Colossus broke up with Kitty. Rather
coldly at that. Kitty was crushed and her surrogate
big brother,Wolverine,was none too pleased by Piotr
Rasputin's less than delicate methods. Logan told Colossus
he was coming with him to town for a few drinks. And it was
not a request.
Nightcrawler knew what Logan's intentions
were and decided that he needed to come along to try
to diffuse a nasty situation. Logan was going to have
a few drinks with Peter,and then they were going to step
outside. At least,that was the plan. But Wolverine
picked up a scent at the tavern that was all too familiar. He scans
the tavern they were in and finds the source:Cain Marko.
Sitting at the bar making moves with a woman he had met there.
Logan wisely wants to avoid any confrontation
with The Juggernaut so he instructs Nightcrawler to
teleport outside and grabs Peter's hand to lead him out too.
But when Peter yanks his hand back in protest he spills his beer
on The Juggernaut's face. Peter then offers to pay the
man for the accident but that wasn't good enough. He
pushes Peter to send him crashing through a door with potentially lethal force.
Apparently Cain does not like to have his pick-ups
interrupted. Especially when the woman he's putting
moves on is none other than the seductive Selene,then
future Black Queen of New York's prestigious HellFire Club's Inner Circle.
Colossus comes back into the room angry,armored
up,and ready to throw down with this mysterious strongman who had just nearly killed him for nothing.
Nightcrawler fearing for the strange man's safety says he
and Logan should stop the steel powerhouse from annihilating the poor guy.
But Wolverine tells him to just watch.
That Colossus was the one in trouble there. The two
heavy hitters trade a couple swings with only Colossus connecting any,then Colossus
snaps off a support beam to use as weapon. Cain then
rips up a good section of the bar and after revealing
that he was The Juggernaut smashes it over Colossus's head.
The fight seemingly over already and Selene having
slipped away during the throwdown,a disappointed Cain
Marko turns to walk away. Colossus rises and charges
Cain from behind knocking him into the back cellar room. Cain then
regathers and the two square up face to face again.
A punch from Cain puts an end to that as Colossus goes
flying headfirst through the wall and back into the
bar.
Colossus is out of it after just one of The Juggernaut's "Sunday punches".
He's lying motionless on the barroom floor but Cain wants
to make sure he gets his point across. He rips out an
entire wall,causing all the floors of the building
to collapse on top of both of them putting an exclamation point on the fight for Colossus.
Cain then finds Wolverine and Nightcrawler
standing outside. He tosses them a wad of cash to give
to the owner for the damages to his place. Because that's just the
type of guy The Juggernaut is.
Favorite Issue Exchange:The Juggernaut-"Top that fella,if you can."
Wolverine-"Not too shabby Muscles."
The Juggernaut-"I missed you clowns? How come?"
Wolverine-"Just lucky,I guess."
The Juggernaut-"You lookin' fer a piece o' this
action?"
Wolverine-"Nope."
The Juggernaut-"Smart play,shrimp."
Cain and Logan after Cain had just brought the
building down on himself and Colossus.