Issue #14

The Thing in the Sewer

ARC SIX · BRAND NEW DAY, PART 2. A black tide moves under the city. It remembers the shape of him. And the sky starts to crack a different color.

Zachary on a rooftop staring up at a strange green-tinged sky — SIX WEEKS INTO BRAND NEW DAY. THE SKY OVER MANHATTAN IS THE WRONG COLOR.

// NARRATION

He'd been hearing about the disappearances for a week. Manhole covers popped from underneath. Whole crews of MTA workers gone in a night. And under it all — a sound only Zachary could hear. A purring.

A long black tendril snakes up out of a storm drain — FULTON STREET. A SINGLE TENDRIL TASTING THE NIGHT AIR.

// THE SUIT

"ssssilva. you came back. you always come back to us."

// ZACHARY

"Nah. Nah, we're done. Eddie's not even wearing you anymore, is he? You're just — out here. Hungry."

// NARRATION

He webbed the drain shut. He told nobody. He told himself the suit was a problem for another night. He was wrong about which night.

A cosmic figure breaks through reality above New York — MIDTOWN. 11:47 P.M. THE SKY OPENED. AND IT WAS HOLDING A FIST.

// ??? (a voice the whole world heard)

"I am DOOM. Your Avengers have failed. Your Spiders have failed. Kneel. Or be kneaded."

// NARRATION

TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE #15 — DOOM'S DOOR.

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