Remy squeezes Patch for info and gets the name of Silvermane. He leaves, and then another goon wakes up and threatens Patch for squealing. They face off and blow each other to bits.

Down on the street, Remy is lurking in an alleyway when he is approached by Charles Xavier and Storm. Remy doesn't want to hear Xavier's offer and accuses him of pederasty, which enrages Storm. Xavier remains calm and flips Remy a business card, though Remy notes that he has a tough time hanging on to cards.

The next day, Remy strides into the offices of Allan Silvermane Enterprises and blows down the door. He takes out the two guards inside, and forces one of them to give him Hammerhead's location.

That night, Remy goes to the abandoned factory where Hammerhead is, but walks into a trap. Hammerhead says he's already killed the girl, and only spared Remy because of a deal Silvermane made with Nathaniel Essex. Hammerhead refers to some shady past of Remy's that relates to Essex. Surrounded by armed men, Remy lets a card fly and escapes in the confusion of the explosion. Charging up a manhole cover, he rides the blast wave up to the walkway where Hammerhead stands.

Hammerhead charges the mutant and rams the two of them off the walkway. They fall down to the floor and Hammerhead starts beating on Remy. He says he's going to finish Remy off and then use one of his cards to slit the girl's throat (obviously she's still alive). Remy jams his fingers into Hammerheads mouth and says "The power's not in the cahds" just before blowing off the top of Hammerhead's skull.

Remy finds the girl and brings her to the charity workers he dissed a few nights earlier, knowing she'll be safer away from him. She doesn't want to leave him, though, so Remy distracts her by letting her fly with a charged umbrella. When she lands, the charity workers pick her up, but Remy's gone. Later, in her bed at the hostel, she cries and wonders why Remy left her, and if he didn't like her. Then, from out of the darkness, an Ace of Hearts flies towards her, burning at the edges until only the heart is left.

Review: Well, not a heck of a lot happened here, which kind of bugged me. But what I did like about this issue (same as the previous one) is the expanded view it gives us of the Ultimate Universe. Bringing in Silvermane was cool (hopefully he'll show up in Ultimate Spidey soon), and the mention of Essex was great, as it represents a key facet of Remy's life. I wonder how and if they will work him in eventually, and what kind of misdeeds could Remy have done for him. You'd figure it wouldn't be the "Mutant Massacre" here, since there's been no evidence of Morlocks or anything similar.

The other thing that was interesting was Remy's use of his powers. The flying was especially intriguing, as it represents something that a "fully-charged" Gambit could do, as he did in our world after re-integrating the neurons that allowed his full potential to be realized. Is it safe to assume that this version of Remy is as out of control as our Gambit once was? Maybe. It would certainly be interesting to see how that twist would be dealt with in this reality.

Not much else to go on here. I was happy to see Xavier's appearance, setting up a possible recruitment for later on. But truthfully, I don't think Remy should join the X-Men any time soon. It would be more interesting to have these interludes every so often, and show other ancillary members of the Ultimate mutant world, perhaps with Remy, or alone.

Well, after this nice breather I am definitely looking forward to the return of the regular creative team. Not that the art and story here were bad, but it will be good to have this book back on the regular track again.