Sue Richards has disappeared, and her son Franklin figures that the premiere detective agency in the Marvel Universe has the best chance of finding her. Except Reed Richards doesn't seem especially cooperative in helping them locate his missing wife--what is he hiding, and does it have anything to do with the coming Darkness? Also, something is rotten in the state of Latveria. How does it relate to the disappearance of the Invisible Woman? And how does it involve Layla Miller, and is she now an ally of Doctor Doom? Meanwhile, Val Cooper has some bad news for Monet: her ambassador father has been taken prisoner by terrorists, and she has less than 24 hours to find him before he winds up getting his head cut off.