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World Tour: Heroes Reborn, part one
Magnus. Thunderbird. Sunfire. Magik. Namora.
The list of fallen Exiles has only gotten longer since the team’s inception. Recently, Proteus drained out the life force of Blink’s boyfriend, Mimic. She tries to carry on, but finds her life in a wreck without Calvin. She continued to hunt Proteus, but wallowed in self-pity and finally gave up control of the team to Power Princess. That last mistake now has cost them another Exile: Morph. Blink no longer has the luxury of grief. They only have one more chance at getting Proteus.
Panoptichron:
The Exiles return back to the Panoptichron and, as soon as they materialize at the transport chamber, Blink runs ahead, ordering her teammates to come with her. She rushes into the main control room and demands for Heather to tell her where Proteus is. Heather turns to Blink and tells her that Proteus has returned to his home reality of Earth #616… sort of. Proteus tried returning home, but Heather had a contingency plan and it worked.
Earth #616:
Proteus, in his new body of the fallen Exile Morph, stands atop the tall arm of the Statue of Liberty in New York City, and freaks out. He astonishingly wonders what happened while he was gone – New York City is almost completely submerged in water, with the Statue of Liberty’s hair and arm only sticking out of the water!
Proteus dives into the water determined to discover what has happened. However, what Proteus doesn’t know, and what Heather simultaneously explains to the Exiles in the Panoptichron, is that reality #616 has a duplicate Earth on the other side of the sun from the real one. It is a long story.
When Proteus tried returning home, Heather used her equipment to confuse his sense of direction. Proteus is now on Counter-Earth, thinking he is home. Heather does not know how long Proteus will stay fooled. Now that he is in Morph’s body, Proteus understands his old reality was remade into something new. However, the water world isn’t what replaced the House of M. Proteus will begin a search for answers.
Underwater, Proteus, who has shifted his bottom half into a flipper, is suddenly met by Atlantean soldiers.
Panoptichron:
Annoyed, Blink realizes Heather had a contingency plan that she never informed her about. Heather apologizes, but she couldn’t risk Proteus snatching Blink’s body and finding out. Confused, Spider-Man points out that dumping Proteus on that reality isn’t exactly fair to the people that live there. Heather turns to Miguel and explains that this world has taken a bad beating. They could drop a Hydrogen Bomb on Proteus and things wouldn’t be worse off. Power Princess asks Heather why she didn’t simply reroute Proteus to the sun, but Heather explains that she could only confuse the man, not control him. If his destination didn’t feel like Earth then he wouldn’t have fallen for it.
Not interested in hearing debate, Blink surprisingly tells everyone to shut up, as she is sick of arguing. She knows what must be done, but it has to happen before Proteus figures out where he is. Power Princess towers over Blink and asks if she must be reminded over who leads, but Blink bluntly tells Zarda that she is taking back the mistake of ever giving Power Princess leadership. The other Exiles stand firmly behind Blink as she explains that she knows how to end this, and much of it will depend on Zarda!
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Proteus shifts into a ravage sea creature and grabs the last living Atlantean soldier, demanding to know why he was attacked. The terrified soldier tells Proteus that they thought the man was trying to stop them. From what, asks the enraged Proteus. The soldier motions to a missile sitting on the underwater street. Proteus looks at the missile and admits that he can’t figure out what is left to blow up around here. The Atlantean points to the surface and explains that Attilan was the target. Really confused, Proteus asks in disbelief if the underwater men were trying to really blow up their home.
“Not Atlantis,” says the soldier, “Attilan!”
Proteus looks up at the massive shadow over the water’s surface and gives the soldier two seconds to explain who is up there and who sent him to blow them up.
Panoptichron:
Heather shows Blink, Sabretooth, and Longshot an image of Attilan, a giant flying city on Counter-Earth. Heather explains that it is a haven for refugees and operated by the Young Allies, a group of heroes trying to make Counter-Earth livable again. Never hearing the name Young Allies before, Blink suggests that Heather catches her up on the history.
Sabretooth interjects, however, and tells Blink that she better come up with a new plan. Heather seemed more on the mark when she suggested nuking the world. Heather speaks up and claims that she never suggested doing that, but Blink firmly tells Victor no. They may have lost Morph, but Proteus’ inability to use up this body may give the Exiles the chance they need to stop him. Noticing the change in Blink’s demeanor, Sabretooth asks if she will continue to address him as “Victor” instead of “Mister Creed.”
Longshot interrupts and reminds Sabretooth that Power Princess and Spider-Man have left to fulfill their part of the mission. The die is cast. Sabretooth tells Longshot that he knows, but he wants to cast the die harder.
Suddenly, the image of Counter-Earth goes fuzzy and a Timebreaker tells Heather that they are losing visual contact. Heather recognizes the work of Proteus and explains that he is doing this so the Exiles cannot see him. Blink turns to Sabretooth and tells him that her plan won’t work if they cannot find him. Can she trust him to track Proteus discreetly? Like you even have to ask, replies Sabretooth.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Aboard Attilan, the young woman known as Bucky looks out the glass walls of her headquarters in the city and tells her teammates among the Young Allies that she doesn’t like this. They should have picked the rendezvous point, not Dorma. The large, red warrior with horns beside Bucky, Toro, tells his friend that they can’t tell the Queen of Atlantis what to do. Bucky knows this, but she just knows that Dorma isn’t serious about an alliance. What is in this for her?
Kid Colt claims that this is an ambush. Jolt reminds him that Dorma promised them a steady supply of fish. How else does Kid Colt expect to feed all the refugees aboard? Suddenly, the attention of everyone aboard Attilan is called to a disturbance outside. The Statue of Liberty is alive and has grabbed Attilan!
A voice calls out and apologizes to the denizens of Attilan, but he wanted their attention. The Statue then raises her other arm and displays an atom bomb, which Proteus explains a few Atlanteans were trying to attack Attilan with.
Jolt transports the Young Allies to the Statue of Liberty, where Kid Colt immediately realizes that the bomb is from Atlantis. Proteus walks down to the Young Allies and confirms this. He took it from someone called Queen Dorma, who apparently isn’t the biggest fan of Attilan. Apprehensive, Bucky asks Proteus who he is and how he made the statue move that way. Proteus smiles and introduces himself as Kevin MacTaggert. He is a mutant. He has come to help the Young Allies against their enemies, if they help him against his.
Earth #712:
At the headquarters of the Global Directorate, Nighthawk busily works to make sure the brainwashing chairs he and his teammates created will never be abused again. With him is Whizzer, who begs Nighthawk to let him keep at least one chair, as he has a spot picked out in his living room already. Nighthawk, who is busy deactivating one chair, tells Whizzer no. Every B-Mod technology must be scrapped. Whizzer tells Nighthawk that he really doesn’t know how to take a job even if it bit him in the…
Whizzer, says Nighthawk bluntly.
That is what he was going to say, says Whizzer, as he speeds away.
As Nighthawk gets back to work, Power Princess and Spider-Man suddenly teleport back into the room! Nighthawk is surprised to see Zarda, as she hasn’t been gone for that long. Zarda doesn’t comment and simply asks where the rest of the Squadron is. Nighthawk gets up from his work and explains that they are busy rounding up people still loyal to the Global Directorate. Spider-Man looks around and realizes that these are the famous brainwashing chairs.
Defensive, Nighthawk tells Spider-Man to back off, as the technology is off-limits. Chillax, says Spider-Man. He can’t blame a scientist for being curious. Suspicious, Nighthawk asks Zarda what happened. Why is she back? Mission accomplished, says Zarda without even looking at Nighthawk. They defeated Proteus. Nighthawk tells Zarda that she was never good at telling a lie. Power Princess slams her light shield into Nighthawk’s face and tells him that he always makes things to so difficult.
As Nighthawk falls to the ground unconscious, Miguel takes off his mask and thinks he can modify the equipment, as Blink wanted it. Power Princess tells Miguel to hurry. Once Proteus realizes where he is, the jig is up.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
On Attilan, the Young Allies explain the origin of their world to Proteus.
Their planet was created by a super-powerful six-year-old named Franklin Richards. He knew his world’s super-heroes were about to die, so he used his powers to create a pocket universe to keep them safe. However, the people of this world thought that everything was normal and that these were their heroes. Eventually, the truth came out that their Earth was a replica and the heroes went back home. That is when everything went bad fast.
Earthquakes, cosmic storms, nuclear wars – just about everything bad happened. When the world is saved by Dr. Doom, this must be a sign that things are really bad. Doom’s solution was to pull Counter-Earth from the pocket reality and put it into the real one. Counter-Earth is on the exact opposite side of the sun as the real Earth. Then Doom went home. It has been every man for himself ever since. Now the Young Allies go around helping people rebuild and taking in refugees. Bucky is sure that this is pretty confusing.
Proteus explains that Bucky explained her world clearly. He has seen stranger things. She would be surprised as to how many other Earths he has been to. Bucky then turns to Proteus and asks him how they stack up against other Young Allies. Proteus admits that they are the first team he has met using that name, but each Earth has its own peculiarities. Proteus shifts into Captain America and explains that they never had a man like this. What was his name again? Captain America, says Bucky stoically. Can he not do that? The idea creeps her out. Proteus looks at Bucky with slight sympathy and asks if he fancied the man. Just… don’t, says the remorseful Bucky.
Jolt then asks Proteus what he meant earlier about his enemies and their enemies. Right, says Proteus. His foes will arrive shortly, but if he and the Young Allies are crafty enough, then they can protect all the refugees.
Panoptichron – 30 minutes later:
Heather receives a transmission from Sabretooth, asking if Spider-Man and Power Princess are back yet. No, responds Heather. Miguel needs more time to reconfigure the hardware. However, has he located Proteus yet?
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Sabretooth, who is covered in a cloak, and Longshot, also in a cloak, stand to the side in the walk-was of Attilan. Sabretooth whispers into the Tallus that he hasn’t, as this place is big and crowded. However, the Exiles should be ready as back-up.
Longshot tells Sabretooth that Proteus could be any one of these people. Sabretooth informs Longshot that it doesn’t matter what Proteus looks like, as he can’t fool Creed’s nose. Longshot asks Sabretooth if he knows Morph’s scent then. Actually, replies Sabretooth, Morph doesn’t have a scent to him. That makes him stand out so much more. Sabretooth then points to a normal looking man walk by, realizing that it is Proteus.
Panoptichron:
Heather learns of Proteus’ location, but she tells Sabretooth not to follow him into the building he entered. At that moment, Power Princess and Spider-Man return. Spider-Man holds a circular ring and tells Blink that he has had success.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Sabretooth tells Heather to hurry, as he doesn’t know if this building has a back-door. Suddenly, the pavement beneath him and Longshot opens to a portal, and the two fall into the room below! Kid Colt, gun ready, welcomes the two to Attilan.
Toro charges at the two, but Longshot charge at him as well. He leaps over Toro, and leaves him to Sabretooth. Sabretooth punches Toro, but it doesn’t hurt his foe, who throws Creed away. Longshot throws several knives at Proteus, but Bucky protects him with her energy shield. Longshot demands to know why Bucky would protect a murderer. “Says the guy throwing knives,” retorts the woman. That one is the real threat, says Proteus to his allies. Not anymore, says Jolt as she electrocutes Longshot.
Suddenly, Blink and the other Exiles teleport in, but this does not go unnoticed by Kid Colt, who informs his teammates. He realizes that they have their own teleporter, but she doesn’t have any guns. Spider-Man leaps after Proteus, shooting his webs, but Proteus turns the webs into flowers. He tells Miguel to think for a minute. The only man who could stop his powers just got electrocuted – so he is back to being god.
Proteus then unleashes his reality warping powers upon the Exiles and takes everyone outside and into the air, where he begins to warp the Exiles and painfully contorts and twists their bodies, including the unconscious Longshot. Did they think they could fool him? Did they think they could keep him on this sorry world? They were right about one thing. This is their last battle.
Below, the Young Allies look up and Kid Colt asks if they just picked the wrong side. Bucky tells her teammates that there is no way the Exiles could have ever put Proteus on the run.
At that moment, a dark ominous voice calls down to Proteus and tells him that he is the one they have waited for.
Panoptichron:
Heather’s computers begin to short-circuit and break down on her. Confused, she demands to know what the hell that was.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Above Attilan stand two giant beings. One is a demonic looking creature of darkness, the other a green woman. The dark demon explains that they are the face of Order and Chaos. They watch this world to judge its face. Order, the green woman, then explains that Proteus’ arrival has at long last tipped the cosmic scales.
Proteus drops the Exiles back down, who begin to recuperate. He tells Order and Chaos that this is all very nice but, if they don’t mind, he is busy. Chaos, however, tells Proteus to come with them and play his part in this world’s judgment. Proteus curses the two off, but as they reach down for him Order tells him that he will comply. The two then grab Proteus and the three disappear, leaving nothing behind.
Jolt is shocked to see that Proteus is gone. Blink turns to the Young Allies and frantically asks what those things were and where did they go. Bucky starts to explain that they were O and Kay, and the two are usually apart of their team. Jolt explains that the two don’t act like this usually. Toro adds that the two aren’t giants and are normally their size. Kid Colt then informs the Exiles that the two are always babbling about being sent to judge the world, but they never do much. He just became accustomed to ignoring them.
Remorseful, Bucky tells the Exiles that they thought Kevin was just another super-person passing through, but the things he did to the Exiles were horrible – and he enjoyed doing it! Blink holds herself, feeling the pressure close in on her, and tells the Young Allies that they are not the first to be tricked into thinking that the Exiles are bad guys. She then asks Victor to ask Heather to locate Proteus.
Sabretooth calls Heather on her Tallus, but there is no response.
Panoptichron:
Heather turns to the Timebreakers and asks why she cannot reconnect. One Timebreaker explains that the status of Counter-Earth is in flux. The artificial planet was always a destabilizing force. The arrival of Proteus was the tipping point.
“Meaning?” asks Heather.
“Temporal scanners recommend destruction of Counter-Earth,” says the Timebreaker, bluntly.


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World Tour: Heroes Reborn, conclusion
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
On the flying refuge of Attilan, Spider-Man picks up the large band dropped on the ground and holds it up to the Exiles, who stand in disappointment. So much for your plan, says Miguel to Blink.
Beside the Exiles are the Young Allies, heroes of Counter-Earth. Bucky, curious, asks the Exiles what they are talking about. Blink looks at Bucky and explains that the device in Spider-Man’s hands is a behavior modification device – a brain washer. Incredulously, Jolt asks Blink if she was planning on turning Proteus from a killer to a saint. Something like that, says Blink, before she turns to Sabretooth and asks if he has reestablished communications with Heather. Sabretooth inspects the Tallus and admits that it is still not working.
The bold Power Princess points her finger at Kid Colt and recalls how he said that Chaos and Order are apart of the Young Allies. Sort of, says Toro, but they are a little hard to explain. Kid Colt explains that Chaos and Order share a body and switch back and forth from male to female. Jolt chimes in that sometimes the two hang out with the Young Allies and other times they are gone for days. Still holding the BMD, Spider-Man asks the Young Allies to think hard. Where would Chaos and Order take Proteus?
Elsewhere:
Underwater in a bunker, Chaos stands before Proteus and explains to him that he and Order were once two ordinary people, until the trans-sidereal powers of Chaos and Order made them into one. As he transforms into the female Order, he explains that they were better able to render judgment from both points of view. Fully formed as Order, Order tells Proteus that this world is not part of the natural order. As she and Chaos split into two and Chaos and tells Proteus that they had to evaluate the ramifications of Counter-Earth’s existence. Understanding, Proteus asks Chaos and Order if they mean for him to kill everyone. Panoptichron – 63 Minutes Later:
As the scanners go back on-line, the Timebreakers inform Heather that they have relocated Proteus. Heather asks where he is, and discovers that he is in the Atlantic Ocean, five hundred miles southwest of the British Isles. Heather realizes that it is Atlantis, and orders the Timebreakers to reactivate the Tallus. The connection works, and Sabretooth asks Heather if that is she. Glad to have connected to her friends, Heather tells Sabretooth that Proteus is in Atlantis.
An image of Sabretooth, Blink, and Bucky appears on screen and Sabretooth tells Heather that they figured that out. An hour ago a tsunami rolled in. They dropped the refugees on land and then flew Attilan out to investigate. Did Proteus cause the wave, asks Heather.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Sabretooth looks over the deck of Attilan and tells Heather that they are sure Proteus caused the wave. He then looks down into the ocean to see a massive city sitting out in the open. It seems Proteus has made part of the ocean floor rise up like a mountain. Atlantis is the newest island in the ocean!
Sabretooth looks closer and tells Heather that of course Atlanteans cannot breathe above water, so Proteus used his powers to turn the architecture malleable and wrapped up the Atlanteans, preventing them from diving back into the water! The smell of dead fish is awful, even up high in Attilan – especially since he knows it isn’t fish he smells.
Panoptichron:
A Timebreaker interrupts and excuses himself to Heather, but it recommends immediate extraction of the Exiles. Confused, Heather asks why the Timebreakers want to pull out. A few hours ago, they wanted to destroy Counter-Earth. Much to Heather’s surprise, the Timebreaker tells her that it is no longer their concern. Destruction of Counter-Earth is now assured by other means.
Reality #616 – Counter-Earth:
Blink teleports her team down to Atlantis. Sabretooth tells the Exiles that Heather wants them to pull out. Apparently, Proteus is ready to lay waste to the planet and it is too late to stop him. No, says Blink, firmly. Proteus is still there, or else the city would have sunk back down. She takes the BMD from Spider-Man and tells her teammates that, if they want to leave, then fine. She won’t chase Proteus to one more world; not if she can end it here. Curious, Spider-Man asks Sabretooth if Heather detailed how Proteus was going to lay waste to the planet.
The Young Allies teleport down and are horrified at the sight of all the dead Atlanteans. Bucky, knowing that these people wanted them dead, still wouldn’t have wished this upon them, or anyone. Jolt wonders if the Atlanteans knew what hit them, but Longshot reasons that their suffering is over now.
Suddenly, all the dead Atlanteans snap awake and begin to scream!
And just like that they all collapse back to the ground, dead.
The heroes then hear a familiar voice cackle that they should have seen the looks on their faces. Proteus then walks out of the palace, wearing his crown, and asks the team if they like his new kingdom and what he has done with it. He then refers to Queen Dorma, the former owner, whose body is high up and held up against the side of the Palace, and explains that he previous owner let the place get musty. He figured it was time to air it out.
When no one laughs, Proteus realizes they are a tough crowd and asks if Morph had this much trouble getting a laugh out of them. It is his sense of humor he is using after all. Angered, Blink tells Proteus that Morph was a decent man, so he shouldn’t pretend he has a shred of Morph in him left.
Overstepping the boundaries, Proteus shape shifts into Mimic and asks if Blink prefers this better. Blink readies a teleportation arrow and asks Proteus if he thinks it is attractive, watching him trash the memory of a dead man. Proteus argues that Calvin isn’t dead though. He lives on within Proteus. So does Morph. They all do! He tried telling her before that none of Mimic’s memories are lost. Neither are his feelings. Blink approaches Proteus, telling him that Calvin would never have killed all these people. Don’t be so certain, says Proteus as his skin become scaly. Mimic killed many Brood on the months he spent alone with them. He killed so many he lost count.
Proteus then raises his hand and the top of the palace pulls back. Suddenly, countless nuclear missiles fly out! Proteus smiles maniacally and tells the Exiles that, when he took Dorma’s crown, he promised to send the surface world her best regards.
Blink jump kicks Proteus in the side of the head, knocking off his crown. Proteus, however, smiles. He loves to make Blink angry. Shall they see what else he can make of her? Proteus then begins to warp the ground behind Blink and pull it up behind her, but in his chaos he doesn’t see Blink teleport the BMD to an unknown location.
Longshot throws a barrage of knives, telling Proteus that he should remember that Blink did not come alone. Using a mixture of his and Morph’s powers, Proteus easily evades the knives, and tells Longshot that he did not forget about him. Would he throw a whole city at just anyone? Longshot looks up as part of the palace turns into a sand-like substance and collapses down on him!
Hearing a sickening crushing sound, Sabretooth and Blink fear the worst for Longshot. Nearby, Bucky turns to Kid Colt and Jolt and tells them to forget what is happening now. They have to stop the missiles. Jolt begins to argue, but Kid Colt tells Bucky that they are on it – the two then teleport away.
High in the sky, Jolt and Kid Colt reappear, and Jolt reminds Kid Colt that he cannot fly! Kid tells Jolt that he will be fine, as he lands on a missile. He tells her to start shooting the missiles, as they can trash them without setting off the warheads. The two begin to do so, and the arduous task over the Atlantic begins. As Jolt short circuits two, she hopes the others are faring well.
At Atlantis, Proteus uses his powers chaotically and warps and twists the bodies of the Exiles and Young Allies. He turns Blink’s body into blue energy and dumps her on the ground. Honestly, what were the Exiles thinking, asks Proteus as he picks up his crown… not realizing that the BMD is in it.
The whole frontal assault works only with Longshot. Without him, the team has no chance. They shouldn’t worry too bad. The Exiles gave him their best shot. He will fondly remember them. Proteus then puts his crown back on, and tells the team that he will play king on this dying world for a little bit, and then go back home and have some fun there. It is too bad he couldn’t convince them to… to…
Proteus’ eyes open wide and he reverts from Mimic back to Morph – and just stands there.
As the area returns back to normal, Blink smiles and triumphantly asks Proteus what he was saying. Longshot emerges from the ruined palace and asks everyone if they are okay. Blink walks over to Proteus and flicks the crown. Her plan worked. Proteus never realized that, when he stole Morph’s body, he became his worst enemy.
Before Blink can explain, Bucky calls her attention to water rushing towards them. It seems Proteus was the only thing keeping this place afloat. However, Blink teleports everyone back to Attilan.
At Attilan, Sabretooth is ready to slice and dice Proteus, but Blink stops him. Suddenly, Proteus snaps back to attention, and questioningly calls out Sabretooth’s name. He then pulls off his crown and asks where they are. Where are Proteus and the Maestro? Why is he wearing a crown? He then pulls out the BMD and asks what it is. Spider-Man takes off his mask and walks over to Proteus, who asks if they stopped over at Medieval Times and he drank too many grails.
Blink takes Sabretooth away, and the feral man asks why Proteus is talking like Morph. Blink shushes Sabretooth and whispers that she blinked the BMD into the crown. It programmed Proteus to only access Morph’s memories. That is still Proteus, but he believes he is Morph. This way, he is trapped in a body that won’t ever deteriorate. Sabretooth smiles and compliments Blink on her craftiness.
Still addressing Sabretooth by his first name, Blink reminds him that they have to help Kid Colt and Jolt with the missiles. She asks him to call Heather and tell her to use the excursion platform to teleport any missing warheads into space.
Panoptichron – 3 Hours Later:
As the Exiles celebrate the end to their long battle, Heather speaks with Blink distanced from the others and commends her on her plan. Morph’s body is a great prison. Blink tells Heather to not even say Proteus’ name anymore. As long as they don’t give Proteus any reason to doubt it, he’ll keep on acting like Morph.
On the monitor screens, Bucky and the Young Allies thank the Exiles. If they hadn’t come along this whole mess of a planet would have been Dorma’s problem now. It is unfortunate that Dorma’s people were caught in the crossfire. The Exiles wish the Young Allies best of luck and end the communication.
However, the Timebreakers confront the Exiles and ask them how they can ignore their duties. Counter-Earth still destabilizes reality #616. What of the other realities in need of help? The multi-verse is still in danger!
Blink smiles and takes Heather’s hand, stating that, while she cannot speak for everyone else, she is willing to stay and fix those realities if Heather will stay.
Sabretooth puts his hand in the middle too and agrees to stay. Spider-Man also wishes to stay – if he gets to keep lab notes. Power Princess adds her hand in the middle, as she insists on still supervising the team. Longshot adds in his hand, as the Exiles will need all the luck that they can get.
“Hey,” says Proteus, “Don’t forget about me!”
As the Proteus-possessed Morph adds his hand in the middle and smiles goofily, the other Exiles look at him and each other with worried and uncomfortable glances.


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It’s Your Funeral
Earth #27:
The master of Magnetism, better known as Magneto, descends from the sky and returns home, greeted by his grieving wife, Rogue, at the door. Magneto tells Rogue that he came as soon as he could. What is so wrong that she could not tell him on the phone? Rogue, whose hands cover her mouth as tears run from her eyes, tells Eric that he has to see it for himself. She then takes him inside and explains that she was just sitting in the living room when there was a flash of light – and then there he was.
Magneto begins to call forth magnetic energy, thinking that his wife has been attacked. He asks who the teleporter was. Was it Nightcrawler or Vanisher? Did the teleporter threaten her?
However, Rouge points to a body lying on the ground, covered with a blanket. Rogue explains that it was just a body. It was burnt beyond recognition and it is radioactive, but she still knew. As the tears increase, Rogue shows Magneto a note that confirmed her suspicion. As she buries her face into Magneto’s chest, Eric reads the note aloud, stating that the body is that of Magnus, son of Magneto and Rogue. He died a hero to save them.
Shocked, Magneto begins to tell himself and his wife that this cannot be true. Magnus ran away from home, is all. Rogue forces her husband to accept that the body is Magnus, making Eric wonder where his son has been this whole time.
Earth #653:
At the Weapon X compound, the body of Mesmero appears in the Director’s office, setting off the security alarms.
Earth #172:
Mariko cries out the name of her lover, as the body of Wolverine appears. The Silver Samurai, who quickly pulls out his sword, tells Mariko that this cannot be. Wolverine has been missing for months!
Earth #1287:
S.H.I.E.L.D. agents scramble around the deck of the Hellicarrier, as the body of their best operative, Maverick, materializes, with a jagged shield of Captain America stuck in his chest. Nick Fury barks orders and tells someone to get a trace on that teleport. No one kills his best agent and gets away with it.
Earth #181:
The Kingpin of crime sits in his office, smoking a cigar, impressed with the dramatic entrance of Daredevil. Where has he been all this time? Daredevil tells his boss, Mr. Fisk that it is a long story and he won’t believe the half of it. He just hopes the Kingpin didn’t give his job away.
Panoptichron:
Power Princess and the Proteus-possessed Morph, brain-washed into thinking that he is Morph, carry the body of former Weapon X member, Kane, to the excursion platform. Proteus, carrying Kane by his legs, tells Power Princess that he gets her codename, and names like Daredevil and Hulk, but he doesn’t understand Kane. What kind of codename is that? Did the man think it sounded tough?
As the two reach the excursion platform and put Kane down, Power Princess turns to Heather Hudson, who is busy writing a note explaining how Kane died, and asks if Morph always babble on and on like this. Heather puts the note on Kane’s body and turns to Zarda, worried, and tells her that he did. The excursion platform then teleports Kane away. Six down, ten to go, says Heather.
Heather then immediately asks Proteus to go to the infirmary and find out what is taking so long with Iron Man. Confused, Proteus asks Heather if she cannot just use the intercom, but Heather explains that it will be faster this way. She then looks up to the ceiling and tells her other teammate that he should make himself useful for a change and go with Morph to make sure he isn’t sidetracked.
Perched on the ceiling is Spider-Man, who jokingly takes offense to Heather’s comments. She is deducing the physics of the excursion platform and she assumes he is doing nothing. Heather apologizes, but she wants to speak to Power Princess alone for a minute. Spider-Man understands and follows Proteus out, who shifts into a sports anchor and narrates Spider-Man swing and landing – giving the man a 9.8 out of 10.
Back in the excursion platform chamber, Heather turns to Zarda and explains that this is the third time he has referred to Morph in the past tense in front of him. Confused, Zarda reminds Heather that it isn’t Morph anymore. Yes, says Heather. It is Proteus. However, thanks to Zarda’s B-Mod equipment, Proteus believes that he is Morph. Zarda cuts off Heather, telling the doctor that she knows all of this.
Heather, in a very serious tone, asks Zarda why she is giving Proteus any reason to question who he is. Is the brainwashing foolproof? The most dangerous mutant alive is dormant inside Morph, and Heather would rather let sleeping dogs lie. Does Zarda get it? Zarda towers over Heather and explains that she doesn’t like Heather’s tone of voice… but she “gets it.”
Stasis Gallery:
Morph and Spider-Man walk down the wall of shame and look at the bodies of Ms. Marvel, Gambit and Namora. Morph is glad that they are finally sending these poor guys home for a proper funeral. It creeps him out seeing them there in this trophy case frozen as if they were in a food section. Spider-Man relates to his fallen predecessors as flies trapped in amber. Spider-Man then leaps upon the wall to walk, prompting Morph to ask him how he sticks to walls. Spider-Man shows Morph his hands, which have talons growing from his fingers. His talons grip most surfaces. They took a little while to get used to when they grew in.
Morph then asks how Spider-Man… well…
Pick my nose? Wipe my butt? asks Spider-Man. Morph explains that he was going to ask how he shook hands, but now that he mentions it, those are good questions too. The two then pass by a body that is wrapped up as if the victim took quite a beating, that hasn’t been removed unlike the other bodies around him. Spider-Man asks what the deal is with this guy. Morph explains that it is Thunderbird. He is an original Exile. They will defrost him and fix him up themselves once the others are taken care of.
Infirmary:
Sitting in his underwear, Tony Stark freaks out and tells Sabretooth that he cannot send him home. They will kill him on sight! Fine with him, says Sabretooth, so long as he doesn’t have to hear Stark whine anymore. Last time they met, Iron Man tried killing him and his friends, which is why Sabretooth took off his armor. Tony reasons that those were different circumstances. He is sorry it happened, but sending him home is a death sentence. Pointing to the armor on the ground behind him, Sabretooth explains that, if there is a bounty on Tony’ head, he is sure it is well earned.
Tony tells Sabretooth that he comes from a culture of war and conquest, and he is an outlaw. This is because he doesn’t believe in violence as a way of life. He made the Iron Man armor to combat the military-industrial complex that made his world a permanent war-zone. There is a shoot-on-site order against him. Sabretooth dismisses Tony, so Stark asks if he can speak with someone with a brain. Where is Blink? Having a private moment, explains Sabretooth. Tony is stuck with him.
Desert Chamber:
Longshot is amazed and asks how the Panoptichron can have an entire desert within itself. Blink, who kneels in the sands before a body wrapped up in a cloth, tells Longshot that she will explain later, but right now she needs him to be quiet, as this is already hard enough.
Blink looks down upon the exposed, withered face of Mimic and tells her lover that she wishes she was better to him before his death. She then begins to pray. Longshot puts his hand on her shoulder and asks Blink what she is doing. Blink tells Longshot that she is trying to pray, but she cannot think of what to say. Longshot is confused to the meaning of the word pray, and Blink explains that she is asking God to have mercy on Calvin’s soul. Isn’t it a bit late for that, asks the naïve Longshot.
Blink pauses as she gets up. She tells Longshot that she wasn’t a church attending person as a child, so she can’t give him any other explanation other than a prayer seemed like the most appropriate thing to do at a funeral. Longshot recognizes the word funeral, and tells Blink that on Mojoworld they recycle bodies instead of burying them. However, why bury Mimic here when the others are being sent home.
Blink tells Longshot that she supposes she wants Mimic close so she can visit his grave. She then teleports Mimic’s body into the sand dunes and tells Longshot that they should go.
Infirmary:
Morph and Spider-Man reach their destination, and Morph tells Miguel that he knows why Heather asked them to find Iron Man together. Worried that Proteus has reawakened, Spider-Man asks Morph if he really has. Well, I’m not blind, says Morph. This is a crime against nature! Miguel should not be afraid. Morph won’t let him be the only un-funny Spider-Man in the multiverse! By the time Morph is done with him, he will be cracking jokes like a pro.
Relaxed, Spider-Man enters the infirmary and tells Sabretooth that Heather sent them to escort Tony to the excursion platform. Confused, Creed asks if something is wrong with the intercom, and Morph explains that Heather wanted alone time with Zarda. Don’t we all, says Sabretooth. He then tells Tony to get ready. Annoyed, Tony tells Sabretooth that he had his chance to change his mind. Speaking the word “Abraxas,” Iron’ Man’s armor reactivates and flies back to Tony, armoring him up. Iron Man tells Sabretooth that he should have listened to reason. They could have had him as an ally.
Excursion Platform:
The entire Panoptichron shakes as a fight breaks out. Zarda puts her helmet back on, as she and Heather race towards the infirmary. Zarda asks Heather if she thinks Proteus has awakened, but Heather tells her that there is always something going wrong.
Desert Chamber:
Longshot and Blink return back to the Panoptichron from the desert, just in time to feel the attack. Blink realizes that it is coming from the infirmary and teleports her and Longshot there.
Infirmary:
Iron Man asks the Exiles what right they have sending him home to die. They are as bad as the Timebroker ever was. Correction – they are worse! Sabretooth narrowly avoids a repulsor blast. Spider-Man leaps out of the way and tells the team that at least the Timebroker had a game plan. Morph shifts a hole in his body to avoid a blast, which hits the walls. He then tells Iron Man to watch out, as this place is fragile.
Spider-Man shoots a load of webbing onto Iron Man’s back, thinking it should stop him, but Iron Man tells him not to be stupid as he sends a charge of electricity to remove it. He then shoots out a ball from his gauntlet, which explodes into a web and pins Spider-Man to a wall. Iron Man begins to trash the room, and asks the Exiles if they regret not listening to him now.
Blink and Longshot teleport in, and Blink angrily tells Creed that she told him to take off Tony’s armor first. She then sends out a few teleportation arrows, but Iron Man deflects them with his energy shield. Sabretooth rushes up to Iron Man and punches him across the face.
Iron Man tells Sabretooth that he only gets one lucky shot, as she slams the man away. Actually, we get more than one, says Longshot as he throws a knife that amazingly hits right at Iron Man’s helmet’s eye slit!
Iron Man screams in pain at having a knife to his eye. Morph leaps at Iron Man and tells the team that he has a reboot switch. Morph then finds the switch on the armor and hits it, deactivating the armor. When Longshot asks Morph how he knew about the armor, Morph explains that, the last time he fought Iron Man, he was deactivated. Tony then spent three hours begging Morph to reboot him, as he lay trapped in his suit. Inside his motionless armor, Iron Man begs someone to save his eye.
Heather and Zarda come in just in time to hear the plea, and Heather tells Tony that she would have he not trashed the infirmary. Power Princess asks if Morph is the one who defeated Iron Man. Morph smiles and asks if there is a kiss in it for him if he says yes. No, says Power Princess firmly. Then it was Longshot, says Morph.
5 minutes later:
Tony Stark stands on the excursion platform with a bandage over his eye, sans armor. Heather teleports him home. Sabretooth asks Heather what Tony’s world is like. Quite peaceful since he left, answers Heather. Their database says that he started a world war. Why does Creed ask?
Sabretooth responds that Tony said he got a death sentence for trying to stop a war. However, he thinks he just wanted to stay and study the place. Power Princess tells the team that they should hurry and return the other 10 in stasis. Nine, corrects Sabretooth. Mimic is staying here per Blink’s request.
Concerned, Power Princess tells Blink that, without proper burial on his world’s soil, Calvin’s spirit will wander forever. Blink tells Zarda that this may be the case where she comes from, but Calvin doesn’t believe in the same things as her. Zarda then asks what Calvin did believe in. Was it his wish to be buried there? Blink admits that she does not know. They never talked about it. There was always a universe to save. Zarda then tells Blink that she does not question her devotion to Calvin, but if he never told her his funeral plans, perhaps she should consult his family.
Earth #27:
Nightcrawler conducts the funeral for the fallen Magnus, and begins reading the rights of the dead, as Rogue and Magneto hold each other at the funeral home.
Earth #653:
Mesmero’s body is cremated at the Weapon X compound.
Earth #172:
Night falls, as Silver Samurai and Mariko watch Wolverine’s body burn in the funeral pyre.
Earth #1287:
The United States flag is draped across the coffin of Maverick, as Nick Fury mourns the death of his best agent.
Earth #181:
Daredevil holds his bloody club in his hand in a dark alley. At the street, Wilson Fisk watches his agent work, and Matthew is glad to be home.
Earth #3031:
Cable, Domino and Grizzly stand before the grave of Kane as the sun sets.
Earth #2020:
Tony Stark surrenders as he finds four guns aimed right at his face.
Earth #714:
Angel gets his gun ready as decides that it is time to get back to work.
Earth #23895:
Storm is laid to rest as the Black Panther and his people watch.
Earth #10101:
The Scarlet Witch mourns on the grounds of the Avengers Mansion for her fallen lover.
Earth #1917:
The family of Piotr Rasputin mourns at their son’s grave.
Earth #4210:
Colossus and his parents stand at the grave of Illyana.
Earth #873:
Betty Ross cries while she and her father stand before a giant casket, draped with the United States flag, for the Hulk.
Earth #15:
As a prison, a grave for Spider is placed among so many others.
Earth #4732:
The mournful Beast begins an autopsy for Ms. Marvel.
Earth #371:
Under the cover of night, the Thieves Guild ready for Gambit’s funeral.
Earth #2189:
Namora, ruler of the world, is given an underwater funeral surrounded by numerous people, in a ceremony fit for a queen.
Earth #12:
At the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, the X-Men sleep peacefully. Suddenly, there is a pink energy signature on the front lawn. Inside, the alarms go off. Cyclops snaps to attention and tells Jean to wake up. Elsewhere, Nightcrawler and Storm rush into the hallway. Kurt wonders who is attacking this time, and a Mohawk-sporting Storm tells him that they will be sorry. Wolverine also comes out of his room, claws out, angry that his dream was ruined.
The team rushes downstairs to see a pink-skinned woman carrying a body wrapped in cloth. Wolverine immediately realizes that it smells like Calvin, their missing teammate. Blink tells Wolverine that it is Calvin. She brought him home for a proper funeral.
As Blink begins to cry, she tells the X-Men that Calvin died fighting for what he believed in. She will tell them why he has been gone this whole time, and she hopes that they will tell her everything he never had a chance to share.


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Back in the Saddle
Panoptichron:
“Hold still so I can kill you!” screams Zarda, better known to her teammates among the Exiles as Power Princess. The immensely strong Amazonian like woman runs through the control room of the Exiles’ headquarters after the genetically engineered soldier, simply known as Longshot. Power Princess, who is naked, holds her purple sleeveless garment across her chest to cover herself, as she attempts to hit Longshot with her energy shield.
Longshot smiles and leaps over Power Princess, who then accidentally slams her shield into a piece of equipment. As several worker caste bugs and sovereign caste buts watch, Longshot tells Power Princess that she is beautiful when she is angry. The naked part helps, too. Enraged, Zarda swings around quickly with her shield and slices Longshot in half across the gut! Zarda quickly calms and stares at Longshot with horror, as Longshot, with a look of disbelief on his face, holds his gut.
Suddenly, before the realization sinks into Zarda that she has killed her teammate, Heather Hudson walks into the control room with – Longshot? The two look at the naked Zarda in confusion and the sliced Longshot smiles innocently.
“MORPH!” screams the once again angry Zarda.
Morph reverts back to his true form, and asks Zarda if she is glad that he wasn’t really Longshot. Otherwise, Longshot would be dead. Annoyed, Zarda tells Morph that the real Longshot would have dodged the attack. Morph, however, will be pounded into paste. Heather asks Zarda what Morph did, and learns that Morph was spying on her as she bathed. Morph, standing behind Heather, tells Zarda that skinny-dipping in the indoor ocean in the Panoptichron is not bathing.
Annoyed, Longshot asks Morph why he didn’t use his real face then if it wasn’t a big deal. Because he knew what he was doing was wrong, answers Zarda. As Zarda dresses herself, Heather pulls Morph away and tells Power Princess not to kill Morph. She would prefer not having to worry about her teammates while she is gone. Very well, replies Zarda, as she ties a sash around her waist to keep her garment tight.
Heather explains to the three Exiles that the Timebreakers will keep things running smoothly until she is back. All the team has to do is not touch buttons – especially Morph. They can keep an eye on all the other Exiles from the control room.
The four walk down to the excursion platform, where two Timebreakers await Heather. One asks Heather how she can leave now. Does she hear nothing of their warnings? The other Timebreaker tells Heather that missions go undone and disaster looms! Disaster can wait for another few days, says Heather.
One Timebreakers tells the other that the Exiles do not listen. The other responds that they cannot force the Exiles. That was their first mistake. The team only learns through experience. As Heather steps upon the excursion platform, the Timebreakers inform her that she will learn the consequences of inaction. Annoyed, Heather tells the bugs not to talk to her about consequences. It was they who damaged the multiverse to begin with. She will be back soon enough to fix the broken realities. However, she deserves to see her husband again.
With that said, Heather is teleported to her reality.
Morph shifts into Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and states that he wants to visit home too. That might not be a good idea, says Longshot, thinking about Proteus. Why not, asks the confused Morph. Quick to cover Longshot’s slip up, Zarda takes Morph aside and tells him that she did not want to say this out loud in front of the Timebreakers, but Heather wants to make certain that someone is always in the Panoptichron. Morph realizes that Zarda means that an eye must be kept on the Timebreakers. Right, says Longshot. That is what I meant. As the three walk away, Morph tells Zarda that this new look she has isn’t bad for her. Don’t start, says Zarda. I wonder how Blink is faring, wonders Longshot.
Back at the platform, a Timebreakers asks his companion if it is necessary to sacrifice a reality to teach the Exiles a lesson. You misunderstand the plan, brother, says the other bug…
Earth #12:
Food is served at the Xavier Institute after Calvin’s funeral. Blink, wearing a black dress, stand to the side with Cyclops. Jean Grey takes food to the Professor, while Colossus and Gambit stand on the other side of the room talking. At the buffet, Storm tells Nightcrawler that it was a beautiful ceremony. If only Calvin could have seen how many people came. I like to think he knows, says Nightcrawler. Wolverine sniffs the air and tells his teammates to steer away from the casserole the Morlocks dropped off.
Cyclops smiles and asks Blink if in any of those alternate realities she visited, if Mimic ever beat up Wolverine. As a matter of fact, says Blink teasingly. Dream on, bub, says Wolverine.
Jean tells Blink that he is glad she and Calvin found each other, if only for a little while. The X-Men loved Mimic, and they really like her too. Blink smiles and thanks Jean. She likes them too. Splendid, says Xavier. He then tells Blink that in light of the hardship she has experienced as an Exile and her relationship with their late team-leader, the X-Men invite Blink to stay and join the X-Men!
Blink stares at the X-Men with shock.
Earth #928:
Gabe O’Hara runs down the dark streets with a gun in his hand, terrified. He tells his silent stalker that whoever he is, he will shoot to kill!
Suddenly, Spider-Man swings ahead of him and he tells his brother to chillax. He didn’t mean to scare him. He just wanted to catch him alone instead of dropping by the house. Gabe, calling his brother Miggy, is surprised. He then tells his brother, who takes off his mask, that it was good thinking. Public Eye has had the family under surveillance since Miguel was unmasked on live news-feed.
Miguel asks Gabe if Public Eye has hurt him or their mother. No, replies Gabe. They are left alone. Public Eye is just waiting for Miguel to come out of hiding. Alchemax deconstructed Miguel’s apartment and they are data-mining his Lyla unit to figure out what happened to him. Miguel looks away sadly and apologizes to his brother. He thought the mask would make it easier to avoid complications. Life’s complicated, replies Gabe. However, as long as Miguel is ok, it is the greatest thing ever – they are celebs now!
However, Miguel shouldn’t tell Gabe where he is – just so Public Eye cannot extract the info, ok?
Earth #295:
Sabretooth stands in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Mutant Affairs. Creed stands before the desk of his former leader Magneto, and his wife, Rogue. Angry, Sabretooth asks Magneto what he means when he says that he doesn’t know where he is.
Magneto explains to Victor that he has had people searching the globe for Wild Child ever since he went missing in action. Finding Kyle remains a top priority, but the bottom line is that he doesn’t know if Wild Child is alive or dead. Rogue speaks up and tells Victor that Kyle was never the same after Victor and Blink disappeared. She thinks Wild Child took it personally. Maybe he doesn’t want to be found? Maybe if Sabretooth came home and Kyle knew it, he would come out of hiding.
Maybe, says the saddened Creed, as he looks down. Creed is then asked when he and Blink are returning home anyway. They could certainly use them back on the X-Men. Sabretooth is about to answer, when suddenly he is alerted to a problem by the Tallus. Magneto asks him what is going on, and Creed explains that another reality is about to go down the tubes. Worse yet – a friend of his lives in that reality!
Earth #3470:
James McDaniel and Heather Hudson lie naked in bed, their clothes and uniforms scattered across the floor of their bedroom. Heather lies atop of James, running her fingers across his face and chest, as he tells her that he feels guilty about this. Some of the other members of Alpha Flight want to see her too. It isn’t fair that he gets to keep her all to himself. Heather tells James that her colleagues will understand. She hasn’t seen him in over a year. They have a lot of… catching up to do. They are doing a pretty good job, says James. He just doesn’t want to be selfish.
Heather smiles and tells James that she already told him that she has to go back to work in a day or two and there is a lot riding on what the Exiles do. This is precious time – how does he really want to spend it.
Suddenly, there is a flash of light, and Sabretooth appears in the bedroom! Embarrassed, Sabretooth apologizes to Heather for the awkward intrusion. James signals the intruder alert, but Heather tells James to wait, as Sabretooth is a member of the Exiles.
Sabretooth looks away and puts a hand up to his face as he explains to Heather that there is an emergency here on this Earth. He asked the bugs to teleport him straight to her. He didn’t expect her to be this busy. What’s wrong, asks Heather. You better round up the gang, says Sabretooth. Which gang, asks James. Actually, replies Sabretooth, both.
30 minutes later:
Blink, Power Princess and Spider-Man join Heather and Sabretooth at Alpha Flight headquarters, where they meet Heather’s other team: Guardian, Puck, Snowbird, Marrina, Northstar, Aurora, Box and Shaman. The group stands around Heather and Guardian, with Shaman hovering over Box and Spider-Man perched upon the floating water orb containing the bestial Marrina.
Heather finishes introductions and begins to explain what they are up against. Some of the Exiles come from realities where the Cold War ended. This isn’t the case for her world. The Soviet Union is teetering on the brink of collapse, but that just made them more desperate and dangerous. At this moment at the North Pole, the Soviet Super-Soldiers are leading one last bid to prop up the Eastern Bloc. They cannot afford to maintain their army or keep up with western technology, so they are turning to another source.
The Super-Soldier known as Darkstar draws her power from something called the Darkforce. The source of this Darkforce is the Russian elder god Chernobog. Now they are trying to get Chernobog to save the motherland. Apparently, if they succeed in unleashing the Darkforce, a layer of it will smother the entire Earth like a lifeless black ocean.
Arctic Circle:
Alpha Flight’s jet streaks across the sky, with Aurora, Northstar, and Snowbird flying ahead. Inside, Sabretooth, Blink, and Power Princess sit in the back with Guardian, Shaman, Puck and Box as Heather pilots.
Blink tells her teammates that she has a confession to make. This morning she was considering quitting the Exiles and staying in Mimic’s reality. Were considering or are considering, asks Sabretooth. Well…, says Blink.
Suddenly, Heather tells the team that they are approaching the target zone. Northstar, Aurora, Snowbird, and Marrina are in position. It’s time for Shaman to get into action.
Below, at the Super-Soldier base, the Soviet team watches as Darkstar continues her silent attempt to call forth the Darkforce power. Ursa Major tells Red Guardian that Darkstar has been at it for three days without rest. How much longer can she last? As long as it takes, replies Red Guardian. Once begun, the summoning must not be stopped.
Darkstar stands before a glowing orange orb in the sky, with darkness deep in the center, and a vile pair of eyes staring back out. Vanguard asks the Crimson Dynamo what his scanners see, but learns that there is nothing except the absence of light.
Suddenly, Darkstar snaps to attention and tells her teammates that Chernobog informs her that they are under attack from an aircraft from Canada. Crimson Dynamo takes the sky, as one jet isn’t too hard to fight off.
Dynamo recognizes the jet as Alpha Flight’s. This will be the last of them. He then unleashes a blast, but it passes right through the jet. Crimson Dynamo wonders what trick is going on.
Elsewhere in the jet, Shaman tells Heather that the Guardians have fallen for the decoy illusion. They shall remain invisible until they reach Chernobog. Heather asks if the Russians will see Power Princess and Guardian. Not until it is too late, replies Shaman.
Below, Power Princess and Guardian sneak up behind the Crimson Dynamo, and take him out with two punches.
Vanguard is about to lead Ursa Major into an attack, when suddenly the ice shelf beneath them begins to crack! Darkstar loses her concentration, much to her dismay, as she wasn’t finished summoning the Darkforce yet. What was that, asks Ursa Major. Red Guardian tells his teammates that it felt like something was hitting the ice pack from beneath. Something like a nuclear tornado!
Underneath the ice, the Alphan known as Marrina succeeds in disturbing the summoning.
Panoptichron:
Morph and Longshot watch the fight – and also watch as Chernobog is brought to Heather’s world! Morph tells the Timebreakers that he thought that Chernobog couldn’t stay on Earth if they interrupted Darkstar. One Timebreaker tells Morph that scanners show that Chernobog is growing in strength. Longshot asks if the scanners have suggestions, to which he learns that additional Exiles are required to combat. Beam me down, says Morph.
Earth #3470:
Morph arrives at the Russian base in a tuxedo, but finds himself right in front of Darkstar, Vanguard, Ursa Major and Red Guardian! Morph pulls at his bowtie, and says that he thought he’d appear in front of his friends. Those bugs really got to work on their aim.
Chernobog has no trouble finding where Alpha Flight and the Exiles really are, and grab their jet out of the air with his dark tentacles. In the air, Northstar tells his sister that they say this creature abhors light. Aurora smiles as she takes her brother’s hand, and tells him that they should welcome it to he land of the Midnight Sun! The two then unleash a powerful array of light, blasting away Chernobog.
However, the creature retaliates and knocks the twins out of the sky.
Panoptichron:
Longshot realizes that this isn’t going well. A Timebreaker tells him that chances of success are decreasing. Nothing they try seems to be altering the probability of success. Wait a minute, says Longshot. He can change the odds; it is what he does! As Longshot runs out of the control room, a Timebreaker asks him where he is going. To the excursion platform, replies Longshot. The Timebreakers can handle this place alone, right?
“Indeed we can,” says the Timebreaker.
Earth #3470:
As Puck battles Vanguard and Box battles Ursa Major and Red Guardian, Longshot arrives! Before Longshot can even get a sentence out, a beautiful white bird swoops low and around, catching his attention. The bird then flies high and shape-shifts back into Snowbird, daughter of Nelvana. She forbids Chernobog from entering this reality. With her dazzling powers, Snowbird destroys Chernobog!
Soon:
As Alpha Flight restrains the Soviet Super-Soldiers, Guardian tells Heather that it seems that they have this all wrapped up. He is not sure how it would have gone had the Exiles not warned them. Honestly, says the confused Heather to her husband, she has the feeling Alpha Flight would have been just fine. Longshot approaches the two and tells them that this troubles him. He expected his arrival to affect the outcome, but he played no part at all in their victory.
Blink, clearly unaware of the recent on-goings, tells the team that the thing she mentioned earlier about joining Mimic’s X-Men should be forgotten. This was a good reminder of the work left undone. Other worlds need them. Glad, Sabretooth tells Blink that they should get back to work then.
Obviously saddened, Heather joins her teammates around Sabretooth as he calls the Panoptichron to be taken back home.
The team doesn’t teleport anywhere. “Any day now…” mutters Sabretooth. He then looks down at his forearm.
Sabretooth is shocked to see that the Tallus is gone! The other Exiles are just as surprised, and Spider-Man asks what it means.
A familiar voice tells the group that they are fired. The team turns to see the Timebroker! The man tells the team that they couldn’t be relied on, so the bosses decided it is best for everyone to replace the current Exiles. The sovereigns wanted him to let the team know that they have no hard feelings.
“Thanks for everything gang!” says the Timebroker as he disappears, “Have a nice life!”
The seven Exiles stand shocked, abandoned on Earth #3470.


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The New Exiles Part 1
Along a desert landscape that exists outside of time and space the bodies of several would-be heroes arrive via teleportation, one right after the other. After recovering from their rough landings the newly arrived guests stand in a quasi-circle astonished by what they see: seven different versions of themselves (Wolverine)... plus a little girl.
The older-looking Wolverine, with patches of white going through his hair, is the first to comment on the absurdity of it all. Another Wolverine, apparently fresh from his breakout from the Weapon X program, sniffs menacingly with claws protruding at the young James Howlett still in his jammies. The young girl, Elsie-Dee, who is attached by some cables to another Wolverine, tells the Weapon X Wolvie to stop. A zombified Wolverine suggests to everyone that they calm down and try to figure out what’s going on. The older Wolverine realizes they’re in real trouble seeing as how the most sensible guy there is already dead.
The young James Howlett approaches the older Wolverine and asks him what’s going on. He tells him the last thing he remembers was his father getting shot and bones popping out of his hands. The older Wolverine tells James not to panic. James wonders how he knows his name, but gets his answer from a new figure that appears, the Timebroker.
The remaining Wolverines, besides James, pop their claws ready for a fight. The older Wolverine asks the new guy who he is. The Timebroker introduces himself, clad in flannel and hairier than ever, and explains that he brought them all together because there’s a job he needs them to take care of.
Weapon X Wolvie has heard enough and slices right through the Timebroker’s head. Of course the claws go right through since the Timebroker is only a figment of their collective unconscious and he, in turn, explains this. The Wolverine connected to Elsie-Dee tries to scan the Timebroker, but nothing registers. Elsie-Dee, calling this particular Wolverine, Albert, tells him not to blow a fuse, that the Timebroker will most likely give an explanation.
The Timebroker agrees and starts off with the introductions. He starts with the Wolverine with a patch over his eye. His name is Patch and he’s from Earth 181 and he deals with the gangs in Madripoor. Next up is the zombie Wolverine. A plague on his world turned everyone into flesh-eating zombies. Third are Albert and Elsie-Dee who are from Earth 5211. They were androids created to destroy the real Wolverine. Fourth is the Weapon X Wolverine who is from Earth 520 and just recently had his adamantium skeleton implanted at the Weapon X facility. James Howlett is next and he’s from Earth 1880 and had just discovered he was a mutant. Last, but not least, is Logan, the older Wolverine, who was from a world where Sentinels killed or enslaved all superhumans and mutants. Some of the Wolverines grumble in dissent, but the Timebroker assures them he has some very good incentives for them once they complete their job.
Earth #127
The new team of Exiles find themselves transported to an alternate Earth. James rubs the back of his neck and to no one in particular asks if they believe the Timebroker can do what he promised them. Albert explains that he couldn’t get a reading on the Timebroker’s voice or pulse due to his artificial nature. Patch voices his doubts out loud. Logan tells him that if there’s even a chance of getting rid of all the Sentinels on his homeworld he’ll go for it. Zombie calls him a sucker and guesses that’s why he got the magic walkie-talkie. Logan explains that it’s called a Tallus and it’s saying they need to head to town.
Elsie-Dee, continuing the conversation from earlier, says that her and Albert can be real people if they complete the mission and asks Zombie if going home cured wouldn’t be great for him. Zombie tells her that just puts him back on the menu.
During their walk James asks Patch what happened to his eye. Patch flips up the patch to reveal a perfectly healthy eye. He explains it’s just a disguise. Zombie overhears this and incredulously proclaims that nobody recognizes the hairdo. Patch tells Zombie he needs a breath mint worse than any man in history. Their conversation takes a quick stop as they find themselves on the outskirts of town. Lying sideways and slightly deteriorated is a sign that reads “ENTERING PHOENIX”. “Phoenix. That ain’t exactly reassuring”, Patch proclaims.
As the Exiles make their way through the city streets James questions the types of “buggies” these people use and asks where the horses are. Zombie asks him to explain the dress he’s wearing first. James tells him it’s a nightshirt, a bit offended. Patch chimes in that it’s still pretty swishy.
Logan pauses and puts his hand to his chin. He wonders out loud what happened in the city. Patch tells him he should know since he has a direct line to the boss. Zombie wants to know what the mission is anyway as the Timebroker was short on details. Logan surmises they may have never agreed to the mission if they knew what they were in for. As he fiddles with the Tallus a sudden surge of red energy comes pouring out. All of the Exiles are caught within its grasp as the energy reaches out to them, bathing their eyes in red electric fire.
The Exiles receive their history lesson then. Originally on this planet the Brotherhood of Mutants had a plan to make Magneto even more powerful than she already was. The original Wolverine was caught within a magnetic bubble and the Scarlet Warlock attempted to transfer Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton into Magneto’s body using his hex powers. Somehow things didn’t go as planned and Magneto, Wolverine, Quicksilver, Mesmero and the Scarlet Warlock were merged together. The merge created a mutant called Brother Mutant who shared all five of their powers. He has since sworn to kill every non-mutant on Earth.
With the history lesson over everything goes back to normal. James’ head hurts and Elsie-Dee is on the ground shocked. Albert asks if the voice they heard was that of the Timebroker. Logan points out that they’ll be taking on an upgraded version of themselves. Patch comments that he’s been battling himself his whole life. Weapon X sniffs something, which gets everyone else’s attention.
Amongst nearby shadows a chorus of “Bub” erupts. Out into the open come a plethora of various Wolverines. Albert can’t make sense of it. Logan does, though. He figures they’re not the first batch of Wolverines sent to this Earth by the Timebroker, which means the first ten to twenty teams weren’t successful. They all start popping claws and Weapon X loses to the beast within. He leaps with a howl at the advancing Wolverines. Then Albert, Elsie-Dee and Zombie join in.
Albert asks what’s wrong with them. Elsie, picking up an Alpha Flight Wolverine over her head, thinks they’re mind-controlled. Zombie figures it’s easy pickings for him and chomps down on an ankle. Patch turns to Logan and tells him they’re screwed and there’s no way they’re going to win. Logan agrees that the Timebroker has no idea what he’s doing. Patch joins the fray and tells Logan that he’ll keep as many of them off his back as he can. Logan takes off, but not before yanking James with him. He knows the kid wouldn’t last very long in that fight.
Logan and James take a turn down an alley. Logan calls out for the Timebroker to pull him and James out of there. He tells him his plan isn’t going to work and that he’ll help him create one that actually has a chance to work. He points out that just recruiting more Wolverines isn’t going to work.
The Timebreakers at the Panoptichron agree with his reasoning, but are afraid to bring him there. Their temporal scanners show the solution is Wolverine, but they have no idea why it isn’t working. They’re also afraid of causing transtemporal damage by removing too many Wolverines from the alternate worlds. One of the drones interrupts their debate to alert them that Logan and James are facing imminent death.
Logan and James are being converged on by four other versions of themselves. Logan takes some happiness in the fact they’ll go out fighting. They both pop claws with wicked grins on their faces. Their enemies grow closer. A sudden “Faassh” and a bright light nullifies the battle as both Logan and James are teleported into the Panoptichron.
Both of the Wolverines are a bit weirded out by what they see, a multitude of insect-like creatures. James thinks they’ve both died and have gone to hell. He picks up a blunt instrument nearby and smashes one of the drones into a pile of legs and green goo. One of the Timebreakers pleads with them to stop as they’ve accepted their offer. Logan asks him what he’s talking about. His offer to help them strategize to beat Brother Mutant and send all the other Wolverines home the Timebreaker replies.
Logan asks why they can’t do it themselves. The Timebreaker explains that they are scientists and are unable to commit acts of violence. So, Logan concludes, they sent team after team of Wolverines as each one failed. The Timebreaker admits that innovating and improvising is not their strong suit.
Logan asks how long they’ve been at it. One of the drones answers explaining that the Wolverines are new, but the other team of Exiles lasted for over one solar year. A Timebreaker tells Logan to ignore the drone, but Logan is interested. He wants to know more about the successful team of Exiles.
Earth #3470
Department H, Canada
Guardian and Heather Hudson greet the original Exiles team with some good news. They’ve all been accepted into Alpha Flight and are free to join them. Heather chimes in that she wants them to have a home there.
Blink smiles awkwardly and tells them she appreciates the offer, but she doesn’t want to give up hope that they’ll be able to leave this reality. Morph chimes in that Power Princess isn’t a Canadian, but a “Le—“ and Spider-Man is able to web his mouth shut before he can finish the word.
Heather tells her it’s not a big deal and that they’ll keep trying to contact the Timebreakers. She hopes that they’ll at least consider having a life with them in the meantime. Power Princess asks what will happen to the damaged realities in need of repair. Spider-Man figures the Timebreakers put together a whole new team. Spidey is more than happy that saving the mulitiverse is no longer their responsibility.
The interior alarms start firing off around them. The sounds of “Intruder Alert” start ringing through the room. Guardian and the Power Princess take off to the air. They spot two figures down on the ground. One of them is yelling out to them. The remaining Exiles teleport in surrounding both Logan and James. Guardian questionably proclaims “Logan?!” Logan assures him he’s not the same Logan he remembers.
Morph takes on the three-headed distinction of the Three Stooges. “Moe” asks on what world does Wolverine’s sidekick run around in a dress. James, even more perturbed than before, tells them it’s a nighshirt. “Curly” points out that he has a doily for a collar. James pops his claws and Morph turns into a frightened clown and backs off.
Logan tells him to forget the shirt and explains to everyone else how he was just talking to the bugs over at the twinkly place. “The Crystal Palace?!” someone interjects. Logan tells them he’s learned of their past and how they are the best at what they do when it comes to saving realities. He asks for their help in saving him... a hundred times over.
Earth #127
Phoenix, AZ
Various Wolverines are roaming the streets. A majority of them are heading towards what looks like an abandoned theater. A voice tells them to bring him closer and that he wants the others captured too. Patch’s semi-conscious body is carried in on the shoulders of his diverse counterparts. The voice asks what that is covering Patch’s eye.
Patch takes a few sniffs and cries out weakly that it smells like a girl. The transluscent figure responds that Patch has no idea who he is, but will soon enough. It is Brother Mutant and he tells Patch that he is the form of perfection, and getting stronger with each new addition. As Patch is brought closer he threatens Brother Mutant not to kiss him. Instead, Brother Mutant’s eyes turn green and swirly and he tells Patch to stare into them and find the peace he’s always searched for.


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The New Exiles Part 2
Earth #127
Phoenix, Arizona
The battle of the Wolverines has subsided. Elsie-Dee leans over her half-broken partner, Albert. She pleads with him to wake up, to not leave her all alone. Albert regains consciousness and asks Elsie if she’s hurt. She says she’s not, but tells Albert he doesn’t look that good. He asks her what she expects after fighting an army of Wolverines. She tells Albert she thinks they were suckered. None of the other Wolverines were able to beat Brother Mutant and now they’re all his slaves she points out. Albert reminds her that Brother Mutant has Mesmero’s powers and can enslave anyone. Not them, Elsie reminds him.
Albert tells her to be quiet, that he hears something. They walk over to the corner of the building in front of them and take a peek. They find Zombie Wolverine with his pants unzipped, sporting a full belly. Zombie spots the two androids as he munches down on a femur. He apologizes to his two teammates for talking with his mouthful, but explains that if he doesn’t finish his meal they tend to walk off and cause trouble.
Elsie can’t believe he’s eating an alternate-reality Wolverine. Zombie tells her he actually ate six. Elsie puts her hands to her mouth in shock and declares this world to be a terrible place.
Albert takes off to search for any other surviving Wolverines from their team. Zombie tells him that Logan and James ran away from the fight. Albert spots Patch amongst the shadows leaning against a nearby light pole. They approach him and Patch tells them he met up with Brother Mutant and he’s not as bad as the Timebroker said. Patch puts his arm around Zombie and tells them that Brother Mutant let him go to bring them a message. Zombie, ever curious, asks what the message was. Patch pops his claws and Zombie loses his head, literally.
Zombie’s head flies right into Elsie’s arms. Albert tells her to run, and Elsie does, crying that she doesn’t want to leave him. The cables connecting the two robots reach their stretching point and Elsie is jerked back, losing Zombie’s head in the process. Albert turns and tells her to finish the job if he can’t.  Patch slices through Albert’s midsection, ending the battle. He also severs the two androids’ cable connections, which allows Elsie to escape with Zombie’s head back in her arms.
The Crystal Palace
Heather confronts the Timebreakers as their last encounter resulted in the stranding of her teammates on her homeworld. Standing before the insect-like creatures, hands on her hips, she proclaims, “Never thought you’d see me here again, huh?”
 The Timebreakers immediately break into a chorus of apologies. She cuts them off as she already knows their reasons (the Exiles had taken control of the missions from them). Heather would rather put it all in the past and tells the Breakers that they need to start trusting each other. The Breakers agree. With things settled, Heather and the Timebreakers pore over the computer screen. Heather wants all the information they have on Brother Mutant.
Earth #127
Phoenix Orpheum Theater
Brother Mutant and his legion of Wolverines stand outside the theater. Brother mutant addresses his army, standing above them with arms outstretched. He mentions his first two choices for a new code name “Wolverito” and “Magnerine”, but he realized they sounded foolish. Then one name finally came to mind that embodied all that he stood for. He pauses, during which one of the Wolverine’s questions “Bub?” Surprisingly, nobody laughs and Brother Mutant says that it is not Bub, but Brother Mutant.
Next, Brother Mutant proclaims his mission. With the new powers he had and the army of Wolverines that joined him he realized he should have a purpose. He pops his claws and declares the end to all humans. He asks for an “A-Men” from his audience and they all raise their arms with claws unsheathed.
The original Exiles, plus Logan and James arrive on Earth #127 and meet inside a local burger shop. Sabretooth relays the message from the Tallus that Brother Mutant is taking his army around the country. Spider-Man asks what that means. They’re loading up on buses and heading to Vegas, then Nashville and then Branson Missouri, he replies, and all humans they meet along the way get killed (Morph meanwhile is chugging soda from a soda dispenser much to Longshot’s chagrin).
Power Princess can’t believe what she’s hearing, this Brother Mutant guy going on a traveling murder spree. Blink reminds her of the dumpster they saw outside filled with human corpses, with limbs hanging out and blood pooling around the bottom.
Back by the theater the Wolverines begin loading onto the buses. A Wolverine in a samurai’s outfit spraypaints “Mutant Massacre” on the side of the bus. Brother Mutant gives him a thumbs-up and tells him it’s a catchy phrase. He goes so far as to suggest having t-shirts printed with the phrase.
Elsie-Dee and Zombie look on at Brother Mutant from behind a distant car, Zombie’s head perched on the hood. Zombie suggests they get as far away from the guy as they can. Elsie thinks this is their best chance of stopping him. Zombie tells her she has an overdeveloped sense of civic duty. Elsie-Dee picks up Zombie’s head and asks him how he can talk without lungs. Zombie writes it off as a zombie thing. Zombie then asks her how exactly was she supposed to kill Wolverine seeing as how that was her original programming. Elsie tells him that 90% of her body is plastic explosive and she was supposed to just get near him and blow up. Zombie appears to think on this.
Suddenly Patch leaps on to the scene. He tells Elsie she was easy to track carrying around that rotten zombie head. Zombie takes offense to his remark as he goes tumbling onto the ground. Elsie gasps and leaps to safety. Zombie tells her it might be a good time to use that plastic explosive. She grabs Zombie by the cowl and runs for it. This is exactly when the all new/original Exiles show up.
Sabretooth leaps on Patch, smashing his face into the ground, scattering chunks of pavement everywhere. Patch flips around as Sabretooth rips off his eye patch. Patch takes a swing at him causing Sabretooth to dodge. Patch scrambles out of Sabretooth’s hold leaving Sabretooth hanging on to a few pieces of his costume.
Patch runs smack dab into Power Princess’s energy shield, which knocks him back onto the ground. Sabretooth seizes the moment and grabs Patch’s throat. He utters, “Try regrowin’ this before ya bleed ta death!” before tearing it away.
Power Princess grabs Sabe’s arm and scolds him for killing Patch. He tells her it was the only way they could have been sure he wouldn’t kill them. Power Princess counters that he could’ve been important to his universe. Sabretooth tells her that Heather said he wouldn’t be missed. Back at the Crystal Palace Heather yells at the screen that she said no such thing.
With the battle over Elsie asks Sabretooth and Power Princess who they are. Sabes informs her they’re the real Exiles and are there to stop Brother Mutant. Sabretooth crouches down in front of her and tells her she can help. She asks how and he asks her if she’s ever heard of a “fastball special”.
A Hulk-like Wolverine with a Puck-like Wolverine perched on his shoulder are the last two Wolvies to board the buses. Brother Mutant tells everyone to make themselves comfortable as they’ll be traveling under his power. “Next stop, Vegas”, he cries.
The buses magnetically lift up from the ground. With Brother Mutant in the middle they float onward. Blink appears on top of one of the buses and tells Brother Mutant his tour’s been canceled. Brother Mutant, looking unconcerned, had hoped they’d trash at least one city before meeting some resistance. He manipulates two of the buses sending them crashing onto the spot where Blink was standing a second earlier. Various Wolverines come crashing out through the windows and go smashing down onto the ground.
Blink reappears with the rest of the Exiles on the city streets below. She can’t believe what he just did to his army. Logan tells her it’s because he knows they’ll heal. Albert suddenly comes to life in front of them, although nobody seems to notice. He calls out Elsie’s name and looks up to find a bus flying towards him. The Exiles disperse and Albert is crushed underneath several tons of steel and glass.
As the dust settles Blink calls out for Longshot and Spidey. Brother Mutant uses his superspeed to get to her first. He stares into her eyes and tells her that Longshot and Spider-Man won’t get to her in time. He goes all Mesmero on her and her face goes lax.
Spidey, from atop a lamppost, fires some webbing into Brother Mutant’s eyes. Brother Mutant cries out and Longshot throws some of his blades at him, which Brother Mutant is able to deflect with his claws.
Brother Mutant is angry. His body turns more translucent to the point that his skeleton is visible. He tells them that he commands forces that even God won’t mess with. Spidey and Longshot barely avoid a blast aimed at them. Brother Mutant tells them they will all look into his eyes and he will make them do some of the most awful things.
Nearby, Power Princess wants to join the fight. She feels her teammates need her strength. Sabretooth tells her to stick to the script and then makes sure that Elsie is still up for it. She says she’s doing it for Albert. Sabretooth grabs her by the cables and begins swinging her around above his head like a lasso. He lets her go just as Brother Mutant confronts Logan and James. She cries out in joy, clutching onto Zombie’s head. Brother Mutant turns around to see where the yelling is coming from and is walloped into some nearby debris. Elsie, straddled on top of his chest, brings Zombie’s head down toward Brother Mutant’s face. Zombie takes a bite into Brother Mutant’s nose and Brother Mutant lets out a yell of pain. Elsie initiates her prime directive and explodes.
James wonders aloud if Brother Mutant is dead. Blink surmises it probably only hurt him. Sure enough Brother Mutant is alive and very upset. He tells them he’s going to shred them all, hex them back to life and then shred them again. Logan pops claws and tells James to be good. James looks questioningly at Logan as he leaps at Brother Mutant. He plunges his claws deep into Brother Mutant’s chest.
Albert, amazingly still functioning, reaches up from his spot on the ground and grabs a hold of Brother Mutant’s cape.
Brother Mutant emits a stream of high power energy that fries the skin off of Logan’s bones. James cries out in despair and pops his claws. He goes over to the severely weakened Brother Mutant who is clutching at his chest wounds. Brother Mutant stares up at James and for the first time is scared. James begins slicing away at Brother Mutant and doesn’t stop until the beast inside him is satiated. Nearby witnesses, Clown Wolverine, Thing-like Wolverine and Puck-like Wolverine, who are no longer under the control of Brother Mutant, comment on James’ choice of clothing (his nightshirt, which everyone except James thinks looks like a dress).
The Crystal Palace
Back at the Palace the Timebreakers point out that the probability scanners were correct, that a Wolverine would rectify the problem. Heather makes sure to mention that Logan and James would have been dead without their help (nearby Morph transforms into a giant can of insect killer and stomps menacingly at some of the drones. Longshot once again witnesses it, this time looking slightly amused).
Heather tells Blink that they got all of the surviving Wolverines back to their original realities. They lost seventeen altogether, and she hopes that doesn’t mess up any more realities, she continues. Power Princess asks if that means they’re going back to full-time duty saving damaged universes. Heather tells her yes and that the Timebreakers promised not to backstab them again. She brings up their next mission, which won’t be easy. The Earth they’re going to visit has already been destroyed and that’s just the start of their problems, she reveals.


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Superguardians: Part 1
Earth #552
Space (near where the Earth once orbited)
The Exiles are aboard the finest production-model orbiter available from the 2099 A.D. reality, according to Spider-Man. Morph (in Chewbacca form) is doubtful and makes fun of Spider-Man’s background. He comments to Miguel that it’s the same place where if things go wrong you end up with webs shooting out of your butt. Miguel, keeping his focus on piloting, reminds Morph the webs don’t come out of his butt.
Blink voices her concerns that things feel wrong. They stare out of the ship’s windows at the vastness of space. All around them are chunks of the planet they would normally call home. On some large pieces buildings are still intact.
Heather comes through on the Tallus and tells Sabretooth their objective is 300 kilometers ahead, just past the chunk of Himalayas. She tells him she doesn’t have many details from the reality index, but does know whom they’re supposed to save.
Sabretooth tells Spider-Man the target is straight ahead. He also advises him to be cautious because something doesn’t seem right. As they fly past the remnants of the Four Freedom Plaza someone tells him he can say that again. They roll up on a fierce battle between five Superguardians, the Silver Surfer and some giant rock creature. The one known as Guardian takes a massive blast to the chest.
Spider-Man doesn’t recognize anybody and asks if anyone else does. Blink says she knows a few of them, the Imperial Guard members. She explains they fought alongside them in a different reality on one of their first missions. Blink points out the stone giant and informs everyone that that’s the guy they have to rescue. Blink doesn’t know who the silver guy on the surfboard is so Power Princess obliges. She tells everyone that he is the Silver Surfer, herald of Galactus and wielder of the power cosmic. She explains she once worked at Project: Pegasus and studied beings such as the Surfer. She tells them he’s classified as a planetary threat.
As the Exiles discuss their situation, the battle outside rages on. Silver Surfer guts Smasher with his board and then grabs Starbolt around the neck. He begins choking him. Starbolt grasps weakly at the Surfer’s arms. Neutron attempts an attack from behind, to which the Silver Surfer spins Starbolt around so both Guardians are in front of one another. The Surfer lets loose a blast of energy from his hands, disintegrating Star’s head and punch a hole through Neutron’s midsection in the process.
Gladiator tells his wife, Manta, the only other surviving Guardian, to summon reinforcements. She doesn’t want to leave and places her hand on his exposed chest. Gladiator tells her his death is not the one to worry about and demands that she leave. Manta takes off at the maximum speed the depths of space will allow her.
This leaves Gladiator and the Surfer alone. The lifeless bodies of Neutron and Starbolt float nearby. Gladiator, regardless of whether Silver Surfer can hear his thoughtcasts, calls him a traitor and warns him that he will not fail. He brings his fist forward with all his might. He is surprised to see the Surfer catch his fist mid-strike. With a gleam in his eye and a wicked grin on his face the Surfer calls his board back to him. Gladiator doesn’t turn in time and is sliced in two just below the sternum. A look of surprise remains fixed on his face.
The Exiles are shocked at the savagery they witness before them. Blink wants Spider-Man to hurry. He warns her that the ship isn’t armed. She tells him she’ll think of something, to just hurry.
Silver Surfer approaches the stone giant and demands what once was promised to him. The stone giant is undeterred. He tells him he will not give the “holiest of holies” to the man who tricked him and tried to kill him. The Surfer tells him he will take the secrets from his corpse then. He fires blasts from both his hands directed at the giant’s head. Out of nowhere the top of Freedom Plaza appears, taking the brunt of the attack. The Surfer demands to know how he did that.
Blink teleports back to the ship, happy at what she accomplished. Sabretooth tells her not to stop and to keep throwing whatever she can at him. Blink tells him she’s on it and reminds Spider-Man to keep the ship out of the Surfer’s view. Blink suddenly goes frigid and a voice enters her head asking for forgiveness, but that it has need of her. The Exiles try to get Blink to snap out of it, but she won’t move. A teleportation hole appears in front of the ship and they are swallowed up.
The Surfer wants to know if the giant had been hiding that talent from him. The giant tells him he hid nothing from him, and is now paying the price for it. He tells the Surfer he will not repeat his mistakes. From his left side the Exile’s ship appears out of a pink vortex. The Exiles are very confused and want to know what Blink is doing. As the ship is mere seconds away from ramming the Silver Surfer the Exiles are blinked away. The ship slams into him and is crushed in the process. The Surfer is barely fazed and calls for his board. It is teleported away mere feet from its owner. Before the Surfer has time to realize what’s happening, he too is teleported away... to the planet Saturn. He declares things to be far from over.
The Exiles find themselves teleported to what looks like an alien jungle. Blink is levitating above them still transfixed by whatever took control of her. Blood comes streaming down from her nostrils. She mutters something about “too far” and then falls to the ground. Sabretooth heads over to check on her and Power Princess voices her questions once more, “...where are we?” Morph tells her it couldn’t be too far since Blink’s maximum range is usually no more than 100 miles.
The stone giant appears in front of them. He tells the Exiles that he took control of Blink and used her to get rid of the Silver Surfer. He asks if she is ok and Longshot tells him she’ll live. The stone giant shows a hint of smile before collapsing onto the ground himself (Morph hops out of the way in Humpty Dumpty form).
The Exiles are left to wonder “what next”. Sabretooth informs them the Tallus went dead ever since the giant showed up. Longshot suggests he may be able to help. Sabretooth sarcastically asks, “With what? A lucky guess?” Longshot lets them know that luck isn’t his only gift. He explains that by touching some things he can read its history and purpose. Spider-Man interjects with the scientific term for that type of power, psychometry.
Just as Spider-Man is chalking it up to mumbo-jumbo Longshot places his hands on the giant. His body jerks back in a spasm and he is sent hurtling away. Spider-Man catches him with a web line and brings him back over. Longshot, leaning against Spider-Man’s leg, tells them it worked. He points over at the unconscious head of the stone giant and tells them his name is Galactus!
Power Princess can’t believe that that’s the destroyer of worlds (Morph turns into the Galactus we all know and love). Longshot corrects her. In this universe he is the restorer of worlds.
flashback
Longshot explains the history of this reality. There exists some sort of affliction that turns worlds lifeless and sterile. This Galactus uses his powers to restore those worlds. He had been doing it for eons, traveling in his world ship, which Spider-Man explains they’re on. Galactus realized he was losing ground to the affliction and was wasting too much time searching for worlds. He met a scientist named Norrin Radd from the world Zenn-la who proposed a solution. Galactus gave him the cosmic power so that he could search for the affected planets much quicker. He also promised to pass on the secrets to restoring worlds to Radd one day.
It turned out Norrin Radd struck this deal in the hopes of tricking Galactus into restoring his own homeworld. Radd had been a military scientist and had inadvertently destroyed his planet with one of his inventions. Galactus refused because he only restored planets that were decimated by the cosmic blight. Radd decided to seek revenge by destroying those who worshipped Galactus and then going after the big guy himself. The Shi’Ar sent their best heroes to put an end to the Surfer, which is when they showed up, Longshot finishes. Morph whispers into Longshot’s ear that he wants to know what Power Princess’s bra has to say.
present
Even with the history lesson the Exiles have no idea what to do. They bounce questions off each other, but get nowhere. Blink comes to, putting her hand to her aching head. She explains she couldn’t stop him and that he sent the Surfer much further than she could have.
A bright light falls upon the Exiles and they look up at its source. Manta, hearing Blink’s words, informs them that no matter the distance the Surfer will return. She tells them they need to get Galactus to safety. Sabretooth asks who she is and she introduces herself and explains she’s a member of the Shi’ar Superguardians. She tells them Gladiator sent her to get help. Blink wants to know if they arrived. Yes, she replies, the Majestrix counts Galactus as her top priority.
Manta tells them the battle cruiser she brought with her was not meant to go up against the Surfer, but to tow them back to Imperial Center. Morph cracks a joke and Manta tells him to show some respect, as it is the throne world of their empress.
Manta sends out a communication signal to Lilandra letting her know they’re on their way. Lilandra is pleased to hear this. She also thanks the Exiles for their help in rescuing Galactus. She would like to offer them a chance to get revenge for the destruction of their homeworld, Earth.
hundreds of miles away
An outstretched arm beckons toward the bright light in the distance. The Surfer’s board plummets toward the planet. A large red cloud begins to form on Saturn's surface. A bright light can be seen at its epicenter. Firing back out at great speed into the depths of space is a figure on a surfboard. It is the Silver Surfer and he is furious!