Duncan wondered if his mother knew what Blitz was making him test. A weapon that was suppose to cripple kaiju. Blitz wanted to test it on Duncan and Duncan only agreed because the only other person he knew who happened to have ties to kaiju was his father. But Blitz seemed to be going out of his way to make sure Duncan's mom didn't find out about the test. So Duncan had a feeling she didn't know about it. At least he did before spotting Dr. Patel. Making sure Blitz was busy with setting up the weapon Duncan walked over to her.
"Don't worry Duncan, I've already called your mother about this and she is on her way over here as fast as she can." Dr. Patel informed him once he was close enough for Blitz not to hear.
"Thanks. What are you doing here anyway?" Duncan asked her.
"Oh you know. Making sure my best friend's son doesn't die. Also Blitz wanted me here to make sure you don't die since you're the most effective weapon against rampaging kaiju we've got."
"Thanks, I guess?" Duncan looked over at the cannon like barrel the weapon had. Blitz had told him it's an energy weapon the should cause muscles to lock up for a few hours. If it was suppose to take down kaiju Duncan feared what it might do to him.
"By the way, I heard about the break up with Jenna. How are you?" Dr. Patel asked, bringing him out of his thoughts.
Duncan had loved Jenna for almost a year before he had called it quits. The reason were simple: Firstly she tended to make him choose between his friends and her. Then there was the was she refused to acknowledge his kaiju side and seemed to try to talk his mother into dating humans. Even after his mom told Jenna that she still loved Belloc and wouldn't be with anyone else. But the real nail in the coffin had been when Troy showed him a video of Jenna calling Kenny horrible things, talking trash about Isabel and his mother for their love of kaiju (in his mother's case Belloc) and going on about how Duncan would kill all the kaiju and then they'd find a way to "cure" Duncan of being half kaiju. Jenna hadn't denied any of it when Duncan confronted her about it. Saying that it was for his own good that he cut ties with the likes of Kenny and Isabel. How his mother was insane for loving a monster like Belloc and that the kaiju were a blight that needed to be purged. It had hurt him to hear her not only admit to those things but to know that his first ever crush/girlfriend had never truly loved him for what he is.
"I won't lie and say it doesn't suck. I really thought Jenna and I had a chance." Though the break up was a week ago Duncan could still feel the pain of it as if it was just happening. However as time went on Duncan found he could breath a little easier. He also noticed that his attention wasn't just driven to women. That had been a big shocked to him when, while in the locker room after gym one day he had caught himself eyeing Troy with interest. And then there had been the time when he had placed his hand on the back of Kenny's neck while trying to comfort Kenny, only to find himself noticing how soft Kenny's skin was and nice his hair felt against his scales. That had gotten awkward fast. Luckily Kenny played it off and the two had been able to move on with their lives. He'd brought this up with his mom and she told him that it didn't matter what gender he ended up with. The only thing that mattered to her was that he was happy and loved for every part of him.
"Well cheer up Duncan. Plenty of fish in the sea as they say. And a stud like you is bound to get a lot of nibbles." Dr. Patel said, once more bringing him out of his thoughts.
Duncan wasn't sure what to say to that. After all his mother's best friend had just called him a stud." Please don't called me a stud again. It's creepy."
Dr. Patel just laughed and got to work checking him over. He needed to be cleared medically for the test so the results wouldn't be altered by something.
"Hold it right Blitz!" Duncan almost gave a sigh of relief when his mother stormed into the room. Duncan could see Blitz glare at Patel before he turned.
"Margaret think about this. If we have a weapon we can use against kaiju then your son won't have to fight them anymore. Isn't that a good thing?" Blitz tried to reason.
"Not when you are testing it on him!" She snapped.
"It's either him or Belloc. Which would you rather have it tested on?" Blitz had clearly prepared for this before hand.
"Mom, it's alright." Duncan called as he walked over to her.
"No it's not alright! We don't know what this will do to you." She turned to him and took his face in her hands.
"We also don't know what it will do to dad. And we don't know if it will work at all so testing it during a kaiju attack is out of the question. It could blow up on the person who tries to use it in the field the first time it's fired. At least here Blitz can remote trigger it and no one will be hurt. I'll be on the other side of the room away from any explosions. Plus I can handle any fire from the blast and the broken pieces will barely cut me." Duncan pointed out.
"Margaret I'm sorry to say this but they are right." Patel informed her best friend. "This is the safest way to test it and I'm here if anything happens to Duncan. There's no safer way to do it."
Margaret sighed. "Alright. Since it's clear you all are for this." She then removed her necklace, the one made from the crystal Belloc had given her and placed it around Duncan's neck. "For good luck." She then kissed her son's cheek.
"I'll be fine mom." Duncan assured her.
"Come on Margaret. Let's get behind the ballistic glass." Patel said before pulling her away.
Blitz waited till the two women were out of ear shot before turning to Duncan. "Surprised you helped get her to go along with this."
Duncan sighed. "Better have you do this to me then my father. Let's just get this over with, I have a huge test I need to get ready for and both Kenny and Isabel are going to be waiting for me." Duncan then turned and headed for the spot he was to stand on. Looking down at the crystal Duncan frowned and tucked it into his shirt. While it was a gift to his mom from his dad it was also a painful reminder of Jenna. He had given her a similar crystal so she could fund the dance during his first month there. And he'd been happy when she told him that she'd figured out it was him that gave it to her. But that was then, when he still felt love for her.
"Ready?" Blitz asked from behind the ballistic glass. Clearly everything was ready to go and they were just waiting on him.
Duncan nodded. With luck this either would do nothing to him or he'd just end up paralyzed for an hour and then be able to go home and get to work on studying with his friends.
"Firing in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." The tech agent who was in charge of firing the weapon said before pushing the button.
The weapon surged to life with a loud hum and Duncan could see a light blue light start to glow within the barrel as it charged up. Then it fired and Duncan felt like he's been hit by millions of glass splinters. He couldn't make a sound or even move more then an inch as a cold numbness started to settle into his bones and organs. His eyes however suddenly dropped to his chest were a red-ish light and warmth was radiating from. It was the crystal, it was reacting to the blast some how. The red glow spread till it was all Duncan could see and he was forced to shut his eyes as a feeling of being jerked backwards slammed him into something hard. His world then went black.
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When Duncan woke it was to the sounds of his mother being worried about him while ripping Blitz a new one, Patel chatting away about what happened and whether or not he was alright, Blitz trying to get her to stop yelling at him, and the sounds of machines around him. But what he heard as he woke up was birds chirping, dogs barking, and people moving about around him.
"Either this kid uses too much tanner and has a skin condition or he's a freak." A male voice spoke above him.
"Oh come on. Orange skin and a scale like pattern? No way this punk isn't a freak." A female voice said.
Duncan opened his brown eyes and found a male with red hair in a sports jacket and a female with blond hair standing over him. Duncan shot up into a sitting position and the first thing he noticed was that he was outside and in some kind of park.
"What the? How did I get here?" He asked himself.
"You drunk or something?" The guy asked.
Duncan got to his feet and took out his phone, he had to call his mother at least to let her know he's alright. But when he tried to make the call his phone couldn't connect. And as his phone was given to him by Blitz and connected right to MEGTAF there was no reason why it shouldn't work. But there was no connection.
"Why isn't it working?" Duncan asked before turning to the two before him. "Could I barrow you phone for a second? I think mine broke."
The female sighed and handed him her phone. "Don't take forever. My monthly bills are way to high already."
Duncan thanked her and entered his mother's number before hitting dial. But according to the machine that picked up the number wasn't in use. He then tried Blitz and got the same thing. So did Kenny and Isabel's numbers. "What the hell? Why can't I reach anyone?" He asked before handing back the phone.
"What's the matter?" The guy asked.
"I tried to call my mom, two friends, and one of my teachers. But each of their numbers is suddenly not in use. Which makes no sense as I got calls from all four of those numbers today." He explained.
"Sure you didn't enter them in wrong?" The girl asked.
Duncan shook his head. "My mom forced me to memorize all four numbers as they are ones I can trust if something happens. Or rather they're the ones I need to call and let everyone know I'm still alive if something happens and they can't find me."
The two looked at each other with raised brows. "So what? You work for some kind of group or something?" The guy asked.
"Not really. But I guess I do help out some times. Doubt they see me as part of the team." Blitz mostly just saw Duncan as a tool for fighting kaiju while at the same time Blitz only seems to see Duncan's kaiju side. So it's clear that Blitz feels little for him.
"Look pal, I don't know what the hell you are part of or even what you are. But you clearly need some help. How bout I help you get to the police department? Maybe they can track down your mom for you." The guy offered.
Seeing no other option Duncan nodded. "Yeah. That sounds like the best plan." It wasn't till he'd followed the guy and girl away from the trees that surrounded them that Duncan spotted something that made him do a double take. "Is that the empire states building?" He didn't need the guy to answer, as he knew it was. He'd spent at least a few summers as a child dreaming of seeing it one day up close.
"Well yeah. What else would it be?" The girl asked him.
This wasn't right. That building was in New York city and the only way Duncan could be seeing it is if he was in New York city himself. But the building he had been in for the test was no where near New York. Duncan's mind began to whirl. He couldn't use his phone, he couldn't reach his friends, mother, or even Blitz, and to top it off he appeared to be in New York. All of this coupled with what he remembered happening during the test had his brain hurting with what it all could mean.
"What's wrong now?" The guy, noticing Duncan was freaking out.
Duncan turned to him and took a breath. There was one thing that kept popping up in his head as to what had happened to him. And as impossible as it was he had to find out. So he asked a simple question. Just one question that would prove if the impossible answer was the correct one. "When was the last kaiju sighting?"
The guy frowned at him. "Kaiju? What like in Pacific Rim? That's a movie man."
"Hey don't forget about Godzilla! He's a kaiju too. But yeah, they only exist in movies." The girl nodded.
Pacific Rim? Godzilla? Duncan had no idea what they were talking about.
"Godzilla is a pussy. The kaiju in Pacific Rim could kick his ass any day." The guy told the girl.
"Oh you so did not just call the king of kaiju a pussy in front of me Dexter. And need I remind you that Godzilla has yet to truly lose a fight to any kaiju he's gone up against. Even King Kong and Gamera couldn't best him." The girl crossed her arms over her chest.
'So there really aren't any kaiju? They think they only exist in movies? Then, could I really be in another world?'
"Whatever Ashley. Let's just get this guy to the police station." The guy Dexter said.
"I don't think that will help anymore." Duncan sighed in defeat. "I doubt anyone can help me get home."
"Huh? What gives? Why couldn't anyone help you get home?" The girl, Ashley asked.
"Because I'm not even in the same world I thought I was." Duncan answered.
The two started at him in confusion. "What do you mean? Like a dimension hoping thing?" Ashley asked.
Duncan turned to her. "Um, I guess. The world I come from has kaiju in it."
"Really? That's so cool!" Ashley was clearly excited by the thought of real kaiju.
"Only if he's not mental Ashley." Dexter pointed out. "But if you are telling the truth then your best bet to get home would be the Avengers."
"Who?" Duncan asked.
"The Avengers. They're a bunch of superheroes based mostly in this city. See that tower with the A on it?" Dexter pointed to the one he was talking about. "That's where you'll find them. Just don't be surprised if they think you are crazy. Hope you got some proof on you man to show them."
If there was a chance these Avengers could help him get home Duncan would do whatever he had to to get them to help him. "Right. Thank you." He then ran off to find his way to the tower. Chasing that some glimmer of hope Dexter had given him.
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Ok maybe running through the streets of New York wasn't the best idea Duncan had ever had. And he was a little worried about this world after hearing so many people using the word mutant towards him. Sure his scales were more noticeable now a days and his skin was still orange, but most people just thought he had a skin condition rather then think him some kind of mutant. Then again maybe he shouldn't be so surprised as Dexter had pointed him towards a "Superhero" group for help.
Leaning against the side of a building Duncan panted slightly. "Maybe I should've flow." The city was a lot bigger then he'd thought it was growing up. Then again this was a different world then the one he lived in so maybe this version was different from the one he lived in. Looking up Duncan sighed as he saw how much further he had to go. "Think I'll," He was going to duck into an alley and take to air with his wings when the wall next to him exploded outward as a red and gold figure was thrown through it.
The red and gold figure, a man in armor skidded across the road and into the side of a truck before slowly getting up and shaking himself off. "Alright, you caught me off guard with that one. I'll give you that."
Duncan frowned in confusion before hearing someone walking out of the hole in the wall. Turning his head Duncan found a man in a long green coat with some kind of golden armor over his chest and a golden helmet with two long horns on the top. The man was pale and Duncan could just see some strands of black hair sticking out the back of the helmet. And damn was he tall. Duncan guessed the guy was over 6 feet tall with a slim, but powerful build.
Over all, the guy was hot as hell and Duncan very much liked what he saw if the way his body responded to the guy's appearance was anything to go by.
"You are a fool to take me on by yourself Stark. Or do you not recall what happened the last time you did so. I almost killed you when I tossed you out the window of your own building. Where it not for your suit of armor you would not be here." The man said, and Duncan felt a shiver run down his spine at the sound of his voice and accent.
"Yeah well I have my suit and the team's on their way. So why don't you just give up already so I can go back to my workshop and get back to work on my new project?" The red and gold man asked while pointing his palms at the man, two light blue circles glowing in them.
The man smirked. "If I were that easy I would not be here Stark. Besides, I have something that will ensure I leave here unhindered."
Duncan tilted his head to the side, wondered what the man had that the other didn't know about.
"And what's that?" The red and gold man, Stark asked.
The man's smirk grew. "A hostage."
Duncan would've jumped out of his scales when an arm wrapped around his waist and a blade appeared at his throat had it not been for the shift in the air around him. He was pulled against a body just as the man flickered and disappeared from sight.
"Now then," Duncan shivered at hearing that voice so close to his ear. "I believe I shall be taking my leave with this young man here."
Stark had turned to where Duncan and that man were and let out a curse. "Don't worry kid. Reindeer Game isn't going to get the chance to take off with you."
The man held Duncan tightly against his body and Duncan was trying to will his body not to become any more aroused then it already was. Yes he's a teenage boy with raging hormones but this wasn't the time for them.
The man chuckled. "If you want this boy's safety ensure you will let me leave. It's not that hard of a choice Stark."
"Yeah but letting a nut like you run free isn't a good idea. Last time you got free range you killed a lot of people." Stark pointed out.
'Great. I'm interested in the villain here. But if this guy's a villain then maybe Stark's one of the Avengers Dexter told me about. If so, then maybe if I help catch this guy Stark's team would be more willing to help me get home. Worth a shot.' Duncan thought about how to go about this when the guy started to walk backwards and Duncan's foot hit part of the wall. He threw a careful wink to Stark, trying to signal that he was about to do something before acting like he slipped on part of the wall.
The man almost lost his hold on him and Duncan was able to turn around and throw a punch that sent the man into the street. The blade that had been held against his neck had scraped the scales but did not break any.
"Damn. Nice punch kid." Stark commented.
Duncan turned and gave Stark a smile before something slammed into him, throwing Duncan through a part of the wall that had been undamaged up until that moment. Partly buried under the wall Duncan growled lowly in his throat. His kaiju side really hadn't like that. He didn't dwell on the whys because he was personally sick of being throw through things. Shifting to kaiju form Duncan leapt out of the hole and glared at the man, clearly surprising both him and Stark.
"That wasn't very nice." Duncan growled before leaping again, this time tackling the man to the ground where they began to struggle.
"Um, okay? This is new." Stark commented as he watched what was happening. He really had no idea what the hell was going on or even what the kid was. Hell he'd thought the kid had a bad fake tan and some kind of skin condition. Now here was the kid, with horns and claws wrestling with the very guy he'd been trying to keep busy till reinforcements arrived. Though the real confusion came when the kid managed to get being the one he was fighting, after some how getting that helmet off and bit the back of the guy's neck. And the guy just froze up so suddenly it couldn't have been from shock.
Duncan was panting heavily through his nose, drawing in lungfuls of the man's scent with each breath. His mouth was full of the back of the man's neck, tongue just brushing the skin there and he was pressed up against the man's back tightly. Duncan's brain was struggling to catch up with what had happened, as his kaiju instincts had kicked in part way through the struggle and his human half hadn't been able to keep up. But as he slowly began coming back to himself he noticed two very important things that almost made him let go of the man's neck. One, his clawed hands were under the man's top and slowly feeling the guy up. And two, Duncan was hard and pressed right up against the man's ass. It seems his body had reacted during the battle and now all his kaiju side wanted was to rip off his own clothes and the man's and just go at it like a wild animal. It was only the fact that the man seemed to be unable to move that Duncan didn't let go of his hold and put some space between the man and himself. However he did remove his hands and tried his best to hold back a moan that came when he shifted a little away from the man's body.
Duncan was relieved when a jet landed not far from where he was with the man and Stark, several oddly dressed people running out of it. Stark jogged over to them and seem to begin to explain what was happening, if the looks thrown his way were anything to go by. Mind you Duncan was sure that the buff blond man with the hammer wanted to kill him, if the glare being sent his way was anything to go by.
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"So you name's what again?" Stark, or rather Tony asked.
After Tony had explained to friends/team mates what had happened, and Duncan could bring himself to let go of the man who he was later told was named Loki the team, the Avengers invited him back to their base. And after Tony heard Duncan's last name he seem to feel the need to ask Duncan to repeat it.
"Duncan Rosenblatt. And no I am not repeating it." Duncan growled, swearing he will never let Tony know his full name. Duncan noticed he was on edge since Loki was taken some place outside his line of sight. If he could speak with his father about this he would, but sadly his father was beyond his reach.
"Can you explain what you are? Because we've never met an enhanced like you before." The blond in blue, Steve asked.
"Well, that is going to be hard as you guys don't have actual Kaiju." Duncan sighed.
"Kaiju? Like Godzilla?" Tony questioned.
Duncan groaned. "I have no idea who Godzilla is and I've never hear of him before."
"What do kaijus have to do with what you are?" Natasha asked.
"My father, Belloc is a kaiju. Or rather the king of kaijus." Duncan answered.
The team stared at him in surprise. Then Tony asked the question Duncan never wants the answer to.
"How the hell did your parent have sex?"
Duncan wasn't the only one to groan at that.
"And you say you father is a king?" The buff blond that had given him a look of murder, Thor asked.
Duncan nodded. "Yes, and yes that makes me prince of all kaiju."
"What was happening between you and Loki?" The archer, Clint asked.
For some reason Duncan found himself struggling not to blush. "I'm really not sure. I think my kaiju instincts kicked, wouldn't be the first time." Duncan shrugged. He sure as hell wasn't going to tell them about his wandering hands or what was happening below his belt while he had the back of Loki's throat in his mouth.
"You alright?" Natasha asked, having noticed how on edge he was.
Duncan rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I'm not sure what is up with me. Something about that guy just has my kaiju side acting weird." 'Not to mention making my already out of control hormones even more impossible to deal with.' Not to mention from what they told him Loki and Thor are brother and Duncan wasn't about to tell someone built like Thor that he was feeling up his brother. Hell Duncan was pretty sure Loki was well over the acceptable age gap for him.
"Will you be alright?" Steve asked.
"I never know with my kaiju side. Dad told me as I mature who knows just what kaiju traits might develop." Duncan shrugged.
"Could be a reaction between your kaiju side and Loki. After all he's not human." Clint suggested.
"What? He's not human?" That was surprising as Loki and Thor both looked human to him. There might be some truth to what Clint suggested after all if that was the case. After all, back home there was just humans and kaiju, so there's no way to know if it's a reaction between two different races or if it's just something to do with Duncan himself.
"Can we get back to the part about Duncan ending up in a world not his own? Or am I the only one interested in that?" Sam asked.
"Right, you said you were helping test something when it happened?" Tony questioned.
Duncan nodded. "Blitz has been trying to build weapons to fight kaiju for some time now. He thought he had something but he needed to test it on someone with kaiju blood. So it was either me or dad. After I smoothed it over with mom she gave me this," Duncan pulled out the crystal his mother had given him. "Dad gave this to mom years ago and it seemed to have a reaction to the weapon. Next thing I know I'm laying in the middle of Central Park but in another version of Earth. That's all I really know about what happened to me."
"Mind if I take that and run some scans over it?" Tony asked, already holding his hand out for it.
Duncan hesitated. Right now that crystal was the only thing he had with him from home, the only connection to his family. He wasn't sure about giving it to someone he just met for some scans.
Tony, seeing the hesitation put his hand down. "You know what, I would rather have you in the lab as well when I do the scans." When Duncan gave him a surprised look Tony grinned. "I want to hear all about these kaiju and everything you know they can do. And then later tonight, I'll show you what our world thinks kaiju can do and look like. You can tell me how close we are."
Duncan could help but smile at that. As it almost sounded like something Isabel or Kenny would suggest doing. "Sure, that sounds like fun." 'Maybe it won't be so bad being with these guys after all. I mean yeah, they are weird but then again so am I to them. And Loki, why can't I stop thinking about him? I've never had this problem with Troy or Kenny before. Sure a dream here or there, but nothing like this.' Duncan gave himself a mental shake. 'No, I need to stop worrying about this. I have to get home. That's my main goal, and these guys are going to help me do that. I hope.'