--Power Plant--

Workers evacuated their work stations as large fires started burning around them. Hope and Scott walked through the wreckage and entered inside the power plant. Some of the batteries were smashed open. They looked around to find clues about who may have caused this. On the walls were logos of ten rings around two swords against each other. Scott didn't like it so he approached Hope.

"Do you know what that means?" Scott asked her, pointing his finger at the logo.

"Let me see." Hope said, approaching the logo. "This seems familiar. I got it... I saw this a few years ago when a man went on television. He threatened to kill the president I think."

"Seems like the right story. I'll contact the team once we-" Scott stopped when he heard rumbling below them.

They both shrank and Hope grabbed Scott by the hand. She flew them out of their as the place started to crumble. When they got into the sky, they got a good view from above. There were three tall buildings on fire in the center of New York.

"Guys, why is it shaking? Is there like an earthquake or something?" Scott asked through the comms, as Hope dragged him towards the HQ.

"I'm not sure. Sam and Natasha went wandering around the train stations while Bucky went to the police station. We have a lot of civilians to evacuate so you might want to help out." Peter said, observing the area.

"I'll meet you at the top of the Empire State Building. Hope will bring me there. You better be there in time!"

--Sanctum Sactorum--

Strange was reading his book when he heard the ruckus outside. He must have thought there were protesters roaming the streets until it went to the point of screams. He closed his book and went to Wong.

"Wong, where is all the noise coming from?" Strange asked, placing his book on front of Wong.

"It must be protesters. It must be... election is just around the corner." Wong said, focusing on arranging the books.

"But should they really be protesting on some people's candidacy. I'll check it out, please stay here."

"Where else will I go?" Wong chuckled

Strange slowly walked down the steps, not taking it too seriously, and reached the handle of the door. He could feel the ground shaking and opened the door immediately. He looked around as hundreds of people ran towards the evac site. Suddenly a large explosion happened in the distance. All power was cut off as Strange walked around the street confused. A face appeared once more on every TV.

"What did I tell you? Martial Law will be enacted now! Return to your homes. Live and spend time with your families. My associates will handle the ones who disobeys the law. Let the police rest. Remember Avengers, every day matters." The man on the screen said, as the logo of the Ten Rings flashed.

Strange quickly flew towards the HQ, not minding the people who were below him. He saw the Fantastic Four building leaning a bit to its side. The owners haven't been there in a while. Once he reached HQ, he walked straight to the control room. There, he found a lady operating inside.

"Excuse me, ma'am. I think you are operating in the wrong room. This is only meant for the Avengers." Strange politely said

"Well, I'm an Avenger too." Hope said, turning around and looking at him. "Hope van Dyne. You can call me Wasp. I'm new here but I'm already smarter than Scott and Sam so you don't have to worry about me."

"That's great. We always needed a better operator than Sam and Scott. Well, can you please inform me as to what is going on right now?" Strange said, as he took a closer look at the screen.

"Apparently, Doctor, we are in a middle of a dictatorship. This man wants the Reality Stone from us but we can't simply just give it to him. So, he enacted martial law and promised to kill a person every day that we don't." Hope explained

"That's a tough decision to make. What do we now?"

"Natasha, Sam and Bucky are investigating as to who is behind all of this. Peter, Pietro and Wanda are controlling the crowds in the city and Scott is probably getting his family out."

"I'm staying here so I can help you in tracking this entity down. I remember this man though, the one on the TV."

Strange took a seat and concentrated really hard. He remembered seeing this man before. While he was working, the TV's went to a commercial of him. He just couldn't remember his name. And then it snapped to him, Tony Stark was the one who killed the Mandarin. The actor escaped his prison back when the Ant-Man was first revealed to the world. The Mandarin is still alive up to this day.

"That is the Mandarin. It's the actor but it looks like he gained a lot of powers while we were gone. He has his own army and enough money to declare Martial Law."

"I'll start doing my homework now on this Mandarin guy. Sounds like legit business." Hope said, as she started going through files of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Keep on searching, Ms. Dyne. I'll go outside and find Bucky and the others. Just give us an update once you find his file." Strange said, as he exited the facility.