We did get some character work continued. We see the preview pages of course. Omega Red briefs Creed on the mission the voice in his head assigned him. He has to kill the general of the titanium army. Sabretooth does not want to start a senseless fight. We get a good moment where he empathizes with Red as someone who's been experimented on and mind-controlled before. He explains everyone on his team has gone through it, so that's why they understand & could help him. We hear the voice in Red's head again, and it's revealed to be his brother. After hearing that Red is starting to move away from his target, his brother threatens him. He can sense the tiger Red is holding, and if he disobeys, they will contract every muscle in his body. He'll kill his beloved pet, and die a painful death himself.
Red asks Creed to hold the tiger, which he does before Red goes on to attack. Creed yells for him not to, but he's discovered by soldiers as well and most fight. The fight scene was very well done. But again, the meme dialogue was cringing. After defeating some of the soldiers, Creed picks the cub back up and tells it they need to find Red before he does something stupid.
We cut to Warpath getting Omega's former victims loaded onto the ship where he plans to get them somewhere safe. Entering the cockpit, he finds Logan dozing. Warpath wonders what's up with him, and Logan says he's just old. His healing factor has been weak since around the time he made Sabretooth the leader. Warpath thinks that's why he lost his mind & put Creed in charge. Logan thinks Creed can be fine if he's not constantly treated like a villain, but Warpath protests he is a villain and can't be trusted. Logan says that will be for Warpath to decide once he's gone. Book seems to be setting up for Old Logan's death. But hard to believe them killing him off in this series off all things.
Back at the concentration camp, Red continues his fight with the General, before Domino & Deathstrike come in. Red curses at the X-Men, and Yuriko is pissed at being called a disgusting name like that. The General is finally revealed to be a mutant. She was hiding her true self and trying to change the anti-mutant gov. from the inside. Sabretooth steps in to stop the fight and talk to her about them working together since they're all in the same boat. They hate SICKLE, and SICKLE hates her since they sent Red to assassinate her. If she can provide a ship, they can all try to take down SICKLE, and get revenge on Red's brother, like he promised Red.Domino conveys all this to Yuriko, who can't keep up with the Russian. Domino is pissed because Sabretooth is talking about doing all this for free, noting that she can't get a break with the group. Omega Red tells Creed that his brother has control of him, and will kill him if he doesn't kill his target. So Creed puts the plan into action of removing the nanobots, with Yuriko's help.
Warpath phones Domino, not liking how they left things last chapter & also to get a status update. Domino explains everything, including helping Omega Red, and their plan to go after SICKLE. Warpath thinks it's crazy and could cause the deaths of many. Creed says if he can't beat them to join them. Finally, Warpath declares to Creed that he's going to beat him once & for all. |