Appearing in 1st story
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- Null (First Appearance)
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Synopsis for 1st story
The issue begins with Zack and Lin sitting awkwardly in bed after finding out that their anatomy isn't compatible and they wouldn't be able to have sex. Lin asks if Zack wants to talk about them but he responds with a hurtful "what is there to talk about" and Lin storms out.
Zack calls his dad for advice and asks him not to tell his mom. Zack starts to explain the situation when his mom gets on the line to scold him for breaking her no hanky panky rule. Turns out the phone was on speaker. His dad tells her to take it easy on him since he's obviously hurting and his mom agrees. Zack tells them that he really screwed up and hurt Lin when she tried to talk to him about it. Zack rescues a sinking ship while they are talking and tells them that Lin has already left to go back to Geldaria so he can't make things right with her.
His mom suggests that Zack continue on with his vacation to clear his head but he says he wants to get back to work. Ed excitedly teleports up to the monitoring station to see if there are any threats to deal with.
Meanwhile, an elderly couple are driving in what looks like a farming town when they notice what looks like a meteor crash land. It is actually the arrival of Null. He radios in to his client and let's him know that he is on Earth and will soon have the tech jacket.
Up in the monitoring station, Ed picks up the alert from Null's arrival. He calls Zack and lets him know about it. He tells him that the town in Kansas that had the disturbance has just gone radio silent so it seems to be an attack. He sends Zack the coordinates and Zack is glad for something to provide a distraction from his personal drama.
Zack flies to Kansas but just finds a huge dug out crater where the town should be. He looks up and Null is flying with the entire town that he had dug up. Null drops the whole land mass down on top of Zack.
Null heads down to retrieve the armor, but Zack emerges unharmed through the ground and punches Null. Null informs Zack that he doesn't stand a chance. Zack can't believe that he just killed hundreds of people just to slow Zack down a little. Null agrees and explains that is why it is foolish for Zack to resist after seeing what he is capable of and willing to do to complete his job.
Zack starts shooting lasers at Null but Null just continues to rush at him like he doesn't even feel them. He reaches Zack and cuts through the tech jacket armor easily with some long knives. He walks over and pounds on Zack just to make sure he's finished.
Null calls his client to let him know that the armor has been acquired. The client is surprised he was able to get it so quickly and he asks about the status of the armor's wearer. Null informs him that he is deceased.