Chapter 1: Welcome to the Avengers
Air Temple Island
The Sun rose over the now quiet Republic City, it was indeed a peaceful day. Three weeks had passed since the Equalist Uprising and Ares's Attack. Air Temple Island had been mostly been spared from the destruction…it was the residence of the Avatar, protector of the world, and a teenage god.
Thor woke up as the sun's rays hit his eyes, he yawned. Even though most of his powers had been returned and his physique had been improved he still lacked his godhood. He was still a god trapped in a mortal's body, but at least now he had a way to actually attack and defend himself from harm.
He looked around the room; it had been some days since the reconstruction of the city had begun. The metalbenders had been doing some mighty effort rebuilding fallen buildings; of course S.H.I.E.L.D. had funded several new projects to modify the city's infrastructure. The construction of a new HQ had begun and was almost finished amazingly.
Thor came out of bed and got dressed, next to his bed, on the ground, rested the hammer Mjolnir. The mallet had declared him worthy of its use, and will probably unlock his godhood later on…he hoped. Thor grabbed the hammer and placed it on his back where a small leather strap held it in place. The young prince walked outside the temple and into the gardens and breathed the fresh air of the morning.
"Ahh…a brand new day." He said to himself smiling as he looked at the city beyond.
Republic City
On the east side of the city, close to the bay was a new complex. It was immense in length and complexity; it was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new headquarters…the Triskelion. It's a marvel of top of the line engineering, it had been funded by Shinzou Enterprises and Future Industries, the top of each company, Kuro Shinzou and Asami Sato respectively agreed with its construction along with the city's new head of state, President Raiko.
The man known as the Captain sat inside an empty room, he looked at his shield reflecting his face. He had been frozen for more than two hundred years and was alone in this new era. Coming from one war to another, it was at first traumatizing but once Colonel Fury explained the situation to him he was able to calm down and lead the entire forces against those dark beasts.
"Captain." Fury said entering the room, which was made to comfort the man out of time.
"Sir." The Captain responded. "So much time has passed…does the world need me?"
"Everyone needs a leader, Cap." Fury replied. "Especially when the Avatar is still a youngster."
"So…you have a mission for me sir? Cap asked.
"I do." Fury replied.
"Trying to get me back to the world?" Cap asked again.
"Trying to save it." Fury responded getting the Captain's attention.
Shinzou Mansion, Republic City
"And this was accepted by Fury?" Fahuo Braner-Xing, otherwise known as the Hulk, said as he walked with a handful of SHIELD's strike team, the Avengers.
"The mansion's mine, but yeah Fury gave me all control over this Avengers initiative." Iron Man replied.
"He trusts you that much?" Wasp asked.
"He doesn't trust anyone, Janet; he just wanted the public not to go nuts if they figure out that SHIELD has a meta-human operations arm." Iron Man responded. "This is going to be our base of operations, its way better than a SHIELD suite."
"I'm quite impressed Shinzou, with you revealing your identity to us and then giving us your mansion…pretty philanthropic." Hang Phim, the Wasp's boyfriend, said. "Are the others joining us?"
"Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Korra and Thor were invited personally by Fury. Especially the Avatar since she is…the Avatar and SHIELD wants to keep her close so the people can see that the Avatar leads the team." Iron Man replied. "But I'm the leader."
"We'll see." Phim responded.
Entering the basement of the mansion, there was another completely building below it. It was as if they were looking at the future. Inside one of the rooms was the man called Nova, also known by his civilian name Mako. With him were his girlfriend, the owner of Future Industries; Asami Sato and his brother Bolin.
Nova was being scanned and tested in one of the machines of the testing center. He was in full body armor and helmet; the machines were being overloaded with his Nova Force. "This is going to be your lab when we are not in missions, Fahuo." Iron Man said.
"Neat!" The science geek replied.
"You can work here too, Hang." Iron Man told Giant-Man.
"Not bad, not bad at all." Phim said as he looked at the science equipment and tools.
"You know how to please nerds, Shinzou." Wasp said.
"Hey I'm a nerd myself, but the handsome and obscenely rich kind of nerd." Iron Man replied with arrogance.
The doorbell ranged. "Janet can you answer that?" Iron Man asked.
"Why me? It's your mansion." Wasp replied, but Iron Man just kept looking at her. "Fine."
Wasp flew into the main floor of the mansion and went to the door. She answered it and was met with Thor and Korra on the other side. "It's you guys! Come in!" Wasp invited them in.
"What a cool place." Thor said looking around the lobby of the mansion.
"Eh." Korra replied. "So where's Iron Man?"
"Downstairs with the others."
They walked downstairs meeting the others. "Glad you two are here." Iron Man said. "We only have the Spiders to get here and then we can call Fury."
Mako came out of the testing machine, "Now that was a jolt." He said rubbing his wrists. "Hey guys."
"Mako, you're here early." Korra said.
"Iron Man wanted me to power this whole place, and I did." Nova said, Iron Man gave him two thousand yuans as payment. "Thank you."
"There's enough energy here to power the entire city for three years in a row." Fahuo said seeing the energy levels of the reactor. "Amazing."
"Did someone say amazing?" From a nearby vent came out Spider-Man, crawling on the ceiling. After him was Spider-Woman. "Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is here!"
"Would you stop saying that?" Spider-Woman asked him.
"How did you…?" Iron Man asked.
"Yeah, I think your defense systems need to be re-calibrated." Spider-Man replied.
"Anyway, let's get Fury on the line." Iron Man said.
Unknown Location
In what appeared to be a castle of some sorts stood the Masters of Evil, and sitting in the throne was the man formerly known as Amon, Doom.
"What do you mean there are others in the prowl?" Magneto asked.
"There are people who have infiltrated SHIELD's ranks and might compromise them." Doom replied.
"Then why should we care?" Deadpool responded, "And has anyone seen skull face?"
"I believe he might be the source of our problems."
"Explain." Magneto demanded.
"The Red Skull's past is very well known and his presence here has eluded me ever since our first meeting." Doom said. "Watch your backs; there are those who will want us ended as much as SHIELD…winter's coming and we don't want its soldier getting us while we sleep."
