Tigra
is chained up in the villains’ lair, set to destruct, when Red Wolf enters and
hurls his tomahawk at her—and cuts the last chain holding her captive. RW
explains that his wolf Lobo told him she was not one of the baddies…which
doesn’t have time to explain. Then the bombs start detonating and Tigra rescues
her rescuer. As the place starts falling in, Lobo leads them to the underground
escape sled which they board and drive to safety on the trail of their quarry….
Dr.
Joanne Tumolo is worried about Greer “Tigra” Nelson, knowing that Red Wolf is
on her trail thinking she’s a villain. Professor Leon reminds her that Greer
can take care of herself. Lawyer Jules Bannion tells them he is going to
investigate the Rat Pack while Leon and Tumolo work on a serum that will allow
Tigra to change form at will. Oh and we also learn that Bannion is working with
Joshua Plague….
Meanwhile,
Plague is being confronted by the disgruntled Number 1 and the rest of the
gang—and there’s now a Number 7—is supporting him. 1 wants to know why Plague
has them wearing masks, why they’ve never met his spy, Number 6, why are they
stealing astrochemical serums, how did he already know who Tigra is and what is
the Soul-Catcher? Plague responds by using the Soul-Catcher to envelop them all
in a painful flame, while telling them they were a bunch of losers until he
came along. Number 5, the only one loyal to Plague warns him that Tigra has
arrived, along with Red Wolf and Lobo. RW goes for 5 while Tigra does a flying
kick to knock the Soul-Catcher out of Plague’s hands. 5 tries to push Red Wolf
toward a live cable but Lobo attacks him and it is 5 who makes contact with the
cable and is electrocuted. As Tigra takes on Joshua Plague, he emits a sinister
laugh that begins to hypnotize her. A scream breaks his concentration and Tigra
hits him—but the scream came from Number 2 when they saw that Number 5 is a
robot, now badly damaged. Plague takes advantage of the distraction to recover
the Soul-Catcher and zap Tigra. And now the time for pretense is over so he
reveals his true identity—Super-Skrull!