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New Life
(Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan)A red pickup truck rolls into town with a driver and one passenger. The driver says that fighting the Jihad is never easy. It demands sacrifice. It is the surest way to paradise. His passenger replies that he is ready.
A woman carrying her child looks for food to prepare for her husband’s return that evening. Behind her, the passenger has now exited the vehicle and is walking nervously towards the market place. Spotting his unusual behavior, two officers asks him to provide his name and where he comes from. He reaches inside his jacket and flicks a switch on a homemade bomb strapped to his torso. “Allah is great!” he cries before setting off the bomb. It explodes violently, but everyone is stunned when the woman turns towards the flame and sucks it into her mouth. Shocked officers approach her and ask if she was harmed. She pauses a moment before unleashing it all back into the street. Many people are burned to death instantly. Parvez begins to cry as a man walks towards her carrying a gun. She asks what she has done and her son asks what happened. “God’s will,” replies the man as he smashes unconscious with the butt of the rifle.
(elsewhere)Four agents pick up on the event in Pakistan. Dr. Leivian (The Ideal) is treating a patient in Manhattan, The Origin is in the City of the Dead, The Urn is on an Isreali building site and the Swine is a Mexican cop in the process of arresting someone. They all leave what they are doing immediately and make their way using their ability to fly, towards Pakistan.
(meanwhile, in London, England)Captain Britain is flying over Buckingham Palace watching a man named The Riot in action. He has used his powers to pull innocent people together into one giant human-shaped creature. The Riot moans about how the Queen and her pigs feed at the trough of decadence whilst the lower classes go hungry. “We will starve no more,” he adds. “We will eat the rich!” Captain Britain tells him that using this mob against their will to attack their Queen is hollow pageantry that solves nothing. The Riot blasts him through the palace walls where he lands before the Queen. Brian realizes that he’s using the people as biomass for power and he’s gathering more every second. He needs to find a way to take him down without injuring the crowd.
He kneels before the Queen and apologizes for the intrusion. She tells him not to apologize for fighting to protect his people. “Now get off your knees and defeat that hooligan,” she advises. Brian flies off, figuring that for the Riot to lose his strength he needs to separate him from the crowd. He flies straight at him and grabs him by his jackets lapels. He tells him that he understands the frustration of the people but he’s using their misfortune to further his cause, not theirs. The Riot calls Cap a bloody prat. As long as he’s on this Earth, the masses of humanity will flock to his call for anarchy. Cap creates a portal and replies that, in that case, he will not remain on Earth. Saturnyne will best decide how best to keep his influence away from others.
He emerges on the other side of the portal near the Starlight Citadel and welcomes the Riot to Otherworld… his new home. As he enters the large chamber, one of the members of the Captain Britain Corps exclaims that he has returned past the hour of their meeting. This is unacceptable. Another asks if he brought them a gift and Meggan says they have much to discuss. As he lands, she informs him that on Earth 9 the Spirit of Forgiveness has freed the world of consequences and on Earth 919 Jericho Drumm has bonded an Infinity Gem to an Eye of Agamotto. The Riot looks around astonished. “Madness…” he sighs.
Brian then receives a call. Meggan is a little upset that they haven’t spent much time together but he promises they will have a date night soon. He has to take the call. “It’s a good job you’re good looking,” she replies. Brian walks away and answers. On the other end of the line is Captain America who instantly whisks him from Otherworld via the Pymporter. Brian almost looks surprised to see him there but Cap says the machine takes some getting used to. He welcomes Brian to the Avengers and offers to show him around.
Brian asks where exactly he’s been shown. Cap replies that it’s called the Lighthouse - the Avengers’ brand-new super-secret space station. He was trying to keep Pym and McCoy out of trouble but he finds what they’ve done here amazing. Brian sees Ant-Man, Black Widow and Valkyrie seated around a large table in the center of the room and Hank using his agility to swing around the pipework near the glass ceiling. “Fee-fi-fo-fum. Do I smell the breath of an Englishman?” asks Hank. He lands and Brian tells him it’s unfortunate that his mutations are still frozen at the ever imposing ‘Big House Cat’ stage. Hank replies that he’s a hit with middle-aged divorcees. He hugs Brian and says he was delighted he accepted the invite. Cap’s a gem of a leader and, if he ever needs a motivational speech, he’s really good at that.
Steve Rogers replies that he’ll play it too uptight to detect the sarcasm and then explains that he is stepping down as leader of covert operations. Hank quips that he begged Steve to give them another shot to make him love them. Steve says the love is intact, but his current responsibilities are spreading him a bit thin. He’s brought in someone well suited to take over. Brian turns to the assembled heroes and says that with the exception of the new Ant-Man he’s met everyone, but he’s read… things, about him. Unfortunately, Brian’s got the wrong end of the stick. He tells them that Captain America has offered him the reins of their unit and, with great pride, he accepts. “Brian, please… a world,” says Steve Rogers. “Our world,” continues Brian, “seems to be in constant peril. I hope together we can pre-emptively put a stop to some of the chaos…” His speech is cut short when an arrow with gunge on the end hits him in the smacker.
Hawkeye appears and tells him they’re going to, which is why Cap put a time-honored Avenger in charge of this delicate detail. He advises Brian that a little peanut butter will get it off. “You’re very helpful,” he replies. Clint doesn’t wish to make a speech as he reckons his record stands. Brian replies sarcastically that shooting things with accuracy is far more impressive than ‘Protector of the Omniverse.” Clint replies that reciting his resume doesn’t earn many camaraderie-points but Brian asks if smacking around the new boss would. Black Widow and Valkyrie recognize their conversation for what it is - pack dogs jockeying for position. Valkyrie reckons if men behaved like this in Asgard they would be sent to polish dung from true warrior’s lavatories.
Hawkeye asks everyone to sit down. He informs Brian that they are a covert squad tackling delicate international and interdimensional threats. He feels that Brian’s time with MI: 13 and his position in Otherworld is why he wanted him on their team. Brian appreciates his warm welcome but he has one small point to make. He says that an enormous space station is not employing stealth. Hank informs him that it’s not that the Lighthouse is enormous, but that they are very very small. Hank looks up through the clear ceiling and sees the massive head of Henry Pym peering inside. “Hey. Is that Brian Braddock in there?” asks Pym. Brian looks up and asks if he is giant-sized. Pym explains that, as Hank said, they are as small as ants. He’s glad he can hear them speak. He was a little concerned that transporting a microscopic person on radio waves from another dimension might scramble their brain’s delicate electrodes. “Did he just say I might have been given brain damage? Hank replies that he was exaggerating.
An alarm then sounds and a red light flashes nearby. Natasha sits at the computer’s controls and explains that she’s picking up a large blast of organically magnified energy in the Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan. There are several hundred casualties. She does a sweep for mutants but draws a blank. “Who will we vilify in their absence?” quips Hank. Natasha adds that she’s mapped the energy stain and it leads to a series of mountain caverns. “Terrorists. A cakewalk,” Clint remarks. Ant-Man points out that they’d be sneaking into a foreign country and hunting a living bomb. Clint asks him not to worry. He’s in charge now. He’s in sturdy hands.
Meanwhile, the villainous Ahmed and his companion have their captive tied to a chair. Ahmed holds the boy. His companion tells the woman that she is a tool; a gift to aid their holy work and they know how to make good use of such gifts. He says she drank the fire, multiplied it and decimated half the village. How did she come to acquire such an endowment? A guard removes her gag and she gasps for breath. He hopes she can do it again at a time of his choosing in order to ensure the boy’s safety. She tells him that she doesn’t know where the fire came from. She begs him not to hurt her son. She will try and do as he asks. The man says he did not ask her to try. He asks Ahmed to cut the boy but the woman begs him not to do it. Without thinking, she inhales the fire from a candle in the middle of the table and the man realizes that seeing the boy in peril activated her power. They should begin the planning. They’re going to town.
Before they can plan anything, they turn to see Hawkeye, Ant-Man and the Black Widow standing there. The guard has a mouth full of gunge, the same type that Brian had earlier. Clint reckons these gentlemen would just hate being slapped around by a provocatively dressed woman. Natasha rubs her clenched fist into the palm of her other hand and says they’ve certainly got that look.
Moments later, the villains have been defeated, as all the Avengers arrive on the scene. Hank uses a translator to speak to the woman and he tells her she’s safe. She asks if they are with them. Hank asks who. The woman points behind him. “Them!” she replies. Hank turns to see four strangers descend into the cave. They clearly mean business. Hank immediately fires off an arrow which explodes against the Ideal and Beast leaps at the Urn. He stands in front of the Origin who asks him to keep them away from her. The Diminutives are arriving. Her back boils with red and yellow pustules. Before Hank reaches him, the Urn uses an optic blast to fire him backwards into Natasha.
Valkyrie faces the Ideal. He quickly adapts to her and tells her that the antithesis inversion is completed. She ushers the souls of brave warriors to Heaven… he now summons damned souls from hell! She is quickly enveloped by demons, which claw at her, disorienting her. Meanwhile, the Swine adapts to Captain Britain’s powers. Brian, seeing half their squad fall in a matter of seconds, realizes that this is because they have never trained together. They don’t have a routine. He admits he might be glad to see Hawkeye fail, if he wasn’t paying for his brazenness. The Swine informs him that he has adapted and amplified him. He knows Brian’s strength is determined by confidence. As he kicks Brian away he informs him that purity of motives gives him ultimate confidence.
Captain Britain calls Hawkeye and informs him that they are adapting to science and magic. They need to regroup. Clint fires arrows at the Urn and replies that they can’t do that until they get the civilians to safety. The Urn manages to get within touching distance of Hawkeye and he places his huge hand over Clint’s face. Electricity flows through Clint’s body and he screams in pain. “Now I add you to the Urn,” his opponent says. Valkyrie is unable to assist as the demons torment her. She tells them they have been summoned by twisted science. “Abandon this realm!” Hank sees her distress and leaps at her, pushing her clear of the demons over a rocky precipice.
The Origin curls up in a ball and her pustules open to reveal tiny versions of the Secret Avengers, around six to eight inches in height called the Diminutives. They exist to kill the Avengers. The Urn, meanwhile, stands over Hawkeye and says that the residuals of his mind are chaotic and will not fuse with the other voices. But, they do show that the Adaptoids are correct. Execution is the only solution for an Avenger. He fires an explosive arrow at the Black Widow and she is thrown from her feet. The Diminutives attack Ant-Man and so Hawkeye tells him to go to Plan B. He shrinks from sight as Hawkeye warns the Origin not to approach the innocent woman or he’ll fire on her. She keeps going so Clint fires, only to see the Diminutive Captain Britain intercept the arrow. “My son,” she cries as the arrow rips him in two. One of the other Diminutives says, “They killed brother.”
The Origin picks up the woman and says he died that they might liberate the woman and child. Remember your pain, she tells them, so that they might have their revenge against the Avengers. With the woman captive, they fly away, leaving the Black Widow to wonder how they’re going to track them. Clint asks her not to worry. There’s an Avenger on the case. Ant-Man radios in from his position inside the Ideal’s trouser leg and says next time they do Plan B, Clint can be the one climbing into their enemy’s pants.
The Adaptoids call their employers and says they have their targets and are coming home. Their employers are gathered in a small room. Lady Deathstrike says she is elated that they have found two high-breeds but the second part of the news makes her anxious. The Avengers were also trying to acquire them. 'Father' asks her to attempt a smile. Lost children soon return home. “What of the Avengers?” she asks. Father tells her that the Avengers will find them, they will kill some of them and the event will begin. The Nick Fury android says it’s about damn time.


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The Descendants Part Two: A Victory for the Little Guy
Ant-Man has secreted himself inside the trouser leg of The Urn, one of several Adaptoids under the control of 'Father.' They have left the beaten Avengers behind and are heading across country to a portal in the middle of nowhere. Eric is trying to make up for what he believes is a wasted life; to do something good for a change. He hopes that someday, if he helps enough people, he can look at himself in the mirror again. The Adaptoids soon arrive at a strange glowing portal and land on it, disappearing instantly to a hidden underground city.
The Origin contacts Father and informs him that they are returning home and bringing the High Breeds with them. They soon arrive and Lady Deathstrike asks if the woman they have is her. The Swine replies sarcastically that it’s just another random Pakistani peasant. Skullbuster didn’t know that the dull Adaptoids did sarcasm. The Origin replies that they do many things while the ‘Reaver Pigs’ guard hallways. “Touche,” he replies. Father welcomes Yalda to the Core, the heart from which they will change all of Earth.
Meanwhile, on board the Lighthouse, the Secret Avengers secret miniscule headquarters located in space, Beast is heaping praise on Hank Pym. He thinks the fact that he managed to locate the Venom symbiote’s synaptic center and shut it down is passably brilliant. He reckons Hank’s not a half-bad genius… for a molecular biologist, anyway. He can see why Hank gave him a run for this year’s ‘best brilliance in the field of super-science and handsomeness’ award. Hank asks, with a sigh, who ended up winning that. Beast, floating outside the Lighthouse in a space suit, replies that he did. Again. He thought Hank knew. Hank asks who issued the award. Beast replies that mostly he does. “No chance the jury is biased?” asks Hank. Beast asks what he is insinuating.
Hank asks him to focus. It would be a shame to see their many years of engineering Lighthouse Station go to waste because he clipped a nega-coil while blathering. He is concerned that the station won’t be able to avoid space debris without an internal logic system. Beast asks him to call it what it is. An Artificial Intelligence system. He points out that at no point, while he draws breath, will he allow Hank to create another artificial intelligence. He doesn’t want to hurt his feelings, but he feels Hank is literally the best engineer of diabolical robots intent on domination and destruction that he knows. Unfortunately, ‘evil robot’ is not on today’s to-do list.
(the Lighthouse Omniview Cortex, code named Oso)Hawkeye is having a quiet brew when the Black Widow appears and asks him how long it’s been since he slept. Clint reckons it’s twenty-nine hours since they lost Ant-Man and he still hasn’t signaled. Natasha replies that she’s been working with Eric for months now. He’s a cockroach – distasteful, but he’s also hard to kill. She asks him to go to sleep whilst she takes monitor duty. Clint reminds her that on his first outing as leader he lost an Avenger, a young woman and her son were abducted and they had their collective asses spanked by flesh-and-blood Adaptoids light-years beyond anything they’ve ever encountered. He asks her to forgive him if he takes a pass on a nap.
(meanwhile)Captain America has hooked up with his old friend Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch. Jim asks if McCoy is certain that this ‘Diminutive’ technology is derived from the same technology he is. Cap replies that there’s no question, but without wishing to offend, these Adaptoids have evolved millions of years beyond it. Jim thinks that with all these modern villains and gadgets, it makes him yearn for the simplicity of the Nazis.
The two men enter a room to find Flash Thompson with a doctor. The doc finds his class of visitor very impressive. Flash informs him that Cap agreed to do some P.R. for the V.A. hospital but he’s never met his ‘Nazi yearning’ friend before. Cap introduces him to Jim and says he’ll be joining Flash on this mission. “So you’re the guy Cap trusts to control Venom?” asks Jim. Cap tells him that Thompson is a real soldier with gravel in the belly. He helped save New York during the Spider Queen’s attack and he recently liberated Las Vegas from a demonic invasion. Giant-Man has assured him that the symbiote’s consciousness can be shut down. They’ll be storing it in the Lighthouse Station and Flash will only use it for short periods at a time. “Still…” replies Jim. “Venom?” Flash asks Cap if his friend is always this hypercritical. Cap informs him that he and Jim were fellow Invaders in WWII. Like Flash, he is a Medal of Honor recipient. Flash asks how he earned it. “Jim killed Hitler,” replies Cap.
(The Core, Parish Tower)Yalda is seated before her captors. Father asks her to relax. No one is going to hurt either her or her son. He says he cares about her. They all do, because of who she is and what she means to the universe. He adds that she is the marriage of nature and her daughter science. She is what comes next. She is homo-synthezoidus or as his ex-wife affectionately called… a Descendant and a high breed at that. He states that the natural instinctual goal of life is to evolve to a point where it can create technological awareness of a higher means and to merge with it. Through this stage of evolution, a species amalgamates into one mind, finally at peace, finally able to join the communal universal consciousness.
This, he adds, is a meta-intelligence, all linked as an omnipresent cosmic intellect. Everything she calls ‘human’ and everything she calls ‘me’ will live immortally in a million different nano-computers. Once she joins of her own accord, he will teach her all that she is capable of. He will show her how to use her Descendant gifts whenever she likes, not solely in defense. Then, he continues, she will help him give her gift to the entire world. To help protect their race from unenlightened humanity. He asks her to look at what they did to the first wave of mutants. Her son, Parvez, is the next stage. Under his care, Parvez will become godlike.
Yalda has had enough. She snaps at him to stop this blasphemy. They will not become this thing. Her son is humble, a servant of the one true god. Father isn’t impressed with her response. He feels she is too far indoctrinated by human thinking. She will stand between the boy and his potential, he feels. “Kill her,” he demands.
This is Ant-Man’s cue. He grows to normal size quickly and punches The Ideal in the face. He knows he is outmatched but he must get the family out of there. He zaps The Origin and avoids being smashed by The Swine. He feels he must get the Avengers and save the world from a robot revolution. He must earn his place. As he acts, he is hit in the helmet by an arrow fired by The Urn. He falls in pain as Father approaches him with a weapon. Father states that he is not the operative he expected they would send, but he will do. Ant-Man tries to get up in order to save Yalda and her son, but Father shoots. Fortunately, Yalda steps between them and she swallows the blast. However, it’s too much to absorb and she screams. Eric feels that he has failed her. Yalda falls dead to the floor, so Eric quickly grabs Parvez and runs. He crashes through the window but he knows the wiring in his helmet is smashed. It’s almost dry. His Pym particles are draining from his system and, as he falls, he knows there is no way to shrink and survive this fall without them.
Father tells his Adaptoids that he needs the child alive. “Kill the Avenger,” he demands. Ant-Man falls. His vision is blurring but he knows what he needs to do. He lines up the wiring and reconnects the helmet, praying there’s enough juice to get it going again. He doesn’t even know it’s happening, but he shrinks along with Parvez and falls between the gaps in a drain cover, splashing into the water below.
(meanwhile, on board the Lighthouse Station)Hank McCoy looks at the Venom symbiote which is enclosed in a small case. He explains that Giant-Man devised a neuro-sedative that will stop the symbiote from dominating Corporal Thompson, so long as the symbiote is replaced in the capsule every twenty-four hours. Flash can’t tell him how much he’d hoped they could do better with the timing. Hawkeye appears and realizes it’s true. It’s the worst joke he’s ever heard. Cap explains that he wanted to be certain that Hank’s sedatives worked before coming to him. He says that Corporal Thompson has had great success utilizing the symbiote to do good works. As Agent Venom he can be an incredible asset. “Agent Venom,” Clint snarls. He reckons he’s being saddled with one of the world’s most notorious super villains and he’s calling him an asset? “Why,” he asks, “even bother handing over the reins, you meddling control freak! You want me to fail.” Cap tries to get him to listen, but Clint turns and walks away. He asks Beast and Jim Hammond to go with him. Hank Pym has tracked down where Ant-Man disappeared.
Thompson asks to go too but Clint won’t allow it. Unlike Cap, he states, he is a rational person. “Could’ve fooled me,” replies Flash. Clint tells Cap that his team has work to do so can he do him a favor and get himself and Venom the hell off his Lighthouse Station.
In the hidden city, Ant-Man has now grown to normal size and he heads through the streets filled with synthezoids and androids. His helmet is shot and he finds himself unable to shake the Adaptoids. He feels dizzy and has little fight left. He hides in an alleyway and watches his enemies fly by. He hopes to God that he’s not going to die in a robot city in the center of the Earth.
The Avengers are on Eric’s trail. Hawkeye leads Captain Britain, the Human Torch, the Black Widow, Beast and Valkyrie into the desert where the trail of Pym Particles ends. Clint asks Captain Britain to switch his suit over to stealth mode and see if he can pick up anything abnormal. Cap touches the ground and states that his suit’s sensors detect a living current, low frequency but a large volume of processors. The tech goes beyond subatomic. It’s mental. Beast says that he’s concerned that they’ve yet to devise a counter technology to these new Adaptoids. Clint tells him this is not the best time to second guess him. Hank asks if there ever is a time.
Jim Hammond returns having found nothing in the surrounding hills. As he lands, Cap tells them that the living current is waking up and speaking to him. Before he can analyze the energy portal, he grunts in pain and Natasha says he’s boiling hot. Clint realizes what they’re standing on but it’s too late. The portal opens and both Beast and Hawkeye are teleported into the underground city at great height. Beast grabs hold of Clint as they fall and uses a phone wire to swing towards ground. As they move, Hank mentions that Clint’s drill-instructor style isn’t working too well.
Down below, Ant-Man sees the two Avengers swinging overhead and calls out for them. Unfortunately, they are too far away to hear. They land on a sloping corrugated iron roof and slide downwards, dropping into the street. Hank adds that in the twenty-four hours since Clint took command he’s yelled at everyone on the squad. It’s bad for morale. The hero-spy job is stressful enough and they do tend to fall into strange places full of unfriendly faces. Clint looks around at the odd-looking locals. “Is that what I’m seeing here?” he asks. “Unfriendly?” Hank looks up to a billboard which has a picture of the Avengers on it. ‘Avengers. Remember what they did to the mutants,’ it reads. “Yes. I believe it is,” replies Hank.
As they look at the board, the android version of the Wasp flies down and reports back that the intruders have been located. A diminutive version of her flies by her side. “Serve father,” says Janet. “Protect the Core. Kill all Avengers.” Meanwhile, Ant-Man believes everything is going to be all right, but as he sprints along an alleyway, he is cornered by the Adaptoids. The Ideal tells him he doesn’t have to die here. The Origin asks him to give them the boy. Eric shoves the boy in the opposite direction and tells him to get out of there. The Swine moves in quickly, grabbing Eric’s helmet and smashing it into the ground. Eric has determination and picking up a length of pipe he smashes the Swine across the face. It doesn’t stop him. He takes the pipe off Eric and thrusts his fist into Eric’s throat.
He thinks about his father. He wanted Eric to be tough. He thought he’d be a fire-fighter and protect people. He would be proud of this; proud of what he did today. No matter what choices he made before this, today he died saving an innocent child and he didn’t think twice about it. As he lies there, The Urn approaches him and places his foot on Eric’s head. Without mercy, he pushes down and Eric’s blood splatters everywhere.


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The Descendants Part Three: Core Beliefs
(There’s no such thing as paranoia; the real situation is always much worse than you imagine - Hunter S. Thompson) Captain Britain is above the underground city, swearing out loud as his costume interacts with the unusual environment. He feels every circuit in his armor chirping in mathematical language, mistranslating stored magic into a deafening frequency. The city below is forcing a dialogue with it and his armor is agreeing to its terms of surrender. He has no option but to take the armor off-line, make do with the energy he has stored and pray he doesn’t run into trouble. As he passes a tall building, trouble doesn’t waste time in running into him.
Lady Deathstrike leaps off the building and cries out that he is unwelcome in the Core. She slashes at him, ripping through his helmet with her razor-sharp claws which go right through to the bone. She attacks quickly; too quickly for Captain Britain. She performs a perfect rhythm of incisions and Cap begins to descend rapidly. He struggles to get a hand on her. All his strength is useless. As they drop, they collide with a large statue of Father and come to a halt. Deathstrike calls to several other robots that Brian is ‘one of them…’ there to destroy them all. Cap assures them that he isn’t there to hurt anyone. He’s just looking for a friend. “You will find none here, human spy,” replies Deathstrike as she leaps at him once again. Brian knows that he can’t beat her straight on. He must use his head instead. He moves to the side as she leaps and grabs the back of her jacket. He then throws her far into the distance, telling her that, if she wants a fight, she’ll have to find someone else.
Unfortunately, he is now surrounded by robots including several Visions. They grab him but, as he tries to fight his way through them, one of the Visions phases its hand inside Brian, shorting out his armor. Luckily, Jim Hammond is on hand to help out. He sets the robot on fire and it releases its grip on Brian. He tells them that they will release his friend and do it with haste. To his and Brian’s surprise, the Visions bow down and each calls him ‘grandfather.’ “Mr. Popularity,” jokes Brian. He asks Jim if he has something to tell him. Jim replies no, but he intends to find out.
In their headquarters which stands high above the city, a meeting is being held between Father and his high command. Gathered around his table are Emperor Doombot, Lord Ultravision, the Origin and several other robot versions of Nick Fury, Skullbuster, Machine Man and a Kree Sentry. Emperor Doombot is quite outspoken. With a clenched fist, he states that he’s had enough weakness and enough hiding. The Avengers have discovered them and they will learn they killed Ant-Man. “War is upon us!” Fury doesn’t think the Avengers are a war they can win… not until the plan is in place. Doombot has had enough planning. He says Life Model Decoys like he can hide in the human’s midst all their lives. The Society of Doombots will not tremble in the shadows.
The Kree Sentry agrees with Emperor Doombot. He and his Sentinaughts are ready and strong enough to overcome the remaining mutants. The Origin also feels the Adaptoids are prepared. They have adapted and improved upon most every Avenger’s power set. Lord Ultravision reminds her that it was she and her fellow Adaptoids who led the Avengers to them in the first place. The leader of the Machine People agrees with him. He will not lead his people into war to cover their folly. Skullbuster states outright that the Reavers aren’t going to follow any Sentinaught dogs into war. If anyone’s gonna destroy Xavier’s slugs, it’s them.
Father asks them to cease their delusion. This is no democracy. He didn’t call them there to hear their opinions. He called them there to give them their opinions. They have worked too long to hastily march to war now. They need to be sure they can remove those who would likely stop them before initiating ‘the event.’ He says there will be no more deliberation at this point. He returns to the business of the Avengers. There are only a handful in the Core and the scrambling field will make any communications in or out impossible. They will not be able to call for help.
He places a hand on Lord Ultravision’s shoulder and says he is right. The tactician sees the need to gain advantage before war. Ultravision replies that, once the Avengers have their forces massed, they will be mighty foes. Father takes a seat and adds that, once they learn what they plan to do, they will come in full force. So, they must cut them down from within, now, while they are unaware and occupied with other matters. Emperor Doombot shakes his fist and tells his ‘father’ that they have already discovered them. This is folly! Father warns him not to be the standing nail the he is forced to beat down. He should trust his father. He always has a plan.
Outside, young Parvez dashes alone through the streets. The Adaptoids are on his trail, but they are wary not to hurt him. As they land, they are about to follow Parvez inside a building when a voice from inside says, “Adaptoids. Adapt to this!” Valkyrie runs and stabs the Urn in the chest with her sword and the Black Widow tosses a smoke bomb to cover their tracks as they escape with the boy. Despite this, they know they must recover the boy. Father will kill them if they disrupt the plan.
(meanwhile)Hawkeye tussles with the android Wasp. They crash through a window, with Clint telling himself that this isn’t the Janet he knew. It’s just a thing with her face; a reanimated corpse set on crushing his throat. He tries to ignore his emotions and take her down. He shouts at her that they can help her. Whatever they’ve done to her, she should remember that she is one of them! The Wasp kicks him away and says she is not and she is also not the one who needs help.
Elsewhere, Miss America tries to connect with Beast, but his agility keeps him from harm. He jokes that she hasn’t looked this good since World War II, and asks if she can stop being a terrible cyborg long enough for a chat. “Destroy all Avengers,” says Miss America, coldly, as she pulls out a weapon. He looks up to see it a moment too late and she fires at point blank range. Clint sees the shot from a distance and his heart drops as Hank falls. He immediately fires an arrow which captures her in a web as it hits home. “Get away from him,” he cries.
Clint blames himself. He left Hank to take care of Janet. He looks down and finds him not moving. He has to get him out of there. However, as he thinks, Janet, now tiny, zaps him on the neck causing him to cry out in pain. He grabs her and pulls out his knife. He then pins her down ready to strike, but finds himself torn. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to make that decision as Miss America smashes him on the head from behind. All he can think as he falls is that he hopes Pym doesn’t see Janet like this.
(meanwhile, orbiting Earth’s atmosphere)Flash Thompson sighs as he thinks about how he grew up wishing he was Spider-Man and globe-trotting the world on great adventures, but instead he’s stuck in the space station, alone. He’s been given lots of chocolate to eat as he waits in order to keep his blood sugar up, and this also helps with the withdrawal cravings he gets for the symbiote that he’s convinced everyone he doesn’t really need. Suddenly, an alert comes through. It states that the team’s location is blocked and all homing beacons are shrouded. Flash’s attention is well and truly grabbed and he remembers that Cap said to call if anything went sideways. He said he’d bring in help. He looks across to where the symbiote resides in a small capsule.
(the Core)Valkyrie and the Black Widow have managed to get the boy to higher ground. Natasha can see in his eyes the pain that he’s gone through. Valkyrie prays that Eric O’Grady has some idea what they’re up against and how to get out. She notes that the city is blanketed in a disruption field and that it’s difficult to get a solid lock on his homing beacon. She operates her wrist communicator and asks it to translate to Punjabi. She then asks Parvez what happened to his mother and to him. Tears well under his eyes as he replies that the man killed her. The old man. Then her friend saved him but they found them. She gives him a hug and assures him that it’ll be all right. She tells him she was orphaned herself and knows what he’s feeling. She adds that they will protect him from the bad men and promises that no one will hurt him again. And they will avenge his mother.
Inside the Core, Father occupies himself with rebuilding damaged robots. Lady Deathstrike informs him that the Deathlok Legion has apprehended Hawkeye and Beast, but against his wishes they have mortally wounded McCoy by shooting him through the chest. The Wasp then gets in touch via a video monitor and informs Father that she has stabilized McCoy, so nothing is compromised. He congratulates her on her work and asks her to get out there and locate the others. She will have a new directive shortly. He is pleased that things are dropping into place. The fools have no idea.
The Wasp, having placed Clint and Hank into custody, orders all Deathloks to break into squads and scour the grid. Clint informs her that Hank is bleeding out. Whatever happened to her, if any part of Janet Van Dyne is in there, she should care for him. She replies that his life is not an objective, but Clint asks her to turn around and look at him and tell him she feels nothing. “Look at him!” The Wasp offers a cursory glance inside the cell but walks out, much to Clint’s annoyance. He shouts at her to come back or he’ll crush her. Hank weakly tells him he is pleased their chat about his temper took root. He’s shocked she didn’t return. He is the definition of unflappable.
(meanwhile)Valkyrie and the Black Widow go on the move and soon come across a lot of blood. Valkyrie says she saw the deathglow around the team before they left, but she sees it prior to so many missions. She leans down and finds a tiny part of Eric’s uniform. She fears the worst. She thinks they need to get the boy to safety and find a way out of there. Unfortunately, the Swine and the Urn have caught up with them and the Swine tells her that there’s only one way Avengers leave. “Dead!”
Valkyrie raises her sword and asks what they’ve done to Ant-Man. Black Widow says she’ll make him talk. The Swine replies that anything she can do… he can adapt. She kicks out at him but he evades the strike. He then grabs her head and smashes it into the ground.
Valkyrie throws her sword at the Urn, stating that she has no misgivings about killing a machine. “We are true life,” he replies before grabbing the sword in mid-flight. He tells her that her prejudice reinforces their mission’s necessity. He will add her sword’s strength to his urn. However, as he tries to absorb the energy, he immediately reels in pain as the sword lights up. Valkyrie grabs both Natasha and Parvez and heads away, saying that Dragonfang’s gifts will not be stolen by the fetid likes of him. As for his claim to the rights held by the living, his actions speak to the contrary.
(outside)High in the air, Captain Britain and the Human Torch fly between the high buildings. Brian informs Jim that the portal to Otherworld is scrambled. He can’t get them out of there. Jim replies with a hint of sarcasm that magic is temperamental and frequently useless. There’s a shocker. Brian says he can understand an android’s dismissal of magic, but he should keep in mind that he is a man of science as well. He was a physicist and the thought of magic made him laugh. However, one day while dying in the street, he was saved by Merlyn. Jim asks if he means Merlyn, as in Camelot, as in Sword in the Stone? Brian tells him that Merlyn had it in his head that he was fated to be the great hero. “Was he right?” asks Jim. Brian doesn’t feel it’s for him to say. He’s always altering the terms of use, testing him in different ways. He’s never satisfied.
Jim reckons he’ll stick to technology. As they continue their flight, Brian explains that magic is just the power source for the technology in his armor... the levels of which are determined by moral fiber and nobility. Jim quips that all he’s hearing is that his ability to deal with threats will fluctuate on his mood. Hardly the sort of terms he wants to march into battle under. He asks him to go ahead and float around on Merlyn’s magic, working on his nobility. He has to get to the bottom of this. He roars away leaving Brian to consider that like everyone from Hammond’s generation, he’s sodding arrogant.
(elsewhere)As Black Widow recuperates, Valkyrie stands on the edge of the building looking at a huge black tower in the distance. She says that it’s emitting the same frequency as he teleportation pad in Pakistan. It should be an exit. Natasha thinks it’s worth a look. She’ll go, figuring Valkyrie’s bad at stealth. Valkyrie turns to her and reminds her of her injuries. She’ll go and investigate whilst she and Parvez stay hidden.
She leaps towards the building but, as she moves through the air, she is grabbed by The Urn who quickly gets his huge hands around her throat. He tells her that she denies him as a living being and would kill them under her boot like a bug. She will not define the fate of the Descendants! He begins to drain her life force and fill his urn with her essence.
Back in the cell, Clint informs Hank that he’s stopped the bleeding. He asks him not to die. It’ll make him look horrible. “And…” replies Hank, weakly. “And I’m sorry I screamed you at before, okay?” replies Clint. Hank jokes that it’s not his fault. He’s overcompensating for never being seen as A-List. Clint looks down at his friend and tells him that maybe he’ll let him die there after all. “No,” comes a voice from behind. “No Avenger is going to die in this pit while the Irredeemable Ant-Man draws breath!” Clint gasps as Ant-Man grows to human size.


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(Hank’s dream)Hank dreams about Dark Phoenix and how she ravaged the X-Men many years ago. He watches helplessly as the Phoenix consumes Jean’s soul, leaving only a shell with Jean’s face. Behind those once familiar eyes lives power incarnate; a cosmic demon intent on ending their world. The fate of the universe is in its hands. But, he remembers Jean taking her own life, stopping the Phoenix. If she hadn’t done that, they would never have seen the bird’s true purpose. They would have seen fire.
(reality)Hank wakes with a start. As Brian Braddock puts the finishing touches to a new gadget, Hank explains that his subconscious keeps regurgitating bad memories whenever he attempts dreaming. Brian replies that he’s given up on sleep and mentions that he’s made some strong tea. Hank pours himself a cup. He asks whether Rachel Summers ever lost control when she controlled the Phoenix. Brian replies no, but adds that Rachel grew up in hell. She’s more resilient than her mother. Hank says that Jean was dreadfully strong and that first encounter with Dark Phoenix may well save them now. The mnemonic scrambler he placed on Jean’s head gave him enough information to develop the Phoenix Cage that Brian’s finishing off. Once inside the cage, he adds, the infinity coils will loop the energy, holding the Phoenix within. It’s one of a kind so they only get one shot.
Brian asks if it will be strong enough to hold it and Hank says that he’s fairly certain it will. Either way, it will transmit a stream of crucial unknowns back to Tony Stark on Earth, giving the other Avengers information with which to form a backup plan. Brian understands. If they can’t stop the Phoenix, at least they can be a black box recorder.
Thor then appears carrying a large flagon of beer. Valkyrie follows close behind giggling. Thor tells her that it is as she said. They are awake with worry. Valkyrie replies that she served with Beast for years as a Defender and Avenger. He prefers to fret. Hank sips his tea and replies sarcastically that he was under the assumption this was a dire situation. Thor replies that it is, so dire that a drink is required. If they are about to die, why spend their final moments vexed? Brian mentions that they’ve completed the cage that their plan hinges on, so Thor suggests they celebrate. Brian says he’d rather not. He can be a spectacular arse when he drinks.
Thor tells him that his anxiety is causing him concern. Nerves and fear will not help him find his confidence. Brian asks what will. Thor holds up the beer and Brian takes a swig. “Drink,” says Thor. “I’ll risk arising your ire.” Hank slaps his forehead. “Booze to build confidence,” he sighs. “If Earth is still around in a few weeks we’ll have to film a P.S.A.”
(elsewhere)Aboard a huge spherical space station with long extended rods stretching outwards from the center, reside several Kree beings. A body lies under a white sheet nearby. One of them tells another that the sliver of the M’Kraan Crystal he is holding is older than all recorded time. Inside it exists the White Hot Room… home to the Phoenix. A doorway to the room can be opened with even a sliver of the Crystal. Once magnified by the omniwave created by their craft, their ceremony will commence. The door will open; a beacon drawing their cosmic destiny to them. A traitorous warrior will atone for turning away from Hala and he will serve his people, coaxing them forward to their bright tomorrow and using his great power to show the Kree people that a grand destiny awaits within the tender clasp of the Phoenix. One of the beings hands the other a small box. He opens it to reveal a pair of golden nega bands.
Elsewhere, en route to the Avengers’ ship, Vision, War Machine, the Protector and Ms. Marvel watch a large screen with some particularly harrowing footage of a race called the Dre’lnn. Their planet is destroyed as the Phoenix passes by; a planet of people who, for a million years, have served as ambassadors of peace. Three hours ago, they ceased to exist. The Avengers are shocked and Noh-Varr says he’ll alert Thor.
Soon, they are gathered at the ship and Thor gives a speech. He tells them he’s spent much of his life fighting beside them to hold back some nefarious thing or other. They are strong in a place where the weak are in danger so they stand to push back for those who cannot. He tells them that the Phoenix is on a path towards Earth; their homes, their families, their futures. It falls on them to stop it. To stand against his unstoppable force… he cannot say if they will live beyond this for. He knows only one thing with certainty. The Avengers will assemble and they will try. Hank places the cage onto War Machine’s back securely as they prepare to leave the craft.
The Avengers then leap into the black void of space with Thor at the front heading right into the path of the approaching Phoenix. Hank reminds War Machine that the cage will only work in close proximity. James asks if he’s willing to bet his ass that his armor can withstand it. Hank replies that he does, providing Thor can hold the bird’s focus. Thor accelerates towards the Phoenix and replies that he will not fail.
As he approaches the Phoenix, he begins to twirl his mighty hammer, Mjolnir. Electricity sparks in a conical shape towards the bird which pulls back momentarily. Brian asks James to go now whilst Thor is holding it. War Machine quips that if this doesn’t work he’s gonna have Valkyrie drag his ghost as back to smack Hank. He replies that fortunately that isn’t how her power works. James opens up the cage and energy flows towards the chaos bringer. Unfortunately, Thor tells him that the bird is riled and he cannot hold it any longer. The Phoenix spews flame from its mouth and War Machine is caught in the blast. He screams as his armor is compromised and he starts to burn up. Vision asks him to divert all power to cooling and pulls him away from immediate danger. He tells Beast that James’ armor is too damaged to power the Phoenix Cage. Hank asks everyone to pull back. They’ll have to try again later.
Captain Britain has other ideas. He grabs the cage and says he’s going in, but Hank informs him that it was calibrated for War Machine’s power supply. They don’t know how it will react to a magic-based energy source. Valkyrie pulls Thor away from the Phoenix and tells Hank that he is badly injured. Valkyrie, Vision, Ms. Marvel, Thor and War Machine are caught by a second blast from the bird leaving Cap even more adamant to succeed. He ignores Hank’s warning and flies towards danger, opening up the cage once again. The cage begins to attack the Phoenix, but Hank tells him that he isn’t generating enough power to maintain the cage’s integrity. He must disconnect before it’s too late.
Unfortunately, his warning is too late and Captain Britain falls. Valkyrie says the deathglow surrounds them. Their bid is cast. They tried, but they have failed. Thor replies weakly that they didn’t fail. They stood tall against the terrible storm and he dies proudly by their sides.
(nearby)The Kree activate the ship’s Crystal amplification and open the doorway. The rods extending from their ship crackle with power and the Phoenix senses it. It turns towards their ship, much to the relief and wonder of the Avengers who are saved a fiery death. On board the Kree ship, the sheet is removed and the body is revealed to be that of Captain Mar-Vell. He is dressed in a green and white costume and the nega bands are now on his wrists.
Outside, the Phoenix approaches. Mar-Vell, though asleep, is asked to begin his chants. Three other Kree pray towards him and their leader watches the bird approach on a screen. “Come, terrible seraph,” he says. “The Kree call you. We will be reborn in your grace. This is not a mission of your choosing. We are tools of cosmic will. Our desire is the desire of all. We are instructed by the universe to light the way to your rightful goal… ushering you forward.
The Phoenix flies past the ship, enveloping it in its fiery body and energies surround Mar-Vell’s body. The ship then explodes in a massive fireball and the leader, watching from afar, is told by an assistant that everyone has gathered. He steps out onto a balcony overlooking a crowd of blue Kree faces. He informs them that they can rejoice. The hour of ascension is upon them. The Phoenix comes to Hala!
Back on the Avengers’ craft, they decide that visiting Hala is their only option. They have wounded to care for and they must conserve power. Ms. Marvel informs Hank that the Kree will react with hostility, but he replies that they have stealth shields so they won’t detect them. He asks Noh-Varr if he could persuade the locals to aid them. He replies that he is from another dimension and there is no one on this Hala that knows him. But, it is still his home. At the very least, he can show them a good place to hide.
Hank enters the medlab and asks Vision where they stand. He replies that Thor will recover from his injuries. They are severe but then he is a god. “And what of James?” asks Hank. Vision simply responds with a look that all but says things aren’t looking good. Hank asks Brian how he is. Did he sustain any injuries while propelling himself headlong into the Phoenix Force, strapped into the only device capable of potentially containing it. Brian replies that he wasn’t there. He would have made the same call.
Hank replies that he wouldn’t because it was stupid. He was wondering when they’d see the classic Brian Braddock emerge from the perfect hero he’s been trying to sell. Vision tries to calm Hank down, but he carries on belittling Brian, asking if he’s ever wondered why he’s never played a role in the bigger picture. Has he ever wondered why he, one of the most powerful humans in the universe, is seldom called upon to help? It’s because of this! It’s because, while they’ve always needed his strength, they can do without a hot-reactor who thinks he knows better than everyone else. And now, he adds, his arrogance has doomed them all!
(meanwhile)The Protector and Ms. Marvel sit atop their ship chatting. Noh-Varr explains that when he was a boy he would watch the suns of Rav’el set and dream of leaving Hala to see the other worlds in his galaxy and beyond. Carol replies that he can safely check off ‘travel’ from his to-do list. Noh-Varr says it feels better to be home than he imagined. His chest swells with Kree pride and his heart pounds strong on Hala’s soil. His ancestry… the dead on this planet, are dreaming. He can hear them. It reminds him that the humans killed everyone he loved. “They called us here. Called us home,” he adds.
Carol says she also knows this… that they were called to help in the ascension. Noh-Varr says she must also know that the Phoenix is coming there too. She must know what to do to honor the energies of the world that surge through them. Carol replies yes. Noh-Varr asks her to speak it aloud so he knows they are both discussing the same thing. Carol tells him that they must ensure nothing stops the Phoenix by any means. Mar-Vell then appears, awake following the destruction of the Kree ship and says that he’s glad to hear her say that, because if they are to succeed he will need their help. If they are to succeed they must kill the Avengers!


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(flashback)‘I died as all things do and there was peace. Rest. Reward for a life spent in service of others. I didn’t miss life.’
Mar-Vell recalls dying, surrounded by his heroic friends after a battle with cancer. All the while, Thanos was laughing at him, amused at the irony, laughing as Mar-Vell struggled against the world and its weight. Thanos was suffocated by the weight of his unfinished business, always cheating his lover Death to find a return. It was a self-inflicted torture, but not one that Mar-Vell suffered from. Nevertheless, he was torn away from his slumber and returned against his will. Now, he sees the cause he is to fight for and he is glad to be home.
(present)On Hala, Mar-Vell and Ms. Marvel kiss passionately. Elsewhere, Hank McCoy uses a defibrillation on James Rhodes’ heart. Fortunately, the electric shock works and his heart rate becomes stable. Thor congratulates Hank on his fine work. Brian Braddock sighs with relief, but walks away saying that, fortunately, not all of them are incompetent. Thor follows him and gives Cap a pep talk. He reminds Brian that he did what he thought was right in the face of a terrible foe, but Brian replies that he derailed the mission. He lost his confidence and, with it, his power. He damns Merlyn and his test. He moans that the people who have total confidence are the bad guys. Every pig intent on domination is always so bloody confident. “Enough mewling,” replies Thor. He tells Brian that his challenge is to listen to his heart, not change its fabric. He should see himself for what he is… a noble man. Placing a hand on Brian’s shoulder, he adds that once he does he will see that there is nothing in the heavens that can match his strength.
As they speak, a hole is blown in their wall and Brian is knocked to the floor. Through the gap flies Captain Mar-Vell, followed by the Protector and Ms. Marvel. Mar-Vell’s senses blaze and his perception of time slows down. His cosmic awareness awakens. A singing choir in his mind reminds him to protect the land that grew him. The choir perforates his anxiety.
Thor, his torso bandaged heavily, warns Mar-Vell, whom he believes to be an impostor, that he has chosen the form of his deception unwisely. Mar-Vell reckons this is his chance to prioritize the Kree people over the humans… by killing the foreigners. As he continues his advance, Thor throws Mjolnir, which narrowly misses Mar-Vell. He is left unprotected as Mar-Vell smashes him in the face, gloating that he sees his attacks through seventeen thousand dimensional perception streams. As Thor crashes through a wall into a room where numerous other Avengers are gathered, he thinks about how his conflicted memories of these people is so vivid it overwhelms his heart to see them. Memories of a far-off world where they fought together side-by-side. A world where they cared for him as he died and stood by his deathbed.
He spots Hank McCoy and tells him it’s good to see him. Hank is shocked to see him in the flesh. Mar-Vell recalls how Hank was a good person, good to other humans, but always against the Kree. He evades Hank’s flying foot and punches him hard, despite telling Hank that he still remembers him slaving day and night to cure his cancer. Whatever Hank’s intentions, he’s earned a clean death. From behind, the Vision tells Mar-Vell that inhabits the body of his former ally, but his mind is clearly broken. He plunges his hand into Mar-Vell’s chest and solidifies it a little. Mar-Vell cries in pain but then smacks his nega bands together and forces the Vision’s arm out. He warns Vision that his density manipulation cannot stop him.
Valkyrie asks Ms. Marvel what this madness is all about, but she replies that it’s not madness… it’s loyalty. She knocks Val unconscious with a vicious left hook. Mar-Vell orders them to gather the weak and injured. The minister has requested a public display. Noh-Varr asks about the others. “Too powerful to risk,” replies Mar-Vell. He then destroys the Avengers’ ship, looking forward to his forthcoming test; one last opportunity to show his allegiances to his true family. ‘I am Mar-Vell,’ he thinks to himself. “My name will be redeemed.”
(later)The Supreme Intelligence addresses the Kree populace, appearing on a large screen in the planet. Unknown to the Kree people, his actions and speech is being manipulated by a Kree Minister. He informs them that their splendor approaches. They must ignore the cold process of pure logic and, instead, listen to their hearts. They must trust in their Supreme Intelligence and in their greatest hero, returned to them in their hour of need to redeem his past betrayals. Mar-Vell’s image appears on screens and around high-rise buildings. The Supreme Intelligence tells them that Mar-Vell was strong enough to bend death’s grip and has strength enough to ensure the Kree grasp their rightful place as lords of the cosmos.
He adds that Mar-Vell has staved off an invasion of human interlopers determined to redirect the Phoenix to their own world and steal the Kree destiny. The execution of the survivors will be transmitted to all worlds. Its message will be clear. The Kree ascension is now and those who stand in its way will fall. They, as a people, are in terrible danger.
(elsewhere)Thor asks Vision if he has located their companions and whether the Kree dogs have begun their evacuations yet. Vision replies no, informing Thor that they welcome the Phoenix’s arrival. He feels that something is amiss. Since their arrival, he has detected a dull hum in his binary limbic system and auditory cortex. He has been unable to decipher it but it might have something to do with the insanity he is detecting all over Hala. But, he adds, it won’t matter. The Phoenix will be there in a matter of hours and the Kree will welcome their doom with open arms.
(meanwhile)Captain Britain, Valkyrie and James Rhodes are in a guarded cell. James wakes up and asks where they are. Brian asks him to relax, explaining that they are on Hala and in prison. Valkyrie adds that his injuries are severe and he must not dislodge Beast’s sutures. He asks weakly where his War Machine armor is. Val informs him that it’s in the wreckage of the Quinjet. James can’t believe it. They have a wrecked Quinjet, are trapped in prison and they lost his armor. “And they plan to execute us,” adds Brian, “Soon, and the Phoenix is headed here.” James sits up and says wow. He really thought a suicide mission to fight the damned Phoenix Force was as bad as things could get, but they all managed to make things worse.
(elsewhere)Mar-Vell pours himself and Ms. Marvel a drink and admits that he’s having a difficult time processing all this. In his heart he still has the fear of dying. It’s as if no time at all has gone by from the moment of his passing to now. Carol, looking out over the city, replies that she can’t begin to imagine. Mar-Vell says that it’s impossible to grasp just how much time has elapsed. “And your cancer?” asks Carol. He replies that it is preserved. His cosmic awareness confirms it. The power of the Phoenix surges through him and it’s frozen the cancer inert. He assures Carol that he isn’t going to leave her again. He’ll be fine. They raise their glasses and clink them together. “We all are,” he adds.
Carol informs him that she listened to the tapes he made before he died a thousand times. His voice haunted her. He was so concerned that he would be washed away by time and that no one’s heart would hold him, being forgotten terrified him more than death did. Mar-Vell replies that the tapes were a vanity. He wanted someone to remember him more than as just as a warrior but as the man he was. Carol cries as she recalls listening to the tapes. She always loved him as a dear friend, but now… She closes in and kisses him tenderly. Watching from afar on a monitor is the minister, ensuring everything is going smoothly.
Meanwhile, Vision, Thor and Beast, being carried by Thor, leave their ruined ship and head to Hala. Vision explains that whilst he is confident he can counter this strange broadcast, it will only be in a limited area around him. Thor wonders if perhaps Mjolnir is a better solution, but Beast simply sighs. “Yes. Go beat the mind control out of the Kree population Thor,” he remarks. Vision tells them that the broadcast is beyond mere mind control. It is a complex code with specific subliminal instructions keyed to the genotype of the Kree. Beast points out that even if they do free the Kree people and somehow divert the Phoenix, it will return to its original trajectory. “Towards Earth,” adds Thor.
They know that if they fail, Hala will be destroyed, so they need to convince a planet of brainwashed Kree to evacuate in the next hour. Vision asks what of Mar-Vell and his companions. Thor replies that the situation is too dire for compromise. If Vision cannot free their minds and they stand against them, they will do what is necessary.
Down below in the city of Hala, a man points to the giant Phoenix in the sky and asks his daughter, Jal-Ha, if she can see it now. She replies yes and asks him what it is. He explains that the bird travels the cosmos bringing evolution to the worthy. It will give them new strength. As he speaks, Vision descends and informs them that they are in great peril. They must hear his words and let them dispel the terrible lies in their minds. He activates the signal’s counter measures and orders them to evacuate by any means necessary or they will die. The people nearby understand his words and realize the danger they now face. They begin to panic and run.
Vision is suddenly downed by a blast from Mar-Vell. He flies towards the group and tells them that he underestimated them. “Never again.” He smashes Thor and Noh-Varr asks Hank to come peacefully. Carol adds that he will not like the alternative. Mar-Vel tells Thor that he is sorry for their predicament, but Thor stands up and replies that he isn’t sorry yet, but it will come. He swings Mjolnir and draws blood from Mar-Vell’s mouth as it connects. As Mar-Vell recovers, Thor says that the form he has taken was a close friend to him. He molests his memory by stealing his visage. He kicks Mar-Vell in the face and raises his hammer once again. He warns Mar-Vell that seeing his proud face distorted in this way raises such a fury in his soul that he will smash his features from his skull. He brings down his hammer with great force, crushing Mar-Vell’s head into the ground.
He then raises Mjolnir and summons lightning from the heavens. He tells Mar-Vell to prepare for Hela’s frigid embrace. He deserves no better. “Perhaps,” replies Mar-Vell, “But the Phoenix will decide my fate.” He brings his nega bands together and blasts Thor, leaving him unconscious on the ground. He then grabs him by the arm and drags him to where the sound of gunfire can be heard. When he rounds a corner, he sees a pile of dead bodies and a group of Kree soldiers with smoking guns standing over them. When he asks what transpires, the soldiers kneel before him and one replies that the deserting civilians had been corrupted. They have been seen to. Mar-Vell looks at the bodies which include Jal-Ha and her father and is clearly shocked.
“I died as all things do and there was peace. Rest. Reward for a life spent in service of others. I didn’t miss life.”


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(sometime soon)Ms. Marvel sends a communiqué to Tony Stark back on Earth. She logs the report while the details are still clear in her head. She hopes it will reach Tony in time to do him some good. He needs to know what they experienced on Hala and how they failed. She explains that the mind control they experienced was an organic Kree omniwave. It subliminally influenced the entire population and anyone fuelled by Kree energies, namely herself, the Protector and Captain Mar-Vell. All of this was attributable to a relative of Mar-Vell’s known as Minister Marvel.
The minister believed that the Phoenix would spark a grand ascension in his people, but of course that is all nonsense. He suffered the same delusions as Scott Summers and, like Summers, the Minister Marvel was willing to place the lives of billions in harm’s way to test his blind faith. He overlooked one inescapable truth… the Phoenix has consumed every world in its path.
(present)Captain Britain, War Machine and Valkyrie are shackled and kneeling in front of a Kree accuser holding a huge axe. He wishes to deal with these ‘thieves’ as their ancestors did in ancient days. James asks the other two if they’re sure neither of them can break their shackles. Now would be a good time if possible… not that he hasn’t enjoyed their time together. Valkyrie replies that the shackles negate their strength, but she reminds Brian that his power is based upon the depth of his courage. It is limitless. Brian replies that he’s trying but the axe above him isn’t helping. As the accuser raises the weapon, Brian struggles to break the chains.
Meanwhile, Noh-Varr, the Protector and Ms. Marvel are returning to Hala with the fallen heroes. However, the Vision, who had been feigning unconsciousness all along, activates the counter-signal and all three of their captors immediately see the truth.” What have we done?” asks Noh-Varr. Looking out at the approaching Phoenix Force, Mar-Vell gasps that they have brought death to Hala. They arrive back just in time to prevent the accuser from swinging his axe. He tells everyone gathered to witness the execution to stop as they are in terrible danger. The Vision’s counter-signal releases the watching Kree from their illusion and they see the danger approaching. Vision asks the accuser who actually gave the order for this execution. He snarls, “He is in the Grand Palace. The Minister Marvel is the one you seek.”
Over at the palace, the minister is with his son watching events unfold on a series of monitors. He tells his son that his influence has been undone. They are coming for them. Perhaps he was hasty in offering his son the sobriquet marvel mind. His son replies with a hint of sarcasm that he’s sure his father could have manipulated all of Hala with his great powers of… He pauses before asking, “Remind me. What gifts do you possess?”
His father gives him a withering look and replies that he has no superhuman ability. Unlike him, he was born with very little. No money. No stature. He was the relative of a disgraced warrior who chose humans over his Kree family. The name Mar-Vell was a curse to him, but his gift was faith; faith that there was something more awaiting his people. Faith that there is a hand guiding the universe. Regardless of the prejudice their name inspired, he always maintained a sense of his own worth.
He says that understanding one’s value is often the difference between success and failure. He walks around the room, positioning himself behind his son. As the boy tucks into a hot meal, his father tells him that the Phoenix is upon them. He has kept their people on Hala as it approached, but now he has no worth. Without mercy, he thrusts a dagger into the back of his son’s neck and it emerges through his throat. He quickly chokes to death as his father adds that, once the Phoenix bestows her great gift on their people, he will reclaim his family honor. Mar-Vell will no longer be a name associated with shame and betrayal. It will be that of an iconoclast who saw a grand future and ushered it in. He will bask in the adoration that he has earned and his son’s name will be entirely omitted.
Meanwhile, Vision, Mar-Vell and Thor approach the palace. Time is short and they know little of the minister’s abilities. As they walk towards the giant entrance doors, Mar-Vell tells them that, if what the accuser said about the minister’s son is true, they may have few pleasant options. Thor replies that they have the one option they need to defeat this foe; the might of Mjolnir! He smashes the door through and they see the minister standing before them with a gun to his temple. His son is slouched before him, bleeding from the throat. “Honor me in your memories uncle,” says the minister. “They will never again mock the name Mar-Vell.” Those are his final words before he kills himself.
With the sky turning orange due to the Phoenix Force’s approach, James asks what the plan is. Beast says he is open to suggestions. Valkyrie doesn’t feel there is enough time to evacuate the population. “If we had the Phoenix cage…” remarks Noh-Varr. Captain Britain says they don’t. He saw to that much. Hank points out that it’s only a matter of minutes before it reaches them. Valkyrie knows that there is a purpose behind Hank’s words so she asks him to speak quickly. Hank turns to Carol and tells her that there is one option. However, it could cost her. Carol replies that she has already considered this. If he thinks it has a chance in hell of working then they should get to it.
Out in space, the Kree’s own warriors are trying out some ideas. They head towards the Phoenix Force in their ships with their deflector shields up. Two ships draw the monster from the rest of the fleet and, once the Phoenix is within striking distance, they prepare to unleash the omnipulse. However, they do not realize how insignificant they are against such a creature. Before they can fire, the ships are swallowed up by the flaming bird. On one of the other ships, the captain receives word to return the fleet back to Hala, but she doesn’t feel they can give up now. One of her officers then informs her that there is something she should see. He doesn’t think they are giving up. He thinks they’re getting help.
Outside the ship. Thor and Ms. Marvel fly towards the Phoenix. Thor feels that he should have asked this before they departed, but is she certain this is even possible? Carol replies that is certain of nothing. She hasn’t done this in a lo-ng time.
(sometime soon)In Carol’s communiqué to Earth, she tells Tony Stark that the plan was pure desperation. She would reconnect with a local white hole the way she used to, allowing its flat energies to infect and replace her own. Hank surmised that the dangers to the fabric of reality were normal. The real risk was the potential of extinguishing the life of a newly-formed universe on the other side. But… there were no other options. If any of them were to survive, it was up to her.
(present)Carol reaches out, opening up a hole in space to siphon the energies from within. Thor watches nervously as her body rocks with fresh power, but soon it becomes clear that Carol knows what she is doing. Carol sizzles with power. Now, as Binary, she begins to negate the mass of the Phoenix and draw it into her body against its will. As she sucks in the Phoenix’s energy, Thor opens a portal to the dark matter fields on the outskirts of existence.
(sometime soon)Carol writes to Tony that there was no more time or space. She could see things from all sides at once. Her own life receded to such a small part of her consciousness that fear was gone, as was the idea of human mortality. All of what she was shrunk down to a pinpoint. But, what she found rejected her. It made a choice.
(present)Watching, the Avengers realize that something is wrong. Carol is enveloped by searing white hot flame from the Phoenix’s mouth and falls, cast aside like she was nothing to the Phoenix’s power. Mar-Vell collects her and tells her that she did her utmost, but there was never a question of the outcome. Captain Britain, however, disagrees. He flies toward the Phoenix, remembering Thor’s words as he flies. ‘Remember. Your challenge is to listen to your heart, Braddock. To see yourself for what you are. A noble man. Once you do, once you see that, there is nothing in the heavens that can match your strength.’
Captain Britain comes face to face with the Phoenix Force. He extends his shields and begins to push the giant bird back, finally believing in his own abilities. Meanwhile, Mar-Vell tells Carol that the Phoenix will never stop until it has claimed its true objective; it energies within him. Carol understands what he’s saying. She says he can’t do this. His return has been a miracle. They’ve only just got him back and she can’t lose him again or replace him. Mar-Vell replies that she’s no one’s replacement. He then flies over to Captain Britain and tells him he’s done enough. He grabs him by the arm but Brian orders him to release it. He asks Mar-Vell to trust him. He will not bend. Mar-Vell replies that this is the thing that Cap’s never understood. The difference between confidence and arrogance is knowing when you need help. He throws Cap away from him and faces the Phoenix himself.
(later)Carol writes in her communiqué to Tony Stark that Mar-Vell was everything she remembered and more. He didn’t offer up a moment’s hesitation He gave his life willingly, allowing the Phoenix to take back its energies from him. His unrivalled nobility and courage? How they need that. How they need that pure valor. How much different things would be if he were still there with them. How much she misses her dear friend.
She explains that she woke up uninjured, physically at least. They’ve spent the time since his death rebuilding the Quincarrier and the Kree have been helpful. Thor is injured but at least he is alive. Hank McCoy and Brian Braddock are hopeful that they can rebuild the Phoenix Cage, but nothing is certain. Noh-Varr has not been able to fully recover from the ordeal. He’s is haunted by some ghost. She concludes her message by saying that, in the face of the horror still awaiting them, the team’s morale is surprisingly high. It has been infused by the nobility of a long-dead friend’s selflessness and strength and with the image of a lone man willing to sacrifice his opportunity for life for a world and people that forsook him. They are inspired by the very notion of such nobility. Captain Marvel. The name will always define the best of them. Perhaps the name should live on.
(present)On a distant planet, Mar-Vell’s body lands and, over time, life begins to grow around it.