Chapter 1
The Triskelion, home of S.H.I.E.L.D., an academy for youngster heroes, and full of hundreds of the best agents on the planet. Made for the protection of earth, supervising other heroes. Keeping an eye out for any trouble that could endanger New York and other places beyond. This building was a fortress, made for serving the peace. Even keeping some villains contained, a message for all evil-doers to not mess with them, and many obeyed.
"Now then, how to enter?" Though a few did try breaking in.
Standing far away from the building was Mysterio himself, in full costume. Who was currently attempting to find a way to enter the S.H.I.E.L.D. stronghold. For if he was to please his master, then he needed a few things from the building. Some new gear, information, and say, entry into the dimensional transporter. For while Mysterio held himself in high regard, even he couldn't hop between worlds.
'Dang it, this is gonna be more difficult than I thought. There doesn't seem to be a way to use my illusions.' Mysterio had been observing the patrols and any unexpected arrivals, and currently found himself stumped. As expected, security was tight. He couldn't even use his illusions to disguise himself.
There were special cameras watching for those kind of tricks. Plus, even if he could pass, there may be some people who wouldn't fall for those illusions. No, he needed another entry. But how?
'Aww man, looks like I got no choice. Better bring it out.' Mysterio slipped of his backpack, one holding many items for certain use. Special gases, dust bombs, a few chemicals, and so on. None that would help, except one.
'The hallucination bomb.' Mysterio mentally said as he removed a large crystal sphere with black gas swirling inside it. Unlike my regular gases, this bad boy can not only make people see the horrific, but even trick their senses into actually feeling them.'
Correct, this bomb was the perfect distraction for crowd controls. With this many people nearby the Triskelion, they would all fall under its effect. It was actually a shame he was using it now, as making this type of gas wasn't easy.
The ingredients and chemicals cost more than a few pennies. But, it was a sacrifice he was willing to make in order for entering the building. Still, it was best for Mysterio to use it above way, he'll get more people.
Walking to the nearest building, Mysterio used his magnetic coils inside his boots to jump as high as he could. Making certain nobody nearby was watching. Leaping high above, he smoothly landed on the top of the building. His cape fluttering in the air as if he were an action hero.
"Alright then, let's do this." Now that he was up, he clicked a small button near his helmet, allowing him to zoom in. The Triskelion was quite far, being a few miles from New York's docks. But he was prepared. On top of the roof was a type of rocket launcher capable of shooting the sphere onto the Triskelion ground.
The plan was simple.
Step one, launch the condensed gas all the way into the Triskelion. Once the glass ball cracked, it would spread about two/thirds across the base's ground level. Everyone caught up would be experiencing their worst nightmares come to life. Everybody would be so shocked, they wouldn't notice him coming in.
Step two, entering. Once everyone was busy dealing with the insuring chaos, he would teleport nearby the edge of the base. With his helmet protecting him, he would be unaffected by the gas.
Finally, step three. Quickly finding the dimensional transporter, entering, and going to the world known as Remnant. Sounded really simple, but Mysterio knew he was missing more than a few details. Still, he couldn't waste much time. No telling how long his master would wait.
He already wasted yesterday preparing all the things needed for the trip. Also getting information that Spider-Man was busy elsewhere in the city. Last thing he needed was the wall crawler ruining his plan.
Setting the launcher up, he directed the coordinates right near the front entrance. Their radars would be unable in picking up the small sphere. Once the coordinates were set, Mysterio said but three words.
"Scene One, start."
Up near the entrance of the Triskelion, a few guards were watching in place. Making certain nobody was entering without the proper id. they took their jobs very seriously.
"Mack, seriously." Except for one.
"Come on man, what is it now?"
"Dude, where suppose to keep an eye out. Not play video games on our phones."Mack just clicked his tongue, ignoring his advice.
"Not even." He replied. "Besides, I'm not playing, I'm watching a new video posted on youtube. From Mobius actually." This got the other guards attention.
"What video? And how can you even watch videos from another world." The guard asked, uncertain how that was possible. Mack just shrugging back.
"No clue. Something about setting up special signals and whatever sciency stuff." Mack then got closer showing his partner the video. "Just look, okay."
Rolling his eyes, the guard decided that he may as well take a peek. But then get back to work.
Taking the phone, he saw what appeared to be a lot, and he meant, a lot of food. There was so much of it, it could feed an entire orphanage. And, it was all on a single plate. How was that even possible?
"Okay, now watch this." Mack then pushed the play button and the video rolled on. Showing the famous Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man, and some girl that was recently part of a dimensional race. Norie he believed, the girl with the hammer like Thor.
"Okay everyone," Sonic said to the viewers. "Today where having a special contest. A eating contest."
"Yep," Spider-Man said joyfully. "But unfortunately, it won't be me and my buddy, but two other cool guys. Nora and a very special guest. Hit it!"
The scene continued on with the Nora girl and the special guest doing the eating contest. Honestly, it wasn't that interesting except for one part. One the guard decided to ask Mack. "What the heck is that pink thing? He….It, looks like a ball."
"No idea. But that thing can eat like crazy. It even ate the girl, Hahahaha." While the two were talking, they had failed to notice something glittering in the sky. The majority of the soldiers below not even seeing it. One woman however, did.
Before she could make a report, the object then landed nearby with a loud crack.
"Huh, what was that?" Mack asked along with others. Nobody could answer though as seconds later, a large amount of black gas soon started enveloping the entire area. Screams sounding off, the alarm going off. Before Mack and his partner knew it, they to were enveloped.
"W-what the-Oh my god!" Mack instantly saw his worst nightmare. A giant frog that looked quite demonic. Screeching at him. Falling on his but, he quickly called for help. "Jones, help me!"
Sadly, his partner was in no state to help. Like Mack and many others, his nightmare came true. A faceless woman that had multiple mouths and gashes across her naked form. "No, no, get away from me! Ahhhhhh!"
He wasn't the first to scream, nor the last. Everybody outside affected was running around, frightened. Their dark fears given physical form, and actually hurting them. Anybody who tried escaping the gas still found themselves being chased by whatever fear they conjured up.
High above the ground though, one Nick Fury saw the scene below. "What in Cap's name is going on!?"
"Uncertain sir," One of his subordinates said, monitoring the situation. "However, multiple reports are coming in. None of them good."
"Sir." Another person said. "Many of the people down below are stating their being injured by monsters."
"Monsters?" That was odd. Nick didn't see anything below that indicated such foreign creatures. Either they were hiding in that gas, or, "It's a trick."
"Correct sir. Our scanners are indicating the gas has some powerful hallucination properties. Where already having our best men making a antidote for it."
"Damn it!" This wasn't good. Whoever was doing this was definitely scheming something here. But what? Nick couldn't think of many that had the resources, and power to do this. Hydra, the Brotherhood, A.I.M, and a few other groups could do this. Nick just didn't know what they wanted.
"Sir." One of his assistants said, bringing him back from his thoughts.
"What is it?"
"Our scanners picked up a teleportation frequency. Someone ported nearby where the gas is located." Teleported in. Then that means this gas was just a distraction. No doubt hoping that S.H.I.E.L.D. would concentrate all efforts on the gas with it's victims, while this mystery person got in and did who knows what.
"Hehehe. Smart, but not smart enough." Fury gave this person some credit, but it wouldn't be enough. "You, get this building on lockdown. Any personal that's going outside will have a gas mask. Contact a few heroes as well just in case. It's time to show these people what we're made of. Understood."
A resounding 'Yes sir!' was said by everybody in the room. All of them going back to work to solve this crisis at hand. Fury meanwhile took out his tablet and checked out the teleportation frequency. Turns out, this type only allowed one person.
Whoever was the cause of this probably sent in a powerful person if only one was sent in. Fury could only wonder just who was sent in. And how dangerous they were.
"Oww. Stop running into me. Damn idiots." As for the 'dangerous' intruder, he was currently avoiding the running mob. Sheesh, he knew his gas was potent, but couldn't these idiots just stay on the ground so he could walk in peace?
"Huuuh, at least the gas gives me cover." The gas released was quite thick, kinda like a settling fog. However, where many would get lost and stumble like fools, Mysterio had some special equipment to deal with that.
Inside his mist cloak, Mysterio installed a sonar navigation. So he knew exactly where the Triskelion was. Plus it helped him avoid most of the frightened victims. Though a few still managed to bump into him.
"Now then, where's the nearest opening?" Mysterio muttered to himself. Ordinarly, he would use the teleporter on him to just go straight near the entrance, but S.H.I.E.L.D. made certain only authorized teleportations were allowed. He only got close thanks to the tinker making his teleportar capable of breaking through the invisible block. However, as the Tinkerer told him, S.H.I.E.L.D. are capable of tracking those who make these teleportation trips on their turf. So Mysterio had to be smart.
"Hmm. Is that it?" After a while, Mysterio finally made it near the entrance, ignoring all the panicked screams and crying tears. He was only focused where the entrance was, however, it was shut quite well. "Dang, they must be on lockdown already."
This was a small problem, but nothing he couldn't get through. After all, he came prepared. Checking his surroundings, Mysterio made certain nobody was in his way. Once he was certain, he pointed his palm near the locked door and sprayed another type of gas on it.
An acidic one.
The door slowly melted away. Becoming a small pile of sludge. It was quite easy actually. Mysterio thought for certain somebody would be on the other side. "Still, better to be safe than sorry."
Mysterio then activated the nozzles within the boots and wrists that can release a constant stream of smoke that shields his movements, and his form. Pretty soon, the entire hallway was being covered in his mist. But, this wouldn't do.
"Shame I can't make my grand entrance, but it's best to keep low, so…." Mysterio then activated another ability in his costume. The power to add certain chemicals into his smokescreen. In this case, a temporary blinding agent so nobody could see him. Best part of all, he added another chemical so that it would eat away any pesky masks, affecting the intended target. Good timing as well, since instantly a bunch of guards came in.
"Hands up, whoever you are!" Good, the mist made certain nobody knew who he was. Time to buy a bit of time though for the blinding gas, and some misdirection so no one knew it was him.
"Hahahaha, as if you could stop me filthy humans!" Mysterio said in the voice of one Adam Taurus. "The White Fang will now show you what it means to cross the faunus. Men, charge!"
Once again, Mysterio used his technology of special effects to 'summon' the White Fang troops. His holographic projector completely fooling the soldiers.
"White Fang! All troopers, shoot." Small stun lasers came out while the illusionary faunus soldiers shot back as well. Granted, the soldiers would realize the trick when none of the 'shots' the Fang grunts shots didn't hit a target at all. Unless some intervention was made.
"Sir I think tha-Ahhh, I can't see." A soldier cried out, the gas finally doing the trick. Others soon doing the same thing. With all of them blinded, Mysterio stopped his illusions and raised his gloves.
"Troopers, don't falter! We have t-" Before any words were said from the leader, he was knocked out by a stun blast. One that came from Mysterio's palms, another upgrade he made to his suit the night before.
"Sir! Men, we-" Another hit, another knockout.
"Hahahahaha! You worthless scum. As always, the faunus truly are superior. Hahahahaha!" The troops soon became fearful from 'Adam'. They were blind, their leader was down, and everyone of them was being shot down like a carnival game. It wasn't long before all of them were down for the count. All hearing that cruel laughter.
"Nick Fury! Reports that the men sent below have all been taken out. A lot of blasters were heard, there seems to be more than one person." Fury fumed angrily at the news. More than one person, but only one teleported in. Did more enter without him realizing. It wasn't easy, but even Fury couldn't predict everything.
"Send in more men, but tell them to be on guard. What about the cameras? Can we see who's doing this?" He asked those stationing the cameras.
"Apologies sir, but the cameras are all obstructed by some mist. We can't see anything, and with all the chaos, barely hear anything either." Shoot, looks like these invaders were more clever than expected. With the mist blocking all sight, they couldn't tell who was breaking in, and what counter-measures could be used.
Minutes passed by before another report came in, none the better. "The second group got taken out." Another! "However, we got intel that they were all blinded. The gas most likely bypasses the masks defenses."
"I see, then we can't send in more troopers. In which case…" Fury clicked his pad and checked on a few things. Firstly, the chaos at the grounds was still active, apparently the troops he sent in also succumbed to the gas. The same as this blinding one. Sending more troopers wouldn't due, he needed a new plan.
"Got it. Send in the LMD's." They were machines, and could navigate through the mist much skillfully thanks to their enhancements. He also had them disguised as regular troopers so the enemy wouldn't realize the gas isn't affecting them. Also...
"Agent Truce, are there any heroes coming?"
"Yes sir." Truce said giving fury his phone. "He was the closest nearby and should get the job done." Taking a look, Fury gave a small smirk. These assailants time were almost up.
"Ughhh!" Once again, another S.H.I.E.L.D. grunt was taken out. This isn't even that difficult anymore.
"Huhh? I figured these guys would put up a better fight scene. Instead, their pathetic acting is pretty low tier." While Mysterio couldn't compare to other high-grade villains like Doom, Kingpin, or a few others, by no means was he weak. His fighting skills and tricky moves was quite above regular people. Aka, soldiers like these who only trained against regular criminals.
"Whatever. Might as well get going. The dimensional teleporter should be around the higher floors." Walking near a secure elevator, Mysterio used a special device to override the security and opened it. Entering, he soon pushed the button to the floor he wanted. Just barely passing the disguised LMD's, who had just missed Mysterio and were now wandering clueless.
"Now then," Mysterio said as he started filling the elevator with his mist. It's time to show these ungrateful peons a scene they'll never forget."
A few floors above, some more troopers were ready with better equipped gear and a few floating drones. They just got word that the intruders were about to stop on this floor. Once the elevator opened up, they would instantly shoot.
Time slowly moved on, the elevator getting closer to its destination. All the troops ready for action. Then, the elevator dinged.
"Fire!" The second the doors opened, every shot was made without hesitation. Man and machine just kept shooting as a large amount of mist came out. Obviously meant as a distraction, but they didn't pay heed. Only focusing on stopping their enemy.
"Alight men, stop." The head squad said. Each one stopped shooting as the squad leader checked in on his thermal signature. "Alright, drones, get closer."
The machines obeyed, moving forward where the elevator was. Their lens ignoring the mist, as their recordings was being watched by Fury and the rest of the team he was with.
The drones entered the elevator, slowly looking around, oddly enough, finding nobody. The squad leader and everybody else confused by this. "What in the-their should be somebody in there. The scans aren't lying."
One soldier, decided to walk up, being cautious as he got closer. He also saw nothing a well, just as the droids. But before he could leave, he suddenly bumped into something. "Huh?"
It was then the squad leader realized it. "Shit, the bastards invisible!"
"Boo." Those were the last words any of them heard as sudden;y, a few dozen screaming ghosts came out screeching. The instant appearance scared every single one, giving Mysterio enough time to throw a special gadget on the floor.
Glowing, it then let out a wave that fried every electrical appliance that wasn't Mysterio's. The soldiers weapons now malfunctioning, including their new masks. Soon enough, they were all blinded screaming. The illusionary ghosts haunting them to the point where a few actually fainted.
Ohhh, if only Mysterio could just take credit. But, as mentioned, he couldn't let anybody find out his identity, not yet. Still, since nobody was watching, he decided to at least give out a sinister laugh (a different creepy voice) that freaked a bunch out. 'Oho, I should have done this years ago!'
The only person not amused by all this was Fury himself. His cameras showed ghosts coming out. Ghosts! Either this was some magician based enemy that used magic, or perhaps some kind of necromancer. Should he call Dr. Strange?
'Errr, no. He's on some other mission. Just need to wait a few more minutes for him to show up. Still, what do these people want, there isn't much in this room except-No, it couldn't be!' Clicking his tablet, Fury's fear was proven. Inside the floor the opposition are in, was but one machine of importance. The dimensional transporter.
'I don't know what these guys are planning, but we can't allow them access to that machine.' Fury then checked his phone when he felt a call. "Who is this."
He then heard just the man he was waiting for. With pleasure he then told him where to go.
"Yes, I, Mysterio, am finally here." In front of the great illusionist, master of the stage, was a tall machine that allowed inter-dimensional travel. The exact thing he needed for his plans to work. "Already scenes 1, 2, and 3 were done and over with. Now for the final scene, then, the epilogue."
What Mysterio referred to as the fourth scene wasn't him entering the portal. No, if anything, what he was waiting for was someone else. The 'climax' of this scene. The antagonist to his goals, which should be starting right about…
"You!" A voice said as a resounding boom was heard. The person breaking through the walls of the Triskelion outside.
"...now." Mysterio turned around, facing his adversary. "Hello there…...Shadow."
Chapter 1 is now up, hope you enjoy. The next chapter will be released on the 9th.