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Synopsis for "Crossroads"
At the Arlington National Cemetery, Fred II confronts Stalker and Snake-Eyes, telling them he is Wade Collins, their fellow Long Range Recon Patrol comrade whom they left for dead in Vietnam but survived and since had plastic surgery that has made him into a Fred clone. He takes them at gunpoint to his car and makes Snake-Eyes drive. As they head for New York, he explains that they left him, Dickie Saperstein, and Ramon Escobedo for dead. Wade tells them the story of how the six-man patrol was attacked and how he spent two years in a prison camp.
Outside Springfield, Candy's car breaks down, and she hails a lift from another car driven by Curt, who drinks a "special" coffee. Inside Springfield, Buzzer walks into town and finds it deserted. Suddenly, Firefly appears on a Ferret, together with a new Cobra operative called Scrap-Iron, and tells him to keep quiet. Outside the town, Candy discovers the Soft Master's suitcase is still in the car. Chuck suddenly remembers it was left by his previous passenger, and Candy suggests he goes back to return it.
On the road to New York, Wade tells how he came home when the war ended and immediately on arrival in New York a female hippie spat in his face and called him a baby killer. He found it hard to get a job with many employers refusing to take vets on, and he took to wandering the United States. He came to a small town where he saw a poster for Cobra. They took him in and gave him rank, influence, respect, and power, so he felt he belonged. At the Springfield police station, the Soft Master has found the information he sought. Suddenly, more police officers burst in, and the Soft Master steals a police car.