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Osaka, Japan - 15 minutes ago: Kenuichio Harada, better known as the Silver Samurai, stands in a ceremonial garb in the courtyard of the Fortress Yashida. Before him are four ninjas of the Hand, as well as a representative from the Clan Yashida, who stands before an ornate chest. The representative welcomes Harada back to where he belongs, as it is a great honor. Jumping to conclusions, Harada tells Kuroda that if he brought him back to Japan just to the Hand can kill him…
Kuroda interrupts and bows before Harada, telling him that he knows there is a strained relationship between Harada’s family and the Hand. However, Kenuichio is misreading the reunion. They have brought him gifts. Kuroda then opens the chest to reveal the armor of the Silver Samurai. Kenuichio takes out his helmet as Kuroda explains that Japan needs the Clan Yashida in place with the Silver Samurai leading. That is why agents of the Hand were sent to fetch him. They had no idea that Kenuichio was in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody until he escaped. Harada takes out his sword and asks Kuroda why Yashida wants him. He doesn’t understand. Suddenly, a familiar voice answers that it is because Harada does not know how the new world works.
Viper, sometimes known as Madame Hydra, enters the courtyard with three Hydra agents. As she approaches Kenuichio, she tells him that S.H.I.E.L.D. is falling apart from within. As much as she wants to kill Nick Fury, one must admire the face that he kept S.H.I.E.L.D. together by sheer force of will. Without him, S.H.I.E.L.D. is rotten. That is how the Silver Samurai was pulled off a private plane, detained, and thrown in the Raft without anyone ever knowing.
Viper takes Kenuichio’s face in her hands and tells him that Hydra – her Hydra – is worse off. Their motto is “cut off one of our heads and two more grow in its place.” Lately, it seems that the two heads go off in separate directions. She is sickened of it. Her dreams and ideals are being twisted by amateurs. Hydra is a group without a purpose and cannot adapt for the future. That is why she is so happy to see the Silver Samurai again. Viper then kisses Kenuichio, who is caught off guard.
Kenuichio pushes Viper away, but she tells him not to be that way. Angrily, Harada tells Viper that he has no idea what is going on or what they want from him.
Suddenly, a Hand ninja interrupts and announces that an intruder has been found in the east wing. Kuroda tells the ninja to take care of it and to bring the intruder here. Concerned, Harada tells Kuroda that they must have followed him from the States. Which heroes followed him?
Osaka, Japan – Now: Atop Stark Enterprise’s penthouse, the Avengers – Captain America, Luke Cage, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Spider-Woman, find themselves surrounded by a group of Hand ninjas on their balcony, while a mysterious black and gold clad ninja lies injured at their feet. Spider-Woman asks if anyone who knows Japanese knows what the ninjas are saying. Iron Man tells her that he knows a little and from what he can pick up they are talking about a thousand deaths and their blood running through the streets of Osaka. I knew they were talking about us, quips Spider-Woman.
Spider-Man asks his teammates if anyone else thought being an Avenger sounded a lot cooler in the abstract. Captain America speaks up and tells the ninjas to stand down, as they are trespassing on private property. Spider-Man tells Cap that he was in the middle of a joke. Cage tells Spider-Man that Cap’s line was funnier as the Avengers and Hand ninjas engage in battle. Iron Man immediately grabs Jarvis and flies him away, apologizing to the man, as he didn’t think the fight would come to them. Jarvis tells Tony that it is a part of the job, and then thanks his employer for looking out for him.
As the Avengers battle, Spider-Man announces that he would like to thank their new mystery ninja Avenger for bringing the bad guys to them for a chance to fight. Why, asks Cage. Because we didn’t have to leave the apartment, replies Spider-Man. Cage then realizes that Spider-Man made a good point. After a long flight, adds Spider-Man, it is nice of the ninjas to meet them halfway. Spider-Woman asks Spider-Man if he really doesn’t have a turn off switch for his mouth, but Spider-Man replies that he is only babbling because, when you fight ninjas, they do it all quietly and clearly silences make him uncomfortable. “Clearly,” says Cage as he punches another ninja down.
Iron Man unleashes a blast, but then adds that he really liked this penthouse. Cage thinks that they should take the fight to the roof. Cap offers to ask the Hand for a time out. “Hey!” exclaims Spider-Man, “Cap made a funny.” Iron Man tells his teammates that, if they knew how much this artwork cost, they would be crying. Spider-Man assures Tony that he thinks he is crying. Cap tells Spider-Man that he can be funny. Iron Man then tells everyone to get behind him as he can unleash a concussion blast. Nearby, Cage, who is swamped by ninjas, finds himself precariously close to the edge of the balcony.
The ninjas try to push Cage off, but he instead throws another ninja off, but is pulled off as well and falls off the skyscraper with a whole group of ninjas, much to the horror of the Avengers. The Avengers, however, cannot act to save Cage as they are fighting too many ninjas. Cage falls down from the skyscraper and crashes into a cargo truck. Iron Man volunteers to go get Cage, but a ninja stabs his sword into his shoulder, causing Tony to cry out in pain.
Back at the Fortress Yashida, Kenuichio asks why he was arrested. Viper, however tells him that he was kidnapped. Kuroda adds that he was held against his will. Why, asks Harada again. Kuroda surmises that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to use him and if they couldn’t they would have killed him. Why me, reiterates Harada. Viper replies that they took him feared of a conversation like this taking place. The Silver Samurai’s name alone holds control over the entire Japanese underworld. The only thing stopping him is his willingness. From a base the size of the House of Yashida, from his strong arm over the country, they can build a power base against them. The Hand is the fist, Harada and the Yashida Clan are the arm…
You are the brain, asks Kenuichio. We all are, replies Viper. Confused, Harada asks who they would be powering up to fight. Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., replies Viper. More particularly, they would be fighting the people who really run them. Who is that, asks Harada. Viper pauses, and then tells him that she will reveal the enemy when she knows she can trust Harada again. He isn’t exactly oozing with trustworthiness right now. That is because, replies Harada, he knows the look on her face when she is playing games. Viper retorts that it is the face she has when she knows that she is right. They are here to save him. S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra are both rotting and a new power will rise to replace them.
Suddenly, the Hand agent returns and announces that the intruder fled and they followed. A battle is underway. The intruder came with an assortment of American costumed heroes. The Hand has engaged them. Horrified and pissed, Viper screams at the ninja and asks him who told him to engage the heroes.
Back at Stark Enterprises, Luke Cage stands in an elevator with his shirt in rags. He takes a moment to catch his breath and listens to the elevator music. When the elevator reaches the penthouse, he curls up his fist and, when the doors open, he punches two Hand ninjas, announcing that he is back. Spider-Man asks Cage if he didn’t happen to bring the X-Men with him. He then attacks more ninjas, commenting on how they all smell like a garden of lilacs. When Iron Man asks him if he ever smelled Doctor Doom, Spider-Man exclaims that he has. That man hasn’t washed him cape since the Kree-Skrull War. Annoyed, Cage asks Spider-Man what he is babbling about now. Spider-Man realizes that Cage is right – this fight has been going on too long and he is running out of material. “Then it was worth it,” jokes Luke.
Suddenly, the mysterious ninja leaps back into battle and beats down another ninja. Cap asks Iron Man if he is ok. Iron Man responds that his suit is back on-line and he is ok. If the Avengers can position behind him he can end this with a few concussion blasts. Before any of the Avengers can move, though, one of the ninjas calls out to retreat. Leave no man behind. The ninjas then all jump off the balcony and flee, leaving the Avengers very perplexed.
Cage asks if the ninjas quit. Iron Man tells him that they were told to pull back. They want us to follow, replies Cap. No, says the mysterious ninja. Sure they do, replies Cap. However, the ninja disagrees again, stating that the Hand may have attacked without permission. I hope someone docks their pay, says Spider-Man. Who are you, says Cage to the ninja.
The ninja ignores the question and apologizes for bringing the fight to the Avengers, thinking rather that the Hand lost the trail in the caverns of the city. Cap tells the ninja that he or she was just following orders. The Hand attacked the Avengers. The ninja fought admirably. Who is this, asks Cage again.
Spider-Man suddenly speaks up and asks anyone if they know where Spider-Woman is.
Over Osaka, Spider-Woman flies over to Fortress Yashida and spots Viper alone in the courtyard on her phone. Jessica descends and asks the woman what she is doing there. Surprised, Viper asks Spider-Woman what she is doing here. They had a deal. Jessica begins to speak up, but Viper tells her to shut up. The deal is that Hydra gives Spider-Woman her powers and then they own her. If the Avengers fly anywhere to do anything then Jessica contacts tells her contact and he will tell Viper.
Jessica comes to Osaka, knowing what is at stake, and she tells no one, screams Viper angrily. Calling Spider-Woman a fat pig, Viper tells her that she should kill Jessica on the spot. Spider-Woman defends herself and tells Viper that she had no clue what was going on. She didn’t even know Viper was here. These activities with the Avengers go by so fast.
Viper asks Jessica if she likes her powers. Does she want to go back to her old life? Does she just want to be one of them? Does she really want that? Hydra gave Jessica her powers back, and they can take it away. Now, Jessica should hit her with a venom blast and take her down. When she says so, Jessica should then let her go. Hit you, asks the confused Spider-Woman. What is she talking about? Viper replies that the Avengers are right behind Spider-Woman.
Jessica turns to see the Quinjet landing in the courtyard. Hit me, says Viper one last time. Not hesitating, Spider-Woman unleashes an attack on Viper. Iron Man arrives and compliments Spider-Woman on her nice shooting. He then asks her why she took off like that. Spider-Woman replies that she didn’t want Viper to escape. S.H.I.E.L.D. has been chasing Viper for years. She has had it with her. What did she say, asks Cap. What, questions Spider-Woman. We saw you talking to her, reveals Cap.
As Iron Man picks up the unconscious Viper, Spider-Woman lies and says that Viper said what she always says. She even called her fat. That is when Jessica blasted her. She just stood there and let you, asks the puzzled Cap. Are you kidding me, retorts Jessica. Viper was about to lunge! Cap takes Jessica aside and tells her not to run away again. They work as a team. Spider-Woman apologizes, and admits that this is all new to her. After years as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent one learns to just go off solo.
Iron Man asks Spider-Man to web up Viper’s hands and feet. Confused, Spider-Man asks if they are taking Viper home with them. Iron Man replies that Viper is on the top ten wanted list for Interpol. They might see money for this. I like money, replies Spider-Man. What about the Silver Samurai, asks Spider-Woman.
“Just guessing…” says the concerned Cage, “is that him?”
The Avengers all turn to see Kenuichio Harada, dressed up in his Silver Samurai armor, and sword drawn, ready to attack with a group of Hand ninjas!


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In the courtyard of Fortress Yashida, Kuroda, standing behind the Silver Samurai and a group of Hand ninjas, scoffs at the presence of Captain America and other American heroes in Japan. What on Earth do they think they are doing here? Captain America steps forward and introduces the team as the Avengers and states that they have come to put an end to whatever is going on before it even begins. There will be no Hand power base here. They all will stand down.
The Silver Samurai raises his sword and tells Captain America that he was kidnapped by the United States. Who is Captain America to defend this behavior? In Japanese, Kuroda tells the Samurai to stop talking to the Avengers. Rather, he should defend the walls of the Yashida house. Loudly, the Samurai demands to know why he was put in American custody without a trial. Captain America tells the Samurai that they are in Japan to find that out. However, the people he has associated himself with are terrorists. Harada must drop his weapon. Angry, Kuroda yells at the Samurai and tells him to lead his troops.
Angry, the Silver Samurai spins around with his sword drawn, slicing open several Hand ninjas and Kuroda. Kuroda grabs his throat as he throws up blood, and then falls. Captain America is about to lead the Avengers into battle, but Iron Man stops Cap and instead unleashes a massive concussion blast that knocks down all the Hand ninjas, as well as destroying a few trees.
Astounded, Cage asks Iron Man what he just did, and learns that the golden Avenger unleashed a concussion blast. He then picks up the signals of 49 more enemies, and then begins to do an environmental reading. “I’m pooping in my tights,” says Spider-Man. There, says Iron Man as he blasts another ninja off a roof. Cage complains that he didn’t get to hit anything, and Iron Man apologizes to the Samurai about the trees. The Samurai does not care, but Spider-Man asks Iron Man why he didn’t use this trick back at the penthouse, to which Iron Man explains that all of the Avengers were bouncing around him. Iron Man senses three more ninjas and takes them down. The Silver Samurai then thanks the Avengers for coming as now they can make some sense of this ordeal. Angry, Cage punches the Samurai and tells him that he doesn’t want to hear it.
An angered Captain America holds Cage back, and tells him that this isn’t why they came to Japan. Annoyed, Cage argues that if they hadn’t come to Japan Harada would we wearing Hydra robes right now. Iron Man explains to Luke that the Samurai is one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. that didn’t match. He was declared dead. Cage mutters that Harada is deep in all of this, but Iron Man tells him that the Samurai is not lying. Also, they cannot just arrest him. Things are more complicated then that. Complicated, asks Cage. He just got tossed out of a skyscraper over Harada! The Silver Samurai regains his composure and asks Cage if he did not go to prison once. Luke falls silent. Are you the same man, asks Harada.
Captain America takes charge and tells Harada that they came to find out what happened and what he was going to do. The Samurai responds that his future actions will depend on why the US government kidnapped him. Captain America argues that the US did not kidnap hi. Something is wrong with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers are trying to figure it out fast. It would be a huge help if Harada told them what happened to him.
Harada explains that a month ago he fell asleep on his private plane, only to wake up in the Raft. He didn’t even know he was in New York until the prison riot. He fled only to be instantly picked up by Hand agents, who told him that they were Japanese Secret Service for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He was then brought to his ancestral home so the Hand and Hydra could suck up to him and tell him how this will all lead to a new power struggle. Now, the Avengers are there.
The Silver Samurai says hello to Jessica. Confused, Jessica asks if the Hydra and the Hand are really working together. Harada explains that Madame Hydra said that S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra are both rotten. Is that true?
Spider-Woman tells Harada that they are still putting it together. Iron Man then asks Harada what he is going to do. Silver Samurai explains that his hand was forced. He is going to take his house back and put a spotlight on himself to stay safe. The Avengers should tell their masters that he is going to tell the world about what happened to him. The only thing keeping him from turning his house into something more for the US to fear is his father’s name on the door. If their country comes for him again…
“It’s not our country,” says Captain America, firmly.
Iron Man announces that the authorities are coming. The Silver Samurai tells the Avengers to go. He will take credit for the Hand’s downfall here. However, he will warn them that his announcement will be public and it will be loud. As the Avengers walk to the Quinjet, Spider-Woman tells Harada to do what he wants, but she is taking Viper. No, says Harada, Viper stays with him and pays the price. Angry, Spider-Woman tells Harada that she is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Viper is a wanted terrorist. There is no way she leaves the country without Viper. There’s a history here, says the Silver Samurai flatly. I know, responds Spider-Woman, as she carries the unconscious Viper away.
Sometime later, over the sea, Spider-Man tells his allies that he couldn’t help but think that if the Sentry was there they could have finished that battle in three minutes. Captain America, who sits up front with Iron Man at the controls, explains that Sentry is not ready. Spider-Man, who sits in the back with Viper, Luke Cage and the mysterious ninja, says that he is ready for Sentry to be ready. Me too, replies Cap. Spider-Woman, who sits at a console between the two groups, announces that the Samurai has taken his story to the press. I’m watching, replies Iron Man.
Cap asks Tony if he is blaming America. Yes, answers Iron Man. Cap feels like he is being driven insane, but Iron Man reasons that Harada was technically held against his will on US soil. Cap does understand that they must take it to the press too. Cap asks if Tony means the whole story, Savage Land included. No, replies Iron Man, since they can’t prove that. He wants to make the Avengers public. They should make a show of it like they used to. The Sentry’s Watchtower is a bit glaring already and they can’t hold it back from the press much longer. They can use this to their advantage. Cap stares distantly ahead. Concerned, Tony tells Cap that they have fought this fight for years. Why is this one getting to him so much. Cap does not reply.
In the back, Spider-Man turns to the mysterious ronin next to him and introduces himself as the amazing Spider-Man. Cage looks up from his book at the silent ninja and asks who he or she is. Captain America invited me, replies the ninja to Luke. Yeah, says Cage, but who are you. Meanwhile, Spider-Woman looks over at Viper, who gives her a look back.
The ninja apologizes, as he has no name they would recognize. Spider-Man, recalling how this ninja is apparently a friend of Matt Murdock, asks if they have met before. If he is a friend of Matt and kicks ninja but, then…is he Iron Fist? Offended, Cage looks up at Spider-Man, smiling and tells him that, if it were Iron Fist, doesn’t Spider-Man think he would know? Shang-Chi, asks Spider-Man. Does it sound like Shang-Chi, retorts Cage. Sounds like Shang-Chi when he is ignoring me, replies Spider-Man. Cap turns and tells Spider-Man to leave it alone. Are you Foggy Nelson, continues Spider-Man. Alan Dershowitz?
Cap tells Spider-Man one last time to leave it be. Spider-Man gives up, but admits that he just wanted to know so he could take his mask off and nap. Someone replies that there really isn’t anyone who hasn’t seen him without his mask on. “I hate that joke,” says Spider-Man.
Some time later, Spider-Man, Luke Cage and the mysterious ronin all doze off. Spider-Woman looks around and sees Captain America and Iron Man busy looking a head. She then looks at Viper, who stares back. Spider-Woman becomes upset, but Viper simply stares at the ground and calls Jessica’s attention to the exit hatch. Viper then looks back at the Avenger, who is shocked that Viper wants her to release her now. Spider-Woman looks next to her at the sleeping Jarvis, and then back to the three Avengers sleeping behind her. She then accesses the hatch door emergency override, hesitantly. As Viper stares Jessica down, the terrified Avenger overrides the hatch… just as Captain America gets up to check something.
The hatch on the floor blows open and Captain America is swept off his feet, falling into Iron Man. The other Avengers are awoken by the strong wind and Viper leaps forward as she is sucked out of the hatch. Much to the horror of Spider-Woman, Captain America is sucked out as well. Angry at herself, Spider-Woman flies out of the hatch after Captain America. The ninja unbuckles himself and tells Iron Man to go after Captain America. He can fly. Stressed, Iron Man tells the ninja that this isn’t like a plane. Go, says the ninja in a commanding tone.
Outside, Spider-Woman dives towards Captain America, though Viper is out of sight. Captain America plummets precariously close to the ocean, but at the last second Spider-Woman reaches him and wraps her legs around his waist, using all her strength to keep afloat. Jessica screams in pain and she begins to realize she might not be able to stay afloat. Just then, Iron Man arrives and grabs the both of them.
The three Avengers return to the Quinjet, and Iron Man states that he can’t find any life signs of Madame Hydra. Stuttering as she straps herself back into her seat, Spider-Woman tells the team that she doesn’t know what happened. The override for the door occurred before she could even react. Captain America checks up on Jarvis and tells him that they will get him home.
In his seat, Spider-Man asks if Viper is dead. Cap says no, but Cage questions this logic as there is no way she could survive the fall all webbed up. As the ninja returns to his seat, Cage asks if Viper had a device to override the hatch. Didn’t anyone frisk her, asks Spider-Man. Yes, says the stoic Iron Man. In her seat, Spider-Woman turns around as the ninja, who shoots her a dirty look, sits. Captain America sits in his seat angry.
Back at Avengers Tower, the Avengers land on the roof and disembark. The ninja apologizes for the mission going badly, but Cap tells him that he did nothing wrong. The ninja then announces that he is going to return to Japan to make sure Harada doesn’t buckle under the pressure, as he has in the past. He hears Elektra Nachios runs the Hand now. She will come looking for her men – or revenge. His sensei used to tell him that the war between the Hand and the Yashida family was centuries old and would not end in their lifetime. However, the ninja does not believe that. It must end one day. Plus, he made Cap and Matt Murdock a promise.
As Spider-Man hugs Mary Jane, Cap tells the ninja that a deceased from of theirs told them once that the Avengers had trouble following through on things. They always jumped from one drama to the other. Cap has thought about what his friend said and he is correct. Iron Man steps up and says that, if the ninja is willing to do all of this, then he will fund it. If he needs a team he can call them, even if he needs another team put together. The ninja is silent until Captain America asks him if he needs financing. The ninja declines the offer, stating that he has plenty of money.
Iron Man asks the ninja how he knew how to fly a Quinjet that was recently designed and not shown to the world. Once again, the ninja does not answer until Captain America repeats the question. The ninja answers that he saw Iron Man fly is. If he sees someone do something, then he can do it. As the ninja bows to Cap, the man tells the black clad warrior that he wasn’t aware of how intense his feelings about Japan were. Is he willing to go the mile with the Avengers on this?
Who is this, asks Iron Man. Captain America tells the ninja that the Avengers wish to know who he is.
The Avengers all stare as their new teammate takes off her helmet and reveals her face. “My name is Maya Lopez,” says the woman with a distinguishing mark on her face, “They also call me Echo.”
The Avengers look at Echo with astonishment.
Later that morning, Jessica sits in her street clothes in Avengers Tower, eating cereal and thinking. Captain America then enters the room and sits next to her, pouring himself a glass of milk. Rough night, says Cap. Jessica agrees.
“So…” says Cap, without even looking at Jessica, “…who are you working for?”
Jessica looks at Captain America in disbelief.


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At the Daily Bugle, reporter Kat Farrell receives a phone call from her mother. While her fellow employees do their usual rush around routine, and J. Jonah Jameson flips out at yet another employee, Kat tells her mom that she doesn’t know what she is talking about and she should slow down. As television monitors all around the office show reports of Sentinels landing at the Xavier Institute, Kat tells her mother to stop as she is at work right now. Yes, she called Kat while at work. Stressed, Kat tells her mom that unless she has a news-breaking story to report, Kat has to go. She has to go because she has no story. Again.
Kat puts down her purse as her mother tells her to look out the window? Which window? Her mother’s window? What? Kat tells herself that her mother is insane as the lady urges her daughter to look out the window right now. What does she mean by “a building lit up.” It’s probably fireworks, argues Kat. Kat walks over to the window and tells her that she is looking out right now. Buildings don’t just light up… up…
Kat lowers the phone as she stares up with a smile at Stark Tower, which now has a giant black tower, with a glowing orb, on its roof. As the other employees of the Daily Bugle rush to the window, a jet streaks towards Stark Tower.
Sometime later, in the tower, Cap stands with Jessica at the kitchen and tells her that he asked her a question. Jessica looks down at her cereal bowl and avoids his question, but he repeats it: “Who is she working for?” Scared, Jessica asks Captain America if there is any way that she can just ask him to trust her. After what happened last night, questions Cap. Jessica looks away, ashamed. Cap asks Jessica what Madame Hydra has over her. Remorseful, Jessica reveals that Viper is only part of it. Angered, Cap demands to know who is a part of this mess.
Jessica rubs her head and tells Cap that this conversation isn’t fair to him. Her genetics is causing her to pelt him with pheromones and she cannot help it. She is nervous and pelting pheromones at him to make him attracted to her. Steve folds his arms and stoically tells her that he will try to control himself. He then asks Jessica how long this has been going on. A while, replies Jessica. Cap demands that she tells him everything. Jessica stops to think for a moment, but that angers Cap, who thinks that she is sitting there trying to think of a lie. Jessica, however, insists that she isn’t. She is just trying to imagine a scenario in which she tells him what happened and she doesn’t end up dead afterwards.
Cap sits and tells her that he isn’t going to hurt her. Jessica tells him that she knows that, but he should know that he has already done enough. Confused, Cap asks her what he could have done. You made me an Avenger, says Jessica bluntly. Cap looks at her intrigued.
Jessica tells Cap that once upon a time she used to be a superhero. Captain America already knows her history. She has that special something that made her a good super hero. She had a messed up childhood. It was her awful father that poked around with her genetics and gave her powers in the first place. What did she do with her powers? She became a Hydra agent by the time she was 17. Luckily Nick Fury saw behind the craziness and recognized that she was just a crazy girl. Thanks to him she became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and then led a normal life… or as normal as one can be with super powers and Morgan Le Fey up your nose. As crazy as it was, though, she wouldn’t have changed a second of it – except for the part where her powers fizzled out.
Her powers would work intermittently. Eventually she was de-powered and became a typical human. She did what a normal person would do all day everyday. She would sit there and think of all the missed opportunities she had because she no longer had powers. She should have been an Avenger in the past, but she supposes now that it isn’t the point. She had a big “L” tattooed on her head, for loser. It was because of this tattoo that Hydra, or rather one agent of Hydra, came for her one day. He attacked her in her house to prove a point.
While she was on the floor, the blond-haired man named Connely held her Spider-Woman uniform and told her that he is a fan of the old Spider-Woman. He thinks that she deserves a second chance. She deserves powers and this costume and anything else. More over, though, she needs a purpose. He is willing to give her all of that. He can get her powers back. He tosses the costume on Jessica, who doesn’t understand any of this and asks him what he wants.
Jessica tells Cap that Hydra offered to give her powers back as long as she got her S.H.I.E.L.D. status reinstated. Double agent, says Cap.
Connely smiled and told Jessica that she is Hydra. It is in her blood. Instead of living this meaningless life now she could cause world changes. She could be a shadow warrior for the corporate system that has kidnapped society. She could put her costume back on and be in the middle of the changes that shape the world.
Jessica tells Cap that there was one thing, though – and he knows it is true. An offer by Hydra like this isn’t something one can pass. You either say yes, or you die. That is what Connely was offering. She was a weak little person and they saw that. They pounced on her. She had no choice but to call Fury.
Sometime later she met with Fury on a bridge privately. He told her to do it. She was shocked, but he told her to get her powers back. He will put her to work and will tell her what to feed to Hydra and she will tell him what they tell her. Jessica is disgusted with the idea, but Fury thinks it is a good idea. Jessica, however, doesn’t think good is something that could end up killing her. Fury reasons that Hydra will kill her either way. They cannot stop that. She might as well as do something good in the meantime. Jessica looks over her shoulder and tells Fury that they are watching. Fury is pleased, as it proves that she did come to him. However, Hydra cannot hear them as he has a gadget that is blocking anyone from eavesdropping. Jessica wants to scream, so Fury tells her to, as Hydra cannot hear her.
Fury then explains how the process will work. He will feed her enough info to keep her safe and for Hydra not to be suspicious. When the time is right, S.H.I.E.L.D. will squash the cell in one swoop. Afterwards, he will get her back as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., where she belongs. Disappointed, Jessica admits that she thought Fury was gong to help her get plastic surgery and a ticket to Alaska.
Fury tells Jessica to smile as Hydra is watching. He then reminds her of the time he saved her from Hydra and she promised to repay him. Jessica jokes that it is good that Fury isn’t holding that over her head. Fury tells her that no one will know about this except them too. That is how it has to be done, so there won’t be any leaks. At least she will get her powers back. Did Hydra happen to explain how they will do that?
Sometime later, Jessica underwent the process of getting her powers back, which left her butt naked on a surgery table surrounded by tons of Hydra doctors. The lead doctor told Jessica that over time the genetic tampering done by her father worked themselves out. Her body healed itself. It took a few months but they were able to isolate and rejuvenate a sample of her genetic tissue and close it. It will take time, but she will get her powers back. He must tell her, though, that her father’s work was decades ahead of its time. She is an inspired scientific achievement. She should be proud. Hail Hydra.
As the gas worked itself on Jessica, she began to cry.
Jessica tells Cap that she wanted her powers back badly. That is where she got screwed in her head. She wanted her powers back. She needed her powers back. She was not doing this for peace and freedom, or for any right reason. She was and is selfish. Cap asks her how long the procedure took. Seventeen months, says Jessica. Give or take a few months. However, when it was over, she got her powers back and then some. Every part of her was better than it was before. She can actually fly now – not glide – but fly! The only problem was that now every single second of her life was defined on her ability to lie and double-cross.
She would tell Nick intelligence, such as when Hydra had a splinter group setting up a camp in Iraq to help Saddam Abed Dasam. Fury knew that, but didn’t know that Dasam had the Scorpio Key. Likewise, she would meet with Connely and tells him that S.H.I.E.L.D. had a caterpillar file called God’s Eye, which is a defense initiative.
Just when Jessica had stopped crying herself to sleep every night – just when she got used to the idea of not knowing which side of her mouth she was talking out of and trying to keep track of all her lies every minute of the day – Cap and the others had their damn Secret War.
In the fallout of the Secret War, Fury contacted Jessica late at night as he was leaving a hospital. She awoke to find out that he was going to go off grid, maybe for good. He made a serious tactical error a year ago in Latveria and it has come to bite him in the butt. She is going to hear a lot about him the next few days and most of it is true. He apologizes to her and tells her that they are at the end of the line. Jessica, worried, asked Fury what he did. He told her that she would hear about it soon enough. He made enemies out of everyone. He will go underground. Jessica then asked what she would do. Fury tells her that S.H.I.E.L.D. will probably ask her to find him and kill him. It is up to her. He knows this is bad for her. She should know that he would never have done this to her on purpose. He then hangs up on her, leaving Jessica to scream his name over the phone.
Jessica tells Cap that no one else at S.H.I.E.L.D. knew of her dealings with Hydra. That made her a traitor and a double agent. Could she trust her new bosses in S.H.I.E.L.D. After the Savage Land debacle, obviously not. The good news was that, being a Fury loyalist, she was pulled out of the field. She received crap assignments like escorting Matt Murdock through the Raft prison. That is what she was doing there that “fateful” day the new Avengers were born. This was a good thing, because she had no intelligence to give to Hydra – until they decided to kill her or ask her to do something really heinous. Cap realizes that this is when he made her an Avenger. Exactly, replies Jessica.
Cap then goes on and states that he went to her bosses first. Exactly, stresses Jessica. Cap continues and states that Jessica had to take the offer because Hydra found out about the offer before she did. Jessica states that she could not have turned it down. To Hydra, there would have been no conceivable reason for her not to be an Avenger. Cap turned her into the juiciest double agent ever. She still doesn’t even know who “they” are. Cap asks Jessica what she means. Jessica replies that Hydra isn’t behind this. She thinks something is over them. Someone is behind them. Lately, she thinks that same entity is behind S.H.I.E.L.D. Before she can figure out how to play this game or find out who she can trust, they run off to the Savage Land and they find out how corrupt S.H.I.E.L.D. is and then they are in Japan with Madame Hydra.
Jessica begins to cry as she thinks of how she had Madame Hydra and she let her go. That was something she could not, nor should not have done. That was something she would never have done. Not to mention that she almost killed him. She would have killed herself if he died.
Cap gets up and asks Jessica her where Fury is. Jessica crosses her arms and tells him that she doesn’t know. Cap then looks behind her and asks his teammates if they believe her. A surprised Jessica looks behind to see Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man and the Sentry. Wolverine tells Cap that she doesn’t smell like she is lying, but she is an agent. She is trained to hold together in a situation like this. Tony checks his armor and admits that Jessica’s heart and brain wave patterns are normal. Spider-Man tells the group that he believes her and Cage informs Jessica that if Fury screwed her over then she should join the club. They have shirts, says Spider-Man. Sentry looks down and says that he will go with the group, as it is not his place to say.
Wolverine walks up to Jessica and recalls how he has known her for a long time. He fought alongside her. They have a history. He thinks that she is telling the truth. Jessica thanks her friend. Wolverine then tells her to tell the rest of the story. What rest, asks Jessica. Logan tells Jessica that she knows where Fury is. She is still working for him from underground. Jessica denies this, but Wolverine tells her that there is no way she would listen to Viper’s crap unless something huge was to happen. Cap tells Jessica that she is an Avenger now. She cannot have anymore secrets. She could have avoided last night had she been truthful from the beginning. They can figure this out.
Suddenly, Jessica’s phone rings, but she does not answer. Cap makes her answer. Jessica answers and speaks to someone, stating that he didn’t want anyone to know. She then puts the phone on the table and tells Cap that it is for him.
A hologram of Fury’s head appears and greets the Avengers. He tells the group not to be hard on Jessica, as she is in an impossible situation. He knows that they all think he is the worst person ever, but they should not take it out on her. There is a lot of work to do and he has a serious handicap. With the Avengers cooking again, he has a base to fight back from. Cage curses Fury out, but Cap intervenes and asks if Fury was listening the whole time. Jessica admits that Fury was, and then apologizes.
Cap asks Fury where he is, but Fury tells him that the Avengers have a bigger fish to fry. They should turn on the television. Iron Man checks his armor, as Fury tells the group to smile.
Soon, thee Avengers watch multiple live feeds of reporters outside Stark Tower reporting on the Sentry’s Watchtower on the roof. Some reporters think that it is an invasion by Galactus. Others believe that it is the work of mutant terrorists. Some think Tony Stark is lying about not being Iron Man. One reporter claims that there are rumors of an Avengers Quinjet on the roof, while another confirms that model/actress Mary Jane Watson has been seen entering and leaving the building.
Iron Man states that they should have taken care of this before Japan. He tells Jarvis to all Martha in his New York office. She needs to slap together a press conference for four o’clock so this news hits the six o’clock news. He tells his teammates that it is time the world met the new Avengers.
“Yeah,” says Cage, “This’ll go well.”
“Can’t we just go back to being beat up by ninjas?” asks Spider-Man.


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Carol Danvers recalls the most recent moments of her life on her blog.
Sometimes she goes by the name of Ms. Marvel. Other times she is Warbird, though she knows many people think that this name sucks. When she had cosmic adventures she called herself Binary. Carol welcomes visitors to her blog. While today is not the most auspicious day for a blog, she promised herself she would start one today, so she has.
Earlier in the day a friend of a friend called in a favor and asked her to chaperone a super-villain prison transfer. She flew all the way to the Rocky Mountains just to be blasted around by Ulysses Klaw as he attempted a jailbreak. Though she usually doesn’t have the time, Carol was able to read up on her opponent ahead of time. Usually, though, some villain hits a hero on the head and afterwards, if the hero is curious enough, they will go on-line to find out why. Klaw was a scientist who turned himself into living energy that relied on sound waves to exist. With this miracle he decided to be a monster. Towards the end of the transfer, when Klaw figured out a way out of his containment cell, Carol was more than happy to beat on him.
However, Klaw is one of the tough ones and he hit Carol with a sound converter he created in place of his right hand. Carol read on-line that he could hit with a maximum force equivalent to 3,000 pounds of TNT, which Carol now knows she can take, despite being a bad way to find out. Among her numerous abilities, which of course will be on her FAQ page, she can absorb forms of energy. She doesn’t know exactly all the kinds she can absorb considering that there are millions in the universe. It was a nice surprise when she found out she can absorb Klaw’s sound energy. Too bad it wasn’t a nice surprise for him.
Once the fight turned, it turned all the way. Without any more control over his sound energies, Klaw was losing control of himself. Without control of his body, he was sucked into his own energy transfer invention. The ending was loud, but at least it was an ending. Too bad her ears are still ringing.
After the fight, a guard helps Carol up, and she asks the men if they have Klaw now. The guard thanks Carol for helping them out, as he doesn’t know what they would have done without her. He then realizes that she must fly to New York now, right? For what, asks the confused Ms. Marvel. The guard then realizes his error and embarrassingly apologizes. Carol turns to the man and asks him what is going on in New York. The guard admits that he thought Carol was still an Avenger. Interested, Carol wants to know what is happening with the team. The guard informs Carol that the Avengers are announcing their new line-up this afternoon. He apologizes again, as he thought Carol was on the line-up. No, says Carol. She quit the Avengers. The guard then asks Carol if she at least knows who is on the new team. The suspense is killing him!
After taking care of Klaw, Carol flies straight to New York City and to Stark Tower. She is not one of the New Avengers. She was a member of the old, or classic, Avengers. She was there for the best and worst days of this team. So much of her adult life is intertwined with the team that she thought it was weird that such an important day for the team was occurring and she wasn’t there. She just flew to New York from Colorado. She had meant to visit the team anyways, for she had a lot on her mind.
She thought that the team would stay low, which is what Luke Cage told her. However, anyone who can see what the tower turned into knew something was up. The team had to go public. Carol is unsure how the team got that giant black structure on the Tower, but it is stunning. It takes her breath away. Ms. Marvel lands on Avengers Tower, which is much more than Avengers Mansion. This is a more fitting symbol. Jarvis greets her via camera and tells her to come down to the 34th floor.
Carol goes down and doesn’t lie to herself. It is weird seeing this new group and imagining them as Avengers, but she is sure some thought that of her in the past. Captain America and the others are glad to see Carol, and Iron Man asks if anything is wrong. Carol hugs her friends and tells them that she was just in the neighborhood. Were they in the middle of something, she can always come back later. Jessica Drew tells Carol to stay, as she has to get ready for their big debut. She then skulks off.
Jarvis presents a tray of blueberry muffins to Carol, who thinks Jarvis is a psychic genius to have made her favorite snack on this of all days. Jessica asks Tony if they must wear their costumes for this thing today. Her costume smells like dead ninja. Spider-Man quips that his smells like symbiote. That’s what that is, says Jessica. Carol approaches Cap, who is still in his civilian clothing, and asks him if they can talk. Steve agrees and asks Tony how long they have. Tony tells him that they have an hour, but he wants time to go over some stuff with the team.
Ms. Marvel and Captain America exit to the next room, where Cap immediately tells Carol that if this is about rejoining the team then the answer is yes. Once an Avenger, always an Avenger. Carol takes off her mask, flattered, but that isn’t what she came there for.
Carol then apologizes to the readers of her blog, as they will hate her for this. She has to be a bit vague concerning the events she is going to confess to Captain America. She agreed that if it concerns herself she will be an open book, but some of the things she finds herself involved in aren’t her stories to tell. This is one of them. There are events that are so big that she cannot discuss freely in this blog. Something recent changed her life profoundly. She had to share this with Captain America, as she knew he above all would understand.
Carol thanks Cap for his invitation back to the Avengers, but does he really think that she is that much of a glory hound that the second before the new team was going to go public she would run back to the stage and ask to join. “Well…” replies Cap, jokingly. Carol playfully punches him in the arm, and then confesses that she wants to talk to him about the House of M incident. Cap asks her if she is OK. Are her powers fine? Carol admits that she is fine. In fact, she is more than fine. Thanks to the House of M incident she finally had the chance to live the life of a real hero. You are a real hero, points out Cap.
Carol tells Cap to listen, as she knows he won’t acknowledge this since his brain doesn’t work this way, but in their circles there are levels of heroes. There are great heroes like Captain America… and then there is everybody else. For a while, she has been wallowing in the “everybody else” category. However, in the House of M, she lived the life of a real hero, who inspired people. She loved that feeling. Now she realizes that she loves being that person and there is no reason in the world why she shouldn’t try and become that person. She is embarrassed to admit that she is not near the person she could be. She wasted time being half herself. Does this make sense? Cap smiles and tells her that he doesn’t agree, but he understands what she is saying.
Ms. Marvel leans back and explains that she was filled with purpose. She feels reinvented. With the House of M fallout being horrible for everyone, though, she couldn’t just waltz around and announce that despite human/mutant relations dying out, she feels great. She just wanted to let Cap to know she will go out there and re-earn her wings as a superhero. She will earn her name. Perhaps when she feels she has done so, she will return to the Avengers, if that is OK with him.
Cap tells Carol that he will never argue with someone who wants more from themselves, but in his opinion she is a great hero, and once an Avenger, always an Avenger. Carol’s eyes tear up a little as she says OK. The two old friends hug, as Carol tells him that if the team needs her for anything...Cap interrupts her and tells her that she doesn’t have to finish the sentence. The two then walk back to the main room, as Carol asks if she can stay for the unveiling. This was always her favorite part of being an Avenger. It is like being back-stage at a great show. While she dons her mask again, Cap tells her that they will see what kind of show this is.
Wolverine, who has a gallon of juice in his hand, yells at Tony and tells him that he will not go on a stage and play dancing monkey. While he chugs the juice, much to Jarvis’ disgust, Tony tells Logan that he can do what he wants, but with mutant-human relations a disaster now, perhaps a public show of solidarity wouldn’t be the worst thing he has ever done. Wolverine wipes his mouth and tells Tony that it might be. Here is a news flash: he has killed. He has murdered people in their sleep. Those people deserved to die of course, but no one who has done what he has done to stay alive should be getting on a stage waving to people. Before Logan begins to chug again, he reminds Tony of their deal. This isn’t apart of it. Tony walks away from Wolverine, telling him that he is not wrong. It is his choice. Tony then approaches Luke, asking him if he is getting ready. Yeah, says Cage as he stares off.
Sometime later, the costumed team goes over the forthcoming events with Iron Man. Tony explains that this is both the toughest and best part of being an Avenger. They are all about to become rock stars, movie stars, and reality show stars wrapped up in one. They will be icons now. Perched against a wall holding himself, Peter tells the team that this is when he becomes a huge liability to the team. He doesn’t get good press at all. Cap reasons that they have all received their fair share of bad press, but Peter argues that they haven’t received press like him. They have all read the Daily Bugle. He is called a menace and a murderer since he was a junior in high school. Green Day even made a song out of it. “It’s not a bad song,” chimes in Spider-Woman.
Tony tells Peter that this isn’t where he becomes a liability to the team. This is where the team becomes – what’s the opposite of liability. A good thing, suggests Cage. A good thing, says Iron Man. They will see how the machine works for Spider-Man. How so, asks the worried Parker. Tony puts his helmet on and tells Peter to put on his mask and then hide his wife and aunt. He will be here in 27 minutes. He who, Peter questions.
27 minutes later: Jarvis welcomes in Joseph Roberts, Kat Farrell and J. Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle to Avengers Tower and takes them to the Avengers meeting room, where Captain America graciously accepts Jonah into their home and thanks him for accepting the invitation to come. Jonah stands there with a dirty look. “Oy,” says Spider-Man.
Cap asks Jonah if they can get him anything, but the fickle chief of the Daily Bugle tells Cap to just get to the point of this. Cap smiles and introduces Jonah to the New Avengers. They will announce the line-up in just an hour. This is the team, more or less. Him, questions Jameson as he points at Spider-Man, still sitting on the wall.
Yes, says Captain America. They know Spider-Man and Jameson have history. Cap knows Jonah has an opinion on Spider-Man, but Cap wants to vouch for Spider-Man, as he is an all-American hero. He has seen Spider-Man in action with his own eyes and knows that Spidey has been through more than all of them put together. Iron Man than states that even when the press turns against him, Spider-Man still protects the city.
Offended, Jameson tells Iron Man that he reports the news. Iron Man pulls up files of Bugle headlines against Spider-Man and displays them on a screen. Iron Man reminds Jameson that he also editorializes. That is his right, though, as it is his paper and his point of view. However, what if the Avengers gave him stories better suited for a paper with the power of the Daily Bugle. Wouldn’t that fill up the paper better than stories against Spider-Man? Jameson sits down and asks Iron Man what they are talking about.
Iron Man is blunt. Jameson will get exclusive coverage and access to the team. If I lay off of him, says Jameson. Robbie tells Jameson to accept the offer or he will quit. Spider-Man stares at Jameson. Jameson gets up, walks over to the wall Spider-Man is perched on and stares at his enemy. He then extends his hand, surprising Spider-Man. The two old rivals shake hands, much to the surprise, worry, and relief of the crowd gathered.
Sometime later, Iron Man meets with an assistant and tells the others that all they have to do is smile and be themselves. If they don’t want to answer question they should just smile warmly and say that they do not want to answer. If any of them feel overwhelmed they should just gently leave and the others will cover for them.
As Spider-Woman dons her mask, Captain America asks her if she is okay. Jessica admits that she doesn’t think she should be on stage with them, considering she almost killed Cap this morning. Almost, jokes Cap. He is fine. Cap, seriously now, tells Jessica that she has to go on stage. People are watching, such as Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. She will jeopardize her cover if she doesn’t go out. Jessica tells Cap that she hates all of this. Steve then reminds her that he has been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a good while. He is sure between the two of them that they can get her out of this. He then walks away, leaving Spider-Woman stunned and in awe of her great leader.
Carol writes in her blog that she always gets the same question: What is Captain America really like? Carol tells her readers that he is what one would think he is like. He is amazing.
As Captain America goes outside and stand upon the stage to a large crowd, Carol thinks to herself that in this age where having an ideal can put a target one ones head, Captain America is able to go on stage wearing the U.S. flag, and the crowd goes berserk. She was watching from the 34th story on television with Wolverine, Jarvis, Mary Jane, Aunt May, and Jessica Jones and she could hear the crowd from outside. No one handles it with more humility than Captain America.
Captain America greets the crowd, and admits that while he is not one for speeches, he did want to tell the crowd briefly about what the Avengers mean to him. As they know, the Avengers are the ones who found him. They were the first faces he saw in this brave new world and they have been his family ever since. Just like any huge family they have their ups and downs, tragedies and triumphs. New people come into their lives as old members leave to find their own lives.
The Avengers called it quits a few months ago, but that was premature. They needed to rediscover themselves, as it is not easy to be attacked at home and watch teammates fall. However, a couple of weeks ago the city was in danger and heroes gathered to fight. It was a gathering like the one that brought the original Avengers together. That is when they decided to honor their fallen brothers the best way possible, and that was to reform the Avengers.
Captain America then proudly introduces the Avengers, as Luke Cage, Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Sentry walk on stage.
Carol writes that the day was as great as it sounded. She is glad she stayed. Too bad she didn’t leave before it became ugly.
Sometime later, Iron Man takes off his helmet and in anger yells ‘no.’ The Avengers read the Daily Bugle and what Jameson wrote in there. Cage reads out loud about how the Avengers include a wanted murderer, an alleged ex-member of a terrorist network, and a convicted heroin dealer. These are just a few recruits ruining the good name of the Avengers. Mary Jane looks at the paper and asks who is a terrorist. Me, says Jessica nonchalantly. Sentry wonders who was convicted of heroin dealing. Cage angrily states that he was falsely accused. The case was overturned! Jessica Jones is angry, as she works for the Daily Bugle. Now she has to quit!
Iron Man is in disbelief that Jameson walked into Tony’s home, looked him in the eye, and agreed to a deal. Now he has gone and done this. Peter, however, tells Iron Man that he can believe it. Cage then reads more, as Jameson writes that the Avengers had the audacity to invite him into their home to try and get him to spin the news for them in return that he lays off the wall-crawling murdering menace. This shows how low the team has fallen.
Jessica Drew gets her jacket and says that she is going out. Wolverine crunches a beer can and tells her that he will come with her. Jessica declines, as she has had a day. She needs time alone. She will drink him under the table some other day.
That evening at McSwiggin’s Pub, Jessica sits alone at the bar, until a man enters and tells her that she is a rock star now. Not even looking, Jessica tells Connely to be quiet. There is no one there, says the Hydra agent. She knows, replies Spider-Woman. She just doesn’t want to hear his condescending banter. Connelly gets a drink and asks Jessica if the Avengers figured out her connections to Hydra. Of course they did, says Jessica. Captain America was right in her face! What is wrong with Viper? Well, she is a tad insane, says Connelly.
She is alive, Jessica questions. Yes, says Connelly. She flew her anti-gravity boots right back to Osaka. The Avengers will be ready for her, says Jessica. Connelly asks her if she told them everything and they forgave her. Almost everything clearly, replies Jessica. Nick Fury, questions Connelly. He’s back in the game, reveals Jessica. He is going to work with the Avengers to take Hydra down.
Jessica then looks down, ashamed and feeling trapped.
“Wow, says Connelly, “That is good news. And you earned your life for yet another day.”


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It comes from space - falling fast and burning bright. It hurtles towards the top of the globe - and lands. Hard. The people of a sleepy town in Alaska didn’t know what hit them. Everything in the surrounding area is burnt to a crisp. Destroyed. Suddenly, there is life. From the wreckage - the “thing” that landed emerges - a humanoid male glowing - and so it seems, very angry.
Meanwhile, aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Director Hill is in her office when Tony Stark appears on the view screen before her. Stark asks if they can make this quick, because he has been up for two days straight. ‘Yeah, I just caught your little press conference’ Hill mutters, before remarking that the Avengers going public was quick, and sarcastically thanks him for the heads-up. Tony replies that he wasn’t aware she cares on way or another.
Hill declares that she does care that a large group of super-powered vigilantes publicly announced their intentions to police the planet. Hill points out that she runs a world peace-keeping task force of which two of the Avengers are members, so therefore she cares an awful lot what they are up to. ‘Oh, then…thanks for the call,’ Tony replies, ready to hang up on the brash woman.
‘The House of M,’ Hill states. ‘I’m sorry?’ Tony replies innocently. Ms. Hill holds up a satellite image of two jets and reminds Tony that he invented half the technology in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s surveillance satellites, even putting cameras on the moon pointed at Earth, so she doubts she has to explain how she knows that one week ago the X-Men’s Blackbird and the Avengers’ Quinjet flew to Genosha for some reason. ‘And then all of a sudden, millions of mutants weren’t mutants anymore’.
S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Director remarks that all of a sudden, the mutant gene doesn’t exist in millions of people where it once had, adding that all she has is a babbling idiot named Eileen Harsaw muttering the words “House of M” over and over again in her padded cell. While Hill uses a emotion and lie detector on Stark, which comes up “blocked”, Tony tells her that he cannot help, and claims the Genosha trip was for sightseeing. ‘Really?’ Hill replies, to which Tony remarks that Spider-Man said he had never been there.
Ms. Hill tells Tony that she doesn’t need him to like her, nor does she need him to respect her, but she would have hoped that he would be man enough - hero enough, to not put his arrogance before the safety of millions of people look for answers as to what has happened to them. ‘Well, it’s good you don’t need me to like you or respect you,’ Tony replies. Hill tells him that they didn’t need to be enemies, to which Tony remarks that they are not, for he rarely ever thinks about her one way or another. With that, he bids Hill good-bye. ‘Son of a -’ begins Ms. Hill, when suddenly, the Red Alert sounds and all high staff are ordered to the situation room.
‘What the Hell is going on?’ demands the Director as she enters the situation room, which is currently displaying maps of Alaska all over the screens. An attractive young blonde woman with great hair goes over to Hill and addressing her as “Ma’am” explains that Alaska has been hit. Walking with Hill over to a monitor, the blonde woman reveals that it was a direct hit. Hill asks if it was a pipeline, to which the blonde woman replies it wasn’t, and informs her that the entire North Pole is gone, adding that the images are only two seconds old.
‘North Pole?’ Hill asks. The blonde woman is about to explain exactly where it is, when a thin man jokes ‘Maybe Santa Claus got on someone’s naughty list?’ Hill frowns and tells the man to get off her ship. ‘I’m not even joking a little,’ she declares, before asking what hit them - terrorists? A fat man sitting at the console reply that the initial energy readings and hit trajectory indicate that it was an energy source and that it came from space. ‘Space?’ asks Hill. The fat man informs her that it was directed right at the North Pole, though they are having trouble determining what kind of energy readings.
Hill asks if it is an alien attack, to which the fat man replies ‘I don’t know, sir - ma’am, the readings are inconclusive’. Hill asks what that means, to which the fat man replies that whatever hit them is something they have never had on this planet before. He explains that there is no library of data for the computers to analyze it from, so they don’t even know where to start. ‘So it was an alien attack?’ Hill asks. The fat man explains to her that at this point they have hundreds of alien energy signatures catalogued from past interactions since the 1930’s, and whatever this was - it has not been here before.
‘Wake the President!’ Hill exclaims, to which the fat man points out that it is four in the afternoon. ‘You know what I mean!’ Hill snaps back, before asking who the closest agents are to the scene and if they have a commando unit stationed in Alaska. A young man standing nearby informs Hill that there is on in Anchorage and they are en route now. ‘Get them online!’ Hill demands.
Almost immediately, an officer appears on the view screen before the S.H.I.E.L.D. staff, introducing himself as Sergeant Davis, a class five agent. Hill introduces herself and informs Davis that he is on a secure line, before asking him to state his location. Davis replies that they are following the energy trail but that it is heading towards the Canadian border. Hill asks him how many men are with him, to which he replies that there are six.
Hill asks Davis what kind of gear they have with them, as this could be a handle. Davis replies that they are fitted with Hulk Buster armor and they have the Nexus Nullifier on standby, before announcing that they have a visual. ‘There you go. Can you guys see that?’ ‘Yes…but…’ exclaims Hill as she and the others all stare in awe at what is on the view screen - the humanoid that landed in Alaska, streaking along with energy bursting behind him.
‘Is that a man?’ Hill asks, to which Davis replies that it looks human, before announcing that they are trying to do an environmental reading, but the sensors are all screwy. He adds that the being is letting off some sort of energy pattern and you can feel it from miles away, and that he is moving fast. Davis informs Hill and the others that his sensors sat the being is moving at about two hundred miles an hour, but it is hard to see with all the steam, though it seems like he is half-running, half-flying.
Davis announces that the being has just crossed the Canadian borders, and is about to point out that it makes this an international incident, when suddenly, the being stops. ‘He’s looking at us? We’re 22 miles behind him!’ Davis exclaims. Hill quickly orders him to turn around and get his men out of there, when suddenly, the image is gone, and only a shrill SCREEEEEEEE can be heard. ‘Oh my God!’ exclaims Hill. The blonde woman announces that it was the strike team, not them, before asking if they can get them back on line.
Hill orders the fat man to switch to satellite, so he does, and the image appearing before them is just of a destroyed and burning strike team of commandos. ‘Oh no…’ Hill mutters. Hill turns to the pretty blonde woman and declares that she needs to talk to the President and the Prime Minister of Canada, adding that they need to get a full battalion - the blonde woman interrupts the unsure Hill, suggesting to her that she should send in the experts on this.
‘I, yeah, okay…we have scientists to…’ Hill begins, until the blonde woman cuts her off, ‘No, ma’am, the super heroes. Call in the Avengers to -’ ‘No! No!’ Hill exclaims, turning to the fat man she tells him to get Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four online, before wondering if there is anyone closer. ‘Canada…Canada…’ the fat man then remarks, ‘Well, ma’am, there’s always…Alpha Flight’.
Soon, Alpha Flight can be seen on S.H.I.E.L.D’s view screen. ‘You guys ready?’ Walter Langkowski in his Sasquatch form asks his teammates. ‘Yeah, right,’ mutters Dr. Michael “Shaman” Twoyoungmen. Heather McNeil Hudson a.k.a. Vindicator points out that it is moving awful fast, to which Eugene Judd, better known as Puck declares that he will do the talking. James “Guardian” MacDonald Hudson stands ready at the front of the group, while Louis Sadler a.k.a. Major Mapleleaf and Zuzha Yu - another Puck - round off the team.
As the being speeds towards Canada’s premiere super hero team, Ms. Hill is on the phone to the Canadian Prime Minister and tells him to hold on, as his team just made it.
Sasquatch asks if it is anyone they know, before Judd remarks that it looks like he has stopped. Sasquatch shouts to the man, ‘Excuse me! Sir? We’re Alpha Flight, Canada’s premiere super team! On behalf of the Canadian government, we’d like to ask you to turn your naked self around and back away!’
Suddenly, in the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarier, the Screeeee sound returns and the view screens go blank. A moment later, the satellite view kicks in, and a look of horror spreads across Hill, the blonde woman and the fat man.
Guardian…Heather…Sasquatch…Shaman…Major Mapleleaf…the two Pucks,’…. They didn’t even get the chance to put up a fight. Their blood stains the white snow. Their bodies are bruised and broken as they lie in the wake of the mysterious being from outer space.
Ms. Hill is on the phone to the President of the United States now and tells him that they have already lost an entire town, a S.H.I.E.L.D convoy, Canada’s Alpha Flight, and now, six S.H.I.E.L.D. jet fighters are missing, presumed down. Hill remarks that she is terrified to send anymore men in there until they know exactly what it is, what it wants, and where it is going. She explains to the President that every inch this thing moves puts lives in danger and she has no idea what it is.
Hill suggests that they mobilize some sort of World Army, when the President declares that he knows all about it and informs Hill that he is in the White House situation room now with the Secretary of Defense. The President informs her that the Secretary of Defense wants her to throw some super heroes at it, to give them time to mobilize the armed forces. Hill informs the President that Reed Richards isn’t answering their communications alert.
‘That’s the trouble with that brainiac, he’s always off in space or in some other dimension!’ the President exclaims. The President must make some comment about the X-Men, to which Hill points out that the X-Men are certainly in no position to be of assistance. ‘The Avengers! The new ones who were just on TV, get them over there!’ the President exclaims. Hill tells the President that she thinks this is a bad idea, to which the President tells her that he hopes she isn’t putting her own arrogance in the way of helping thousands of innocent people about to get their lives ruined by some damn alien.
Director Hill replies that she isn’t, but she feels that if the Canadian super team had no effect, then what could - ‘It’s Captain America! He’ll take this down, he always wins somehow!’, before asking where this trouble maker is headed anyway. A blond man alerts Hill to a change in the alien’s course. Hill announces that he has just turned to a Southwest coordinate - he is coming to America. The President replies that he sees it, and tells Ms. Hill that she knows what she has to do.
‘Ma’am?’ asks the blonde woman when Hill goes silent, and hangs her head. Hill suddenly slams her hand on a panel and exclaims ‘Avengers Assemble! $%#@!!’


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Detroit – Highland Park: In a rundown, ghetto part of Detroit, Michigan, the usual illegal and immoral activities that one would typically find in such an area carry on. Two young boys slowly walk to school, though by their language one could hardly imagine that they are little kids. One boy tells his friend that he is so sick of her crap. She is a liar. I know, replies the other boy. Continuing to vent, the boy tells the other that she lied to his face. The other boy wonders if he has to listen to this all day, and the first boy replies that he will. The second boy asks if they can call a time out, but suddenly his attention is diverted to the sky, as a large plane descends on the streets of Highland Park.
Earth’s mightiest heroes, the Avengers, step out and survey the area. Luke Cage strides over to the children and asks them if they have school. Scared, the boy who was complaining asks Cage if his mom called them. Go, says Cage, sternly. As the two kids scurry away, Luke tells his teammates to spread out.
Captain America walks down a street and waves to an elderly woman at her window. A passing school bus is full of excited children, as Spider-Woman and Iron Man wave back at them. Nearby, three drug dealers walk to Luke Cage, who has their back to them and one of them mistakes Cage for a man named Russell, asking him where he has been. Cage turns to the dealers and tells them that Russell isn’t here anymore. He orders them to stop hustling and dealing or he will beat it out of them. Pissed off, one of the hustlers asks Cage who he thinks he is talking to, but his companion stops him, as he recognizes who Cage is. The third then points to the side, where he sees Captain America and Spider-Woman standing, and Spider-Man, in his new red and gold costume designed by Iron Man, helping an elderly man into his car. Cage tells the three men to be gone, and they also scurry away.
Suddenly, a news van comes to halt and a female news reporter leaps out at the sight of the Avengers. She tells her cameraman to get the camera and that if he turns it off for even a second she will never sleep with him again. The man reminds her that she doesn’t sleep with him now. “Life’s not over,” says the woman.
The two then run over to Captain America, who smiles and greets them. The reporter introduces herself from CBS, channel sixty-two, and mentions that they couldn’t help but notice that the Avengers were just standing here. Yes, says Cap, with a smile, and his arms folded across his chest. Is it really you, asks the reporter. Yes, replies Cap once again. As Spider-Man startles her by swinging close overhead, the reporter asks what is going on. Cap then tells the woman that he would like to direct her questions to Luke Cage, who is standing over there.
The reporter rushes over to Cage and introduces herself as Nicolette James from channel sixty-two. Can he tell them what the Avengers are doing in Detroit, just standing there? Cage shoots Cap a dirty look for sending the obnoxious reporter his way, but Cap simply smiles and shrugs his shoulders.
Cage tells the reporter that she can thank the mayor of New York City for the idea. He has this idea called impact police work. The mayor will take a bunch of police and send them all to an area of a really bad neighborhood. No offense to the locals, but if they have bars on their windows and a car on fire in the street, then it’s a bad neighborhood. The mayor takes cops and has them fan out across a two-block area. All the people selling drugs or prostituting would run way instead of being arrested – giving the people in the area an opportunity to raised their kids and live their lives.
After two weeks or so the mayor would move the police to another area, with the same result. The important thing, though, is that even after the police leave the crime rate stays down, as the criminals are too worried to come back. When Captain America was nice enough to ask him to join the Avengers, Cage told him he wanted to do things differently, and this is one of those things. This is impact super-hero work. Instead of waiting for the next alien invasion, this is what they will do on their days off. They are coming to someone’s neighborhood, and they will just stand there.
However, they aren’t just going to harass drug pushers and prostitutes. They are going to point out social problems like the elementary school across the street next to a crack house! They will ask the guys in charge how something like that is allowed to happen and they will embarrass the politicians enough so they change. If that doesn’t work, Cage will return and beat them up.
To the side, Iron Man tells Cap that Cage is good at this. Cap smiles and tells Iron Man that Cage doesn’t even know it.
Nicolette asks Cage if this is a warning. A warning to those that need to be warned, says Cage. This is also a heads-up to everyone else – help is on the way.
Suddenly, Iron Man receives an alarm and tells the Avengers to assemble. The team rushes back to the Quinjet, and Nicolette asks them where they are going, but no one responds as the cameraman videotapes the jet flying out of Detroit.
Aboard the jet, the Avengers are greeted by an image of Director Maria Hill, of S.H.I.E.L.D. Iron Man reintroduces the team to her, and then asks Hill to tell the team what she just told him. Director Hill tells the Avengers that they have a code white threat heading towards the United States. It will be at the border in fourteen minutes. It is a male humanoid of unknown origin and power level. They have no intelligence on it other than it touched down and destroyed a small town in Alaska. Spider-Woman interrupts Hill, and repeats that the foe touched down. Like it landed here, asks Spider-Man. We don’t know, replies Hill.
What they do know is that it is on foot heading through Canada and destroying everything in its path – including civilians, military hardware, and S.H.I.E.L.D. officers. Hill then tells the team that the following footage they will see is classified information from the Canadian government. It isn’t pretty.
The video plays a horrific sight. Spider-Woman is almost speechless, and a disturbed Wolverine asks if that is really Alpha Flight.
It was, says Hill. In the video, the mysterious energy being that crash-landed in Alaska snares Sasquatch in its grip using energy, while coursing more energy through Guardian. The original Puck is thrown deep into the snow, while Shaman lies motionless. Major Mapleleaf rushes to help the female Puck as she is apparently disintegrated. Only Guardian is left to charge at the mysterious monster.
The video ends, and Wolverine buries his face in his hands with sadness at the fate of the people who gave him a new life. Hill tells the team that the Fantastic Four are not in this dimension. They need the Avengers. Captain America tells Director Hill that he needs a battalion backup and a civilian evacuation crew. Hill then tells Cap that she and the president are reluctant to put more non-powered personnel in the field until there is a better plan. That thing went right through everything thrown at it; as for as evacuation goes, they have already alerted the authorities – but it is too late.
Too late, questions Spider-Woman. It is moving fast, replies Hill. It is already there. There where, demands Spider-Woman.
Cleveland, Ohio: It is a beautiful day on the shores of Lake Erie, as many tourists visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame center in Cleveland. As the people go about their busy lives, a purple energy signature is seen in the horizon of the lake. In less than a second the signature becomes larger, with a burning red center. The purple and red flame streaks closer and, in less than another second, it is so close that the shape of a man can be seen in the center.
It is too late for the citizens of Cleveland. The monstrosity that walks like a man arrives at Cleveland, rippling with energy and shining a golden fire.
Quinjet: Aboard the jet that streaks towards Cleveland, Iron Man gets on the communications link and calls Carol Danvers. He is patched through to his old friend and tells Carol – better known as Ms. Marvel – that they need her.
Wolverine – still visibly shaken by the fall of Alpha Flight - tells the team that the X-Men are not answering. Not answering, asks Spider-Man. What if it is like… an emergency? A bit snappy, Wolverine tells Spider-Man that after the House of M incident most mutants that still had powers stopped picking up the phone.
Cap calls Director Hill and tells her that they are calling in reinforcements but they need more high-level power. Whatever you need, Captain, replies Hill. I want S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Daisy Johnson. No, says Hill, firmly. Captain America stares Hill down and grits his teeth, reminding Hill about the civilians in Cleveland. Knowing she has no time to argue, Hill simply tells Cap that she will get Daisy to him.
Spider-Woman asks Cap who Daisy is, and Cap replies that Agent Johnson is a Nick Fury loyalist, and a pretty powerful one. Never heard of her, says Jessica. Captain America explains that Nick found and trained Daisy himself. She has been on the outs with S.H.I.E.L.D. since Fury left. Wolverine asks Cap if that is the lady from the Secret War. Yes, says Cap. He then calls Lindy Reynolds back at Avengers Tower and asks how Bob is doing today. Wolverine states that he will slice off Daisy’s nose the second he sees her.
You’ll do nothing, says an agitated Captain America. He then addresses Lindy again.
Avengers Tower: Inside the Watchtower of the Sentry, Lindy speaks with Captain America on the phone, as she watches her husband lies in a fetal position in bed, with his eyes wide open. She reminds Cap that Bob has his good and bad days. This isn’t a good day. Cap tells Lindy that he must speak with Bob. Is it ok if he speaks to him? Lindy puts Cap on a video monitor and then tells Bob that Captain America is on the phone. Bob, who holds his blanket tightly, with his back to Lindy and Cap, does not respond.
Quinjet: Spider-Man sits in his chair, a bit overwhelmed. If Alpha Flight had their butts handed to them, he is worried that this is going to be one of those fights where his new Iron Spidey uniform won’t be all that useful. You are not going to the fight, says Iron Man. Shocked, Spider-Man jumps forward in his chair and hurriedly explains to Iron Man that he didn’t mean that he wanted to be benched. He can still help. You are leading team two, replies Iron Man.
Iron Man tells everyone to hold on to something as he opens the side hatch to the Quinjet. He tells Spider-Man that team two is going to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier. Peter is going to sit there and he will use that science-brain that he abuses by not using to find a way to shut down the attacker with no casualties among civilians.
Iron Man then flies away. Ok, says Spider-Man, nervously. Captain America continues to try and get Bob’s attention and tells his colleague that he needs him.
Avengers Tower: Bob sits up in bed and looks at the video monitor. Captain America tells him that the Avengers need him and it looks like thousands of innocents needs him. Captain America needs the Sentry. Bob pulls his knees close to his chest and tells Cap that the Void spoke to him again. Fed up, Cap yells at Bob and tells him that they need him. Get up!
Cleveland: The mysterious being approaches the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and patches into S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. He confirms visual of the suspect and he is doing a full readings scan. He has no idea what he is looking at.
Hill tells Iron Man that S.H.I.E.L.D. has no reference match either. Tony tells Hill that, though he doesn’t want to alarm her much, he has an extensive catalogue of otherworldly energies and entities – it is pretty exhaustive. He also has his work combined with that of Reed Richards. Not being able to get a reading is terrifying. He is going to try and make peaceful contact. Director Hill advises Iron Man not to do that. Peaceful contact is what Alpha Flight was supposed to do. As Iron Man raises his shields to the max, he tells Director Hill that there are too many civilians around to risk fighting. He then asks his armor for fuller than full shields. Obviously not getting the joke, the armor asks Tony to repeat his command. “Just… full shields,” says Iron Man.
Hundreds flee the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the mysterious being’s purple fire engulfs most of the surrounding area, destroying everything in its path, and oddly enough – throwing around vehicles into the air.
Iron Man descends and greets the humanoid. Suddenly, the being stops in its tracks. Iron Man introduces himself as Iron Man of the Avengers. He believes that the Avengers have a bit of a reputation on other worlds as well as on Earth. Has this creature heard of the Avengers?
The mysterious man does not respond.
Director Hill contacts Iron Man and warns him to be careful. This is the first time the creature has stopped moving since landing on Earth.
Iron Man asks the creature if he knows how to speak – or perhaps communicate in any way so his universal translator can understand him. The being does not respond.
Iron Man tells Hill that these readings are insane. Hill asks him to send her what he has, and Tony complies. He then asks the humanoid who he is and what he wants.
Suddenly, the being begins to utter sounds! “Mm…” says the being.
Quinjet: Watching the entire visual being fed from Tony’s armor via monitor, Spider-Man asks his teammates if he is nuts…or does that think seem human. Doesn’t mean anything, says Captain America.
Below in Cleveland: “Mik…” says the humanoid, “…al…”
Hellicarrier: Hill orders her men to run a linguistics scan, but someone points out that it sounds like the being said “Michael.”
Cleveland: Michael, repeats Iron Man. Is his name Michael? “Ys,” replies the being.
You aren’t Korvac are you, asks the intrigued Iron Man. Michael repeats his name again firmly, so Iron Man asks him if he is human, to which Michael says yes. Iron Man then asks Michael where he is going and why is he hurting people. Michael pauses for a moment, and then is about to speak when suddenly he is blindsided from below!
Ms. Marvel arrives on the scene and uses her full force to slam into Michael, taking him with her into the air. Iron Man, horrified, chases after Carol, telling her to stop. However, it is too late. Michael unleashes a powerful blast that sends Ms. Marvel flying away.
Hill contacts Iron Man and asks what is going on. Iron Man replies that Ms. Marvel engaged the foe, but she didn’t know any better.
Ms. Marvel returns back to Michael, who is now flying, and tells him that it sucks to be him, as she absorbs all kinds of energy. She doesn’t think that he has what it takes. Suddenly, Michael literally explodes with an incalculable amount of energy, lighting up the entire Cleveland skyline! The Quinjet is rocked and slammed away, just as Iron Man is also blown away. The energy explosion is so powerful that it sends both Iron Man and the Quinjet flying across the city.
Aboard the jet, Captain America orders everyone to strap in.
Elsewhere: Moments after the explosion above Cleveland, an object streaks across the sky and slams into the highway leading into Toledo, destroying the innocent vehicles driving through!
As fire and smoke clear in the crater left behind in the death and destruction, a figure stirs, irradiating with energy.
“Uh-oh…” says Ms. Marvel as she looks down at her body, which is seething with the long lost cosmic powers of Binary!


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A park: Joggers and pet-walkers carry on with their usual activities through the park on a beautiful day. One jogger in particular notices an attractive female sitting on a bench, reading a book. Not wanting to miss an opportunity, he jogs stationary next to her and greets her, also asking what she is reading. The woman looks up at the man with a smirk on her face. Suddenly, the ground in the area begins to rumble and shake, causing everyone in the area to lose their balance.
The jogging man begins to run away and tells the girl, who goes back to reading, that it is an earthquake. After all the civilians in the area are gone, the earth settles back to normal. A voice greets Agent Daisy Johnson and asks if she doesn’t count that as an abuse of her powers. No, replies Daisy, as she looks up to see S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sharon Carter and a small group of other agents. Sharon introduces herself, and then tells Daisy that she needs to come back. Tough noogies, says Daisy, at the thought of S.H.I.E.L.D. wanting her back. Sharon informs Daisy that Captain America sent out the call for her, which catches Daisy’s attention.
Avengers Tower: That’s how the Kree-Skrull War ended, asks the astonished Wiccan, as he munches away with most of his fellow Young Avengers in Manhattan. Yes, replies the gracious Jarvis, as he walks around the table offering food to the team. Wiccan finds it hard to believe that Rick Jones ended the war without powers, but Jarvis reminds Wiccan that Jones was trained by Captain America himself – so Rick is a privileged man. So he was the first Young Avenger, technically, asks Hulkling. Jarvis supposes that it is a fair statement.
Patriot asks if they can ever meet him, and Stature replies that she already has. You love saying that, teases Patriot, but Cassie is not bashful and admits that she does. Hulkling tells Cassie that her dad was an Avenger. She met everyone. I have, replies Cassie.
Suddenly, a hologram of Iron Man appears above the table, and Iron Man tells Vision that he needs him. There is an emergency and they need Vision’s internal hard drives. Hulking asks Iron Man what he wants the rest of the Young Avengers to do, but Iron Man makes it clear he wants them not to get involved. This is dangerous and, if they come near, he will make sure they are arrested and their parents notified. Iron Man then turns to Vision, who doesn’t need to be asked again – he flies out as fast as he can.
Cleveland: The being known simply as Michael stands taller than any skyscraper in the city of Cleveland. The chaotic energy swirling around his golden-glowing body sends vehicles and even civilians flying into the air and to their deaths. Iron Man stands his ground on the streets and tells the Avengers that there is a change of plans. They need to leave. Cap contacts Tony from the Quinjet and asks Iron Man what he is going to do. Iron Man is not sure, as they have never faced a foe like this one before. However, he’d rather the rest of the team was around to say a few nice words at his funeral than you know... not.
Captain America, however, lands the Quinjet, and tells the team to stick to the original plan, even though Spider-Man comments that Michael is growing to Godzilla like proportions. Cap exits the jet with Wolverine and Luke Cage, who will do what they can on the streets. Meanwhile, Spider-Woman will take Spider-Man to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier to find a way to end this.
In the jet, Spider-Man makes a mental note to learn to fly a Quinjet. As they begin to lift off, Spider-Woman tells him that it is not different then flying a helicopter. Spider-Man informs Jessica that he doesn’t have a license. “For a helicopter?” asks Jessica, “You just need – ”
“For a car,” cuts off Spider-Man.
How, asks the puzzled Spider-Woman. Peter reminds Jessica that at fifteen he had webs and other things took up his time – like this.
On the streets, Cage asks about the fate of Ms. Marvel. Michael took her out fast and she is one of the strongest. Let’s hope for the best, says Captain America.
Iron Man flies up to Michael and tells the team that his armor is picking up some impossible energy readings. He begins to send his information to S.H.I.E.L.D., when something goes horribly wrong. Iron Man’s armor is ripped right off of him! As the armor falls away, Tony stays aloft by some unseen force caused by Michael, who turns to face Stark.
At that moment, a cosmically powered Ms. Marvel flies by and grabs Tony, telling him that he flies better with the armor. Tony looks at Carol with shock, and Carol tells him that she thinks that her new fiery appearance is a story for another day. All she knows is that she used to have cosmic powers and now suddenly after fighting Michael she has them again. Ms. Marvel drops Tony off on a roof and then heads back to fight.
Ms. Marvel then flies straight through Michael’s chest, anxious to wonder what will happen if she tussles with him again. Michael is taken aback, but quickly recoups and grabs Carol in his hand, who jokes that Michael started the fight after all. She taunts him and tells him that she is ready any time he wants to stop and talk, but suddenly she screams in pain. Michael is overcome by a serious look. Carol feels something horrible coming, and begins to tell Michael to stop, but it is too late.
Ms. Marvel experiences a horrible pain as she is suddenly attacked by various different energies and powers, all coming from Michael. She is blasted by unknown energy and winds, and then zapped with energy that courses into her body and out her mouth. She is encased in pure ice, only to be forcefully shattered out of it. Carol then screams in pain as a wave of pure energy slams into her and throws her away. However, the attack doesn’t end and Carol doesn’t make it far as she is stopped by some unknown force backed by Michael. Luckily for her, though, there is intervention.
A being traveling at inhuman speeds slams into Michael and takes him high up into the sky – freeing Ms. Marvel from Michael’s grasp. Wolverine asks what the hell that was. “Bob,” replies Captain America. The Sentry is here.
Sentry takes Michael out of Earth’s atmosphere quickly and throws him out into the vastness of outer space. Michael recuperates, but Sentry flies towards him anyway. The two collide, each being a massive force, neither giving up. Michael’s energy cascades across space, but it is not enough to blow away the Sentry.
Cleveland: Ms. Marvel lies in the ruins outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She no longer glows with the powers of Binary, which are gone once again. Captain America, Wolverine, and Luke Cage run over to her. Cap asks her what happened, but a distraught Carol stammers that she couldn’t do it. Cap bends down next to the sick Carol, and asks if Michael communicated with her at all. He, questions Carol. It isn’t a he. It is like – getting the crap kicked out by fifty at once. She begins to stammer again, so Wolverine consoles her and holds her. He tells her to get herself together and to remember what Xavier taught her when she used to be at the mansion.
After a moment, Carol calms down and recoups herself. She then leans back, asking where she is. Cleveland, says Cage, pointing to the building behind him. Bono’s underpants are there, says Carol. She’s ok, says a smiling Luke. Getting back on task, Captain America asks Carol to repeat what she said. What happened?
Ms. Marvel closes her eyes and tells Cap that it was like fighting fifty different super powers at once. First she was hit by ice, then force fields –
Cap picks up a piece of Iron Man’s armor, and states magnetism. Carol tells the team that it is like a bunch of villains all trying to get at you at once, but getting in each other’s way. She really thought she would die. Besides that, what was with Michael unlocking her old Binary powers like that? Is that what that was, asks Cage. Never felt anything like it, admits Carol.
Cap pulls out a headpiece and puts in a vocal code, which puts the Iron Man armor back online. Cap then orders the armor to assemble and then when it is done, he asks it to find Tony Stark. When the armor scans the area and finds him, Cap asks the armor to take him to Stark. As Cap flies off with the armor, Cage wonders where Sentry took Michael. Not far enough, replies Carol.
Space: In space, Michael and the Sentry continue their clash. Both contenders block each other’s blows, which causes even more powerful energy to crash around the two. Suddenly, Michael throws out his arms at Sentry, who suddenly finds him being pushed back and far away from Michael – into the deep reaches of space.
With the off-guard Sentry blown away, Michael wastes no time flying back to Earth, looking more determined than ever.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier: Spider-Man finds himself at the main deck of the Hellicarrier, and bluntly asks if anyone knows what he is supposed to be doing. Maria Hill introduces herself to Spider-Man and shakes his hand. No eye patch, jokingly asks Spider-Man. Hill ignores the joke and tells Spider-Man that Iron Man is waiting for him on the communications.
Spider-Man is taken to a monitor where a re-armored Iron Man tells Spider-Man to send Spider-Woman back to Cleveland to pick up the rest of the Avengers. Spider-Man tells Iron Man that she already left. Iron Man then explains that the fight in Cleveland is over. Sentry took Michael into space. The battle could be over, or they could have time to figure out what Michael is. Also, Ms. Marvel just survived a hand-to-hand fight with Michael, so they know it can be done.
Hill tells Iron Man that S.H.I.E.L.D. is attempting to track Sentry. Iron Man then tells her that he is preparing his armor for space travel to see what he can do up there. Dum Dum Dugan joins the group and marvels at how Iron Man just lost his armor but he is already able to head to space. He is Iron Man, stresses Spider-Man, who turns his attention back to the golden Avenger. What is he looking for?
Iron Man uploads his armor’s energy readings to Spider-Man. He needs Spider-Man to find any and all matches on both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Avenger Mansion files. They have files, asks Spider-Man. They have only been together for two weeks. No, corrects Iron Man – the old Avengers files, which should be right behind Spider-Man.
Spider-Man is confused, but turns to see the Vision. Vision greets Spider-Man and tells him that he shall process the files as quickly as possible. His hardware holds all the Avengers software files and fail-safe programs, which includes any and all research done over the years. Unimpressed, Spider-Man mentions that he had a Spider-Mobile once. Not understanding the joke, Vision asks if his web-spinners are not enough. He doesn’t have a driver’s license, replies Spider-Man.
Vision hooks up into the mainframe as another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent pulls up the Alaska footage. The best they have is an outdoor bank security camera. The footage isn’t fun.
Spider-Man then watches a video of shoppers walking past a post office, when suddenly the entire area explodes and incinerates everything around it. In the wreckage of the post office, one man stands. The agent informs Spider-Man that the location is a post office. They also have a list of men named Michael in the city of North Pole. Any of them mail men, asks Spider-Man. The agent searches, and then confirms. Michael Pointer.
Michael Pointer’s data is put on screen, and he looks amazingly like the Michael that Sentry is fighting in space. Director Hill is positive that the two Michael’s are the same. She wants to know everything he has done since bitch and she wants it now.
Meanwhile, Vision tells the group that Michael Pointer is not in any Avengers files, but he has match-read the energy signatures uploaded. A few of the clearer readings match power sources from the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. files. Power sources, questions Hill. She then asks Vision to display the matches on the screen.
Suddenly, a display of about 90 individuals’ headshots is shown on the screen, ranging from powerful terrorists to mundane street dwellers. Among the list includes Polaris, Quicksilver, Magneto, and Black Tom Cassidy. However, these people all have one very important thing in common, not just the face that they were all born as mutants…
Oh, no says Spider-Man, as he gazes upon the list of de-powered mutants – victims of M-Day.
Cleveland: What? What is it, asks Spider-Woman, as she picks up the rest of the team.
Space: Michael streaks back towards Earth, leaving a trail of energy behind him.