When Hourman takes a small group to Los Angeles on a training exercise, they uncover a Paradoran cult massacre. While that team follows up on their situation, the rest of the team heads to Parador and receives a vicious welcome.; Hourman frees Liberty Belle and Icicle and the two couples head separately to Switzerland. The heroes are diverted, however, to a meeting with Boris Hayes, who explains that he is the man behind Peter Blue and needs the tachophyxl to restore his health. But as Hayes tells his story, Hourman has a vision and collapses.