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Hercules’ team of Defenders decides to hang up their tights as Hellcat is left to deal with the police and their anger over the damage to the city. After a heated conversation with Lt. Keating, Hellcat heads to her car and opens the letter Iron Man gave to her earlier. It’s from Millie the Model and she wants to meet with her. Hellcat takes off for Glamour Girls, Inc. There, she and Millie rehash the past and Millie even offers her a job. Hellcat declines, though, preferring the superhero life. Meanwhile in the Soviet Union, Red Guardian is offered a chance to take on the giant amoeba in the Forbidden Zone. She jumps at the opportunity and, when she finally arrives, discovers the Presence trapped within the creature’s body. After her initial attack, Tania is also absorbed into the creature to be used as an energy source. Sergei makes his way to Tania and clasps hands with her, causing a powerful nuclear backlash that expels them from the beast. Using their combined powers, they destroy the creature and decide to settle down together in the Forbidden Area where they can do no harm to anyone else. Back in Manhattan, Dollar Bill and Ledge stop by Professor Turk’s to pick up Ledge’s missed schoolwork. Bill also hits the Professor up for some help in getting back in the Defenders’ good graces. Turk thinks he has a good idea. At the Richmond Riding Academy, Kyle and Val arrive to find the place empty. Shortly after, Val goes into another berserker rage and starts hacking away at Aragorn’s water trough. Kyle knocks her into it, shocking her out of her fury. She falls unconscious prompting Kyle to call for a doctor. After waiting around for a while he leaves to fix the trough. Hellcat arrives just in time to see Aragorn disappear. When they go inside to check on their friend they find a note from Val telling them not to look for her and that they’ll never see her again.