Still in Austin, Texas (see last
issue), Amadeus Cho is walking past a playground when a bunch of teens
recognize him and invite him to join their pickup basketball game. Declining to
turn into Hulk, he demonstrates his grasp of mathematics by sinking the ball
from across the court. Then basketball star Jeremy Lin, in Austin for a charity
event, shows up to see Amadeus and the two start playing one-on-one until the
police arrive to clear up the commotion. Amadeus invite Jeremy to chill at the
Olympus Group Secret HQ where they eat and play video games and Amadeus tries
to contact Maddy Cho to brag but she isn’t speaking to him (also since last
issue)….
The next day, Amadeus joins Jeremy
for his charity basketball game to benefit E.R.F.E.I. (Equal Rights for Every
Intelligence), each leading a team of aliens and AIs, with Amadeus hulking out
to level the playing field. The game gets started and Hulk finds himself taking
things a bit too seriously—until a giant red robot dragon tears open the roof.
Hulk snaps into action fighting the monster while Maddy contacts him, telling
him to stand down. Hulk refuses, thinking he knows best but when the red dragon
is defeated, he looks up to see a silver robot dragon carrying off teammate
Arch-E-5912 with Jeremy Lin hanging on for dear life….