At
the Gala, Black Widow continues to duel with the Living Blade, despite having
lost her right arm to him. Hawkeye appears and fires a grenade arrow which
explodes, hurling the Blade across the room. Hawkeye helps Nat to escape….
Elsewhere,
Spider-Girl fights off the animal masked guards while Lucy Nguyen uses her
electrical powers, trying to bring Lars back to life. She succeeds, and the
Twins normalize their powers and escape….
Hawkeye
tries to comfort Nat as she slips into a delirium; Craig arrives with his
friend who has the power to reattach or regrow severed limbs. Nat’s missing arm
is put into place and the young man, nicknamed the Starfish for his abilities,
rejoins it to her body. Nat suggests to Craig that he take the Starfish back to
the Web where they will be safe. Craig has something to show her first….
On
the roof, Winter Soldier has arrived to stop the Host from escaping by
helicopter. He battles her men and once done, Bucky sees that the Twins have
arrived, with vengeance on their minds. They throw the Host off the roof to her
death, then inform Bucky that Black Widow has lost an arm….
Craig
shows Nat and Clint that Voss a/k/a Apogee is a prisoner in the lab, his blood
being experimented with to create super-powered people. Nat now understands
Voss’ greatest fear being that someone would harvest his blood for immoral
purposes. She frees him, with a warning to stop his evil deeds or they will
meet again. Searching the building, Nat and Clint find White Widow fighting the
wounded Living Blade. Seeing Nat’s healed arm, Blade realizes that she has
found the Starfish, whom he wanted. Nat takes him on again and this time she
has no fear, fighting rings around him and introducing her team, outnumbering
him. He departs, reminding her this isn’t over….
The
heroes catch each other up on the story and, realizing the building won’t
self-destruct because the Host died first, they go back inside to feast on the
abandoned food and Nat realizes that while she won’t see James and Stevie
again, the team she has will do for family….