Graviton used to be a physicist called Franklin Hall, but no one had heard of him for years since he worked for SHIELD. Stoick had invited him to take part in the re-enactment of the super soldier serum, but the Hall got caught up in an accident that gave him Gravikinesis powers.
The accident has also damaged his mind and seeming him as a danger, Stoick had filled his ward with sleeping gas and locked him up in the Raft. He had been imprisoned there for ten years, until now.
"What do you want Hall?" Stoick asked, but he had a feeling he knew the answer.
"Oh, I think you know," said Graviton evilly. "I want to treat you with the same kindness that you showed me. The first thing I'll do is visit your son, have you watch as I killing him and then I'll kill you."
"You leave my son out of this, this is between you and me Hall," said Stoick.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean I can't hurt those closest to you," said Graviton squeezing his fist.
At once, Stoick felt the gravity around him pressing into him, it was crushing him like an egg. Graviton probably would have done a lot more, if it wasn't for an axe slamming into him. That freed Stoick from Graviton's clutches and causing him to fall towards the river.
The axe in question flew back into its owner, Astrid, who was riding on Stormfly towards Graviton.
At this height, hitting the water would be like hitting cement, but luckily Wasp appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his shirt.
"Wasp?"
"No time for small talk, we gotta move," said Wasp.
She pulled hard and flew towards the docks, where Ant-Man and Katrina were standing. The Raft, now free from Graviton's powers crashed back into the river, luckily the SHIELD agents managed to get onto the hovercraft and flew away.
Meanwhile, Astrid approached Graviton, who recovered from her attack. In her life she had never seen someone with such power and it was clear that he was a threat, if he intended to murder that man.
"Your power is impressive… for a mortal. Stand down now before anyone is hurt and you may walk away from this," Astrid announced.
"It would seem a lot has changed in the past ten years, but I have no intention of surrendering," said Graviton. "If you're curious about my powers, then you should know the man you just saved was the one who gave them to me and locked me up. He called me Graviton, because I have the power over gravity itself. I can do anything! I'll crush Stoick and his son! I'll crush you! Then I'll show the world the power I have!"
"I think not villain," said Astrid. She then removed herself from Stormfly. "Get out of here girl, I have a feeling this is not a battle for you."
Stormfly whinnied and flew away to safety. Astrid then turned to Graviton and charged at him.
"Have at thee!" she yelled.
Meanwhile, Night Fury was flying over a farm, barely. His battle at the Vault had seriously damaged his armour and it was all he could do to stay in the air.
Suddenly his thrusters failed him and he ended up crashing in a cornfield. He got up, looked around and sighed.
"Guess calling for a taxi is out," he joked. "Toothless, any news from the Helicarrier?"
"Still sinking," said Toothless.
"Thanks, open access to the Chicago armoury," said Hiccup.
"Access initiated," said Toothless as he pressed a few keys on the monitor. "Accessing Mark VII armour. Now."
While Night Fury stood there waiting, a farmer was ploughing his field and then noticed him.
"Nice weather where having," said Night Fury. "I'll be out of your hair, I'm just waiting for my ride."
The farmer just stared at him dumbfounded as he drove past.
Meanwhile, at Berk, Wasp, Ant-Man and Katrina were on the docks with Stoick watching the battle between Astrid and Graviton.
"Who's that chick with the axe?" Ant-Man asked.
"No idea," said Stoick. "As long as she takes down Graviton I could care less."
"Speaking of Graviton," said Katrina raising an eyebrow at Stoick. "Is there anything you like to tell us?"
"Not really," said Stoick. He then activated his com. "SHIELD command, this is General Stephen Haddock, I am declaring an omega level emergency, every SHIELD agent, every Groncklebuster unit, the US Armed Forces, are now under my direct control."
"All that for one guy," said Wasp.
"Which means he's quite dangerous," said Katrina. Then looked back at Stoick. "Who is he?"
"Dr Franklin Hall," Stoick said bluntly.
"The physicist," Katrina gasped. "No one's heard of him for years, not since he joined SHIELD." She then looked at Stoick curiously. "What happened to him?"
"That's classified," said Stoick.
Then they saw bolt of lightning flash.
"Well, I think it is about to get unclassified pretty quick," said Wasp.
"Man, that girl can fight," said Ant-Man amazed as he watched the battle.
Astrid's battle with Graviton was not going like she planned. Graviton had somehow created a shield around him, preventing Glamdring from penetrating it. He then raised his hand and Astrid was sent flying.
"Enough! This ends now!" Astrid yelled spinning Glamdring around.
She then sent it flying straight towards Graviton.
Meanwhile, Gronckle was making his way to the dinner where he met Absorbing Man a few days ago.
Inside the diner several people are watching news footage of Berk and the events that have been happening.
"Reports are coming in from Berk of a possible earthquake, some are saying tsunami," said a reporter. "Hang on, were receiving were now. The SHIELD Helicarrier has just crashed in the bay outside the city and eyewitnesses are reporting that a blonde girl shooting lightning is on the scene, a possible new meta-human."
Everyone's attention was then changed to the sudden crashing noise outside. Then the door open and they saw Gronckle walking in with Samson over his shoulder. At once everyone, apart from the waitress, ran at the door screaming.
Gronckle approached the counter and laid Samson on it and looked at the waitress. "Chicken soup," he said. "Take care of him."
While the waitress went to take care of Samson, Gronckle looked at the TV and saw the battle between Astrid and Graviton.
"You could help," a voice behind said.
Gronckle turned round and saw Fishlegs sitting at one of the tables. "What do you want?" He asked gruffly.
"You could make a difference, you could save that girl just like you saved Samson in the Cube," Fishlegs suggested.
"Funny, I don't remember that girl coming to save me."
The waitress looked at Gronckle, wondering who he was talking to, but saw no one. She gave him a very queer look.
"If you help, it will help us," said Fishlegs. "If you stand by other heroes, if you save lives, people will begin to see the Gronckle isn't a monster. That you can be a force for good."
Gronckle thought about this for a moment and then looked down at Fishlegs.
"If I do this… then you do something for me," he said.
"What?" Fishlegs asked curiously.
"I stay… I stay the Gronckle, not Ingerman," said Gronckle firmly.
Fishlegs stared at Gronckle and could see that he wouldn't be budged.
Meanwhile, at Berk, Astrid's battle with Graviton wasn't going as planned. Her last attack didn't do anything, everything she threw at him bounced off that gravity shield around him.
Graviton then punched her and sent her flying. Astrid recovered from the attack and charge at him once again.
At the docks, Stoick and the others were watching the battle. Finally Wasp couldn't take it anymore.
"I can't stand here and watch this," said Wasp and looked at the others. "We've got to do something, if that girl can't stop him he'll coming into the city."
"You think I don't know that Wasp," said Stoick.
"Rachel," said Katrina knowing what she was planning.
"We are talking about millions of people," said Wasp as she shrank. "I'm not going to let that happen."
"I'm coming with you, sis," said Ant-Man.
"No, if I'm not able to hold him off, it'll be your turn," she said and flew towards Graviton.
"Rachel! Rachel, wait!" Katrina yelled, but Wasp ignored her.
Astrid slammed Glamdring at Graviton, like a previous attack approved ineffective. However, Graviton's punches were not as ineffective. He finally got bored and used his gravity powers to stop her in mid-air.
"Can't your brutish mind understand what I'm telling you?!" Graviton yelled in annoyance. "I control one of the fundamental forces of reality! I can remove gravity's effect on you, sending you hurtling into space, or I could increase it a thousandfold! Like this!"
Suddenly, Astrid felt herself getting heavier and plummeted straight into the river. Wasp just arrived in time to see Astrid plummet into the river and she didn't come up.
Astrid hit the seabed with such force that it winded her. She tried to move, but she was too heavy and found herself sinking further.
Graviton and made his way towards the docks.
"Stoick!" he yelled angrily.
Suddenly something stung him and he stopped to look around what hit him.
"Franklin Hall, you give brainiac's a bad name," said a little voice. He looked around and saw a tiny female the size of a fly with insect wings. "Knock it off, before I make you."
He laughed maniacally. "Are you joking?" he asked. "With the power I have in my disposal, I—"
He was interrupted by one of Wasp's stings. Wasp then began flying around him stinging him, he was unable to locate her through the pain and the fact that she was so small.
Meanwhile, Night Fury was now in his new Mark VII armour and was making his way to Berk.
"Toothless, full satellite images of the scene," Hiccup ordered.
Toothless pressed a few keys and showed Hiccup the events that were happening. He saw Graviton being stung by Wasp.
"Is that Ruffnut," he gasped.
"Indeed, also a young lady by the name of Astrid had joined into the fight earlier," said Toothless. "Apparently she was the cause of the temple disturbance."
"Brief me about that later, right now I need to get to Berk like yesterday," said Hiccup.
He then put everything he had into the thrusters and zoomed off towards Berk.
Meanwhile, at Berk, Wasp was still stinging Graviton, who was now starting to get annoyed.
"Ready to give up?" Wasp asked.
Graviton glared at her and then sent a gravity wave, causing her to land in the water.
Ant-Man was about to make his move, but stopped when he saw Night Fury overhead heading towards Graviton.
The information from his helmet, told Night Fury that Wasp was in the river, but was all right. He then turned his attentions to Graviton and slammed into him and followed that up by firing his Repulsors at Graviton sending straight into the river.
Wasp then flew over towards him.
"Wow, I can't believe I'm looking at the Night Fury," said Wasp excitedly.
"Aren't you one of Dr Ross's students? It's Rachel Thorston, right?" Night Fury asked.
"Yes, but call me Ruffnut or as my own superhero name Wasp," she said hardly containing herself.
"Who was that guy?" He asked trying to get back on subject.
"Oh, some crazy physicist that seems to want to kill your bosses father," said Wasp simply.
"Where's the blonde girl, Astrid?" he asked.
"Astrid? Was that her name? She somewhere at the bottom of the ocean," she said.
Before the two of them could do anything, Graviton shot out of the water, now looking extremely angry.
"Hiccup, there some kind of gravitational field around him and its influx," said Toothless.
"Mind asking what you want with my boss's dad?" said Night Fury.
"So, you're in the employ of the Haddock's, all the better," said Graviton.
"Wasp, the energy he's putting out, the only comparison is that of a Black Hole, this guy is trouble," said Night Fury worriedly.
"You're right," said Graviton.
Next second, Night Fury felt himself getting lighter and he shot up straight into the sky and disappeared from view.
Katrina watched as Night Fury shot up into the sky like a bullet, she then turned to Ant-Man.
"You know I've got to go out there now," he said.
She nodded reluctantly and turned to Stoick. "What's Graviton's upper limits?" she asked.
"We've studied them for years and as far as we can tell, he doesn't have any," said Stoick.
"Guess that makes the beating up even more fun," said Ant-Man.
"Just be careful Terry," said Katrina.
Ant-Man then activated his belt, but instead of shrinking he grew until it was twenty feet tall. He then marched upon Graviton, who was getting constantly stung by Wasp, he then slammed his hands around him.
"Great timing bro," said Wasp.
"Can't let you have all the fun," said Giant-Man.
However, his hold around Graviton didn't hold. Graviton let loose a gravity wave that broke Giant-Man's grip and sent him crashing into the docks.
Stoick looked at Giant-Man's enormous body and then looked up at Graviton.
"This is between you and me Hall, do whatever you want with me, but no one else has to get hurt," said Stoick.
"No, you wanna me to create a super soldier, but I've become so much more, I'm beyond human now," said Graviton. "I'll crush you and your son, then I'll show the world their new master's power. Destroying the city will be a good demonstration." He then lifted Stoick off the ground and use gravity to crush him. "Goodbye Stoick!"
However, it turned out that it wasn't the real Stoick, but a robotic duplicate. Graviton took the head and looked at it before crushed it.
Stoick, Katrina and several SHIELD agents were hiding behind a container and saw the whole event.
"That could have gone better," said Stoick.
"Nothing's stopping him from entering the city now," said Katrina.
She was right, Graviton headed straight towards the city and used his powers to lift a sizeable chunk out of the water.
No one knew what he was going to do next, because Astrid flew out of the water and rammed straight into Graviton with electricity running through Glamdring. The impact didn't penetrate Graviton's gravity shield, but then Astrid put all her remaining strength into one final swing and sent him flying straight into the floating city.
Astrid smiled, until she realised Graviton's hold over the city was broken. Without a second thought, she rushed over to the city and used all her strength to slow its descent into the river. She succeeded, but ended up being buried along with it, but she managed to break free and headed straight to the surface.
Meanwhile up in space, Night Fury was doing everything he could not do float away into space. He put everything he had into the thrusters, but it wasn't enough.
"I need more power!" Night Fury yelled.
"Hiccup, the gravitational pull around you has ceased," said Toothless over the com.
"Finally, some good news," said Night Fury before zooming back down to Earth.
Meanwhile, at Berk, Graviton was in the city and was using his gravity powers to wreak havoc. He was lifting rubble, cars, pretty much everything, but was stopped when Glamdring slammed into him and sent him across the ground.
Glamdring return to Astrid's hand. "I recommend that you stand down, mortal," Astrid advised.
Graviton laughed maniacally as he got up. "You think you can stop me, I beating you before, I can do it again!" he yelled.
He was about a user's gravity powers to crush Astrid, but then something shot out from the sky and he slammed back down to the ground. Astrid looked up and saw that Night Fury had fired his Uni-Beam from his chest.
"That's no way to treat a lady," said Night Fury floating next to Astrid.
Astrid looked at the new arrival, and at once realised that this was Night Fury that Stan mentioned. Together they landed onto the ground and looked at the crater that Night Fury had created and with seconds, Wasp and Giant-Man joined them.
"Unless you want to get beaten up some more, I'd stay down," said Giant-Man.
"I am down with that," said Wasp aiming her stingers at Gravitonall Hall.
"The power I wield—you are nothing compared to me!" Graviton yelled and sent at giant gravity wave at them.
Soon they all found themselves plastered against the buildings, unable to move.
"I'm stronger than all of you! I'm the strongest one there is!" he yelled.
Suddenly something large landed behind him, he looked around and saw that Gronckle had joined the fight.
"You sure about that?" he asked smirking.
Before Graviton could do anything, Gronckle slammed into and they landed at the docks sending several containers flying. Graviton got up and was about to send a gravity wave, but Gronckle was slammed onto the ground and he was caught up in the shockwave sending him flying.
The other heroes soon arrived at the docks and saw that it was the Gronckle that was fighting Graviton.
"I did not know there are ogres on Midgard," said Astrid in amazement.
"That's no ogre, that's the Gronckle, and I find it surprising that he's here at all," said Night Fury in astonishment.
Wasp and Giant-Man watched as Gronckle pounded his fists against Graviton's gravity shield and seen at his attacks were more affected than anything else.
"Is that's the Gronckle," said Giant-Man.
"Isn't he supposed to be like the bad guy?" said Wasp confused.
Gronckle then began to pound at Graviton, whose gravity shield was failing. In a last ditch attempt, he increased the gravity around him and the Gronckle was pinned to ground that was sinking into the ground before him.
"Take him down!" Night Fury ordered.
Night Fury and Astrid were the first ones to charge, but Graviton used the same gravity move to pin them to the ground like the Gronckle. Wasp, who fired her stingers at him and Giant-Man followed, but Wasp's stings were blocked by Graviton's gravity shield and created a crater.
"Look at you fools, I possess the power of the universe itself! I am power!" Graviton yelled in triumph.
He then floated up into the air and uses gravity powers to make everything that wasn't pinned down, and that included the water, around in a cyclone.
"Can't move, can you?" Night Fury asked Astrid.
"Nay," said Astrid, who had never so powerless. "The others?"
Wasp and Giant-Man tried to move, but the gravity pressing on them was too great. However, deep in the crater that Graviton created, Gronckle was getting more and more angry and began to get onto his feet.
With great effort, Giant-Man managed to reach his belt and shrank down. Ant-Man then began to use his helmet to communicate with nearby ants, which obeyed his every command. The ants flew up towards Graviton, who didn't notice them.
Gronckle finally managed to get onto his feet and began to move. With every step he took, the ground beneath him sank under his weight, but that didn't stop them.
Graviton finally noticed that Gronckle was still moving. So, he increased Gronckle's weight to pin him down again and made the crater larger. However, he just got back and continue to advance.
Graviton then try to increase the gravity once again, but like last time it had no effect, Gronckle just kept coming.
"Nothing's that powerful," said Graviton, who was beginning to sweat. He tried increasing the gravity again, but it had no effect. No matter how many times increase the gravity, the Gronckle just got back up and kept on climbing out of the crater. "I control gravity itself!"
Graviton then tried a different tactic, he start increasing gravity and used to create the cyclone. He then sent all the metal containers that were caught up in the whirlwind down into the crater, straight at Gronckle. Gronckle knocked back a few metal containers, but soon he was buried beneath them.
Graviton was so busy with Gronckle that he failed to notice the ants that landed on the back of his neck. Ant-Man gave them the command, and they bit him. This distracted him long enough, to cease his gravity powers and Gronckle broke free from the metal container pyramid that surrounded him.
He then slammed into Graviton and they crashed to the ground. This freed the other heroes and one by one they got back to their feet.
"This isn't impossible!" Graviton yelled as he used his gravity shield to shield him from Gronckle's attacks. He then uses gravity powers to send Gronckle flying.
He then sent every single metal container around at Gronckle, who would be unable to dodge them in mid-air.
Luckily, the other heroes had just arrived. Night Fury began the assault by firing his Repulsors at Graviton, who had to stop in order to create a gravity shield.
This freed Gronckle from Graviton's gravity and he pounded two metal containers away, but there was no way he could knock away the third. Then Wasp appeared out of nowhere and use her stingers to slice the container through the middle.
Gronckle stared at her. "Y-your helping me?" he said.
"Yeah, now hit him," said Wasp as she continued to fire her stingers.
Gronckle smiled and began to jump from one metal container to another, until he body slammed Graviton into the ground. Before he could attack, Graviton uses powers to lift the earth in front of him to create a giant pillar with Gronckle on top of it.
But then suddenly Wasp appeared and began to sting him constantly and that was followed by Night Fury firing his Uni-Beam, which pounded him into the ground. Graviton lifted the earth in front of him in order to create a shield.
Unknown to him Ant-Man had dived into the river and increases size. Giant-Man lifted an abandoned cargo ship and tossed it at Graviton, which exploded.
Finally Astrid was ready to deal the final blow, she charged Glamdring with all the electricity she could conjure up.
"For Midgard!" she yelled and sent the lightning straight down on top of Graviton.
Her attack left a new crater in the earth and left Graviton badly scorched. Graviton looked up at the five heroes who defeated him.
"Whose strongest now?" said Gronckle.
"Man, what a waste. You could use your powers to help people, but instead put them in danger," said Giant-Man as he returned to normal size.
"That's sad," said Wasp before stinging him in the chest that left him unconscious.
"Maybe Midgard won't be so bad after all," said Astrid.
"Freeze!" Gobber's voice yelled. They all looked around and saw a massive army of them pointing guns at them. "Step away from the Gronckle! He's a fugitive from the Cube!"
Gronckle looked as if he was ready to fight, but then Night Fury stepped in front of him blocking their path.
"If you want the Gronckle, you go through me," said Night Fury. Then the others followed his example. "The Gronckle saved us all, he's a hero as sure as any of us."
Gobber was about to pull the trigger, but Stoick stopped him. He then approached the five of them along with Katrina and Phlegma.
"Stand down, we've got bigger problems than the Gronckle!" he said. He then looked at the five heroes. "Seventy Four supervillains are now on the loose across the country, probably the world by now."
"How did this happen, Stoick?" Night Fury asked.
"I don't know," Stoick admitted. "But we can find out together. Come work for me, as SHIELD agents you could make a real difference."
"No!" said Katrina firmly. She then glared at Stoick. "This is your fault isn't it? SHIELD created Graviton, whatever you got Hall, it changed. You kept it under wraps and then this happened."
Everyone just stood motionless and it was Night Fury who broke the silence. "Stoick's right," he said and everyone stared at him.
"What?! You of all people are going to work for SHIELD?" said Wasp.
"No, he's right about us making a difference, together," he explained. "One on one we could take out a villain or two, but seventy four none of us can do it alone. Together we have a chance. What we did it can change things, the world needs us, but not as SHIELD agents, but as a team on our own."
Phlegma looked as if she wanted to object, but Stoick stopped.
"Fight more glorious battles," said Astrid spinning Glamdring around. "Count me in."
"But what do we call ourselves?" Wasp asked.
"Oh, oh, I know, the New Vikings," said Ant-Man.
"Huh, I like the sound of that," said Gronckle.
Then Gobber walked up holding a tablet in his hand. "Stoick, we have the security footage online," he said. "Graviton did wake until after the supervillain prisons shut down. He could have been reasonable."
"Then if he wasn't, who was?" Stoick asked looking troubled.
