Velocity stood on the edge of the platform waiting for the all go. He replayed* the last day in his head as a 20 second countdown begun.
(*flashbacks are in italic.)
20..."PIETRO!" He screamed as the door hit the ground.
17... Iron Fist burst onto the top floor and saw Velocity in the tornado.
15... BOOOOOOM! The building gained a new window as he soared through it.
12... "We've been waiting for another omega level mutant like you." Said Nick Fury.
10... "His name is Galactus and he is back on his quest to feed on earths energy.
8... "With half the avengers down, thank you very much, and the fan four out of "town" we have no proper defense." Nick Fury explained.
6... "Why do you need me?" Asked Velocity.
5... "We believe if you ran fast enough in the energy conversion chamber that you could create enough energy to feed Galactus and he wouldn't have to feed on planets." Fury continued.
4...3...2...1. A ramp made out of pure energy appeared and Velocity ran up it. He wondered what the people would think when Galactus returned once again. Would it be fear or boredom. It had happened many a time and had always been avoided, but there were no big league teams in town. Did the citizens know that there only hope was psychopath clone who's biggest life goal was to kill his original.
As he approached the outer atmosphere he saw him. Galactus stood, towering above everything. His mask alone bigger then the U.S.A. Velocity shuddered as he reached the end of the path and ran into the energy siphon.
He could feel Galactus stir as the energy he created reached the goliath. Velocity ran as fast as he could to the energy chamber. He could hear the voice in his helmet courtesy of S.H.E.I.L.D telling him how far away it was. He was now twenty seconds out.
Velocity gasped as he saw the chamber. It was massive. The were siphons running off to different parts of Galactus's body. He wondered why he was doing this. Why would he save the world? But he knew the answer to that question. If Galactus fed on the earth, Pietro Maximoff would die, and the death of Quicksilver was his glory and his alone.
Velocity began to run. He hit 100 miles per hour, then 200, then 400, 800, 1,300 and finally 1,497 miles per hour, Mach 7, Hypersonic. The fastest any human in this dimension had ever run. He kept running and generated more then enough energy for the earth.
Back on the Helicarrier
"He did it." Said Fury proudly as he watched Galactus turn and fly off.
At Galactus's energy chamber.
Velocity ran on. He knew that if he kept running at this pace, he'd never age. So one day, he'd return, and he would end Quicksilver or whatever Maximoff roams the earth.