At Barbuda (A.I.M. Island), Mockingbird, amnesiac and
undercover as scientist Harry Bainbridge, has unexpectedly been called to give
a progress report to the A.I.M. High Council (Graviton, Taskmaster, Mentallo,
Superia, Jude the Entropic Man), She presents a lot of doubletalk, explaining
nothing and asking for an extension of two more days. She thinks she has gotten
away with it until the Scientist Supreme (Andrew Forson) reveals that he knows
who she is and has her taken to an interrogation cell….
Aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier Iliad, Agent Phil Coulson
brings some surprising news to Director Maria Hill: some high-ranking
A.I.M. personnel want to surrender. A group of A.I.M. scientists arrive,
explaining that their leader (not Andrew Forson) will arrive only when the sees
that SHIELD has let the scientists go. They hand over a list of six A.I.M.
bases developing secret weaponry. They ask to be allowed to join with SHIELD as
Nazi scientists had gone to work for the US government after the War. To show good
faith, Hill is offered the location of Medusa, the underwater base where
Forson’s black guard are trained….
At A.I.M. Island, the High Council are concerned that Forson
knew of Mockingbird’s secret identity and didn’t tell them, which some consider
a reckless move. Meanwhile, Forson interrogates Bobbi who confesses to
remembering nothing. As Taskmaster is polishing TESS-One, he is contacted by
Coulson, telling him it is time to get off the island. On the beach, Jude
senses that Mentallo is uncertain of the company’s goals and his place
therein….
Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Nick Fury Jr. enter A.I.M.’s Medusa
base. Hawkeye is attacked by Shang-Chi (later revealed to be an Adaptoid) and
captured. Elsewhere on the base, Fury and Natasha are captured by a squad of
soldiers led by Yelena Belova, now the Super-Adaptoid….
Aboard the Iliad, the leader of the defecting A.I.M.
agents arrive: MODOK….
Characters: Secret Avengers, A.I.M., Mockingbird, Graviton
(FH), Taskmaster, Mentallo, Superia, Jude the Entropic Man, SHIELD, Maria Hill,
Phil Coulson, Scientist Supreme, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury Jr.,
Super-Adaptoid (YB), MODOK