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(Tokyo, present)Dr. Strange teleports the Avengers and the rescued Maya Lopez to central Tokyo. He knows that they aren’t safe from Elektra and the Hand just yet, so he asks Spider-Man, Wolverine and Spider-Woman to take a rooftop each and keep a lookout. He then turns his attentions to Maya, asking if she can hear him. He explains that he’s a friend of Matt Murdock’s and asks what they gave to her.
Maya struggles to speak coherently, but replies that they killed her and then brought her back. She mentions a blue demon and a blue pill. Iron Fist figures they were trying to brainwash her. Very old school. Strange asks if it’s too late. Iron Fist says no, but they need to get her somewhere safe.
They wonder where they can go. A hospital is out of the question. If the Hand follow them, they’ll carve through everyone there to get to them. Jessica Drew has an idea.
(Yashida Clan Fortress, Osaka, Japan)A full moon highlights the impressive traditional fortress high on a hillside overlooking Osaka. Inside, the Silver Samurai is watching Mean Girls on television when the Avengers sneak up behind him. Kenuichio almost drops his meal when Spider-Man speaks. He stands up immediately, asking if they’re out of their minds. Wolverine tells him that he owes him. Kenuichio asks how he can come into his father’s home after what he did to him. Logan reminds the Samurai that he stabbed him in the chest and sliced his heart in half. “Uh, yikes,” remarks Spider-Man. The two men square up, and Luke Cage says that he didn’t know the two men had a thing.
Kenuichio once again asks why they are in his house and Wolverine points to Maya who is being cared for by Dr. Strange. Kenuichio asks who it is. “Ronin,” Logan replies. “Ronin was a girl?” asks Kenuichio, incredulously. “That little woman is the scourge of the Japanese underworld? Then who is this?” The Samurai looks at whoever is in the Ronin costume. Ronin looks back at him and says hi.
Kenuichio is angry that they are in his house. He tells them that they’re not the Avengers anymore. He knows what’s happening in America. They’re the ones in trouble - a lot of trouble. He asks how they even got out of their country. Luke replies that it’s a whole thing.
(Harlem, yesterday)Luke Cage is shopping for milk in a local convenience store when an armed robber tries to hold the place up. Luke casually smacks him on the side of the head with some Milko, only to notice a police officer enter the store and call dispatch to inform them that he thinks he has Luke in his sights. Luke tries to explain that he’s only buying milk, but the officer is panicking a little. He calls dispatch once more, and Luke asks the shopkeeper if it’s okay that he pays next time. The cop tells him that he’s under arrest, but Luke replies that he ain’t. He informs the officer that he’s going to leave the shop and take the milk to his baby. The cop can then arrest the doof at Luke’s feet for trying to rob the store. They can then pretend that this never happened. They can pretend that they live in a world where cops arrest criminals.
The officer shoots Luke; the bullet hitting him just under the collar. “Damn,” exclaims Luke. “I can’t have anything nice.” The officer still tries to arrest him, but Luke ignores him and leaves the store, only to find a fully-armed squad of S.H.I.E.L.D Capekillers waiting for him. They tell Luke that he’s under arrest for disobeying the Superhuman Registration Act. Luke leaps at one of the nearby floating crafts, knocking the pilot from their seat. He grabs the controls and takes off with the Capekillers in pursuit. They follow him through the streets as Luke flies between apartment blocks. One of the agents asks Director Stark to be informed.
Somehow, Luke manages to evade his pursuers, and he makes his way to Dr. Strange’s house in Greenwich Village. To all intents and purposes, the house looks like it’s waiting to be converted into another Starbucks, but Luke walks up to the door. He’s forgotten the password but, as he is recognized, Dr. Strange whispers a spell, which reveals the house’s true appearance. His wife, Jessica Jones, first asks if he’s got the milk, but then notices the bullet hole in his jacket. He assures her that he’s fine.
Dr. Strange asks him to let Wong do the shopping in future. It’s not worth the risk. Luke says he’s just trying to provide for his family and stay sane. He asks Strange if he’s sure no one can see them there. Strange replies that he’d explain the incantations and spell-conjuring involved in making it appear to the world as though he has sold his home to a large, faceless corporation which is determined to turn every inch of the city into the largest strip mall ever made and moved to Europe… but it would bore him. Luke agrees.
Also in the room, tucking into some of Wong’s mulagatoni, is Wolverine. Seated nearby are Iron Fist and Spider-Man. Luke and Wolverine have a little tiff, but Iron Fist puts a stop to their bickering. Luke asks if there’s been any news of Sam Wilson, to which Danny replies that there’s been no word since Captain America died. He doesn’t know Sam that well and doesn’t know where to look for him. When Luke then asks about Jessica Drew, Logan tells him that he heard she’d been spotted in L.A.
With another whispered incantation, Jessica Drew appears before them in her Spider-Woman costume. She tells them it’s great to see them, and asks if this is everybody. “Guess so,” replies Luke. She then informs them that Captain America isn’t dead. He’s alive. They got him on ice and are holding him. Jessica doesn’t believe her, and Luke asks who told her. “Carol Danvers,” she replies.
Luke thinks that Carol lied to her, but Jessica doesn’t think so. They have a history. Danny is a little skeptical, saying they all had histories, but that was before the war. Everything’s different now. Jessica tells them that the Avengers want her to go back to them. They’ve decided that she is of value again. She doesn’t think Carol said what she did on purpose. It was more of a slip. Iron Fist thinks that’s exactly how a person lying to you would say something like that. Jessica explains that she’s a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. She knows when someone’s lying. Logan asks where he is then. Where are they keeping him?
Jessica says that Cap is on the Raft. It’s where they all first got together. They were using it as a recon post during the war, but now it’s where they’re keeping him. “It’s a trap,” exclaims Logan. Jessica asks him what difference it makes. If the roles were reversed, Cap would dive in headfirst to save them. Trap or no trap, he would go get them. Luke admits that she is right.
(The Raft, Ryker’s Maximum-Maximum Security Installation)A helicopter carrying S.H.I.E.L.D. director Maria Hill lands on the island. She tells the guards there that she wants to see him. Dr. Strange is also there, but in his astral form he cannot be seen. He follows Hill and her security detail into the facility, where she asks Agent Jones how he is. Jones evasively replies that he is how he is. When she asks what that means, Jones replies that they’re ill-equipped to read his charts, and they don’t have the proper medical staff for his unique… genotype. Hill is shown into a room where Captain America is lying unconscious on a bed, strapped down tightly in case he wakes up.
Dr. Strange has seen enough. He returns to his Sanctum and informs the others that it’s not a trap. Spider-Man figures that if they get Captain America back, they can call themselves the Avengers again. “We are the Avengers,” replies Luke Cage, looking as0 determined as ever.
Moments later, Strange teleports the team to the Raft and they go in hard, taking out numerous guards quickly. Logan grabs one guard and politely asks him to open the door. The guard isn’t stupid. He does as he is told. They make their way into the room where Cap is being held. Jessica tells them to grab him so they can go, but Logan sniffs Cap’s body. “Wait… it ain’t him.”
The Mighty Avengers then appear, with Iron Man apologizing for their dirty trick, but he explains that they’ve created this situation and brought it down to this level. They are under arrest.
(present, Osaka)Maya screams and Dr. Strange rushes to her aid. He thinks she is desperately trying to fight off the effects of the drugs that she’s been given. She’s having intense hallucinations. He asks Danny to hold her so she doesn’t hurt herself. He then uses his magic to try and stabilize Maya through a series of homeopathic enchantment spells. Kenuichio asks what happened to her. Jessica tells him that the Hand got her. “And you brought her here?” he complains. Logan says that he figured, what with their recent history, this is the last place they’ll look.
Kenuichio isn’t happy about this. He informs them that since Elektra Natchios took over, the Hand works for no one. While they were off having their civil war, all hell broke loose in Japan. The word went out two weeks ago. Everyone in the Yakuza syndicates is working for them. If they refuse they lose a head. The fathers are frozen in fear, he adds. Santahori was found in his bed, without his head. And this isn’t just Japan.
Logan asks what he was doing about it. Sitting here watching TV? Kenuichio snarls that he was protecting his ancestral home. Suddenly, Logan sniffs something but, before he can speak, the Samurai pulls his sword out and strikes him on the side of his neck. Spider-Woman retaliates first, followed by Spider-Man, Ronin and Luke Cage. Kenuichio is soon on the floor, winded from Luke’s punch. Luke explains that they didn’t come looking for a tussle. Spider-Man’s spider-sense then goes off big time as he senses something outside. “Uh, guys…”
Outside, Elektra and dozens of Hand ninja begin to swarm the fortress.


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(Yashida Clan Fortress, Osaka, present)The recently rescued Maya Lopez is suffering from being worked over by mystics working for the Hand. At the Silver Samurai’s fortress in Osaka, Elektra and her ninjas crash through the fortresses’ windows and surround the team. Faced with another all-out brawl, Spidey quips that maybe they should go back and fight Brother Voodoo.
(the Raft, yesterday)The Mighty Avengers are waiting for Doctor Strange’s team when they arrive to rescue who they think is Captain America. Iron Man states that they are under arrest for violating the Superhuman Registration Act. He reminds them that the war is over and the law is the law. Luke Cage replies that they’ve made it pretty clear that the war is over when they say it’s over. They then realize that something is wrong, and Iron Man informs them that their powers have been negated by a localized neural-net.
He asks them politely to surrender, but what he hasn’t counted on is the presence of Doctor Strange. He doesn’t appear to be affected by the neural-net, and he utters the phrase, “Miftana fantadada.” Ms. Marvel instantly realizes there is a problem, and the Mighty Avengers are then subjected to haunting images of their enemies, including Wonder Man’s brother, the Grim Reaper, Sentry’s nemesis, the Void and the now deceased Captain America. While they are temporarily suffering, Strange teleports his team away, leaving the Mighty Avengers wondering what happened. They hadn’t expected Strange.
The team returns to Strange’s Sanctum in Greenwich Village, where Jessica Jones is reading her baby a passage from a book about Andy Kaufman. As soon as they are inside, they see a light outside the heavily disguised building.
Outside, the Mighty Avengers arrive with a squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. troops, along with Maria Hill. They are intrigued that Strange’s house has a large banner across the front, informing the general public that another Starbucks is on the way. They have the paperwork filed from the Starbucks Corporation, and understand that Doctor Strange supposedly sold the building and left the country. Iron Man, however, doesn’t believe that to be the case. Carol Danvers asks if they should go in, but Iron Man replies that there are no life readings, and asks Maria Hill what the legalities are for something like this. Hill thinks it’s a slippery slope, but they did break into a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. The Black Widow isn’t the type to hang around talking, and promptly declares that she “heard a shot.” Inside, Strange’s team knows that they are about to be confronted.
The Black Widow kicks the door in and the Mighty Avengers enter. The Wasp asks Natasha if she really heard a gunshot. “No,” she replies, nonchalantly. Strange informs his team that the others can’t see or hear them, and asks Wolverine to put his claws away. He asks Strange if he’s sure. Stark has some fancy toys to play with. The spell seems to do its job.
The Mighty Avengers know it might be a trick, but Iron Man’s armor does a full environment scan and discovers nothing. With no one around, Iron Man calls for his team to leave empty-handed, but gives the place one last scan for assurance after pausing, as if something is amiss. Once they’ve gone, Spider-Man breathes a sigh of relief, and Wolverine asks what’s for dinner. Spider-Woman thinks that they should split up and regroup the next day.
(flashback, the next morning - Rand Corporation)The Mighty Avengers turn up at Rand Corporation to see Danny Rand. They are invited in, and confront Danny, seated in the boardroom alongside several staff members and his lawyer, Jeryn Hogarth. Stark explains that they’d like to talk to him about last night, to which Danny innocently asks what happened. Stark realizes that it’s going to be one of those conversations; the kind where one of them pretends not to know what the other is going to say. He proceeds to inform Danny that last night, as Iron Fist, he was among a group of vigilantes that broke into a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. Is he sure he wants to have this conversation in front of his staff? Danny replies that last night he was at his office. He tells Stark that he can check the computer logs with his fancy computer suit.
Stark doesn’t want to play this game, but Danny continues to point out that it wasn’t him. It must have been one of those copycat costume guys. Weren’t there, like, three Daredevils running around a little while ago? Ms. Marvel tries to speak, but she is cut off by Jeryn Hogarth, who introduces himself as Danny’s lawyer. He asks what law he is breaking, exactly. He asks Stark to speak up, as he’s digitally recording this meeting. Stark knows that already. He states that Danny is not registered with S.H.I.E.L.D., but Danny refutes this. Stark explains that he might be registered as a lethal weapon, but he also needs registered as a super hero. Hogarth reminds Tony that it has yet to be laid out in a court of law. They have an appeal in with the federal court system to define exactly what is a power.
Ms. Marvel becomes agitated, and warns Hogarth to be still; calling him a wig-wearing hump. She reminds Danny that Luke and Jessica have a baby, and this is a very dangerous game he is playing. What is their goal? What does he hope to gain from this? Somebody is going to get hurt. “You mean someone other than Captain America?” replies Danny, annoyed at her reasoning.
Hogarth asks Stark if he’s pressing charges against his client? If so, what physical evidence does he have? Stark uses his breastplate to produce a hologram of Rand’s fellow heroes at the Raft, and informs Hogarth that his armor technology has scans, radars and environmental sensors running at all times and recording every and anything he came into contact with last night.
Jeryn Hogarth replies that he hopes Stark has prepared to have all those files and that technology subpoenaed by the highest courts in the country. If he admits one file, he warns, they will subpoena all the files. Which does Stark will last longer - the trial or his tenure as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
The Mighty Avengers know that they’ve lost this battle, and depart, with Carol telling Hogarth that she hopes his wig glue makes him impotent. She tries one last time to appeal to Danny as a friend, but her pleading falls on deaf ears. Danny asks for his employees to clear the room, and Jeryn grins that they’ll release that footage to the Internet. Danny tells him that he’ll do no such thing. He then receives a call, informing him that Dakota North from Murdock and Nelson is there to see him. She says it’s important.
He meets with Dakota, who passes him a large envelope. Inside it is the Ronin costume and a letter to Matt Murdock. Danny opens it and reads aloud. “Dear Matt. My name is Maya Lopez, and if you’re reading this I’m probably already dead.” Danny takes the letter and reads it aloud to Doctor Strange and the group at his Sanctum. Wolverine instantly states that they’re going to Japan, but Spidey asks what if this is a trap. Logan replies that they’re not refugees in other countries. They’re actually safer there.
Cage asks Strange if he can magically pop them out of the country, but he replies no. Danny explains that he has a plane, upon which Strange says he can get them on that plane. Logan has the Ronin costume and tells the other that he can track the scent down in two hours when they get there. However, he warns that when they do arrive, things will get dicey.
He understands that, if Elektra is involved, something’s gone wrong. They may need to get dirty. If they really want to change things there, and if they’re going to do something of real value as a group, they’re going to have to get dirty. He mentions that, at this stage, if anyone isn’t ready to do that, there ain’t no reason to stay at all. No one argues. Jessica Drew mentions that they can take out their pent-up frustration on those ninja %^#. “That is a plan,” remarks Luke Cage.
Doctor Strange suddenly senses something outside, and calls for everyone to wait. He creates an image of the man outside for everyone to see. Cage and Spider-Man recognize him as Brother Voodoo, but Logan appears unaware of him.
Outside, the Mighty Avengers and some S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives discuss the man. Stark informs them that he is Jericho Drumm, Haiti’s Houngan Supreme. He’s the only magician-slash-mystic he could find who would even come near Strange’s Sanctum. “Let’s see if everything is as it seems,” comments Stark. Brother Voodoo lights a candle and goes into his trance. Inside, Cage asks Jessica to get herself and the kid out of there, but Strange asks him to hold on. “Maybe we should go to Japan now,” remarks Spider-Man.
(Yashida Clan Fortress, Osaka, now)Spidey wonders about Brother Voodoo, as the Avengers find themselves surrounded by Hand ninja. Cage asks Elektra to stop. He explains that they are not in Japan to fight them. They hurt one of theirs and they came to get her. That’s business. Elektra attacks Cage, despite what happened last time she did that, but he grabs her sword in his strong fingers. He reminds her that they can hit him with all the swords they have, but they won’t put a dent in him. Logan’s been split in two by more than one ninja and he’s still here. Doc Strange can whip something up what’ll turn her into a bunny. She isn’t going to win this fight. Not the best way to start her reign as queen of the Japanese underworld is it? He tells Elektra that she needs them. They’re criminals now. That’s the hand that God dealt. “So, criminal to criminal,” he says, “Let’s talk.”


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(New York City, earlier today)Iron Man and the Mighty Avengers are on a rooftop, alongside some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. They are monitoring Doctor Strange’s house. The S.H.I.E.L.D. commander contacts Iron Man to find out what’s going on, but he informs them that nothing’s happening right now. Brother Voodoo is doing his thing. Carol makes a little joke, but Tony Stark isn’t in the mood at present. He thinks Doctor Strange is hiding from them. Ares is itching for battle, but Stark orders him to hold still. Brother Voodoo uses all his tricks to determine exactly what’s going on inside Strange’s Sanctum, whilst inside Strange uses his own spells to keep his fellow mystic in the dark.
After a short while, Brother Voodoo completes his mystical reconnaissance, and tells Stark that Doctor Strange isn’t inside. No one is. However, he knows that Strange is the master of the mystic arts. He knows more about what he knows that anyone on the planet. So, there may be a chance that he knows how to be home and Brother Voodoo wouldn’t know he was doing it. Stark thanks him for his efforts, but Jericho has a dig at the fact that hero is fighting hero. He wonders what the criminals are doing.
Stark decides to dismiss everyone and then informs Carol that he’ll be right behind them. The Avengers take off, leaving Stark standing before the Sanctum, which resembles a derelict building, awaiting a Starbucks renovation. He shines a beam of energy from his chest plate and removes his helmet. Presuming Strange and the others are inside, he tells them that he knows they are there, and he knows that tomorrow they won’t be. He just can’t think for the life of him why they’re doing it. They lost the war. They fought and they lost. They should suck it up and join them. They can be heroes again. They can be Avengers again.
He assures them that he won’t sell them. But, he wonders what they think they will accomplish. What kind of life is this? Are they just rebelling because they don’t know what else to do? He really wants to know. What do they think the end of this story is? If they can think of an ending better than the one he can think of, then they should tell him. He offers a final glance at the building before he places his helmet back on and roars off after his teammates.
Strange and the others watch him depart. Spider-Man is the first to ask the obvious question. “What are they trying to accomplish? Luke Cage tries to offer an explanation. He says they are going to help people the way they want to. They’re not going to work for a government whose agenda was made up by people they don’t know and whose motives they don’t know. Peter Parker replies that he knows that. He just wonders how long they’re gonna have to live like this. His life sucked before, and he can’t believe how much this sucks more. This is a ‘fighting a guy named Typeface’ level of sucking. And, he adds, poor Wong is already sick of them and it hasn’t even been a day.
Luke explains that, just weeks before Civil War went full-scale, they all first hooked up as Avengers because they were trying to stop a prison break. They headed off to the Savage Land and found out that something was really rotten in S.H.I.E.L.D. Then, they found something was rotten in Hydra, too. All of a sudden, Nick Fury disappeared and then their government turned them on each other. All of a sudden, it all went backwards real fast. He adds that he’s not just steaming because they lost the war and Cap’s dead. He’s steaming because he thinks there’s a lot more going on here. He feels manipulated. It’s like someone’s pulling his strings. S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, their secret war, the Civil War… he thinks they’re somehow connected.
Peter asks, as a group, what they’re going to do. Luke replies that they keep digging and fighting until they discover who the real bad guy is. Danny agrees that everything is upside down, but what if there is no real bad guy? What if it’s all just upside down? Peter adds that maybe it all feels upside down because they turned it upside down. What if they’re the bad guys now? It dawned on him a while back that people like Norman Osborn and Wilson Fisk don’t really see themselves as bad guys. They really don’t.
Wolverine decides to change the course of the conversation by looking at the Ronin mask and reminding them that today they are going to Japan to find Maya Lopez. If anyone doesn’t want to go, all things considered, he doesn’t think anyone will judge. But, they left her there and she needs help. No one else can do it. He’s pretty sure Cap would have wanted them to do this. Doctor Strange admits it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get out of the country. “Oy,” remarks Spidey. “I’ve got to go tell my wife.”
Suddenly, Strange is alerted by Wong to someone approaching the Sanctum. Strange creates a small mystical clearing in the wall so they can see who it is. Outside in the rain, a man walks towards the building with trepidation, carrying just a bag. Jessica Drew thinks it’s another trick, but Strange informs them that it’s no trick. It’s Clint Barton.
Danny says he thought Clint was dead, though Strange assures him that he’s not. Jessica Drew still thinks it’s a trick. Doctor Strange explains that Hawkeye came to him months back, before the war, looking for Wanda Maximoff. He told Clint that he didn’t know where she was and gave him some counsel as he tried to make his way back into the world. He had no interest in his old life. He thinks they can trust him. Wolverine snikts his claws and snarls, “Yeah? Let’s say hi.”
Moments later, Clint is inside the building which appears to be derelict. He seems resigned and tries to leave, but before he opens the door, his surroundings change and the room appears as normal, fully furnished and in good repair. Not onyly this, the Avengers are standing nearby. Clint is shaken, and asks where they came from. Doctor Strange asks if he’s all right. Clint asks what’s going on, and Strange replies that it’s a long story. When he asks if Clint found the Scarlet Witch, Clint pauses, before eventually replying no. Wolverine grimaces at him, and tells him that he’s fibbing. He can smell a fib, and he smells like he’s fibbing. To this, Clint replies that what he found isn’t going to do anyone any good. Is he lying about that? Logan says she has a lot to answer for.
Clint knows all about it, but Strange told him that there isn’t any such thing as closure. He’s come to tell Doctor Strange that he was right. He recognizes Jessica Drew, who is still suspicious that he isn’t dead. He then tells Peter Parker that he saw him $%#@ing up his life on television. He’s thinking of submitting the tape for Emmy consideration. Jessica asks how he is not dead. Clint replies by asking, “Weren’t you dead once?” He doesn’t really want to go through the whole House of M crap right now. Most of them were there. He’d rather look forward. A sudden though occurring to him, he asks if they’re supposed to be the new Defenders.
Luke steps up and tells him that he’s one of the old-school Avengers. Why isn’t he with them? Clint says that he doesn’t want to be with Stark and his Muppet Babies. He just came back to tell Doctor Strange that he’s okay. He owed him that. Cage says, “You’ll have to excuse us for thinking that this is all just a big pile of horse...” Clint cuts him off, and tells him that’s fine. They can go back to doing whatever it was they were doing and he’ll be on his way.
Doctor Strange tells Clint that he can stay, but he replies that he’d rather go. When Strange then asks what he’s going to do, Clint replies that now he’s finally found a way back into the country. He’s going to do whatever he can to honor Captain America’s worldview. The guy meant everything to him and, if he were there to stop the war, he would have. With a bullet if he had to.
Peter point out that they were Cap’s team. “Yeah?” replies Clint. “And what are you doing about it?” He asks why they aren’t storming Avengers Tower and shoving the Superhuman Registration Act up Tony Stark’s @#$. Peter quips that they’re doing that on Saturday. Wolverine adds that they’re going to Japan tonight. Cage doesn’t want Clint tagging along, but Strange tries to persuade him that they could use a guy like Barton. Cage asks if it wasn’t him who was tricked only an hour ago by his former friends. Strange asks if he would feel better if he cast the spell of Tartashi on them. It will show them purity. It will clearly show anyone who is living with deception towards them. Luke seems agreeable, so Strange casts the spell around the room. <>
As the spell does its job, Luke and Jessica’s baby laughs, and Jessica is overjoyed, as she’s never laughed before. When Peter asks what the verdict is, Strange replies that everyone in the room is pure of intention. Cage asks how he knows. Strange tells him that, if they weren’t, they’d be having a seizure right now. Clint asks what is in Japan, to which Logan replies that they have a friend there. Cap sent her into the field and now she’s in trouble. Cage agrees to let Clint come along and he tells him to get his Hawkeye on, but Clint smiles and replies that he’s not Hawkeye anymore. Peter jokes that it’s costumes only. Considering this, Clint takes a look at the Ronin mask Wolverine is holding. “What? Like a ninja?”
(Japan, now)Luke Cage speaks with Elektra, trying to convince her that she won’t win this fight. It’s not the best way to start her reign as queen of the Japanese underworld. On the other hand, he continues, she’s read the paper. They’re criminals now. That’s how it is now. “So, criminal to criminal, let’s talk.” Elektra asks him what he’s on about. He replies that they have nothing to fight over. They’re not trying to take anything that wasn’t theirs. They don’t want her territory. They’re going home to America and they’re taking Maya Lopez with them.
Elektra replies that they want Maya Lopez. Luke tells her she’ll live without her. It’s not worth the fight. It’s just bad business. Has she considered how many men she’ll lose if she comes at them like this? They have larger items on the agenda. When Elektra asks “what agenda,” Luke mentions S.H.I.E.L.D, the superhuman civil war, Hydra falling apart around her, and now all of a sudden she’s running the Japanese underworld. Everything is backwards, upside-down, topsy-turvy. He asks Elektra if she know why.
Wolverine asks Cage what he’s doing, to which Luke quietly replies that he’s talking it out. Wolverine disagrees. He says he’s letting her win. Elektra then proves him right as she raises her hand and Maya Lopez wakes up. One of the ninja’s throws her a sword, unseen by Luke and the others. She catches it and coldly plunges it into Doctor Strange’s chest. He screams as all hell breaks loose.
The Avengers go toe to toe with the ninjas, with a seemingly endless horde coming at them. Luke tells Wolverine that he was stalling her, waiting for him to heal up. Logan replies that you never stall ninjas. Luke takes on Elektra again, as the others, including the Silver Samurai, battle it out. Spider-Woman is caught with a blade, and Wolverine is slashed across the throat along with several other parts of his body. Spider-Man attempts to crack jokes as they fight, but even he struggles against so much opposition. “Welcome to your new life, Maya Lopez,” announces Elektra calmly, as Maya looks Doctor Strange directly in the eye.


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(New York City, now)Jessica Jones is feeding her baby daughter when a mystical golden swirl appears in the room beside them. Jessica is surprised and asks Wong what it is. He replies that it’s the Orb of Agamotto. He doesn’t know why it’s there. Doctor Strange’s image then appears, with the dagger Maya plunged into his chest clearly in view. Jessica asks if this is happening right now, and Wong confirms that it is. The Orb is showing them what the master wants them to see. He reaches high into a bookcase and removes a tome. Jessica then becomes concerned for her husband, Luke, as she sees how badly hurt the doctor appears to be.
(Japan)“Wow. Worst slumber party ever!” quips Spider-Man, as he tumbles through a crowd of ninjas. His fellow Avengers are engaged in a fight to the death with Elektra’s Hand ninjas, and the odds seem stacked against them. With Maya now lost to the other side, Iron Fist tries his best to get through to her. Wolverine reminds his teammates to kill, or they’re not getting out of there. Ronin isn’t too happy about doing that, but Spider-Woman tells him that the ninja are doing their best to kill them. As the fight rages inside, hordes of ninja close in on the estate.
Luke Cage manages to get close enough to Elektra to grab her by the hair and toss her into a group of ninjas. Spider-Man avoids being pierced by dozen of blades being thrown at him, but manages to end up outside the building as he leaps to safety. He is surrounded, but aid arrives in the form of Ronin. The two men start bantering back and forth as they defend their position, and Spidey quickly realizes that he has some competition when it comes to verbal distractions.
Meanwhile, Luke Cage continues to try and take Elektra down, but ends up on his back. Elektra takes a box of matches, strikes a few and sets Luke on fire. He sits up suddenly as Elektra makes a quick getaway. Spider-Woman uses her bioelectric blasts to keep the ninjas at bay, whilst Wolverine continues to slash with both sets of claws. Jessica wants to make a break for it, but Wolverine replies that they’ll follow them. “All the way back to America?” she asks. Logan knows that’s exactly what they’ll do.
Doctor Strange speaks with Wong via the Orb and tells him to get the Karkuthi. Back in New York City at Strange’s hidden Sanctum, Jessica asks if they can see the rest of the Avengers, but Wong asks her to be quiet while his master is speaking with him. He informs Strange that he has opened the Karkuthi. Strange informs him that his astral form has been trapped by the Hand’s dark magic. Wong extends his arms over the book and begins to read from it. Strange responds to his incantations and, between them, they manage to free his astral form.
As soon as he is able, Doctor Strange makes many of the ninja surrounding the Silver Samurai fall asleep. He then continues to fight in his astral form. Meanwhile, Iron Fist tries to work on May Lopez. He wants her to fight her conditioning as they trade blows. He tells her that, if she’s this good a fighter, then she has been trained to fight what they’ve done to her. As they tussle, Strange appears and says, “Guranti hurantatai.” Maya’s eyes pop wide open and she screams. She then stops fighting altogether and tries to catch her breath.
The battle continues unabated, and Strange asks Danny if he can speak Japanese. When Danny replies that he can speak a little, Strange asks him to tell the ninja to stand down. They cannot win. Danny hopes that this isn’t his entire plan. Spider-Man and Ronin continue to plough through the opposition, and one of them states that the fighting will only stop when Elektra says stop. Maya, meanwhile, decides to take action.
She moves over to where Luke and Elektra are engaged in their own private battle, stabbing a ninja that gets a little too close to her. Luke tells Elektra that she can’t burn him or cut him, so she should stop trying. Maya evades a few thrown shuriken and closes in on the fight. Elektra sees the danger too late, and Maya thrusts her sword into Elektra’s stomach - the blade coming out of her back.
She falls, and Maya makes sure Elektra doesn’t live to strike back. With Elektra down, the ninjas stop fighting and look on. Wolverine’s enhanced senses receive a strong smell emanating from Elektra’s body. “The hell is that?” he asks. One of the ninjas orders his men to retreat, and they head for the exits. Spider-Woman manages to get one more strike in as they run.
Spider-Man is pleased that everyone is still alive. “Say what you will about the Hand,” he adds. “They either run away or disappear with a poof of stinky smoke. They never leave… a… body…” The Avengers look down at Elektra and realize that it isn’t her at all. Wearing her costume is a dead Skrull! They are shocked at this turn of events, and Iron Fist asks what this means.
(New York City)The Orb of Agamotto’s image dissipates and Jessica continues to feed her baby. She asks if her husband is okay. Wong thinks so. They’re alive. Jessica is thankful for that. As the baby takes a drink of milk, her eyes pop wide open.


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The unofficial team of Avengers is en route back to the United States from Japan, where they picked up the Skrull body they thought was Elektra. Lightning strikes the plane as Danny pilots it silently home, with only a rumbling sound piercing the nervy silence. Peter Parker looks at the Skrull on the floor, bound tight with cloth, and asks if anyone’s going to talk. No response is forthcoming, so he decides to talk anyway.
He points out that the largest group of assassins in the world was being led by a Skrull. Why would an alien travel millions of light years across the Milky Way just to do this? Again, no one replies. They sit silently in their seats, not really wanting to discuss the inevitable.
Wolverine eventually speaks, and he informs Peter that no one is talking because no one trusts each other anymore. “Because Elektra is a Skrull?” asks Peter. “Because any one of us could be a Skrull,” replies Logan.
Logan continues to conjecture that the Skrull they have is part of a plan. If the Skrulls infiltrated the Hand… the most cunning and ruthless assassins in the world, and if she could get her shape-shifting alien-ness past his very acute senses, then they could have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, the Avengers, the White House and maybe even the X-Men. Peter jokes about the Secret Defenders, but Jessica asks him not to do that. Logan adds that if any of that is true, then this is an invasion plan. Logan decides to take a look around the plane and make a few comments about those gathered.
He begins with Clint Barton, who wears the Ronin costume. He’s back from the dead and dolled up as the ninja of the 21st century. Where has he been the last few months? He no longer uses his bow and arrow and joins them instead of his friends in the Mighty Avengers. That’s not suspicious at all, he remarks. He turns his attentions to Jessica Drew. He asks who her daddy worked for. Where was she before the New Avengers got together? S.H.I.E.L.D.? Hydra? He asks where Nick Fury is these days.
Next on his hit list is Echo. All of a sudden, she’s the scourge of the underworld. The only two people that vouched for her were Captain America, who is dead, and Matt Murdock. He then asks rhetorically why Captain America is dead. It’s because all the super heroes in the world spent the summer beating the crap out of each other. He then returns to Peter Parker, and comments on the fact that he just told everyone his secret identity. Who benefited the most from him doing that?
Logan continues his monologue, turning his focus onto Luke Cage, who sits beside Danny in the cockpit. He says that Luke used to be a satin-shirt, metal-tiara-wearing hero for hire. Now, he’s gone and turned himself into a husband, a father and the leader of a super-team he wouldn’t have found himself dead on years ago. Now he rarely speaks with his so-called ex-partner Iron Fist who all of a sudden has a plane. Danny quietly responds that he didn’t ‘all of a sudden’ get a plane.
Logan then mentions Doctor Strange. There’s nothing suspicious about him, though he does ask where he was during the Civil War. Strange asks Wolverine the same thing. “Exactly,” replies Logan, “Then there’s me! Who is all of a sudden everywhere at once and all of a sudden knows exactly who he is.” Luke turns to Logan and smiles at him. Logan asks what that means. Luke feels justified that he’d mentioned that somebody was pulling their strings. Now they know it’s true, and they know who’s pulling them. Now they’ve got themselves a show.
Peter reiterates that he isn’t a Skrull, just to make it clear. Logan tells him that’s exactly what a Skrull would say. Peter says that if he was a Skrull, wouldn’t he have picked someone cooler to be? Why would he pick him? Jessica thinks they’re making a huge leap from having one captured Skrull to presuming that it’s a war. Maybe, maybe it’s a war. Peter thinks that if it is a war, then that’s how they’re going to win... because they can’t see past maybe.
Doctor Strange wonders what they should do with the body. Jessica wants to take it to Tony Stark. Logan flat-out replies no. Jessica reminds them that he’s the biggest cop in the world so they should take it to him. Luke point out that if anyone’s a Skrull, then it’s Tony Stark. Is she %$^#ing with him? The guy’s done more damage in less time that anyone. This whole thing is because of Stark. Jessica replies coolly that if he is a Skrull, they’ll know by what he does with the information. If he tries to kill them then they will know he’s a Skrull.
Peter explains that he knows a reporter who is so not a Skrull, it’s not even funny. Strange says no. So does Logan. Clint Barton explains to Peter that they won’t even publish it, anyway. They’ll publish a storyline about how insane Peter is for telling them to publish it. Then they’ll mock him.
Jessica tells everyone that, when aliens first landed on Earth in the thirties, the government spent millions of dollars not denying it, but mocking the people who went public. The googly-eyed alien creature drawings you always see… those are their tax dollars at work. If they go public with this, it makes them not only the ‘wanted criminal against the state’ that they are, but it’ll also make them a mockery. For someone who’s been beaten up by the media as often as Peter Parker, she can’t believe it’s even an option for him.
“Was that Skrully of me?” jests Peter, dead-pan. Clint sees how Tony Stark could be a Skrull, but who else has been Skrully lately? Maya asks who brought the SRA to Congress. Who was the person who actually drafted the bill? Jessica doesn’t know. “Well they’re a Skrull,” remarks Clint. “And maybe the president,” adds Jessica.
Peter asks Danny if he’s purposefully hitting every cloud between Japan and New York, as rumbles continue to make him nervous. Danny wonders what the Skrulls really want. Clint thinks they want the planet. They have no planet themselves since the annihilation wave destroyed it, and now they want theirs. Maya comments that she’s never seen an alien before. Clint jokes that she’s never been dead before. It’s been a real renaissance week for her.
He continues to point out that the Skrulls want them exterminated as a point of cultural pride. They tried to whack them before and they failed. They are a proud warrior race, he continues, on a level that they can’t even wrap their heads around. They’ve always failed to get their mitts on this planet, and maybe this is a real plan they’ve got here. Jessica adds that, if Luke’s thinking is right on this one, then the secret war, the civil war, Wanda Maximoff, the Raft and all of this is because of them. If that’s true, they may have already won.
Suddenly, a krakaboom shakes the plane and the lights go out. Danny informs everyone that something’s wrong with the plane and he thinks they might have to land in Chicago. Both engines then splutter to a halt. “Oh my God…” gasps Danny.
The plane begins to shake and everyone is thrown around in the back. Danny informs them that they’ve lost power and they’re going down. He asks Doctor Strange to make that not happen. Strange puts his hand out, looking afraid. “No!” he cries. The plane becomes uncontrollable and turns over. Wolverine tells anyone who can fly to fly out of there. Strange explains that his cloak won’t work under these conditions and Jessica refuses. Danny tells Logan to get his three-hundred pound butt to the back of the plane to steady it, but he’s too busy throwing Jessica out of the door.
Strange utters a spell which envelops the plane in some kind of mystical energy, but it doesn’t seem to slow the rapid descent. Spider-Man then leaves and begins to web up the front of the plane; providing extra cushioning should the plane hit something hard. Danny sees a golf course below and tries to aim for it. The wheels come out as the team braces itself for impact. The plane then lands hard and splits in two, as the front end is bounced back into the air again. It’s chaos in the back, as half the team disappears with the rear of the plane. The plane comes to a halt eventually, leaving a trail of devastation behind it.
Spider-Woman finds the Skrull’s body. Wolverine is first out of the wreckage, and he walks towards Jessica, knowing what she might do. He warns her not to, but she aims her bio-electric blast at Logan and fires. It rocks him, but he keeps coming. She smashes him in the face and grabs his head. She then apologizes before unleashing a powerful blast which knocks him unconscious. She then puts the Skrull’s body over her shoulder and calmly walks away from the wreckage, not even checking to see if everyone is all right.


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(flashback)At Avengers Mansion, Captain America has the new line-up of Avengers standing at attention before him as Jarvis sorts out the drinks. He tells them in no uncertain terms that their powers mean nothing to him. They are just tools with which to defend oneself. When Hawkeye points out that he’ll put his bow up against his fist any day of the week, Cap looks at his bow and says it’s nice. Did he make it himself? After Clint replies that he did, Cap takes the bow and breaks it over his knee. He then punches Hawkeye in the face, knocking him over, and stands on him. The other Avengers are shocked, but Cap explains that Hawkeye is going to learn to fight, and fight well: so well that his bow and arrow will be the thing he is least known for.
(present - Chicago)Iron Fist tells Clint that he showed some major skills back in Japan, and asks where he learned to fight like that. “Captain America,” he replies. They both agree that he was the man. The Avengers are in a hotel room wondering about the plane crash that they recently survived, when a news report appears on screen. On-screen text explains that New York’s midtown has been shut down by Ultron’s attack and that the Avengers have engaged the robot.
A feminine face appears and explains that it is the Ultron interface. It explains that it was created to replace humans and wanted to take this moment to say goodbye. A reporter informs the audience that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been contacted and they say that the Ultron situation has been resolved. The Avengers were the primary team on the field. They await word on who these Avengers are, since the conclusion of the registration war that broke out among the super hero community.
Wolverine asks for the television to be turned off, and Clint remarks that at least the Avengers are too busy over there to be chasing them. Picking up where he left off earlier, Luke asks Spider-Man if he’s a Skrull. The two men lock horns as Luke’s paranoia exert itself. Spidey threatens to leave if Luke feels this strongly about it, but Danny tries to calm Luke down. He points out that Spider-Woman was the Skrull, only for Wolverine to say that she wasn’t. Logan figures that she took the Skrull body to Tony Stark. If she was looking to cover up the fact that she was a Skrull, they’d all be dead, or close to it. Luke reckons they still have a Skrull problem, and is prevented from getting close to Spider-Man by Danny.
As Spidey is half-way out of the window, a knock on the door distracts them. With Doctor Strange using a spell to keep the Avengers hidden, Maya answers the door in her dressing gown. It’s room service, and the guy is surprised that she has ordered all the food he’s brought just for herself. Once he leaves, the Avengers appear once again and Logan asks Luke and Peter to calm down. They’ve gone two days without food or sleep. Peter would like some bad guys to punch. Clint agrees. “Where are the bad guys?”
(Hell’s Kitchen - New York City)Inside a warehouse, Leland Owlsley, otherwise known as the Owl, has several weapons aimed at him. He grins as he assures those present that their guns aren’t necessary. He’s only after cash. He makes the introductions. Those present are Madame Masque, the Crimson Cowl, Jonas Harrow and the Wizard. The Owl allays Madame Masque’s reservations about being there by assuring them that this isn’t a sting operation. It is an auction, open to the highest bidder.
Before they start, however, he informs them that, if anyone starts any funny business, such as shooting him and stealing the object from under him or the winner, they should know that there are already bounty contracts on all of them. He adds that after the transaction is complete, he will lift the contracts. If the contractors don’t hear from him within twenty-four hours, then the pin is pulled. It’s in their best interests to keep him breathing.
The Owl then reveals his prize. Pulling a cover off a liquid-filled tank, he reveals Luther Manning: Deathlok. When Madame Masque asks if he’s alive, the Owl clicks a button a remote control and an electrical charge is sent through the tank. Deathlok growls; clearly able to feel the pain. The way the Owl sees it, the technology that made him this early model cybernetic Mandroid is worth just as much as having him as a controlled pet. So, the owner could either leash him or dissect him for the technology - making back ten times the money.
Suddenly, a bald man then appears and informs them that this transaction hasn’t been authorized, and the item isn’t Owlsley’s to sell. He has a message. From now on, if any of them wish to make a transaction like this, or if they need to do business together, they’re going to have to answer up.
The assembled villains wonder who the guy is, and the Owl asks why he is there. The man replies that it isn’t any of his concern. It’s who he’s representing that is important. Owlsley angrily replies that he can tell whoever he represents that he doesn’t answer to anyone. He didn’t answer to Wilson Fisk or to the fool Hammerhead. He certainly doesn’t answer to him.
The bald man replies that what should concern him is why he is there. Owlsley goes with it and asks why he is there, then. A newcomer whispers in his ear. “You’re here as a cautionary tale.” The man then rises into the air, a man wearing a red hood and cloak, shooting from pistols in both hands, puncturing the Owl’s chest in several places.
The Owl drops to the ground and the villains shoot aimlessly at the perpetrator. He disappears in an instant, though the bald man remains. “You-you killed us!” remarks one of the villains. The man explains that there is no bounty on their heads. The Owl had no money, no crew and was using a rented truck. He unloaded the Deathlok cyborg himself. He adds that Owlsley got out of jail three days ago and killed three S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to steal it. He did it without permission. This is what happens to people now if they don’t get permission. “Permission from who?” asks the Crimson Cowl.
(Doctor Strange’s Sanctum)Jessica Jones is talking to her baby when Doctor Strange teleports the Avengers back to his home in Greenwich Village. She asks them if they’re okay, and Luke says he’ll tell her later. Jessica asks if the woman with them is Maya. Luke introduces them, pointing out that Jessica should look at her when speaking as Maya is deaf. Maya asks if she can take the baby, and Jessica allows her to hold her.
Clint tries to give Maya her Ronin costume back, but she says she doesn’t want it. It has served its purpose. She wants Clint to have it in thanks for the rescue. He can keep it until it’s no longer needed. Jessica then notices that Spider-Woman isn’t with them and asks where she is. No one can provide an answer. Wolverine tells her that they can’t trust each other anymore, though Strange reminds him that he cast a spell of intention over them and everyone is above board as far as he’s concerned.
Luke tells the Avengers that if they have to leave then they can. He can’t stop them. However, he asks if they can all meet for dinner the following evening. It’ll give them a day to clear their heads. If they return then they can start to put together a plan.
Wolverine and Spider-Man depart, along with the others. Jessica asks Luke what happened. He doesn’t wish to talk right now, but Jessica demands an explanation. He remains silent and Jessica asks if he’s mad at her. Again, no response. Jessica asks how much support is enough for him. She’s swallowed every part of herself doing the right thing. How much of herself is she supposed to suppress in all this? How much of herself does she have to change?
Luke finally says that she’s changed a lot. “Because I had to,” she replies. Luke mentions that she hasn’t had a drink. Jessica points out that they’ve got a kid. “Uh-huh,” he continues. “And all of a sudden you love me.” Jessica is surprised by this one, and asks what the hell is wrong with him. He looks her in the eye, suspiciously. “$#%@ you,” she snarls.
(meanwhile)Wolverine heads to a bar and speaks with the bartender, Hank, who he knows. He asks where all the regulars are. Hank reckons they’re probably out robbing, seeing as all the heroes are too busy beating each other up. He asks Logan who he’s looking for. Logan replies that he’s just there to see what’s new in the world. Hank points out that it cost him three grand to buff the claw marks out of his bar from the last time he was there to see what’s new in the world. Logan says he just wanted to know what he’s heard. Hank tells him he’s going to get him killed pulling things like this.
Logan points out that there isn’t anybody there. Hank replies that they’re in the back. “Who?” asks Logan. Hank realizes that Logan isn’t there for what he thinks he is. Logan pops his claws and stabs them into the bar and begins to slice. Hank thinks about the cost and informs him that Parker Robbins is back there. Logan asks who he is. Hank informs him that he is known as the Hood.
Wolverine makes his way into the back and overhears a conversation. Two men are discussing Deathlok and what they might do with him. One of them considers pointing Deathlok at Avengers Tower. Wolverine kicks the door in and finds Parker Robbins seated next to the bald man. Both are eating and drinking. Robbins quickly grabs his hood and becomes invisible. Wolverine leaps at his but he disappears before his claws connect.
His first target disappeared, Logan then grabs the second, the Hood’s messenger, and tells him that his friend can cut it out with the invisible #$%#@. He can smell his stink. The Hood reappears again, walking on air, with both pistols aimed at Wolverine’s head. He tells Wolverine that he’s pretty sure that’s himself he smells.


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Wolverine engages the Hood in battle. Also known as Parker Robbins, the Hood blasts away at Logan with two pistols, and Logan retaliates by slashing at him with his claws. Robbins orders his assistant, John, to bail out and meet him at ‘the place’ while he tackles this ‘piece of crap mutant.’ The two men both get in their fair share of blows, and then the Hood tries to go invisible again. Wolverine reiterates that being invisible won’t help him, and he asks what’s going on with him and the Avengers. He warns Robbins that his own wounds will heal, but his won’t.
Robbins then changes his appearance and, instead of a human form, he takes on the look of a demon, with red eyes, huge teeth and claws that appear to be mechanical. He grabs Wolverine’s head and throws him away, before crashing through the window to escape. He returns to his human form, and groans as he fades into the shadows. Wolverine sits against the bar and grabs something to drink. He reckons there are worse places to sit and heal. He holds his crotch, and wonders if it’ll grow back bigger. He hates demons…
At Doctor Strange’s Greenwich home, Linda Carter, the Night Nurse, lies on Strange’s chest in bed. She asks him what he’s thinking. She’s tried all her special moves on him and he might as well have been on the Astral Plane. Strange replies that he is concerned for his group. They don’t really know who they can trust. He has the feeling that there’s got to be something he can do to fix it, but he doesn’t know what. Linda thinks it’s amazing that he brought them into his home. It’s a new thing for him, no? Strange replies that it was a necessity. They need a place to live and have a baby. Still, Linda replies, here he is with a new girlfriend and a team of heroes. The sanctuary is hopping. She always imagined it more like a monastery.
Strange says he should have been there for them during the war. He was wrong to sit it out. It’s the least he can do, and it’s not nearly enough. Linda gets up and tells him that, if he’s not going to submit to any of her considerable talents, she might as well go back to her hospice and stare at the wall. Strange asks her to come back later that night. He wants to introduce her to whoever shows up. Linda replies that she knows most of them as they come to her for band-aids. Strange tells her he wants them to meet her as herself, not as Night Nurse. “You want to show off your new girlfriend,” she replies. He jokingly tells her that he has a cape that floats and she shouldn’t flatter herself. He asks if she’s mad. “Not at all,” she answers before leaving.
Looking through window, Clint Barton watches her leave and he climbs into the shower. As he soaks himself, Maya Lopez enters, not realizing he is there. She can’t believe it, and slams the door shut in embarrassment. Clint smirks to himself.
Doctor Strange goes and meets with Iron Fist downstairs. Danny asks him whether there is a way to prevent anyone else tapping into his Iron Fist power, as someone did recently. It weakened his abilities. Strange informs him that there is no way he can do that. He mentions that before Danny there were other Iron Fist’s. There were other Sorcerer Supremes before him. Eventually, for both of them, another will come and take this all away from them. “Someone younger, someone more handsome…” replies Danny. Probably, replies Strange. Danny says that he hates them. “As do I,” adds Strange, “But on weeks like this, you sometimes wish for them.”
Meanwhile, Spider-Man reckons it would be a lot easier if he was a sleeper-Skrull; like he’s a Skrull but doesn’t know it. Someone could say Mxyzptlk and he’d turn all Skrully. Clint asks if he’s completely happy about the fact that they may have been invaded by Skrulls. Peter replies that he is, in the sense that they now have a bad guy that isn’t Tony Stark. Clint then asks Luke if he’s having a nervous breakdown. Luke says that he can’t help how he feels. Clint tells him that he was the one who was happy that he maybe knows who’s been pulling their strings during these recent crazy times. “And now?” he asks. Luke again replies that he can’t help how he feels.
Clint is surprised that everyone’s met up again after having a chance to get away from each other. They’ve come back with clear heads to deal with this problem. “No Wolverine,” remarks Cage, holding his baby daughter. Peter reminds him that he is on like three other teams. Give him a break. Luke replies that eh can’t help feel what he feels. Peter asks Luke if he feels Skrully. Jessica appears and says that Luke thinks his kid might be a half-Skrull baby. Luke tells her that he isn’t in the mood for this, but she takes her daughter and tells him tough $%#@. He’s had his chance. He didn’t want to talk to her about this privately; to confide in his wife about this gigantic thing that has dropped on all of them. She had to find out from Maya who she doesn’t even know.
She turns to Doctor Strange and tells him her husband thinks she is a Skrull, and that his baby is a half-Skrull. He is taking his feelings of inadequacy about being a husband and father, and he’s twisting them into a very dark place. Strange replies that he was hoping they would reconvene tonight. He knew that the same issues of trust would loom over them, so he did some research and found some spells that will show the true spiritual nature of the individual. His tome floats towards him, and he adds that it will provide a visual projection of who one truly is, versus who they pretend to be or are trying to be. If one were concealing oneself as a shape-shifter, it would most definitely reveal that.
He adds that the projection will be there for all to see, and Clint realizes that this might be really embarrassing. Peter quips that, if deep down he’s a really hot Italian lady trying to get out... Strange tells him they will see him as he truly is, inside.
As Strange conjures the spell, a green swirl of mystical energy envelops them. Luke tries to say something to Jessica, but she simply tells him she wants her husband back. She asks Doctor Strange, “Throw some dry ice in a pot and let’s go.” Peter wonders when they’re gonna name their kid. Luke replies that they did. She’s called Danielle Cage. Danny is touched, but Luke jokes that they named her after Danny Partridge. Jess smiles and says that he’s her family... unless he’s a Skrull of course, then he can go @**$ himself. “And you got matching booties,” quips Luke. Jess tells Danny that he’s been waiting to drop that joke on him.
Strange asks everyone to sit, and they take their seats in a semi-circle. The mystical energies begin to work, and images appear in the air. Luke Cage is first. An image of himself from the days he wore a yellow shirt and tiara appear. He can live with that. With Danny, it’s another version of the Iron Fist taken from history. He’s glad there’s no cross-dressing involved. Jessica’s image is of herself as a super hero. Jess refutes it, but Luke loves it. “I knew it,” he remarks. Jess tells him she hates him.
Peter Parker’s younger self appears and Jess asks what that means. Peter reckons it must be because he liked himself before he became Spider-Man. Maya Lopez’s image is that of Daredevil. She says that he is why she does what she does. She finds that interesting. Clint is next, and Captain America’s image appears. He knows exactly what it means and asks them to keep going. Next is an image of Doctor Strange, only looking suave in a white suit and tie. There’s nothing Skrully about any of them.
Wolverine then appears and asks what the hell they’re doing. The spell catches him too, and he is shown to be in traditional Japanese clothes. He appears pleased that everyone showed. Doctor Strange tells them that everyone is who they say they are. Wolverine says that it’s good as they have things to do. He asks if anyone knows who the Hood is. A guy with a hood, turns invisible, demon crazy, Parker Robbins? Peter replies that he knows him.
Wolverine informs them that he’s planning on launching Deathlok at Avengers Tower. Clint thought Luther Manning was dead, but Logan says the same could be said about him. The Hood has Deathlok and he’s looking to aim it at Tony Stark’s house. Maya asks how he knows. Logan tells her that he was snooping for Skrulls and ran into the Hood instead. He’s getting better after being injured during the ensuing fight.
Jessica asks Luke if he’s sorry for doing the silent treatment crap with her that he promised he wouldn’t do. Luke says he is. Jessica tells him, in that case, she’s sorry for embarrassing him in front of his friends, but this is serious. They kiss one another, and Luke tells her she looked good in tights. “You’ll never have sex again in your life,” she jokes.
The team wonders what to do about Deathlok. Danny reckons they could holler out to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watching their building, but Clint thinks they should go and help them. Peter reminds him that they’re trying to arrest them, but Luke asks if he remembers him asking him how they knew if they were the good guys in all this. This is how they know. They do good guy #$%@.
The team makes their way to Avengers Tower. Clint, wearing his Ronin gear, says he hasn’t been there before which seems odd to him. He misses Jarvis. Wolverine asks for quiet. He spots the other, registered Avengers exiting the building and descending to ground level. He realizes that they aren’t coming for them. Spidey looks down and sees what’s going on. The problem isn’t with Deathlok. The ground and rooftops are swarming with symbiotes. As they head into action, Maya’s arm is attacked by a symbiote, which begins to mould itself around it. Maya screams.


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(several days ago)The villain, Jigsaw, has a gun pointed at the face of a petrified security guard. He wants the safe opened, but the guard is adamant, despite a warning shot, that he is only the night watchman and unable to access it.
Suddenly, Tigra arrives and tackles Jigsaw, punching him and scratching him until police officers arrive on the scene. The cops order them to freeze, and one of them calls in a code 545 to base. Tigra tries to explain who she is and that she is a card-carrying member of the Initiative, but they panic and order her to stay down. As they argue, Jigsaw recovers and takes a few shots at the officers. He uses the confusion to make his escape, and keeps firing as he runs. Tigra bravely puts herself between Jigsaw and the security guard.
Jigsaw is annoyed that he didn’t get a dime from the robbery, and he makes his way away from the building. He then discovers a small note with his name on. He reads it. The note explains that these are challenging times, and if he is interested in making some real money, then there will be a meeting the following night in Brooklyn. He’s intrigued.
(the following evening)A group of villains is seated around a large round table. Their host is the Hood, and he is joined by his friend, John King. He tells the assembled villains that he’s proud of them for showing up. He knows that they are frustrated with what they have versus what they know they deserve. He knows that feeling too. He informs them that things are about to change. He introduces himself as Parker Robbins, also known as the Hood. He has a vision for the future and it includes all of them, and of them getting what they deserve.
He continues to explain to the group, which includes the Griffin, the Grey Gargoyle and Crusader, that they are going to get organized and help each other. He knows that they’re sick of Ryker’s and the Raft, and they’re sick of living in the shadows and wondering where the next nut or costume will come from. However, he reminds them of a few important facts. Captain America is dead. Nick Fury is gone. The heroes are fighting heroes and half of the heroes are running for their lives, while the other half aren’t able to move unless Iron Man tells them to. He walks around behind the group’s members who listen intently.
He points out that, since Wilson Fisk was put out to pasture, it’s been even more chaotic for guys like them. There’s no structure. He wants to replace that with something new. The plan is simple. If they’re having trouble with S.H.I.E.L.D. or one of the heroes, they shouldn’t take it head on, otherwise they’ll end up where they always do. They should come to him, and they’ll devise a plan together. They’ll target the problem and destroy it before it destroys them. They will work together with numbers and teamwork.
Also, he continues, no plan should be made on the street without clearing it with him first so they don’t end up tripping over one another. No job will get done without paying up and forward. If they have a problem with each other, they can come to him and he will deal with it. They won’t be paying for nothing. They’ll be paying for leadership and organization. They’ll be paying for the group.
“Why you?” asks one of the Blood Brothers. Why is he in charge? Who died and left him their godfather? The Hood asks them to open their envelopes. Inside, the villains find $25,000 of seed money. They can get themselves back on their feet in style, Robbins explains. They can upgrade their tech, get a place to sleep, pay back child support or whatever. Then, they can come back to him and tell him what they need. He will send them out to do that for which they are perfectly suited. If they have trouble with any hero, they’ll take care of that.
“How?” asks Jigsaw. The Hood says it will be the way it should always have been done - the way the Triad do it. Someone does something you don’t want, you kill their family. You destroy them spiritually and then they’ll do what you want.
The Hood tells them that things have changed over the years. He asks them to imagine getting the heroes, one by one, in their homes, and making them fear for their mommies and daddies. They will buckle and fall apart. They will disorganize while they organize. All of a sudden, Stark’s fifty-state initiative will fall apart and someone will replace Stark – someone they can control. When Stark has to sell his armor for parts they will be there to buy it.
Blackout asks what’s to stop them taking the 25 large and splitting. Robbins laughs and replies that if his life is only worth 25 g’s then he can go ahead. Would he really turn down the first person to actually give him money after the life he’s led? He is offering him a chance to be something. This is only seed money. It’s nothing. He is talking about the kind of money you can buy an island with. He’s talking abut the kind of power from the days of Murder, Inc. after World War II. They will be untouchable. He asks if they are seeing it. They will be feared and respected. The Hood promises that if they they’re impressed by $25k then six months from now they will look back and laugh that they thought it was a lot of money.
He introduces them to John King. When they talk to John, he informs them, it’s as if they are talking to him. If one of them has a plan or a lead or a problem, then they can go to John. Jigsaw goes back to what Robbins said abut going after the heroes’ families. He’s all for that, but how would he do it? The Hood smiles and replies that they are a bunch of mysterious $*%@£s and he found out where they lived. “I know what you want Jigsaw,” he concludes as he vanishes from sight. “Consider it done. My gift to you... and our calling card to the world.”
(later)Greer Nelson walks home, wondering why she can’t just pick the state she works in. She understands that everyone wants to work in New York, but she just doesn’t want to work in somewhere like Dakota or Carolina. She wonders if she can talk to Tony Stark about this, because he owes her. She returns home and begins to relax. However, she soon realizes that something is wrong and changes into her feline form. The Hood appears out of nowhere as she sniffs the air and he pistol whips her before smashing her face into the wall. He strikes her again putting her on the floor before vanishing. Tigra gets up, gasping, confused as to what is going on. A bullet strikes her in the leg and she screams.
The Hood then reappears and grabs her by the hair. He warns her not to scream or she’ll wake the neighbors. He flicks open a cell phone and says, “Janet Garson, 45 Penny Lane, Madison, Wisconsin. That’s your mommy. You love your mommy. She loves you, even though you turned into this horrible-smelling cat person.” He tells her to say hi to her mommy and places the phone to her mouth. She struggles to no avail as her mom asks who’s there. The Hood warns Tigra to stay away from his men. She will do what he says when he says or he will kill her mother. After she has grieved the fact that she let him kill her because she is a selfish little pig, and when she has fully felt every single horrible feeling she could possibly feel from that selfishness, then he will kill her too.
The Hood asks Tigra if she understands. She hisses at him to stop but he smashes her in the face with the pistol, repeatedly asking if she’s got it. Jigsaw stands nearby, holding a video camera, grinning, as the Hood tortures his victim.
(later)Jigsaw plays back the recording to his fellow villains who whoop it up. “If only it was Frank Castle!” exclaims one. Chemistro introduces himself to John, though he already knows who he is. He tells John that he got a call from a guy calling himself the Owl. John knows him. He asks John if they asked him to be a part of this. Robbins says that they did, but he didn’t show. Chemistro informs them that the Owl has something to sell. He didn’t say what, but that they should bring a lot of money because it was sweet.
Chemistro says that if the Owl ain’t in, then he’s out. “That’s exactly right,” replies John. Chemistro adds that if he’s selling goods without their… the Hood’s permission, then he probably needs to be made an example of. Robbins asks Chemistro if the Owl said when and where.
(today)The Hood and his men have recovered Deathlok. John asks the Hood if he seriously wants to launch him at Avengers Tower. He replies that there’s no upside to that. “There’s no cash,” adds John King. Plus, Wolverine has probably heard about it. Chemistro asks the Hood if he really fought Wolverine. Robbins says he fought him last night. Chemistro is impressed that he’s still around to tell the tale. John has an idea.
He mentions a firm called Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. It’s the oldest and largest partnership bank in the United States. It has $4.2 billion in assets. They have a branch right under the Baxter Building, but they also have a location in New Jersey. Robbins puts his hood back on and says that now, he’s talking about something.
(soon)Deathlok is put to use, attacking the bank with lethal force. He is merciless due to his programming and, joined by the Wrecking Crew who carry out the cash, he is unstoppable.
(later)A massive amount of cash is laid out on the round table, and John announces that they managed to get $12.7 million and change. Unfortunately, Deathlok was trashed. The Hood informs Chemistro that his cut is $1.3 million. Chemistro is surprised, but the Hood explains that it’s ten percent off the top… finder’s fee. This is how it works. He found them Deathlok and he got them the cash. Everyone gets their piece. John figures they should launder it, and Chemistro says that he has a guy.
Madame Masque receives a message and asks Robbins if he has a television. They switch one on, and see the Mighty Avengers in combat with a horde of symbiotes in New York City. The Hood asks if they see what he sees. “Some sort of biological attack,” says the Wizard. “Opportunity,” replies the Hood. “Grand opportunity.”


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Luke Cage recalls, for the benefit of Jessica Jones, what happened when the symbiotes attacked New York City. His fellow new Avengers, including Iron Fist, Wolverine and Doctor Strange, were somehow transformed by the symbiotes into monsters. Somehow, though, Luke remained unaffected. When Jessica wonders aloud why it didn’t happen to him, Luke replies that he didn’t know it then, but he knows now. Someone dropped a chemical bomb on New York City.
Continuing, he explains that the other Avengers showed up and Wonder Man asked what was going on. Luke didn’t know, but he did know that his crew weren’t doing well. All around him, the people of New York and several heroes were running amok having been turned into Venom-like creatures. They were eating, fighting… screaming. Luke knows now that he didn’t change due to his unbreakable skin. No chemicals got into his pores. When Iron Man’s Avengers showed up, he ended up fighting alongside them, despite their recent differences.
Jessica asks if Tony Stark tried to arrest him, to which Cage replies that he had his hands full. Stark left to try and cure the problem, leaving him and the Avengers to contain the problem for the time being. Wolverine’s healing factor kept trying to push the symbiote out of him, which hurt a lot more than Luke would think. The Wasp had been transformed and had to be taken out due to her size. The Sentry took the lead on that one.
Jessica asks Luke if Ms. Marvel said anything to him. Luke explains that they really did have their hands full, and she said nothing. During the fight, Stark whipped something together, and everything calmed down. The people of New York returned to normal along with all the other heroes. “Just like that?” asks Jessica. Luke says that’s how it happened, though he’s sure it was a little more complicated on Stark’s end.
Jessica asks who did it. How did it happen? Luke really doesn’t know. He then asks if anything happened to her, or the baby. Jessica replies that she was taking a nap. Luke asks why she thinks nothing happened to her. He knows she’s not a Skrull. That’s not why he’s asking. Jessica replies that he doesn’t know she isn’t, but he wants to know. “I’m okay,” says Luke. “You’re mostly okay,” replies Jessica.
Jessica wonders if perhaps Doctor Strange’s house of creepy floating books and weird windows protected them. She mentions something, just to put in his tiara for the near future. “I don’t want to live here anymore,” she whispers. Luke asks jokingly if Wong is creeping her out, but Jessica simply repeats the line. Jessica then sits up and asks how he’s not in jail. The real Avengers were right there and the monster problem was solved. Did he have to throw down with them or just run away? Luke, cradling baby Danielle, tells her that he thinks this is why he has so much love for the team that they’re stuck with.
When they changed back to half-naked super heroes on the run from the law, they simply stayed and helped. Even though the people assigned to bring them in were right there, they didn’t even discuss it. They just go on with helping those who needed their assistance.
Doctor Strange had cast a series of spells that soothed people’s emotional states. Wolverine and Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Spider-Man, Ronin and Maya Lopez - they simply got on with the task at hand. Jessica asks again whether Ms. Marvel said anything. “Nah,” replies Luke. Luke explains that the Avengers just let them go after that. He adds that Jessica Drew was with them. This surprises Jessica. It looks like she switched sides. Jessica wonders if Tony Stark now knows where they live, in that case. Luke doesn’t know what he knows.
Jessica then tells Luke that they could be pounced on at any moment by Skrulls, but Luke replies that they could get pounced on anytime. That’s life. Jessica wants to work on finding out more about the Skrull problem, and Luke points out that she’s the private eye. She should be working on it more than anyone. They lie down together on the bed. “Anyone could be a Skrull,” says Jessica. Anyone in the world. “Animals too,” replies Luke. Anyone could be a Skrull except for them, because Doctor Strange did some magic to show them they weren’t, unless Strange is a Skrull and he used fake magic to put them off their game. That idea freaks Jessica out. At any time, any one of them could be replaced by a Skrull. They’re being invaded. In her whole life, she explains, she’s never wanted to go screaming through the streets like a crazy person more than she does right now.
“Well that’s not true,” replies Luke. Jessica admits that it isn’t. There have been thousands of times when she’s wanted to do that, but that doesn’t take away the fact that she really wants to do it now. “Go ahead,” says Luke. Jessica reminds him that she’s a mom. She wonders what Jessica Drew told Stark. Luke informs her that Logan is having words with her right now. “Words or claws?” asks Jessica.
(Avengers Tower)The Mighty Avengers are seated around a dining table, as Jarvis clears away the empty plates. Ms. Marvel speaks to the group. She informs them that in one hour they are invading Latveria. Not the U.S. - Them. Tony is heating up the troops and the helicarrier and as soon as she hears word, they’re off. “Doom?” asks the Wasp. “Yes,” confirms Carol. The Sentry knows it was Doctor Doom. Carol adds that Tony has evidence that Doom dropped the Venom bomb on New York so that’s it for him. They’re invading Latveria and bringing him to justice. She points out that this is a military operation which means they follow orders… unquestioned.
She continues to state that Tony is running the show. She is second in command and the Black Widow is next. They have the military background. She informs Ares that Jarvis is getting him specs for Castle Doom. He should look them over and if he can cook up a battle plan, they’d love to use his ‘God of War’ brain. They have one hour so they should eat, shower and get ready. She understands that they’re tired, but Doctor Doom needs a spanking and they’re just the people to give it to him.
Jessica Drew hits the showers and climbs in. As she turns on the sprinkler, she realizes that Wolverine is there with her. “How on Earth did you get in here?” she asks. He replies that he never gave back his key. Funny, she says, before apologizing for zapping him back in Chicago. Logan warns her that if she tries it again, she’ll be hurting. He asks what she told Stark.
Jessica informs him that she told Stark that they’d been invaded by the Skrull Empire and that he needs to do something about it. Logan asks what he did. “He freaked out,” she replies. Logan, with three adamantium claws at either side of her face, focusing her attention, asks if gave them up. She says no, because Stark knew she wouldn’t. He thinks the Skrull problem is a little more important than that. He thinks there is a Skrull or Skrulls on their team. Logan replies that there’s definitely Skrulls on their team. Like Stark!
Jessica turns and tells Logan that the only person she knows isn’t a Skrull is herself. Logan asks if she learnt nothing from Nick Fury. You back your team. You don’t turn on them. Jessica replies that the world is coming to an end. The human race is her team. She is where she thinks she can do the most good. “Where you can do the most good for who?” asks Logan. Jessica doesn’t appreciate the accusation. If he thinks she is a Skrull then he can slice her.
After a brief impasse, Jessica tells him that she could have venom-blasted his face off at any time. Wolverine asks if she knows who Parker Robbins is. The Hood. Jessica doesn’t. Logan warns her that he’s got a Deathlok and he’s heading her way. That’s why they came out before. Jessica tells Logan that Deathlok isn’t on his way. He asks what she knows about it. “Turn on the T.V.,” she replies. At that moment, the Black Widow appears and asks what the hell is going on. Logan stares at her for a moment before defenestrating himself, only to be caught by Spider-Man who has been waiting for him.
(later, Jersey)Out on the rooftops, Spider-Man takes Wolverine to the rest of the team and they look at the devastation below. A large hole in the ground is being investigated by police detectives. Logan says it’s one of the largest cash heists in U.S. history. It’s probably over ten million dollars. They spot a stretcher being taken away with Deathlok on it in pieces. Luke guesses that they thought there wasn’t enough cash in trashing Avengers Tower. Spidey adds that the Venom bomb might have been a distraction for this. Kingpin did stuff like that all the time. Luke tells him that the Venom thing was Doom. Starks’ boys are already heading to Latveria to mop the floor with him. About time, adds Logan.
Maya doesn’t understand why they are there. What does this have to do with what they’re doing about the Skrulls? Logan explains that he was following the Skrulls. The trial led him to the Hood, which led him to Deathlok, which led him to this. This is what you call a lead. “Or it’s just very bad guys who stole a lot of money,” replies Maya. Iron Fist says it could be, but either way, it’s a good use of their time. Logan asks them to be quiet. He’s got the scent. He can track it and that’s why they are there. As the team heads off, Spidey quips, “So Deathlok wasn’t a Skrull. Maya guesses not. Spidey reckons they should start making a list.
They come to the edge of a rooftop and Logan tells them that the people they are after are in the building across the street, above a place called Kwan Chow. Strange casts a spell and takes a look. The wall becomes invisible to them and the New Avengers can see inside as well as listen to what’s going on. $12.7 million and change, is the total for the haul. Clint recognizes the Wrecking Crew and knows that they ain’t small potatoes. Logan adds that the Hood is also a tough one. Spidey bags dibs on the skinny bald guy. Iron Fist asks if it’s Madame Masque that he sees with them. Where did they dig her up from? Luke notes that there is no one else in the building which is a good thing.
Spidey remarks that it’s late. Everyone who isn’t insane is home sleeping. By that, he’s implying that they are clearly insane. Clint says that they may be outpowered here. “So we leave?” asks Danny. Luke mentions that it took a bunch of them just to take out the Wrecker a few months ago, but they’ll play it smart this time. Doctor Strange grins and tells them that they’ll call for back-up.
In the building across the street, the television shows the government-sanctioned Avengers battling the Venom symbiotes in New York City. The Hood says it’s a grand opportunity. At that moment, Luke punches through the door, taking half the wall with it. “Tell me you were stupid enough to come alone, Cage,” says the Hood. “Hardly,” replies Luke, and the Hood looks up to see them surrounded by a host of heroes, including Mr. Fantastic, Storm, the Sentry and Thor.


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(present)Dirk Garthwaite, aka the Wrecker, is in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and answering questions put to him by Maria Hill. He explains that he and his crew were ambushed by a bunch of super heroes, all of whom are as wanted as he is. When confronted by a score of heroes and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, he dove into the fight like a man, only to find out he was being tricked - set up. Maria asks what he was set up for. “A sucker punch,” replies the Wrecker.
(flashback)Heroes including the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, the Sentry and the Sub-Mariner, look on as the Wrecker grapples with Luke Cage. When the Wrecker puts Luke down and attempts to smack Mr. Fantastic, he finds his arm going right through him. He isn’t even there. This confuses Garthwaite, and he looks around, just in time to find Luke Cage right in his face with a garbage bin. He smashes the Wrecker with it, and then shoves a small car in his face.
(present)Garthwaite explains that Doctor Strange was doing some kind of magic. Maria Hill asks him what his partners in crime were doing while he was getting his @#$ kicked. He replies that he wasn’t getting his @#$ kicked. He was sucker punched. There’s no way a guy like Cage could get the drop on him otherwise.
(in flashback)The Hood orders his men to leave the fight. They don’t really understand why, but the Hood tells them to split up and make a run for it. He’ll find them later. The Wrecker’s cohorts in the Wrecking Crew don’t want to leave him behind. When Spider-Man attacks, John King, carrying a bag of money, tells the Hood that he doesn’t have powers. He can’t be there. The Hood tells him to run and keep running. King asks how they found them, but the Hood simply repeats his orders. He uses a pistol to hold the heroes off, whilst ushering John to the door. Unfortunately, King gets hit by a piece of flying furniture before he reaches the door.
Madame Masque looks at all the heroes assembled and feels it’s a trick. Doctor Strange confirms that is the case as he casts a spell that explodes the Wizard’s techno. Piledriver figures it’s time to leave and he punches the ground, opening up a large hole. Many of the heroes and villains fall through the hole and into the basement. Wolverine punches Piledriver hard as they land. Meanwhile, Doctor Strange confronts the Hood and asks him if he even knows the name of the demon whose powers he possesses. “@#$% you,” replies the Hood, as he opens fire. Strange stops the bullets with a spell, and repeats his question.
Nearby, Madame Masque wastes bullets on an imaginary Iron Man, whilst Spider-Man makes Wolverine laugh and enjoys the fact that he has managed to do so. The fight is up-close and personal, with the villains trying to figure out who is real and who isn’t. Madame Masque soon finds a real opponent in the form of Maya Lopez.
Doctor Strange tells the Hood that he doesn’t know how he got his powers, but he does know that he hasn’t got the training or the knowledge to be doing what he is doing. He warns the Hood that the power is eventually going to kill him and eat out his insides. He’s seen this kind of thing before, and it doesn’t end well. “Does he whisper to you?” he asks. “Does he tell you to do things you don’t want to…”
The Hood blasts away at Strange, telling him to go to hell. Strange says that he’s not hiding from him. The Eye of Agamotto sees all. He casts another spell and the Hood’s demonic form is brought to the fore. Strange is shocked by the size and ferociousness of it, which catches him a little by surprise.
As they stand-off, the other battle is still going strong in the basement. The Wizard has trouble in catching Spider-Man who doesn’t stay still for a second. Maya Lopez manages to gain the upper hand in her fight with Madame Masque and Iron Fist shoves a chair into Thunderball’s face.
Up above, Strange tells the Hood that he cannot live in this world. He cannot be there. Luke Cage appears and smashes the Hood over the head which only appears to enrage him further. He screams and roars, as a green glow surrounds him. He then begins to disappear and finally vanishes right before the eyes of everyone. The fight carries on without him, with the villains knowing they’re on to a loser.
After both groups get in a few shots in their opponents, Spidey sees an opening and figures he’s the man to end this fight. He uses his webbing to slow the villains down and Wolverine follows his lead. He shoves his claws into Bulldozer and Luke Cage takes out Piledriver. Iron Fist puts Bulldozer down and Maya finishes Madame Masque off with a solid punch to the face. Ronin slices Chemistro’s pistol in two, and Spider-Man delivers a painful kick to the Wizard’s face. He is the last of the Hood’s crew to fall. “Wow. I really needed that,” remarks Ronin. He’s pleased that no one has turned into a Skrull. Luke mentions that the cops are coming and they should bail.
Spidey asks Doctor Strange who the Hood was. He replies that he was a very dangerous man with dangerous power. Spidey quips that he should change his name to Doctor Vague. As they look around the room they notice the partially hidden John King who is terrified.
(soon)The cops show up and burst in to the building. Inside they find John King with his arms webbed to the wall and a note pinned to his chest saying ‘From your friendly neighborhood Avengers.’ The cops also find the Wrecker still pinned against the wall by the car that Cage smashed him with.
(present)Maria Hill asks Dirk Garthwaite who the man with the hood was. He replies that he’d like a lawyer or something. Hill apologizes, but explains that he’s being held by S.H.I.E.L.D. for crimes against mankind and for illegal use of powers. No lawyers. Garthwaite doesn’t feel that this is fair, but Hill tells him that he should have thought of that before he used his powers to kill, rob and terrorize. She again asks who the man in the hood was. Did he bring them together? The Wrecker says nothing.
She informs him that they have satellite footage of his stunning display. They have him and his cronies dead to rights on the robbery. He’s going away for a verrrrry long time. If he wants magazines or candy bars, or ever wants to feel like a person again, he will cooperate. “Who is the man in the hood?” Again, Garthwaite gives her nothing. She leaves with her assistant and is told by one of the guards that none of the others are talking either. “They’ll talk. They always talk,” she replies.
(later)As two guards man their posts, they are each taken down by one shot from the Hood’s guns. The Wrecker sees him appear at his door. “Dude,” he says with a grin. The Hood blasts his shackles and reminds him that he told him that things are different. His guys don’t sit in jail. Garthwaite tells him that he’s glad he didn’t drop the dime on him. Robbins replies that if he did, their conversation would be going a whole lot differently. Garthwaite asks about the rest of the group. The Hood tells him that everyone sleeps in their own bed tonight.
With this reassurance, the Wrecker helps the Hood storm the guards. The Hood blasts away and tells the Wrecker that he told him - new rules. It’s over when he says it’s over. They took a financial hit tonight, but he says they’ll take it right back to those damn ‘Avengers’ and show them how they feel about it.