I’d make a deal with the devil if it meant the safety of the planet and the people on it. That’s my job. That’s what I do.
Appearing in "Who's the Boss?, Part 3"[]
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Plot Sypnosis[]
Mark asks him what going on and Cecil reveals that he’s using the Reanimen to defend himself, wishing to not end up like Angstrom Levy. He defends himself saying that Angstrom was an accident. Mark begins destroying the Reanimen and Cecil declares Mark his enemy for attempting to stop him. The white room goes out and Mark is surrounded by Reanimen.
Cecil suggest Mark surrender, but he refuses. He shows Mark that he knows his weakness in his ears by emitting a pitched pulse through his communicator. He tells Mark that they found the weakness by examining him previously when he fought his father. Mark touches his ears and sees that they are bleeding. He also reveals that the pulse will go into a permanent loop if he destroys the transmitter.
Mark attempts to escape, but Cecil uses the teleporter to track him. Cecil reveals that his ears help him in his flight abilities and that the pulse is more harmful to Viltrumites than Humans. Mark moves as swiftly as possible and lands into a Guardians’ base. While he’s disoriented, he asks Robot for his help.
A concerned Rex asks him what’s wrong. Cecil teleports to the Guardian base and Rex asks him to help Mark since someone is trying to kill him, not knowing that Cecil was behind it. Cecil asks them to restrain him and Mark tells Robot that Cecil is employing murderers, citing the Reanimen story which Bulletproof remembers.
Cecil transmits a pulse again, hurting him. Monster Girl converts to monster form, and the other Guardians ready to battle. Rex kills one of the Reanimen and throws a BB at the transmitter, not knowing it will make the pulse constant.
Mark shrieks in pain, while Cecil looks in horror. The Reanimen pummel Mark and Cecil tells D.A. Sinclair to call the Reanimen, but Sinclair says that it’ll take five minutes. Mark manages to fight through the pain and kill five Reanimen with a chop motion. Robot reveals that he found the frequency and blocked it. Cecil then tell the team that they can quit and he does what it takes to save the world.
He terminates his partnership with Mark and he accepts. Before Cecil leaves, Mark charges into him and chokes him, telling him his end of the deal. He tells Cecil that all the money he’s paid him is his and that Cecil is to stay away from him and his family. He also threatens to kill Cecil is he attempts to recruit Oliver.
He asks Robot to get the communicator out of his ear. Mark arrives home to a worried Eve, Grayson, and Oliver. He asks Eve why she was here and she tells him that she was worried about what happened. After explaining what happened, Mark and Eve go outside. He explain to Eve that Monster Girl, Robot, Rex are quitting. He also believes that Bulletproof may quit, but Shapesmith will likely stay with the Guardian if Immortal doesn’t leave. He also says that Kate and Black Samson will likely stay.
Mark asks Eve to speak with him. He apologizes about what happened between them and tells her that he was thinking of her when the Reanimen almost killed him. He tells Eve that he really likes her and Eve reaches for his hand. Eve kisses him and the duo decide that they will start their new relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, much to Oliver’s dismay.