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Horus IV, a planet far away, where once, its people traveled in silver vessels on fingers of flame to other worlds, disguising themselves as gods to bring awe to eager natives. Conflicts between Horusian nations were solved by combat among these messianic champions who used their engineered strengths to decide who had the right to rule. Recent planetwide economic and environmental collapse had eliminated empires and frivolous interstellar travel – but the Horusians still desire worship – they still desire conflict. Unfortunately, the old slam-bang mash-ups just aren't doing it anymore. As two warriors battle in the arena, the citizens watching from the sidelines are also busy on their computer screens that hover before them, one woman is looking at pictures of shoes. The thrill of violence has become meaningless without human stakes. One of the gladiators slams the other hard, and the other responds by kicking his opponent in the stomach. The blue-skinned cosmic being known as the Grandmaster watches. 'Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.
The people here don't just want to have “fun”. One of the gladiators creates some sort of energy sword. 'Serious Sally sells seashells on the salty seashore' the Grandmaster mutters, while deciding that people don't want their heroes to be flawless and unchanging. He watches as the gladiator then shoves the energy sword through the chest of the other gladiator. '... we'll be together whatever the weather, whether we like it or not' the Grandmaster remarks, as the remaining Gladiator raises a fist, the Grandmaster knows that the audience want their entertainment to be about something – to mean something. It's for that reason that he has come to Horus IV, for he is an Elder of the Universe, an immortal gambler and the Grandmaster of all games. The audience looks bored as an announcement informs them that this has been their intermission and that they should stay tuned for feature programming coming up next.
The Grandmaster assures the people of Horus IV that he has heard their wish for the ultimate power over life and death, and claims that such is his to bestow. 'Welcome to Shatterstar – episode two!' he shouts, and the crowd goes wild, clapping and chanting his name. In the control booth, the Grandmaster is assisted by strange yellow-skinned aliens on spindly metal legs. The Grandmaster remarks that Shatterstar is an enhanced time-lost warrior and was known for his ability to turn thought into action quickly, whether that was bringing his double-bladed sword to bear upon an enemy's throat, or devising a plan to retrieve the kidnapped tenants of his refugee home. The Grandmaster informs the audience that in recent months, the gladiator turned landlord has preferred to work alone, but that he knew that perhaps the only way to avenge his tenants Tina, Karl, Goldon, Crimzor and the End Woman and find the aggrieved ex-lover who had taken them was to turn to another aggrieved ex-lover.
'The bar's closed, Ben' Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor calls out to Shatterstar who now goes by the alias Ben Gaveedra. 'Julio. Rictor, I...' Shatterstar begins as he enters the nightclub that Rictor now runs. Rictor spins around behind the bar and slams his hands onto the bartop, causing a small vibration as he exclaims 'You keep coming around my club. I know. I saw you earlier tonight. And yesterday. And the day before that. You stop. You stare. You wave and then you walk away. But we've always been on the same wavelength. I understood you the first time' Rictor declares, his vibration knocking some artwork from the wall behind Shatterstar. 'I can't give you what you need' Rictor adds, stopping the vibrations as a glass topples over on the bar and shatters. Rictor rubs his wrists and complains that he has to now re-hang a bunch of posters and tells “Ben” that for a guy who knows he's not getting what he needs, he sure doesn't seem to know what he wants.
Then:Long ago, in thje Wildways, 'Mojo knows what you want!' the diabolical Spineless One proclaims, dozens of monitors placed around him, he boasts that the fifth and most spectacular Mojo knows everyone is a flicker on the screen of the great Za's Vid, and remarks that on this screen, some of them will become bit players, some recurring characters – but the greatest of them will become leads, their images burned into the infinite black forever. He claims that he knows what his audience wants the greatest, they want blood, they want steel and they want to see the cutting edge in spiny humanoid champions. 'And that, my babies, means the reigning champions and most beloved breakout stars of the new season... Gringrave the Smiling Executioner and Shatterstar – sponsored by Mojomuch Chocolate BBQ – sweet release for the whole family. Shatterstar holds his double-edged blades at the ready, while Gringrave stands behind him, armed with several throwing blades, while two other gladiators prepare to face them down.
Later: 'If we keep bathing in the blood of all challengers like this, Mojo V is going to have to cover my wig budget' Gringrave remarks, holding up her pink weave which is soaked in blood. Shatterstar looks at some monitors depicting the adoring audience: 'They chant our names, Grin. Like prayers on the wind' he remarks, before smiling, as they survived and have lived again. Gringrave goes over to Shatterstar and uses a  blade to tear off his shirt, asking him if he feels it, everything – all of it, distilled down tro the most basic either/or: 'The rush of knowing you could be nothing, but instead you are'. She tells Shatterstar to use the rush as fuel – to use every last drop and to live – live even more. They drop to the floor, 'Mmm. Za's Vid' Shatterstar remarks as he leans into Gringrave.
Present:'The manor, Ric. My tenants. They're gone' Shatterstar explains. 'What? How?' Rictor asks, narrowing his eyes. Rictor isn't just a seismically powered former member of X-Force, X-Factor and the New Mutants, but he currently runs an underground railroad of sorts for runaway mutants from the basement of his club, the Shakedown. He believes he owes the X-Men for saving him all those years ago, and is, as he calls it, “paying it back with a hardcore soundtrack”. This has made him an expert in the various parts of trafficking human cargo throughout the sprawling metropolis. Shatterstar asks Rictor who would work with a former gladiator and a pack of mercenaries from Mojoworld for the right place, and whoo could shuttle them off world. 'You want a name and a place so you can run off alone?' Rictor asks, stepping around to the front of the bar, he stands a few feet away from Shatterstar, whol folds his arms and replies 'Yes'.
The men fall silent. Shatterstar himself was a mutant among his own kind, able to cut a hole in space and jump through it to virtually any location. He and Rictor had once joked that it had saved them thousands of dollars on airfares to their favorite vacation spot. But it was an exhausting power, and Shatterstar was only able to travel through space, not time, and open these doors to places he had already been – unless he had an “anchor” to guide him. Rictor informs Shatterstar that there is a guy he has been scoping out in case he needed to get some kids as far away as possible, and he knows the place. He tells Shatterstar to take his hand. 'Julio. No' Shatterstar replies. Rictor narrows his eyes and asks Shatterstar if he is going to waste time telling him that this is “his fight” and drop some macho gladiator $#%&, or if they are going to save some people before it is too late. Shatterstar doesn't answer. He narrows his eyes back at Rictor, then take his hand.
Meanwhile, at Hunts Point in the Bronx, night sweeps over a dock, where several armed guards wearing strange costumes stand over the five kidnapped tenants of Shatterstar's boarding house – Crimzor, Goldon, the End Woman, Tina Cooke and Pug-Smasher, who are all shackled and gagged. A man wearing a clue coat approaches Gringrave and the Death Sponsors, who stand nearby. His name is Dean Drukman and he was an engineer for both ARMOR and SWORD, designing new means to traverse the Multiverse. 'Just a quick customer survey, so I can serve you better. Might I ask how you guys got here from your chronally alternate parallel homespace?' he enquires. Gringrave explains that they had their own teleporter, he was pretty good, too, but he didn't make it. 'May he rest in eternal syndication' she adds. After Dean Drukman's health insurance had refused to pay for reatring a work-related infection, he decided to seek out a new path in the “alternative economy” where customer service and loyalty actually meant something – as long as he didn't ask too many questions. 'Okay, then. One-way ticket for ten. Five passengers...five cargo' Dean remarks, checking his clipboard and looking over at the captives, while standing before a strange doorway.
Dean smiles as a tablet tells him that the funds have cleared. 'Thank you and your deep pockets for doing business with Dockmaster and the Longshoremen' he remarks, as the doorway lights up with a strange energy before the captives. 'Sit back, relax and enjoy your trip. If this is your final destination...well, sorry about that' Dean tells them. The tenants of Manor Crossing watch the gate open with fear. Goldon tries to say something, but can't speak through the gag. Tina Cooke of Earth-1218 though has had less experience with such things and thinks the swirling point before her looks a little like what she's heard described as a near-death experience. 'What the -' Dean begins as he looks up and sees a portal open. 'I thought you said your teleporter didn't make it' he tellls Gringrave. Gringrave smiles and looks up. 'There's my boy. Always on time for his match'.
As he dives from the wound that his blades cut in the air, Shatterstar can't help but think of his and Rictor's trips to the  small resort town in Michigan. How immediately upon dragging his sword through space the gash emitted the fresh smell of lake water and campfire into Manor Crossing. He thinks of the cooing of the loons, and the soft grass beneath his back and the release of concerns about bills, schedules and world-conquering mutant overlords. Shatterstar lands and quickly takes out some of the Dockmaster's henchmen with his blades, while Rictor releases a seismic wave before dropping onto a large container and telling the Dockmaster that he only let him keep this up as long as he did it clean. 'Muties! We've got muties!' the Dockmaster shouts. Shatterstar remembers how each trip Rictor joked was a near-life experience. 'Death Sponsors! Take the payload and go!' Gringrave shouts as the Death Sponsors shove the tenants of Manor Crossing through the portal.
Gringrave holds up several throwing blades and boasts that Shatterstar and his new toy are going to bleed for her. The Dockmaster tells her to hold up and explains that the Star Dock can only run so long before it burns out the electrical grid for three states, and that if she wants to go, she needs to go now – because there are no refunds. 'Wherever you go, Grin, wherever you take them, I'll find you!' Shatterstar calls out as he kicks one of the Longshoremen in the face, while Rictor blasts another with a wave of seismic energy. The Dockmaster smiles at Gringrave and tells her that Shatterstar sounded like he meant that. 'You paid for security, which includes raids by super heroes and time variance authorities, so it's the job of me and the Longshoremen to take care of this. Besides...my infection's starting to flare up' Dean exclaims as he suddenly begins to change, morphing into something alien.
Shatterstar and Rictor switch opponents, with Shatterstar's swords clanging against his foe's large hammer, and Rictor fighting hand to hand against the one in blue armor. Dean's body continues to change, while another of the Longshoremen lunges towards Shatterstar, glowing with energy. This is as it had always been – Shatterstar was a weapon waiting to be picked up, to defend, to attack. He spins around and his blades knock back the energy-engulfed member of the Longshoremen. Mojo V had used Shatterstar against legions of confident challengers in the pursuit of ratings. The Cadre Alliance had used him against Mojo, sending him into desperate battles alongside millions of others, shouting “revolution” and “freedom for all”. Cable had used Shatterstar in his war for the future of mutantkind, giving him a home in a far-off world in the distant past in exchange for his loyal savagery. No one had ever seen him as anything else – no one but Rictor.
The Longshoreman in blue continues to fight Rictor, slashing his chest with sharp claws, drawing blood. Rictor reaches out and grabs the soldier's helmet, and begins to release his vibrations on it, cracking the helmet, he falls backwwards. Shatterstar shoves the energy weapon of the other Longshoreman into the large opponent that he fights and remembers that Rictor had looked past the gritted teeth and flashing eyes. Rictor had seen him as a man – lost and confused. Afraid – bttu even more afraid to admit it. Shatterstar then shoves one of his double-bladed swords into his foe's chest, and looks over to the Star Dock, where the Death Sponsor called Deadair is pulling Pug-Smasher through the portal. 'Come on, you little pain in the ass' Deadair snarls. 'Yipes!' Pug-Smasher exclaims, while Shatterstar calls out to him by his true name, Karl.
As Shatterstar remembers how Rictor had shared his language, and hip-hop music, he also recalls how he gave him advice on how to read clocks and perceive time as something other than moments between matches. Rictor taught him how to make jokes and spicy food, how to laugh and how to cry. And, instead of extending his hand to pick up a weapon, Rictor simply offered his hand. Shatterstar wonders then, why he had been unable to hold on – why had he used his own hand to push Rictor away? Suddenly, Dean, transformed into an alien Brood, appears behind Shatterstar and grabs him, wrapping tentacles around him. The Brood pulls Shatterstar closer to him, prepares to bite down on him – when suddenly, Rictor releases a seismic wave that splits the Brood in two and shunts Shatterstar away to safety, as sweat glistens on Rictor's face.
Then:'Grin' Shatterstar utters as he and Gringrave hold each other in bed. 'I... I love you' Shatterstar announces. Suddenly, Grin pulls away, frowning, she gets out of bed, sheet wrapped around her, she turns away from Shatterstar, who asks her what is wrong with that. Gringrave begins to get dressed and Shatterstar asks her where she is going, and what he did. She doesn't answer him, so Shatterstar grabs Gringrave by her arm and reminds her that she told him to live and to revel in the rush. Gringrave spins around and slams her fist on Shatterstar's chest: 'You stupid genejob. How could you misunderstand every Vid-damned thing I've taught you?' Gringrave asks, before clenching her fist and telling Shatterstar to never get attached to anyone, not with feelings – never beyond the physical. 'Don't give them something they can turn against you. Nothing they can use to hurt you' Gringrave declares, before sternly telling Shatterstar to never love anything.
Present:The moon shines down on Shatterstar as he embraces Rictor, kissing him. Rictor kisses back, 'Whoa' he utters, before Shatterstar informs him that the Star Dock is powering down, and he needs to go. 'Not alone' Rictorremarks. He touches Shatterstar's arm and tells him that he doesn't care what is going on between them right now, he doesn't care what Shatterstar wants or needs – they can figure that out later. 'I'm going with you, Ben' Rictor declares. 'No, Ric...' Shatterstar replies as he suddenly opens a portal and hurls Rictor towards it. 'Wha -?' the surprised Rictor calls out. “Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand... blood and revenge are hammering in my head” Shatterstar quotes.
'What...' Rictor utters, opening his eyes he looks at his new surroundings. He smells the fresh scent of lake water and campfire. He hears the cooning of the loons and feels the soft grass beneath his back. 'Titus Andronicus?' Rictor gasps as he sits up. Shatterstar hadn't needed an anchor to send Ric here, as it is a place he had been many times before. 'DAMN IT, BEN!' Rictor screams, tensing his muscles he creates an earthquake that is only a minor display of his frustrations. But he knows that even if he shook the entire planet, Shatterstar wouldn't feel the rumble of his displeasure at being left behind – because Shatterstar was no longer on Earth. He was millions of light-years away – on Horus IV.
'Za's Vid!' Shatterstar utters as he gets to his feet and stumbles down a street, double-bladed swords in hand. Shatterstar is surprised that this alien city is not Mojoworld like he anticipated, but it is slightly familiar. He looks up at the brightly lit banners that are suspended above the streets – banners advertising the imminent death of Shatterstar's tennants in the gladiatorial ring – unless he could somehow retrieve them in the moments between matches.
'How's that for stakes?' the Grandmaster asks as he sits on his throne and smirks – and the citizens of Horus IV applaud and cheer with bloodlust....


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The planet called Horus IV, where the tentants of Manor Crossing, Earth, are shackled and led through a city by the alien warriors known as the Death Sponsors. 'Look, Tina! My brother and I are on television!' Goldon calls out to Tina Cooke, as he looks up at a billboard that hovers above the city, depicting him and Crimzor.
'Yes, Goldon. Our first time... and likely last' Crimzor mutters. 'You're primetime now, plot fodder. Move it, and don't get any ideas, or you'll get an early kill fee from the Death Sponsors' the tall woman called Cancellator warns the hostages. 'So many messages from our sponsors. Airwave overload. Jingle salvo. This planet gives me skullthrob!' the Death Sponsor called Sweepzweak calls out, while clutching his head. Suddenly, the frightened human woman called Tina Cooke begins to run, so the warrior Gringrave tells Sweepzweak to keep his eyes on the game.
Still clutching his head, Sweepzweak announces that he sees signals, so many, before giving his apologies to Gringrave, calling her a most valued showrunner. 'While you're kissing my ass, one of Shatterstar's tenants is getting away' Gringrave scowls. Tina makes it into an alleyway, 'Oh god, oh God' she utters, looking back over her shoulders. 'You're looking for God?' a figure standing in the shadows at the end of the corridor asks. Tina crashes into him and falls backwards, 'Then you've found' him the Grandmaster boasts, introducing himself to Tina as the player of games and maker of wagers. 'What – what do you want with me?' Tina asks. 'I'm your host, Tina Cooke of Earth-1218' the Grandmaster replies as he runs a hand through Tina's hair. He remarks that her home universe is quite fascinating – strict rules make gods and super heroes impossible, leaving it filled with weak little people like her viewing other worlds through screens.
The Grandmaster offers to make Tina a deal – he wants her to tell him in great detail what it is like to live in this strange place he has never been, and in exchange, she may ask him any question she would like, and he will answer it. 'A-anything?' Tina asks nervously as she gets to her feet. 'I am an Elder. All knowledge that does and has ever existed is mine to access. Anything' the Grandmaster responds. 'Okay. Where's Ben? Where the hell is Shatterstar?' Tina asks. The Grandmaster smiles – that was not the question he expected, but it is a welcome reminder nonetheless. His eyes crackle, before announcing that this is an excellent time to check in with their revenge-seeking interdimensional gladiator-detective-landlord. 'What the – holy heck?' Tina gasps as she finds herself transported to a control room with the Grandmaster, as the Grandmaster tells her that so they can answer each other's questions, she can sit at his hand while they watch. 'Welcome to Shatterstar. Episode 3' the Grandmaster tells Tina, while the citizens of Horus IV watching Shatterstar on large screens in an arena cheer in excitement as Shatterstar appears on the monitors.
Shatterstar places a red mask over his face as he recalls that upon arriving here he learned that the  mercenary Death Sponsors had split up, with the majority of them leading his tenants to the ampitheater, while the man-beast called Dead-Air has taken Karl Snortenthau, deemed weak and thus unfit for the arena, as his payment. Shatterstar does as he has done many times before – considering his options as he holds lives in his hands. He enters some sort of nightclub, where all sorts of humanoid aliens are enjoying themselves. Shatterstar's decision is made quickly – his tenants were set to fight for their lives at scheduled times advertised around the city, whereas Karl's fate in the “Vice district” known as Sah'damn... was uncertain.
Shatterstar hopes that the helm and marks he has procured would conceal his identity and translate alien languages.  Everything else would be left to Shatterstar's particular skill set. A scantily clad woman with green hair approaches him and kisses him, while another woman approaches Shatterstar from behind and lifts up his shirt, revealing his rippling abs. 'The people up on the Mount live other people's lives. We down here in Sah'damn live out own. In every way we can' a shirtless man remarks as he wraps his arms around Shatterstar and moves his lips towards Shatterstar's. 'What is your desire, beautiful stranger?' the woman behind Shatterstar asks. 'What pleasure of the flesh can we four provide each other?' the man asks. Shatterstar informs the three that he is not here for flesh today – he is here for the meat.
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The Wildways:'
‘Meat' Shatterstar declares as he looks in a mirror. 'That's all we are, Gringrave' he tells the other warrior, who is sitting cross-legged on the floor. Gringrave smiles at Shatterstar and tells him that she wasn't listening, that she was deep in concentration, envisioning how each of their opponents would die. 'What did you say?' she asks. Shatterstar glances through a window where a woman wearing a green costume is stretching. Shatterstar calls her Windsong - “The Savage Siren” and remarks that of all their allies in the seaon finale battle royale, Mojo V has decreed their genetic materials shall be mixed to produce new offspring – she is to be his wife. 'What? But we play so well together, Shatterstar' Gringrave exclaims, standing up and wrapping her arms around Shatterstar. She tells him that she is concentrating deeply with her eyes open, envisioning a scenario.
Gringrave pulls out a knife and holds it to Shatterstar's face:'Windsong dies today, after one of my blades haphazardly careens off your sword into her pale throat' Gringrave suggests, calling it a tragic accident that will prevent her for siring Shatterstar's seed. Shatterstar grabs Gringrave's wrist and pushes her away, reminding her that Windsong and Sovereignshard are their allies, and points out that what she is suggesting is a crime of passion, and that she has forgotten her own lessons. 'One mate is as good as another. Mojo treats us as meat – because that is what we are' Shatterstar tells Gringrave, looking her in her eyes, before he turns and walks away, 'We have no feelings. No attachments no love' he reminds Gringrave as he leaves the room.
Now:
Pug-Smasher is bound and placed on a table, looking up in fear he exclaims 'You're only proving my point! Capitalism is cannibalism!' The scantily-clad horned member of the Death Sponsors called Deadair grins as he remarks 'See? Just like I said. It talks. Never shuts up, in fact. You're clients'll love it. It's worth at least 100,000 tetras'. An elderly man with a white beard called Bess looks at Pug-Smasher and admits that otherversal fare is such a rare delicacy in these difficult times, but it is a small morsel and it is preachy. 'Perhaps I'll be moved to purchase it, if I can sample a bit for myself?' Bess grins as he raises a small knife. 'Bess, I would have a word with you...' a voice calls out. 'That word is “aarghmm”!' Shatterstar exclaims as he appears and a low hum activates Shatterstar's bioelectric field, which slams into Bess, knocking him backwards and causing him to feel the gladiator's rage.
'I did the snatch and grab! I get the pay!' Deadair calls out as Shatterstar knocks the table where Pug-Smasher lies over. 'He's mine!' Deadair exclaims as he knocks Shatterstar backwards with his wings. 'No, Deadair. He signed a lease. For at least the next year, the New York State Attorney General's Office says... he is mine!' Shatterstar calls back as he extends his bioelectric field again, rushing towards Deadair, who stands ready for the fight.
'No need to ruin a perfectly good fight scene with incessant narration' the Grandmaster remarks as he turns to Tina, asking her if she was a “banker”. A strange creature approaches the Grandmaster and holds out a trinket, 'For your approval, Grandmaster. The commemorative collectible retro-action totems, Sir'. The Grandmaster waves his servant away and declares that he will see to it later, before he asks Tina if “banker” is not just another name for a supreme gambler who plays with other people's money. 'Yeah, yeah, I guess' Tina replies as she looks at the viewscreen. 'But you found the duties tedious. Unfulfilling. You wanted something more meaningful. You wanted to escape' the Grandmaster remarks. The Grandmaster grins as he realizes that Tina likes to watch Shatterstar, to see him battle for the life of another, willing to confront any evil from this winged brute to Galactus himself if need be – so powerful, so pure – so unlike anything she could have ever been on her own world. Tina doesn't answer, she continues to watch the screen, as the Grandmaster opens the trinket that his servant brought him, and energy crackles from it. 'Hm. But what if? An interesting notion. What if you could fight for the lives of your neighbors? For Ben Gaveedra?' the Grandmaster asks. He points at Tina and smiles, asking her 'What if using great power to win a battle against evil could get you and your neighbors sent home to Manor Crossing in Queens, New York? What if you could be their champion, Tina Cooke?'
Meanwhile, Deadair has taken Pug-Smasher and runs through the nightclub, 'Out of the way, cretins!' he shouts at the partygoers. 'Yip! Let me go and  I'll smash your imperialist skull!' Pug-Smasher exclaims, while one of the partygoers points at Shatterstar and tells others 'He struck me! Find him! Gut him! We'll make a buffet of his body!' he shouts, and Shatterstar finds himself lunged at by another alien. A fight ensues, but Shatterstar is an expert fighter, and kicks, punches and slices his way through his opponents. 'I have no time for this' Shattrstar declares as he extends his bioelectric field again, knocking back all of his attackers. Shatterstar rushes up a flight of steps, while outside, Deadair tells Pug-Smasher 'I hope you're afraid of heights, alt-world scum'. Pug-Smasher just barks at him, when suddenly, Shatterstar leaps through a large window, out into open air, and straight towards Deadair – shoving one of his blades into Deadair's back in spectacular display.
At the arena, the screen suddenly pauses, and a voice-over informs the large crowd that they will return to their program soon, but that in the meantime, they have a special unscheduled event for their pleasure. The Grandmaster's image appears on the monitor and he announces that the time has come for a Contest of Champions. A man wearing red, blue and gold armor enters the arena, and the Grandmaster introduces him as the Dove of Destruction, Sire of the One Sun, someone who is untemptable – Xeus! Imprisoned in a cell, Goldon, Crimzor and the End Woman listen to the Grandmaster's voice, he declares that the challenger is from Earth-1218 – Tina Looke! With that, Tina enters the arena, wearing a pink costume and carrying a shield, energy ripples around her head as she punches Xeus in the face.
Back in the Vice District, Shatterstar, Deadair and Pug-Smasher have all fallen to the ground. Deadair gets to his feet and exclaims 'Forget the money. My payment will be smashing the wet, wall-eyed thing into giblets. The scantily-clad warrior approaches Pug-Smasher and prepares to stomp on him – until Shatterstar leaps between them, 'No!' he calls out, Deadair's foot strikes him, as Shatterstar rolls and takes Pug-Smasher in his arms to protect him. Deadair raises his foot over Shatterstar's body as he mutters 'Pathetic. Putting those high-end lab genetics between me and that alt-world beast'. His foot slams down on Shatterstar's back, but the hero resists, even as Deadair tells him that he used to watch him in the pits, he and Gringrave, and that they entraptured him. His strikes Shatterstar in the back again, as he tells him 'Your savagery. Your total commitment to the game. Your worship of winning. Za's Vid, you were amazing. What happened to you? What made you lose faith?' Deadair asks, while Shatterstar narrows his eyes.
Then:
'You don't believe me' Gringrave calls out, which causes Shatterstar to smile. He dodges her as Gringrave lunges at him, reminding him that she has had his back in a thousand battles, and after each one, she gave him her body – yet he doesn't trust her to bring him the truth? Shatterstar tells Gringrave to stop. 'It's just...what you're saying...' he begins, grabbing Gringrave's wrists, he remarks that with all the tube feed pirates, gladiator security is tighter than Mojo's waistband during season finale – anyone seeing anything he's not charging for. 'How would you even get this vid?' Shatterstar asks. Gringrave pulls away from him and claims that it's Spiral – she sometimes likes to watch her. 'Sometimes I perform for her...privately. In exchange, she gives me little peeks' Gringrave reveals, before telling Shatterstar to go ahead and watch it, to see for himself.
Shatterstar looks at a screen, where Windsong can be seen, asking Sovereignshard if there is any other way. Soveriegnshard, who is wearing a purple jacket with spikes on his shoulders steps into view and tells Windsong that there isn't, and that Mojo wants to make Shatterstar her husband, to breed the great Shatterstar and Windsong. 'We can't letthat happen. I won't!' Soveriegshard declares, grabbing Windsong by her shoulders, he announces that tonight, while Mojoworld sleeps, Shatterstar's reign over the arena will end. 'What...what is this? Shatterstar asks. 'Don't you recognize it? Or do you no longer see attachments and feeling at all? It's love, Shatterstar' Gringrave explains, turning away, she tells him that this evening, it will lead to a crime of passion.
Now:
'It's a crime, what you've become, a travesty against Za's above!' Deadair exclaims as he kicks Shatterstar in the face. Shatterstar suddenly grabs Deadair by his ankle, and sends his bioelectric vibrations up Deadair's body, shocking the scantily-clad gladiator with a powerful surge of energy. The energy travels through bone and muscle through armor into Shatterstar's blade still sticking into Deadair's back, exiting through it with devastating results – Deadair's body then falls to the ground, and as Shatterstar gets to his feet, one battle ends.
While in the arena, another reaches its fevered crescendo, as Xeus smashes his fist into Tina's face, knocking her backwards, she falls to the ground. Xeus stands over her, he tells her that power is not the same as skill or experience, and that she fought admirably, but that it is time to end this charade, she needs to stand down. 'No!' Tina replies, wiping her mouth, she then lunges forward, boasting that she is going to save them, that's how the stories go. 'I'm the -' she begins, but as she reaches Xeus, he knocks her back, doing as he has done many times before, considering his options as he held a life in his hands. 'The... the hero...' Tina gasps. Once, before his world had fallen, Xeus traveled to other worlds, disguising himself as a god, bringing awe to natives – he missed the sounds of eager worshippers. He could not resist the call of their prayers – and the same goes for now, as the crowd call out to him, he responds by striking Tina at close range, slamming his fist into her, the sound is a mighty SHRAK, followed by the sound of the crowd erupting in applause.
In their cell, the End Woman and Goldon turn away from the screen that was showing them the battle, they cover their faces with their hands, while Crimzor continues to look at the screen from under his hood.
In the Vice District, Shatterstar and Pug-Smasher see a large billboard depicting Tina's face, now with a red cross stamped across it. Shatterstar hangs his head and begins to cry.
In another room, Gringrave places her gloved hands to her face, giving the impression of a large grinning smile, and as the strange trinket box glows behind him, the Grandmaster holds up figurines of Shatterstar and Gringrave while looking very pleased with himself....


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Horus IV, an alien planet where inside a large amphitheatre, filled with a huge crowd of citizens of this planet, the woman known as Tina Cooke lies motionless on the arena floor, she stares at a widening point of light with a sort of detached curiosity. She has seen this swirling-lights phenomenon described by people on TV as near-death experience, she doesn't feel the pain of the wound in her chest – nor does she hear the choked apologies and pleadings mumbled beneath the breath of the man who put his sword through her chest, Xeus, the gladiator who stands nearby, then walks over to her and takes her hand. Moments from Tina's life flicker by. But she focuses on the last few in line, the moments when she was inspired by her friend, Shatterstar, to fight for the freedom of her neighbors, when she received great powers and became a hero. She smiles, knowing in life that some are bit players, some are recurring characters – and some are leads, images burned into the infinite black forever. Like Shatterstar, whose holographic image appears above the battle arena in the ampitheater, and is the last thing Tina sees before she closes her eyes.
Right now, Shatterstar is making his way across the city, blood-covered swords in hand, he has travelled across the universe in pursuit of his kidnapped tenants. At his side is Pug-Smasher, who he has already rescued from being sold as meat on the backstreets of Horus IV. Pug-Smasher currently holds a stick, with the head of his attacker, Deadair, attached to it. Beaten, exhausted by extensive use of his mutant super-powers of manipulating frequencies of bioelectricity, Shatterstar arrives at the amphitheatre just as Tina Cooke's soul departs her body, bound for whatever heaven her godless home univese can muster. As the doors to the amphitheatre open, the crowds see Shatterstar and begin to chant his name, for only minutes before, the crowd had voted that Tina Cooke of Earth-1218 should die. As they watch Shatterstar arrive, they see the wisdom in their decision. Shatterstar knows that the stakes have been considerably raised. He looks up at a holographic projection of himself that appears over the battle arena, before turning to the control booth, and calling out 'Blue man in the podium – who are you?'
The “blue man” is of course the Grandmaster, he grins as he introduces himself, and boasts that he is a god here. 'So said Mojo V' Shatterstar mutters. 'So say all in the podium seats, safe behind the glass' he frowns, before turning his back to the control room, as the Grandmaster calls out 'I am no “Mojo”. The ultimate power over -' he begins, but Shatterstar declares that he doesn't care and asks the Grandmaster to do as gods do and be silent. The Grandmaster smirks and falls silent, as Shatterstar turns to Xeus and remarks 'You are the gladiator who took her life'. 'The audience demanded... yes. I am Xeus. She died at my hand' the gladiator admits. Shatterstar falls silent, and stares at Xeus, who stares back at him. Shatterstar then informs Xeus that his performance is over, and thrusts Pug-Smasher towards him, instructing him to take his friend from the arena and keep him safe, as this isnt his fight. 'Do you understand?' Shatterstar asks. 'Yes, brother. I promise' Xeus replies, taking Pug-Smasher, and covering Pug-Smasher's face as Pug-Smasher begins to protest.
A hover-camera darts around Shatterstar as he addresses the people pf Horus IV, announcing that he is no longer a gladiator, but a landlord, and that he will not pose for their cameras, will not kill for their entertainment. At that moment, the surviving members of the Death Sponsors – Lead-In, Cancellator and Sweepzweak – drop down from above. Cancellator grins at the thought of the approaching battle, while Shatterstar declares that the Death Sponsors killed his tenants, that they were on hand when one of them died – they led her to her doom – and he will have his revenge! The Death Sponsors land around Shatterstar. They are loyal to nothing but ratings and each other – and two of them are already dead. Canellator slams her fist into Shatterstar's face, while the strange looking Sweepzweak attempts to confuse and delude Shatterstar's mind, as the long-haired Lead-In hovers away from the others and uses her powers to make Shatterstar's pain last longer, rolling back time for five seconds with each attack. Shatterstar swings his increasingly heavy blades, and travels back many seconds more in his own mind....
Then:
The Wildways, where a dancer-door opens, and the purple-clad Sovereignshard and several other warriors find themselves in a seemingly abandoned area. 'We're past the managers and agents. This is it, Sovereignshard. Shatterstar's quarters!' one of the other warriors calls out. Sovereignshard tells the others that they know what to do – and they have to do it quick and quiet. Suddenly, a loud voice announces 'Brought to you by Mojomunch sour cream marshmallow it's Rumble Royale!' Sovereignshard and the other warriors then find themselves surrounded by holographic copies of Shatterstar himself. 'It's Mojo team-up! It's fight night! It's Infinity Crisis!' the voice announces as the holographic Shatterstar's leap into action. 'Starring Shatterstar' the voice repeats over and over. 'He's everywhere!' a bearded warrior calls out. But as Sovereignshard shoves a sword through one of the Shatterstar's he tells the others warriors that these are old episodes of Shatterstar's greatest hits, that he is playing his holo-cache.
'The cancellation of a major star. Reunion with Gringrave. An alliance with Windsong. Special episode featuring a flashback. To the villainy of the heinous X-Men!' the voice calls out as the battle continues. 'Listen to him! He knew we were coming!' Sovereignshard exclaims, realizing that someone tipped Shatterstar off. 'Mutant monsters from spiny space get primed to palpitate!' the voice declares as Sovereignshard tells the other warriors again that someone got to Shatterstar, that he knows they are here to kill him – and an instant later, one of the holo-Shatterstar's – or possibly the real one – shoves his double-bladed sword through Sovereignshard's chest. Shatterstar pulls his sword back out, and Sovereignshard falls to the blood-soaked ground, while an applause echoes through the chamber.
Now:
'Bravo, Gaveedra-7. Bravo' Gringrave claps as she enters the battle arena, wearing a pink costume, just as Shatterstar uses his swords to decapitate Sweepzweak, whose head flies through the air, a strange mix of blood and circuitry trailing behind it. Cancellator lies motionless nearby, blood oozing from her stomach, while Lead-In lays still in a pool of blood. 'That taut, firm body. The handsome face. The blinking black star. You cut the ponytail, but I don't mind. You've still got it' Gringrave calls out, while the audience smile as they watch her. 'And all that talk about not being a gladiator anymore? About not wanting to kill for them? Just a stylish makeover' Gringrave exclaims as she holds the palms of her hands to the sides of her face, creating an even larger smile thanks to the tattoo markings on her palms. Strange robots flank her, and the crowd begins to chant her name in excitement.
Gringrave dances her way close to Shatterstar, 'You're back, baby. Of course, just like back on Mojoworld... I helped get you here' Gringrave smiles as she places her face next to Shatterstar's, although Shatterstar barely reacts to her, before hanging his head as Gringrave continues to dance around him, boasting that it was she, like a great bard, who conceived this tale. 'I, Gringrave of the Wildways, ranneth this show!' she exclaims, revealing that she made sure it wasn't easy, but also wasn't too hard, that she gave it style and substance and drama most addictive. Gringrave continues, informing Shatterstar that she was responsible for bringing the mercenaries to his new abode, and she who set the pieces into play that guided him to scorn his punkish lover, the noble Rictor, by murdering her own teleporter. 'Of course, that wouldn't have made for a good narrative! But oh, how excited was the aged man, Mr Taylor...believing he did something useful before my knives opened him gullet to stern' Gringrave smiles wickedly. This revelation causes Shatterstar to lash out, lunging his sword towards Gringrave, who grabs it with her bare hands, and yanks it from Shatterstar, kicking him in the face, the brave warrior falls backwards. Referring to his current gray and red costume, Gringrave tells him that she wished he had worn the white shirt, as she wants those in the cheap seats to see the blood stains.
As the audience watch the battle in awe, several others can see the fight play out on the screen in their cell – Goldon, Crimzor and the End Woman, three more of Shatterstar's tenants. Suddenly, Xeus enters the cell and tosses Pug-Smasher towards the others. 'He dumped me aside to fight them himself! He's not insane! He's an idiot!' Pug-Smasher declares. Goldon tells Pug-Smasher not to say that, reminding him that Shatterstar came here for them, that he is doing this for all of them. 'Isn't that right, Crimzor?' Goldon asks, turning to his friend. 'Yes, Goldon, For us. All of us' Crimzor responds.
Back in the arena: 'All of this. This theatre. All of these lives endangered and ended' Shatterstar utters as his sword clangs against one of Gringrave's golden blades, before he slams his foot into her, kicking her backwards. 'You traveled across billions of miles and a hundred years. For what, Grin?' Shatterstar asks. 'So you could be a “star” again?' he enquires as he slices his blades through one of Gringrave's strange robots, and as Gringrave gets to her feet, he leaps towards her and knocks her aside once more. Blood trickles down Gringrave's body as she gets back up and reveals 'No. Because you took it all away from me, Star. Because you betrayed me and everything we shared!' Gringrave then hurls one of her blades at Shatterstar, triking him in his shoulder. 'After I took you under my wing. After I taught you to fight. How to be loved by the audience. After I taught you to avoid being hurt! I taught you how to kill and how to live!' Gringrave snaps, asking Shatterstar if he doesn't remember her lessons, while throwing another blade at Shatterstar, striking him through his hand. Gringrave then goes up behind Shatterstar and shoves a blade through his stomach. 'I remember' Shatterstar utters.
Then:
Shatterstar stands over Sovereignshard's body, clapping echoes around him as Gringrave approaches him, telling him that was a good show, a perfect illustration of her final lesson. 'What...what do you mean?' Shatterstar enquires. 'A little job for Mojo V and Spiral' Gringrave responds as a recording appears on several holographic monitors that glow around the duo, the monitors depict Sovereignshard telling Windsong that Mojo wants to make Shatterstar her husband – to breed the great Shatterstar and Windsong – to create an army of perfect clones. A voice can be heard declaring 'I won't let that happen. I won't. We will rescue him and bring him to the Cadre Alliance'. Gringrave tells Shatterstar that that is a simple ending, as Sovereignshard's voice on the recording boasts that while Mojoworld sleeps, Shatterstar's reign over the arena will end. 'The perfect motive for you to murder the man who wanted to set you free' Gringrave explains, shattering the holo-projector, and the recorded message with it. She turns and starts to walk away, 'Every one of us, every gladiator does it to make a good show. It doesn't take much. But sometimes you need to give yourself justification to fight' she calls back to Shatterstar, who still stands over the body of Sovereignshard.
Now:
Shatterstar falls to his knees, blood pouring from several wounds on his body as Gringrave stands over him. 'And for all of your lessons, you would have let Mojo use my body had I not rebelled and joined the Alliance. You would have let them make an army out of my blood to conquer other worlds' Shatterstar utters, telling Gringrave that she did it so that she could please Mojo, so that she could be a bigger star – so she could have a bigger audience. 'Oh, Star. You sad, silly boy' Gringrave remarks as she kicks one of Shatterstar's swords away from his reach. Shatterstar falls onto his hands and knees, as Gringrave touches his face and tells him that he has never understood people, that they are too complex, so he has always tried to simplify them. She looks Shatterstar in the face and informs him that she didn't care about Mojo or the audience – that she didn't want to leave because she had broken her own rules. 'I didn't want you to leave... because I love you' Gringrave utters as she and Shattestar embrace, sitting up on their knees. Gringrave smiles with Shatterstar's arms wrapped around her – then suddenly, Shatterstar hurls himself, pulling Gringrave with him, towards one of his swords which is sitting upright – blade pointed straight towards them – as Shatterstar plunges down onto the blade, pulling Gringrave down on it, too – straight through her body, spraying blood up into the air.
The audience look on in shock, awe and excitement, when suddenly, Shatterstar  pushes Gringrave's body up off his own, back through the sword, he drops her lifeless body to one side, then sits up, the sword still sticking through his own body, 'I – I promised' Shatterstar utters. He gets to his feet, the blade now removed from his body, a trail of blood seeping behind him as he walks across the arena towards the cell door off to the side, while the crowd scream his name. 'I promised I would hunt the Death Sponsors. I would avenge Mr Tayor. I would kill Gringrave. And now... now I will rescue my tenants' the weakened Shatterstar utters as he edges forward, while inside the cell, his tenants watch him on a screen. 'I told you, Crim. I told you' Goldon exclaims.
Suddenly, a blur of light, as the Grandmaster materializes next to Shatterstar. 'A perfectly angled blade, bypassing your major organs. Impressive. But this episode isn't over yet' the Grandmaster announces, reminding Shatterstar of who he is, he declares 'I am God here' and boats that the ultimate power over life and death is his to bestow – as he casts a hand towards Shatterstar, who is suddenly torn apart, his blood splattering across the arena sand in awesome display....


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in vision:Millions of Shatterstar's heirs. Clones created by mixing his unique genetics with those of his surrogate mate, Windsong. Countless Shatterstar duplicates hone their fighting skills, each shouting 'I am Shatterstar!' over and over. They possess incredible abilities in skill and battle – and have only one desire. They are unleashed upon the Multiverse by Mojo V and his deadly mage, Spiral, from their studio in the Wildways. The Shatterstars slay and conquer, planting television antennas into the ground in the name of their bloated leader and the god of ratings, Za – and in the process kill Cable, Domino, Warpath, Boom-Boom and Cannonball, before moving on to universe after universe, world after world, where they fight until they win. On one such world, they kill the warriors Goldon and Crimzor. They add enslaved beings to the network's captive audience, while in one reality, the human Tina Cooke hides from an army of Shatterstars. The Shatterstars burn their own images onto the infinite black – for all of eternity.
Reality:'This is what you gave up when you rebelled against Mojo and joined the rebellion, Shatterstar. This is the legacy you denied yourself when you came to Earth...and became Ben Gaveedra, landlord' the Grandmaster announces as he stands near Shatterstar, who is on his knees in the middle of a large fighting arena, while the citizens of Horus IV look on, watching them. 'I was... I was dead. I was in Hell' Shatterstar utters. 'Well, aren't you dramatic?' the Grandmaster smiles, before remarking that it is more accurate to say he disassembled his atoms and sent his essence to experience an alternate present, adding that he shared it with their adoring audience, as well.
In the cell off to the side of the arena, the End Woman tells her fellow prisoner, Goldon, not to worry, as Shatterstar is back. The Grandmaster informs Shatterstar that even now, his tenants cling to each other and the hope that he might rescue them. 'And thus begins episode five: The Conclusi-' the Grandmaster begins, before Shatterstar spins around and slices the top of the cosmic being's head off, in a bloody display.
'Hm' the Grandmaster mutters as his face begins to re-form. 'Fekt. What...what are you?' Shatterstar asks. 'As I've said before, but was rudely interrupted, I'm the last survivor of my species, gifted with the power primordial and immortality' the Grandmaster smiles, boasting that he is the muse of gamblers and providence of high stakes. Getting to his feet, Shatterstar asks the Grandmaster why he brought Gringrave here and helped her to orchestrate this charade. The Grandmaster explains that he has pitted himself against many opponents – Kang, the Prime Movers, the Avengers, the Maestro, and even Death herself. The Grandmaster holds up a small statue of Shatterstar and tells him that all of his opponents have been cunning and powerful, all of them great in their way, but all consumed with only winning, ultimately disinterested in the art of the game – and playing against everyone else. The Grandmaster hurls the statue of Shatterstar into the arena, where it transforms into a life-size version, as the Grandmaster remarks that Shatter was something new, that he inspired him to gather and audience and fill this forgotten arena here on Horus IV.
'All of this theatre so that many might witness the greatest Contest of Champions!' the Grandmaster declares. 'Za's vid!' Shatterstar gasps as the statue of himself splits into four versions, each representing Shatterstar from a different era, all with different costumes. His classic white one, his early red and white costume from X-Force, and the purple X-Force costume, along with a more modern, sleeker white costume. '...a gladiator whose very life is a game. A game played against himself!' the Grandmaster exclaims as Shatterstar's copies lunge towards him.
In front of the prison, the warrior called Xeus looks into the cell where Shatterstar's tenants are being held. Pug-Smasher asks Xeus to let them out so they can fight with Shatterstar, but Xeus tells Pug-Smasher that he gave his word. The End Woman sits next to Crimzor, while Goldon stands in front of them, arms folded. Crimzor asks what the point is, as this Grandmaster will stop at nothing to destroy Shatterstar, and they are doomed to die here, like Tina Cooke. But Goldon declares that Shatterstar gave them a home to share, and the End Woman remembers Gabbi. 'If I'm not there when she comes after school... she'll think I abandoned her, too' the End Woman worries. Crimzor declares that it is Shatterstar who abandoned them. 'Where was Shatterstar when the Death Sponsors and his kinky ex attacked, anyway?' he asks. Suddenly, Goldon turns to his friend and tells him to stop, that he is sick of his negativity. 'Oh, is that right, Goldon? Well, remember who got us cast off to that backwater world with its gladiator landlord in the first place' Crimzor mutters.
Crimzor continues, asking Goldon what kind of king he would have made. 'If you had just let me rule the Scorpus Citadel, our world wouldn't have tumbled into the maw of nothing' he claims. Goldon tells Crimzor to shut up, and lunges at him, while the End Woman wraps her arm around Crimzor's neck. 'Fools!' Xeus exclaims as he enters the cell, pulls Goldon away from Crimzor, who falls to the floor with the End Woman. 'Let me go! Let me smash his smug face!' Goldon exclaims. 'Indignant worms!' Xeus mutters. 'May I?' Crimzor smiles at the End Woman, who tells him that she is glad he finally picked up on her signals, as Crimzor starts removing her bionic leg. Pug-Smasher lunges at Xeus's leg, 'Stop drooling on me, beast' Xeus mutter as he tries to shake the small dog off of his leg, and pushes Goldon to the ground. Crimzor tells Pug-Smasher, calling him by his true name, Karl, to move aside, and raises a large weapon – the End Woman's gun-leg: 'This is for Tina' Crimzor snarls as fires the weapon, which sets Xeus ablaze. The tenants are able to leave the cell, as Goldon realizes that this was all a distraction tro get the End Woman's gun leg. 'I didn't mean any of it, did you, brother?' Goldon asks. Crimzor exclaims that he did – but they all know as well as he does that they will never find such reasonable rent in Queens again. 'Let's got get our damn landlord!' he declares.
Shatterstar battles his copies, while the Grandmaster's voice echoes around him, reminding Shatterstar how he saved Mojoworld when he fled the Cadre Alliance, and likely saved the entire Multiverse from Mojo V, and in doing so, gave up the fight, rejected his legacy as an unstoppable champion. Shatterstar slices off the head of one of his copies, while the Grandmaster reminds him that he was left with nothing but memories of blood and urder, with fading celebrity, with the lessons taught to him by Gringrave. Shatterstar is punched in the face by one of the others, as the Grandmaster remarks how Gringrave showed him, he embraced the elation of survival, and used the passion for death to fuel life. Another of the Shatterstars slices their sword into Shatterstar's shoulder, as the Grandmaster comments on how he resisted love, giving slavers nothing to use against him.
'And you gave yourself a new motive' the Grandmaster smiles. 'You sought out the weak. The outcasts. Refugees like you'. The Grandmaster points out that Shatterstar put them in one place, knowing inevitably that their pasts would come for them. Shatterstar slices through two of the doubles, tearing them from head to crotch. 'Or yours would' the Grandmaster remarks, as Shatterstar slices the final double into several pieces. 'And you'd have a reason to kill again. An excuse to fight' the Grandmaster points out. 'Quiet on the set...' a strange creature that was assisting the Grandmaster calls out from the edge of the arena, while the Grandmaster points out that every gladiator does it to make a good show. 'I'm sure your tenants understand' he adds, while suddenly, Shatterstar's tenants appear at the edge of the arena. 'Look, Goldon. We're on television' Crimzor smiles, while he holds the End Woman's leg-gun. The End Woman leans against Crimzor, while Goldon surveys his surroundings, and Pug-Smasher calls out to the Grandmaster, warning him to back away from Ben.
The Grandmaster asks Shatterstar to join him here on Horus IV for the next season of his life, to give his contests stakes, and make them mean something. 'And stop fighting yourself' the Grandmaster adds as he motions to the tenants, and seemingly disintegrates them. 'No... my tenants... please, I...' Shatterstar utters, dropping to the ground, shoving his swords into the arena floor, he explains that he was lost, aimless, that he missed all this – it's all he is. The Grandmaster smiles as he listens, while Shatterstar looks up at him and offers to stay, to be his star, that he will fight for him and kill for him. 'You will be my god' Shatterstar declares. The audience begins chanting Shatterstar's name, while the Grandmaster remarks that he bet to himself that Shatterstar would relent – and he never loses a bet.
The forms of the End Woman, Goldon, Crimzor and Pug-Smasher begin to rematerialize, swirling around the arena, as the Grandmaster thanks them for playing, and tells them that they win the right to continue to exist. They vanish again, only to re-appear on screens that hang over the arena. 'Let us end this episode with a tearful homecoming...as the supporting cast makes it way off  the stage forever. Teleported elsewhere, Goldon and Crimzor find themselves in the same location as Rictor, and Rictor and Goldon embrace.
The Grandmaster tells Shatterstar that he knows he is exhausted, but they need to tease the second season. 'Keep rolling when you're on a hot streak, I always say' the Grandmaster remarks, announcing that he has some springboards, and asking Shatterstar how he would feel about a reunion with Mojo V and Spiral, and they could also bring Windsong back into the picture, before suggesting that they could explore Shatterstar's earth in the year 2099. 'What a crossover battle that would be!' he jokes, unaware that Shatterstar has picked up his swords, after pulling them along the ground, creating a large “X” in the arena floor – the cracks in the “X” begin to glow. 'The possibilities are -' the Grandmaster begins, before he and Shatterstar vanish in the glow that rises up from the “X” - Shatterstar's teleport signal.
'What – did you do?' the Grandmaster asks as he and Shatterstar float through space and time – and re-materialize on a bridge in a large, sprawling city. 'What a pathetic, foolish gesture of resistance! Which of your tenants will die first?' the Grandmaster asks. 'Shall I teleport them aall into the acid atmosphere of Venus at once?' the Grandmaster suggests. 'Or perhaps your adoptive world will feel my wrathful – power?' the Grandmaster begins, before becoming confused as he raises his hand, and no power releases from him. Before he has a chance to react, Shatterstar shoves one of his swords into the Grandmaster's stomach, causing the cosmic being to drop to his knees. 'How -?' he utters, while Shatterstar announces that this is Earth-1218, and the Grandmaster remembers that this is a universe with rules too strict to allow for super heroes – and gods.
Shatterstar reports that he investigated a rift in space and came out here on this bridge to find a young woman who told him that people like him existed only in movies and comic books, so she asked if she could follow, to which Shatterstar explained to her that he only guided those lost in time and space – which she said described her perfectly. 'Tina Cooke' the shocked Grandmaster utters. 'She was a “banker” the gambler supreme and yet she wanted more. Ha'. The Grandmaster gets to his feet and admits to Shatterstar that he was bored, and that immortality is a curse in its way, for after millions of years there were no challenges left – every contest the same, and no gamble meant anything because he always knew the outcome. But now, he isn't sure. The Grandmaster realizes Shatterstar is weak, and that his portal will close in seconds. He wonders how he will get his power back, and whether he will recover. 'How could I possibly win at this?' the Grandmaster enquires. 'You can't' Shatterstar snaps as he kicks the Grandmaster backwards, while pulling his sword back out of his body – causing the Grandmaster to topple over the bridge railing, and plunge into the water underneath, while Shatterstar falls back into his glowing portal.
Shatterstar then floats through space and time, 'Home...' he utters as blood spills out from his wounds. Suddenly, he sees a large “X” glowing in the distance. He reaches out for it, when suddenly, a hand reaches through the portal, grabs Shatterstar and pulls him through – and out into the foyer of his apartment building.
'You've got him, Rictor!' the End Woman exclaims. 'Pull, you second-rate punk!' Pug-Smasher calls out as he pulls on Rictor, as Shatterstar collapses onto the ground. Rictor holds Shatterstar in his arms, while the End Woman kneels beside him and presses a cloth down on the wound on his chest, pointing out that his healing factor doesn't mean squat if all his blood is on the other side. Goldon and Crimzor stand behind Rictor, while Pug-Smasher shouts 'Don't die, Ben, and I'll never soil the entryway again!' Rictor smiles at Shatterstar, 'I've got you' he tells him. Shatterstar smiles back and asks Julio how he found him. 'Your powers...they run on sonic vibrations. Mine run on detecting and manipulating seismic activity' Shatterstar remarks, explaining that he just had to reach out across the universe and find Shatterstar's unique signature, key into his vibes, then enhance them and bring him home. 'You were right, Ric. Despite it all... you and I have always been on the same wavelength' Shatterstar utters, before he succumbs to the darkness.
A voice can be heard from a television: 'The match of the year... no, maybe the decade. It's the reigning champion... from Biloxi, Mississippi, and weighing in at 226 pounds...' as Pug-Smasher stands next to a television that is placed before the grave of the deceased elderly Dwayne Taylor, whose gravetone is marked “Thrasher of the Night”. 'There. Now he won't miss anything' Pug-Smasher adds, while Goldon tells him to wait, as he places a tablet, leaning against the television, directed at the grave of Tina Cooke, whose gravestone is marked “Friend, Seeker of the Truth. A report on the Fantastic Four is emitted from the tablet, and Shatterstar tells Goldon that is a nice touch, before suggesting they get home, as they have to meet their new neighbors.
Three weeks later, at Manor Crossing, where a  block party is underway. 'Where's my grilled kibble, capitalist scum?' Pug-Smasher calls out as he sits on the grass, while the End Woman and Gabbi Stoleto play with the dog Mitzi Moscowitz. Shatterstar stands at the barbeque, as Rictor talks to Kid Nighthawk, and Crimzor leans against a table, drinking, while Goldon sits at the table talking to thev green-skinned Anesthesia and her elderly, wheelchair-bound father. Crimzor tells Shatterstar that he thinks they will all fit in quite nicely, and that Kid Nighthawk is embarassingly agreeable, and he can already see his foolish brother falling for Anesthesia. 'I'm glad to hear it' Shatterstar smiles. Crimzor takes a burger that and sits down next to Shatterstar as he tells him that he has been wondering – is it true what the Grandmaster said? 'Was the god correct that I surrounded myself with all of you to give me a reason to fight?' Shatterstar asks. 'Yes. I suppose he was' Shatterstar smiles.
Shatterstar explains that he finds people complex and difficult to understand and that in his attempt to comprehend their motivations, he has tried to reduce them to simpler fictions, and when that was ineffectual, he believed that it proved that real life was nothing like the stories told for entertainment. Shatterstar adds that a life spent in front of the audience, begging for their approval, praying for a god to notice him – he thought that made him an outsider. But it doesn't. It just makes him like everyone else. Shatterstar is trying to surround himself with wonderful, complicated characters – he tries to live a story full of love and loss, winning  and losing – a story with stakes that means something. That's about something – a story that will be noticed.


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Planet Without A Hulk: part 1: She-Hulk: Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Weeks ago, in New York City…
Jennifer and some of her hero friends: Doc Samson, Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, Tigra and Yellowjacket are locked in combat against a thirty-foot Doombot, tearing up the streets. Leading the charge, Iron Man proclaims to his teammates that this is their one chance to show people what registered and trained heroes can do! As Doc Sampson pulls wires from the robot’s shoulder, Reed wraps his body around the robot, causing him to get out of balance. He begins to ask Jennifer to topple it, but she is already way ahead of him. She-Hulk gives the Doombot several hard punches to its leg, which crumples like tinfoil. A moment later, the Doombot takes a nosedive into the street’s concrete.
Jennifer Walter considers these as good times. She means, this is what being She-Hulk is all about, right? Regarding the fallen robot, she notes one would think she’d feel pretty pleased with herself. But, no, she has to go rushing into battle… with her shrink!
While Ms. Marvel regards the fallen machine, her hands on her hips, Jennifer explains to Doc Samson that there is no need for her to go back into therapy. She’s feeling great. In fact, she adds, she never felt better. Samson thinks it’s because Jennifer is spending all her time as She-Hulk. Jennifer doesn’t want to talk about this again. She doesn’t think she needs to change back into “Jen.” She is Jen Walters and She-Hulk.
Nearby, Reed and Tony are in their own conversation, even as they eye She-Hulk from afar. Reed tells Tony to trust him, as he’s sure Jennifer will be up for it. Tony sure hopes so, because after what they… Tony stops himself there, and corrects himself by saying that after what he did to Jennifer’s cousin, it won’t take long for others to realize this that they’re living in a world without a Hulk. Reed doesn’t think they need to worry about that. He’s certain Jennifer will step up, and that She-Hulk will fill the vacuum. Reed excuses himself and walks over to Jennifer, and gives her a high-five, congratulating her for a job well done. Jennifer smiles this is just like old times.
In celebration of their victory, the heroes climb atop the defeated robot and wave to the watching crowd. Hank can’t believe it: the people are actually cheering for them. Tony helps Ms. Marvel up on the robot, and Carol tells Tony she can’t believe it either. People haven’t cheered for them since… before the Stamford disaster. Tony remarks that Carol had better get used to it, because that is the sound of people starting to believe in super heroes again. Still at street level, She-Hulk asks if they’ll technically still be super heroes after all this, or will they just be SHIELD agents when they’re all on federal payroll. Iron Man just says “no.”
Today, at the SHIELD carrier…
The red alert at the SHIELD headquarters goes off. Jennifer puts on her SHIELD uniform, and mocks Iron Man for denying they won’t be SHIELD agents. She runs into action, followed by other, human SHIELD agents, who are also preparing for battle, their guns at the ready.
As she takes an elevator up, Jennifer contacts Clay Quartermain over her headset, asking about the situation. Clay, who is already on the flight deck, is waiting for Jen in his flying car. Other hover-cars have already taken flight. He explains they’re already in range of the threat and are currently mobilizing all their units. Clay orders all of his men to move out. They need to focus on evacuation and should expect heavy casualties. Agent Cake, who is waiting besides Clay, asks about fatalities. Clay orders her to belay that. He has never lost a civilian on a Hulkbuster tour and won’t start now. To this, Cake replies with an obedient, “Yes, sir!”
A moment later, Jennifer meets up with Clay and says she is good to go. She asks if they’re sure it’s not… Clay interrupts Jen by confirming it’s not Bruce, but the Abomination this time. He jokes Jen should feel free to pound the living heck out of the monster. “Okay,” Jennifer responds. Quietly admitting to herself, Jennifer hopes every time it will be Bruce, but it never is. Just another one of his old foes, and she is left cleaning up the mess. And she sure is no Hulk. She’s more like Hulk-lite with half the calories. Jennifer seriously thinks she’s in way over her head!
Racing to the edge of the helicarrier as she thinks this, Jennifer jumps off the edge and opens the glider strapped on her back. She glides to the city below.
Meanwhile, at Reno, Nevada, 5.000 feet below…
The Abomination has taken a dining place called “Horndogs” hostage. Surrounded with lots of food and beautiful and scantily clad, yet scared waitresses, Blonsky has his feet up on a a mass of remains of food dishes he has consumed. In his hand is not a glass or mug, but a pitcher of beer. Craning his neck upwards, he is watching an ice skating competition on a mounted television. Snarling, he says he can’t believe the skaters only received a “5.2” and believes the American judge to be responsible for that. He mocks that Americans will never understand the aesthetics of this sport. The grace, the beauty, the poetry. He orders the girls to bring him more of their Buffalo wings or he’ll crush their skulls.
Suddenly, the show is interrupted for an emergency announcement, which sports the SHIELF emblem. It speaks to all the citizens of Reno, and says they regret to inform that a citywide evacuation is in effect and that SHIELD agents will assist them. The Abomination angrily gets up and hurls the table he’s sitting at out of his way. He mocks that if people wish to disturb him, they can be his guest – for as long as the Hulk hides himself away, there is no force on Earth that can stop him! Blonsky walks outside and looks at the already destroyed area around himself. He shouts that this is his planet now! He dares SHIELD to take their best shot at him.
He looks at the sky and sees something coming towards him – fast. Thinking the object to be a missile, Abomination laughs at it, believing it won’t harm him. However, he quickly realizes that it’s actually She-Hulk, who quips “Candygram” a split moment before slamming into the Abomination so hard that he falls back, plowing through the road with his back. Rising first, She-Hulk immediately informs the Abomination that she places him under arrest,. However, the Abomination says he doesn’t recognize her authority over him. He gets up and tries to hit Jennifer, mocking that she and everyone else is beneath him. As long as her cousin is away, he says, he is the strongest there is. With that, he lands and a blow against Jennifer, knocking her into a building.
Not far away, Clay and his agents are trying to evacuate the area’s citizens. They all felt the vibration of the punch Abomination just delivered, and Agent Quartermain thinks they’d better hurry before they come his way. One of the agents wonders if they shouldn’t be giving the She-Hulk some backup, however Clay doesn’t think so. Not for as long as they’ve got a job to do, that is. It may not be a glamorous one nor may it get a headline, but it’s got to be done – each and every time there is a Hulk-level threat. He watches how some agents rescue citizens out of a building and compliments them on a good job. Clay uses his headset to contact Agent Cake and asks her how things are going on her end.
Receiving him, Agent Cake asks for a moment, as she is dealing with some looters who are trying to rob an electronics store. Calling to them, she instructs the looters to drop what they’re holding and place their hands above their heads. She then introduces herself as Agent Cheesecake of SHIELD and informs them that she’s placing them under arrest. Though indeed dropping their merchandise, the looters begin to converge upon Agent Cheesecake, with the lead asking, “Are you serious, doll?” In response, Cheesecake delivers a kick to the lead looter’s chin. As she then begins to take them out, one by one, with hand-to-hand combat, she corrects that she isn’t a doll, but… a Life Model Decoy. Programmed for seduction, combat… and retrieval. Her task completed, she reports back to Clay that her location has been secured, and will be sure to have the area swept before it becomes part of their green zone.
At the same time, She-Hulk does her best to dodge Abomination’s many punches by leaping high into the air. Abomination laughs and recalls Jennifer never faced him before all by herself. Honestly, he doesn’t know how she thinks she’ll make it through this alive. After all, Blonsky mocks, Jennifer is no Hulk. Jennifer smiles Abomination is right: she is no Hulk. The Hulk is a mindless brawler, while she on the other hand has been trained to fight… by Captain America! Demonstrating this, she sweeps the Abomination’s legs with a kick, knocking him down. She then follows this with a punch to the torso, knocking him again off his feet. As she continues punching, she adds that she also received training lessons from Gamora, the deadliest woman in the universe! In fact, she believes she’s probably the only foe Abomination ever faced with both fighting skills and the strength to penetrate his armored hide!
Abomination again tries to hit her, but She-Hulk simply dodges it by once more jumping beyond his reach. Showing teeth, Abomination admits this was amusing. A novelty at best. Because, he thinks, with his great strength, all he has to do is really connect, just once, and all this will be over. In that case, Jennifer replies, she’d better take him on from a distance. Pulling up a lamppost from the sidewalk, she begins twirling it above her head. The Abomination isn’t impressed by it and begins to close in. Jennifer, however, smiles she’d like Abomination to think of the post as a quarterstaff that weighs a quarter-ton. She hits the Abomination with the post a couple of times real hard to the side, head and lower back .
Incensed, the Abomination angrily shouts out he’s had enough! Though he prefers taking Jennifer down with his own two hands, he’ll still take great pleasure in burying her under a mountain of steel! He begins throwing several cars at her at the same time, but Jennifer effortlessly parries all away with the lamppost. As he is stunned dumb at the display, Jennifer jokes that she believes nobody ever told Abomination that her Shulk-Fu is stronger. She gestures with her hand she’s ready for more. This greatly enrages the Abomination, who growls in rage and runs towards her.
Jennifer panics a bit. She admits to herself that all she wanted to do is get under Emil’s skin, thinking it would give her an edge. But now she’s face-to-face with a rampaging Abomination, she realizes she’s going to need help on this one. Professional help.
New York, Doc Samson’s office…
Leonard is busy with a therapy session with Hank Pym, who’s sitting in costume in the coach in front of him, when the phone rings. Samson apologizes for the interruption, but since it’s the emergency line that’s ringing. He has to take this. He answers the phone politely, but Jen interrupts, begging for help. Samson thinks she needs a therapy session but she quickly denies that. She has used the phone in her headset to ask for help concerning the Abomination and asks what the effect of gamma rays are on the human mind.
Samson confirms that is his specialty, then realizing that she is asking for a psychological edge over the Abomination. He suggests that, first, Jennifer study his outer form, as gamma-being’s outer shell can give her insight into their inner self. For example, the Hulk is an expression of Bruce Banner’s rage. Samson concludes that his own form relates to his love towards heroes.
Miles away, Jennifer dodges another punch from the Abomination, who instead hits his fist into a wall, shattering it. She tells Samson to speak faster!
When he then asks about Blonsky’s form, Jennifer describes it as hideous and repulsive. Samson confirms that, explaining Blonsky’s form is an expression of his self-hatred. He’s a man who believes that he’s ugly on the inside. That he’s unworthy of true love, affection and companionship. Jennifer understands and thanks Samson for the help. She kicks Abomination in his stomach, and asks him how the Buffalo wings tasted.
Stunned, Abomination asks Jennifer what she means. She wants to know why Emil was hanging out at a Horndogs store, while he had a whole city to choose from. She mocks that’s perhaps the only way a freak like Abomination can get to a cute girl. Abomination shouts at Jennifer to stop, and not to make him… Jennifer interrupts, thinking he’s planning to kill her, but she knows he won’t do that. She knows because this fight, her hitting him, is the closest he’ll ever come to a woman wanting to touch him again. With an uncertain tone in his voice, Abomination slowly says that’s not true.
That’s the window She-Hulk was waiting for to open. She hits Abomination hard into his stomach again, and next in his neck. Each strike is into a major nerve cluster, but they’re cheap shots. Jennifer isn’t proud of them, but she had to bring him down. She gives Abomination a final kick, which defeats him and renders the villain unconscious. Jennifer admits to herself she had to do this, because in the end she is no Hulk. She’s She-Hulk. And she’s not ashamed to use it.
A while later, Clay and other SHIELD agents arrive and imprison Abomination into a huge containment device resembling a mummy’s sarcophagus. The SHIELD agent asks Clay if they’re shipping the villain off to the big house, or to the Negative Zone prison, but Quartermain replies neither. They’ve just received new orders from their new director. Blonsky will come back with them to the Helicarrier.
Nearby, Jennifer uses her headset to contact Samson again, and apologizes to him for being so short on him earlier. Samson, now alone in his office, says he’s always glad to help. But, he says, it’s like he’s been telling her for a while now: they should examine what her own gamma form says about her psyche. He wants to ask to make an appointment but Jennifer has already hung up on him.
Clay walks over to Jennifer and congratulates “Agent Jameson” on another job well done. As they walk, Jennifer corrects that she’s going by her “Walters” name again. When Clay mentions their SHIELD files still list her as married, Jennifer explains that she and her husband separated. Clay is sorry to hear that, but Jennifer isn’t. “Really,” Clay smiles upon hearing that.
Later that night…
In Clay’s room at SHIELD, a display on the door reads, “do not disturb.” Jennifer and Clay have just made love together. Clay is already asleep, but Jen isn’t. She smiles and gets up, and reminds herself she’s both She-Hulk and Jennifer. Only, Jennifer never would have done this. She gets dressed, telling herself that when she She-Hulk, she does what she wants, when she wants. And with who she wants. She has fun. She has adventures. She has it all. So, Jennifer wonders… “Why don’t I feel grounded anymore?”
In Clay’s room at SHIELD, a display on the door reads, “do not disturb.” Inside, Jennifer sits at the edge of the bed she has just shared with Clay Quartermain, regarding his still-sleeping form out of the corner of her eye. Lost in thought, she tells herself she’s Jen Walters and she’s She-Hulk. Only, Jennifer never would have done this. Rising silently, she places a robe over her naked body. She tells herself that, when she’s She-Hulk, she does what she wants, when she wants. And with who she wants. She has fun. She has adventures. She has it all. So, Jennifer wonders as she peers out the porthole of the SHIELD helicarrier currently orbiting the Earth… “Why don’t I feel grounded anymore?”


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Planet Without a Hulk part 2: Gamma Flight
The Hudson Bay shoreline, a giant white beast rampages through the snow-covered forest, unaware that he is being followed by the X-Man and Avenger known as Wolverine. As Wolverine points out, most people will tell you that the beast - the Wendigo - is an urban myth - Canada’s answer to Bigfoot. But Wolverine knows better. Wolverine knows that the beast is close to ten feet tall and weighs two thousand pounds, oh, and that’ he’s hungry. The Wendigo is always hungry. A snowcat growls as the Wendigo runs past it. Wolverine knows that Wendigo is hungry for one thing, always the same thing - human flesh. Good a reason as any to keep quiet, and downwind of course.
Wolverine, who is the best there is at what he does, leaps from tree to tree, following the beast - a beast he is familiar with, having fought various incarnations of it over the years. However, when it comes to the Wendigo, Wolverine has learned that it is best not to do it alone. Logan, as Wolverine is sometimes known, does the smart thing and waits for backup, keeping an eye on the Wendigo to make sure it doesn’t come across any campers - but too late!
Logan sees the campfire about two hundred yards from his present location. ‘Might as well be ringing a flaming dinner bell!’ Wolverine says about the lone camper not to far ahead. Wolverine notices Wendigo pick up the camper’s scent, ‘So much for the not-going-it-alone plan!’ Wolverine mutters as he leaps from the tree, hoping that he can close the distance between he and the Wendigo.
The camper sits beside their fire and sings the song “Bingo”, when suddenly the Wendigo leaps at the camper, knocking them off their chair. The Wendigo picks the camper up as Wolverine closes in on them, thinking that he knows that scent - Syntha-Derm - which is the artificial flesh that SHIELD uses for their Life Model Decoy’s, or LMD’s, and all of their cheesy “Mission Impossible” masks. Wolverine lands on the snow and the Wendigo turns from the “camper” to Wolverine, who asks the beast if it remembers him. ’Don’t worry’ Wolverine tells it. ’I’m not here to spoil your dinner!’
Logan smirks before telling the beast ’But that’s mainly ’cause what you’re holding ain’t dinner! The Wendigo turns to the camper, who suddenly begins to burst from their clothing, ’It’s bait…ain’t that right, She-Hulk?’ Wolverine exclaims as the Jade Giantess reveals herself. ’Geez, way to spoil me big reveal, Wolvie!’ Jennifer Walters a.k.a. the She-Hulk exclaims to her friend as she thumps the Wendigo on the head, before asking Wolverine what he is doing here.
She-Hulk asks Wolverine if SHIELD brought him in on this one also, to which he smiles and replies that actually he got a call from a Sarcee Indian friend of his. She-Hulk asks Logan if he is just going to stand there, or if he is going to join the “party” also. ‘Lady…I thought you’d never ask!’ Wolverine exclaims, unsheathing his claws before leaping onto the Wendigo as She-Hulk kicks it in the back.
8 Klicks away, at SHIELD’s security perimeter, Cheesecake exclaims that, according to their files, even the real Hulk hasn’t fared that well against the Wendigo, and suggests that they should be in there watching She-Hulk’s back. Crimson tells Cheesecake that it is easy for her to sat, as she is just an LMD - a machine - but when the rest of them get torn apart, they are harder to put back together, so he thinks She-Hulk should soften the Wendigo up first. Quartermain turns to Cheesecake and regrets that he has to agree with Crimson in this one, Wendigo is out of their league.
Cheesecake points out that they are Hulkbusters, to which Quartermain replies ‘In name only, Cheesecake, I think we all know who the muscle is in this outfit…’. Another agent approaches Quartermain and informs him that they have a situation with some of the locals. Quartermain, Cheesecake and Crimson go down to the edge of the perimeter, and Quartermain introduces himself, asking how he can help them. ‘I believe there’s been a misunderstanding. We’re here to help you!’ a young Native American woman proclaims, before introducing herself as Elizabeth Twoyoungmen, formerly of Department H.
The former powerhouse of Alpha Flight informs the SHIELD agents that she and others of the Tsuu T’ina Nation, the Sarcee, are here to assist Wolverine in the capture of the great forest spirit. ‘Yeah? Under whose authority?’ Quartermain asks, unimpressed. ‘Authority? I am the protector of these lands! Of this realm!’ Elizabeth exclaims, before summoning up her powers and revealing a new costume, ‘I am the TALISMAN!’ Quartermain tells Talisman that she put on a nice show, but that until he sees something in writing, she will have to cool her heels here like everybody else. ‘You’re kidding, right?’ replies one of the most powerful sorcereresses on Earth.
‘WENDIGO’ roars the beast as it tosses Wolverine and She-Hulk into some trees. Their bodies tangled, She-Hulk rubs her head, telling Wolverine that he almost gave her a concussion, ‘That’s some hard skull ya got there!’ she adds. Logan tells She-Hulk that it is his adamantium, the hardest substance on Earth, explaining that every bone in his body is laced with it. ‘Really? Every bone?’ She-Hulk asks wide-eyed, when suddenly Wolverine tells her to look out, but it’s too late, as Wendigo rushes up and slashes She-Hulk across the stomach.
‘Flaming novice!’ Logan exclaims, telling Jennifer that she had to be cute, didn’t she, then telling her that this is serious, before asking if she is going to be okay. ‘ Yeah…just give me a minute…’ She-Hulk replies, before falling to the snow, leaving Wolverine to battle Wendigo alone.
Meanwhile, in New York, at the law offices of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzburg & Holloway. ‘You’re dead! Y’hear me? You’re dead to me, Book! I’m getting me a new lawyer!’ exclaims the White Rabbit as she storms out of Book’s office. ‘Nut, Mrs. Dogson…’ Book begins to protest, to which the White Rabbit holds her hand up and declares that she is late enough as it is. ‘Late for a very important date!’
Mallory Book returns to her desk and mumbles ‘That makes two - I should have been out of here hours ago!’ But instead, it has been one thing after another, client after client firing her, Lord only knows why! Mallory presses her intercom and calls out to Dottie, asking who they have lined up for tomorrow. A voice replies ‘Nobody. They all cancelled!’ Mallory storms out of her office, asking Dottie what she means they have all cancelled. ‘Ah…you’re a monkey!’ Mallory exclaims as she enters Dottie’s work area, and instead of seeing Dottie sees, well, a monkey.
Telephone between his head and shoulders and busy writing notes, the “monkey” replies that he is actually a chimpanzee, and introduces himself as Mr. Bobo, and that he is Mr. Zix’s new secretary. Mallory asks what happened to Dottie, to which Mr. Bobo replies that he doesn’t know. Mallory storms over and bangs on Mr. Zix’s door, telling him to get out here now. Zix replies that he needs one second, as he has to put his face on. ‘Put his face on? What is he? A girl?’ Mallory mutters, when suddenly Mr. Zix opens the door and addressing Mallory as Ms. Book, tells her that he has no time for her now, as he has a big meeting with important clients - he then slams the door on her.
Back inside his office, Mr. Zix apologizes for the interruption, assuring his client that it will not happen again. A voice booms ‘We are displeased, Zix. Most displeased. You were to alert us each and every time that She-Hulk made contact with…a Watcher!’. Zix protests that he has, to which the voice replies is lies, falsehoods and deception, before asking Zix to explain this image which appears on a screen, the voice informs Zix that the image of She-Hulk and the Watcher was taken from an Earth broadcast.
Zix informs the voice that the image is from the Black Panther’s wedding in Wakanda, explaining that he couldn’t sneak a recording device there, as the security was too great and he would have been discovered. ‘Is that your excuse now?’ the voice asks, before demanding to know why Zix is not recording She-Hulk why she is with this “SHIELD” agency. Zix begins to protest, to which the voice shouts ‘Unacceptable!’ and sends a shock of energy surging through Zix.
‘That’s it! This place has officially gone to Hell!’ Mallory exclaims, muttering that Holloway is still out and Walters has flown the coop, not to mention no one has seen Pug or Andy on weeks. ‘And as for Stu…’ she begins, until someone else interrupts, ‘Stu, please!’ he mumbles. Another man holds up copies of comic books, Stan Lee meets Spider-Man and Avengers & Power Pack and exclaims that they can’t figure out how they fit into continuity. ‘How the @#*% should I know?’ a blond man remarks.
Mallory remarks that Stu is completely useless, before pointing out that Dottie has gone now too. She begins to say that the only person she can depend on is - when she is interrupted, ‘Evening, Miss Mallory! And handsome man exclaims. Mallory smiles, ‘Matthew Hawk the Two-Gun Kid - and in his Sunday best no less!’, before asking him if he is ready for their first date. ‘Darn tootin!’ Matt replies, holding up some tickets and telling Mallory that he thought he would treat her to a fancy dinner and a show. Mallory asks what is playing, to which Matt replies ‘A li’l Shakespeare’. ‘”All’s Well That End’s Well”?’ Mallory asks. Two-Gun Kid replies that, actually, it is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Back along the Hudson Bay Shoreline, She-Hulk lies on the snow, when a voice calls to her. She looks up and sees an illusory figure standing before her. ‘Jen Walters?’ she asks. Jennifer Walters tells She-Hulk to go to the Dagobah System. ‘Whuh?’ She-Hulk replies, confused. ‘Hello? Popp culture reference? From Empire?’ Jennifer exclaims, reminding She-Hulk that they have seen it a hundred times. ‘What do you mean “we”? What’re you doing here?’ She-Hulk asks, to which Jennifer replies ‘Giving you a wake-up call!’
Jennifer tells She-Hulk that she is blowing it, ‘Seriously, what are you doing with our life?’ Jen exclaims, pointing out that they had a good thing going at the law firm, cool cases, good friends, really interesting stuff. ‘And now you’re throwing it all away for this mindless super hero crap!’ She-Hulk looks at “herself” and tells her to stop talking like they are different people. ‘We’re not! I’m Jen Walters!’ she exclaims. Jennifer looks at She-Hulk in a patronizing way, ‘Well, duh. But right now, you’re She-Hulk. And by the way?…When you’re She-Hulk, you have a healing factor. Get up. You’re fine!’
She-Hulk looks at herself, ‘I’m all right!’ she exclaims, before looking around, and Wolverine calls out to her, ‘Any time now!’ as the Wendigo races towards him. ‘I’m coming!’ She-Hulk shouts, and races over, smashing into Wendigo and knocking him back as she tells Wolverine that there is no need to get his yellow panties in a bunch. ‘Not bad’ Wolverine replies as he remarks that he thought She-Hulk was taking a powder.
She-Hulk replies that she is okay, as she has a healing factor. Wolverine motions to the wounds on his chest that are healing before his eyes and tells She-Hulk to join the club, before remarking that there is a problem, as ‘You-know-who’ and points at Wendigo, who proceeds to lunge at them again. ‘This might take a while’ Wolverine and She-Hulk remark in unison.
Back at the SHIELD perimeter, Talisman exclaims ‘For the last time, let me through! My friend has need of me…and my magical skills!’ Addressing her as “Ms. Twoyoungmen” Crimson introduces himself, explaining that he is a follower of Cyttorak, and head of SHIELD’s magic-ops division, before boasting that he can assure her that he possesses more than enough enchantments to contain the beast. ‘And I know the spell that can cure him!’ Talisman reveals. ‘Really? Well, that’s got me beat’ Crimson mutters, before turning to Quartermain and asking him what he thinks.
Quartermain replies that he will check with the boss, and radios back to command, informing his superior that they might have a chance to neutralize the threat. ‘Negative. We need this creature contained. Is that understood?’ Quartermain’s boss replies. ‘You heard the main. Hold the line!’ Quartermain exclaims, to which an angry Talisman cries ‘FOOLS!’ and tells the SHIELD officers that they have no idea of the forces at work here. Power surges around Talisman as she announces that the Wendigo is power incarnate, raw fury made flesh. ‘Strike him down, and he shall only rise again! Don’t you understand? No mortal force can stop him!’
Wendigo throws Wolverine into the snow, and as She-Hulk come up behind the beast, it throws her towards Wolverine also. Logan asks She-Hulk they are planning to take this guy down, ‘I had backup!’ She-Hulk replies. ‘Me too!’ Wolverine exclaims. She-Hulk points out that it doesn’t look like their back up is coming, to which Wolverine suggests they just do it themselves. ‘How? He can heal from any wound!’ She-Hulk points out. ‘What about the mother of all wounds?’ Wolverine asks. ‘Something so nasty it’ll take him hours to heal!’
She-Hulk asks how they are going to do that, to which Wolverine replies ‘Two words: Fastball Special!’ She-Hulk lifts Wolverine up as Logan asks her if she knows how it is done. She-Hulk replies that she has seen it done before, before asking Wolverine if he usually does this move with a guy. ‘Yeah, why?’ Logan replies. She-Hulk smiles as she remarks ‘You’ve got a firm lil’ butt there. You must work out!’ Claws ready, Logan informs She-Hulk that the first rule of the Fastball Special is that you don’t talk about the Fastball Special, before telling her to just do it.
‘All right, but you better watch out!’ She-Hulk replies as she tosses Wolverine, ‘It’s one thing when you do this with Colossus…it’s another when you’re thrown by a Hulk!’ Logan goes careening towards the Wendigo at full force - then straight through the creatures chest, ripping its heart out. The creature looks dazed, before falling to the snow with a gaping hole in its chest. Covered in blood, Wolverine holds the heart on one of his claws and smiles as he remarks ‘That oughta slow the big fur ball down a while!’ ‘Maybe longer now that his heart isn’t in it!’ She-Hulk jokes.
Elsewhere, many miles to the South. ‘Oh how I love thee! How I dote on thee!’ the actress playing Titania in A Midsummer Nights Dream exclaims. In the audience, Mallory asks Two-Gun Kid why people are laughing, as it is not funny. On stage, Oberon and Puck approach Titania and Oberon casts her awake. ‘What visions have I seen!’ Titania exclaims as she sees Oberon, adding that she thought she was enamoured of an ass. ‘There lies your love’ Oberon smirks. Titania turns and sees that, indeed mule lies with her. Shocked, she asks how this came to pass, and exclaims that she loathes his visage now.
Mallory frowns and exclaims that she has to get out of here now. Audience members give Mallory and Two-Gun Kid cross looks as they walk past them in their exit, and out on the street Two-Gun Kid asks Mallory to forgive him, remarking that he should have never have taken her to this show, what with all her problems of late. Mallory tells Matt that she doesn’t want to talk about it, to which Two-Gun Kid assures her that she has nothing to be ashamed of, and the way he sees it, Awesome Andy had her swept under a love spell, so she is not responsible for the things she did back then, assuring her that anyone with any sense knows that.
Mallory and Two-Gun Kid walk past a news-stand, and an elderly lady is ready a paper when she looks up and notices Mallory. ‘It’s her!’ the old lady exclaims, before chasing after her and asking if she can have her autograph. ‘What? Why?’ Mallory asks, confused. The old woman exclaims ‘You’re famous!’ and holds out the paper she was reading, the headline reads Lady Lawyer Falls for World’s Biggest Blockhead! And has a photo of Mallory kissing the block-headed Awesome Andy. Mallory hangs her head in shame as the old woman informs her that she is on the cover of every tabloid in the country!
Back in Hudson Bay, Crimson wraps the Wendigo with his powers and She-Hulk asks Quartermain if he is sure about this. Clay replies that the are called Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and that not even her cousin the Hulk could break them. Talisman tells Wolverine that she is not sure about this, as Wendigo is native to these lands, and taking him away from here - not to mention not letting her cure him - Logan interrupts, telling Elizabeth that this is SHIELD’s Hulkbuster Unit, and they know what they are doing.
Logan leads She-Hulk away from the others, telling her than, contrary to what he just told Talisman, he trusts this chicken-@#*% outfit about as far as he can spit, so he wants her to know, that if Wendigo busts out, then he is holding her responsible. ‘Sure thing, tough guy!’ Jennifer replies, before asking him if, now that things are winding down, he wants to go get a beer or something. ‘Why?’ Logan replies. ‘Cause from what I hear…you’re the best at what you do. And what you do is pretty nice!’ She-Hulk exclaims as she runs a finger across Wolverine’s chest. Logan frowns, ‘Yeah, right. Look, I got better things to do…than go chasing around after Juggernaut’s sloppy seconds’ he exclaims as he walks off. ‘WHAT?’ She-Hulk screams. ‘I didn’t sleep with Juggernaut! Why does everyone keep saying that?’
As Wendigo is loaded into a truck marked “Caution: Hazardous Entity”, Quartermain informs his boss that the mission is accomplished, that they have got Wendigo and are heading home. In a lab somewhere, Clay’s boss, hidden in the shadows as he supervisors some scientists who are examining the captured Abomination, tells Quartermain he did a good job, and to keep them coming, for if this is going to work, they are going to need every specimen they can get for…Project Achilles!