In the drawing room of Avengers' Tower, the newly reborn Vision enjoys a simple game of chess with Edwin Jarvis causing him to go over his past sins with the Avengers. As the Vision checkmate's Jarvis, the Young Avengers soon appear telling the two of them that they need the New Avengers to help them rescue their teammate, Hulkling who was kidnapped by the Super Skrull last issue. Jarvis decides to accommodate his guests but then tells them that the other Avengers are occupied and they shouldn't charge in to rescue their friend or more lives will be lost. But he will contact Tony Stark for help on the matter, which Patriot agrees too with their numbers before the Vision decides to help out himself. The Young Avengers soon travel to New Jersey to recruit, Thomas Shepherd into the Young Avengers due to his speed and explosive powers but after arriving they find him a prisoner in a super designed juvenile hall. Deciding to free him, Wiccan soon learns that Tommy looks like him, in fact they could be twins but before they have time to figure that out they are soon attacked by Mandroids. Thomas then reveals as they battle with the guards that he was being experimented on to be used as a living weapon by the government but Kate Bishop shuts down Tommy before he kills his captures out of revenge.
Jumping ahead, we find Hulkling still a prisoner of the Super Skrull and learning that he is the heir to the Skrull Empire. It turns out that Teddy's real mother was the Empress and when it was discovered who Teddy really was. Teddy was to be killed but before that could happen, his nurse took him to Earth to be reunited with his real father. Teddy doesn't find out much more when the Young Avengers show up and defeat the Super Skrull but before the Skrull can tell Teddy who is real father is, he is shot and apparently killed by the Kree Military telling Teddy they protect their own.
The more I read Young Avengers the more I love each issue. Sometimes writers start to lose focus on their characters as books keep going but Allan Heinberg doesn't show that here. He continues to show how the characters sell this book. Sure, the action is great and so are the bad guys but I wouldn't really enjoy the story if I didn't care for these characters. Having Jim Cheung back for this story line has really been a treat. His action scenes and emotions he displays on the characters are fantastic stuff and one of the other reasons why Young Avengers is such a great book.