Hannah Fairmont and Demitrius Collins are in the foyer of
the hospital, talking about the case of Jake Olson when they spy the security
monitor showing Jake trying to smother Brady O’Neil in his hospital bed. They
rush to the room, picking up Dr. Jane Foster on the way and arrive to find Jake
gone, without completing the task. Jane tends to the injured detective while
Collins vows revenge. Jake is on the roof where we discover he is the walking
corpse of the real Jake Olson, revived by Loki in his plot against Thor….
Heimdall stands at his post on the Rainbow Bridge when he
sees Thor and Odin arrive with the captive Enchanters. Heimdall offers to
execute them on the spot but Odin stays his hand while they explain why their
brother Enrakt has the face of the sorceress Ceranda. Sif and Balder arrive to
hear this tale too. Brona tells them that their brother Enrakt was too
untrained to join them on their first encounter with Asgard but after their
brother Forsung was killed he joined the others in their mission of vengeance.
As he searched for a way to release Brona and Magnir from Limbo where they were
imprisoned by Odin, he discovered Ceranda and Thor and entered Mjolnir to
become its new master. And after she was killed, another part of himself raised
and occupied her corpse as the other part of his revenge plot. Thor flies into
a rage and wants to kill the Enchanters for how they treated the woman he
loved. Odin halts them and, ascertaining they have no more family to return for
revenge, transports them to the Lost Limbo of Infinity. But Thor mourns for
Ceranda who will never receive justice. And now Sif wants to know what Thor
meant when he mentioned love for Ceranda and if he still loves Sif. Thor
responds that it’s complicated. Odin distracts everyone and Thor craves a boon:
that Ceranda be restored to life. Odin says even he cannot do that but she
shall be placed under glass in the Chamber of Eternal Heroes….
Back on Midgard, Jane and Hannah talk over the latest events.
They both believe Jake innocent but they saw him trying to kill Brady O’Neil.
Hannah explains that Jake has always seemed like two people, noting that her
first husband died of cancer which was why she was so shattered when she
thought Jake was dead. They go to Jake’s apartment and are shocked to find him
there, acting as if nothing is wrong. He kisses Hannah to calm her but she
senses something is wrong. Then Thor enters the room and is likewise stunned to
see Jake there. Hannah, assuming Thor is there to arrest Jake, blocks Thor
while Jake runs. Thor pursues Jake to the roof where Loki causes Jake to vanish
and Thor arrives, only to be baffled….
Orikal has requested an audience with the chief of the
trolls, Ulik but he only manages a brief warning before Mangog appears. Mangog
sticks his hand into Orikal’s chest and removes the Chalice of Ruins. The
monster teleports away into the presence of his master where it is revealed
that drinking even one tear of the Designate will grant the drinker the power of
all-prevailing death. And now they must find the Designate for Armageddon to
begin…. [Spoiler: the master is Thanos, as revealed next issue.]