Mister Terrific is asked for help by two aliens while travelling through the Ninth Dimension. They are deserters from the fight against an other alien species known as the Kryl. The Ktryl are a cruel warrior race obsessed wit interstellar conquest. The aliens demand to be given sanctuary on Earth, but before they can escape, they are found. A containment beam shoots out of the approaching ship, and it soon becomes clear to Michael that it was a trap all along. He is the only one who has been captured. The Kryl prepare to enslave him, and he senses the irony that he himself has become a barbarian of sorts. The Kryl hook Michael up to a machine and attempt to pry into his mind, prompting horrifically distorted images of his memories and thoughts to flow through his mind. He wakes from the vi