Jack Thompson, Daniel Sousa, and Steve Trevor were searching through an apartment complex of where Dr. Psycho and the Baroness were supposedly last seen.
"Find anything?" Steve asked.
"No, nothing yet," Sousa replied.
"Keep looking, boys," Thompson said, "Every minute those crooks spend on the loose is another minute someone may die."
"Shhh," Sousa said, "I hear footsteps!" He cocked his gun. He walked out of the room and drew his weapon, only to find Edwin Jarvis rushing towards him.
"Ahh!" Jarvis screamed, "You gave me quite a fright, Agent Sousa! Thank God I've found you!"
"Jarvis, what are you doing here?" Sousa asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's Miss Carter and Miss Prince," he said, "It's been over an hour, and I'm afraid something terrible has happened to them." Steve and Thompson walked out once they heard this news.
"Well, can't Wonder Woman save them?" Steve asked. "Has anyone gotten in touch with her yet?"
"That's just it, sir," Jarvis said, "Wonder Woman went in 20 minutes ago and hasn't been seen since."
"Alright," Thompson said, "Take us to their last known location. We've come up empty here anyways. I figure if we find Carter, Prince, and the Amazon, we'll find the doc and the Baroness. C'mon!"
Meanwhile, Peggy and Diana were almost engulfed with the gas. They broke free of their bonds and started furiously attacking each other. Peggy whipped out her pistol and started shooting at the Amazon Powerhouse, but she deflected the bullets with her bracelets. Wonder Woman ensnared Peggy in her lasso and whipped her around the room with tremendous force. The impact of this stunned Peggy, but did not deter her. Despite a ripped sleeve and blood now gushing from her nose, she furiously lunged at the Amazon, reaching for her throat. Wonder Woman kicked her off her. She leapt towards her, but Peggy grabbed a nearby steel pole and hit her in the face with it. Suddenly, Diana found herself ensnared in her own magic lasso.
Focus Diana, she thought. This gas is clouding your judgement. You've got to see the truth! Suddenly, the Amazon Princess snapped out her rage. As Peggy rushed forward in blind rage, Wonder Woman slapped her, knocking her unconscious.
Suddenly, Jarvis, Thompson, Sousa, and Steve burst in.
"Wonder Woman!" Steve exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story, Steve," she replied.
"Where's Diana?" Steve asked.
"I was able to get her to safety before this whole mess started," she said, "She told me she was going to follow up on a lead."
"Peggy!" Sousa shouted, "What happened to her?"
"I happened, unfortunately," Wonder Woman said.
"What are you talking about?" Sousa asked.
"Both Agent Carter and I were forcibly exposed to a chemical designed to heighten our rage and force us to fight to the death."
"Midnight Oil," Sousa nodded, "I was exposed to this same gas. Luckily, Peggy knocked me to my senses."
"You're lucky I didn't kill your friend. I was able to break free from the effects with help from my magic lasso," Wonder Woman said, "I'm deeply sorry."
"Don't blame yourself," Sousa said, "We need to get the scum who did this to you."
"Dr. Psycho and the Baroness are working with someone named Dottie Underwood and a man named Tom Sera."
"Underwood?" Thompson said, "She's back!"
"Do you think Fennhoff is too?" Sousa asked.
"Put an extra team of men around the prison just to make sure!" Thompson said, "Let's get Carter some medical attention and get these creeps!"
Meanwhile, at a prison, Dottie, broke in with an explosion. Later, she drove over to Tom Sera's private penthouse apartment.
"Your new recruits have arrived, sir," she said.
"Thank you, Dottie," he said, "Show them in please."
In came Armin Zola and Johnann Fennhoff.
"Gentlemen," Sera said, "So pleased to meet your acquaintance. I have been a fan of both your works for quite some time now."
"Thank you, Herr Sera." Zola said.
"Now, Perhaps you will enlighten us, Mr. Sera, as to why we're here." Fennhoff said.
"Simple," he said, "You are both brilliant men. I need your expertise to serve my purposes."
"And what might your purposes be, Mr. Sera?" Fennhoff asked.
"That's enough questions for now!" Sera said, "You'll know in due time. Now, return to your rooms; I'll notify you when I require your services!"
"Ve are not mere errand boys, Herr Sera!" Zola yelled, "Ve demand respect!"
"Respect must be earned, Herr Doctor," Sera said, "Once you complete the tasks I have for you, then I will give you the respect you deserve."
Meanwhile, at SSR headquarters, Peggy was recuperating from her injuries in the infirmary.
"The doc says Peggy will be fine in a couple hours," Sousa said.
"Good," Thompson said, "We all know Carter's a fighter. She can take just as much as she can dish out. Let's focus on finding more info on Dottie Underwood and this Tom Sera.
"Wait, a minute, 'Sera' sounds familiar," Wonder Woman said, "Could you get me a pad and paper, Agent Sousa?"
"Here you go," he said, handing it to her. She wrote the name down and held it to a mirror.
"Ares?" Sousa asked, "The Greek god of war?"
"The very same," Wonder Woman said.
"What, are you saying this guy has a penchant for Greek mythology?" Thompson asked.
"No, Mr. Thompson," Wonder Woman said, "I'm saying this Mr. Sera is Ares in mortal form."
"But that's impossible!" Sousa said, "That's just a myth! Are you sure you spelled it right?"
"Positive," Wonder Woman said, "It only makes sense that Ares would be the one to engineer all this chaos and hate. And the Amazons were long thought to be a myth too, Agent Sousa, but you have one standing right before you."
"But there's only one God," Sousa said, "And He doesn't want war."
"Well, maybe this guy is the devil," Thompson said, "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing the world he didn't exist. I learned that in Sunday school."
"Well, how do we stop this devil…Ares?" Sousa asked.
"Ares manipulates human anger," Wonder Woman said, "He wants you to fight fire with fire, hate with hate, but the greatest thing to drive out hate and war is love and peace."
"So what are we supposed to do?" Thompson asked, "Just stand there and throw flowers at them while they unleash Hell on this city?"
"We can stop them without allowing them to control our anger," Wonder Woman said.
"Chief!" another agent said, rushing in, "I just got a report from the federal prison where Fennhoff was being held."
"Was?" Thompson asked, raising an eyebrow.
"He's escaped sir," he confirmed, "Along with Armin Zola."
"Then let's go get them!" said a familiar voice. Everyone turned to see Peggy Carter, battered and bruised, brandishing her gun and arm in a sling.
"Peggy, you can't go!" Sousa said, "You're not healed yet, and this type of threat is something none of us have faced before."
"I'm more than capable of handling myself, Daniel!" Peggy snapped, "Or did you forget how I bested you last month? Where's Howard?"
"He had to go meet with a business partner," Thompson said.
Meanwhile, in Howard Stark's office...
"That's an intriguing offer, Mr. Sera," Howard said, "but I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn it down."
"Mr. Stark, I don't think you realize what it is I'm offering you," Sera said, "With these weapon designs, you could control all military technology on the planet and be able to stop despots like Hitler from ever rising to power again!"
"Thanks, but no thanks, Tommy," Stark said, "My weapons already got me in trouble before, I don't want to risk that happening again. Nice chat. I have another appointment in five minutes. Have a good day."
"Farewell, Mr. Stark," Sera said, as he left the room, shedding his mortal form and transforming into Ares, "but you'll submit to my plans one way or another!"
Later, Sera joined his recruits in his secret lair.
"What will you have us do now, Mr. Sera?" Dr. Psycho grumbled, "I'm sick of waiting around!"
"Patience, doctor," Sera said, "All goes according to plan. Each of you have been tasked with spreading the midnight oil gas throughout the city, and then once New York City has destroyed itself in blind rage, we will unleash this gas on every major city in the world."
"How do you expect to succeed, Mr. Sera?" Fennhoff asked, "If memory serves, Agent Carter proved to be quite a formidable opponent, and if the reports I'm hearing of this Wonder Woman are true, we don't stand a chance."
"Trust me, doctor," Sera said, "It'll all work out. Agent Carter has sustained multiple injuries and is on bedrest. As for the Amazon, I am more than capable of handling her."
"How do you figure?" Von Gunther asked.
"That's for me to know and her to find out, Baroness," Sera said, "Oh, and Baroness?"
"Yes?" she asked.
"I have a partner for you," he said, "Someone you'll be working quite closely with for this next assignment." A shadowy figure came through the door behind him.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he announced, "Allow me to introduce our newest member: Baron Wolfgang von Strucker."
"Thank you, Mr. Sera," Von Strucker said, "Hydra is poised and ready to assume total of the planet once we have unleashed the plague,"
"And you shall have it, Baron," Sera said, "Now, you all know your duties! Do not let anything or anyone stand in your way! Go forth and spread destruction throughout the city!"