Darcy Lewis, freshly graduated and treating herself to a celebratory meal is met with an offer she can't refuse. Meanwhile Dr. Reed Richards, still recovering along with his team from their space mishap, puts out an ad for a new lab assistant. There's only one applicant.

After Speedy left Green Arrow and took on a new mantel, he has no where to stay, no team, and has discovered that being a lone wolf is overrated. He meets a man with a warehouse and a proposition that puts him in charge of a group of new young heroes...