Warmaker, a former United States soldier turned supervillain, is sent by the government to be imprisoned in The Vault, a super-prison located in Golden City.

The US Government then offers Grace a deal; if she eliminates the man/alien called Vortex, which had emerged from a strange dimensional rift, they will concede to her secession.

She travels to Cinnibar Flats and confronts first Vortex then fights with him against a group of Destroyers.

Creative Staff Information (by issue) Titan leaves the team to work for the government.

Grace takes the command of the situation placing Titan in the Vault, but he escapes and confronts the Catalyst team.

He takes Anderson's body and enters the rift, leaving Grace to safeguard the base.

Soon thereafter, Law arrives in Golden City carrying the body of a woman who appears to be Grace.

Eventually Mark is forced to realize he must, at frequent intervals, store his power within his brother's form, a situation that traumatizes him.

However, a rebellion forms in Tent City, led by a mysterious hooded woman (Grace) and consisting of the members of Division 13 and Warmaker.