On
the trail of Veronica Eden, Captain America and Iron Man meet the Paladins, a
new superteam featuring Pioneer, Vox, Prima Donna, and Think Tank, formerly of
the Fifty-State Initiative. They were after Fifty-One, the alien member of the
team who has gone rogue and wanted a favor from Eden. They do know that
Fifty-One wants Myrmidon, a robot created and defeated by Tony Stark, which was
the muscle for the super-computer called Overseer. The Paladins apologize to
Cap and Shellhead for messing up their operation; they make it clear they do
not want the two Avengers’ help in recapturing their buddy….
The
Paladins trace Fifty-One and Veronica Eden to a secret SHIELD storage facility
in Upstate New York. And Cap and Iron Man follow the Paladins. The two Avengers
enter the facility, easily punch their way through the guards and confront
their quarry. Fifty-One has donned the Hydra Supreme armor (from SECRET EMPIRE)
and Eden has Doc Ock’s tentacles, Scorpion’s tail and is riding a Goblin
Glider. And then Fifty-One takes off on his mission, leaving Eden to fight
alone. She does a pretty good job of holding off Cap and Iron Man and the
Paladins when they arrive but eventually the assembled heroes overpower her….
Eight
miles above Minneapolis, the revived Myrmidon brings Overseer back online….