Ripley Jones has never felt like she belonged anywhere, so when a mysterious man offered her a job as a scientific lab rat, she accepted, hoping to finally do some good in the name of scientific advancement. After painful experiments she is one of only three survivors, now forced to cope with powers beyond her comprehension. Terrified and imprisoned, she is rescued by the Avengers and creates a life for herself she never thought imaginable, with the help of a man named Steve Rogers.