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A week after the Sorcerer Affair, Alpha Flight and their allies are finally granted a hearing by a parliamentary select committee. On day three of the hearing, only Vindicator, Northstar, Persuasion, Laura Dean, Goblyn, Nemesis, Silver, Auric and Wildchild are in attendance, as the others have been granted permission to do other things. During the hearing, General Clarke jibes Vindicator, while Prime Minister Mulroney seems to support what Vindicator wants to do - after all, Canada owes them a debt of gratitude. Vindicator knows what she wants for her team and what is best for Canada, and her biggest request is that Alpha Flight be free of government intrusions. Mulroney informs Heather that he is rescinding all previous sanctions against Alpha Flight and recognizes their right to act as operatives of the peace. Mulroney declares that a new Department H will be established as a fully-funded organization to support Alpha Flight’s activities and that Gamma Flight will be disbanded to serve as in a training role under Alpha Flight. This angers Nemesis and Wildchild, and the latter goes into a uncontrollable rage, lashing out at Mulroney, before heading into the streets. Heather realizes this is why people fear their kind as much as they do, and leads the others to follow him. When they catch up with him, Goblyn is attacked and Laura sends her away, only for Laura to be seriously wounded by Wildchild. Northstar begrudgingly takes Laura to the hospital, before leaving for Etobicoke to get Persuasion’s mother. Later, Heather and the others are still searching for Wildchild who escaped, and they are joined by Witchfire who has been communing. An argument ensures before Wolverine makes his presence known by tossing the captured Wildchild at their feet. Wolverine is in Canada to tie up some loose ends. Meanwhile, Box and Diamond Lil at the request of General Clarke have been sent, not to Vindicator’s knowledge, to Roxxon in Denver, where they are introduced to Windshear, a super being from the British Division, who has unsuccessfully tried to stop some out of control machinery in Roxxon. Box makes his attempt, and discovers that there is a very angry man somehow controlling the machinery. Back in Canada, Sasquatch, Shaman, Aurora and Talisman have gone in search of the missing Puck, and learn that he is indeed no longer at the hospital where he had been recuperating.