"Fury, your intelligence agents need to get their heads checked! There were more than four people here!"
Over the Helicarrier's communications channel, Tony Stark warned Nick Fury, "There's more bad news. Someone breached the carrier's main control system. The last abnormal record was from over two hours ago. I only just discovered it."
"What?!"
In the Helicarrier command center, Nick Fury's dark face changed color again. "The Hellfire Club did this?"
"Not sure. The last access source was in New York, which isn't the Hellfire Club's main area of operation," Tony said. "Whoever did it was highly skilled and left almost no traces. If I hadn't left a backup program in place, we might never have found out."
"If they really possess that level of technology, I'll have to reassess the threat level of these dangerous elements..." Fury muttered, danger glinting in his lone eye.
"That's your problem, Director." Tony's voice interrupted his thoughts. "Besides, I'm going in!"
"What? You? Wait!" Nick Fury froze for a moment before immediately shouting, "The Mutant codenamed Polaris hasn't lost her ability to act yet. It'll be dangerous if you join the fight now!"
"They're the ones in danger now!"
Tony looked at the agents already fighting the Hellfire Club's Mutants on the tactical screen, their situation looking increasingly dire, and said slowly, "Anyway, I'll be careful."
The instant his words fell, the red-and-gold figure in the night sky stopped circling. It abruptly changed direction, tore through the clouds, and plunged toward the chaotic battlefield below!
On the ground, the battle had already reached a fever pitch.
Phoebe Frost of the Hellfire Club tried to spread her psychic power to control the enemy, only to discover that every one of them flickered in and out of existence in the psychic realm, making them