Chapter 3 – The List: Fantastik Four

Asgard, Mountains

"You can't be serious." Korra said, she had changed in appearance in a couple of days. Her outfit was more Asgardian looking, reminiscent to the long gone Valkyrian Elite Guard, except that her Water Tribe colors still colored on her warrior-queen armor.

"I am very serious, Ava…All-Mother Korra. Ever since that you retreated to aid in the All-Father's reconstruction of the gods' home reality, very bad things has happened back in the city." Moon Knight explained.

"Like what?" Thor asked.

"It's Osbourne, he took over SHIELD and the Avengers Initiative, Iron Man is a wanted man and so is every other hero that doesn't pledge allegiance to Osbourne, who calls himself Iron Patriot now." Moon Knight said.

"Iron Patriot?" Korra asked.

"Hmm…I will handle it directly." Thor said.

"I don't think that that's a good idea, All-Father." Moon Knight responded.

"Why not?" Thor asked, feeling a little insulted.

"They have a secret weapon…" Moon Knight answered.

Zuko Building, Republic City…a day later

The Zuko Building, home to the Fantastik Four, and center of the scientific genius, Reig Rigchard, Mr. Fantastik.

Torch and the Thing were playing cards when they heard an explosion coming from Reig's lab.

"What the?!" Torch yelled.

"It must be stretch doing one of his crazy experiments." Thing said as he looked at his card. "Go fish."

"Not with Namor in the ocean." Torch joked. "Really, last time we saw that guy, he wanted to mate with Su."

"Weirdo." Thing said. Another explosion was heard…

"Seriously, he is getting a little too explosive up there." Torch said.

"I wouldn't get too worried, what I am really worried is that The Avatar is up there with the 'gods' and smooching with Thor almost all day and not doing her job." Thing said.

"What job? All she needs to do is show her face and almost all the guys in town drool none stop and avoid breaking the law." Torch said.

"From what I've heard, it's not her face what makes you drool, candle light." Thing joked.

"Hey, not my fault that she wears really tight tank tops, I am just a guy." Torch defended himself.

"Go fish." Thing responded.

"Darn it!" Torch yelled in defeat, Thing chuckled at his desperation.

"You guys haven't done anything!?" Su Thorm, or rather Invisible Woman, yelled as she pass the living room.

"What?" Thing asked.

"I've just heard an explosion coming from Reig's lab and you two haven't check on him!?" Su sounded mad.

"Chill, sis, he's always doing cookie stuff up there." Torch said.

"Little Su's right, candle light, might as well check on stretch." Thing said as he followed Su.

"Whatever." Torch responded as he ditched the cards on the table.

Inside Reig's lab, it was as if a tornado had been set loose…pieces of tech and wires and science stuff had been spread all over the room.

"Reig?" Su said as she saw Mr. Fantastik lying on the floor. "Reig!"

"Su…" Mr. Fantastik said with a hurt voice.

"What happened in here?" Thing asked.

"Did you mix the wrong chemicals again?" Torch asked.

"They…" Mr. Fantastik tried to say but a laugh was heard.

"What Rigchard is trying to say is that…" A dark version of Spider-Man came out of the shadows. "…you four are next in our list."

"Spider-Man?" Torch asked.

"Nu-uh." Another voice was heard. "He's called Venom." It was Ms. Marvel…but she looked a lot different, her hair is gold in color, similar to that of Thor's hair and her costume was red and blue and more revealing.

"Who are these guys!?" Torch asked. "And how the heck did they get in!?"

"Don't worry about your security system; they are off-line." Venom said as he threw to them the severed head of the security bot created by Reig.

Then before they could see it coming, Ms. Marvel had blitz her way towards Thing and had made him fly through the other side of the room.

"FLAME ON!" Torch yelled and then he was engulfed in fire. "You are going to pay for that missy!"

"Please." Ms. Marvel said as she kicked Torch in the face.

"Ouch." Torch said as he rubbed his jaw. "Eat flames!"

Invisible Woman was now being attack by Venom, who had become more monstrous in form. She made herself a force field, shielding her from Venom's claws.

"This shield won't protect you for too long…we are going to enjoy ripping your beautiful face apart!" Venom taunted.

'I…can't hold…he's too strong…' Invisible Woman thought. She then turned her shield into an attack and blasted Venom away. Thing was back on his feet and grabbed Venom by the head and smashed him into the floor.

"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!" Thing yelled as he cracked his stone-looking knuckles. He then raced towards the semi-naked Ms. Marvel and punched her on the back.

"Gah!" She screamed as she crashed into several machine systems.

"Good to see you in one piece, stone head." Torch said.

"At least you are still burning, candle light." Thing responded.

"Guys!" Invisible Woman said to them. "Each one of you keep the two of them at bay while I try to wake Reig up."

"Got it!" Torch said as he flew towards Venom.

"Sure…" Thing said. "I just hope I don't get charged with molestation."

Torch went to look for Venom, but he wasn't there. "Where is he?" Torch asked himself as he looked around for the fake Spider-Man.

"Here." Venom said as he trapped Torch inside a web cocoon that covered all of his body except his head.

"How!?" Torch asked as his flames didn't burn the web away.

"Highly heat resistant webbing, I don't like fire, so I will extinguish your head as quickly as I can." Venom said as he was ready to claw Torch's head in when the F4 member breathe fire towards the dark Spider-Man.

"AGH!" Venom screamed as the flames touched him; his suit began to move erratically, like if it was alive.

Torch was able to free himself by heating up enough to rip the webs apart with his arms. "Can't take the heat? Then get out of the kitchen."

Torch flew around and created a fire barrier around Venom, who seemed to be surrounded by the flames. "This fire is more intense than that created by both nature and firebenders, you could say that it's cosmic in nature." Torch explained.

"GRRRR…" Venom grunted. "Enough games!" Venom splashed Torch with more webs, until he stuck him on the ceiling. "I am pulling your heart out!"

Before he could notice, Ms. Marvel crashed into Venom which made the both of them crash into the floor. "Guhh….what the!?" Venom asked.

"Ms. Nude here seems to be not as strong as the Ms. Marvel I know, and less respectable too." Thing said as he cracked his knuckles again. "Night night." Thing punched Venom in the face who was in his Spider-Man form…which was a lot weaker than his beast form.

"Beng…" Reig said as he walked towards him with the aid of Su.

"Stretch, you back." Thing said.

Torch ripped the webs and flew down towards them. "Seems they underestimated us."

"Looks like it." Invisible Woman said.

"What do we do with them?" Thing asked.

"I suggest nothing." A metallic voice was heard behind them, they turned around…

"Doom!" Reig yelled in surprise.

"Indeed, Rigchard. Now stand down and turn yourselves in." Dr. Doom ordered.

"You must be kidding, flame on!" Torch yelled.

"Candle light's right; you must be joking tin head." Thing added.

"They're right, Vifung, you're surrounded." Reig said as he was still held by Su.

"I must disagree, Reig, for you see what I lack in quantity…" Doom said as a dark and massive being appeared behind him. "…I have in quality."

"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!" Thing yelled as he, Torch, Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman ran towards Doom and his beast.

Secret Avengers HQ, Somewhere In Republic City

"Guys, look at the TV." Dagger said to the men and women sitting in the conference room. Around the table sat: Spider-Woman, Nighthawk, Giant-Man, Wasp, War Machine, the real Ms. Marvel and Nova.

"Recent news! Just now, the Zuko Building is on flames! Eye witness report that the tenth floor, where famous hero and scientist Reig Rigchard otherwise known as Mr. Fantastik leader of the Fantastik Four worked, exploded in a massive shock wave that expanded throughout downtown Republic City! The Metalbenders have been dispatched and have begun the search for survivors." The reported said.

"Oh no…" Nova said as he took his red scarf off his mouth. "…now the FF?"

"This is not good; our numbers are dwindling by each day." Nighthawk said.

"At least Herc, Marvel Man and Wonder Man are still out there." Wasp said.

"That won't be good enough, if what we've been told is true and Osbourne is indeed using kill squads to take out heroes and recruiting super-villains…we are facing a mass extermination here." Giant-Man said. "To make matters worse, his kill squad calls themselves the Avengers and they are using our codenames as theirs."

"Where are the others? Where's Korra, The Captain and Iron Man!?" Ms. Marvel asked.

"Mar-Vell is out there but out of range, Silver One is never heard of, The Captain is under H.A.M.M.E.R. orders to not interfere, Iron Man is missing and Korra is in Asgard." Spider-Woman reported.

"She's still in there? Talk about a long reunion with Thor." War Machine said.

"What about Thor and his weird faced friend…what's his name…Beta Ray Bill? What about them?" Wasp asked.

"I doubt they'll help us, Thor still barely trust us and won't act unless Korra tells him to." Giant-Man said. "And I don't think she knows what is going on."

"Then we must act, who is the most probably candidate in their hit list?" War Machine asked.

"With Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the FF out of their way and with Punisher still on the run…I would say the X-Men and us." Nova guessed.

"Sounds probable, they won't go after Asgard to soon." Nighthawk said as he stood up. "And we can't go after Osbourne either."

"What do you mean?" Ms. Marvel asked.

"They took out the FF…four of the strongest heroes out there who are together almost invincible, even we our combined might we might be unable to stop them right now." Nighthawk said.

"He's right…but I fear that whether we act now or later…something bad is going to happen." Giant-Man said as a picture of Asgard appeared in their monitors which were installed by SHIELD prior to their acquisition.

Asgard, Mountains

"Are you sure about this?" Thor asked as he looked towards the city from his balcony.

"Yes, I am the Avatar and I've been away for too long." Korra explained as she lied on the bed.

"Very well then." Thor responded with a smile. "Wherever the All-Mother goes, the All-Father will follow."

"Thanks." Korra responded. Thor closed the balcony's gates and entered back to his room. He didn't notice the camouflaged figure in the snowy mountain that looked directly to his royal room.

"Gods among men…" The camouflaged man said as he placed his binoculars on his back pouched. "…They seem to have forgotten that Klim Bharton is not the only one with the hawk's eyes."

He stood up…"The battlegrounds have been scouted Mr. Osbourne, should I enter?" Dark Hawkeye asked through his H.A.M.M.E.R. radio gizmo.

"No yet, I have another job for you." Osbourne said.

"I am all eyes and ears, boss." Dark Hawkeye responded.