"Unknown signal coming from the basement of the building in front of the town square" Shuri reported
"Alright team on my cue" Peter uttered as the team waited for his signal
"NOW!" Peter instructed as the team made their way to the said target from the helicarrier. They landed on the spot and War Machine detected strong magnetic fields coming from the ground
"It's underneath, let's break in" the team leader commanded
The heroes then found a secret chamber with many devices unfamiliar to them, even Shuri and Okoye could not understand what the facilities were for.
"If it isn't the earth's mightiest heroes" a short, red head guy with a funny voice, wearing a lab gown and holding a what looks like a large bazooka came out of the shadows.
Wanda prepared to attack but before she could even make a move, there was a blinding blue light which made them cover their eyes. The second they opened their eyes, they saw each other now in the town square. The Avengers exchanged a confused look as they noticed how wasted each of them look like they've been to a battle of some sort. They felt weary, their bodies ache and their hearts are heavy. The curiosity however ended when Peter ordered them to go back to the helicarrier.
"What happened down there?!" Rhodey, who stayed in the helicarrier for look out, shouted as he checked on his teammates for injury. His question fell on deaf ears as the other heroes bandaged themselves and sat inside the aircraft.
"To be honest, we don't know also"
"You don't know? You guys have been beaten and you don't know"
"Stop kidding—"
"It's not teleportation" Peter interjected
"I'm sorry?" Shuri replied
"It's not teleportation, the signals…they're not transmitting a person from one place to another"
"Then, what?"
"They're deleting memories…or so that's all I can think"
"So you guys don't remember anything?"
"If you don't remember anything then who did these to you?"
"We did"
"What?!" the heroes shouted in disbelief!
"Peter, you better be sure of what you're saying"
"Karen, connect to the carrier's screen and play the record from earlier"
Karen then flashed the record of what happened when they got to the place where the satellite located the signals. It showed how they arrived at the basement of the abandoned building and saw the red head guy who looked like a mad scientist from earlier. Wanda was seen moving her hands getting ready to attack but there was suddenly a bright light that sparked in the room.
"You see, I really am not surprised that you found out my rabbit hole by this time. I mean come on, mindblowing, right?"
"But let's just say I still have some shipment to do and can't really entertain guests now so, I'll leave you guys to entertain yourselves, okay?"
"Just look at this baby and prepare for your minds to be blown"
The clip then showed the avengers fighting each other like they don't know anyone. The lab coat guy just kept laughing creepy laughs and watching as the heroes punch, hit and kick one another.
"What the—"
The team couldn't believe their eyes as they just throw apologetic looks at each other for the horrible replay before their eyes.
The guy then typed something from his glove computer and said "I'd really love to stay in this party but I can't use it all on you, averagers. Oooh…ooohhh…I'll give a little souvenir soooo…"Another wave of that blue light shone and the heroes felt on the floor shouting or crying as if seeing their worst fears in front of them.
The last thing they saw is walking to the town square, grasping for breath and waking like nothing happened
"Mind control?"
"Sort of…"
"I've connected Karen with EDITH so she can make facial recognitions of Dexter here" Peter said pointing at the mad scientist with a horrible punchline
"Face recognized." "Maurice Bane former head scientist of Oscorp's neurology department. He disappeared after the Snap and no records of his whereabouts were found after the Blip so he was presumed dead by his colleagues" EDITH announced
"So how is he here then"
"We're yet to figure out and what is this plan of his"
"There's a reason for him holding back of that weapon of his and saving it for later"
"Our mission is to find it out and go ahead of him"
Meanwhile at the Stark's residence, Morgan was in her room doing some homework and somehow scribbling something on her Stark pad.
"Morgan, somebody's here to see you" Morgan then rushed downstairs enthusiastically but stopped at the last step when she saw the person sitting on the couch
"Not expecting me, are you?" Harley asked
"Just a little surprised"
"Busy?"
"Project"
"The Project?"
"No"
"Really?"
"go ahead and look" Morgan handed over the gadget to Harley then Harley scanned from the recently opened apps. They're mostly school work but what caught his attention as the file entitled "3000." He opened it and saw a checklist.
"for?"
"when "the Project" works out…you know…I wouldn't want to miss a thing"
"You should also make your own"
"Naaaahhh, thanks, I only have one thing to say"
"and it's not sing him a song, tell him about school and that everything's okay and he's my hero, ask if I can fly with him in the Ironman suit, be rescued by him and build my own suit with him" Harley continued reading through Morgan's checklist
"Give it back" Morgan then took it away from Harley.
"I just don't want to forget, okay"