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Alpha Flight travels to Ungava Bay, where months earlier they and the X-Men had an encounter with a healing Fire Fountain, and the Asgardian God of Mischief, Loki. They hope to be able to cure Northstar, who is dying and Aurora’s mental illness, while Puck plans on curing his own pain. They make their way into the cavern below the palace where the events took place but unbeknownst to them, Loki is watching their plight. Though he is forbidden from interfering by rule of They Who Sit Above in Shadow, he breaks that rule, wanting revenge on those who humbled him. He changes signposts in the caverns where Alpha Flight search for some remains of the Fire Fountain. Finding a gate, Alpha Flight go through it, unaware that it is the realm of the Dark Elves. Northstar and Aurora are left in a tunnel, as Jean-Paul is merely slowing the others down, and Aurora redeems her recent selfish moves by being bathed in the darkness that she hates so she can touch her brother. Alpha Flight find a Fire Fountain, unaware that it is a different one, and engage in battle with the Dark Elves. During the battle, Judd is knocked into the false Fire Fountain, which unleashes the Black Razer inside him, and returns him to his original age and height. Loki comes to Aurora and Northstar and reveals to them their real origin – that they are children of a human man and female Elf of Light, which is why they have become so ill, for their pure Elf blood cannot be on such a tainted world for so long. He leaves the twins with this knowledge and after remembering Loki said pure light can save them, Aurora bathes Jean-Paul in her light, and although he returns to full health and full powers, Aurora loses everything and is carried into the darkness by the Lesser Dark Elves. Vindicator, Box and Sasquatch engage in battle with the Black Razer, until Jean-Paul aids them, giving the four a chance to escape, sealing the gate behind them as they go through it, even though it traps Aurora and Puck behind. Northstar tells the three his story before leaving for Asgard where he hopes he will find happiness. Loki is confronted by They Who Sit Above in Shadow and he tries to convince them he did good, by curing Aurora of her multiple personalities and sending her to a convent, while sending Judd to Tibet. They Who Sit Above are still not impressed, and trick Loki themselves by sending him to the realm of Svartalfheim, where the Black Razer is trapped. Heather cries in the Omni-Jet as she thinks back to what has happened recently, deciding that she must carry on as Alpha Flight’s leader, they return home, where they will find Manikin and the Purple Girl safe.