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1st story: Hit and Run  -  2nd story: The Xenophobic Man part 1: Rocks & Hard Places
(1st story)
Avengers West Compound, ten PM, where the security-minded John Walker a.k.a. USAgent makes one last inspection of the grounds before calling it a night. Ordinarily, these moonlight walkabouts yield little more than a bit of exercise and a breath of fresh air. Tonight is different, as he steps into the garage, and finds a man with brown hair and a white hat crouched beside one of Hawkeye's sky-cycles, examining it. 'Who the blazes!' USAgent thinks to himself, deciding that whoever this guy is, he is awfully interested in Hawkeye's sky-cycle, and a little too satisfied with his work. 'But I've got just the cure for that smirk on his ugly kisser!' As the mystery man stands up, USAgent slams a fist into him, knocking the man across the garage, where he slams into a shelf holding various tools and other instruments, which crashes to the floor. 'Let me know when you can only see one of me, punk – then we'll have a little talk' USAgent declares.
USAgent grabs the intruder by his collar, 'First I want a name – then I want to know how you got past our securi-' USAgent begins, but as he shakes the intruder, he is shocked: 'What the devil -? A wig!' USAgent gasps as the brown wig falls from the blond intruder – 'HAWKEYE!' USAgent shouts. 'Yes' Clint Barton a.k.a. Hakweye responds, while rubbing his neck, he mutters 'Geez, if you'd given me a chance to explain before you launched World War III!' USAgent tells Hawkeye that he better have a good explanation for this, as they head off out of the garage across to the main part of the Palos Verdes Compound, Hawkeye explains that this is a disguise he has been working on so he can go undercover in the gang neighborhoods. 'Pretty convincing, I'll hand you that' USAgent replies. 'Maybe, but not very durable' Hawkeye admits, adding that he will have to shop around for a stronger adhesive.
USAgent remarks that Hawkeye is taking the gang-busting business seriously, and Hawkeye agrees that he is, revealing that he even rented an apartment in East LA.
'Not with Avengers fund, I hope!' USAgent is quick to ask. 'No' Hawkeye assures him. 'Good. Budget's tight' USAgent points out. As the walk down a corridor, USAgent asks Hawkeye if Mockingbird knows how far he is planning to take this operation. 'I've, uh, been meaning to discuss it with her...' Hawkeye's voice trails off, to which USAgent just laughs and carries on down the corridor, 'And you think you got grief from me!' USAgent calls back to Hawkeye, while Hawkeye's estranged wife Bobbi Morse-Barton a.k.a. Mockingbird approaches from another direction, and tells Clint that she loves his pic 'n' save look, but that his hair and moustache clash a bit. Bobbi sees that Hawkeye doesn't even crack a smile, and as Clint removes the face moustache, Bobbi tells him that he is laughing less and less these days, before asking if they are going to have some profound philosophical exchange about his awful clothes. Clint just tells Bobbi that they should sit down for a minute.
Meanwhile, in East LA, Anita Guiterrez watches intently as the credits flash by at the conclusion of “Alien Nation”, and she wonders what it would be like to see her own name on the screen, she barely hears the unexpected knock at the front door. Her mother, Monica, is knitting at the same time and her brother, Luis is sitting on the sofa. 'I'll get it, Mama' Luis, calls out. Monica tells her son to finish his homework, while she gets up to answer the door. 'Who is it?' Monica asks. There is a long moment of silence, so she asks 'Hello? Who is there?' Another moment goes by with no answer. With caution, Monica Guiterrez turns the door knob – and outside, discovers that no one is there – only a slip of paper – one that chills her to the bone – the note reads “Tell your kid mind his own biznes” signed by S. Perfs. Monica closes the door and picks up a a telephone, ordering her children to the bedroom, and to stay there until she says to come out. Luis gets off the couch and asks his mama what is wrong. 'GO! Time to talk later, after -' Monica begins, but the end of her sentence is lost amid the shattering of glass, explosion of gunpowder and screaming as the living room is blasted apart.
Luis dives to the ground, while Anita rushes to the bedroom as instructed. Luis turns back and looks through the broken window, seeing a van speed away. Although the attackers never show their faces, he does see the van, and can hear  the raucous laughter of the attackers. 'Luis...'Monica calls out from where she lies wounded on the floor after being shot. 'Mama! Oh, Mama! Luis exclaims. Monica tells Luis to call an ambulance and to hurry. ''I will... Mama... lie  still' Luis replies, while a crying Anita peers out from the bedroom and asks her brother if their mama is alive. 'Shhh! It's ringing!' Luis responds as he holds the phone up.
A short time later at Avengers Compound, Hawkeye is on the phone and Mockingbird sees that he looks upset. 'Who is it?' she  asks. 'Hold on!' Hawkeye replies, before announcing that it is Officer Zamora, and that the Perfs just pulled a drive by at Luis Guiterrez's house. Hawkeye tells Zamora that he was just explaining the situation to Mockingbird, and assures him that he is glad he called. Hawkeye hangs up and turns to Mockingbird, informing her that Luis and his sister are all right, but their mother is in the hospital. 'This is the kid who called 911 for you?' Mockingbird asks. 'Yeah. I can't let this go on' Hawkeye responds, adding that he can't let Luis come to harm for the “crime” of saving his life. He starts to leave the room while Mockingbird tells him that he can't stop it, either – not the whole problem, not alone. 'It's just too big – it's too chaotic, too -' Mockingbird exclaims.
'Then what are we doing calling ourselves the “Avengers”?' Clint snaps, turning back to Bobbi and asking her what the point of dressing up in tights to save the world is if they just back away from the jobs that make the world worth saving. 'You don't change the world with kung-fu and trick arrows!' Mockingbird exclaims, adding that this is the kind of problem they are no good at. 'Really? Which kinda is that?' Hawkeye asks as he continues out of the room. 'The kind that gets ten-year olds and their mothers shot?' Clint snaps. 'You're being completely unrealistic!' Mockingbird calls back to Hawkeye, who tells her that he will take that as a compliment. Bobbi thinks to herself that even after all that has happened, Clint doesn't get it – he still has no clue what he is getting involved in!
The next day, in Hollywood, a short man in a suit called Auggie Slater walks down the front steps of the local police station, alongside the Stone Perfs gang member known as Prince Charming. Slater tells Prince Charming that the weapons were destroyed with the car, and that there is no evidence he ever fired a shot, meaning the best the police can do is place him at the scene. 'You saying you can't get me off, man?' Prince Charming asks. Slater tells the gang member that if he follows his instructions, and those of Ms Newmark's, to the letter, then it is possible. He informs Prince Charming that he won't be going back to the barrio, as they have arranged other quarters for him, and adds that he will have no contact whatsoever with other members of his gang. 'Give up my friends? My barrio? No way, Slater!' Prince Charming responds, frowning.
As they start to get into a dark car, Slater tells Prince Charming that his options are to accept a public defender and stand trial for murder, or to accept his representation under the terms Ms Newmark has specified. 'You don't gimmie much choice, man!' Prince Charming mutters. Slater starts to drive the car as Prince Charming asks him why Lotus Newmark is going to all this trouble for him anyway. 'Posting bail, hiring me a lawyer – what's she care?' he queries. Slater explains that Lotus heard about his jailhouse “interview” with Hawkeye, and he understands that Lotus thinks she may have possibilities for him – if he can provide the services she needs. 'This could be very profitable for you' Slater adds. 'Yeah? What I gotta do?' Prince Charming asks. 'Nothing that won't come naturally' Slater smiles.
Across town at La Reina hospital, 'Geet out – stay away from us!' Monica Guiterrez shouts as she sits up in her hospital bed and points at Hawkeye, who is wearing his new costume. Her children are at the end of her bed also, along with Detective Zamora. Monica tells Hawkeye that this is his fault, sticking his nose in things that are none of his business. 'My children could have been killed because of you!' she exclaims. 'Mrs Guiterrez, I didn't -' Hawkeye begins, but she interrupts him, informing him that they do not want his help, and that they have enough trouble in their lives. 'GET OUT' she screams. Hawkeye leaves Mrs Guiterrez's room with Detective Zamora and Luis. 'Don't say I didn't warn you, Hawkeye' Detective Zamora remarks. 'You did' Hawkeye replies, adding that he would have felt even worse if he hadn't stopped by. Luis assures Hawkeye that his mama doesn't mean those things she said, that she is just frightened. Hawkeye shakes the boy's hand and tells him that he knows, but that his mother is right about one thing, for now, at least – it probably is best if he keeps his distance. 'I am the reason you're in trouble with the Stone Perfs' Hawkeye points out and asks Luis to be careful, and to promise him that he will stay out of their way. 'Don't worry, Hawkeye. I can take care of myself' Luis replies, looking up at the hero.
Downstairs, Hawkeye and Detective Zamora step out on to the street as Hawkeye asks the Detective if there has been any luck running down the van Luis described. Detective Zamora confesses that there isn't, and that he know this sounds awful, but they couldn't assign it top priority because nobody died. Hawkeye tells Zamora that he doesn't have to explain, as he knows the police have hundreds of cases like this. 'Mind if I hunt around a little?' Hawkeye asks as he climbs onto his sky-cycle. 'I'm not proud. I'll take all the help I can get' Zamora replies as he walks towards his police car.
Meanwhile, in the Hollywood Hills, Lotus Newmark sits in a chair opposite the sofa where Auggie Slater and Prince Charming are sitting, while another man wearing white trousers and an orange jacket sits on another chair nearby. Lotus Newmark introduces the man as Reynaldo Cortizar and explains that he comes from Medellin, where he was a bodyguard to Enrique Moreno, a major supplier until the Colombian government drove him into exile, which left poor Enrique unemployed. 'Yeah? So what's it got to do with me?' Prince Charming asks. Lotus explains that Reynaldo is unfamiliar with Los Angeles, and instructs Prince Charming to drive Reynaldo wherever he needs to go to complete the business that she requires him to do. 'From your expression, I take it you find this offensive, Fernando?' Lotus asks, judging the unimpressed look on Prince Charming's face. 'Call me Prince!' the gang member retorts, before asking why he should have to chauffeur this guy around. 'Because, amigo, our mutual interests will be served...by the elimination of Hawkeye!' Reynaldo claims.
Later that day, in the early hours of the evening, in Downtown LA, under what appears to be some freeway bridges, a figure stands in the shadows counting some money, and asks the kid standing in front of him where he got this kind of money – four hundred dollars. 'What's the difference? I got it. You gonna sell me that thing or not?' the kid asks. The figure in the shadows asks the kid if he knows how to put it together, and the boy turns, holding a package and declares that he will figure it out.
Some hours later, Hawkeye flies across the city on his sky-cycle, but has come up with nothing. He has crisscrossed the area three or four dozen times, but has not seen any sign of that van. Clint thinks to himself that this is no major surprise, and decides that he would probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than spotting that one van – when suddenly, 'Right make. Right model. Right color' Clint tells himself as he sees a van speed down the road underneath him. 'The odds are ludicrous, but I may as well check the license!' Clint decides, dropping down to a lower level, he hovers over the road and gives chase to the van. 'Sonuvagun...I guess somebody has to win the lottery!' Clint jokes. As he gets closer to the van, Clint is confident that the driver hasn't seen him, so he readies himself to take one good shot at the tire and therefore wrap this up with a minimum of violence.
But, suddenly, a blinding light appears ahead of Hawkeye, startling him as he readies to fire an arrow, Hawkeye sees a car driving straight towards him as he flies alongside the van. 'Is this guy crazy? Doesn't he see -' Clint thinks to himself, before he starts to pull his sky-cycle up, 'When am I going to learn?' Clint wonders, as the base of his sky-cylce is struck by the approaching car, sending Clint careening over the sky-cycle and straight down onto the road. 'GOT 'IM!' the driver of the car shouts. On the ground, Hawkeye feels like he has broken at least one of everything, and notices the car swing around and drive back towards him. Hawkeye reaches for his bow, but a voice calls out 'Forget the bow, amigo!' and caught in the beam of the car headlights, Hawkeye looks up to see Reynaldo Cortizar aiming a bazooka-type weapon at him. 'You will have no time to use it!' Cortizar calls out, and as he opens fire, warns Hawkeye that his life is over. 'Not quite yet!' Hawkeye responds as he ducks for safety, avoiding the brunt of the blast. 'As you wish. Draw a last breath while I reload' Reynaldo tells Hawkeye.
Suddenly, Hawkeye gets back to his feet and fires an arrow, 'Mr Cool, huh? All business? Okay! Fine! Let's see how you do business with an explosive arrow up your MBA!' Hawkeye suggests as he fires the arrow, which lodges itself in the front of the bazooka-type weapon, to Reynaldo's shock. Reynaldo then throws the weapon in front of him and asks Hawkeye why he warns his victim of the danger. 'Personal quirk. I don't kill' Hawkeye replies. 'I just want to rattle you a little'. At that moment, the weapon then explodes, Reynaldo covers his eyes as the blast darts around him, knocking him backwards. Hawkeye leaps to safety as the car speeds away, 'Now that's loyalty! I'll tell your chum you had to leave!' Hawkeye calls out to the driver, before he walks over to Reynaldo who is lying motionless nearby. 'Assuming he's in any condition to receive a message!' Hawkeye adds.
Hawkeye rolls Reynaldo over and tells him to speak, as he wants to hear why a total stranger is so determined to kill him. 'That...you will never know!' Reynaldo exclaims as he opens his eyes and raises a pistol which was concealed in his jacket. 'You should not have spared me, amigo!' Reynaldo warns Hawkeye, aiming the pistol at Hawkeye's face. Reynaldo starts tell Hawkeye that he will not return the favor – but before he even finishes the sentence, he is shot in the back of his head. 'What – who – ??' Hawkeye begins, before looking up to a nearby rooftop, where he sees a figure running away. 'YOU – WAIT!' Hawkeye shouts, but gets no response. 'Yeah, fat chance' Hawkeye realizes, before wondering if he has found an ally down here, or a trigger happy maniac?

(2nd story)
Standing on a ridge overlooking the Rio Grande, a man wearing military-style pants, a blue bomber jacket and a mask over his face holds a rifle while thinking to himself 'I can smell their fear. As they try to cross the Rio Grande, I can smell the uncertainty in their every breath'. He wonders what  right they have – what right they have to take away the sweat from a true American's toil. As refugees wade through the river, desperate and cold, the man wonders what right they have to take bread away from a true American's table, and decides that they will be asking themselves the same questions. He knows that they are waiting for the answer – and boasts that he has that answer for them: 'They have no right whatsoever!' he tells himself as he suddenly opens fire on the refugees, bullets striking several of them down.
The mystery man tells himself that the refugees don't scream so much as whimper, meaning they are afraid. 'Afraid of their past, afraid of their future. Look at them. Trying so hard' he tells himself as he continues another assault of bullets. A man and a woman try to hurry across the river with some children as another woman is shot down. The echoes of the bullets crack through the canyon like fireworks on the Fourth of July. 'And they don't even run back here they belong!' the mystery man thinks to himself, as the man and woman are shot while helping the children onto the shore of the river. 'They still try to make it to our side. What gives them the right? The right to dream? To yearn for a better life?' he asks, while the children are suddenly grabbed by a muscular man wearing a black, white and red costume – John Walker the USAgent!
USAgent towers over the three children, and raises his shield, protecting them from another array of bullets that are fired towards them, while the mystery man thinks 'What gives them the right to hope?' Bullets clang off USAgent's shield, while USAgent tries to tell the children to stay under a small ledge where they back up against. 'Stay' he tells them, unsure if they understand what he has told them as they speak to them Spanish, one of them asks if he is Captain America. Knowing the assailant has the angle on him, USAgent leaps away from the children, thinking they should be okay. USAgent begins to climb up the side of the canyon with ease, while wondering how many rounds the magazine holds. He raises his shield and blocks some more bullets, while telling himself to keep the shield in front of his face as he reaches the top of the canyon, and sees a car, some sort of ute, speed away. Johnny knows that he could catch the car if he gave chase – but he remembers the kids down below. 'The kids. The car. The kids. The car' Johnny ponders his options, before swearing as he starts to climb back down the canyon.
The red ute pulls up at a complex of apartments, and the driver wonders who the man at the canyon was, as he looked like Captain America, but he's sure it wasn't him. 'Captain America would agree with what I'm doing, wouldn't he?' the man asks himself. He enters the apartment block and climbs some internal stairs, wondering who the man at the canyon was still, and why he tried to stop him. 'I'm only trying to keep what's ours ours' the man tells himself. He pulls a key to his apartment out of his pocket and thinks to himself 'Stinkin' keys made in Canada for a lock made in Korea for an apartment built by scab wetback labor'. He enters his apartment and remobes his football helmet, tossing it yowards a small dog which yaps in excitement and darts around the living room. 'Catch, you weasley little refried bean' the man thinks to himself, deciding that the dog is making the same sweet sound that the refugees made when the bullets kicked into them. He looks around his apartment and sees the stereo made in Japan, next to the couch made in Yugoslavia sitting on a rug made in Brazil.
The man removes his jacket and throws it on to the couch, then walks into the bedroom and tosses his red shirt onto the end of his bed, where a photo of a boy standing next to a man in a uniform can be seen on the bedside table. 'Only my heart was made in the USA' the man thinks to himself as he goes over to the closet. 'Only my soul. Only my dreams'. He then pulls a shirt from the closet which has a Border Patrol badge pinned to it.
'All they have left are their dreams. All I do is crush those dreams' a middle-aged man in a US Border Patrol uniform remarks inside a hospital, while USAgent stands in front of him. The officer tells USAgent that it doesn't make him a happy man, but that he doesn't think they should die trying to get into this country, either. USAgent addresses the Border Patrol officer as Captain Hitchuck and explains that he was ordered here by his superiors because the situation has gotten out of hand, and states that this psychotic has slaughtered fourteen illegal aliens over the past three months. 'And you're no closer to finding him than when he first pulled the trigger' USAgent declares. As reporters and camera operators arrive outside the hospital, USAgent asks Captain Hitchuck if, given all the attention this case has started to draw, whether he is surprised someone like he was called in. 'No, but it don't mean I have to like it, though' Captain Hitchuck mutters, before asking USAgent who he is. 'I'm an Avenger' USAgent responds.
'Then how'd you like it if I was called in to help you fight the Tangerine or one of those guys?' Captain Hitchuck asks. 'Mandarin' USAgent corrects the Captain, adding that he sympathizes, but points out he accomplished more in one night than the Border Patrol has in months. 'Six dead. One barely alive in this hospital. Three children with no hope. Looks like you accomplished plenty' Hitchuck frowns. Two Border Patrol officers approach their captain. 'Who's this?' a blond man asks. Hitchuck turns to his officers and addresses the blond man as LaRoue and a man with darker hair as Bouting and tells them that they are both late again. LaRoue points at Agent Bouting and and calls him Fred as he explains that Fred overslept again. 'I'm not in the mood fer it, LaRoue!' Captain Hitchuck snaps, before instructing his officers to guard the door, as there is an old woman who survived last night's assault, along with three kids. 'No one but doctors and nurses get in. got it?' Hitchuck declares as he walks away from the hospital room.
USAgent follows Hitchuck, telling him that they are not done yet. 'Maybe you ain't, but I am!' Hitchuck snaps as he gets into an elevator with a nurse. 'Listen – hiding from the situation isn't going to solve it' USAgent tells Hitchuck as he follows him into the elevator. 'Tell me, Mr Super Hero, what do you know about “the situation”?' Hitchuck asks, declaring that his job is to stop illegals from crossing the border, that he is 75% understaffed and that he can't do the job worth spit. The elevator opens and Captain Hitchuck steps out, explaining that the killer has slowed down the illegal influx by over 60% in four months. He asks USAgent how his basic arithmetic is, and remarks that he isn't getting any help finding and stopping this killer because no one wants him stopped. 'And that probably includes the very people who sent you down' Captain Hitchuck adds. USAgent starts to follow Captain Hitchuch, when the nurse suddenly grabs his arm and tells him that if he really wants to stop the killings, then she knows someone who can help him.
After being given an address for a sanctuary movement operating along the Texan border, USAgent arrives at a church. He parks his jeep in front of the church and walks towards the church doors. He has been told that the church serves as an underground railroad which houses illegals untl they can be filtered through to safehouses in the north. He has heard of these movements, but didn't expect one to be run from a church. He steps through the front doors, and after dipping his gloved hand in the holy water and putting his hand to his chest, he thinks that it is dark as sin in here – before realizing that he should watch his choice of words. Suddenly, 'A prayer, my son?' a voice calls out, and USAgent finds himself surrounded by men pointing guns at him, while a priest with red hair and red beard asks 'For what you have done, or for what you are about to do?' before welcoming USAgent to the Santuary Movement.


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1st story: Terminizer!  -  2nd story: The Xenophobic Man part 2: Methods and Standards
(1st story)
The Palos Verdes Compound, home and headquarters of the Avengers West Coast, where Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye and Bobbi Morse-Barton a.k.a. Mockingbird are meeting with Detective Pete Zamora. Hawkeye looks at a photo of the dead Reynaldo Cortizar, who was shot through the head. Detective Zamora explains that Cortizar was a Colombian national with no Visa, and that he entered the United States by means unknown. Hawkeye looks at a second photo, a spray painted symbol that was painted on the street where the mysterious assailant fired the shot that killed Cortizar – a yellow “T” in a circle. Detective Zamora remarks that this situation could be a lot bigger than somebody besides the Stone Perfs gang wanting Hawkeye dead – someone higher up. “Higher up”? Hawkeye asks, handing the photos to Mockingbird for her to look at. Detective Zamora explains that it could be to do with the drug trade, as the street gangs don't import professional assassins. 'The Perfs tried to waste you once. And failed. Somebody didn't want to risk a second foul-up' Detective Zamora declares.
'Just goes to show you, Zamora. Nothing's for sure in this world!' Hawkeye remarks, before Mockingbird asks the detective if he didn't realize that the Perfs were so well connected, and Detective Zamora admits that intelligence was deficient on this one. Hawkeye asks what they are dealing with – a drug problem or a gang problem? 'Both – and a money problem!' Detective Zamora responds, adding that the Perfs' earning capacity obviously has direct bearing on someone else's. He remarks that drugs are a business, like any other, and explains that the Perfs – all gangs in fact – are at the bottom of the organizational chart, simply replaceable cogs in the machinery. 'They're in the same position relative to drug lords as a Plymouth salesman is to Lee Iacocca'. Detective Zamora remarks. 'They move product, but don't decide market strategy' Mockingbird suggests. 'Exactly' Zamora tells her, and points out that it looks like Hawkeye has offended someone who does.
Hawkeye asks about the “circle-T” symbol, and queries whether it could be a rival gang's symbol. Detective Zamora tells him that it is not one they know of, and nor is it the signature of any known individual gang member, either. 'Great. Yet another wild card' Hawkeye mumbles, to which Detective Zamora tells Hawkeye that he wanted him to be aware of all this, and adds that somebody is getting nervous – probably at the notion of an Avenger poking around their operation. 'At least I'm finally getting some respect!' Hawkeye jokes.
Hawkeye and Mockingbird escort Detective Zamora out of the building and to his car, while Zamora states that he hopes Hawkeye has learned that it doesn't pay to kid about this stuff, pointing out that this debacle has almost gotten him killed twice now. 'Tap-dancing in the face of death is part of his charm. It's obnoxious, but you get used to it' Mockingbird explains. 'And thank you for your support' Hawkeye mutters. Zamora tells Hawkeye that he has given up trying to dissuade him from this anti-gang crusade, but warns him that if he takes it any further, he is going to need a plan. 'Without very clear-cub objectives and tactics, you're going to get hurt again – and endanger others while you're at it' Zamora explains. Hawkeye replies 'I'm not that proud, Zamora' and tells him that he will be in touch if he needs help. 'I hope you mean that. There's still a lot you don't know about the gang wars' Zamora replies, before he gets into his car and drives away.
'Bird?' Hawkeye asks. 'Before you even ask...' Bobbi begins. 'What?' Hawkeye asks her. 'No. I did not put him up to that. It just happens to be true' Bobbi remarks, arms folded. Hands on hips, Hawkeye declares that he might already have his plan formulated. 'I'm all ears' Bobbi tells him. 'Good! Keep yourself pricked!' Hawkeye replies as he walks away, wondering how come everybody is always two steps ahead of him. 'Because – you're terrible at forward thinking!' Bobbi tells him as she leaps in front of him. 'Oh, is that so?' Hawkeye asks, reaching out to grab Bobbi, but she flips backwards, out of his grasp while telling him that he tends not to consider the individual nature of his opponent. Bobbi bounds backwards towards a workshop, telling Clint that he likes events to be predictable, with everyone acting according to his assessment of what their self-interest ought to be – which she thinks usually, works, in a battle of zap-guns versus trick arrows, but leaves him woefully unprepared when his opponent operates on an entirely different set of assumptions. Hawkeye walks into the workshop, and finds Bobbi reclining on his sky-cycle, 'As proof, I offer this new 1990 scrap-cycle – battered to within an inch of slag by a '71 Chevy!' Bobbi jokes. Hawkeye frowns and tells Bobbi that she wins, and that he needs a plan.
Meanwhile, in East LA, several members of the Stone Perfs gang are gathered in an alleyway, 'Somebody gotta lotta nerve, homes!' one of them snarls as they look at the T within a circle spray painted on a wall, along with “Perfs Die!” scrawled next to it. 'Somebody gonna get a lotta dead, homes' another mumbles, while the third wonders who this T-guy is, and what the sign means. Suddenly, 'It means – TERMINIZER!' a voice shouts, and the three members of the Stone Perfs turn to see someone aiming a gun at them. 'Wha -? Oh no! Look at that!' one of them laughs. 'That's the T-guy?' another asks, perplexed. 'Ohh, I'm scared!' the third mocks, before suddenly, the mysterious Terminizer opens fire, shooting all three of them with many bullets, they don't stand a chance, and drop to the ground in a heap. 'You're done laughing. Done hurting people. Done with everything. Except bleeding!' the Terminizer calls out before turning and leaving.
Downtown LA, in the industrial district. The Stone Perf who calls himself Prince Charming runs from a vehicle, and ducks for cover behind some scrap. He was told that this car was seen by both Hawkeye and whoever killed Reynaldo, so it must be destroyed. He was ordered to drive it to this scrap yard on Alameda Street, place an explosive device under the hood, and engage the timer, which left him 15 seconds to find cover. He asked 'What if it's not enough' and was told that he was not sufficiently resourceful to be of use, and that if he lives, he is to talk, not run, to the business district, then board a bus and ride to Highland and Odin Street in Hollywood, where a driver will meet him. When he asked about the fire, he was told to leave it to those who will put it to use – and be blamed for setting it. As the car explodes, Prince Charming puts his hands behind his head for extra protection, then as debris blasts about, he gets up and walks out of the scrap yard, and as predicted, homeless people emerge and warm themselves around the blazing car.
Later, 'You followed my instructions to the letter, Prince. That speaks well of you' Lotus Newmark declares as she stands in a living room, hands on hips, while Prince Charming sits on a sofa and looks up at her as she tells him that it is not enough, that members of her organization must also show individual initiative. 'Do you know what that means?' she asks. 'Yeah, Lotus... sure' Prince Charming responds. 'Address me as Ms Newmark' Lotus snaps, before telling Prince that when Reynaldo failed to kill Hawkeye last night, he should have assumed the obligation, adding that Reynaldo's commission was to be fifty thousand dollars – and it could have been his. Lotus runs her finger across the leaves of a potted plant and warns Prince Charming to never underestimate her, as she is not one of his homegirls and demands respect. 'And I am not defenseless. Is that clear?' Lotus adds.
'Uh-huh. Yeah' Prince responds, before Lotus picks up the large potted plant and hurls it towards him, 'Never lie to me either, Prince!' she exclaims. 'You think my money is what protects me. That's why you feel free to leer at me when I turn my back! That is a mistake!' Lotus declares as the potted plant smacks the surprised Prince Charming in his head and knocks him to the floor. Lotus walks over to Prince Charming and warns him that he cannot frighten her, nor can he harm her. She claims that she has been trained to inflict more damage on the human form with her fingers than he could with knives and guns, and tells him that his body is like paper to her, that she can crumple it, tear it, punch through it without effort. 'Oh, yeah – well punch through this, Miz Newmark!' Prince retorts as he gets to his feet, picks up the large plan and attempts to smack Lotus with it. 'No need' Lotus replies calmly, as she raises a hand, which blocks the plant from hitting her.
Lotus then smacks her hand into the side of Prince's neck and tells him that his spirit is commendable, and that abject surrender would have been disappointing. 'On the other hand, you must comprehend that you represent no physical threat to me' Lotus tells Prince as she shoves her fingers against his stomach, and when she pulls them away, her long fingernails are covered in blood. Prince Charming looks down to his stomach, where blood is seeping through his blue shirt. 'You – you cut me, man – I'm bleeding!' Prince exclaims. Lotus smiles and tells him that is the penalty for his disrespect, and that it will mend, and that the scar will serve to remind him that she could have struck deeper, and pierced his heart.
Downtown LA, at midnight, two masked figures reconnoiter the streets for gang activity – one standing on a rooftop, holding a gun his jacket with a T-symbol in a circle, while the other glides across the city on his sky-cycle, and doesn't notice the Terminizer standing on the rooftop. But the Terminizer sees Hawkeye, and realizes that Hawkeye wants to stop the Perfs as much as he does – but he doesn't think Hawkeye knows how. 'I know. There is only one way – their own way' the Terminizer thinks to himself. Hawkeye flies between two buildings and wonders what his options are – he could go after the higher-ups, cut off the Perfs' drug source, but he supposes they would just find another supplier. As he flies over a street where several homeless people are sleeping under boxes, Hawkeye thinks that he could round the Perfs up and toss them in jail, but they would only be out in a matter of months, and bonded even more closely together by a common enemy. Hawkeye supposes that he could play social worker and find them all jobs. 'Right. You bet' he thinks to himself, flying out into another street, where a homeless man is slumped against a building, holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand, the homeless man sees Hawkeye and calls out 'Hiya, Hawker!'
'They're all just dying to give up those nasty drug profits...for a chance to flip burgers at minimum wage' Hawkeye tells himself as he flies over a playground. Hawkeye decides that this is crazy, and wonders if there really is no solution. He realizes that Mockingbird is correct – the gangs function on a totally different value system, and tells himself that even the average super villain places some worth on his own life, but these kids expect to die young – and violently. Suddenly, he sees  something and tells himself to go to work, as he flies the sky-cycle down to an alleyway, where two young men wearing the red and white striped cloth that identifies them as Stone Perfs members, and are currently bothering a young woman. 'Good nigh, tonight, Elena? You make a lotta tips tonight?' one of the thugs asks, grabbing the woman's purse. 'You must work very hard, huh?' the other gang member tells the woman, who appears to be a waitress judging by her uniform, as he puts his hand over her mouth.

'You don't work hard, how you gonna show us boys a good time?' one of them asks. 'Oohh, this is bad, homes...she only got two dollars' the other mutters, pulling the money from Elena's purse and throwing her purse to the ground, declaring that it ain't gonna be a good time tonight. The other gang member holds a small blade to Elena's neck and tells his friend that she has a lot more to offer than that – that she is going to show them a real good time. 'Ain't that ri-' the gang member begins, before an electric arrow is fired at his head, striking him and sending him dropping to the ground. 'What happened? Is he -' Elena begins, before the other gang member sees the arrow, and drops the stolen money, he turns and starts to run – warning Elena that if she set this up for them, she'll pay – before he falls to the ground when an arrow with a rope is fired at him, wrapping the rope around his legs.

Elena goes over and starts kicking one of the thugs 'PIGS! DOGS! Such big brave boys! Where is your machismo now, cholo?' she exclaims, while Hawkeye drops down to the ground and gets off his sky-cycle, 'Miss – stop! That's enough!' Hawkeye calls out to Elena. 'Enough? They tried to steal from me! They were going to -' Elena begins, while Hawkeye grabs the thug and slams him against the wall, telling Elena not to kick a man when he's down – to help him back to his feet, 'AND THEN KICK THE $#%& OUT OF HIM!' Hawkeye shouts as he then throws the thug over his head, remarking that they owe it to themselves to set an honorable example. The thug lands beside his friend who is still on the ground, and Hawkeye turns to Elena and asks her to call the police for them. Elena tells Hawkeye that she is grateful for his help, but she can't call the police, because the whole gang will come after her if she does that. Hawkeye tells Elena she can handle it how she wants to, it doesn't matter – because she has given him an inspiration. Hawkeye then gets onto his sky-cycle and takes to the air, telling Elena that she won't have to worry about the rest of the gang.
'He's right, Elena' another voice calls out, and as she leaves the alleyway, Elena turns to see a masked man with a gun start to shoot the two gang members. 'You won't have to worry. Nobody's got to worry about the Perfs anymore!' the Terminizer boasts as he goes over to the lifeless bodies and spray paints his T sign, some of the paint covering on of their bodies.
A few minutes later and a few blocks west, Hawkeye comes across a drug purchase in action. 'Excuse me – aren't you a member of the Stone Perfs organization... and isn't that a controlled substance you're peddling?' Hawkeye calls out as he fires an arrow which releases a gas around the  Stone Perfs member and the person attempting to purchase the drugs. 'Wha -?' the gang member gasps, while the buyer shouts 'Gas! He's gassin' us, man!' While the man buying the drug runs away, Hawkeye goes over and slams his fist into the gang member's face, and announces that it took him a while, but that he finally figured out how to deal with the gang-bangers, and boasts that he is going to be in their faces from now on – day or night, rain or shine, he is going to blow every deal, botch every hit and make it impossible for them to do business.  'Be sure to tell your friends!' Hawkeye tells the gang member.
But, moments later, after Hawkeye has gone, the gang-banger is gunned down by the masked Terminzer. 'Don't both. I'll tell your friends' the Terminizer calls out.
Elsewhere, Hawkeye has fired arrows at two members of the Stone Perfs, the arrows releasing a substance which traps the Stone Perfs, sticking them to the wall of a building they were attempting to rob. 'In your face – be sure and spread the word – if you ever get unstuck from these putty arrows!' Hawkeye calls out to them. The shopkeeper goes back into his tobacco store and tells Hawkeye that give times those punks have robbed his store – but he would bet this is the last. 'It is. I promise!' Hawkeye calls back to the store owner.
But, after Hawkeye has departed, the mysterious Terminizer appears. 'I promise, too!' he calls out as he shoots the trapped gang members down.
A short time later, Hawkeye is on his sky-cycle and flies over a street, thinking to himself that it may take weeks or months or even longer, but that if he can stay all over the Perfs, drive their customers away and make their activities unprofitable. Suddenly, he comes across another member of the gang who is attempting to break into a car. 'There's yet another opportunity!' Hawkeye decides, firing a sonic arrow at the car, the gang member leaps up and starts to run, 'Ow! My ears!' the gang member cries out, and a moment later, the gang member is shot down by the Terminizer, 'No more joyrides. No more drive-bys' the Terminizer exclaims.
The next morning at Avengers Compound, Clint and Bobbi sit opposite each other having breakfast, as Bobbi tells Clint that he has come up with an original solution. Clint explains that it is one that the police can't use, as the community would be up in arms. 'But everyone seems to be clear on my intentions' Clint adds. Bobbi suggests that Clint's tactic is sure to smoke out whoever hired that assassin, and tells him that if he needs an assist, not to forget her. 'Thanks, Bobbi. It helps to know you're with me on this' Clint replies, while Bobbi leans across the table and kisses Clint.
'I don't mean to intrude' Simon Williams a.k.a. Wonder Man calls out as he clears his throat and enters the kitchen, informing Clint and Bobbi that there is something on the morning news he thinks they ought to see. Bobbi sighs and mutters 'The joys of communal living'. They follow Wonder Man into a room where a large monitor is attached to a wall, and a reporter's voice can be heard saying that there was an unprecedented night of violence in downtown LA, as no fewer than six members of the Stone Perfs street gang fell victim to the mysterious “Circle-T” killer. 'WHAT!?' Hawkeye gasps in shock. Simon tells him to keep watching, as it gets better. The reporter states that what makes the slayings all the more puzzling, is that each of the apparent executions followed the disruption of a crime by Hawkeye, the  Avenger who reportedly declared a war on LA gangs. 'Oh, no!' Hawkeye utters, turning to Bobbi, he swears that he had no idea this was happening. Bobbi assures Clint that she knows, but points out that somebody has upped the ante, and now his well-intentioned crusade has just turned into a shooting war!

(2nd story)
'Welcome to the Sanctuary Movement!' a priest with red hair and a red beard calls out in a darkened church, where John Walker the heroic USAgent finds himself surrounded by several refugees aiming weapons at him. USAgent grits his teeth and frowns while recalling that he was sent to the Texas-Mexico border by his superior in order to stop a mass murderer – a psychotic who has been slaughtering illegal immigrants as they crossed into the States. USAgent was told that the Sanctuary Movement, a safehouse for illegals, might have some information for him. He wonders if the woman who told him was mistaken, or if this was a trap. But, to the USAgent, it doesn't make a difference either way, as he grabs the rifle from one of the refugees and slams it into the man's stomach, knocking him backwards. USAgent spins around and smacks the rifle into another man, while one of the refugees shouts something in Spanish, before USAgent picks another man up and throws him at the man.
When USAgent grabs one of the men by his throat, the priest shouts 'Stop! Release that man!' to which USAgent replies 'His neck. Snap like a pencil'. Another of the refugees raises a weapon and aims it at USAgent while shouting something in Spanish. 'I didn't come here to fight!' USAgent calls out, before hurling his shield at the refugee, knocking them gun from his hands as he exclaims 'But I will if you want!' USAgent then hurls the refugee towards another refugee and asks 'Anyone else?' All of the refugees have been knocked to the ground by USAgent who turns to the priest and tells him that he only wants some information. 'If I was a threat to you, I wouldn't have walked through the front door...and these men would be dead right now' USAgent warns the priest, before he drops all the weapons he collected from the refugees to the floor. 'Though, to be frank, you haven't given me much reason not to kill you' USAgent points out, before asking the priest to tell him why he shouldn't place him under arrest.
The priest introduces himself as Father Kevin Grass, and USAgent introduces himself in response, explaining that he is an officer of the government assigned to stop this person who has been killing illegal immigrants. 'Then why are you frightening us?' Father Grass asks as he goes over to one of the men and helps them up. 'The Sanctuary Movement is trying to accomplish the same thing as you!' Father Grass exclaims. But USAgent looks around and decides that he has a feeling there is a lot more going on than that. 'Yes' Father Grass admits as he pulls back a small staircase that leads onto a stage, revealing a staircase that leads down into a basement. Father Grass heads down the stairs and tells USAgent that he might like to learn a little more about the reality of life on the border. USAgent follows the priest down, and is shocked at what he finds in the basement: 'How many?' USAgent asks as he sees several refugees sitting in the basic basement, huddled together. 'Not nearly enough since that madman has hunted the Mexicans down' Father Grass replies, adding that he is here to help these people, to help them find a better life.
'Help them achieve the American Dream. Is that such a terrible thing?' Father Grass asks. 'But – but – they're here illegally...' USAgent replies, realizing how feeble it sounds when he hears it. He can't deny the incredible feeling of hope and hopelessness that fills the room, and wonders what right he has to turn these people in – how can he deny them everything he is supposed to stand for and believe in? He decides that he can't worry about it now – maybe later – or maybe not. USAgent tells Father Grass that illegal or immoral – or both or neither – they have to work together to stop this killer. He asks the priest if he has contacts with the Mexicans, and why he didn't warn them about last night, or even call the Border Patrol for help. Father Grass explains that last night's crossing was not a Sanctuary operation, so when he found out about it and knew that the Sanctuary wasn't going to be there to help, he did call the Border Patrol. 'The United States Border Patrol knew about the crossings and they didn't do anything to help these people! Do you realize what that means?' Father Grass shouts.
USAgent knows that this means someone is going to pay, otherwise, why did General Haywerth send him into tis mess? He wonders why he gets thrown into the middle of the dirtiest situations as he approaches the Maverick County Border Patrol Headquarters. As he storms into the facility, all USAgent sees is red – blood red – spilling from every punch he throws, from every round this killer has squeezed off. 'Uhm – stop?' one of the Border Patrol Officers calls out, but USAgent pushes past them, 'Get out of my way. I'm here to see your Captain' USAgent declares as he slams open the door to Captain Hitchuck's office: 'You knew!' USAgent shouts. 'Who do you think you are, mister? Barging in here like this...' Captain Hitchuck begins as he sits behind his desk. 'Lookie the mess I just made!' Hitchuck complains as he spills some coffee across his desk. 'Better look at the mess you're already in Hitchuck!' USAgent retorts.
'What are you talking about?' Captain Hitchuck asks, which causes USAgent to see blood red, as he grabs the captain by his collar, 'You wanna know what I'm talking about? Have you known all along? Or are you the one who's doing it?' USAgent asks as he lifts Hitchuck out of his chair and slams him against a wall. 'All your neat little pins showing you where and when the killer's struck...but when you know in advance that he's coming, you can't stop him?' USAgent asks. Hitchuck looks at USAgent, confused, and asks him what he is saying. USAgent drops Hitchuck to the floor and tells him that the Sanctuary Movement called last night to warn him that the crossing was going to take place. 'They sacrificed those Mexicans by asking for your help and what did you do about it? Nothing!' USAgent exclaims. 'Lord...' Hitchuck utters, before calling out to Agents LaRue and Hernandez who are stationed outside his office, and asks them who was on the switchboard last night. 'Uhm...Fred was...Officer Bouting, I mean...' the dumpy, blond Officer LaRue responds. 'Where is he now?' Captain Hitchuck asks. Somewhat nervously, Agent LaRue reveals that Agent Bouting said he would take his shift at the hospital, guarding the illegals.
The hospital, were bullet holes and blood splatter decorate the room where the three Mexican children were recuperating. Two of the children lay dead. The mysterious man wearing brown trousers, a blue bomber jacket and a football helmet over his head is exhilerated by his actions and aroused by his resolve. He sees blood – red blood – the blood of Americans who have fought and died for this country. 'The Mexicans bleed like we do, but they haven't bled like we have' he thinks to himself, as he goes into the corridor and grabs a nurse by her face, while the third Mexican child stands next to the nurse. 'Now tell me...or I shoot the boy' the hateful man warns the nurse, aiming his rifle at the child, before asking her where the movement is. Wide-eyed, the nurse reveals that the movement is based in Quemado, at the Church of the Christian soldier, before begging her attacker not to hurt the child. He thanks her, and tells her not to worry about the child, claiming that he doesn't want to hurt him – in fact, the opposite. 'Think of me as his...s alvation...' he suggests, before he fires two bullets.


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1st story: Circle-T Killings Continue   -   2nd story: The Xenophobic Man part 3: Beliefs and Callings
(1st story)
“Circle-T Killings Continue” is the headline of the Los Angeles Post which Hawkeye reads. The newspaper contains images of slain Stone Perfs gang members, and a photo of Hawkeye in his new costume, which adds to speculation that he has turned into a hunter. Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye reads that funeral arrangements will be held at Santa Magdalena Cemetery in East Los Angeles tomorrow. 'Wonderful. Practically an invitation for the killer!' Hawkeye remarks as Bobbi Morse-Barton a.k.a. Mockingbird sits on a sofa nearby inside the Avengers West Compound. 'Maybe they don't think you'll strike in broad daylight!' Bobbi smiles. 'That's not funny, Bobbi!' Clint exclaims, throwing the newspaper into the air. 'How can they even imply a connection between me and this “Terminizer”? The guy's a psychopath!' Clint declares. 'Are you sure?' Bobbi asks.
Bobbi walks over to Clint and puts her hands on his shoulders, telling him think about it – the Terminizer might not be crazy, he could be desperate or angry. She points out that all the victims are members of the Stone Perfs, so it's possible he has something against that gang. Clint turns to Bobbi and confesses to not having thought about a personal vendetta, and wonders if it could be someone who lives or works on their turf. 'And who's familiar with gang culture in general' Bobbi adds. Clint asks her why she said that, to which Bobbi points out that the Terminizer seems to recognize his targets from a distance, probably by their gang colors. 'I, uh... hadn't thought of that either!' Clint admits. 'I know' Bobbi tells him, before remarking that it pays to have an ex-spy in the family, as she leans in and kisses Clint. 'Yeah. I does' Clint replies, before asking Bobbi how she would feel about attending a funeral with him tomorrow. 'It's nice to know I inspire such passion' Bobbi smiles.
The next day, at the cemetery, several caskets are lined up in front of members of the Stone Perfs gang, along with other mourners and a priest, who lists the names of the deceased gang members and announces that they commit their bodies to the Earth. 'May they find forgiveness in thy kingdom, o Lord...and the peace they were denied here on Earth' the priest adds. Suddenly, a dark car drives into the funeral, and one of the Stone Perfs notices it, 'MODE BLANKS!' he shouts as the car approaches the funeral. Hawkeye and Mockingbird can be seen in the distance on the sky-cycle, while the mourners begin to run, the priest asks 'What? Who?' while one of the Stone Perfs warns him that they are bangers, and that he should hit the dirt – as things are gonna get loud. Mockingbird tells Hawkeye that his hunch was right, while Hawkeye asks her to match the car's speed. 'I want to deposit a little present in their rear seat' Hawkeye exclaims as he fires some arrows at the car, while three of the gang members are positioned out of the car windows and open fire at the Stone Perfs. 'What? Where did you come from?' one of them asks.
Smoke from the arrows fills the car, 'Tear gas!' one of them calls out as they cough and gasp for breath. 'Don't stop! Don't let 'em get us!' one of them exclaims, but the driver remarks that he can't see nothing. The car drives through some grave markings and Hawkeye tells Mockingbird to stay with the car, now that they have managed to keep them apart from the Perfs, they still have to keep the Perfs away from the Modes. Mockingbird remarks that she has been looking forward to it and asks Hawkeye to take the wheel, while the car crashes into a large gravestone, smashing it, while the gang members rush from the car. 'Are you crazy? What are you doing?' Hawkeye asks. 'What I do best! Long leaps – and high kicks!' Mockingbird replies as she leaps from the sky-cycle and kicks one of the Modes in the face, knocking his machine gun out of his hand in the process. 'Argh! You broke my hand!' another gang member complains as Mockingbird hits his hand, and the hand of another, with her battle staves, forcing them to let go of their weapons also. 'And I'm just warming up, tough guy!' Mockingbird warns the thugs.
'You haven't been following the news, have you? Peace is breaking out all over the globe. It's going to happen here in LA, too – if I have to beat your faces into plowshares!' Mockingbird exclaims as she slams her battle staves into the faces of two more of the Modes. She then moves to another and slams a stave into his face, while another of the gang members approaches her from behind and tells her that she talks too much – and offers to cut her a new mouth. He holds a large knife in his hand, but several steps from Mockingbird he comes to a halt, as an arrow with a flat head is fired at his head, and causes him to fall to the ground. 'Figures. A man finally falls at my feet – and I'm not even tempted to pick him up' Mockingbird jokes. Hawkeye walks over to Mockingbird and tells her not to yell at him for running off half cocked into more than he can handle. 'I never yell' Mockingbird responds.
Suddenly, the Stone Perfs move towards Hawkeye, one of them shouts at him and tells him that he has a lot of nerve showing his face around here after putting six Perfs in their grave. 'Here comes the hard part. Keeping your temper in check' Hawkeye remarks to Mockingbird. 'Uh-huh. Just make sure you follow your own advice' Mockingbird replies. 'Get outta here, man – or we'll find you a  spot on the lawn!' one of the Perfs shouts, when a gun shot is fired, and everyone turns to see Detective Zamora standing nearby. 'LAPD. That's far enough, boys!' Zamora calls out, informing them that for what little the truth may mean to them, Hawkeye just saved their skins. 'And he was not responsible for your friends dying' Zamora adds, suggesting that if the Perfs want to blame someone, they start with themselves. 'You're full, Zamora! They were Perfs! We don't hurt our own!' one of the thugs replies. Zamora addresses him as Hard-Top and tells him to use his head – because something they did set off this Terminizer. 'Me?' Hard-Top asks. 'All of you!' Zamora exclaims.
'You're getting back a taste of the contribution you've made to the community over the years' Zamora tells the Stone Perfs. 'That's a carload, man! We ain't the only gang in town! How come we're the ones getting dumped on by the cops, the Avengers, and now this Terminizer slugwad?' Hard-Top asks, wondering what they did that is so much worse than anybody else. 'Nothing. You just did it to the wrong person' Zamora points out. Zamora motions back to the funeral and tells the Perfs to go and show their friends some respect, listen to the priest and grieve a little – it might give them something to think about. The Stone Perfs head back to the other mourners and Hawkeye tells Zamora that it sounds like the police have reached the same conclusion about the Terminizer that he has. 'Which unfortunately leaves us all nowhere' Zamora replies. 'I assume that means the police lab turned up nothing?' Mockingbird asks. 'You got it' Zamora replies, adding that the police have looked at the spray paint the Terminizer uses, a couple of fabric strands found at the murder scenes and even his sneaker prints, but none of it is distinctive enough to be called a lead.
Hawkeye motions to the Mode Blanks gang members laid strewn about on the ground asks 'What about these clowns? Could the Terminizer be a cover for another gang that's got a beef with the Perfs?' he asks. Zamora laughs and tells Hawkeye that is a “Wiseguy” plot, and way too creative for this bunch. He pats Hawkeye on the back and asks him to keep an eye on the gang while he calls for a police wagon. 'Sure' Hawkeye smiles. As some of the Mode Blanks gang members begin to stir, Hawkeye has his bow and arrow ready, while Mockingbird holds her staves in place, and Hawkeye asks Mockingbird if she had had the same thought he has. 'You mean, that the Terminizer could be a cop?' Mockingbird replies. 'Yeah, that one' Hawkeye mutters. 'It crossed my mind, yeah' Mockingbird confirms. 'Well, cop or not, it's odd he didn't strike here' Hawkeye points out, adding that the Terminizer would have had all the Perfs in his sights at once. Bobbi suggests that it is odd, but consistent, for so far the Terminizer has only struck at night. 'Maybe he's got a day job!' Bobbi adds.
In Beverly Hills: 'She's your only patient?' Prince Charming asks as he sits, shirtless, on an examination bed in a medical office. 'And people like yourself that she sends to me' the doctor explains, checking Prince Charming's wound, he tells him that it seems to be healing nicely, and that he should be grateful. 'She could have killed you, Fernando' the doctor warns Prince. 'Call me Prince' the gang member replies, before asking if Lotus has done this to guys before. The doctor reaches for some bandages as he states that there is very little Lotus Newmark hasn't done to one person or another when the need arose, and that she is the most ruthlessly pragmatic individual he has ever encountered. 'Prag- what?' Prince asks. 'Pragmatic. Practical-minded. She does whatever works' the doctor explains. 'You got such a low opinion of her, how come you work here?' Prince Charming asks. The doctor explains that Lotus pays him more than he could make in private practice, assuming he was allowed to practice – which he isn't – as his license was revoked a few years back.
As the doctor begins to bandage up Prince Charming's wounds, Prince asks him he if is sure he knows what he is doing, to which the doctor assures Prince that he never lost a patient, he just performed a few unnecessary operations to cover a gambling debt- and got caught – so Lotus saw a use for him. He explains that he is listed on the payroll as a “customer service representative”, but actually, he is Lotus' personal physician. Prince asks the doctor how come Lotus trusts him after what he did, to which the doctor reveals that the money was owed to Lotus Newmark herself.  Prince stands up and puts his shirt on as the doctor adds that he never turned Lotus in, which Lotus took to mean that he understood where his best interests lay – something Lotus values.
Prince walks out of the medical examination room into a reception area, where lawyer Auggie Slater is waiting for him. 'Everything all right, Prince? What did the doctor say?' Auggie asks. Prince tells him that he is fine, but that he has some questions and he wants answers – now. They walk towards an elevator and Prince tells Auggie that he keeps hearing how rich and powerful Lotus is, and asks, if she is that rich and powerful, why she would be interested in him. Auggie tells Prince that he thought they had been through this – Lotus thinks he has potential, explaining that Lotus bases that judgment on the way Prince stood up to Hawkeye and, incidentally, to her. 'She got a funny way of showing respect' Prince replies. 'She doesn't respect you. Not yet' Auggie tells him as he presses the elevator button. They travel down in the elevator and Auggie explains that Lotus is concerned that Prince may not possess the intelligence equal to his nerve, and suggests that if he wants a future with Lotus' organization, he will have to demonstrate otherwise. 'That's another thing! What organization? All I know is, she hustles crack to street vendors!' Prince replies. 'You really don't grasp the extent of this enterprise, do you?' Auggie asks as they step out into the building lobby, and Prince mutters that everybody keeps saying that, and asks Auggie if he is going to laugh about it, or show him. 'You'll get a briefing after we go shopping!' Auggie announces.
Meanwhile, at La Reina Hospital, Monica Gutierrez sits up in her hospital bed, her room full of flowers, including a bunch with a card signed by Hawkeye. Monica tells her children, Luis and Anita, who are sitting on her bed, that she got a call from Hawkeye, and that he wants Luis to do him a favor. 'What favor, Mama?' Luis asks. Monica explains that Hawkeye wants Luis to tell her, so she can tell him, if he hears anything about that Terminizer person, as he thinks the Terminizer might be from their neighborhood. 'Really?' Anita gasps, adding that everyone is afraid to talk about the Terminizer, afraid that the Perfs will think they know him, before asking her mama if she is changing her mind about Hawkeye, and whether she isn't mad at him anymore. Monica pulls her son, Luis, closer to her and admits that when Hawkeye came to visit, she was very angry and frightened for her children, but she realizes that she should have not blamed Hawkeye for the Perfs' stupidity.
'Do you mean I can see him again sometime?' Luis asks. Monica informs her son that Hawkeye said he wanted to take him for a ride on that flying thing. 'The sky-cycle?' Luis exclaims. 'As soon as this business with the Perfs and Terminizer is over' Monica replies. Luis asks his mother what she said, and she assures Luis that she told Hawkeye he would like that more than a trip to Disneyland. She hugs her son close and kisses him, but Luis tries to break free. 'No...' he exclaims. 'Too big and macho for a kiss, Luis?' Monica asks, before telling her son to go and do his homework and to keep his ears open for Hawkeye. 'I will, Mama. All these troubles will be over soon. I know they will' Luis replies.
Some time later in Beverly Hills, in a high rise office, Lotus Newmark sits on a large desk, while Auggie Slater and a now well-dressed Prince Charming stand before her. Prince's hair has been cut and he is clean-shaven. 'Very nice, Auggie. I almost didn't recognize him' Lotus remarks, before asking Prince what he thinks, and whether he likes the way he looks in those new clothes. 'I guess – yeah' Prince replies. 'Good' Lotus remarks before announcing that she wants to speak to Prince in private. Auggie leaves the office, while Lotus holds up a newspaper that features an article on the Circle-T killings, and tells Prince that she doesn't mean for her next question to sound sarcastic, but she wants to know if he can read. 'Some, yeah' Prince replies. 'Good' Lotus tells him as she hands him the newspaper and tells him to look at it. Prince asks if this is a test, and reads about the Circle-T killings, discovering that the Terminizer must be the same guy who wasted the hit man that Lotus sent after Hawkeye. 'Correct. And now, apparently, he's after every member of the Stone Perfs' Lotus points out.
Lotus tells Prince that this whole situation is attracting far too much attention and that it is only a matter of time before one of his homeboys says something – to the police, to Hawkeye or even to the Terminizer, that could seriously jeopardize her interests. Lotus and Prince sit down on opposite sofas, as Lotus suggests that the advent of the Terminizer also presents them with a unique opportunity to seal any imminent leaks. 'I don't get you. He ain't gonna deal with you. He's some kinda do-good type!' Prince replies. 'That's not what I had in mind' Lotus replies, informing Prince that with his cooperation and a can of spray paint, they can eliminate the Perfs, and perhaps even Hawkeye – and fix the blame on the Terminizer. 'You want me  to kill me friends?' Prince asks. 'No. Merely bait them into a trap. They will trust you. And if Hawkeye hears you're out on bail and organizing some major operation he's sure to follow' Lotus explains.
Prince looks confused and tells Lotus that he doesn't know, and asks Lotus how he can be sure that she won't kill him, too. 'Be glad you were bright enough to ask that question' Lotus replies as she stands up and tells Prince that, as of now, he need not concern himself. She goes over and sits next to Prince and touches his face, telling him to show her that he can be strong and ruthless and cold, and she will show him how quickly she can forget the stench of his barrio and his friends. 'but – I mean – how couldja trust me ta stay loyal to you man, if I do this?' Prince asks. Lotus tells Prince that she doesn't believe in trust, or loyalty, and that she already has what she needs from him – fear and fascination. She places a kiss on his face, and tells Prince to prove her instincts right, to show her that he has the makings of a business man. 'Give your friends a call' she smiles, motioning to the telephone nearby.
Downtown LA, that night, several members of the Stone Perfs are gathered in front of an alley wall where the yellow Circle-T sign has been painted, and “Perfs die” has been painted next to it. 'It was him, homes – called me at my house!' one of the Perfs exclaims. 'The Prince got sprung, homes' another calls out. 'Out in 15' another remarks. Others mention a deal is going down, and that they need to be at the old quarry at midnight. 'Not so loud, homes!' one of them utters, as Luis Gutierrez stands nearby, 'Dios!' he thinks to himself as he listens to the Stone Perfs.
At La Reina Hospital, Monica is on the phone, 'Si! That is what Luis head them say – tonight at midnight' she remarks, revealing that the place is Korman Quarry, on the freeway fifteen. She is speaking to Hawkeye, and he must ask her a question about the Terminizer, so she states that Luis didn't see him, before she thanks Hawkeye.
At the Palos Verdes Compound, Hawkeye hangs up the phone and turns to Mockingbird, telling her that this is the kind of opportunity the Terminizer won't be able to resist – all the Perfs together, late at night and away from prying eyes. He adds that there is no way around it – he has to check this out. 'Make that “we”!' Mockingbird replies.
And, just before midnight, at the Korman Quarry, Hawkeye and Mockingbird are shrouded in the darkness, perched on the ridge of one part of the quarry, they look down into the canyon and see Stone Perfs gathered around a fire. 'What kind of conclave is this?' Mockingbird asks, recalling how Zamora told them that gangs almost never stray from their home turf. Hawkeye admits that he doesn't know, but points out that if the Terminizer shows up, the Perfs will be sitting ducks – once they are all at the bottom of the quarry, he could blow them all away with two sticks of dynamite and a Bic lighter!

(2nd story)
7:45 PM at the Maverick County Hospital in Texas, where a solemn John Walker a.k.a. USAgent stands in a blood-soaked room. The bodies of three refugee children and are a nurse are covered with sheets by hospital staff. USAgent is a soldier for his country, and like all soldiers, he has seen his share of bloodshed. He has seen worse than three children and a young nurse savagely murdered by a killer who hates all illegal aliens. After awhile, blood just becomes another color on the carpet. Captain Hitchuck of the Border Patrol covers his face, while one of his officers, Agent LaRue, vomits in a nearby bin. Agent LaRue isn't colorblind – he realizes that a lot of this is his fault, as he switched duty assignments with a fellow patrolman. USAgent knows that that patrolman, Fred Bouting, seems to be the Xenophobic Man, the killer he was sent down to the border to stop. Agent LaRue looks up at Captain Hitchuck and asks 'Why'd he do this?'
Captain Hitchuck closes his eyes and asks LaRue if he wants a nice easy answer, revealing that Bouting's older brother was killed in  the Beirut marine bombing, and his fiance was a chicano who dumped him a week before their wedding. Hitchuck explains that Bouting thought he was doing right by his country and his badge. 'There ain't no answers fer why someone does something like this' USAgent declares as he leaves the ward. 'Hey – super hero man – where' you going?' Hitchuck calls out after USAgent, following him into the corridor. 'To do something you've been unable to, Captain' USAgent responds, announcing that he is going to put a stop to these killings. Captain Hitchuck asks him how he proposes to do about doing that. USAgent points out that Bouting dragged the nurse into the bathroom, meaning he wanted something out of her – and he suspects that she told him where the Sanctuary Movement is. 'How would she know that?' Hitchuck asks. 'Who do you think told me?' USAgent responds as he steps into an elevator, the doors closing on Hitchuck before he can follow USAgent.
USAgent knows that the Sanctuary Movement is a safehouse for illegal aliens being run out of a church in Quemado – so what better place for a psycho who hates all immigrants to go than there? As he gets into his jeep which is parked outside the hospital, Captain Hitchuck rushes towards him, asking USAgent where the Sanctuary Movement is. 'In Quemado' USAgent replies. 'That's sixty miles away, you idiot!' Captain Hitchuck exclaims. He tells USAgent that by the time he gets there by car, Bouting will have finished the job. 'What do you suggest, Hitchuck? Not try at all?' USAgent replies. USAgent tells Hitchuck that he doubts the Quemado police can stop a killer armed with an M-16 rifle and steel-jacketed bullets. 'No...but you can...and I have a helicopter' Bouting announces.
The chopper is in the air in twenty minutes, and they arrive over Quemado ten minutes later. USAgent can smell his opponent – he can smell the anger – and he can smell the end. The chopper hovers over the church and USAgent instructs Hitchuck to open the bay doors. 'What're you, nuts?' Captain Hitchuck responds. 'No. I'm an Avenger' USAgent replies as he leaps from the chopper and lands on the church roof. Captain Hitchuck and Agent LaRue look at each other, while USAgent flips backwards off the rooftop and lands on the ground, where he looks over and sees several Mexican refugees rushing from a church building, the sound of gunfire can be heard inside. 'No more killing' USAgent thinks to himself, running towards the building, which he thinks is some sort of barnyard, that the refugees were fleeing. He enters the barn and finds an entrance to the underground safehouse that he previously visited through the church altar. He approaches the entrance, which is built into an old broken down flatbed truck.
USAgent drops down the hatch which has a ladder to enable people to leave or enter the safehouse, while hoping that the killer doesn't know about this exit yet. He hears more weapons fire and screams, so he races through the safehouse, eventually coming to a large chamber which is littered with the bodies of refugees. 'Stop! Put that down! You're under arrest!' USAgent shouts at the Xenophobic Man. 'Help me... she's dying...' Father Grass calls out as he cradles the body of a woman. 'You again! You're not Captain America! You soil the flag! DIE!' the Xenophobic Man shouts as he turns and opens fire at the USAgent. Agent raises his shield to block the weapons fire and thinks that Xenophobic Man is quick, and crazy. 'But ask around... I'm crazier' Johnny thinks to himself as he moves in closer to his opponent to take away the Xenophobic Man's range.
The Xenophobic Man sees Father Green, whom he calls a “traitor priest” getting away, carrying the dying woman upstairs – and all because of this anti-American. The Xenophobic Man tells himself that the priest has to die for running this Sanctuary Movement, that he  has to pay for his crimes against American's – God's children. The Xenophobic Man realizes he is distracted as the USAgent gets closer, so he pulls a blade from his belt and attempts to slice USAgent – slashing his lower leg. Johnny lets out a groan, but tells himself not to let his foe know that it hurts. 'He's hurting! Now...him or the priest?' the Xenophobic Man asks himself, turning to run to follow the priest, USAgent shouts 'No!' and throws his shield at the Xenophobic Man, which knocks his gun from his hands. The Xenophobic Man realizes that he made the wrong choice, that he shouldn't have turned his back on his foe. He doesn't have time to pick up his gun, deciding that he has to get to the priest.
The USAgent looks at the rifle that the Xenophobic Man dropped on the ground, while the hateful Xenophobic Man reaches upstairs, 'Sinner!' he shouts. 'Oh, God – please – let me help her first -' Father Grass pleads, turning to the Xenophobic Man, who aims a pistol at the priest. 'You've helped her enough! Her and all her kind!' the Xeno Man shouts, before he opens fire, the bullet striking the priest in his leg. 'Help the Ayrabs! Help the Jews! Help the Commies, fer crying out loud!' the Xenophobic Man exclaims. 'When do you help real Americans?' he asks angrily. 'You want help? I got all the help you need right here!' USAgent replies as he reaches the church, holding up the rifle that the Xenophobic Man dropped. 'One bullet'll help put you out of my misery!' USAgent exclaims, but Father Grass asks him not to, not here. 'Don't make a move or Ah'll kill the priest!' the Xenophobic Man warns USAgent, who tells his foe to go ahead, as that makes one less bullet for him to fire – and that no matter what, he is not letting the Xenophobic Man get out of here alive!


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1st story: Ashes  -  2nd story: The Xenophobic Man part 4: The Ends and the Means
(1st story)
The Korman Quarry in the Mohave Desert, east of Los Angeles, in the dead of night. The gang known as the Stone Perfs, of late the objects of Hawkeye's war against street gangs and the targets of a mysterious assassin called the Terminizer, are meeting in the quarry's conclave. Apprised of the gathering by young Luiz Guitierrez, two uninvited guests – Clint Barton and Bobbi Morse-Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye and Mockingbird, respectively – are watching from a ridge overlooking the quarry. Hawkeye tells Mockingbird that it doesn't look like the Terminizer is going to show, and suggests to her that they provide the entertainment for the party. 'After all, I promised the Perfs I'd stay in their face. Wouldn't want them mistaking me for another underfunded social program' Hawkeye jokes as he and Mockingbird take to the sky-cycle, and Hawkeye fires a sonic arrow down into the gully where the gang is gathered – followed by a smoker arrow, then a flare arrow, and finally, a boomerang. 'Sounds suitably chaotic' Mockingbird mutters.
The sky-cycle swoops low and Hawkeye tells the gang members to pack up the smores and go home, as the campfire night has been cancelled. 'Keep your cornball side in check, Clint. They won't respect that' Mockingbird suggests. 'He's trying to kill us, homes! Punch some holes in him!' one of the Stone Perfs calls out. One of them opens fire, and asks Hawkeye who he thinks he is. 'You think you're allowed to bug anybody you want?' one of the thugs asks. 'Touchy about their civil rights, aren't they?' Hawkeye asks as he pulls the sky-cycle up and away from the gang members. 'Considering they spend most of their time trampling other people's I can't -' Hawkeye begins, before Mockingbird alerts him to a chopper that appears overhead and urges to to make a hard left. 'What the blazes? Who is that?' Hawkeye wonders, pointing out that there aren't any markings on the chopper.
Inside the chopper, two men dressed all in black notice Hawkeye, 'Who's the clown on the flying jet-ski?' one of them asks. 'Who knows? Just dump the studd, and we'll get outta here – before he double backs!' the other suggests, as they push a crate full of bombs out of the chopper, before the chopper turns and flies away, while Hawkeye and Mockingbird narrowly make it out of the gully as the bombs land and explode, sending a huge blast upwards, while Mockingbird gasps: 'Incendiary bombs! A couple hundred pounds of them!' 'And the only thing flammable at the bottom of that quarry...' Hawkeye begins, to which Mockingbird announces that they are all dead. Hawkeye tells her that he knows, and that he is going after the chopper. The sky-cycle appears alongside the chopper, and when he notices Mockingbird climbing from the sky-cycle over into the chopper, 'Are you crazy? What are you doing?' Hawkeye asks. 'I'm not in a sitting mood!' Mockingbird exclaims, she tells Hawkeye that she can get angry, too, and reminds him that the hand-to-hand stuff is her speciality.
Mockingbird startles the two men inside the chopper. 'You have two options. Tell your pilot to land, now. Or -' she begins, before one of the men asks 'Or break your lunatic neck?' as he leaps at Mockingbird, who tells him that he can try, and kicks him backwards, asking him to give her a reason to abandon any semblance of restraint. 'This what you had in mind, babe?' the other masked man asks, raising a gun. 'It'll do' Mockingbird responds, tackling the man by his legs, she asks him what he wants broken first. 'Knees?' she enquires as she crushes his knees, forcing him backwards, while the man opens fire – his bullet blasting through into the cockpit, where it shatters the chopper's controls. 'What the bloody mary's going on back there?' the pilot asks as he gets up and turns to the fight. 'Who is that woman? Where'd she come from?' the pilot asks. His comrade tells him to ask questions later, and to shoot her. 'I've got a better idea – you want to hear it?' Mockingbird jokes as she grabs the arm of the man she is fighting and aims his gun at the pilot, shooting him, and causing him to fall backwards onto the controls, which forces the chopper to take a dive towards the ground.
Hawkeye sees the chopper as it begins its downward spiral, and flies after it, while Mockingbird tells the man she is fighting that if he wants to live, he should crawl to the cockpit. 'I'm leaving the way I came' she announces as she makes her way over to the hatch, then leaps from the chopper, to the sky-cylce which is flying alongside. 'I hope' Mockingbird thinks to herself, narrowly missing the sky-cycle, she grabs the edge of it, and hangs onto it for dear life. 'Bobbi! What in the -' Hawkeye begins, to which Bobbi tells him that she can hang on, and that he needs to climb upwards. 'The chopper's going down!' Mockingbird calls out as Hawkeye brings the sky-cycle up through the air, while the chopper crashes to the ground and explodes beneath them. When it's safe to do so, Mockingbird drops to the ground and Hawkeye lowers the sky-cycle down to the ground. 'What happened up there?' Hawkeye asks. 'What you'd expect. If you're asking whether I caused the crash – not directly, no' Mockingbird replies. She turns away and looks out over the flames, admitting that she is not shedding any tears either, before suggesting to Hawkeye that it looks like his war with the gang is over. 'Yeah' Hawkeye replies, before standing next to Mockingbird and placing an arm around her shoulders, they look out over the burning chopper and Hawkeye wonders where the thrill of victory is.
At the edge of the quarry, Fernando Torres a.k.a. “Prince Charming” emerges from where he was hiding behind a large boulder, and per his employer's instructions, he spray-paints the symbol of the Terminizer – a large “T” within a circle – on the rocky ground. Then, he forces himself to look into the quarry's pit, to see what has become of his friends. He has seen dead bodies before – but these are not bodies. Just mounds of carbon in vaguely human configuration, staring back up at him. Sickened, Prince Charmming turns away. He remembers how he lured his friends here in exchange for business opportunities – a place in Lotus Newmark's organization. He knew what was going to happen – he knew they were going to die – and yet, he did it anyway. In the moment it takes to suppress his nausea, he persuades himself that any one of them would have done the same.
Later, at the Avengers West Compound in Palos Verde, Bobbi is sitting up in bed, reading, and asks Clint if he was able to reach Detective Zamora. 'Yeah. Now ask me if I wish I hadn't' Clint replies, informing Bobbi that Zamora tore his head off for not calling the police before they left the quarry. 'Right – just think – we could have had a squad of dead cops, too' Bobbi replies, before noticing Clint is carrying a glass of beer, and asks him 'Since when do you drink?' Clint sits down on the bed and asks Bobbi to give him a break, as it is a light beer and he isn't planning on doing any driving. He jokes that Evian Water didn't seem to fit the occasion. Bobbi asks if she can have a gulp and Clint hands the glass to her, while stating that tonight he has finally grasped the full meaning of the words “senseless killing”. 'Thirty or forty lives – wiped out in a flash. What kind of person is capable of that?' Clint asks.
'The kind that doesn't come equipped with a conscience. It's a fairly common type these days' Bobbi replies as she hands the glass back to Clint. 'So I'm learning' Clint remarks, before asking Bobbi if it seems unlikely to her that the Terminizer was involved in this. 'Very' Bobbi replies, before she leans into Clint and asks him where a one-man, one-gun operation would suddenly come up with a helicopter henchmen, and a few hundred pounds of napalm. 'No, someone else was behind this – someone a lot more professional' Bobbi suggests. 'And the only guys thatv could tell us who were aboard the chopper' Clint declares. He tells Bobbi that this makes him sick – all these weeks of effort and pain – and the payoff is a mass grave and a dead end.
Meantime, in the Hollywood Hills, Lotus Newmark sits on one end of a sofa and smiles at Prince Charming, telling him that she did well, and that in the long run, it is probably best that Hawkeye survived, as the last thing they want is for the rest of the Avengers to take up his crusade. Prince tells Lotus that he doesn't understand her. 'The chopper goes down in flames, your men die – none of it bugs you?' he asks. Lotus tells Prince that he doesn't comprehend what is at stake, but that once he does, he will understand why she views these losses as part of the cost of doing business. Lotus moves closer to Prince and asks him how he feels about having killed his friends. 'How can you ask – what'm I supposed to -? I don't know!' Prince responds. Lotus tells him that he will be amazed how quickly the guilt vanishes. 'Yeah? How would you know?' Prince asks. Lotus informs Prince that the person she had to kill was her own father – but she got over it. She kisses Prince on his cheek, before pulling him onto her, adding that she didn't even get paid. 'You're trembling!' she remarks, asking Prince if she scares him. 'No... I mean... I don't... you're...' Prince mumbles, while Lotus reminds him that she promised to make him forget his friends. 'I keep my promises' she utters as she kisses him on the lips.
The next morning, Bobbi finds Clint sitting on the shore of the Palos Verde Compound, watching the waves wash against the rocks. 'You okay?' Bobbi asks. 'Yeah. Fine' Clint replies. Bobbi tells him that she missed him being there this morning when she woke up – that she felt lonely. Bobbi asks Clint if she can interest him in breakfast, suggesting that a little nourishment might do him good. 'Maybe later' Clint replies, explaining that he needs some more time to sit and think. Bobbi  asks Clint if he is in any mood to deal with advice, or if she should keep her mouth shut. Clint tells Bobbi to go ahead, as he isn't all here, but he will listen. 'Something I used to do when a SHIELD mission fell to pieces...don't search for some great meaning to all of it. There is none' Bobbi offers. 'Instead, find one thing about the experience that worked out favorably – and focus on that. It sounds corny. But it'll give you hope' Bobbi continues, and Clint smiles at her.
At Sunland, California, in the San Fernando Valley, where a car pulls up in front of the factory, inside the car is Prince Charming, and Auggie Slater, one of Lotus' associates. Prince tells Auggie that it doesn't make sense to him, Lotus going to all this trouble just for him. 'First she hurts me, then she helps me, then she pays me, then -!' he begins, before asking if Lotus is loco, and whether he can trust her. Auggie tells Prince that as long as he doesn't cross her, then he can trust her, as Lotus never goes back on her word. They walk towards the factory as Auggie tells Prince 'She probably told you she doesn't need loyalty or trust. The quality she prizes most, in herself, and in others, is reliability' Auggie explains, adding that people do business with Lotus because they know she delivers on her promises. 'She promised you your life was not indanger. People in the organization are aware of that' Auggie adds as he pulls a card from his wallet, slides the card into a slot on the door, and the door to the factory opens.
Auggie tells Prince that if Lotus reneged on her word without an excellent reason, her credibility would suffer, which would be very bad for business – and Lotus never does anything that is bad for business. Inside the factory, scientists are going about their business, as Auggie remarks 'She told you also, I'm sure, how much was at jeopardy in the situation with the Perfs. This is the project she was referring to'. Auggie informs Prince that he is looking at the post-Columbian future – the “Ice Age” of street drugs. He explains that a the trade in cocaine perivatives declines, Lotus is positioning her organization to dominate the West Coast market for synthetic recreational substances – and she wants Prince to be a part of this.
At La Reina Hospital in Downtown Los Angeles, Hawkeye arrives in the room where Monica Gutierrez has been recovering. 'The doctor told me you were being released today. Thought I'd see if you could use a hand with the luggage' Hawkeye remarks. 'This is all of the luggage, Hawkeye. I am sure I can -' Monica begins, pointing at a single suitcase, before Hawkeye motions at Luis, 'What about that 70-pound package on the bed? I could fly it home' Hawkeye smiles. 'What do you say Senor Package? Do you want to go home by air mail?' Monica smiles at her son. 'Yes! Yes!' Luis exclaims excitedly, while his sister, Anita, sits at the other end of the bed.
Hawkeye and Luis walk out into the corridor, and Luis tells Hawkeye that his mama told him that he could take him for this ride, but when the trouble with the Perfs was finally over. 'Did you change your mind? It is not over, is it?' Luis asks. Hawkeye informs Luis that the Perfs are dead – all of them – and that it happened last night. As they take flight on the sky-cycle, Luis asks Hawkeye if he thinks it was the Terminizer who did this. 'Maybe. Maybe not' Hawkeye replies, adding that the Terminizer has plenty to pay for as well, when he finally nails him. 'And believe me – I will' Hawkeye adds, while Luis looks concerned.

(2nd story)
John Walker is the USAgent. He is a soldier for his country, and was sent to this church in Quemado, Texas, to stop a psycho who had been killing Mexicans as they illegally crossed the border – but he soon discovered that this “Xenophobic Man” was also a border patrol officer, so his boss, Captain Hitchuck, brought USAgent to this church, which happens to be the front for a sanctuary movement for illegals run by a priest, Father Grass. 'Flip the coin and both siders come up a loser' USAgent thinks to himself, armed with a gun rgat the Xenophobic Man dropped, while the Xenophobic Man stands over one of the Mexican refugees, and the wounded Father Grass, who kneels at the refugee's side. The Xenophobic Man wears a football helmet over his head and aims a pistol at USAgent, warning him to back off. 'I'm doing this for God and country!' he shouts.
'This pig has done enough to spoil both. I'm putting him down – the harder the better!' USAgent thinks to himself as he ducks to avoid the pistol fire, while deciding that he is too used to working with the Avengers, where villains make speeches for an hour before the fighting begins. The bullet from the pistol strikes the cross on the church altar. The Xenophobic Man fires another, and USAgent realizes that they are explosive bullets. 'This guy's nuts. To the point, but nuts' USAgent thinks to himself. 'And a lousy shot, too' he adds as the cross on the altar suddenly falls forward, landing with a massive THROOOM and sending dust billowing up into the church. In the commotion, USAgent drops his gun, but he is worried about the priest and the girl. 'What does it take to kill you?' the Xenophobic Man shouts, firing his pistol again, although USAgent blocks the bullets with his shield. The Xenophobic Man decides that his foe is like a machine, and that he doesn't understand emotion or pain. 'But he can't beat a just man' he decides.
Suddenly, the Xenophobic Man runs out of bullets, while thinking that his foe is an animal, a godless animal. 'I am an America. Keep saying it. Forget the pain-' he thinks to himself, while USAgent shouts 'No more bullets? Good. I hope this hurts!' as he hurls his shield towards the Xenophobic Man, shattering his helmet. USAgent thinks that it is a pity his enemy's helmet kept his head from getting sliced off, and reminds himself that he had been thinking of adding blades to the edges of the shield, just for these sorts of occasions. USAgent thinks that he has to end this now, and leaps towards the Xenophobic Man, who has fallen to the ground. 'How's it feel to be helpless?' USAgent asks, grabbing his foe nu his collar. 'To have your life in someone else's hands?' USAgent asks.
'I – I – I'm a just man!' the Xenophobic Man answers as he kicks USAgent in the stomach, knocking him backwards. 'I'm fighting a just cause!' the Xenophobic Man boasts. He reaches for a blade that is carried on his belt and announces that he can bleed, and suffer for his cause – and that he will still come out on top in the end. 'That's the American way!' the Xenophobic Man exclaims, while USAgent thinks to himself 'I'm an idiot! I'm an idiot!' while getting ready for the Xenophobic Man who lunges forward, waving the blade about. USAgent dodges the attack, 'C'mon! C'mon!' he calls out to his foe, before punching him in his face. 'Show me the American way!' USAgent declares as he throws his foe backwards, causing him to stop his  blade. The Xenophobic Man is bleeding and injured. 'No more' he utters. 'You're $#%&^ straight – no more!' USAgent responds as he slams the Xenophobic Man's face into the ground again and again. 'No more crying! No more bleeding! No more killing – no more questioning what's right or wrong, legal or not – just end it...' USAgent calls out, standing over the motionless Xenophobic Man.
'...end it now. End it mean. It's over' the USAgent remarks as he reaches for his shield, thinking that it isn't over, as the Xenophobic Man has killed too many people and caused too much pain. USAgent decides that a trial is only going to cause more problems, as there are too many people who agree with him, sympathize with him and help him. USAgent raises his shield above his head as he stands over the Xenophobic Man – he is about to bring the shield down onto his opponent, when Father Grass emerges from the rubble of the cross and calls out 'Please...stop...the girl'. USAgent turns his attention over to the fallen cross and the rubble and asks if the girl is still alive under there. 'I think...' the priest responds, while the Xenophobic Man opens his eyes. 'I think she is!' USAgent calls out as he starts removing some planks of wood from the rubble. Father Grass asks him to hurry, but although he is incredibly strong, USAgent struggles to lift the very heavy cross – until he positions himself underneath it, and pushes it upwards on his back. 'Get her out – quick!' USAgent exclaims, when suddenly, the Xenophobic Man retrieves his weapon and aims it at USAgent, 'Never count a true American out of the fight' the Xenophobic Man smirks.
USAgent knows that if he drops the cross, then the girl will die – but if he doesn't, then he will die anyway. 'I shoulda killed him when I had the chance' USAgent thinks to himself, while Father Grass turns to the Xenophobic Man and asks him 'Why?' to which the Xenophobic Man answers 'Because I love my country'. An instant later, there is gunfire, and the Xenophobic Man is shot in the head. 'So do I' Captain Hitchuck declares as he appears, aiming the weapon which has gunsmoke seeping from it. 'Is he -?' USAgent asks as he puts the cross down on the ground, away from the girl, who Father Grass lifts to safety. Captain Hitchuck confirms that the Xenophobic Man is dead, and reveals that he has known his parents for ten years, and is not looking forward to telling them.
USAgent didn't think that Hitchuck had this in him, that he thought he was a lazy, indifferent cop – but he was wrong. Father Grass announces that the girl is barely alive, so Hitchuck tells him that they can get her to Quemado Hospital in five minutes. 'What about us?' Father Grass asks. 'What about us?' Hitchuck responds, pointing out that it seems they got what they all wanted – an end to the killing. 'Then what about tomorrow?' Father Grass enquires – but USAgent doesn't have any answers for him.