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1st story: Tales From The Vault  -  2nd story: Tales From The Vault, part 2
(1st story)
A dark jet descends above a rather nondescript building, with four towers, and no windows. It's not Ryker's Island or Alcatraz. This is the United States Government's Maximum Security Installation for the Incarceration of Super-Human Criminals – but those imprisoned here have another name for this place – they call it the Vault. And they are all but resigned to the one in-alterable fact of their existence here – there is no escape. Two Guardsmen are standing nearby as the jet lands, 'Incoming retriever vehicle!' one of them calls out. 'Who's the loser?' the other asks. As a man in a purple and pink costume is led from the jet, the first Guardsman introduces him as the Wizard, and remarks that he must be small-time. “Small-time?” the Wizard quotes, annoyed. As other Guardsmen lead him into the Vault, he boasts that he has defeated the Fantastic Four, and that he is the most brilliant man alive. 'Okay, Einstein, shut up and move along' one of the Guardsmen mutters.
'Still never heard of him' another Guardsman remarks, while another of them explains that he is the leader of the Frightful Four – and they have his partners, too. Two stasis containers which have trapped Hydro-Man and the Klaw inside them, along with Titania who walks along the ground with her arms restrained behind her back, are led into the Vault after the Wizard. One of the Guardsmen report that the Fantastic Four cleaned all their clocks, but that processing wants the Wizard first. An elderly man looks over some documentation and instructs the Wizard to strip. 'I beg your pardon?' the Wizard retorts.
Inside the processing department, several Vault staff in white jackets look at various monitors, as does a Guardsman who has removed his helmet. 'He's a wimpy little guy' one of them remarks, referring to the Wizard. A female staff member asks why the Wizard is here, for without his weapons, any jail could hold him – he is powerless without them. 'Not entirely' a blond man replies, explaining that the Wizard is here as a favor to the New York Penal System, as they have had limited success in holding him for length of time. An older man agrees, and tells his colleagues that he was told that the last time the Wizard was in Riker's Island, he escaped before the guard could close the cell door on him – and they still don't know how he did it. The woman suggests they stick him in one of their “MacGyver-Proof” cells – at least until his trial. The Guardsman puts his helmet on and announces that it  is time for him to go play “Bad Cop”. 'See you later, Frank' the woman calls out.
Shortly, in the screening area, 'Wizard?' the Guardsman called Frank asks as he drops down near the now plain-clothes wearing Wizard. He introduces himself as Frank Ensign, Guardsman Prime. 'If you're in here, you must have been a very bad man outside' Frank points out, before boasting that nobody in here is badder than him, and suggests to the Wizard that he keep that in mind. The floor they are standing on suddenly lowers them down, as Frank tells the Wizard 'If you forget it...I'll remind you'. The lowering floor takes them to a containment area on level 5. Frank and the Wizard get into a jeep-like buggy, and Frank tells another Guardsman, who he calls Mike, that he is checking one in. Driving down cell block 5, they pass cells containing the Griffin, Angar the Screamer and Armadillo, as Frank tells the Wizard to cheer up, and that he will like it here. 'Say “hi” to your neighbors' he jokes.
They come to a stop outside a cell and Frank tells the Wizard that he thinks  he will really like this place. 'It's a two-bedroom with a bath and half hardwood floors and southern exposure, so you know the light is good – oh, wait. I'm sorry, I was describing my place. You're going to be living in a tiny, sterile, dingy prison cell. My mistake' Frank jokes. The Wizard enters the cell, and tells the Guardsman to enjoy his insolence, and that he will pay for it later. Frank closes the cell door and replies 'No, Wizard. You'll pay. You've done a lot of dirty deeds and it's your bill that just came due'. He tells the Wizard to take off his coat and stay awhile. The Wizard looks around the cell – two bunks jut from the wall. There is a toilet and a sink. He decides that this cell is flawless, as if he designed it himself. 'But there has to be a way out of here and I'm going to -' he begins, when suddenly, a man in a coat and a large hat that obscures his face materializes on the lower bunk. He greets the Wizard and tells him 'If you're willing to do a little favor for me, I'll get you out of this place. Interested?' he asks. 'Who -?' the Wizard gasps.
Frank returns to the processing office, and the blond man tells him that they watched him on the monitor psyching the Wizard out, and that he did a good job. 'Yeah, this new Guardsman armor is great. It really makes us a match for those scary monsters and super creeps locked up in here' another Guardsman remarks. 'You must be kidding! These replacements suits that Stane International built for us are toys compared to the old Stark model. I used to -' Frank begins as he removes his helmet, before noticing the Wizard on a monitor, 'It looks like he's talking to someone!' Frank points out, before asking the blond man to put the audio on. An instant later, they hear the Wizard exclaim ''... of course, you fool! Just tell me what you want me to do!' Frank decides that either the Wizard has slipped a cog, or else he is up to no good, so  he better take a look. As he flies off away from the processing department, the Wizard can be heard saying 'It's a deal. Now deliver on your end of the bargain'.
Moments later, 'All right, Wizard! I don't know how you pulled this off, but I strongly suggest you surrender now!' Frank calls out as he flies towards the Wizard, who is standing outside his cell, and is wearing his purple and pink costume once again. 'Fool, with my power gloves and anti-grav disks returned to me – you are little more than an annoyance!' the Wizard shouts as he slams his fist into the Gaurdsman, knocking him backwards. Frank gets to his feet, although he realizes that the Wizard has cracked his armor, and his power levels are dangerously low, so he has to finish this fast. 'I'm going to enjoy breaking you, Guardsman' the Wizard calls out. 'Enjoy...this, creep!' Frank replies as he fires some energy towards the Wizard, who creates strange dark matter in front of him as he exclaims 'Repulsor Rays? They might have worked – if not for my pocket of non-causality. An area where the odds of you shooting yourself with your own repulsor blast – seem to be fairly high!'
Indeed, the Guardsman's energy blast strikes the black matter that is a non-causality space that the Wizard created, and bounces back at the Guardsman, knocking him over to the cell where Mr Hyde is being kept. 'I got him!' Mr Hyde calls out, and Frank is too weak to break free of Mr Hyde's grasp. The Wizard thanks Mr Hyde, and tells him that he may do something for him sometime soon, before he punches the Guardsman's helmet, and asks him where he might find an access port to the control panel.
Alarms sound throughout the Vault, and one Guardsman reports that there is a cell break on level 5, before instructing all available security to scramble. A dozen Guardsmen converge on cell block 5, and one of them tells the others that when the doors open, he wants them to be ready for anything. 'The Wizard's obviously very dangerous and...what are you guys staring at?' the Guardsman asks, before turning to see the Wizard along with several other villains now free from their cells moving towards the Guardsmen. Scarecrow, Armadillo, My Hyde and Electro are with the Wizard, and the Guardsman utters 'Oh. Man, are we gonna get it'.
The female staff member from the processing unit and another male member of the Vault staff look up at a monitor which depicts the villains battling the Guardsmen. 'Multiple breech on level 5. all Guardsmen to level 5 immediately!' the male staff member exclaims, before the woman reports that there are breaches on level 4 now, as well, and the villains are working their way up to the surface. A phone rings and the man answers it, before addressing the woman as Mary and informing her that there is more bad news – the cables to their main power plan have been severed. He announces that they are running on emergency generators and those are shutting down all over. Mary receives a fax and calls her colleague Jordan as she informs him that there is more bad news – all of their silent alarms have been knocked out- so no one knows outside of the Vault even knows they are in trouble! Suddenly, a bald man in a suit enters the room, 'Warden Hardman!' Mary calls out, as the Warden tells them not to worry, as he got a call out to the Avengers just before the lines went down. 'Thank heavens for auto-dial telephones' he adds.
Meanwhile, at the New York offices of the engineering firm known as Damage Control, where it seems that the auto-dial telephones may be slightly overrated. Anne Marie Hoag stands over Robin Chapel and asks her what the status is of that emergency call from the Vault, to which Robin reports that she is flying someone out to take a look.
Back inside the Vault, Frank is slumped over against a cell, nursing his helmet, he thinks to himself that he has to get help, and hopes he can get his helmet radio working again. He fiddles with the wires inside the helmet, and discovers that he has got the radio working.
At Avengers Island, headquarters of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Peggy Carter is n duty when she hears Frank's emergency distress call, reporting that they need help, that prisoners are escaping the Vault and they can't stop them! 'You have reached the Avengers. Please identify yourself and repeat your message' Peggy responds, but gets no answer. 'Can anyone hear me? Is there anybody out there?' Peggy asks, unaware that Frank's helmet now lays on the ground of cell block 5....

(2nd story)
The Vault is open – but help has arrived, as Iron Man shines a beam of light down on Guardsman Prime Frank Ensign. Iron Man tells the Guardsman not to panic, that he has come in response to the distress call the Avengers picked up. He introduces himself as Iron Man, to which Frank looks up at Iron Man and tells him that he knows who he is – and that he was here when Iron Man caused the last breakout! Suddenly, the villain known as Orka leaps towards Iron Man: 'YOU!' he shouts as he slams Iron Man against a nearby wall, causing Iron Man's impact sensors to go off the scale. Iron Man tells himself that they may have found a way to shrink Orka, but he is almost as strong as he remembers. As Orka grabs Iron Man by his throat, the armored Avenger realizes that the Guardsman is right – he was responsible for the last jail break here – so no one knows better than him that this place is full of desperate and deadly super villains.
'TELL ME HOW TO GET OUT OF HERE!' Orka shouts, before Iron Man raises his hands and fires a close-range repulsor ray at Orka, knowing that if he is to contain the situation or even survive until more help arrives, and as Orka falls backwards, Iron Man decides that the normal rules of engagement are out. He finds a panel on a nearby wall and presses a button which he assumes will reconnect the emergency power. Cell doors slide open, and Iron Man sees a group of several Guardsman slumped over in a pile in the cell. 'This is worse than I thought!' Iron Man tells himself.
Meanwhile, in the control room, several Vault staff members are huddled behind an upturned table, while several cabinets have been shoved against the door in an attempt to make a barricade. 'I swear I heard a noise outside...' one of them utters. 'Then shut up so they don't hear us' another whispers, when suddenly, the cabinets blocking the door are blasted backwards as the door bursts open – and Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye frowns as he enters the room, telling the Vault staff to keep their shorts dry, it's just him, the world's greatest archer come to pull their fat out of the fire! He tells them to listen up, and informs them that the army is already up top, surrounding the place – but a lot of the inmates had already escaped or were too powerful to stop. Hawkeye remarks that there are still plenty of baddies down here, which is why he has come to evacuate the staff. He then asks how many are in here.
A bald man steps forward and announces that there are, or were, 189 super powered inmates, while the staff is limited to the three of them and the 36 Guardsmen that are spread around the compound. The female staff member, Mary, remarks that she thinks there are only eleven Guardsmen in the Vault proper. Hawkeye offers to escort the three of them outside, before he comes back and helps the Guardsmen. 'No offense, but you intend to go up against nearly 200 super-villains alone?' Mary asks. 'I'm willing to do my bit to even the odds – I'll only shoot left-handed' Hawkeye replies, jokingly.
Later, Iron Man slams his fist into Whirlwind, knocking the villain to the ground. Iron Man turns his attention to the unconscious Gaurdsmen nearby, and knows that he has to get them out of here – they never had a chance, as this Stane armor is cruddy. Suddenly, 'I should've known it was you again!' Hawkeye calls out as he enters the celll and finds Iron Man crouched over one of the Guardsmen. 'HAWKEYE!' Iron Man exclaims. 'You peeked, you tin-plated bozo!' Hawkeye mutters, reaching for one of his explosive arrows, which Iron Man notices, but is too slow, as the arrow strikes the side of his head. 'Even after working with him all these years, I still underestimated his speed!' Iron Man admits, as he rubs the back of his armored head, he stands up and asks Hawkeye to let him explain – but Hawkeye fires several more arrows in quick succession, 'Explain what? How you caused a jailbreak here during your “Armor Wars”?' Hawkeye asks. 'Or explain where you got the nerve to do it again?' Hawkeye declares, readying another arrow.
Iron Man turns back to Hawkeye and tells him that that wasn't him – it was the guy who wore this armor before Stark hired him to wear it. 'Stark fired the guy you're talking about' Iron Man adds. 'Who do you think you're fooling  with that lame story? I already knew who you really were, Tony. I'm supposed to believe you fired yourself?' Hawkeye asks, telling Iron Man that the lowest thing he ever did was the way he tried to throw his old friends off the trail – by pretending to be a cripple. 'Pretened?' Iron Man asks, narrowing his eyes under his armor, before unleashinga blast towards Hawkeye, 'NO!' Hawkeye calls out – but the blast carries on past him, and slams into the Molten Man who had appeared behind Hawkeye. 'YES!' Iron Man exclaims, while Hawkeye realizes that he didn't see Molten Man behind him. Iron Man gets to his feet, and walks over to Hawkeye, raising his gloved hand to Hawkeye's face, he tells him that whatever may have happened in the past, and whoever Hawkeye thinks he “really” is is now irrelevant. 'I'm an Avenger and I'm here now to get these Guardsmen out of here, so we can close the Vault' Iron Man tells Hawkeye. 'If you want to help me, you can' Iron Man suggests, his hand right up against the wide-eyed Hawkeye's face. 'Ahh, okay' Hawkeye utters in response.
Shortly, all of the Guardsmen have been loaded onto a chunk of broken wall that Iron Man has attached cables to and announces should do fine as a makeshift stretcher. Hawkeye stands near a cell where the villain Cactus is trapped, and remarks that if the Guardsmen were still using the Stark-designed armor, which Iron Man took away during the “Armor Wars” the Guardsmen might not need a stretcher. 'Maybe this whole jailbreak wouldn't have happened?' Hawkeye suggests. The Scarecrow is on the ground a few feet behind Hawkeye and slowly gets to his feet, while Hawkeye asks Iron Man if he is working so hard because he feels guilty, and suggests that he better work harder. 'Because I hold you responsible for everybody who's escaped and any crimes they commit' Hawkeye shouts, before Scarecrow suddenly grabs him and holds a piece of jagged metal to his neck. 'HEY!' Hawkeye shouts. 'Don't move, bow-slinger!' Scarecrow warns the archer.
Iron Man us now under the wall, lifting it onto his back, and looks over to Hawkeye and the Scarecrow, as Scarecrow tells Iron Man that he is going to watch while Hawkeye shows him how to get out of this accursed maze. 'Hawk, my hands are full. You mind handling this one?' Iron Man asks. Hawkeye looks shocked, before he suddenly flips the Scarecrow over himself, 'No problem' Hawkeye replies, causally as the Scarecrow slams to the ground. Hawkeye holds an arrowhead to the Scarecrow's face, while the Scarecrow utters 'Don't shoot! What kind of arrow is that, anyway? Explosive? Acid-filled? Buzz saw? What?' Scarecrow asks. Hawkeye pulls back from Scarecrow and tells him that he is fresh out of new arrows – this is his old stand-by, the “very sharply pointed, if I shoot you in the chest it will make a nasty hole” arrow. 'Let me get that cell door for you' Scarecrow replies as he steps back into a cell and closes the door on himself. 'Thanks' Hawkeye replies.
Iron Man lumbers down the cell block, carrying the fallen wall with the unconscious Guardsmen as he calls out to Hawkeye and tells him that if he is done fooling around, then it is time they get moving. 'Or would you prefer waiting around until someone shows up who can beat you?' Iron Man asks, adding that Hawkeye has to cover him, as he is next to helpless while carrying this thing, although he thinks he may be able to get up enough steam to fly. A short time later, door up ahead!' Iron Man calls out as he flies down the cell block, the wall of Guardsmen connected to him by the chains trailing behind him. 'Don't worry – I'll get it!' Hawkeye replies as he fires an arrow ahead which blows the door up – but on the other side, a large face and enormous pair of hands reaches through the hole in the wall. 'Uh-oh' Iron Man remarks as he comes to a halt mid-air. 'This is definitely not the way out' Hawkeye exclaims. 'I don't know that Yetirigar would agree. Let's get out of here before he manages to free himself'. 'No argument from me, Shellhead' Hawkeye replies as the giant Yetrigar roars at them.
20 minutes later, outside, army soldiers have the Vault surrounded, as one of them remarks 'More noise in there, coming this way. Let's get on the stick, men'. Another of them jokes that somebody is bound to come out of there who is not bullet-proof, and an instant later the Vault doors burst open, 'Hold your fire! It's the Avengers!' one of the soldiers exclaims as Hawkeye, Iron Man and the Gaurdsmen arrive safely outside the Vault. Iron Man tells the soldiers that they have to find a way to seal the Vault off until more back-up arrives, before announcing that he has remotely engaged the emergency shut down, as he taps on some buttons on his glove. Inside, all of the intact cell doors slam shut, and restraining walls close, while a quick-hardening titanium/concrete foam seals other openings. Iron Man tells the soldiers that what he has done can be easily undone from inside, and wishes there was a permanent way to shut down the power in there.
Hawkeye raises his bow and reaches for an arrow as he remarks that when he told the Scarecrow he didn't have any new arrows, he was lying – and this is the perfect time to test out an experimental arrow Henry Pym built for him. Hawkeye expains that it is an electro-magnetic pulse arrow, that it suppresses electro-magnetic impulses, so it paralyzes any high-tech devices from the power generators in the Vault right on down to his own hearing aid. Hawkeye releases the arrow, which screeches towards the Vault. There is a rumbling and some clanking sounds, before Iron Man drops to the ground, realizing that the magnetic pulse has paralyzed his armor, he supposes this is what the Guardsmen must have felt like when they were trapped in useless armor. 'I wish you hadn't done that' Iron Man calls out to Hawkeye. 'WHAT?' Hawkeye exclaims, unable to hear Iron Man. 'I just hope the rest of the Avengers show up before that blasted thing wears off!' Iron Man adds. 'WHAT?' Hawkeye shouts again, clutching his ear.


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1st story: Hurting Inside  -  2nd story: Some Assembly Required
(1st story)
A man in a purple and blue costume called Boomerang has used one of his shatterangs to blast a wall open in the security office of a small division of Stark Enterprises. He could have used the door – but he isn't like that. 'Sorry about the dramatic entrance, buckaroos! Couldn't find the doorbell!' he calls out while several men in suits and security guards turn to him. 'What do you want, Boomerang? There's nothing of value in this factory!' one of them calls out. 'How'd you know what was of value to me, Bub? I'm in here for some simple information' he explains, telling the Stark Enterprises staff that he understands they had a break-in earlier by the Ghost. 'My boss, Justin -' Boomerang begins, before realizing that his boss, Mr Hammer, would kill him if he let his name slip. He corrects himself and starts again, telling the Stark Enterprises staff that he works for a man who wants the Ghost dead, and all he wants from them is any videotapes that their security might have picked up of the Ghost in action.
'Anything that might let me know what is next move will be!' Boomerang asks. He tells the staff to give him the tapes, and then he will be gone. 'You'll be gone sooner than you think!' a security guard thinks to himself as he reaches for an emergency button – but before he can push the button, a shatterang slams into the cables connected to the button, severing them. Boomerang turns to one of the men in a suit and instructs him to tell his men not to make any more stupid moves, and then no one will get hurt. 'Now give me the tapes!' he snaps. The man in the suit informs Boomerang that the tapes of the Ghost's raid have already been forwarded to the main security office. 'And you're the one who should watch the stupid moves – when you severed the alarm, it kicked off a signal at Stark Enterprises HQ . Iron Man should be here any time now' the man in the suit announces, adding that Shellhead may have been too late to stop the Ghost, but that they should be able to handle the Boomerang until Iron Man gets here.
'Good! Let him come!' Boomerang shouts as he hurls one of his shatterangs towards some equipment in the room, which explodes and knocks several of the guards and staff over. Boomerang boasts that he can  wait for that tin-plated do-gooder to show up, and that he will take care of him once and for all. 'He's been a pain in my butt for too long now!'  The security guards get to their feet and aim several weapons at Boomerang, who tells them that he will show them some more of what he will do to Iron Man when he shows up. 'Well, come on! Don't just stand there!' he calls out, realizing that the staff and security guards have turned their attention to a glowing wall, where a man in a white jacket and hat has stepped through into the room. 'Huh? Who are you?' Boomerang calls out.
The man in white tells the Boomerang that he is just a friend with a suggestion, and asks Boomerang why he would want to fight Iron Man on his own, when even with the help of his allies, Blizzard and Blacklash, he has been defeated. Boomerang tells the man in white that he makes sense, but that he has got to fight someone, and that he is tired of being beaten by those do-gooders. 'Who else can I take on?' Boomerang asks. 'I've got just the Avenger for you!' the man in white smiles.
Elsewhere, 'Not me!' Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye calls out. 'No way...no how...just keep away from me!' he exclaims. A man in a suit sitting behind a desk assures Hawkeye that the test he is recommending is a relatively simple one, and he can perform it right here in the office today. He tells Hawkeye that the test is completely necessary. 'You'll have to forgive me, doc – recently I've learned to distrust doctors!' Hawkeye announces, to which his estranged wife Bobbi Morse-Barton a.k.a. Mockingbird points a finger at him and tells him to stop being a baby and do what the doctor says. Hawkeye glances at Mockingbird and tells her that he doesn't need this right now. He reminds her that Avengers Island is at the bottom of New York Harbor, every super villain anyone has ever heard of is going bonkers, and the heroes are being held responsible for the damage. 'Like I said – I can't afford to be sick!' Hawkeye exclaims. 'Face facts, lover – you are sick!' Bobbi snaps.
Bobbi reminds Hawkeye that he has been having symptoms since Mad-Dog bit him a couple of weeks ago and tells him to stop making excuses – he needs to get the test done with, then he can get better and then single-handedly make the world safe for all Avengers. Hawkeye frowns and turns to the doctor, telling him to get it over. 'You promise it won't be too painful?' he asks.
One hour later, 'See, Mr Hawkeye. That wasn't too bad, was it?' the doctor asks as Hawkeye starts to leave the office. 'Not for you' Hawkeye mutters, while the doctor tells him that at least he can rest easy knowing that it is a simple bladder infection caused by the venom injected into his system. The doctor smiles as he tells Hawkeye that it could have been more serious, and to take the antibiotic that he has prescribed, then the infection should clear up in a week or so.
Once outside, Hawkeye complains to Mockingbird that he can't walk straight, and mutters that the doctor said it wouldn't hurt. 'Should do it to him sometime!' Hawkeye exclaims. Mockingbird tells him to stop his grumbling, that it is over and done with so he should relax. Bobbi informs Hawkeye that she has to catch a cab and meet Big Bertha uptown for lunch. Bobbi then kisses Hawkeye on the cheek as she tells him that she is glad it wasn't anything serious, before she gets in a cab.
Hawkeye carries on down the street, deciding that he will walk up to Avengers Park and see if Captain America has gotten a lead on who is responsible for sinking Avengers Island. Suddenly, Hawkeye is tossed into the air when the sidewalk explodes under him. Hawkeye rolls with the blast, and flips himself backwards, landing on his feet, he pulls his bow and an arrow out and positions himself, ready for the next blast. But looking around, Hawkeye is surprised that there is no super-foe ready to pounce on him before he catches his breath. As three shatterangs suddenly fly towards him, he realizes that he spoke to soon. Hawkeye quickly leaps for cover behind a nearby hedge, and as he looks up, 'Time for you to get yours, Archer!' Boomerang calls out as he drops onto the scene. 'Boomerang!' Hawkeye exclaims.
Hawkeye has never fought Boomerang before, and he knows the contract that Crossfire had put on his head has been canceled, so he assumes that Boomerang is part of all this craziness – first the breakout at the Vault, then Avengers Island is sunk, and every super villain ever to exist seems to have a mad-on for someone he's never even met. As Boomerang leaps towards Hawkeye, Hawkeye begins to run down the sidewalk, telling himself that they have to get to the bottom of this. 'Don't run away, Hawkie! I want you to be the first to try our my latest – flamerangs!' Boomerang exclaims as he fires several of his shatterangs towards Hawkeye, only these ones are on fire. Hawkeye dodges the attack, but nearby civilians begin to run in fear. 'Someone call the police, the fire department, the National Guard!' a man cries out as a car explodes when one of the shatterangs strikes it. 'Those super heroes are going crazy!' someone else calls out.
Hawkeye dodges another attack, and fires and arrow towards Boomerang while realizing that he is doing more damage than he imagined he could have. Hawkeye knows he has to see if he can help anyone before they get hurt, while taking Boomerang out of commission, too. The arrows that Hawkeye fired at Boomerang suddenly release a sticky foam against Boomerang's shoes. 'Bootjets clogged! I'm -' Boomerang exclaims, before he slams into the sidewalk, his boots no longer keeping him aloft. 'Hate to shoot and run, Boomster, but there  are civilians to be saved!' Hawkeye calls out as he rushes towards the crowd nearby.

As emergency services personnel begin to arrive on scene, Hawkeye isn't sure where to start – large fires have broken out, and masses of civilians are running in a panic. 'HELP!' a voice calls out, and Hakweye looks up to a building where a woman stands on the ledge of the top floor, pleading for help as flames dart behind her, she announces that the stairs are blocked and she can't get down. 'I guess this is where I start helping' Hawkeye tells himself, before firing an arrow which connects to the ledge, Hawkeye begins to climb along the rope that extends from the arrow. When he reaches the ledge, he tells the woman to hang tight, as she wraps her arms around him, and he uses his bow to slide back down the rope. 'We're going for a ride!' Hawkeye exclaims, when suddenly, Boomerang arrives back on the scene, and hurls a razorang towards the rope, boasting that it will make this the shortest ride of their lives.
The rope snaps and Hawkeye and the woman begin to plummet to the ground below – where, thankfully they land on a large inflated dome. Hawkeye quickly jumps up off the dome and shoots an arrow at Boomerang, the arrow releases a net which traps the villain. Minutes later, police officers escort Boomerang away, while Hawkeye turns to the woman he rescued and tells her 'That wasn't so bad, was it?' The woman begins to say something, but Hawkeye interrupts her and tells her that no thanks is necessary, that he was just doing his job. Suddenly, the woman slaps Hawkeye's face, 'THANKS?'  she shouts, motioning to the building on fire, which fire fighters are attempting to put out with powerful hoses. 'Look, Mr Hero – look at what you've caused!' she exclaims. While the mysterious man in the white jacket appears and watches from several feet away, the woman tells Hawkeye that the people in Washington are right – all super heroes are a menace!

(2nd story)
A man in a white costume with red trunks and a red cape that sprawls out behind him as he glides through murky waters, dives deeper towards some ruins on the river floor. 'Once more into the breach' he thinks to himself. His name is Dr Walter Newall, an oceanographer who is better known as Stingray. Once he was the caretaker of Hydrobase, the man-made island that severed not only as his laboratory, but as the home and headquarters of the Avengers – until a  senseless act of vengeance sent most of his life to the bottom of the Hudson River. Stingray tells himself that they have worked all night on this salvage, and recalls that it was going a lot faster before Quasar left, although he is grateful that several of the Avengers have since shown up to help. “Salvage” he thinks to himself – as if he the junk they were dredging up from down here is going to help him put his life back together.
Closing in on one of the sunken buildings, Stingray laments the fact that they can't let Damage Control handle this – he thinks that just because Captain America is mad at them, it's no reason the rest of them should suffer. 'Besides, once the Avengers decide where they're going to move the Mansion, they'll have to use them, unless Cap expects Thor to carry the place' Stingray thinks to himself, deciding that he better keep that idea to himself, as Cap is pretty steamed and might give it a shot. 'How do you like that? My island sinks and I'm worried about them!' Stingray mutters, before he comes to a room that he recognizes. He swims into the room, realizing that it is where the Avengers are keeping those “heavy metal” robots in  stasis. Stingray recalls that there was Tess-One, the Awesome Android, a Kree Sentry, the Super Adaptoid and someone else. Stingray swims over to the stasis platform, but his underwater imaging system doesn't show any robots down here – he does see a big hole though. 'If those things have somehow reactivated themselves, we could all be in terrible danger!' Stingray declares. He presses a communications signal to alert the others – but as he does, something knocks him over the head.
On the surface, the equipment dredged up earlier by Stingray and Quasar are moved gently to the pier – courtesy of Bonita Juarez, the Avenger known as Firebird! In a spectacular display of her newly expanded control of her power, Bonita herself is amazed that she can lift and transport tons of material on convection currents that she generates with her heat powers. Bonita then lowers the debris onto the shore where her fellow Avengers can deal with it. Heather Douglas a.k.a. Moondragon and Patsy Walker-Hellstrom a.k.a. Hellcat are waiting on the pier, awaiting the debris. Suddenly, Firebird picks up the priority distress call from Stingray. She announces that she will go down and take a look, and dives towards the water, despite Moondragon telling her to wait, but Firebird points out that none of them are especially equipped for underwater work. 'She should talk' Hellcat remarks as she and Moondragon watch Firebird disappear under the surface of the water.
Suddenly, there is a splash, and Firebird is hurled out of the water and onto the pier. 'Moondragon, what?' Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow asks as she joins the other Avengers on the pier. 'I don't know' Moondragon replies, while Hellcat rushes over to Bonita and asks her what happened, and if she is all right. Bonita assures Hellcat that she is all right, but that he is loose, and he has Stingray. 'Who's loose?' Patsy asks. 'The Android. The Mad Thinker's Awesome Android!' Firebird exclaims just as the gray-colored robot with a brick-like head bursts from the water, holding the motionless Stingray and sporting a cape in the style of Stingray's. 'Perhaps the Black Widow's bite will stop this creature!' the Black Widow calls out as she fires an energy blast from her wrist gauntlet towards the robot. The Awesome Android drops Stingray and turns his attention towards the Black Widow. 'But his wrists – what's happening to them?' Moondragon asks as she notices that the robot's wrists transform – and a moment later, the Awesome Android fires an energy blast back at the Black Widow.
The Black Widow dodges the blast, and tells herself that was a stupid move, reminding herself that she has read in the files that this android can mimic some of the abilities of those it comes in contact with. She notes that it is already aped Stingray's armor, and thanks to her carelessness, has a more powerful version of her Widow's Bite. She realizes that this is getting out of hand and hopes that she can get to her communicator. The Awesome Android lumbers across the pier towards the Black Widow who has ducked behind some debris. She announces herself over the Avengers communicator, declaring that this is an Avengers' priority emergency – Avengers are down. She urges anyone listening to follow the open channel to the source, before shouting 'Avengers Assemble!' At that moment, before the Awesome Android can get to the Black Widow, Hellcat leaps towards it, 'BACK OFF!' she snarls.
But, the Black Widow's call goes mostly unheeded, or perhaps simply unheard, as the rest of the Avengers are occupied in battles of their own. As Thor battles the Juggernaut, Iron Man faces off with the Wrecker, and Captain America fights his teammate and World War II ally, the Sub-Mariner. Quasar tests his mettle against the Absorbing Man, and the Avengers West Coast members USAgent, Wonder Man and the Human Torch are battling the U-Foes.
However, the Avengers' ranks run deep, and in a restaurant in New Orleans, Monica Rambeau receives the call while she is on a date. 'Is that your beeper?' Monica's date asks. Monica stands up and apologizes to Ben, and tells him that a woman in her position is always on call. 'A ship's captain is on call?' Ben asks, slightly confused. Monica leaves the restaurant and goes into a nearby alley where she stands in the shadows and changes into her super hero costume – that wasn't a beeper, that was a priority distress call – and it wasn't a ship's captain that was being called – it was Captain Marvel! Monica switches to an energy form as she takes off over the city, telling herself that she has never flown as fast as she can over land, but at top speed she supposes she is about forty minutes from Hydrobase.
Back at the pier, Hellcat falls victim to the hurricane winds of the Awesome Android, who blasts her back across the pier. Moondragon steps forward and boasts that the creature should prove no match for her mental powers, and announces that she will telepathically order him to sleep. But as she attempts to do so, the Awesome Android prepares to slam a brick-like fist into her. 'Moondragon – move!' Hellcat exclaims as she leaps at her former associate, knocking her out of harm's way. 'Why? Another moment I would have defeated him!' Moondragon snaps. 'He's an android! You can't telepathically order him to do anything! He has no mind!' Hellcat retorts. 'Oh' Moondragon utters. 'I'd heard that since you returned you'd come down off your high horse. Guess I heard -' Hellcat begins, before Moondragon tells her to look out – as the Awesome Android looms over both of them, two brick-fists raised and ready to strike – before he is blasted backwards by a surge of flaming energy courtesy of Firebird!
'Nice save, Firebird' the Black Widow calls out, before suggesting that they regroup and come up with a plan. 'Already got one! I'm going to whip up a heaping serving of android flambe!' Firebird replies as she unleashes another surge of flaming energy at the Awesome Android, knocking the robot backwards, despite Black Widow telling her not to. 'He's down!' Firebird announces once the Awesome Android collapses. Black Widow tells her that she hopes so, before reminding Firebird how the Awesome Android duplicated her Widow's Bite. 'If he did the same with your powers...' she begins, when suddenly, 'You mean like that?' Moondragon asks as the Awesome Android suddenly stands up, a fiery glow around his body. Firebird tells the others to stand behind her, as the Awesome Android raises his fists and unleashes a fiery blast towards them. Firebird is able to counter the blast by throwing up a head shield, blocking the heat before it reaches the Avengers, although she tells the others that she can't keep this up for long, that is is harder than just projecting heat.

Nearby, something splashes into the river, and catches the attention of Moondragon and the Black Widow. 'Was that Captain Marvel?' Moondragon asks. The Black Widow tells her that she believes so, and wonders what Captain Marvel is doing. Moondragon's brow furrows in concentration at this.
Under the water, still in an energy form, Captain Marvel makes her way through the sunken Mansion, deciding that it looks as if the other Avengers have the situation under control, at least for now. Suddenly, she finds what she is looking for – the stasis field projector. Monica reverts to human form and rips the projector loose, before realizing she is running out of air and switching back to her energy form, carrying the projector, she soon bursts up through the water's surface, deciding that Tony Stark really builds things to last. She laments not having her old energy powers, as this projector still needs a source. Monica has a plan, but she still needs to communicate with the rest of the team. 'What did you have in mind, Captain Marvel?' Moondragon calls out as she appears near Captain Marvel, hovering in the air.
One telepathic conference call later, Captain Marvel shouts' NOW!' and at Captain Marvel's instruction, Firebird drops the heat shield, and the Avengers scatter, diving for cover, while Firebird then uses the last of her waning energy to project one heat beam at the stasis field projector. The beam contains enough energy to power the projector up, and Captain Marvel aims the projector at the Awesome Android – the beam strikes him, and shuts him down, as the creature drops to the pier with a loud WHAM.
Shortly, the Black Widow finishes connecting power lines to the projector, and tells the other Avengers that that should hold the Awesome Android until they are set up again. 'Great job, Captain. Firebird. Heck, all of us!' Hellcat exclaims as she shakes Captain Marvel's hand. But Captain Marvel tells everyone that they weren't that great – as Tess-One, the Sleeper, the Super-Adaptoid and the Kree Sentry are all missing – which is very serious. The Black Widow declares that more serious than that is that only one Avenger was available to answer a priority distress call. Everyone looks at her as she asks 'What's happening to the Avengers?'


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1st story: Denver Doubles  -  2nd story: Second Thoughts
(1st story)
Once upon a time, everyone liked super heroes – but then all kinds of weird stuff started happening! 'Please, Mr Hawkeye! Don't hurt me!' a jeweler pleads as Hawkeye aims an arrow at his head, while Mockingbird shoves some stolen jewels into a bag. 'Just be a good little boys – or my Hawky will have to take care of you like he did the old geezer security guard!' Mockingbird exclaims, while two other staff tend to the injured security guard. Cabinets in the jewelry store are smashed and glass is scattered across the floor. The manager assures Mockingbird that they will have cooperation from his entire staff. 'You already have my best jewels' he adds. 'Can it, tubbo!' Mockingbird snaps. 'We're outta here!' Mockingbird exclaims as she and Hawkeye leap over a counter and head to the exit. 'Call the cops and we'll be back' Mockingbird warns the staff. The manager turns to one of his employees and instructs him to call the police. The staff member protests: 'But she said – and they're Avengers! Supposed to be good guys -' he points out. But the manager declares that he doesn't care what they're supposed to be – they are criminals and he wants them arrested!
And so, this is the story of how Hawkeye and Mockingbird became the two most wanted criminals in the history of Denver, Colorado, robbing banks and stores, taking cash and jewels – and making the front page of the New York Post, Denver Daily and Colorado Times.
'WHAT?' Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye shouts as he screws up a copy of the New York Post. He  tosses the paper aside and declares that he would expect this from the National Enquirer but not for the New York Post to make up this kind of garbage. 'I'll sue!' Hawkeye shouts. 'Sue? You? Who?' Bobbi Morse Barton a.k.a. Mockingbird asks as she puts a hand on Hawkeye's shoulder. Clint turns to his estranged wife and tells her that he doesn't know – but he will find someone, as it's all going too far.
Hawkeye points out that things have been going crazy for weeks – villains are more out of control than usual, Avengers Island has sunk and all the heroes are getting the blame. Bobbi reminds Clint that there is nothing they can do about all the other craziness until Cap and the Avengers get to the bottom of it all, but suggests they can go to Denver and clear their own good names.
A few hours later, a Quinjet arrives at Denver Airport. Hawkeye announces himself over the communications system to the airport, who give him clearance to land. As  the Quinjet touches down, Clint tells Bobbi that this was a good idea, and supposes that it shouldn't take more than a few hours to clear up this little misunderstanding. As they exit the Quinjet, Hawkeye and Mockingbird find themselves surrounded by police officers. 'Oh, good! The local police are here to greet us!' Hawkeye declares. 'I'll give you a greeting, Bub! Though I've got to admit I never thought you two would be so brazen as to hit this city again – or so stupid as to announce your arrival' one of the police officers declares, before instructing the other officers to take Hawkeye and Mockingbird in. Hawkeye readies his bow and an arrow, while Mockingbird raises her staff overhead as Hawkeye announces that they are here to clear their names – and they aren't going anywhere until they convince everyone that they didn't commit those crimes.
The officers step back slightly, while raising their guns and aiming them at the Avengers. 'You've got a real interesting way of showing your innocence, Avenger!' one of the police officers exclaims. 'You're only proving to me that you're guilty as the day is long!' the officer declares, when suddenly, everyone turns to a nearby police car as they hear someone over the communications line inform all units that a robbery is in progress at the Mile High Bank, that the suspects are allegedly Hawkeye and Mockingbird, that they are armed and have hostages. 'Proceed with caution!' the announcer reports. 'What? But -' one of the officers utters, wide-eyed. 'I told you so!' Mockingbird exclaims.
Several miles away at the Bank of Denver, 'Hurry up! We ain't got all day!' “Mockingbird” snaps at the bank teller as she grabs a sack of cash from him, while “Hawkeye” aims an arrow at a customer standing in line behind him. 'Just don't get stupid, or Hawkeye will give you a third eye!' “Mockingbird” warns everyone. The two impostors make their way to the exit, and “Mockingbird” warns them 'Nobody follow us, or -', when suddenly, 'You'll nothing!' the real Hawkeye exclaims as he and the real Mockingbird burst through a window into the bank. 'Hawk? It's us!' Mockingbird calls out. 'What're you talking about, Mock?' Hawkeye asks. 'I know them!' he tells her as he sees the criminals Screaming Mimi and Angar the Screamer standing before him in the bank. He tells Mockingbird who they are, but Mockingbird replies 'No – it's me – me and you! Now let's get them!'
Hawkeye informs Mockingbird that he doesn't see what she is seeing, and decides that it is time for him to clear the air with some tear gas. He fires a tear gas arrow at Mimi and Angar, who begin to cough and gasp when the arrow detonates. Mimi tells Angar not to shut his mouth, or else everyone will see who they really are. But too late, as Angar closes his mouth, the disguise is broken. 'Hey! I recognize them! It's Angar the Screamer and Screaming Mimi!' Mockingbird declares. 'That's what I said!' Hawkeye mutters, while Angar tells Mimi that the gig is blown, so they should split. 'You're not splitting anywhere, you two-faced hippie freak!' a police officer responds, aiming a gun at the criminal. 'Be cool, my man!' Angar replies, to which the officer tells him to shut his mouth. 'No, man, I thought I'd open it wider so you could open your mind – if not blow it!' Angar exclaims, as he uses his powers to create hallucinations of monsters that swarm around the frightened police officers – who suddenly opens fire in all directions, trying to shoot the “monsters”.
'Good going, lover – I'll take care of the heroes!' Mimi declares as she releases a scream towards Hawkeye and Mockingbird, who clutches her head and tells Hawkeye that her head is spinning – before she faints into Hawkeye's arms. So that she doesn't get struck by one of the officer's bullets, Hawkeye lays Mockingbird onto the ground, before spinning around towards the officer, where he fires an arrow, knocking the gun from the officer's hands. Hawkeye then fires an arrow which releases a bolo that wraps around Angar and Mimi before they can escape.
Two hours later, police lead away Angar and Mimi, who have had restraints placed over their mouths, preventing them from using their powers, while Hawkeye comments on how quickly the Vault personnel got those restraints to them, and Mockingbird remarks that is two more of the escapees rounded up, before confessing to not knowing how Angar and Mimi made themselves look like the two of them, as she doesn't remember that being either of their powers. Hawkeye admits to wondering the same thing, and reports that he had Angar jot down a brief explanation for him, revealing that Angar and Mimi apparently met up after the Vault breakout, and quite by accident discovered that Mimi could directly affect the hallucinations that Angar caused by modulating the frequency of the sound produced by her own sound waves – the Doppelganger Effect. The police officer asks Hawkeye why he wasn't affected by their power, to which Hawkeye smiles and tells the officer that he didn't quite hear that – so he will just turn his hearing aid up!

(2nd story)
The criminal mastermind known as the Mad Thinker sits on a bunk in a cell. He is a man possessed  of a level fo genius rarely seen on this planet. His brain is the equivalent of an organic computer. Given sufficient data, he is capable of predicting the future with a very high degree of probability. The gap between “a high degree of probability” and perfection explains his current prison stay. The Thinker was content to spend some time here calculating precisely where his last plan went awry. But several weeks ago, the mysterious man in the trenchcoat standing over him appeared and asked the Thinker to join a group of other super-villains in carefully planned acts of vengeance that would destroy all of their enemies forever. The Mad-Thinker told the mysterious man in the trenchcoat, not surprisingly, that he would “think about it”. And so he does.
'Well?' the mysterious man asks. The Mad Thinker gets to his feet and announces that he has calculated the odds, and that although he foresees major losses among the ranks of the super heroes as a result of the plan, he also predicts certain disaster for those behind it all. 'And not a little trouble for you when your brother discovers what you have done!' he reveals, looking at the mysterious man in the trenchcoat. 'You know who I am?' the mystery man asks, raising a fist. 'It's obvious if one thinks about it' the Mad Thinker replies. 'Then may you rot here!' the mystery man snaps. He begins to disappear in a flash of energy as he warns the Mad Thinker to tell the secret at his peril.
'Melodramatic. But well advised' the Mad Thinker decides as he sits back down on the bunk. He neglected to tell the mystery man the problems that he sees  for himself, and lifting up one of his shoes, thinks that if this “Super Powers Registration Act” passes, as it likely will, then the super hero backlash will lead to major problems for him. The Mad Thinker had planned to sit this situation out in the relative safety of prison, but the social destabilization that will stem from the Act's passage will jeopardize any number of his long term master plans. He pulls a small piece of metal wire from between his shoe and the sole of the shoe, and uses the wire to unlock his cell door, deciding that he is forced to act. He steps out of his cell and wonders how best to sway public opinion, and supposes that he is sure he will think of something.
Several weeks later, at the Capitol Building in Washington DC, where inside, witnesses are testifying before Congress on the proposed “Super Powers Registration Act”, a bill that would force those with super-powers to register them with the government. Outside, on the Capitol steps, the public in the form of demonstrations from both pro and anti-registration act organizations making its feeling known. A representative of CLARION, the Civil Libertarians Against Registration In Our Nation, stands on the stage and addresses Congress and the audience, stating that they are proud to introduce the next two speakers – both super-powered Avengers, one a bonafide movie star, the other a wealthy socialite. Sitting on seats on the stage, Simon Williams a.k.a. Wonder Man glances at Janet van Dyne the Wasp and tells her that he is nervous, that he still doesn't know what he is going to say. Wearing a blue and white costume, the Wasp tells Simon that she doesn't either, and that she is going to wing it.
'Well ho ho ho' Simon smiles, before the CLARION representative calls them by their names, as suddenly, a towering figure in a blue and yellow costume lumbers towards the gathering, 'What the heck is that?' someone in the crowd calls out, while the approaching giant calls out 'I'm Gargrint...uh...Glargunt...ah...GARGANTUA! Right?' Wonder Man and Wasp look at each other, as Wonder Man tells the Wasp that this guy is pretty big, so she better stay back. 'Bigger than me? Gosh, what a frightening thought!' the Wasp replies, while a man in a suit shouts' Run for your lives!' Wonder Man leaps forward, wishing that he was wearing his jetpack. He looks at the Wasp, impressed that all she has to do is shrink down and her wings come out. Turning back to the giant, Wonder Man is curious as to who he is. 'Goliath's stupid younger brother?' he thinks.
Gargantua looks down at the scattering civilians running around him and wonders where everybody is going. 'Wuzzat? You want me to pick up the cars and do what?' he asks someone, wide-eyed. 'Oh, okay. If you say so..' Gargantua remarks as he lifts two cars up into the air. 'All right, big fella – drop the car!' Wonder Man exclaims as he flies into Gargantua and slams a fist into his knee. Gargantua drops the cars and begins hopping one one leg, while clutching his other leg, pulling it towards his chest, 'YEEOWTCH!' he cries out. 'I don't believe I said that!' Simon thinks to himself as one of the cars crashes into the ground. Simon slams into the other, while Gargantua begins to jump up and down on one leg, still crying out in pain, 'OW! OW! OW!' he calls out over and over again – when suddnely, he slams a foot down on the surprised Wonder Man.
'Back off, big guy!' the Wasp calls out as she flies towards the giant, blasting his face with energy bolts. 'Super-dupers hurt! I hate super-dupers!' Gargantua complains as he hops towards the Capitol Building, while the Wasp drops down towards Wonder Man, who sits up in enormous footprint-sized crater, rubbing his head. 'Would you stop goofing around? He's getting away!' the Wasp exclaims, while Wonder Man thinks that this sort of thing never happens to Thor. Wonder Man gets to his feet and lifts a car above his head, 'Hey, Gargantua!' he calls out. The giant turns back to Wonder Man, Yeah?' he asks, while Wonder Man shouts 'CATCH!' and hurls the car at Gargantua, who catches the car and asks what he should do with it. 'Okey dokey' Gargantua replies after receiving instruction – he hurls the car backw towards Wonder Man, who dodges it just in time.
Wonder Man looks over to the Wasp and tells her that he wishes he had his jet-pack, as he knows he could deck him if he could reach his chin. The Wasp tells Wonder Man not to sweat it, that she will handle him. As she flies towards Gargantua, Jan decides that he is big, and that he kind of reminds her of her ex-husband – but this guy is pretty stupid, even by super-villain standards – which makes him a prime candidate for the old “fly in his ear and cause him extreme pain” bit. The insect-sized Wasp enters Gargantua's ear canal, but it is her ears who are subject to assault, when she hears a voice within Gargantua shouting 'ATTACK! ATTACK!' 'My ears!' the Wasp screams, while Gargantua lumbers towards Wonder Man, 'Okay...uh, attack! Attack!' he exclaims, as Wonder Man climbs a phone pole, 'You do that. And while you're at it, come a bit closer. If I can't reach your chin, I'll settle for your stomach' Wonder Man decides.
Making her way deeper into the ear canal of Gargnatua, the Wasp is unimpressed – he obviously doesn't use Q-Tips. Suddenly, she comes across some kind of transmitter, and turns it off as she picks it up. 'Okay, Gargantua! I've got some new orders for you!' the Wasp exclaims. 'Uhhh... okay' Gargantua replies as he stands and stares at the phone pole, which Wonder Man now stands atop. 'Oh, this is too good!' Wonder Man remarks, before asking the Wasp if she is responsible for this. As Gargantua remains in place, without moving, the Wasp flies out of his head and tells Wonder Man to try and punch him away from the crowd. 'How long do I have to stay here?' Gargantua asks. 'Not very' Wonder Man tells him as he reaches across from the top of the phone pole and slams a powerful fist into Gargantua's face, knocking the giant backwards. 'Allright! Bring on Tyson!' Wonder Man jokes.
Later, Wonder Man and the Wasp have returned to the stage at Capitol Hill, addressing the crowd before them. Wonder Man announces that he and the Wasp are voluntarily public about their identities, but admits that is a privilege most heroes can't afford. The Wasp states that super heroes with secret identities are just as willing to help the public as they were today – so the Super Powers Registration Act would endanger the families and friends of super heroes all over the country, and if it should pass, their numbers would dwindle – and their ability to aid the public would dwindle as well.
Watching on a monitor is the Mad Thinker, who decides that this is excellent – an exciting show and an impassioned speech. He calculates that today's media event will serve to sway public opinion ever so slightly in the heroes' favor. He switches off the monitors and thinks to himself that that is not a practice he wishes to implement as a continuing policy – still, it is unexpectedly pleasant to win one every so often!


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1st story: What's the Point?   -   2nd story: Tales From the Vault (Conclusion)
(1st story)
'Mr Bill, I think Hawkeye here is  just the man to help you' a doctor smiles as Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye enters a room within a hospital. 'Him? Who the heck is he?' the patient, sitting up in the hospital bed, with one arm in a sling and dark glasses covering his eyes, asks. 'He's not Daredevil! I specifically asked for Daredevil! I didn't think it was too much to ask!' the patient, who is known by the name Dollar Bill, exclaims, before asking 'What did you say your name was again?' Hawkeye introduces himself and explains that he is an Avenger. 'You have heard of the Avengers, I presume? Captain America, Iron Man, Thor... we've saved the world a few dozen times, and -' Hawkeye begins, before Dollar Bill reaches behind himself and mutters 'Yeah, yeah, yeah! I read the papers sometimes!' and complains that he supposes Hawkeye will have to do.
Dollar Bill holds up a videotape and announces that his boss needs help – quickly. He informs Hawkeye that everything he needs to know is on the tape, before asking Hawkeye if he has ever heard of the “Madcap Comedy Hour”. 'Not really' Hawkeye replies, before Dollar Bill explains that it is a Cable TV show here in New York, and is real popular with the yuppies. 'You sure you're an Avenger?' Dollar Bill asks. 'I've been out of town for a while' Hawkeye mutters, before suggesting they go to the videotape. Dollar Bill then throws the tape at Hawkeye.
on videotape recording.
Flames surround the mysterious Madcap, who sings a song about burning up for love, while grinning widely. Madcap is standing in a large drum which several homeless people are gathered around to keep warm as they huddle in an alleyway. Madcap addresses the camera, greeting his audience, he explains that he is deep in the heart of Hell's Kitchen, looking for his old buddy, Daredevil. 'Wish he'd make an appearance so we can put this show in the can' Madcap adds, before leaping from the burning drum, declaring that if Daredevil is not going to show up, then he might as well get out of this can. 'I go through more costumes this way' he jokes, tossing his burnt hat away, he remarks to a wide-eyed homeless woman 'Pardon my appearance, madam, but I assure you – it's quite temporary!'
Madcap removes his clothing, save for his boxer shorts, and rubs his body down with a cloth, announcing that he is as good as new – not that he was too good to begin with. He explains that it is all part of these pointless powers he acquired after an accident with a tractor trailer. The young man begins to change into another costume and remarks that he doesn't know why he was the only one to survive, doesn't know why he got these stupid powers – all he does know is that nothing really matters – life is just a cosmic practical joke played on them all. Madcap tells his audience that the point of this week's show is the same as that of every other week – there is no point to anything!
Suddenly, a dark van appears in the alleyway and two men step from the van. 'Except... maybe... for that guy's head!' Madcap exclaims, motioning to the new arrivals, before he bounds towards them, deciding to take a closer look. Madcap greets the two men who wear matching dark khaki-colored suits with white shirts, and shades covering their eyes. He welcomes them to the Madcap Comedy  Hour and asks them what he can do for, to or on them. 'You're coming with us – now!' the blond man exclaims. Madcap turns to the camera and motions at the men, 'Ooh-whoo! I'm going with them! Tough-guys, aren't they?' he remarks, adding 'As though I'm going to interrupt my show for two rejects from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie! What a laugh -' before the blond man reaches out and grabs Madcap by his neck. 'Guess that's all for this week, folks!' the blond man remarks into the camera, before he drops Madcap to the ground and begins punching him off screen. Madcap gasps for breath and calls out 'Until we meet again, this is Madcap and Dollar Bill saying -' Madcap begins, but doesn't finish his sentence as the other man smashes a large hammer into the camera.
reality:
Dollar Bill announces that those hand guys bounced him around pretty good, and then drove off with Madcap. He adds that he knows Madcap appears to be obnoxious and a menace to society – which he is – but he isn't too bad a guy, and he is about to sign a deal for the show to go syndicated. 'You think you think you can help him?' Dollar Bill asks. Hawkeye turns away and smirks while replying 'I can try'. Dollar Bill exclaims 'Gee, thanks! I don't know what I'd do without you, Mr Eye' before quietly asking the doctor if he is sure he doesn't know where Daredevil hangs out.
Later that night, Hawkeye stands opposite a nightclub called Scuzz. He watches the club and thinks to himself that whoever kidnapped Madcap is no genius – it was the simplest thing in the world to trace the license plate of the van which was in plain sight on the video straight to this club. He enters the club and looks around at the punk-like patrons and wonders if it was time he changed his costume – in this crowd, he is dressed downright conservatively. He takes a seat at the bar and wonders who would have thought he could do some undercover work dressed like this! 'What'll it be, sweet-cheeks?' a large woman with pink hair working behind the bar asks. 'Sweet-cheeks?' the shocked Hawkeye utters. The woman tells him that she ain't got all day, and that this ain't no museum. 'Whatta ya drinking?' she asks. Hawkeye replies that he will have the specialty of the house. 'One house special coming up -' the woman announces as she pulls one of the bar taps, which suddenly causes the chair Hawkeye is sitting on to fall backwards, and he falls through a panel that slides open in the floorboards. '- or should I say, going down?' the woman behind the bar jokes.
Hawkeye is caught  be surprise, and realizing he has no time to think, he positions himself so that he lands on his feet, and grabs his bow and arrow in the process, holding them ready to fire. Hawkeye glances behind him and discovers Madcap hanging from a shackle connected to the ceiling. 'Hello there!' Madcap calls out. 'I'd say it was nice of you to “drop in” but that would be predictable – and I hate being predictable' he adds. 'Madcap, I presume?' Hawkeye asks. 'Never presume! When you presume, you make a pres out of you and me!' Madcap jokes. 'A what?' Hawkeye asks, turning around to see the two men from the video recording have surrounded him, along with another man. 'Okay, chump... the doctor will see you and your freaky buddy now' one of them announces, before telling Hawkeye ti put the arrow away.
Hawkeye glances to one of the walls in the room, where he can hear a voice projected over an intercom: 'No! No! No! You fools! He's not Daredevil! I told you I wanted Daredevil!' It is vital to my experiments that I have Daredevil! Kill him...and bring me Daredevil!' the voice instructs the men. 'Gee, everyone's so picky today!' Hawkeye frowns. 'Funny you should say pick, bowman – the name's Pick Axe! My buddies are Vice and Triphammer. The Dame's Handsaw!' the blond man from the video declares as he lunges towards Hawkeye – his left hand appears to be in the form of a large axe. Pick Axe adds that he doesn't know why Hawkeye is here, and frankly, he doesn't care – the boss says to kill him, which means he is as good as dead. Hawkeye kicks the man with curly hair and a right hand in the form of a vice in the stomach as he fires an arrow across the room and replies 'Don't take this wrong – what was the name again? Nose Picker? Well, I've heard all this before – and I'm still around to take out you and all your handymen!'
The arrow darts around Triphammer as it releases a sonic pulse, causing Triphammer to clutch his ear with his human hand, as Hawkeye uses his bow to block Pick Axe's attack, as Pick Axe brings his axe-hand down towards Hawkeye. Hawkeye then pushes forward, slamming his bow into Pick Axe's face. Hawkeye calls out to Madcap and tells him to hang loose – no pun intended – and that he will have him free before you can say Avoirdupois. Hawkeye fires two arrows at the cables restraining Madcap – the arrows pierce through the cables, but in the process Madcap is shocked by a powerful surge of energy. He cries out, but drops to the ground and smiles, 'That actually tingled!' he jokes, before thanking Hawkeye. 'Allow me to lend you a – hand?' Madcap begins, before his right hand is sliced off by a saw connected to the woman called Handsaw. 'You ain't gonna be lending nobody nothing, shmo!' Handsaw exclaims.
'Disarming little woman, aren't we?' Madcap replies, turning to Handsaw, smiling he tells her that, as a matter of fact, he only has eyes for her. Handsaw grins and tells him that it was a nice try, but the Doc knows all about his freaky eyes – which is why she is wearing these glasses, which will prevent them all from going looney. Handsaw then lunges at Madcap and tells him to stand still while she slices him, but Madcap leaps up and away from Handsaw. 'Toro toro, you big bully!' Madcap exclaims. Hawkeye looks over to the wall, where a large window can be seen as the mysterious doctor calls out over the intercom 'KILL THEM! KILL THEM!' Hawkeye fires an arrow towards the window, 'Put a lid on it, pal! I'm not going to die until I learn who's behind the curtain!' Hawkeye exclaims, joking that he will bet that it isn't the great and powerful Oz.
The window crashes inwards, and the mysterious doctor ducks for cover, before he turns and looks out the window. He wears a white jacket and has dark hair – he introduces himself as Dr Karl Malus, formerly of Power Broker Inc. Dr Malus complains that Hawkeye has ruined his chance to learn the secret of Daredevil's uncanny athletic prowess and the invulnerability of the clownish  freak Madcap. 'You will pay – you will all pay – NOW!' Dr Malus shouts, as a prerecorded voice announces a self-destruct sequence. Hawkeye decides that he better wrap this up. 'Have a nice Trip-Hammer – see you next fall!' Hawkeye jokes as he extends his leg out behind Triphammer, knocking him over. 'Say your prayers, little man!' Handsaw snarls as she grabs Madcap by his throat and raises her saw-hand above her head. 'Okee-dokee!' Madcap replies, before reaching out and removing Handsaw's glasses, he then declares 'Now I lay me down, you sneak – into my eyes I hope you'll peek – if you'll look real real deep – you'll discover killer sheep!' Madcap tells her, as Handsaw's eyes suddenly turn blood-shot.
With 30 seconds left until self-destruct, the Power Tools regroup and gather around Hawkeye, who  raises his bow and arrow. Hawkeye tells them that he will put his bow and arrow away if they put away their hands – then they can all get out of here before this place blows sky high. But suddenly, Handsaw lunges towards her teammates, 'BAAA – kill!' she shouts, dropping down on Vice, repeating 'Kill...kill...' over and over again. There is only 20 seconds left, and Madcap declares that it is time to run. 'Sorry about Saw-Girl! My powers usually make people have fun. Her brain must be warped!' Madcap exclaims as he makes a run for it. Hawkeye decides that he best get out of here himself. He looks into the lab where Dr Malus was, but finds it empty. He turns back to the Power Tools, but discovers they have taken off, too. Hawkeye follows Madcap out of the basement beneath the Scuzz Club, and tells Madcap to keep going, as the place is going to blow.
'Oops' Madcap remarks, looking down at his severed arm, he turns back to the Scuzz Club, announcing that he can't leave without his arm – he knows it like the back of his hand. 'Madcap, no – you'll be -' Hawkeye calls out, before the basement beneath the Scuzz Club explodes. Hawkeye shields himself from the explosion, before frowning, thinking that no one could have survived that. 'He was annoying, but he could kind of grow on you...too bad he -' Hawkeye thinks to himself, when suddenly, he goes wide-eyed, as a voice shouts 'YOWIE! YOWIE! YOWIE!' - it's Madcap, who emerges from the Scuzz Clubb, most of his costume has been burnt away, he reconnects his severed arm and tells Hawkeye that something about the doctor's machinery made him feel tingly again when it blew, and decides that he has to find him. Hawkeye holds his mouth, retching at the smell of Madcap's charred flesh. Madcap then leaps off, calling out 'Oh, Karl! Where are you, good doctor?' Hawkeye frowns and motions at Madcap while asking 'Why me? Why not Daredevil?'

(2nd story)
This is “The Vault”, the United States government's maximum security installation for the incarceration of superhuman criminals. A few weeks ago, five of the world's most evil men, unwittingly led by the Asgardian God of Evil, launched an all-out terrorist assault on Earth's super heroes. Their first movie was to engineer a mass escape from this previously impregnable prison complex – but while the first move in their scheme was successful, ultimately their Acts of Vengeance failed. In the meantime, the vault has been repaired, and Iron Man was just unveiled his plan to keep the Vault from ever being breached again. 'Well, gentlemen, what do you think?' Iron Man asks as he stands before several unarmored Guardsmen, while a re-designed green Guardsman armor stands alongside Iron Man.
Iron Man informs the Guardsmen that this is Tony Stark's latest invention, the Guardsmen Mark I armored environmental suit, and that once they have mastered it, they will be more than a match for any super-powered prisoner who dares challenge them. 'All right!' one of the Guardsmen exclaims. Iron Man announces that the rest of the suits are still in the loading dock, and tells the Guardsmen that after he has familiarized them all with the new armor's systems, they will go down and suit-up. Iron Man adds that unlike the old suits, these run by extremely short-range broadcast power, and that power strips run throughout this complex. Iron Man informs the Guardsmen that their new suits have only a fifteen-minute reserve power supply but the extra space this leaves in their armor allowed Mr Stark to add several new weapons systems. 'And the broadcast power systems'll keep the new armor from ever being used outside of these walls' Iron Man thinks to himself. Suddenly, another Guardsman enters the room and reports that the prisoners are starting to come in. Iron Man excuses himself and suggests to the Guardsmen that they study the specification books until he returns.
Outside, members of the Avengers – Captain America, Quasar, Thor, Wonder Man, the Wasp, and the Vision, along with the Fantastic Four's Thing and Human Torch are supervising the transfer of the dozens of super-villains captured in the past few weeks. Some are escapees from this prison, others are here for the first time. Among them are Titania, Flying Tiger, Eel, Nekra, Quill, Rhino, Absorbing Man, Screaming Mimi and Angar the Screamer. All of them have discovered that, whether served hot or cold, vengeance is a bitter dish, indeed.
Several hours later, a jet takes off and Captain America tells Iron Man that it is the Fantastic Four leaving. 'Now that we've got all of the prisoners safely behind bars, the rest of the Avengers are about to take off, too' Cap adds, before assuring Iron Man that he would be glad to stay behind and help him with the other prisoners who will be coming in today. Iron Man tells Cap that there is no need, as once he has the Guardsmen up and running, they will be able to handle it all by themselves. 'I know that... your boss... feels responsible for the jail break here. Could you tell him for me that we appreciate the work he's done to make this place secure again?' Cap asks. 'He'll get the message' Iron Man replies. 'I imagine he will' Cap mutters as he runs to join the other Avengers who are preparing to depart in the Quinjet. 'I've gotta work on my cover story' Iron Man decides, watching the Quinjet take off, with Thor, Wonder Man and the Vision flying alongside it.
Later, Iron Man is finishing up giving the Guardsmen some information about their new armor's primary systems. He suggests they suit up and take the armor for a spoin, when an announcement reports that a retriever vehicle is arriving and that there is a prisoner on deck. Iron Man remarks that this should be the last interruption and tells the Guardsmen that they will be ready to handle the next one themselves, as he rushes out to the deck.
Waiting on the deck are several soldiers who carry rifles and stand around a man in grey overalls. One of the soldiers tells Iron Man that they have caught the Wizard. Hands tied behind his back, the Wizard thinks to himself 'They didn't catch me; I teleported right into their transport vehicle!' He assumes that Loki did something to his teleportation system. 'This clown popped into the back seat of our ship, with his costume locked in a briefcase on his lap' another of the soldiers adds. Iron Man takes the briefcase from one of the soldiers. 'This whole thing was a little too easy. It stinks of a tr-' Iron Man begins, before he is attacked with a surge of energy that slams into him and knocks him over.
The villain known as the Klaw appears behind Iron Man and tells the Wizard that they are getting out of here. 'And you're gonna show me where my share of the money is' the Klaw declares. The wizard grabs his briefcase as Klaw tells him to hurry up and get his costume on, but the Wizard struggles to get the briefcase open. Klaw throws his arms up and tells the Wizard to take his time – as Iron Man is no match for his power. Iron Man gets to his feet and recalls that Klaw claims to be composed of “living sound”. Two large triceratops created by the sound rush towards Iron Man, who decides that Klaw's constructs look awfully solid – before both of the sound-triceratops slam into him, and knock Iron Man into the air.
'Yeah, definitely solid' Iron Man realizes as he sits up and watches as the sound-triceratopss stampede towards him. He decides that these are no match for his repulsor rays to lock onto, and using a harmonic analysis is able to lock onto the sound-triceratops, and releases a uni-beam that projects an interference pattern, which causes the triceratops to lose their cohesiveness, and fade away. Iron Man turns back to Klaw and the Wizard and decides to give them a little taste of the same medicine. Klaw looks back at Iron Man and remarks to the Wizard that Iron Man is more powerful than he thought. 'So let's just see how powerful that is!' Klaw exclaims as he releases a large sound-fist that slams into Iron Man and knocks him over yet again. Iron Man tells himself that he hasn't been hit that hard since he fought the Wrecker, and decides not to fool around with Klaw.
Iron Man initiates a fourier analysis, and his scan indicates that Klaw is an extremely complex set of sinusoidal components, so it will take a moment to solve this. 'I'm coming for you, Iron Man!' Klaw shouts, while Iron Man's scan struggles to find the frequency – until suddenly: 'Got it!' Iron Man exclaims, and releases a beam that slams into Klaw and takes the villain out. Iron Man wonders where the Wizard has gone, but to his surprise the Wizard has opened his briefcase and is now in his costume, 'Right here, Iron Man!' the wizard calls out. Iron Man tells him to give it up – and he isn't going to tell him again. Suddenly, 'Back off, Iron Man' a voice calls out – its one of the Guardsmen, who walks over to the Wizard and declares 'The Wizard belongs to me!' Iron Man asks the Guardsman if he can handle him, then the Wizard is all his.
'You dare send another one of these toys at me? I'll turn this one into scrap just like I did the last -' the Wizard begins as he uses some sort of energy-enhanced punch against the Guardsman, but the Guardsman throws up an energy-dampening field to block the attack. He then grabs the Wizard by his wrists, 'And as for these power gloves...' he begins as he crushes the Wizard's hands and throws him against a wall. 'What else you got?' the Guardsman asks. 'Anti-gravity discs!' the Wizard responds as he hurls several discs at the Guardsman, who responds by blasting them with an  energy beam. 'Say goodnight, Wizard!' the Guardsman declares as he grabs the Wizard by his shirt and slams his fist into the villain's helmet, knocking him out. The Guardsman turns to Iron Man and tells him that the armor is fantastic – as good as his. 'Don't you believe it' Iron Man replies.
Shortly, after the Wizard has been disarmed, the Guardsman leads the Wizard, who has been stripped down to his briefs, into a room where other Guardsmen are waiting. The Guardsmen tells his colleagues that the suit works. 'The suits do. But you wouldn't be any match for me man to man' the Wizard snarls. 'Is that so? Gimme a minute' the Guardsman replies, and suddenly, his armor peels away, revealing a man in a blue jumpsuit beneath the armor, he removes his helmet and asks the Wizard if he remembers him. 'My name's Frank Ensign. You almost killed me when you broke out of here' Frank exlcaims, before slamming his fist into the Wizard's face and knocking the villain out. 'What happened to him?' Iron Man asks as he enters the room. 'He fell down' Frank smiles.
This compound, it isn't Ryker's Island, or Alcatraz – this is the United States government's maximum security installation for the incarceration of super-human criminals. But those imprisoned here have another name for the place. They call it the Vault. And they are all but resigned to the one inalterable fact of their existence here – there is no escape. Clutching the bars to his cell, the Wizard narrows his eyes and frowns....