Black Widow has discovered that a
Russian ghost town hides a secret facility that may have the digitalized DNA of
every state-sponsored Russian superhero. She is trying to quietly infiltrate
the building when the master thief Fantomex comes crashing out, guns blazing,
pursued by a smaller version of Ursa Major. Fantomex uses his powers of
misdirection to send the bear-man off on a tangent but Natasha is attacked by
two more powered people, with the abilities of Darkstar and Sibercat. Fantomex
has the DNA drive and takes off in his escape ship while Nat is pursued by a
new Crimson Dynamo. Nat takes five minutes to beat down her three opponents and
then races by bike to meet up again with Fantomex. The master thief explains
that he was hired to steal the DNA drive but he doesn’t trust his client and
gives it to Natasha, having pulled off the theft for the challenge.
“Scarlet Witch + Domino”
Writer: Adam Warren. Art: Adam Warren. Colors: Guru eFx.
Synopsis: A Celestials’
Extermination Drone has gone rogue and is about to trigger the dormant
supervolcano in Yellowstone Park, setting off and extinction-level event to destroy
Earth. Scarlet Witch and Domino descend on the drone to try to stop it; Wanda
can’t come into contact with the drone lest her probability powers create a
feedback loop and unravel the universe. She uses her powers to boost Domino’s
own luck powers as she enters the drone and discovers dozens, if not hundreds,
of her own corpse, having failed at multiple attempts before. Domino locates
the core and is killed.
Five minutes earlier, Domino,
realizing she can’t get close enough to the core to destroy it, tases Wanda who
falls to the surface of the drone, triggering a feedback loop, unravelling and
reravelling the universe—minus the drone. Wanda is outraged but Domino was just
taking her chances.