Chapter 7 to the Hulk's stint in the Justice League. So we will now be following the adventures of Bruce Banner as he deals with life in Star City ranging from blonde bombshells who kick ass and have a thing for nerdy strong guys, secret government agencies, and… life's curve balls in general.
And as for the whole romance thing with the girls I decided to start certain ones a bit earlier than originally planned. That doesn't mean instant attraction right away but Bruce will be with at least one or two girls before the rest join in. Case in point Dinah will be the first and the next will either be Diana or Natasha, with Powergirl and Grail being last, mainly because their story arcs won't appear for a while, might be mentioned or seen but won't have any real role for a while.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel or DC characters featured in this story.
Chapter 7: I just wanted Shawarma…
Star City Northern California U.S.A., July 13th 7:23 PM
Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was currently walking down a rather busy sidewalk of a random street in Star City looking for somewhere to eat. He could have ordered in some room service from the hotel he was staying in but he wanted to get out, plus he might find something good around here.
There was also another reason Bruce wanted to get out of the hotel, he was being followed. After years of evading government agents and learning a few things from some like Bobbi, Natasha, Jessica and Carol, he's learned to tell when he's being watched or followed. He doesn't know who it is but Bruce figured he or she or even it will be less likely to try something in public… at least he hopes so.
'PUNNY BANNER WORRY TOO MUCH' The Hulk said from within the confines of Bruce's mind
'Well big guy when it comes to damage control you and I tend to fail miserably. The Avengers aren't here to bail us out anymore if someone decides to try and pull a fast one on us.' Bruce said as he kept on walking aimlessly around.
'HMPH' Hulk ended the conversation and went back to 'sleep' seeing as he might not likely be needed unless things really get out of hand.
An hour later Bruce saw a flashing neon sign in the side of a restaurant he was passing. He took a quick look around before entering and finding place to sit. The place was occupied by only a handful of people, leaving plenty of empty tables for him to choose from. He decided to pick a table in the farthest corner and sat facing the door to see if his follower would enter or not. A waitress approached him and offered a menu and asked if he wanted anything to drink. He asked for a water and scanned the menu he was given while the waitress left while also keeping an eye on the door.
Hulk decided to speak up again in a bored tone 'HULK BORED. HULK WANT TO SMASH SOMETHING'
'Well sorry but I'm not going to let you out just so you can smash something. Besides this place has Shawarma and I want to see if it's any good or not. And didn't you just go to sleep' Bruce said as he put the menu down and waited for the waitress to return with his glass of water.
(Green Arrow POV)
Oliver Queen aka the Green Arrow was currently watching Bruce Banner with a pair of binoculars on a roof top across the street from the restaurant he was sitting in. The reason for Oliver to be following this man was for several reasons, one Waller and ARGUS had contacted him yesterday night to tell him that a person of interest or at least their interest was in Star City and they wanted him to 'observe' him. They didn't tell him much other than his name, appearance and that he was incredibly dangerous and under no circumstances should he be angered unless Queen doesn't mind Star City losing a few dozen city blocks. After finding out that this man was the same person that Thea, Dinah, and Felicity were talking to and he nearly crushed Oliver's hand he had some pretty good motivation to keep an eye on this guy.
Still his decision to follow Bruce and spy on him was met with some rather negative opposition, mainly by Dinah who didn't want them to do anything for ARGUS especially if it meant making Bruce's life any more difficult then it possibly already was, Felicity who herself wasn't really all for it but was curious to know why she couldn't find any sort of record on Banner, while Diggle was pretty neutral on the whole deal but was closer to Dinah in terms of where he stands and Roy was just curious of what Banner was capable of that ARGUS wanted him to be observed. The only person who sided with Oliver was Laurel.
Oliver continued to watch the man for another several minutes when Felicity called him "Well I have good news and bad news, which would you prefer first?"
Oliver responded without taking his eyes off of Banner "Let's get the bad out of the way first"
"Alright then, well the bad news is I have nothing on Banner. Facial recognition software came up with zilch and according to the internet the only Robert Banner who ever lived died back in 1903 in a fire in Gotham. There is literally no trace of this guy anywhere except for a recording from a camera in a train station near Moscow." Felicity said with what sounded like annoyance at the fact she couldn't discover who this mystery man was.
Oliver frowned at that information "What about ARGUS? Do they have anything at all on this guy?"
"If they do then the information is either on some private server and not in their mainframe or they have squat and are hoping we can find more then they could." Felicity answered
Oliver sighed in annoyance "So what's the good news then?"
"I happen to find out why ARGUS is interested in this guy, at least I think I did." Felicity said
"And that would be?" Oliver said as he saw Bruce was starting to get aggravated for some reason which caused a small spike of worry in the emerald archer since he was told by Waller very clearly 'DO NOT PISS THIS MAN OFF IF YOU DON'T MIND LOSING A FEW DOZEN CITY BLOCKS!'.
"Well they found out that Bruce was in Africa recently and that he very nearly took on a warlord and his entire private army and won." Felicity said with a small amount of fear and awe
Oliver thought he misheard what Felicity said "What?"
"Yeah, according to reports from both the government officials and Wonder Woman who helped capture the warlord, natives from a nearby village and the men who were working for the warlord he turned into some kind of green giant guy and destroyed their base even while they were hitting him with enough firepower to level several city blocks." Felicity stated
"While that's impressive I don't see why Waller is interested in that when Metropolis has a guy and two women that could do that easily" Oliver said but now worried about having this guy in his city where the damage and death toll could be horrifically high.
Oliver was than shaken out of his musings when he heard gun fire come from the restaurant he was observing.
(Bruce Banner POV… 5 minutes earlier)
Bruce had just ordered some of the Shawarma they had here and decided to relax… slightly since he knew he was still being watched.
'HULK SMASH WATCHER' Hulk said
'No, Hulk I don't need you to solve all of my problems. I'm more than capable of handling things on my own' Bruce told the green giant in annoyance as he saw the waitress return with another glass of water.
'WHAT IF WATCHER ATTACKS US?' Hulk questioned
'If it looks like you will be needed than I'll let you handle it, but until than no, now make sure those other Hulks are still secured, last thing this city needs is Devil Hulk getting out and wiping everyone out.' Bruce said as he watched four young men who looked to be in their late teens early twenties entering the restaurant all who looked a bit unfriendly and were taking subtle looks around as if preparing for something.
Before he could think on that any further one of the men pulled out a small machine gun and shot into the air scaring everyone in the restaurant.
"Everyone on the ground now!" the guy holing the gun yelled as Bruce and everyone else did what he asked.
The other three each pulled out a gun and one stayed near the door while the other two went towards the register and the guy who first shot his gun and looks to be the leader stayed in the center of the room while he watched the mostly cowering people or in Bruce's case boredom.
The leader noticed this and wandered over to Bruce and crouched down "What's wrong old man? You aren't scared?"
Bruce gave the guy a bored look "Kid if you knew some of the things I've seen and done you'd have already been running for the boarder"
The punk didn't look impressed before standing up "Whatever you say old man, try not to have a heart attack"
This comment earned a chuckle from the Hulk while Bruce felt his eye twitch in annoyance 'Old? I'm not that old and why the hell are you laughing?'
All of a sudden a green hooded figure crashed through the window next to the door catching everyone by surprise. Bruce just remained where he was as the armed thug who called him hold turned his back on him and aimed his weapon at the city's resident vigilante who just knocked the door guard out with a solid punch to the face and already had an arrow notched and aimed at the other armed men.
Before either one could shoot Bruce punched the thug in the back of the knee hard and as the man fell down Bruce quickly rose up and grabbed the man and slammed his head into the table causing a loud crack to be heard. The sound was the man's skull impacting against the wooden table.
Green arrow immediately turned his attention to the two remaining thugs who were about to shoot them and hit each one with a sort of Taser like arrow that dropped both men rather painfully.
Bruce turned his attention back to the man who he attacked "Who's the old man now kid?"
'PUNNY BANNER MORE BRUTAL THAN USUAL' Hulk said with some vague interest at what his alter ego just did.
'What? I'm not allowed my moments of rage?' Banner responded with some humor as he saw the green archer approach him 'Huh, wonder what Robin Hood wants? I doubt he wants to say thanks'
The hooded man looked at Bruce before looking down at the unconscious man "Impressive…"
"You're welcome by the way" Bruce said as took a deep breath as he felt the adrenaline die down. He wasn't on the verge of transforming or anything of the like as it would take something a lot more then this to get him to change… involuntarily at least.
The sound of police sirens were heard in the distance and seemed to be closing in. Likely called in from the sounds of gunshots but really because Felicity made a call before Oliver made his move.
The Green Arrow looked at Bruce before grabbing his arm "We need to go now"
"Uhh… look buddy you're going to have to buy me a few dozen drinks and a really nice dinner if you want me going anywhere with you" Bruce said as he remained in place and used a bit of Hulk's energy to stay rooted where he was.
Green Arrow noticed that despite his size Bruce was pretty sturdy and didn't seem to be budging despite the amount of strength Oliver was using to pull the man. "Look, I know who you are and what you can do, but right now I need you to come with me for your safety" Oliver said in a rushed tone as he heard the police sirens getting closer.
Bruce frowned at the man before him "No you don't know me, if you did you would know that if you keep trying to force me to come with you it'll piss me off. Second I'm not so sure going with you will guarantee my safety. Also I have yet to get my Shawarma and I'm rather hungry."
Oliver let go of the man when he mentioned he was getting pissed off and took a few steps back before saying "There are some people after you that I don't trust and they may use this moment to try something. I just want to get some place where we can talk"
Bruce kept looking at the man for several seconds before saying "Fine… but just warning you right now, do. Not. Make. Me. Angry. Understood?"
Green Arrow nodded and Bruce gestured for the man to lead the way. And while Oliver was wondering how this was all going to pan out Bruce and Hulk had one thing on their mind.
'HULK WANTED FOOD/All I wanted was some Shawarma' they both thought annoyed.
And done.
So we see that ARGUS has begun to notice Banner and Hulk and not in a good way, least for them trust me later on these guys will become a huge problem for Bruce and Hulk. The next few chapters will be dealing with Banner and team Arrow interacting as well as ARGUS taking a more active approach in regards to Banner which will be revealed why next chapter when Oliver and Waller decide to have a 'chat'.
And starting now I have the first two choices of Marvel villain's crossing over into this universe with Black Widow. They both and several others will be appearing regardless along with a few heroes every once in a while but I decided to let you guys pick who you want to appear. I'll open a poll later on but for now just leave a vote in the review section.
They are King Hyperion who is basically like an evil Hyperion whose strength is on par with Superman's if not greater or Apocalypse who really doesn't need any introduction other than he's mutant badass incarnate. Leave in a review on who you want to appear first.
