A/N: Hey, party people! Welcome to my new product 'Next Avengers: Silver Lining'. By the way, to Dracus7, a fellow reviewer, I'm afraid I have something to tell you… I've never seen Akame ga kill before, I'm sorry. But to everyone else, be warned, this story focus' more on my OC, Dante Maximoff, the son of Quicksilver. And is gonna be voiced by Dante Bosco. By the way, for his outfit, I found some awesome concept art for Quicksilver in 'Age of Ultron'. And I'm also gonna be using New York 2099 fro 'Spider-man: Shattered dimensions' as New York City in this story. So… Enjoy the show!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC, all character rights go to Lionsgate Entertainment, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby.
Prologue
(New York City - The Docks)
"You got the stuff?" Asked Gangster #1, he was asking this dealer he and his pals go to when they need an 'Upgrade'. No, not drugs… Weapons. Ya see, there's this Street gang called the Park Avenues who somehow always have over $1,000 in their pockets, for guns from all over the world. And tonight, they were told that this was gonna be the best arms deal ever.
"Gentlemen, have I ever let you down? Now anyways, boys, What do you want for Christmas?" The lead arms dealer called Loose Lips asked, while sitting in a big red chair, and wearing a Santa hat. Ya see, Loose Lips was a is well known arms dealer, but somehow, he managed to keep all his deals on a low profile. And his reason for saying 'What do you want for Christmas?' is because it's 2 weeks 'till Christmas, and he felt special about it. Because for him it means that thugs from the streets, and various street gangs come to him for even better weapons than the ones the police use. And somehow, Loose Lips always has them, and he make $10,000 more on Christmas.
"Oh wait, I already know." Loose Lips smirked, already knowing what his fellow 'friends' wanted. Then he had one of his boys open up a metal briefcase, which had shiny new sniper inside that only top of the line soldiers have these days. If these guns hit the streets, there's gonna be a bloodbath!
Then one of the Gangsters walked up to Loose Lips, and presented him with a suitcase full of money.
"Now, Let's see if you've been naughty, or…." He stopped as he opened the case, and loved what he saw. "Hohohohohohohohoho, Nice." He said smirking, after laughing like Santa.
"Now, down to business." Loose Lips said while getting up from his chair, ready to talk business.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the closest warehouse, A figure with Silver hair was watching the whole deal play out, and when they busted out the even bigger guns, things just got very serious.
The figure is wearing a pair of silver and black racing goggles on his forehead (The goggles Quicksilver wore in 'X-men: Apocalypse'), a long sleeve electric blue shirt under a black T-shirt with a strange red and blue symbol on it, a silver fingerless glove on his left hand, black running pants with Silver highlights, white running shoes with green shoelaces, and a chained necklace underneath his shirts (I'm using this concept art I found online for Quicksilver from 'Age of Ultron'. If you want to know what it looks like, type in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron costume designs.' just scroll down until you see a concept art picture of Quicksilver wearing the outfit I described.)
And his name… is Dante Maximoff, son of Pietro Maximoff, the original Quicksilver. He's 17 years old, standing at 5'10, with electric blue eyes, fair skin, and Silver hair that stops at the bottom of his neck.
After watching them even bring in rocket launchers, he finally had enough waiting. If these guns hit the streets, innocents will die in the crossfire.
He put his goggles on his eyes, cracked his knuckles, got in a running stance, and sped his way down there.
(Insert song 'Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This]' by eurythmics)
Let's go to slow motion, everyone was going so slow, it all looked like everything was standing still, when it wasn't. Then Dante ran his way to the closest gangster, and punched him in the face, and wedgied the second one, while with the third one, who was holding a gun, was getting the 'Why are you hitting yourself?' treatment, via Dante, lifting the handgun from his.. Er.. hand, and forming it into a fist, and making it punch the dude in the face.
Same went for Loose Lips' goons, as they were punched wedgied, but 2 of them were hit in the face by their own guns.
As for the arms dealer himself, Dante just put the guy back in the chair, found some rope, and tied around him. Then he ran in front of Loose Lips, turned off the slow mo, crossed his arms with a smirk, and let the effects of his 'Artwork' go into motion.
(End song 'Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This])
The dudes that were wedgied were flipped over and onto their backs. The guys that were smacked with their guns fell down unconscious. And so on, as all the guys fell down unconscious. Then Loose Lips noticed that he was back in the chair, tied up by a rope, like a Christmas present before the big day even began.
"What the hell?!" He shouted, practically demanding to know who did this.
"Whoa there, little boy, language. You wouldn't wanna end up on Santa's naughty list again, would ya Loose Lips?" A teasing, young voice said from right in front of him. Loose Lips looked up to see Dante, smirking victoriously at Loose Lips, knowing how easy it was to actually take down the biggest weapons dealer in the city.
"Who the hell are? And how do you know my name?" Loose Lips asked, wanting to know the name of the little punk who thought it was okay to mess up Loose Lips' deal, and how he knows who Loose Lips is.
"Let's just say I have… creative ways of getting people to talk." He replied, and those ways either included, taking thugs all the way to the grand canyon, and threatening to drop them in it. Or just talking them to death, until they get too annoyed by all the chit chat, and just fess up.
"How did you Take 'em all down? I didn't even see you." Loose Lips said confused, How did this kid do all this without even moving?
"Sorry pal, but I guess I'm just too fast." He said back, pretty much answering his question.
"You… You ruined my deal!" Loose Lips shouted in realization. The, Dante walked over to Loose Lips, and said "Sorry ma, it's just what superheroes do."
"Superheroes?" The criminal asked himself quietly. "Wait a minute. Who are you, kid?" He asked, realizing he never got the kid's name.
"You can call me, Quicksilver." He answered, already deciding to take up his father's name.
"You know you'll never get away with any of this. Loose Lips always finds a way." Loose Lips said, trying to scare the kid. Quicksilver just laughed and asked "And how are you gonna do that, when you're too busy being fed prison food as an early Christmas present?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Loose Lips asked, confused at what the kid meant. Quicksilver just stuck his thumb from behind him, and with strangely perfect timing, police sirens were heard, and they were heading straight for them!
"Uh buh bye, Loosey." Quicksilver said cheekily, then he sped away from the scene.
"Rrrgh, Quicksilver!" Loose Lips shouted into the sky.
(The next day)
"Last night, the notorious, yet elusive Loose Lips has finally been taken into custody, nobody knows how, but a witness says that it was only done by one man when the police found Loose Lips himself roped to a Santa chair." Said J. Jonah Jr., second son of J. Jonah Jameson, reporter for the Daily Bugle. And now to the Witness, "At first, all I saw was this strange blue blur, taking down these thugs and gangsters, faster than I could even blink! But then it stopped, and even thug in the area was out cold, and Loose Lips was tied to the big red chair. And the blur just turned out to be some… kid! Then Loose Lips was getting angry that it happened, and asked the kid was, and the kid the he could call him Quicksilver. And then the police came, I don't know how, but they came." He explained, and then J.J took the stand, "Thank you, sir. These kind officers will escort you home safely, everything will be alright." Then, 2 officers entered the scene, and escorted the witness to their squad car so they can get him home. "Well, New York, looks like we have a new guardian angel watching over us. Anyways, this is J. Jonah Jr. signing out. Goodnight, and Merry Christmas." And then Someone turned off the T.V.
And that one person was Tony Stark, back in action as CEO of Stark Industries. He was in complete shock, Quicksilver is back? But how? And why?
"Well… That was a thing." Said Torunn, daughter of Thor. Torunn is 17 years old, astonishingly beautiful, Standing at 5'8, with golden, almost platinum blonde hair, tan skin, muscular body, deep blue eyes, and silver and golden armor with glowing blue highlights, and equipped with her trusty sword..
"You got me there, Tor." Said Francis Barton, AKA Hawkeye, son of Clint Barton, the original Hawkeye. Francis is 17 years old, Standing at 5'9, with Tan skin, hardened brown eyes, platinum, almost white hair, and equipped with a bow and arrow. He's wearing a white and black archer jacket, a black shirt underneath, black boots, pants, and gloves.
"I was seeing it, but I'm not sure I was believing it." Said Azari, AKA Black Panther, son of King T'Challa, the Original Black Panther. Azari was a special case, he's 15 years old, standing at 5'6, has yellow eyes, dark colored skin (Trying not to sound racist), strange tattoos on his head and shoulders, Which glows whenever he activates his powers. He's wearing a black combat catsuit, with a belt around his waist which is where he hides his bo staff, for ranged attacks.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but He's got some serious style." Said Henry Pym, Son of Ant-man and The Wasp, and the youngest of the team. He's 13 years old, standing at 5'1, with Black hair, Black eyes, and Pale skin. He's wearing a yellow chest plate that had a green gem with bee wings in the middle, yellow arm guards, and black and yellow Boots with black spikes.
"Yeah, you got that right Pym." Said James Rogers, Son of Captain America and Black Widow. He's 16 years old, standing at 5'7, with icy blue eyes, red hair, and fair skin. He's wearing a dark blue jacket with a big red outline star on his chest, blue pants, big red boots, red gloves, and a gauntlet on his left arm that can create a holographic red and blue shield with a big white star that's actually as strong and solid as his father's old shield.
It's been a whole year and a half since they defeated Ultron,a and brought back peace to the world. Tony became CEO of Stark Industries again, and now the city is better than ever. Much Taller building, but not too tall, Holographic billboards, flying cars, holographic T.V.s, and all that good stuff. And let's not forget Avengers Tower. It's now one of the tallest buildings in the world, and quite the sight to see, too (I found this really cool alternate design for the Tower in the new Spider-man game, check it out on google).
"Well, what should we do, Tony?" James asked, but Tony just ignored his question, as he still stared aimlessly at the T.V., which was turned off, by the way.
"Tony?" James tried. "Tony?" James tried again, and still got nothing.
"Allow me, James." Torunn said, and then James backed up and threw his hands in a 'go ahead and try' manner.
"TONY!" Torunn shouted, causing everyone to cover their ears, and Tony to snap out of the funk.
"Huh? What?" Tony asked, finally out of his daze.
"Tony, what planet were you on, dude?" Francis asked warily.
"Sorry, it's just… I think I might know who this new Quicksilver is." Tony said, having a feeling he knew who it was.
"Wait. 'New'? Tony, what are you talking about?" James asked, confused at what he meant by 'New Quicksilver'. "Was there another?"
"Yes, James. There was." Tony answered. "And Ultron was the reason he died.
Everyone looked at Tony with shocked look on their faces. The original Quicksilver was dead?
"But, if he's dead, then who was that guy who took down Loose Lips last night?" Azari asked confused, wondering who it really was that took down Loose Lips last night.
"I think I was Quicksilver's son, Dante." If everyone was shocked before, they were even more so now.
"What do you mean?" Torunn asked.
"Quicksilver's real name was Pietro Maximoff. He and his sister Wanda used to be our enemies. But then when they heard that Ultron was going to take the world by force, they decided to switch teams, because Ultron was was going to start with their home, Sokovia. At a great price, we beat Ultron, or so we thought." Tony explained
"A great cost?" Azari asked, not liking where this was going.
Then Tony continued his explanation. "Pietro was killed at the hands of Ultron." And the team just couldn't believe it. Torunn had her hands over her mouth. James was on the verge of tears. Pym was in the fetal position, but he's not rocking back and forth, he's silently crying. Azari was just angry, all this death, and for what? Peace? Unity? No, it wasn't that at all, it was vengeance. And was so angry, he snapped on of his arrows in half.
"After that, we didn't know what else to do. But then the next day, he resumed his assault on Sokovia, and Wanda won the fight, or so we thought. Somehow, Ultron was alive. And in one year, He just decimated us. We were out of options, we couldn't fight back, our strength was gone, and I couldn't do anything but watch as he took my friends away from me. I can't help but feel as though it's all my fault, because I created Ultron." Tony concluded.
Then, the only thing that spoke in the living room was silence. They all just couldn't believe, Quicksilver was killed by Ultron. And Tony blames himself? No, it's not his fault.
"Tony, you couldn't have known this would happened. We all have things we don't see coming, like when the Hulk came, we didn't just expect him to tear Ultron into too like that. Or when Ultron reassembled himself, that was a huge surprise. So there's no way you could have predicted Pietro's death. I certainly don't blame you, so neither should you." Torunn said with unparalleled compassion. It truly is amazing how she can such heartfelt speeches.
Then, Tony looked up from the floor, stood up from the couch, smiled and said "Thanks, Torunn. I guess that's all I needed to hear." And made Torunn happy, if her gleaming smile was anything to go by.
Then, they heard a proximity alarm, and everyone immediately stood up on alert.
"Jocasta, what's going on? Why's the proximity alarm going off?" Tony demanded, needing to know why there's someone entering Avengers Tower without clearance.
"Sir, I believe there's someone… Running up the wall of the Tower." Jocasta said, while turning on the security screen, showing the problem. And it showed a familiar blue blur running up the side of the Tower. And then, the blur landed on the Landing port, stood up and started walking to the front door.
The team then got their weapons and powers ready, walked over to the door, and prepared themselves for a fight. Then they saw who it was, and he saw who they were (because the front doors are actually window doors), It was that new Quicksilver guy from the news, they did not expect that. What they also didn't expect, was for him to just knock on the door, not afraid at all, and say "Cupcake Graham!" In a rather childish tone.
Then, The doors opened, because the doors were also automatic. The Team raised their weapons a little, And Torunn said "Speak up, intruder! Or face the wrath of the Avengers!"
"Yeah!" Shouted Pym, which made everyone lower their weapons and look at him with weird looks on their faces. Pym saw the looks they were giving him, and said "I'm sorry, I was caught up in the moment."
Quicksilver just laughed at the kids dismay, and to the utter shock of the entire team, took out a rose, and put it in Torunn's hair, then he flashed her a smirk and a wink, and next thing you know, she's blushing like crazy! Much to the jealousy of Francis. And then the team raised their weapons at him again, except for Torunn, who was still shocked by him giving her a rose and winking at her. He just ignored the team flashing their fancy gadgets, and walked over to Tony, who was beyond shocked to see Dante Maximoff alive, and all grown up. Then, Dante took off his goggles, places them on the coffee table, and said "Hey there, Stark. Long time, no see. Ya miss me?"
A/N: Hey there, super fans! I hope you liked this prologue, because there's plenty more where that came from, and yes, I'm pairing my OC with Torunn, because why not? Plus, I really think Torunn can do better than Hawkeye. I also decided to write this for all you Quicksilver fans out there. And I made the inside of Avengers Tower the same as it was in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'. And I got the idea for the arms dealer, Loose Lips, from the game 'Batman: Arkham Origins'. And as always, stay beautiful, stay awesome, and peace out.