Jacob Feinman
recalls the old days when he was assistant to scientist Parul Kurinji and fell
in love with her and marvels at the contrast to the present situation wherein
Kurinji is the human/machine hybrid Zero/One who desires to reshape the world
in her image. Now she unleashes sea monsters on Red Hulk and Machine Man. One
unleashes a sonic weapon that disables X-51 while a monster chomps down on Red
Hulk’s arm, immobilizing him; Zero/One sends in Black Fog to take advantage of
the situation….
Aboard
the good guys’ ship, Annie tells Red She-Hulk that Rulk is in danger but RSH
doesn’t care: it is Betty Ross, not her, that cares for her father. She uses
binoculars to watch the show….
Rulk
tricks Black Fog into decapitating the monster holding his arm, then he kills
the snake emitting the shriek affecting X-51. Rulk stomps to sink the floating
base but nothing happens; X-51 points out that the ship’s polymer coating is
designed to channel energy into the ocean. Another monster rises from the sea
hurling starfish that inject a deadly toxin into Red Hulk’s wound while Black
Fog swings his swords and severs Machine Man’s arms. Zero/One has her drone
army open fire with automatic weapons while she opens her power core to
irradiate Rulk. Seeing this from the other ship, Red She-Hulk leaps to the
rescue. She lands on Zero/One, interrupting her attack then bashes Black Fog
and the monsters to rescue Red Hulk. Jacob Feinman helps X-51 repair himself
then quietly passes him a compact disc. X-51 reads it and find info on how to
defeat Zero/One. X-51 emits a high-pitched signal that knocks all of the drone
soldiers offline but the chief effect is that it breaks the psychic hold she
had over Black Fog, who resented the torture she put him through to make him
her servant. Fog unleashes a mind-numbing shriek that makes her feel the pain
she had inflicted on him and then he vanishes. Zero/One is surrounded by the
heroes but she teleports herself and Jacob Feinman, whom she does not know had
betrayed her, onto her airship and they zoom away. As the heroes ponder the
escape of Zero/One and Black Fog, RSH turns back into Betty Ross, ready to have
a talk with her dad….