Ben Urich tries to convince J. Jonah Jameson that he was visited by the Green Goblin, but S.H.I.E.L.D. confirms that Norman Osborne is still in custody. After calling Jameson a coward for refusing to run the story, Jameson tells him to clear out his desk. Sally Floyd's luck isn't running any better. After an unregistered hero tries to tell her to back off her story because she is under S.H.I.E.L.D. surveillance, an agent shows up at her paper ordering her to reveal what she knows. She and her editor refuse, which gets them placed under arrest.Speedball is transferred, along with other unregistered super-humans to a newly constructed containment facility within the Negative Zone. As he's transported away from the prison, he gets to see what the public thinks of him, as a massive protest is being staged outside of the prison. She-Hulk points out that the government is still willing to deal if he'll register, but he still refuses.S.H.I.E.L.D. calls on Wonder-Man to investigate the disappearance of an aquarium owner suspected of working for 'a foriegn interest'. They blackmail him, threatening to prosecute him for several 'financial irregularities' in his charitable foundation if he refuses.