The Freedom Fighters--The Ray, Black Condor, Phantom Lady, Red Tornado, and Dollman--attempt to evacuate refugees from Tulsa. However, the Reich's champions: Overgirl, Reverse Flash, and Black Arrow--set out to stop them.
The Freedom Fighters are overwhelmed, but Vibe arrives to get Ray to safety.
On Earth-1, Ray Terrill is a housing worker who has lost his job and hasn't come out to his parents. His life changes when The Ray of Earth-X falls through a breach and lands in Ray's back yard.
Ray and John activate the cortex, and Red Tornado informs them about Earth-X and the New Reichsmen. Meanwhile, the New Reichsmen set out to acquire the cortex and learn the location of the Freedom Fighter's base.
Ray and John test Ray's powers, and Ray gets his first experience crime fighting.
While the New Reichsman capture Vibe and learn that he was scanning Earth-1, Ray is drugged and captured by two mysterious figures.
