Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

Scene I: Courthouse Antics Players are contacted by Jennifer Walters (a.k.a. She-Hulk) for some security for her client, Leonard Galecki. Galecki is about to give a deposition to a grand jury. Walters will not disclose specifics, citing attorney-client privilege but does explain that she doesn’t feel right contacting the Avengers, Fantastic Four, or S.H.I.E.L.D.

Arrival at the courthouse is uneventful. Players oversee check-in as the deposition to the grand jury and subsequent inquiry is about to begin. However, just before it even occurs the event is crashed by Scarlet Spider who has already captured the Avenger Tigra. Outside the courthouse the Green Goblin has arrived and is running amok.

Deadpool and Domino also arrive on the scene, targeting Galecki. Why he is their target is not given.

Players fight the Green Goblin, who will withdraw if he starts losing. If captured, when questioned the Green Goblin will admit that, “this was just a job to get rid of that rat Leonard.” When questioned who hired him, the Green Goblin won’t reveal it. Even after being mind-scanned/interrogated by the player(s), the truth is that the Green Goblin doesn’t know beyond, “…killing Leonard Galecki is worth a lot of dough.” She-Hulk will protect Galekci.

When the players reconsolidate with She-Hulk, she finally discloses who Leonard Galecki really is. Although a simple accountant, he is about to turn state’s evidence in exchange for immunity for money laundering. The evidence will likely affect the Kingpin, Osborne Industries, and expose links to Hydra and the Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) with various U.S. companies and government officials. It turns out that Galecki, an accountant for over 10 years, has data of the numerous money laundering, tax evasion, and illicit finance operations. What makes matters worse for his personal safety is that he has been secretly stealing from them and diverting the funds to various local and international charities. The reason why his efforts went undetected all this time was because he never directly profited from his actions and lived an extremely modest lifestyle.

Scene II: Road Rage Jennifer Walters and law enforcement officials decide to postpone the event and reschedule for a different time/place, needing additional coordination since the situation has become complicated. Walters discloses that the safe house is the best place to keep Galecki for now, as the temporary site is actually “hidden in a magic pocket dimension created by Dr. Strange” which is why Galecki has not been detected all this time. The gateway to this pocket dimension is through a small garage and towing service a few miles away.

She-Hulk will drive the SUV to deliver Fisk back to the safe house while the players can escort her or ride-along via ground or air. Just as they travel across a major bridge, there’s a multi-car pile-up created by Juggernaut who is blocking the roads.

Scene III: Alone and Afraid Players with She-Hulk and Fisk arrive at the garage, only to find it in ruins. Juggernaut tracks them down. Worse yet, the portal to the safe house has been cut off.

Battle. Players should win but if they start losing, additional Avengers or X-Men arrive and the villains scatter. Regardless of the outcome, Green Goblin gets captured and when questioned as to who hired him, he will laugh and tell the players, “Nick Fury contacted us, you moron…because Stark Industries and even the Xavier Institute are gonna get implicated when this guys testifies! You think Kingpin and Osborne are that obvious to call in supervillains to knock this guy off!? No, it was Fury, so that all of the mooks in the public will believe that it was them and not the pretty-boys in the tower.”

She-Hulk thinks he’s lying and knocks him out. She takes Fisk back into the safe house, admitting saying to the players, “Belief is a choice.”