This is a big battle issue. War Machine squares off against Iron Man. Century returns from taking Rachel Carpenter to safety, to find Amanda Chaney dead in Stark's secret sub-basement of Force Works HQ. He fights Cybermancer.
Iron Man was exposed as a killer in Iron Man #323. War Machine was told in Force Works #19. No-one yet knows that he has been under the intermittent control of Mantis and Kang. He is now fully under their thumb. They sent him to initiate the Siege Perilous in Force Works #19. It doesn't say here that the flood of temporal energy will take the whole Earth to join the missing Vietnam, and swell the ranks of Kang's Anachronaut army, as described in Force Works #19.
This is the first time Iron Man has seen Rhodey's new Warwear armour.
Century defeats Cybermancer, a new recruit to Force Works (since Force Works #17), who is working for Stark. He finds the secret computer Virgil running the Siege Perilous program, which will flood the Earth with temporal energy in less than a day.
War Machine has Iron Man at his mercy, but can't bring himself to kill him. Stark blasts him and flies off. On the way out he instructs Virgil to defend itself with deadly force as per program Mordred.
Century brings Amanda's body up from the basement (but foolishly leaves the unconscious Cybermancer down there). Iron Man killed Amanda in Force Works #19 because she found the secret sub-basement.
Black Widow and U.S.Agent arrive at Force Works HQ, after following Rhodes by road. Black Widow, U.S.Agent and War Machine were helping Hawkeye defend himself against Iron Man's framing him for murder. Since the truth came out the trio headed for Force Works HQ in case Iron man turned up there. Rhodey flew ahead in Force Works #19.
Moonraker, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) and Fisher Todd materialise from wherever Vietnam has been taken to. They have been investigating the disappearance of Vietnam since Force Works #17. This issue only hints at what they found out there about Moonraker, Mantis and Kang, but behind the scenes the various actors bring each other up to date.
The Warwear repairs itself and Rhodey.
Century takes Black Widow and Moonraker to the Avengers to tell them about Mantis and Kang. Scarlet Witch, U.S.Agent and War Machine invade the sub-basement and run up against Virgil's defences.
The Crossing now splits into two legs, and continues in
IRON MAN #324 and
FORCE WORKS #20.
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