Avengers Inc: The Doominators
Issue #2 – Origins – Part Two
Taranus
A Few Years Ago –Asgard
"Thor, why do you have us here? The battle is back in Asgard with Surtur, Loki and the Storm Giants," Hogun said as he, the Lady Sif and the rest of the Warriors Three, Fandral and Volstagg stood staring at the new King of Asgard after the recent death of Odin.
"Because of my brother, Ragnarök has begun and if not stopped, all of Asgard and the Nine Realms will be gone," Thor said as he swung his hammer, blasted open a doorway and stepped in.
"Who dares disturbs the Norns?" A voice asks as three women with long grey hair and eyeless faces appear.
"Urd, Skuld, and Verandi, I have come to break the cycle of Ragnarök," Thor said as he held his hammer tight as he eyes the tapestry of Asgard.
"Odinson, we can not allow that. Ragnarök has been started and must take its course," Urd said as she nodded and large frost giants came crashing into the room.
"Warriors Three, for Asgard, for Thor!" Fandral shouted as the Warriors Three went to confront the new enemy.
"Thor, maybe they are right," Sif said placing a hand on Thor's shoulder.
"I have to, my love. By breaking the cycle, Ragnarök will never finish and never be a worry for Asgard again. It is the only way to try and save our people," Thor said.
"How do you know this will work?" Sif asked.
"My father came to me and said it must be so. Baldar has helped sever the rainbow bring and made sure Midgard will be protected and not touched by what I am about to do. If what I do works, all will be made right again and Asgard will be saved and reborn. Those lost will be reborn," Thor said putting faith in his late father and what he must do.
"What about us? If this works or not, I don't want to lose you," Sif said as she leaned in for a kiss.
"No matter where we go, we will find a way to be together," Thor said as he began to kiss her lips but was thrown backwards as Sif shoved him and put herself in the way of the lethal blow from a Frost Giant meant for him.
"For Asgard, for us," Sif said as the life left her smile and body.
"For Asgard!" Thor screamed in rage and grief as he called on all his powers, threw his enchanted hammer and severed the tapestry of Asgard causing the Odinforce to explode and engulf all of Asgard in an exploding flash of lightening and thunder.
"Paul, watch out," Adeline screamed as her husband slammed on the brakes just in time to avoid a bolt of lightening striking to the ground.
"Don't yell at me woman. I told you we shouldn't have ventured out in this storm," Paul said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at his wife of almost forty years.
"Paul, I, wait, is that a man standing out there?" Adeline asked suddenly as they both turned and looked where the lightening had come down.
Standing in the middle of the road was a man in his late thirties maybe, blond hair and wearing a long white lab coat of some kind. Paul motioned for his wife to stay in the car as he ran over to see if the man was okay. When Paul got to the man he saw that his name take said D. Blake. The man began to stumble and Paul quickly caught him and helped his keep his footing with the help of his wife.
"I told you to stay in the car," Paul said looking at his wife.
"Are you okay, honey?" Adeline asked the blond man.
"I don't know. Head kind of hurts," the man answered.
"What are you doing out here in the middle of road during a storm? Did your car brake down?" Paul asked.
"I have no idea. My names Donald Blake and I'm a medical student. Last I remember I was planning a trip to Norway to celebrate my upcoming graduation and then I woke up here," Donald Blake said as he finally was able to walk on his own and followed the older couple back to their car.
"Kind of old to be a medical student, but more power to ya," Paul said as they reached the car.
"Old, I'm only," Donald began to say and stopped and saw the reflection of a stranger looking back at him.
"Oh, Paul lay off. It's 2010, there are people my age going back to school, even here in Oklahoma. Come on honey, let's get you back to our place and get you cleaned up and fed," Adeline said as she helped the man into her car.
"2010? Oklahoma? What happened to me?" Donald Blake whispered to himself as he sat in the back seat staring up at the raging storm in the skies.
Braxton, Oklahoma – Few Years later
"Why are we stepping foot in this small town in the middle of nowhere?" Norbert asked the man standing next to him in a cowboy hat.
"Because we will find our next member here, Dr. Donald Blake," Victor Von Doom said.
"Who's that?" Norbert asked.
"He's the former host of the Avenger named Thor. Seems whatever happened that caused Thor and the rest of the Asgardians to vanish caused Mr. Blake to arrive in this town at the same time with no memories of his life between his graduation from medical school and now," Doom said holding up an old newspaper article from Braxton talking about how a man showed up with no memories turned out to be a Dr. that had gone missing and declared dead many years ago.
"Why didn't the Avengers come for him?" Norbert asked.
"Because, what ever event that happened to cause this, also erased any connection of Blake with Thor. Thanks to my magical wards I was unaffected and remember the connection. It seams that our good doctor decided to stay here and setup practice as the towns local doctor," Victor said as they walked to a building that was home to Dr. Donald Blake's medical practice.
"Welcome, I'm Dr. Donald Blake. What can I do for you?" Donald Blake asked as he saw the two strange men walk in.
"Actually, it's what we can do for each other," Victor said as he began to spin his lies to fill in Don's memory of the evil Thor using him and his evil minions, the Avengers.
Spectra & Sun Goddess
Present Day- Florida
High above the Florida skyline, a streak of light starts to descend to the ground below. The closer the light gets, the more it looks like a human figure. As the object made of light touches ground it goes from looking like a figure to taking the solid form of a woman. The woman wore an all white outfit with a grey trench coat. She had a white bandana that pushed back her black braided hair. She took a look around and then approached a man wearing all purple. The man looked more machine than man.
"You made it, Monica," the man said.
"Well, you told me to meet you here didn't you, Aaron?" Monica Rambeau, the Avenger who had been known as different codenames but was now going by Pulsar.
"I wasn't sure if you would. When Nextwave disbanded you left with some harsh words," Aaron Stack, the Machine-Man responded back as he handed one of the two coffees in his hands to her.
"Yes, but when a fellow Avenger and friend calls, I come. What was the emergency?" Monica asked as she took the cup and took a drink.
"I want to place you in a new team I'm help forming," Aaron said as he sipped his coffee, loving the flavor he had missed so much.
"What team are you talking about, wait a minute, since when do you drink, who are you?" Monica said as she stepped back and called on her powers with no response.
"Sorry, I put a little something special in your coffee," Aaron said as his face shifted and his true form was revealed.
"Fixer, I," Monica began to say when suddenly what ever had been put in her coffee kicked in and everything went back.
"Welcome back," Norbert said as Monica came to and opened her eyes.
"What are you up to? Where am I?" Monica asked as she began to panic when she realized her powers weren't working and she was strapped down to some kind of table.
"I told you, I want you to be a part of a team I am forming," Norbert said with a smile as a strange sound caused Monica to jerk her head to the right.
Monica saw that not too far from her was a woman with long dark hair. A strange laser gun looking devise was lowered in front of her face pouring some kind of glowing light into her eyes. At first Monica didn't recognize her because of her civilian clothing, but then it came to her the harder she looked. She couldn't believe it, it was Bonita Juarez the West Coast Avenger known as Firebird. What was going on here? Was this an attack on former Avengers? Monica needed to escape, but she was powerless.
"Oh, I see you've noticed our new little Sun Goddess. She wasn't as easy to snag as you were. We caught her by surprise but still lost a lot of men and nearly burnt down a whole town," Norbert said as Monica looked back at him.
"What is this? Revenge of the Thunderbolts?" Monica asked trying to remember as being with the Nextwave she had been out of touch with the world and the Avengers.
"The Thunderbolts is too into making heroes and so yesterday's news. No, the team I'm forming is kind of the opposite of my former team. We're into helping heroes unleashing their darker sides. Now, it's your turn, Spectra," Norbert laughed as a laser devise dropped down in front of Monica.
"No!" Monica began to scream as her eyes were suddenly blinded by light before things went dark once again.
Demolisher
Manhattan – Downtown
"What do we have here?" Norbert asked as he and Doom stood over a manhole cover.
"An example of how even the greatest of heroes forget their own and end up not doing the right thing," Doom said as he waved his hand and energy cracked as the cover slid open.
"Really, down there?" Norbert asked as he shrugged and dumped down into the sewer.
Norbert activated a devise and light projected form the top of his head piece lighting up the sewers allowing them to see clearly up to several feet behind and in front of them. They walked forward as their feet splashed in the sewer water surrounding their boots. He smell reminded Norbert of some of the few things he missed about not having a real body. Doom didn't speak a work as they kept walking.
"Hopefully we don't run into any Morlocks down here," Norbert said needing to break the silence.
"From what I hear, they are all but extinct," Doom said as silence resumed. **See Issues of Mutant Generation Force**
"What is this?" Norbert asked to no one as they turned a corner and stepped into a very large room filled with lots of men, woman and children, coughing, sneezing and trying to keep warm.
"Guy we looking for caters to the homeless?" Norbert asked as he looked to Doom.
"No, the guy we're looking for is one of them," Doom said as he pointed to a very muscular looking guy with a beard, battered brown trench coat and fingerless gloves.
"Who is that?" Norbert asked as Doom walked forward without answering.
"Dennis Dunphy?" Doom asked as they stopped in front of the man lying on the ground coughing.
"D-Man? Captain America's buddy?" Norbert asked looking at Doom in surprise.
"D-Man is no more. He died along with Dennis years ago when Captain America turned his back on me, forgot about me and left me here to rot," Dennis said as he coughed some more, barely covering the rumblings of his food.
"How would you like some payback?" Doom asked.
"I don't," Dennis began to say when Doom raised his hand.
"What if I promise to take care of all these friends of your here making sure they never want for anything ever again?" Doom said with a smile as he raised out his hand.
"Deal," Dennis said as he accepted the hand and got to his feet.
"Make sure you "cleans" the place," Doom whispered over his shoulder once Dennis had climbed up and out of the sewer.
"Wait, you promised to take care of them, not," Norbert said in surprise.
"I am keeping my promise, they will NEVER want for anything, ever again," Doom said with a laugh as he handed a circular devise to Norbert and headed up while Norbert took a deep breath and headed back into the sewers.
Next: Issue #3 – Origins – Part Three