While accompanying his parents on an archeological dig, Humberto Lopez found a peculiar stone that grants him the ability to partially transform into a dinosaur. After being tortured heavily by Norman Osborn, Humberto has been inducted into Avengers Academy in hopes of keeping him on a healthy path. Humberto Lopez is a minor who registered with the and was living with his grandfather in Nevada. put together a squad to go after he has been attacking various bases with reanimated dinosaurs looking for a particular item or person. Dr. Cooper placed in charge but Tigra was reluctant to use Reptil in this mission because he was just a kid that did not even go through basic training yet. Dr. Cooper made an exception because of Reptil's abilities and that he may be the only chance to find Stegron. Tigra along with, and go to Sparks, Nevada to find Humberto. A brief scuffle occurs when Humberto is startled by Tigra and the other Initiative members but comes along willingly after seeing Cloud 9 and realizes these are the good guys. Humberto is really excited about this mission and being a full-on super hero. He tells Tigra about his family and how he got his powers. His parents were paleontologist and he dug up some type of crystallized bone when he went out to the desert with them on one expedition. The medallion has some type of weird energy that allows him to take on the abilities of different dinosaurs just by thinking about it. Humberto also has some sort of empathy with Dinosaurs and other reptilian creatures. He is very important to the mission because his empathy abilities are needed to help locate Stegron. They arrive back to Camp Hammond where they try to cram six months of training into a couple of days to help prepare Humberto with this mission. Humberto gets to talk with various members of the Initiative while they train him and he gets different opinions and there personal insight about the good and bad with the Initiative program. Tigra explains to him that he could do a lot of good with the Initiative but the line of work can also give him nightmares for life. She also reminds Humberto that he is still young and not to give up on being a kid. Humberto tells Tigra that he needs to make the cut and become a hero. He tells Tigra that his parents disappeared a year ago on a dig and he believes he can find them with the tools and equipment the heroes have. Tigra promises Humberto that she will do everything she can to make sure he is prepared for whatever choice he makes.
