Hawkeye
is the chief suspect in the Terminizer killings and he is mad. Mockingbird
points out that the mystery killer likely has a grudge against the Stone Perfs
and is someone familiar with gang culture….
The
next day is a mass funeral for the murdered Perfs; it is interrupted by a car
from the rival Mode Blanks firing on the crowd. Hawkeye and Mockingbird on the
Sky-Cycle overtake the car and Hawkeye fires a tear gas arrow sending the car
crashing into a huge monument. Bobbi jumps down and beats up all of the Blanks.
The Perfs arrive, intent on killing Hawkeye as they believe he is the Terminizer
but Police Detective Zamora brings a halt to the hostilities. He orders the
Perfs back to the funeral for their friends and tells the heroes that there are
no leads in the case. Hawkeye and Mockingbird wonder if the Terminizer could be
a cop….
Wounded
by his new boss Lotus Newmark (last issue), Prince Charming sees her shady
personal physician for care. Afterwards, he asks her right-hand-man Auggie
Slater why she should care about Prince; Slater explains that she thinks he has
potential and intends to show him how big Lotus’ organization really is….
In
the hospital, Anita Gutierrez tells Luis that she no longer blames Hawkeye for
the shooting and wants her son to cooperate with the Avenger if he hears
anything about the Terminizer, promising him a ride on the Sky-Cycle….
Prince
meets with Lotus and she asks him to prove his fitness for the organization by
luring the Stone Perfs into a trap for the Terminizer to kill them and perhaps
Hawkeye too. So word goes out for the Perfs to meet at an old quarry out of
town and the message goes to Luis and then to Hawkeye. Hawkeye and Mockingbird
are at the quarry that night, watching the Perfs gathered in one place and
waiting for the Terminizer to show….