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- "Agent Hope van Dyne was killed on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine."
"Agent? She was my daughter! My little girl. She missed her mother and you exploited that!" - ―"Nick Fury" and Yellowjacket[src]
The Ambush in Odessa was a compromised S.H.I.E.L.D. mission excited on the outskirts of Odessa, Ukraine, which resulted in the death of Hope van Dyne.
Background[]
- "You filled her head with nonsense about protecting humanity and saving the world. You just left out how she died the same way her mother did, doing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty work!"
- ―Yellowjacket to Loki[src]
When her mother was considered killed in action, Hope van Dyne decided to follow her steps as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, although Hank Pym was against that. Regardless, van Dyne became a field agent under Nick Fury's leadership.[1]
Ambush[]
- "She died because S.H.I.E.L.D. killed her. She died because of you."
- ―Yellowjacket to Loki[src]
Hope van Dyne was tasked by Nick Fury to participate in a S.H.I.E.L.D. field mission in Odessa, Ukraine. However, the mission did not go as planned and van Dyne was killed in action.[1]
Aftermath[]
Hope van Dyne's grave in San Francisco
- "You took everything from me. I wanted you to hurt. To witness everything you've ever worked for... fought for... hoped for... die."
- ―Yellowjacket to Loki[src]
Devastated by the death of his daughter, Hank Pym blamed S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury himself. Pym used van Dyne's S.H.I.E.L.D. clearance to access the database and found out about the Avengers Initiative, launched by Fury to assemble a response team. Pym made it his mission to ruin everything Fury had been working for and used the Yellowjacket Suit to assassinate every Initiative candidate, such as Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanoff, and even Thor, who was not a candidate. However, Romanoff informed Fury of Pym's participation in the killings, so Fury joined forces with Loki to bring Pym down.[1]