Arc 53The Hive Base

Green Arrow Duck joined forces with Alice, Jill Valentine, and Ada Wong to investigate Umbrella and find a way to stop the Raccoon City outbreak. With Tony Stark’s AIs helping, they copied the Hive Base’s research and other data, but Green Arrow Duck warned that exposing Umbrella might not be enough to destroy it.

  • The X-Men and Green Arrow Duck organized rescue and research teams in Raccoon City, where Jean Grey and Green Arrow Duck examined infected people and a captured Licker.
  • Green Arrow Duck found Alice Abernathy in an Umbrella laboratory, freed her, and joined her search for the Hive Base after learning she knew its entrances.
  • After zombies overran the police station, Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill Valentine armed themselves and headed for the Hive Base to seek evidence against Umbrella.
  • Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill fought through the Hive Base, met Ada Wong, and found virus research and Antiviral Serum records in its laboratory.
  • The group destroyed the laser defenses and reached the server room, where Green Arrow Duck discovered that the Red Queen was still operating.
  • Green Arrow Duck fought the Red Queen while Mei enlisted JARVIS and Tony Stark, whose AIs overwhelmed the Hive servers and copied its data.
  • Green Arrow Duck recovered from the server attack and told Alice, Jill, and Ada that he had secured Umbrella’s research, plans, facilities, and Red Queen data, while warning that the evidence might not bring the company down.
Chapters 1301–1325 Vol. 14 Read

Ch. 1301Why the U.S. military showed up

Spider-Man and the X-Men arrived in Raccoon City and met Betty Ross and Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Sparr after the immediate threat was eliminated. Betty explained why the U.S. military had dispatched an assessment unit, while the group realized the monsters were unlike the vampires and werewolves the troops expected to face.

  • Spider-Man swung into the city and asked where the monsters were, while Wolverine said he had not seen any.
  • Betty Ross emerged with Gwen Stacy, and Kathleen Sparr introduced Betty to the X-Men.
  • Cyclops explained that the X-Men had come after a friend warned them of danger and questioned the military's presence.
  • Betty told Cyclops that the military had sent an assessment unit to investigate possible vampire or werewolf outbreaks, but its specialized ammunition had no effect on the monsters.
  • Jean Grey introduced herself as the medical team's chief attending physician, and Spider-Man said he had come to find a cure and resolve the crisis.
  • Green Arrow Duck confirmed that the threat was gone and led the Animal Squad into the night sky.

Ch. 1302Assigning tasks

The X-Men and Green Arrow Duck’s team established a rooftop base near the military outpost and divided up their work responding to the outbreak. They set out to help civilians, develop a cure, secure specimens, and maintain communications while operating separately from the military.

  • Professor X explained that the X-Men would work independently of the military and assigned Scott and Ororo to lead separate civilian rescue teams while Qin assisted with cure research and quarantine planning.
  • Green Arrow Duck asked Spider-Man to capture live infected specimens and warned him about the risk of infection; Spider-Man insisted that infected people might still be saved.
  • Green Arrow Duck assigned Bonnie to improve communications, ordered the others to clear the building and capture monsters if possible, and asked them to leave someone guarding the base.
  • Spider-Man leapt from the rooftop, and Cyclops departed with several younger X-Men, including Colossus.
  • Storm arranged for Bonnie to upgrade the communications system, while Jean Grey helped Green Arrow Duck install the research equipment.

Ch. 1303Searching for the Pathogen

Green Arrow Duck and Jean Grey set up a makeshift laboratory and examined a zombie to learn how the infection affected its body. Their tests showed widespread tissue decay and abnormal cell division, but the zombie remained mobile even after its organs and brain were removed.

  • Green Arrow Duck and Jean Grey assembled their equipment beside the Blackbird Jet, with Jean powering her medical instruments from the aircraft.
  • Spider-Man brought a bundle of zombies with relatively mild symptoms, and Green Arrow Duck built a wire enclosure to hold them.
  • Spider-Man removed one zombie from the bundle, and Green Arrow Duck strapped it to a hospital bed for examination.
  • Jean Grey tested the zombie and found that its skin cells divided abnormally fast and died before fully developing.
  • Green Arrow Duck dissected the zombie with Spider-Man's permission and found its organs and brain badly decayed, yet the body still moved.
  • Green Arrow Duck noticed it was dinnertime and started thinking about finding food.

Ch. 1304Speculation on the source of the zombies

During the second round of autopsies, Spider-Man and the others investigated zombie physiology and found that the pathogen was a mutated vampire virus. The discussion paused when Green Arrow Duck carried Colossus and a captured Licker up to the rooftop for examination.

  • Spider-Man shared his autopsy findings, while Jean Grey and Green Arrow Duck considered how zombies remained active and how their bodies might avoid decomposition.
  • Jean Grey identified the pathogen as a virus, and Spider-Man recognized similarities to the vampire virus.
  • Green Arrow Duck explained how vampire-virus victims could reanimate as bloodthirsty, rotting creatures, and said he had learned about them while fighting vampires with Blade and old Whistler.
  • Professor X asked Jean Grey to use her telekinesis to bring up an unusual creature Scott had captured, but Green Arrow Duck offered to carry it himself.
  • Green Arrow Duck flew Colossus and the captured Licker to the rooftop, where Spider-Man reacted to the monster's appearance.

Ch. 1305The Conspiracy Revealed

Cyclops and Professor X concluded that humans had created the monsters and that the outbreak might be tied to a nearby laboratory with a possible cure. After Storm reported that the military had sealed off the city, Professor X decided they could no longer wait and would act forcefully to save civilians and protect themselves.

  • Colossus told Professor X that Cyclops had captured a Licker after encountering it and another monster at a church.
  • Cyclops argued that the monsters attacking the military had been organized and that the captured Licker proved humans had created them.
  • Green Arrow Duck analyzed the Licker's spinal fluid and suggested finding the laboratory and its research data could lead to a cure.
  • Storm reported that troops had blockaded the city's perimeter, while Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Sparr claimed she knew nothing about the blockade.
  • Professor X suspected the people behind the outbreak were limiting the fallout and decided the group would act forcefully to save civilians and protect themselves.

Ch. 1306Splitting Up

Green Arrow Duck organized the heroes into separate search teams to investigate the outbreak and locate its human perpetrators, while Bullhead, Bonnie, and Eagle Armor guarded the base. As the teams departed, Professor X worried that humanity’s cruelty might leave mutants with no place in the future.

  • Green Arrow Duck distributed communicators and proposed splitting up to search Raccoon City, while keeping teams connected to the base.
  • Bullhead stayed behind with Bonnie and Eagle Armor to guard the base and respond to distress calls, while Green Arrow Duck, the Ursa Major Mecha, and Spider-Man headed out separately.
  • Bonnie showed Professor X a projected map, and he sent Cyclops, Storm, and Wolverine with groups of X-Men to investigate different areas.
  • Jean Grey stayed at the base to analyze the virus and treat anyone injured, while Professor X examined the restrained monster.
  • Professor X told Jean Grey that humanity’s cruelty made him fear there might be no place for mutants in the world’s future.

Ch. 1307Sleeping Beauty

Green Arrow Duck searched Umbrella facilities in Raccoon City for information about the T-virus and found Alice Abernathy unconscious in a hospital laboratory. He woke her and destroyed the surveillance equipment, leaving Alice newly conscious but with little memory.

  • Green Arrow Duck flew to an Umbrella facility at Raccoon City General Hospital after spotting several underground complexes.
  • He found that the hospital lab computers had no data and discovered Alice Abernathy unconscious beneath monitoring equipment.
  • Green Arrow Duck stopped Alice’s drug infusion and carefully removed the probes, despite remote equipment attempting to keep her asleep.
  • Alice woke, identified herself as Alice Abernathy, and asked whether she was on a movie set at Shocker Park.
  • Green Arrow Duck destroyed the laboratory’s cameras and microphones while Alice watched calmly.

Ch. 1308Cooperation

Green Arrow Duck tried to persuade Alice to help him investigate Umbrella and find research data that could lead to an antidote or vaccine. Alice accepted his reason for acting but remained wary and questioned the danger to herself.

  • Green Arrow Duck explained that exposing Umbrella's virus and antidote formulas could undermine the company's plans, and Alice asked whether governments would disregard patents.
  • Green Arrow Duck told Alice they were in Raccoon City General Hospital, that its underground facilities might be an Umbrella laboratory, and that zombies roamed outside.
  • Alice described the massacre at the Hive Base, and Green Arrow Duck asked her to take him there to search for information about the infection.
  • Green Arrow Duck showed Alice his powered armor and weapons, then argued that the spreading monsters threatened everyone and that he needed an antidote or vaccine to protect a child in the city.
  • Alice said his reason seemed credible but asked why she should risk entering the Hive Base when she was vulnerable and still had enemies to face.

Ch. 1309Setting out

Green Arrow Duck helped Alice get dressed and escape a zombie horde in Raccoon City. They headed for the police station to find help locating the Hive entrances Alice remembered.

  • Green Arrow Duck offered to protect Alice and promised to repay any help she gave him.
  • Alice changed into a guard's denim coverall, took a shotgun, and told Green Arrow Duck that a house in the suburbs and a subway exit led to the Hive.
  • A zombie attacked after a nearby car crash, and Green Arrow Duck killed it with a railgun round.
  • Green Arrow Duck realized someone had lured zombies with a rabbit decoy and carried Alice out of the horde on the Duck Butt.
  • Green Arrow Duck and Alice set out for the police station to ask officers for help finding the Hive entrances.

Ch. 1310The Noisy Raccoon City Police Station

Alice entered the crowded Raccoon City Police Department to seek help while Green Arrow Duck waited outside and used Sis to monitor the station. The crowd began turning into zombies, and chaos erupted inside as the survivors fled.

  • Alice went into the police station while Green Arrow Duck stayed outside with the nearly empty shotgun.
  • Jill Valentine warned Green Arrow Duck to leave Raccoon City, and Sis identified her through the police database as a suspended S.T.A.R.S. officer.
  • Green Arrow Duck had Sis access the station's surveillance feeds and track the crowd for signs of infection.
  • People in the station began turning into zombies, and uncuffed zombies attacked the living.
  • A crowd rushed out of the station as chaos spread, while Green Arrow Duck remained far enough from the entrance to avoid being swept along.

Ch. 1311An offhand remark

Green Arrow Duck helped Alice and Jill Valentine clear the police station, then learned they both wanted to pursue Umbrella and joined them only after weighing their usefulness. The trio left for the east side of town, while Peyton Wells stayed behind to lead civilians toward another military base.

  • Alice smashed a zombie with a telephone, and Jill Valentine led the officers in shooting down the zombies inside the station.
  • Alice and Jill joined Green Arrow Duck outside, and he warned Peyton Wells that the military had sealed Mayhem Bridge and gave him the location of another military unit and the X-Men's base.
  • Peyton Wells asked Jill and Alice to help escort civilians, but both chose to pursue Umbrella and seek evidence against it.
  • Green Arrow Duck objected to Jill assuming she could come along, then accepted her and Alice as temporary companions because they shared a goal against Umbrella.
  • Alice gave the east side of town as their destination, and Green Arrow Duck carried both women away on his webbed feet using the Micro-hover System.
  • Peyton Wells told another officer that Jill and the others had gone to seek a way to end the disaster, and he hoped they would find a vaccine.

Ch. 1312Gun Store

Green Arrow Duck brought Alice and Jill Valentine to a gun store so they could replenish their weapons and equipment before heading to the Hive Base. After the wary owner challenged them, Green Arrow Duck paid him to let them shop, and the group began gathering supplies.

  • Green Arrow Duck stopped when Alice spotted a gun store, where she wanted weapons, clothes, and properly fitting shoes.
  • Alice, Jill Valentine, and Green Arrow Duck entered the store and found its owner aiming a loaded crossbow at them.
  • Jill Valentine identified herself as a member of the Raccoon City Police Department’s S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Squad and asked for weapons.
  • Green Arrow Duck offered the owner money and explained that they intended to solve the crisis outside.
  • The owner accepted a second roll of money as a service charge while Alice and Jill Valentine selected equipment.

Ch. 1313Upgrading the Arsenal

Jill Valentine and Alice armed themselves at a gun store while Green Arrow Duck warned the owner to secure the shop against monsters. The two women prepared to leave, while the owner remained determined to keep his doors open in hopes of rescuing a beautiful woman.

  • Jill Valentine selected another Smith & Wesson pistol and loaded its magazines at the counter.
  • Alice changed into functional clothes, suffered a sudden headache, then chose shotguns, buckshot, and two pistols.
  • Green Arrow Duck warned the gun store owner that the shop’s storefront would not protect him from monsters and advised him to reinforce it.
  • The gun store owner refused to secure the shop because he wanted people seeking rescue to find him, and shamelessly asked Green Arrow Duck to leave him one of the women.
  • Alice rejected the owner’s request, and she and Jill Valentine fully armed themselves and announced they were ready to leave.
  • Green Arrow Duck made one final suggestion to reinforce the windows while keeping the shop visible to people outside.

Ch. 1314Entrance to the Hive Base

Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill Valentine reached the mansion entrance to Umbrella Corporation's Hive Base, where Green Arrow Duck hacked open the door. They descended into the base and began clearing zombies as they headed toward its deeper areas and the Red Queen's Mainframe Area.

  • Jill Valentine tied a rope around Green Arrow Duck, and the group found the mansion entrance to the Hive Base that evening.
  • Green Arrow Duck identified the door's connector, hacked the system, and opened the alloy door, while his little sister gained a partial view of the base layout.
  • Alice said no one could still be alive inside the base, so Jill concluded they could shoot any moving targets on sight.
  • Green Arrow Duck killed the zombies emerging in the stairwell and passage with precise railgun shots, then twisted off the head of one that pounced on his armor.
  • Jill asked why Green Arrow Duck had avoided killing monsters in the streets, and he explained that he could not risk mistaking living people for zombies.

Ch. 1315Infiltrating the Hive Base

Green Arrow Duck cleared a Licker with miniature missiles as he, Jill Valentine, and Alice advanced through the Hive Base. After explaining his past battles against vampires and werewolves, he asked Alice to guide them to the base’s research data and planned to check the offices before reaching the main computers.

  • Jill Valentine grew frustrated as Green Arrow Duck killed every zombie before she could get a shot.
  • Alice sensed a more dangerous monster, and Green Arrow Duck detected a Licker approaching along the ceiling.
  • Green Arrow Duck launched ten miniature missiles from his Duck Butt, destroying the Licker without collapsing the passage.
  • Jill Valentine asked who Green Arrow Duck had built his weapons to fight, and he explained that he had battled vampires for years before the government took over that war.
  • Alice described the Hive Base’s offices, laboratories, and servers, and warned that the office areas held concentrated zombies and many blind spots.
  • Green Arrow Duck said he would take point and clear the zombies while Alice and Jill Valentine kept watch as he hacked into the computers.

Ch. 1316An initial look through the offices

Green Arrow Duck searched the Hive Base’s office computers for useful information while Alice and Jill Valentine cleared nearby Zombies. Finding only routine administrative records, the group headed toward the dining hall, where Green Arrow Duck warned them that many Zombies were waiting.

  • Green Arrow Duck cleared an office, then used its computer to access the Umbrella Corporation’s internal network while Alice and Jill Valentine watched for threats.
  • Green Arrow Duck used his thermal imager to point out nearby Zombies, and Alice and Jill split up to confirm their locations and kill them.
  • Green Arrow Duck hacked the server and other computers, but found only routine base records and no useful confidential personnel information.
  • After erasing his digital footprints, Green Arrow Duck rejoined Alice and Jill, and they agreed to continue deeper into the base.
  • Alice led the group toward the dining hall, and Green Arrow Duck stopped at the stairs to warn them that many Zombies were below.

Ch. 1317Experimental Bomb

Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill Valentine fought through the zombies in Hive Base’s stairwell and dining hall entrance. Green Arrow Duck used an experimental gravityium bomb to clear the blocked doorway, but its malfunction blasted debris outward before his Isu Shield Field stopped it.

  • Green Arrow Duck shot zombies climbing the stairs with his Railgun and cleared their bodies from the steps as he descended with Alice and Jill Valentine.
  • At the dining hall entrance, Green Arrow Duck used his twin rotary machine guns to mow down the packed zombies and seal the doorway with their bodies.
  • Green Arrow Duck warned Alice and Jill Valentine to stay alert, then threw an experimental gravityium bomb at the corpse pile and held them back.
  • The bomb formed a singularity that compressed nearby corpses, then malfunctioned and erupted, blasting bodies and debris outward.
  • Green Arrow Duck’s Isu Shield Field blocked the debris, and he urged Alice and Jill Valentine to hurry through the cleared doorway.

Ch. 1318The FBI Appears

Alice, Jill Valentine, and Green Arrow Duck fought through the zombies in Hive Base and realized someone may have drawn them into the cafeteria. They encountered a surviving woman who identified herself as an FBI agent, but their tense introduction left the group at an impasse.

  • Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill Valentine entered the cafeteria and found hundreds of zombies, including former Umbrella security team members.
  • Alice and Jill Valentine shot the zombies while Green Arrow Duck used missiles, rotary guns, and its railgun to clear most of the cafeteria.
  • Alice questioned why the zombies had returned from the distant utility shaft, and Green Arrow Duck suggested someone might have lured them there.
  • Green Arrow Duck detected a living human heat signature, and the group heard a gunshot from ahead.
  • Jill Valentine identified the group as S.T.A.R.S. officers, and the stranger stepped out, claiming to be with the FBI.
  • Jill and the FBI agent exchanged barbed remarks while Alice urged them to stop arguing in the dangerous base.

Ch. 1319The mysterious female agent

Green Arrow Duck confronted Ada Wong about the government’s response to the Raccoon City disaster, while she explained that she was investigating Umbrella and seeking cooperation. After introducing herself, Ada joined Green Arrow Duck, Alice, and Jill Valentine, whose rivalry quickly flared again.

  • Green Arrow Duck used the Duck Leopard armor-Duck Type’s machine gun to kill zombies that had entered the corridor.
  • Ada Wong recognized Green Arrow Duck from the New York sewer cleanup and questioned his goals and distrust of the government.
  • Green Arrow Duck challenged Ada Wong over whether the FBI intended to solve the crisis or cover it up, and she explained that she was investigating Umbrella and seeking a way to resolve the disaster.
  • Ada Wong introduced herself as an FBI Special Investigative Agent and offered to cooperate with Green Arrow Duck in exchange for the information they found.
  • Jill Valentine and Alice questioned Ada Wong’s claim to be a weak, solitary woman, reigniting tension among the three women.

Ch. 1320Biological laboratory

Green Arrow Duck, Alice, Jill Valentine, and Ada Wong searched an Umbrella laboratory, where he accessed the computer and found data on the virus and Antiviral Serum. The group remained inside as Green Arrow Duck considered whether Umbrella had deliberately allowed the T-virus to spread.

  • Alice led the group to the laboratory and warned them about infected dogs, then Green Arrow Duck killed two Dobermans that attacked.
  • Green Arrow Duck checked the area, reported nearby zombies, and hacked into the laboratory computer while Alice and Jill searched for evidence.
  • Ada Wong questioned Green Arrow Duck and tried to flirt with him, while Alice and Jill secretly shared her curiosity about his identity.
  • Ada Wong gave Green Arrow Duck a USB drive and asked him to copy useful intelligence from the computer.
  • Green Arrow Duck found experimental data about the virus and Antiviral Serum, criticized the laboratory's inadequate safety standards, and wondered whether Umbrella had planned a cleansing operation.

Ch. 1321Civil engineering

Green Arrow Duck, Alice, Jill Valentine, and Ada Wong searched the laboratory for research data and learned that the offline host might be part of the shut-down Artificial Intelligence’s server cluster. They headed toward its mainframe, where Green Arrow Duck demolished the laser-trapped passage and cleared their way forward.

  • Ada Wong searched the laboratory computer while Green Arrow Duck explained that the research files were on an unreachable host, possibly offline because the Artificial Intelligence had been shut down.
  • Alice agreed that restarting the Artificial Intelligence might reveal more information, and Ada Wong reported that the laboratory inventory listed virus samples and Antiviral Serum that were no longer there.
  • The group descended to the lowest level, where Alice warned them that high-energy laser beams guarded the passage to the Artificial Intelligence’s mainframe.
  • Green Arrow Duck used sticky bombs, missiles, and a torn-off iron door to destroy the laser defenses and clear the passage.
  • Green Arrow Duck explained that dismantling the trap was safer than risking the group against it, while Alice reacted with surprise at his heavy firepower.

Ch. 1322The Server Room

Green Arrow Duck examined the damaged Red Queen computer and found a way to reach the still-running servers directly. When he connected to one, the Red Queen tried to identify him, revealing that she remained active but had reduced processing power.

  • The group entered the server room, where Alice identified the central machine as the Red Queen’s main computer and admitted she did not know how to operate its attached device.
  • Green Arrow Duck explained that removing the hundreds of hard drives would be impractical and inspected the electromagnetic pulse device and burned-out computer.
  • Green Arrow Duck used his X-ray vision to determine that the damaged computer isolated the server network, so he decided to connect directly to the servers.
  • Green Arrow Duck connected to a computer through the Duck Leopard armor-Duck Type, and the Red Queen disrupted its systems and asked, “Who... are... you?”
  • Green Arrow Duck realized the servers were still running and that the Red Queen had survived, though the damage to the central computer had weakened her processing speed.

Ch. 1323A call for help

Green Arrow Duck sought Tony Stark’s help to access Umbrella Corporation’s servers and secure the virus research data before the Red Queen could sabotage it. After learning that a zombie outbreak had begun in Raccoon City and that the city was cut off, Tony decided to investigate for himself.

  • Green Arrow Duck defended his systems against the Red Queen while planning to copy the Hive Base’s data and asking Mei to seek JARVIS’s help.
  • JARVIS woke Tony Stark and explained that Mei wanted help hacking Umbrella’s servers to retrieve virus research data.
  • Tony watched surveillance footage of the undead attacking people and learned that it came from Raccoon City nine hours earlier.
  • JARVIS told Tony that the Vampire Virus had leaked and that the military had restricted communications with Raccoon City.
  • Tony tried accessing the city’s surveillance system, confirmed that communications were blocked, and prepared to investigate using his resources.

Ch. 1324Artificial intelligence showdown

Tony Stark connected JARVIS to Raccoon City’s surveillance feeds and joined Mei’s attempt to infiltrate Umbrella Corporation’s Hive servers. After discovering the Cleansing Plan, he launched an all-out attack with Jocasta and Tadashi, while Mei’s team secured the crucial virus and Antiviral Serum research data.

  • Tony Stark had JARVIS bypass Raccoon City’s network blockade and search live traffic feeds, which showed Zombies attacking people and animals.
  • Tony Stark learned that Mei was infiltrating Umbrella Corporation’s Hive and connected JARVIS to the link she had provided.
  • Tony Stark read the Cleansing Plan, then ordered JARVIS to wake Jocasta and Tadashi and commit their supercomputer resources to attacking the Hive servers.
  • JARVIS, Jocasta, and Tadashi overwhelmed the server connection, forcing Bonnie to redistribute its resources and leaving Green Arrow Duck immobilized in the Duck Leopard armor-Duck Type.
  • Mei reported that the attack had accelerated the data copying, and the Duck Leopard armor-Duck Type already held Umbrella’s key virus and Antiviral Serum research data.

Ch. 1325Taking stock of the haul

Green Arrow Duck recovered after helping steal and erase the Umbrella Hive Base’s server data, including key virus and Antiviral Serum research. He warned Alice and Ada Wong that the evidence he had gathered might cause a public relations crisis but would not necessarily force Umbrella to shut down.

  • Alice, Jill Valentine, and Ada Wong worried that Red Queen had taken control of the motionless Green Arrow Duck and raised their guns to prepare for the worst.
  • Green Arrow Duck recovered, rebooted his armor, and explained that its outdated systems had been overwhelmed while routing data from the Hive Base.
  • Green Arrow Duck revealed that Tony Stark’s three AIs had copied and deleted the Hive Base data, leaving its hard drives formatted.
  • Green Arrow Duck told Alice and Ada Wong that he had secured research on the T-virus and Antiviral Serum, Umbrella’s facilities and strategy, and Red Queen’s design, source code, and database.
  • Green Arrow Duck explained that even evidence of serious crimes might not close Umbrella, which could survive by changing its leadership or finding new investors unless it went bankrupt.
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