Matters came to a head when the team faced Retcon, a new ally of Lodestone's, who killed Hart by transporting him into a timeline where he was not immune to fire. A furious Julia punched Retcon across the globe and grew a meadow on the Ice Shelf before abandoning her team. For the next several months, Yes stalked her psychically in an attempt to bring her home. Julia tried to numb herself with sex, seeing her teammates’ disapproval as a double standard. She tracks down Retcon, but is unable to hurt him, and he transports them both to an alternate timeline where America and Europe never existed. Retcon reveals that had Hart been allowed to live, he would have stolen Julia's power and used it to destroy the world, and that if Julia returns, her teammates will bury her alive.