Intelligent Re-Design
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to Marvel or Sunbow Entertainment. I own Farrah/Persiana and Leon/Crisis. L1701E owns his OCs.
Chapter 4: A New Power
Carol was still standing in the street, trying to grapple with this new cosmic power. She looked around, fearful,
"What's taking him so long?"
War Machine said,
"It's all right, Miss Marvel. Tony's getting what he needs right now."
Vision ran a quick scan,
"Sensors indicate the power surge is still growing. In a few minutes, Miss Marvel's body will no longer be able to withstand the stress and will result in her termination."
Farrah clapped,
"Finally."
Crystal admonished her,
"Farrah!"
The white-haired cat-girl blinked,
"What? What did I say?"
Carol snarled,
"I swear, hairball; you're dead. You hear me; DEAD!"
At that last outburst, a blast came from the blonde Air Force brat's eyes, nearly taking out her rival and several of her teammates. Tigra shouted,
"Hey! You almost hurt us!"
Carol glared as Farrah blew a raspberry. Falcon shouted,
"Farrah, stop it! I don't want to go before my time!"
His shoulder was tapped and instantly, Sam's eyes widened. He started to sweat and close his eyes,
"No, it's not the ghost. It's not the ghost."
He turned and saw Natasha standing behind him. The red-headed spy asked,
"Ghost? What ghost?"
Falcon breathed a sigh of relief,
"Oh, it's only you, Nat. For a minute, I thought the ghost was back."
He then turned and Moon Knight was standing right in front of him. The white-clad teen said in a dead-panned voice,
"Boo."
Instantly, Falcon screamed and jumped into Natasha's arms,
"Help! Ghost!"
Black Widow unceremoniously dropped him on the ground,
"Focus, you two. Carol really needs help and, in case you forgot, Leon is still in critical condition."
At this, Farrah's smile instantly disappeared. She had almost forgotten what happened to her boyfriend and now, it was all coming back to her. Hawkeye appeared near her and said,
"Found his sword. That is something, right?"
War Machine said,
"We'll take it back with us and have it analyzed. Hopefully, it could give us a clue as to what happened."
Iron Man then landed with an oddly-shaped box in tow,
"This device should be able to safely drain off the excess power you absorbed, Miss Marvel. But, try and take it slowly, all right?"
Carol nodded and, with the box placed on the ground, the blonde powerhouse began to slowly discharge the energy that she had stored up.
Meanwhile…
Arnim Zola was watching this unfold and nodded,
"Impressive. They will store the energy in that box. I want it."
He pressed a button,
"Egghead, get your team together. I want that box."
Egghead responded over the intercom,
"In case you have forgotten, Zola; Crisis is still alive, and so is whatever knowledge he has about the secret of the Red Hulk. I refuse to compromise any such project until I am certain that the boy is dead."
Zola spoke slowly, but threateningly,
"Need I remind you that two West Coast Avengers were able to find this base, infiltrate it, and purloin several years of research. I do believe many of our projects are already compromised."
Egghead said,
"Not all of them. There is the one she is working on. And I would prefer to send her creation along with the others."
Zola sighed and shook his head,
"Very well. Do it that way. But, I am warning you, Egghead; should this plan of yours fail, the Intelligencia will not take kindly to it. Is that clear?"
A silence was all that was heard over the intercom. The Hydra scientist smirked,
"I thought so."
Next Chapter:
The remnants of the power drain leaves Carol with some brand new powers. And Persiana confronts Spider-woman about the spy mission! Stay tuned, fellow readers!