Exiles: Endless (Marvel;Re)/Issue 1

This is the first issue of the Marvel;Re ongoing series, Exiles: Endless, part of the Web of Shadows story arc. It is succeeded by Exiles: Endless #2 and preceded by Exiles: New World #13.

Synopsis
The Multiverse is a large place with enormous problems. The cosmic conquerors, mystical dominators, and deluded villains living within the Multiverse tend to abuse their privileges of freedom by attacking other universes not of their own. When these ravagers disrupt the cosmic balance, causing Multiversal disasters, the Exiles are called upon to fix the damage done to realities. Some of them survives, some of them doesn't. Either way, these heroes are summoned to deal with the worst the Multiverse can offer, no matter how it's done.

Our rag-tag band of heroes are preparing for a next mission of theirs as their Timebroker, Kang, ponders over the team, reviewing their performance thus far and what threats could the future hold for them...

Panoptichron, the Crystal Palace
Inside a pristine room located within a grand structure outside of time and space, a woman wearing a distinct armor can be seen sitting on a chair, facing a number of large monitors displaying events happening throughout multiple universes. The panel zooms on her scarred face as she begins to monologue, identifying herself.

- The panel immediately switches to the view of Kang's last experience, flashing back to a scene where many heroes of the Ultimate Universe were seen laying down in pain as the space-time continuum bled. Kang and the past incarnation of her ex-husband, Reed Richards AKA the Maker, conversed about their failure in saving the universe utilizing the Infinity Gems.
 * Susan Storm / Ultimate Kang (Earth-13074): "My name... is Susan Storm. Or, as I'd like to call myself these days, Kang. Some time ago -- time is really malleable here -- I was a very... nasty person, to say the least. To save my universe from ending, my ex-husband, Reed, sent me to the past to prevent such a catastrophe from happening. Problem was, I... did a lot of harm in trying to do what's right. It's... too late for me to regret all the crap I have committed. Looking back, though... I think I could have done everything more reasonably despite how my supposed 'origin' universe is a giant clusterf**k of atrocities. (Kang blinks and sighs) Funny how a single event can change your entire life, huh? Just as my world was about to end, I turned into a murderous tyrant. Just after I tried to go further back into the past, I... let's just say I was a changed person once again, and that it was one hell of an experience."


 * Ultimate Kang: "No... it's too late. We failed."
 * Reed Richards / Maker (Earth-1610): "No. We can fix this. The Gauntlets --"
 * Ultimate Kang: "Are useless."
 * Antonio Stark / Ultimate Iron Man (Earth-1610): "(The Infinity Gauntlets he wields break) What the hell? They're... shattering?!"
 * Ultimate Kang: "I... I have to go back further. Have to try again. Have to make things right. Have to save the future. (Turns to Ultimate Invisible Woman, who is her past incarnation) Susan. If you stay with Ben Grimm, the world is doomed. Understand this. I hope you fare better than we did. Goodbye, Ultimates."

Kang disappeared in a sphere of chronal energy, going back further into the past... only to find herself standing in an empty space of nothingness. Partially panicking, Kang tried to transport herself outside of the blank space and into another time period, failing to do so until she was notified by her mask's HUD that she's nowhere and nowhen. Kang turned her sights aside, noticing a feminine figure clad in white armor walking towards her. Puzzled but left without an option, Kang stood up and interrogated her. Kang remained silent for a while, taking her time to cross-reference the information she had gathered from the woman she's interacting with with her home reality's databanks. True enough, nobody on Kang's universe was the same as the armored woman. If only she had known her name... Kang's eyes widened in reaction to her revelation, immediately cross-referencing the new information she gathered from Hope with data pertaining to her reality's Stryfe, Scott Summers, and Jean Grey. Kang manually removed her mask, unveiling her scarred face to the so-called 'mutant messiah', whose mouth opened with shock upon seeing her face. Before she could even say a word, however, Hope's eyes squinted and she was unable to grasp Kang's identity. TBA - TBA
 * Ultimate Kang: "No... Reed, I'm sorry... I've... (drops on her knees, not noticing the fact that she does so as if she's placed upon a solid plane) failed to save the universe..."
 * ???: "Well, would you look at that..."
 * Ultimate Kang: "W-What?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "Who are you?"
 * Hope Summers / Stryfe (Earth-13021): "I... thought the armor would have given it away. Judging from yours, though? I guess that you're a Kang. Am I right?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "A... Kang?"
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "The Kang I knew was a time-traveling descendant of Reed Richards named Nathaniel Richards, and last I heard, there were like, a million versions of himself. You're the first female Kang I've ever seen."
 * Ultimate Kang: "I.. see. I take it you are not from the same world I hailed from, then."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "Obviously, duh. Say, do you mind telling me who you are, Kang?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "I don't know if you are naive or what, but..."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "There is no point for us in killing one another, so we may as well be acquaintances at the very least, yes?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "Very well. Identify yourself, stranger."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "(Walks a few steps back and opens her helmet, revealing her identity) Hope Summers, at your service. Or, if you prefer my cooler name, you can call me Stryfe."
 * Ultimate Kang: "Summers... Stryfe?! You are a child of Jean Grey and Scott Summers? What relation do you have with that coward mutant terrorist, Stryfe?"
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "First of all, I was actually adopted by Mr. Summers and Mrs. Grey. Second, I don't know about you, but how is your Stryfe a coward? This armor I'm wearing used to be his, y' know, and he never shied away from combat in life. Well, my Stryfe, anyway."
 * Ultimate Kang: "I know of the existence of other universes, but... now I feel as if I know nothing."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "I'd love to know more about your world, and I think it's best for me to start diggin' by knowing who you are." If you mind telling me who you are, that's okay.
 * Ultimate Kang: "You've opened my eyes quite well, Summers. Perhaps, it's time for me to open yours..."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "(Raises her index finger before lowering it out of uncertainty) Your face punches a lot of buttons inside my head, but I can't get who you are. That blonde hair... you don't happen to be Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four, do you?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "Unfortunately, I am her. I take it your reality's me fared better?"
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "If you consider death a better fate than becoming a conqueror, then yes, she fared better."
 * Ultimate Kang: "Conqueror? I am no more than a traveler seeking to save my own universe from its end."
 * Stryfe (Hope Summers): "Admit it, Ms. Storm. You've come to blows with not just your own family but your world's heroes to save your universe, haven't you?"
 * Ultimate Kang: "(Sarcastically) You think?"
 * ???: "I think you've hurt a lot of people, 'Sue', and that the two of you owe me more than just a simple meet 'n' greet chatter."