People in the Space Battles thread commented that the chapter was a bit too difficult to follow. The chaotic pace was intentional, as such a fight has many unpredictable actors and Ashley lacks the training to handle such a chaotic situation.
As a compromise, I've made this outline to help explain the action step by step.
The previous chapter ended with the Wards being called to the Bank to find that it had been taken by The ABB and some Mercenaries Bakuda hired. Included among the Mercenaries was an Evil Clone of Squirrel Girl. Panacea was forced into a Bomb Vest.
The Chapter opens up with Ashley having a panic attack at the idea of fighting Evil Squirrel as well as the introduction of a Clone of Kraven the Hunter as the other Mercenary.
during the Panic Attack, Evil Squirrel Girl(Hereafter referred to as ESG,) started eating an (unstated in the text) Hostess brand Snack Pastry. Specifically a pie. As a result, what always happens to bad guys who eat hostess snacks in comic books happens: She was taken out offscreen. By Taylor.
'Bakuda' then starts to say something while holding up the remote for Amy's Bomb Vest, only for the remote to be shot from her hands by Tattletale.
The Undersiders have arrived to rob the bank as in canon and are pissed off that the ABB beat them to the punch. Tattletale reveals that 'Bakuda' is a body double. Underisders offer assistance to the Wards, partially out of anger at the Bad Boyz and their Marcs and partially becuase Panacea is too important to the city to let her get hurt.
The Undersiders' fifth member is revealed as an opposite sex clone of Molly Hayes, aka Princess Powerful/Bruiser of the Runaways. Hereafter referred to as Mike, his not yet in text civilian name.
A fight breaks out between multiple armed gangsters and superhumans, quickly turns to chaos that Ashley can't follow.
Ashley briefly winds up standing next to Tattletale and Mike. Tattletale informs the two kids that she can get Amy out of the bomb vest if someone can get her away from Bakuda's body double, who is revealed to be a Skrull hired as a third mercenary.
victoria, having been called by Dean offscreen, as in canon, flies in and attacks the Skrull. The Skrull reveals itself as a Super-Skrull and Mike recognizes them as a clone of Xavin, who was a runaway. Mike approaches to simultaneously help Victoria and try to work something out with Clone Xavin.
While trying to bring Amy over to Tattletale, Ashley is forced to briefly assist Grue in his conflict with a defective, feral clone of Itsy Bitsy, who had previously been mentioned to have been present at the offscreen Lung fight and has been referred to as Lung's "pet." This brings Clone Itsy's attention to Ashley, declaring her "prey." Clone Itsy attacks.
This attack brings her to the attention of Clone Xavin and after a brief exchange, the Skrull recognizes Ashley's costume as a Klyntar Symbiote and, recognizing the threat that corrupt Klyntar pose, moved to purge it. Ashley now has the two most dangerous hostiles focused on her specifically.
After an initial struggle, Ashley relocates to another part of the battlefield, encountering Clone Kraven in the process of extracting ESG and feeling the battle. A brief exchange is made, but Ashley is prevented from stopping their escape by Clone Xavin engaging again.
Clone Xavin almost succeeds in killing Ashley by using human torch powers to heat up the area, taking advantage of a well-documented weakness of the Klyntar, only to be swarmed by all of Weaver's bugs and beaten upside the head because been though it's been less than a weak, Weaver's already in protective Big Sis Mode.
By this time Tattletale has freed PAnacea, the Undersiders are preparing to leave, and most of the hostiles are dealt with.
Itsy clone attacks once again, almost taking a big bite out of Ashley, but Taylor takes the hit and gets poisoned, losing consciousness.
Ashley blacks out and wakes up with her claws in the Itsy Clone, who is now suitably spooked and goes into flight mode. Both the Undersiders and the Xavin Clone fled while Ashley was blacked out. Unmentioned in the text, but the Wards were a bit too distracted by Ashley going rage monster on the Itsy clone to stop anyone from fleeing.
Ashly carries Weaver over to Panacea, who begins healing her.
Ashley's Spider-Sense buzzes, alerting her to a previously surrendering Gangster(Yan, unmentioned in the text) going for her gun.
Ashley is the first to notice and attempts to disarm her when she sees where Yan is aiming, but during the struggle, there's a misfire.
Panacea, still healing Taylor, is hit in the center of the chest, piercing her heart.
Taylor wakes up.
Panacea declares her love for Vicky(Who spoilers, misunderstood,) and is then introduced to Gwen Stacy.
Ashley, who was avoiding the use of her Super Strength to avoid unnecessarily harming Yan, regrets it and blames herself for Amy's death.
