On the Kuril Islands, the four
heroes (Black Widow, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Dominic Fortune) are trapped between
an erupting volcano and the new Ronin (Alexei Shostakov, the former Red Guardian) and his forces including multiple
Peruns, Crimson Dynamos, and Dark Ocean Society ninjas. The others look
to Black Widow for guidance and she surprises them by fleeing the battle and
heading closer to the volcano. She has them gather up their explosives and
detonate them just as the Crimson Dynamos arrive, disabling al of the cyborgs
which the heroes can use to surf down the lava. Hawkeye and Mockingbird lure
the ninjas away while Natasha faces Ronin. As they battle the baddies in a
chasm, Clint is hit in the head with a large piece of metal, staggering him for
a second but he recovers. They are overpowered…and then Crimson Dynamo
arrives….
Near the temple, Nat and Alexei
are batting to a standstill as they have the same training, know the same
moves, and are aware of all the psychological tricks. She asks if he really needed
to kill so many innocents. He refuses to listen to her tricks. She drops her
Stings and gets down on her knees. Alexei raises his sword and, in a swift
movement, slices her head off….
The last Dynamo turns out to be
Fortune and he blasts the remaining ninjas. And then Natasha shoots Ronin; her
death was an illusion created by Fantasma, for whose benefit Natasha’s last
words were, showing her Alexei’s true, evil nature. The heroes return home,
Bringing the captive Ronin and Hawkeye refusing to let anyone check his head
wound….