On March 9, 2005 a summit was held at Alchemax HQ to create a clone of Black Widow with the help of Hydra, Alchemax made BW-004. The COO of Alchemax Genetics Department, Walker Sloan and chief geneticist Helen Cho helped with the experiments. She gave BW-004 the nickname Maria named after Helen Cho's late daughter Maria Cruz. On New Year's Eve, made to look like a teenager, she ran away and was adopted by the Cruz family (no relation). Hydra put out a bounty on her name and killed Helen Cho in the process. Hunted down by Crossbones realizing she had the powers of Enchantress she persuaded Crossbones into turning himself in. She later joined the Teen Avengers and was kicked off the team because she was a double agent for Hydra. She was later reinstated with the help of her boyfriend Thor (J