Flashpoint

Story Summary for Flashpoint:

The Architects secretly start to grow an Arcantower in the jungles of South America in the modern juncture. When fully grown, it will cause a critical shift. Colonel Griffith leads the Architect force in the jungle. They are helped by Dunwa Saleem, a traitor to the Lodge, who intends to hide the project from the Ascended until it is too late. The Dragons discover the plot when Dirk Wisely steals information from an Architect base in the modern juncture. Dirk plans a strike against the new Arcantower (Kar Fai is in the AD69 juncture where Throne War trouble is already brewing, and doesn't appear in this story). Jason X points out that the portal in Tower Square in the 2056 juncture must be attacked at the same time to prevent Architect reinforcements from coming through. Zheng Yi Quan leads the team to the Amazon and Jason X leads the team to hold the Portal. The Dragons encounter stiff resistance in 2056, where Genghis X faces off against Jason X. Homo Omega puts a stop to that fight; Jason X is last seen fighting Homo Omega when the Jammers arrive to cause even more confusion. The Architect reinforcements don't make it through the Portal.

In the Amazon, Dunwa has duped Sam Mallory into attacking the Dragons' force. After some serious butt-kicking on both sides, Melissa Aguelera convinces Sam that the Lodge has been betrayed, and he joins with the Dragons to assault the tower. For whatever reason, Shih Ho Kuai also shows up. The Golden Gunman, Sam Mallory, and Shih Ho Kuai take out the Arcantower Now.

At the end of the day, Marisol and Big Joe Conner are dead, Jason X is presumed dead, and a bunch of other guys are hurt badly.  We eventually will learn that Jason X isn't really dead, he's been captured by Homo Omega and will be used in some sinister plot that he and the Vivisectors are cooking up.

This story summary was written by Stefan Vincent, and can originally be found on his website, here.