Caught
inside A.I.M. headquarters, Black Widow tries to fight her way out. The way
clear for a moment, she reaches a phone and sends out an emergency broadcast
before she is overpowered….
The
distress signal goes off at Avengers Compound where Clint Barton is preparing
for a visit from his estranged wife Bobbi Morse. He is forced to don his
Hawkeye outfit and take off on his sky-cycle just as Bobbi arrives for him. She
is told that Clint had a call from Black Widow and Bobbi jumps to the wrong
conclusion and storms off in a huff. Hawkeye arrives at an ordinary shopping
mall and is shot down by A.I.M. soldiers….
Downstairs,
Black Widow is hooked up to a giant android and the Scientist explains that he
is going to transfer her physical abilities to the creature and then dispose of
her….
Hawkeye
continues to fight his way into the base, unaware that Mockingbird is tagging
along behind him, saving his life at various points. Clint enters the lab and
takes down the Scientist and his guards, then frees Natasha. She explains she
was tracking a shipment of globes that A.I.M. was anxious to get. Opening one
reveals they contain human brains, causing Hawkeye to vomit. And then the
android comes to life, controlled by the Imperial Council of A.I.M. which was
watching from a remote location. The monster attacks Clint and Natasha….