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Defenders, good and bad alike, are in hot water with the New York police department. Sagittarius’ Defenders slip away into the subway station when Hercules inadvertently distracts the police. The good Defenders follow in hot pursuit. They battle in the underground until Beetle helps his comrades commandeer a subway train. The heroes take to the streets using Captain Ultra’s scanner vision to follow. Meanwhile, Dollar Bill catches up with Professor Turk and Ledge and discusses his future plans. Back in the city, Kyle’s Defenders stop a boy from “robbing” his mother and when his teammates complain Kyle snaps and the neo Defenders quit on him. When people start running by complaining about the stock exchange being overrun by Defenders, Nighthawk takes to action, but is easily defeated by the large group under Libra’s command. Back in the subway, the heroes stop the train and fight once more. The tide is turned after Hellcat almost chokes to death courtesy of Blob and unknowingly unleashes a psychic mindblast that levels everyone around her. Meanwhile, Nighthawk finds Val’s team and they confront Libra’s Defenders at the Staten Island Ferry. When Val is placed in dire straits her perception of reality changes and she sees everyone as nasty trolls. She battles her teammates as well as her enemies until only Nighthawk remains. He manages to snap her out of it, though it frightens her deeply. In the Soviet Union, General Kharkov gets the disturbing report that Sergei has returned to the Forbidden Area and awakened his unholy creation.