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In Annual #2 Hood's gang invaded the New Avengers' base in Dr Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. Our team won but only at the expense of wrecking the place and DrS using demonic magic that has forced him to retire from active duty. Jessica Jones escaped the fight with Danielle Cage, her and Luke Cage's baby daughter, and fled for safety to Avengers Tower, home of the rival team Mighty Avengers. The 2 teams had split because of the Civil War and the NAv are now outlaws.
Luke goes looking for for Jess at Alias Investigation Services but she's not there. He sees a picture of Avengers Iron Man, Thor and Ms. Marvel (in her 1st run with that id) with teen Jessica in her original super-id Jewel. Outside he sees Avengers/Stark Tower in the distance with Sentry's Watchtower on top, and he realises where she's probably gone.
Jess is having breakfast in the Tower with Danielle in a basket beside her when she gets the call from Luke she's been expecting. He's calling from a payphone and launches immediately into an angry tirade, ignoring her patient explanation that she and the baby are OK and she signed the Super-Powers Registration Act so Danielle could stay here in safety. Cage reminds her of the Civil War and the death of Captain America. But she reminds *him* that they lost the War. She stayed with him while he led the New Avengers in a principled stand but now she has to put their baby 1st. He then reminds her about the Skrulls but she says she can't be concerned with big existential threats. Luke breaks the payphone. Jarvis expresses concern and Jess says Luke will probably try to break in to get to her.
So she goes down to meet him outside the lobby. They run over the argument again. He accuses her of betraying him and ending their marriage. She says he can save the marriage by Registering and joining them in the Tower. He says it's not a safe place because Tony Stark is a Skrull. She responds that he doesn't *know* that there's a Skrull invasion because the team have only found *1* imposter Elektra (#31). But if there is a Skrull threat then Avengers Tower is the safest place to be, unlike Strange's house turned out to be. She knows she should have talked about it with him 1st, but there wasn't time with the super-battle going on.
Meanwhile the (Mighty) Avengers (Ares, Black Widow, Ms Marvel, Spider-Woman and Wonder Man) have returned from a mission to see end of the argument playing out on a monitor screen and Danielle in her basket. Jarvis explains what's happened while they were away. Ares thinks Cage should just make Jessica do what he wants. Carol Danvers heads out to mediate.
The couple have descended to talking lawyers over custody of the baby. Jess points out that his fugitive status gives him no chance of winning. He threatens to go in and *take* Danielle by force. Jess reminds him that most of the Avengers are his friends. He responds that changed when they chose the wrong side. Ms Marvel flies in and he accuses her of selling out. She reminds him how she let him and his Avengers go free last issue. Jessica maintains she had no choice and goes inside.
Carol asks Luke if he's thinking about switching sides, because if he says he's 'thinking' about it then she can let him go again. But Luke's too angry to take the hint. Then Wonder Man flies in to join them followed by the rest on foot. Black Widow tries to arrest him but Ms Marvel says she's negotiating his surrender. Then Cage accuses them all of being Skrulls and warns them about harming his wife or child. The team profess to not know what he's talking about, and Luke tells them to ask Spider-Woman or Iron Man. He walks away ...
... and Ms Marvel lets him go. Ares and BW protest. Carol points out that Natasha would be in a Russian gulag if the Avengers hadn't taken her in. And she tells them that Luke and his team just took down Hood's gang who were guilty of killing many SHIELD Agents. Jessica has come back out but Carol escorts her back inside. BW and WM ask SW what Cage meant about Skrulls and she tells them it's classified SHIELD stuff and they should ask Director Tony about it.
Later Danny Rand (Iron Fist) is showing the New Avengers (Luke, Maya Lopez, Ronin (Clint Barton), Spider-Man (back in his red & blue costume) and Wolverine) around an empty floor in a building that Rand Corporation (indirectly) owns. He tells them that it was rented by Samuel Sterns (Hulk's foe the Leader) but the villain's activities have resulted in his properties going into receivership which will take a long time to sort out. The upshot is that this place is theirs to use for the foreseeable future. But they'll have to use their own back elevator for secret access, and there's no Wong to do the housekeeping.