Story continues from CAPTAIN AMERICA Vol. 3 #8.
While Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were trying to save
Attilan from destruction (issues #4-6), the Kree renegades known as the
Lunatic Legion crept in secretly and stole a container of mutagenic Terrigen Mists and
made it out just as Black Bolt released a sonic blast....
Now Quicksilver has returned from his adventure with the High
Evolutionary and the Knights of Wundagore (issues #8-9), arriving in the
Quinjet at Avengers Mansion. But there's no time to rest, Scarlet Witch meets
him to summarize the “Live Kree or Die” crossover thus far and Hawkeye is
prepping the Space Quinjet to go to the moon. But Pietro knows a faster way: he
summons Lockjaw who teleports them all to where Carol Danvers is....
At the Haven, the High Evolutionary prepares the
Knights of Wundagore to fight to reclaim their home on Wundagore Mountain. He orders Sir
Ram to contact Lord Delphis in Polemachus to tell him High E requires his aid
and he sends Bova to bring White Tiger....
The Avengers trio (and the dog) arrives at the Blue Area on
the moon to find it has been rebuilt; the Supreme Intelligence appears to them
and fills them in on the matter at hand: the Lunatic Legion is using a stolen
generator to power an Omni-Wave Projector which will be fired at Earth,
filtered through the Terrigen Mists, and it will transform all genetically
clean humans into Kree—and all those with mutated genes will die. And it is
Carol Danvers' hybrid human/Kree DNA that will make all this possible. So
Quicksilver dashes into the lab, lays out the guards, and rescues Carol but an
alarm is triggered and Carol, suffering the withdrawal effects of the alcohol
she drank in the last two issues (i.e. a hangover), must stay behind in safety.
But Carol rebels and once Pietro is gone she locates a jar of Kree alcohol and
drinks it, immediately turning into Warbird....
In the Omni-Wave Projector control room, Wanda and Hawkeye
(with Lockjaw) attempt to hold off the Legion's members—and then Pietro
arrives, disarms all of their foes and shoots at them with their own weapons.
Lockjaw picks up the container of Terrigen Mists and the heroes run for it with
Wanda summoning Wonder Man to hold off their pursuit. They head to the power
station where Pietro easily clobbers all the guards but as they try to disable
the generator, a drunken Warbird arrives and starts firing blasts at the
incoming Kree soldiers—but because she is incapacitated she accidentally blasts
Lockjaw. Carol blows up the generator but also tears a hole through the roof to
the moon's surface, sucking out all of the air. Wanda is able to use a spell to
hold it closed as Pietro rescues Carol and Lockjaw takes them all home. It
turns out the giant doggie is not seriously injured. Pietro rebukes Carol for
her impaired actions and she defends herself, claiming that she stopped the
Kree....
Meanwhile, back on the moon, the Kree have repaired the hole
in the dome, the amount of Terrigen Mist in the Projector is sufficient for their
plans and with the generator destroyed, the Kree will use their lives to power
the Projector so the human race will live Kree...or die....
Story continues in AVENGERS vol. 3 #7.
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