Telemetry holds the force box with Gravity, Firestar, and
Hardball inside to keep the fault matrix stable…and it’s running out of air.
Topside, Thor Girl has clobbered Prodigy and then she starts to go through a
change. Cloud 9 and Komodo ask her to make peace with Prodigy. Her eyes
glowing, she quickly subdues his backup heroes and demands an explanation. He
avers that her imprisonment was just for show, that he had no idea anyone was
intending to torture her. She does not believe him and, tossing away her hammer
and crown, she becomes a frightening glowing being; her friends try to calm her
down, including Ultragirl, and she repels them, doing the same with those who
try to attack her. As she assumes a godlike form—the Designate—she rebukes and
denounces humanity for its fears and other foibles, pronouncing them not yet
worthy. So, she ascends into the sky and to space, bringing the force box out
of the ground as she goes, saving the four heroes within. All the heroes look
to Prodigy for what comes next and he leads them to the rescue, to prove her
wrong….
Several heroes reflect on their experiences, each one having
learned something by what they have undergone. Prodigy meets with Steve Rogers
who has reassumed the mantle of Captain America and is commended for his
achievements. Cap tells him that the two federal agents hold no grudges and
want to see him about a promotion…and then they show him to a bigger warehouse
of files to organize….