The students are eager to fight Electro when an alarm comes in while their instructors are otherwise engaged, but they are surprised and unprepared to face the entire Sinister Six.
As most of their teachers are sent to recapture the supervillains who escaped from the Raft, the Academy students go to Washington DC with Tigra to help protect civilians during Sin's giant Nazi robot attack on the capital.
The Avengers are forced to leave the Academy students on their own during the Washington invasion and Veil chooses to kill in order to save a child's life.
Though the students are ready to sacrifice themselves to save the Earth, the Avengers arrive in time to avert disaster, but the Absorbing Man and Titania escape. Later, Veil quits the team.
Veil leaves the Academy to work for Jeremy Briggs. Speedball and Justice also leave as instructors, and Hank moves the Academy to the former West Coast Avengers compound, while also allowing several more students to enroll.