Chapter 9 - The Syndicate/Dialogues

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Mission 1

Mission Start

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Tony Stark:

Agent, you're back in the field as of now. I've got a two-part briefing. One, there's a jailbreak at Ryker's. It appears to be centered on the Raft, but regular inmates are being used as cover. Two, take a look at this. We got a coded anonymous message. Reed broke it, and...

Mr. Fantastic:

This is more than a jailbreak. You're going to find a couple of unexpected inmates when you run these coordinates.

Tony Stark:

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Mr. Fantastic:

Nick and Maria are somewhere on Ryker's.

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We need to get a foothold in this part of Ryker's, where Director Fury's message originated. We need the Thing to drop a team here.

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Tony Stark:

We've located Nick and Maria. Send someone to pick them up from Ryker's immediately. We're going to need good close quarter piloting here. Ben, you mind doing the honors?

Thing:

You got a pilot's chair that'll fit me, I'm game.

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Tony Stark:

Ben, you're going into a full-blown riot. Shoot if you have to, but only if you have to.

Thing:

I got it.

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Nick Fury:

Good to be back. Now let's put the lid back on Ryker's so we can get you up to speed on what we learned. Ben, thanks for the ride.

Thing:

Don't mention it.

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Some Ryker's inmates are causing electrical disruptions that could be dangerous to everyone in there, including us. Bring in Storm to short out their plans.

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Tony Stark:

Storm, we need to damp all this electrical noise. It's killing signals out of this area. We can't coordinate with Ryker's security if we can't hear them.

Storm:

I'm on my way.

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Storm:

All is calm now. Are your channels clear?

Tony Stark:

Five by five. Nicely done.

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Iso-8 readings are going crazy inside this bunker. Send a scout to infiltrate it and see what's inside.

Deploy 4

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NYPD marine units are in trouble just off the Manhattan side of Ryker's. We're not sure what they've run into--in the East River, it could be anything--but they need some reinforcements.

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There's a spike in Iso-8 readings in the river. Why? A S.H.I.E.L.D. scuba team is headed there to investigate. Send a hero to escort and back them up if they need it.

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Nick Fury:

Iso-8 spike in the river. Hm. Could be a meteor impact we missed, but that doesn't seem likely. Check it out. We don't want any marine surprises.

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Maria Hill:

So it was a meteor. How did we miss it?

Tony Stark:

I was hoping a mermaid would bring us some Iso-8 as a present.

MiniBoss - Boomerang

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Tony Stark:

Boomerang is leading a group of prisoners. They're getting close to the water. Cut them off. Nightcrawler is on the scene. He'll be joining you.

Nightcrawler:

Wie geht's? Boomerang must be answering to someone else. He's not a natural leader.

Start

Why are the muties getting involved in our little party?

Boomerang:

Nightcrawler:

Something for you to think about once you're back in a cell, Boomerang.

Lose

Try, try again, little demon. I've seen your tricks before.

Boomerang:

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I can do this all day. Bring it on!

Boomerang:

Complete

Nightcrawler:

Boomerang is out of the way, Tony.

Tony Stark:

Keep moving, Kurt. Agent, good work here, but we need to move fast. We've got to get Ryker's under control and also clear a path for Nick and Maria to get out.

Boss - Fixer

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Tony Stark:

The Fixer is running the breakout. Nightcrawler, you still on the case?

Nightcrawler:

Naturlich, Tony. Agent? Let's go.

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Nightcrawler:

You bit off more than you could chew here, Fixer. Kidnapping S.H.I.E.L.D. directors is a bad idea.

I had nothing to do with that. I just have better things to do with my time than sit in a cell.

Fixer:

Nightcrawler:

Maybe you should have better things to do with your time than working with R.A.I.D. and Magneto.

You don't tell me what to do, freak!

Fixer:

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You can't bamf your way out of trouble forever, freak.

Fixer:

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Nightcrawler:

You're a mind without a body, using robots to move around. And I'm the freak?

That's the word.

Fixer:

Nightcrawler:

No wonder you work for Magneto. He loves the mutant-haters because without them, he has to hate all by himself.

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Nightcrawler:

The Fixer is under control, Tony. I must report back to Professor X now.

Tony Stark:

Understood, Nightcrawler. Give the Professor S.H.I.E.L.D.'s regards. Agent, stand by for S.H.I.E.L.D. support teams. Once you get back to the Helicarrier, I think Nick and Maria will have a lot to tell us.

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Nick Fury:

I hated to do that, but there was no other way to get out.

Maria Hill:

This information about the Syndicate was too important. Here's what we know. Earth's strongest supervillains are starting to band together because of Iso-8. They're putting aside their differences for now, and working toward a common goal. But we don't know what that goal is.

Nick Fury:

We also don't know who's in the Syndicate, but their first joint operation is already happening. It has to do with that shipment we overheard HYDRA talking about. As of now, priority one is finding out what that shipment is and how we can intercept it.

Mission 2

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Nick Fury:

Trouble at Bellevue again. I thought you broke that lab up. Let's get it right this time. We've got bigger fish to fry.

Deploy 1

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We need Reed Richards at S.W.O.R.D.'s HQ right away. They've suffered another cybernetic intrusion, and they might have some traces of the intruder's identity.

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Tony Stark:

Reed, S.W.O.R.D. is requesting you look into the most recent attack on their systems.

Mr. Fantastic:

Tony, I'm—

Tony Stark:

I know. We're all doing something else. You want to be the one who wouldn't answer the call and then have S.W.O.R.D. fall out of the sky?

Mr. Fantastic:

I don't need a guilt trip.

Tony Stark:

I don't want to give you one. I just want you to go.

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Mr. Fantastic:

S.W.O.R.D.'s system security is restored.

Tony Stark:

Any clues about the intruder's identity?

Mr. Fantastic:

None. It was powerful, and very familiar with their system. Or that's what it looked like. But it didn't leave specific traces.

Tony Stark:

That's what the Hulk said too. Can we take countermeasures?

Mr. Fantastic:

I wrote and installed tracking subroutines. We'll see what they get if this happens again.

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Whoever is running this lab has released all kinds of toxins into the air. If this cloud spreads, we could have some real problems. Get Johnny Storm over here to fly around the cloud's perimeter and burn it off.

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Tony Stark:

Johnny, burn off this crap before we've got an airborne toxic event.

Human Torch:

Consider it done.

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Tony Stark:

That was quite a show. Stand by in case there's another release.

Human Torch:

You got it.

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Blast into this location and free the test subjects who haven't been mutated yet. The sooner we cut off their supply, the sooner we can get to the bottom of this.

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Analysis of the MGH/Iso-8 compound is complete. Professor X needs to see it right away. Detail a hero to take it to him.

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Nick Fury:

Lab results on the MGH-Iso-8 compound are in. Get them to Xavier.

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Tony Stark:

Now we'll see if Professor X can come up with something to neutralize the compound.

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The freed test subjects need to be kept in a group so they can be checked out before we release them. Send a hero to keep them together until the S.H.I.E.L.D. med team arrives.

MiniBoss - Grey Gargoyle

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Human Torch:

Nick, I'm flying over Bellevue right now. Test subjects are all over the place, and the Grey Gargoyle is conducting the show. He must have gotten out of Ryker's during the, ah...

Tony Stark:

A.I.M. and Doom must be getting into the human-experimenting business.

Maria Hill:

Unless this is a Syndicate initiative. Anyone could be working with anyone.

Nick Fury:

That's part of what we need to find out. So let's stop jawing and do it.

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Human Torch:

You Syndicate guys must really love this spot. We wreck it, you move right back in. You getting a break on the rent or something?

Ah, you know about the Syndicate. Enjoy that little tidbit, Johnny Storm. Much greater revelations are soon to come.

Grey Gargoyle:

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A little burned out, Johnny Storm?

Grey Gargoyle:

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Human Torch:

Bellevue's a good place for you, Gargoyle. But first you have to take a trip on the Raft.

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Nick Fury:

He admitted the Syndicate existed. Interesting. They're not trying to hide it anymore.

Tony Stark:

Or the Grey Gargoyle just likes to run his mouth.

Maria Hill:

Both of those things could be true. Let's parse it after we reel in the rest of the test subjects, shall we?

Boss - Crimson Cowl

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Tony Stark:

I've been pinging the area for Iso-8 signatures and guess who turned up? The Crimson Cowl. She's been customizing her outfit.

Nick Fury:

Gotta dress the part if you're going to be part of the Syndicate, I guess.

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Come on in, Torch. Are you here to participate? Love to have you.

Crimson Cowl:

Human Torch:

I'm happy just the way I am.

Only because you don't know what you could be. And now you never will!

Crimson Cowl:

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I'll make the offer one more time, Johnny. Find out what Iso-8 can do!

Crimson Cowl:

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Human Torch:

You haven't seen the best of me yet. Flame on!

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Maria Hill:

Well done, Johnny.

Human Torch:

Nah, she got away. I had her. Maybe she's right about Iso-8...

Nick Fury:

Bite your tongue. We are going to win this thing our way.

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Tony Stark:

I'm getting sick and tired of these test subjects. We keep breaking up the labs and they keep showing up again. I should just buy Bellevue. Maybe that would keep them out.

Nick Fury:

The billionaire's solution.

Tony Stark:

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

Mission 3

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Maria Hill:

The Hand is active in Chinatown. They appear to be picking up where the Maggia left off, stealing arcane artifacts.

Tony Stark:

But they're more selective than the Maggia were. Looks like they know what they want.

Maria Hill:

If that's the case, it means they're getting better control over the magic they were trying before. This is not a circumstance S.H.I.E.L.D. can endorse.

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Since we're dealing with the Hand here, it seems likely that we'll see Elektra. Send Daredevil out looking for her. Maybe we can cut this problem off before it escalates.

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Maria Hill:

With the Hand in the field, Daredevil, we'd like you to scout the area and see if Elektra's in charge.

Daredevil:

Consider it done.

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Daredevil:

No sign of her. But I'll keep looking.

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The Hand have been getting into this building through maintenance tunnels barely big enough for a man to crawl through. We need someone who can scrap in close quarters to cut them off.

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A detachment of Naginata Hand are guarding this truck coming down Canal Street. No time for planning. Get a bruiser and stop this delivery, whatever it is.

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Nick Fury:

Take out the team guarding the truck, but do not damage the vehicle. We need to know what's in it.

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Nick Fury:

Missed them. The truck was empty by the time we tracked it down.

Maria Hill:

Where did the load go? Who took it?

Nick Fury:

No way to know. And there aren't any Hand left to talk about it.

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Professor X has come up with a serum that will counteract the Brotherhood's Iso-8 mutagen. Get someone out to bring it to the lab so we can start making more.

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Tony Stark:

That was fast. Professor X says he's got a serum that will counter the MGH accelerant. Go get it so we can fix this problem once and for all.

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Tony Stark:

We'll get this stuff mixed into batches for field testing.

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Sweeping this location, we found a cache of R.A.I.D. tech left over from when the Wrecking Crew passed through. Get it back to the lab.

MiniBoss - Whiplash

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Iron Fist:

Tony. I have just observed Whiplash receiving a stolen artifact from a group of Hand ninjas.

Tony Stark:

Whiplash? Working with the Hand? Go figure. You could drive yourself crazy drawing up a chain of command for this Syndicate.

Nick Fury:

Or you could tell the Agent and Danny to get the damn artifact back and worry about drawing later.

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Iron Fist, your dragon isn't going to help you here. I rust your Iron Fist! Ha!

Whiplash:

Iron Fist:

You got the story all wrong, Whiplash. The dragon never helped me.

I tell the story how I want! And when you die, you won't care anymore!

Whiplash:

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Once upon a time, there was an idiot who called himself Iron Fist! Idiot!

Whiplash:

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Iron Fist:

Iron rusts. Will does not.

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Tony Stark:

Now that's chi in action. Nicely done, Danny.

Iron Fist:

Your Agent deserves the credit.

Nick Fury:

There's enough credit to go around. Now keep moving. Chinatown's still lousy with ninjas.

Boss - Constrictor

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Iron Fist:

Nick, the Constrictor is guarding this location.

Nick Fury:

Another one of my past mistakes bites me in the ass. Again.

Iron Fist:

I believe the artifacts are being delivered here.

Nick Fury:

Then you're in the right place. Agent, make the drop and finish the job.

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Iron Fist, you know S.H.I.E.L.D. will turn on you one of these days. Just like they did me.

Constrictor:

Iron Fist:

You made your own choices, Constrictor. I make mine.

Then you can live with the consequences. Or die with them!

Constrictor:

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The Syndicate is hiring, Danny. But not forever.

Constrictor:

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Come to hire on?

Constrictor:

Iron Fist:

I do not hire on.

Join the cause?

Constrictor:

Iron Fist:

My only cause is justice.

Okay, I give up. I'll just kill you.

Constrictor:

Complete

Iron Fist:

He had an escape plan in place. But it looks like we have disrupted whatever the Hand was planning.

Tony Stark:

Mission accomplished, then.

Maria Hill:

What was the Hand planning?

Iron Fist:

I can sense the remnants of a portal. They were transporting artifacts from here to whoever intends to use them.

Nick Fury:

This smells like the Hood.

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Tony Stark:

I feel like things are running more smoothly again with you two back.

Nick Fury:

I feel like they're going to hell in a handbasket. We've got Whiplash working with the Hand, and the Hand guarding a shipment for HYDRA--

Maria Hill:

We don't know that was for HYDRA.

Nick Fury:

We can be pretty damn sure. It's all coming together, and we need to stay on top of it.

Mission 4

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Tony Stark:

Intel has come through for us again. A.I.M. is using those artifacts. They're holed up at Empire State University. Dr. Strange reports portals opening there. Could be they're bringing through more HYDRA corpses, but we don't know for sure.

Nick Fury:

And we won't until you get there and find out.

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We've flushed A.I.M. out of this lab, but the forensics team can't touch one of the artifacts they left behind. Get Sue Storm to use a force field to carry it back to the Helicarrier.

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A.I.M. is concentrating on certain campus locations in a pattern we can't decipher. A tactician might be able to make sense of it.

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An A.I.M. fire team has pinned campus police in their main station. They need some help, and they need it now. Have Rogue give them her personal touch.

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A campus anti-mutant group is using the A.I.M. assault as an excuse to start a riot. Send The Thing over there to break it up. He always makes an impression.

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Intel from underworld sources suggests that the Maggia is getting interested in opening Dark Dimension portals. Send a hero to Little Italy to scout it out.

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Nick Fury:

Why are the Maggia opening portals? I smell the Hood. Take a look.

Tony Stark:

We don't want the Maggia catching the magic-portal bug. They'll get in over their heads and we'll all suffer for it.

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Maria Hill:

Did they get the portal open?

Tony Stark:

Doesn't look like it, but we won't know for sure until the city is or isn't overrun with Mindless Ones.

Nick Fury:

Dammit, Tony!

Tony Stark:

Okay. No. I do not think they got the portal open, Director Fury.

MiniBoss - Exoskeletal Battletank

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Tony Stark:

A.I.M. has Power Armor reinforcements.

Nick Fury:

This is a chokepoint we'll have to get through before we can get to the portal they're using.

Maria Hill:

She-Hulk is detailed to your team for this mission.

She-Hulk:

I love to warm up with suits of Power Armor. Let's get started.

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Nothing can stop Battletank! Nothing can stop A.I.M.!

Exoskeletal Battletank:

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Invincible! Invincible!

Exoskeletal Battletank:

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She-Hulk:

Say it again.

Nothing can stop A.I.M.!

Exoskeletal Battletank:

She-Hulk:

Now I'm motivated.

Complete

She-Hulk:

Something can stop Power Armor. Also A.I.M..

Nick Fury:

Never had a doubt. Now let's get on to the main event. I'd bet one of my eyeteeth that M.O.D.O.K.'s mutated melon is around here somewhere.

Boss - Abomination

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Nick Fury:

Now here's a helluva bodyguard for your black-magic scheme: Abomination.

Tony Stark:

The gamma radiation finally addled him.

She-Hulk:

Oh, I think it messed him up from the beginning. The Syndicate and Iso-8 are just letting him show his true colors.

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Ah, my dream girl is here. Let's ride off into the sunset. Or if that doesn't suit you, I can beat you unconscious and drag you away caveman-style.

Abomination:

She-Hulk:

You sure know how to sweet-talk a girl. But I think I'd rather play spin-the-bottle with Dormammu.

You got it all wrong. I wasn't asking. I was telling.

Abomination:

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Before Iso-8, you might have had a chance. But not now. Give up while I'm still feeling tender.

Abomination:

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You find my power irresistible.

Abomination:

She-Hulk:

No, what I find irresistible is the urge to shut you up.

Complete

She-Hulk:

Abomination's ready for the Vault, Tony.

Tony Stark:

Transport incoming, She-Hulk. Quite a show you put on there.

She-Hulk:

Like I said, the Power Armor warmup does me good.

Epic Boss - M.O.D.O.K

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Tony Stark:

M.O.D.O.K.. And it looks like he's been tinkering with his chair again.

Nick Fury:

This mission just keeps on giving.

Maria Hill:

A.I.M. is swinging for the fences here.

Maria Hill:

If M.O.D.O.K. can pull off this kind of magic, he's going to join Doom in the league of Mad Villain Scientist-Wizards.

Nick Fury:

I think it's up to S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep membership in that club to one.

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She-Hulk:

You going to magically give yourself a body that can walk, M.O.D.O.K?

I could take yours without magic, She-Hulk. And perhaps I will. I will leave you conscious as I transform you, and relish your terror.

M.O.D.O.K.:

She-Hulk:

Maybe I'll dump you out of your chair and watch you wriggle like an upside-down turtle. But that would be mean. So instead I'll just kick your ass and send you to the Vault.

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Who can defeat M.O.D.O.K. now?

M.O.D.O.K.:

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You come to face M.O.D.O.K. again? My pleasure in killing you will be enhanced.

M.O.D.O.K.:

She-Hulk:

Enhance your pleasure? I don't think so.

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She-Hulk:

I get a little caught up in that boasting sometimes. Makes me look like a chump when the bad guy gets away.

Tony Stark:

Don't worry about it, She-Hulk. The important thing here is that A.I.M. doesn't have their portal working anymore.

Maria Hill:

But they will again, if we can't make some headway figuring out who the Syndicate is.

Tony Stark:

Consider the egos involved. They won't be able to stand working in secret for long.

Mission Complete

Tony Stark:

I'm starting to think that whatever A.I.M. and the Hood are doing with portals, it's related to the HYDRA shipment.

Maria Hill:

What would they need to ship through a portal? Strange says Dormammu isn't trying to come through right now.

Nick Fury:

Nothing's coming through right now, and that's just the way I like it. The Syndicate can wait another day for their big delivery.

Mission 5

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Tony Stark:

Escaped prisoners are teaming up with the Maggia to raise hell down in Little Italy.

Maria Hill:

And Dr. Strange is telling us that some kind of powerful magic is cooking up down there too.

Tony Stark:

Only kind of threat we're not dealing with is extraterrestrials.

Nick Fury:

Don't be so sure.

Maria Hill:

What?

Nick Fury:

Nevermind. Agent, get to Little Italy and put the hammer down.

Deploy 1

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This Maggia position is heavily fortified and our agents can't crack it. They need some additional firepower to blast their way in.

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A gang of escaped convicts have holed up in this church. We need to get them out without wrecking the place. Send Spider-Man; webs won't break the stained glass.

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The Maggia are clearly working for HYDRA here. But what's the chain of command? A meeting here might tell us, but we need to infiltrate the building without them knowing we're there.

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Maria Hill:

The Maggia and HYDRA are meeting here. We need to observe without being seen.

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Maria Hill:

Zemo and Madame Masque were both there. They talked about a ritual, and kept mentioning “the return” like it was some kind of code.

Tony Stark:

For what?

Nick Fury:

Don't know. Might have something to do with what was on that truck.

Tony Stark:

Which does us no good at all, since we don't know what the truck was carrying.

Deploy 4

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Neighborhood vigilantes are going after the Maggia on their own. They're going to get themselves killed if we don't stop them. Send a hero to back them down.

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A bomb just went off at this location. Looks like a Maggia bomb-maker blew himself up. Evacuate the area and get a mopup team in there to see what's left.

MiniBoss - Hammerhead

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Tony Stark:

Hammerhead's in on this. Looks like the Maggia finally has their wish. They're in the big leagues.

Nick Fury:

Or the Syndicate's taking anyone who wants in.

Maria Hill:

Now's not the time to underestimate the opposition.

Nick Fury:

Daredevil's with you on this one. He knows Hammerhead and the Maggia better than any of us.

Maria Hill:

We know Hammerhead's amped up on Iso-8, but we don't know what additional powers he might have.

Daredevil:

Doesn't matter. We're about to find out one way or another.

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Come to congratulate me, Daredevil? I'm taking the Maggia big-time. New York's small potatoes compared to what we got going on.

Hammerhead:

Daredevil:

You might find out the Syndicate thinks you're small potatoes, Hammerhead.

Always trying to tear me down. But that's all right. You'll see!

Hammerhead:

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Who's small potatoes now? Huh!?

Hammerhead:

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You're kind of a slow learner, you know that?

Hammerhead:

Daredevil:

Call me anything you want, but don't call me a quitter.

We'll put that on your headstone.

Hammerhead:

Complete

Daredevil:

That was a little too easy.

Tony Stark:

You think he let you win?

Daredevil:

No, I think he had a bigger plan in mind.

Nick Fury:

Then find out what it is.

MiniBoss - Madam Masque

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Nick Fury:

Madame Masque is Hammerhead's dance partner.

Tony Stark:

Still can't believe they're not at each other's throats yet.

Nick Fury:

You know what that tells me? The Syndicate's keeping everyone in line. And that means there's some serious big bads at the top.

Daredevil:

I'm on scene, Fury. Madame Masque is in a state of what you might call extreme agitation.

Nick Fury:

Good or bad?

Daredevil:

Good, I think. Like she's expecting something wonderful to happen.

Tony Stark:

Hurry up and disappoint her.

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Daredevil, you're like a child who wants to break a toy because he doesn't understand it.

Madame Masque:

Daredevil:

What is it with Iso-8? All of a sudden everyone thinks they have secret wisdom.

I'll show you a little of what I mean. But only a little. That's all I will need.

Madame Masque:

Lose

Now we can get back to the business at hand.

Madame Masque:

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You interrupt again? Your insolence grows tiresome.

Madame Masque:

Daredevil:

So does your arrogance. That and the apocalyptic scheming.

Complete

Daredevil:

She had an escape route planned out. I thought we had a perimeter here, Nick.

Nick Fury:

I thought so too. We've got to do a better job finishing what we start. Right now that means putting the kibosh on whatever magic is happening here.

Boss - The Hood

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Daredevil:

This is not what I expected.

Nick Fury:

Don't need subtlety, Daredevil. What's your report?

Daredevil:

It's the Hood. But... he's dead. Patching through to your surveillance... my God.

Nick Fury:

Sunuvah... did I just see what I think I saw?

Daredevil:

Confirmed, Nick. The Hood is alive again. He... something just resurrected him. The Hand ritual. They killed him and brought him back. The Hand and the Hood... what's he going to be like now?

Nick Fury:

We'll know soon enough.

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How did you like the show? To the extent you could see it, of course.

The Hood:

Daredevil:

Impressive. Insane, misanthropic, and murderous, but impressive.

In the face of such a compliment, all one can do is take a bow.

The Hood:

Daredevil:

And after the bow, the curtain comes down.

That's where you're wrong. The curtain is just going up on this spectacle. The star has yet to appear.

The Hood:

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You know what happens when you're born again, Daredevil. You become like a god!

The Hood:

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Keep trying, Daredevil. Sooner or later you'll accept the inevitable.

The Hood:

Daredevil:

I'm not too good at that.

Then you're going to die.

The Hood:

Daredevil:

Never been very good at that either.

You'll learn.

The Hood:

Complete

Daredevil:

The Hood's gone through the portal used to resurrect him.

Tony Stark:

Can you close it?

Daredevil:

It's closing by itself. What just happened?

Nick Fury:

We're figuring that out. If the portal's closed, pull out of there. Agent, return your team to the Helicarrier.

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Nick Fury:

Tony, you were right. The Maggia are messing with things they can't control.

Maria Hill:

But the Hood might be able to.

Tony Stark:

Bringing the Hood back to life was a rehearsal. Put this together with the reanimated HYDRA soldiers, and we've got something real bad brewing.

Nick Fury:

Make sure they don't start the real show on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s watch.

Mission 6

Mission Start

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Maria Hill:

Portals are opening up again. Dr. Strange says they lead from the Dark Dimension.

Tony Stark:

The whole area around St. Patrick's Cathedral is lousy with Mindless Ones.

Maria Hill:

Dormammu is pushing hard, and using the sacred energy of the cathedral to fuel the portals.

Dr. Strange:

Agent, I will require your assistance to fight the Mindless Ones while I close the portals. If we are fortunate, we will cut off Dormammu's way into this world.

Nick Fury:

Hell with fortunate. We just need to be tougher than the other guy.

Deploy 1

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Most of the Mindless Ones are coming from this portal. We need Ms. Marvel to contain the energies emanating from it until Dr. Strange can get there and close it.

Deploy 2

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Three Mindless Ones collapsed part of this building. They're trapped, but so are a lot of innocent people. Someone needs to break through the walls before they slaughter everyone inside.

Deploy 3

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A Mindless One is tearing into a bus at this location! Send a scrapper to take it down, fast!

Deploy 4

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Wong has created a map of all the portals in the area. Send a hero to the Sanctum Sanctorum and get that map to Dr. Strange.

Start

Tony Stark:

Strange is tackling the portals as he finds them, but he'll be able to move a lot faster if he has this map from Wong.

Complete

Tony Stark:

That should speed things up. Here's hoping it speeds them up enough. The Mindless Ones are raising hell. Almost literally.

Deploy 5

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We're stretched thin here, but we've got a distress call from USS Intrepid. Send a hero to find out what's going on.

MiniBoss - Mindless Ones

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Reveal

Tony Stark:

Some of the Mindless Ones are supercharged.

Dr. Strange:

A coarse formulation, but accurate. We will destroy them nevertheless.

Tony Stark:

I was just about to suggest that.

Dr. Strange:

May the Vishanti and the Octessence be with us.

Start

Dr. Strange:

Return whence you came, or face the might of the Eye of Agamotto!

Lose

Dr. Strange:

These are powerful. We must strike at them again before they grow even stronger.

Repeat

Dr. Strange:

By Oshtur and the Wand of Watoomb!

Complete

Dr. Strange:

The Mindless Ones are destroyed. Yet I fear that we are not closing the portals fast enough.

Nick Fury:

Then close them faster, Strange.

Dr. Strange:

You are flippant about powers beyond your understanding, Nick.

Nick Fury:

Flippant, hell. I'm talking about what needs to be done. Now do it.

Boss - Dormammu

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Reveal

Dr. Strange:

Dread Dormammu is in this world. I sense his presence. We have not closed the portals quickly enough. Now we must meet him face to face. Prepare, Agent. This will be a stern test.

Start

Ah, Strange. You come so willingly to your doom.

Dormammu:

Dr. Strange:

I will fight you with the last atom of my powers, and see you returned to the hell whence you came.

By the Oculus Ourobouros, I dispel you from this world!

Dormammu:

Lose

Victory! Now this world will be mine!

Dormammu:

Repeat

Dr. Strange:

By the Vishanti, you are not victorious yet!

Fool! Your defeat was ordained when you chose me as an enemy.

Dormammu:

Complete

Tony Stark:

You had me worried there for a minute, Strange.

Dr. Strange:

Dormammu grows ever more powerful. Whoever is meddling with the portals has unleashed forces they cannot comprehend.

Tony Stark:

And here I thought we should be happy to be rid of Dormammu.

Dr. Strange:

We should. But we have only won a battle. The outcome of the war is far from certain.

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Nick Fury:

Now that's what I was talking about. We weren't fortunate, since Dormammu got through. But in the end, we were tougher than that ember-headed sonofabitch. That's the S.H.I.E.L.D. way.