The female Skrull in custody of Lightning Storm tells Carol that her boyfriend, Kree spy William Wagner, is alive and in AIM custody. Ms. Marvel and her allies go after the AIM transport but find that they have been tricked. Ms. Marvel returns to base and angrily demands that their Skrull prisoner tell her where William is being held. Instead, The Skrull tells Ms. Marvel, "He loves you," and the Lightning Storm mini-helicarrier blows up around them. In despair over the destruction of her base, the death and injuries on her team and her missing Kree boyfriend, Carol sleeps with Wonder Man.