Years ago: Tony Stark bedded Veronica Eden and in the morning, when she reminds
him of a tech proposal she made, he shoots it down as obsolete. She is angry at
having two-years’ work dismissed so cavalierly and he promises to get her a job
with SHIELD….
Now:
Veronica Eden pleads guilty to having infiltrated SHIELD on behalf of Hydra,
which she was competing to be the head of (losing to Baron Zemo). An armored
truck taking her to prison is attacked by the alien hero Fifty-One; Iron Man
arrives almost instantly and battles the alien and armed soldiers who pour out
of a waiting truck. Captain America, who had been following the armored truck for
Sam (the Falcon) Wilson, is also on the scene, fighting the soldiers as they
whisk Eden away in a car; she fires at the tires of a passing bus and Cap and
Shellhead must abandon the baddies to save the bus full of people from flying off
the overpass. Afterward they suspect that she may be working with shady Senator
Todd Baker who is trying to revive SHIELD and had Eden become head of Hydra,
their secret teaming would lead to worldwide disaster. Tony gets a lead from
his automated B.O.S.S. on a possible hiding place for the bad guys…
At
the hideout, Fifty-One, who speaks no human language, shows Veronica Eden on
his phone what he wants from her; she finds it reasonable. Then the wall is
blown open and the Paladins enter, a new superteam featuring Pioneer, Vox,
Prima Donna, and Think Tank. There is a battle and Cap and Iron Man arrive and
the fighting intensifies. When the dust clears, Eden and Fifty-One are gone,
she still promising to get him what he wants….