SHIELD Agents Nick Fury Jr. and Phil Coulson are in space,
slowly falling toward Earth; their one consolation is that their monstrous foe,
The Fury, is ahead of them, heading for the sun….
Meanwhile, Black Widow, Spider-Woman, and Hawkeye, suitably
space suited, are in the SHIELD Flying Convertible, zooming toward the space
station Misericordia, in hopes of rescuing Fury and Coulson, with
Hawkeye complaining that he is not a member of the Secret Avengers any longer.
Jessica is wondering if she is sufficiently experienced to be dealing with
space and the car’s top pops into place, making them ready to leave Earth’s
atmosphere. The big red button sends them flying by rocket….
On the SHIELD Helicarrier Iliad, Director Maria Hill
has been wounded by a nameless assassin who is explaining why she must die,
something to do with his parents. He stands over her, pistol in hand….
Down in his lab, M.O.D.O.K. and his staff watch the news as
SHIELD’s defunct satellites start to fall from space and there are 250 of them
ready to fall. Assistant Snapper asks what they are going to do about Director
Hill. M.O.D.O.K. ponders and decides to rescue her as that’s what heroes do….
Fury and Coulson ponder their imminent deaths, Black Widow
and company board the space station, M.O.D.O.K. watches more satellites fall to
Earth, and a mysterious object moves through the vents toward Maria Hill….
Natasha, Jessica, and Clint shut the appropriate switches
and the satellites stop falling while M.O.D.O.K. wonders how….
The assassin prepares to shoot Hill and then he feels a jab
on his ankle. He looks down and sees a mouse with a hypo taped to its back. He collapses
and M.O.D.O.K. instructs his lab staff to clap for him. Hill reminds him that
Fury and Coulson are still in danger and they do have agents in place that can
save them…
…so as Fury and Coulson, resigned to death, say their final
farewells, the team in the Flying Car tosses M.O.D.O.K.’s Nanobot Blanket over
them and tows them back to Earth. But M.O.D.O.K. is upset that Hill took his
secret device and used it without his permission; Hill reminds him that he
works for her and tells him not to be upset that the blanket was used to save
lives and not take them. And she reminds him that in the Secret Avengers, there
are no rules….
Give that special marvelite a timely gift