One year after the attacks of New York City, the members of the Avengers have been off on their missions and fighting their own battles. The team came to an agreement that they would assemble once more if the world were in need of their mightiest heroes, with even Nick Fury hesitate to contact the team as he trusted them to fight their own battles. Within the year, the initiative have locked away some of their greatest enemies in the Raft, a prison facility built to keep the most dangerous criminals in the world, wardened by General Thaddeus Ross. As the latest addition of the prison facility Baron Zemo is escorted to his cell, the flashing light glows in front of him as the Enchantress appears to share her plans on taking down the Avengers. She frees Baron from his cell before freeing the Abomination, Spymaster, Viper, Grim Reaper and Crossbones. The villains create havoc by attacking the prison guards of the facility as they break free from the Raft. Thaddeus Ross arrives on the Raft to observe the destruction left by the prisoners, he then proceeds to contact Nick Fury as he believes this is an Avengers level-threat.
