Hi, everyone! Welcome to the next chapter of Avengers: Superior to Us. Before we begin, a few things. We lost an internet celebrity recently, the great Justin Carmical, better known to the internet as JewWario of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. It's been a little over a week now since he died, by committing suicide, and while I didn't watch a lot of him, he was still VERY entertaining and it comes as a complete shock that he would commit suicide. But life goes on, and I'm doing a bit better after the shock. My heart goes out to anybody who misses him and I sympathize with them, and hopefully, he's watching us from somewhere in heaven.
Anyways, on with the story. Right now, we are back with Avengers: Superior to Us, and what better way to kick it off than by a chapter with America's greatest hero, Steve Rogers, Captain America. Expect pure awesomeness, and as always, reviews are appreciated. Oh, and I own NOTHING! This is for Fan-Purposes only, so please don't sue!
Elsewhere…
Captain Marvel groaned as she was slugged again in the face by Moonstone. The punch was hard enough to send her crashing into a building. Wiping her nose, Carol picked herself back up and flew straight back into the fight. Around her, her fellow Avengers were already at work.
Earlier today, Norman Osborn had once again put together a new Dark Avengers team. This time, the Line-Up consisted of Moonstone, Venom, Loki, Barney Barton, and Yelena Belova.
Thor was in the middle of trying to strike his brother with his hammer, while the half-brother of The God of Thunder continued to block every attack with his enchanted staff. Spider-Man was busy trying to take care of Venom, and the true Hawkeye and Black Widow were trying to take down the two villains who often abused their names. Clint repeatedly fired arrows which his brother deflected with his own, and it seemed as if Yelena and Natasha were both evenly matched in terms of their fighting skills.
"I WILL FEAST ON YOUR FLESH, SPIDER!" Venom hissed, shooting a giant tendril at Spider-Man.
"Sorry, Gargan!" Spidey quipped, dodging the tendril and shutting a web in Venom's eye, blinding him, "Oh, and BTW: Gene Simmons called. He says that you're in copyright violation of his look and wants you to stop now!"
Loki was grinning as Thor could not seem to hit him.
"That's right, Brother!" Loki laughed, "You won't ever be able to get past my spells! For I am Loki! And I am a…."
Loki was cut off when something grabbed him and threw him into a building. After getting up, Loki looked in horror to see the giant figure of The Incredible Hulk, looming over him and looking at him with a grin on his face that made The God of Fear's blood go cold.
"Oh no…" He whispered softly as Hulk came rushing at him.
With Loki taken care of, Thor quickly attended to the aid of Spider-Man, flinging his hammer forward, and ramming into the alien symbiote with all his might. Venom went down hard, and Thor and Spider-Man shared a quick fist-bump.
Clint and Natasha, having finished their own fight, went over and cuffed Venom.
"All right," Spider-Man nodded, "Let's get this up, because I have a date with a beautiful red-haired…"
He was suddenly cut off when they heard someone landing on the roof next to them. Everyone looked up to see a familiar red-colored symbiote.
"Carnage." Spider-Man whispered, quickly web-zipping ahead and kicking Carnage in the chest, sending the two off the side of the building before anyone could protest.
….
Avengers Tower…
While that battle raged on, another was taking place over at Avengers Tower.
The New Dark Avengers were only part of the problem at hand. Norman had also put together another team gathering the forces of himself, Black Cat, Abomintion and The Mandarin. Tony Stark, Winter Soldier, Wolverine, Mockingbird and Scarlet Witch were trying to hold their ground at the mansion as best they could, but they wouldn't last much longer. Especially with Osborn having stolen himself another of Stark's Armors and redesigned it to become The Iron Patriot once again.
"Thought you'd have this mess cleaned up by now." Winter Soldier exclaimed, as her fired a bullet which hit Black Cat in her knee, leaning back-to-back with Stark.
"Name's Iron Man, not Miracle Worker." Tony explained, "Osborn's changed the encryption code to the suit. I can't hack into it to shut it down remotely. We gotta do this the old fashioned way."
"Fine by me!" Bobbi exclaimed, giving a blow to Mandarin's head.
However, Osborn was able to fire a series of missiles at her and Bobbi knew there was no time to dodge. Fortunately, Scarlet Witch appeared in front of her and made a symbol with her fingers. A portal then opened up, which the missiles flew into before the portal closed. Seconds later, another portal opened up behind Abomination who was holding the X-Man/Avenger/X-Force Member/Headmaster/best improvisational-mutant-who-ever-lived-besides-maybe-Deadpool. The missiles hit the Gamma Beast in his back as he fell with a groan.
"Bub…" Logan said, as his claws popped out, "You've gone and really upset me now."
"You're testing my patience, Maximoff…" Osborn declared.
"I detest violence, Osborn." Wanda said, calmly, as she made a defensive stance, "But I detest you even more."
As the two began their battle, Tony put in a call to the one Avenger who wasn't there.
"CAP, IT'S TONY!" He declared, "WE NEED YOU HERE NOW!"
"In a sec, Stark." Steve declared over the com-link, "I still need to check the raft and make sure Osborn didn't bust him out."
…...
The Raft…
After showing his clearances, Captain America was led by a single guard deep within the Super-Human prison known as The Raft. He was then brought to an elevator which took them deep underground. They then went into a metal door where at the end stood a door that had locks on it almost as if it were a bank safe.
"As you can see, Sir." The Guard said, pulling the access key out, "We've been keeping him here since dawn and he hasn't been acting up."
The guard went to unlock the door, but Steve held out an arm to stop him. The guard was confused, but then he saw it. Near the ground at the base of the door was some kind of string. A string that the door would have touched when opened.
"What the…" The Guard asked confused.
Steve just took some kind of spray-like substance out of his belt. The latest SHIELD Tech in case of stuff like this. Having served in multiple wars both of and not of this Earth, technology was always moving forward, and as such, Steve liked to be prepared for anything in case something came up that he didn't understand.
Captain America sprayed the substance over the string, and the small thread imminently froze. The Living Legend of World War II then simply tapped it with his finger lightly, as the thread was shattered into a million tiny pieces harmlessly.
With the threat now disabled, the guard opened the door and the two looked inside. They could see that inside of the cell was a dummy of the skull, lying on a single bed surrounded by a dozen explosives.
"I don't get it…" The Guard said.
"This wasn't the real trap." Steve realized, "The real threat…"
Steve quickly moved in front of the guard, holding out his shield as two arrows hit the Super Soldier's legendary symbol and broke upon impact.
"Is right behind us." Steve finished.
The two saw that they had a new arrival. It was a figured dressed in blue-and-white armor with a white hood over a white skull-like mask. The Figure had multiple weapons including a sword (which he was twirling around,) a bow and arrow, and his own shield that was the same shape and size as Captain America's. However, unlike the Captain's, this Shield that the newcomer carried was one that had a dark blue circle leading into a dark yellow circle. In the center of the shield was an orange 'T' with a white circle outline over the center.
"Clever…" Tony Masters smiled, "But then again, you were always clever, weren't you, Rogers?"
"Taskmaster." Steve declared.
The Guard took off as Steve and Taskmaster each exchanged blows. However, neither was able to hit the other as they would just block each attack. Finally, Taskmaster brought his sword down over Steve's head by The Captain blocked with his shield, before punching Taskmaster in the chest, giving him some distance to come up with some strategy to take him down.
"You're Osborn's pet again, Masters?" Steve asked.
"Hey!" Taskmaster laughed, "His money's green, and as an added bonus, I'm going to do what that idiot Crossbones never could and kill you."
"Been hearing that all my life." Steve said, "And yet surprisingly, that is more intelligent than what people in Germany used to say."
STAGE 1: CAPTAIN AMERICA VS TASKMASTER-
With that, Taskmaster fired an arrow at Rogers, to which he simply blocked.
Rogers then charged forward with his shield, hitting Taskmaster in the chest. With his foe off-guard, Steve took this opportunity to uppercut Masters and then leap up onto the light fixture above him. However, Taskmaster recovered and gave Steven a slash of his sword, sending Cap back to the ground.
As Taskmaster reached the bottom, however, Steve simply pulled his fist back and punched Masters as soon as he got within range The Super Soldier punched the copycat artist in the mid-section. The punch sent Masters flying back into the elevator, as Steve jumped in, hitting the top floor as he leaped inside. As the elevator began its way up, Steve continually punched away at Taskmaster. Tony Masters tried to block, but every time he thought he had him, Rogers would use the other direction to punch him in. Eventually, Taskmaster was so dazed that he didn't notice when Steve grabbed his shoulders and threw him into the elevator's window, breaking it in the process. Steve then noted they were at the top floor, and punched Masters outside, leaving them by the entrance where a statue of John Walker, the raft's current warden stood proudly alongside prison cells containing the worst villains New York had to offer.
Steve could see that Master's was getting weak, so he let out a quip.
"C'mon, Taskmaster." Steve encouraged, "I've fought worse than you."
"You…" Taskmaster breathed, "What are you doing?! How are you able to make moves I've never seen?!"
"That?" Steve asked, "It's a little something called 'improvisation.' It's a concept I think you're not so familiar with."
Steve then pulled back and lunged forward with his shield, swinging it around so that it hit Taskmaster right in his jaw. The impact sent him into the air, but before he could hit the ground, Steve delivered a series of quick and swift kicks to his enemy's face, air-juggling the super-villain-assassin in the air. When he was done, Steve delivered a final hard punch to Taskmaster's face, KOing him out. Steve grinned with fond memories of something two young men had come up with in the days following Roger's public announcement to the world. The two men began making a comic series about Steve's adventures, and even to this day, the comic was still growing strong despite the two creators having died a couple years apart from each other a while back.
"Sorry, Master's." Steve said, "No bonus."
With that, Steve left imminently, quickly patching into his communicator.
"Iron Man?" He asked, "Are you there."
He got no response, which was now worrying him deeply as he began to pick up the pace.
"Stark? Bucky?" He asked, running back to his motorcycle still parked outside.
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Times Square…
By now, every pedestrian had been evacuacted from this area. Nobody needed any reminder of the so-called 'Maximum Carnage' event that happened a few years back.
Cletus Kasady had murdered so many on that day, and The Avengers weren't about to let that happen again.
Of course, Kasady was mad, so they needed to use that insanity to their advantage and KO him quickly before he did anything else.
As Carnage lunged at Spider-Man, Spidey back-fliped and then sprung forward again, hitting the red symbiote in his chest, and sending him upwards. Thor saw this coming and swung his hammer into Carnage's back, sending him soaring towards an incoming Hulk who punched him upwards to where Captain Marvel was still fighting Moonstone. Seeing the Symbiote approaching, Carol smiled, and flew back a few inches.
"C'mon, Sofen!" Carol laughed, "What's the matter? Too afraid to hit a lady?"
"I'll show you who's afraid…" Moonstone said, turning tangible and heading towards Carol again.
That was when Karla Sofen saw Carnage heading right towards her and turned intangible once more, as the Symbiote flew through her.
"Please…" She called to the Avengers down below, turning tangible again, "Did you really think I'd fall for that…"
Before she could finish, Captain Marvel punched Cletus in the mouth with all of her energy blast focused into the punch.
Thanks for the extra lessons, Danny. Carol thought, as she watched Carnage now collide with Moonstone hard as the two of them fell to the ground quickly.
Stepping up to the right distance he needed to be at, Hawkeye fired a single arrow towards Karla, which quickly broke open, turning into a life raft. The raft cushioned Karla's fall, as she landed, without a scratch on her.
Carnage, on the other hand, landed with a loud 'BOOM!' as the ground shook underneath him, leaving a crater where the schizophrenic symbiote laid in.
"How was that?" Clint asked Natasha who casually walked up next to him.
"Eh," Natasha said, playfully, "I give it about a 7/10."
"WHAT?!" Clint asked, while the former Soviet Spy began to mentally count the seconds down, "Why?!"
Suddenly, Carnage sprung back up and lunged at him. However, Thor rocketed past the both of them, slamming his hammer into Carnage's face, as the mentally unstable supervillian was sent back into the heavens again.
"If you wish to feast, foul beast…" Thor declared, "Feast on the taste of Uru!"
"That's why." Natasha smiled.
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Avengers Tower…
Back at Avengers Tower, Tony was trying to hold off Osborn, while the others were fighting all along and outside the Tower. Norman had certainly improved on Stark's designs, since there were new features Tony didn't recognize, such as finger rockets and lasers.
I'll have to add that to my next armor. Tony said, making a mental note.
As Tony tried to punch Osborn, Norman snuck in a sucker punch, kneeing Tony in the chest. Tony groaned in pain and was unable to prevent Osborn from KOing him with a blow across the face, knocking off his face-plate mask in the process.
"Now…" Osborn said, "If there are no further interruptions…"
Suddenly, Osborn could hear what sounded like…
A motorcycle.
Turning around, Osborn was able to see Steve Rogers riding his SHIELD-issued Harley Motorcycle equipped with flight mode before he drove it through the window.
The bike hovered over the ground for a few minutes before landing as Steve got off the bike, looking at Osborn.
"It took me almost a minute to de-encrypt your security codes." Steve said, casually, "Considering that I grew up in Brookyln during the depression, that's good work, Osborn."
Osborn glared at Rogers from within the mask as he motioned to Abomination.
"Blonsky." He ordered.
Emil Blonsky moved forward toward the Super Soldier, the two looking each other in the eye with determination.
STAGE 2: CAPTAIN AMERICA VS ABOMINATION-
And then the two rushed head-first at each other, the two punched each other, sending both of them to the ground. Emil got up first and punched Steve up into the air before grabbing him and throwing him down hard at the ground. Fortunately, Steve had always trained himself in case he needed to fight any kind of monsters, and effortlessly pushed himself up off the ground. Steve then went for Emil's face, punching it and sending him flying back a bit. The Gamma-Powered-Russian was knocked into a wall and back forward again toward Rogers who ran forward and hit Emil in the chest. The punch sent Emil flying out a window as Rogers hit a button on a nearby control console. As Emil fell downwards, he saw that multiple Iron Man armors were rocketing down towards him.
The Mark I armor got bellow him and punched him back upwards. Then the Mark IV Armor punched him in the face, and towards the Mark VII Armor which then head-butted Abomination and sent him flying back into the building. Before he hit the ground, though, all the armors got together and fired a combined uni-blast at Blonsky, which hit him hard in the chest as he slammed into a wall and rolled back, just as Steve was arriving in the area where he had been knocked into; Tony's Workshop.
Emil picked himself off the ground. He grabbed a nearby armor that was being worked on by robotic arms, and threw it at Steve. However, Steve managed to jump off a control panel and dodge the thrown armor, soaring over Emil's head and landing behind him. Before Emil could do anything else, Steve spun his foot around, tripping Abomination, as he fell to the ground and the Living Legend proceeded to pound away at Abomination's face until he was finished.
Now sure that Emil was out, Steve went back upstairs where Norman was still waiting.
"Abomination, Black Cat, and Mandarin." Steve called, "You're all alone, Osborn."
"Geniuses often are." Norman sighed.
"Psychopaths like you." Steve shot back.
"You 'Hero' types are all alike."
"You're testing my patience." Steve said, holding his shield back and aiming it where he needed to.
"Resigned to throwing toys, are we?" Norman said, smirking underneath his mask as he began moving forward.
Steve flung his vibranium shield and the shield went past Norman.
"Missed." He smirked.
"Wasn't aiming for you." Steve replied.
The Shield hit the nearby wall, causing it to go into another wall, and bouncing around like a pinball machine until finally, it hit one part which caused it to go backwards and strike Norman from behind, and then bounce back around to Steve's hand which caught the shield.
"Okay…" Norman said, "You've really gone and made me mad, Rogers."
"Do your worst, Osborn." Steve replied.
STAGE 3: Captain America VS Iron Patriot-
Osborn fired a repulsor ray at Steve. However, Steve managed to throw his shield forward which canceled out the attack, as the shield went back to his hand.
Osborn then sped forward and head-butted Rogers in the face. Osborn then lifted Steve off the ground and spun around in the air before throwing him face-first into the floor. Steve got back up and hit a nearby button causing a laser to drop down and repeatedly shoot Osborn in his side. Even with the stolen Stark Armor and upgrades, Osborn could still feel pain, and would continue to do so for at least a week.
Osborn then fired a chest-burst at Captain America. Which sent the hero to the ground. Steve got back up and punched at Osborn. However, Osborn punched back at him and the two pushed each other back, ready to go at each other head-first.
"What makes you so special?" Norman asked.
"Nothing." Steve replied with a smirk, "I'm just a kid from Brooklyn."
With that, the two went at each other, and punched each other's fists again. However, Steve had managed to gain more momentum this time and easily sent Norman flying backwards, taking a large amount of his health down. However, as Steve rushed in to take him out, Norman quickly got back up, and punched Steve four times, ending with a repulsor blast that quickly restrained him. Norman then pressed a button on his armor and instantly, a missile came out of his arm and fired at Steven, damaging him badly. However, as Osborn went in for the kill, Steve spun his leg, tripping Osborn and then delivered the same blow in the chin to Osborn that he gave to Taskmaster. Norman went soaring up before being air-juggled and then slugged hard in the face, which took out the remaining power in the armor.
"Try this on, genius." Steve replied, taking out an EMP.
Before Osborn could recover, Iron Man suddenly re-entered and restrained Norman while Steve simply placed the EMP on him, and shut Norman's suit down completely.
"I'll say this, Norman." Tony said, sarcastically, "Thanks for making a new armor for me."
"Calling Avengers Team 2," Steve said, into his com-link, "How are you guys?"
"Hey, Cap!" Peter's cheery voice rang, "It's done. Thor's just taking Carnage into deep space."
"Make sure it's VERY deep space." Tony noted.
As the other villains were being forced into a portal by Scarlet Witch, an alarm suddenly went off, as bright red lights began to illuminate the mansion.
Felicia Hardy, who was the last to be forced in, stopped as she looked confused.
"What's that?" She asked.
"It's the none-of-your-business-alarm, honey." Wolverine growled sarcastically, forcing Black Cat into the portal.
With the villains captured, Wanda closed the portal and Tony brought up a holographic map of New York. A red dot was showing from Avengers Mansion.
"Radiological," Tony commanded, "Avengers Mansion."
The map zoomed in, and Tony and Steve gasped in fear. Standing in the courtyard area was none other than The Red Skull himself, along with his daughter, Sin. This would be bad enough except what made it worse was that they were apparently working on a bomb in the courtyard.
A Nuclear one to be precise.
Norman chuckled as the Soldier and The Inventor of the Avengers looked at him.
"I can see the headlines." He grinned, "'Avengers fail. Former Nazi kills millions.'"
"You gave him a nuke?!" Steve demanded.
"Most of The Avengers die, and this beloved City is vaporized." Norman smiled, "I consolidate the masses and offer to rebuild the city. In my own image of cou…"
He got no further when Bucky Barnes wacked him in the head with the butt of his gun.
"He was done." Bucky said, sarcastically.
"THIS IS CAPTAIN AMERICA!" Steve declared into every com-link available, "CODE RED! I'M SENDING YOU THESE COORDINATES! GET HERE NOW!"
….
Soon, Avengers Mansion…
The Red Skull and his daughter had almost done it. The bomb was almost ready to be used.
"Now…" The Skull said, "Osborn said…."
He moved a wire and suddenly, the LED screen on the front of the nuke lit up reading 'ARMED *.'
"Father…" Sin smiled, "It works!"
Her happiness was replaced with fear, however, when she turned and saw Steve Roger's motorcycle approaching them fast.
"Father…" She said, worryingly.
"Get back into the truck, Sinthia." The Skull said.
"But father…"
Sin was cut short when the Skull slapped her across the face. Obeying her father's orders, she left quickly.
The Skull turned his attention back to Captain America, who was dismounting from his bike.
"Rogers…" The Skull smiled, "It seems we must always do this dance."
"Enough is enough, Skull." Steve declared, "Tell me what you…"
He stopped when he finally noticed the bomb reading 'ARMED *'.
"What seems to be the problem, Captain." The Skull asked, sarcastically, "I merely took it off the standby mode."
He reached into his pocket, bringing out a remote with a single red button on it.
"It's this button you should be worried about, American."
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Above…
Captain Marvel was flying towards the scene as quick as possible. She was followed by Hawkeye and Black Widow who were riding their own flying motorbikes.
"There they are!" She declared.
"Keep him talking, Steve." Carol whispered to herself.
…...
A few Blocks Away…
Iron Man was flying as fast as possible as Spider-Man was barely able to keep up with him. Besides them, Thor was flying equally as fast, and below, Wolverine was on a bike, trying to keep up with them. Hulk was leaping from rooftop to rooftop so it'd be clear that he wouldn't make it in time.
"Don't wait for us, Peter!" Tony declared, "Go!"
Peter gave a salute and web-zipped his way forward, zipping past everyone, as he continued swinging as quickly as possible.
….
Avengers Mansion…
"You push that button and eight-million people die." Steve said, trying to buy everyone time.
"Eight-million-and-two people die." The Skull corrected.
Steve was looking tensely as The Skull continued.
"I was going to enjoy the sight of a mushroom cloud in this city from a far distance," The Skull admitted, "But since you are here, Herr Rogers…let us have one last act before the curtain falls and the new age begins."
Steve knew he couldn't afford to hold out any longer. Moving quickly, he went for the detonator as The Skull's thumb went for the button. By this point, the other heroes were arriving, but there was something…strange going on.
Captain Marvel felt it first in her chest. She felt a bit queasy. Suddenly, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wolverine, and Thor felt the same feeling as well. They assumed that it was just something they ate, but suddenly, Carol caught a glimpse of blue electricity radiating from her arm. The other heroes suddenly showed this sign too and soon enough, a pulse of blue electricity was forming from the center of where Captain America and the Red Skull were planted. Nobody noticed this as Steve went for the detonator…
….
Another Earth…
And suddenly, the two were knocked over. Regaining his consciousness, Steve looked around him confused. It was Times Square, and yet…it was different. The usually-commercialized billboards were now instead showing a single symbol which resembled a spider's web almost. The buildings were also greatly changed, now sporting some kind of crystal-like structures from the top.
With Roger's distracted, the Skull went for the detonation button, pressing it…
…and nothing happened.
"What in the…?!" The Skull asked, annoyed.
The Super villain kept pressing the button, but no detonation was going off.
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"Uh..." Spider-Man asked, confused, "What just happened?"
They had been racing to the bomb when out of nowhere, some electricity had just teleported The Skull, Cap, Carol, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Wolverine away, leaving the others behind. Additionally, the bomb had not gone off, and when the others had vanished, the warhead simply disabled on its own.
"I'm actually not sure, Spidey," Tony answered, as he, Peter, and Hulk looked at the device in confusion, "But I think today's going to be a long day now."
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"This is somehow your fault." The Skull accused.
"Manhattan…" Steve declared, "And yet…"
The Skull tried to punch from behind, but Rogers simply grabbed his hand and twisted it around his back. Rogers then pushed the Skull away as the two old enemies looked at each other.
"Maybe I was being too sentimental before." The Skull declared, "I'll be fine without you."
The Skull quickly pulled a knife from his sleeve and attempted to slash Rogers with it. The Super Soldier instead managed to grab it and break Schmitd's arm over his leg.
The Super Soldier then rushed forward delivering a hard punch to the Skull's gut, sending him flying back into a wall, and then back towards Rogers who leaped up and threw him to the ground. The Skull got up, running towards him, and took out a machine gun, but Rogers managed to block it with his shield. The Skull then punched at Rogers, but Rogers simply hit him back. The Skull just grinned as he took out his machine gun again.
"You still believe you're special, Rogers?" The Skull asked.
"Nope." Steve said, smiling internally, "I'm still just a kid from Brooklyn."
With that, the two charged at each other. At the last second before impact, The Skull fired his machine gun, but Rogers blocked with his shield, causing the gun to backfire and send the Skull flying backwards. After that, Rogers took his shield and smacked it into The Skull's face, as he fell to the ground.
"Now stay down." Rogers ordered.
The Skull didn't listen and instead came at Rogers with a knife. However, Rogers kneed him in the gut, and then forced his head onto the ground.
"And keep quiet." Rogers demanded.
He could hear sirens in the distance, but they weren't like anything he ever heard before from the past in the 40's, or from the present in 2014. Rogers hypothesized that he could possibly have been transported to the future (he had his fair share of experiences with alternate earths and futures,) but then he saw the jeep pull up.
He saw on the front bumper was the familiar logo of Stark Industries, embedded on there, but the main focus of the car's design was NOTHING like what Tony designed nowadays. Even if Tony were to suddenly get into the automobile business, this wouldn't be the thing he went for.
The car was dark red on the hood and car doors, while the bottom part had a dark blue glow. On the front hood of the car was a logo that featured the Earth surrounded in white lines as if it were covered in a string of yarn.
Then the soldiers came out. They weren't SHIELD Agents, but their outfits did have a similar design to them, except whereas the typical SHIELD outfit was blue and white, this was blue and red. Additionally, the traditional SHIELD Logo had also been replaced with the same logo featured on the car. But the main thing that concerned Steve the most was that they all had some kind of military helmet on, which featured large white goggles, which seemed to make them almost lifeless.
Upon noticing him, the soldiers took out their rifles and were joined by more jeeps carrying the same soldiers who proceeded to surround The Soldier and The Skull respectively.
"GET DOWN ON THE GROUND NOW!" One of them said.
"YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST!" Another declared.
The Skull smirked. He normally would be outraged by this event, but was nonetheless happy to see that his nemesis was stuck again in a world which didn't recognize him as their equal.
"I SAID HANDS UP, CAP!" One of the soldiers ordered, "DO IT OR YOU'RE DEAD!"
Steve simply raised his hands, lulling the soldiers into believing that they had beaten him. Little did they know that he was already prepared, and quickly took out a little gadget from his sleeve that Stark had planned for him in case of an event like this.
Steve pressed the button, and instantly, it emitted a loud wailing noise that confused all the other soldiers (and the Red Skull), making them grab their heads in pain, as the sound was deafening.
With that done, Rogers burst through the troops with his shield escaping them completely. He'd have to come back and find The Skull later, but for right now, he had to get the heck out of there, and hide as the area would've been too tight to fight in.
….
Later…
Night had fallen upon Manhattan. Steve watched from above as more of those goons he fought earlier were bringing in a group of people dressed as The Young Avengers into some sort of prison bus similar to the model Tony had used during the Civil War incident, only it had the same insignia and color scheme as the jeep did.
"Amateurs." One of the soldiers said, "Next time, don't leave your mark."
"They're not Insurgents?" The soldier next to the first one asked.
"No." The first one replied, "Just some stupid punk kids. Like that Skull Clan idiot we almost had."
"Still can't believe we freaking lost Captain America." The second soldier remarked.
"Yeah." The first agreed, "Let's hope the big boss doesn't find out."
Steve Rogers was horrified. He knew now for certain that something was definitely wrong. He didn't know what it was for certain yet, but he knew that whatever it was, there was something very clear about the situation he was in.
"I'm in a nightmare." Steve said, out loud to no one in particular.
Well, there we go! Our first chapter is completed. Next time, we spotlight one of the most 'Marvelous' heroines in the Marvel Universe, Captain Marvel, as we start to see The Regime that our corrupted hero has created! Hope you enjoyed this and will join me next time. Oh! And also, I have actually begun to read the new Ms. Marvel series, and I actually enjoy it. It's different, but it's an enjoyable kind of different. Besides, the Captain Marvel series will have a new launch, so we're not losing Carol anytime soon. Anyways, thanks again.
