The Mysterons/
Mars 2068



"The finger in on the trigger, about to unleash a force with terrible powers, beyond the comprehension of Man. This force we shall know as 'The Mysterons'.
"This man will be our hero, for fate will make him indestructible. His name - Captain Scarlet.

"This is the trigger - a Martian Exploration Vehicle. Inside; three men from Earth."

Whilst searching for the source of several transmissions, the crew of the Zero-X Martian Exploration Vehicle, under the command of Captain Black, find an extraordinary complex of luminescent buildings. Captain Black mistakes a viewing device that turns towards the MEV as a weapon and destroys the base. However, the base rebuilds itself before their eyes, and a grating voice echoes in the cockpit:

EARTHMEN, WE ARE PEACEFUL BEINGS AND YOU HAVE TRIED TO DESTROY US, BUT YOU CANNOT SUCCEED. YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR THIS ACT OF AGGRESSION. THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS. WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR US, EARTHMEN. OUR WILL BE SLOW BUT NONETHELESS EFFECTIVE. IT WILL MEAN THE ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE ON EARTH. IT WILL BE USELESS FOR YOU TO RESIST, FOR WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF REVERSING MATTER, AS YOU HAVE JUST WITNESSED. ONE OF YOU WILL BE UNDER OUR CONTROL. YOU WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN AVENGING THE MYSTERONS. OUR FIRST ACT OF RETALIATION WILL BE TO ASSASSINATE YOUR WORLD PRESIDENT.

When the Zero-X returns to Earth, Captain Black vanishes without a trace.

Meanwhile, Captain Brown is placed in command of the taskforce assigned to protecting the World President. Whilst he and his field partner, Captain Scarlet, discuss the Mysteron threat, they lose control of their car and crash into a ravine. Moments later, Captain Scarlet appears, unhurt, and drags a red-booted body away from the wreckage of the car and hides it.

Captain Brown escorts the World President to a Maximum Security Building, where they will stay in a secure bunker until the danger to the President's life passes. Before they have time to settle in, Captain Brown explodes, causing the whole building to collapse. The WP reacts quickly enough to activate an escape mechanism that whisks him away from the explosion.

On Cloudbase, Colonel White shows the WP video footage of the events in the MSB before turning him over to Captain Scarlet's care. Scarlet promptly boards a plane to take the WP to Spectrum London.

Just after Scarlet and the WP leave Cloudbase, Lieutenant Green receives a report from Captain Ochre, who has discovered the body of Captain Brown at the scene of the car crash. Colonel White realises that something must have happened to Brown at the scene of the accident, causing him to become a Mysteron agent. Green points out that Scarlet was also involved in the accident. White immediately orders Scarlet to return to Cloudbase.

Scarlet ignores Colonel White's commands and continues on his course. When Destiny Angel makes a dummy attack on his aircraft, he ejects both himself and the WP from the plane. Once landed, he steals a car and sets off towards London on the M21.

Colonel White orders Captain Blue, who is in the UK, to chase Captain Scarlet using a Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, whilst the Angels continue with their aerial surveillance. The Angels muse that there are only two routes that Scarlet can take from the M21 - one is a dead end that will trap him on the London Car Vu. Rhapsody Angel destroys the bridge leading to the second route, forcing Scarlet to climb the Car Vu.

With Scarlet cornered, Colonel White orders Spectrum helicopter A-42 to assist Captain Blue in the apprehension of Scarlet. However, the Mysterons already have control of the helicopter, and it opens fire on Captain Blue, who narrowly escapes before the Angels destroy the helicopter, which crashes into the tower.

Scarlet and the WP are precariously positioned in a metal frame that extends from the deck of the Car Vu. Blue attempts to talk Scarlet down, but it he is shot at. In self defense, he shoots Scarlet, who falls 800 feet to the ground. Blue manages to air-lift the WP out before the Car Vu collapses.

Back on Cloudbase, everyone is shocked to find that the Mysteron clone of Captain Scarlet is healing the fatal injuries sustained at the Car Vu and reviving. Even more extraordinary is the fact that this is no longer a Mysteron agent, but Captain Scarlet himself! Having retained the Mysteron healing ability that leaves him virtually indestructible, Scarlet could become Spectrum's best weapon against the Mysterons in the continuing war...

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