Although Coulson and Nick Fury's appearances had taken Kraft by surprise, his opinion of S.H.I.E.L.D. remained unchanged, so after turning Coulson down, he left with Angela and Arale.
Coulson did not press the issue. Once Kraft had left, he returned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New York base and gave Nick Fury a detailed account of their encounter.
Kraft had no interest in what S.H.I.E.L.D. might do next. He spent another dozen or so days having a blast with his two robot little sisters, venturing beyond New York to visit other parts of America as well.
To be fair, there was little difference between the two parallel worlds' versions of America when it came to sightseeing. Neither Kraft nor Angela found anything particularly novel, so the main goal was to let Arale enjoy herself.
After making the rounds, Kraft and the others returned to New York, where the second stage of Martin Lee and Doctor Otto's revenge was already underway.
Starting everything from scratch would have taken too long. Martin and Otto could not wait, and they feared complications if they dragged things out, so while developing products to compete with the Osborn Group's, they also searched far and wide for partners.
Through his connections, Doctor Otto found A.I.M. By contributing funding and technology in exchange for shares, the two became the heads of its New York division.
As soon as they took charge, they activated every production line under their control and began targeting the Osborn Group's products.
With Osborn embroiled in scandal, Martin and Otto's precision strike allowed A.I.M.'s products to seize the Osborn Group's market share at astonishing speed.
And once the Osborn behemoth began to bleed, the sharks that caught the scent naturally joined the feeding frenzy.
Now, even Norman Osborn's position as mayor of New York City did