The S.H.I.E.L.D. Problem

Alvin hadn't finished speaking when Dr. Banner grabbed Thing by one foot and swung him at Shang-Chi and the others, who were locked in a chaotic brawl.

Faced with Thing flying toward him like a cannonball, Wesley quickly dropped flat on the ground.

Feeling a gust of wind brush over his back, Wesley looked up worriedly at Shang-Chi and Jessica. To his surprise, the beautiful woman whose nose he'd just punched crooked had used telekinesis to deflect Thing.

The handsome, rubbery-looking man released Jessica, then stretched out his limbs in an attempt to stop poor Thing.

The result was too painful to watch. Sue Storm's telekinetic lasso and her boyfriend's rubbery arms managed to grab the speeding Thing, but only changed his direction.

The incredibly unlucky Thing, along with his two companions, slammed into the ground the instant his course changed, like stones hurled by a catapult. The tremendous force sent them plowing a deep furrow more than ten meters long through the asphalt.

At an intersection a block away, a S.H.I.E.L.D. panel van was parked by the roadside.

Nick Fury sat in the back, watching the Fantastic Four he'd just recruited get thoroughly beaten by a few people from Hell's Kitchen.

He gave Coulson a glance with his terrifying single eye. Nick Fury was just about to speak when Coulson stopped him.

Seeing the strange expression on Nick Fury's face, Coulson smiled. "There's no way I'm going to the Peace Hotel right now. Reed and the others shouldn't be in any danger.

"If Alvin really wanted to give them trouble, Frank would've opened fire by now."

Nick Fury wore an ugly scowl as he watched Shang-Chi grab Johnny, whose spirit had been thoroughly broken, and roar in his face.

The Human Torch, who'd been so full of himself half