Agents of Lerna/Cut Off One Head

Cut Off One Head is the first issue of the comic book series Agents of Lerna.
==Transcript==
A Lerna agent is seen recording himself while looking around in a panic.
*Agent: This is a message to Lerna. My name is Alexander Isenhart. I was hired to go undercover and investigate the criminal known as Iron Monarch. I've been discovered and I doubt I have long to live. You know who my family is, so, please... just tell them that I love them.
He hears someone laughing and turns, bracing himself as a bright red light is seen and the footage cuts out. It's revealed that Red, White, and Blue Skull is showing this tape to three people: Ophelia Sarkissian, Amadeus von Striker, and Hector Zemo.
*Skull: The footage cuts out there and we haven't had a report from Alexander since then so, sad to say... but it's safe to assume he's dead.
*Ophelia: Oh my god...
*Amadeus: That monster. Killing a man in cold blood.
*Zemo: I'm not surprised. I told you we should've killed Monarch when we had him.
*Skull: You were surrounded by H.A.M.M.E.R. agents, Hector. Even if you did beat him you'd be dead too.
*Zemo: My name is Zemo, Skull. And I could've taken all of them at once.
*Skull: And died.
*Ophelia: Don't be too hard on the boy, Blue. He lost his father to one of them, he has a right to be angry.
*Zemo: Don't defend me, Sarkissian. I don't need to justify myself to him.
*Amadeus: Okay boy, settle down.
*Zemo: And stop calling me boy. I may be the youngest here, but I'm still equal to you all.
*Skull: It's time to get back on track. I have a plan. As I'm sure we're all well aware, Iron Monarch is Tony Stark, CEO of Stark Industries. But none of us have any proof of it. So I want one of us to take a picture of Stark without his helmet.
*Amadeus: Stark has cameras on top of cameras, we could never sneak up on him.
*Skull: I didn't say sneak up on him. I say get a picture of him without his helmet.
*Ophelia: ...Blue, what the hell are you talking about?
*Skull: How many of you know what A.I.M. is?
*Ophelia: Yes.
*Skull: Well, A.I.M. has made a small but powerful deal with Lerna. Gentlemen, allow me to introduce...
Skull pushes a button and a large robotic suit is lowered from the ceiling.
*Skull: Mandroid.
*Zemo: Impressive design, but what exactly... is it?
*Amadeus: It's a robotic exoskeleton! we may have a fighting chance against Monarch now!
*Skull: Bingo.
*Zemo: Hm...
*Skull: So, who wants to test fly it? I asked A.I.M. to make it easy to handle so if you die it's your fault, ha! just a little dark humor there, I don't mean it.
*Ophelia: I can fly it.
*Skull: I'm not sure you'd fit. You're on the shorter side so it might take some stretching.
*Zemo: I can.
*Skull: How do we know we can trust you with something like this?
*Zemo: I may not be the strongest or the smartest here. But I'm kept driven by one thing. Seeing my enemies below my feet. And I won't stop fighting until that dream becomes a reality.
*Skull: That's a good point.
*Ophelia: How is it?
*Skull: Well, it's not really much the point he made its more I get the feeling he won't stop arguing with me until he can pilot it.
*Zemo: Your assumption is correct, Skull.
*Amadeus: Monarch is not the Captain, Zemo, taking out your anger on him will do nothing.
*Zemo: You raise a valid point, Striker. But it'll feel really good. I won't fail you.
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