johnny is certain that Reed is going to win. He seems to be right, as Mr. Fantastic cleverly uses his elastic body to prevent the Hulk from breathing, and then turns his body in a box to trap the Hulk inside. But an angry Hulk frees himself, and the hard impact of the punch knocks Reed out! Johnny can’t believe it: the match must have been rigged! Johnny is determined to prove that any member of the Fantastic Four can fight and win as well. He wants another fight. Johnny gets his wish, and has to battle his former teammate the She-Hulk on a construction site.
Johnny isn’t much impressed and makes the She-Hulk angry. Jennifer picks up a heavy bulldozer and throws it at Johnny, who uses the maximum power of his flames to destroy the heavy machine. But through the explosion lots of dust gets released and Johnny can’t see anymore. The She-Hulk stands behind him and destroys a water tower. The released water removes Johnny’s flames, bringing him back to human-form. But this doesn’t stop Johnny, who quickly flames on again! He explains that water can be an inhibiting agent to both ignition and combustion, but Johnny has trained a lot over the years to prevent that happening to him!
The Torch has a plan, and transform the mud below them into redhot fire. Johnny’s flames have now the power of the sun, and transform the mud into concrete. It’s too much for the She-Hulk to handle, and she faints. The Human Torch wins again!Elsewhere, Storm is reminded of what it was like to be one of the Acanti and soar through the cosmos. But the memory is brutally stopped by the Emperiatrix, who wants to make Storm pay for what she did to her back then. She threatens Storm, but is disturbed by one of her servants who reports a problem with one of the contestants. A problem in the form of Shadowcat.
Brother Royal enters Kitty’s room, who can’t stand the pain. She feels like she is dying! The technicians explain that they believe the interaction of the nanites and Kitty’s powers is the cause of her bad condition. Evidently, the technicians have discovered, Kitty’s natural state is to be intangible. And for the nanites to do their job, Kitty must be solid. The nanites are attempting to accomplish that, but Kitty is heavily trying to resist. Suddenly, Kitty gets back to herself and can’t believe when she sees who the Emperiatrix truly is. Kitty can’t believe it, because the X-Men killed her! But it doesn’t matter to her, because if the X-Men did it once, they’ll kill the creature again. The Emperiatrix laughs at that and claims that they are all hers!
Back to the swamps. Iron Man has defeated Psylocke and tied her up against a tree. Tony tries to find a way to dismantle the nanites, but that is easier said that done. Psylocke tries to free herself. Iron Man notices, but doesn’t panic. He has to stay calm to find a way to help his friends and colleagues. Finally he finds a way to stop the nanites, and hopes that his Stark-interaction nanites will not only eliminate the existing infection, but also fend off any subsequent attack and assure permanent immunity!Tony spreads the cure over Psylocke, but the X-Man acts without thinking and still believes that they are in a fight. Betsy activates her psychic knife again and slams it through Iron Man’s head, knocking him out! But as Iron Man falls, so does his heavy armor which lands on Psylocke. They are both down.
Meanwhile, the next contest begins. The Human Torch faces Storm. The X-Men’s leader creates rain clouds in the hope of dousing Johnny’s flames, but he is faster and finds a way out. Johnny moves over to the city, and enters an underground parking lot. Johnny knows that Storm suffers from claustrophobia and plans to use that to his advantage. Johnny quickly moves through the garage, but gets surprised by a tornado from Storm. Johnny knows that he can win by one shot of his Nova-flame, the most powerful attack he has. But Johnny also realizes that the attack would most likely kill her. Johnny doesn’t want to sink to that level simply to win a stupid contest, and allows Storm to defeat him.


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Culling the Hero
The Scarlet Witch amuses herself by entertaining some local bar patrons with an old gypsy dance. The joyful dance gets disturbed by a costumed man who immediately opens fire when he enters the bar! It’s Cable! Wanda mocks that she thought Cable had forsworn the use of guns. Cable says that guns are the tools of a professional. And he is one. Wanda replies that she is one too. And she has proof, as only the best are invited to become a member of the Avengers. She herself has recently become that team’s deputy leader!While Cable occupies himself with some more shooting, Wanda prepares a hex sphere. When it’s done, she throws it to Cable, who dodges the attack. Cable attacks Wanda again, but she dodges his punches, thanks to the training she had with Captain America.
Cable reveals that his teacher was the streets; the ultimate killing ground. Cable drops some grenades on the ground and warns Wanda to think fast. Not a problem, as Wanda easily jumps to safety before the grenade explodes. Wanda can’t believe it, but Cable survives the blast thanks to his power of telekinesis. Wanda throws some more hex spheres at Cable, but he creates a forcefield to protect himself. Wanda desperately tries some more, but the hex spheres she uses, the more Cables from different timestreams show up! Wanda decides to try out one last more hex sphere. She promises that if this one doesn’t stop Cable, she hopes that it will destroy them both. The final blast is strong enough to defeat Cable. Cable tries to warn Wanda that the contest is a trick, but before he can, he faints.
Wanda wins the match! As Wanda is cheered by the entire arena she gets teleported back into, she begins to wonder if she truly won the contest, or if Cable just gave up. Wanda doesn’t care much, and promises the crowd that she easily won this match, as she will ultimately win the entire contest.Meanwhile at their starship, a technician warns the Brother Royal about some explosions. One of the technicians explains that the node of the space-time continuum is extraordinary fragile. Somehow, the energies of the Scarlet Witch’s hex spheres have created micro-bursts of absolute power, that momentarily destabilized the structural balance of both transliteral and chronal space. In other words, Brother Royal states, the Scarlet Witch is punching holes in the fabric of causality. Brother Royal was afraid that this was going to happen. He even tried to warn the Directorate, but was ignored. Royal knows how much the Emperiatrix wants her revenge, so they will keep their stealth and guile, but he will observe all the upcoming contests very close.
Elsewhere, the young new Spider-Woman aka Mattie Franklin, lands in the same swamp Iron Man had landed in earlier. Mattie doesn’t like to find out that she hasn’t been teleported back home, as was promised. And what’s worse, she doesn’t seem to have her powers anymore. Spider-Woman can’t fly any longer, and only has the strength and agility of Mattie Franklin at her service.Suddenly, she gets attacked by a Brood predator! Spider-Woman panics, because she doesn’t know how to attack the creature without her powers. Luckily, she gets the help from… a car?! The car hits the Brood predator and defeats it, but unfortunately the Brood creature lands on Spider-Woman, knocking her out as well.A costumed man steps out of the car, wanting to know who stole their road, and a question more urgent: who stole their world? His partner, Rosetta Stone tells her friend Lockdown that first, they need to maintain total biotoxic integrity of their uniforms. Rosetta informs him that telemetry reads the atmosphere as being thick with microbial nanites. This may all look like a wilderness, but somebody’s employing technology of the highest order.Lockdown notices Spider-Woman and picks her up. Rosetta discovers that the nanites in the girl neutralize her powers. Lockdown summons up their car, the Night Cruiser, because he is sure that they are going to need help – fast.
Meanwhile, the next contest is about to begin. But this is a rather an unorthodox one, because this time, it won’t be a fight, but… a basketball game! The game goes between the New Warriors, and the new Slingers called Dusk, Hornet, Riccochet and Prodigy. Nova takes the ball, but Riccochet quickly grabs it and scores the first point. Turbo isn’t pleased and joins in, making the second point. Dusk, who rapidly enters and makes the next. Speedball uses his powers and does a split-second, hereby earning two points for his team! And so the game goes on for a while, with Nova eventually winning the contest on behalf of the Warriors. The Slingers can’t believe that they actually lost and are teleported away, having to share the fate of the other losers.
At the same time, Lockdown and Rosetta are attacked by several more vicious Brood predators. They are outnumbered. Lockdown does what he can to defend himself and Rosetta, but knows that they need help. Rosetta tries to recharge her armor, but needs some space and time to do that. Which they don’t have right now.Luckily for them, they get the help they wanted in the form of Iron Man! Iron Man blasts his way through the Brood. Rosetta is glad to see someone who knows how to use his battle suit. The three of them are joined by Psylocke, wearing a complete new armor with blades installed within it. Lockdown isn’t impressed, but Iron Man warns him not to underestimate the X-Man.
Once the Brood are all defeated, Psylocke and Iron Man want to know who these two new heroes are. They introduce themselves to each other. Lockdown wants to know what kind of place this is. Psylocke figures that if Lockdown doesn’t know what this place is, then maybe the Coterie didn’t teleport them in the first place. Iron Man suggests Betsy that she uses her telepathy to find some answers. Psylocke says that she is too afraid to use her powers, because that would release an even greater monster than the horrors they have faced today.
Lockdown and Rosetta conclude that they are the strangers here. They see how Psylocke and Iron Man are familiar to each other, and plan to use that idea as an edge, if needed. Iron Man suggests that they work together, since both groups seem to have the same goal. Lockdown and Rosetta agree, and they shake hands. They bend over the fallen Spider-Woman and pick her up. Iron Man explains that a little while ago, his armor recorded a temporal distortion of considerable intensity. That’s why he and Psylocke were investigating this sector, he reveals. Rosetta explains that unfortunately, her disciplines are science and technology. If she and Lockdown are not where they belong, they are well and truly lost. Rosetta asks Iron Man if there are privacy taboos on his planet, because to properly examine and treat the still unconscious Spider-Woman, she should remove her mask.
Iron Man says that he could use his built-in systems first. He scans the new Spider-Woman he heard so much about. Tony believes that she must wear a mask for a reason. He finds that it wouldn’t be right to violence her wish without proper cause. Iron Man explains that her predecessors, who were both heroines and one a former fellow Avenger, were attacked by some woman bent on stealing their powers. Since he heard no more about that woman, Tony assumes that this iteration took her place. Iron Man’s bioscans read normal, and his nanites are restoring the proper balance to Spider-Woman’s system and psyche.
Iron Man wants to check out the other thing they stumbled upon, and takes a look at the creature they don’t know. Psylocke easily recognizes what is probably one of the deadliest races in all creation: they are up against the Brood!Meanwhile, the bodies of Kitty Pryde and Carol Danvers are put in experimental test tubes. Carol tries to hold Kitty together, who has the hardest troubles doing that. Carol asks the Brood Queen, who is watching them, why she is doing this. “Because we can,” the Brood Queen sadistically answers. The Brood Queen says that their last experiments resulted in Carol’s transfiguration into the warrior-being that was known as Binary. The Queen says that they hope to replicate that event, but under controlled conditions, so that those powers can be assimilated into the Brood.
The Brood Queen reveals that the entire Earth will share this fate. She opens a hologram and sees Wolverine fighting Hercules. The Brood Queen says that with his enhanced senses, Wolverine probably knows where he is and has figured out that he is dealing with the Brood. But the Brood Queen is determined to claim the winner of this contest for her own! The Queen watches Wolverine winning the match, and is glad to see that he will be her most likely champion.Elsewhere, Iron Man states that he has only limited information about the Brood in his databases. Psylocke explains that the X-Men have been outcasts – outlaws, even – for too long. They don’t know who to trust anymore, so they keep most of what they know to themselves.
Psylocke explains that the Brood are predators. They believe in their manifest destiny on a cosmic scale. All creation is theirs for the taking. The Brood make their home on living starships called the Acanti. Psylocke reveals that they are inside the carcass of an Acanti right now, with ribs a hundred miles high and a spine better than a thousand miles long. The Brood eat the Acanti alive, from within. When the Brood find a suitable planet, they take the Acanti nearest to death, and crash it on the surface, swarming out in a horde to assimilate the local populace. Most lifeforms are considered meat to the Brood. Those with genetic potential the Brood can use are injected with an egg. When that egg hatches, the newborn Brood possesses the talents and abilities of its former host. That was once to be the X-Men’s fate, Psylocke explains, when they and the Brood crossed paths.
The X-Men had to serve as hosts for royal embryos. Psylocke continues, and explains that all this happened long before she joined the team. Betsy says that the members who fought the Brood, don’t speak of it much. Betsy can’t blame them for that. Wolverine’s healing factor allowed him to purge his embryo from his body. But Logan found no way to safe the others. They were his friends. One of them (Kitty Pryde) was hardly more than a child. Yet to spare his fellow X-Men from their awful transformation, Wolverine believed – feared – that he had to kill them all. Being X-Men of course, the members determined not to go without a fight. They counter-attacked the Brood. They set free the living embodiment of the Acanti’s… soul, which in turn released that race from slavery.
In the process, Psylocke continues, the Brood embryos, which for some X-Men had begun to hatch, were destroyed. Those X-Men confronted the Brood’s matriarch, the mother-queen. And they won. Supposedly, the Queen died. Psylocke guesses that the Queen apparently got better. And that she now wants her revenge. Psylocke finds this to be an elegant plan, in its way. In one swoop, the Brood Queen eliminates Earth’s heroes, the first and foremost line of planetary defense. Psylocke believes that this contest is the Brood Queen’s mean of culling the herd, of determining which among them are worthy to host an imperial embryo, and which all will be fodder for the lesser princesses. Psylocke points out that there are also super-powered villains, but are they truly a match for the assembled might of Earth’s heroes? Especially backed by the might of the Brood warrior caste?
Psylocke fears that the Earth will be for the Brood’s taking. Lockdown can’t believe the vicious story. He believes that if there was a battle and foe he was born to fight, this must be it. Rosetta agrees, but doubts if anyone has considered the odds. As near as she can figure, Rosetta says, the odds are pretty much impossible. In that case, Tony Stark smiles inside his armor, he would say that they have a fair fight ahead.As these heroes fight, several other contests go on. Spider-Man fights the Beast, and wins. Domino fights the indestructible skin of the Power Man, but nonetheless manages to win the battle. Hawkeye fires his variant arrows at the little Wasp, and hereby easily wins. The steel-skinned mutant called Colossus battles the martial artist Iron Fist, and Iron Fist is the winner.
Firestar has to confront the blind hero Daredevil. Daredevil quickly uses his billy-club against Firestar’s powers, and hereby wins the round. Phoenix fights Justice. This match is of course quickly won by Jean Grey. Gambit fights the speedster called Quicksilver. Gambit takes out his many tricks and bo-staff. The Cajun holds Quicksilver back with the staff and knocks him out. The Black Panther fights the entire team of the New Warriors. The Panther is more than a match for these young fighters, and wins. The Black Widow fights Wonder Man and she wins. The mercenary called Deadpool has to X-Force. No joke: Deadpool wins. The Invisible Woman from the Fantastic Four uses her invisible powers to take away the air around Iron Fist, and thus wins the match.
The next round is Storm vs. Thor. The Thunder God isn’t impressed and mocks his foe. Storm says that she has walked the grounds of Asgard herself and sat side-by-side with those who called themselves Gods, and she considers herself their equal. Storm unleashes some heavy lightning bolts at Thor, but Thor acts quickly, and uses Mjolnir to absorb the lightning. Thor throws Mjolnir at full-speed at Storm, who can just in time dodge it. Storm sees the damage Mjolnir does when it collapses a nearby building and is astonished by the hammer’s power.Storm flies towards Thor and unleashes heavy rain clouds and lightning bolts. But Thor doesn’t let this bother him. He tests his strength against Storm, and then kisses her! Storm, not knowing what to do, lets Thor go on. She realizes her mistake, as Thor literally steals Storm’s breath! She faints and the God of Thunder wins!!!


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The next contest begins. It’s Deadpool vs. Daredevil. Deadpool jokes at Daredevil, and is not impressed by the blind hero’s fighting skills. Daredevil jumps high up, telling Deadpool that he talks too much, and surprises the merc-with-a-mouth by kicking him in the face. Deadpool loses his balance and falls off the roof they are standing on. Daredevil doesn’t want Deadpool dead, so he offers the mercenary his helping hand. Deadpool is too stubborn to take the offer and would rather die. Daredevil follows Deadpool down, who opens fire. Deadpool drops on a lower roof, with Daredevil following him and dodging all the bullets.
Daredevil lands, and immediately gives Deadpool another kick in the face. Deadpool quickly regroups and escapes and kidnaps a baby, that’s wrapped up in a cabana. Daredevil throws his billy club out and the chord makes Deadpool trip and losing the baby, that falls from the roof. Daredevil quickly jumps off from the roof and manages to catch the baby. He lands in a dumpster, and when Daredevil checks on the baby, he notices that he’s been fooled by Deadpool: Deadpool has given Daredevil a little Deadpool-doll. Suddenly, Deadpool himself stands behind Daredevil, holding his gun against Daredevil’s head. Deadpool wins the contest.
Inside the Acanti, the Wasp tries to escape from several Brood Predators. The Beast shows up to help her out, and with the arriving help from Iron Man, Psylocke and Lockdown, they defeat the Brood. The Wasp even gets her powers back. The Wasp doesn’t understand, because the minute she arrived in this place, she lost her powers. She asks Iron Man for an explanation, who finds it best to wait with that, and first find a way to win the war.Meanwhile, the Black Widow has defeated the entire X-Force team and impatiently awaits her next adversary, who turns out to be Thor. He is certain of his victory, but the Widow is determined to defeat the Thunder God.
The Black Widow tries out her powerful Widow’s bite attack, but it doesn’t even give Thor a scratch. Thor enlists the help of his hammer Mjolnir, and makes it unleash some powerful lightning bolts to defeat the Widow. Thor wins.The next round goes between the Thing and Phoenix. The Thing thinks he’s better than Jean, but she doesn’t think so. Jean uses her telepathic powers to create psionic chains to contain the Thing. Jean also makes Ben think that he’s standing in a hard vacuum, and holds him there until he runs out of air. The Thing tries his best to defeat Jean, but eventually has to give up. Jean wins barely.
Meanwhile, the Brood Queen observes the fights with a careful eye. As she witnesses the battle between Captain America and the Black Panther, she explains her plan to the imprisoned Shadowcat. Kitty realizes that the Brood Queen can’t put an embryo in her body as long as she is intangible. But the Queen has a solution for that. There is a contestant, a mutant who can absorb other people’s mind and powers. The door of the Brood Queen’s room opens, and Kitty fears that she knows who the Queen is talking about. Her fellow teammate Rogue enters, with a smile on her face. Kitty tries to warn Rogue, but she doesn’t listen. The Brood Queen makes Rogue see what she loves most: the man called Gambit. As Gambit, the Brood Queen convinces Rogue to help her. The Brood Queen kisses Rogue as Gambit, and she begins to absorb the Queen’s mind.
Rogue stands up and Kitty hopes that Rogue was able to defeat the Brood Queen’s influence. But it couldn’t be: the Brood Queen has fought and won and now has completely taken over Rogue’s will, and has full control over her body!
At the same time, the next match begins. Deadpool has to fight the Hulk. He jokes about it, but finds a harder adversary in the Hulk than he first thought. The Hulk pounds and smashes a few times hard on the ground, with Deadpool trying to avoid the impacts. The Hulk jumps high up and lands on Deadpool’s back, knocking him out.
Meanwhile inside the Acanti, Hercules, Mr. Fantastic and Daredevil have arrived to help Iron Man and his friends out. They scout the area and make it safe from attacking Brood predators, but realize that will only be temporary. Iron Man and Rosetta Stone try to make battle plans. Rosetta shows the heroes a holographic image from the Acanti they are in, and begins to explain to the other heroes what she knows so far.
Rosetta explains that, like Psylocke told them earlier, this “jungle” they are in grows from the carcass of an Acanti, a sentient space creature that the Brood enslave to be their living starships. Rosetta explains the ribs they see on the Acanti. The smaller ribs are a hundred miles high. The spine itself stretches well over a thousand. Rosetta reveals that she and all the other heroes have been scattered over the length and breadth of this cadaver. The purpose, according to Rosetta, is apparently to make it next to impossible for the heroes to band together. That’s why their powers get taken away once having landed inside this Acanti. Now, they are the Brood’s prey. Rosetta continues and says that the probe she and Iron Man have launched will seed the entire jungle with antibody nanites, who in theory shall return the heroes their powers and disable the Brood nanites.
Iron Man says that given the arrival of the heroes in his presence, he believes that the contest is building up to its climax. He thinks that the Brood are behind this. Iron Man believes that the Brood are gathering the best heroes, the ultimate winners of the contest, to serve as hosts for some equally superior Brood embryos, which will obtain the heroes’ powers once they have hatched. Iron Man has also discovered that the Brood are being helped by the Brotherhood of the Badoon, who disguise themselves as hosts during the contest. Iron Man says that the Brood and the Badoon’s mutual goal is revenge on a world that has defeated and humiliated both species several times in the past.Iron Man reveals that their task is in twofold. They’ll split up into two teams. One team has to protect the other new arriving heroes in this jungle, and the others will have to take on the Brood and the Badoon, and defeat them. Iron Man has thought up an idea on how to do that, and explains it to his fellow heroes.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man battles Domino. Both heroes are good fighters, but Spider-Man wins by trapping Domino in his webbing.Elsewhere, in a jungle, Captain America and the Black Panther have to fight each other. The Panther tries to sneak up on Cap, but he notices and uses his photonic shield to tackle the Panther. The Panther quickly regroups and fights again, using his various fighting skills to help him out. The Panther thinks that something is wrong and lets Cap win. Cap notices and knocks the Panther against a tree. The Panther drops down, and hereby Cap wins the contest. Cap apologizes, but the Panther tells Cap to use any chance he’ll get to find out what’s really going on here.The next round goes between two X-Men: Gambit and Wolverine. Gambit remembers the first time he and Wolverine fought each other in the Danger Room, when they first met.
Wolverine isn’t interested in that and quickly attacks Gambit, using his adamantium claws in the hope to do some damage. But Gambit dodges and takes out his bo-staff to strike Wolverine down. Wolverine slams Gambit against a wall and is ready to finish him off.But then Rogue enters. Wolverine quickly finds out who Rogue truly is thanks to his enhanced smelling sense. Wolverine attacks her, but Gambit doesn’t want his love hurt and attacks Wolverine with several charged-up cards, that are powerful enough to bring Wolverine down.Hereby the contest is over, and “Rogue” proudly presents her contest winners to the crowd. The winners are the Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Phoenix, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Gambit. As Rogue continues her speech, none of the heroes notice that there is one contestant still unaccounted for. Hawkeye stands quietly on a balcony, and has an arrow ready. An arrow he aims right at Rogue’s heart!


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The Brood Queen, still in the guise of Rogue, finishes her speech to the watching crowd. Hawkeye climbs down from his balcony and prepares to attack Rogue. The other heroes notice and attack Hawkeye. Hawkeye traps the Brood Queen and tries to escape. He easily dodges the attacks of most heroes. He also defeats Gambit and Thor. Gambit has still enough breath left to keep fighting. He throws a charged-up card in the hope to defeat Hawkeye. Hawkeye doesn’t think so, and fires one of his arrows. The card and the arrow hit each other at the same time, and the impact results in an explosion.Meanwhile in the Acanti, Iron Man, Psylocke, Rosetta and Lockdown separate themselves from the other heroes, who defend themselves against attacking Brood predators.
They leave in Lockdown’s car. Soon, they find an opening that leads inside the Brood Queen’s ship. Iron Man and co. go through and plan to disable the ship.The heroes help their “Queen” get herself free. The Brood Queen grows impatient and absorbs all her contestants’ powers. Now, she is impossibly powerful! However, the Queen has forgotten about Gambit, who climbs down with the defeated Hawkeye. The Brood Queen doesn’t care and attacks him, but he jumps into safety.Gambit defends himself, but doesn’t have to stand alone: more heroes arrive to help him. Deadpool introduces his team, consisting of the Thing, Wolverine, Domino and the Black Widow and they are ready to defeat the Queen once and for all!
Meanwhile, Iron Man and the rest get attacked by Badoon Shock Troopers. The heroes decide to split-up: Lockdown and Psylocke will keep the Troopers occupied, while Iron Man and Rosetta dismantle the ship. They go for it. As they move, Rosetta doesn’t feel comfortable with leaving Lockdown, but she doesn’t let her feelings stand in the way of their mission. She scans human lifeforms behind a locked door. Iron Man kicks it open and they find the imprisoned Shadowcat and Warbird. They set the two mutants free and Kitty has a plan to win this fight. Warbird is furious and wants the Brood Queen to pay for what she has done to her.Deeper inside the ship, the Badoon technicians realize that the heroes have found a way to dismantle their nanites. Brother Royal hates that he was ignored when he tried to tell the Brood Queen about it.
Shadowcat and Rosetta phase through the Badoon computers, and Iron Man and Warbird defeat the Badoon themselves. Brother Royal realizes that they cannot win and orders his troops to retreat. Kitty tells the heroes to let them go. They’ll have to revert the transmit device on the ship so that they can teleport everyone back to Earth.The Brood Queen finds out about Kitty’s plan, and shows an astral image of herself. She’s upset and releases a powerful psychic wave, in the hope of shutting the heroes’ brains off.Deadpool’s team continues to battle the Brood Queen, who doesn’t seem to get damaged by any of the heroes’ powers. The Brood Queen fights back, and is confident that she’ll win, seeing that she has the powers of the most powerful heroes at her command.Kitty and Rosetta succeed in their plan, and install the ship’s transmat device.
Inside the Acanti, all the heroes are one-by-one teleported back to Earth.Iron Man and the other heroes continue to fight the Brood Queen. The Brood Queen tries to kill the attacking Lockdown. But Lockdown stands up and knocks the Queen temporary down using a psychic knife! The heroes don’t get it. Psylocke removes her mask, and says that she merely switched costumes with Lockdown to fool the Brood Queen.The Brood Queen quickly recovers and decides to escape. The heroes want to follow her, but they are all teleported back to Earth. The Brood Queen flies to the upper-deck where Kitty and Warbird are.
Carol is still angry at the Queen for the torture. Warbird finds it ironic, that she now can fight her two greatest enemies in one body: Rogue and the Brood Queen. Carol pushes the Queen against a wall, but she fights back. The Brood Queen believes that Warbird will never kill her, because of Rogue’s body. Carol doesn’t care about that, and tells the Queen that sacrificing Rogue will mean nothing to her. The Brood Queen panics and escapes from Rogue’s body. Kitty and the others want to follow the Queen, but get teleported back to Earth. And just in time as well, because the second they leave, the Brood Queen’s ship explodes.
The heroes land back on Earth and congratulate each other at their victory. Rogue recovers from the hard punches Carol gave her. Carol apologizes, and says that she’ll never like Rogue for stealing her former powers and memories, but maybe it can be forgiven one day. Lockdown arrives, and Rosetta tells her newfound friends good-bye. She hopes that when next they’ll meet, it will be under better circumstances. The heroes wonder what became of the Brood Queen, whether she survived or not. Kitty is confident that the Queen has; her kind never dies.
In space…Brother Royal feels lucky that he and his troops could escaped, and finds their lost not so bad. Suddenly, the Brood Queen arrives on Royal’s ship and wants revenge. She grabs Royal, and kills him and his entire crew.