"That's the Antimatter Universe!" Ego howled. The pull had already warped his brain out of shape.
"Then let's be annihilated together!"
A tremendous suction erupted. Homelander tried to retreat, but he was too close.
The dark maw swallowed both man and brain in an instant.
Then the rift snapped shut, as if it had never existed.
Silence returned to that region of space.
Chernobyl, New Skrullos.
Gravik stared at the words "SIGNAL LOST" on the screen. They had been there for a full ten minutes.
"Hah... hahahaha!"
At last, Gravik could no longer hold back the laughter rising in his throat.
"Dead... he has to be dead!"
"No one could survive an energy blast on that scale! Not even him!"
The ambition in his eyes flared back to life.
"Who's left to stop me now?"
Beside him, his adjutant asked with a smile, "Sir, should we restart the infiltration plan?"
"No... we can't get careless." Gravik's smile faded, and caution returned to his eyes.
"That monster... he's pulled off too many miracles."
"What if he isn't dead?"
"We wait."
"Even with our chance right in front of us, we have to wait."
"But..." Gravik turned, his gaze burning.
"We can speed up the Super-Skrull evolution research and the collection of genetic samples..."
"Yes, sir."
The Skrull adjutant received his orders and turned to leave. The moment his back was turned, an enigmatic smile crossed his face.
London, Bromley District.
It was a quiet suburb. The morning mist had just cleared, and sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains onto the soft bed.
Nick Fury jolted upright, gasping for breath, his body soaked in cold sweat.
"Ugh..."
Fury let out a pained groan.
His head felt ready to split open.
Overusing Ghost Rider's power had put an enormous