My priority is moving and re-securing the contents of the base. To that end, I make you a one-time offer. Leave me to this unmolested and I'll allow you to live.
: Henry Bendix (hologram)- Pass. Ripping out your spine is kind of addictive.
: Midnighter
The Authority: Prime #4 is an issue of the series The Authority: Prime (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2008.
Synopsis for "Breach of Trust, Part 4"
Everyone, especially the Authority, are left in disbelief to see Henry Bendix, alive. But Midnighter uses his enhanced senses to realize that it is not the real Bendix, declaring that the man in front of them is a hologram powered by an A.I. patterned after the real Bendix's mind. But Midnighter and Apollo's original team Stormwatch Zero are real. They all resemble to zombies but Midnighter can tell that they still have their powers. In addition to the ones that died and have been brought back, there are zombie copies of Apollo and Midnighter, the only members of the team to survive their first mission.
Bendix's new team begins to advance and Midnighter tells King to release Jenny and the Doctor so they can end the fight before it starts. Bendix's hologram has prepared for that though, and starts creating major disasters around the planet that Jenny and the Doctor are forced to deal with, leaving the Authority and Stormwatch to handle the undead Zero.
The fight starts and Midnighter gives everyone a rundown on his old teammates. Amaze is super strong and has incredible combat skill and invulnerability. She only died the first time because of a bullet bio-engineered specifically to kill her. Impetus is a speedster with reflexes as fast as the rest of him, meaning no one can touch him, let alone stop him. Lamplighter can raise the dead or facsimiles to do his dirty work. Stalker is half Daemonite and can therefore change shape and turn invisible. Crow Jane has a sonic scream as her main weapon but is an expert martial artist as well.
Even though they're no longer attacking each other, the Authority and Stormwatch are getting beaten by Bendix's team. Meanwhile, the hologram questions the Authority's claims that he's dead, and once he determines that they're telling the truth, he disappears.
The two teams start working together to beat the clone/zombies and begin to make headway. King and Hawksmoor slay Stalker; Engineer and Rose Tattoo (who is beginning to remember how much she liked killing) take down Lamplighter, Cannon helps Diva with Crow Jane; and Fuji, Hawksmoor and Diva work together to beat Amaze. Impetus is still on the loose though and Apollo and Midnighter are stalemating their doubles. Hellstrike frees Midnighter from his fight so he can kill Impetus since no one else can, and then King helps him beat his counterpart. The fighting soon ends with Winter and Apollo taking down the duplicate Apollo. While both teams check their wounded, no one sees the Bendix hologram talking to Rose, reminding how they miss each other and convincing her into becoming the Spirit of Murder by killing the Authority and Stormwatch.
Appearing in "Breach of Trust, Part 4"
Featured Characters:
- The Authority
- StormWatch Prime
- Jackson King
- Blademaster
- Cannon
- Diva
- Fahrenheit
- Fuji
- Hellstrike
- Malcolm King
- Winter
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Antagonists:
- Henry Bendix (Hologram)
- StormWatch Zero
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