"Firefrost and the Ebon Seeker"
Firefrost explains to the FF how she and the Ebon Seeker were sent on a mission to find another sentient race, since their race was nearly extinct. They found proof in an ancient satellite floating in the vastness of space, but it was falling into a black hole. The Ebon Seeker desperately tried to save it, resulting in them all falling into the black hole. While there, they learn they are not dead but part of a new universe. The Ebon Seeker turns dark and embraces all that is dark, until it drives him mad. He escaped the black hole and now continues to seek life, which he must destroy it in order to live again. Hearing the story, Reed devises a plan to help Firefrost and the Ebon Seeker. He encases part of Manhattan in a protective bubble and floods it with the Negative Zone energy. This stops the Ebon Seeker's death and replenishes him enough to break his madness. Reunited, Firefrost and the Ebon Seeker head back to the black hole through the Negative Zone, leaving the floating part of Manhattan lost in the Negative Zone with no way to get home again.