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12:00 am
Ryu gives a glance at Tony, muttering something about cliche's and the sort. Tuning him out, he watches the drill open up, before a blue gas comes out. Eyes widening, he jumps up and to the side, moving to the next building to keep it away. He catches Tony and Hank stare at him. Tony calls out. "Analysis says it's not harmful y'know."
Blushing, he retorts back. "Hey, coloured gas is never safe. If you've met Joe, you'll be doing the same! I nfact, you'll probably be turning tail and running if you did!"
Still, he is hesitant to return, which causes the pair to shrug, apparently not knowing how much trouble Joe could cause. As the blue gas spreads out around the drill, Ryu keeps away from it, still highly paranoid that it'll suddenly cause clothing to disintegrate or reek like hell. Although he trusted the team like family, there was always one hell raiser in a family and Joe was that hell raiser.
His concerns were well placed, because after a large cloud of light blue covered the area, another hiss comes out and the gas rapidly turned green. It quickly covered the other Avenger's as Tony shouts out through his comms systems. "Avenger's, avoid the green gas!" It's a bit too late, as everyone but Thor and Iron man collapses from the effects. Ryu, who kept his distance the entire time, gives a concerned look at Tony, who picks up Hank and brings him over to the rooftop he was on. Thor landed a moment later carrying the unconscious form of Carol and Jan, before muttering something about the hulk being asleep.
"I think this gas may be the first attack Iron man. Many of the Avenger's now lie asleep." Thor gave a glance at the three unconscious ones, before glaring at the large drill. Nonetheless, he returns back down to ground level to retrieve the Hulk. Tony flies back over to retrieve Steve and they both return to the assembled group.
Ryu, with his helmet off, was resting his head on Hank's chest, a frown on his face. "Their breathing seems normal, no bleeding shows any injuries from the gas although some of them have bruises, most likely from the fall..."
Tony gives a grin. "Did I mention how nice it was to have a medic on the team? Anyway, the blue gas was harmless but it did act as a catalyst for the green knockout gas. That's how the green gas spread everywhere so quickly. You were right Owly, coloured gas is never safe."
Ryu frowns as he moves to Steve next, checking for irregular breathing patterns and any poisoning. "Can you please stop calling me that?"
Iron man turns to Ryu and snarkly comments back. "But it's so catchy! and easier to pronounce than 'Horned Owl' and." The rest of his sentence trails off when the drill's top opens up.
Thor gives a grin as he hefts Mjonlir into his hands and thumps his hand against the edge. "About time foul machine." Spinning the hammer above him, the gas suddenly turns from green to yellow. "Have at thee!" Thor suddenly flies into the drill, only to bounce off the edge and into the building nearby.
Tony gives a whistle at that. "Now I really wanna know how it's repelling us so easily. It's like, oh. Would you look at that. It IS giving of a field of energy that's repelling our attacks. Good to know." Yes, with the drill now opening up, there was indeed a shimmer of light in the shape of a drill. It was probably a fraction deep behind the metal, which would explain why their attacks apparently did nothing whilst not even marring the metal. "Well, the wavelengths of the field is constant. Seriously? They have the field just under the metal skin so we wouldn't notice and they aren't even oscillating it? Amateurs A tweak here and..." He launches a repulser blast at the side, creating a small hole.
Thor comes soaring up, arms crossed and an expression which may look like a pout if you squint your eyes. "I dislike technology..." Ryu gave a grin as he was fiddling with one of the pouches on his belt, before throwing a handful of small balls at the hole. Most enter the hole but one pings off the edge, only to explode a moment later. This is then echoed by more explosions from within the drill.
"Well, that was neat. Check out this new toy." Tony raises one arm, points at the hole and, a missile comes out from the arm and launches into the hole.
Ryu sweat-drops. "A missile. You actually have missiles inside that thing? What's next? Gatling guns?"
Tony chuckles. "Nope, that's on War Machine. Although I do have mini rockets that can probably be fired like one."
The Owl blinks stupidly for a moment, before shaking his head. "Forget I even asked..." The three are disrupted when a screech comes out from the now open top, prompting the two to fly up higher to see. "That's Ok! I'll stay here and protect these guys. Absolutely nothing wrong with leaving me alone with a bunch of unconscious and vulnerable people to investigate a sudden noise .." Grumbles under his breath, he was annoyed at them leaving him quite suddenly. "It's not like we're in any real trou" He pauses and looks up, wondering why there was a shadow covering him. He sweat-drops again when some sort of flying creatures were flying out from the top. "Never mind..."
Grabbing a handful of feather Shurikens, he slowly edges closer to the group and adopts a ready stance. A crack of thunder erupts from the top as storm clouds starts circling. Nervously shifting around, he wonders why the creatures were spreading out rather than attacking, not that he was glad for it but usually good things don't last this long. A large flash blinds him and the world quakes from the loudest, and closest bolt of lightning striking into the machine.
A loud cry of, something echoed up from the machine and Ryu was now grateful he was down here rather than up here. Hoping the things would stay away, he edges close to Carol and nudges her none to gently. "Hey, wake up. Something is happening and it sounds awfully suspicious and WHOA BIG!" A claw, if you could call it that, rose up from the drill and grabbed onto the edge of the metal object. At least, it looked like a claw. One that is the size of a school bus but a claw nonetheless. He gives a rough kick to her side. "... Damnit that gas is strong. Ok Ryu... Think... what can I do now? Well, first objective is to get out of the open... soo..." He glances at the Quin-jet, leans down and flings Carol over his shoulder. He then grabbed Jan by the back of her dress and hauls them both into the quin-jet. He repeats this for Steve and Hank before looking out the window.
Whatever was coming out, it was struggling to do so, what with Thor throwing nature itself at the creature while Tony took care of flyers that was attacking the two. He quickly moves around the jet, strapping everyone in the case he had to take off.
Once that was sorted, he hears Tony yell something into the ID cards. Possibly for Clint to hurry up and get there or for some reserve members to wake up and join in. Still, he runs his hands over the controls of the jet, eyes closed as he memorises where everything is. He was hesitant to leave the Hulk out there but he was too heavy and big for him to carry, plus he was virtually indestructible.
Another loud boom shook the jet, rattling everything as he looks up. Thor was really going at it, possibly trying to compensate for the lack of Hulk by being equally ferocious in smashing the giant thing. So that was good. The yellow gas was interesting. He wondered what it was before he hears a groan. Snapping his head back, his eyes rakes over each form, before settling on Hank who was shifting around. "Score!"
Darting over, he starts to gently shake the scientist's shoulder, before it rapidly evolved to vigorous shaking. His eyes were starting to stir, so that was good. He gave a quick slap and the man gasped, brought his hand to his cheek and sluggishly opened his eyes. Deciding that although smart, he probably wanted short and blunt rather than long and complicated for the first few minutes.
"Blue gas made Sleepy green gas spread very fast. Now gas is yellow, big bug is coming out from drill and only me, Thor and Tony are concious. By the way. So called it." Hank gives a groan before trying to get up, only to get jerked back from the straps. "Oh, and your strapped in the Quinjet. Just to let you know."
He gives an annoyed look at the Owl, unbuckling himself. "Could of told me that before I tried getting up Ryu..."
Moments later, Steve and Carol give a groan. Eyes lighting up, he get's his ID badge out and responds to Tony as he approached the two to help their reawakening. "Tony, the others are starting to wake up."
The delighted "Yes!" from Tony was echoed by the doorway hissing open as Hank striding out, a thoroughly pissed off look on his face. Now that Carol and Steve was waking up and Janet was starting to wake up, he gives a whoop of delight, before Tony's voice echoed out from his ID badge. "Bout time you got here Ha, crap! Don't enter the yellow mist either guys!" A few blasts came from the badge before a clunk was heard outside, then something launching back up. "Ryu, bring Hank back in. The Yellow gas is behaving just like the green one." Giving a groan, he darts outside, hefts Hank up onto his shoulder and rushes back into the jet.
Steve was in the process of putting on some kind of orange suit with the help of the two girls as he placed Hank back in the seat, grins mischievously and then buckles him in again. Steve runs out, now dressed in the orange suit and the helmet on, before stopping at the edge of the yellow mist. Slowly stepping in, he waits for a moment, before nodding and then moving in to help the two Avengers in the sky from the ground. The girls were in the process of putting their suits on while Ryu made sure Hank was all right.
They all pause when a thunk is heard on the roof, all three looking up and then at each other. Janet abandons her suit, quickly shrinking and then flying out as Carol starts zipping it up. The sounds of blasts coming out echoed out as Ryu and Ms Marvel both rush out. Ryu throws a few shurikens up before leaping onto the roof to engage the flying things while Carol blasted the few in her way of the big bug. Tony casually comments over the badges. "By the way, Hulk woke up, jumped at the thing and fell asleep mid-air, bounced off the drill and is on the ground sleeping like a puppy. Recorded it for you all to see by the way, no need to thank me."
As he hopped up and performs a roundhouse kick, Carol's voice is slightly quieter from the badge. "You do know he's going to try and rip you to shreds if he sees it.."
"That's why none of you are going to say anything... Right?"
Well, no-one was saying anything. Then again, when you have a flying bug dive-bombing you, you tend to focus on that rather than the conversation. Hopping back then up in the air, he performs another roundhouse kick, putting as much force as he could into it, sending the flying thing to the side and colliding with another bug.
Convenient.
Wings snapping open allowed him to glide to the next one, grab it's feelers, flip it around and then boot it hard in the face towards another flying bug. With the Hulk within the yellow field of sleepiness, it was up to the other Avengers to deal with this bug infestation. And what an infestation. The monotony of the event was disturbed by someone laughing. Looking at the drill, he blinks in confusion when Iron man dead pans over the comms. "Mole man... Seriously? Should you be bothering the Baxter Building instead of here?"
The Mole man said stuff, but he was too far away from the sound of his laughter that Ryu couldn't hear anything. Oh well. Another boot to this creatures head and a punch to another was enough to keep him busy. This Mole man wasn't on the Avenger's dossier he was given in the beginning. So either it was a new bad guy or someone else's bad guy, and from Iron Man's comment, he was someone else's. Why wasn't he throwing bombs again?
Glancing to the side, he spots the Yellow gas. Oh yeah. He didn't know how flammable that gas was. Didn't need this block of the city going boom right? Leaning back, he narrowly avoids getting a claw across his chest, kicking upwards and into the creatures chin. He was getting too distracted... Being in this place has made him a lot more lax than usual. Then again, they had a GOD on their side, so he probably had a good reason to be lax. Still...
Back-flipping off the roof, he lands on the ground, trying to steady his breathing. So much high-speed movements in such a short time had him a little winded. Looking around, he checks that the area was clear, before moving to the edge and peering down towards the base of the drill. Through the yellow sleeping fog, laid the Hulk. Biting his lip, Ryu glances back at the group, before glancing back. He was worried, but figuring that nothing was approaching the slumbering giant, it was safe enough to leave him be. Besides, what could he do? The Hulk was far to heavy for him to lift. He required Thor, or even Tony's suit to be able to lift him. Keeping his thoughts on his fellow green companion, Ryu decides to keep the attack up, digging his hands into his cloak for another flurry of feathers.
His eyes widen after a moment, spreading his wings and patting down the sides in a panic. Now adopting a sad look, he realises that he was now out of feather Shuriken's. Grumbling in annoyance, he looks around and jumps back up onto the quin jets roof. wishing that he wasn't so careless with them. Slipping out his cable gun, he starts using it's air-power to take pot shots at the things. Unfortunately, the air pressure it shoots was quite weak and only really served as a distraction.
Giving a growl, he decides against using the cable gun as a tightrope and fighting on it, instead, taking to the air and starts an aerial assault, beating upon each bug and then using it as a step for the next jump, using his wings to their full potential. He gets clipped by a passing bug, causing him to spiral and land on the roof of the jet with a grunt. A bit bruised, he get's up and wishes the Hulk would wake up and sort that thing out. Jan cam swooping down a moment later, clearing a path with a barrage of stinging blasts as a message from Tony that the gas should start dissipating in a moment.
Moments later, the yellow fog starts dissipating, Iron man coming out from the insides. Almost instantly afterwards the familiar roar of the Hulk echoed out in the area. The green power house jumps up and onto the roof. Snorting, the Hulk gives a feral roar at the drill, before jumping onto the drill. In mid-air, Ryu gives a grin at the Hulk's reappearance before Janet suddenly flies into his line of sight. "Well, I don't know about you but I could really use some more beauty sleep."
With only a few more flying bugs left, all of which was now flying up to the drill, Ryu glides down to a land, before resting his hand on the side of his head. "Yeah... and this head ache isn't helping..." Indeed, his head was starting to pound, giving a glance around before pulling the helmet off and sighing in relief when the cold air caresses his head. Brilliant. Now all he needed was for the flashing lights in the corner of his eye to stop and he'll be sorted.
"Rest does sound good right now." Glancing behind them, they spot Yellow Jacket yawning. Both give him a hard stare.
"Did mister 'I want to fly into that gas' not get enough beauty sleep from the previous two naps he just had?"
Catching some negative vibes from the wasp, he wonders exactly how bad the date went. Deciding to spare Hank a break, he interjects between them both. "Hey, at least you both got to have a nap. I didn't trust the blue gas, and because of that, I didn't get to join you guys in nap land... Itai..." He was now rubbing his temples. This headache felt a lot more painful than his usual ones. Both gave a shrug, as Tony lands nearby.
"Hey, Hulk's smashing, Thor's booming and I'm napping. What say we leave these two to clean up this mess and"
Steve, who just arrived, interjects. "Tony... We need to ensure everyone is safe before leaving. Still. Good work people. Didn't expect that gas to."
Ryu butts in here, annoyed at the throbbing in his head. "Please tell me you weren't all ok with oddly coloured gas rolling around?" Now that he said it, it probably did sound a bit mean and harsh. And these flashes of light in the background didn't help at all. Grumbling, he steps into the Quin-Jet and seats himself. Missing the "What's with him" comment from the group.
He just wanted to return back to his bed and sleep the week away. He never had a headache this bad before... It was a little worrying. It could be because of all the stress from earlier that night, yesterday evening? Several hours ago. He looks at the time, grumbling to himself, before realising that his feather Shurikens could probably be salvaged from a few of the creatures.
Groaning at having to do more work, he nonetheless exists the ship, much to their confusion and beings looking for bodies with his feathers in. By the time Steve let the group know that everything was secure, Ryu gives a sad look at the handful of feathers in his hands. Another thing he was going to lose from home soon. First the God Phoenix, next his Shurikens. What's next? His bird-style? His uniform?
Sitting down he was about to slip them back into the folds of his wings when Tony plucks one from his hand. Shooting him an annoyed look, the man in red and gold armour examines them. "Well, these were neat. Running out are we? ... Should I take that glare as a yes or a 'I want nap time'?"
Too tired to continue argue, he just slips the rest into his wings. "Yeah, I'm running low. Why? Wanna put missiles on them or something?"
Behind his mask, Tony gives a big grin, ignoring JARVIS's comment about it not being recommended. "You know... That sounds like a brilliant idea. I'll see if I can have some more created and stuff. Maybe do a whole trick thing like Clint does?"
Now Ryu looked flabbergasted. Before the headache virtually disappears as his eyes shine in delight. "You mean with the full boom and ice stuff and shocking thing and everything!? That'll be AWESOME!"
Now Clint was pouting, Janet was grumbling about beauty sleep, Carol was wincing at the thought of the Owl with explosive feathers, Hank was pondering something and Steve was giving a slightly nervous look at the pair. Ryu was virtually bouncing in excitement.
Joe would be soo jealous if he was here. He would give his legs and his left arm just to be here after what Tony just said. As Carol runs the final preparations the jet flies back to the mansion. Ryu was now busy talking ideas with Tony. Quietly, Steve gives a grin, before whispering. "Looks like he is still with us."
A few minutes later, the Quin Jet has landed. Stumbling off the ship, most of the group returns to their rooms, tired and wanting sleep. Tony went to drop off his armour at the armoury whilst Ryu heads back to his room. Too excited to sleep, he walks around for a few more minutes, before taking the notebook with his drawings in it and returns to the roof.
Returning to his spot, he continues sketching and drawing things, before he pauses and looks over the calculations and design specs with a grin. Once done, he turns the page and starts sketching out the team. Starting with Ken in a regal pose. Halfway through, he stops to yawn, before deciding that it was time for bed.
As he heads to his room, he passes by Hank who was talking to Steve about something. Giving a brief wave, they both nod their head to him as he enters his own room. Getting undressed, he slips under the covers and falls asleep...
The next morning, Ryu was up late. Strolling into the kitchen, he spots Janet nibbling on some toast and stirring a cup of coffee with the other hand. Giving a grunt in greeting, he helps himself to a sugary cereal and some coffee, sitting at the table and begins eating his breakfast of champions. Steve enters the room, looks around before leaving again. Janet gives a shrug. "He's looking for someone I guess."
Ryu shrugs as well. The Coffee and sugar was waking him up and now that he was. somewhat more aware, he looks around. "Sorry about yesterday, um, morning, urgh... A while ago. I had a headache and was running out of Shuriken's."
Janet gives a shrug, before sliding over to him a brown box, a wicked grin coming across her face. "You can apologise by trying these one and letting me know if they are big enough or not." Wondering why exactly she was grinning like that, he peers into the box and spits out his coffee. His cheeks were beet red as he snaps his gaze to her, before stiffly closing the box. Her grin gets wider, before casually commenting in a teasing tone. "... Iiittt'sss eeeeaarl-eeeeey..."
Standing up, he moves to the door when he feels someone yank on his shirt. Pausing, he turns to say what when she slaps the box into his chest. "Try them on... Now!"
His face was now red, before turning and rushing up the stairs. He knew that look. Hell hath no fury like a Women scorned and Janet would be scorned if he didn't do as she says. Slamming his door closed, he presses his back to the door, blushing as he peeked into the box again. Giving a groan, he resigns himself to trying it on. Clothes off, he started trying on the 6 new pairs of underwear he had received confirming that they all fit (and why wouldn't they? It can only really be too short.). Now that his underwear drawer had 5 new things in it, he dresses in his civvies and opens the door. Janet was standing right behind it, a predatory grin on her face.
In a small voice, he answers the unspoken question. "Yes, they all fit. Thanks for that." Beet red, she gives a nod before heading off. Well, that was completely embarrassing and awkward and they were all different colours as well. Great...
Giving a sigh, he heads downstairs, only for Steve to appear out of nowhere, in suit."Ok soldier! Suit up, we have an intense training session today!"
Gaping, Ryu just sighs again, shrugs and returns to his room to put on his civvies, only to see Tony come strolling out with them in hand. "Ryu! Excellent! I'd like your bracelet as well please!"
Now confused, he misses Steve rounding the corner, but does hear him comment. "Tony, he's got a training session with me right now"
Tony sticks his tongue out. "Yeah, but I've had this brilliant stroke of Stark and need his things. So it's going to be either non-suited or some other time."
Ryu blinks and tilts his head. "Did... did you just replace awesome with your surname?"
Tony gives a grin. "Because it happens so often, I changed the word. I already have a patent request being filed as we speak although everyone doubts it'll get through. So, yeah, bracelet please."
Ryu blinks when he feels Steve place his hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we'll do it unsuited then. Get into something comfortable. Your going to be thrown around a lot." Heaving this third sigh of the day, he unlatches the bracelet and sets it on top of the pile, before heading into his room to change... Again. Now in a loose gi, he follows the captain down, ready for his torture, he means, training session.
He watches Steve do some light stretches, before gesturing him to do the same. "Well, what're you waiting for. Start stretching already." Gulping, he wonders if he was going to regret this later on...
Several hours later...
Oh god... He was regretting it. Moving was a painful affair, his body ached from all the stress it was put under. Managing to drag himself into the kitchen, he slumps on the stool and groans.
"Well, you know how to fall and land. I'll give you that. Endurance though... May need a bit of work." Steve strolls in, a towel around his neck and his top off as he rummages for a glass.
Ryu gives a brief groan. "I've done that training before. But how was I supposed to know you wanted to do a sparring match, an endurance rep AND an obstacle course! I feel like a lead weight... Urgh." He shifts his head slightly, resting his forehead against the cold worktop.
A moment later a glass of water is placed nearby. Looking up, he watches Steve down his drink and wipes his mouth with his arm. "Ah. That's the stuff. Drink up, you should re-hydrate yourself after exercise to keep from burning out." Giving a sigh, he just tips the drink back and gulps it all down like a parched guy in the desert.
Now that he had that glass, he stands up and strolls to the sink and pours another. After 2 more glassfuls, he gives a big sigh of relief and thunks the glass on the counter. "I needed that. Urgh. I'm off..." He catches a whiff of himself, grimaces and heads upstairs to shower off.
A long shower scene later, and he strolls out of the bathroom, towel around his waist whilst rubbing his face with another, clearly more at ease. As he heads to his room, he hears something new.
"Heads up!" Looking to the side, he hops back to avoid some blond guy run past him and down the hallway. Quickly clutching his towel that was about to fall off, he was bout to yell at him when another voice echoes out.
"Get back here you punk!" Followed closely by an, orange rock guy with, ketchup all over him? Or was it Hot Sauce? "I'm going to rip you into piec, Ow! Stop fireballing me!"
Blinking in confusion, he shrugs and enters his room. General insanity confirmed, he decides to just ignore it, better for his sanity if he did. A brief change later and he heads downstairs, looking for someone to introduce the two new guys. He spots Janet talking to some other women, who spots him and waves. Jan looks up, grins and tugs her towards him. "Ryu!"Meet Susan! Otherwise known as the Invisible Women from the Fantastic Four."
... Why were all the women here beautiful? Cheeks red a little, he gives a timid hi. She gives a grin as Jan starts explaining to him who the Fantastic Four were. Suddenly stricken with a memory... "Is, the orange rock guy with the four on his chest one of you guys?" An affirmative was given, to which he commented. "So... Is hot sauce an additional outfit or..."
He stops when Susan's eyes twitch. She then marches up the stairs he came down from, yelling out. "JOHNATHON LOWELL SPENCER STORM!" Hell hath no fury it seems. Looking at Janet, she returns a helpless shrug before shrinking and flying after her.
Deciding he didn't want to get caught in the crossfire, he heads to the living room, peeks around, before grinning and hopping onto the free sofa. Stretching out, he lazily settles himself onto it and relaxes. Now that he thought about it, this world really was nice. Hectic, like his own world but friendly. And the people, they were just as nice as back home. Sure, they said things he didn't really understand, whilst the things he said were out of date. Tony definitely made sure to mention it every time he said something that he considered old school. It was like he was the Jinpei or something...
Suddenly shooting up, he realises something. The way everyone was treating everyone, his own feelings for the matter. A grin slowly spreads as he settles himself back down. "Looks like my 'family' just expanded a few dozen times. Heh." Eyes closed and crossing his legs, he settles for a nap, a broad grin on his face.
A/N: FANTASTIC! Literally! The Fantastic Four is introduced into this chapter briefly and for good reason. I used the Mole-Man as an enemy for the moment and since he's a F4 baddy, it'll make sense to let those guys know that they have him in custody.
Again, please critique honestly, I want to know of any mistakes I've made whether it's spelling or grammar mistakes. expect the next fic to crop up in a few weeks while i shuffle ahead with the other drafts.
