On A.I.M. Island, the Scientist Supreme (Andrew Forson)
surveys the carnage left by the Secret Avengers’ escape. He tries to contact
Yelena Belova but she doesn’t answer (we know she’s dead and her body is in
Avengers’ possession). He orders his people to go after the sub and learns that
the Avengers have destroyed the four pursuit craft. He gives orders to assemble
a kill squad and in return is informed that A.I.M. bases all over the world are
being shut down by SHIELD (based on the information MODOK gave to Maria Hill).
Then in the passageway, Forson is confronted by the injured Mockingbird. He
tries to convince her she is “Barbara” and his ally; she responds that there is
something “Barbara” and “Bobbi” have in common: they hate him. She beats him to
a pulp but while she is crouched over him, he pulls out a knife and stabs her
in the hip. They struggle over the knife and she ends up flipping him off the
walkway. She lies still a moment to gather her strength then she gets up and
walks away….
In the morgue, Taskmaster awakens from his deep coma;
Mentallo has left a note explaining that he doesn’t know how TM is still alive
and rambles about nanobots while encouraging TM to take advantage of this
second chance….
Aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier Iliad, Director Maria Hill
and MODOK are negotiating the size of his new lab and staff. She assures
him she will uncover his scheme but he assures her that he knows when he has
lost and finds solace in knowing that he and Hill are similar….
Maria Hill then meets with the Secret Avengers. Because of
what happened to Bobbi, Hawkeye announces he is quitting the team. Rhodey also
wants to quit over the lack of oversight, concerned there was too much they
were not being told. Hill accepts this and tells them the operation will be
modified and she is okay with their leaving. She has just one more word:
“Reverie,” wiping everyone’s minds….
At a chicken restaurant, Mockingbird walks past a bunch of
beaten neo-Nazis and enters to join Daisy Johnson and Winter Soldier. Bobbi is
introduced to the sole staffer, Martha. They leave before the police come,
handing to Martha a cache of Nazi money and Bobbi points out they are free
agents, they can go anywhere….