Cosmicus looked at Deathbird with hatred in his eyes. She had stopped him from fighting the Fantastic Four and she'd stolen the cargo from his ship. He looked at her crew and saw that they were robotic. "So is all your crew a bucket of bolts?" Cosmicus asked Deathbird.

She glared at him fiercely. "Well at least they are all in one piece," she said with a smile upon her face. Not for long, Cosmicus thought to himself. He broke free from his chains with his cosmic strength. He bashed away all of Deathbird's crew, breaking them piece by piece. He finally confronted Deathbird and delivered a blow to her face. Surprisingly she was an android too.

He then went to his cargo and decided that what he was about to do was for the sake of all. He gathered the four Mankal Rings. They represented War, Love, Hate, and Might. They could give someone enormous power and he could not allow that to happen. He had originally intended for the FF to have the rings if they defeated him, but those plans were now messed up. He used the sophisticated teleportation device to teleport the Mankal Rings to all different places in the universe.

Cosmicus's Ship

Reed, Johnny, Ben, and Sue looked at the mapping screen, and Reed's jaw suddenly dropped wide open. "Ladies and gentlemen we are heading straight into a Q12 particle storm," Reed said, looking very worried.

"Reed what on Earth are Q12 particles?" Sue asked.

"They are particles made of unknown material. All I do know is that they are extremely mutagenic to any carbon-based lifeform." Reed said.

"Is there any way we can get around it?" Sue asked.

"Nope, we have to fly straight through it," Reed replied.

"Man this will be so not fun," Johnny said.

The ship went pummeling straight into the storm, and when they were out of it things had gone back to normal... but they were all too different also. "Reed, I got my rocky hide back!" Thing said.

"I got my powers back too," Invisible Woman said.

"Me too!" Human Torch said.

"Well guys it seems we are all back to normal, but I should do a DNA scan anyway," Mr.Fantastic said.

It was about five minutes later and Reed had made some shocking discoveries. "Guys, it seems while we have gained back our original powers, we have also gotten new ones. From the scan, it says that Ben can now control his size, Johnny has gained the ability to shoot beams of ice from his body and whoever it hits sends them into subzero temperatures. Sue can now shape-shift and I myself can turn my body into metal."

"Well, we'll have time to use these powers later but according to Cosmicus's computer, we have a wormhole dead ahead. We can't break off from it either," Johnny said.

Then a great force racked the ship and they all fell to the ground as they approached the wormhole at near light speeds. They suddenly felt the energies of the wormhole strangely make them fall asleep. When they woke up two people were missing.

"Reed where are Johnny and Ben!" Sue screamed in terror

Portland , Oregon

Allan Shizer looked to the blue sky and he knew it was going to rain later, because he could see the future. That's why he assembled the mutants Riley Halladay, Chantal Desmon, Antonio Holder, Tyler Holcomb, Lionel and Nicole Lambert, Ameshia Smith, Johnathan Ruiz, Erika Coone, and Shaquita Stalnaker to become his team: the M-Squad. They would have called themselves X-Squad, but they wanted in no way to be connected to Xavier and his pitiful dream of peace between humans and mutants. Everyone here knew that could never be and they would sooner join Magneto himself before they went along with Xavier's dream.

They had one mission now though and that was to find Black Bolt before the Octense Dream could take place.

"Allan you look deep in thought," Tyler said with a wicked snicker.

"Yes, Tyler. I was just thinking where on Earth, Heaven, and Hell could Black Bolt be," Allan said.

Hewan Dimension

King Daloa looked over at the king of the Inhumans, Black Bolt, encased in stone. " You know Maximus I only let you into my kingdom because my mother owes a debt to you. Otherwise I would send you and your little mutant girl to the Negative Zone." King Daloa said.

"No need to get harsh King Daloa. This mutant girl owes me her life. That is why she serves me and does as I bid," Maximus said.

"You know strangely enough on this world we have 'mutants' too. We call them Heshu though. If it was up to me I would annihilate them all, but then I would bring the wrath of the Liku Council upon me and that is the last thing I need right now," King Doloa said with a wicked tone.

"The last thing I need is for anyone to stop my Octense Dream from occurring," Maximus said under his breath.

Four Freedoms Plaza

Black Panther, Ant-Man, and Tigra were poised to fight the Frightful Four.

Tigra leaped into the air, grabbed one of Reed's chemical solutions off of his desk, and threw it in Curano's face. " AAHHH my eyes... I can't see!"

Ant-Man then shot off his Red Ant Stinger Ray that was just forged together by the newest member to the Four Freedoms Plaza staff: Dr. Leslie McJoy. The sting hit Moltarblast, but he did not falter an inch. Black Panther leapt into the air, heading straight for Wizard's face when a unseen Curano hit him with her shield by complete and total accident. Black Panther fell to the floor, unconscious.

Tigra, meanwhile, had sneaked up behind Wizard, and right when she was about to give him a couple of claw swipes she was hit a piece of hard lava rock created by Moltarblast. Ant-Man was left alone and he really wished Medusa would wake up and pull that Undying Force stuff on these bozos. Then he saw a bright light from around Tigra and she rose from the air a new person. She had the Captain Universe uniform on her. She stared down the Frightful Four and beat them all into submission very soon. They retreated in anger for being single-handedly defeated.

Medusa suddenly rose from her bed in her Undying Force garments. She looked and Tigra and said, "We must find them." Black Panther woke up holding his head as they flew off.

"Why do all the females get the awesome powers?" Ant-Man whispered under his breath. Black Panther laughed when he heard this.

"It could be worse. You could be Toad or Mole Man," Black Panther said

Olympus

The Inhumans were suddenly freed of their shackles. They were told to leave by the Olympian Squad because Medusa had started her mission. "What mission?" Karnak asked, always curious.

"You will see in time," Theseus said. With that, the Inhumans found themselves back in their ship over Paris heading to the Four Freedoms Plaza.

Medea looked at the being Karnak and saw the thirst for knowledge she once had when she'd served Hecate. "Are you thinking Medea?" Achilles asked.

"Yes Achilles, I'm thinking about how my world was once corrupted and I fear the same for the Inhuman called Karnak," Medea said.

"Do not worry he has friends to stop that from happening." Achilles said.

"Just as you all saved me from the clutches of Ulikto," Medea said.

Ulikto was the grandson of Joroale from an alternate future. He had captured the soul of Medea and was going to make her into his servant and bride, but her savior Apollo came and rescued her. She was still a tortured person though, but the love of Achilles and the rest bought her back and so she was saved.

Meanwhile, the Fates talked of the future of Medea. "If the Octense Dream does not occur there shall be a woman named Invisible Queen who shall rise to power and kill many, one of them being Medea."

"Medea though shall rise again in the form of a dark witch and she shall become a nemesis of the Earth once more."

Four Freedoms Plaza

Black Panther and Ant-Man were about to call in the Avengers for help when they heard a strange sound in the closet closest to Franklin's room. When they opened the door, out fell Thing and Human Torch. "Man, Ben, when was the last time you took a shower?" Johnny asked.

"Sh'up before I clock you!" Ben yelled.

"Guys, would you mind telling me where Reed and Sue are?" Ant-Man asked.

"Long story," Johnny said.

After Ben got done explaining all the current events going on, Black Panther and Ant-Man were about to tell everything that had happened on Earth when the mutant know as Maggott stumbled in. "Fantastic Four, you guys have got to help me."

"Against who, kid?" Ben asked.

"Against me. Allow me to introduce myself. I am a mutant and my name is Frank Holdsvile, but I prefer to be called Devious. See, my mutant power allows me to create energy constructs of anything I can imagine. With living things, though they usually only live for a couple of days, so I experiment on mutants across the globe hoping to one day achieve my goal of world domination."

"Nice origin speech kiddo but you are all alone and we are definitely gonna give you a hard time," Ben said.

"How arrogant of you, little Thing. Watch as you meet your doom." Out of nowhere appeared Vertigo, Toad, Sabretooth, and Daredevil. Ant-Man immediately barked out orders over who should fight who. Maggott sent out Eeany and Meany straight at Devious. He formed a force field around himself. They were slowing chewing at it. Vertigo seeing her master in trouble began to fire off her strange soundwaves at Maggott, knocking him unconscious. Ant-Man was about to get a sneak attack on her when Sabretooth grabbed him by his neck and threw him into the wall. Thing grew to the size of a Kodiak bear and punched Toad and Daredevil into a wall. Vertigo then pulled out her powers on Thing, sending him into some of Reed's chemicals and causing his rocky skin to burn.

Human Torch came up behind her and scorched her back. Devious then wrapped a force field, taking the air away from Human Torch and sending him to the ground.

Devious's light villains then disappeared into thin air. He created a Juggernaut to pick up his cargo, Maggott. Then he left.

Zeneo Tech

Diablo came through the door to speak to his newest employer. " Diablo, capture my creation Devious for me. He is like a lamb that has strayed away from the flock. He is misguided with his blind visions."

"Alright boss anything you say, but remember..."

"Yes I remember our deal, Diablo. You shall have the formula that you so desperately seek." Diablo then walked out the room.

"Diablo you fool. Once you capture Devious for me you will become one of my sheep too, and you shall never get the formula you desire so."

Diablo happened to be listening. "Well, well... seems my 'boss' has his own little agenda. So do I, and it's time I played my cards. HAHAHAHA!!" Diablo laughed, walking off. If Diablo only knew that his "boss" had intended the whole time for him to hear what he just said. He wanted to know Diablo's sources and use them for his own aggrandizement.

NEXT ISSUE: The end to the Mankal Ring story. Prepare to be amazed as things are changed. You can decide for better or worse. Also as you see the end to the Mankal Ring story other subplots shall come to the fore.