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Chasing Ghosts
The psychic plane…where a secret alliance of six of the most powerful beings on Earth is underway: Norman “Iron Patriot” Osborne, Emma “White Queen” Frost, Doctor Doom, Namor, the Hood, and Loki. Seated around a stone table with high-back chairs, Norman thanks Emma for projecting them onto the psychic plane and making the impromptu meeting possible. The White Queen suggests to everyone that they should take a moment to ensure their mental shields are up, to which Doom boasts that he has no need for such things. ‘In this den of crooks and liars? You would do well to mask your every thought’ Loki tells Doom. ‘Speak for yourself, “woman”!’ Doom retorts. Loki just ignores him.
Doom reaches for his faceplate: ‘Look deep into my mind. Into my naked soul. My true essence. I know what you’ll see. A man of great power. A force to be reckoned with!’ he boasts as he removes his faceplate. Loki just scowls. ‘Fine! Now that that’s out of the way…can we get back to business?’ Norman asks as he too removes his helmet. Norman turns to Doom and asks ‘You had a grievance? Though I fail to see what it could possible be. We’ve kept up our part of the bargain. Have you or have you not been reinstated in Latveria?’ Norman asks. Doom replies that he has, but as soon as he reclaimed his throne, he found his kingdom overrun with Asgardian refugees.
‘That was our agreement, Doom!’ Loki declares, to which the Hood remarks that, speaking of agreements, he was promised some protection, but instead has the Punisher after him. He adds that the Mr Negative guy is moving in on his action. ‘What’re you doing about it, Osborn?’ he demands to know. More questions begin to get thrown around the psychic room: ‘And what’s this I hear about another team of Avengers?’, ‘Mutants massing in San Francisco?’, ‘How goes the hunt for Stark?’, ‘Is Camp Hammond dismantled yet?’
‘Yeah, Osborn. What’s up with that? I thought your guys were the official team? The Hood asks. ‘Having these other Avengers running around…well…it kinda makes you look like a chump, don’t it?’ he points out, to which Loki smirks. Taken aback by the question, a nervous Osborn replies that he is taking care of it, before calling the next order of business. Loki just looks very pleased with herself.
Later, in Asgard, the private quarters of Loki, Goddess of Mischief. The powerful Goddess laughs to herself as she exclaims that she places the first cracks in Osborn’s armor. ‘Now to widen them. To me, my Avengers…for this is the day you become the heroes this world - and I - greatly need!’ Loki exclaims as she casts a spell, disguising herself as none other than the Scarlet Witch!
Meanwhile, on Earth, at the remains of Avengers Mansion, the current meeting place for the teenage heroes known as the Young Avengers. Cassie “Stature” Lang, and the new Vision, who goes by the name Jonas, stand outside the door, where Jonas asks Cassie if she is ready. ‘Have you thought about how we’re going to tell them?’. Cassie replies that she has no idea. ‘Do I just blurt it out?’ she asks. ‘Billy. Tommy. Guess what? The Scarlet Witch, the woman who killed my Dad and who might be your Mom…we bumped into her the other day. She says “hi”’ Cassie mocks.
‘I have complete audio playback of the event. She never -’ Jonas begins to point out, but Cassie interrupts him. ‘I was being -’ she exclaims, before their five teammates - Patriot, Wiccan, Speed, the female Hawkeye, and Hulkling arrive. ‘All right, you two, what’s the emergency?’ Patriot asks matter-of-factly. Hawkeye tells Stature not to mind Patriot, as that is just his way of saying “good morning”, while Speed greets his teammates and asks ‘What’s up?’. ‘Um…hey guys…‘ Cassie replies, before Wiccan asks her if she is okay. ‘You sounded really weird on the phone’ he points out. ‘Well, Billy…it’s…um…’ Cassie begins, while asking Jonas for a little help.
The new Vision opens the door to the Mansion and suggests they all go inside. ‘We’ll be with you shortly’ he tells them. ‘Great. More standing around the Mansion…like we didn’t do enough of that when we got turned into statues…’ Hulkling mutters. With their teammates inside, Stature tells Jonas that this is big - Kang-level big. ‘You think they’ll be up for it?’ she asks him. Jonas replies that they will not know until they ask. ‘And we can’t ask them until we take this first step. Come on’ he tells Cassie. ‘Okay. Let’s do this’ Cassie agrees as they make their way into the Mansion: ‘Guys, there’s something you need to know about - the Scarlet Witch?’ Stature exclaims, confused as she and Jonas find themselves not inside the former Avengers’ Mansion, but in Hank Pym’s lab, where the Scarlet Witch hovers in the air.
Dr Hank Pym - now calling himself the Wasp - turns to Stature and the new Vision and asks them what took them so long. ‘The mighty Avengers have work to do!’ he exclaims, with Hercules, John “USAgent” Walker, Jocasta, and Amadeus Cho at his side. A confused Stature asks ‘What’s going on? Where are the Young Avengers? Uncle Hank? What’ve you done to the Mansion?’. Jonas tells Cassie that, according to his GPS, they are not in the Mansion, but in Chicago. Edwin Jarvis, long-time housekeeper to the original Avengers team approaches Stature and the Vision, remarking that the Vision is correct, and explaining that this is Dr Pym’s lab which resides in a dimensional “Pym Pocket”, that is anchored to Chicago. Jarvis adds that the doorway to Avengers Mansion is one of its many entrance points. ‘Refreshments?’ he asks.
‘Refreshments? Jarvis! All of you? Are you crazy?’ Stature shouts, motioning to the Scarlet Witch, who is slowly fading from view, she exclaims ‘The Scarlet Witch is right there! And she’s getting away! Someone do something!’. Walker tells Cassie to stow it, informing her that the Scarlet Witch gave them Intel on dozens of hotspots around the globe. ‘Which she probably caused’ Cassie whispers. Hercules tells Cassie that he understands her doubts, but reminds her that it is was with the help of the Scarlet Witch that their band of Avengers saved reality itself. ‘Wait! Vision and I…we’re not part of this team! We’re with the Young Avengers -’ she exclaims. ‘Right. Look, if Wolverine can be on three teams at the same time, you guys can two!’ Amadeus Cho points out.
A portal opens and Hank tells everyone that they are on the clock, announcing that, first up is a splinter group of Lava men trying to submerge Borneo. ‘I’ve set the doorway to the proper co-ordinates. In you go!’ he tells them. Walker leads the way, followed by Hercules and his side-kick Amadeus, while Cassie and the Vision follow, though Cassie asks ‘And we’re going with them. Why?’. Jonas informs Stature that Borneo is the third largest island in the world. ‘We were brought her against our will. We were - doornapped!’ she exclaims. ‘It has a population of over 16 million’ Jonas explains, to which Cassie just sighs. Jocasta and Jarvis watch their friends depart, with Jocasta telling Pym to be careful, and assuring him they will monitor things from here. ‘Godspeed, Avengers!’ Jarvis calls out.
Meanwhile, in Palos Verdes, California, at the Avengers West Compound, home to the former Avengers team, but long since abandoned. There is a mighty WHHSSHHH noise, as Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver speeds through the Compound, calling out: ‘Wanda? Sister?. USAgent? Pym? Show yourselves!’. But Quicksilver realizes that it is no use, that the Compound is empty. ‘Like everywhere else I’ve checked! But it doesn’t matter. I’ll find you sister. Now that I know you’re with Hank Pym and his second-rate team of -’ Pietro exclaims as he speeds along the beech under the cliffs of Palos Verdes, running past some beachgoers.
Quicksilver slows down when he hears a report coming from one of the civilians’ radio: ‘- third Avengers fighting today. From Indonesia to Ireland and now Argentina. I guess saving the world once wasn’t enough for Dr Pym. Now he’s doing it one country at a -’ Pietro speeds up, racing across water, ‘YES!’ he shouts. ‘I’m coming, Wanda!’
Meanwhile, in Buenos Aires, the Avengers find themselves going up against Swarm. ‘Bees. I’m fighting myself made out of bees. Not every day you get to say that!’ Amadeus Cho exclaims, while wearing the Ant-Man helmet on his head as he indeed takes on a bee-version of himself. Hank communicates with Amadeus, telling him to focus, and asks if the helmet is helping him block Swarm’s signal. Amadeus replies that it is a little. ‘Still…evil twins made out of bees. That’s just weird!’. Suddenly, Swarm shouts ‘Nein! They are beautiful. A new race of insect men! Soon my Hive Reich will replace you all!’. ‘Freaking Nazi!’ Walker shouts at Swarm, while punching his bee-self in the face.
While the new Vision fries his bee-self with a blast of energy, Hercules smashes his opponent in the face. ‘Von Meyer, my old foe. Ah, what a glorious lunatic’ he remarks. Hank and Stature have both reduced their forms to insect-size, and Hank tells Cassie to keep an eye out for the queen, as that Is where Swarm’s intelligence is stored. ‘Yes, Uncle Hank. About -’ Cassie replies, before Hank interrupts, ‘Found her! Get the inhibitor collar ready!’ he orders. ‘- the Scarlet Witch. Why on Earth are you working with -?’ Cassie continues, but Hank tells her ‘Enough. This isn’t a John Hughes movie!’ ‘What? Who’s John Hughes?’ Cassie asks.
Hank explains to Cassie that he is sating she is not in a world where kids are the smart ones and every adult is an idiot. ‘I was there. I saw Wanda kill my teammates, wreck the Mansion - and end an era of Avengers history’ Hank reminds Cassie, explaining that he is keeping his friends close and his enemies closer. ‘And we are not talking about this again, Ms Lang. Is that understood?’. Cassie replies ‘Yes, Sir’, before informing Hank that she collared his Nazi-bee.
Indeed, Swarm begins to dissipate: ‘What - what have you done? Can’t think? My mindzz all bzzzzz?’ he exclaims. The bee-versions of the Avengers also being to separate, and Walker exclaims ‘They’re all going away. Pym did it!’. ‘With Stature’s help’ the new Vision adds. Cho calls the Vision “Spock” and tells him to take it easy, and that no-one is selling blondie short, before announcing that his com system is down, that he is not picking anything up from Pym. ‘So Hank and the girl are still in there?’ Hercules asks, looking at the swarm of confused bees. Cho replies that as near as he can tell they are, when, suddenly, Quicksilver arrives!
‘Greetings, fellow Avengers! What seems to be the problem?’ he asks casually. ‘A plague of insects? That’s nothing to me. I’ll have them out of the way in no time!’ Pietro boasts as he begins twirling his arms around, creating a funnel which sends the bees dispersing all over the place. ‘Quicksilver? NO!’ Amadeus cries out, before Walker comes over and calls Quicksilver an idiot, explaining that Wasp and Stature were shrunk down in that swarm. ‘Cassie?’ Jonas calls out, concerned, while Pietro asks how he was supposed to know that. Amadeus takes off the helmet, declaring that it has gone dead. ‘Hope that doesn’t mean -’ he begins, when, suddenly, Hank and Cassie appear, in their human sizes.
‘It’s okay, guys. We’re fine’ Cassie tells everyone. ‘Barely’ Hank mutters, before asking what happened - ‘Oh…Pietro. I should’ve known. Let me guess. Jumping in without thinking?’ he remarks. ‘That about sums it up!’ Walker confirms. ‘I will not be talked to in such a fashion!’ Pietro retorts. ‘I was about to -’ he begins, ‘What? Destroy Earth’s dwindling bee population?’ Hank asks. ‘- I was trying to contribute to this new team. Excuse me for -’, but he is interrupted again, by Hank, who points a finger at him and stares him down, remarking that he will not excuse him. ‘I offered you a spot, remember? But…what was it? We didn’t measure up to your “caliber”!’ Hank reminds Pietro.
‘Pym, I -’ Quicksilver begins to reply, but Hank tells him to run along, as he is good at that. Suddenly, an astral projection of the phoney Scarlet Witch appears in the sky. ‘Come, Avengers! We’re needed elsewhere!’ she exclaims, teleporting Hank, Johnny, Hercules, Cassie, Jonas and Amadeus away. ‘Wanda? No! You can’t go! Take me with you! Don’t leave me behind! WANDA!’ Pietro screams.
Meanwhile, Avengers Tower, the Manhattan headquarters of Norman Osborn’s sanctioned team of Avengers. Numerous HAMMER staff go about their business, in this case, the search for Hank Pym and his Avengers. ‘Don’t we have a lock on them yet?’ one of them asks. ‘No. They’re using two forms of transportation’ someone else replies. ‘Those Pym Particle Portals and…something else’. Another of the HAMMER staff declares that they had better find a way to track it fast. ‘Or you can be the one to tell Osborn that we haven’t -’ he stops short in his tracks as Iron Patriot enters the laboratory. ‘Commander Osborn!’ someone shouts.
Osborn asks the scientists for an update on their progress, to which someone quickly replies that they believe Pym and his team are using a new type of Pym Particle to enlarge and shrink fissures in Space-Time, but that even with HAMMER’s best satellites, they cannot get a proper reading. ‘I figured as much. Here. Run a scan on this to get your baseline’ Osborn declares, placing a large container onto a table. Opening the container, a large bone is revealed inside. ‘What is that?’ someone asks. ‘Human bone that’s been exposed to the unique Pym Particles we’re looking for. This is Goliath’s clavicle. I exhumed it on the way over!’
As Osborn holds onto Goliath’s bone, one of his staff rushes over with a portable monitor, exclaiming that he thinks he will want to see this. ‘What now?’ Osborn snaps, ‘It’s Pym and his Avengers. They’re on the global news network…’. Indeed, a reporter is standing near Hank, live from Tokyo‘s Akihabara District, telling him that by her count this is the tenth superhuman crisis he has averted today. ’That sounds about right’ Hank replies, while in the background, his teammates go about collecting up the AIM scientists they have taken down. ‘You heroes are making quite a name for yourselves. But what our viewers are asking…should that name be “The Avengers”?’. ‘Why not?’ Hank asks.
The reporter points out that, recently, the Iron Patriot stated that Hank is not affiliated with his team. ‘The way I see it, I’m currently the only Founding Avenger running one of these. By out charter…that makes us the real Avengers!’ he exclaims.
‘WHAT?’ shouts a furious Osborn, snapping Goliath’s clavicle in half as he storms from the laboratory, telling his staff that they will get better readings from further inside the bone. ‘Th-thank you, Sir’ someone replies nervously.
‘I can’t stress this enough. The Avengers don’t belong to any one country or Government. We are - and we always have been - Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. We’re here for every man, woman, and child on this planet. And I promise…we’re going to do right by you!’ Hank exclaims, before he and his teammates vanish. ‘There you have it. Hank Pym, now calling himself the Wasp…and his team of mighty Avengers. Gone in a literal flash. Where will they show up next? Your guess is as good as -’ the reporter declares, before being startled at the arrival of Quicksilver!
‘No! I can’t have missed them! Not again!’ Quicksilver exclaims, while the reporter announces that they have a new development here, as the one-time Avenger, Quicksilver has just arrived. Pietro stops as the reporter asks Quicksilver if he is part of this team. With the camera on him, Pietro replies ‘Well, of course. Why would you ask such a thing? Now tell me…did they say where they were going?’.
Meanwhile, in Biarritz, off the south-western coast of France. A peculiar behemoth battles Hank and Stature - both whom have increased their height to match his. ‘Titan will crush you, surface dwellers!’ the creature boasts, declaring that he will lay waste to all of their arid kingdoms. ‘Titan will rule you all!’. Hank asks Stature how she is holding up, to which Cassie replies that she has never grown this big before. ‘Heart feels like someone stuck a hummingbird in my chest!’ she exclaims. Hank replies that he knows, and tells Cassie that this is their upper limit, so not to push it.
Down below, Hercules holds up a mirror that Pym enlarged, and tells Jonas to use his solar beam on the mirror. Hovering nearby, Jonas replies that he fails to see what that would accomplish. ‘Why, we’ll bury the foul creature. Trust me, android!’ Hercules replies, adding that this is how Archimedes and he torched Roman warships at the Siege of Syracuse. The new Vision begins to blast his solar beam at the mirror, adding that he is confused. ‘According to my files, that is historically inaccurate. That’s a myth - a legend’ he declares. ‘Aye! Like everything I do, it was both mythic and legendary!’ Hercules replies, holding up the massive mirror with his equally massive strength.
The solar beam bounces off the mirror, striking Titan, causing him to cry out In agony, but he manages to get a good swipe at Hank, knocking him over. ‘Uncle Hank!’ Stature calls out, concerned. Pym tells everyone not to worry about him, and reminds them to keep Titan away from the water. ‘We’ve almost got him dryed out. Blackjack! USAgent! Cho! Hit ‘em with the guns! Now!’ Hank exclaims. Holding rather large guns, Walker and the others do as Hank orders, while a blonde woman dressed in black turns to her male companion, addressing him as Ace, asks him to explain to her why they are taking Wasp’s orders. ‘We’re Blackjack for God’s sake. And we got here first!’ she adds. ‘Well, Jacquie, I guess today we’re going by height’, Ace replies.
Walker turns to Blackjack and Ace and tells them that, new friends aside, he doesn’t understand why they are shooting Titan with a salt solution. ‘Doesn’t he live in saltwater?’ Johnny asks. As the saltwater solution spurts from the weapons, Cho points out that there is no water in this goo, as it is a special saline mix, which will draw all the moisture out of Titan, like pouring salt on a bug. ‘I’ll draw you a picture when we get home’ Cho remarks, insulting Walker.
Back in Chicago, ‘Oh my God! SHIELD’s invading the mall!’ a civilian gasps as countless shoppers drop what they are doing to stare at the soldiers who have suddenly swarmed the mall. ‘They’re not SHIELD anymore, honey. They’re HAMMER’ a man corrects his partner. ‘What does that stand for?’ she asks. ‘By the look of em? Anything they want!’ the man replies. Suddenly, the HAMMER agents surround a maintenance door, banging on it, they should ‘This is HAMMER! Open up! We’ve tracked illegal Pym Particle emissions to this location!’
Inside, Jocasta and Jarvis - along with several animals, look concerned, while HAMMER shouts ‘If anyone’s in there, we strongly advise you to surrender…lie down on the ground and place your hands behind your head!’. ‘This is most unfortunate. They’re at the main entrance!’ Jocasta points out. ‘Madame Jocasta…can they get in?’ Jarvis asks. ‘Of course. It’s just a normal door’ Jocasta replies, while the door-barge continues to pound the door. ‘Ma’am? What are you doing?’ Jarvis asks when Jocasta begins pressing buttons on a monitor. ‘I believe this is called a “Hail Mary”’ Jocasta replies, adding that it is interesting she cannot tell if she is more afraid of this working, or of it not.
The door suddenly swings open, and one of the HAMMER agents tells his colleagues to be careful, for the door may say “maintenance closet”, but it is actually Hank Pym’s lab. ‘Anything could be in there. Armies of ants. Ultrons. Even…’ ‘…mops and cleaning supplies? So it is a maintenance closet?’ another of the agents asks. Suddenly, there is a small grunting sound, and the agent finds a gorilla, shrunken down to a size that it fits in his hand. ‘Oh, this was Pym’s lab all right! We’re just a little too late!’
‘My word, what a mess!’ Jarvis exclaims. ‘Edwin? Are you -?’ Jocasta asks as she helps Jarvis steady himself. Jarvis replies that he is fine, before asking what it is that just happened. Jocasta replies that she cast off their “anchor”. ‘You what?’ Jarvis asks. The robotic Avenger tells Jarvis that this “Pym Pocket” they are in used to exist in two places at once - Chicago and this side dimension. ‘”Used to”?’ Jarvis asks. Jocasta explains that she cut their tether to the real world, and tells Jarvis not to worry, as they are not trapped - yet. She explains that the doors still work, but they are fading one-by-one, and in less than 48 hours, they will all be gone - then this lab, along with all of Hank’s projects, will be stranded outside of Space and Time. ‘Oh, he’s not going to be happy about that…’ Jocasta tells herself.
Back in France, Titan flees from the saltwater spray, pushing Stature aside as he lumbers towards the ocean. ‘Out of my way, mammal!’ he exclaims. Hank grabs Cassie before she falls, and tells her that the strain is getting to her, so she needs to shrink back down. ‘No…I can’t…if Titan gets back in the water…’ Cassie exclaims. ‘He’ll replenish himself. And it all starts over. I know. That’s not important’ Hank tells Cassie, adding that they have to come up with something, and fast. ‘Luckily for you, Pym…fast is what I do best!’ Quicksilver boasts as he arrives on scene, and begins running super-fast circles around Titan. ‘I know. I’m positively breathtaking’ Pietro boasts, while Titan coughs and splutters. Moments later, he falls to the sand-covered ground, sending sand flying everywhere, while the Avengers, Cho, Blackjack and Ace look on.
Shortly, Titan has been lifted on to GRAMPA machinery for transport, and the heroes stand nearby, where Hercules congratulates Quicksilver. ‘What Herc said. Guess this means we’re letting him on the team, huh, Pym?’ Walker adds. Hank points out that they certainly made Pietro work for it, and asks him what he has to say. ‘Once an Avenger…’ Pietro replies. ‘…always an Avenger. Welcome aboard, old friend’ Hank tells Quicksilver.
‘Ace, about Titan…’ Hank begins, but Ace tells Hank not to worry, assuring him that their agency has facilities that can hold him. ‘Now as the new kid, you’ll have to do some scut work at first. Run errands, help Jarvis with the cleaning…’ Walker begins, but Stature tells him to cut it out. ‘We’re not like that’ she points out. ‘Hey, blondie. You said “we”!’ Cho remarks.
Blackjack informs Hank that she has heard a rumor he has been targeted by HAMMER, and tells him that she thinks they might have a solution for him. Ace tells Pym that, if he likes, they could deputize his Avengers and fold them into their Global Reaction Agency. ‘You’d have clearance in every country without an Osborn’ Ace adds. ‘That is too good to pass up. So a Global Reaction Agency?’ Hank replies. ‘For Mysterious Paranormal Activity’ Blackjack adds. ‘Wait. Osborn gets HAMMER…and I’d be with GRAMPA?’ Hank asks. ‘Doctor, you’re calling yourself the Wasp. I think that ship’s already sailed’ Jacquie tells him.
Later, Quicksilver appears on the Europa television network, where a reporter remarks ‘To be blunt, Mr Maximoff, given your recent troubles…with the Inhumans, superhumans and the mutant communities…do you feel that you deserve a coveted spot on an Avengers team?’. Quicksilver replies that he is glad the reporter brought this up, because there is something his viewers need to know: ‘Most of this is new to me. You see, for the past few years I’d been replaced by a Skull. I’ve only recently come back to Earth along with the rest of the abductees…’.
Jocasta and Jarvis watch the report, when the Avengers and Cho return to Pym’s lab, with Pietro telling Hank that he thought Wanda used her spells to transport the team. Hank replies that sometimes they use Pym Pocket doorways, as the Scarlet Witch comes and goes as she pleases. ‘We never know when she’ll show up. All we know is that when she does…it’s for something of the utmost importance!’
Jarvis rushes over to Hank, telling him that he needs to talk to him right away. ‘Of course, Jarvis, what’s the matter?’ Hank replies, before Jocasta interrupts, exclaiming ‘Hank, there’ something you should know -’, but Jarvis pushes Jocasta to one side, ‘Later!’ he tells her, before leading Hank away from the others, and asks ‘You are aware of Master Quicksilver’s recent claim?’. ‘That he was abducted by the Skrulls? Yeah. I caught that’ Hank replies. Jarvis reminds Hank that the two of them were abducted by Skrulls, and both replaced by doppelgangers. ‘I can’t speak for you, Dr Pym, but I know that the entire time I was on that Skrull ship…I never saw Pietro Maximoff!’. Hank agrees, but suggests to Jarvis that more than any other Avenger, he also knows that each of them deserves a second chance. ‘Besides, it’s not like we’re not getting something out of the bargain too’.
Watching Quicksilver, Walker, Hercules, Jocasta, Stature, the new Vision and Cho standing around talking, Hank tells Jarvis that Quicksilver is obviously here to reconnect with his sister, which is fine by him. ‘The two of them have always been close - practically joined at the hip. Who knows, with his help…we might be closer to solving this mystery of Wanda’s sudden return. However, Hank is unaware that an astral projection of the Scarlet Witch - in truth, Loki - was hovering nearby as he said those words, and she frowns, clearly unhappy with that idea.
Later, on the psychic plane once more. Osborn’s group are meeting once again. ‘Why hasn’t this been dealt with?’ someone asks. ‘Magneto’s son is now once of their members’. ‘That won’t sit well with the mutant community’. ‘Your Avengers know to stay clear of my business. These guys don’t!’. ‘What “business” do you have abroad?’, ‘Yes, so far Pym’s team has only operated outside of America’. ‘I hear in Europe and Asia they’re calling them the real Avengers’.
‘REAL Avengers?’ Norman suddenly shouts, in amongst all the discussion. ‘My team is the real Avengers, y’hear me!?’, suddenly, his face flashes to its former guise of the Green Goblin. ‘Osborn! Your face!’ someone exclaims, causing Osborn to quickly put his helmet back on, covering his face as he announces that the meeting is adjourned. As the six go their separate ways, Norman declares that all future meetings here in the psychic plane are cancelled. ‘I warned you things like that might happen’ the White Queen points out, while Namor agrees, remarking that this venue is far too revealing. ‘Yeah. Lame idea if you ask me. I mean…who even thought of it in the first place?’ the Hood asks, while Loki remains seated, and smirks to herself….


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Mighty / Fantastic, part 1: The Baxter Job
Flashback, “a couple of years ago”:Hank Pym’s lab, where Dr Hank Pym a.k.a. Yellowjacket, and his close-friend Dr Bill Foster a.k.a. Goliath are examining a project that Foster has been working on. Hank tells Bill that this is his masterpiece. ‘This is your Nobel Prize in science right here!’ he exclaims as they stand in the middle of the messy lab. Hank jokes that if the machine hums, then they should toss in a Grammy too. Bill replies that he did base it on Hank’s Pym Particle theories, and one day it dawned on him, that if a person can shrink out of this universe and into the Microverse, then what would happen if they altered their vibrational frequency at the exact moment they shunted between dimensions?
‘A dimensional wave inducer’ Hank remarks. ‘Cheap and efficient travel - to any dimension in all of space and time’ Bill tells him. ‘I think I’m in love!’ Hank exclaims, touching the device. ‘Ahem’ a voice exclaims as Janet van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp enters the lab. ‘So? Are you boys gonna spend all day down here…playing with your slide rules?’ Hank barely looks at his ex-wife when he tells her that they will just be another minute. ‘Fine. Hi, Bill’ Jan replies. ‘Hi, Jan’, Bill replies back, before Janet tells Hank not to forget that they have some important matters to discuss.
Hank doesn’t respond, instead he turns to Bill and suggests they open the “bad boy” up. Goliath tells Yellowjacket that it will take a lot more than a “minute”, to which Hank assures him Jan can wait. ‘But this? This device of yours is going to change the world! It’ll open all kinds of doors. Doors we’ve never dreamed of!’
Present:Hank Pym’s lab, where indeed, all kinds of doors have opened - as the members of Hank’s team of Avengers - Johnny “USAgent” Walker, Pietro “Quicksilver” Maximoff, the Mighty Hercules, Cassie “Stature” Lang, the new Vision - also called Jonas, Jocasta, and Hank Pym himself - now known as the Wasp - along with Hercules’ side-kick, Amadeus Cho - find themselves stepping through a bizarre set of doors, all leading to the same position, but from different angles - some arriving upside down. ‘PYM?!’ Walker shouts. ‘I know. This does not look good’ Pym replies.
Moments later, the heroes appear on “normal ground”, while Hercules remarks ‘Well, that was vexing’, while Cho asks ‘Since when do most of our “magic doors” go to…well…nowhere?’. Jocasta explains that it is her fault, as she severed their link to Earth. Hank adds that his lab exists in a side dimension, so without that link, its dimensional doorways will fade, revealing that in under two days they will all be gone. ‘So what’s the problem, Doc?’ Walker asks, adding that is plenty of time for Pym to pack up his Bunsen burners and bug out, before announcing that some of them have work to do. ‘If one of you ladies could point out the door to Lhasa…’ the handsome hero’s voice trails off, while Edwin Jarvis approaches the team and asks his companions if they are going to Tibet.
Quicksilver explains that only he and USAgent are going. ‘While you were off making tea, we got an assignment from the Global Reaction Agency. It’s a two-man job. Fate of the world. That kind of stuff’ Johnny adds, while Pym complains that the Avengers are not even part of GRAMPA for ten minutes, and they are already sending dispatches through their only working transdimensional mail slot. Jocasta motions to a doorway, and tells USAgent and Quicksilver that there are currently no doorways to Tibet, but this one is going to Xining, China, and that is as close as they can get them right now. ‘I hope that won’t put you out’ the robotic heroine adds.
‘Not at all’ Pietro tells Jocasta, while thinking to himself that he is not sure how much longer he can stand this, as he is only part of this team to reunite with his sister, except since he joined their ranks, Wanda has remained noticeably absent. ‘As much as it pains me, I must be…patient’ the mutant speedster tells himself. As Walker and Quicksilver depart, Pym tells them that if they do not hear from the rest of the team within two days, it probably means that they cannot bring the two of them back, and chances are they will need to find their own way home. Pietro tells Pym not to worry about them. ‘You incompetent twit’ is what he is really thinking, adding that Pym has more important things to worry about. ‘Idiot’.
Stature turns to Pym, and addressing him as “Uncle Hank” like she usually does, she tells him that, if it is okay, she and the Vision are going to take off as well. ‘We left the Young Avengers hanging, and we really should check in on ‘em’ Cassie explains, before asking for the door to Avengers Mansion. ‘That door? I’m sorry, Cassie, but that’s long gone’ Hank tells her. ‘What? You can’t be serious!’ Stature exclaims, declaring that this is important. ‘Our friends are -’ she begins, while Hank, busy with something on a table, interrupts: ‘No. You know what’s important, Cassie? This lab! This Pym Pocket! This was the first step! The foundation for something so much larger!’
Pym declares that they had all these plans - he and Bill Foster. ‘And I, we were going to - AHH!’ he screams, shoving the equipment off the table in a rage, before exclaiming: ‘Do you have any idea what I was trying to do here. Damn it, Jocasta! You - you ruined it! How could you do such a thing? It’s all worthless now!’ Hank shouts.
In the adjoining room, Jocasta covers her face with a hand. ‘Madame Jocasta?’ Jarvis asks. ‘I heard’ Jocasta mumbles, while Jarvis tells her not to pay any attention, and reminds her that if she hadn’t taken action, Norman Osborn and HAMMER would have control of this lab right now. ‘And then where would we be?’ he asks. ‘I was there. You made the right choice, Ma’am’. Hercules strides into the other room: ‘Henry? A word, please?’ he calls out to Pym.
‘So our “ship” is about to fall off the edge of the map. What of it?’ Hercules asks, reminding Pym that they are heroes - and heroes fear not such petty things. ‘The question now is, what are you going to do about it?’ the Olympian asks. ‘You’re right. There is a solution. I know what to do’ Hank replies, adding that, firstly, he needs to make a call….
The Baxter Building, headquarters of the Fantastic Four: ‘Hank, it’s always good to hear from you, but can we make this quick?’ asks Reed Richards a.k.a. Mr Fantastic. Talking to Hank over the monitor, he tells him that this morning, his daughter Valeria created a new form of artificial canine intelligence, and they are about to dash off and enter it in the cybernetics expo. ‘That’s great, Reed’ Hank replies, before Reed reveals that they then have a meeting to option it to Disney. ‘Nice’ Hank adds, while Reed asks him to forgive his bout of parental pride. ‘Reed, my lab’s about to be destroyed!’ Hank announces, while Reed’s family and teammates also watch the monitor - Susan Storm-Richards a.k.a. the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm a.k.a. the Human Torch, Ben Grimm a.k.a. the Thing, and Reed’s children - Franklin and Valeria, playing with the new robotic dog.
Equally, in Hank’s lab, Hercules, Jocasta, the new Vision, Stature and Cho have gathered around to watch the conversation. ‘Thanks, Jarvis’ Stature remarks as Jarvis serves her a drink. Hank tells Reed that his lab isn’t going to be so much as “destroyed”, more like stranded in a side-dimension and cut off from Earth. ‘I hate it when that happens’ Reed replies, asking if there is anything he can do to help. ‘Glad you asked’ Hank remarks, telling Reed that he is pretty sure he could fix the problem with the help of a specific device - one that is currently in Reed’s possession: Bill Foster’s dimensional wave inducer.
Reed frowns, ‘Ah, about that…I’m sorry, Hank, but I can’t let you have it’ he replies. ‘What? Reed, I helped Bill Foster build that thing. It’s partly mine!’ Hank snaps back, annoyed. Mr Fantastic reveals that Goliath left it to the Thing in his will. ‘I think it’s best that it stays with the Fantastic Four’ Reed announces. Hank looks troubled, and tells Reed that after Bill died, the device was actually left to him: ‘But I wasn’t on Earth at the time because you - because I’d been replaced by a Skrull. It went to Ben by default’. Hank declares now that he is back, the real him, he would like to have the device. ‘I rather, I really need it. Now’.
‘No’ Reed replies. ‘No? Why the hell not?’ Hank asks. Mr Fantastic points out that the dimensional wave inducer is a powerful device. ‘It’s big science. And I don’t trust you around big science. Not when you’re like this’. ‘Like what?’ Hank retorts. ‘Unstable’ Reed replies, remarking that Hank has been through a lot recently - his Skrull abduction, the deaths of Jan, Bill and Captain America. ‘It’s been a lot for you to take in’. ‘Reed…’ Susan begins, but Reed continues, remarking that, in the past, when Hank has been unstable, he has altered his own bio-chemistry and built killer robots. ‘Ultron was an accident, I never meant -’ Hank begins, but Reed interrupts: ‘What about Salvation One? The robot you attacked the Avengers with? Do you remember that?’ Reed asks.
Pym exclaims that is ancient history, and asks Reed if he wants to talk recent history: ‘Whoa, this’s getting ugly!’ the Thing remarks, while Pym declares that he isn’t the one who built the clone-cyborg hybrid that murdered Bill Foster. ‘And when the God of Chaos returned to destroy all of reality, I wasn’t the guy trapped inside a TV set. No, I was the guy saving Earth!’ Hank exclaims, referring to his battle with Chthon. Hank adds that if there is on reason he should have the inducer, it’s because it is based on his Pym Particles. ‘That may be the case, but we both know…I know more about Pym Particles than you’ Reed replies, causing Cassie to spit her drink out in shock, and Amadeus exclaims ‘Ohhh snap!’.
‘Dr. Richards?’ Pym remarks. ‘Hank?’ Reed asks. ‘It’s on, bitch!’ Hank snaps back, causing the Fantastic Four to look on in horror, before the transmission is terminated. The Human Torch keels over with laughter: ‘Classic! Tell me we got that on tape!’ he exclaims, while the Thing asks Reed what he was thinking. Reed walks away from the others, but Susan follows him, telling her husband to call Pym back right now and apologize. ‘For what?’ Reed asks.
Back in Hank’s lab, the remaining Avengers and Amadeus gather around a meeting table, with a holographic display of the Baxter Building. ‘Ladies. Gentlemen. This is our new target!’ Pym announces, explaining to his allies that, upon any breach, the site goes into complete lockdown - down to a molecular level. ‘From that point on, the only way in - or out - is through a DNA-encoded security key on each member’s uniform’. An image of the Thing appears in a hologram, demonstrating the security key, before two images of robots appear as Hank informs the others that the interior of the building is regularly patrolled by humanoid experimental robots with b-type integrated electronics and recycled Doombots.
Hank reveals that there is a rooftop access point that is primarily used for the Fantastic Four’s pogo plane - a long-range vehicle that doubles as an escape pod. ‘Is that how you’re planning to make your exit?’ Jonas asks. ‘No’ Hank replies, though revealing that getting the Fantastic Four to use it is part of his plan. Hank calls out to Jarvis, asking him if he could help with the next part of his presentation. ‘Of course, Master Pym…anything to be of service!’ Jarvis replies as he enters the light - causing Cassie to scream: ‘Ahh! Jarvis? He’s still a Skrull!’ she exclaims. ‘Smite him!’ Hercules booms.
Everyone moves towards the Jarvis Skrull, but Hank tells everyone to stand down. ‘Herc, no smiting’ he adds, before telling Edwin that he thinks they have made their point, and asks him to turn the image inducer off. ‘Thank you, Sir. Green was never my color’ Jarvis replies. ‘Image inducer. Right’ Cho mumbles. Jarvis returns to his true form, explaining that the image inducer is a device which creates holographic disguises, and tells his companions that they will all be outfitted with them shortly. The new Vision replies that there is no need for him, as his circuitry already contains an image inducer. ‘As does mine’ Jocasta remarks as the two of them shift into their disguises. ‘True. But I’ve made some improvements. These models also emit a special signal’ Hank reveals, holding up the new image inducers.
Hank informs everyone that after the Skrull invasion, Reed created a more sensitive Skrull detection system, but that it has a basic flaw - it assumes no one would want to be detected as a Skrull. Hank tells everyone that he will see them in a few hours, as he needs to manufacture more of them for the assault. ‘Hours? Dude, I could whip up three image inducers during commercials!’ Cho boasts. ‘They’re not just for you. They’re for my army!’ Hank exclaims. ‘Army? What army?’ Hercules asks.
Meanwhile, in Xining, China, Walker and Quicksilver stand in the city. ‘Great magic doorway, Pym. This the best he can do? We’re days away by train. Half a day by air...and you’re dressed like Captain America in the middle of communist China!’ Quicksilver points out. ‘Yeah. There is that’ USAgent agrees, before Quicksilver decides that Walker looks like a bad Chinese knockoff of Captain America. ‘So maybe we’re fine’ he points out. ‘Stow it, Maximoff’ Walker tells him, before suggesting that Quicksilver could run them there. ‘Just put me on your back and -’ Walker begins, before Quicksilver asks him if he is insane. ‘You weigh over 300 pounds!’ Pietro points out. Walker motions to a pedal cart and suggests he could commandeer one of them. ‘Then you could -’ he begins, but again Quicksilver interrupts: ‘Not in a million years, you muscle-bound -’. ‘Wait. We’re being watched!’ USAgent reveals.
‘Up there!’ Walker exclaims, motioning to where someone is moving towards them. Walker throws his shield, but misses by an inch. ‘Hm. Already bored’ Quicksilver mutters as the assailant throws something at Walker, which slices along his glove. ‘What say we cut to the chase?’ Quicksilver exclaims as he speeds up the side of a building and grabs the assailant, who laughs, and exclaims ‘That was most impressive! Pietro Maximoff, the mutant speedster. We must do that again sometime!’ a woman with long black hair, clad in black with red and yellow markings on her costume. ‘I know who I am, girl. Who are you?’ Pietro asks.
The Chinese woman introduces herself as Ban-Luck, an international agent of GRAMPA: ‘The Global Reaction Agency for -’ she begins, but USAgent interrupts: ‘Mysterious paranormal activity. We know. We signed up yesterday’, before asking Ban-Luck what the meaning of this is, as he pulls her throwing device from his glove. Ban-Luck replies that she is their contact here in Asia, to which Walker tells her that she has a funny way of showing it. ‘Sorry. Reflex’ Ban-Luck replies, before asking Walker if she could have her weapon back - ‘Aw. You broke my heart!’ she exclaims, before telling the Avengers that if they will follow her, she has arranged some transportation for her.
‘One second’ Walker tells Ban-Luck, informing her that they are still a little fuzzy on the details for this mission. Ban-Luck replies that according to their spy satellites, they believe the Inhumans are forming an alliance with communist China. ‘If this happens, it could tip the global balance of power. We have to get to the bottom of this’ Ban-Luck remarks, explaining that is why they sent for Quicksilver, telling him that as of yesterday, he became their top specialist on the Inhumans of Attilan. ‘Unless you have a problem with that?’ she asks. ‘No…not at all’ Pietro replies.
Back in Pym’s lab, Jonas and Cassie walk through a corridor lined with caged animals, while Jonas remarks that he is unsure as to why they are about to engage the Fantastic Four. ‘For Hercules, it’s a matter of honor. For Cho, it’s a chance to take on authority. But in the end…it all comes down to preserving Pym’s laboratory. And this is an astonishing place’ Jonas remarks. ‘You’re wondering if it’s worth it. Me too’ Cassie declares. ‘I’m sorry to hear that’ Jocasta tells the Young Avengers as she overhears the two.
‘Oh! Jocasta, we didn’t see you there!’ Cassie exclaims. Jocasta asks the Young Avengers to come with her, as there is something she wants to show them. Entering another part of the lab, the Young Avengers are confronted with a rather large mass of machinery. ‘Whoa! What is that?’ Cassie asks. The new Vision exclaims that this is indescribable. ‘Most of my sensors are based on 40th century technology…and there’s science here I cannot being to comprehend!’ Jonas adds, turning to Jocasta.
Jocasta replies that, since his return to Earth, the construction of this machine has been Hank’s driving passion. ‘It can’t exist in our native dimension, only here in PymSpace. This is his masterpiece’ Jocasta exclaims. The Vision exclaims that it is beautiful and that they must protect it at all costs. ‘I knew you’d understand’ Jocasta replies, before Jonas asks if it has a name. ‘Salvation Two’ Jocasta reveals, while Stature leaves the room, unseen by either robot.
‘Wonderful. Now they’ve got Jonas on board’ Cassie thinks to herself as she makes her way through the lab, realizing that yet again she is the only one who has not drunk the kool-aid. ‘So, what now?’ she asks herself. Suddenly, Amadeus exclaims ‘You could always bolt and go back to your precious Young Avengers. That is what you’re thinking, isn’t it?’ Cho asks. ‘What’re you talking about?’ Cassie asks. Holding the Ant-Man helmet that he has been wearing of late, Amadeus tells Cassie that she is not dumb. ‘You have to have figured it out by now’ he remarks. ‘We’re going after the FF. The FF are in New York. The Young Avengers are in New York. As soon as the mission starts, what’s to stop you from running out on us?’ Cho asks.
Cassie replies that it is isn’t just that, and tells Cho that this feels wrong. ‘The Fantastic Four, they’re not just heroes. To me, they’re family. My Dad was in the Fantastic Four’ she reveals. ‘He was part of the world’s greatest super hero team. A lot of people forget that. But he was’. ‘Cass, about your Dad…’ Cho begins, holding the helmet up, he explains that the reason he was looking for her was to make sure that she is okay with this. Cho remarks that he has been wearing the helmet a lot, and if the plan works, he will have to wear it tomorrow as well. ‘Are you cool with that?’ he asks. ‘Totally. Hey, I’ve met the current Ant-Man. And that guy’s a tool’ Cassie remarks, telling Cho that she is happy someone like him is wearing the old Ant-Man helmet, because he is somebody she actually likes, which causes Cho to smile.
Soon, Amadeus whistles as he enters the workspace where Hank is tinkering with the image inducers, a clock tells him that he has just under six hours remaining. ‘What are you so happy about?’ Hank asks Amadeus. ‘Nothing’ the youngster replies. ‘I could do with that kind of nothing’ Hank tells him, remarking that he is on the clock and that he is about to brain-to-brain against the smartest man in the world. ‘Correction, Doc. I’ll be there too. Thanks to this helmet, we’ll be linked up’ Cho remarks, telling Pym ‘My brain’s got your brain’s back. And who’s Richards have in his think tank? Johnny Storm? C’mon. We’ve got ‘em beat!’
Pym smiles and thanks Amadeus, who yawns as he exclaims ‘Enough with this interminable waiting, Pym!’. Hercules adds that he, the Prince of Power craves battle - excitement - labors. ‘Fine. The wait’s over. Shut up’ Pym exclaims, throwing the inducer to Hercules.
Soon, on Yancy Street, inside the Grimm Youth Centre, the Thing is coaching some kids, ‘I wanna see some clobberin’!’ he tells them as the work out using punching bags. ‘That’s the stuff! Just remember, you gotta pound anything here on Yancy Street…you come in here and hit the bags for a while’. Suddenly, another youth approaches the Thing, ‘Mr Grimm! Mr Grimm! Get over here! You gotta see this!’ The Thing tells the kid that if one of his pals is hanging around with a water balloon - but the child replies ‘No, man. It’s your guys in the Fantastic Four…I think they need you!’ the kid exclaims.
The Thing goes outside, and sees the FF flare signal in the sky, and the pogo plane taking off without him. ‘Something’s going down at the Baxter Building!’ Ben remarks, making his way over there, he tells his teammates to hang on, as he is coming (not that they can hear him), when, suddenly, a voice booms: ‘You aren’t going anywhere!’ - it’s the Red Hulk, who steps in front of the Thing. ‘Aw, no! Not you - The Hulk?’ Thing exclaims, annoyed. ‘Or Red Hulk. Or Rulk. Or whatever you‘re calling yourself’. ‘Don’t worry about it. After today they’ll just call me that guy who killed the Thing!’ the Red Hulk replies.
‘You wanna fight? Fine by me! I’ve been dyin’ for a rematch with you, you big walking tomato!’ the Thing replies. ‘Oh, you’ll be dying, all right!’ the Red Hulk retorts. ‘Enough talk! It’s clobbering time!’ the Thing booms as the two behemoths rush toward each other, the Thing of course unaware that his opponent is actually Hercules in disguise. Hercules tells himself that the ruse is working, that Grimm is more than distracted - in fact, he is hell-bent on destruction. ‘Your plan is succeeding, Pym - assuming any of us lives through it!’ Hercules thinks to himself, inches away from clashing with the Thing….


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The Unspoken, part 1
(Flashback, years ago):From the proscribed volume of the Royal History of the Inhumans:
You are not reading these words. This tome does not exist. If you are wise, you will close it now, and remember our history as taught by your gestational subcortical culturization. But if your curiosity spurs you on, gird yourself, for you shall learn the saddest chapter in the storied history of a proud people. And understand why it must remain forever unspoken. The Forgotten Reign was not an unhappy one. Our city thrived. King ------ was respected by all. And more than respected - loved. Even the brutish Alpha Primitives, upon whose sweat and toil Attilan is built, adored their monarch in their own simple way.
For though it is their station In life to serve, he treated them with kindness shown by few others, preferring their stoic company to courtiers’ gossip and intrigue. But make no mistake. Loved though its wielder may have been…the incalculable power of ------ was, first and foremost, feared. By all save a few….
Black Bolt! Medusa! Karnak! Gorgon! The four teenage royal Inhumans stride purposefully towards the King’s throne room. ‘Hold, young royals. Where do you think you’re going with such a determined stride?’ one of the guards asks the quartet. The fiery Medusa reveals that Prince Black Bolt demands an audience with his cousin, the King. One of the guards laughs and remarks to his colleague: ‘Do you hear? The stripling, standing barely to the point of my tusks, makes “demands” of King ------’. The other guard remarks ‘And his cousins, just a week removed from their Terrigenesis, seek to intimidate the Palace Guard! The cubs think they are snow leopards!’
The guard tells Lady Medusa to go home. ’Before we take you across our knees and -’ he begins, before Medusa extends her long red hair, and uses it to grab the guard and throw him across the chamber, while asking Gorgon and Karnak to clear a path. The two teenage Inhumans do as Medusa requests, and take down the other guards with ease. Black Bolt stands before the door to the throne room, and Medusa exclaims ‘Where Prince Black Bolt wishes to enter…none may bar the way!’ And with that, Black Bolt slams the door open, startling the Alpha Primitives inside. ‘What effrontery is this? How dare you -’ The King booms, though he does not rise from his throne.
‘No. How dare you? Prince Black Bolt is an heir to the throne!’ Medusa exclaims, interrupting the King. Medusa asks him if he imagined Black Bolt would not find out what he had done with the slave engine. Gorgon adds that it is their birthright, their holiest relic, and that the King had no right to remove it from Attilan. Karnak informs the King that one week ago, the sacred Terrigen Mists granted him the power to find any object’s weakness. Karnak announces that with the slave machine gone, he detects weakness throughout Attilan.
Karnak continues, remarking that they live surrounded by savages, and yet despite their power, the humans far outnumber them. ‘We cannot defend against an all-out attack!’ Karnak exclaims. Karnak adds that Attilan should be a shining capital from which they rule the world, but without the slave engine, it becomes their prison. ‘A great refuge in which we can hide from the outside!’. The King gets up from his throne and exclaims that he is not in the habit of explaining himself to children, but out of respect for their shared bloodline, wants to tell them something: ‘The slave engine bestowed too much power. Far more than any Inhuman…any being should possess. Better it be hidden where none shall ever be tempted to use it!’
‘Prince Black Bolt says the slave engine belongs to all our people. No one man has the right to take it from us!’ Medusa exclaims. ‘Arrogant pups! I am your King!’ the larger Inhuman booms. ‘Black Bolt says…that can change!’ Medusa snaps back. ‘HERESY!’ the King shouts, and power crackles around him. ‘We do not fear you, ------. I know the monumental task of moving the slave engine has taxed even your vast power!’ Karnak remarks, reminding the King that, as he said, it is his gift to detect anything’s weakest point. ‘And today, for our people…that weakness is you!’ Karnak reveals.
Nearby, one of the Inhuman guards gathers his fellows. ‘Form on me! We must -’ he begins, before another tells everyone to hold their positions, as this is a challenge of royal succession. ‘And a foolish one at that. Weakened or not, King ------ is still the most powerful of us all!’ the guard exclaims, remarking that he embodies the ultimate gift of their people. ‘He is living terrigenesis - change itself. This will not last long!’
Gorgon rushes towards the King, fist ready, while the King moves forward, his power trailing behind him, warning the younger Inhumans that their royal blood will not save them from the headman’s axe. ‘Traitors!’ he exclaims, but Gorgon tells the King that he is the traitor for stealing their greatest weapon. ‘I am our greatest weapon!’ the King booms as he slams into Gorgon. ‘Your arrogance will doom us all!’ Medusa shouts at the King, who turns to her and declares that she speaks of arrogance while actually displaying it. ‘Learn humility!’ he shouts as he grabs Medusa’s hair and causes her to scream.
Karnak leaps towards the King, telling him to take any form he wishes, but he will find a way to shatter it. ‘Oh? And how will you shatter…the energy of the cosmos itself?’ the King asks as he blasts Karnak away, before turning to Black Bolt - who uses his strength to grab the King’s arm. ‘You are strong indeed, young prince. But you dare not employ your deadliest weapon - your destructive voice - so close to your comrades. Pity. You might have made a fine king!’ Black Bolt’s cousin admits. ‘If you’d survived’ he adds as a massive blast of power engulfs them both.
Suddenly though, Black Bolt gains the upper hand and smashes the King in the face. ‘No…my power cannot fail now…I am King!’ the King exclaims as Black Bolt smacks him over, knocking his crown off, it bounces along the marble floor. ‘I am…King…’ the King whispers wearily.
The fallen monarch was brought to the inhospitable wastes ringing Attilan’s borders…
‘You went astray, ------. But you ruled us well for a time. You may yet salvage your legacy’ Medusa tells the former King as they, Black Bolt, Gorgon and Karnak stand in the snowy wasteland. Medusa informs the former King that King Black Bolt is prepared to be merciful. ‘Simply tell us where on Earth you’ve hidden the slave engine’ Medusa asks. ‘Never. My legacy be damned. Curse my name for all eternity if you wish!’ the former King retorts angrily. ‘We shall do the opposite. Your name will be spoke only once more…and never again. With its last utterance you are banished!’ Medusa announces.
‘From our hearts, our history, our future…our very existence!’ Medusa exclaims. ‘Speak it, then. I shall face my fate like a king! the former King snarls. Suddenly, Black Bolt opens his mouth - and speaks the former King’s name: ‘------’. With that, the once and former King is knocked backwards off the snow-covered mountain, to the icy wastes below.
Wise Black Bolt knew our people could not recover from what the Unspoken had taken from them. His crime was a wound that could never heal. Therefore, it must cease to exist. So let it be written. So let it be undone.
That next morning, a quartet of Alpha Primitives make their way down the mountain side, and find the Unspoken, lying in the snow. They help him up, and walk off with him into the distance….
(Present)The Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China. The quartet of Alpha Primitives walk through a small town, guarding the Unspoken who strides between them, unaware that they are being watched….
‘There. The big guy. He’s definitely the source of your terrigen particle readings’ announces John Walker a.k.a. USAgent. Walker continues, announcing that the instruments confirm he is Inhuman. ‘Which is not good, considering the Inhumans declared war on the US’ Johnny adds. ‘If they form an alliance with China, the geopolitical picture suddenly gets a hell of a lot more dangerous!’. Looking at the Unspoken through a pair of tri-noculars, USAgent remarks that his power level is off the charts, but that he cannot I.D. him. ‘You said the Global Reaction Agency’s files were thorough, Ban-Luck’. Ban-Luck replies ‘As much as they can be, USAgent. The Inhumans have always been a secretive people…’ she points out, remarking that is why she called for Quicksilver, as he lived among them, which makes him their top specialist on the subject. ‘From what I’ve seen of your organization, I’m your top specialist, period!’ Pietro “Quicksilver” Maximoff replies, standing nearby.
Ban-Luck asks Quicksilver to prove it, and tells him to look through the tri-noculars to see if he can give their quarry a name. Walker folds his arms across his massive chest and tells Ban-Luck that he understands why she chose Quicksilver, but what about him. ‘Was it my military record?’ he asks. ‘Not exactly’ Ban-Luck replies, revealing that she examined Walker’s sealed file, and thought he was cute. ‘You what? We’re professionals! This is life and death stuff and you -’ Walker exclaims, when, suddenly, Quicksilver, staring through the tri-noculars, whispers ‘No -’, before speeding off.
‘Kidding. Relax. I’m having fun with you’ Ban-Luck tells USAgent. ’Missions aren’t fun’ Walker replies. ’I can see yours aren’t’ Ban-Luck tells him as Quicksilver returns. ’This - this is bad. Apocalyptic!’ Pietro announces. ’That’s The Unspoken. If we engage him, we’re dead!’ he exclaims. Ban-Luck sees some leaves in Quicksilver’s hair and remarks that they are native to Indonesia. ’Indonesia?’ USAgent asks. ‘Fight-or-flight instinct. It’s passed. But you must listen to me!’ Quicksilver exclaims, telling Walker and Ban-Luck that if the Unspoken has returned, their only chance - the planet’s only chance - is to call in the Avengers. ‘All of them!’
Meanwhile, one group of Avengers are currently assembled in Hank Pym’s lab: Dr Hank Pym a.k.a. the new Wasp, Hercules and his side-kick Amadeus Cho, Cassie “Stature” Lang, the new Vision - who calls himself Jonas, and the Avengers’ long-time housekeeper, Edwin Jarvis. ‘Um, Uncle Hank…I’m feeling extra blonde over here. You keep talking about our new base, but this looks like the old one to me’. ‘Young Stature speaks for us all, Henry!’ Hercules exclaims, before asking ‘And what of Jocasta? Her voice echoes as if from Olympus - everywhere, yet nowhere’.
Hank motions to a door and tells Hercules that the answers to all his questions are on the other side of it. ‘Uh-huh. Are there Oompa-Loompas in there too?’ Cho asks sarcastically. ‘See for yourself, Amadeus’ Hank smiles, before opening the doors: ‘Welcome, Avengers…to your new headquarters. The Infinitive Avengers Mansion!’. “Infinite” is an appropriate word, as the assemblage gazes at their surroundings in awe: a seemingly never-ending corridor lined with doors and large photographs of former Avengers. Massive columns hold up the next floor, and the floor after that.
Suddenly, Jocasta appears: ‘Hello, everyone. Sorry if I startled you. There was no time to explain!’ the robotic Avenger exclaims. ‘Jocasta?’ Hercules asks as he and everyone admires Jocasta’s new stream-lined physical form. ‘Okay. You’ve got a new body…but I thought you’d become “one with the new headquarters” or something?’ Amadeus remarks, before asking ‘And what’s with the Jane Jetson look?’. Jocasta replies that her new forms were pre-programmed into the Infinite Mansion’s matter replication lattice. ‘Humans experiment with different looks, why not me?’ Jocasta replies. ‘”forms,” plural?’ the new Vision asks.
Hank tells the new Vision to turn his visual and audio receptors to their highest magnification and have a look down the hall. ‘I…see. How many bodies do you have?’ the Vision asks as he sees another Jocasta down the hallway. Jocasta replies that she has one at every mile marker to help anyone who might get lost in the Infinite Avengers Mansion. Jocasta explains that they are inert until she projects her persona into them, and she can only inhabit one at a time. ‘But I’m becoming quite adept…at getting around’ Jocasta smiles, suggesting to the new Vision that he tries it. ‘I’m…still getting used to the body I have, thank you’ Jonas replies nervously. ‘My inventions can unnerve a synthetic man. I’ll take that as a compliment’ Hank smiles.
Cassie increases her form and exclaims ‘This place goes on forever. There must be a million floors!’. Hank looks up at his “niece” and tells her that is only a slight exaggeration. ‘And each level, you’ll notice, has its share of doors’ he adds. Hank opens a door and, revealing what lays beyond it, asks Hercules if it looks familiar. ‘Athens!’ the Olympian exclaims, stroking his beard. ‘Well done, Henry. Perchance, do any of these lead to the clothing optional beaches on Mykonos?’ Hercules asks. ‘If not, I’ll make one that does’ Pym replies, before announcing that all their dimensional doors are working better than before. ‘And there are a lot more of them’ he adds.
Jocasta approaches Jarvis and remarks that he has been awfully quiet. ‘Are you all right?’ she asks. ‘It…it’s so…vast!’ Jarvis replies. ‘It’s self-cleaning’ Jocasta whispers. ‘Thank God!’ Jarvis exclaims, while Stature exclaims ‘Unbelievable!’ and asks how this place even exists. ‘I’m glad you asked’ Hank replies, revealing that his breakthrough came after the Scarlet Witch brought them together. ‘That got me thinking about magic in terms of quantum physics. M-theory - and for some scholars, the ‘M” does indeed stand for “magic” - posits eleven dimensions of Space-Time…numbers of different types of membranes in the various dimensions increase exponentially, so of course…’ Hank remarks, when, suddenly, Stature sees the Scarlet Witch standing on one of the higher levels. ‘So you’re here too, huh? Good!’ Cassie exclaims angrily, while the Scarlet Witch - or rather, Loki posing as the Scarlet Witch - stares back.Meanwhile, back in China, USAgent is suggesting that they take the Unspoken by surprise, and end this now. ‘You aren’t listening! You have no idea how powerful the Unspoken is!’ Quicksilver exclaims. Ban-Luck, looking through the tri-noculars, tells her companions that it is moot point anyway. ‘The welcoming committee’s arrived!’ she announces as several super beings approach the Unspoken and his Alpha Primitives. The Collective Man asks Radioactive Man to confirm identification, to which the Radioactive Man, formerly of the Thunderbolts, replies ‘Confirmed. The energy of the Inhuman’s terrigen crystals is unique…and his body is suffused with it’ the Radioactive Man replies.
‘Looks like Collective Man, Radioactive Man…is that China Force?’ USAgent asks. ‘I didn’t know there were so many of them!’ he exclaims. Quicksilver tells his teammate that they are called the People’s Defense Force now. ‘If you’d watch something besides American news, you’d -’ Pietro begins, before Ban-Luck tells them both to shush. ‘Imagine those guys backed by an army of Inhumans. We’re talking Red Dawn type scenarios’ USAgent points out. ‘Wait. It doesn’t look like they’re especially happy to see him’ Quicksilver remarks.
Princess of Clouds, Lady of Ten Suns, Scientific Beast, Most Perfect Hero, the Ninth Immortal and the other members of the People’s Defense Force gather behind the Collective Man and Radioactive Man, while the Collective Man addresses the Unspoken as “stranger” and tells him he has been identified as an unauthorized extraterrestrial. ‘Leave China immediately, or face arrest!’ the Collective Man declares. But when he gets no answer, the Collective Man suggests to Radioactive Man that perhaps the stranger does not understand, and asks Radioactive Man to explain in English. ‘Wait. I think he understands!’ Radioactive Man announces as the Unspoken raises his hands… only to unleash a massive amount of energy, knocking the entire People’s Defense Force aside.
‘Son of a -!’ USAgent begins. ‘Shield your eyes!’ Ban-Luck exclaims as a blinding light engulfs the area. USAgent, Quicksilver and Ban-Luck take in what the actions of the Unspoken resulted in: broken land, with the unmoving bodies of the People’s Defense Force scattered around. ‘Oh. Oh my God…he Alpha Flighted ‘em!’ USAgent exclaims, before telling Ban-Luck that Quicksilver is right. ‘Forget just calling Pym’s Avengers. We need Clint Barton’s team, Osborn’s team, Young Avengers, The Initiative…we need every damn Avenger we can get!’.


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The Unspoken, part 2
(Flashback, a few years ago)Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China. Two young boys are exploring a cave. ‘Rinzen, we’re going to get in trouble! Father said never to go near the hermit’s cave!’ one of the boys calls out to his friend. Rinzen replies that he knows, ‘The crazy old hermit and his army of monsters, no one who goes in ever comes out. Stop being such a child’ he tells his friend, exclaiming that those are the stories they tell to scare people away from all the good stuff - all the hidden treasures. ‘What kind of treasures?’ the other boy asks, to which Rinzen replies that there is gold, silver and copper that they have found in other parts of the mountains. ‘I bet it’s the Chinese telling those lies to keep people away. All we have to do is sneak in and grab some and we’d be set for life!’ Rinzen exclaims.
‘Where are you going?’ the other boy asks, motioning to some carving on the cave wall, he exclaims that says “danger”, and reminds Rinzen that Chinese soldiers have guns. ‘Fine. But don’t expect me to share with you’ Rinzen replies. ‘I’ll be richer than - what’s his name - Toby Stark! I’ll have fast Italian cars and an American supermodel for a wife. You’ll see!’ Rinzen boasts as he walks further into the cave, with his friend asking him to come back. ‘Look! It’s all lit up in there! I was right! I was…oh…’ Rinzen goes quiet as he lays eyes upon a large cavern, where a cloaked being stands in the middle of some bright yellow rock-like formations, and beings clad in red and yellow hack away at the terrain with picks.
The being is known as the Unspoken, and he tells his workers - the Alpha Primitives - that after all these years they are almost home. ‘They’ll take us back. Of course they will. I’ll admit it. I was wrong. I had no right to take the Slave Engine and its Xerogen Crystals from our people. But haven’t I made up for it? Growing them…cultivating them all these years. Now there are more than we ever had to begin with!’ the Unspoken exclaims. He declares ‘That’s why they’ll accept us again. Whatever my past crimes, I’ll still be the one who returned the Xerogen Mists to Attilan. I -’, the Unspoken is interrupted by a cough - it’s Rinzen. ‘Eh?’ the Unspoken exclaims, before seeing Rinzen, and shouting ‘You! Get out of here! Didn’t you see the warnings?’
‘I - I -’ Rinzen begins to reply, but coughs due to the mists, and he suddenly screams as he is engulfed by the mists. ‘Poor creature. You’re just as impetuous as I was. And, like me, your rash decisions have cost you everything. I’m sorry. There is no going back. Not for you. There is no undoing the -’ the Unspoken remarks, while Rinzen’s body lies at his feet. There is suddenly a loud rumbling, and the Xerogen Crystals begin to shatter. The Unspoken tells the Alpha Primitives to calm themselves, as this place is secure about any tremors. Suddenly though, the Unspoken realizes that he has heard that sound before - on the day he was banished from Attilan. ‘Black Bolt has spoken!’
Nearby, the other boy calls out to Rinzen, exclaiming that it is an earthquake and telling him that he will get trapped. ‘Rinzen, please! I’m scared!’ he calls out. The Unspoken approaches the boy and tells him that he should be scared. The boy screams and begins to run, while the Unspoken tells him to flee, lest he share the fate of his friend and the other humans stupid enough to come here. ‘Their fate is sealed. But my exile is over. I will go before Black Bolt. I will walk the glistening halls of Attilan once more’ the Unspoken exclaims.
But, as he reaches an exit to the cavern, he looks up towards Attilan - only to see that the massive city of Attilan has been cut from the mountain and is floating in the air - it moves further and further away from Earth - towards the Moon! ‘Attilan…I was so close…and I have none to blame but myself. I let my people unprotected - without the Slave Engine. Now Black Bolt has deemed the humans too great a threat’. The Unspoken remarks that Black Bolt is using Agon’s contingency by taking the shining city away towards the moon where no one can ever reach them. The Alpha Primitives gather around the Unspoken as he whispers ‘I am too late’. Hanging his head, he declares that, now and forever, he is alone.
(Present)‘I can feel you there. Mocking. Staring. Stop following me!’ the Unspoken booms, casting energy into the air as he strides forward, he exclaims that he knows what must be done. ‘The Slave Engine…only that Kree monstrosity will appease you. So be it!’ he declares, exclaiming that the humans, their champions and this land have delayed him enough. ‘Let it make itself useful. Come, my friends! Salvation awaits!’ the Unspoken exclaims as he and the Alpha Primitives stand on a rise.
Nearby, Ban-Luck, Agent of GRAMPA turns to Pietro “Quicksilver” Maximoff and Johnny “USAgent” Walker, telling the Avengers that the Unspoken has gone. She asks USAgent to grab a first-aid kit, exclaiming that some of the Chinese heroes might still be alive. ‘Copy that’ Walker replies as he and Ban-Luck race towards the myriad of fallen Chinese heroes - the People’s Defense Force. Ban-Luck remarks that Quicksilver is so still, to which the handsome USAgent remarks that Quicksilver used to live with the Inhumans, and for him the “Unspoken” is like finding out the boogeyman is real. ‘But if know Maximoff - he’ll catch up’ Walker adds, and indeed, the mutant speedster appears beside them as they check the fallen People’s Defense Force.
Kneeling beside the Collective Man, Ban-Luck exclaims that it is Tao-Yu and they have to revive him. ‘What makes him so special?’ Walker asks. ‘The Collective Man? He can summon the strength of every person in China!’ Ban-Luck replies. But Quicksilver exclaims that it won’t be enough, and announces he is calling Pym.
At the Infinite Avengers Mansion, Quicksilver’s emergency call reaches one of the communications rooms. ‘Repeat, we have a priority one crisis in Tibet! Bring anyone you can! Acknowledge! Pym! Hercules! Is anyone there?’ Quicksilver calls asks, before there is another blinding light. ‘Oh, now what?’ he mutters, to which USAgent tells him to hurry. ‘They were playing possum! They were - ahh!’ Walker is cut off, and the transmission ends, ‘Alas, my poor, dear “brother” remarks the Scarlet Witch - or at least Loki, posing as the Scarlet Witch, as she sits in the communications room. ‘But it appears no one heard your cry for help. And now, no one shall. And should you die in battle, that’s one less problem for me to -’ suddenly, there is a loud gasp, and Loki realizes that she is being watched.
‘Hm. If it isn’t’ the little girl. Or would that be the giant pain?’ Loki remarks, while Cassie “Stature” Lang peers into the room, shouting ‘You - you - I knew it! You’re evil! You’re still totally evil!’ Suddenly, Jocasta appears before Stature, informing her that she is missing the breakfast meeting. ‘Jocasta! It’s the Scarlet Witch - she -’ Stature begins, distracted when she sees “the Scarlet Witch” standing on a balcony, casting her powers. Cassie finds herself with a large magical clamp placed over her mouth preventing her from talking. ‘I’m sorry, Cassie, I didn’t quite catch that’ Jocasta replies. Cassie shrinks down to her regular size, thinking to herself that Jocasta doesn’t see it. ‘But if I can’t say anything, someone’s got to realize -’ Cassie thinks to herself, while Jocasta asks if it can wait for the meeting, as they are late already.
‘Coming’ Stature replies, realizing that she can speak, she glances back at “the Scarlet Witch”, supposing that she cannot say anything about what she saw or anything bad about the Scarlet Witch, no matter how hard she tries. ‘USAgent and Quicksilver, they could be dying out there. And there’s nothing I can do about it…’ Cassie thinks to herself.
Meanwhile, in Asgard, the chambers of Loki, Goddess of Mischief. ‘Infuriating little trollop. Doesn’t she realize I only tolerate her presence to pacify the Vision? Had I known she’d vex me so, I’d have left them both out’ Loki thinks to herself as she transforms back to her true form. ‘And Quicksilver, forcing himself among them uninvited…such hubris in a mortal is beyond reason’. Loki remarks. ‘The intense emotions they feel toward my disguise play havoc with this spell. I can tolerate it no longer’ she declares, deciding that it is time she found a more permanent solution to the young Miss Lang.
Back in the Infinite Avengers Mansion, inside Dining Room #386, Dr Hank Pym, a.k.a. the new Wasp, Hercules, the new Vision a.k.a. Jonas, Edwin Jarvis and Amadeus Cho are gathered around the dining table, with Jocasta standing nearby. The new Vision remarks that they came together to stop Chthon, and succeeded. ‘So I fail to understand…why are we still here?’ he asks. ‘Why, Vision? Because we’re the Mighty Avengers! Norman Osborne and his team of lunatics say they protect Earth. We do it!’ Hank replies. Hank adds that they do it well, pointing out that in just a week’s time they have defeated an Elder God of Chaos, Lava Men, Swarm, Titan - over a dozen extinction level threats. ‘In the space of one day, we were accepted as the real Avengers by most of Earth. We’re the premier superhuman team on the planet! We beat the Fantastic Four!’ Hank exclaims. ‘Except for Cho, who was bested by a little girl’ Hercules remarks. ‘Let it go’ Amadeus mutters.
Suddenly, Stature asks everyone to shut up and listen to her. ‘I mean…there’s something I need to ask’. Jonas turns to his girlfriend and asks ‘What’s the matter?’. Stature replies that she has been thinking really hard about how to phrase this. ‘And I think I finally -’ she begins, only for the Scarlet Witch to materialize in the room. Cassie screams, to which “the Scarlet Witch” remarks ‘Oh, did I startle you? How…unfortunate’. Hank turns to “Wanda” and asks her if she has another mission for them. ‘Is there some emergency?’
“Wanda” replies that it is less than an emergency and more a grave concern. ‘About Cassandra…having her among us. When you opposed the Fantastic Four, she revealed your plans to the enemy. Against any other opponent, that could have meant all your deaths’. Hank replies that is true, but he doubts Cassie would have done it against anyone else. ‘This was the Richards family, not Hydra’ Hank points out, adding that he is a believer in second chances, and tells Cassie that if she wants a place on the team it is hers, but Wanda has a point. ‘You obviously disagreed with what we did’ he points out, asking Cassie if she wants to stay with them.
‘I - I want…what I want is to...’ Cassie begins, while thinking to herself that this is so frustrating. ‘C’mon! Three words! Sound like: “till Tarlet Witch”!’, before announcing that she wants to go home, to check in with her mom and see her friends. ‘Just…think…about…things’ she tells him. Hank replies ‘Of course’ and tells Cassie that it has been a bit of a non-stop ride, and tells Cassie to take all the time she needs. ‘And take this…for when you’ve made your decision’ Hank tells Cassie as he places something in Cassie’s hand. ‘Thanks. Um…what is it?’ Cassie asks. Turning to the Vision, Hank places something in his hand too and explains that he is implanting subatomic keys in each of their palms. ‘They’ll allow you access to the Infinite Mansion’s dimensional doors’ Hank exclaims.
‘Couldn’t you just leave a key under a rock?’ Hercules asks as he receives the key. ‘A rock?’ Hank asks. ‘I’m Hercules. It could be a large rock’ the Olympian jokes. ‘Ahem. Be careful with these’ Hank remarks as he gives on to Amadeus and announces that he will be away for a bit, working on a side-project. ‘So no “Avengers Gone Wilde” parties, huh?’ Cho asks. ‘God, no. I haven’t had a chance to install the full security protocols yet’ Hank replies. ‘Really. Thanks for the heads-up, Uncle Hank’ Cassie remarks, before telling Jonas that they have got things to go. Hank tells Jarvis that if Quicksilver and USAgent get back, have them see Jocasta so she can get them their keys. “The Scarlet Witch” glances at Jarvis as he replies ‘Of course, Sir. Odd that we haven’t heard from them…but I suppose that means their mission’s been eventful’.
Back in Tibet, USAgent, Quicksilver and Ban-Luck find themselves up against four members of the People’s Defense Force - the Collective Man, Radioactive Man, Lady of Ten Suns and Scientific Beast. ‘What the Hell is wrong with you people? Typical communists. Try to help and they stab you in the back!’ Walker declares. ‘Help us? You invaded us…on the orders of your National Security Director, I’ll bet. I know that madman Osborn all too well!’ Radioactive Man, formerly of the Thunderbolts declares angrily. ‘You’re talking about a patriot, “comrade”. If it weren’t for him, you’d all be speaking Skrull right now!’ USAgent exclaims.
Cassie asks Walker if he knows his teammates feel this way, while the Collective Man asks Radioactive Man to move to one side. ‘I will show these imperialists China does not need them…when we are one billion strong!’. The Collective Man slams his fist into USAgent’s shield and dents it, as Walker is knocked backwards. Scientific Beast laughs and exclaims that their intel was correct. ‘His shield is a pale imitation of Captain America’s!’. ‘As he is of the man, Scientific Beast’, the Collective Man replies.
Scientific Beast begins recording the battle, exclaiming that the West has corrupted the airwaves with their pornography and Hollywood trash. ‘But finally they’ve given us something worth watching. Let us see what their “fair and balanced news” makes of this!’ Scientific Beast exclaims. Suddenly, Quicksilver attacks Scientific Beast, shouting that he can hit him with the strength of a billions blows - one at a time, and begins to do so. USAgent examines his bashed-up shield and remarks ‘Damn. That’s just wrong’, before tossing it to the ground.
‘You see what our people, united, can do? Meanwhile America crumbles, because there it is every man for himself!’ the Collective Man exclaims as he and USAgent approach each other. ‘You got it wrong, pal. In America…one man - the right man…can make all the difference!’ And with that, Walker dodges the Collective Man’s initial attack, before punching the Collective Man in the face. ‘Oh my God, I’m choking on testosterone!’ Ban-Luck exclaims, before getting everyone’s attention.
As everyone gathers around her, Ban-Luck asks them all if they are insane, pointing out that the guy who side-lined most of China’s superhuman army is on the loose, and yet they are fighting each other. ‘Whatever he’s up to, it’s not good. And with communications down, all we have is each other’ Ban-Luck exclaims. ‘What help are these losers? The Unspoken stomped ‘em like roaches’ Walker points out. ‘Sure. But this time, they’ll have two world-class Avengers on their side’ Ban-Luck points out. In his native tongue, Radioactive Man tells his remaining teammates: ‘My friends…I fear we are screwed’.
Meanwhile, at the Original Avengers Mansion, the members of the Young Avengers - Patriot, Wiccan, Speed, Hulkling and the female Hawkeye - walk through the ruins of the once grand home to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Hulkling remarks that he appreciates the historical significance and all, but wonders if they shouldn’t pick a new meeting place. Wiccan remarks that Hulkling has a point. ‘I mean, first we get turned to statues. Then Stature and the Vision ditch us to eat at the cool kids’ table’. Patriot declares that they didn’t ditch them, and remarks that Stature and the Vision called them here. ‘I’m guessing this is where they explain all the craziness’.
Wiccan replies that he hopes so, before pointing out that the team is still wanted for violating the Registration Act. ‘It’d be a nice change to meet someplace a little more secure. Like, oh, I don’t know, with a roof…’ Wiccan adds, unaware that the team is being followed by agents of HAMMER. ‘HAMMER team bravo to base. Intel was dead on. The “Young Avengers” just walked into the kill zone’ one of the agents reports. ‘Copy. An assault team’s en route. Maintain surveillance over’ comes the reply. However, the two HAMMER agents don’t notice someone drop down behind them in the shadows of the ruined mansion - and bash their heads together. ‘Bravo? This is the part where you say “copy”. Bravo?’ someone at command office calls out, but of course gets no response.
Moments later, the door to the ruined mansion opens, and Cassie greets her friends. ‘Hey, guys. Good to see you…Kate, are you okay?’ she asks the new Hawkeye. Kate replies that they are fine, before asking Cassie if she and the Vision are. ‘You’re the ones who’ve been acting strange’ she points out. ‘Yeah. You aren’t gonna pull another disappearing act on us, are you?’ Speed asks. ‘Not unless…you disappear with me, Speed’ Stature replies, before the Vision asks Cassie if she is sure this is such a good idea. ‘Dr Pym said -’ he begins, but Cassie tells him to relax, as she knows what he is doing. ‘Everything’s gonna be fine’ she declares as she closes the doors behind her, unaware that a shuriken is thrown to prevent the doors from locking, and the mysterious person who took down the HAMMER agents opens the doors.
The Young Avengers gaze around the Infinite Avengers Mansion, and the new Vision explains that it exists in its own dimension, with its own physical laws. ‘It’s far bigger than any earthly structure could ever be’ he adds. ‘Holy…this place goes on for miles!’ Speed exclaims as he races around the Infinite Avengers Mansion. Stature mutters that it is pretty impressive, but that there is something else she wanted to talk to them all about it, only it is hard to find the words. ‘I think I know where this is going’ Patriot declares, telling Stature that they have seen her on TV, trotting around the world with Pym an the rest of the Mighty Avengers. ‘Wiccan’s right, isn’t he? This is the “I hope we can still be friends” speech. You and the Vision are trading up to the majors. Leaving us!’ Patriot exclaims.
‘No! That’s not it at all!’ Cassie exclaims, before revealing to her friends that there is a member of the team who has not been shown on the news. ‘The Scarlet Witch!’ she exclaims. ‘Scarlet…’ ‘…Witch?’ ‘As in the Scarlet Witch who might be Billy and Tommy’s mother?’ Patriot asks, glancing at Wiccan and Speed. ‘Does she look like us? Has she mentioned having kids?’ Speed asks urgently, racing around Cassie in circles. ‘One thing at a time. Where is she?’ Wiccan asks, calmly. Stature replies that the Scarlet Witch is around somewhere, ‘But you saw the size of this place. I’m picturing her in my mind…try working your magic’ she tells Wiccan. ‘I want to bring her here…’ Wiccan begins chanting over and over, while Cassie exclaims that they are finally going to get some answers. ‘And this time, I’ve got a team I can trust watching my back!’ she tells herself.
In Asgard, Loki senses something going on. ‘What? I did not call upon this form of trickery -’ she declares as she disguises herself as the Scarlet Witch, and teleports away…to the Infinite Avengers Mansion, where she drops down on the Young Avengers, shouting ‘Who dares? Who dares summon me against my will?’. Energies dart around “the Scarlet Witch” while Wiccan explains that he did, and apologizes. ‘I realize you don’t know me…but my name is Billy. And this is my brother, Tommy’ he exclaims, motioning to Speed. ‘We’re hoping those names might mean something to you’.
“The Scarlet Witch” ignores the question, and calling Wiccan a whelp tells him that he is not responsible for this, but she knows who is, and frowns at a grinning Stature. ‘And she has just sealed your fate!’ “the Scarlet Witch” screams as she casts energies towards the Young Avengers. ‘Why is she -?’ Speed asks, while Hulkling exclaims that she is crazy. ‘She has to be!’ he declares, while the Vision asks Cassie ‘What have you done?’. ‘What I had to’ Stature replies, increasing in size. ‘You seek answers? Very well! Your request is granted! For in death, all is revealed!’ “the Scarlet Witch” booms as the Young Avengers are all knocked backwards.
Racing through the Infinite Avengers Mansion, the mysterious stranger thinks to himself ‘That’s not how it works, Red. You owe us all explanations…and lady, Clint Barton is first in line!’ as the man called Ronin - better known as Hawkeye, one of the real Scarlet Witch’s dearest friends, draws his swords and lunges towards “the Scarlet Witch”….