CRUSADERS DESTROY THREAT FROM MANDARIN

The Mandarin; a named associate of the Messiah Corp crime syndicate, threatened five cities with destruction warning that if S.H.I.E.L.D did not vacate its far eastern bases he would use Messiah Corp orbital gun platforms to disintegrate Detroit, Paris, Rome, Rio and Munich.

It's understood that the United Nations contacted The Crusaders in the hope that they would be able to storm The Mandarin's palace in Beijing and defeat him before the eleven o clock deadline, something that they not only agreed to do but did in fact do.

Facing an army of ninja's known as The Hand, acting as The Mandarin's personal bodyguards, they attacked the palace in the forbidden city head on doing only minor damage to the courtyard and structure during their struggle. The Mandarin and another known associate of Messiah Corp were detained at the scene but the ninja's either fled or died as a result of a bizarre suicide device rigged into their death pyjamas.

Leaving the scene The Crusaders seemed in a great hurry. Noticeably, Gloop appeared to be in considerable pain as though he had been significantly injured.

The Mandarin's final act before Not Alice dethroned him was presumably to order the sixth and final gun platform to fire on the S.H.I.E.L.D Hellicarrier, which was located in the south china sea. Reports indicate that all hands went down with the vessel.