Prisoner of the Helicarrier

Agent Victoria Hand took the medication required for periods of high-intensity work, as stipulated by regulations drawn up by Wakandan medical experts at Princess Shuri's request. It ensured that employees would not suddenly die from overwork under the City of Immortals' near-ceaseless work system. She also drank an Alchemical Potion produced by the Sisterhood, preventing her brain from becoming overly fatigued after prolonged use and ensuring that she could make sound decisions. She had rested for only three hours before hurriedly getting up, washing up, and sitting behind her desk to begin work—after Cassilius carried Tony Stark out of the Mirror Dimension, Agent Hand sent the Avengers an update on Stark's condition to soothe them, while also preparing for war with the Avengers. As a commander, she was obliged to maintain the balance of the situation, but the authority Salomon had granted her also allowed her to make any preparations necessary to protect the City of Immortals. This was only a minor matter; extraterrestrial threats and threats from the Outer Dimensions were her real priorities.

The Helicarriers stationed over Britain and continental Europe completed their missions and began patrols. They were expected to rendezvous with The Punisher in four hours to carry out their final task together. Those two Helicarriers also had seasoned agents aboard. Their interrogation procedures... put bluntly, consisted of coercion, torture, and any nonlethal corporal punishment sufficient to force those mortal cultists to talk. The City of Immortals had no concept of human rights, and this was one of the points most often criticized. Salomon had received protests from Princess Shuri more than once, but all of them had been formally ignored. The Intelligence Department compared and organized the testimonies of the cultists captured by the three Helicarriers, compiling a relatively credible intelligence report. It now lay