Land of Heroes

by Harbinger Of Kaos

This is my attempt at Halo cross, please respect the fact that i am not entirely familiar with this universe, in which universe Marvel or DC it begins in is entirely up to me and you, so with that said lets begin, there will be strong language and gore.

2. Chapter 2

Lands of heroes.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Marvel or Halo (God, I wish I did though.) enjoy.

A/N: Well the people have spoken, and we have come to a decision, Marvel meet the Chief, I will try to make a DC version later on, in the meantime lets go for a ride.

Chapter 1

UNSC Frigate Forward Unto Dawn, in high orbit over "Earth".

Commander Miranda Keyes of the UNSC Frigate Forward Unto Dawn, was currently in the cafeteria of the ship, nursing a cup of coffee, she had yet to take a drink, her mind still reeling from the fact that she, the Master Chief, and their A.I companions were sent to an alternate reality where super powered people existed, she had Cortana and Redeeming collect all pertaining information of this Earth and its inhabitants, and from their they could determine a course of action.

John had gone and checked the sections of the ships that were rattled by the brief yet intense battle with the fleet, so far their were no NEW complications, so she thank her lucky stars they had at least a way to move about in this universe.

"Commander?" the voice of the Spartan broke her from musings.

"Hey Chief, have a seat, I could use the company." She said to him.

He did as asked and sat across from her, luckily the benches handled the weight of the new armor much better than its predecessor.

"How is the ship?" she asked.

"All seems well, the Engineers and constructors made sure of that." He replied.

"That's a load off, so what do you make of our quaint little situation here?" she asked as she finally decided to have a drink of her coffee.

"Bleaggh! Cold, I does she drink it like that?" she thought.

"I must admit the idea that we are in this reality with "unique" beings is…distressing but I am dealing as best as possible Ms. Keyes." He replied to her question.

"I see and do you believe we will find a way home?" she continued.

"If you had asked me that before the war, I would have said no, but after everything I have faced, seen and heard, I believe the odds are in our favor." He replied while giving her a Spartan smile.

"I'll take your word for it, me being brought back from the dead serves a good example that anything is possible." Returning the smile.

"Commander, Chief we have the data ready." Cortana spoke through the PA system.

"Well let's see what we are up against Chief." She said to him, getting a nod as they headed toward the bridge.

There they met with Cortana in the Holopad and Redeeming floating next to her.

"Good you're here; we found a lot of information some of which will frankly blow you away." She said to them.

"All right, Cortana, Redeeming what can you tell us of this Earth."

"All right, let's start with the obvious, as we entered slipspace one of the super carriers fired their primary weapon at us, we suspect the combination of the Black Hole and the energy beam acting in conjunction with the portal shot us into a completely different reality, we have as of yet to determine a means to duplicate the conditions involved much less how to return to our home reality, therefore we have focused on learning about what we are dealing with in this one, let's start off with the following." She said as holo emitters showed the previously shown beings.

"Before we do where did you obtain the information? And can it be traced?" John asked, as the last thing they needed was for their presence to be noticed.

"We obtained from several high level organizations, their systems suggested high level of technology, if Cortana had not been upgraded and I had not aided her, she most definitely had left a trace, the organizations we hacked were the databases of an organization called SHIELD, a group of meta humans known as the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X – men." The monitor spoke.

"What odd names, is there a reason for them?" the commander asked.

"Yes, now as the information suggests this world, is home to beings often referred to as Meta humans, now depending on their alignment, they either used their abilities, natural or superhuman, for either selfless acts of heroism, vicious criminal intent or remain neutral." She spoke.

"Wait, what do you mean natural? Don't all of them have powers?" Miranda asked the artificial woman.

"Negative, some are humans who have trained their bodies to peak efficiency, many to the point they can rival a pre augmented Spartan." She said and showed images of such people such as a man in a red, white and blue suit and carrying a shield with the same colors, another was a man in a blue and purple suit firing arrows, a man in a black and white ensemble carrying a sword and shield and a skull faced mask, another with in a black and white suit and a target on his forehead

"Impressive." Said John upon hearing that, the commander silently agreed.

"Indeed, these humans also have access to high level technology of both human or alien origin, and yes there are alien species here, I shall cover that part soon enough." She spoke as to forestall the questioning in regards to that fact as she showed of an armored figure in gold and red fighting with someone in a crimson red suit.

"Some of this technology could rival the UNSC in certain places; however this world is still not yet reached the level of space colonization we have achieved."

"Why is that Cortana?" John asked.

"It is possible any tech developed would be too costly, too dangerous or too advanced for the stage humanity finds itself in, another possibility is the threat of other worldly beings taken a less than positive liking to them." She said before continuing.

"Now from the information gathered the super powered set of humans either gets their abilities by some random accident, are subject to experimentation of both the legal and illegal kind, or born with it, those born either have a metahuman parent which transfers a certain set of powers to the offspring or latter during adolescence awaken what is referred as an "X - gene" thus giving rise to was is commonly known as mutants." Again images came forth showing a man swinging through the air in what appeared to be a red and blue suit covered in webbing, a giant green behemoth destroying a tank, then a team which carried an X on certain parts of their uniforms, firing beams from their eyes, controlling the weather or flying through the air.

"Sadly these "mutants" are the victims of constant racial persecution despite the fact that they are human, making some lash out in violence thus adding more fuel to the fire." Now they showed a man in a red and purple suit wearing a helmet levitating a tank, a blue skin woman changing shape, a feral looking man attacking wildly.

John was no stranger to prejudice, he and his fellow Spartans were often looked upon with disdain for there abilities by other soldiers, but their desire to protect humanity often won over many of them, here it seems humanity refused to see that they were responsible for creating this terrorists, not by giving birth to them but by refusing to see that they had no control what so ever over whether or not they activated that gene.

"Guess humanity will always be its first and foremost worst enemy." Miranda said sadly.

"Now not all those working to save or destroy the world are of human in origin, some are either alien, artificial and get this supernatural." She said with a smirk.

"Now is not the time to joke Cortana." John spoke.

"I'm afraid she is not as we had tripled checked, there are indeed beings down there that are neither human nor alien." The monitor said as images showed beings ranging from a biker with a flaming skull, a man dressed as a viking swings a hammer surrounded by lightning, or two men battling each other on in a flowing red cape the other in a green and black robes.

"You have got to be shitting me." Miranda said as she viewed the evidence.

"What about the others you mentioned?" John said as he wanted to avoid the headache of trying to reason the existence of the supernatural on this world.

"Yes alien or artificial in nature, you see in this reality a scientist by the name of Henry Pym developed and artificial intelligence for, well let´s just misguided reasons, this intelligence eventually broke free of the control parameters and sought to destroy its creator, with that in mind in created an ally, an android named Vision, however the intelligence named Ultron made the mistake of implanting one of his enemies brain patterns into the android thus when the time came for it to act on his behalf it rebelled, and later joined the heroes." She said with a bit of smile, while she was curious about this interesting development, since androids did not even exist in their reality.

"What of the aliens on the planet?" Miranda spoke as she was curious in that regard, for one thing if this world indeed has an awareness of life outside the solar system then she needed to know on whose side they were on.

"Well one of the most well known ally of the earth was the alien known as Captain Mar – Vell as his name is pronounced or as the people called him Captain Marvel." She said as it showed the man with blonde hair and a uniform of red and black with a star on his chest and gold bands on his wrists.

"He was originally sent to spy on earth by his people the Kree humanoids similar in shape to humans but with blue skin, he was part of a minority of pink skinned Kree, he eventually defected in favor of Earth, but died of cancer, he was very well liked in the hero community." She said.

"Shame, it was much like the Arbiter after he found out the truth." John commented the man must not have had an easy time when he made that choice.

"What of the hostile races?" The commander asked.

"Two big names come up, one is the Kree and the other is the Skrulls, both races have a blood feud that has been going on long before humanity came to be, and once culminated in a battle to claim earth as a foothold in this galaxy, but thanks to the help of Captain Mar – Vell and a young man named Rick Jones, they managed to stop it before it got too far, however while the Kree keep themselves away, the Skrull take every chance they get, their a race of shape shifters so they rely on infiltration and stealth before making any major assault, they have been known to create Super powered soldiers, the most noticeable one is called the Super Skrull who has the powers of the group known as the Fantastic Four." The images showed a green alien with ridges on his chin using flames, incredible strength, elasticity and invisibility; John made a note to study this one in detail.

"All right so basically we have good guys and bad guys, each with origins and abilities that make them stand above the normal´s, are they all separate or are they in groups?" Miranda questioned.

"Well the three groups Redeeming spoke the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X – men are most well known, there are others but these three are the ones who are the most active and also work to help mankind though some of the members leave something to be desired, however there is also the single heroes, most are considered low level crime fighters, though there are exceptions, as for the villains most tend to work by themselves and only work together under a strong well financed leader or to try and combat a common foe, some just work as mercenaries." She spoke.

"Let´s focus on the heroes; maybe one of them can aid us in returning home." Keyes said to her crew, if they could even consider themselves that.

"Well I'll go down in history as having the most efficient crew ever to serve the UNSC." She thought with some mirth.

"Very well the largest and most diverse group by far is the ones called the Avengers." She said before the images shifted to that of the many adventures and mission they took on.

"This group was originally formed by 5 people, Anthony Edward Stark AKA Ironman, Dr. Henry Pym AKA Ant – Man, his then wife Janet Van Dyne aka Wasp, Dr. Bruce Banner AKA the Hulk, and believe it or not the actual Norse God of Thunder Thor." She said as the images of the team back then.

"Okay stop right, are you telling me they had an ACTUAL god in their ranks?" the commander asked completely baffled by such a thing.

"Shocking is it not." She replied with a smirk at her leader's reaction to the news.

"Continue please." "God I need drink."

"The group was brought together when Thor´s stepbrother Loki framed the Hulk for a train accident, a known associate of the Hulk, Rick Jones sent out an S.O.S which the other 4 received and responded too, when the truth came out and they defeated Loki, they remained together and formed the Avengers under the creed of taken on villains no single hero could, however due to internal problems the Hulk left, leaving the others to pick up the slack, however they soon joined by someone that more than made up for it, I think you´ll like this John." She said, gaining a look of confusion from him despite being in armor.

"Meet Steve Rogers AKA Captain America, the first and last successful Super Soldier of this world."

(A/N: I know he was not the first one, however he is the only one to come out all right from the program, remember Isaiah took an incomplete formula that left him less than 100 %, do not criticize me for this.)

The image showed the man in a red boots and gloves, blue pants, and a long form fitting shirt in the same colors and motif as the American flag a large white star on his chest, the mask had wings on the side and a large A on the front, with him was a circular shield again in the same patriotic theme as the uniform.

"The program titled Operation Rebirth, was meant to create an elite fighting force of physically superior soldiers to fight the Third Reich during WWII who also sought to do the same, this where Rogers enters, he was originally rejected from the recruiters office, but a General noticed how much the young man desired to aid his country, therefore he enlisted him into the secret program, headed by the scientist Abraham Erskine."

"How ironic that the Americans would succeed where the Germans failed." The Chief commented.

"Indeed, Rogers was injected with a secret formula then bombarded under controlled conditions by "Vita - Rays", the effects were immediate as his body went from frail to peak human condition, however because of a Nazi spy killing Erskine who had the formula memorized, he was the only subject to be produced, it was revealed that previous subjects were exposed to only half the procedure but this led to severe mental problems, and as for current attempts the results have been mixed at best, however should he have existed in our reality I have no doubt he would have made a fine Spartan." The A.I said.

"Wait, I just realized you said that this procedure was done during WWII, so how is he still alive today?" Miranda asked.

"It would appear that on one final mission before the closing of the war, his country´s enemies created a crude atomic explosive, he along with his partner went and intercepted the device, however though the managed to divert it, it was armed with a trap, they were over the northern hemisphere and with no choice would have to bail, however only he made it out and because of the enhanced nature of his body was placed in stasis, the Avengers found him and revived him, he has been a member ever since often leading them into battle." The monitor spoke.

"The group has taken on members from many differing backgrounds; some are monarchs, some aliens, robotic and even reformed super criminals." Cortana added.

"I see, so these heroes the Earth´s first and only line of defense?" The Commander asked.

"They are the most organized and largest but there are others, take this group called the Fantastic Four." She spoke as images showed a quartet, two men, one woman and a being that appeared to be made of orange rock.

"This group is primarily a scientific and exploration faction; however they have helped protect the world from threats from within and from beyond." She spoke as it showed them using their abilities to fight from a gigantic armored being, a threat from underground and an armored man.

"They obtained their powers when testing an experimental spacecraft, however due to faulty shielding the four were subjected to cosmic radiation which altered their bodies in ways we could not even begin to understand, here are the members."

The first image showed a man in a blue and black uniform, an encircled four in the center, he appeared to be in his thirty´s, brown hair that grayed on the bottom.

"This is Dr. Reed Richards AKA Mister Fantastic, the primary leader of the four, he is considered to be the world´s greatest scientist and explorer, even before the accident, he was well versed in several scientific fields, however he has expanded upon being empowered, he has made several major and valid discoveries regarding alternate dimensions, time travel, genetics and space exploration, I say he is our best bet to get home." The A.I spoke.

"What are his abilities?" John asked.

"His body is capable of stretching and compressing to unknown lengths any part of his body; he can shape his hands into maces or hammers and increase his mass for additional strength, and his style of combat is designed around his powers, however he is by far more a strategist than a front line fighter, and prefers to outwit his opponents rather than face them, moving on."

The next image showed a blonde woman in a similar uniform.

"This Susan Storm Richards AKA the Invisible Woman, the second in command of the group and often considered the heart and soul of the team, she is the wife of Dr. Richards as well as mother to her children Valeria and Franklin, according to the information gathered she is the most powerful member of the four because of her gifts, which is the ability to mentally create and shaped psionic force fields, that she uses to either render herself or others completely or partially invisible, and to create construct or different shape and density so long as she maintains concentration."

The next image showed a young man, blonde and again similar uniform.

"This young man is Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm AKA the Human Torch, he is the younger brother of Susan, is the youngest member of the group and has a knack for getting into trouble, though the only one to never lead the group he contributes by working on the vehicles they used, he has a rather peculiar relationship with the team´s front line fighter The Thing, it shifts between hostility and brotherhood depending the situation, he also is a bit o a womanizer so you better watch out for him Commander." She said to her leader, getting a snort in return.

"He is a pirokinetic, capable of engulfing his body in super heated plasma, this grants him flight in oxygen rich environments, he can manipulate external flames as well as absorb and redirect them, and despite his seemingly childish mindset he has a wide spectrum of knowledge when it comes to his powers, making him a rather unique combatant."

The final image showed the hulking figure with orange rock like skin.

"Finally we have Benjamin Jacob Grimm AKA the Thing, he is Reed Richards oldest friend, they met in college were they were roommates, he as a rather colorful past, he is former street gang member, however when his older brother Daniel died as a result of a gang fight he changed his ways, he gained a football scholarship and later several advanced degrees in engineering, he joined the marine corp. and became a test pilot and later an astronaut for NASA on a side note he is Jewish."

"Why did you include that?" Miranda asked the rather unique A.I

"No reason." She replied before continuing.

"Ben´s physical appearance and abilities are the result of the accident; he possesses high levels of superhuman strength, stamina, and resistance to physical injury, surviving impacts of great physical strength even you with the armor could not chief, on occasion his powers have been removed thus returning him to human form, however despite this he chooses to fight alongside his friends and has also willingly reverted to his monstrous appearance in order to defend them, he has a long standing rivalry with the being known as the Hulk."

"So this group has the most experience when it comes to inter dimensional travel, we will have to tread carefully if we wish their help." John said as he processed the information.

"I would be more worried about this man than the team." Cortana said as she showed an image of an armored man in a green suit, cape and hood.

"This colorful fellow is Victor Von Doom AKA Dr. Doom; he is a long standing rival of the group, particularly Reed Richards, whom he blames for an accident that caused him to be removed from the college where they met and disfigured him, reports indicated that Richards had previously warned him of the dangers but was ignored, in his view he believes that his rival sabotaged the experiment, he is Reed´s equal in intellect surpassing him only in his knowledge of the occult, he rules over a eastern European country known as Latveria, ironically this grants him diplomatic immunity thus he cannot be persecuted for his crimes, should he become aware of our technology he most likely will attempt to take it by force, do not underestimate this man." She said in a warning tone.

"Compile all information on him, I want to be prepared in case he tries something, immunity or not, he tries something you have my permission Chief to terminate him with extreme prejudice." The Commandeer spoke in all seriousness.

"Understood Commander." the Spartan replied.

"All right who do we have next on the list?" The commander said.

"That would be the X – Men, they are a group made up mostly of mutants who use their abilities to defend humanity from others of their kind who do not share their ideal of peaceful coexistence between the normal humans and the naturally enhanced population, however on occasion they tackle certain interplanetary threats as well as supernatural ones." Redeeming said to its audience.

"They were originally formed by Charles Xavier AKA Professor X, a mutant telepath of the highest order, he used his family estate as the base for a school designed to harbor and teach young mutants how to control their abilities as well as teach them to used their abilities for good, most of the students are runaways and outcasts, as their families reject them out of fear or hatred, while others are located by Xavier and are asked to join." The A.I spoke sadly at that thought of those rejected by their loved ones.

The images showed a man bound to a wheelchair or hovercraft, always wearing attire one would expect from a professor, despite his age he had no hair on his head, he could be seen conversing with various students and very important people, some even in the hero community.

"Fools, how can they reject them just because they have no control over their genome? They can no more control that then I can control the weather." The Commander said out raged at the thought of such blatant discrimination.

"Yes, however those students are also given the opportunity to become X – men should they choose to do so, in fact the first students were the very first X – men, this are the most noted according to the data, take a look."

The first image should a man in various uniforms firing optic blasts from his eyes through a yellow visor.

"This is Scott Summers AKA Cyclops, he is the primary field leader of the group, he was one of the first to become a member of the school, his mutant power is to fire concentrated blasts of concussive energy of great force, however he cannot control it due to brain damage he suffered as a child."

The next should a red haired woman in various uniforms manipulating objects from a distance.

"This is Jean Grey Summers AKA Marvel Girl AKA Phoenix, she is the wife of Scott Summers, and was the second to join the Institute, she has a rather interesting profile, her mutant powers are primarily Telepathy and her secondary power is Telekinesis, however she was once bonded to a cosmic entity known as the Phoenix, granting her incredible abilities, she has not manifested any currently but it has been the source of many conflicts with an alien race known as the Shi'ar, who both worship and fear the being, and have often come to blows with them and others, I recommend we be careful around them should contact occur." Cortana said.

"I will take it under advisement, continue please." Miranda said while John made a note to study this race just in case.

The next image showed a man made of ice.

"This is Robert Louis Drake AKA Iceman, he was the youngest to join the school he possesses the power to radically decrease the temperature of ambient water vapor in his immediate environment, thereby freezing it into ice, his body can also regenerate after suffering diverse forms of damage, due to the nature of his powers he is considered one of the most powerful mutants on earth however he limits himself for fear of losing control."

The next images showed a man with an ape like appearance, then with a more bestial appearance with grey and blue fur.

"This is Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy AKA Beast; he is the resident Scientist of the group he is in expert in diverse fields of genetics, physiques, mathematics etc., his mutation has taken on diverse forms from simian like to more bestial in nature, he has superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance. He is equally dexterous in all four limbs; able to perform tasks with his feet or hands with equal ease."

The next image caught them a bit off guard, a man with white feathered wings on his back; however the next showed a more menacing form, with metallic wings as well as blue skin.

"Here we have Warren Kenneth Worthington III AKA Angel AKA Archangel, he is a multi billionaire and in many ways was the first to use his abilities to help people, at first there was internal conflict between himself and the other founding students, but in time he warmed up to the others and vice versa, however he also suffered a traumatic event when one of the groups enemies called Apocalypse captured him and deliberately tampered with his body giving him blue skin and replaced his organic wings with the metallic ones, after he was freed from the control placed on him he called himself Archangel, during this period his metallic wings could be used as weapons as they could cut through most anything as well as fire of his feathers, however his natural wings returned and his complexion due to a secondary mutation that allows his blood to heal his body as well as that of any person with a compatible blood type."

"Chief, remind me too compile a list of all potential hostiles on this world." Cortana said to her guardian.

"All right but also try to see if we can upgrade the armor for any of these beings abilities, something tells me that any hostile action with them may not end well for me given the nature of their powers." He replied.

"We are not going to start something are we?" the Commander asked.

"No Commander but I rather be prepared in case things go south, I may not be able to handle all threats but that doesn´t mean I should not anticipate possible encounters." John said to his superior.

"Very well, Cortana is there anyone else we should know about within the X – Men?"

"All right here we have Ororo Munroe AKA Storm." She said as an image of a beautiful black woman with long white hair appeared again in diverse uniforms.

"She was pick pocket in Cairo when Xavier found her and freed her from the clutches of a physic entity known as the Shadow king, for most of her life she has been revered by her people because of her abilities to control the weather, however she is not arrogant because of it but considered gentle and kind to many who have friendly relations with however just like mother nature she can show a rather nasty side to those who threaten her and her friends and family."

The next image showed a woman with long brown hair with a white streak in the middle of it in a green and yellow skin tight outfit and a leather jacket.

"This is Anna Marie AKA Rogue, she has a rather colorful history, she was chased off her home when her mutant powers first manifested, you see she has the ability to absorb the life force and memories of whoever she has direct skin contact with, in the case of super powered individuals she can duplicate their powers, the longer she holds on to them the longer they last, she was found by known mutant terrorist Mystique and used to face many heroes such as the Avengers and the X – men, in one altercation she absorb the powers of the Avenger Ms. Marvel permanently, however when the many psyches she had absorb grew too much for her she sought out help from Xavier, the team was weary of her but eventually she earned her place among them, she has a rather curious relationship with the X – man called Gambit."

The next image showed a man in a brown overcoat covering black and violet shirt, black pants and shin guards, he had a staff and glowing playing cards, the most noticeable feature was his eyes, his iris were burning red and his sclera were pitch black.

"This quaint character is Remy Etienne LeBeau AKA Gambit; he has the power to convert an objects potential energy into kinetic energy and making sure it goes out with a bang, depending on the objects size, the charging time will vary hence why he uses small objects such as playing cards as weapons, he is also an excellent hand to hand fighter given the fact that his powers grant him greater agility and dexterity, they also render him immune to detection by telepathic means, he is also a very accomplished thief, so be careful around him guys."

The next image showed a man wearing different uniforms that with the same motif, large diamond shape pieces over the eyes, he had metallic claws over his hands that turned out to be coming from his body as evidenced by the images of him fighting out of uniform.

"And finally we have this charming fellow who is simply called Logan AKA Wolverine, and he has quite the interesting file, turns out that most of his past is unknown even to him, except for the event that has more then left a mark, that is his capture and illegal experimentation by a covert weapons program searching for a means to creating living weapons, according to the information gathered, his mutation gave him three foot long retractable claws that appear above his hands, enhanced senses as well as an accelerated healing factor that heals him of most wounds as well as poisons both natural and not and grants him other benefits including a long life span, there are ways to circumvent it but they do not last long, however against his will he was enhanced by having his entire skeleton molecularly bonded with the element known as Adamantium, a metal said that is virtually indestructible, whether this is true or can only be confirmed by obtaining a sample of it, this metal allows his claws to cut through anything except the metal itself or other objects of greater properties such as the shield of Captain America, however there are setbacks to this as it has rendered him highly vulnerable to magnetic and electric attacks, such as when the mutant known as Magneto literally ripped it out of his body, he survived and was later re enhanced against his wishes by Apocalypse, he has great resistance to physic attacks, he is a known master many forms of combat, personality wise he is a loner though not adverse to work with those he trusts, still he has often gotten in trouble with others in the team and as well as other heroes for his willingness to cross the line they do not, as well as authority figures."

"Great, I´m sure he will taking a real liking to you Chief." Miranda said sarcastically.

John just gave a shrug; if the man could not act civil towards them then it was of no importance as he had dealt with less desirable soldiers in the past.

"All right who else do we have on file that we should look out for Cortana?" He asked his long time companion.

"Here are two noticeable individuals, lets with the most dangerous shall we." She spoke as images of an Emerald green giant destroying military vehicles and buildings as if they were toys filled the room.

"Here we have the Hulk, or as he is known when not throwing the mother of all temper tantrums as Dr. Bruce Banner, Banner was a scientist in the field of nuclear radiation, more precisely Gamma radiation, during the testing of a bomb of his design he left the safety of the bunker to save a teenager unaware of the impending explosion, he managed to get the boy to safety but the bomb detonated before he could do the same, exposing him to massive amounts of radiation, somehow he survived, however according to the boy, Rick Jones Banner transformed into the Hulk for the very first time, from then on he has been the subject of constant persecution from both the military as well as those who wish to obtain the power he possesses." Cortana paused to let them digest that.

"I´m assuming these persecutors wish to use the Hulk as a weapon of sorts?" the Chief asked.

"That is correct, the military deems him either a menace or tool to be used, they have also made numerous attempts to duplicate the accident that gave rise to the creature, all have failed miserably and in worse cases given rise to more threats sometimes the being they chase must resolve, according to all known information though some of these Gamma mutants as they are called are initially stronger than Hulk and retain their intelligence, they all meet defeat at his hands for his ferocity and unlimited strength, you see his strength, speed and stamina is directly proportional to his anger, the more angry he gets the more powerful he becomes, any victory achieved over him is not without cost, up till now the only recorded victory over him that did not result on heavy losses for the victor was against the Inhuman known as Black Bolt, who through the uses of his destructive vocal cords and bone shattering strikes defeated the being easily, however he also has a powerful healing Factor that rivals that of the mutant Wolverine, that too increases with his anger healing terrible wounds in mere moments, also his hide can only be penetrated with either sharpened titanium or adamantium, anything else requires extreme force to do so, exercise extreme caution should you encounter him Reclaimer."

"Send me everything we have on him, if a confrontation occurs while we are here I need to devise some strategy against him, also see if we have anything in the arsenal that can help in a fight against him." John said to the A.I´s.

"Already working on it Chief."

"As you wish Reclaimer."

"All right who is the last on this list you have compiled?" The Commander spoke.

The final images showed a man swinging through skyscrapers in a red and blue full body suit with a web patterned motif.

"Here we have Peter Benjamin Parker AKA Spider – man, he is the son of deceased CIA agents Richard and Mary Parker, they died when he was just a toddler so he was raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May Parker, he is one of the few to start his heroic career during his teens if the information is accurate, he has often stated that his powers were derived from a irradiated Spider that bit him altering his genetics so as to mimic it, such as wall crawling, proportional strength, speed and agility as well as a sixth sense he call "spider sense" that warns him of impending danger, he has genius level intellect as evidenced by a large array of devices he has personally built to aid his crime fighting activities as well as the webbing he made that he uses to transport himself around the city and fight his enemies, no one not even SHIELD is sure why he began to fight crime but it is speculated that it had to do with the death of his Uncle during a carjacking, he now splits his time with teaching, his freelance photography, his wife and aunt and his super heroic life."

"Whoa! Talk about multi tasking, how those he find the time to do all that?" Keyes spoke in awe of the man.

"Unknown, but trust me when I say many heroes ask him that same question, moving on, despite many incidents where he is seen aiding people or stopping crime, he is often the victim of persecution and slander by the media, or more precisely, the Editor In Chief of the Daily Bugle J. Jonah Jameson, this has turned most of the city against him, yet still he continues to fight the good fight, he also has connections to many in the hero community, he is best friends with the Human Torch, he has aided the Avengers and X – men, and has both help and faced the Hulk on occasion, he is mostly a loner by nature, as evidenced when he rejected membership into the Avengers, he also has more enemies than all others combine, mostly because their also enemies of the groups, he is often the underdog, facing off against smarter, stronger foes whether alone or in groups, his worst enemy by far is the man known as Norman Osborn AKA the Green Goblin, he had the hand in the death of Gwen Stacy, his first girlfriend, he had him cloned to cause him to suffer an identity crisis and then caused his wife to miscarriage, there is only hatred between the two, so if you see those two in the same room you can bet it will get ugly." She finished sadly.

"Damn, I'm amazed he hasn´t killed the man after all that." The Commander said to those present.

John nodded to that, this man obviously had a great restraint if he could still allow such a foe to live, personally should he encounter this man he would put him out of everyone's misery, whether others approved or not, men like this Osborn deserved such an end after committing such terrible acts.

"Well those are the highlights for now, me and Redeeming shall continue to compile all information, in the meantime I think we should set you two up for the long haul while we are here." Cortana said with a look that John just knew was going to cause him no end of grief.

"Oh what did you have in mind?" The Commander asked not knowing she was about to set up for trouble.

"Well first off you two need to get out of the ship, it is not healthy for you to be cooped up here, I know this isn´t our Earth but that doesn´t mean you shouldn´t enjoy it, I mean let´s face it when was the last time you guys had shore leave?"

"I suppose there is no harm in that, what do you think Chief?" the daughter of Dr. Halsey asked the Spartan.

"I have no qualms except about leaving the armor and encounters with the less savory characters in this world." He replied in an even tone, though his partner knew where he was coming from in regards to the armor and the necessity for safety in regards to the hostiles of this world.

"Chief no offense, but I think you need to mingle with non Spartan personal more, I know you and the others have trouble staying away from the MJOLNIR for extended periods of time, but it is for the best, besides I think you look good with a tan am I right Commander?." Cortana asked her leader with a wink in the eye.

"Oh no, I'm not getting involved in a lovers' quarrel, you two figure it out." Miranda said with a smile as Cortana pouted and John just slightly slumped, causing her to give off a small laugh at their reactions.

"All right but we need a way to figure out how to get the armor to me should I encounter any hostiles, and given the way the act in this world there is a good possibility for it." He replied.

"All right, I think I have a way but we have to work on the math first, right now we need to secure you two new identities, a base of operations as well as some income, luckily I have a plan." She said in a way that had in no shape or form the possibility of mischief.

"She has that look again." The Spartan thought glumly.

Two weeks later on the outskirts of Manhattan.

John was currently driving into the city in a modified Warthog, in this case the civilian 2553 model that Cortana had built using Forerunner matter replicators, constructors and Huragok, he could see as he passed other cars on the road that he was getting quite the attention, he would have frown at this but he knew deep down that if he was going to drive from the house to the city he would do it in something he felt comfortable with, it may not be the military version but that didn´t mean he wasn´t happy with the results, the Commander agreed as she too had taken the vehicle out for a spin and was very pleased, saying she was hoping to get one once the war was over, it was painted jet black and as an added necessity doors were added, of course whenever asked where he got it he just said he built it from scratch.

However there certain add-ons that you would not find in every civilian vehicle, such as a powerful GPS tracking system hook up to the Dawn as well as an array of satellites they released to keep an eye on things, holographic communications display, voice activated starter, a hidden compartment where he kept some personal weaponry, cloaking field generator, and voice activated shields, and was powered by hydrogen fuel cells, making it the cleanest most advanced vehicle on the planet.

Cortana had procured funds by "borrowing" them from several criminal and terrorist organizations who would not miss them, she also made sure to alert the agency responsible to future activities they took, just because this was not their Earth meant they were not still bound to defend it from all threats, so once they were secured financially, she and Redeeming gave them alternate identities, a simply thing when one has an advanced technological marvel and cunning mind to help, since computers governed all aspects of life in this era, they simply created an iron clad trail, thus John Mendez Halsey and Miranda Keyes Halsey were born, so to speak, on paper they were half siblings, same mother different father, with they being orphaned in tragic events and finding each other through a government sponsored welfare center, Cortana originally thought to make them husband and wife but Keyes was not amused by the idea.

Her words were "No offense Chief, but you just aren´t my type."

He and the Commander lived in a small town called Bayville in a two story colonial house on the edge, it was a quiet community, and despite the looks he received because of his pale complexion, having spent many years in the armor that he wore proudly into battle, he was never bothered many just assumed he was an albino or he was some sort of hermit, although many women gave him plenty of looks when he walked the streets, and why would they not? Despite his skin tone he had rugged handsome features thanks to years of training and constant combat, the nano colony in his blood also helped maintain his body in perfect working condition, his body showed strength, power and confidence in the way he moved, he had warm brown eyes that conveyed a story to all those who looked into them, one of pain, tragedy, pride and determination, this always got a laugh from Cortana and Miranda as they could see that he was oblivious to the way women reacted to his mere presence, the joke because of the side effect of his augmentations reduced his sexual drive, thus all attempt to gain his attention simply were politely ignored.

This was not his first visit into the city as he and Commander Keyes both had come to familiarize themselves with the environment, needless to say they were not impressed, it was loud, dirty and smelled, but given what they left behind they could not be blamed, their only hope was to find a way back, and for that they may require external help, however they had yet to come up with a solution for contact with the heroes, ironically they had yet to see any of them.

John was currently heading through the entry into the large metropolis when he felt a tingle in his ear, which meant the Commander or Cortana wished to speak to him, it was ingenious really, by using the colony as a two way communication relay, one concentrated to his ears the other to his voice box, he could communicate with them from any where without fear of being tracked.

"Hey John, have you made it into the city yet?" The voice of Cortana spoke.

"I'm entering now, is there something you need or just checking up on me?" he asked with a bit of an amused smile on his face.

"A little of both really, the Commander asked me to remind you to bring some milk and eggs, and there are reports that several super criminals recently broke out of Ryker Island, so be on your guard John. " She informed him.

"Thanks for the update Cortana, anything else I should know?" he asked as he stopped at an inter section on West and Madison.

"You will be glad to know, that several of your admirers have asked your "sister" for advice on how to court you." She replied and through her voice could tell she was very amused with the situation.

"And what did she say?" He asked both curious and a slightly annoyed, though maintaining that calm he exhibited in battle.

"Get you nice and loaded and have their wicked way with you." The sound of her laughter could be heard through the link.

"How did Maria - 062 deal with all this?" The Spartan asked himself at hearing the Commander's rather "unique" response.

"I'm glad you find this amusing, now if you'll excuse me I have some shopping to do, 117 out." He said to his partner.

"Have a good day, Chief, and watch out for the ladies, they may take her advice." She replied before cutting communications with her getting on last .

He turned on the radio to see what news could be heard on the breakout, it was mostly to keep himself informed, as it would not do to be caught with his pants down should he encounter the hostiles.

"...and continuing where we left off the identities of the criminals who escaped the maximum security wing of Ryker Island has been confirmed to be several men known to clash with the masked vigilante known as Spider – man, they are the Rhino, Shocker, Scorpion and Hidro – man, how they managed to get out is still unknown, but it is believed that this four planned it for some time, their current whereabouts is unknown but police are making an extensive search for them, please remain calm and should you encounter them we ask not approach them and inform the authorities as soon as possible."

John filed away the names as well as recall what the information they had on each of the individuals, his enhanced mental faculties already working on possible strategies should an encounter occur, which incidentally…

"CRASH!"

"SKREECH!"

The sound of something heavy and metallic crashing filled the air, as a NYPD car suddenly landed upside down some 10 feet in front of him, thankfully it was empty, he got out to see if anyone else was hurt, but besides getting a scare the people nobody was injured, so with that down he went back to his own vehicle and pulled it into reverse and headed to an abandoned, once parked he tapped a few keystrokes and activated the display and in a few seconds Cortana appeared followed by the image of a worried Commander Keyes, she was right in assuming such a stance because they agreed only to activate such a setting in case of emergencies, this clearly was such an occasion.

"What the matter Chief?" The Commander asked.

"A police car just landed ten feet from my own; I need to know what is going on Cortana." He said in tone she recognized as him in a soldier mentality.

"On it Chief, satellites are coming online."

"…"

"Got it, seems Rhino did not waste any time and has struck a bank 7 blocks to the west of your current position." She replied as she switched her image with that of a large man in a grey skintight suit reeking havoc with the police as he made his way out of the blockade they set up, seemingly ignorant of the innocent lives he was putting in danger.

"What are your order's Ma'am." He spoke to his commanding officer.

"We can't ignore this Chief, suit up an engage the hostile, do not go for lethal intent, we can't risk alienating ourselves to the locals, however make sure he remembers for a long time what happens when you face a Spartan and live." She ordered.

"Understood, Cortana send it down, along with the usual package." He spoke to the artificial woman.

"All right tracking your signal, locked on, no witnesses and I will see you there." She said as her image flickered out and soon he stepped away from the Hog, and was bathed in a blue light that levitated him of the ground a few inches.

This was the answer to how to get his armor to him wherever he was, the colony acted as a powerful beacon that showed his exact location on the planet, and using the newly created teleport pads Redeeming had built, he could have the armor on in less than a minute and as well as delivering his weaponry to him, ammunitions, medical supplies and other standard issue equipment were already inserted into his flatspace storage modules.

Once the light faded John was in his armor and booting up all the systems, next to him was a weapon cases he opened as his armor showed everything was in the green, another light appeared only smaller an localized near the entry port in his helmet, the feeling of ice water in his body told him his partner was already there.

"Ahh I missed being inside your head John." Cortana said in a amused tone despite the serious situation.

"Glad to have you back Cortana, give me the info on this guy, while I load up." He mentally said to her.

"All right his real name is Aleksei Sytsevich, his power were the result of an experiment he volunteered for, it granted him great strength and endurance; he wears a suit of tightly woven Kevlar that mimics Rhino hide, he is as big as a Brute and just as stupid and dangerous, he can lift up to 70 to 80 tons so I suggest you refrain from getting to close unless absolutely necessary, he doesn't posses great speed or agility so you have that advantage on him use it."

"Let's do it, activating thrusters." He thought as he secured all his weapons on his body, which consisted of his ever present MA5C assault rifle loaded with AP rounds, a pair of M6 Magnums, Shotgun loaded with Shredders, and a compliment of Frag, incendiary and sonic grenades, and some TTR Rounds, and for close combat a custom made gravity hammer, tailored for his size, it was by far equal to the weapon Barbarus used when they fought.

From the back of his legs two small engines appeared and slowly began to hum as they came on line and slowly began to push him off the ground, using the nacelles on his back he turned to face the Hog and sent the command to have it cloaked from view, once the vehicle faded from sight he quickly back off.

"Let's go be heroes John." She said somewhat exited at the thought.

"Lift off!" he commanded and shot off the ground with a boom that set off car alarms and rattled windows.

Meanwhile…

Spider – man was swinging as fast as he could to the scene where the Rhino was last seen heading hoping to head him off.

He was at the Bugle trying to wrangle his paycheck from ol' JJ when the police band radio he kept in his office went off.

"Seriously? Who in their right mind keeps such a thing in their office? Unless you wanted to avoid the typical New York City traffic of course." He thought

He had already known about the breakout was getting ready for another night away from his beautiful super model wife and dear sweet loving aunt, when the news of the heist the Rhino was doing came through, so with the excuse of getting pictures he raced of to the buildings roof where he kept a suit in a secluded spot only he could reach, change and leapt off way from Jameson's office and swing into action.

Of course fate decided to cut him a break.

"Hey Web head where you headed?" a familiar voice spoke behind him.

He gave a quick turn and saw it was his best friend the Human Torch Johnny Storm, wearing his black and blue uniform, who quickly pulled along side of his friend.

"Where's the fire chief?" he said laughing at his private joke.

"You seriously need to get better jokes Torch." He said to his friend.

"Look who's talking, now answer the question man." He replied.

"Rhino is running wild at a bank and I, being the friendly neighbor that I am, decided to go and set him straight, wanna come with?" he said in a humor filled tone.

"Sure, was bored after prancking Ben with laxative pie he was eating." The Torch said.

"You do realize he will get you back after he gets off the toilet, depending on the brand you used." Spider – man said to his friend though he did think it was kind of funny.

"Meh, who cares? It was so worth it when you heard him screaming my name in agony from the bathroom, now lets jet we got bad guys to beat and lovely ladies to save." He said to his friend.

"Amen to that brother." He responded and with that they both went in search of their quarry not knowing they would be the first to witness the battle prowess of the UNSC's most elite soldier.

With Rhino.

Rhino was currently experiencing some difficulty of his own, he was running after what he deem a successful escape from prison and the first half of a well done bank job, well done being he instigated terror, hurt a lot of people and stole a lot of money, and all the pest was nowhere to be seen.

However as he ran toppling or stomping on cars in his way, he heard a noise coming at him like a small Jet coming his way.

"Great it's Ironman." He thought sarcastically.

"Doesn't matter all just crush him like a beer can." He spoke to himself as he prepared for the confrontation with the armored avenger; however he got it wrong when he assumed it was his realities armored hero.

He saw the figure on the horizon and as he drew closer he began to think maybe the man had chosen a different suit for the occasion; however when the figure was close enough he could see this was not Ironman.

"What the fuck?" he said out loud once more.

The figure pulled up and landed some distance away, it was in an armor all right except it wasn't red and gold but black and military green and a golden visor that reflected all in its path; it also carried guns, but not any he recognized, he saw to side arms on its thighs though not what held them there, he saw two handles on its back and a what appeared to by a strange looking hammer with a jagged spear tip on its back, as well as the fact that it seemed fairly tall, not as tall as him but still.

"I am going to have to ask that you get down on the ground and put your hands on your head." The figure spoke in a male voice that just gave off authority.

"Ha, let me guess new at the hero game? Well here's a little advice newbie, get out of my way before I make paste out of you." He replied in a cocky tone as he sneered at the man.

"I can't do that, now I will not repeat myself again, surrender yourself or be prepared to suffer the consequences." The Spartan said to the man.

"Oh you just pick the wrong words pal." The villain said as he charged at his opponent.

John waited as he faced of against the large man; already a plan was in the making on how best to beat him without killing him and the first step came now, as he ran at the man an gave a baseball slide that caught the villain unprepared as he fell face first into the pavement.

"Grrr, you'll pay for that!" Rhino yells at John from the street.

Meanwhile John had his rifle out and kept it on the man who was getting up while cursing him.

"He doesn't look happy does he?" Cortana quipped.

"His about to be even less." He said as he took a pair shots at the man's right shoulder, many would see this as kicking a man while he is down, however John as a soldier learn to take every chance one could get against his enemies, as they say "All is fair in love and war".

BANG!

Zzzziiiing…Paft.

"AAARRRRG!" Howled Rhino as the armor piercing rounds went trough an inch of his suits hide and into the muscle, which should not have been possible, he thought, of course given the fact that this were UNSC rounds, and had all flaws removed made them all the more potent.

"Seems as though the armor piercing rounds are effective against him, good call on that Cortana." He communicated to his companion.

"Brains over brawn, John." She replied.

"YOU BASTARD! You shot me! Me, the Rhino! I am going to crush your skull with my bare hands!" he screamed as he got up ignoring the pain in his shoulder as anger driven adrenalin flowed through him.

John simply ignored the threat and set his weapon to semi - automatic.

The enraged villain saw him take aim again and dashed to the right behind a pick up truck as bullets suddenly tracked him, though John made sure to aim for the legs so as to stop him, as per orders he was not going to kill him, just leave him a reminder as the Commander put it.

Rhino grabbed the truck and used it as a shield as he rushed the Spartan's position, where John jumped to the left in order to avoid the collision; however the Rhino quickly managed to grab his leg and threw him into the third floor of a building.

John was a bit rattled by the experience of being thrown like a rag doll, not his first time, but still it was not something he enjoyed, he was about to look for his gun he let go during the landing when he sense something coming fast behind him, he dodged right as the same pick up came crashing through the same hole he made only it was larger now, and the pick up went up to what appeared to be the 6th floor that is until it fell back down right on top of his gun.

"Great, the Commander is not going to be happy with that." He said out loud as he reached for his shotgun.

"John be careful, you need to get in close for the shredders to do damage, and even I'm not to sure they can." Cortana said in worry for her protector.

"Got to risk it, hopefully I can cause him enough damage before I run out of shells." He relayed to her.

With that thought in mind he went to the hole however he was both relieved and surprised to find he wasn't in this alone anymore, as Spider – man and the Human Torch had arrived on the seen and where engaged in combat with the large and angry villain.

"Hey there Rhino, looks like someone took a real liking to you if those love bites are any evidence." The web slinger quipped as he dodged another clumsy blow from the man.

"Shut up! After I get rid of you two fuckers I'll finish off that asshole that shot me!" he cried as he threw a right hook at his accursed foe, only to receive a fireball to his mid back.

"Puh – lease I take on the mole man, Doc Doom and Blaastar on daily basis, and YOU think you can beat me, dream on loser." The Torch said for the world to hear, which only mad the villain angrier.

"We got to finish this John; the man may end up doing something rash."

"Right, looks like I have to get up close and personal." He replied as he placed the shotgun back in its place and grabbed the hammer.

"Hold still you wall crawling freak!" Rhino yelled at his foe as he dodged another blow and again got hit by the Torch this time near his wounded shoulder.

"SON OF A BITCH! I am going to kill both of you slowly and p…" his retort was cut of by a powerful blow to his back near his on the left.

"Arrgg!"

"Crash!"

The heroes gave pause to their assault when they saw the reason for the Rhino's sudden pain, as he flew to the right into a cab.

They turned to look at the cause and where surprised to find a seven foot tall man in green and black armor, with a polarized visor and a wicked looking weapon in his hands.

"Who are you?" Spider asked.

John gave them a look from behind his helmet but did not respond as he focused on dealing with the criminal who was rising while holding his side, meaning that he either bruised or fractured his ribs.

"I will give you one more chance at surrender; I suggest you take it before I decide to put you out of your misery." John said as his left hand went to one of his handguns.

"I…I am going to bury all of you, guh, especially you tin man." The villain replied as he let go of his side and began to let his anger give him strength to make a charge at the heroes.

"So be it." John said as he charged at the man.

"Are you nuts? Stop. Or he'll squash you!" The torch yelled at the man.

"Wait!" Spider – man yelled as he launches his webs only to be stopped as golden glow encompass the figure and fall to the ground.

"Personal Shields! Not even Ironman has those." The hero thought.

The Rhino saw this as well and slowed his charged this however cost him as John sped up, surprising the three that he could move so fast despite the armor, by the time the super criminal reacted to the Spartan in front of him it as too late as he went to work on him.

First he delivered a blow to the man's left arm with the hammer shattering the bone, Rhino naturally clutched his wounded appendage as John predicted, and using the momentum he gain spun in place and delivered a round house kick to his sternum, making him double over as the armor enhanced the power behind his augmented muscles, still using the spin to his advantage he hefted the hammer and struck the right wounded shoulder breaking that bone as well, now Rhino had both arms disabled, so John did a leg sweep tumbling the villain to his burnt back, after all this Rhino can only whimper at the pain he was subjected too by this armored man.

John seeing this decides to be merciful, so he takes one of his M6 and ejects the live ammunition magazine with a TTR, however the heroes see this, and believe the man is going to kill him, a natural reaction if you think about it, still they don´t rush him, they just calmly approach the stranger who beat up a man who has faced off with the Hulk.

"Um, hey not to be a downer or anything but you aren´t going to kill him are you?" Spider – man asks.

"Yeah I mean sure he looks pathetic and all but it's not right." Torch adds in his own "unique" way.

"I am not going to kill him." He said as he chambered a round.

"Listen I know I'm not very smart like my friend here but when a guy says he is not going to kill someone he usually avoids loading a gun made for that purpose." The young member of the Four continued.

"Point taken." BLAM!

"Holy SHIT! You killed him." The blond exclaimed.

"No I have rendered him unconscious with a tranquilizer, see he is still breathing." "I can see why he hasn´t lead the team." He thought to himself.

"John be nice." Cortana said, though she did find the comment funny.

Spider – man reached down and felt the man chest rise and fall.

"He´s right Torch, the man is still alive, bloody and broken but still alive, still I didn´t know SHIELD made those types of bullets, you are from SHIELD right?" he asked figuring a man that well armed either was an agent or someone like Tony Stark.

"No I am not; I am from another place that is all I can tell you for now." John replied the man.

"Um, ok that wasn´t vague at all, so who are you?" he asked.

"Call me Spartan – 117, Spider – man." The armored figure replied.

"Wait, 117, does that mean there are more of you? Or is that your rank or something?" he asked the man "Now I know why people have issues with me wearing a mask, I can´t get a read on this guy with that helmet blocking his face." He thought to himself as his face was reflected back at him.

"Like I said now is not the right time to explain, however I require your assistance, people may have been injured by the man´s attack here, will you help me look?" he said in genuine concern as he did not want to leave without checking, he may not be a medic but he knew enough to help while professionals arrived.

The heroes agreed and went to the building where Rhino had thrown him and the truck, John used his thrusters to boost jump to the hole, while Spider – man climb using his powers, Johnny flew, the three went through all three upper floors, the first two thankfully had no serious injuries, has many were directed towards the windows when the battle occurred, the sixth floor did have a some people who did get hurt no one died but John was less than pleased with the results, so with that he set to work.

First there was a woman who had twisted her ankle, John gave her a minor pain reliever he took from his modified rucksack, he was now more thankful for the upgrades his armor got as he now had a way carry more as well as get the right tool for the job as his HUD display the list of what he had, one mental command an he got it, simple as that, he dress the leg in bandages and when to next person who required medical attention, a man who had broken his right arm as the truck's side mirror dislodged and struck hard, John set the bone, applied some biofoam clean the wound and seal the skin, the man winced but it was only for a moment, and gave him a minor shot of pseudo morphine, a derivative without the addictive properties, once that was done he carefully bandaged the wound and moved on, he continued until his armor registered the sounds of sirens getting closer.

"We are about to get company." He told Johnny and Spider.

"How can you tell?" Peter asked curious, from what he had seen and heard this man had some impressive technology, the scientist in him wished he could get a closer look at it as he had found it to be incredibly advanced, the biofoam and that pain killer he had were definitely not conventional, and his weapons like his guns or that hammer of his were way more advanced than conventional weaponry.

"Take a look outside." He said as he applied a bandaged on an interns arm.

He and the Torch decided to humor the man in armor and went to the window, and sure enough there in the distance were the flashing lights of police and ambulance officials, they could also see that the Rhino was still unconscious on the street however several bystanders were already crowding around him, one kid was poking him with a stick.

"Johnny you better get out there and do some crowds control, they like you more than me, I'll stay here and keep watch of our green armored friend." Peter said to his friend.

"You sure man? Cause that guy freaks me out a bit, and he isn't no pushover if he decides he doesn't want company." The Blonde told his masked friend.

"I'm sure, besides if he tries anything my Spider – sense will warn me, now go before one of those people wake up sleeping ugly down there"

"Ok, but be careful, I don't want to be the one to tell your wife that you got your ass killed because I was babysitting a sleeping super villain." He replied as he headed to their entry point.

John heard their conversation but was not surprised by their mistrust, it was a sound decision on the part of the Human Torch to question his motives, still he would require their help if he and his companions were to return to their reality.

"Well at least you haven't made any negative impressions John, now you just have to play nice and all should go well." Cortana remarked.

"True, but that will take some time and I can only hope it does not take long." He replied.

"Why the hurry?"

"I'm worried the loyalist may try something again, that fleet we faced was massive and it was only through surprise and luck we pull off our plan, but what if they have another ready and this time there is no warning?" he said to her gravelly.

"You have a point there Chief, but right the best we can do is hope for the best, and let our allies and friends to what they can." She said to comfort her protector.

He gave no reply but was at least relaxed by her words as he knew she was right in that there was nothing that could be down for now.

"Well that's the last one, what now Spartan." The webbed hero asked.

"Now we go to the lobby to remove that truck, it may hamper the medical personnel on the way out." He replied.

"Aren't you worried the cops may get upset for disturbing the seen?"

"My priority is to see this people get proper medical attention, I believe they will understand." He said to the man as he headed to the hole where the truck could be seen.

"Your call." Peter replied.

They both dropped down, Spider –man lightly while John's armor made a noticeable crunch and impression on the ceramic floor, his armor may weigh half of what it originally did, but that doesn't mean it was light by any means.

They saw the truck had fallen and was upside down, the remains of his rifle were under the hood, it was completely damaged but still he picked it up hopefully they could get back up and running, he did not like to waste a good resource as one never knew when they would needed again..

Once that was done the both got on the sides and lifted the vehicle, Peter with his super strength and John with his armored enhanced one, they got a break as the vehicle entry and shattered the glass doorway as well as some of the side windows making its removal all the more easy, however John could see the media had gotten there as well.

"I hoping not to have to deal with the media yet."

"This could actually work in our favor Chief; in fact I have an idea, listen…"

"Spider –man I have a request to make of you." He said as they were reaching the half way point, the lights of cameras and voices coming in.

"What can kind of favor?" The hero asked cautisly.

"I wish fro you and friend to tell other in your hero community not to look for me, I will speak to them in time as well as yourself about myself, but I must prepare first, I have no hostile intentions towards them or the people in this city, I only time to prepare a suitable meeting with those I wish to speak to, can you do this?" he asked.

"Sure I guess, but how long will you need? And why me?"

"I'm not sure, hopefully not much, and as for why you, the information I obtained says that you have had contact with the other heroes, and would make a good messenger for it, that is if you so should to help." He replied.

"Well I guess that makes sense, sure I'll pass it on but if I know I goes some will want to look for you sooner, worse if SHIELD thinks this is hoax they will definitely go after you."

"It's a risk I will have to take; hopefully all will turn out well for me and others." He said to the costumed man as they both got the vehicle out while ignoring the many questions thrown at them.

The police had secured the villain, an Johnny in typical fashion was hamming it up with the ladies, John ignored it and Spider – man just shook his head at his friends antics.

"This is where we part Spider – man, though not for the last time, thank you for your assistance back there." He said as he extended his hand towards him.

Spider – man shook it, and later when Johnny approach repeated the same though he was a bit more hesitant, with that out of the way he stepped back and flew of into the sky.

"Cortana can you patch me through to the Commander?"

"Done."

"Chief I take it your first heroic experience was successful?" She asked, though here tone made it seems more like a fact.

"Affirmative, target was contained and made contact with subjects Human Torch and Spider – man; media has been made aware of my presence, asked Spider to relay message of none hostility to others." He spoke to her.

"Very well, it was inevitable our presence by caught unaware by the people, we will have to be careful how he move about in this world, hopefully they will not create hostilities, come on home Chief." She ordered.

"Will do once I resupply Commander, unless you wish to go out for dinner."

"Why Chief are you asking me out?" she asked with humor.

"No Commander, UNSC regulations state that…"

"I'm kidding Chief, remember you aren't my type, we really must work on your humor, what has Cortana been teaching you?" she asked humorlessly.

"Not my fault his a stick in the mud, I have little to work with him." She said in a childish tone.

"Ladies, I am right here you know." He said with no malice intended.

"Right anyway, go get the groceries and will still go out, in honor of your first victory, pizza sounds good?" she asked.

"That will be fine Commander, anything else?"

"Yes bring me a box of three musketeer's bars, please." She said to the Spartan.

"What happen to the one you got last week?" Cortana asked.

"I ate them as I watch this Soap on TV; Michael was leaving Jennifer for Linda, while she was seeing…" at that point John tuned out both the A.I and his commanding officer.

"I will never understand what is so great of Soap Operas." He thought to himself as he flew to his vehicle.

Meanwhile in Four Freedoms Plaza…

Johnny and Spider –man quickly left the area after everyone was cleared, when to F4 headquarters to call the other and tell the message, he told them everything he saw and heard.

"…and he said he doesn't want any trouble with us and will contact us when he is ready." Spider – man said to the screen where the Avengers and X – men were looking back at him as he relayed the Spartan's message to both groups.

"Interesting, and you this mans, this Spartan, armor and weaponry was more advanced than my own?" Ironman asked as the live news broadcast showed the man in question, as well as clips from his battle with Rhino.

With him were Hawkeye, She – Hulk, Thor, Wasp and Captain America.

On the screen with the X – men was Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Beast, Jean and Wolverine.

"It seemed that way, like I said when he was rushing the Rhino I tried to stop him using my webs, but he had some kind of personal shield." He replied.

"Hmm, to power such a thing on such a small scale would require nothing short of a fusion reactor, however to reach such a size, is not feasible without causing cascade failure, even I have yet to achieve something like that." Reed commented as he found such a thing fascinating.

"I agree with Dr. Richards's assessment, and this biofoam and pseudo morphine, such things have yet to be created, sure the chemical foundation is there but no one I have heard of has yet to do so." Beast added.

"So what are guys saying? Is he time traveler? Could it be Kang?" Hawkeye added.

"No I've been monitoring for any tachyon emissions should he make an incursion and nothing has so much has gone off, even if he has some new technology he would still give of his presence, however we may not yet rule out that possibility yet, he could also be from some sort of secret government project." Reed commented.

"He could be Doc, they way he talked and held himself just screamed soldier." Spider – man added.

"What say you Captain? Does this new element in our battle against evil be a member of Midgard's fighting forces?" Thor asked his old friend.

"No Fury despite all his cloak and dagger routines would have informed of any freelance agent, even now I bet he has people working on it, but to my knowledge there is no such project in the works." Captain America replied the God of Thunder.

"So what do we do about him?" She – Hulk asked.

"There is nothing we can do, not without compromising ourselves in this mans eyes." Xavier said.

"Chuck, the guy is obviously a grunt for some military outfit, I say we track him down and get some answers." Wolverine added.

"Logan we can just go into this blind, what if he anger him, from the videos shown he is quite a capable fighter and has no qualms about using force to get the job done." Jean said to the feral mutant.

"My point exactly Jeanie, this guy is a pro, he has access to high tech weapon's and is not afraid to use them, if he proves to be hostile he will point them at us, and even if he isn't what happens if the government or some Black Ops group wants what he has and uses it against us, that is why we should out there looking for him, and make sure to get his story before it blows in our face." He replied to the Redhead.

"Though I don't think this Spartan has given any indication of being a threat, we should tread carefully, maybe it is nothing or this could be like that Thunderbolt fiasco, whatever the case we the Avengers will wait and see what occurs." Ironman said.

"The Fantastic Four will do the same."

"I don't think he is a threat, but I will keep my eyes open just in case." Spider – man said.

"The X –men will do the same, ALL of us." Cyclops said as he looked at Wolverine with a look that everyone knew.

"SNIKT"

"Bite me Slim, you people do what you want but I ain't waiting for this to go bad, I want answers and I am going to get them." He said as he extended his middle right claw and left the room.

"Well that is not going to end well." Wasp said from her place.

"I'll try to talk to him before he does anything rash." Jean said as she went after Logan.

"So with the exception of Wolverine we all agree that this Spartan shall be given the benefit of the doubt until otherwise?" Reed asked.

"Yes." Was the answer.

"All right let us hope we are not misplacing our faith here, farewell."

"Indeed good bye Dr. Richards." Xavier said before signing off..

"Good bye doctor, I will see you tomorrow with those transducers you requested." Ironman said on behalf of the team.

"Well guys I have to get on home, my Aunt is coming to visit and I need clean up, so later." Spider – man said as he headed for the roof.

"Say hello to Mary for us." Reed added.

"Sure thing Doc."

"Where is that overgrown firefly! I am going to clobber him to next Sunday." The unmistakable voice of the Thing bellowed.

"Uh Oh, um Reed I am going to make sure Spidey makes home so later." He said as he rushed out of the room.

"You are dead Matchstick!"

To Be Continued…

A/N: Well there you have it, I know it is mostly exposition but I felt I needed to get this out of the way, also the small battle is my second attempt and I again I stress that I am still getting used to choreographing such a thing, but I felt I should at least deliver something on my end to you the readers, as the fics I have seen have him introduced two chapters later, and I wanted to do something different for a change.

If there are any comments in regards to the fact I did not have Rhino killed by the Chief, please remember that I did have him brutally beaten, also I do plan to have him kill people like terrorist like AIM or HIDRA, as for super villains I haven't decided, maybe a lesser one like the Kangaroo or have him repeatedly shoot Deadpool.

"Hey! Now that is not cool man!"

"Shut Up! Be thankful I'm even mentioning you at all ass!"

"You did the same damn thing in Stoppable's Spider fic, I demand to get a better deal and also would mmmm."

"I just erased your mouth, how you like that huh!"

Sorry about that folks me and Pool had creative differences.

Pairings are still undecided, but I would like to pair Miranda with a character like, I don't know Cap (Lets face they don't get more opposite than those two, she is from a futuristic alternate Earth and he is WWII vet living by ideals most have long since forgotten.) or Hawkeye (She can kick ass like Mockingbird and will not back down when he gets one of his crazy plans.) or something, just not Stark he is dead to me, he has screw up to many times for me too allow it, as for Chief, I think most will say someone like Black Cat or She Hulk, as their uninhibited personalities would mesh well with his controlled nature, and hilarity would ensue as they try to bring out his repressed sex drive back into the fold, that would be funny, then there are characters like Ms. Marvel or Storm who are strong women who have gone through difficult times (Alcoholism, the Brood or Onslaught and Operation Zero Tolerance ), then again I could give a shot to the lovely Alicia Masters, she may be blind but she seems to bring out the inner beauty with her kindness and maybe she can bring him out of his shell.

As for my attempt to a DC cross, more precisely a JLU, I will try for something later on, I heard Freedom Guard would be making one so I want to see a Master at work before taking a stab at it.

Well that is all for now, my next update will be my Rider story followed by Sym – Ron, until they catch up with DS/KP fic, which for some reason no one has reviewed the latest chapter, hope I haven't screwed up, but time will tell, I'm out of here, Peace.