▁he ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Anne , ▁his ▁partner ▁while ▁investig ating ▁the ▁I RA . ▁Their ▁relationship ▁last s ▁until ▁an ▁Irish ▁terror ist / mer cen ary ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Se am us ▁O ' B rien , ▁k ills ▁her ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁him . ▁In ▁the ▁en su ing ▁fight , ▁Ke ane ▁is ▁mort ally ▁wounded . ▁But ▁before ▁dying , ▁his ▁powers ▁manifest , ▁saving ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁making ▁him ▁Hell st rike . ▁O ' B rien ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁villa in ▁De at ht rap , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁M ER C s , ▁a ▁mer cen ary ▁unit ▁of ▁super ▁power ed ▁be ings . ▁Hell st rike ▁be ars ▁a ▁long ▁grud ge ▁against ▁De at ht rap ▁for ▁both ▁this ▁and ▁Anne ' s ▁murder . ▁ ▁N ig el ▁joined ▁Storm Watch ▁One , ▁the ▁main ▁team ▁of ▁super h ero es ▁serving ▁the ▁UN . ▁In ▁the ▁Wild st orm ▁universe , ▁the ▁UN ▁is ▁secret ly ▁a ▁men acing ▁world wide ▁consp i racy ▁led ▁by ▁gun - tot ing , ▁par ano id ▁" Secret ▁Masters ". ▁While ▁they ▁are ▁hero es , ▁the ▁oper atives ▁of ▁Storm Watch ▁are ▁quite ▁r uth less ▁and ▁do ▁not ▁hes itate ▁to ▁viol ate ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁a ▁country ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁advance ▁the ▁ag enda ▁of ▁the ▁UN . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁battle ▁against ▁De at ht rap , ▁Hell st rike ▁was ▁sever ely ▁injured , ▁falls