Detective
Inspector Curzon of Great Britain is detached to Code: Blue; we see him drag
himself out of bed, make snarky comments to the TV news, offend everyone with
his smoking, while yelling at everyone. He wades through piles of testimonies
from the city’s psychics, each describing a vision of a giant tree in pain. He
is given a package; it contains a severed head resembling a skull….
In
Asgard, Beta Ray Bill, bearing a portion of the power and nature of Thor,
suddenly falls ill, collapsing to the ground, seeing a vision of a massive
machine. The physicians of Asgard examine him and all they can say is he is in
a coma after a seizure. Sif reports to Odin who casually mentions that Thor was
ill and is probably dead. As is Eric Masterson. Red Norvell remains. Sif hides
her sorrow over the death of Thor from the All-Father….
Thor
awakens in a luxury apartment, surrounded by businessmen bearing Viking swords.
They tell him not to leave. He picks up Mjolnir and gives battle. After a brief
melee, Amora the Enchantress stops them. She tells Thor that she had these men
locate him and bring him to her. He is suspicious as they have always been
enemies but she has woven magic around the apartment to protect him from his
mysterious enemy. She explains that having been exiled to Midgard for
centuries, she has had time to rethink her relationship with Thor. Now that he
is an exile too, can they not find solace in one another’s arms?
Curson
is called to the scene of Thor’s battle with the undead warriors (last issue).
Lt. Marcus Stone lays out the facts. Curzon recognizes the dead warriors as
matching the skull of wood and radio bits he has on his desk. Stone recognizes
the wood as ash. Curzon makes a surprising connection: ash wood to World Ash…as
in the dreams of the psychics….
Characters:
Thor, Code: Blue, Beta Ray Bill, Enchantress, Odin, Sif, Marc Stone,