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Chapter 45 [Zoda]
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Deliverymen Roger and Draq are attacked and captured by Zoda. Unbeknownst to them, Roger was carrying cargo ordered by Black Shadow.

After getting caught, Draq accidentally tells Zoda he has friends in high places: the Galaxy Mobile Platoon. So, Zoda uses Roger and Draq to bait the team into coming to Black Shadow's base on the planet Lightning, the destination of the cargo. Zoda heads there planning to find Black Shadow's weakness.

Using Roger and Draq, Zoda successfully infiltrates the Lightning base, but his plan is quickly discovered by Black Shadow, who appears before him. Rick and friends also end up at the base, investigating it to try and save the deliverymen Zoda took hostage. 

Both Zoda and Rick discover why this base was created: here, biotechnology research is done, and this is where Zoda was created. Black Shadow had created Zoda, sending him into the past in order to destroy Rick. 

Zoda is disgusted in learning this truth -- that Black Shadow created him. But he laughs, vowing to surpass his maker.