The
High Evolutionary’s ship arrives at Mount Wundagore and Transian Special Forces
troops try to take Thor and the Godpack (plus H.E.) prisoner. When the team
balks, the soldiers open fire—but the Godpack are bulletproof and fight back.
Blitziana (electrical powers), Loge (fire powers), Luminor (light powers), and
Bellam (axe for hand) take down the soldiers swiftly, while H.E. restrains Thor
so the Godpack can gain some combat experience. The last soldier tries to
escape but H.E. blasts him. This man is questioned and he explains how the
Transian army was sent to secure the borders with troubled Yugoslavia and they
discovered the laboratory on Wundagore and were told to confiscate the tech.
Bellam wants to kill the soldiers but Thor stops him. H.E. concedes that Thor
is right, only because hostages are more valuable than corpses….
In
Asgard, Odin is informed by the Grand Vizier that Thor is now in Wundagore….
Elsewhere,
Karnivore (formerly Man-Beast) has renamed the New Men the Ani-Mutants and has
them fighting to the death to build them into a force strong enough to best the
High Evolutionary’s forces, even executing those who aren’t considered vicious
enough. When Simbus asks about Thor, Karnivore shows him their secret weapon
against the God of Thunder….
The
group reassembles the lab including the Bio-Pools. Soon High Evolutionary
creates Anak (super-strength), Zefra (super-speed), and Riger (super-sight and
-hearing). The Godpack are all fellow convicts rescued from a van by H.E.,
giving them a common bond even though they do not remember it yet Thor still
feels alienated from the group. He wanders off into the caverns and discovers a
tunnel; he follows it and discovers Dr. Donald Blake in an exact replica of the
cave in Norway where he found the stick that would transform him into Thor.
Since Don Blake was merely a shell which Odin created as Thor’s human identity,
the Thunder God is quite puzzled, as is Blake who knows nothing of what must
transpire. He carries Blake back to the main lab to discover chaos: the Godpack
in deadly combat with the Ani-Mutants. The tide of the melee pushes the
Ani-Mutants back toward their drill-ship so Karnivore pulls out his secret
weapon: a captive Jane Foster, demanding the Thunder God fight for him against
his allies. Rather than let Thor sacrifice himself for her, Jane throws herself
from the top of the ship; Thor swoops at great speed and catches her. He
deposits her with Don Blake, confusing her mightily, and returns to the battle.
Anak disables the ship with a couple of punches. Karnivore, having used his
force to clear a path to the High Evolutionary, attacks his creator with bared
claws. Thor intervenes and, as the Godpack watches, he beats his foe brutally. Karnivore,
realizing he cannot overpower Thor, flees, jumping in an escape module from the
drill-ship and sailing off. Thor, unable to pursue, vows vengeance. Jane
recovers her captive son Jimmy Kincaid from the wrecked drill-ship. The badly
injured High Evolutionary agrees to call his Godlings the Godpack from now on.
Thor, having decided to remain with them, spins Mjolnir to reassemble the
molecules in his outfit to create a new distinctive armor. Recognizing their
grievances, H.E. apologizes to the captive New Men, promising to aid in their
rehabilitation. The reconstruction begins. Don Blake asks for a ride back to
Oslo….
Characters:
Thor, High Evolutionary, Godpack, Odin, Man-Beast/Karnivore, Don Blake Construct,
Jane Foster, Jimmy Kincaid, Blitziana