Old Friend and New Team
A plane flew across the ocean on its way to America. The plane had been in the air for four hours thus far and was flying at a moderate speed at a height of nearly 40,000 feet. Every passenger enjoyed the flight as they slept, made idle chit chat, or just passed time on their electronic devices. Even the employees of the airline were diligently at work ensuring their passengers were enjoying their experience.
But unbeknownst to the crew, they had a stowaway. Hiding in the wheel well of the plane was a young woman. Now normally, not many humans would survive such a flight. For the thin air of the unpressurized space, coupled with the freezing temperature almost always ensured death.
But then again…she wasn't human.
The woman sat, bored out of her mind as she waited for the plane to arrive at its destination. She was only mildly bothered by the freezing temperature. And the lack of air was nothing to her. She stared lovingly at a picture of her and her boyfriend. Tears came to her eyes as she stroked his smiling face. She prayed that her flight reach its destination sooner.
Because in Berk, were the two people who could help her. And surely they would right? They were her best friends after all. They wouldn't turn her down. Surely they weren't sore about her leaving the team.
She shook her head to clear her absurd thoughts. No. They would definitely help her.
"Hang on baby. As soon as I get to Berk, I'm coming for you," she whispered to the picture.
In Corona City people were screaming, running, and fleeing in terror as they poured out of the Snuggly Duckling Casino. For it was under attack. The tough casino owners and bouncers could normally handle any troublesome guest. But these guests…
A giant bouncer named Vladimir went flying through the air as he was thrown by a monster of a man. Literally. At 7 feet tall, with hooves for feet, and the face and head of a bull was Minotaur. He was a member of the cultist group known as the Sons of Hades. And he'd undergone a magic ritual to transform himself into what he was now. All in the name of serving his leaders.
With a snort he lifted up a black jack table and threw it across the room. Sending it into glass and chairs and destroying countless property. Meanwhile, his partner, standing at twelve feet tall and having a hulking figure with a single eye was destroying slot machine as he collected the coins. This man was Cyclops. And he'd also undergone the ritual to transform him into a monster.
The duo terrorized the casino. Forcing its occupants to evacuate. The security guards tried in vain to stop them, but they were no match for their sheer power and force as they robbed the place blind.
Minotaur looked around in his rampage and spotted a cherry red Mustang sitting on display for some lucky guest to win. With a smile he came at it before lifting it over his head. He looked around and spotted a pair of young girls trying to get away. With a dark grin he threw the car at them. Intending to crush them.
The young women tried to scramble away. But they weren't fast enough. They closed their eyes as it seemed they'd be crushed. But after a moment, death didn't come. They snapped their eyes open to see someone holding the car above their head's. It was a woman. With long blonde hair that was glowing and shimmering with power.
"Limelight!" they shouted in unison. The hero glanced back at them and smiled before she gently set the car down.
"You two should get out of here," Limelight suggested. The woman nodded vigorously before they rushed off. With them gone Limelight turned to face Minotaur who was staring her down. Cyclops came up beside him and joined him.
"Limelight," Minotaur said with a snort. "Where's The Archer then?" he asked with a dangerous grumble. An arrow suddenly pierced the ground where his foot was, causing him to leap back with a yelp.
"Right here. And it's just Archer ya idiot," Archer said as she came to stand beside her partner.
Minotaur growled as he glared at them. "So you've come to stop us then heroes?"
"Duh," Limelight said as if it were obvious.
"Well normally we'd pound the snot out of anyone standing in our way, right Cyclops?" he asked with a sneer as he nudged his partner.
Cyclops crossed his muscled arms over his chest. "Right," he said lowly with a nod.
"But me and my boy here don't fight women," he revealed. Limelight and Archer narrowed their eyes in offense. "But that's why we brought our girlfriends," he said with a smile.
A shadow suddenly passed overhead as winged creature came to land beside Minotaur. She was a thin woman with large birdlike wings on her arms. Her lower body also consisted of taloned, raptor like feet and legs. Her hands were gnarly talons. Her face was thin and pointed like a bird's.
"Hello doll," Minotaur said with a smile.
"Hey there love," Harpy said as she kissed him on the lips.
From behind Cyclops appeared another woman. She was dressed in a long black leather coat with dark sunglasses on. And on her head were a mass of wriggling, hissing red and black snakes. She stood beside Cyclops who laid a hand on her shoulder. She smiled as she pressed herself against him.
Archer and Limelight gagged in disgust. Gross! Nasty!
"So love. Do we have to kill these women?" Harpy asked as she eyed the heroines.
"Yes doll," Minotaur said in confirmation. Harpy smiled wide. Her talons scraped at the ground in anticipation and she flared her wings open.
"Looks like you're outnumbered heroes," Gorgon said smiling wide, revealing pointed fangs for teeth.
Archer and Limelight exchanged a glance. They smiled knowingly.
"Actually, this is quite the coincidence," Archer said with a playful smile of her own. As the villains raised their eyebrows in question the glass roof above them shattered. They looked up as something dropped from the ceiling. It was a man dressed in red and black robotic armor. He dropped to the ground before landing in front of Archer and Limelight in a crouch. His landing cracked the ground beneath him before he rose to full height.
Archer came to his right side as she smiled wide. She clutched his arm lovingly. "Hello sweetie," she cooed adoringly to the man inside the armor.
Night Fury smiled as he turned to look at her. "Hey babe. Sorry we're late."
The villains' ears couldn't help but perk as they distinctly heard 'we'. As if on cue an icy wind suddenly blew through the building. The villains covered their eyes from the biting wind as some doors burst open to let in another hero. He flew through the air before he landed beside Limelight.
She smiled at him as she kissed him on the cheek. Frost smiled back as he eyed the villains.
"Wow. Talk about ugly," Frost quipped as he eyed the villainous foursome. They bristled in offense.
"Things look pretty even to me," Archer shouted tauntingly.
With angry cries the villains charged, each picking out an opponent. Minotaur went straight for Fury, barreling into him as he pushed Archer aside.
Harpy flew at Archer, figuring she had an aerial advantage on her. Archer ran off to gain some room.
Cyclops lumbered after Frost who took to the air and sped off.
Gorgon tackled Limelight, sending them tumbling back in a rolling screaming ball.
The battle had begun.
Fury and Minotaur grappled as they tried to overpower the other. Minotaur was exceptionally strong while Fury's armor also greatly increased his strength. Fury pushed Minotaur off of him as he began swinging. His metallic fists clanged against his enemy's skull, causing the monstrous man to cry out in pain as his head began to ring.
But stubborn and not willing to admit defeat he began swinging back. Soon they were both trading blows left and right as they swung wildly at each other. Each attempting to knock the other out. Fury growled in irritation as he ducked a blow and then rose, upper cutting Minotaur in the chin and knocking him off his feet.
Minotaur landed on his back before he jumped back on his feet. He rubbed his sore jaw and snorted. He scraped a hoof against the ground before he lowered his head to charge. Fury waited and prepared himself.
When Minotaur got close enough Fury grabbed both his horns in his hands and planted his feet in the ground. But with Minotaur's strength, he was being driven back as he slid across the floor.
Minotaur smirked as he figured himself strong than Fury.
"I guess what they say is true," Fury began as he began drawing more power from his plasma core. The micro cores along his spin lit up as he pushed back against Minotaur and forcing him to a stop. "You got to take the bull by the horns," he joked before he jerked Minotaur's head to the side and slammed him into ground.
Minotaur head rang as Fury slammed his face to the floor. As he tried to clear the cobwebs Fury picked up a poker table and slammed it down on top of him. Minotaur was sprawled on his back as he lifted it off of him.
But still wanting to fight Minotaur tried to push himself to his feet. Fury decided to end the fight. He pressed his knee onto Minotaur's chest and placed his hand on his neck. Activating his Tasers on his gauntlets he sent a powerful electric current through Minotaur's body, causing him to spasm.
After a few second Minotaur was successfully stunned, allowing Fury to knock him out with one swift punch across the face.
Harpy swooped through the air as she was being pursued by Archer's arrows. She was surprised to discover they were drawn to her like missiles. She growled in annoyance as she stopped to hover in the air before turning around.
With a quick swipe of her razor sharp wings she slashed through the arrow shafts. Destroying them before diving at Archer.
Archer cursed as Harpy closed the distance at astonish speed. She leapt back as Harpy's feet collided with the ground. Her talons sank deep into the stone floor. Revealing their strength and lethalness. Archer was forced to put away her bow as Harpy came at her, slashing at her wildly with her wings and talons as she tried to rip her apart.
Archer narrowed her eyes as she reached into her utility belt for a useful item. She ducked a swing from Harpy's feather arm before punching her in the stomach. And as her knuckled made contact Harpy screamed as she felt an electric shock.
She flapped her wings and jumped back, landing on a slot machine before she looked closely at Archer's hands. She spied she was wearing something similar to brass knuckles. But she could see electricity arching and crackling off of them.
"My boyfriend made these for me. He's so smart," Archer said proudly as she smashed her knuckles together to produce more sparks. She then dropped into a fighting stance and gestured for Harpy to come at her.
Harpy screeched like an eagle as she took to the air. She came at Archer with her leg talons as she attempted to clamp them down on her. Archer kept dodging, showcasing her incredible reflexes and agility. Harpy flapped her wings to gain altitude, to get some room to think. But suddenly she felt something wrap around her leg. She looked down to see a rope wrapped around it. She followed the length and saw it was leading to Archer.
With a smile, Archer pulled on her grappling gun, with a tug she sent Harpy off balance and falling to the ground. She smashed through a table on impact. Harpy groaned before she managed to pick herself up. As she did she was met with a powerful kick across the jaw and then to the chest that sent her hurtling back.
Archer smiled proudly. "Give up yet?" she asked tauntingly. Harpy growled before she let out a loud piercing shriek. Archer raised an eyebrow. She wondered what she'd just done when she heard a roar. She looked up before she back flipped away as something large landed in front of her.
It was some kind of giant dog. It looked like a white wolf or perhaps a coyote with a blood red underbelly. It snarled at her with glowing red eyes. Harpy came up beside it and rubbed its chin.
"Good girl Orthrus," she cooed to the snarling animal.
Archer cocked an eyebrow. "I thought an Orthrus had two heads?" she said curiously.
"Well she's a bit of a mutt. There's some Fenrir and Kitsune thrown in there with some dire wolf," she said with a shrug. "Now then, Orthrus, sic her," she said as she pointed at Archer. The dog snarled as it came charging at her.
Archer turned and ran as fast as she could. She vaulted over tables and chairs with the ravenous dog in pursuit. Harpy flew above them and smiled as she surveyed he situation. She would just sit back and relax as Orthrus ripped Archer to shreds.
Archer slid under a table before she continued to run. She ran and ducked behind a slot machine before taking a deep breath. She brought her pinkies to her lips and whistled as loud as she could. She yelped as Orthrus suddenly crashed through the slot machines. Archer fell on her backside and reeled away as it closed in on her.
It was a mere few inches away from her face. So close she could feel its breath. It growled lowly at Archer. It rose up and bared it teeth in preparation to kill her when its ears perked up. It glanced over Archer's form in time to see something large and black crash into it.
Orthrus went sailing back, rolling away before she got her feet under her. She looked up to see large black wolf standing over Archer protectively. The wolf was even bigger than she was as it growled lowly at her. She growled back.
Archer sighed in relief as she crawled out from under Toothless' massive form. She rubbed the mutated wolf dog on the neck in thanks. "Good boy Toothless," she told the wolf in appreciation. It paused in its snarling to whine and lick her face.
With a roar Orthrus leapt at them. Toothless' hackles rose as he leapt at her. They met and collided in midair. They went tumbling way in a snarling heap, crashing through tables and slot machines. Archer watched them go and decided to let Toothless handle it.
She looked up to see Harpy watching the two animals fight in shock. Archer narrowed her eyes as she quickly drew her bow and notched an arrow. She aimed before she let it fly. Harpy saw it coming and was about to slice it out of the air, but it exploded in a flash of blinding light.
She screamed as everything was white. And then suddenly she felt something wrap around her, binding her arms to her sides. She fell to the floor and went unconscious. Archer walked up to her downed form and smiled.
And she told Fury bola arrows were a dumb idea. Who knew?
Frost easily stayed out of reach of Cyclops' clumsy lumbering form as the giant attempted to grab at him. He blasted him with ice as he dodged his swings.
"Depth perception much?" Frost asked irk him. Cyclops growled as he kept trying to get him. Frost landed on a table and jumped to another, and another, dancing and staying just out of reach. Cyclops thrashed his arms about, smashing the table in an attempt to get him.
Frost froze the ground in front of him, causing him to cry out in alarm as he tripped. Frost chuckled at his expense. Causing Cyclops to become more enraged. He began grabbing chairs and anything he could get his hand on before hurling it at Frost.
Frost raised a hand and blew the flying furniture away. He spied a glass on a table and took a sip while taking out the piece of lemon. While he did, Cyclops came up and grabbed him by the shoulders. He smiled evilly as he lifted him up to eye level.
"Got ya now hero. Any last words?" he asked as he bared his sharp teeth. Frost remained silent before he opened his mouth. And between his teeth was the lemon slice. He bit down, causing some lemon juice to squirt into Cyclops' single eye.
Cyclops screamed in pain as he let go of Frost. Frost fell to the ground before jabbing the end of his cane into Cyclops' toe. Cyclops cried out in pain at both his searing burning eye and screaming toe. He swung his arms wildly as Frost hovered off the ground and away. He flew backwards and Cyclops charged. Flying through an indoor waterfall in the process. He waited on the other side as Cyclops leapt through in pursuit.
Timing it just right, he froze the water as Cyclops was leaping through it. Freeing the water and Cyclops in place. Frost smiled as he saw Cyclops' eye moving around in bewilderment as his body was trapped.
"Doofus," Frost said with a smirk.
Toothless and Orthrus were still rolling around in a snarling and snapping heap before Toothless used his legs to fling Orthrus off of him. She crashed through some machines painfully. She rose up and growled at Toothless lowly. Toothless growled back.
Orthrus took a deep breath. She filled her lungs with air before exhaled a stream of burning fire at Toothless. Her hellhound ancestry coming to the surface. She stopped her assault when Toothless was engulfed by the flames. She was about to howl in victory before she noticed the black shape padding out of the fire.
Toothless emerged unscathed from the fire. He shook himself off as if he'd just gotten out of a bath. He growled at her before he took a breath of his own. Orthrus snarled before she leapt at him, claws and fangs out as she prepared to kill him.
Toothless waited for her to come. Then he barked. His bark sent out a shockwave that smacked into her and sent her flying back against a far wall. She collided with it hard before slumping to the ground. She laid on her side in exhaustion before she tried getting to her feet. But before she could Toothless suddenly loomed over her. He growled dangerously and bared his teeth. He moved himself close to her exposed throat, ready to finish her if necessary.
Orthrus whined before she rolled onto her back and exposed her belly in an act of full submission.
Toothless acknowledged her surrender. He threw his head back and howled victoriously.
Limelight and Gorgon were in a cat fight. They slapped and punched at each other as their hair battled it out. Golden locks wrapped around hissing snakes as they tried to overpower the other.
Gorgon cursed before she grabbed on of Limelight's locks in hand and gave it a sharp tug. Limelight gasped before she narrowed her eyes.
"Oh, so you wanna pull hair do you?" she freed herself before grabbing two of the snakes on her head in hand. Then she swung her over her head and into the ground. Then she whipped her into the side of vending machine.
Then she slammed her onto her back. Gorgon screamed and hissed and Limelight pressed a foot into her back and tugged at her hair.
With a grunt Limelight ripped two of the snakes on her head from the roots before tossing the dead things away. One tried to lash out and bite her. But she snatched her hand back before she blasted it off with a small sun blast.
Gorgon screamed as Limelight stepped off of her. Gorgon stood up and ran her hand through her hair in horror. She felt the missing snakes. She turned to hiss t Limelight. "My babies," she roared in anger.
Limelight responded to a punch to the face that sent her rolling back into some blackjack table.
Gorgon groaned before standing up. She glared at Limelight as the heroine marched toward her. She was angry. Beyond angry. Limelight had to die. She knew killing her would piss of her goddess. Entropy had built up quite the hatred after being defeated by Limelight. But she didn't care.
She ripped off her dark sunglasses and glared at Limelight with glowing red eyes. Her snakes hissed and writhed dangerously. She waited for Limelight to look into her eyes and be reduced to stone. But to her amazement. Nothing happened.
Limelight just kept marching toward her. Her eyes and hair glowing and shining with power. Gorgon glared at her again, looking her in the eyes in another attempt. But once again, nothing. Gorgon began getting nervous as she backed away in fear of the advancing heroine. She couldn't understand how she wasn't being turned to stone.
Unbeknownst to her. Limelight's hair was warding off the effects of her glare. She was about to try once more when Limelight suddenly closed the distance in a golden flash. She was suddenly right in front of her. Pressing her forehead against hers as she looked directly into her eyes. Letting her know that her power was useless.
Gorgon started to sweat nervously as the heroine reared over her. She knew in that instant she was done.
The heroes gathered as Fury and Archer brought their downed opponent to the middle of the casino. Frost joined them, leaving a tapped Cyclops where he was. He wasn't going anywhere. Fury glanced around proudly at his team. They'd become quite formidable.
"Looks like we win," Frost said proudly as he slung his staff over his shoulder.
"Aye," Archer said in agreement.
Fury nodded. He began looking around for their powerhouse teammate when with a scream Gorgon dropped from the ceiling and crashed though a table. Limelight descended, landing on top of her as she bent a slab of steel around her eyes.
When she was done she stood up and placed her hands on her hips in pride.
"Good work everybody," Fury said as he began contacting the police.
"Hey sweetie," Archer said to get his attention. He turned to look at her and nodded for her to go on. "What do we do about that?" she said as she jerked a thumb to the side. Everyone followed in the direction she was pointing.
"Aww. That's so cute," Limelight said with a giggle.
What they were looking at was Orthrus, rubbing herself up against Toothless and whining in adoration as she tried to gain is attention. Said wolf dog was less than interested in the love struck hell hound. He kept his face blank as he sat back on his haunches and tried his best to ignore her.
"Someone has a crush on Toothless," Frost said with a chuckle.
"Can we keep her?" Archer asked Fury. He sputtered in disbelief at her question.
"Absolutely not," he said in rejection.
"Aww come on Fury, look at her," she said gesturing to the hell hound who wagged her tail and whined as she licked at Toothless' face.
"I already have a giant mutated wolf dog. I don't need a freaking hound from hell tearing up my house," Fury argued. "Besides, she tried to eat you," he pointed out.
Archer scoffed as she marched over to Orthrus and stroked her head. Orthrus whined and pressed herself into her hand as she lolled her tongue out. "She just had a bad owner is all."
"No Archer. Besides, she's too big," he said gesturing to her giant size.
"Toothless is bigger," Archer countered.
"He'll eventually change back," Fury retorted.
As if sensing the conversation, fire suddenly enveloped Orthrus. Everyone gasped and leapt back in surprise. When it cleared, she was the size of a normal dog. And looked like a white husky mix with red eyes.
"Now she's not," Archer said smiling wide.
"No Archer. I'm not keeping her," Fury said as he crossed his arms.
Archer frowned. Then she tried or another tactic. She came up to him and threw her arms round his neck. She looked up at him with big eyes and a pouting lower lip. "Please?" she asked sweetly. "They'll lock her up. They'll probably dissect her," she added with a trembling lower lip.
Fury considered that. They probably would. He sighed as he looked back to the dog. Limelight stepped into his field of vision and pouted at him too.
Damn it. Not her too, he thought to himself in exasperation.
With a groan he relented. "Ok. But you're taking care of her. She's your dog," he said firmly. Archer and Limelight squealed before they rushed to the dog and hugged her.
"You are so whipped," Frost said as he came to stand beside him. He turned to glare at him underneath his helmet. Frost only smirked and made a whipping motion followed by the sound of a whip crack.
He sighed as she knew he was right. But soon he smiled as he watched Archer laugh as Orthrus licked her face. If the woman he loved was happy; he was happy.
He didn't mind being whipped.
A few minutes later the authorities came to take the villains to jail. Fury, Limelight, and Frost agreed to accompany them to ensure there were no complications. Archer decided to head back to HQ in Berk.
Pressing a button on her utility belt. She called for her and Limelight's small aircraft. Out of the sky descended the green double piloted Zippleback. It had been given to them by Fury for traveling through and between cities. Where he got his names for his vehicles she'd never know.
The hatch opened, allowing Toothless and Orthrus to get inside. Toothless was less than pleased that the annoying female would be living with them now. He growled in irritation as she came to lay down beside him.
"So I'll see you at HQ?" Archer asked Fury as she prepared to get in the Zippleback and go.
"Yeah, see you there," he said with a nod. With a smile Archer mimed a kiss at him.
With a flirtatious smiled she leaned in to whisper. "Don't be too long. I'll be waiting," she said suggestively. She could imagine his blush as she gave him a wink. With that she turned and entered the Zippleback.
She sat in the pilot's seat and closed the hatch. Starting the engine she got it to hover off the ground before she directed it towards Berk.
Sequel to the Big Four. Featuring Hiccup and Jack's old partner. Won't be updating regularly. But enjoy
