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While Machine Man was identifying the homing signal, he was attacked by Alpha Flight member [[Sasquatch]], who was on orders to apprehend him. From Sasquatch's manner and questioning, Machine Man realised that he was too strait-laced to work for Madam Menace. He fielded Sasquatch's questions, denying having sent the Hulk to Canada deliberately, but refused to submit to a formal investigation due to his distrust of authority. Machine Man sent Sasquatch for a dip and jolted him into unconsciousness with borrowed electricity before skating away to find Menace.
The signal led Machine Man to a large sewer chamber filled with Menace's henchmen and wired up with hidden cameras. At first finding the experience of fighting of hordes of goons recreational, the battle got harder, first with solar-powered nunchakus and then with a specially-designed sonic disruptor, which incapacitated Machine Man's neuro-circuits and caused him to lose all control of his body. As if that wasn't bad enough, the party was crashed by Alpha Flight members [[Aurora]] and [[Northstar]], who had recovered Sasquatch on the way. As Machine Man writhed, believing that the victor between Alpha Flight and the henchmen would soon turn on him, he realised he had only one option remaining. Machine Man uncoupled his head from his body and negated its gravity to repeatedly headbutt the sonic disruptor. Though he successfully destroyed the device and ended its influence on his flailing body, the assault has left his humanised face disfigured.
Furiously asking if his aggressors were satisfied, Machine Man fearsomely attacked the henchmen. Aurora and Northstar attempted to blind him with their dazzling light power, but his finger sensors provided a workaround. When grabbed by Sasquatch, Machine Man lashed out and pummelled him senseless, stopping only on hearing Aurora call him an inhuman monster. The words caused Aaron to realise he had been acting every inch the menace that people like Brickman believed him to be. Horrified by his behaviour, he drilled his way out of the sewer, asking not to be followed.
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In the meantime, Alpha Flight spy Agent K had managed to uncover evidence linking the incriminating dossier to Brickman's campaign office. Alpha Flight's Machine Man mission was abandoned; when the news media caught wind that Brickman was attempting to rig an election, his anti-Machine Man campaign platform completely deflated. Separately, both Brickman and Madam Menace swore revenge on the living robot.
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As Gears and Peter paced the apartment, worried about their missing friend, Machine Man walked the cold city streets. Both emotionally and physically scarred from the loss of his temper, Aaron contemplated on his new understanding about the darkness in his soul, wondering how he could possibly face tomorrow.
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