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Redemption
Do you remember how this all begun?
‘Yes!’ exclaims the floating skull Dargil. ’There are stories before stories…and this tale begins with souls lost! Yes…souls consumed and imprisoned with me by my Lord and Master…souls which die inside me a little more each day to power his eternal quest.
(Flashback One takes place between Alpha Flight (1st series) #5 and #12)
It was a quest which was stopped by them - the mystic Modred with powers arcane, and the dwarf Puck of giant nobility. In a secret land they fought Dargil’s Lord’s minions - fought to hold closed the doors of eternity.
(Flashback Two)
These doors were cast open lifetimes earlier in Spain, in the Basilica Alicante, where Bishop Benedicto de Vica Severtes first saw her…Beatriz. But the Bishop knew that God would forbid him from her, so he asked a hand of darker power…’I would pay any price to have her by my side, Mephisto!’ he said. However, Mephisto told him ’So she will be, but your soul is mine upon your death’.
The Bishop was tricked, for even though Beatriz was by his side, she was farther away than before. So the Bishop was wronged by both God and Devil, so he swore that he would not lose his soul for nothing. In the pages of apocryphal texts he read of a suit of brass - a suit whose power was to conceal the soul of its wearer.
Now clad in the suit of brass, the Bishop stormed the tower ‘There is the goal of my sacred conquest!’ he exclaimed to his minions. However, this suit of brass had to be sealed in every seam. Sealed with the blood of an innocent woman - and only one among the Bishop’s flock was free from even the slightest confession. Beatriz.
It was then that Dargil was sent by Mephisto to search for a soul suddenly vanished - the soul of the Brass Bishop, who instead, took Dargil’s head. Arriving in Hell, The Brass Bishop held the head of Mephisto’s assistant in front of the Devil and exclaimed ‘I have wronged your messenger as you have wronged me!’ With that, the Bishop demanded that he soul be freed. Mephisto told the Bishop that he will trade his invisible soul only for that of that sweet soul belonging to the Lady Beatriz. The Bishop remarks that her soul resides in Heaven now, to which Mephisto replied that he knows. The Brass Bishop vowed that he would never trade Beatriz’s soul for his - but never proved to be too long a time to bear….
(Flashback One)
Bereft of his sanity the Brass Bishop built a tower to Heaven - but was stopped at its gates by two valiant heroes. Modred the Mystic urged Puck to find the Solomon Seal, as the Bishop must not be allowed to lay his on it. Eugene “Puck” Judd replied that he will do the best he can, and asked Modred to watch his back. But suddenly, Modred is violently attacked….
(Present)
…and Judd remembers how it all began…but can he remember how it ended that first time? Dargil flies (as well as a head can fly) over Judd and reminds him that he defeated his Lord the Brass Bishop long ago, before revealing that his powers are mightier now - ‘And sore will be the defeat you suffer!’ ‘It can’t be. It can’t…’ the long-serving Alphan Puck remarks. Judd’s friend and teammate Heather “Vindicator” McNeil Hudson asks who it is.
‘The Brass Bishop!’ exclaims Judd, as he and the rest of Canada’s premiere super heroes Alpha Flight, stand on the snow covered ground of White Cross, Newfoundland, with the Brass Bishop standing on a tower of possessed citizens before them. James “Guardian” MacDonald Hudson, Manbot and the Corbo brothers - Jared a.k.a. Radius and Adrian a.k.a. Flex all stand ready for action. Judd remarks that the Brass Bishop is more like a brass penny ‘Always comes back and is no good to boot!’
The Brass Bishop exclaims to Puck that it is fitting they would meet decades and continents removed, and that it is fitting Puck will return to see the very plan he thwarted years prior to be executed once more. ‘how fitting that your soul should be one of the many upon which I step…to ascend the tower and claim a soul that will free my own from this prison of brass that encases it!’ ‘Hee hee hee hee!’ laughs the little girl standing near Alpha Flight.
The Brass Bishop orders Dargil to add the souls of Alpha Flight as slaves to his crusade. ‘Yes…as you command, Master!’ Dargil exclaims as his chained head flies towards the heroes. ‘Upon them! Feast on the unconverted!’ Standing on top of Manbot, the handsome Radius exclaims ‘Bite me, zombie master, I’m nobody’s lunch!’ Mac tells Radius to get off Manbot and get in formation, but Jared just tells Guardian to chill out, as his force field will protect him from them.
Urgently, Judd tells Radius to stay back, as the skull eats souls, not limbs. Dargil latches onto Radius and the Brass Bishop pulls on Dargil’s chain, declaring that many of this town tried to deny him, and boasts that none could, ‘Bow before your lord and master!’ As Dargil feeds on Radius, the startled Alphan exclaims that he can feel it - and screams - as it actually hurts him. Jared manages to ask ‘What is it…’ and the Brass Bishop announces that it is moment of communion with his will. Is that what Radius feels though, or something else? Like, perhaps guilt over his rash actions that resulted in the death of Sasquatch? Perhaps guilt enough to make him throw himself behind his force field at any powerful target…in hopes that it…like he…might crack.
Suddenly, Puck leaps up and pulls Radius away from Dargil. ‘Would you dare deny me?’ The Brass Bishop demands. ‘Sure, why not, eh? Did it once before and I’m still alive and breathing!’ Judd replies. Heather and the others join up with Puck and Mac congratulates him on his good work, before asking since he has fought him before, what will work. Puck replies that nothing will, before informing everyone that they have to keep him out of the tower. Motioning to the army of White Cross men, Flex asks what they are going to do about them. Manbot declares that they are approaching, and before they know it, Alpha Flight are surrounded and engulfed by them.
‘Who cares? Bring them on!’ Radius exclaims, as he goes about punching the townsmen. The Brass Bishop warns Alpha Flight that they cannot defeat them, for they are of one mind…’Mine!’ Manbot announces that he is initiating the defense initiative Chi-Omicron, and engages it. A shocked Flex tells Manbot that he cannot kill them, as they are people…aren’t they? Heather tells Manbot that Flex is right, as they don’t know that the men are fully lost, so she orders him to disengage the missiles. Manbot does as requested and redirects the missiles, before announcing that the objective is escaping.
Judd tells everyone that if they cannot go through these people, then they will have to go through them, to which Mac points out that Judd’s acrobatic skills are about as effective as his battle suit’s flight capacity if they cannot get out from under them. ‘My destiny, troublesome children, awaits!’ the Brass Bishop exclaims. He warns Alpha Flight not to interfere with his ascension again, to which Dargil exclaims that he wishes to feed. The Brass Bishop tells him he can feed later, as his appetite is to be satiated now.
Radius remarks that if the townsmen are just zombies, they should pop them all. Hovering above the possessed men, Heather tells Jared that they cannot, as they are Canadian citizens, the very people they have sworn to protect. Judd warns his teammates that if the Brass Bishop makes it to the tower, then there won’t be a Canada to protect. Flex exclaims that there is a whole lot more coming. ‘I feel like I’m gonna…like I’m gonna…OWWWWW!’ Adrian exclaims as suddenly his entire body stretches, knocking dozens of the men back.
Guardian is surprised that Flex flexed his whole body into metal, as he never told them he could do that. Back to his normal size, a confused Flex utters that he didn’t know he could. Judd tells Flex to keep it coming, as he just saved them all from being crushed. ‘I…I did?’ Flex asks surprised. Judd tells the young Alphan that it is just like he has been telling him - ‘You’re better than you think you are’. Guardian tells Flex to keep up the good work as the six Alphans enter the tower and Judd tells everyone to be careful, as he just remembered that once they get inside, everything is going to change - and not for better neither.
Meanwhile, in Ottawa, Ontario. At the home and headquarters of Alpha Flight - Department H, what is Alpha Flight’s coordinator, Mr. Gentry, to do when his team is away. In this new era for Department H, he has a long way to go to prove himself as the operations manager. Gentry’s future rests on the success of Alpha Flight rescuing the Prime Minister’s wife, and while he knows how their mission began, he has had no contact with Alpha Flight since they arrived in White Cross.
So what does he do? He goes to visit Arlette Truffaut a.k.a. Murmur. ’What are you doing, Murmur?’ Gentry asks the injured Alphan. Murmur replies that she is walking, and informs him that she would prefer that he uses her codename, before asking him how he likes her new costume, which basically consists of black three quarter pants with a red trim, and a white top cut off at the midriff with large maple leaf over one side of it - not to mention her short hair.
Gentry remarks that it is not official. ‘But you still like it, no?’ Arlette asks. ‘Yes, I - No. It is not official issue!’ Gentry exclaims. Arlette is surprised by this comment, and begins to ask something, but Gentry interrupts her, for he already knows what she is going to ask - ‘Contradict you?’ he says, before informing her that he knows she touched him earlier and used her powers to command him to “cooperate” with him. Gentry tells Murmur that if she ever again uses her powers against him or anyone else in the program, then she will never rejoin Alpha Flight.
‘That…was an accident’ Murmur claims. Gentry tells Murmur that whatever it was, she has a lot to learn before he reinstates her, and informs her that she will not be learning it alone. Suddenly, a girl wearing a pink and white dress complete with thigh high pink boots and a pink cape enters the room - through the wall! ‘Hi!’ she exclaims. ‘What? Who -’ Murmur asks. ‘My name’s Lilli - ooops! I mean…Ghost Girl!’ Lilli smiles and apologizes, exclaiming that she is so nervous, as it is cool to finally meet a real member of Alpha Flight.
Back in White Cross, Mac, Heather, Judd, Manbot, Radius and Flex find themselves inside the tower, but can make neither head nor tails. ‘Bizarre’ remarks Mac. ‘This place is whack!’ exclaims Radius. ‘But which way is up?’ asks Flex. Heather reminds Judd that he said this tower led to heaven, to which Judd exclaims that “up” is a lot like Heaven, but it all depends on where you are coming from. He explains that is what this place represents - a persons faith that they’ll find the path that leads to their savior, which Judd believes is the one thing they have got against the Brass Bishop in here - purer motives.
Someone asks if the Brass Bishop is looking for a door, to which someone else points out that there are thousands of them. Judd informs everyone that right now the Brass Bishop is looking for something called “the Solomon Sea”, which is a “smart key”, it knows how to unlock anything it touches. Guardian exclaims that Babel is just a Bible story, and the Bible is only fiction. Judd tells him to believe what he wants, ‘But you’re standing in the Tower of Babel’. Judd tells everyone that he remembers fighting alongside drifting sorcerer named Modred and he hid the seal someplace in here decades ago. Judd mutters that they should pray he can remember where it is and get to it before the Bishop does!
Suddenly, the Brass Bishop and Dargil appear before Canada’s finest. The Brass Bishop declares that as the Solomon Seal is his goal also, and since Puck alone knows where it is hidden - it is far better that they seek its divine intervention together! With that, Dargil begins to feed on Puck. Did Puck see this ending coming? Is this how he imagined he’s go? Flex screams at the sight and Heather wonders how they could have not seen this.
The Brass Bishop exclaims that the Lord moves in mysterious ways, ‘Isn’t that right, my newest of hounds?’ ‘Yes…my Lord’ a mind controlled Puck replies. Guardian exclaims that there is a man down and Manbot begins firing his wide array of arsenal at the Brass Bishop. Once more a man is down on Guardian’s watch - what will this mean when he gets home then?
The Brass Bishop asks Alpha Flight if he think he is vulnerable to such displays of power, boasting that he survived the fire of Hell itself! He blocks Manbot’s assault as if it was nothing, while Vindicator flies over to Judd and tries to pry Dargil from him, telling the Bishop that if it suits him so well, then they can see about sending him back there. Seeing what Heather is trying to do, the Brass Bishop tells her that she is too late, ‘He is of my flesh now’.
Suddenly, Radius lunges at the Brass Bishop, ‘Yeah? Well, I’m tired of all your Sunday School talk, dude! So how about you shut up while I pound your flesh?’ Heather calls out to Radius, who tells the Brass Bishop to let Puck go. ‘Who are you to order me, whelp?’ the Bishop asks. ‘I’m Radius - all the whelp it takes to deal you some serious hurt!…Whatever as “whelp” is!’ Radius extends his force field and slams the Brass Bishop to the ground.
Puck has been set down on a ledge and Heather asks him if he is okay. Dargil suddenly comes up behind her and exclaims that he has been converted, before telling Vindicator that now it is her turn. Heather replies that she is one hundred percent Catholic, therefore there is no place for demon skulls in her - suddenly, Flex exclaims ‘Leave her alone!’ and with his hands transformed into giant planes of metal, he pushes Dargil away. Heather asks her young teammate if he is okay, to which he replies he is.
The Brass Bishop gets back to his feet and shoves Radius away, exclaiming that this conflict is without purpose, he declares that he will have the key to the Solomon Seal, storm the Gates of Heaven and that he will not be denied another moment. ‘Come to me, Finder!’ he calls, and Judd leaps down towards his new master. Radius suggests someone grab him, for if they lose him then they will never get out of here. The mind controlled Puck announces that he senses the Seal, to which the Brass Bishop exclaims ‘May you haunt these halls for all of eternity’ and tells Puck to lead them into temptation, with Alpha Flight hot on their heals. ‘We can’t lose them!’ Guardian declares.
‘You’ve lost them?’ asks the Prime Minister back at Department H. Gentry addresses the Prime Minister as “Sir” and tells him that it is premature to draw that conclusion. The Prime Minister tells Gentry that there is no need to stand on formality, ‘Your sister is my wife, after all’ he remarks, before pointing out that he knows Gentry is doing his best to save the woman they both love. The Prime Minister asks Gentry to tell him the whole story from the beginning, when the computer announces that Dr. Huxley is requesting an emergency interrupt.
‘Denied!’ exclaims Gentry, before informing the Prime Minister that Alpha Flight arrived in the hot zone at 14:37 and seven minutes later, all contact was lost. Gentry tells his brother in law that he has to go with his gut on this, for he feels that Alpha is still viable - the computer interrupts again, once more announcing that Huxley requests and emergency interrupt. Gentry declares that it is denied once more, when Huxley’s voice is heard on the phone in the room, declaring ‘You will not deny me, Gentry. I am a powerful man here and when I call, it would behoof you to answer!’
‘The word is behoove, you dolt’ Gentry replies, before telling Huxley, who is in a green-lit room standing next to a large container with LEVEL X printed on it that he doesn’t know how he spliced his way onto this phone line, but that he better splice right back out. Huxley informs Gentry that he didn’t call to speak to him, and that he wants to speak to the Prime Minister before he leaves on his weekend fishing excursion. ‘Have I called at a bad time?’
Gentry warns Huxley that if he doesn’t release this line this instant then he will order his immediate termination - ‘And then I will personally take every last hook from your fishing equipment and attach each one to your face’. ‘Oh….uh…I’ll call back later’ Huxley remarks before hanging up his phone. The Prime Minister asks Gentry what that was all about, to which Gentry tells his brother in law that it is a time of craziness, but as for their situation, he asks for patience. Turning to the window and looking at the lightening, Gentry declares that he believes Alpha will triumph, for he has utter faith in them.
Back in the Tower of Babel, Radius exclaims that they are doomed. His brother tells him to not be so negative, as they have to keep trying. ‘Do we?’ Mac wonders to himself, thinking that Puck is gone and the Prime Minister’s wife’s soul is imprisoned, not to mention Radius keeps trying to kill himself and the Brass Bishop mopped the floor with them. ‘Maybe Gentry was right when he said I don’t have what it takes to lead Alpha’ he muses, before declaring that Flex is right, they can triumph here, as a team.
Heather exclaims that she doesn’t understand how the Brass Bishop gave them the slip, as one minute he was right in front of them, the next he was gone. Guardian declares that they need some sort of trail to follow, before reminding Manbot that he detected a high sulfur reading in the church, and asks for him to scan for the same here. Manbot does as requested, and upon completing the scan announces that there are no traces of sulfur or other airborne elements.
Radius turns to Flex and asks him what is going on, for all of a sudden he is ‘Like a full metal jackass’. Flex tells Jared to leave him alone, as he is just trying to help the team. ‘Yeah, well, you’re the big bad hero now’ Radius jokes, when suddenly Heather exclaims that she thinks they are going around in circles. Mac turns to Manbot and asks if there is still no life sign for Puck, which Manbot confirms - ‘Entity Puck no longer registers as a life form’. guardian exclaims that there has to be a way, when suddenly he remembers the identitags and tells Manbot to scan and lock onto Puck’s implant. Manbot does so, and announces that he has located Puck.
Puck has always believed that there are no endings, only new beginnings, yet floating in some sort of void, he wonders where he is, and seeing all the souls flying beside him, he wonders who they are. He thinks to himself that it feels like he is swimming in molasses. He has never talked about spiritual matters in the company of others, but he always believed he would continue on somehow if his life were to end. Suddenly, Judd is reminded of Dr. Myra Haddock, and thinks that he should give her a buzz about their date when he gets back to Department H. ‘If I get back to Department H…’ he adds, before discovering something. ‘What do we have here?’
Elsewhere, the Brass Bishop addresses Puck as “dog” and asks him how much farther to the Solomon Seal. ‘Patience is a virtue’ sneers Dargil. ‘Silence!’ the Bishop snaps, before declaring that he has waited an eternity to free his soul from this living torment - he has waited ten times ten lifetimes to finally slip past this Earthly vale and meet his righteous lord. ‘Do not speak to me of patience - for I am patience personified!’
Suddenly, the possessed Puck announces that it is here. Dargil sees the Solomon Seal and confirms this. ‘Magnificent!’ the Brass Bishop exclaims looking up at the mighty door. The Brass Bishop remarks that as he is merely a vessel for his Lord’s work, the seal is merely a tool for his desires. He declares that they need to retrieve it and once in his anointed hand, they can unlock the doors of heaven. ‘And may the home of Seraphim quake and surrender unto me the price of my soul’s redemption! For I will be invincible!’ he boasts.
‘And may God have mercy on any who would set themselves against me!’ he adds. ‘You mean, like us?’ asks Heather as she and her teammates arrive behind the Bishop. Radius tells the Brass Bishop to shut up already, as he sounds like an American TV evangelist. Guardian tells the Brass Bishop that they will fight him to the end - before telling Alpha Flight that the time for talk is over, that it is time they got to proving to Gentry that his faith in them is justified.
Holding up the Solomon Seal, the Brass Bishop tells the heroes that their fight is finished before it starts, because this is the end! With that, he slams the seal on the ground, and a mighty white light fills the room - and the Tower is gone. Radius asks where it went, to which Guardian points out that they have bigger problems than that and motions to the Brass Bishop, who is telling his “dog” to go onwards and announce the arrival of Bishop Severtes. ‘Tell the most holy one that I have come to claim the soul of the Lady Beatriz’. ‘Yes, my lord’ replies Puck. ‘Puck! Don’t!’ shouts Guardian, as Flex asks what happens if he goes in ‘Doesn’t that mean he’s -’ ‘Toast’ Mac declares. Judd stops in his tracks, and the Brass Bishop asks him why he hesitates. Why does he hesitate? Is it because he knew all along that his body was merely the endpoint of life…while your soul…
…your soul’s eternal! And in the void, Judd sits, and fights - and what better way to fight against a man who has lived and breathed evil for an eternity? Puck tells the souls that are in the void with him that they are doing great, and encourages them to keep sending him their willpower. He remarks that all it ever takes to fight against being oppressed is a little unity. ‘So let’s be one congregation of pain for that would-be Bishop, eh?’
Guardian exclaims ‘As a team, Alpha’ and as the heroes rush towards the Brass Bishop, he adds that no one is to pass through the door. The Brass Bishop urges his “dog” onwards, while Heather flies over to Dargil and remarks that there is something in his eyes, she then grabs hold of him as he exclaims ‘Yes!’ Radius pushes up against the Brass Bishop and asks him if it is so important to him, then why doesn’t he go inside. Grabbing onto the Bishop by his collar, Mac realizes that it is because he can’t.
The Brass Bishop tells everyone to get off him, and claims that he will meet the heavenly father at a time of his own choosing. He urges his “dog” onwards again, while Mac calls to Puck, telling him not to. The Brass Bishop exclaims ‘You will not stop me! You will not keep me from unlocking this…’ Suddenly, Puck turns around and leaps up at the Brass Bishop, shoving the Solomon Seal onto the Bishop’s face, he exclaims ‘Unlock!’
The Brass Bishop stumbles backwards and cries that he has to meet his Lord, as hundreds of souls begin pouring out of Dargil. ‘Souls…yes!’ he exclaims as Judd announces that he is back. Heather expresses her relief while Guardian warns everyone that it is not over yet. But motioning to the Brass Bishop, whose armor begins to fall off him, Judd remarks that he thinks it might be. The Brass Bishop exclaims that his armor is all he has to protect himself from… ‘Your soul, Benedicto de vica Severtes?’ a voice asks.
Suddenly, a set of giant doors opens, and Benedicto exclaims that he has to meet his Lord - but standing in the doorway is Mephisto, who tells Benedicto that he already has. Mephisto reminds Benedicto that he sold his soul to him, and declares that he has now come to collect it. Suddenly, there is a blur, and Heather exclaims that everything is vanishing.
Indeed, it has, and the six members of Alpha Flight find themselves lying in the snow. Radius exclaims that they did it, to which Heather tells him not to get too excited, as they still have a town to account for. Jared asks Manbot for a life-sign scan. And with hundreds of people near him all getting to their feet, Manbot announces that he counts 742, inclusive.
Guardian approaches the Prime Minister’s wife, who seems to be fine, she just wonders where she is. Heather finds the little girl who led them to the tower and discovers that she appears to be fine as well. When Heather asks her if she is all right, the girl just replies that she is cold. ‘Great, happy endings everywhere’ mutters Jared, before asking about all the souls that the Bishop grabbed of people who are now dead. ‘Gross!’ remarks Flex, before asking Puck what he thinks about them. Judd doesn’t answer, he just looks upwards.
Have you ever felt completely alone? Perhaps…but after this ending, you never will again.
Meanwhile…’Hello! I am Honey Lemon and I invite you to the next issue which guest stars my exciting super-team, Big Hero 6! Okay?!’


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Tokyo Takedown
Do you believe in monsters?
‘You think you can escape me, evil monster Komodan?’ exclaims the young Japanese hero Hiro Takachiho. ‘Master Hiro?’ asks Hiro’s bodyguard and Big Hero 6 teammate Baymax. ‘I am a member of Big Hero 6, Japan’s only super-hero team! It is my duty to best you in combat!’ Hiro exclaims. The Silver Samurai tells Baymax that Hiro cannot hear him, and the lovely Honey Lemon points out that the volume on Hiro’s “Monster Crusher 332” game is way too loud. Standing in front of a giant television screen which Hiro’s game is hooked up to, Baymax calls to him again. Hiro asks for a moment, informing Baymax that this is a fun game of a boy battling a giant monster, adding that he has all twelve top scores. ‘Isn’t that exciting?’
Silver Samurai walks up some stairs to another part of the team headquarters and tells Honey Lemon to pull out that game cartridge when Hiro is done and to put it into her purse…forever. Sitting up on a windowsill, the petulant GoGo Tomago mutters that Hiro should not be using their headquarters for video games. ‘He is a boy, GoGo,’ the Silver Samurai a.k.a. Keniuchio Harada points out. ‘And I am a girl!’ GoGo remarks, suggesting that if Hiro wants to play he should go outside, after all, they had their headquarters moved to the Cool World Amusement Park.
GoGo asks why she should have to listen to the sound of giant monsters hunting inside when there is plenty of adventures awaiting Hiro right outside their window. Suddenly, looking out the window, GoGo sees a giant eye looking in at her, and as the teams headquarters is ripped off the ground, GoGo calls everyone to assemble, as they are under attack.
Down below in the amusement park proper, hundreds of civilians are panicking, running all over the place. A police officer exclaims that the entire headquarters of Big Hero 6 have been ripped from the ground by a giant monster. A young boy exclaims that it is not just any monster, but X the Unknowable, who has unexpectedly risen from the sea. He explains that X has the power of bodily transformation, and by merely willing it, X is able to transform his atomic structure into any shape and form! The boy adds that X is completely hostile and regards all of Earth as his enemy.
Japan’s premiere super heroes exit their headquarters quickly as it is sent crashing to the ground, and Hiro is hanging onto Baymax, and orders Baymax to assume his secret battle-dragon form, which Baymax does. As GoGo Tomago bursts into action, Hiro exclaims that their headquarters is destroyed and wonders how Honey Lemon will survive the fall. Honey Lemon tells Hiro not to worry, as she has a jet pack…in her purse! Baymax tells GoGo to leave the monster and to go and help move civilians from harms way, and quickly, as he cannot hold the monster for long.
Doing as she is asked, GoGo blasts down to rescue a civilian, complaining that she is always sent to rescue people and it isn’t fair. Silver Samurai shoves his swords into X the Unknowable’s side and tells GoGo that it is honor enough to fight for her country, for to seek glory beyond that is to live without respect. Flying around courtesy of a jet pack, Honey Lemon points out that as a former villain, the Silver Samurai should know that best of all. Samurai corrects Honey, declaring that he was never a villain, he just had different masters.
‘Run from the giant monster!’ exclaims the father of the boy who was informing the police officer of X as he picks his son up and rushes away. Wearing his flight suit, Hiro flies right into the mouth of X and back out again, and boasts about it. Samurai tells Hiro that while he has mastered avoidance, how will it help his team defeat the creature? Hiro explains that he is not merely playing, but that he is trying to lead the monster away from the amusement park and back to the bay where he came.
Silver Samurai tells Hiro that is good thinking, adding that he hopes once the monster is there, they have enough power and skill to defeat him. Hiro replies that he doesn’t think they will, and exclaims that they should contact Japan’s greatest hero of all - Sunfire - and ask him to return to help them. Silver Samurai reminds Hiro that Sunfire has chosen his path, and that it is not with Big Hero 6. As GoGo Tomago blasts the falling debris from Big Hero 6’s headquarters, Hiro tells her that she is doing a great job, while Baymax announces that he has caught the largest section of the falling wreckage.
Hiro tells his bodyguard that he brings him much honor, and to think that a boy as young as he could build a hero as mighty as he is almost too much to believe! ‘Yes, master’ Baymax replies. Hiro exclaims that they must call Sunfire, for without him, they are not Big Hero 6, but Big Hero 5! Hiro wonders how they are going to contact Sunfire when he is in another country and all of their secret communicator devices have been destroyed along with their headquarters. ‘I’ve got a secret communicator…in my purse!’ Honey Lemon announces as she pulls the large phone with her name imprinted on it from her purse. ‘Honey Lemon calling Sunfire! Honey Lemon calling Sunfire! Giant monster is destroying our island nation! Big Hero 6 needs you! Please return!’
Half a world away, Shiro “Sunfire” Yoshida does indeed believe in monsters - though the beast he seeks walks upright on two legs in Ottawa, Canada - specifically Department H. ‘Where is he? Where is Dr. Huxley?’ Sunfire asks angrily, ‘Provide him to me so I can rip him limb from limb!’ Sunfire unleashes a huge surge of power demanding that Huxley be brought to him. ‘Tell him that Sunfire has returned so that he may explain to me why he exposed me to his toxins - and then lied to me, claiming I had developed radiation poisoning to cover his heinous experiments!’
Department H’s administrator and overseer Mr. Gentry tells Sunfire to calm down as he and Canada’s premiere super heroes - Alpha Flight - stand and listen to Japan’s hero. Eugene “Puck” Judd calls Sunfire “Nuke Boy” and tells him to chill, while Alpha Flight’s leader, James MacDonald Hudson a.k.a. Guardian tells Sunfire that Gentry is right, and points out that his solar powers could kill them all if he is not careful. Sunfire asks Guardian who it was that wasn’t careful with him. ‘Are mutants to be the scapegoats of even the Canadians? Are the worlds most notorious pacifists now pledged to abusing my kind as those in America long have?’
In response to Sunfire’s well said comments, Gentry informs him that the project which affected him has since been terminated. ‘And who are you?’ Sunfire demands. Gentry introduces himself and explains that he has taken General Clarke’s place, adding that he has made it his mission to clean Department H up, inside and out. ‘Far better that I should simply raze it to the ground!’ Sunfire exclaims angrily. Sunfire declares that he doesn’t care who is in charge of Department H now, only that he has been deceived and will not tolerate another moment of it.
Heather McNeil Hudson a.k.a. Vindicator informs Sunfire that Gentry has been honest about getting her suit retooled, and Judd backs her up, declaring that Gentry has been straight up so far, and suggests to Shiro that they work this out reasonably. ‘You’re among friends here now’. Unleashing another blast of solar energy, Sunfire declares that he has no friends, certainly none in this country, and that furthermore, he has heard no compelling evidence to keep him from - beep beep beep -  ‘Dude, I think your pager is going off’ announces Jared Corbo a.k.a. the handsome Radius.
Sunfire stops his rant and exclaims that he has no pager, before realizing that the sound is indeed coming from him. Gentry assures Sunfire that if he has been harmed in any manner whatsoever, Dr. Huxley will explain himself and will answer for it. Suddenly, Manbot announces that he has detected a nano-technology uni-directorial holographic communication projector on Sunfire’s form, and begins to translate the downlink data. Honey Lemon’s message is played out for Alpha Flight, Gentry and Sunfire to hear, and once the young woman’s message has been heard, Sunfire explodes through the side of Department H, declaring that as there are people who have genuine need of his natural abilities, he will not leave them to face a threat to his homeland alone. However as he flies off, he warns Alpha Flight that he will be expecting answers to all of his questions upon his return.
Guardian asks Gentry if he wants him to stop Sunfire, but Gentry declares that Sunfire is not their property, and tells his assistant, Hames, to make a note to show Sunfire how the door works if he returns here. ‘I can’t really afford to fix any more improvised exits through the superstructure of this building!’ ‘Yes, sir’ Hames replies, when suddenly, Adrian “Flex” Corbo asks his brother Radius where he is going. Jared replies that the show is over, so he is going back to his training. Heather is surprised at this. ‘Another session?’ she asks, reminding him he just had one, to which Radius declares ‘Practice makes perfect’.
Flex remarks that his brother is acting really weird, to which Gentry tells Hames to order a full psychiatric test battery for Radius. ‘Yes, sir’. However, Judd tells the men that it is Jared’s heart that they should be looking at. Hames motions to the door and announces that Dr. Huxley has arrived. The rude and obnoxious Huxley calls Hames a peasant and tells him to step aside, as he has a number of pressing deadlines and no time for folly. Standing beside the gapping hole in Department H, Gentry says to Huxley ‘Do I need to remind you that you’re paid to report to me?’ and tells him that whatever plots he is hatching on his own time are of less than no concern. Gentry tells Alpha Flight to either join Radius in Combat Centrale, or to take personal time, as he needs to speak to Huxley alone.
‘Cool! I’m going to check my email!’ announces Adrian as he marches off happily. The senior Alphans follow Flex and Judd remarks that Adrian spends a lot of time on that computer, and asks him if he is looking at “the dirty stuff”. ‘Yuck! No way! I would never go to those sites! Why would you ever ask me that, Puck?’ Adrian exclaims, offended. ‘Oh, you know, just hoping you could point some out to me,’ Judd replies.
Huxley motions to the giant hole in the building and tells Gentry that he likes the new air conditioning. ‘It suits your management style’. Gentry replies by telling Huxley that for a man with no sense of humor, he seems to try and make a lot of jokes, before explaining that the hole is Sunfire’s and informing Huxley that Sunfire is claiming he exposed him to something. Gentry reveals that he has read Sunfire’s files and asks Huxley what “Zero Fluid” is. ‘Exposed? Exposed? I did no such thing! That would be monstrously inhumane!’ Huxley claims, before adding ‘But yes, he did come into contact with Zero Fluid…somehow’.
Huxley then explains that Zero Fluid is a bio-restorative energy source of great power, and claims that he was going to call in the Jack of Hearts, the only living survivor to an exposure, before Gentry shut down his program, which is why he couldn’t help their little friend from the “Orient”. Gentry tells Huxley that he doesn’t accept his claim, nor the term “Orient”, before asking in the meantime, what is the worst case prediction for Sunfire’s state. Calmly, Huxley replies ‘Why…he could explode of course’.
Walking towards his quarters, Flex thinks to himself that he cannot believe they got out of training, for ever since Sasquatch died, it seems like that is all they do anymore - and he hasn’t even had time to check and see if the Adoption Uplink Network has found out his Dad’s real name yet. So lost in his own thoughts, Flex suddenly crashes into a girl around his age who drops the folder of files she was carrying. Flex apologizes, saying that he wasn’t looking where he was going and asks her if she is okay. As their eyes meet. Flex says ‘Hi!’ ‘Hi! I’m Lilli’ replies the young woman codenamed Ghost Girl. Flex introduces himself, to which Ghost Girl replies she knows. ‘Hi!’, ‘Hi!’ they exclaim again, eyes locked on each other. Suddenly, there is an announcement on the intercom ordering all active Alphans to the launch bay for immediate dispatch. ‘Um, bye’ says Flex. ‘Bye’ Lilli replies.
Outside, soaring across the darkening sky which surrounds Department H, glittering with starlight, is Jean Paul Beaubier, a.k.a. Northstar - but is he answering the call of the active Alphans? After such a long absence, has he decided to finally rejoin the group he previously disavowed? And if so, when then does he stop short, just beyond its hulking metal doors? Jean-Paul thinks to himself, in French, that he is exhausted, for Aurora ran him around the world before vanishing into thin air. However Jean-Paul will not give up hope for his sister - and vows to do whatever he must to save her from this madness - even if it means returning to this place he hates the most.
Suddenly, a voice exclaims ‘I wouldn’t go in there is I were you!’ Jean-Paul turns and is surprised to see Walter Langkowski a.k.a. Sasquatch. ‘Of course, I’m not you, so it isn’t really an issue’ Northstar’s fellow founding Alphan remarks, before telling Northstar that he can thank them for keeping him from the clutches of Department H later, and motions to Michael Twoyoungmen a.k.a. Shaman. Northstar is just as surprised to see another original Alphan and exclaims that he doesn’t understand. He begins to ask them why they are here, when he decides that it doesn’t matter, for he has no time for this as he came here to help his sister. Suddenly, Shaman interrupts Northstar, cryptically remarking ‘We know…we have her!’
Do you realize how far it is to the land of where the monsters dwell? Far enough to leave you ample time for thoughts about your fellow man…. ‘I wonder where Sunfire is right now?’ asks someone aboard the Alpha Jet as they leave the darkened skies and enter skies filled with sunlight. ‘I wonder where Alpha Flight is right now?’ Sunfire wonders to himself as he too crosses the time zones. He tells himself that it would be foolish to think he could leave in that manner and not be followed by them, however, he admits that it is Department H which has angered him, not Alpha Flight. ‘Perhaps I do have friends in this world…’. Judd declares that he doesn’t know where Sunfire is, but that he can bet he isn’t flying anywhere as near as fast as their jet. ‘Good, maybe he’ll cool down along the way’ Heather remarks. Guardian asks where exactly they are going, as Japan isn’t a very specific destination. ‘Just look for Godzilla then hang a left’ Radius jokes. Manbot announces that he has triangulated the hologram transmission signal and begins inputting the coordinate data. Hands pressed against the window, Flex asks if they have time can they go to that big Japanese amusement park. ‘What’s it called…ummm…’
Cool World, later. Honey Lemon exclaims that cleaning up destruction is very hard work, for it has been many hours and her back is very sore. GoGo Tomago mutters that Honey Lemon is just mad because she had to miss today’s episode of Honey Lemon on television. ‘Silly GoGo! I am taping it!’ Honey laughs. Baymax announces that there is an incoming craft, and as he helps a wounded person Hiro points out that it has Canadian symbols on it, so maybe it is Sunfire. Silver Samurai thinks to himself that Hiro will never accept him as leader with Sunfire here, not to mention that Sunfire, his cousin, is his biggest obstacle toward holding a position of honor in his country.
As Alpha Flight exit the Alpha Jet, Silver Samurai introduces himself and informs them that this is a restricted area. He asks them to explain their business quickly, or else he and Big Hero 6 will remove them. Heather introduces herself as Vindicator and motions to her teammates, Alpha Flight. Guardian introduces himself and informs Japan’s premiere super hero team that they have come looking for Sunfire. ‘Big Hero 6? What kind of dumb name is that for five people?’ Radius asks.
Samurai informs Alpha Flight that Sunfire is not here for he left seeking them. Guardian explains that Sunfire then received Big Hero 6’s message and them left. Silver Samurai declares that whatever Sunfire’s course, he has not returned here, and that they have work to do. Heather announces that they will help, and motioning to someone trapped under some debris she calls to Radius. Radius replies that he sees him and uses his force field to push the debris off the injured civilian so Heather can pull him out.
Honey Lemon exclaims that she knew her message would reach Canada, but that she never expected Sunfire would convince all of Alpha Flight to come. Excitedly, Honey Lemon informs Alpha Flight that they are the fourth most popular team in all of North America! ‘This dude needs a stretcher’ Judd announces as he examines the man Heather and Jared just rescued. Honey Lemon exclaims that she has a stretcher…in her purse! ‘Sunfire didn’t convince us, Miss…?’ Heather begins. ‘I am called “Honey Lemon” which is the name of my favorite television program!’ Heather remarks that the stretcher grew out of nowhere and asks if her bag is an other-dimensional portal. ‘No, everything in it is just very small!’ Honey replies as she tends to the civilian.
Judd informs Flex that he thinks he can hear someone trapped under the rubble and asks him to chop up some of the concrete blocks. However, Hiro comes over and introduces himself before exclaiming that he would be happy to use his flight suit to crumble the big stones. He apologizes if his English is not proficient but that he has only been studying it for five years now. Flex replies that it is okay, and reveals he doesn’t speak any Japanese, before asking Puck if he does. Judd replies that he knows enough to order sushi, and congratulates Hiro on his good shooting, as Judd is able to pull the rocks up. Hiro smiles and salutes Puck, telling him it is his honor - Judd interrupts, telling him that socializing time is for later, after they have helped everyone they can.
Hiro flies up to where Baymax is flying alongside Manbot, who has extended his legs to make himself a lot taller, and exclaims that he has just met many of Alpha Flight and that they are very nice, but very serious also. Hiro adds that he hopes each of them will sign his autograph book. Manbot announces that he is continuing to scan, while Baymax tells Hiro that he will have to get Alpha Flight to sign his book after they have completed their assignment. ‘Of course, silly Baymax!’ the young hero exclaims before turning to Manbot and asking his name.
‘I am designated Manbot’ the enigmatic Alphan replies bluntly. Hiro exclaims that Manbot must be half man and half robot, and tells him that it is very interesting, for his friend Baymax is very similar. Baymax tells Hiro that while his memory cards retain many of his honorable father’s thoughts and emotions, he is in no way “half man”. Manbot then announces that he is entirely synthetic. ‘You have been given no emotion chips?’ Hiro asks, to which Manbot replies ‘No’. ‘Then you probably wouldn’t be interested in signing my autograph book or even speaking further about yourself?’ ‘Affirmative’ Manbot replies.
Back on the ground, GoGo Tomago tells a group of boy scouts that they are very bad to remain hiding in the haunted pagoda after security ordered everyone out of the park. ‘You bring much shame to your families!’ she adds. One of the boys exclaims that Hiro is coming over and that he is the neatest of all Big Hero 6. Another of the kids exclaims that Tomi said he would show them his monster if they stayed. ‘”His” monster? What do you mean by that?’ Heather asks, as another of the boys remarks at how tall she is.
Hiro introduces himself to Tomi and asks him to explain about the giant monster. The boy hesitates, which causes GoGo to shout at him. Heather tells GoGo to be gentle, as he is only a child. Tomi reveals that he was reading an old comic story, and a man drew pictures of X the Unknowable and he came to life. GoGo asks the boy why he would to the same, to which Hiro looks at the pictures and exclaims that they are very accomplished drawings of X destroying their Cool World Amusement Park, before asking the boy if he has made any other drawings of X.
The boy holds up several more pages including one of X as a giant bat coming out of a volcano, and he asks if they think it will happen also. Guardian turns to Silver Samurai and suggests they send a team to investigate this while the others search out Sunfire. Samurai asks Guardian if he really believes the boy’s drawings create reality. ‘I wish I did. He could just draw us a batter ending’ Mac replies, before assuming that the boy is just psychically aware and predicting behaviors through his art somehow. Samurai tells Guardian that he is not accustomed to following another’s lead, so he needs to pray that his theory is correct.
Later, Manbot has transformed his legs into a wheel of sorts and goes along the monorail with Judd and Samurai on his body, and Heather flying at his side. Silver Samurai declares that he still finds it foolish to base strategy on a little boy’s manga pages. Judd informs Samurai that he was watching him in action and that he saw some kind of hocus-pocus flying around those two swords of his. ‘A boy with psychic comic books is harder to believe than that?’ Samurai informs Puck that he is a mutant, so his powers are innate. Judd suggests that the boy might be as well, different, but just as innate.
Judd begins to ask how much further it is, when Manbot whirs and clicks before declaring ‘Train!’ ‘Train? What do you mean - train?’ Suddenly, a train rushes beneath them, thankfully Manbot extend his legs so no one got harmed. Judd tells Manbot to give some warning next time, to which Manbot replies that he gave an advance notice of 6.685 seconds. ‘Fine! Give some more notice next time!’ ‘Affirmative!’ Judd looks at the drawings and remarks that it looks like that have an atomic nasty ripping out of a nuclear plant, before asking Samurai if he said the boy’s neighborhood was nearby. Heather exclaims that she can see the plant up ahead with her infrared filter as Samurai mutters that it is a crazy world when a boy’s dreams can become reality. ‘Maybe, but a sad one when they can’t’ Judd declares.
Elsewhere, Guardian, Honey Lemon, Baymax and Hiro fly over some lush landscape with giant footprints scattered across it. Mac remarks that they are incredible, but at least they can guess which way X went. Hiro remarks that after escaping them by changing his appearance into that of a human in the Cool World Amusement Park, he must have turned again into a giant monster to come down to Fuji-San, just as he did in the young boy’s story. Guardian asks how it is that they cannot see something that big on the horizon though.
Honey excitedly remarks that she is happy she had a jet pack in her purse so she could join them on this mission. ‘There is so much we can learn from a handsome hero like you, Guardian!’ Hiro asks Baymax if he has finished his assignment yet, to which Baymax replies that he has. Guardian tells Hiro that the first thing to learn is not to keep secrets among team members, as it is dangerous not to have everyone equally informed. Hiro apologizes and informs Guardian that he merely asked his custodian, Baymax, to scan the boy’s story into his memory, and now he has processed it and can project holograms to the clouds above to remind them of what they are looking for. Baymax displays the images, and a giant two headed bat and atom creature appear. Hiro remarks that they may need some new drawings before declaring that the footsteps are leading away from Cool World.
Honey Lemon suggests that perhaps it has made its way to the power plant, to which Guardian says if it has, then they have been covered by the other team, but if not, then they have been tricked. Baymax exclaims that they haven’t been tricked, for he has reviewed and scanned the story, in which to build X’s mysterious nature, the boy had X the Unknowable walk backwards into Tokyo turning around upon arrival, meaning, ‘Holy gosh! We followed the footprints back to the birthplace of Monster X!’ Hiro exclaims. Guardian remarks that it is no less far-fetched than the rest of this story, but whatever the case, X isn’t here now, so they need to go on to their team’s main objective - Fuji!
Back at Cool World, Radius is beating up some soft toy teddy bears and exclaiming that he hates it, for if anyone was going to go monster-busting, it should have been him! Flex points out that somebody has to wait here for Sunfire, to which Jared declares that if Vindicator, Manbot and Bruce Lee - or whoever the silver dude is - could have stayed, they could have gone onto the nuclear plant. Slumped on the ground, GoGo Tomago complains that he is always left behind, for Honey Lemon is more beautiful than she is, so Honey gets special attention.
Flex tells GoGo that she is beautiful too, to which Radius laughs and exclaims that Flex is in love. ‘Die teddy-scum!’ he shouts as he continues to beat on the toys while Flex tells him to shut up. Suddenly, there is a roaring noise and GoGo asks if anyone else heard it. ‘What noise?’ Radius asks, when suddenly, the noise is even louder. ‘That noise!’ Flex declares as he and GoGo turn around and see that the Cool World bear toy which Radius was beating up is changing shape. GoGo exclaims that it means X the Unknowable never left, he has been here this whole time!
‘All right! Well, come on you over-stuffed grizzly! Show me your worst!’ Radius exclaims, when suddenly the giant teddy bear swallows him in one gulp, before turning to Flex and GoGo and roaring again. ‘On no! The teddy bear ate my brother!’ Flex exclaims. GoGo tells him to move as she will use her transubstantiation powers to blast him - when suddenly, the teddy bear explodes, and Sunfire appears above them, telling GoGo that it will not be necessary, for he has returned. Flex greets Sunfire and tells him that he thinks they passed him on the way here.
Sunfire begins coughing and falls to the ground, telling Flex that perhaps they did. GoGo asks him if he is ill, and Flex exclaims that he will go get a doctor, but Sunfire declares that he doesn’t want anymore doctors, as he will persevere. He informs the youngsters that he has built up another charge of energy in his cells, so he will be fine, in time. Adrian asks about his brother, as he was in the monster when Sunfire blew it up. Suddenly, X the Unknowable has transformed into a giant bat and screeches off into the air.
A belief in monsters is often a psychological side-step - your willingness to believe in a great unknown terror in place of a known one you actively deny. Back with Guardian’s squad, Hiro asks Guardian if he doesn’t think the boy created Monster X. Mac replies that he isn’t sure what to believe at this point, only that they better find - ‘X the Unknowable! He’s returned!’ exclaims Hiro, and Mac exclaims that he is enormous. Hiro points out that X could cover all of Japan in just minutes, and that it is a pity he is a monster, otherwise he could be a most efficient transportation service!
Guardian asks Honey is she happens to have a giant monster catcher in her purse, to which Honey replies that she doesn’t, when suddenly she is knocked off balance, as is Hiro whose rocket pack is disabled when the heroes are caught in the monsters wake. Baymax calls out to Hiro, who lands on his back, announcing that he is okay. Honey Lemon releases a parachute, so she is safe too, and Mac points out that X is headed for the city - the boy’s grandfather’s town, which is the home of the power plant!
At the power plant, Heather and Judd are standing alongside the power plant workers as Judd points out that X, who flies right over them, is headed for the mountain, and adds that he hopes the Samurai made it up there in time.
On the mountain, Samurai is ready for X and tells the monster to give him the honor of its death for his country and begins slicing away at X. But to believe monsters aren’t real, is also to believe that they cannot be vanquished - or rather, don’t need to be. And you know that’s not true…don’t you? Guardian and company can see X from their position in the sky and Hiro exclaims that X flies very fast. ‘Someone is attached to the monster’ remarks Baymax, as Honey Lemon announces that she has a telescope in her purse.
Using her telescope, Honey sees Silver Samurai fighting X and Mac exclaims that they have to help him. Suddenly, Sunfire and GoGo Tomago fly past, with Sunfire telling Guardian to allow him, as it will be his honor - and his salvation! Sunfire flies into the battle and tells his cousin to shield himself, as he may not be able to temper this blast. ‘Let it come! If I must die that Japan would live, so be it!’ Samurai replies as Sunfire unleashes a powerful blast. Guardian begins to use his electromagnetic powers to contain Sunfire’s blasts. Heather and Puck arrive, and Heather uses her battle suits control of the geothermal to bring the lava up from the volcano to cover X, while Judd helps Samurai out of the way.
X the Unknowable begins to scream, and suddenly Radius is freed from X’s body, only to find himself falling towards the molten lava - luckily for him, GoGo Tomago comes to his rescue, blasting across the volcano to grab him. Reunited, Alpha Flight and Big Hero 6 stand around the edge of the volcano as X the Unknowable sinks in the lava. ‘We did it! We killed him! Someone exclaims. ‘Did we…?’ Silver Samurai asks, pointing out that this could just be another page in the boy’s adventure story.
Guardian then points out that they are not finished here, for they have ruptured Mt. Fuji. Honey Lemon announces that she has a volcano cover in her purse, to which Sunfire remarks ‘Why am I not surprised…?’ Heather turns to Radius, who explains that he wasn’t digested, and that he was having trouble climbing back up the monsters throat. ‘But I wasn’t going out the other way!’ Hiro tells Guardian that Manbot is quite amazing, for he printed out the boy’s story from visual scans. Guardian asks how it ends, to which Hiro reveals that in the comic, Monster X turns into a human and marries a beautiful princess.
‘O well…I guess some stories end themselves the way they want to!’ Hiro remarks as he tosses the pages into the lava. Guardian turns to Sunfire and, speaking of stories, asks him how his ends. Shiro replies that he is remaining, for as he should know, a hero’s place is with his country.
Meanwhile, back in Canada…. In the lowest sub-basements of Department H. Doctor Horatio Huxley walks along what he calls the “Dungeon” and mumbles to himself that never has a nickname been so marvelously accurate. He thinks that while he may have been stripped of his above-ground projects by the meddling Gentry, Gentry can never strike at this prison of intellectual debauchery…hidden in the innermost core of this building - ‘Which I shall someday rule like a Caesar!’ Huxley approaches a lab which he boasts is so secreted that not even Gentry is allowed to know about. ‘It is my crowning achievement!’
Huxley says out loud to himself that here he has devoted himself, body and soul to his greatest passion - Weapon X! But looking around the lab, Huxley sees that Weapon X is gone. ‘Oh no! My most grand and glorious project of all!’ He continues to flap his gob and boast that the effort that was to immortalize him as the most brilliant minded in super hero creation ever to walk the grey-graveled paths of Earth…is gone.
Huxley begins walking towards some debris at the other end of the lab where he sees a gaping hole in the sub basement of Department H. He steps up to the edge of it, and sees his creation - Weapon X - free from his constraints. Is Doctor Huxley afraid of monsters? He should be. He most definitely should be.


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Alpha: Omega, part 1
What will it take to stop you?
The electromagnetic might of Guardian is not enough. ‘Alpha! On my order only!’ James MacDonald Hudson a.k.a. Guardian shouts. ‘What is he doing with these power lines?’ asks Heather McNeil Hudson, sometimes called Vindicator. But even her powerful geothermal battalion is not enough. ‘Who cares? I just wanna bust him up!’ declares Jared “Radius” Corbo. But his manipulated force field is not enough alone. Nor is the concussive arsenal of Manbot, who announces that the probability of successful capture is 0.46. ‘Oh my gosh! He’s creepy!’ exclaims Adrian “Flex” Corbo, who razor metal hand alone is not enough. And neither is the acrobatic artistry of Eugene “Puck” Judd, who urges his teammates to stay on him, as he is making a break for it.
Alone, none of them can stop him. But these six heroes are Canada’s premiere super hero team…Alpha Flight! And now their enemy knows in what passes for his heart, that together…they still have no chance against…’WEAPON X!!!’ shouts Guardian as the rain pours down on them hard. Radius and Flex lie on the ground. Manbot is “bleeding”, and the senior Alphans are exhausted. Guardian informs Weapon X that under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government, he is ordered to surrender himself immediately to their custody.
‘Surrender? Surrender? Are you nutso - crazy boy? We hold the cards here - we have the power!’ the deadly new Weapon X exclaims as he stands on what remains of a building, warning Alpha Flight that if they come near “us” as he calls himself, they will rend the heroes limb from limb. ‘Come near us and the world ends with a bang and a whimpah!’
Guardian asks Puck if he can get Weapon X away from the power feed, to which Judd replies as he leaps into action that he can do it with both arms tied behind his back. Manbot announces that the subject’s internal temperature is increasing, to which Judd, as he kicks Weapon X off the building, asks what that means. Lightening strikes and Manbot replies that the bacterial symbiote agent inside Weapon X is actively reproducing. ‘Mean’s we’re getting stronger is what!’ Weapon X exclaims. Judd bets that will stop when Weapon X is getting no more juice from the power plant behind them.
Suddenly, Heather tells Flex to look alive, and young Adrian Corbo sees that Weapon X is coming right for him. Flex’s hands transform into giant sheathes of metal, but Guardian warns him not to cut open Weapon X’s suit or else they will all be dead! Flex retreats away from Weapon X, who exclaims ‘Slicey-dice, luv, wish you had…wish you would. Then you could join our little brood too!’
‘Wish on this, you exhaust-piped sheep-shearer!’ Radius exclaims as he extends his force field, slamming into Weapon X as he suggests he could just put his aluminium foil suit between his force field and the wall. ‘Squeeze you out of it like tooth-paste from a tube, you big freak!’ Heather tells Radius not to, as he is right next to another transformer, but it is too late, as the transformer explodes, knocking Radius back to his teammates. Judd tells Radius to look at what he has done, letting loose even more power for Weapon X when it is clearly what he wants.
Radius comes to his own defense, informing everyone that it was Weapon X, for he totally pressed him, but Weapon X didn’t even snap - his body just went flat, then it - ‘Popped back? Of course it did, luv, we’re very resilient, we are!’ Weapon X then points out that if all it took to rip his suit open was pressure, if it were as easy as that, then they wouldn’t be here now, would they?
And how exactly did Weapon X get here? How is it that a petty con man from New Zealand made it all the way to a Calgary power sub-station - via the nefarious Weapon X labs nestled in the lowest levels of…Department H!
Department H, sometime earlier: Department H’s administrator, Mr. Gentry tells Lieutenant Power that he wants to know how it is than an entire patrol of Epsilon troops under his supervision were dispatched to Western Ontario without his direct order. Gentry turns to his personal assistant, Hames, and tells him to make a note for disciplinary action in Power’s file. ‘Yes, sir,’ Hames replies as usual. Gentry turns back to the Lieutenant and reminds him that he is responsible for each and every life in this facility, and states that none of those lives are to be placed in potential jeopardy without his personal approval.
Gentry calms down a notch and asks if there has been any word at all from the Epsilons. Power replies that there hasn’t, before telling Gentry that he is right, and that he has no good answer except for the fact that Dr. Huxley, as the special project coordinator, assured him that - Gentry interrupts. ‘Huxley? Huxley again? Why does that name keep coming back on me like bad indigestion?’ Hames holds up a telephone and informs Gentry that the Director is on the line for him. Gentry tells Hames that it will have to wait until after he gets to the bottom of this, before ordering Hames to get Huxley in here immediately. Hames informs Gentry that Huxley is not in the building, to which Gentry asks where he is. Hames replies that Huxley is on leave, a fishing trip he believes. Gentry tells Hames to trace his ID, as he wants to know where Huxley is right this instant!
Where? Gentry should try looking in Eastern Ontario, roughly eight kilometers now from where the missing Epsilons were dispatched, and closing. ‘OW!’ shouts Dr. Horatio Huxley as he putts along in the air thanks to a jet pack. ‘Infernal branches!’ he thinks to himself, before adding that one would think Dr. Haddock’s engineers could have modified these rocket booster jetpacks to have enough lift to keep a man above tree-level! Huxley realizes that it doesn’t really matter, for soon he will secure the power to run all of Department H as he sees fit! ‘A destiny that awaits me…just after I have secured…breakfast!’
Breakfast? Dr. Huxley does have a flair for the mundane. But that is all right, for even in a world of government intrigue and iconic super heroes, there are days when human needs must be accounted for. And days when iconic super heroes Vindicator and Guardian must simply be Heather McNeil and James MacDonald Hudson. ‘Oh my God, it’s lovely!’ exclaims Heather as she looks around the apartment she and her estranged and de-aged husband are viewing. Mac looks around and remarks that it is nice, before pointing out that he can now see why this building doesn’t often have vacancies.
The realtor suggests to Heather that she show her the pantry, and is about to go into detail about it, when Heather asks the older woman if she could just have a moment to look around. The realtor tells Heather to take as long as she wants, that she doesn’t have to be coy with her. ‘I know how it is to have a teenage son involved in the decision making process. I have two!’ When the old woman has left the room, Heather smiles, before telling Mac who is frowning that there was a time when that would have killed her, but somehow it just makes this apartment thing bearable.
Looking around again Heather exclaims that she loves it here, to which Mac points out that there is no way she could afford it, not on the stipend the Department is giving them to get their own places. Mac puts his hands on Heather’s shoulders and tells her that it wouldn’t be too much if she were splitting the rent with someone - someone who thought she was really hot - someone who probably wished he knew her when he was a lot younger - and now he can. Heather glances nervously out of the corner of her eyes and pulls away from Mac, telling him that he is right, he cannot afford this, so they should keep looking. ‘Heather?’ Mac exclaims, surprised.
Back at Department H, Flex knocks on Puck’s quarters, asking him if he has a minute. ‘Nope!’ Judd replies bluntly. Adrian thinks Judd is joking, so laughs, before exclaiming that he wanted to tell someone that he found his - Judd interrupts before Adrian can say exactly what it is he found, as he informs the young Alphan someone emailed him a file called “Curiosity” and so far, it is no laughing matter! ‘Oh, okay, I just…’ Adrian mumbles as he walks away, before sadly asking Judd if he knows where Mac or Heather went, as perhaps he could talk to one of them about it. Puck replies that they went out looking for apartments together. ‘Really? Wow!’ exclaims Adrian, his mood somewhat happier as he tells Puck that he didn’t think they even liked each other anymore. ‘Neither did I’ Judd replies coldly. Adrian tells Judd that he hopes he isn’t moving out, because he really likes having him around. Judd informs Adrian that he already has a place outside the Department, but as for moving out or moving on, he hasn’t made a decision yet, he is just keeping his options open.
Someone else whose option are always open is Dr. Huxley. And as he closes in on a scene of carnage at a Western Ontario hydroelectric facility, he isn’t concerned about the gruesome injuries of the Department’s troops, but he is thinking only of his advancement potential within the Department. Huxley believes the sky is the limit - though as his jet pack stops working under his sheer weight and he falls onto the large hydro electric facility, the truth of the matter is the sky is more a limitation. One of the Epsilons is surprised to see Huxley and goes over to him as the “good” Doctor declares that he is here and wants to know what happened, and quickly too.
The Epsilon replies that it was horrible - unstoppable - they threw everything they had at it, yet he just…’Go see for yourself’ the Epsilon tells Huxley as he points to the damn. Leaning over the edge of the barrier, Huxley looks at the water supply and exclaims ‘Impossible!’ But is it really? Or is he just saying that for effect? The water level is seriously down, and Huxley asks the Epsilons if they mean to tell him that their quarry opened the gates to feed water through the turbines. Huxley exclaims that he is robbing Canada of its power, when he suddenly realizes what the creature is trying to do.
Huxley bites his tongue so that he doesn’t reveal it to the Epsilons. For any more, and these troops will stop mistaking his zeal as concern and recognize it for what it truly is - unbridled excitement. Dr. Huxley putts back into the air on the jet pack, as one of the Epsilons ask what they are supposed to do. ‘I’ll, uh…send someone back for you. You have my word’ Huxley calls back. And his word is worth its weight in air.
Back in Department H, Flex passes a lab and Chief Engineer Su walks out of it. They greet each other before Su asks Adrian why he isn’t in Combat Centrale, for he had scheduled a self-directed training session for all novices. Flex apologizes and tells Su that he didn’t know there was one. Su informs Adrian that a detailed memo was emailed to his account, to which Adrian reveals that he didn’t finish reading his email because of some…personal stuff. He smiles and tells Su that he will go there now. As Adrian rushes off to Combat Centrale, one must wonder why he stopped short in his tracks - perhaps it is because he harbors a lack of trust for the old guard of Department H. If so, then he is very wise.
Flex enters the console room of Combat Centrale and panting, announces that he is here. Flex’s Alpha Flight teammate Arlette Truffaut a.k.a. Murmur, sporting her new costume and hair smiles at Flex and tells him that they thought he was not coming. Adrian explains that he just found out about it, before looking up at Lilli a.k.a. Ghost Girl and greeting her enthusiastically. Lilli smiles back and greets him in return. Beaming, Adrian tells the girls to “guess what”, as he got some news from the Adoption Uplink Network informing him that they couldn’t find his father. Adrian reveals that he decided to snoop around his Department H files, and guess what he found?
Before Adrian can inform the girls what he found, the combat simulator alarm begins to go off. Adrian asks what is going on, to which Ghost Girl informs Adrian that his brother is in there. Arlette tells Adrian that Jared wanted to go first and told them not to bother him or touch the controls - so they haven’t bothered him and they haven’t touched the controls. Flex looks down into Combat Centrale, and is horrified at the scene playing out before him. ‘Omigosh! Shut it off!’ he exclaims as various weapons fire at his brother.
Down in Combat Centrale, Alpha Flight’s very own “Danger Room”, Radius is feeling very guilty, so guilty that he has been pushing himself, leaping into the center of battles, altering his training sessions, taking undue risks - all to see what it will take to stop him. How lucky he is, that even when he has lost all love for himself, those around didn’t lose it as well. Adrian rushes into the deadly arena calling out to his brother as he leaps past a laser beam and transforms his hand into a razor-sharp piece of metal to cut away at something else blasting his brother.
Flex asks Radius if he is crazy, to which Radius replies ‘Maybe I am!’ Adrian asks his brother why he is doing this, pointing out that he has been acting this way ever since Sasquatch - ‘Shut up! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!’ Radius shouts as he interrupts his brother, before extending his force field so far, that everything in the room, including Flex, is slammed into the walls. Obviously, Adrian touched a nerve. Jared goes over to his brother and holds him against the wall, warning him that if he ever says anything about this to anyone he will turn his skill into sawdust.
Adrian tells his brother to cut it out, to which Radius starts to leave Combat Centrale, calling back as he goes ‘Give me a reason and I will. With your own freaky hand, loser!’ Ghost Girl phases into the room and hurries over to Adrian, asking him if he is okay. Adrian replies that he is fine, but is worried about Jared, for he is acting like he is going to do something dumb. ‘Going to? Your brother is nothing but the bad idea!’ exclaims Arlette as she enters Combat Centrale also. Murmur points out that she has been away from the team recovering for weeks, and in that time, Jared has not changed at all.
Murmur remarks that she doesn’t know how two parents could have such different children Adrian points out that it just it - they don’t have the same parents! He informs the girls that is what he was trying to tell them before, well, before Radius did all this, he motions to the destruction in the room. Adrian exclaims that this is so weird that it cannot be true, for this top-secret file he got into said Jared’s father is supposed to be a super villain named Unus the Untouchable. ‘And you won’t believe who it said my father was!’
‘It can’t be true!’ shouts Judd as he stares, gape-jawed at his computer. Judd uses his acrobatic skills to propel himself off his chair and out of his room, muttering ‘Sweet-flippin’ Mother-Molson!’ and shouting out to Gentry as he cartwheels down the hallway.
But Gentry is currently elsewhere, flanked by Hames, he is talking to Dr. Myra Haddock, Chief Engineer Su and Lieutenant Power. He tells them that he is waiting. Lieutenant Power tells Gentry that they have already told him - Huxley is like an enormous tsunami - he barrels through these offices doing what he will, they have no knowledge of - Gentry interrupts, angrily telling the senior staffers that he wishes he could accept that, but given Department H specific history, he cannot. Gentry declares that someone here has to know what Huxley was up to that would require an unauthorized usage of Epsilons  - when suddenly, Puck enters the room, declaring that someone does. ‘And that someone’d be me, eh’.
Holding up a disc, Judd tells Gentry that if what he thinks is on this disc, then he is not going to like it one bit - and neither is the rest of the world. Calling poor Hames “James”, Judd hands him the disc and tells him to pop it into a drive and run it. ‘Yes, sir’ Hames replies obligingly. Gentry informs Judd that he would appreciate fewer dramatics, before asking him what he read and who sent it to him. Judd replies that he doesn’t know who sent it, before revealing that he used to get tips from someone trying to alert him to the dark deeds Department H was pulling before Gentry took over. ‘But this subject is bad - see for yourself!’
On the green computer screen before the group, the sentence Project Weapon X Omega Series, Security Clearance Alpha appear. Lieutenant Power asks ‘Weapon X?’ before exclaiming that the project name was eliminated years ago. Judd remarks that might be the case, but that this disc proves that the program is like a hydra - cut off a limb and another grows right back in its place. Judd tells everyone that if any of them know where a part of this building called “The Dungeon” is, then that is where Huxley supposedly hid his little nightmare.
Shortly, Gentry, Hames, the other staff and Judd are joined by Heather, Mac, Radius and Flex and a group of Epsilon Black and are travelling down a lift. Someone explains to everyone that “The Dungeon” is just a nickname they use for the undeveloped sub-basements and adds that they are not patrolled because they are stone-cold empty, though they have automated sensors and what not, so they are self-sufficient. ‘From what I’ve read, they ain’t so undeveloped as you think, eh!’ Judd exclaims. Someone motions to the door up ahead with radiation signals on them and announces that there is something here. Gentry storms down the corridor, ‘Let’s find out!’ he exclaims, to which Guardian asks if he wants them to lead the way in. Gentry replies ‘No, Guardian. If Huxley could survive down here, then so can I!’, before pointing out that this is exactly what they have Epsilon Blacks for. With that, Gentry tells Alpha Flight to not be too far behind.
Entering the large laboratory, Gentry looks around and exclaims that this is impossible - how could it all have been concealed from him? He adds that it must have cost millions of dollars, when one of the Epsilon Blacks alert him to a body in a tank. Everyone rushes over, with Heather leading the way. Gentry is shocked to see a woman in the tank, as Heather exclaims ‘DIAMOND LIL! Good Lord! What’s on her skin!?’ she asks as she looks up at her imprisoned friend and former teammate.
Puck informs everyone that it is “Thetagen-24” on Lillian’s skin - a bacteria she was intentionally infected with. He explains that the tank she is in is holding her and the virus in suspension. He adds that Lillian will live, provided nothing more has been done to her. Judd then motions to another chamber with a radiation symbol on it and explains that that is the real trouble, for according to what he has read, Lil was a failed attempt at a low dose of the Thetagen-24, but the man in this tank got a fatal dose - ‘He is the one they’re calling…Weapon X!’
Guardian points out that the Weapon X program attempted to create the ultimate human weapon - like Wolverine - who had his skeleton reinforced with adamantium to make it impervious to damage. Guardian remarks that testing a bacterial agent on humans is heinous, but its not - Hames interrupts, pointing out that all prior Weapon X files are classified, and asks if Guardian should be revealing this sensitive information to people who are not privy to it. Gentry replies by reminding Hames that it is not his job to decide what is appropriate or not.
Judd declares that they don’t need a history lesson, for the point is, whoever did this didn’t put this stuff here inside people to test the effects - they put them in because they were looking for a sympathetic carrier for an aggressive bug that they could use as a weapon. Judd explains that with the first few victims, Thetagen-24 made them sick, the next few died - but with whoever is in this tank, it found a happy home - but then it started replicating, trying to take over that home - it wants to reproduce.
Radius asks if there is any way to kill it, to which Judd replies that a hydrogen bomb, point-blank range should do it, but even that is just a theory. He asks everyone if they are ready to have a look at who is in the tank, and taps on the control panel to open it up. Judd explains that the chamber keeps him super-cooled, just like Diamond Lil, for the cold temperature arrests the growth process of the bacteria. Judd is about to say something else, when someone exclaims ‘It’s empty!’ Judd turns to the tank and sees that it is indeed empty. Gentry exclaims that he has seen enough, and orders and immediate action to find Huxley and Weapon X. ‘Canada created these nightmares…it’s up to Canada to stop them!’ Gentry informs everyone that he will take a contingent to search for Huxley, while Alpha Flight’s assignment is to find Weapon X!
…which is what they are doing right now. The rain continues to pour down on Canada’s premiere super heroes as Guardian tells Weapon X that they know what he is trying to do, for they know all about him, and orders him to drop the power lines he is holding in his hands. Weapon X replies by telling Guardian that if he knew “us” at all, then he wouldn’t have to ask that question. ‘Now off with you and leave us be…or things are going to get ugly-ug!’
Guardian tells Weapon X that they are not offering him a choice, to which Weapon X exclaims ‘And we’re not telling you again. Get - ‘ Suddenly, he is cut off in the middle of his sentence, for there is an immensely powerful blinding light that flashes across the old building and surrounding area. ‘What’s he doing?’ Flex asks, to which Radius points out that it wasn’t Weapon X, it came from behind him. Heather remarks that it is probably just another transformer snapping and tells her young teammates to not let it distract them.
Gentry radios into Alpha Flight via their communications system and informs them that there is no sign of Huxley at his position, but that all the Epsilons are accounted for. Weapon X suddenly leaps at Guardian telling him to get out of the way. Gentry radios into Alpha Flight again, asking them if they copy, to which Heather begins blasting powerful beams of lava at Weapon X and telling Gentry that there is no sign of Huxley at their location either. Dodging Heather’s lava blasts, Weapon X tells her to save herself, for he, addressing himself as “we”, can sense the blasts long before she can open them.
Heather informs Gentry that Weapon X has drained a nuclear power plant of its power and now he is on the run again - not to mention incredibly deranged. Gentry tells Heather that he won’t keep her, before asking her to stay on Weapon X and keep an eye out for Huxley, as he can’t be too far behind. Heather tells Gentry not to worry, that they will nail Huxley, when she screams, startling Gentry. Weapon X exclaims ‘We hate to eat and run, luvvy, but the sky is falling!’ and indeed, Heather’s screams were well founded for a large brick building begins to fall, directly above Heather.
Suddenly, Guardian swoops in and grabs Heather, while Gentry asks what is happening, and tells Hames to find out why he cannot get a video uplink. Holding Heather in his arms, Mac asks her if she is all right. Heather replies that she is all right, and tells Mac to put her down, as she is fine. Judd alerts everyone to Weapon X who is trying to make a break for the fence, while Hames informs Gentry that Manbot’s cameras are already in use - they are being controlled by a third party! Gentry exclaims that it must be Huxley, and informs Guardian via the communicator that Huxley is watching their every move, so they need to be ready for him to throw a curveball at them. Guardian replies that they can handle anything that is pitched their way, while Gentry thinks to himself that he hopes it is true.
Alpha Flight continue on in the rain, right behind the fleeing Weapon X. Guardian tells X that there is nothing to gain by running, to which Weapon X replies there is freedom. ‘It was your bunch that made us what we are. We ain’t going back for more!’ Judd agrees with Weapon X that the Department that made him had no right, but assures him it is gone. Judd begins to offer Weapon X more help, when suddenly everyone is caught off balance by another blinding, powerful, burst of light. ‘What is it with this lightening?’ Heather exclaims, to which Judd asks since when was lightening pure white-out flashes with no thunder.
Heather suggests that it is as if Weapon X is creating it to distract them, to which Flex, who crashes into Judd, who crashes into Radius, points out that it is not coming from Weapon X. Judd begins to ask Heather if it is just him, or does that light remind her of - ‘There he is! let’s nail him!’ Radius exclaims, interrupting. Judd. Weapon X turns back to face Alpha Flight and tells them that they are all talk. ‘If you know us so well, you know what happens to humanity if our little suit gets opened up!’ Weapon X tells Alpha Flight to leave “them” be, or else “they” will open themselves right here and now. ‘We’re leaving, and you can’t stop us!’
Suddenly, someone in the air exclaims ‘Maybe not, Weapon X…. But the real Alpha Flight can…and will!’. Down on the ground, Heather, Mac and the others all look up in shock. ‘Who?’ ‘What?’ Weapon X turns to the sky and mumbles ‘Well, well, well, we were wondering when you’d show…’. And out of the pouring rain emerges the original Alpha Flight…Sasquatch! Northstar! Aurora! Shaman! And…Guardian!?!?!?