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Loss
“I’m Wolverine. I’m the best there is at what I do. I used to be a secret agent. I used to be a hero. Now I’m drunk. And loving every minute of it.”
In a local bar/fighting arena, Wolverine is locked in combat with a man by the name of Takahashi. He’s a sumorito, a sumo wrestler. He could have been a champion, but he cheats. He was blacklisted from the professional ring, now he earns his living in these illegal barroom bashos. In this arena, he’s undefeated. Right now it looks pretty good as he has Wolverine in a reverse bear hug.
When Wolverine challenged Takahashi, he laughed. Sucker isn’t laughing anymore now that Wolverine is able to lift him over his head as if he was a paperweight. In the front row center for this fight sits Yukio. Right now, she is his lady. Takahashi may be a renegade, but he’s got pride. He doesn’t like losing so he decides to do something about it. He slams his fist into Wolverine’s face. That was a bad move - it makes Wolverine mad. When he’s mad, he’s not very nice. Instead of killing him, which wasn’t worth the effort anyway, he throws him outside the window of the bar. Takahashi lands in front of Asano Kimura, who is waiting outside.
Wolverine is feeling no pain, as he and Yukio head outside. He’s a mutant, his body possess a natural fast-healing ability that enables him to resist any disease or poison, to survive almost any wound. It comes in real handy when he’s partying. Speaking of, they’ve been partying pretty much non-stop since he met Yukio. Raising Cain from one end of Tokyo to the other, living like there’s no tomorrow. Wolverine has other talents as well. He’s strong, fast, and his senses are keener than most animals. Even as blitzed as he is. He recognizes the man waiting for them – Asano Kimura, Japanese secret service.
Upon seeing him, Wolverine asks him what is going on. Asano replies that he is well. It is a pity the same cannot be said for Wolverine. He then asks him what he is trying to prove. Wolverine responds that he’s not trying to prove anything; he’s just doing what comes naturally. Asano then asks Wolverine for his help. Someone has taken over the entire Japanese underworld and welded them into a power base from which he means to seize control of the country itself.
Wolverine asks what that means to him. Asano puts his hand on Wolverine’s shoulder and informs him that his government wants this plot smashed and the man responsible neutralized. Asano can’t do the job alone; he needs Wolverine. Yukio grabs Wolverine’s arm and pulls him towards her; she needs him too. Asano pleads to Wolverine, as a friend. Asano gets his answer when Wolverine informs him to move his hand or lose it. Asano lets go of Wolverine’s shoulder and they go their separate ways. Up above lie a number of ninjas, members of the Hand. The time to strike is not yet. They must wait for the perfect time.
Out on the train tracks, Wolverine asks Yukio what they are doing out in the middle of nowhere. He thought they were heading back to his place. Yukio replies that will be later. The night is still young; there is still much to do. Wolverine responds that if she says so. Just then, he loses his footing and lands in Yukio’s arms. She points out that he is a heavy weight. She cannot hold him. They fall to the ground, laughing. She lands on top of Wolverine, in his arms. It feels good to him, a perfect fit.
Yukio tells Wolverine that this is her secret – her favorite place. Logan is the first she’s ever brought there. Wolverine responds that he’s honored, now what do they do. As Yukio kisses him she asks if he even has to ask. After the kiss, she tells him that they will wait for the final moment, and then they go. Wolverine asks what are they waiting for. Yukio replies that he will see.
Just then, Wolverine’s liquor bottle falls and smashes. Wolverine is hazy because of the booze and neither senses nor skill are operating anywhere near peak efficiency. The pieces are there however, a vibration in the earth, on the tracks, a rush of air, a subsonic rumble. It takes a while for Wolverine to sort them out. When he does, he moves fast, barely getting out of the way of the oncoming train. On the side of the tracks Wolverine notices the train as the Shinkansen!!!
He asks Yukio if she is crazy playing chicken with a 200 mile per hour bullet train!!! Does she want to die!?! Yukio replies with her own question – does it matter? She will eventually, so will he. Until then, she wants to live, every moment, to the fullest and when she dies she wants to die spectacularly. Whether he admits it or not, her love, Wolverine, is the same. Her observation falls on deaf ears, as Wolverine is fast asleep. Yukio tells him to sleep and not to fear, she will protect him.
As Wolverine sleeps, he dreams. Dreams of being a warrior. Riding out of the west, to win the hand of the woman he loves. She is Mariko, the daughter of a great house, heir to an ancient, noble line. He is a rude, rough-hewn man of common stock. His skills and courage are those of legend. The warrior thinks that is enough to make him worthy of her. He finds the gates of her home barred, the walls lined with archers. “Turn away gaijin” is what he is told. “You are not welcome here.” The odds are impossible, the cause hopeless, yet not for a moment does the warrior hesitate.
He attacks. When he does, the battle is terrible. His body, riddled with arrows. Wounded unto death, the warrior drags himself into the castle’s courtyard and there, at last, beholds the face of his beloved. The warrior asks “Why?” His love replies that her love is for a man, not a beast clad in human form who knows nothing of honor, or duty, or any of the beliefs she holds most dear. She continues, he is not worthy of her. He is not even worthy of life! Her arrow pierces his soul, casting him screaming back into the abyss, out of which he had struggled so long ago. Although the warrior lives, the proud warrior is in truth no more. As Wolverine dreams, he weeps.
As Wolverine continues to sleep, Yukio is approached and apprehended by members of the Hand. She asks what the meaning of them approaching her are. With his sword to Yukio’s throat, one of the assassins informs her that their mutual employer is displeased with her. She was told to slay Wolverine but she has yet to have done so. He also indicates to her that Lord Shingen will not tolerate such disobedience, even from her. However, out of respect for her ability - and her past loyal service - Shingen has offered an opportunity for her to redeem herself. She needs to kill Wolverine!! Here and now or they will kill her!!
Yukio tells them okay and proceeds over to the sleeping Wolverine. She informs the Hand that his bones are made of unbreakable metal and his body can heal virtually any wound. They tell her to cut out his heart. Yukio indicates that that sounds like a plan to her, but for that she will need her blades. As she pulls out six short knives from her coat, she remembers that the Hand is comprised of the finest assassins on Earth. Also, that there are five of them and only one of her. Her kind of fight!
With that, she flings three of the blades towards members of the Hand, taking out three of them with precise shots. One of the remaining two members of the Hand warns Yukio that she has just signed her death warrant!! Neither Shingen nor the Hand will rest until… He is not able to finish his sentence, as Yukio takes both him and his partner out with blades to the neck and head respectively. She goes over to Wolverine and tries to awaken him from his slumber for they need to get out of there; they’re in trouble!! As Wolverine starts to stir, the name Mariko comes faintly from his lips. Yukio is incensed and responds with a kick to his jaw, knocking him out again. With that, she runs away from the carnage she has created.
In Wolverine’s hotel room, Yukio has changed into an all black outfit. She thinks to herself, rambling, that Wolverine still loves her and he always will - he is such a fool!! She can make him happy, she is right for him - why can’t he see that!! Mariko - may she rot in hell - is the only woman for him, while Wolverine is the only man for her, Yukio. She then curses the day she met him for he has destroyed her!! Thanks to him, her death should be everything she’s yearned for. Shingen always accepted and indulged her wild nature, but this time she has gone too far. He will never forgive her! That poses a problem - whose solution is as obvious as it is simple.
Just then, Yukio hears the door being opened. She thinks at first that it may be Logan, but it can’t be. They’re being too tentative. So, she thinks it is the Hand!! She gets behind the door and pulls a single blade out. The mystery person then enters the room, gun drawn...
When Wolverine awakens he is still sore and aching. No wonder of course, Yukio’s kick nearly snapped his spine. He also finds himself surrounded by the remains of five members of the Hand. Evidently, they disintegrate when they’re beaten. That’s very tidy of them. There was also no sign of Yukio. He figures that she is still furious, his fault really, for babbling Mariko’s name. That they’ll deal with as best as they can. What worries him though is the Hand. Their interest in Yukio should have ended with the death of their employer, the crime-lord Katsuyori. He wonders why they are still after her.
As Wolverine opens up the door to his hotel room, he calls out Yukio’s name. Then, he freezes. There’re no lights on. No need for them actually. The scent tells him that there’s a corpse in the room. Also who it is - it is Asano Kimura and he has a knife sticking out of his neck!!
Wolverine makes his way over to Asano and notices that it is one of Yukio’s. Wolverine laments that he is a loner, by nature and choice. He also doesn’t have many friends. Asano was among the oldest, and the best. Even still, Wolverine is praying that this was all an accident. It happens in their line of work. A body wanders into the wrong place at the wrong time and gets chopped by mistake. Then, he gets a whiff of the blade and it has a familiar scent. The scent has been bugging him all along and now he realizes that it’s too late.
When he arrived in Japan and went to see Mariko, he was ambushed and hit by throwing stars that were coated with nerve poison. The same stuff that’s on this blade. It was Yukio who nailed him that night. She works for Mariko’s father, Shingen. She’s been lying from the start, setting him up...
From the shadows, Yukio calls out Wolverine’s name - Logan. Without even turning around, Wolverine tells her that she better kill him now for she won’t get a second chance. With a sound that’s part laugh, part sob, she runs, and jumps out the window of the hotel room, onto the adjacent building. Wolverine follows her. Wolverine notices that she slips through the night like a wraith. Fast, sure-footed, daring - taking impossible chances without hesitation and succeeding every time. She’s poetry in motion - a tigress. But he’s a tiger.
Through the street sounds, he hears her. Out of the atmospheric soup that passes for Tokyo’s air, he catches her scent. In light and darkness, he sees her as they continue the chase along the rooftops of Tokyo. As the hunt progresses, the pieces fall into place for Wolverine. Shingen was Asano’s quarry and Katsuyori the last oyabun - crime-lord - standing between Shingen and total control of the major gangs. Yukio conned him into helping her penetrate Katsuyori’s defenses so she could kill him. He gave her his heart, and she killed his friend.
Wolverine is able to get close enough to Yukio to be able to fling one of her knives into her back, just as she is over a glass skylight. She crashes into the room below. When she lands, she pulls the knife out of her back. Wolverine informs her that the race is over. She asks if she is to die now. Wolverine, enraged asks her that after what she has done, does she even have to ask?!? With that, he pops his claws on both of his hands.
Yukio, defiant, tells Wolverine that he cannot. They are two of a kind, soul-mates, born rebels. They make their own rules in society wherein they have no place and which has no true place for them. She tells Wolverine that she loves him, much as he loves her. Kill her, and he kills himself. Wolverine realizes that she is right. He then indicates to her that perhaps that is the case and that is precisely what they both deserve.
Before he can continue, he screams in pain, for an arrow has been shot through his arm. He then hears the sound of members of the Hand. One of them informs the others to seize him and hold him fast! They do so by tossing ropes around both of Wolverine’s arms and around one of his legs. Wolverine’s initial reaction is that Yukio has led him into a trap. Then he catches a glimpse on her face and realizes that she is scared. He thinks more for him than for herself, as Wolverine notices that he is now surrounded by a small army of Hand members.
Wolverine thinks to himself that Yukio should know better than to worry about him. With that, he yanks one of the ninjas that is holding the rope into one of the other ninjas, effectively knocking them down. With another of the ropes, he is able to trip up one of the other ninjas. As he is delivering a kick to the face of another ninja, he pulls the arrow out of his arm and drives it into the gut of one of the other ninjas. With his claws, he cuts himself free of the ropes and delivers a front rolling kick to the face of another approaching ninja. And then, another kick to take out one more. He stands to find himself being attacked on both sides by two more members of the Hand. He takes them out with shots to the face.
When the battle is over, Wolverine finds that Yukio is gone - hardly surprising. He does notice that two of the Hand have her knives in them. He wonders if she was saving him, or herself. Suddenly, Wolverine feels weary. The fight took place in a private garden, patterned after the classic Zen gardens of Tokyo, a place of transcendent beauty, of peace and tranquility. No longer, the garden has been wrecked; it’s patterns broken. Order turned to chaos, the story of his life.
For no matter how hard he strives for inner serenity, he screws it up so why bother? That is Yukio’s philosophy - be what you are, why fight it. By nature they are both scrappers and they like it. When the need arises, they can kill. Yukio wants him the way that he is. Mariko makes him want to change, to grow, to temper the berserker inside of him. He loves them both and has failed them both as well. Worse, he has failed himself because he has lost himself. Yet, the patterns of life are as fluid as those of the gravel he is running his hands over.
As he smoothes the stones, new patterns emerge, chaos becomes order, the wheel turns. And from that order - peace?? Perhaps that is the answer. The key isn’t winning or losing. It’s making the attempt. He may never be what he ought to be or want to be - but how will he know unless he tries. Sure it’s scary, but what’s the alternative? Stagnation - a safer, more terrible form of death. Not of the body, but of the spirit. An animal knows what it is, and accepts it. A man may know what he is, but he questions. He dreams. He strives, changes, grows. Shingen took his dream from him, but only for a time because he’s a man, not a beast! A MAN!!! And that mistake is going to cost him.


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Bloodsport
(Madripoor)
A portly man is chased through the derelict streets of Lowtown. His body aches, but he must escape his pursuers. He wonders if he is safe as he comes to rest against the wooden wall of a shack, but as it smashes into thousands of pieces, he knows he’s been caught. He makes a dash for it, but he’s a big man and out of shape. He stumbles straight into the path of his pursuer’s comrade. This man is tall and thin, almost skeletal with a long pony tail stretching down his back. He takes the life of the man, Chancellor Ranjamaryam without mercy.
(later)
Chief of Police Tai oversees the crime scene. Chancellor Ranjamaryam is pulled from the water by two officers who are shocked at his appearance. His skin is ghostly white and his face is frozen with a look of terror. An officer recognizes him immediately. Wolverine arrives, wearing his eye patch to help conceal his real identity. He asks Tai if this is where he rounds up the usual suspects. Tai isn’t sure if that’s meant as a joke or not, but he reckons that if they interrogated every suspect in Madripoor, they’d learn nothing. He enquires what he is doing at the scene, and Patch replies that he heard the radio call requesting Tai’s presence. He figured anything worth dragging Tai outta bed was probably worth a look.
Tai’s detective asks why he permits Patch such liberties. Tai replies that, in matters such as these, Patch has something of a special expertise. Wolverine kneels besides the body. He knew the chancellor well, but tells Tai nothing. Telling the truth about what he’s found would jeopardize his cover.
He asks the chief if he’s logging this as murder. Tai is doing so until persuaded otherwise. He mentions that rumor has it the chancellor planned to recommend to the prince that he acknowledge Tyger Tiger as the new crimelord. Patch asks if he figures somebody aced him to prevent it. Tai isn’t sure, though he knows even the most powerful men would not dare assault the prince’s household without sanction. This is a time when ambition runs as hot as fever, he adds.
As Patch wanders off into the mist, Tai tells him that, as long as crimelords savage only their own, he is free to look the other way. Step beyond those bounds, and he will put an end to it. Patch knows that anyone capable of killing the chancellor won’t mind at all adding a police chief to his list.
(South Seas Skyway, located at an isolated airstrip)
The airline’s proprietor, Archibald Corrigan, is being held against a wall by the throat. His assailant is the giant known as Roughhouse and he is with his companion Bloodsport; the murderers of Chancellor Ranjamaryam. They warn him away from working from Tyger Tiger, and inform him that working alongside them will prove mutually profitable. If he doesn’t do as he is asked, his heart belongs to Bloodsport, who burns his handprint onto Corrigan’s chest.
(elsewhere)
Patch follows the scent he picked up from Ranjamaryam’s body back along the canal. He smells the two bruisers’ scents, and feels they smell kinda alien. The scent is familiar, but he can’t remember from where. The mess Roughhouse left behind shows him that neither of them should be taken lightly. He makes his way to the prince’s palace.
Madripoor is a society where assassination and kidnap for profit are facts of life. Wolverine knows that Ranja never left his palace without two cars of armed bodyguards for cover, and the compound is laced with the best defenses money can buy. Someone got in and took Ranja out without being noticed. Getting in is no problem for him either, and he stealthily moves his way through the grounds, entering through an open window. He finds himself in Ranja’s room and discovers a handkerchief on the floor. He recognizes the scent on it, and things just become a little more complicated.
Madripoor’s Hightown is as flash as Lowtown is shabby. It races headlong into the 21st century, while its shore-side counterpart stays stubbornly anchored in the past. The Sovereign Hotel bills itself as the finest hotel in the world. It’s certainly the most expensive. Wolverine sneaks into the imperial penthouse and covers the mouth of a young woman sleeping there. It’s Karma, a former member of the New Mutants; a woman whose scent he picked up on the handkerchief. He quickly advises her not to use her powers against him, lest she find herself dead before she can act.  His Vietnamese is a little rusty, but Karma gets the drift.
He tells her that the room is rented to General Nguyen Ngoc Coy, and he asks who he is. Karma replies that it’s her uncle, and asks who he is, and how it is that he knows her. Patch gives nothing away, and instead asks what Coy’s business is in Madripoor. Karma replies that he only requires power. She has sworn herself to his service, but doesn’t let on why to Patch. Patch informs her that the chancellor is dead. Someone or something sucked the blood right out of him. He knows she is involved; the question is: is she responsible? He advises her to make sure she knows which side of the line she stands, and be prepared to take the consequences. He slips away quietly, leaving Xi’an to ponder her future.
(the next day in Lowtown)
Lindsay McCabe and Jessica Drew are wandering through the market before heading back to San Francisco. Suddenly, Roughhouse grabs them both from behind and lands a smacker on both of their lips. He is in a jovial mood, but Bloodsport reminds him that they are there for reasons other than fleshy entertainment. Roughouse tells the ladies not to fret. Business is business, but he promises they’ll get some playtime soon. Jessica is all for showing how offended she is, but Lindsay holds her back. She has respect for a guy the size of a Mack truck.
Suddenly, a scream forces them to turn, and they see a woman staggering towards the market area, bleeding and crying, “Help me… for mercy’s sake… demons… murderer!” Lindsay rushes over to help, whilst Jessica sneaks away into an alleyway to check things out. There are no windows in the building the woman came from, so Jessica leaps to the rooftops and climbs to a doorway, which is chained shut. Still possessing the strength she always did as Spider-Woman, she wrenches the door off its hinges and descends a rickety staircase within.
She opens a door and finds several bodies lying on the floor. “Good lord,” she exclaims, as she sees an empty safe with the words, ‘The Tyger is dead’ scrawled in blood on the wall. Jessica leaves the place, only to discover the woman with Lindsay is dead. Jessica is afraid they’ve jumped right into the middle of a full-fledged gang war.
(later)
It’s nighttime. Lindsay and Jessica join Patch at the Princess Bar, in which he owns half an interest. Lindsay and Jessica have had an inconclusive chat with the local cops, but they give Patch everything they know. They are familiar with this General Coy. Jessica was instrumental in driving him out of San Francisco, and she knows that he’s a nasty piece of work. Patch replies that his niece is exactly the opposite. She’s a mutant, and can physically possess people to use as puppets. Working for Coy goes against everything she believes in.
He adds that she would only work for him if he has some hold over her. They need to find out what it is and set her free. Meanwhile, they need to nail Coy’s enforcers before they do any further damage. Coy has hit Tyger’s protection and her money. The house Jessica searched was Tyger’s major ‘bank.’ She can’t survive many more body blows like that. Through the doorway steps Tyger herself, dressed in an expensive dress with a shawl draped over her shoulders. She informs them that she didn’t claw her way to the top of the mountain simply for the view, and she’s far from ready to relinquish her place to another.
Patch reminds her that her predecessor, Roche, probably felt the same. She dumped him, and Coy figures to do the same to her. Lindsay and Jessica introduce themselves to her, and Tyger senses some hostility from Jessica. She tells the crimelord that she doesn’t like criminals, no matter how fancy their appearance or airs. “I am what I am,” replies Tyger, nonchalantly.
She informs Patch that she’s been summoned to the palace, and wonders if he would like to accompany her. Patch feels it’s not like the prince to involve himself in Lowtown affairs. Tyger feels that he must involve himself now his chancellor is dead. She supposes he needs to settle matters and head off another war before they get out of hand. Patch thinks it’s a pity he doesn’t realize that they already are.
(later)
Patch is driving Tyger to the palace. She wishes for him to eliminate Coy, and tells Patch that, if he’d seized his niece when he had the opportunity, they would have had a valuable bargaining chip. Patch replies that he doesn’t work for her, and he’s especially not her pet executioner. If anything, he’s her conscience and, right now, she’s dancing on the edge of an abyss. If she wants to play by Coy’s rules then she can drive herself the rest of the way.
Suddenly, Patch sees a huge bearded man standing in the road. Nice car… a real classic, he remarks, before smashing the Rolls to pieces. Patch and Tyger are thrown from the destroyed vehicle and, before he knows it, Roughouse turns his attention to Patch – ‘the bodyguard.’ He punches him with great force, and follows up to make sure he’s done the job right. Patch has an unbreakable adamantium skeleton, which means, when he taps a normal guy, he’s out for the count. He hits Roughouse with a strong right, but Roughouse simply laughs the attempt off. Patch is caught by surprise, and receives a jackhammer to the gut in response.
Tyger Tiger jumps on the villain’s back but only manages to rip his jacket. As soon as she gets off him, her arms are caught in Bloodsport’s grasp. He holds her off the ground with his outstretched hand, and her hands begin to bleed. Patch sees what’s going on, and irrationally tossing caution to the wind, he pops the claws on his left hand. Only a berserker rage is going to end this now.
As soon as he stands up, he is pummeled to the ground once again by Roughouse, who he’d completely forgotten about. Roughouse prepares for another punishing blow but, thankfully, Karma appears wearing her old New Mutants costume. She seizes control of both Roughouse and Bloodsport’s minds, and stops them in their tracks. She tells Patch to get his lady and leave. Make it quick, she adds. She can’t hold these two forever.
Patch looks at Tyger. She’s pale, real pale. The full moon has more color. He collects her in his arms and sees that she’s fighting to live as hard as she can. He’d like another shot at his two assailants, but he can’t take the risk that Karma will stop him. He tells her he’s obliged for her assistance, and heads back to the Princess Bar. Roughouse and Bloodsport are released from Karma’s grip as she vanishes into the alleys. They don’t know what on Earth happened.
(soon)
Tyger is in bed recovering with Patch, Lindsay and Jessica watch over her. He’s fine as his healing factor has taken care of Roughouse’s blows. Tyger isn’t so lucky, and Lindsay reckons she needs a hospital. Patch can’t have that. It’s the second place they’ll check after the check the Princess. He informs Lindsay that she’ll have to move Tyger to a safehouse until the dust settles. Lindsay doesn’t know the town that well, but Patch tells her he can’t do it and he trusts no one else.
Jessica tells him that this isn’t their fight. Patch explains that Tyger doesn’t touch drugs or slaves. Her predecessor, Roche, dealt with both, and so does Coy. When Tyger took over, she started moving against the major players. Now, through Coy, they’re pushing back. Jessica may not believe there is a difference between them, but there is.
Lindsay asks where Patch will be for all this. He tells them that Coy’s clout comes from the drugs he ships. He’s probably using that profit potential to buy the prince’s support. Lindsay asks if he’s saying that Madripoor’s ruler is a part of this. Patch replies that he’s a pirate, descended from a hundred generations of pirates. Anyway, he adds, no drugs, no clout and hopefully an even fight.
Lindsay asks Jess what she thinks. Jessica won’t stand by and let anyone be butchered the way those poor people were that afternoon. Lindsay picks up Tyger, and tells Jessica that she needs her hands free in case they run into trouble. As Patch is halfway out the door, he tells them that, if Coy’s enforcers show, it’ll be best to choose discretion over valor. The harder you hit Roughouse, the better he likes it. “Then I should put him in seventh heaven,” replies Jessica.
(later)
Patch visits Archie Corrigan at the South Seas Skyway office at the airstrip. He hears Patch approaching and grabs his shotgun. Patch informs him that he’s calling in Tyger’s marker, and he can’t take no for an answer. Archie replies that a twelve-gauge double-barreled buckshot says he will. Patch solemnly asks him to reconsider, and Archie thankfully sees sense and lowers his weapon.
(The Sovereign Hotel)
General Coy chats with his niece, Xi’an Coy Manh. He explains that, after South Vietnam fell to the communists, he considered relocating to Madripoor, but Roche was the crimelord then, and in his prime. He lacked the resources to properly challenge him, but today, thanks to Tyger, he is a memory. His criminal empire, however, is ripe for the conquest. Power is the ultimate addiction. Once tasted, all others pale to insignificance.
A waitress appears and informs him that Bloodsport and Roughouse have arrived. She is asked to show them in, and Coy dabs his mouth after finishing his meal and asks if their news is on par with this most glorious of mornings. Bloodsport replies that, regretfully, Tyger yet lives. The ambush went as planned, until the intervention of some unknown party allowed their prey to escape. The Tyger has gone into hiding.
Coy is displeased. The longer this goes on, the greater the potential for disaster. He says the prince can withdraw his support as easily as he gave it. They should understand that he will not be failed again. Bloodsport replies that they understand. He has tasted the Tyger’s blood, and now they are bound. She cannot hide from him forever.
Roughouse adds that her bodyguard, Patch, skipped town. He took off for parts unknown with Corrigan. Xian tells her uncle that maybe he is bowing to the inevitable and abandoning a lost cause. Coy believes this not to be the case. The best way to counter-attack is to strike at his opium plantations on the mainland. If Patch is saving his own skin, then fine; let him go. However, if he’s off playing hero along with Corrigan, he wants a most appropriate welcome prepared.
Coy pours a drink and toasts to his eventual triumph, and the deaths of all his enemies. He notices Xi’an isn’t drinking, and asks if maybe it’s because she doesn’t share his sentiment. She takes a sip and Coy departs happy. He wants to sit down with his two henchmen and sets about the further dismantling of Tyger’s organization. Once he’s gone, Xi’an smashes the glass in her fist. “What have I done?” she thinks. As tears well up in her eyes, she wonders what she is to do.


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Mr. Fixit comes to town
(Tahoe, Nevada)
An American businessman is speaking with Joe Fixit, an alter ego for the grey Hulk. He is an old friend on Joe Fixit’s employer, Michael Berengetti, who holds him in high regards. The businessman wishes to hire Joe to sort out a problem he has in the Far East. He has engaged in a partnership with a man, General Coy, whose bona fides were as impeccable as Michael’s. However, recent events have begun to suggest otherwise. He suggests that if Joe manages to sort out his problem, a more permanent association might be discussed. Joe sips some wine, and replies that he’s already spoken for.
(Madripoor)
Bloodsport and Roughouse are out for the count, leaving General Coy at the mercy of Patch. Unfortunately, Prince Baran intervenes and his soldiers train their guns on the assembled heroes and villains. The prince is displeased and has half a mind to throw everyone into the deepest dungeon, but before he can finish his warnings, he notices Lindsay McCabe. His demeanor suddenly changes and he kisses her hand. He admits to being an admirer of her work; what she might call a fan. General Coy is astonished that he’s socializing when he should be killing, but the prince warns him to have a care, lest he find himself numbered among them. He tells his captain that these people are his honored guests, and he should see to their needs and bring them to him when they are presentable.
He leads Lindsay away, as Patch notices General Coy shifting uneasily in his tailored suit. With the prince’s support, he launched an attack on Tyger Tiger to gain control of Madripoor’s underworld. Unfortunately, Tyger’s still alive, and Coy is concerned.
(near the China Lake Naval Weapons Test Center)
Joe Fixit’s chauffeur, Connie, is filling the tank when a group of rich-kid bikers arrive in a cloud of dust. Their leader, Chaz, checks out Connie and quickly makes a move on her, putting his arm around her shoulders. His invasion of her personal space doesn’t go down well, and she knocks him to the ground, telling him she doesn’t play with children. A couple of his well-to-do female friends mock him and, in his embarrassment, Chaz takes a swing at Connie, knocking her over. He then removes a flick knife from his pocket and proceeds to scratch a line down the side of the car.
He grins, and asks Connie if she’s carrying any passengers. “Bride and groom, maybe?” Teener-beeners out on a prom night prowl? Some fat old corporate crock, sparking with his secretary? A knight in shining armor, who’d care to step out to defend your honor?” The door suddenly swings open, and out steps Joe Fixit. He stands a couple of feet above Chaz, and a couple of feet wider, too. Chaz’s expression quickly changes from confidence to horror. Joe asks Connie if she’s okay, but she only apologizes. She didn’t want to bother him, and thought she could handle it herself.
Joe turns to Chaz and his friends, and tells them that the car’ll cost them, but the black eye will cost them even more. Chaz gets some confidence by being surrounded by his friends and tells Joe that, if he leaves them his driver, he gets to walk away untouched. “Is that a fair deal, or what?” he asks. Joe smiles, and informs Chaz that he really should’a quit while he was ahead.
Grabbing two of their motorbikes, he proceeds to smash the rest - tossing them around into the other bikes like they were made of balsa. One of the guys runs, but Chaz swings at Joe with a plank of wood. Upon impact with his head, the plank snaps in two, and Joe turns to face him, menacingly. Chaz leaps onto a bike that’s still roadworthy and makes his getaway. However, Joe isn’t finished with him yet, and he leaps down the road, landing several feet in front of Chaz. With no time to stop, the bike crashes into Joe and throws Chaz to the asphalt.
After a ticking off, Joe returns to Chaz’s friends, the ones that remained behind, and informs them that Chaz saw the light. He has to go now, but he expects them to help Connie fix her car and pay for all the repairs. They can then turn themselves in to the cops; full confessions all round. If he hears anything different, he’ll be back. As he rides away on one of their bikes, Connie orders them to move. “Yes ma’am,” they reply in unison.
(Madripoor)
Tyger stalks her room like a caged bird. She is concerned that she cannot remove the armor given her by Lindsay. As she is in the hands of the prince, she cannot help at this moment. As she stands on the balcony and worries about either starving or dying of thirst, Patch grabs her hood and pulls her up to the roof. “Wolverine!” she remarks. He reminds her that the world believes Wolverine to be dead. He’s Patch for the time being. He removes her mask with ease, and she asks how. He explains that he commissioned the armor for a friend. It stands to reason he’d have the ultimate key.
Tyger asks if he’s come to help. He replies that the prince has an offer for her she shouldn’t refuse. “Do I win?” she asks. Patch tells her she’ll survive, and she should be content with that. She turns on him, asking if he’s switched sides to become the princes’ lackey. Patch snikts his claws, and Tyger is pleased she’s made him angry. At least he’s man enough to feel shame.
Patch tells her she’s acting like a fool. He explains that General Coy’s proposition made sense to the prince. It was good business; worth even the sacrifice of a trusted advisor if the coup could be managed quick and clean. But, Coy botched the job, and now the situation’s messy. Tyger says there is a simple solution, but Patch asks her to think, and consider the prince’s angle. She won’t touch drugs or slaves, and these are two of the lucrative markets on the island. That leaves a vacuum. If Coy doesn’t fill it, someone else will.
Patch reckons that Tyger is a crimelord after the prince’s own heart. She is honorable, whereas General Coy is too dangerous a threat to the prince’s throne. Tyger by herself means never-ending turf wars. The pair of them, balancing and checking each other is the best of both worlds for the prince. Tyger reminds him that Chancellor Ranjamaryam was as much Patch’s friend as he was hers. Coy had him butchered and the prince sanctioned it. Does that mean nothing? Patch replies that Ranja’s dead; she’s not. He wants Coy as much as Tyger, but now is not the time.
(LAX, Los Angeles International Airport)
Baggage handlers load up Joe Fixit’s Louis Vuitton suitcases for Joe’s trip to Madripoor. Upon hearing his footsteps in the plane above him and seeing the wheels creek under his weight, the handler ensures he is extra careful with the bags.
(Madripoor)
Prince Baran is pleased to see Tyger and General Coy reach an understanding. They shake hands before him to seal their truce. He then asks his troops to escort them from the palace using opposite ends of the palace grounds. There’s no sense tempting fate any more than they’ve already done tonight. As she leaves with Coy’s entourage, Karma glances backwards at Patch. He’s not the only one to notice. Jessica thinks she’s a good kid who deserves better than her uncle. Patch knows she’s right, and also knows he cannot abandon her. For now, he tags along with Jessica, as the prince shows Lindsay, now decked out in new clothes courtesy of the prince’s courtier, around the palace.
They soon come to a spacious room, which is pretty much a shrine to Lindsay. She is astonished. All around her are statuettes dressed up as characters she has played in movies such as Demon Debs, Demon Blues, Last Train from Moscow, Cyber Witch, Lethal Latex Lovelies and Ms. Merc. Photographs and posters of her appearances in movies and theater adorn the walls. Lindsay says she’s embarrassed and thinks she wants to die, but Jessica tells her that her protests would carry more weight were she not grinning from ear to ear.
The prince chats with Lindsay about her career. Lindsay informs him that she never appeared in any San Francisco rep productions, as she was tossed off a roof by Viper. After she left hospital, she hooked up with Jess and became her assistant to fill the time until she was ready to take the stage again. She hasn’t had a dull moment since. Baran asks her for an autograph, as Jessica notices that Patch has vanished.
(The Sovereign Hotel, Madripoor)
In his penthouse suite, General Coy is furious at Baran’s betrayal. Karma is getting dressed in an adjoining room, and figures that her uncle’s so obsessed with himself that he’s never thought to question her presence at the palace; or why she was dressed so scandalously. She hopes he doesn’t work out that she was working against him.
Suddenly, the door swings open and the giant Roughouse wanders in. He’s drunk, and immediately tries to make a move on Xi’an. He figures that she’s a fine figure of a woman, and all she needs to make her life compete, is a man. There’s a tap on his shoulder. He turns to see Patch standing there. Before he can react, Patch slams him with a right uppercut. “Maybe so, lummox… but you ain’t him!” he quips as the big guy careens across the room. Karma takes hold of his mind with her own and puts him to sleep.
Karma informs Patch that her uncle is in danger. He has an arrangement with an American crimelord, but Patch destroying his crop is preventing him from fulfilling his obligations. She tells him that Mr. Fixit is in town to deal with him. Patch figures she should let him, but Karma says her uncle’s still the best hope she has of finding her kidnapped brother and sister. For their sake, she must stand by him, no matter the cost. Roughouse begins to wake up, rubbing his head, but Patch punches him again, and the big guy collapses.
(Madripoor International Airport)
Patch awaits Mr. Fixit’s arrival. He knows his reputation, but he also knows that in all his time in Vegas, neither Fixit nor his boss, Berengetti, had ever been part of any mob operation. He wonders why the change of heart. Still, he figures that since Karma asked him to check things out, he should oblige.
Fixit’s baggage handler struggles with his heavy cases, so he picks them up himself, along with the diminutive baggage handler. He shoves his bags into the back of his new chauffer driven car. He wants to be back in his room by sunrise. However, the handler asks for a tip. “Say what?” asks Fixit. The guy holds his hand out waiting for payment, and lets out a string of expletives when Fixit doesn’t hand over any cash.
Fixit grabs him by his collar and tells him he has a big mouth for such a little guy. The man pulls out a pistol and informs Fixit that in a couple of seconds, he won’t have no mouth at all. The gun fires, knocking Fixit’s hat off his head. Once the smoke subsides, Fixit is still there, looking back at him with everything intact. Only a charred discharge coats Fixit’s grey skin. “Definitely no tip,” he mutters.
The handler looks at his pistol with amazement before calling for backup. Several thugs arrive, and Patch notices that they don’t seem like Tyger’s muscle. Coy’s men, maybe? Whatever, he’s got Fixit’s scent, and even if it’s grey instead ‘o green, the fighting style confirms that it’s really the Hulk. Fixit takes care of the men with ease, and Patch enjoys the show from the sidelines. His new female chauffeur tries to keep out of the way, but one thug grabs her by the hair and puts a pistol to her head. He begins to drag her to the alley but, before he gets too far, Patch snikts his claws right under the guy’s nose. He stops and releases the chauffeur, before Patch drops him with a punch to the solar plexus.
One of the others surprisingly pulls out a hand grenade and tosses it towards Fixit and his chauffeur. Fixit leans over and grabs it in his huge fist. The grenade goes off, but his fingers maintain their clenched shape, releasing the energy harmlessly. He warns the thugs to scat while they’re still able, and before they make him mad. On cue, the goons make for the horizon, and Fixit asks Patch whose side he’s on. The angels, replies Patch. He thinks his chauffeur needs looking at by a doc. Fixit thinks she’s fine, but Patch insists she’s in no fit state to drive. Fixit says he can do it then. He’ll make it worth his while.
He wants taking to the hotel by dawn, and Patch feels it’s an offer he can’t refuse. The cops won’t like them bugging out like this, but he wants to find out what’s so special about the sunrise. They make the Sovereign with time to spare, and Fixit proves as generous as his word. Patch gives the chauffeur his money.
He then waits until morning to make his move. Silently, he creeps into Fixit’s room, but almost blows the caper by laughing out loud when he sees who’s on the bed. Wearing Fixit’s huge suit, Robert Bruce Banner lies there, asleep. Bruce by day, Hulk by night. No wonder he was paranoid about getting under cover. The sunlight makes Banner boss, and Hulk’s never liked that much. Patch figures he must use sedatives to keep him asleep till night. He’ll like it less before Patch is through. This is gonna be fun.


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24 Hours
(present)
Patch isn’t in his usual stomping ground tonight. He’s in a dive bar in Lowtown, trying to relax, and he ignores a brawl that erupts between locals. He recalls being in the bar once before.
(flashback, a long time ago)
The locals are enjoying a quite drink in the bar when the doors open and Logan enters carrying a woman in his arms. “She’s dead! Silver Fox is dead!” he cries. Sabretooth is leaning against the wall, and he tells Logan that these things happen; especially to squaws uppity enough to say no. “Sabretooth! You killed her,” replies Logan.
Some of the locals make themselves scarce, as Sabretooth wanders to the bar. He asks what of it, and warns Logan that if it’s a fight he wants, he won’t be stopping when someone drops. Logan insists Sabretooth take him on. It will end when one of them is dead, no matter how long it takes. A woman holds Logan back and tells him Sabretooth isn’t fooling. Why risk everything over a squaw?
(present)
Patch finally decides to bring the brawl to a conclusion. They two guys aren’t happy about it and consider starting on Patch instead. He throws one of them along the bar head first, pointing out that this would be a bad idea. He grabs the other by the throat and asks if he wants to give him grief like his buddy. The clock strikes twelve midnight and so Patch drops the guy, deciding they aren’t worth the effort. There are lots of bets riding on the punch up, and they’re not happy about Patch butting in. He departs, figuring he won’t be welcome back there… ever. Breaks his heart.
Fog covers the city of Madripoor, as Patch takes to the rooftops. He prefers them to the streets. It’s easier to see if there’s any opposition coming, and more places to scoot if need be. His mind begins to wander and he remembers Silver Fox. Did he love her? He certainly thought so at the time. He’s not to certain anymore. It was a long time ago. Did it matter in the end? Probably not, he thinks.
He remembers he and Sabretooth were always spoiling for a fight. Sabretooth had always helped himself to what was his and challenged Logan to stop him. Something always held him back. He knew Sabretooth hated him, but he hadn’t a clue why. Maybe it was simply true what Sabretooth had said; that the world wasn’t big enough for the pair of them.
(flashback)
With Logan covered in Silver Fox’s blood, he leaps at Sabretooth. He stinks of Silver Fox. She’d died hard and Sabretooth had enjoyed every minute. Logan means to pay him back in kind. He lashes out at the larger man, pummeling his fists into Sabretooth’s face. In retaliation, he knocks Logan straight through the bar. With no unbreakable adamantium bones and no claws, at this point in his life he is as vulnerable as ever. But, Logan is tough and too dumb to realize how much trouble he’s in. It makes Sabretooth’s day. He slams Logan hard and decides to teach him a lesson.
(present)
From the rooftops, Patch hears a scream down below. He notices several men surrounding a woman whose clothing was already in tatters. Her male companion is already down, suffering from a knife wound, but he’s given a good account of himself before dropping. Patch decides to pick up where he left off. He drops to the ground and confronts their assailants.
One of the guys turns and shoots him with a pistol. Patch continues to walk towards him and then grabs his hand, aiming the pistol harmlessly into the air. He figures they aren’t worth his claws and, instead, he punches the guy hard in the stomach. A bruiser approaches from behind with a knife ready to strike. Patch swings his arms backwards, snapping the guy’s arm near the elbow. They get the message and run for it, probably in search of easier pickings.
The woman is concerned for her companion, and Patch informs her that he’s barely breathing and has lost a lot of blood. The woman blames herself. They were looking for adventure. Patch replies that she got what she wanted. She asks if there’s a hospital and Patch replies that there isn’t, and they won’t get an ambulance down there either. However, he knows a place that’s almost as good.
(flashback)
Sabretooth then grabs Logan and they crash through the outer wooden wall of the saloon, taking their fight outside. Logan picks up a plank but Sabretooth grabs it before he can properly swing it. He removes it from Logan’s grasp and hammers it into his side. The impact slams Logan into a woodpile.
(present)
Logan carries the injured man to Madam Joy’s place. She is there with several of her girls in various states of undress. She isn’t entirely happy with him bringing a bleeding man into her establishment, but she knows he’s done the right thing. She asks Inga to summon Dr. Fong and for Mavis to ready the dispensary. She asks the others to snap to it - they have a life to save. She sees to the young woman who wants to help, but Joy says she’ll only be in the way. She asks Inza to look after her.
After Patch has put the guy on a bed to await his treatment, Jessica Drew appears behind him. “Never a dull moment, Patch… where you’re concerned.” She asks if it’s anything serious, but before he can answer, Madam Joy ushers the pair of them out of the room, telling them she’ll call when there’s news. As they leave, Jessica remarks that Madam Joy’s a lovely lady. Those sailors are in the best of hands. It’s a lovely place as well; hardly what you’d expect in Lowtown.
Patch looks up and sees Lindsay McCabe waving at them from her balcony. He asks Jessica if they’re on a case, but she informs him that they live there, and invites him in. He asks her to lead the way, so instead of using the stairs, she begins to climb up the wall using her spider-powers. Patch tries to keep up, and only just gets beaten to the balcony. Not too shabby, remarks Lindsay. Jessica says there aren’t too many who are a match for her. Patch’s memories begin to flood back once again.
(flashback)
Sabretooth clears the wood from the pile covering Logan and discovers his foe has vanished, leaving only small traces of blood behind. He knows Logan can’t evade him for long; not now he has his scent. Logan makes his way into the forest, exhausted, and finally drops face first into the snow. He surprises himself by managing to pick himself up. He comes to a sheer cliff face and begins climbing. Maybe he is beaten, he thinks, and he is probably going to die, but he isn’t about to quit.
(present)
Lindsay brings Patch back to reality and shows him around their place. A sign with Drew & McCabe Resolutions adorns their door, and Patch admits the place doesn’t look too shabby. He knows it’s amazing what a body can hear and learn in a joint like this. With Joy’s bawdy house underneath them, Patch informs them that Joy is under the prince’s imprimatur, and he probably feels the same way about them, too. They’re Baran’s eyes and ears in Lowtown.
He relaxes in a chair and lights a cigar. He explains that there are two sides to Madripoor’s underworld. On one side is General Coy, and on the other there is Tyger Tiger. The prince has to know the score, and who to move against when necessary. That was his chancellor’s role. Jessica says it’s too bad the prince allowed General Coy to murder him. Patch tells them that Ranjamaryam played with both sides, and in Baran’s eyes, that was treason. He wants somebody neutral whose loyalty is to him. Jess thinks it’s a big mistake if he’s chosen them. Patch warns her that, if she wants out, then she only has to say the word. If she stays then it’s on Madripoor’s rules, which means no rules. Patch departs on his way to some private business.
(flashback)
Logan climbs the cliff face, pushing himself to the limit. He finally reaches the summit, only to look up and see the imposing figure of Sabretooth. He asks Logan if he wants to die like a dog on his belly, or on his feet like a man.
(present - Police headquarters, Hightown)
Patch has entered Tai’s office and is relaxing once again with his feet on the table. Tai allows this indiscretion as a reward for his timely intervention with the mugging earlier. However, the bravos he trounced aren’t feeling so charitable. He’s stirred a hornet’s nest in Lowtown, and Tai wonders if this is to be a regular occurrence. Patch hadn’t given it a thought. Tai thinks perhaps he should. They’re some very ugly customers.
He moves on to another matter, informing Patch that a man he had enquired about is dead. Patch is obliged for the information but, as Wolverine, he’s supposed to be dead too. As he prepares to leave, Tai wishes him a happy birthday. This catches Patch by surprise, and he asks how he knew. Tai grins, and replies that as Chief of Police it’s his job to know.
(flashback)
It’s Logan’s birthday, and he and Silver Fox had planned to celebrate it together. Sabretooth had other ideas. Atop the ridge, Logan attacks the larger man, striking with a ferocity matched by few. The berserker in his soul takes over, and his whole being goes red with rage. The only thing that matters is killing Sabretooth. He doesn’t really have a prayer.
A strike with his fist is met by the grasp of Sabretooth’s long fingers, and he then punches Logan in the stomach, lifting him clean off the ground. As hard as Logan hits him, Sabretooth retaliates harder. Logan’s too stubborn or too stupid to stay down, and he keeps on coming. His efforts only serve to make Sabretooth laugh and, surely enough, Logan is taught a painful lesson in the art of hand-to-hand combat.
(present)
Near the waterfront, Jessica Drew is pulled into a building’s entrance by Patch, whose hand covers her mouth. She has been following him, and she explains that everybody’s worried about him. He tore through Lowtown like a one-man typhoon, and his friends decided to blazes with his feelings. They thought it best to keep tabs on him. Jessica asks if all this has anything to do with it being his birthday. Flamin’ blabbermouth busybody Tai, grumbles Patch, as they see two headlights heading towards them at speed.
Suddenly, one of the guys he stopped earlier, Daryl, pops his head over the Cadillac’s windshield and opens fire at them with a sub-machine gun. His friend, another Daryl, doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Patch and Jessica leap for safety; Jessica taking to the roofs whilst Patch dives to the ground. Daryl trades his gun for a rocket launcher and pumps off a rocket at Logan. It hits the warehouse, which explodes in a huge ball of flame and black smoke. Daryl then takes a flame-thrower and sweeps the area trying to catch any survivors. Patch takes cover behind some barrels, but more grenades explode nearby and he is hurled into the air.
Daryl grabs the flame-thrower once again and pours the heat on Logan. His clothes and body are enveloped in the flames, and Patch leaps into the harbor. The two Daryl’s grin upon seeing his burning body drop, and intend to do some serious celebrating later. Out of the smoke, a figure looms behind them.
(flashback)
Sabretooth is impressed with Logan’s efforts, but he has the Canadian at his mercy. He wishes to teach him his final lesson, and tear out his throat, the same as he did to his sweetheart. He hopes Logan’s blood tastes as sweet. “No!” screams Logan, and he turns to tackle Sabretooth, pushing him over the precipice.
(present)
Jessica pulls Patch from the water and back onto the jetty. She asks if he’s hurt, but he replies that he’s been worse, and thanks her for acing the brothers. Jessica asks what he’s talking about. She just dug herself out of the warehouse. She thought he nailed them. Jess figures someone must have. Their Cadillac is gone and so are they. She doubts they’d quit on their own. Patch figures they owe someone a favor… but who?
(flashback)
The two men have landed, with Logan lying unconscious underneath Sabretooth. The big guy is the first to wake up, and he congratulates Logan on trying to take him with him. It’s a shame it had to end like this but, given who they are, what other ending could there be? He stands and departs, leaving Logan for dead.
(present)
Patch recalls the moment, and figures the joke was on Sabretooth, because he survived too. He makes his way back to the Princess Bar and finds the Cadillac parked out front. The place is closed for the night, and the place should be empty. He goes in hard, crashing through the window with his claws at the ready. He rolls and stands in one fluid movement, before realizing he needn’t have bothered.
He discovers the dead bodies of the two brothers strapped against the wall with a birthday card attached. He notices that their wounds look painfully familiar. He opens the card and reads the message, written in blood. ‘Nobody kills you but me - especially today.’ Patch screws up the card. “Not, bub… if I get you first!”


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The Gehenna Stone Affair part 1 - Brother's Keeper
Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, he who travels the fastest travels alone.” -- Kipling.
“What do you think of Kipling?” “I don’t know, I’ve never kippled.” -- Old Joke.
In the San Francisco Museum of Antiquities, a watchman is on the night patrol. Unbeknownst to him, there are two strange-looking creatures, semi-human in appearance, lurking in the shadows. “Is he gone, Jarocha?” asks one of the creatures. “Yeah, Ernst, he’s gone. I told you he’d be gone,” the other says. They sulk through the darkness of the museum until they get to a display case under glass. In the display case resides an oddly shaped stone. It is faceted in squares, almost in a spherical shape.
The creatures get to work and pull a suction cup out of their bag. They affix it to the glass-case when Ernst asks Jarocha he is sure that he cut the right wire in the alarm box. Jarocha indicates that he has. All of a sudden, the alarm goes off. The damage done, Ernst angrily breaks the glass to free the stone. The night watchmen, hearing the alarm go off, bursts through the door and orders the two creatures to stop moving. In the midst of all of the commotion, the stone falls off of the pedestal and shatters into a million pieces.
Ernst, in disbelief, says that the stone was a fake. The night watchmen asks what they have done to the “real” stone. He points his gun at them and orders them to put their hands over their... Before he can finish his sentence, Jarocha leaps at him and knocks him down. Both Ernst and Jarocha stand over the terrified and defenseless watchmen with their fangs exposed. He pleads for mercy - No! No!!!
NO!, exasperates Archie Corrigan, as he bursts through the door of the Princess Bar in disgust. Patch, the Madripoor disguise of Wolverine, is there shooting darts against a pair of distinguished gentlemen. Moving past Patch in a huff, Archie sits down at a table and asks the waitress, Trish, for his usual. When Trish tells him that he doesn’t have a usual, Archie instructs her to find him one.
Patch, realizing that his friend Archie is in a bad mood, decides to go over to him to find out what is wrong. While he has his back turned, he tosses two darts over his shoulder and gets bull's-eyes with both, much to the astonishment of the gentlemen he was throwing darts with.
As Patch goes to sit down, Archie asks him what he wants. Patch indicates that he’s only there to listen to him, if he wants. Archie proceeds to tell him about his deranged brother. They want him declared incompetent and Archie is the only one that can stop them. The only problem is, he’s not sure he wants to. Doesn’t make any sense to Patch, so Archie continues. Their dad was extremely rich. He started out in Watts and ended up in a San Francisco townhouse until he passed away a couple of years ago.
Trish comes back with Archie’s drink and puts it down in front of him. “Here Archie, you’re usual.” Archie, still annoyed, exclaims “Again??” Trish then asks Patch if he wants anything. Patch responds by saying “Yeah, peace in our time.”
Still confused by Archie‘s tale, Patch him why he’s in such a dump if his dad was loaded. Turns out, Archie’s dad left him $32.00, one for each year of aggravation that he gave to his dad. They had a falling out; details are personal. He left the rest of the money to his flaky brother, Burt, figuring that financial responsibility would “unflake” him - it didn’t work.
Before Patch can ask how Burt is flaky, the gentleman that Patch was throwing darts with challenge him to a rematch, this time double or nothing. Patch informs the gentlemen that they weren’t betting. Triple then, says the gentleman. Patch takes that bet and, as he throws the darts, one after the other, all bull's-eyes, much to the dismay of his opponents, he asks Archie again how Burt is flaky.
Archie informs Patch that Burt is a big movie fan and that sometimes he can’t seem to keep reality straight. When he gets obsessed with a movie, he starts living it. He’s been Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, and the worst - Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Archie also indicates that his late mom’s sister, Ruthie, also got stifled by his dad. Now, she’s trying to become Burt’s guardian so that she can get his money. Knowing this, Burt wrote a letter to him asking for his help and the hearing is in less than a week.
Patch reads the letter aloud “This entire business is ill-timed brother. I am currently occupied with a great struggle against the forces of evil.” Patch responds by saying, “At least somebody is.” Archie is unamused.
Archie and Patch leave the bar and go for a nighttime stroll through the streets of Madripoor. Patch asks Archie what he plans on doing about all of this. Archie is concerned about his brother and, while he may be crazy, he’s no danger to anybody. He then asks Patch why doesn’t he come with him. Patch replies by telling him that it’s because it’s none of his business. Besides it’s not like I left my heart in San Francisco or anything. Archie continues to try and convince Patch to come with him as they pass by the residents of Madripoor, someone passed out, a beautiful lady pick-pocketing her date, and a gang of five standing around. Because you have a way with people, indicates Archie.
Patch seems reluctant as they pass by another bar. In front of them, some guy gets tossed out of the bar. Patch asks the stranger if he’s going to take that abuse. The stranger tells him not a chance and goes back into the bar. As Patch and Archie stand outside the bar watching the fight, Archie continues to try to convince Patch to come with him, maybe he can get through to Burt. Once again, the stranger gets tossed out of the bar. This time his one eye is swollen shut and he has blood coming out of his nose. Patch asks him if he’s ready to go back in for one more round. The stranger tells him in a stammer “Y-You bet.”
Archie then tells Patch that he’s apparently bored and is in desperate need of a change, and besides Patch owes him. Patch, shocked by that last comment, asks Archie what he means. Archie tells him that back when he was involved with Roughhouse and the other guy, Archie didn’t kill him on the plane even though they wanted him to. Patch responds by saying that was a lame reason. Archie replies by saying that he knows it is, but it’s the best he’s got. Please, Patch, he pleads.
Replying that he doesn’t know, Patch calls out to Jessica Drew in the shadows, and asks what she thinks. Surprised, Jessica asks Patch how long he knew that she was there. Ever since she started following them, Jessica, informs Patch. Returning to the conversation, Jessica apologies to Archie, stating that San Francisco used to be her old stomping grounds and she’d love to go if Patch is going.
Realizing that he is pretty much stuck, Patch makes a deal. If the stranger flies through the window, he goes; door, he stays. After a few more moments, the stranger flies through the window. Patch tells the beaten-up stranger that he thought that he had what it took, and to consider their partnership dissolved. Patch is going to San Francisco.
Archie, Jessica, and Patch all board a plane, piloted by Archie, and head out to San Francisco. Archie knows exactly where to fly so they don’t have to go through normal airports or customs. Patch thinks to himself that he set up the Madripoor life to get some time away from the X-Men, away from responsibilities. Now he realizes that he’s starting to get involved with the people he meets in Madripoor and right now he doesn’t need two families. Sooner or later, I might have to make a choice and I’m not sure which way I’ll choose.
In San Francisco, Archie, Jessica, and Patch arrive at Burt’s townhouse. They are led through the palatial estate, decorated with museum artifacts, by Burt’s butler, Jakes. Archie warns them to be ready for anything. Burt could be dressed as anything from Luke Skywalker to a Zulu warrior. They arrive at Burt’s study to find Burt dressed nicely and looking in control of himself. Patch tells Archie that he’s right; Burt does look nasty. He’s prepared though – if Burt points that pen at him, Patch is going to go for his jugular.
Archie introduces his brother to Jessica Drew, a private detective, and Patch. Seeing Patch’s eye-patch, Burt asks him if he is a pirate. No, replies Patch, I sell arrow shirts. Archie then asks Burt what he’s up to; this is very unlike him. Burt shows Archie what he’s up to – it’s a dissertation on ancient cultures. Archie, shocked, asks Burt if he’s not pretending to be someone else. Burt, a little annoyed at this point, tells Archie that he knows who he is, and the he knows who Archie is, so what’s the problem? Archie responds that he can’t see one, and that is what makes him nervous.
Archie, Jessica, and Patch all pile into a cab to go to their hotel. Seems pretty normal to me, Patch says. Archie is still concerned, but Burt has promised him that he will be at the hearing tomorrow morning. Patch seems concerned that maybe they should have stayed with Burt, but Archie disagrees. Jakes can get him to the hearing and, besides, the townhouse has too many bad memories. As they drive away, Burt watches them from his study. He opens up a drawer and pulls out a misshapen glowing stone.
In another section of San Francisco, Jessica Drew walks into an abandoned office. Mail is all over the floor. She thinks to herself that she needs to make a decision soon about where she wants to be. Is she moving back here or is she going to stay in Madripoor? The princes’ support has been very lucrative and the prince himself has been... Better not going on that tangent.
She plows through her mail to find that the rent is a month behind until she is interrupted by a gentleman by the name of Tuttle. He’s a curator for the museum of antiquities and they recently had a problem. Tuttle proceeds to tell Jessica that they have had a major scandal. A couple of days ago, intruders broke into the hotel and tried to steal a very valuable diamond. Only thing is, the one they tried to take was a fake. It wasn’t the museum’s idea to have a fake on display, somebody else got to the diamond and stole it first!!! Not only that, the guard that stumbled upon the intruders swears that they were vampires. He knows it sounds insane.
Jessica tells him that he’d be surprised what sounds insane to her. If they were vampires, the guard wouldn’t be around anymore. Tuttle informs her that, when the intruders attacked, the guard fainted. When he awoke, he had wounds on his neck and there was blood everywhere, but he hadn’t been drained like you see in the movies. He then asks Jessica if she would help him to find the diamond. He’ll provide a picture of the diamond and money. Jessica accepts and will do some poking around. She just doesn’t want his money until she has a clearer idea of what’s happening. Tuttle then thanks Jessica and departs, telling her he will be in touch. As he tips his hat to her, he can’t help but think of what a healthy young woman she is.
The next day, Archie and Patch head down to the San Francisco courthouse where Burt’s hearing is about to take place. Jessica got in late the night before so she hasn’t made it yet. The judge isn’t happy, Burt’s case was to begin at 10:00 a.m. and it’s 10:15 now. This is not the way he likes to begin his day and is starting to get quite annoyed. He asks Burt’s attorney, Mr. Schoenfeld, where Burt is.
Mr. Schoenfeld whispers to Archie that he should have stayed with Burt, but Archie responds that Burt is a grown man; he’s not going to hold his hand. Besides, Jakes told him that, when he got up this morning, Burt was gone. Ruth yells to Archie that he needs to admit it; Burt is crazy and undependable. He should just be put away. Archie responds by accusing Ruth of just wanting to get her claws into Burt’s inheritance. Archie points out that being late is not a federal offense and that Burt will be there.
In the streets of San Francisco, a horse gallops at full speed…
Archie continues to yell at Ruth, asking her if her deadbeat husband has run up his gambling debts again? The judge, getting extremely annoyed, starts to bang his gavel. Ruth responds by with anger that her husband Morris doesn’t gamble anymore. Archie fires back with probably because he was too bombed. Patch sits in the seats, enjoying the show.
…through the streets of San Francisco, past all of the pedestrians.....
Archie and Ruth continue to argue as the judge continues to bang his gavel in disgust. All of a sudden, Patch catches a scent. He yells at everyone to get down!! At that very moment, Burt, dressed like Indiana Jones, comes crashing through the courthouse window on a horse!!!!!!
Archie is in shock, he can’t believe what he’s seeing. Burt thinks that he’s Harrison Ford! As the judge yells at Burt to get off the horse, Burt starts rambling that they don’t understand – there’s evil in the world! The forces of Baal want to create a race of undead and Burt is the only one that can stop them. Patch, sensing something amiss, asks Archie to come over to him. Archie is too busy dealing with Burt, telling him that he’s nuts and that he stood by him when he was Sherlock Holmes and he told him that Moriarty was after him with air guns, but this, Burt needs help.
Burt responds by indicating that he does need help, help against the... Archie tells him that there are no forces of evil, none. At that exact time, a horde of vampires burst through the courthouse window. Patch prepares, thinking to himself that he left Madripoor for this????


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The Gehenna Stone Affair part 2 - Straits of San Francisco
The judge crashes into his chambers to the sounds of a fight going on in the courtroom. His robe is in tatters and he is in a major panic. He prays out loud that he lives to retirement. He collects himself somewhat and calls the San Francisco police, informing them that he is Judge Fenster down at the courthouse. He demands that they send some police down.
The cop on the other end of the line informs the judge that he can barely understand him and that he needs to calm down and explain to him what’s wrong. The judge replies with “Wrong?” “What’s wrong is, we were having a nice, simple sanity hearing when the defendant smashes through my window, riding a horse, dressed like Harrison Ford pursued by a horde of vampires.” The cop, unamused replies by asking the judge why the horse was dressed like Harrison Ford. The reply comes with a deafening tone - “Get your butts over here!!!”
In the courtroom, chaos rules. Court attendees are attacked by a host of vampires, through which Burt Corrgian, dressed like Indiana Jones and riding a horse, rides and brandishes a whip. In the middle of this is a man with a the man known in Madripoor as Patch, who uses bare knuckles to beat back the vampires. In truth, however, he is Wolverine. He tells people he’s the best at what he does. Sometimes, he’s not entirely certain what it means. This time he is, though. “No one’s better at getting into trouble than me,” he thinks.
Patch is knocking the vampires out as soon as they come up on him, thanks to his ability to have enhanced senses, and his fists of course. He notices that when he punches the vampires in the kisser, he breaks their fangs. Not a surprise however, as real vampires don’t waltz around in broad daylight. During this fight, Patch has tried to keep his claws under wraps, as the rest of the world believes Wolverine to be dead. However, he comes to the realization that if he doesn‘t keep pussyfooting around, we’ll end up with genuine dead people like Archie, his brother Burt, and Jessica. That’s right Jessica isn’t here yet, one less to worry about.
At that exact time, Jessica is walking through the halls of the courthouse, down to the courtroom where Burt’s competency hearing is happening. As she gets to the door, a body comes flying through it headfirst. In shock, she steps into the doorway. One of the “vampires” notices her and instructs the others to get her.
Through the streets of San Francisco, two cop cars rush down to the courthouse.
In the courtroom, the brawl continues. Archie, while fighting, yells to Burt that he’s going to get him for this. One of the “vampires” grabs him around the neck. Archie yells to Patch that he needs his help. When he’s in Madripoor, Wolverine goes by Patch. When he’s flying to and from there, he goes by the best pilot he’s ever known - Archie. And good help is hard to find. Lucky for Archie, he found the best. He makes it over to Archie and helps take out the “vampires” around him.
Patch notices that Burt, still on his horse, is in a bit of trouble as well. Only problem is he can’t be everywhere at once. Burt is flinging his whip around, trying to keep the “vampires” at bay. Patch thinks to himself that this was supposed to be a simple sanity hearing and it is all insane. Then again, he is the one with the adamantium-laced skeleton, claws, and a healing factor - so what does he know about sanity?
Jessica, as she cracks another “vampire” out, yells to the guy on the horse to hold it. Burt, ignoring her, jumps out the broken window on his horse, onto the streets of San Francisco. Undeterred, Jessica leaps out the window after him. As she lands on the street, she recognizes the guy on the horse as Burt. Burt, out of his gourd at this point, recognizes Jessica as Marion. Jessica corrects him by indicating who she really is and that she met Burt yesterday. Burt replies with “Oh, right.”
At that moment, a “vampire” pops his head out the window, shouting that he found him. Jessica jumps on the back of Burt’s horse and informs him that he’s not going anywhere without her. Burt replies with “all right” but asks her to not scream all the time like Willie did. All of a sudden, a car full of “vampires” arrives on the scene. One of the “vampires” leans out the car window and yells at his drive to slow down so he can get a clear shot. Burt and Jessica take off down the street followed by the car of “vampires.” In the car, the “vampires” are arguing amongst each other.
Back in the courtroom, Patch hears the sirens and realizes that they are about to have some company. The kind of company that you don’t want around; the type of company that you don’t want to have to give long explanations too. He then grabs Archie and lets him know that court has been adjourned. On the courthouse steps, the police rush towards all of the commotion. Patch looks out the window and notices that there is only one cop covering the window, and thinks to himself that it only takes one point five seconds to take one man out. No doubt about it, he’s getting old. Patch jumps out the window and takes the officer out. Archie follows course.
Patch informs Archie that he’s driving the police car they’re getting into. “Me?” asks Archie. Patch tells him that he’s the pilot. They take off after the horse. Following should be easy with Wolverine’s tracking ability. Out of the courthouse come another gang of “vampires.” They all pile into another police car and follow Archie and Patch. Their master will be pleased with them, one pronounces.
At a secluded airport, one of the “vampires” tells his master that he doesn’t understand. Why are they hiding out there, when they should be out pursuing the possessor of the stone fragments? He is standing over a young man, dead, with puncture holes in his neck. Besides, it’s not that he is doubting his mater, but... His master interrupts his train of thought. It’s because the job of pursuing is his minions, not his. They are to drive the ones they seek to him and they shall, he has foreseen it in the Gehenna Stone. As he says this, he holds up a spherical stone, which is missing only a few pieces.
Back in the streets of San Francisco, Archie is yelling at Patch that he can’t believe that he’s driving a stolen cop car. Patch replies by telling him that he should think of this as a test drive and also to turn left there. If he remembers Frisco right, they’re heading towards Fisherman's Wharf.
Up ahead, Jessica begins to grill Burt about what exactly is going on here. Archie responds that it is all about the Gehenna Stone. The followers of Ba’al want to assemble it. Jessica replies that sure, everybody knows that. Now what the devil is the Gehenna Stone? Burt answers - it’s an orb, about the size of a softball composed of several dozen fragments. One of which surfaced at the San Francisco museum of antiquities. The followers of Ba’al came to steal it, as he knew they would. So, he stole it first. Jessica is shocked and dismayed. As they continue to barrel down the streets, Jessica calls out to the fleeing pedestrians to look out, one side, nutcase on board. Burt asks if they can please refrain from name-calling please.
The first car of “vampires” is starting to close in on Burt and Jessica. Archie and Patch aren’t that far behind. Archie points out that they are close. Patch replies by saying he has eyes. Thinking twice about this, he corrects. “I mean eye. Skip it, just step on it.” Up on the horse, Burt mentions to Jessica that their pursuers are quite persistent, just like the Nazis. Jessica asks how he dealt with the Nazis. Burt responds that he used divine intervention. Jessica then indicates that the Lord helps those who help themselves and pulls the gun out of Burt’s holster. She turns and fires at the chasing car, blowing out their windshield.
Burt turns the next corner and the pursuing car overshoots the corner completely. Just then, the street goes sharply down. They hit it like a ramp and go airborne!!!! When they finally land, the cop car that Archie and Patch were in crashes into them. After the accident, the car with the “vampires” takes off, while Patch yells at Archie to get this crate moving. Only problem is: their car has stalled out.
Way up ahead, Burt and Jessica think that they have lost their pursuers when, all of a sudden, a car comes screeching around the corner in front of them. They take off again, and Burt mutters that there’s never a police car when you need it. Just then, Patch and Archie come flying down the street. Patch tells Archie to move it, show them life in the fast lane.
Oblivious to what’s going on, a man is on top of a ladder hanging a “Grand Opening” banner above his new comic shop, with Spider-Man on the window. A passerby asks him what type of store it is. He responds by telling him that it’s called “Page after Page” comics. He carries comics mostly. Used to have a store in Vegas. Got wrecked and his friend, Bill Liebowitz, suggested that he move out here. It’s quieter.
Back on the street, Patch and Archie are catching up to the “vampire” car, and Patch instructs Archie to pull up alongside them. He then hangs out the window upside down. Archie asks him what he is doing and the answer he gets is “Aerobics, now clam up and drive.”
Up ahead, Burt and Jessica are trying to get away. Burt tells Jessica that their pursuers are catching up and that it may be better for her to jump off, this could get ugly. Jessica declines. Miss all this fun, no way!
Back further, Patch pops his claws and shreds the rear left tire of the car filled with “vampires.” The car with the shred tire starts to lose control but somehow gains it back. Patch then shreds the front left tire. Without all of the left side tires, the car loses complete control and slams into the comic shop much to the dismay of the owner.
As Patch sheathes his claws and starts to pull himself back into the car, the second car of “vampires,” the ones in the police car, take a shot and hit Patch right above his eye. In the car of “vampires,” the driver tells the one with the gun to ignore the runt and to shoot out the tires. The shooter snaps back with the fact that it is his gun, and he can shoot whatever he wants. Another shot rings out, this one hits Patch in the shoulder.
At this point, Patch’s head is still ringing from the shot he took to it. He can’t think, Archie is yelling something, can’t hear him, head’s pounding, or is it hooves?
The pursuers have run out of ammo, but they have come up with a plan; they’re going to ram the car that Archie and Patch are in. They pull alongside the side that Patch is hanging out of. Patch thinks to himself that he refuses to die, upside down – it’s too stupid, got to get it together. Just then, the pursuers ram the car on the side, squishing Patch. They back off and notice that he is still moving. They hit him again.
In the car, Archie is panicking. The “vampires” are quite happy with themselves, the runt has to be dead at this point. The passenger yells to the other one to look out… there is an oncoming trolley. Passengers of the train start to jump off of the trolley in horror.
Patch is still hanging out of the car upside down and then pops his claws and sticks them into the side of the “vampires” car. Inside the “vampires” car, they are panicking; they need to veer off. The driver informs them that he can’t. Then they see why, there are claws sticking through the door, keeping them on course.
From the police car, Archie yells to Patch and asks him what’s going on. Patch tells him to keep going straight until he says so; trust him. As the trolley approaches both of the cars, Patch rescinds his claws and yells to Archie to veer off. As soon as he does, the “vampire” car slams into the trolley, exploding it. From up ahead, Burt and Jessica look back in complete shock.
Back in Archie and Patch’s police car, Archie asks Patch what the blazes just happened out there. Patch responds with they caught the trolley.
Burt and Jessica catch up with Archie and Patch. Burt mentions to Archie that he thought that was him behind the wheel. Archie angrily tells Burt that he would like to see Burt under a wheel, like maybe the front tire, you crazy son of a... Burt responds by telling him to calm his temper; ladies are present. Patch calms things down by telling everybody that they haven’t got time for this. Frisco’s about to get hotter than those vampires over there, they need to get back to Madripoor.
Archie, in complete shock, responds “Madripoor, with him????????” Patch lets him know that yes, with him. Either that or Burt spends the next couple of centuries in jail. Archie, fed up by this point, tells him that is fine with him. Patch says good, you explain it to him while I get us something less conspicuous than a cop car. He then jumps into a convertible and slices the lockbar with his claws and then hotwires the car. “Of course kids... don’t try this at home,” he thinks.
They all pile into the car when Patch says to Archie that he thought he was going to leave Indy behind. Archie, annoyed, tells Patch to clam it. Way he figures it, whether he’s along or not, things can’t get any worse.
Back at the airport, lurking in the shadows, is things getting worse...