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On Earth, Northstar, Diamond Lil, Sasquatch and Puck, along with Captain America, She-Hulk and the Black Widow are all that is left to save the world from the Consortium. The seven heroes fight valiantly and make their way to underground safety, where Captain America decides that the only way to stop the Consortium is to infiltrate the mother ship and destroy it from within. Captain America explains his plan, which involves Sasquatch, Diamond Lil and She-Hulk remaining on the ground to keep the troops occupied. Northstar commandeers a ship for him, Cap, Puck and the Black Widow, and after figuring out how to use it, they board the mother ship. Judd and Natasha make their way to engineering and recall the time they fought in the Tonkin Gulf in 1967, before disabling the cybernetic link that some aliens have with the ship. This enables them to command the massive fleet of the Consortium and confuse them by giving them new orders. Jean-Paul and Captain America discover that small uninhabited planet is powering the mother ship, and they too put their plan into action. Meanwhile, at the same time across Space-Time, Guardian, Vindicator, Box, Windshear, Sersi, Quasar, Hercules, the Vision and Her learn of the Qwrlln’s plight, but are still concerned about Earth. Heather is the most furious at all, especially about Mac being reverted back to his robot parts, and demands to know what is going on. The Qwrlln relate their origin and encounter with Mac on Ganymede. After the heroes debate what they should do, Heather points out that they cannot be selective with their causes, so they have to help the innocent Qwrlln. The heroes engage Galactus in combat, and knock Frankie Raye out of the equation. When Galactus goes to use his powers to convert the heroes into energy states which could be contained till after he was finished devouring Quwrll, he finds his powers are not working. The heroes think they have the upper hand and continue to battle Galactus, eventually toppling him over - until Galactus retaliates by using physical force on the heroes. Windshear locates Frankie Raye, whom the Qwrlln have imprisoned and learns that Galactus’ power fault may be attributed to him being out of synch with the fabric of this reality, and Frankie Raye means it could be the end of her master. Galactus manages to grab hold of Heather, resulting in a cease-fire, despite Heather urging her friends and allies on. Alpha Flight are unsure how to proceed, until the human part of Vindicator asserts himself and unleashes serious amounts of energy on Galactus, toppling him and setting Heather free. With Galactus unconscious, The heroes ponder how to get him off Quwrll and themselves back to Earth to defeat the Consortium, which Galactus hears, and reveals that he knows the Consortium. Frankie Raye informs the heroes that the Consortium use living planets as an energy source, and supposes they kill two birds with one stone. They develop a device using the Qwrlln’s organic technology and Galactus’ devouring equipment which will bring send Quwrll and the Qwrlln back to their proper location, the heroes back to Earth, and bring the Consortium to Galactus. However, the only way for the device to work is electromagnetic energies, which mean Guardian and Vindicator must remain behind. They are both prepared to do what must be done, Heather pointing out that they may be shunted through Space-Time like Mac was once before, and start to power the device up. The heroes on Earth wonder why the mother ship is glowing, while on Quwrll, Mac gives Heather to Box, claiming that he can handle the rest on his own. After Heather tells Mac she has always loved him, he replies in kind, before disappearing. The heroes are shunted through Space-Time back to Earth, and the Consortium come face to face with Galactus, who declares that it is time to feed. Back in Toronto, which is still burning from the battle, Heather informs the others of Mac’s sacrifice, a choice of humanity, and the world is safe once more.