Operation: Zero Tolerance

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## Synopsis

During a more hectic and time-changing year, **Shay Daniels** still lived in Manny's apartment in New York City. Shay would be found in his room, listening to music, but was interrupted by a knock at his door. When it opened, Shay discovered that **Ford Easton** was standing there, which greatly confused Shay as Ford had dropped off the grid a year prior. Ford explained to Shay that **SHIELD** had burn noticed him and that his contact, Tony Stark, wasn't answering his calls.

Always willing to help a friend, Shay agreed to assist Ford in discovering what was going on at SHIELD. The two would travel to Chelsea High School to add **Ren Carter** to their group, and after a little scuffle with Ren's bullies, the trio was off. Unsure about where to start, Shay offered the idea of breaking into SHIELD's Manhattan Helicarrier, and when the trio did, Ren discovered files of weapons; Ford found that he was excommunicated from SHIELD on bogus charges, and Shay learned that SHIELD had found the frozen body of **Steve Rogers**. SHIELD planned to use Steve Rogers as a vehicle to push their bill - Operation: Zero Tolerance - to Congress, which stated that superhumans had to register or face extinction.

With their cover blown, Ren and Ford made their way off the Helicarrier, meeting at the jump point. The two would parachute back to Manny's apartment, but Shay had more trouble. Refusing to leave Steve in the hands of SHIELD, Shay took Steve and wrote a return address on it, strapped a parachute to it, then kicked it off the Helicarrier and used a web to pull the chute. All of this coalesced into Shay being arrested by SHIELD, but not before he called **Valerie St. Lauren** of **The Wild Pack** to tell them what was happening while detained.

When Maria arrived at Manny's apartment, she set Steve up in a corner and met with Ren and Ford. After brief introductions and a confusing interaction as Ford is Steve's doppelganger, Steve rendered Ford unconscious with a plate. Steve gained his bearings after that, and when Ford came to, the two worked out their somewhat physical issues and the fact that Steve knocked Ford out with a plate. The new group sat down that night to determine what they would do about everything.

Elsewhere during the same night, Shay would be deported to The Vault, a supervillain supermax prison in Washington, D.C. Here, Shay was forced into power-dampening handcuffs and jumped by his more significant villains. In his cell, Shay would be greeted by the Greek God of Wildlife, **Areus**, who came for his property, the golden chain that **Hendrix Shays** got Shay for his twenty-first birthday. However, what Areus found was his love of humanity again and granted Shay wisdom for the coming day as Shay was going to be put on trial and become the new face of SHIELD's bill to Congress.

The Wild Pack descended onto the new group the following day at Manny's apartment. Valerie demanded to know where Shay was, but Ford had no idea. However, Valerie explained to the group what Shay found when they invaded the Helicarrier. Maria attempted to take Steve away from the group as she wanted to get him away from combat, but what made her stay was the fact that SHIELD identified Maria as a superhuman by extension of her suit. Just as the room erupted into an argument, Valerie turned on the news to find that Shay was being carted into a courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Back with Shay, he was placed on the stand and began to be cross-examined by three different lawyers. The first was an idiot, but the second raised exciting points that made Shay realize this was a setup. Shay had no lawyer, and it was meant for Shay to fail. Inspired by the wisdom from Areus, who told him that something like this would come to pass, Shay revealed his identity to the world and killed SHIELD's plan to use a superhuman as the poster child for their bill. However, this signed Shay's death warrant, and he became the first superhuman sentenced to death for refusing to sign on to SHIELD's plan.

In Manny's apartment, Ford had a choice forced upon him. Save Shay from death or search for the former Director of SHIELD, **Tony Stark**. Ford chose the ladder, which resulted in The Wild Pack leaving and Ren sneaking away to save Shay. However, **Jessica St. Lauren**, a **Dawn FM** and Wild Pack member, went to Seattle to get **a friend of Shay's** and brought him to Ford's team as a backup to help them. With a new group formed, Ford assumed leadership and created The New Hooligans.