A band of
refugees from the Abomination’s assault on Castle Maestro (Betty-6, Char,
Cyberslik, Po, Sleek, Librito, Mok the War Dog, and two children Molly and
Polly) materialize in modern-day East Village, in the middle of a confrontation
between the local police and a band of homeless squatters. A cop fires a shot
then the others start shooting. Po (big and strong) and Sleek (superfast) try
to protect everyone with Mok the War Dog, which emits a stunning Sonic Bark.
Sleek collects all of the cops’ weapons and hands them over to the squatters
who use them to chase the cops off. Then they notice Char has been hit in the
chest by a stray bullet as police reinforcements arrive and demand surrender….
In the future,
Abomination has captured Janis Jones and has his psychic sidekick Kaspin
torture her mentally to force her to reveal where the refugees have gone. Abom
checks on Shulk and discovers she is awake—and threatening to kill him. But he
wants her as his queen and says she will come around to the idea—or die. In the
dungeon, the childlike Kaspin, aching in his conscience, sets Janis free and
she escapes….
In the New York
riot, the Abomination (Earth-616 version) rises from beneath the streets and
the homeless hurl gas grenades and escape underground, the refugees from the
future joining them….
In the future,
Abomination punishes Kaspin for letting Janis escape and orders him to find
her. But then a mercenary calling himself Quarry offers to eliminate all humans
for the new regime. Abom gives him three hours to capture Janis Jones. Then
Shulk punches Abomn’s lights out and takes Kaspin to lead her to Betty as Shulk
doesn’t want there to be any Maestro offspring either. After a brief visit to
the Rick Jones memorial, Shulk and Kaspin go to the time platform and travel
back to the East Village where she is surrounded by armed police. She smiles….
Down in the
sewers, Abomination rebukes his people for going to the surface. Char is dying,
Betty goes into labor, and Po awakens, sees the Abomination, assumes he’s the
one who caused all of their troubles, and attacks him….