‘GABRIEL CREATIONS: CS J BALTLE RAGES Wir N= irSHE'S BEEN HERE NAUMERABLE MES, AND YET SHE NEVER PALS TO f BE AWED EY THE THALAMIC CHAMBER j "AND ITS ENIGMATIC DENIZENS. \ Genetic Bonds INCL OF THE MIND’S ABILITY "TO INTERPRET THE WILL OF THE (COSMOS IS UNFATHOMABLE TO HER. SHE'D BE SURPRISED, THEN, THAT THEY ARE JUST AS OBLIVIOUS AS SHE |S 70 THE TRUE NATURE OF THER WORLD.- Creator & Producer : Gabriel Shaoolian Writer: Mark Powers = Artist : Joana Lafuente Artist : Lucius Cross Artist : Goncalo Lopes ENCAPSULATES THEIR BIOCOSMIC UNIVERSE. eur Seo. ‘REFUSES TL ‘our perenses hee Dera tee eet ner ere een eee ee ee ey distinctive likenesses and names of all characters and featured elements in this publication are trademarks of, and copyright protected by, Gabriel Creations. The characters, stories and events in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual living or ead persons. events, and/or institutions. is purely coincidental and notiintentional. No portion of this publication, or elements within, ;ithout express written permission of Gabriel Creations. a4] Rrra)NeW Li SECTOR DEEP WIN THE LIVING UNIVERSE OF A SINGLE Ht IN TIMES OF HEALTH, THESE CAVERNS SWIRL WITH A CONSTANT, GENTLE BREEZE, TODAY, ITS SPONGY WALLS ARE RIDDLED WITH COZING GASHES AND THE AIR IS "THICK WITH ORGANIC SHRAPNEL. e " TODAY, IT IS A SEPT LOGGED WITH THE REMAINS OF THE UNIVERSE'S GREATEST DEFENDETHEN HOW wees Age vou J ‘oomer ISELF OVER TO RAGE, IVE HM INEXORABY iS OBJECTIVE.AS LF; MOOS SA QDoe HIS TENTACLES BEGIN TO QUVER IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BATTLE HE KNOWS MAY BE HIS LAST. % # y WHEN A SCARLET BEAM SLICES THROUGH THE HAZE, REDUCNG ‘ONE OF HS ENEMES TO A SHOWER OF GENETIC MATERAL, THE SILENT HGURES GUIDING THROUGH THE DECRIS-STREWN ATMOSPHERE CAUSE. EVEN SCATHE A MOMENT OF UNCERTAINTY THEY ARE KNOWN BY MANY NAMES ACROSS THE BIOCOSHAOS, BUT MOST REFER ‘TO THEM AS NATURAL KILLER CELLS ceus: > va Sh “AN EUTE SQUAD WiTh BUT ONE MissoN: DESTROY VIRUSES AND THE HOSTS THEY INFECT EVEN FI1'S THEIR OWN FELLOW BIOWARRIOR!SOON, THE COMBAT 208 ‘BUT THE MOST FERVENT PARTICIPANTS FROM OTH SIDES AND THE DISINTEGRATING REMANS OF ABERRANT CELLS," ESE , 7 \ ‘es a § (A aN ONCE AGAIN, SLASTOR CAN ONIY WATCH IN FRUSTRATION AS \ eae AMY THe Bioware oer RAZE SLIPS AWAY THROUGH A GASH IN THE LIVNG CAVERN WALL { i AND THE RUSHING STREAMS OF THE CAPPLARY SYSTEM BEYOND. (i 3 4 2 V@N SCANT SECONDS LATER, THE LAST (OF RAZE’S ARMY IS ANNIMILATED. _THERR REMAINS SCATTERED INTO Tiit RANCID ATMOSPHERE, SOON TO 'BE SALVAGED GY THE UNIVERSE. THE NATURAL KILLER CELLS SHOW NEITHER MOTON 6! HESITATION NOR EFORE UNLEASHING THEIR CLEANSING BLASTS ON THE BIOWARRIORS WHOSE GREATER MISSION THEY SHARE. ° Me G FoR WHO KNOWS BETTER THAN THEY THAT 3 a TAL lire Wl EVENTUALY BE RECAWED BY THe UNIVENSE THAT BESTOWED IT? BUT THE NATURAL KILLER CELLS’ "TASK IS NOT YET COMPLETE.Pk SS . O by » AWN FE E EXTERNAL WORLD > :Y KNOW ONLY AS THE BEYOND, p SSeS EE — ‘ et 2LAE ea ee Th ‘THE WORLD'S GONE INSANE, AND. NOBODY OUT THERE EVEN KNOWS IT HOW DIP IT COMB TO THiS DAD? AVS AGO, MY BIGGEST CONCERN Wie RIENG THE SPRING SEMESTER HAD FRIENDS. 5 HAD STIBILITY 1 HAD_T HAD YOU. Eismiesmcacc srl Sear ur Two yous neN NAVE JANICE AND 3 WERE BEYOND LUCKY TO SURVIVE THE SHOOTOUT ‘BT CLAYTONS LAST NIGHT. 20 WE DONT DAE GO BACK TO HER PLACE, FOR FEAR OF BEING GRABBED BY THE CONBNE. ceadTelee MEE HE was a iseRer ENTE Ea SM STHeeS STRENGTI gp Tre Bony nesececies, ve “i a | iste He NIOUE Boeneen VE BEEN DREADING THIS. ITS HIGH TIME I WENT. THROUGH THE REST OF THE FILES ON YOUR DIB ‘ONE IN PARTICULAR JOURNAL5 THE YEARS PASSED. We Han nc ANY TG OREAMIERS HAD ANY RIGHT TO EXPECT. 2S eum ro waou meae nc Fes TRING TO GURY TY GREP meer, EeT BUT HSAND WHAT KIND OF MEN ARE: We, ERNSTE He was ‘THEKING OF FATHER TUE BEEN, BON vOY conTGUTED To Tits WOR. “SHOVE Your SELF-SERUING IDEALIM IN My FACE. IT's AION OF WEAKNESS, NOT ‘STRENGTH, GO HOE INDER you WH ENILIZATION DESCENDS INTO CHAOS. 2 EVERYTHING'S RDING ON DELIVERING YOUR DISK TO A Us. SenatoR WHO DOESNT EVEN KNOW‘YOU HAVENT GED ME Like THAT SNe WERE TWELYE. THE ovERcROWDNG, | ‘THe POVERTY THe BEN ConeMeT OF TOMRETS. WALKING AIMLESSLY, ADDNG MORE TRAFFIC AND TRASH. v5 *eBeretb. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO YOUR PARENTS THM YOUVE BARELY E“CAPED THROWN IN WITH A WANTED FUCITVE? My WHOLE CHILDHOOD, aesPect MABE ALITIEE PANU Too. I'M GONG 10. HAIG TO DISAPPEAR FOR & WHLE.‘THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER FORENSIC BIOLOG" LABORATORY BUILDING... emir) BEI i z ms Nhl [hall = = a ee = fe N SVS VES SE i a} = > Z ANY HIS BACK ON THEIR ‘PRINTS?‘LOOKS SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. FUGITNE.. UNICE, WHAT 6 HE TALKING ABOUT?AND YOU INTEND JO SELL ANCE AND HER FRIEND 10 THESE PEOPLE, is THAT re HAVE ALINAYS, WHEN T ‘MARRIED YOUR SISTER, 1 RREW Tie Day MoT COME WHEN YOU WOULD PUT OUR FAMILY IN DANGER YOU SEE MEAG ASLITILE MAN’. or aw a Little MAN WHO Has MADE IT His BUSNESS 70 RNOW YOUR BVERY MOVE \Sroe THe rast TWENTY YEARS. sere, THs LTTE MAN 300 MARRIED 15. HILARIOUS! ALL SHAVE TO00 1 st YOU Ue 3 BULL “THE TRIGGER! You KNow WHAT WOULD BE TaULy FUNNY? THE POLCE RADING THAT LKE 1 5A0..1 ‘ALwwe KNEW THIS MRT HAPPEN, AND PLANNED ‘APPROPRUTELY,WD tx THe WAKE OF THEIR FAILED ASSAULT ON THE BIOWARRIORS, RAZE AND VIRON FLED THROUGH TSSJE WALLS. NTO THE TORRENTIAL CURRENT OF ALEX'S BLOODSTREAM. LETTING IT CARRY THEM DOWN THROUGH THRUMMING, TABYRNTHINE CORRIDORS, ALONG NEURAL PATHWAYS PULSNG WITH URGENT MESSAGES DISPATCHED FROM THE THALAMIC CHAMBER. ‘SEEKING TO CONCEAL THEMSELVES FROM ‘THEIR ENEMIES, THE PATHOGENS SLASHED ‘THEIR WAY INTO THE SPINAL GANGLION... THis 1s COWARDICE?, wy 50 Two AGANST THE BIOWARRIORS LEGION WOULD BE FUTILE. NO-NONSENSE, TOUSH ne NALS, BUT MY STUBBORN STREAK? ‘s THAT COMES FROM THIS z (GUIET, UNASSUMING MAN. |) eease, eop..70NT LET THIS |) 85 THe Last Time 1 SEE THM.Ry 3 = = - Ee ‘sLd |bo without Your kelp T cOULD Be DEAD NON AND NO ‘ONE WOULD EVEN KNOW, “UNTIL SHE TOLD ME. ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED: AT HER PARENTS’ PLACE. SHE'S SPENT THE LAST FEW HOURS wage x SCOURING TWITTER FEEDS LOOKNG How ate Yoo FOR SOME WORD FROM CLAYTON. ‘ee IE We DONT GET TO AMES ‘SOON, ALL THIS RISK AND HEARTACHE 16 FOR NOTHING. THE GAL IS TOUGH AS THEY (CONE, BUT T.CAN TELL ‘SHE'S FRIGHTENED FOR THEM. BETTER I'S WEIRD, IT SEEMS. TO CONE END CO N WAVES. ETT ="