A YJA Moment: Orchis

Henry Peter Gyrich had long craved power.  He achieved a measure of his goals when he assumed leadership of Checkmate, the intelligence & operations branch of the secretive group known as Weapons Plus.  Gryrich's first step was to reveal Checkmate to the world, using the uncertainty of current events to absorb its rival the Office of National Emergency.

This proved to be a disastrous decision, both for Checkmate and Weapons Plus as a whole.  Due to the actions of the Resistance, the Avengers were able to turn the political and public opinion against Checkmate.  Because anonymity was always Weapons Plus greatest strength, the actions of Gyrich threatened to reveal all of the shadow organizations' dirty secrets.

Ironically it would be the enemies of Checkmate, the Brotherhood of Mutants that would provide Weapons Plus with a solution.  In retaliation for the widely-maligned attack on the Xavier Mansion, the Brotherhood's leader, Magneto, dropped an Aircraft Carrier on one of Gyrich's press conferences.  The Director and his senior leadership were killed instantly, along with an assortment of innocent bystanders.

Killian Devo, former Scientist Supreme of the villainous organization A.I.M. had been offered clemency by Weapons Plus in exchange for his servitude.  Years of successful projects had earned him the respect of his handlers, eventually allowing him to have his sentence commuted and granting him leadership within the organization. 

With the chaos that followed, the still-secret elements of Weapons Plus severed their ties to Checkmate and descended into the shadows once again.  Dr. Devo severed the remaining connections with the United States government and used his connections within the  elements of A.I.M. and HYDRA to pull in additional resources.  The result was a renewed organization which they code-named Orchis.

Seeing themselves as the last hope for humanity, Orchis is embarking on a bold plan to stop the tides of evolution and end the threat of metahumans once and for all.

Little do they know the first shots of this war had long been planned by another, one with an agenda separate from both Orchis and the Brotherhood...