Hotfoot and Johnny Ray-Gun to the Paladins' headquarters where he subsequently 'killed' and freed the said team after they were tricked by the Eidolon (for his own amusement) into believing that The High was the "Antichrist" who was responsible for the events of Armageddon. After killing the Paladins and leaving only Hotfoot alive, The High was contacted by Welles, who stated to him that she would end the lives of everyone inside the simulation as per her orders from the American government. Before 'killing' Hotfoot, The High told him to find Welles as fast as he could once he was awake, while he tried to reason with her. Hotfoot immediately searched through the bunker and finally stopped Welles from initializing the 'kill button' by vibro-phasing his hand through her head, inducing brain damage. After this, The High then proceeded to destroy the simulation and everyone in it by speeding down into the city from the sky, causing a nuclear explosion. Once awakening in the real world, many of the heroes and villains were confused about what had happened; at first, a few of the Paladins believed that it was still The High's fault, until he was awakened and clearly informed them, with coerced verification from an awakened Sgt. Stringer, of their sixty-year long-term imprisonment, much to everyone's shock. After the prisoners recovered their belongings and costumes, they regrouped with Engine Joe, who reported that he saw Doctor Sin escape from the bunker. The High questioned Stringer as to why the government had kept their belongings. Stringer stated that the military expected to use the heroes and villains as "military assets" if a major threat ever appeared. The prisoners then left the bunker. The High decided to find more answers and flew to the rebuilt StormWatch satellite base, Skywatch III, where he negotiated a truce between him and Jackson King. The High and King explored The High's mind to learn what had happened to him after he was supposedly killed from crashing into Skywatch I and why he was placed in the NOTB program. It is revealed that The High's remains were gathered by the American government and his cells were used to clone super soldiers. The early clones of The High were "unsuccessful", and eventually the American military succeeded in mass-producing imperfect High clones and weaponized them as superpowered payloads known as the "Reaper Ballistic Missile Arsenal", shortened as "Reapers".