Issue #3 Cut Scene: Ancient Greece: Somewhere near the Aegean Sea Zeus In exchange for your services

I will give you a city-state to rule and your own resources. In the event that you succeed that is. Doom It will work. Nothing is beyond my grasp and nothing can restrain me, not even time itself. Consider the battle won, Zeus. Zeus Watch your tongue mortal! Do NOT underestimate Kronos. Your powers are nothing against mine and he is near my equal. I seek your help but I do not want it and if you dont deliver I shall squish you beneath my heel to save the titan his trouble Doom Trust in me, Zeus, your faith and favor are not misplaced. Cut Scene To: Two Days Ago: Stark Laboratories Stark Okay, Ive finally finished my part. Ive combined the formation of the symbiote into a form that simulates tech armor with a few other alterations. Pym Ive taken the tissue sample from your brain that you saved and analyzed the foundation of the Extremis formula. It is very possible to build on top of it, the secret is to just adjust the carbohydrate chain of the myo-statin primer and theoretically you can put in whatever you want. Stark Alright, perfect. Now, Im going to take it from here, what I need from you now is a way to rapidly speed up the healing process. Last time I took this formula I was bed ridden for about 24 hours, I need to cut that down by about 23 hours and 59 minutes. Pym Tony, Im not even sure if thats possible, youre asking to rewrite your entire biological structure for a second time, we have no idea how your body even survived the first time, let alone subjecting it a second time. Its going to take a lot more research in order to tackle that part of the process, we can let it go naturally and see what happens, but if you want me to speed the process up, youre going to have to allow me more time for research, and that is not a request. Stark Look, Hank, Ill be fine. I need you to do this for me. Pym

Im not going to be responsible for killing Americas favorite billionaire playboy while simultaneously killing the Stark name (which you may have already done anyways). Stark Luckily, you wont kill me, I still have retained some of the extremis in my system, mainly the ability to regenerate wounds. Im in peak physical condition because of it. Pym Well, that means we need to integrate that information into our data, it could take a while to process. Stark Its already been integrated into the initial data I gave you, look, theres certain reasons and parts of this project I need to leave you in the dark about, it is absolutely pertinent that I do, Im sorry but thats the reality of the situation. Pym If you feel that way then Im not sure I can help you. I feel its necessary I know all of the ins and outs, one miscalculation on my end due to lack of information can kill you. Stark Hank! Im not debating this with you! Please, just trust me, when have I ever let you down or betrayed you? Pym This better work without any hiccups, damn it. Ill get to work on speeding up the process, but I cant guarantee it will work instantaneously. Stark Dazzle me, Pym. Just so you know, I have always admired you as a scientist, if anyone can pull this off, its you. Pym Quit kissing ass, Tony. This will work because I said it will. Cut Scene To: The Temple, Now Cap Before we get started, it might be helpful to know what we could be dealing with. Hellstrom, is there any way you can see whats in here waiting for us? Hellstrom Honestly, if you wanted those sorts of abilities, you might have called the Sorcerer Supreme, Im the Prince of Hell, not a cheap magician. Cap

Well, unfortunately he was unavailable. Kurt, I need you to teleport ahead and scout out the environment, if anything looks even the slightest bit questionable, I need you to get back here as fast as you can and report back to me. Keep the high ground if you can. Nightcrawler Yes, sir. (teleports ahead) Hellstrom Why didnt you just ask him first instead of me? Cap I didnt want to send anyone into any unknown territory if I didnt absolutely have to. Spidey Ive seen Indiana Jones and this place looks like prime real-estate for some booby traps. Some arrows flying out of the walls, trick stones in the hallways, a giant boulder ready to crush us while we make an awesome and daring escape running for our lives, ahh the good ol days of cinema. Nightcrawler Captain, at the end of the hallway is a large wall but other than that I didnt see anything out of the ordinary. Cap Alright, Ill take point. Stay close, tight formation. Ironman There must be some kind of electromagnetic pulse, my tracking systems are beginning to fail. Must be the same thing that knocked out SHIELD coms. Be on full alert, Peter, well be relying solely on your spider-sense. Spiderman Count on me, costume copycat. Seriously? Ironman in spandex? Haha goodness, all that tech and you need me and myWHOA!!! (cap triggers laser blades) Cap! Incoming 9 oclock! Nightcrawler Everyone to me! Cap Spiderman grab on! Spiderman No worries cappy, I got this!

(teleports/ spidey acrobatics) Hellstrom Nothing out of the ordinary huh? (to nightcrawler) Cap Wasnt one of the first things I said no rogue heroes? Spiderman Anyone see that?! Pretty impressIronman Keep your eyes peeled, Ive got a feeling thats not the end of it. Spiderman Am I really not going to get to gloat about that? I thought it was pretty cool! Nightcrawler I instantaneously teleported four people at once and YOU want to gloat? Spiderman Well, not when you say it like that Cap Tony, are your systems back online yet? Ironman Weapons systems are a go, tracking and radar are still down, I wont be of much use in that department(cap trips blades) Spiderman -Cap! 3 oclock comin atchya! (cap blocks blades, backed into quicksand wall, Helstrom freezes blades midair) Hellstrom Alright, web-head, what do you think about this? Spiderman Pfft. Cap What the hell is this?! Spiderman

THIS seems like pick on the bug day to me Hellstrom Stop struggling Rogers this wall seems to have the same properties as quicksand Spiderman Kurt, can you teleport him out of the wall? Nightcrawler Nien, that would take the wall with us. Ironman Everyone stand back. Steve, this is gonna sting a little. (uses his heating repulsor) Cap Grrahhhh!!!! (Grunts in pain) Ironman Spidey care to do the honors? Spiderman Helstrom, you may have flare but I have style. Web-swing! (shatters wall) Cap What the hell was that, Tony?! And will you guys shut up already?! Ironman That was me keeping you from turning into the next Han Solo, Steve. But essentially I superheated the walls so it could rapidly cool and become solid yet brittle enough for our little bug here to free you. Nightcrawler Shall we press on? Hellstrom Im with the mutie, lets get going. Spiderman Something is tingling the hell out of my spider-sense. I cant pinpoint where its coming from. (statues come alive) That is so clich (battling statues) Nightcrawler Herr Hellstrom, is there anyway you can render these statues inert.

Hellstrom What would be the fun in that, demon? (hurls trident, they take out statues) Cap Hes right Kurt, this is probably the most normal and familiar part of this mission so far, lets not let it end too quickly. (SMASH!! Cap takes out a statue). (cut to end of hallway) Cap Tony? Ironman Way ahead of you (heat repulsors door, cap shield charges wall) Spiderman Guys, spidersense is going haywire. (underbreath to cap) I still have more style(See sentrys back) Ironman Youve gotta be kidding me Spiderman What?! I was kiddingNightcrawler Who is that? Cap Thats Bob Reynolds, the SENTRY. Hellstrom I thought Thor killed him, how is this possible? Ironman Youd think of all people you would know the answer to that, Son of Satan. Spiderman Did he just make a joke? Cap I dont know but it cant be good. This just went from being an isolated incident to a global threat. (walks toward sentry)

Nightcrawler Does anyone ever stay dead around here? (Spiderman and Helstrom shrug) Spiderman Wait, did he just make a joke?! Ironman Ironman to War Dog batter up. (on com link) Cap Bob (places hand on sentrys shoulder, sentry glares back at cap) Ironman Cap, incoming. (cap looks up) (ARES REVEAL crashes through ceiling, comes out swinging) Ares Finally! I came all the way back from hell for you! (to Sentry) Cap (yelling at Ironman) Tony! What the hell did you do!? We didnt need him yet! All you managed to do was escalate this situation! Ironman This situation couldnt get any more dire, Steve. Sentry is unpredictable; the minute our team entered in here we may as well have signed our death warrants. We are ill-equipped to handle this situation, we added Ares to the team for a reason, I was utilizing all resources. Cap That wasnt your call! (goes to stop Ares) Hellstrom Im not getting in the middle of that (re: Ares vs Sentry) Ares This does not concern you, Captain. (Swats Cap away) Fight back, so I can feel even better for finally ridding the earth of your existence!!! Nightcrawler Steve, are you okay? Hellstrom Steve, weve got to get out of here, with the ass-kicking that Ares is delivering to Sentry, this place is gonna come down on us. Especially, if Sentry decides to fight back.

(BOOM!!!! Sentry hits Ares with a Haymaker) Nightcrawler Mr. Reynolds, please, we just want to talk. What is it that we can do for you? Sentry Where is he? Cap Who, Bob? (Sentry takes off) Ares Where does he think hes going?! Im not done with him! Spiderman I dont know, Sunshine, but wherever hes going, Im not sure I want to be anywhere near it, he looked piiiiissssseeeddd! Ironman Steve, I think it best if we got back to the helicarrier. We need to re-group and assess the situation Cap The situation you created? Nightcrawler Look, everyone, no one created this situation, no one could have predicted the Sentry would be waiting for us. A judgment call was made, now it is time for a plan of action. Hellstrom Kurts right. Its time for a plan. Like, lets get the hell out of this shit hole. Cut Scene To: Helicarrier SHIELD Agent Commander Rogers, Reed Richards is on the satellite link. Cap Tell him Im sorry but Ill have to get back to him at another time. Spiderman Are you crazy?! Reed could help us findSHIELD Agent The Sentry has been located he says, sir.

Spiderman A guy cant get a word in edge-wise around here. Well, I guess we should all headHellstrom To the Quinjet!! Spiderman I hate you. Baxter Building Ironman Good to see you again, Reed. Why am I not surprised that you are the one who is tracking the Sentry? And why am I not surprised that were coming to you for help, again? Reed Well, once we found Bob Reynolds again at the raft breakout, I found out exactly what he was capable of and I knew he was too dangerous to keep unmonitored. So, I developed a tracking system that could lock onto his specific energy signature. Bob has a unique energy that he emits when he exerts himself, and when he was working with Norman I had to keep an eye on him. This tracking system utilizes specific sensors and was meant as a contingency plan, but when it started going off today for the first time since the siege of Asgard, I had to alert SHIELD, hence your presence here. Hello again, Peter. Spiderman Hey there Stretch! Mind if you show me and the tin-can-man here this tracking system of yours so we can get this Sentry situation under control? Cap Thats fine, you geniuses go crack those codes, and its been a while since Ive seen Sue, Ben and Johnny. (Ares is sulking in the corner while checking out Sue). Ironman You really dont understand technology do you? Hellstrom (to Kurt) Damn, never seen Sue up close, what the hells she doing with Reed? (Kurt shakes his head) (Spiderman and Johnny talking) Human Torch Seriously?! One punch?! HAHAHAHAHA! Ares You dare mock me?! Nightcrawler

Hey, youre not my god Ares I am ready for another bout demon!! Hellstrom Hahaha, look how mad he is! Reed Gentlemen, please, you didnt let me finish. By my calculations and the measuring of his trajectory and flight patterns, Bob is searching heavily for something in Latveria