OPERATION: GALACTIC STORM PART 11
In the heart of the Nega-Portal, Wonder Man talks to Vision about his love for Wanda. Talk about bad timing. When the portal is revealed to be a bomb, Wonder Man and the Starjammers must fly for the hills and save their tails! Oh, and prevent a nuclear attack that would perpetaute an intergalactic war.
Having gained an audience with Empress Lilandra, the Shi'ar Avengers away team witnesses Lilandra christen the Nega-Portal for launch. The Starjammers, minus Binary, are sent to tow the "portal" to the Kree Empire, but Corsair protests against sending such a tool through his home space. Lilandra responds like Gladiator did in Thor 445: the concerns of one planet are subordinate to the needs of an entire galactic empire, especially one engaged in "total war." The remaining Starjammers accept the commission, leaving Corsair behind. Wonder Man, however, knows the Nega-Portal is actually a weapon, not just a tool. Grabbing Vision, he leaps aboard the Nega-Bomb and abandons the rest of the Avengers.
Inside the Nega-Bomb, Simon takes the opportunity of being alone with Vision to debate his frustrations over Wanda, Vision's personality (and increasing lack thereof), life, death, and his own dissipating grasp on humanity. Soon the Starjammers discover the stowaways and attack, though the battle is short-lived. Wonder Man convinces them to stop fighting long enough to explain the Nega-Portal is, in fact, a Nega-Bomb - they aren't just shuttling a tool for the war effort but a weapon capable of destroying the entire Kree galaxy. The Starjammers choose to cut the bomb loose instead of having it on their consciences, leaving Wonder Man and Vision adrift in Shi'ar space on the universe's most deadly bomb!
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