A "joint training exercise" with a chance to "socialize and mend fences" - that was the official story. And true enough, to a point ( Read more... )

The rogue branch of SHIELD has been defeated. The Red Skull got away. All surviving prisoners have received medical attention.

There's one last one to see to. Patriot was taken to the closest hospital. He'd lost a lot of blood. Cap needs to get out there quickly ( Read more... )

Their positions could have just as easily been reversed. A different group targeted, misinformation supplied to different people, and the ones arriving at SHIELD's Springfield High-Security Juvenile Detention Facility could have just as easily been the ones defending it without realizing what was inside, and thinking that those that were coming to ( Read more... )

After things calmed down for the kids, they called a meeting to plan what they were going to do. They made use of the room the Pride had probably set up to do for rituals while they were making use of these facilities ( Read more... )

Nico rolled the Staff of one from hand to hand, staring at it idly. She felt better standing guard outside the entrance to their hideaway, at least she could give the others a warning if SHIELD found them again. She wouldn't let them be taken like how they took Karolina ( Read more... )

Victor steps into the lab behind Dr. Pym, and he shrugs off his coat. He hopes that Thor's following... just in case... but at this point, if they're going to betray his trust, they're all screwed anyway. He hopes they'd at least remove any Ultron programming from him first ( Read more... )

They'll kick his ass if they know he's doing this. Even Xavier's kids would, and they're not nearly as paranoid as the Pride's kids ( Read more... )

Victor stares in horror at the scene before him ( Read more... )

Victor paces in the base. They've been lying low for some time now, and he's getting antsy. Everyone's been growing stir-crazy, using the backup base the way they've been, and Victor in particular has been eager to get out again to do some good. This whole thing with the Underage Vigilante Law has made him feel helpless while watching the news ( Read more... )

(Takes place before the Doombots around the time of the SHIELD/Runaways scene ( Read more... )