Infinity * BLACK PANTHER AND BEAST Join "New Avengers" THIS ISSUE
The story opens with Beast visiting Charles Xavier's New York apartment, having received a private letter that Xavier had stated in his will was to be delivered to Beast upon his death. Beast finds enclosed a piece of paper with the word "remember" which triggers a memory for him. In the past, Xavier told him of the Illuminati and that an Infinity Gem was in his possession and proceeded to bury the memory deep in Beast's mind, making preparations for Beast to receive the trigger upon his death.
After claiming the Gem, Beast is visited by Black Bolt, Captain America and Namor who hold the five remaining gems. Beast is taken back to the Illuminati headquarter in Wakanda where Reed Richards and Doctor Strange implant a device into his palm that will serve to alert him to "run", "fight" or "assemble" as the need arises, as well as alerting him when an incursion is happening.
Later, Reed Richards visits the Black Swan for more information. Black Swan asks if he has accepted his end or if he will make an offering. Reed tells him of their plan to use the Infinity Gauntlet to stop their universe from colliding with another, and Black Swan commends him on the plan, telling him that the stones have limitations since they do not work outside of their native universe, but that they will buy them time. Reed says this is enough, and Black Swan asks him if it will still be enough when his time runs out. Before leaving, Black Swan tells Reed that she pities him for thinking he has a say in how all of this will end.
