Guardians of Horatius

Disclaimer: I do not own MARVEL. I only own the plotline and my own OCs.

Chapter 1
The Mission

It had been almost a month since Iron Man and Spider-Man disappeared into thin air. Neither of the teams could find a trace of either one of the missing heroes. Everyone was questioning where the two heroes were. Even the news reporters were getting antsy and coming up with the most insane stories on where they could have gone and if they were kidnapped or not.

X-MARVEL-X

"I bet that the reason, that those missing 'heroes' have disappeared, is because of that darn menace, Spider-Man!" the news reporter J Jonas Jamison yelled, sarcasm dripping from the word heroes.

The TV screen was quickly shut off. "I miss webs" muttered Sam Alexander, also known as Nova.

The other three members of Spider-Man's team sighed at the same time. "Don't worry kids, we'll find them. Both of them." Captain America, or Steve Rodgers, spoke as he walked into the room.

"It's been a month! I'm worried that we might never find them as time wears on!" spoke Ava 'White Tiger' Ayala. "I heard the longer someone goes missing, the less likely you are at finding them."

Steve sighed and turned towards Natasha 'Black Widow' Romanoff. "You have to admit she has a point Cap. Even I'm started to get a bit jaded that we'll find Stark and the kid."

"The path that lights the way to our friends is slowly fading. I did sense an odd chi the night they disappeared but I wavered it pass" murmured Danny 'Iron Fist' Rand.

"And you didn't mention this before, why?" asked Ava.

"At that current time, I did not deem it important. But now, I'm starting to wonder if that odd chi was the cause of their disappearance." Danny replied.

"Sweet Christmas. You make it sound like someone used some kind of power to gain control of their minds." Luke 'Power Man' Cage exclaimed.

"That is indeed my assumption. But I am not certain that it is correct." Danny murmured.

"If you are correct their soldier then we are looking at a kidnapping of our comrades. Not them wandering off." Replied Steve glancing at Natasha.

There was a whooshing sound as the door opened. The group of six turned towards the door, where Director Nick Fury and the rest of the Avengers walked in.

"I have an important mission you're your two teams. This will require you ALL to work together." Nick then glared at the two teams.

"Yes, sir!" Ava and Steve called, and the others nodded.

Fury placed a folder down on the desk before calling the two teams to pay attention to the screen behind him. "I have received word that Goblin, MODOK and Red Skull have teamed up together and are planning on getting an important artefact from a temple in South America."

"And how do we know it's something important? It could just be a flimsy piece of relic." Sam (Nova) asked.

Fury frowned. "I would have thought the same thing had these two not turned up on our radar."

Two pictures showed up on the screen slightly blurry from the pixelization but recognizable as two male figures. The first, the oldest of the two it seemed, was what looked to be a gold coloured Iron Man surrounded by a blue glow. The second, the youngest of the two, was wearing what looked to be a grey version of the costume Spider-Man would wear but instead of a small spider, it stretched across the entire torso.

"They… they look like…" Ava trailed off.

Fury nodded. "I noted the resemblance to Iron Man and Spider-Man. That's why your two teams will be working together on this mission."

The Avengers was too busy staring at the image of what they recognized as the Iron Herald.

"I damn well hope it's not Galactus again. Damn it Stark" muttered Clint.

"Director Fury, the one that looks like Iron Man. We have dealt with it before but that was when Galactus was attacking the Earth. Tony became what we called the Iron Herald to stop him." Steve spoke, a frown marring his face. "But since there is no sign of Galactus, he must still have the powers from when he was Herald."

"But that would mean, that whoever is controlling them…" Sam (Falcon) started.

"Is probably dangerous, so go carefully teams" Fury stated, arms crossed.

The Avengers and Spider-Man's team nodded before heading off to the Avengers aircraft to head to the temple.

"Good Luck and be careful." Fury muttered as a pair of gold eyes flashed from his shadow.

X~ MARVEL ~X

Fran: Yeah... I know... I added a bit more to the chapter and worked out a few errors. My brain is a floozy.