A fire at the Houston headquarters of the Office of National
Emergency causes the building to be evacuated. Turns out, though, the the fire
is an illusion, created so the Secret Avengers can enter unseen to confront the
heads of the Office, Mr. Atkins and Ms. Hood and find out which one is a Shadow Council
agent. Commander Steve Rogers has Black Widow and Moon Knight prepare
torture to identify the bad guy but Ms. Hood confesses. Under questioning, Ms
Hood reveals that the Council was conducting breeding experiments in Paraguay
to create a super-soldier; the resulting monsters are in the basement of that
very building. Hood was planning to revive the monsters so that she could
destroy them—but the Avengers' interference only allowed the monsters to
awaken....
In the basement, Sharon Carter, Valkyrie, and War Machine fight
gruesome creatures that keep growing, drawing energy from another dimension,
making them more and more dangerous—becoming an alien invasion. The team heads
for the roof and Beast uses the weapons on his ship to collapse the building,
destroying the monsters. And rather than be imprisoned, Ms. Hood takes out a
pistol and shoots herself in the head....
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Writer: Warren Ellis. Penciler: Stuart Immonen. Inker: Wade Von Grawbadger. Colorist: Chris Sotomayor. Cover Penciler: John Cassaday. Cover Inker: John Cassaday. Cover Colorist: Paul Mounts.
Synopsis / Summary / Plot
A fire at the Houston headquarters of
the Office of National Emergency causes the building to be evacuated.
Turns out, though, the the fire is an illusion, created so the Secret
Avengers can enter unseen to confront the heads of the Office, Mr.
Atkins and Ms. Hood and find out which one is a Shadow Council agent.
Commander Steve Rogers has Black Widow and Moon Knight prepare
torture to identify the bad guy but Ms. Hood confesses. Under
questioning, Ms Hood reveals that the Council was conducting breeding
experiments in Paraguay to create a super-soldier; the resulting
monsters are in the basement of that very building. Hood was planning
to revive the monsters so that she could destroy them—but the
Avengers' interference only allowed the monsters to awaken....
In the basement, Sharon Carter,
Valkyrie, and War Machine fight gruesome creatures that keep growing,
drawing energy from another dimension, making them more and more
dangerous—becoming an alien invasion. The team heads for the roof
and Beast uses the weapons on his ship to collapse the building,
destroying the monsters. And rather than be imprisoned, Ms. Hood
takes out a pistol and shoots herself in the head....