Chapter 1: Rise of Alpha
All right… How the hell am I going to tell my story?
I mean… It's so crazy that even I don't believe it and I freaking lived through it for crying out loud. In the past fourteen years of my life I was a normal teenager who loved to play video games, eat junk food and hang out with my friends.
It's not the most original life but it was my life.
Until the day a freaking comic book character came into my life.
My name is Luke Anderson and this is my story.
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Luke Anderson, a fourteen year old brunette with brown eyes yawned as he leaned in a chair he was sitting in enjoying a hot mug of cocoa and marshmallow. The simple joys of life.
Today he was hoping to hang with his friend Greg Matthews, maybe go bowling it's been a while since he's done that.
But right now he was reading a few comics.
Before you go and call him a nerd he doesn't really care. He just wants to do what he loves and he doesn't hurt people or steal, this is his thing.
The comic he was reading was part of the M2 Marvel Universe. Normally he loves reading the original ones but he likes the continuation story with the A-Next team, X-People, although he wonders sometimes why they changed from X-Men, Juggernaut Jr., and Spider-Girl.
Right now he was reading the first issue of A-Next since it was the first in the story and he was getting so into it he jumped when someone spoke behind him.
"Mortals and their stories."
Luke spun around but he didn't see anything but the wall. "… Maybe I need to lie down." Luke muttered scratching his head in confusion.
The same voice laughed. "You mortals are all the same; you try to do anything to avert your minds from the truth."
"All right, who's there?" Luke asked hoping that someone was playing a prank on him. "Why are you talking with me?"
The next thing Luke knew he wasn't in his room. He was in a dark room that held different screens showing costumed heroes from Marvel, Noir, Ultimate, the list was endless.
"What the hell?" Luke backed up and turned only to see a man in silver armor with black hair and a black goatee causing him to scream and jump back in surprise.
"Hello mortal." The man smirked. "I am the Beyonder."
"…" Luke waited for someone to come out and say that he was being Punked but that didn't happen. "Uh…" Was his intelligent reply.
The Beyonder just laughed at Luke's befuddled expression. "Be honored mortal, I barely show myself to anyone and yet my curiosity grows with a question."
Luke just blinked his brain trying to process what was going on.
"Uatu always watched other dimensions asking 'What If' questions; well I have one of my own." Beyonder smirked. "What if I put a mortal in a world where he knew exactly what was going to happen? What if I gave that mortal a small power?"
"What?" Luke asked in shock as he realized where this was going. "Me?"
Beyonder sighed. "Yes you, although I'm beginning to rethink my choice." He whispered that last part.
"But why me? I can't even fight my way out of a paper bag!" Luke asked.
"This is why I chose you." Beyonder chuckled. "I have a feeling you will amuse me in this world."
"I am not anyone's toy." Luke glared at Beyonder before he waved his hand and Luke fell to his knees as he felt a powerful force overlapping his whole body.
"Stay silent mortal," Beyonder snarled in anger. "I can kill you without batting an eye but I want to see how far you can go."
Luke kept silent knowing that this guy was serious.
"Now then." Beyonder snapped his fingers and pain coursed through Luke's limbs. "I gave you your power. Now let's see how you use it."
Luke blacked out in a second before he woke up in an alleyway.
"Ugh." Luke groaned in pain. "Some guys go to school, some have jobs. Me? I get sent to who knows where by some cosmic powered entity that belongs in a comic book… When the hell did my life get so weird?"
Then Luke looked out the alleyway to see New York and he nearly had a heart attack when he saw Avenger's Mansion.
"Cool-. Oh shit." Luke had a bad feeling. "If this is the Marvel Zombies Dimension I am so getting out of here."
That was when Luke noticed that he was wearing a freaking costume that was clearly spandex.
It was a tight black, one piece spandex uniform that went over his head cutting off at the nose with the eyes being blood red and he wore yellow gloves and combat boots. There was an A insignia on the chest and the forehead that was also yellow.
The shocking part was that Luke recognized the costume.
'Alpha?' Luke thought in shock. 'But this is a comic character that I made up only to scrap the idea! Why the hell am I in the uniform?' That was when Luke saw that he was floating up into the air. 'Okay, if I remember correctly I only gave Alpha the powers of flight and a healing factor that can rival Deadpool's without the scarring.'
Shaking his head Luke just sat in the air only to lose control and fly into the ground feeling his bones break but in a few seconds they were healed.
'Son of a- that hurt.'
"Surrender the weapon, human!" A voice called out drawing Luke's attention where he saw a blonde haired young adult being accosted by three men in trench coats. "Release it to our care, or suffer torments to terrible for your mortal mind to conceive."
'Holy shit, this is the first issue of A-Next.' Luke thought as he recognized the guy being mugged as Kevin Masterson the next Thunderstrike.
"I heard that New York was dangerous, but I was pretty sure that I'd be safe on Avenger's proper-." Kevin's eyes widened when he saw the men's faces to see that they weren't human at all. "Hoo-boy. What the heck are you?"
Without thinking Luke focused and flew off nailing one of the men in the face. "I'm not sure what language you guys speak but I'm pretty sure that no means no."
"Unhand me Mortal!" The creature smacked Luke sending him flying into the wall.
'… Ow.'
Luke shook his head and jumped back only to keep moving back. "Whoa!" Luke waved his arms before getting into a fighting position causing the three to laugh.
"This mortal can't even control his powers!" One of them laughed.
Luke looked at Kevin. "You all right sir?"
Kevin just nodded but he thought. 'Out of the many heroes in New York I get one who doesn't even have full control of his powers? I'm screwed.'
Luke nodded and looked back only to be smacked in the face and sent flying again.
'Did I just get bitch slapped?'
"Now that the annoying mortal is out of the way hand over the mace or forfeit your life."
"Why do you want it?" Kevin asked defiantly. "It's supposed to be useless."
"You are in no position to demand explanations." The creatures snarled. "None can save you!"
"Incorrect!" A mechanical voice spoke up. "I can." They looked back to see a figure that was in black and yellow armor. "The name's Mainframe and I have little regard for bullies and even less for threats."
"REGROUP!" Out of nowhere nine more of the same creatures appeared. "One armored warrior is no match for my most savage shock troops. Especially when we outnumber him twelve to one."
"What am I?" Luke shouted out of anger of being underestimated. "Beef Jerky?"
"Uhhhh… Maybe you should recalculate your math mister." Luke turned to see Juggernaut 2 behind him who was wearing his silver dome over his head and his eyes widened when he saw Jubilee, a woman in a yellow coat wearing green sunglasses, Stinger a teenager in a purple outfit wearing an ant like metal helmet, Speedball wearing blue and brown suit and green see through glasses, and Jolt a woman wearing a yellow and brown suit.
"This may not be the most appropriate time to ask, but which one of you sent out that Avengers Distress call?" Jubilee asked as they all got ready.
"That would be me." Mainframe admitted before they charged.
"Swell, who are you?" Jubilee asked as they fought with J2 smacking them away while Mainframe blasted the stragglers.
'Y-You read about stuff like this on the net, but like wow.' Kevin looked shocked. 'These are perfect strangers and they're risking their lives for me. Me!'
"Mainframe… But maybe we should hold off on proper introductions until later?" Mainframe suggested.
"Okay pops, but I like to know something about my allies, especially since one of them is that Juggernaut Wanabee that I've heard about."
"Hey!" J2 cried out insulted.
"Don't let her get to you." Luke said as he plowed through two of the enemies with his flight. "I'm just happy you're on our side."
J2 nodded before punching more back. "This is TOO cool! I love playing hero!"
"You and me both pal!" Speedball jumped his way around using his kinetic powers to avoid being killed. "But I always thought that the Juggernaut leaned a little too close to the dark side of the force."
"Er… That was a different guy." J2 admitted sheepishly.
Stinger blasted some of the guys back. "You got his number?" She joked. "We could use the assist."
Luke was about to make a joke when one of the bad guys stabbed him right through the stomach.
"MAN DOWN!" Mainframe shouted as he blasted the guy who stabbed Luke.
"Oh my God." J2 looked sick.
"God damnit that hurts!" Luke grabbed the sword and pulled it out before the wound healed in front of everyone… Even the costume repaired itself. "It's official. I love this healing factor!"
Jolt came in kicking the one behind Luke back before he could be beheaded. "Does your healing factor count for you losing your head?"
Luke went pale as he thought about that. "I'd rather not tempt fate."
"So back to my question." Jubilee looked at J2 who was about to answer when they were surrounded by green mist.
"ENOUGH OF THIS FOOLISHNESS!" A dark voice called out. "I will brook no further delay! I desire that mace and I will have it NOW!"
In a second Luke blinked as he was chained up with the other heroes… Except for Kevin that is.
Kevin felt his eye twitch. 'He probably didn't chain me up because I wasn't worth the effort.'
"Where are we?" Jubilee asked hesitantly.
Luke shrugged although he knew the answer. "If someone says the welcome to the wonderful Land of Oz I'm leaving."
"Not that it really matters, but I took the liberty of transporting you to my turf." Loki the Norse God of Mischief walked out of the shadows wearing his green and gold armor. "Asgard, known to all mortals as the home of the Norse Gods-."
"Blah, blah, blah do you ever stop talking?" Luke interrupted before he was blasted back. 'I deserved that.'
Loki continued as if he wasn't interrupted. "I am Loki, the often maligned and rarely understood God of Rapture and Delight!"
'I know that I'm going to regret this but I have to say it.' "More like the God of Gayness with his outfit." Luke was blasted again.
"How about you don't insult the God?" Stinger suggested questioning Luke's sanity.
Luke shrugged before wincing because his wounds weren't fully healed yet. "I hate being looked down on." He admitted.
"Now back to what I was saying." Loki held out a mace making Kevin's eyes widen. "Thanks to this little plaything I will be the lord of-."
"Playing with yourself?"
"Impudent Mortal!" He blasted Luke again until he was sure he was dead but he got back up healing already.
"At least I'm not hiding in a closet? Is that why you mess with Thor?"
"This guy is nuts." Luke heard Speedball whisper to J2 who nodded in agreement.
Loki decided to just gag Luke before continuing.
"I will become the liege lord of the Universe!"
"How?" Kevin shouted in shock. "The mace lost its power a long time ago!"
"While it's true that the power remained tied to the last wielder the power is still present." Loki said as he focused energy into it while Luke was trying to get rid of the gag. "I intend to access it and employ it against my enemies."
"Loki's restraining spell doesn't seem to affect technology." Mainframe noted. "I believe I can free us all."
"Are you sure, Mainframe?" Stinger asked in confusion. "I can't get my stingers to work."
"Trust me." Mainframe said. "All we need is a distraction."
"To bad crazy 'A' here is gagged." Speedball said calling Luke A because of his insignia. "He would've made a hell of a distraction."
Luke gave Speedball a glare but he had to agree that he would since he seemed to heal from anything.
But Kevin took off. 'It these guys need a distraction it's up to me to provide one.' He thought before shouting. "Get your slimy hands off of my mace, you horned headed huckster!" He jumped at the mace as it was taking in energy. "It belongs to me, this mace is the only real connection I have to my father and I won't allow you to pervert his memory by using his most prized possession for evil."
While that was going on Mainframe managed to get the chains off of everyone but Luke pointed to his gag. "I think I'll leave that on." Mainframe said.
"MPH!" Luke shouted cursing the guy out even though no one could hear what he was saying but the middle finger was a dead giveaway.
"Hold on." J2 grabbed it and ripped the gag off making Luke nearly scream in pain as the rip marks healed up.
"Thanks." Luke muttered as he rubbed where it was.
But the sound of thunder caught their attention as a bright light filled the room as Kevin was replaced by a more buff looking version of him wearing a brown and red suit with a T on his left chest.
Kevin smirked as he blasted the enemies back with his new powers. "Hoo-boy! It works! I really have the powers of Thunderstrike!"
"Nice Zap Bolt, pal…" J2 complimented before raising an eyebrow. "But where did you get the costume? You wouldn't believe the headaches I went through for mine."
"I-… I'm not sure where it came from." Thunderstrike confessed.
"Welcome to my world." Luke said with a smile. "Right before this whole fiasco began I woke up in the alley wearing this costume."
That earned him some weird looks but Luke waved them away. "So what's the plan?"
At that point they were surrounded by an army. "Not dying!" Mainframe shouted.
"I like that plan." Luke joked as he mentally crapped himself.
"They're calling in more reinforcements!" Stinger shouted as she blasted more back while Luke flew up throwing one of them but when he went to fly at one he was clotheslined because he didn't have enough experience to change directions causing him to crash into Speedball.
"Hey watch out!" Speedball complained as he managed to regain his footing and get him and Luke out of the way.
"Sorry." Luke apologized. "I'm not used to flying yet."
"Hey, everybody get behind me!" J2 called out. "I'm pretty sure that I can plow right through these clowns."
"Then what?" Stinger asked.
Jubilee nodded as she blasted some back. "Stinger's right. There's nowhere for us to run- UGH!" She was punched her sunglasses breaking.
"Keep fighting back!" Mainframe ordered. "We have to turn the tide of this fight."
"Easier said than done Metal head!" Speedball told him before Luke was slammed into the ground next to him. "You all right A?"
"Yeah." Luke nodded before starting. "A?"
"All right what's your hero name?"
"… Alpha."
"Really?" Speedball gave him a look of disbelief.
"It's my name." Alpha said with a shrug. "Any chance you can get us out of this?"
"I can't use my kinetic powers without room to outmaneuver them." Speedball said as they were being overrun by sheer numbers.
Alpha looked at Thunderstrike pretending that he got an idea. "Hold up aren't we on Asgard?"
"Yeah so-." Thunderstrike got the idea. "Of course!" He shot a beam of light up into the air before it exploded.
"NO!" Loki screamed in anger. "That mortal has undone us all! Sound the retreat, we must flee now while there's still time!"
"B-But why milord?" His general asked in confusion. "The mortals are about to fall."
"Forget them, we must begone or all is lost!" With that Loki disappeared.
"Am I missing something?" Stinger asked as they were all running. "They were winning so why are they booking it?"
"It was because of that flare that T-Strike shot into the sky." Jubilee explained.
"Who were you trying to signal?" Mainframe asked Thunderstrike.
"It was Alpha's idea." Thunderstrike said making Alpha smile and wave. "We're in Asgard so he knew that someone would hear it and look."
A blue streak flew across the sky with the sound of thunder and Thor came down.
"Who calls upon the Lord of Asgard?!" Thor rumbled as he looked down. "If there are foes of the realm internal, let them now-." His eyes widened when he saw Thunderstrike. "Heimdalls Horn, Eric?"
Thunderstrike shook his head. "No such luck, I'm Kevin… His son."
"Why come you here and why do you shimmer with power untold?" Thor asked curiously while Alpha stared in shock at seeing the actual God of Thunder himself.
"Long story." Thunderstrike chuckled. "With a MAJOR emphasis on my Dad's mace and Loki-."
"Loki?" Thor sighed. "Ah, some things never change… They only appear different." He said seeing the other heroes.
Before Thor could send them back Alpha coughed. "Uh, is there any chance I can get an autograph?" He asked before doing a face palm. "If I had paper that was."
Thor just chuckled a bit before he twirled Mjolnir. "The planet spins! The page turns! And the world still needs heroes!" He said as they were surrounded by energy. "May each and all prove worthy of the privilege before you!"
With that they were all in front of the Avenger's Mansion. "All right that was awesome!" Alpha shouted forgetting where he was. "We just went to freaking Asgard! That was so cool-!" Then he noticed how everyone was staring at him so he coughed. "Sorry." He said trying to regain some dignity.
Stinger broke the awkward silence. "Thor did bring up an interesting point… Ten years is too long a time for Earth to be without its greatest heroes."
Mainframe nodded. "Correct and I have a notion to make-."
"Whoa!" Jubilee interrupted. "I can see where this is headed and my duties as the leader of the X-People prevent me from making another full time commitment!" She said as she walked away. 'Although, I should really have a private chat with J2 in the not so distant future.'
"Same goes for me." Speedball rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I'll be glad to pitch in every once in a while but I like being a solo act!" He took off with his kinetic powers.
"You know my number if you need me." Jolt waved. "But I consider myself semi-retired at this point in my life."
As the three left Thunderstrike sighed. "So where does that leave us?"
"With more than enough." Mainframe said with a nod. "I'm not going to lie to you. Embarking on this course will be dangerous and thankless. Some… Or all of you may suffer grievous injury, or worse."
'Wow! A chance to be an Avenger, so cool.' J2 thought in excitement. 'What better way to make up for my Dad's lousy rep?' "I'm in."
"Me too." Stinger said. 'My father will freak for making this decision without consulting him, but it's my life.'
"After what you guys risked for me I'm not walking away." Thunderstrike agreed. 'Besides, this will be a perfect way to walk a mile in my Dad's shoes.'
"What about you?" Mainframe looked at Alpha who was surprised that they were waiting for his answer as well.
Alpha sighed. "To be honest, I'm not so sure how helpful I would be because I'm still new with my powers… But this whole ordeal showed me that this world needs heroes so I'm in." 'Plus it'll give me a place to stay in this world because I don't have anywhere else to go.'
"It appears to be settled." Mainframe said.
"Sooo… Who's going to say it?" J2 asked.
"It has to be all of us." Thunderstrike said with a smile that was quickly mirrored before they all took a deep breath.
"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" They all shouted making people around them stare in shock.
'This is so cool!' Alpha thought happily before he mentally frowned. 'But why did Beyonder send me? What does he have to gain?' Deciding not to worry about that he got to know his new teammates.
To Be Continued…
I'm surprised there isn't any fan fictions about the M2 universe so here's one about a kid being pulled into it and I'll be trying to do it in order.
Plus I need to work on my other stories as well so ULW is signing out!