After so many days, it's here. This is a prequel to Secret War and it contains a surprise appearance from another story of mine. Hope you enjoy it.
Midtown High
Zane grades in school has lower since he started superheroing. It's not to the point where his mother or the school have to worry about, but the one class Zane always have trouble in is having a test today. And Zane right in the middle of it.
"I suck at algebra.", thought a very nervous and frustrated Zane.
Zane been always bad at math due never taking any priority in studying it compare to other subjects and his algebra test is taking him to his limits. The only reason he can survived biology is because he has Alex there. Jack is has Algebra with him, but he's average at best and Zane needs someone as smart as Alex or Jessica, or even his mother to understand this.
The bell rings as Zane realizes that. He looks at his paper and he has only 3 questions left. His algebra teacher came and looks at his paper.
"You can finish it in your study hall. Please study more Zane.", sternly says his algebra teacher.
"Got it Mrs. Duncan.", Zane promises as he left the classroom.
Zane arrives to his locker where Jack waiting him.
"How did you do?", asks Jack as he already finished his test ahead of Zane.
"I suck at math!", shouts Zane.
Jack looks around to see everybody looking at him and Zane. He pretends to not see them, but till feels embrassed..
"It's true. You should have seen your face when you looking through it.", snickers Jack.
"Hi guys. How the test?", asks Alex as she comes to them.
Zane's face shows more disappointment as Alex guess what happened.
"Well, next is our favorite class, biology.", says Alex.
"Can lunch be next?", comments Zane.
"I have to get my equipment for band, so I can't stay here for too long.", said Alex, leaving the two alone.
Jack has a question that's been on his mind since he first find out about Zane, "Why are we keeping your secret about your alter ego from Alex. We can trust her, you know that."
Zane looks at Jack and answers, "I want to know who I am first and then I tell her. There is a chance I will get all my answers when I travel with the Fantastic Four into space."
"I can't believe that you're going into space. How are you going to explain this to your mom?", asks Jack.
"Yeah about that. I don't know how.", admits Zane.
Jack is dumbfounded and shouts, "You idiot! How are you going to get away! You have less than a month."
Jack is shaking Zane by the collar as Zane's locker mates stares at them.
"I'll think of something.", said Zane.
Infinity Room
Zane is doing hand stands push ups in 4x Earth's gravity. He wants to get at least 5 or 6x until the launch and is determined to go to space and look for the other people from his universe. He notices that his muscles are getting bigger. He's trying to keep a lean, but strong body, but he also wants to keep his muscles from showing. He wants to ask Dr. Strange or any experts on muscles to know how to hide them, while he uses loose shirts.
Zane then had a test of stamina by side stepping at max speed. He sidesteps at about 350 miles per hour for about 1 minute before tiring out. He thought about what happened during his fight with the Abomination and seeing Thor. He also thought about his new trump card, the Spirit Punch. Zane then tries to practice it.
It took him about 30 – 35 seconds to completely charge it to it's full potential. The power is about 3x more powerful than Zane's normal power. It's probably because he charge all into a single point. He also training to master it completely.
Then, Dr. Strange appears in his astral form. Zane doesn't notice him and kept practicing his martial artist.
"Zane, perhaps you want to take a break?", asks the Doctor
Zane stops what he's is doing and looks at the Doctor.
"No thanks, Doctor. I can still to more and I don't want to be beaten like that again.", stubbornly said Zane.
Strange stares at Zane and then came up to him.
"I was thinking about this for an awhile, but what if I teach you how to surpass your current limits. It impossible for humans, but for you, it a possibility.", explains Dr. Strange.
Zane looks at Strange with curiosity.
Hour Later
Zane is flying all over Manhattan looking for anything to keep him busy. After learning something interesting taught by Dr. Strange (and become injured enough for him to be healed by Strange) Zane thought he might go look around for anything. So far anything that includes helping an old woman cross the street, getting two cats off a tree, and help a couple push their dead car to the get it fixed. While he didn't mind, he hoped for something more challenging.
He then decides to go out of Midtown, and speeds off somewhere unfamiliar. His search takes him to Harlem. As soon as he arrives, the residents looks at him funny. Zane took notice and a group of kids came up to him.
"Hey, what do you're doing here and what with the funny clothes.", asks one kid.
"I got bored so I decide to search for something interesting.", responds Zane, who looks the part of a person who's bored.
"Interesting? What you thinking is interesting about Harlem?", asks another kid.
"I don't know. But I know that its different from other places I been. Can you show me around here?", asks Zane who, while not a dumb person, is curious about everything outside Queens and Midtown..
As a kid, his mother was over protective of him due to how Zane was like as a child. It took him until the middle of middle school to convince her that nothing will happen if he goes out on his own.
The local kids thought, "What is wrong with him?"
Meanwhile, a man came to the door of the apartment of the Hero for Hire, Luke Cage.
"Mr. Cage, there is one of those superheroes here in Harlem.",
Luke Cage came out the door. He look at the man with a funny look.
"What kind of superhero, is here in Harlem? Hell, most of them tend to avoid it.", says Luke, as want sot check out who's here.
Meanwhile
"And here is One Eyed Joe. I heard that he was once a soldier who lost his eye while fighting in a war.", one kid said to Zane, "He fought off 4 guys when he lost it."
"No stupid, he lost it while fighting off some Bloods back then from stealing from his house a long time ago." counters another, "He beat them so bad, they though he was the devil."
"Your both stupid. I heard he fell on a glass bottle.", a third kid said.
"Do people really lose their eye from a bottle?", wonders Zane.
"I don't know, but that what I heard.", responds the kid.
"Hey, you're a superhero. What kind of powers do you have to wear that funny costume?", asks a kid.
"It not a costume. The cloak is actually a weight to limit myself and the clothes underneath is a gi.", explains Zane.
"A gi. So you like what, the Karate Kid?"
"Kind of, but more powerful.", said Zane as he fires a ki to the sky.
"Dude!"
"That's sick!"
"What else can you do?"
Zane responds by grabbing a nearby car and placing it over the top of his head.
"Damn!"
"I bet he can take on Cage in a fight!"
"Yeah, remember that costume he used to wear."
"What the hell you doing to my car!?", shouts a loud voice from behind Zane.
Zane turns to see a large black man with black T-shirt standing behind him. The man has a really unhappy face on him as Zane slowly puts the car down. The man the grabs Zane from the legs and lifts him upside down.
"Oh god! It's Cage!", shouts one kid.
"Cage?", wonders Zane. "Oh, Luke Cage!"
"You kids, go somewhere else. And you!", Luke shouts at Zane, "You're going inside."
Luke drags Zane to the inside of his apartment. There, Luke places Zane in his couch as Luke sits in his desk.
"So, who are you supposed to be?", asks Luke.
"I'm Dragon. I was just looking for something interesting to do.", said Zane as Luke stares at Zane.
"Boy, are you right in the head!?", shouts Cage, as Zane flinches a bit.
"Actually now that I think about it, I am acting different from what I used to be months ago.", truthfully said Zane.
"In that case, if you want to find something to do, help me with a drug bust I'm planning now. Do you have street clothes on you?", asks Cage.
"My cloak can turn into a jacket if that helps.", Zane says as he demonstrates.
"That's good. Iron Fist has some clothes that might here if he needs to change quickly. His shoes might fit you, but wear a belt for his pants.", said Cage as he grabs the clothes and the belt. "Here's a bandanna for your face."
"How come you don't wear one.", asks Zane.
"Because there is nobody crazy enough to attack me in my home, but you might be different so I'm give you a disguise that doesn't stand out.", said Cage, with pride.
Later
Cage is walking down the street with Zane who wearing his white jacket with blue jeans, running shoes, and a black bandanna covering his mouth. Zane walks by to see various things like the kids he saw playing, to teenagers talking to each other in their porch. Cage stops and heads towards some guys in an alleyway. As soon as the guys saw him, they try to run through alley in the other side.
"Cut them off!", orders Cage.
Zane jumps to the top of one of the building and ran to the other side, cutting the two guys off. The two guys found themselves surrounded by Cage and Zane, They pull out guns and start to shoot, but Zane catches the ones aimming at him and the bullets bounces off Cage.
"Really!? You dealing with a super kung-fu guy named Dragon and Luke Cage. What did you think was gonna happen?", Cage questions with sarcasm to one of the guys as he grabs him.
Cage then pull something out of the guys pocket that turn out to be cocaine inside a bag.
"You shouldn't be selling this in my neighborhood. I heard there is warehouse around here that housing this stuff, where is it!?", demands Cage as he squeezes the dealer's hand.
"It up north. Around 13th street. It colored red, you can't miss it!", screams the dealer as Cage squeezes his hand with his steel-like skin.
Cage let's go of the dealer and leads Zane across Harlem to the warehouse.
"So, do you do this kind of stuff every day?", asks Zane.
"Yeah, because this is my home. I make sure that stupid guys like that m#th&rf*ck%r over there don't mess this place up.", explains Cage. "Where are you from?"
"Queens. I never been anywhere expect Midtown.", answers Zane.
"You got a lot to learn about the world. In case you haven't notice, there probably some people in this world that hate you for even having powers.", informs Cage.
"Really?", wonders Zane.
"The government always have problems with us. Hell, even some people in the streets tend to look at us with dirty looks." said Cage.
"I see.", said Zane.
Zane never thought of that before. He remembered that some people in the streets look at him like he's a monster, although most cheer him on. Now that he think about it, he would come across people just glaring at him and that's it. Zane and Cage arrives to a warehouse as Zane tries to charge in until Cage quickly grabs him.
"Don't just jump in. We go up the roof, look through the windows to see what they have, and then we go in.", said Cage.
"Okay, we do that.", agrees Zane, a little disappointed wanting something straight on.
They go up to the roof and scan through the windows on top of it. They peeked inside window to avoid detection spotting anything and everybody. After thinking on a plan, Cage orders Zane to attack in the front while Cage goes to the rear.
They crash through the roof where Zane blocks the entrance and Cage blocks the exit. There were at least 20 or more thugs in the warehouse. Zane uses his blinding speed to sidestep, avoiding bullets while Cage takes advantage of his steel-like skin as the bullets bounce off him. Zane takes advantage by using nonlethal ki blast at his side to the thugs while Cage breaks a couple of tables and throws the parts at his opponents. As the numbers decrease, Zane takes the fight to them as he quickly attacks them head on while Cage thunderclaps a majority of them. Whoever is left. tries to escape through the emergency exit upstairs. As one thug goes though the door, he's then sent flying out the door. Emerging out the door, is Iron Fist who takes out the rest of the escaping thugs.
In the end, only people left standing and conscious are Dragon, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.
"Iron Fist! When did you get here?", asks Zane as Iron Fist drops the down from the stairs.
"Who are you?", ask Danny Rand, who doesn't recognize Zane in the outfit.
"It's your student man.", answers Cage.
"Zane! I hardly recognize you in those clothes.", says Iron Fist, who surprised on how much Zane improved.
"Hand picked them myself, he sticks out more than your outfit.", said Cage. "Gave him more low profile clothes. By the way Zane?"
"Damn!", shouts Iron Fist as he realize that he gave away Zane's first name.
"I really don't mind. I think I can trust Mr. Cage here.", explains Zane.
"Thanks for the trust.", said Cage.
"Zane, I saw that way you move during the fight. You improve so much since I last saw you.", said Iron Fist. "I have nothing left to teach. Congratulations you graduated from the school of Iron Fist."
"Well that cool I graduated from something.", said Zane.
Suddenly a man then wakes up from the floor and runs out the entrance.
"I got him!", said Cage as he ran after him.
"Zane it getting late. I'll help you get your clothes from Luke's apartment.", said Iron Fist as he and Zane jumps to the roof of a nearby apartment and run across to Cage's apartment.
As they leave Zane senses something approaching Cage. It wasn't strong, but it is above a normal human power. He turns to see what looks like Cage holding a thug up from his shirt and a man in a black jacket and what looks like an eye patch standing there.
Later
Nick Fury is sitting in a car waiting for a call from the Black Widow. He thought about the candidates for a mission he has for superheroes in Latveria.
"Steve, Murdock, and now Cage. All that left now is Parker and Logan and possibly that student Logan been hanging around and this new guy. He might be some help seeing as he fight good and he's new so nobody won't recognize him.", thought Fury as he thinking about Zane. "I need to see this new guy and what he can really do and how he's like."
The Next Day
It's Saturday and Zane's mom has to work the entire day. This leaves Zane the day to train and hang out with his friends. Zane's been trying to complete this new technique Dr. Strange taught him. It really diffcult to do and Zane is not even close to completing the first step, but Zane is going to master it… somehow.
After training to get his body to get used to 4x Earth's gravity, leaves to Jack's house, which is now repaired. As Zane flying towards the house, he senses a huge power coming from inside a building. He lands on top of the roof to see that the building has no windows. He takes a peek in the building thought the door to see an empty hallway. He sneak inside to see a man in a green and yellow outfit with what look like a serpent in his back, which Zane recognizes from the news
"It an-"
Zane quickly knockout the man as soon as Zane recognize the symbol as not a serpent, but a hydra.
"So I'm in a Hydra base that hidden in here. I didn't think something like this would happen.", thought Zane as he senses the power becoming bigger. "Just what or who is that?"
Zane thought of disguising himself as the Hydra guard he knocked out and sneaks deep inside the base. The last room he ends up in, is a huge lab with a pod in the middle, glowing as what look like AIM scientist around him.
"He's ready!", shouts the head scientist as the rest turn off the pod.
Coming out the pod is a man glowing blue with a Hydra symbol on his face. Then a huge monitor in the middle of the room, turns on, revealing to be Madam Hydra or Viper.
"Thank you for the new project, you and your men have been helping us to developed.", said Madam Hydra.
"This is for the favor remember. We can only repeat this project every 10 years so we only waste this power on one of your men.", said the head scientist.
"It not much of a waste from my point of view. By the way, I don't remember ordering one of my men to be inside the lab.", announces Viper, as she points to Zane who watching from upstairs.
"What!?", said the head scientist as he and the scientist grabs their gun and start shooting at Zane.
Zane dodge their attacks as he knocks some of them out with his ki blast.
"Lets check out your new powers now Alan or how about Hydra Force.", announces Madame Hydra as she names the new villain.
Force, who was naked inside the pod, glows green as he uses his new powers to fly and aggressively tackles Zane into a wall. Zane gets up and kicks Force in the head, before Force can continue the attack. The attack does little damage as Force recovers from it.
"This guy is strong.", thought Zane as he gets excited at fighting this new guy.
They exchange blows as Zane predicts where Force is going to hit and dodges them, but Force is quicker than Zane and possibly stronger too. Zane back flips far from Force and prepares a Spirit Blast. As Zane charges up, Force rushes towards Zane, causing Zane to use a less powerful Spirit Punch on him. It connects as force sends Force back into the lab. He gets up as Zane watches him and smiles.
"Who is this boy who interfering with our work!?", questions one AIM scientist as he starts to evauate.
"Don't know, but he will not win. Alan Rosenberg is powered by ionic energy, the same as Wonder Man. He is less powerful, but he makes up for that by possessing a competent healing factor.", confident says the head scientist, who not moving a muscle.
Zane and Force exchanges blows agin, but Zane finds himself in trouble as for every damage he causes to Force, Force heals himself as Zane tries to pace himself from prevent losing his stamina. Zane goes for the Spirit Blast, but Force interferences causing Zane to use the less powerful Spirit Punch in the face of Hydra Force, blowing him out of the building to create a huge distance between them. Using the Spirit Punch causes Zane to waste more energy however, as he find himself in a pinch.
"Damn, I'm getting nowhere!", thought Zane as he charges another Spirit Blast and waits for Hydra Force. "Since that new technique me and Dr. Strange isn't complete, I may as well use the new Spirit Attack I been working on."
The ionic energy is different from from the one that made Simon Williams into Wonder Man. It causes Hydra Force to develop an unstable mind as the side effect begins to show as Hydra Force charges recklessly at Zane as charges inside the building. However, he can tell that Zane might be using ether the Spirit Blast or the Spirit Punch. He prepares to dodge ether attack only for Zane use the ki he gathers for the Spirit Blast and extends the crates a long blade-like attack that extends towards Hydra Force as the Spirit Sword technique reaches the end of the building wall. Zane then turns the sword towards Hydra Force as Hydra Force fly around the room to dodge the sword that chasing him.
"You think that gonna work on me!?", shouts Hydra Force as he ducks under the Spirit Sword and goes after Zane.
"No, it just for my real plan.", said Zane as does a full circle around the building, splitting the building in half.
The building begins to collapse as Zane then gathers the remaining ki he used for the Spirit Sword and retracts it. The building collapse as the civilians that are near starts running away. Emerging out of the remains of the building is Hydra Force, as he tries to look for Zane.
"Did he die from the collapse?", thought Hydra Force as searches for Zane in all directions except one.
"SPIRIT PUNCH!", shouts a voice underneath Hydra Force.
Dragon emerges out the rubble of the building and uppercut Hydra Force with a Full-Powered Spirit Punch. The impact sends Hydra Force flying as Zane gathers his stamina, while Hydra Force starts comes dropping down. He's still conscious, but his healing factor only healing a small fraction of the damage from the Full-Powered Spirit Punch. Zane then high kicks Hydra Force in the head, jumps, and then heel kicks Hydra Force in the face again, knocking him out cold. Even with his healing factor, the blows to the head scrambles Hydra Force's brain, so it will take a long time before Hydra Force wakes up.
Zane lets out a sigh as try to figure out what is he going to do with Hydra Force. Suddenly, he heard helicopters coming towards him. Several armored cars with SHIELD logos came in front of him as several agents disperses the civilians that are gathering in front of the collapsed building. Several agents pull their guns at Zane. Zane, in panic then flies out from the SHIELD agents and helicopters at high speed.
SHEILD Helicarrier
Nick Fury is sitting in his office watching the events in his desk. He uses his communicator to contact the head agent in charge of the detaining Hydra Force and the left over Hydra agents, Agent Sitwell,
"Sitwell, how the new meta-human?", questions Fury.
"Well there maybe a chance to take away this guys power powers, but we are having trouble getting the Hydra agents out of the rubble.", explains Sitwell.
"I'm guessing Dragon forgot that there are people, albeit dangerous terrorists, under there.", says Fury.
"Apparently eyewitnesses said there were huge beam attacks coming out of the building before they said what looks like a blade coming out of side of the building and slices around the building.", explains Sitwell. "Sounds like a hell of a fight."
Fury then turn to another screen that shows Dragon goes in side a window in a house in Queens. He smiles before responding to Sitwell.
"Casualties?", asks Fury.
"No civilians are harm, but several Hydra agents are in critical conditions.", said Sitwell.
Fury then place his hand on his chin, "Update me on the situation when you get complete the search."
Fury turns off the monitor and watches the monitor with a boy of 15 years of age on the window.
Night
Zane had just caught up with all his homework. He's in the kitchen while his mom fell asleep early after a hard day at work. He completely recovers from his fight with Hydra Force, but he thought of how the fight could have been since he saw on the news that 2 Hydra agents died. He knew that heroes don't kill, but if felt like he wanted to keep fighting against Hydra Force more than being a hero. He remembers the fight from start to finish and starts to think on how the fight could have ended.
"Heroes don't kill. I need more training on how to end a battle without casualties.", thought Zane as he finishes his homework.
He suddenly senses somebody in his room as he rushes into his room. Zane crates a ki ball in his hand to light up the room. He sees a man with brown hair with gray hair on his temples. He wearing an eye patch on his left eye. Zane seen him on newspapers before, Head of SHIELD, Nick Fury.
"Your-"
"I'll cut to the chase.", says Fury as he cuts off Zane. "You, a completely new hero shows up out of nowhere. You display powers beyond what humans are capable of. I want you to help me with something."
Zane remembers something Dr. Strange said to him during training one time and ask, "Why me? If you need help that badly, why me?"
"You're new. Nobody heard of you yet. You also have what seems to be good fighting senses and enough experience for this job.", explains Fury.
"And why should I? I remember someone once said that you are a person that I shouldn't trust easily." said Zane remembering Dr. Strange.
"Because, I have something that you want.", announces Fury as he grabs a folder from his trench coat and places it on Zane's bed.
Zane a looks inside to see what looks like a picture of a pod in the middle of a field.
"What this?", questions Zane as he points to the pod.
"This is what looks like an alien space pod that arrives here 15 years ago and you just turn 15 recently didn't you?", answers Fury as Zane's eyes widen.
Zane then looks at the pod as he begins to wonder where he is from.
"How do you know-"
"We don't.", answers Fury before Zane could asks anything. "It's not working. Completely turned off and our expert can't get it to turn on. But maybe Reed Richards can."
Zane continues to look at the picture. He drops it and turns to Fury.
"What do you want?", questions a suspicions Zane.
"This Friday, you are going to grab a plane ticket to Latveria. Your mother is going to be out of town for the next weekend for a business trip. You're are going to grab a plane first thing in the morning and once what I have plan for you is successful, I'll give the pod to Dr Richards after your little trip to space. Make sure to grab clothes for the trip.", explains Fury, basically hiring Zane for a job, "There is a chance that whatever you find out there might not give you answers"
Zane thought about it for a minute before saying, "I'll do it. Whatever you have plan, I'll do it. But you better promise that you give Mr. Richards the pod."
Fury smiles then took out his hand.
"I promise.", said Fury as he and Zane shook hands.
Fury then left through the window before turning to Zane.
"By the way, you might not want to fly directly to your house anymore. There are people watching.", said Fury as he left the house.
Zane then grabs the folder in his bed and read through all the papers.
Next Week
Zane, with a traveling bag in his hand, arrives to the plane he's going to leave in. He checks out his ticket to be in a plane for the first time in his life, first class too. Zane arrives to the first class area of the plane to see two familiar faces. The first one was Luke Cage who's sitting behind a blind man. He then sees a man he been avoiding for a couple of mouths now. Steve Rogers. Zane freaks out as he try to walk casually to the only empty seats in front of him. He sat behind a girl that looks a couple of years older than him.
Suddenly, coming into the plane, is a short man with wild-looking hair with an angry expression in his face wearing a white and red shirt. Next to him, is a black hair guy with purple or violet eyes wearing a black with gold trimming uniform.
"Okay kid, I'm going to get something to drink so you better not sit next to me.", warns the short man.
"I'll try not to bother you and for the last time, don't call me kid.", scoffs the guy with purple eyes.
The guy then looks around the plane scanning everybody in it. He then walks up to Zane.
"Can you make room. There an extra seat next to you.", says the purple eyed man with a little arrogant tone in his voice.
"Okay.", said Zane as he scoot over to the next seat.
The purple eyed man sits down and pulls a book from his bag. Zane stares at the man who looks about 18 years of age. He senses his ki and finds something really weird with his ki. Zane looks at the book he reading that looks difficult to understand.
"Is there any reason why you are staring at me?:, questions the man as he glares at Zane.
"Sorry. It just that well you look like the only person who closer to my age here.", said Zane as he pulls his hand. "My name is Zane Dalton."
The guy stares at Zane's hand and then shakes it.
"Lelouch… Lamperouge", answers Lelouch as he announce his name.
Suddenly, Zane senses a familiar presence running quickly to the plane. A person emerges out the door with a face Zane has seen many times in school.
"MR. PARKER!"
That right. Lelouch of the Atom and Saiyan of Marvel are taking place in the same universe. Saiyan of Marvel will be in hiatus until Lelouch of the Atom is caught up to Saiyan of Marvel in terms of their timelines. Don't know who I feel about the the Cage part of the story because I been doing it during a difficult time and I want to update as soon a possible, but I hope you enjoy it. Favorite if you like it and follow to see more. Sorry for any mistakes I made in terms of grammar and spelling. See my other story, Lelouch of Atom. (PS the reason I made Lelouch and Zane's stories taking place in the same universe because it easier have major events like the Civil War and World War Hulk be written in the same universe rather than separate universes.) Bye-bye for now!