Lucas awakened on Planet B22, a world that felt hauntingly familiar. He was in a hospital, being tended to by a man named Terisset and a doctor named Gwen Stacy. Lucas realized with a sinking heart that he had landed in the Z Hunters universe. He met Richard and his children, Leo and Jacob, seeing the weariness of a world that had fought too many monsters.
His peace was short-lived. News reports showed a "beast-man" attacking the city—it was Chris, his body mutated by the power of a dark, distorted ring. Lucas, despite his injuries, rushed into the night. His own power, a mixture of thunder and beast-like instinct, surged through him. He found Chris in the city center, and the two engaged in a brutal, rooftop-shattering brawl that felt more like two animals fighting than two men.
Just as Chris prepared a lethal strike, time stopped. The Watcher stepped out of his portal, looking at the chaos with a sigh. He took the ring from Chris, noting that it was "too early" for this level of instability. He looked at Lucas and whispered, "You remind me of someone who once stood between man and monster." With those cryptic words, he sent Lucas back into the light of the multiverse, leaving the Z Hunters to clean up the wreckage.