Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
- The Cabal
- The Kindred
- Bloodmoon (Appears in shadow only)
- Fennex (First appearance)
- Kamin (First appearance)
- Slider (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Alexander Shaw
- Bill (Single appearance)[1]
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Synopsis for 1st story
Backlash, Dane, and Grail from Wetworks infiltrate the Cabal base in Montana then split up to find S’Ryn. At the Kender Institute in Detroit, Cyberjack and Taboo break into the comatose Diane LaSalle’s room. Out of jealousy, Taboo briefly fantasizes about killing her. Cyberjack tries to talk to Taboo about her feelings for Backlash, but she deflects. Back in Montana, S’Ryn is plotting against his rival Defile when Backlash enters disguised as a wounded Cabal agent. Backlash reveals himself and moves to attack, but his powers suddenly fail, and S’Ryn blasts him. Pike and Hestia catch Grail planting explosives, but Dane covers his escape. As S’Ryn rants about his plans for conquest, Backlash pulls a gun on him and takes him captive. He meets up with Dane and Grail outside, and Grail’s remaining charges detonate, destroying the Cabal base. Backlash thanks Dane for his help, Dane and Grail leave in their aircraft, and Backlash teleports away with S’Ryn as Pike and Hestia watch nearby. Backlash and S’Ryn materialize at the Halo Corporation in New York where Cyberjack, Taboo, and the WildC.A.T.s wait with Diane. Voodoo uses her powers to exorcise S’Ryn from his host, free Diane’s spirit from S’Ryn’s mind, and return her to her body. S’Ryn immediately attacks Backlash. Taboo punches S’Ryn, and then Backlash shifts into his gaseous form, enters S’Ryn’s mouth, and resolidifies, exploding S’Ryn’s body from within. Before he dies, S’Ryn reveals Backlash is Kherubim and vows that the Daemonites will exterminate his race. Backlash has no idea what a Kherubim is, but before Emp can discuss it with him, Diane wakes up. Reunited at last, she and Backlash embrace, and he thanks the others for their help. At a hideout in Virginia, the leader of the Kindred receives a disc with valuable information and assures his followers they will attack Backlash soon.