Prey of the Predator NOIR HERO: The Adventures into the Multiverse Part 2

Prey of the Predator NOIR HERO: The Adventures into the Multiverse Part 2 is the 11th film in the MC Hero Franchise, 2nd film in the Adventures Into the Multiverse miniseries, and 6th and 13th episode chronologically. The Story focuses on Detective Noir Hero after his partner Officer Noir Sidekick is killed in the line of duty, and his and Detective Rick Diamond's pursuit of the crime lord Vincent Von Vermin in New York. It also continues MC Hero's Hero Soul hunt and is the first appearance of Showman as Agent S.

This Film is/was a Clusterfunk on many levels. It was originally filmed after MC Hero: An Adventure in the Multiverse as a direct sequel, but the shots taken for this were lost. We would not get around to doing a refilm until many months later, after which the plotline of MC Hero had already progressed significantly. Thus minor changes had to be made to the ending of this version to update it. To make matters even more complicated, Noir, and for that matter, the deceased Anti had already made an appearance in The Rise of Arbys, and had supposedly died there.

How we solved it: It took some thinking, but we came up with something. Most of the events of this movie take place right after the first multiverse adventure, save for the very end with Agent S. The Cutoff will be notated in the synopsis below. To Address the Noir/Anti dilemma presented in the Rise of Arbys, significant spoilers to this episode would have to be made. Thus, the explanation for the solution to that problem will be explained after the synopsis. Enjoy!

Convoluted Synopsis

Detective Noir Hero and Officer Noir Sidekick prepare a drug bust on a warehouse in New York City. However, things go awry, and Officer Sidekick is killed in the firefight. Noir finds a long hair, which he deduces to be a clue to the notorious crime lord Vincent Von Vermin's involvement in the operation and murder. Noir then heads to the office of Chief Rick Diamond, where he presents the bullet that killed his partner, and his suspicion about Vermin. Diamond agrees to help him out on the case, and the two head out, looking for clues, while Noir vows to be the one to kill the Vermin.

They soon arrive at an abandoned base of operations for the Vermin, but stop nearby for a hot dog at a hot dog stand. The vendor turns out to be none other that the Vermin himself, who Diamond tricks and knocks out. However, when he turns to tell Noir that he's captured the Vermin, the Vermin gets away. They notice that the vermin has left behind a bag of white powder, which Noir gets momentarily hooked on, and use the writing to determine that the Vermin is residing at the Goopdrop Hotel. The two then head there and board the sewer elevator to the 57th floor underneath the hotel.

As they descend down a long tunnel, Noir notes that the structural stability of the lair is sketchy. They then see Vermin outside at the end of the tunnel, and the Vermin states that they have fallen right into his trap. Vermin then detonates an explosive charge, which triggers an avalanche of the rest of the building. The two attempt to escape, but Diamond gets his foot caught in a steel beam. Running out of time, Diamond tells Noir to go on without him, which Noir hesitates to do, but eventually caves after Diamond convinces him. As Noir escapes the tunnel alone, he hears Diamond yell "Son!", which Noir misunderstands at first, saying "But its cloudy outside!" He then realizes that Diamond was his father, and angrily confronts the Vermin, who walks around to meet Noir. The Vermin then escapes using a helicopter, telling Noir to meet him at the warehouse in a few hours.

A few hours later, Noir starts to head there by the way of the sewer system, but is interrupted by the arrival of MC Hero, who teleports Noir to the warehouse. Hero then kills Noir and takes his soul.

CUTOFF: (Hero returns to the prime universe where the rest of the episodes proceed as scripted. After Sidekick's separation from Hero, he is sent back to this point by Dr. Factor, in an attempt to save Noir)

Returning to this point in time, Agent S radios in to Dr. Factor, telling him that they were too late to save Noir. He then requests for transport back to Prime Earth, not knowing that MC Hero noticed his presence and follows him. Back in the prime Earth, Dr. Factor laments their failure, but prepares for the next step. He tells Agent S to prep the lab with 100, but is cut off by the arrival of MC Hero, who attacks him from behind and incapacities him. Hero then confronts Showman, telling him to return as his Sidekick or he will split his spine. Showman scoffs at this, and references Hero's past failures. Showman doesn't have enough power from the time jump to take on Hero, so he plots an escape, vowing to be back. Hero cuts him off by destroying the time warp device, which results in a massive explosion that turns everything into Minecraft.

Arbys Dilemma: Ok, so you made it through all that. You're probably now wondering if both the first part of this movie and adventures into the multiverse part 1 happened before the Rise of Arbys, then how are both Anti Hero and Noir Hero seemingly alive and well in Arbys. The explanation here is since Hero has colelcted both of their souls, he sees them as Hero Soul Projections. However, having both of these Multiversal adventures back to back, Hero is exhausted, and takes a break from collecting souls for a while after Arbys.

Differences from original Edition

The Original edition followed this plotline for the most part, with a few minor differences:

* Chief Rick Diamond was named Chief Mike Oxlong instead
* There were more characters, which included more henchmen of the Vermin, as well as a lineless hobo
* Diamond (Oxlong in this version) initially survived the hotel cave in, and was revealed to be working with MC HERO. Hero killed him when Mike refused to hurt his son.
* There was an extra scene where Noir went through his dad's old stuff, where he found the clue that lead him to the warehouse.
* The costuming was different, MC Hero wore his classical blue sweatshirt, and Noir Hero wore an overcoat.
* The end scene instead had Anti-Sidekick warp in too late to save Noir, then warp out to save Anti Hero from his death in the first part of the miniseries
* The final scene showed the part where MC Hero revives Snowblind
* None of the part with Dr. Factor, Agent S, and the time warp machine was there.