ZEMO vs. the GRANDMASTER in a climactic confrontation! Civil War has fractured the superhuman community -- but are they willing to band together for one brief moment -- to give ZEMO the ultimate power he needs to save the world -- even if it could also mean sacrificing the planet to the mysterious Guardian Protocols? And most importantly... will the THUNDERBOLTS trust ZEMO with so much power?Zemo killed the Grandmaster, taking control of the Wellspring and saving billions across the planet who had been affected. But he didn't plan on relinquishing his newfound omnipotence.

Songbird chose to stop him, shattering his remaining alien gemstone and severing Zemo's link to the power source. This created a vortex that sucked Zemo into the unknown, and left the Thunderbolts awash in a deluge of energy as they tried to seal the Wellspring...