ASTONISHING AVENGERS #2
REFORMATION PART 2: SKAARED
By:DBZ
The Savage Land
When Eric O'Grady was first approached by Steve Rogers to join the main Avengers team instead of stay on the Secret Avengers, he jumped at the chance to grasp the fame and status of such heroes like Ironman or the late Thor, however trudging through a humid dinosaur infested jungle in the middle of north pole searching for another recruit for the team wasn't really what he had in mind; on the other hand though he manage to dodge out on fighting the rouge Red Hulk and plus he got some alone time with Firestar.
Ant-Man: I'm glad Cap let me tag along for this mission
Firestar: As I recall, you snuck aboard the Quinjet when Steve asked me to go on this mission alone and when Cap
found out, you begged him to stay and help me locate our new team member
Ant-Man: minor details babe, by the way; who are we looking for out here anyway? It's gotta be that Tarzan wanna be Ka-Zar right?
Firestar: No, his name is Skaar
Ant-Man: Wait backup, are you talking about the Hulk's kid, that Skaar?
Firestar: Yes, is something wrong about that?
Ant-Man: Yeah there is, were looking for a gamma-powered Conan the barbarian in the middle of a live action Jurassic Park for Christ's sake! I mean if we're looking to replace the one that went nuts on us, can't we just go looking for another hulk that's better qualified like maybe She-Hulk or A-Bomb?
Firestar: Cap wants Skaar on the team because he believes that he has a lot of untapped potential within him and wants to point him in the right direction rather than let him be a pawn for someone like Doom or Osborn
Ant-Man: Ok I can understand that, but can't we have just stayed on the Quinjet and searched for him with some Gamma scanner thingy?
Firestar: It's hardly that simple Eric
Ant-Man: And further more babe, what makes Cap think that jade jaws junior is gonna say yes to us anyway?
All of a sudden, a massive dark green figure leapt out from the tree tops above the two heroes and landed in front of them, the massive figure then drew out a very large blade and pointed it directly at Ant-Man's face.
Skaar: *grins darkly* I don't know, maybe if you say please I might; then again, I might just cut you both in half and call it a day
Ant-Man: ...Maybe I should've joined the rest of the team for the battle with the rouge hulk
Skaar: Rouge hulk? *puts away sword* tell me what you know
Elsewhere, with the Avengers...
To say the situation looked bad would be the understatement of the year in Steve's eyes right now. Ross was clearly not himself by the looks of things and Tony and Clint were badly injured from their fight with the renegade hulk before the rest of the team's arrival, Hawkeye was lying very still on the ground while Tony had been thrown into a building. The sentinel of liberty needed to think of a plan quickly or he might lose two members of his team as well as good friends. The possessed avenger was busy destroying building at the moment and didn't notice the team's arrival on the scene. This gave the team's leader to formulate a quick plan.
Captain America: Falcon, get Ironman and Hawkeye to safety then rejoin the rest of the team as soon as you can
Falcon: You got it Cap *fly's off to rescue Ironman and Hawkeye*
Captain America: Panther, Songbird with me; we're taking the fight to Hulk!
The three heroes charged at the worthy controlled monster at full force, ready to bring the beast down.
Nuul: *turns around* ah, so the rest of my prey has come to die by my hands!
Songbird: look at those makings on his skin, they look like-
Captain America: I know Songbird, its Nuul
Black Panther: One of the Serpent's worthy? But they were destroyed
Songbird: Tell him that!
Nuul: *picks up a large chunk of the ground* Perish!
The monster hurled the massive object at the heroes; however
Songbird managed to put up a quick barrier around the team which protected them from the oncoming chuck of earth. Melissa then morphed her barrier into a giant hammer and brought down on Nuul's head.
Songbird: This doesn't make any sense, if this is one of the worthy then why is he in this Hulk's body and not have his hammer?
Captain America: I have no idea, but I intend to find out
Nuul: *destroys the hammer* Fools! You cannot stop me!
The sentinel of liberty hurled his shield at the raging monster's head, when it made contact with Nuul's face; the monster stumbled back in agony. Songbird pressed the attack by shooting a blast of energy from her hands along with T'challa who hurled throwing knives and small explosives as well, however Nuul quickly shrugged off the assault and slammed his fist on the ground, knocking the Avengers off balance; this gave the one of the Worthy the opportunity to once again go on the offensive. He leapt forward and landed on Songbird, luckily she managed to put up a barrier around her body to shield her from the full impact of the Rulk's attack, but the force of the blow knocked her unconscious. He then turned his attention to the former king of Wakanda, the raging monster ripped out a street lamp and smacked Black Panther into a nearby car.
Nuul: *turns to face Captain America* your allies have been crushed and you stand alone mortal
Captain America: *Smirks* not all of my allies are gone *points behind him* in fact the cavalry just arrived!
The breaker of worlds turned around only to see a massive green fist slam into his face and send him flying into a building. Steve smiled in relief to see Ant-Man, Firestar and the newest Avenger Skaar ready for combat.
Skaar: That felt good
Firestar: Sorry where late Cap, Skaar took some major convincing
Ant-man: You try talking sense into the son of the Hulk and see how well that goes
Captain America: All that matters is that you're here, now let's end this!
Nuul: *gets up and walks out of the wreckage of the building* Indeedmortal, let us end this *charges at the team* with your blood on my hands!
Next Issue: It's the final round in the battle between Nuul and The Avengers and all is reveled, how did Ant-Man convince Skaar to join the team? Who are the new masters of Nuul? plus another hero will join the team and turn the tide, but when the dust clears; one Avenger will fall!
Astonishing Avengers, Issue 3 Coming Soon!