Part I: The Awakening/Mission: The Bill Comes Due

==Mission: The Bill Comes Due==
Captain Marvel tells Hunter and Caretaker that she's detected the strange gamma energy signature from the Hydra tech again. Normally she looks to Bruce for answers, but with his sudden absence, their best option is to capture Doctor Faustus. One of the other heroes joins Hunter and Captain Marvel and they head the New York Harbor.
As the heroes arrive, Doctor Faustus can been seen instructing a pair of Hydra soldiers. The soldiers are carrying a piece of Hydra technology—the same type of gamma-infused device that Faustus used in Faustian Bargain. They drop the device and green energy shoots out, disintegrating both of them. Hunter recognizes it as the same dark magic as before, while Captain Marvel adds that it has a boosted gamma signature. 
Captain Marvel leaps down to the docks below, where the trio regroups and engages the Hydra troops. As before, Doctor Faustus taunts the heroes over the radio as the battle unfolds.
When the tide turns against Hydra troops at the docks, Doctor Faustus prepares an escape by setting the gamma device to explode. The heroes are able to stop the bomb without incident and engage the Troops protecting Faustus as he is preparing to retreat by helicopter.
As the Hydra soldier fall, the helicopter departs, and Faustus is captured. He initially refuses to cooperate with the heroes, but his bravado quickly fades when he sees Captain Marvel's resolve. Just as he is about to answer their questions, he's shot with another of the green darts, and disintegrates before their eyes.
The heroes quickly spot the assailant, Crossbones, on a nearby tower. He leaps aboard the Hydra helicopter as it flies by and escapes. However, the mission wasn't a complete loss as Hunter finds Faustus' notebook nearby.
== That Night ==
Hunter dreams of Lilith again. She tells Hunter that everything she has done has been for them, and accuses Sara of merely using them as a pawn.
== The Next Day ==
Before leaving on the next mission, Hunter checks with Captain Marvel to see how the analysis of the gamma bullet is proceeding. The analysis is going well, but she is frustrated that Faustus was killed right when he was ready to talk.
Next: Part I: The Awakening/Mission: The Best There Is
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