First Arrival at Heavenly Sword

Heavenly Sword Agency, humanity's research station for extraterrestrial civilizations.

For human civilization, the birth of the Heavenly Sword Agency was good news in every respect. Even financially—it barely needed maintenance thanks to the future technology brought by Kang, and it could serve as a far better replacement for the aging International Space Station. From every angle, it was an excellent development.

Not to mention the main cannon that looked incredibly reassuring just sitting there.

Peter and Cindy had come here as well.

"Welcome, Spider-Man and Agent Web." Mar-Vell came to greet them. Here, he no longer concealed his identity, displaying the distinctive blue skin of a Kree.

"I didn't expect the Heavenly Sword Agency to be so open about S.H.I.E.L.D. When I first mentioned that I might invite a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, I was worried there'd be trouble."

Peter looked at Mar-Vell in surprise, and Mar-Vell gave a simple explanation. "The Heavenly Sword Agency isn't a spy organization. We don't have that many secrets we can't reveal."

As for whether that statement counted as firing at an ally, Peter decided not to dwell on it. Nick Fury hadn't said anything, and Cindy clearly had no objections either.

Mar-Vell smiled apologetically, then looked at them. "I'll show you around first. While we're at it, you can take a look at some of the things we're researching."

"I know the Fantastic Four have their own laboratory at the Heavenly Sword Agency, meant to better study cosmic radiation." Peter recounted what he knew, then looked at Mar-Vell. "I'm guessing there are quite a few similar labs, right?"

"That's right. Let me take you to my laboratory first. It's where I've been working on my latest project."

As Mar-Vell led them toward his laboratory, he said, "You can look out the windows. The first time