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Back on what they believe to be their world, Alpha Flight are in New York, and wonder why all the civilians are looking at them strangely. Box splits up from the team so that he can find some more metal to turn himself into a ship so they can get back to Canada, while the others go to a café to get something to eat. Vindicator asks their waitress why everyone is acting strangely around them, and wonders if she hasn’t heard of Alpha Flight before. The waitress reveals that people are acting strangely because no one recognizes them as known heroes, and that they do know Alpha Flight, but they don’t remember seeing them before. The waitress also lets slip that Guardian is prime minister of Canada and that Aurora is his wife, shocking Heather. Box finds himself struck down by some invisible barrier, and is picked up by Iron Man. At the café, three Avengers come and take Alpha Flight away to some facility where Vindicator explains their story to Captain America, who is unconvinced, reveals that he has spoken with Alpha Flight and that none of them know who the six of them are. Captain America reveals that six years ago, in 1990, Dr. Doom and other villains took over the Soviet Union and entire Eastern Bloc, and that heroes from other parts of the world have since then been trying to overthrow them. He explains that Reed Richards, Guardian and Captain Britain have become leaders of their respective countries, and tells the Alphans that they must either side with him and fight the enemy, or be considered the enemy. Alpha Flight fight Cap and his allies, and manage to escape the complex, once outside however, they are attacked by even more American heroes. Diamond Lil is grabbed by Rogue and flown away, where she is dropped in an alleyway. A perverted Spider-Man attacks Lil, who puts up a fight to defend herself - and ends up killing him by crushing his skull in a brick wall. Diamond Lil begin her escape to the Brooklyn Bridge, where the Alphans agreed to meet should they get separated - until Wolverine and Colossus attack her.