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"They found us."
"How much time do we have?"
"None. It's the Power Broker's men."
Matias and Karli Morgenthau[src]

The Escape from the Power Broker was an escape attempt by the Flag Smashers after the Power Broker discovered their location.

Background[]

"You took what was mine. I'm going to find you and kill you."
Power Broker to Karli Morgenthau[src]

The Global Repatriation Council was founded to restore the world's borders and relocate people who were displaced by the Blip. However, the GRC's actions were not approved by a significant portion of the population, including Karli Morgenthau who founded the Flag Smashers movement, intending to bring the society back to the post-Snap state. Morgenthau and the Flag Smashers stole the Super Soldier Serum variant created by Wilfred Nagel which granted them enhanced abilities.[3]

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Power Broker messages Karli Morgenthau

The Flag Smashers ran an operation to rob the Gasel Bank in Switzerland, using their civilian supporters as a distraction. However, the robbery was filmed by Joaquín Torres who was investigating the Flag Smashers and later informed Sam Wilson about them.[1] Wilson and the Winter Soldier made it their top priority to stop the Flag Smashers and tracked them down to Munich where they were transporting stolen medicine. Wilson and Barnes confronted the Flag Smashers, only to be beaten by them, despite the subsequent arrival of Captain America and Battlestar.[3]

Escape[]

Matias dead

Matias is killed by the Power Broker's men

"I can give you time. I'll hold them off."
Matias to Karli Morgenthau[src]

Escaping from the authorities, the Flag Smashers hid at Munich, while the Interpol issued an international arrest on them, and soon the Power Broker found them. The Flag Smashers arrived at the airport in Bratislava to flee from Germany with stolen medicine, however, the Power Broker found out about their location and deployed a group of operatives to kill them. When the operatives arrived, Matias made a decision to stay behind and give Karli Morgenthau and others more time to escape. Matias used his enhanced strength to knock down the electric poles, creating an obstacle for operatives but eventually died from their gunfire. His sacrifice was not in vain, since the Flag Smashers successfully loaded the medicine onto a plane and flew away, as one of the operatives informed the Power Broker that the mission was failed.[3]

Aftermath[]

"You know, the Power Broker is gonna catch up with us eventually, right?"
"That's not a problem. Nagel was killed in Madripoor. We've got the last of the serum. The Power Broker is about to come begging."
Dovich and Karli Morgenthau[src]
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On the run from the Power Broker and Interpol, the Flag Smashers targeted a Global Repatriation Council facility in Vilnius. Karli Morgenthau raided the facility, stealing the resources for the displaced children sitting in the GRC camps and set the building ablaze with people still inside, as their lives did not matter to the Flag Smashers' cause.[4]

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