Land of Heroes

by Harbinger Of Kaos

This is my attempt at Halo cross, please respect the fact that i am not entirely familiar with this universe, in which universe Marvel or DC it begins in is entirely up to me and you, so with that said lets begin, there will be strong language and gore.

7. Chapter 7

Land of heroes.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Marvel or Halo (God, I wish I did though.) enjoy.

A/N: I should warn you now it is exposition and partially the same as the DC version, so turn back now while you still can.

Chapter 6

A week and a half after the battle with the Hulk…

After the showdown that took place between the Hulk and the Spartan many of the citizens of New York wondered what happened to the armored hero, some praying for his safety and well being.

The story was still running on news networks and papers all looking at the story from different angles, radio shows sent out the people's messages of praise and hoped he was all right.

Many members in the government and military were having their people look for him in hopes of finding him and either enlist him or make a grab for his technology.

Terrorist groups had alerts out for his capture.

The heroes were also wondering the same as the public, those who had witnessed the battle especially, the fact that he took a beating from the Hulk and get up for more and win had some still reeling.

Avengers Mansion…

Inside the war room several prominent members where looking at the footage taken from the battle.

"HULK WILL CRUSH YOU!"

"Bring it."

"Freeze." Ironman speaks as the voice activated monitor does so, just as both the machine and the Hulk have their right fist raised and poised to strike.

"Verily it must have been a magnificent battle to witness, worthy of songs in the halls of Valhalla." The Norse God of Thunder, Thor spoke.

"So true old friend, this man clearly is worthy to be called a Spartan, I would very much like to share a drink with such a man." Hercules, son of Zeus adds.

Both men had regretted not being there for their friends when Doom enacted his plan or bear witness to the battle, both vowed that should they encounter the despot they would have more than words with him.

"Are you nuts?" Janet asks as she cannot believe they would call that beat down, for lack of a better word, magnificent.

"The guy was literally beaten to a bloody pulp, how he could still fight in that condition is beyond me." The Wasp finishes.

The two had the good manners to not make a rebuttal, they sometimes forgot that mortals of today don´t see things the way they do.

"Jan has a point there guys that man was in awful shape when he climbed out of that walking tank." Hawkeye adds to his friends point.

"We merely meant to give praise to the warrior´s fighting prowess, to do battle with the Hulk and claim victory from him is no small feat." Hercules says to all.

"Yeah well I got hand it to him, with the exception of you guys, Ben and Wolverine, I don´t think I have ever seen anyone go toe to toe with Banner and beat him, not even you Tony." Clint says as he eyes the image.

"I hate to say it but your right, hell even when I took him on in the mark III didn´t make so much as a dent as this guy with his weapons; he survived a close range pounding by him and his Exo suit did a lot more damage to him than my Hulkbuster." The billionaire inventor spoke.

"Are you jealous of his toys?" Jen asks him with a smile.

"W-what?"

"Well come on, you and the other egg heads who saw the fight have been going on and on about his guns, his armor and all his other stuff, I figure you are just dying to get your hands on some of it and give your armor a major tune up." She concludes and the others turn to look to him and see what his answer is.

"I will…admit I do find his armor impressive as well as the technology he and his companion have at their disposal, but you make it sound like I want to hijack it or something."

"Hey I´m just saying if you ask him nicely he may be willing to share." The gamma mutant spoke.

"No, I don´t think he would, in fact he may not react well to anyone attempting to take it by force." Cpt. America said suddenly from his spot, gaining everyone's attention.

"Why do you say that Captain?" The Black Panther asks his friend and teammate.

"When me, Susan and Reed were taking him to his friend's vessel for help, Sue suggested he go to a hospital, he woke up just in time to hear that, and said no hospitals…" He pauses to see everyone pay attention and waiting for him to go on.

"…Then he asks to unlock the armor, he gets up don´t ask me how and asks if the woman in the BDU brought the suit only he can use, then he asks someone called Cortana if the armor will hold up so he can finish the fight and to our surprise a woman´s voice is heard and tells him it can but she is more worried for his safety and goes so far to ask how is he even standing up, he te…"

"Wait! Back up there Steve…" Tony interrupts "…you said he asks to unlock the armor?"

"Yes, why is it important?"

"I don´t know but it could explain how he survived the charge, this also means there is a third member we haven´t seen yet, possibly some sort of external operator."

"Forget that! I want to hear the rest of the story, so what does he say Cap?" Carol asks as she is enthralled by the tale, just as much as the others.

"He says with a will and a prayer, and I believed him, that man was not going to stop until he won, by any means necessary."

"You mean?" Jen asks already knowing the answer.

"He was prepared to kill the Hulk to prevent him from reaching the city and hurting innocent civilians, but that´s not what worries me." Rogers says.

"What could possibly worry you more than a guy willing to kill the Hulk!" Clint asks in surprise at the man´s last statement.

"It was the feelings I got when he said it, he truly believed he could do it there was no doubt or hesitation in his voice, he said it was going to be a last resort, but if he hadn´t stopped him he would have killed him even if he died with the Hulk"

"He was relentless in his assault, you all saw how he came out of the suit, he was a bloody mess, the left shoulder was crimson were the Hulk stabbed him, and he was still fighting through what I can only guess was an obscene amount of pain, I don´t think any one of us with the exception of Thor or Hercules could do that."

All of them were silent at that, some looking at the monitor and wondering if they were capable of the feat he pulled off.

After the meeting all the heroes separated many with thoughts in regards to what they had just heard, two Avengers in particular were thinking about the Spartan.

Jen was currently in her room, she lay on her bead thinking about the Cpt. Words regarding how far the man would go to prevent innocents from being killed, her toughts were interrupted by a someone at her door.

"Jen, you in there?" Carol asks.

"Yeah, come in its open."

"You seem like you got a lot on your mind, you want to talk about it?" Warbird asks her friend.

"It´s about what Steve said back there about how far John would have gone to stop Bruce."

"Are you angry at him for being willing to kill him?" the blonde asks that knowing it is a likely probability, blood is thicker than water after all, however her friends answer surprises her.

"That´s just it, I´m not as much as I should be." Jen replies as she gets up and sees the look of surprise her friend´s face.

"I know, but when I went to visit Bruce at the facility they got him in, he was watching the video of the fight, if you can call it that."

"I asked him if he was okay, you know regular chit chat to get his mind of what happen with Doom, he just told me he was sorry for what happened and asked me if the Spartan was okay, I told him honestly that we didn´t know where he was but he probably made it, Bruce nodded and he just said that he was glad someone was willing to go that far to stop him."

"I never understood what he meant until know, I think he was glad someone was willing to kill the Hulk if it meant he would never be used as someone´s weapon or cause more chaos." She finishes clearly disturbed by what she heard.

Carol sits next to her and gives her a hug, many don´t realize that despite their powers they are still people who can suffer the same emotional stress as others.

In Carol´s case this was more as she had suffered a lot in her heroic career, from alien tortures to rape, it was a heavy burden to carry so she sometimes took it upon herself to make sure others did not go through the same baggage she does.

"Are you afraid he might do something to himself?"

"No, he has had plenty of time but he never does, which I ´m thankful for, despite all the Hulk has done he is still family, which is why it hurts that he goes through so much pain and loneliness when it´s not his fault he became that way."

"..."

"Maybe…maybe John can help him." Carol suddenly speaks up, making her friend look at her with a quizzical expression.

"I don´t follow."

"Well if he is okay, and I'm pretty sure he is, don´t know why but I do, he has lots of really advanced tech that may be able to help him control or get rid of the Hulk."

"But we would have to find him first Carol, I mean we looked at his office and his home, him and this "sister" of his weren´t there." Jennifer replies.

"Oh yeah…"

"Sigh, listen I think he´s okay too, he´s just getting himself fixed up, once he comes back we come clean with him and ask if he can do anything."

"Yeah…" the blonde replies before coming up with a funny idea "…then I can ask him out."

"What! Oh hell no! I saw him first you…ah crap!" The emerald Amazon speaks up as she realizes she walk right into that one.

"Ha ha ha, you should have seen your face!" Warbird laughs as the other woman pouts.

"Just for that one I will ask him out first!"

"Yeah, yeah but I get to ask if he says no or after you get your shot." Carol says as she gets up and heads for the door.

"Hey Carol?"

"Yeah Jen?"

"Thanks for the talk I needed that." She smiles as she thanks her.

"Hey what are friends for." The blonde smiles in return and shrugs before leaving.

Unknown to the super heroines the man they spoke was currently safe on board the vessel that brought him and his companions to this reality.

Frigate Forward Unto Dawn, currently orbiting dark side of the moon under cloak…

John was currently at the holographic firing range they had set up for him to practice, what made this section unique was the use of hard light technology that withstood the impacts of the bullets and plasma bolts he fired when using Covenant or UNSC tech.

He was currently testing himself as means to check if he was a hundred percent after the week he spent in the med bay of the Dawn, though he had regained consciousness after day four, the Commander and Cortana had insisted under penalty of being strapped down to the bed for the rest of the week.

Of course having torn multiple muscles in his pectorals, abdominal region, arms and legs, a ruptured spleen and a stab wound that managed to cut him to his metal covered bone were just cause, if not for the nanites in his body he would have died due to internal hemorrhaging long before his friends got him on board the Dawn.

After the allotted healing time he got back to training much to the protest of his companions to make up for his inactive period.

"I see you decided to test your marksmen skills today."Commander Keyes said as she walked on him finishing up his training.

"Hello Ms. Keyes, yes I felt that after making sure my physical abilities were up to par I should focus on my hand eye coordination." He spoke as he turned to the screen above the target that showed 100% hit ratio.

"I wish you would call me by name when we aren´t in public John, we´re friends aren´t we?" She asks with a little irritation.

"I apologize…Miranda, it is a habit I never practice much even with Jo…Avery, but then again outside of the Spartans I had few friends." He said in a voice that betrayed nothing.

"Sigh, I know that, I just sometimes forget that you and the others aren´t like the rest of humanity, but if and when we return you´re going to need these social skills, not all of us make our lives in the military a priority, like that woman you told me about what was her name Maria…?"

"Maria-062, yes she was wounded in combat and therefore unable to continue in active duty, however Dr. Halsey told me she made sure that all our equipment was field tested before use in the field, and she also found time to start a family."

"You never did tell how that happened." She spoke as she was curious about it, because who would go out with a woman who could break a man in half if she got angry at him.

"Hell how did they date?" She thought.

"Actually none of us ever got the full story, she would occasionally see us when we were in the area and one day she tells us she was with someone, we of course took in stride, though we were curious about the man who was willing to have a relationship with one of us." He replied.

"That must have been a shock to many people, you guys were pretty intimidating, but I guess you were trained to be that way."

"That's true Miranda, but then again human behavior was never really our forte, even Teams Grey and Black, the infiltration units never really embraced those aspects even though they were trained to do so." Cortana speaks as her avatar appears on a nearby holo tank.

"I guess that' makes sense, but anyway back on topic what happened to her afterwards." Keyes asks.

"Well while we were stationed on Reach, prepping for the operation to capture a Prophet I and the others received a letter stating she was engaged and wanted us to come along with Chief Mendez, she wanted the Chief to give her away and for us to be there, me in particular."

"Wow, what did CPO Mendez think?"

"We never got a chance to ask as the Covenant came to wipe us out."

"Oh I see, sigh guess the war really put a kink on everyone's plans huh?"

"Perhaps but at least she was safe and we all wished her a happy life." Was the Spartan's response.

Afterwards the both headed to the cantina for lunch, she got a pot roast, with a side order of green beans and steamed carrots, and the Chief got a Steak, well done, with a side order of mashed potatoes and peas and carrots, Cortana was there as well.

"I have been meaning to ask, but while I was indisposed was there any progress in Karen's case?" John asks as he thinks back to the little girl he met the day the attack occurred.

Miranda had gotten the details afterwards after they had stabilized him after the battle, she was just as outraged as Cortana was about the treatment the little girl got from the gas attendant, and of course she did do something about it.

In this case she rode all the way to the man's home, when he answered the door she delivered a quick kick to his groin with as much strength behind it she could muster, she left him on the ground with him whimpering why over and over, she just walked back to her Mongoose turned back and told him…

"You know why you racist son of a bitch!" before she got on board and left, that was their little secret, no need to bother the Chief with it.

"Not much I'm afraid, the police report classified it as just another homicide, and Karen's was just another missing child, no one even bothered to look for clues this could mean several things." Cortana spoke, followed by Miranda.

"Police don't care about a mutant sympathizer and her mutant child, they've been paid off, or the culprits were good at disposing of anything that might link them to the crime scene." She finishes.

"Let's focus on the more obvious choice first, which groups could possibly have a hand in the murder of a mother who wouldn't give away her child?"

"The only clandestine group to have means and motive would be the Church of Humanity, the successor of the Friends of Humanity." Cortana says as she brings up images of both the past and present groups actions.

"The first was established by a Graydon Creed, a man who ironically enough was the son of two notorious mutant terrorists, Victor Creed AKA Sabertooth and Raven Darkholme AKA Mystique, it was the latter who finally murdered him."

"What! His own mother killed him?" Miranda says in shock.

"Trust me her file is filled to the brim with skeletons, she is also the mother of Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler and Ann Marie AKA Rogue, the first by blood and the other as a step-daughter, both of them X-men."

"Bet that left a bitter taste in her eyes."

"Will get back to her in a moment, now the FoH had amassed quite the large number of followers, resources that bordered on high military grade and technological, and by this I mean the mutant hunting killing machines called Sentinels." She spoke as she showed several images of the killer robots.

"Disgusting, I can't believe they made those things" Keyes says, John silently agreeing.

"Once Creed was eliminated the group was leaderless for a while, until this man Reverend William Stryker, a former military man, came and turned it into a militaristic sect, his whereabouts are unknown but his ideals and followers are still present."

"Will start looking into them when I get a chance, I forgot to ask but does Karen have any assets that are to be left to her?" John asks is partner.

"As a matter of fact she does, her mother had a life insurance policy to her name in case anything occurred to her, she had it written up several months before the murder so they company can't claim this is a fraud, however they are playing hard ball since Xavier's school is a mutant school and thus high risk, it doesn't help any living relatives don't want her because of her status, hence unless she gets a legal guardian they won't pay." Cortana finishes sadly.

"God what is wrong with these people!" The Commander speaks in outrage.

"I don't know, still I would like to see if we can help her, I made a promise and I intend to keep it…" John spoke with conviction "…this battle is out of my field, but maybe we need outside help, according to the files we have, Daredevil and She-Hulk are lawyers maybe they can…" He stopped when he saw both the A.I and the Commander look away.

"About She-Hulk, John we may have a problem." Cortana spoke.

"Two days after the Hulk battle, she and Carol Danvers went to the office, the security measures I left active revealed something unexpected." She adds as he shows her images stamped two days after the battle.

"No one's here either." The voice of Jennifer showing his irritation.

"What did you expect Jen? He took on the Hulk by himself and got pounded on." Her companion spoke.

"I know that, but is he okay? That's all I want to know, I mean we all saw him leave a broken mess, ugh this all Doom's fault!" She yells.

"You don't have to tell me twice, the guy's a psycho who gets his jollies from being an ass, look let' just go and wait tomorrow for any news, we can talk him about everything when he shows up."

"All right, but I just feel so terrible, we should have helped him instead of watching him and Bruce go at each other's throats like animals." The large woman said in a depressed tone while her friend nodded as they began to walk away.

"I know, trust me I know."

The images ended there, and both turned to look for him and found him with his eyebrows slightly raised a show of his surprise.

"How?" was all he asked.

"We don't know, but it would appear they are the only ones to figure that you're the Spartan, I had both Redeeming and Cortana monitor their phone calls and interactions with their team mates, they have kept it too themselves." Keyes replied.

"Why would they do that?" He asked in a truly perplexed manner.

"Well…they appear to be… attracted to you." She replied bluntly.

If anything that statement caused him to widen his eyes slightly more.

"Why John, who knew you were such a babe magnet." Cortana says as she tries not to laugh.

"This isn't funny Cortana." He stares at her with a deadpanned look to her, finally breaking her resolve and making burst out laughing.

"It is a little John." She says as she finally gets control of herself.

"Anyway, I have thought it over and I believe the time has come to reveal our presence and intentions." The Commander spoke.

"If that is what you believe Commander then I shall abide by your orders, how shall we approach them?" John asks while going through various scenarios.

"We should bring them up here to the Dawn since it is here we can prove our story, as for who should come I think we should leave that to hem as a show of good faith, of course we'll have to make certain sections of the Dawn remain in lockdown during the visit as well as secure the battle net."

"Very well, when should we contact them?"

"At the end of the week, by the way what is the status of his armor Cortana?"

"Actually it's still in the repair ward by the end of the week it should be operational, however we wish to give it an upgrade, boost its capabilities in case we run into a similar situation."

"I see, can you handle that Chief?" She asks knowing full the Spartans habit of staying out of the armor.

"If it means the armor will get a boost then go for it, I'll just use the ODST'S BDU should I require it."

"All right it's decided then, in the mean time we should get back to Earth, before people start to think we're dead or something." She spoke.

"Actually Commander I was planning on visiting Xavier's, I did tell Karen I would." The Spartan spoke as he thought of the little girl.

"That's a great idea Chief! Can I come with? I've been dying to meet her." Keyes asks as she wondered about who could garner such a reaction from the Chief.

"I see no harm, however be careful around Frost; she doesn't appear to quite trusting of normal's and has no qualms about using her powers for whatever she deems a threat."

"Got it Chief." She said, before they both turn to get cleaned up before visiting her.

Several hours later…

Both He and Miranda soon stopped before the gates of the institute in the Hog, the Commander having bought a Teddy Bear for the girl.

"Hello and welcome to Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters, how may we help you?"

"It's John Mendez I came to visit a student, I am accompanied by my sister."

"Mr. Mendez how nice of you to visit us once more, just one moment while the gate opens, just go in and someone shall be waiting for you both."

They drove to the front of the mansion and walked in, and just like he remembered many children were about, some carrying books and others just lounging around, many turning to look at the newcomers, however a woman came into view and headed for them.

She was light tanned, black hair tied in a braided ponytail, with a feather in her hair, she wore a vest with a yellow shirt underneath with tassels and beads and blue jeans, from her well toned arms she worked out a lot.

"Hello there, I'm Danielle Moonstar, one of the teacher's here." She spoke as she held out her hand..

"Hello I'm John Mendez Halsey." He said as she shook her hand.

"Pleasure John, guys have told me about you and how you helped that little girl." She spoke as she got a good look at him.

"The girls were right he is a looker." She thought before looking at Miranda.

"Hello I'm Miranda Keyes Halsey, I'm his sister, well half-sister actually." She spoke as she shook the hand.

"It's nice to meet you; we get so few visitors of the non powered variety here." She spoke.

"I'll bet, how is Karen doing?" He asks her.

"Oh fine, she is getting along well with many of the students here, though she was rather down lately, I'm guessing it has something to do with you."

"I promised I'd visit, however I got sent to the hospital during a case that was a bit more than what we expected." He replied.

"Oh I'm sorry, are you all right now?" Mirage asks with concern.

"It was nothing major, just some bruises at the most, though it did require I stay under observation for a week, and another to get some rest, i just got cleared today and decided to visit, my sister decided she wanted to meet Karen so here we are."

"Bruises he says, you're lucky to be alive after that beating you took, guy was built like a tank." Miranda adds for levity.

"Oh my, that bad huh?" She asks.

"Worst I've seen in my life and trust me I have seen a lot with this knuckle head."

"Well the important thing is you're all right now and that you kept your word, I believe Karen is in computer class right now, if wish we can go there right now." Dani offers the duo.

"If it isn't too much of a bother Danielle." He replies.

"It's no bother at all, and please call me Dani, all my friends do." She smiled as she said that and led them towards the second floor.

"Only if you call me John and her Miranda." He replied.

"Deal…John." And with that they both made their way towards the room, once there they saw through the glass windows that class was still in session and that it was Kitty Pryde who taught the students there.

"It shouldn't be long now, let me just go in so she can ask Karen too stay be right back." She said as she knocked before poking her head in then entering.

"You know you'd hardly believe this school houses a superhero team, these kids act just like anyone if they give them a chance." Miranda commented as they waited.

"I wouldn't know about that, but I am glad that she is in good hands." He replied to which she nodded.

She started to back away when the door was opening when she bumped into someone.

"Oh I do beg your pardon miss." A cultured voice spoke.

"Oh no problem…my… fault." She stopped as she looked at the person.

He was fairly large and muscular, dressed in a white lab coat over an ensemble that would make him fit in with a College level school teacher, except he was blue furred and had feline features; this was Hank McCoy, or Beast when out on the field.

"I take it this is your first time at the Institute?" He said with mirth.

Realizing she was staring at the man, her cheeks reddened with embarrassment.

"I am so sorry, I should not have stared like that it was incredibly rude of me." She said with shame clearly written on her face.

He chuckles at that, actually he was glad most people tended to either glare or dismiss him.

"No harm done, it is rare for someone not to act harshly to my presence."

"I see you guys met Hank." Dani said as she stepped outside.

"More like bump into one another, Henry McCoy at your service." He said as held out his furred hand; however it was his turn to be surprised by how easily the pale man took it.

"John Mendez Halsey." He replied as he shook his hand.

"Miranda Keyes Halsey." She spoke as she offered her and he took it.

"Ah so you're the man Storm spoke so highly off, it is a pleasure to finally meet you, I must say your thoughts on the difference between enhanced humans and mutants have given much material in my social studies class." The man spoke.

"Well it was an honest opinion on the state of affairs, but I am glad it has helped you, hopefully it will aid you in your objective of bridging the gap."

"Oh believe me it has left an impression on some of the students, now if I may, what brings you by today?" Beast asks.

"They're here to visit Karen, the little girl Alex told us about." Dani replied for both of them.

"Ah yes, I was hoping to talk to her for the sake of determining if her mutation is only in appearance or if it was also physical in nature."

"Pardon the interruption what is difference?" Miranda asks.

"Well if it only changed her appearance than we can give her a standard aid in coping with her change, however if she has any additional aspects say for example, increased strength, we must have her trained so she can interact with others without harming them by accident." The scientist replied to her question.

"I think I can vouch for her and say she is stronger than your average ten year old." John intervened.

"Oh how did you find this out Mr. Mendez?"

"Please call me John, and I found out when we first met, I asked her to hold onto me when we rode her on my bike, she felt stronger than I would expect."

"Will have to test her for sure, but thank you for this information, it shall aid us in better accommodating her needs."

"RRRIIIING!"

"There's the bell, Karen will be waiting inside, and I'll just wait out here." Dani spoke.

"Thank you we won't take long."

Both went inside as the last of the students came out and Kitty was seen talking to her, she had black jeans and a pink jacket on, she carried a Hello Kitty back pack on, she had her back to them as she did.

"Hello Karen." John said making her turn swiftly.

"John!" she yelled happily as she ran to him.

He kneels to one leg and she hugs him tightly.

"She definitely has above average strength." He thought as she released him.

"Where were you? I was waiting for you to visit." She says to him.

"Well I got hurt for a while and the Doctors told me I had to rest, and that is why I couldn't come to see you." He explained.

"Are you better now?" She asks with some worry.

"Yes I am, now Karen I brought someone who wanted to see you, she's my sister her names Miranda." He said to her as he moved and Miranda knelt down and held out her hand.

"Hello Karen, I heard about what happened, I'm sorry for your mom, she seemed like a good person." She said softly to the girl.

"Thank you." She said just as softly as she shook her hand.

"Here I brought you a gift." Miranda held out the bear to her.

"For me?"

"Yes, I think you deserve it for being a brave girl, besides you're John's friend and that makes you my friend too."

"Wow! Thank you so much!" She spoke elated at the gift as she hugged it, bringing a smile to everyone's face.

"Karen, you have to hurry to your next class or Mr. Logan may get angry." Kitty spoke.

"Eep! I have to go now!" She spoke as she ran out of the room with her gift dodging the adults as she did.

"Let me guess Gym class?" Miranda asks with humor.

"Nah, we aren't that evil, he teaches a self defense class twice every week, we signed her up last week, we can't take chances with the children's lives."

"Smart move." John spoke as he watched the place where she stood.

"So about you stay for lunch?" She invited.

"Can't, we have something we have to deal with at the moment." She spoke out loud "Like telling you and others we come from an alternate universe."

"Aw too bad? I'm sure Karen would love to spend more time with you."

"Not to mention Rachel, Betsy and Ororo would like to ogle John more." She thought as she remembered how they looked at him.

"Us too, but here…" She said as she pulled out a business card and wrote down some extra numbers.

"This is the phone number for our home, cell phones and office; please give it to her so she can call whenever she wants to talk." Keyes says as she hands over the card.

"I will, let me escort you out." Kat said as she led them out of the room and into the hall with Dani and Hank waiting there for them.

"You done?" she asked.

"Oh sorry for the wait just had to talk with them before they left."

"So soon?" Dani says with a bit of disappointment.

"I'm afraid so, we have something big coming up, but afterwards you can expect us back since we are working on her case, we don't have much to work on right now but hopefully that will change."

"I see if you require our assistance do not hesitate to ask." Beast said as he had heard of the girl's misfortune.

"We will, until then it has been a pleasure meeting you all." She replied.

"No the pleasure was ours." He replied.

They soon said their goodbyes, though the mutant heroes were unaware of the fact that their next meeting would change them in many ways.

The next day, Avengers Mansion…

Everything was calm at the base of the heroes when all of a sudden an urgent communication arrives from SHIELD.

At the war room Cpt. America and Ironman as well as Thor, Wasp, Warbird, Tygra, Yellowjacket, She-Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Panther were with them.

"What's the emergency guys?" Jen asks the two men.

"Got a hit on the mainframe, Fury wants to have a chat." Ironman replied.

"What does the paranoid nut want now?" Clint says in exasperation.

"World peace and a better dental plan Barton." The image of the director of SHIELD spoke on the screen; next to him was Black Widow her hand covering her mouth as she tried not to laugh at the archer.

"…you had him on hold all time didn't you Stark?" Clint asks annoyed and embarrassed.

Beneath the faceplate he can be seen gloating.

"What is it Coronel?" Steve asks.

"Got an interesting message from your friend the Spartan, yes he's alive and he wants to talk to you, the Fantastic Four and the X-men." He spoke.

Carol and Jen give a sigh of relief at the news.

"Really, I wonder what he wishes to say." Tony asks out loud.

"Only one way to find out."

"All right I'll get them on the line, but how will he know?" the armored avenger asks.

"I think he'll know regardless." Fury replied as he lit a cigar.

After a few minutes of explaining did the people appeared on screen.

The Four were complete and waiting while the X-men had Rachel, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Logan and Beast.

They all waited patiently until…

"Incoming signal." Steve spoke as he eyed the console, the others the same.

The next image showed the Spartan in the Helljumper CQC BDU.

"Greetings to you all."

"Who are you stranger?" Reed asks.

"Apologies, my armor is currently in for repairs and I am forced to use this BDU as a replacement, I am Spartan-117." John spoke seriously.

"What is it you wish to discuss with us?" T'challa asked the man.

"I and my companions believe it is time for us to meet face to face, and explain about us to you." He replied surprising some of the heroes.

"I see, and where and when do you wish to make this meeting?" Steve asks on behalf of the group.

"Tomorrow at noon if it's acceptable and I shall bring you to our base of operations; we shall let you choose the rendezvous site for pick up as well as the number of people you wish to bring." He explained to the groups who chattered among themselves.

"I think those terms are reasonable, we accept." Reed said

"As do we." Cyclops spoke for his team.

"Since I want to be in on this, you can use the Hellicarrier as a pick up site." Fury said.

"Then we accept we shall meet you there Spartan."

"Then until tomorrow then, and before we forget please inform Spider-man of this meeting, since he was the first to make contact with us and relay our original message..." He spoke before cutting off communications.

"Well boys and girls this should be interesting." Fury said to all many agreeing with him.

The next day, noon high above New York on board the Hellicarrier…

The groups of heroes stood on board the flight deck of the flying airship awaiting the one who called for them.

From the X-men there stood Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Frost, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Shadowcat, Beast and Psylocke.

The entire Fantastic Four were there along with Spider-man.

From the Avengers, Cpt. America, Ironman, Thor, Hercules, Wasp, Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Warbird, Tygra and Black Widow.

Fury was among them dressed in a trench coat and fully armed, despite being told that if the Spartan wished harm he would have done something by now, still old habits and all.

All were patiently waiting when one of the operatives manning the radar spotted a blip on the screen and alerted the head of the organization through speakers.

"Director, unknown object approaching from the west, trajectory suggest it is heading towards us, at it current rate it shall by within visual range in approximately 10 minutes, orders sir?"

"Ironman can you spot it from here." The Coronel asks.

"On it."

"Computer maximum magnification."

"…acknowledged."

He soon spotted the object and realized it was the same dropship from before.

"It's him guys." He spoke to everyone.

"Stand down people, it's our host fro the evening." He ordered the personnel.

The Albatross soon landed on the flight deck with a loud clang, facing away from the group..

"Got to say, the man has some impressive equipment." Fury spoke as he got a close up view of the heavy dropship.

"That he does Coronel." Rogers said as he and the others stood next to him.

The cargo bay soon opened and out stepped out the Spartan in the BDU, MA5 in his arms, he stopped in front of Coronel Fury and Captain America, holstering his weapon and saluting them as per his code of conduct.

"Coronel Fury, Captain Rogers." He greeted.

They returned the salute, and once more he grabbed his weapon and stood at the ready.

"Been a while since I did that, you expecting trouble son?" Fury asks as he eyed the weapon "wonder if I can get the schematics on that? Or least shoot hit at some HYDRA goons."

"Protocol dictates that I remained armed at all times unless ordered not to by my superiors, and after the fiasco with the Hulk and Doom, I feel better in the knowledge that I won't be caught off guard sir." He replied.

"Can't argue with that logic." The Coronel spoke.

"If you all follow me inside we can get under way." He spoke to the group.

"You heard the man people move out!" the Coronel adds as he makes his way forward.

John stood at the side as the they all went inside, though he did take a longer look at She-Hulk and Carol.

As the X-men made it inside he saw Logan was smoking a cigar, personally he had nothing against it as his departed friend Johnson often indulged during mission to smoke a sweet Williams before every mission, however the Commander may not appreciate the gesture.

"Sir I suggest you put out the cigar, it may be offensive to some people on board the ship." He said in his neutral tone.

"Listen here bub, I don't take orders from soldiers or guys with guns, they're big kids now and they'll deal." The feral mutant spoke to the man, a bit irritated the visor hid his face.

The others stopped as they looked at the confrontation.

"Logan…" Cyclops said irritably "I swear if the man wasn't one of the best fighters we have I'd have him off the team."

"Then I suggest you finish it soon." He spoke before turning away towards the ship.

"Hmph! Wimp." He spoke as he headed inside

"Way a to go Logan, you still have a knack for first impressions." Kitty said to the man she considered a surrogate father.

"I can take him sprout." The man said to her using one of the many names he had called her during her teen years.

"Ooh I hate when you call me that!" She pouted.

"Which makes it all the more fun." He smiled at her.

"Everyone please prepares yourselves we are about to launch." John spoke through the intercom.

As soon as he said that the engines came on with a powerful hum and the ship lurched as it began its ascent.

"Any idea where he's taking us?" Clint asks out loud.

"I hope Hawaii." Spider-man quips causing many t roll their eyes at the bad joke.

"Forget Hawaii dude, Haiti is the way to go!" Johnny says as he follows up on the joke.

"You're crazy Storm, Now Alaska that's the place you want." Iceman speaks up as he joins them causing a three way debate between them.

"Great going Clint , now the three of them will never shut up." Jen chides the man.

"It was a valid question, mean green." He refutes.

"Clint any question you make is never valid, it is idiotic."

"Why….you…I…" The man sputtered indignantly.

"And the score card reads She-Hulk 1 Hawkeye 0." She quips earning some laughs.

"One of these day's Jen…"

"Pow, Zoom to the moon?" Peter adds from the back.

"Ha ha ha, oh man he got ya there Barton." Ben laughs hard.

"I'll get you for that Web head you and …"

"My little dog too?" He adds in mock fear earning more chuckles and growls from the archer.

"Oh classic, high five?" Jen asks as she raises her hand, which he promptly slaps.

"They're certainly a lively bunch aren't they John?" Cortana asks as she watches them through the video feeds.

"They sure are, I…" he didn't finish as he felt a buzzing in his head.

"Sigh, not again." He thought as he reached for the intercom.

"Miss Frost, please stop trying to read my mind." He spoke calmly.

"How do you know it was me?" Emma spoke in cool tone ignoring the glares she got from Rachel and Kitty.

"Miss Grey, Miss Braddock are you using your powers on me?" He asks.

"No." Rachel spoke while still glaring at the blonde woman.

"I currently have no telepathy to use." The English woman spoke calmly.

"Then that leaves only you, I will give answers when the time is right, please do not force me to take…measures." He said in the same calm voice, while making a note to update Elizabeth's file.

"Are threatening me?"

"Emma please…"

"No Scott, I asked him a question."

"Take it as you wish ma'am, however this is not conducive to your cause of human/mutant coexistence, please refrain from making me classify you as a hostile." He replied.

"Why you primitive myopic."

"Let me field this one Chief." Cortana suddenly spoke over the com, surprising some of them as they had though he was alone.

"Be gentle with her." He spoke as he knew his friend's knack for dealing with those who threatened him.

"Now you listen here you bleached blonde bimbo, if you don't stop messing with my friend's head I will shove your big fat ass out of this ship without out a parachute, you get me, and don't you dare play the race card with me, you husband stealing bitch, now sit down shut up and be silent!" The A.I finished leaving some of the people wide eyed, Rachel, Kitty and Logan laughing up a storm and Emma gaping like a fish.

"I thought I told you to be gentle." He spoke to her after turning off the com.

"That's was gentle, if I wasn't I would have called her much worse than bitch, and with what I read up on her I'd be in the right." She replied

"Sigh, we are now leaving the Earth's atmosphere." He said over the com, the laughing now reduced to snickering until they caught site of the planet through the windows.

"Incredible, I had no idea this vessel was capable of space flight, I wonder what powers it?" Reed spoke.

"Nuclear power perhaps?" Tony ventured.

"No, its size suggests something much smaller, possibly cold fusion." The scientist replies.

"No still too big, subspace link maybe…"

"Now approaching the moon, ETA until arrival 5 minutes." He said to them.

"5 minutes to what?" The Human Torch asks to no one in particular.

Spider-man was the first to spot it as he clanked through window.

"Everybody! Look!" he yells causing everyone to rush and get a look, once they do they are shocked as the Dawn decloaks and approaches them.

"Look at the size of the thing!" Ben spoke out loud.

"It doesn't look like an exploration vessel." Beast says.

"Because it isn't, that's a warship." Fury says as he eyes the ship.

"How could we not see that thing? SWORD should have most known races vessels on record." Steve says to Fury.

"That's on my growing list of questions; now settle everyone looks like we're going in." He spokes as the bay doors opened to let the ship in, soon it landed in the designated spot and landed with a dull clang.

John came down from the cockpit and saw they looked at him with expectant looks and towards the cockpit.

"Hey where's the other pilot?" Kitty asks.

"Yes, I would like to have a word with her." Frost said in cold voice.

"Trade secret, now then welcome to the Frigate Forward Unto Dawn." That got a reaction from many.

"Are you shitting me! This is a Frigate!" Clint asks in shock.

"Yes though it has been heavily modified from its original design." He replied.

"How much?" Fury asks.

"It is now three times its normal size and carries modified weaponry that is all I am liberty to say sir, now please watch your step, and do not wander off as some sections are in lock down and heavily guarded." He spoke as waited by the doors as they lowered.

The heroes were soon treated to the sight of the Sentinels, Huragok and constructors milling about the hanger bay.

"Fascinating, are you using a fully automated repair bay? And what off these floating creatures?" Reed says as he lets out his inner scientist, the others in the group curious as well.

"Easy Reed, you'll give yourself a stroke." Ben says to reel the man in.

"No harm done, the machines you see here Doctor Richards are constructors and Sentinels, though not the ones the X-men have had the misfortune of encountering." He replied as some of the mutants tensed upon hearing the name.

"And these floating creatures?" Beast asks.

"Those are the Huragok or Engineers as we call them."

As if on cue one of the creatures approached them, or more specifically Ironman, it then proceeded to scan him.

"Uh, what is it doing?" he asks.

"It is scanning you or more precisely your armor; I believe it has detected something." John spoke as he approached the creature; it turned towards him and made a series of hand signs which John replied with his own.

"Does this creature not speak?" Thor asks.

"Not in the sense that we can understand it, with each other they use a series of musical tones but with other races they use a form of sign language." He replied as he interpreted the signs.

"It says your armor has numerous flaws in circuitry, power and metallurgy and is in need of repair." He replied.

"But I just had it adjusted, how can it need all that?" He asks.

"I believe I know what the problem is, it is one of the few who repair my armor and I believe he considers yours…flawed."

"Oh" the billionare replied while the others tried not to laugh, try being the key word.

"Man told off by an alien, now that is a new low huh?" Peter spoke.

"Actually Huragok are not organic in nature but artificial, the race that created them used them for repair, study and build machinery, they are living super computers capable of self replicating, and are harmless unless threatened or in the rare case of defending someone."

"Could it show us its abilities?" Reed asks.

"Do any of you have something you wish to repair or upgrade?" John asks.

"I'd say my armor but I don't have a shirt on me." Tony says

"Like half the planet hasn't seen you without it on." Carol adds.

"You can use this." Reed says as he produces his computer tablet.

John grabs it and breaks it in two much to the surprise of some.

"Observe." He says as he signals the creature, it observes the device and at high speeds began to reconfigure it in several shapes before returning it at pristine condition.

"Oh my stars and garters, I dare say only a speedster could follow all those movements." Beast comment.

"Aye old friend, it could rival my brother Hermes." Hercules spoke.

It carries the device to Reed who finds not only is it working but also has corrected some flaws he had been meaning to address.

"Incredible, its working at 110% efficiency, 10% above the norm."

"They'll do that sometimes, they also store whatever they repair for future reference, so I believe it is good you did not request your armor repaired as the information we have on you says you do not react well to having your technology duplicated, such as the Armor Wars I believe they were called."

"Listen it was a bad time for me and I deeply regret what I did during that period." He said to defend himself.

"It is not my place to judge any of your choices, you are the one who lives with them not I, so long as they do not affect me or my companions then we shall have no conflict between us." John spoke as he turned around and headed for the door.

"Please follow me; we have set up in the ship's cantina since the conference room is not made to accommodate such a large gathering." He spoke as they followed.

As they walked towards the cantina Steve observed how empty the ship seemed.

"Where is everyone else?"

"There are only four of us here; the reason shall be explained soon enough."

"Um, I got a question that's been bothering me for a while…" Spider-man started has he caught up to John "…you said you had records on us, just how much do you know?" He asked the others realizing just now that he had indeed spoken about knowing them.

"If you are wondering if we know who you are underneath the mask? Then yes we know however ask yourself this…" He stopped to look at the man "…we have had the information for months now, have we blackmailed you? Threatened your love ones? Exposed you to the media?"

"Uh no you haven't."

"Then what does that say of our intentions?"

"You come in peace?"

"Exactly, we know much about you all yet we have no desire to exploit you, only if you provoke us unjustly will we retaliate." He said to them all before resuming his walk.

They soon arrived at the room and saw some devices scattered around the room, they all were seated closely around a table, pitchers of water and glasses around..

"The Commander will soon see you, she is…" he was interrupted by a flash of yellow light startling some of the group.

"Pardon Reclaimer for my rather abrupt entry but I wished to inform you that your combat skin has finally been repaired and upgraded." Redeeming spoke.

"He gads man! What manner of being is this?" Thor asks as he is up with his hammer at the ready.

"Oh my apologies for not introducing myself, I am 004 Redeeming Bias, Contender Class A.I greetings to you all." The Forerunner A.I cheerfully replied.

Reed elongated until was face to face with it.

"Facinating/Fascinating." They both said.

"Where are the Commander and Cortana?" John asks.

"The Commander is on route and Cortana is waiting for you with your combat skin, Reclaimer, do you wish for me to teleport you there?" He asks.

"Yes, and when I signal you return us here."

"As you wish Reclaimer." He spoke before making John disappear.

"Why do you call him reclaimer?" Sue asks.

"Because that is his and his people's title among the Forerunners after the great war." He replied.

Before they could ask its meaning the doors opened and in walked in the Commander in her BDU with helmet on, having agreed to reveal who they were to them together, next a yellow light appeared and there stood the Spartan in his armor.

"I thought you said he got an upgrade?" Ironman spoke as he saw the armor and could not see anything new.

"That information cannot be divulged without expressed consent."

"That's okay, they'll find out eventually, but first we have one more member to introduce, Cortana you can show yourself, but please do so in appropriate attire, last thing we need is Stark and Storm getting into virtual sex on different scale." She said.

"Ah way to ruin my entrance Commander." Her voice came from the armor, making all of them turn to look at John.

He simply raised his right hand and out came out her avatar dressed in blue sundress, she then proceeds to jump off and grow to human size, much to the astonishment of all.

"Hello everyone, I am Cortana." She spoke as the saw her for the first time.

"What's with the dress?" John asks.

"I get from a memory from Dr. Halsey, not sure which, you like?" she said as she twirled.

"It looks nice." He spoke as he gave her the Spartan smile, though only three of them got the reference.

"What are you?" Tony asks.

"I'm an A.I, though not of the same class as Redeeming here, and stop ogling me mister Storm, I am not flesh and blood and even if I was I would not go out with you, you Lech." She said to the man who had a look of getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

"But… I wasn't, she…"

"HA HA HA, oh man I am going to remember that one matchstick!" Ben said through his laughter.

"You're the one we heard during the Hulk battle." Steve spoke as he looked at her.

"Yep."

"YOU! You were the one on the ship weren't you!" Emma accused as her temper made her shift t to diamond form.

"Well if you weren't such a nosey bitch I wouldn't have had to put you in your place." She said with equal disregard.

"Think I just made a new best friend." Rachel whispered to Kitty.

"Ditto." She replied.

"Ladies please, let's leave the cat fights till later." Miranda said to the two as she went to the head of the table.

"Now before we begin break down the armor's new toys for us Cortana."

"Gladly, first off we redid the metal work and reduced weight to about 500 lbs with the user included; also you don't have to worry about entering a planet's atmosphere without risk of death." Many wondered why she would say that.

"Your helmet has been given shielding against physic attack, so miss nosey over there doesn't snoop around, I'll later come up with a more effective means for when you are out of the suit." She said ignoring the glare, she was tempted to flip her off but refrained.

"We have added a new feature in the form of a self repair technology that can help keep the armor up to par unless serious damage is incurred, so if you decide to face the green caveman again it will buy you time, just try not get pounded again please."

"Do you have to call him that?" Jen asks abruptly.

"I could call him much, much worse after what he put my friend through." She replied coldly, clearly she was not a very big sympathizer of the Hulk.

Jen said nothing to that.

"She is just protective of me, she meant no offense." John said to the woman who smiled at the gesture.

"Moving on, shield, flight and cloak remain the same, however we added two new offensive functions and modified one of your existing ones first activate your blades please." She spoke.

He did so and instead of metal out came blue energy ones similar to the Covenant sword.

"These are plasma daggers, and they are just as effective as the energy sword."

"Excellent." He commented, as he struck them together getting an electrical crack.

"How did you make those!" Tony asks shock at the weapons.

"The energy needed to shape them is beyond anything we currently have." Reed adds as he gazes at them.

"Not to mention how you make sure the plasma is contained and not dispersed into the air." Beast speaks as the more he sees the more he wishes to learn.

"Trade secret." Cortana said with a mischievous smile.

"Next is the repulsors cannons we instilled again Hammer make since you know who would make a stink." She said as she eyed Stark.

"One mistake and it hangs over you like cloud that won't go away." He muttered.

"Just mentally command them to appear."

He did just that and the blades retracted, once closed a light flashed and out came the cannons.

"They fire a continuous stream or bolts, depending on the situation, they take little power but pack a mean punch, we have to test them to see how much."

"Finally on your HUD you'll see a new icon, this is missile function, please activate now."

Once more he does as asked and from his shoulders two pods with four holes each appear.

"The same flatspace tech is used here, eight missiles total, to rearm just close them up and the reload, each of these is a micro pulse missile capable of individually of blowing up a Grizzly Tank to kingdom come, overkill? Hell yes." She said.

"Why on earth would he need that much firepower?" Cyclops asks.

"Where were from there are enemies who have superior firepower to us, he needs every edge we can give him." She replied.

"I think it's time you people told us your story." Fury said in a voice that made it clear he was not asking.

"Very well, allow us to introduce are selves." Miranda spoke as she removed her helmet.

"GASP!"

"I am Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes of the UNSC Navy, and acting captain of this ship."

"B-but that means he's…" Kitty stuttered as she looked at the man who reached for his helmet.

"I am Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, SPARTAN-II commando of United Nations Space Command, Naval Special Warfare division." He said in an even tone.

"Holy shit! John is the Spartan!" Iceman yelled.

"I fucking knew it! I knew you weren't normal." Wolverine exclaimed as he got over his.

"Normal is a relative term Mr. Logan." He replied.

"You're that detective, the one who rescued those girls and caught that murderer." Tigra spoke as she recognized him from his picture on the news.

"Yes that is a cover I and the Commander used as we moved about this world, one that apparently two of you saw through."

"What? Who?" Natasha asks.

He just looks at Jen and Carol, who have the decency to look surprised he knew it was them.

"You two knew!" Wasp asks in shock.

"Yeah…we did." Carol replies.

"And you decided that little bit of information should be kept a secret?" Clint accused.

"Hey! It wasn't our secret to tell lamebrain…" Jen replied before continuing "…and he did save our collective asses back at the Amazon, besides it's not like he told us we just sorta of figured it out." She finished as she crossed her arms and looked away.

"How did you figure it out?" He asks.

"We recognized the car you used in the Amazon as the same kind you drove to Xavier's." Carol replied as she took a drink of water.

"So that explains why you two were so chummy lately, I thought you were sleeping together…oops." Tigra spoke a little later.

"SPUUURT!" "Cough" "You thought what!" Carol yelled in shock while Jen did an imitation of a fish out of water.

"I'm sorry! It was just you two were acting weird and I well…" she waved her hands as if the answer was plainly there.

"We are going to have a very LONG talk Pam, and nobody better have any funny ideas, especially you two." She-Hulk says to the Torch and Stark.

"Hey!" they reply.

"I see, well thank you for your discretion."

"Okay now that we have cleared that little opera, I want to know the truth, because the UN has no such organization that I am aware of." Fury said as his eye lock on to the UNSC crew.

"That would be true in this universe." Miranda said as she looked at the man with no hint of emotion that could be seen.

"What? You don't mean…?" Reed began as he had dealt with something similar.

"How much do you know of alternate realities?" John asked the scientist.

"Of course! It all makes sense now. You either must have come from a parallel universe or from the future to have this level of technology." Mr. Fantastic spoke.

"You misunderstood me Doctor; I said an alternate reality not parallel." He replied

"What's the difference?" Johnny asked.

"In a parallel universe we encounter different versions of us, living either similar or different lives, but in an alternate universe we may not exist at all."

"That is correct Dr. McCoy, in our reality the year is 2558 and none of you exist, there are no mutants, no superheroes, no Gods of myth and no SHIELD." Cortana spoke from her place at the table.

All were quiet as they processed that, of a world where they did not exist or suffered the problems they had.

"We are not lying when we tell you this, we have nothing to gain from it, and in fact we are hoping you can get us back home to our reality." Miranda said to them.

"Us?" Scott asked.

"The information we obtained on you shows some connections to facilities that have dabbled, in inter dimensional travel, some of you even travelling through time and space, as farfetched as it seems of us, you are our best shot at home."

"That may be true, from what I have seen from this bunch, but there is a matter of trust, how do we know you aren't Skrulls in disguise or part of an interdimensional invasion force"

"If they wished us harm they could have done so as soon as they met us." Steve says in their defense.

"I am only stating the obvious, nothing more." He replied.

"He is right, you don't know about us, but that is why we have brought you here, to tell where we come from, and for that I will require your aid Ms. Grey." Keyes said to the red head.

"How may I help you?" the woman said in a curious voice.

"It is my understanding that you are telepathic?" She asks.

"Yes I am, and I believe I know where you are going with this." He says to her.

"You want her to act as a lie detector." John speaks in a tone that shows it's not a question.

"Why her?" Frost asks.

"Here we go." Kitty said as she rolled her eyes at the woman.

"Kat." Colossus says knowing full the dislike she had for the woman.

"Sigh, I am going to level with you, Ms. Frost…" Miranda begins "…I don't trust you completely; you're past history with the Hellfire Club, and unlike Xavier or the late Jean Grey." she paused as she looked at Scott.

"My condolences by the way Mr. Summers we were off planet when that occurred or we would have assisted you and your wife." She said with true regret the psychics could detect.

"Thank you." He replies before she continues.

"The way you use your telepathy with or without permission leaves me in a quandary of whether or not you should be here at all." She spoke

"Well I never." The woman replied with huff.

"Oh knock it off Frost they have valid motive, and you did try to read his mind on the trip here." Fury spoke.

She remains silent at that.

"Emma?" Scott sent through their link.

"How much more must I pay before they realize how much I go through because of my past?" she asks.

"Oh Emma, sigh, do you trust me?"

"You know I do darling."

"Then you know I love you, but sometimes you go beyond what is necessary, I know life was not kind to you it wasn't to me either, but please do not try to alienate these people, they have done nothing wrong and are only looking to protect themselves just as you try to protect us." He sent.

"All right…I will try, but you are going to make it up to me Mr. Summers." She sent back.

"What did you have in mind?"

She sent him exactly what she had in mind.

"Oh." He thankfully did not blush.

"I understand your reasons Ms. Keyes and I promise not to antagonize anyone any further." She said as she held Scotts hand.

"Very well, I hope we can be more civil afterwards, now Ms. Grey, can you do it without going into our minds? We do carry military secrets after all."

"Sure I can do that, but why? It's not like we're going to be telling anyone." She said.

"Because even though our organization does not exist here, we are still honor bound to upholds its laws and ideals to the best of our abilities wherever we are." John says with conviction in is voice.

"Well guess that means I can't get them on SHIELD, still…" Fury thought.

And they could tell he meant those words.

"The Chief is right, he, Cortana and I will always act as we would in our home reality, even if it leads us to our deaths, it is through these actions that we honor those who came before and after us and the sacrifices they made so that humanity stands tall, I hope you understand" She asked again.

"Yes I do, I shall scan your surface thoughts, and that way I can tell if you are being untruthful, is this acceptable?" he asked them both.

Both the Spartan and the Commander agreed.

"Now to understand what you are dealing with we have to give you a bit of a history lesson on what happen in our Earth, for starters how the UNSC came to be, naturally we can't go into specifics so will just give you the textbook version." She spoke as the lights dimmed and holo emitters that surrounded them came on line.

"During the 21st century of OUR Earth, space exploration and colonization efforts progressed to the point where international assistance was needed to be conducted effectively." Cortana spoke as she showed images of many talks in the UN assembly.

"Makes sense, such endeavors require massive funds and resources no one country alone could provide without serious backlash to the public, hell not even Skylab has enough, and any other project is currently funded in secret by the goverment." Tony spoke said.

"Indeed, and for this the International Society of Civil Engineers was formed in 2021, with large contributions into the fields of space engineering elevating the quality of space based projects."

"While this occurred National conservative ideologies gave way to International progressive ones, this led to the need to an overall change in the political landscape to meet the demands that came from this space colonization efforts, the UN was the one to provide this, National governments lost their political influence and all military branches were merged into the UN forces." She said to the astonished heroes, or at least those who understood just how a big step that was.

"Incredible, our UN could never pull of such a massive endeavor, let alone have all the political leaders of the many nations, agree to give total control of their military forces, not even for joint operations." Steve spoke.

"Yes and not mention with such a union, all nations would have to act in such a way no one nation benefitted than other less they collapse entirely."

"What were the immediate results of the colonization efforts?" Fury asks intrigued by movement from individual government to collective one.

"By the mid 21st century humanity, under the leadership of the UN, began the colonization of the solar system starting with our sister planet Mars..." She spoke as she showed images of the red planet changing to adapt to life "…afterwards came the colonization of the Jovian Moons as well as the surrounding asteroids and satellites." The UNSC A.I said to the group as she showed them images of the colonies.

"Too bad the Eternals are living on Titan; they'd throw a fit if they saw people colonizing the other moons." Reed said.

"Who?"

"They're a race of humans who were evolved by an alien race thousands of years of go, they made Titan they're home, and we've had peaceful dealings with them on many occasions."

"Huh, well it's not the least strangest thing I've heard and it probably won't be the last, what with what you people seem to deal with all the time." Miranda spoke

"Back to the topic at hand, were there problems with the expansion?" Peter asks crew.

"Indeed there were, like with any period of change there will always be those who seek to implement their own agendas whether they are accepted or not, in this case since the UN change the global economic system from Earth based capitalism to Space capitalism, this brought the resurgence of certain doctrines, led by elements from the extremes of the left wing of the political scene…" she said as she showed images of rallies, protests and such.

"At the lead was the movement led by the Russian born revolutionary, Vladimir Koslov, who formed a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla armed force named after him, the Koslovics with a possibly Maoist or Stalinist undertone."

"The new group of communists aimed to dismantle capitalist systems and corporate power on Earth and in newly-occupied space territories, putting a particularly strong emphasis on liberating orbital installations and orchestrating so-called "workers' crusades" or armed campaigns against their foes on the opposite end of the political spectrum." She says as this time the images show violent terrorist acts against corporations and resource plants.

"The Frieden military movement, based in the Jovian Moons and sponsored by corporate powers in the Unified German Republic, reacted once this upsurge of communism became obvious and Koslovic revolutionaries began attacking their infrastructure"

"They drew their philosophical origin from twentieth-century Fascism and National Socialism, the Frieden's ardent anti-Koslovism and anti-communism convinced them to adopt revolutionary ideals as well." Now she showed the images of the oposing side as they attacked the Koslovics, but also UN sponsored facilities.

"As you can see, among their primary objectives was gaining corporate independence by seceding from UN colonial administration and establishing a self-contained Jovian state. Frieden propaganda claimed that in order to reach a peaceful and independent Jovian nation, the UN, an advocate of internationalism, was to be driven out of the Jovian Moons and destroyed around the Solar System, including on home ground. "

"So you had Neo-commies and Neo-Nazis battling it out at the same time to make their claim on who got lead humanity, Christ and I thought we had it bad when it was one after the other." Fury speaks disgusted by the two groups.

The Captain and Black Widow were silent as they contemplated such a thing.

"What did the UN do?" Hank asks as he process what is being said.

"What else does one do in the face of tyrants and oppressors? Fight back, the UN followed International democracy, and could not allow either one of this groups to destroy all that was achieved for personal gain."

"The first salvo was fired by the Frieden's on March of 2160 on the moon of Io, they attacked UN colonial advisors, Earth responded by sending in the space based navy, engaging in a three month ship to ship orbital and zero G battle, sadly the results showed that the Fascist were not down yet, worse the campaign led to colonies on Earth to take up arms in a wars by proxy, whether for personal or colonial gain, leading to arms mobilization." She spoke sadly as the images showed Earth nations battling one another.

"Mein Gott! Such devastation." Kurt spoke and the others agreed.

"It got worse, 2162 all three parties prepared to engage one another in South America, this would later be called the Rain Forests Wars, this came to be because of the abundance of resources there, the two groups believe whoever controlled it would tip the scales in their favor, the UN engaged them to defend the territory, but the result was devastating to both sides, human casualties, especially infantry were high, and many resources were lost, this led to famine on a global scale." Showing the devastation wrought upon the once beautiful land.

"Goddess no!" Storm spoke as she saw the trees, animals and land dead, having a connection to the Earth through her powers; it hurt her to see such a sight

"By Odin's bear, tis' truly madness what wrought by this men's greed."

"Finally the UN adopted the forgotten Blitzkrieg strategy, after forcing both groups on Mars, they deployed the first space-deployed contingent of UN Marines in December of 2163 on a mission to crush communist infantry encampments in the basin of Argyre Planitia, marking a turning-point in space warfare through dedicated utilizations of Marine forces in ground assaults and ship-boarding operations that would follow during the war."

"The offensive was an incontestable success for democratic UN militaries, and as a result, military theory and strategy implemented the use of Marines in high-priority missions as a baseline for successful operations, especially within the context of larger conflicts." Now showing both men and women fighting against the opposing forces.

"However, the most important consequence of the anti-totalitarian campaign was of both political and military nature, the United Nations presumably did not control a dedicated space-military prior to the Argyre Planitia Campaign, a lacking element which it would replace with a special emergency military force that would come to represent humanity's overall military might. The United Nations Space Command, or the UN Space Command, as it was initially known, was created." She showed the insignia of the eagle over the world.

"The psychological victory the Mars campaign provided, helped by the massive televised propaganda, boosted civilian support and brought on a massive influx of volunteers from all known military branches, they answered the call to put an end to the totalitarian factions, and in one final campaign, the UNSC sent extraordinary divisions on the enemy strongholds on Earth and in space." Images now showed men and women enlisting and fighting against the rebel factions.

"Kind like what happened when you and the Invaders came onto the scene Cap." Fury says to the man, who nods as he remembers all the men who joined the fight during the war after hearing tales of his battle against the Nazi.

"This would last 6 years and with the support of the people the UNSC became the defense against all those who wished to repel rebellious factions, and after 10 long years, it came to an end on where it all began, with the signing of a treaty by the rebel leaders and the UN." She showed the many victories achieve over the fascists and communists.

"In 2170 saw the creation of the first multinational and colonial representation of democracy in space, the United Earth Government or UEG."

"It would be logical maneuver; the planetary infrastructure was weakened by war and required an overhaul to compensate while it healed so to speak." Reed spoke.

"However a new problem arose the world was overpopulated and over militarized, a solution to this problem did not come until the creation of Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive, named after Dr. Tobias Shaw and Dr. Wallace Fujikawa, with it ships could travel vast distances in less time, we shall demonstrate later on." Miranda spoke before nodding to Cortana to continue.

"Hmm, I wonder if they would be willing to share the designs." Reed thought.

"With this new discovery, in 2310 the UNSC sends out colony vessels with both civilian and military personnel, solving the two problems, to the nearest planets and systems, forming the inner colonies, of course these people were carefully selected and had undergone treatments to better aid them while on the journey." This time she showed fleets of vessels moving from Earth and into the unknown, planets being changed and colonized.

"By 2490, humanity had colonized over 800 worlds in the Orion arm of the Milky Way galaxy, from planetary strongholds to small settlements; the Inner colonies became the political and economic backbone while relying heavily on the raw materials provided by the Outer colonies." This time she showed and image of the known galaxy, with blue dots representing the many worlds inhabited.

"This is amazing, what advancements must have been achieved what discoveries made." Tony spoke in awe

"This expansion must have caused some problems as well did they not?" Piotr asks.

"You would be correct in that assumption." Miranda says as the presentation continues.

"As mankind expanded, the political and military power that the UEG desired to maintain began to diminish, and sentiments of reform and political independence spread among the colonists; as the Colonies began to separate themselves from Earth, the UNSC took every step necessary to keep its grip on the Outer Colonies that were developing during this time. By the 2400s, Outer and many Inner colonies soon began to question the often-draconian interference of the UEG in what was originally intended to be a confederation of independently governed worlds."

"Let me guess, they started fighting back?" Clint spoke.

"Yes, rebellion and civil warfare erupted, but this was also the catalysts for the rebirth of project created back during the interplanetary wars, back then the ONI or Office of Naval Intelligence, started a program for bioengineering protocols to produce better soldiers, the initial results failed, and the project was shelved, however with the latest advancements of the time it was reactivated, it was called the ORION project or sometimes referred to the Spartan I program."

At the mentioned of that al of the heroes turn to John.

"I was not part of the initial program, if that is what you are wondering, but I am a result of it." He replied to their unasked question.

"Sounds like a black op to me." Logan spoke having experience with such a thing.

"So was operation rebirth was it not?" John retorted.

"It was, I can't tell you what was done or used, but 65 volunteers were subjected to a series of training and bioengineering operations that turned them in exactly what was needed to fight the Insurrectionists, these Marines were the pinnacle of the military at the time, and an additional 100 volunteers were introduced, their first mission was retaking and orbital platform, they succeeded with only one loss of life."

"Looks like you succeeded where our government could not." Steve said as the only super soldier to have the full benefits of the process.

"Well think about it, you won WWII with the aid only one super soldier and metahumans, we only had these men and women to turn the tide on a galactic level, no powers only enhanced skills and training."

"But the problem was that the more rebels the Orion's took down, the more cropped up, they got smarter, some being led by former military personnel and often raiding military installations and space ports, the super soldiers could only do so much, and age was starting to affect some of the older ones, side effects started appearing both mental and physical, and eventually they were retired or sent back into regular military, they did leave a noticeable mark as their training was used to create a special branch of the military, the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers." Miranda spoke as images showed the ODST'S in action.

Everyone was in shock at seen this people literally drop out of the sky in what could only be describe as suicide runs, since some of them did not make it down alive.

"Good God! And they did this willingly?" Sue asks.

"Yep, they were quite the bunch those Helljumpers." Cortana spoke.

"Helljumpers?" Wasp asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It was another name they received for their company motto "Feet first into hell", since they literally went through hell to get to that level, not everyone can become one, and those that do, aren't guaranteed to have a long life in that line of work." Miranda replied.

"I see, either those are the bravest bunch of guys or they were bat shit crazy."

"Bobby!"

"What you've have to be to do something that crazy."

"Wait till you see John in action." Miranda said.

"Back to the topic, things were going terrible for the UNSC and UEG, more and more insurrectionists were popping, stronger military actions were being taken, and lives and resources were being lost." Miranda said sadly as her father often told of the things he had seen during those days.

"Why didn't thou had over the lands they asked for, surely it would not be worth the trouble they caused?" the son of Odin asks.

"Because that would mean losing resources that were need at the time, and open the door to more rebellions I assume." Natasha said.

"Correct again, analysts had projected that if things continued as they were, there would be a full on civil war, in 20 years unless drastic military force was used to quell the rebellions, things looked bleak until a radical solution was given by one of the ONI´s most brilliant minds, Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator and founder of the Spartan II program, John you want to explain this or should I?" Cortana asks.

"I´ll do it, since I am the subject of conversation." He replied to her before looking at the heroes.

"First of I have to warn you that this subject shall be offensive to you, second I cannot tell you some things as they are top secret, all that you are about to hear happened because it was the only available solution at the time, and it would later prove to be of great importance." He said to the people involved, who were a bit disturbed by his words.

"This program like its predecessor, was designed to create an elite fighting force of soldiers who could quell the factions in their infancy, to do this Dr. Halsey implemented several radical changes to accomplish this goal, the three most were, one the recruits were to be meticulously selected through a series of tests on the genetic level, two they were to be outfitted with equipment that surpassed anything the current military forces had, and three they would be subjected to a series of augmentation procedures more advanced than the previous class of Spartan I´s." he said to them.

"But selecting recruits in such a way would mean they had to have something in them that made them stand out from the rest of the population." Carol spoke, the others nodding in agreement.

"And that is the other legacy of the original Spartan´s, the soldiers who survived at the end of the program still carried their augmented talent´s into the population who also were genetically fit due to our advancements at the time, meaning that those who had children passed on this talents to them, rough estimates indicated 300 hundred of them had done this, however due to budget constraints only 75 were found, I was one of them."

"Heh, ironic you people unknowingly succeeded at what the German's were gunning for back in the war, Hitler must be laughing it up in hell." Fury said with a smirk.

"Anyway, what made you so special John?" Jen asks making them all look at the man.

"I was six at the time when I was personally selected by Dr. Halsey to be part of the program, at that time I was a head taller than most six year olds, I was more proportioned physically and I had superior reflexes as well as a need to win." He replied, but before he could continue Cortana added something he failed to mention.

"You forgot to mention that you were also very lucky." She said with a grin.

"Lucky?" Peter asks incredulously.

"Yes you see Dr. Halsey gave him a final test to determine if he was truly a worthy candidate, she took out an old coin flipped it, he caught it and correctly predicted its outcome." She said with pride as that event mark the beginning of his new life and their eventual meeting.

"Get out town! He really did that? Can he show us?" Johnny asked in childish excitement.

"Johnny behave yourself." Sue chided.

"That's okay, personally I wanted to see if those rumors about his luck were true, do any of you have a coin on hand?" Keyes asked.

"Sorry this suit doesn't have any pockets."

"We can use mine." John said, as he pulled out his dog tags, and next to them was the very same coin that changed him.

"John is that…?" the A.I asks.

"The very same one." He replies as he hands the coin to the man.

"Pass it here; I want to see how lucky you are." Hawkeye said, John hands over the quarter; he then flips it and catches it.

"Heads."

Clint looks at the coin, and indeed it is heads.

"One more time." He says as he flips it.

"Tails."

Again it is correct, this time he flips it again.

"Tails."

"Man you did it again!" He says the others quite astonished.

"Say John, you interested in paying Vegas a visit?" Bobby asks.

"I'm sorry but I'm not a fan." He replied in his even tone.

"Well I guess that confirms THAT rumor." Miranda spoke.

"There was more than one?" Cortana asks unaware of such a thing.

"Well it's more like a running joke among the military branches that know about John."

"Oh I have got to hear this." The A.I said with excitement while some were surprised by her reaction, and some wanted to hear this as well.

"Well as you know, John in his illustrious career has done just about every crazy, suicidal mission there ever was, I'm talking about things even the bravest of Helljumpers would not touch with a 10 yard pole…" she says enthralling everyone "…so everyone wonders how he can be so lucky, and the most used is that he gave Lady Luck herself a ride like no other, so she kept him safe so he can do it again as thanks, HA!"

At that point everyone laughs at that, Peter and Johnny fall out of their seats for that one.

"Oh man! I got to remember that one." Ben said as he wipes a tear from his eye.

"Personally I do not believe in luck, we each make our own." John said not really understanding the humor but then again he is like regular people.

"So there is no Mrs. Mendez back in your reality?" Jen asks sweetly, though several women are now wondering the same.

"No he is single, but then again not many would go for a Spartan…" Cortana said before getting a glint in her eye, one John does not notice "…shame though, any woman lucky enough would be in for something special, I mean great body, personality, incredible stamina and endurance, and then there's his package, oh if only I was flesh and blood, probably wouldn't walk straight for weeks." She said as she fanned herself.

Miranda and some of the others laugh harder, John however has a hand on his face and shakes it depressively; therefore he does not look the hungry looks from some of them.

"Back to the story gentlemen." Miranda spoke do she was amused by the scene between them, which made what he was about to say all the more sour and bitter.

John and Cortana also knew that many would not react well, two in particular, those being Captain America and Logan.

"Very well I and the others who were selected were then taken to primary military shipyard as well as home to many of the UNSC´s military branches and their training facilities, the planet Reach." He continued as images showed the once beautiful world.

"It's beautiful." Jen said.

"Wait, sorry to interrupt but did you get a say in this? I mean I mean sure they looked at you as a kid, but afterwards when you could understand the implications you must have had doubts right?" Spider-man asked the question they knew would cause the most trouble.

"I don´t understand the question." he replied, though he knew what he was getting at.

"He means that as an adult you must have been given the full information of what this program involved." Steve clarifies.

"…"

"I was not asked to join the program Captain, I was covertly kidnapped and replaced with a flash clone that would eventually die, thus eliminating my existence in the eyes of my family and friends, in essence I was drafted at age six." He said in all seriousness.

Silence reigned when he said that, all with looks of disbelief.

"…you´re joking right?" Iceman asks not really understanding the serious of the story he was being told.

"Rachel he is lying about that right?" he asks the telepath whose eyes were wide as she went through every bit of their minds to try and deny the horrible truth, the others sharing equally shocked expressions, some to the point of imitating a fish.

"No he is not." He says evenly though she is still shocked.

"B-but he was just a kid, they were all just kids, and they had families and friends." The hero speaks as he feels quite disturbed by such an action.

"Yes we did, but all that was gone the moment we were chosen and brought into this life, our family names were replaced by a number, the clones used to replace us quickly died off, ensuring that for all intents and purposes we no longer existed in the eyes of our families." He spoke.

"And you just accepted this! They basically stole your life!" Logan says in outrage, his past at the hands of weapon X flashing through his mind.

"Believe me not all of us accepted this fact, one of my fellow Spartans, Kelly-087 managed to escape our handlers, she reached her home only to find the clone living her life, that's when she realized our lives as civilians were over and the life of a Spartan was all we had left."

"Surely the concept child soldiers were illegal there as it is here?" Natasha asks.

"Yes it was, that´s why it was the most top secret operation to ever be carried out, even when our existence became public, the full details were never disclosed, only that we were enhanced soldiers made to protect humanity and its governing bodies from all threats." John replies fully understanding why they react this way.

"But even the ancient warriors of Sparta were allowed loved ones and compatriots, what you speak of are nothing short of cruelty and barbarism." Hercules spoke, angered greatly by this revelation.

"I realize this offends you, but please let me finish, as this story takes an even darker tone, one that may provide you with the understanding as to why our existence as Spartans would be pivotal for the human race." He says receiving nods all around.

"Once we were taken to Reach, we met a man who would shape us into the soldiers we would become, Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez, from the moment he saw us he decided that we would be pushed to the limit and beyond, regardless of age or gender, we received a training regimen equal to that of veteran Marines, to many his methods were seen as cruel and brutal, yet effective nonetheless." 117 pauses as he goes through the memories he has of the man who made a great impact in his life.

Images showed them being woken up with electric stun batons, grueling exercises and marches to a modified military obstacle course.

"Yet he also taught the values of teamwork, loyalty, honor and discipline, something he found lacking in the regular forces, he was tough to make sure we survived anything that was thrown at us, he was to many of us our father figure." He paused to let them understand that before continuing.

"He was a great influence to me in particular; I was much of a loner for most of my life, however on the first day of training, in what was deemed our playground, we were given the objective of reaching the bell, the last ones would not be fed, it was in teams of three, I was teamed with Kelly and Samuel-034, however I went ahead of them and rang the bell first, we lost because of that." He stopped as memories of the past came back to him.

"We were left without dinner that night; he came to the three of us and looked at me and told me why I had lost, "you don't win until your team wins." From that moment I never did anything that would cost us victory again."

"Interesting approach." Fury stated though he was still not pleased with the concept of children becoming soldiers.

"It was effective though and had lasting effect on him…" Cortana spoke "…you see when they were 8 years old he took them into the forests near the base, their he gave them a map and explained the objective was to reach the dropship and leave the last remaining child behind to walk back to base or face punishment."

"Oh come on! They treated them like animals!" Jen said in anger.

"John however did not follow that order so he gathered the rest of them and reached the LZ, however it was guarded by Marines in disguise with live ammunition, John did not know this so he came up with a plan to take them out and hijack the ship, it went off without a hitch, they incapacitated the soldiers and with the help of their A.I Déjà they took the ship, with John as the last one to board to make sure all were safe."

"I'm sure that the man was not pleased with the results." Kurt spoke.

"No he was not, however because of his John was made the squad leader, something the others Spartans were glad of, to this day no matter if they had achieved a higher rank or lead their own teams, John would always be their leader the one they would follow into battle no matter what, because he would not abandon them." Cortana finished.

"Then there was Dr. Halsey who oversaw the project, she made sure we were educated in many fields to balance our physical training, she took care of our injuries and occasionally talk to us in an effort to remind us of our own humanity, that we were more than just living weapons." John spoke however Wolverine decided to add his own thoughts on the matter.

"That's a nice little sentiment coming from her; you should have gutted the bitch when you had the chance." Logan said without looking at him

"CLANG!"

Everyone was startled by the sound of metal on metal, and looked at John whose fist had slammed the table hard enough it left an impression; some recoiled as he looked at Logan with a dark look the most emotion they had seen on him.

"I suggest you do not speak I'll of her in my presence or I will be force to take action against you, and I assure you it will not end well for you." He said in an even tone, but Rachel and Emma could feel his anger, and they were afraid of it.

"SNIKT!"

"Just what I'd expect from a good little robot, but you ain't got any idea the hurt I can bring bub, the Hulk's got nothing on me." The feral mutant replied sat up and had his claws were out.

"John stand down, you can settle this later, and you…" Miranda said to the man "…you stow that shit, you may not respect authority but in my ship my word is law and you are not going to start some shit here, or else I'll make sure to kick you out of the nearest airlock ass first, you get me?" she said in a voice only rowdy soldiers heard and feared.

"Listen babe…"

"No you listen asshole! My ship, my rules, these people may allow you to get away with this lone wolf bullshit but if you so much as think I'll take it you are dead wrong, I've seen shit that is ten times worst that some guy in need of a manicure, so if you think I'm afraid by your bad boy act you can go screw yourself, so sit down, shut up and try to act like a man not some stupid animal they say you are."

"Wow." Carols said as Miranda finished her tirade.

"And I thought Jean was bad when she got angry with him." Betsy said to Piotr who nodded silently.

"10 bucks says John can take him." Spiderman said to the torch.

"No bet man, guy is pissed."

Logan wisely sat down but gave John a look that said this was not over, the Spartan just continued to hold his gaze.

"As I was saying, she suffered through much guilt for what occurred to us, and always sought means to ensure our survival, she was our mother, and the only civilian we would accept orders from, the only one we would to everything in our power to protect even if it led to our death." John spoke in an even tone and neutral look.

"What happened next?" Tigra asks hoping to at least move away from the topic of the woman responsible for altering these children, though the next part would make her regret it.

"At age 14 we had completed the physical and mental aspects, what came next was to makes even better, to achieve this they augmented our bodies in a manner similar but more advanced than the original Spartans." The Spartan pauses to collect his thoughts on how best to describe the benefits…and consequences.

"However we realized the severity of the situation when CPO Mendez came to us hours before the procedure to talk to us."

Images now flowed that showed the Spartans standing at attention, all in peak physical condition.

"You were 14? You look like 18 year old athletes!" Clint said as he looks at them.

"Does are some nasty scars you have there, was the training that brutal?" Jennifer asks him but Cortana replies.

"Those are the result of "training" accidents with Tango Company, or payback as I call it." She said with disdain.

"Payback?" Sue asks not liking the looks of things, her maternal instincts at war with what she was seeing.

"Those poor children, they shouldn't go through that, ugh if I ever meet this Dr. Halsey she and I will have more than words."

"Tango Company was the group selected to aid in the training, however they never won against John and the others and decided to get some payback on them, their CO was so pissed he said to use live ammo on them during war games."

"Good Lord and this was allowed?" Beast asked.

"They wouldn't talk and nothing could be proved, it wouldn't be last time they would be discriminated." She replied.

"Honorless cowards, I would have some things to say to does who would take such actions." Thor spoke.

"And I would be there with you my friend." Hercules added.

"Quiet I want to hear this." Fury said as he saw the trainer come in and address them.

"Spartans!" Mendez says to called their attention

"Sir!" they all reply and salute.

"At ease, In a few short hours you will undergo procedures made to make you the toughest sons of bitches on the battlefield, I ain't going to sugar coat it, you are about to experience what I can believe is the most horrible pain in your lives, this is a test you cannot afford to fail." He spoke grimly; the teens still looked on impassively.

"Chief Mendez, Sir! This soldier has a question Sir!"

"What is it John-117?"

"How do we win sir!"

"That is a mighty fine question, I can only give you one answer, so listen all of you! To win you have to forget everything you know about pain and fear, they do no longer exist for you, and you are proud soldiers of the UNSC…" He said as he paced and looked at his soldiers.

"…I have not spent the last 8 years of my illustrious career in the military training a bunch of flat footed pussy's, I have trained you for one thing and one thing only, and that is too win, so when you go through this, you remember these words, because not only will you face life and death here but out in the fields of battle, when it is over you shall be the finest soldiers I have ever had the pleasure of creating, so do not make me look bad, do you get me Spartans!"

"We get you Chief!"

"Were these procedures that dangerous?" Reed asks him.

"Yes 30 of us died from the side effects, 12 were crippled and reassigned to other areas until a solution could be found, and the rest of us survived and were fully enhanced."

"What kind of side effects?" Ben asks, the bit of 30 dead kids really bothering him.

"Blindness, Elephantitis, several brain diseases, heart conditions among others."

"And what were the results of these enhancements to those who survived?" Rogers asked as a fellow Super soldier, mentally prepared to compare the results to their own program.

"Our eyes could see over much greater distances and much better detail, we also gained a form of night vision, our reaction time was clocked in the 20 millisecond mark, we ran faster than normal humans, and could lift three times our body weight, which due to increased bone mass and muscle was around 600 lbs, we shared a form of telepathy with each other knowing how the other would act and vice versa, our intelligence and creativity grew, our bones were near indestructible and enhanced healing, which has since been further enhanced by Redeeming´s predecessor." He finished, leaving them astounded by what he could do.

"And since they were fourteen at the time those abilities grew until adulthood without the aid of the armor." Cortana added taken some childish glee from their expressions.

"Wait a minute, you mean your armor makes you even stronger?" Betsy asks in awe.

"Yes, this was another part of the changes made to the original program, the MJOLNIR series power armor." He replies

"You named your armor after my Hammer?" Thor asked a bit confused at how to take that.

"Yes, and like the legends surrounding it only Spartans were meant to use them, anyone else was rather severely injured or killed." He said to the heroes.

"Because only your bodies could withstand them I assume, or worthy I guess." Tony said showing once more his analytical skills.

"Yes, hope you don't mind there…Thor." Miranda says not sure how to address him.

"I must say I have mixed feelings, but since this is from a realm I have no say in I shall reserve judgment."

"Man, it's like you guys took Ironman, Captain America and Wolverine together to create these soldiers." Peter spoke out loud after hearing all they could do.

"Web head's right you're a one man army." Ben spoke the others agreeing.

"You should see all the medals he won, you could practically make a statue of them, here look." Cortana spoke as she showed them his achievements.

"Damn! He has more than you Cap!" Janet said having seen the man's records from WWII.

"They mean nothing to me Cortana, I was simply doing my duty as a soldier, and no soldier should be honored for doing his duty."

"Too true John, spoken like a true soldier." Steve replied as he agreed with the man, feeling his respect for him rise.

"Back to topic, our armors were designed to augment our enhanced bodies even further, while providing use better protection, however what began as a plan to stop insurrection change to a fight for survival."

"Mister Wagner, this is why I do not put much stock in religion." He said to the religious man.

"On October 7th 2525, humanity learned they were not alone in the universe and what's more that we would be in the fight for our lives, for that day we met the alien combine known as the Covenant." She spoke as Cortana showed them the moment the war ignited, on Harvest or rather what was once Harvest.

"Gods have mercy!" Hercules spoke as he saw the remains.

"Oh my God!" Emma cried out upon seeing the glassed world of Harvest.

"Gotten Himmel!" Kurt cried out as he crosses himself.

"They came and burned the planet into a lifeless ball of glass, something they would due repeatedly during the war, this was the message they delivered." John spoke calmly.

"You're destruction is the will of the Gods…and we are their instrument."

"From then on it was one battle after another, one loss after another, in space we were no match to them, we outnumbered them 3 to 1 and still whatever victory was achieved was a hollow one as we would lose a third of ships." Miranda spoke as images flowed showing the devastation the Covenant inflicted on the fleets.

"This is barbaric." Reed said as he held Sue.

"The Covenant the prideful lot that they are assumed the same in their ground assaults, that we would just bend over and take it, but they soon learned just what it meant to face us there." Images now showed the military forces fighting with everything they had against the aliens, the ferocity and brutality of which made the Covenant learn that victory over one facet of war was not the same in another.

Then came the Spartans, when they came into the fold, things really took a turn for the worst for the invaders, though few in numbers, the sheer number of casualties they inflicted on the Covenant forces was staggering, they noticed that the weak willed ones would scream in terror and run in fright screaming demons and other such names in their presence, the more braver ones would charge into them hoping to claim fame by killing them, only to suffer horrible deaths at the merciless super soldiers.

When they saw images of John rushing head long into battle they noticed the Covenant forces were especially keen on killing him, Cortana explained that John had been responsible for many victories against them, some resulting in the loss of facilities of great importance, earning a lot of hatred and in some cases respect from the Covenant.

They explained the significance of each member of the Covenant, the caste system, and what roles they played during the war; they were particularly disgusted by the Brutes and Jackals when they ate people, some of them threw up in the corner at that.

One scene in particular showed the bravery of the soldiers of the UNSC.

It was on planet Jericho VII, the mission was to evacuate the planet and inflict heavy casualties. With him were, Fred, Kelly, Linda, Jorge, Kurt, Will, Jerome, Lucas and Janice, as well as three platoons of Marines.

"Hey where's the big guy? Sam was it?" Spider-man asked.

"Sam died on board a Covenant cruiser he helped destroy when his armor was damaged and couldn't leave." John said to them.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be he did his duty, and saved the rest of us." He spoke calmly, though Rachel could feel his sadness.

"Why can't he express it? It's like he's block it off, how can he keep it all contained?" She thought, some of them wondering the same.

The landed on the planet, in the ruins of the capital city of New Bismarck, desolation greeted them.

"All right our objective is the evacuation of the remaining populace, I want no stragglers, we are to move out and meet up with the remaining forces and bug out, keep eyes on the sky and ears on the ground, move out soldiers." John ordered.

"Yes sir!"

They soon moved through the streets, many littered with the bodies of soldiers and civilians alike, very few of the enemy.

As they watched Steve and Nick were brought back to a mission to rescue mission for some Jewish prisoners held at a concentration camp in south Berlin, there they saw the withered bodies of the still living and the depravities done to the dead.

The marines were obviously angry and spoke up what they would do to the Covenant forces if they ran into them.

Thor, Hercules, Logan and Ben sympathized, all thinking what they would have done to the monsters responsible.

During the trek John spotted the lifeless body of a 10 year old girl, face down in the street, he went to her and saw he legs were burned off, turning her over he saw the terror in her eyes.

Betsy, Rachel, Carol cried, Kurt muttered a prayer in German, Natasha and Jen glared furiously as the tears poured, Emma, Kitty and Sue cried on the shoulders of their lovers who could only watch in silence.

Finally they arrived at a burned out school where they last transmission came from.

"Spread out and look for any signs of them, watch out for traps our ambush."

They all did as ordered Kelly and Fred with him.

"Chief we found them, hold up in the gymnasium." A voice spoke; Id tag showed it was Corporal Jenkins.

"All units head to Jenkins position."

The soon arrived at his location and stepped inside, they at least 50 men inside, most heavily wounded with missing arms and legs or horrible burns, how they were not screaming in agony no one knew.

"Who's in charge?" John asks.

"I am, Sergeant Leopold Simmons." A black haired man with a bloody bandage over his left eye spoke.

"You head officer here?" Kelly asks as she surveyed her surroundings.

"Am now, CO got fragged by Covies three hours ago when we looked for civilians."

"All right I need all able bodied men to come with us, orders are to look for civilians and bug out…"

"Are you fucking nuts! What! Just because you're some ONI freak you just going to waltz in here and lead us to the fucking slaughter!" an ODST said, his Id being Roberts Clarkson.

"Why would he say that? You were there to help them." Kitty asked not understanding why such hate.

"Because the ODST's hated the Spartans because they were considered better than they were, they won them over eventually but it was not an easy road." Miranda replied.

They all watched on.

"You stow that shit Roberts, he's senior officer here, what he say go now grabbed your weapon, meet outside." Leopold ordered, the man doing as ordered.

"What about the wounded?"

"Pelican's on their way, now gather your men Sergeant, we have lives to save."

The scene moved forward, showing twenty extra men to the ones that came with the Spartans.

"There's a bunker about two clicks west of our present location, civies should be there." Leopold said to the Chief.

"Fleetcom this is Sierra-117, what's the status of the men we left for pick up?" John asks over the private line.

"Much regret but reports show, pickups were shot down as they left orbit, all hands lost, also troop transports were seen heading down, expect trouble, Cole out."

"Acknowledged…" he paused before addressing his group"…men I regret to inform that the shuttles carrying wounded were shot down…" at this many shouted in protest and anger "...we also have hostiles inbound, keep sharp and move fast." He finished as he and the others quicken their pace.

They soon saw the bunker; it was riddled with plasma and bullet damage, however the group of aliens, in front of the door was what really got their attention, one of them, a Brute by the looks of things was man handling a mutilated soldier, his arms was blown off his right leg was broken and his hand seemed to have been chewed off.

John turned up the zoom and volume to know what they were saying.

"Your death can be painless, or I can make you suffer; now I ask again heretic open this refuge!"

"Fuck…you…you stupid ugly…ape!" HE cursed as he spat on him.

"Fine, men feeding time." He said before he threw him towards the race called Jackals.

They soon caught him and ripped into him, blood and flesh flying as the man screamed before one of them bit his throat off.

"Ro'nok, you fool! Even with the M'Legekolo aid, it will take hours to enter this bunker." One of the Elites yelled.

"Silence scum! I am in charge and I shall not have you undermine me!"

"You only lead because Lodomee fell saving your worthless hide from the humans! Ugh" He cried out when a fist struck him.

"I shall not warn you again Snaguelli scum!"

While they argued the soldiers watched from a far.

"I am going to kill them!" Roberts said over the com.

"Hold position, I count 100 strong, Sierra-051?"

"I see 30 grunts, 25 jackals, 25 drones, 6 Hunters, 10 Elites and 4 Brutes, one of them a Major, Chief."

John looks and sees the bunker is in a perfect terrain for an ambush, it's surrounded by slopes with debris and the building itself is high enough for sniper fire.

"Linda, and Kurt get to the building and provide cover, target the Drones, do not let them get and aerial advantage." He said to his brothers over the private com.

"Done." Kurt replied.

"Janice and Jerome take a third of the men to the eastern front."

"On it." Jerome spoke.

"Jorge, Lucas and Will take a third to the western front."

"We're already their squad leader." Jorge replied.

"Blue team with me, Simmons."

"Yes sir?"

"How many M41's and M19's do we have?"

"…"

"Five fully armed sir with replacement sir."

"I want your best marksmen with them, target the Hunters first, reload and fire again, after the second salvo we fire to anything moving in the pit, terminate with extreme prejudice, is that clear men?"

"Yes sir!"

Soon all were in position.

"Execute!"

"SHOOM!" "BOOM!"

Multiple explosions struck the large creatures, cries of shock and surprise heard all over, then more explosions.

"NOW!" He yelled as he rose and began to fire at the disoriented aliens, he was soon joined by the others, soldiers crying out over the screams.

"Yeah get some!"

"Eat this you bastards!

"It's the Demons! AGH!" A Grunt yelled before he died.

"Fight back you fools!"

"Call for reinforcements! Ugh!"

"Use the grenades! Target the Elites!" John cried out over the fire.

"BOOM!"

"By the Gods! Ro'nok is down!"

"Kill the demons!" AElite shouted to the others.

More fighting ensued, plasma discharge and hot metal flew.

"Lucas is down, Needler to the chest, looks bad." Jorge said over the com as blasts of his M42 resounded.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity the fighting ended.

"Give me a head count." John orders.

"5 KIA, 10 WIA, Lucas is MIA." Fred replied sadly.

"MIA? His right there, how could he be MIA?" Clint asked.

"MIA…Is the UNSC codeword for a Spartan who fell in battle." Cortana said sadly.

"…what?" Johnny replied not understanding the implications, neither did the others.

"In order for the public not lose faith, the Spartans were portrayed as invincible soldiers, so they were not allowed to be reported KIA."

"But…?" Peter would have asked but the Spartan beat him to it.

"Please save your questions for the end." John asked.

"Fred, Kurt carry him, do not let them think he's dead, let's get the civies out."

"Fleetcom thi is Sierra-117, mission accomplish request pick up."

"Acknowledged 117, birds are inbound, we have to hurry though, Covenant Fleet are on approach, from their formation their here too glass it, let's save what we can and go, Cole out."

Soon the ships arrived and carried the civilians and soldiers out, the Spartans were last, boarding a Pelican and carefully carrying their fallen brother, John was the last to board.

Once inside he went to where they laid him down and removed his helmet.

Lucas had blonde hair and a scar over the left eye, John closes his eyes and removed his tags.

"Bye Luke, you will be missed." He said to him.

The feed ended with the fleet leaving just as the aliens came and began the destruction of the planet.

"It wasn't fair." Tygra said to him tears in her eyes.

"Life is rarely fair Miss Greer, Lucas died doing what he was meant to do saving lives." He replied.

"Yeah, and no one will remember him for it! They'll just think he's lost or some shit." Bobby hissed in anger.

"You're wrong I will remember and so will you."

"You follow Spartan law well, John." Hercules said to the man, he nodded in return before continuing.

"The war continued, and sadly we were being pushed back, already the Outer colonies were destroyed, and the Inner colonies were being overrun, however everything changed with the discovery of an ancient installation called Halo." John said as the next images showed the massive weapons platform, and from then on the war took on a whole new meaning, as the saw the secrets it revealed and the horrors it contained.

Images of the Flood brought on a whole new wave of sickness as it infected the dead an living alike, the purpose of the facility horrified the heroes, as the thought of galaxy wide genocide as a means to stop the creatures was abhorrent to them, the fact that this time there would be no one to reseed the galaxy made it all the more shocking.

"They're just like the Brood, no worse!" Warbird said as she remembered the tortures she went through.

Images flowed, showing Guilty Spark, the Gravemind (all recoiling in disgust, and giving Cortana looks of sympathy as she had endured such torture from it), the revelation of the Prophets lies, the alliance WITH the Elites, Miranda's death (Which personally made her shudder as she could still feel the impacts, she promised later to explain how she could still be here.), the Ark, Johnson's death and final words, and finally the victory over the Flood and the means by which they came to this reality.

They were silent as they saw all they went through, however one thing remained to be explained…

"Why did these…Forerunners choose humanity as their successors?" Reed asked.

"We don't know, but maybe our friend here can, Redeeming Bias, why did they choose us as the reclaimers of their legacy?" Miranda asked the monitor.

"Because your race was the only one to be viewed as their equals as well as to atone for their mistake." He replied.

"That…that doesn't make sense, fossil records show that humanity did not have any level of technology during that time, and what do you mean to atone?" Keyes asked, John and Cortana sharing a look of confusion on their face.

"The reason you had no technology was because it was one of the punishments issued upon you by the Forerunners, you devolved after that." He replied.

"All right, what was humanity's crime? What did we do to deserve that?" She asked.

"To understand this you must realize that the Forerunners believed themselves the protectors of all life, as in accordance to the will of their predecessors the Precursors, beings far more advanced than anything they could come up with, it is theorized that they ascended to higher plan of existence, leaving behind the Mantle to them." The A.I spoke.

"What is this Mantle?" Beast asked enthralled by this tale.

"It was their highest belief, both politically and spiritually, they believed in promoting peace in the galaxy, and making sure to protect those under their wing, this would latter prove to be a mistake."

"Why?" He asks the monitor.

"Because this protection limited the advancement of military growth and created dependency on the Forerunners, however two species did not accept this, you were one those species." It said pausing to let understand that fact

"Who was the other?" Cortana asks.

"…"

"The San'Shyuum or Prophets as you known them."

"But then why did they seek our destruction? Why did they try to kill us? Why!"She demanded.

"Again the Forerunners form of punishment; you see the alliance between you allowed you to research Precursor technology, making you forge an Empire equal to that of the Forerunners, eventually though you came into conflict with them, however they misinterpreted your intent, your civilization conquered several colonies, not out of greed or malice but desperation, you see humanity was the first to face the Flood, and what's more defeat it." It replied adding yet another piece to the puzzle.

"However your war with the Flood left you weakened by the end and eventually you and your allies lost, you were stripped of everything, and the Prophets placed in quarantine, until a member of the council, used them as test subjects for the Halo, he was executed for treason, and they in turn reverted further back."

"Then the Flood came back and wiped them out, but not before they used the Halo's, right?" Cortana added.

"Correct, in the end they realized they terrible mistake they made, they knew you were a violent race but also you had a thirst to grow and stand on your own, and that you took the Flood for what they were and succeeded where they failed, in the end they chose you to be the guardians, leaving behind the tools for you to rise and meet those challenges head on and not suffer from their mistakes." It finished.

They all were quiet after that the UNSC personnel was going over the revelations of their ancestry, while the heroes reviewed all they had heard, it was definitely and eye opener for them, then there was their opinion on the Spartan and all he went through.

Thor and Hercules are more convinced than ever this man was a true warrior worthy of respect and praise among their brethren.

Nick wishes he could have more men with that level of dedication as him.

Steve, Clint, Peter, Bobby, Hank and some of the others feel a great respect for the man and he has gone through in his life, he made choices and sacrifices that could break normal men.

Tony and Reed decide to help them get back home, though a part wonders what changes he and the others could bring to their world if they stay.

Logan and Emma have mixed feelings; on the one hand their interactions were tense, but given what he has faced it's no wonder, Emma decides to give him a chance, and Logan just wants to fight more now, to pit himself against such a man.

Sue wishes he had not gone through so much tragedy in his life, wondering if maybe they can help him regain what was taken from him.

Ororo, Jen, Carol, Rachel, Elizabeth, Janet, Natasha and Pamela are strangely drawn towards him, some more than before, regardless of his past, they want to know more about him.

"Commander Keyes, I was wondering if you would allow the Spartan to test himself against Rogers, see how they stack up against one another, Super Soldier against Super Soldier." Nick asks as he's been wondering how a soldier of the past would stack up against one of the future.

"Oh man I would pay to see that!" Peter said the others finding the notion interesting.

"Actually I want to test my armor against his." Tony added as he saw the upgrades and wants to see how his stacked up.

"You wait your turn, I want to throw down with him first, no claws or armor." Logan said as he looked at John.

"Well before we continue anymore discussions, questions and demonstrations, there is something we need to address, follow me please." Miranda said as she grabbed her helmet and John grabbed Cortana and his helmet, the others followed.

They soon arrived at the bridge of the ship, John transferring Cortana into the network.

"What are you doing?" Steve asked.

"Tying up a loose end, Redeeming have you secured the bridge?"

"Yes Commander."

"I have made sure all lines are secured, we are ready." Cortana replied.

"Call him." She said as she put on her helmet.

They all wondered what she meant until…

"Greetings."

"Doom!" Reed cries at the sight of his nemesis.

"Ah! I see the Spartan has guests, your taste in company notwithstanding, I assume this is not a social call." The tyrant spoke.

"No it is not." Miranda spoke to the tyrant.

"And who might you be madam?" he asks.

"I am Spartan-117's commanding officer, you may call me Nightingale."

"Very well Miss Nightingale, for what reason have you called me?"

"To address your terrorist action against the Spartan by letting loose the Hulk." She spoke.

"Terrorist action? Doom did no such thing; I merely wished to test his resiliency against a worthy foe, it is hardly my fault Dr. Banner could not reassert control over his anger." He said in total innocence.

"You bastard!" She Hulk yelled as John held her, though barely.

"You are fiend of the worst kind Doom, the son of Odin and the prince of power would have words with you in regards to your most recent act." Thor said as he palms his hammer and Hercules cracked his knuckles.

"Hmph, Doom does not recognize your authority regardless of your divinity, nor he cares for the fury of the female, my interest lie with Spartan, or is he to afraid to speak on his own."

"I have no fear of men who would use others to do their dirty work Doom, and I have no respect for those who use fear to impose order, I know what your intentions are, and I tell you now, I am my companions will never work with you."

"Sigh, I see another who foolishly squanders the gifts fate has bestowed upon them."

"Better to be a live fool than a dead coward, something you shall learn if you ever try something like this again." He said.

"I would order your man to watch his tongue Nightingale; none may disrespect the might that is Doom and live." The tyrant said in disdain, Keyes response caught them all by surprise.

"Go fuck yourself Doom!"

"What!"

"You heard me you tin plated bastard or are you deaf as well as stupid?"

"Doom will not tolerate such…"

"Shut the fuck up, I am going to make this perfectly clear to you, you mentally retarded asshole, if you ever pull something like what you did in New York again, my friend here will go to that little shit stain of a country of yours, and shove his armor plated boot straight up your ass before he paints the walls with your brains and sends you to that bitch who gave birth to you in hell whose getting ass fucked by the devil right now."

"YOU DARE!"

"We do, we have faced worse than you Doom, we are not afraid of you nor do we care of your threats, if you want a war we'll give you one and win, because that is what we are trained to do, we blew your satellites as an incentive here' another, pray we do not meet again." With that he signaled the A.I's

Alarms soon rang around Doom.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"

"A little virus to your computer networks, please enjoy." Keyes said as she ordered the feed cut just as Doom screamed in rage.

The silence reign for minutes as all gaped at what the two just did with one of the worlds most hated villains.

Johnny was the first to act, though not in a way ever thought possible, he went directly to Commander Keyes, got on one knee and said…

"Will you marry me?"

"You have got to be kidding me." She said in response as she face palmed her helmet.

"Its days like these I wonder why were friend's man." Spider-man said.

"Guys she just told Doom to stick where the sun don't shine, now can you honestly tell me that was not the coolest thing you have ever seen."

"He does raise a very valid point." Ben said.

"Yeah, but now they have Doom on their case." Fury spoke.

"Verily but should they face him in battle it shall not be alone, for the prince of power shall aid them in glorious combat against him." Hercules spoke.

"Aye as will I." Thor said.

"We all we will right guys?" Jennifer asks.

"Damn right, the Fantastic Four have dealt with chrome face, will do it again." The Thing said to all.

"Right you are Ben." Reed supported.

"We thank you for the help; hopefully we shall not have deal with him for a while thanks to the virus we sent."

"I wouldn't worry it is our finest work, he'll have start from zero to get it back up and running." Cortana spoke.

"Well let's all get back to the cantina and finish our talks."

"Before that John, I need to tell you something face to face, would you mind?" Jen asked kindly.

"No I don't mind." He said as he removed the helmet.

She walked up to him and then did something that no one saw coming.

"Thanks for making our day." She said before she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him square on the lips.

"No fair Jen!" Jennifer.

"Damn!" Carol

"You go girl!" Cortana and Miranda.

After about a minute she stopped and stepped away from a slightly wide eye Spartan.

"Well…that was interesting." He said neutrally, though for some he reason he couldn't explain that felt…nice.

"Heavenly would be the correct term." She-Hulk said as she slowly walked away with a swing on her hips and a smile on her face.

"Things are definitely going to get interesting around here." Clint said and all the others nodded.

Things indeed would change in that world but it what matter no one knew.

To be continued…

A/N: Well there you have it broke my record with this one, and as you can see new elements were added to the rewrite wasn't easy but nothing ever worth doing is.

I came pretty hard on Emma here, and also on Tony, and I will say now that I am not a fan of them after the crap they pulled on CW and DR, I will give Emma a fair chance, Tony however, oh the things I will have him suffer (Insert Joker laugh here.)

Also had a bit of Karen there so she knows she still on his mind, also added a bit of lore on the hate groups who are the prime suspects here, as well as a bit on her powers which will be further elaborated on.

Next chapter will be about, expanding some things I couldn't tell here do to time constraints and the murder; the challenges will happen on the next one as well John facing more elements of evil.

As you can see the ladies have really taken a liking to John, will work something out and yes Black cat will make a showing eventually, this does not mean a harem, I have to really think that through hard.

Now on to some of my reviewers.

Freedom Guard: Hope you don't mind me borrowing some lines, you write great ones that I just had to use here,

Jacob: Yes does were indeed some of the weapons used for the Hulk battle.

I know that she calls him Chief all the time but I think what happened was I was subconsciously humanizing her as much as John, and that's why I have her call him by his name, new problem is how to give her a body, and make a convincing battle with Ultron, because he would hit on her.

Can't use Hulk battle for Doomsday because that was the Justice Lords and inside a volcano, the armors good but not THAT good.

It wasn't the whole Avengers just the ones I felt like putting there, had to say who he was though, my choice and all, as for who I will bring from Halo universe, well it's a surprise.

cj-cold: I'm afraid that by the time they find Laura out on the street her mother will have already been killed, so no I can't save her, and that isn't because I don't want to it just not in the continuity I set up, hence why Jean is not there with them, had to fix that mistake.

I will deal with the database and the marvel metals next chapter during the flashback about the talks.

Now two points I would like to address.

First someone asked if X-23 could use the MJOLNIR, the answer is no she cannot, contrary to popular belief she does NOT have a completely laced adamantium skeleton, only her claws are covered, hence why Kimura can rip them out and not have to be the Hulk to do so, the only ones I figure who have a clear shot are Wolverine, Thor, Hercules and maybe Colossus in metal form though I think it would tear itself apart.

Now in regards to, sigh, Deadpool

"That's me!" He who will not shut the fuck up spoke "Hey! That is not my name!"

"You're name is whatever I want it to be bitch!"

"Fuck you, ya crazy Mexican bastard!"

"So help me pool, one of this days, you shall die, and on that day I shall dance and cheer through the streets."

"Never! For all love me and my irreverent attitude."

"Yeah that's why you sucked so much in the Wolverine movie, fucker."

"That was not my fault!"

"Sure it wasn't, ugh, any way to all of you reading this Deadpool will appear during the challenges, there you happy now!"

"Very, now make all men bow before me and the women, except Squirrel Girl, love me."

"Deadpool looks down and falls comically into a raw sewage drain in a pink version of his uniform."

"You mother…!" "Splash" "The manhole is welded shut!"

Peace out everyone (Except Mr. Caca in the hole).

"Fucking Kaos!"