Scarlet Arrow finished installing the last spy cam before activating her comlink.
"I'm finished with the last one." She said, activating it.
"Understood, Camera 4-05 startup commencing." Tina said.
Scarlet looked at the small camera before it shimmered out of visual existence. She nodded and put a finger to her ear as she turned to leave the mansion.
"Camera was successful, but activate the protocols, just in case." She said.
"Understood." Tina said.
She activated the protocols, testing the camera and all of the others for possible glitches of malfunctions as she reactivated JARVIS. She watched as the system activated, and waited for any possible security breaches resulting from the cameras. She waited a few moments before running diagnostics and nodded, pleased at the performance of her tech.
"All of the spy cams are good to go." She said.
"Understood." Scarlet said.
"I'm returning to base once I rendevous with Arya and the twins, mark this as a success." She said.
"Alright, I'm only hoping Ha-tarie's is having as much luck." Tina said, sounding concerned.
"I'm sure he will be okay, we just need to be patient." Scarlet said.
Tina nodded before making a sound of worry.
"I hope so, because my scanners have just told me the Quin Jet has been shot down."
"What of its passengers?" Scarlet asked, controlling her voice.
"All accounted for and unharmed, I'm just worried…"Tina said, not finishing her sentence.
"Call him, if he's smart he would have replaced his earpiece by now." Scarlet said, assuringly.
Tina sighed and sent a signal to his earpiece.
"Ha-tarie? Are you there? Are you okay?" she asked, her voice tinted with worry.
A moment of silence passed and Tina bit her lip when the earpiece pinged in reply.
"I am here, just a little shaken, apparently Iron Man did not follow the Panther's instructions and went over a well protected area." He said.
Tina closed her eyes and made a silent prayer of thanks before replying.
"Where are the other Avengers? My scanners say that they were all accounted for and unharmed before they left it." She said, typing as she tracked his location.
"The Panther has run off on his own, but is pursued by the Captain, he is going to face Man Ape. Iron Man Ant-Man and Wasp are currently resting upon the top of the Quin Jet, having just defeated a division of my people." He said, not hiding his impressment.
Tina smiled and shook her head.
"That's the Avengers for you, what is happening now?"
"They are now heading towards the Vibranium mound, I fear there will be disaster if they start a fight within its unstable confines." He said worriedly.
"You need to follow them, if that mine collapses and if any of the Avengers are harmed-"
"I will not allow it, I know my father and the Captain will care for each other, I will defend them with my own life." He said.
Tina nodded.
"Be careful." She said before closing the link.
"Iron Maiden here, he and the Avengers are alright, but the Panther has left them to fight Man Ape and Captain is with him. The other Avengers have just defeated a division of Wakandan warriors and are heading to the Vibranium mound." She said.
"Where wil Ha-tarie be?" Scarlet asked.
"He is trusting the Captain and the Panther to keep eachother safe and is going to follow the other Avengers." She expalined.
"Tell him to give us updates, we never know if we will need the transporter." She said.
"Agreed, I will tell him." She said, ending the conversation just as Ha-tarie's link pinged and she answered it.
"Ha-tarie, Scarlet wants updates from you." She said.
"I understand, the Avengers are fighting Hydra along with the Grim Reaper and Klaw." He said.
"Who is winning? Is the Vibranium becoming destabilized?" she asked, concerned.
"Klaw is trying to warn everybody to stop fighting within the mine." He said.
Tina frowned when she heard Ha-tarie gasp.
"What happened? What is going on?"
"I am patching my visual to you now." He said.
Tina looked at a screen on her computer as an image of the mine appeared; Ha-tarie seemed to be hiding beneath a scaffold of some kind before diving aside as several shots hit it from above. The visual scope looked up and showed Ulysses Klaw crying out as he fell onto the Vibranium mound before it disrupted his whole body and he was dissipated.
"Klaw! NO!" Ant-Man cried.
"My lord." Tina whispered, eyes wide.
"I do not believe that is the end of it." Ha-tarie said.
A sudden bout of vibrating light seemed to pour from the Vibranium mound and it began to accumulate, forming a humanoid shape with Klaw's sonic emitter within its chest.
"The souuunnd the SOOuuuund! III aaammm the ssoOOuuuund!" it cried, sounding utterly insane.
The thing began to laugh maniacally before speaking.
"IIII can heEEaar youuu." It said playfully "Hydra, you snakes."
He hissed at the end and tendrils formed from his body, shooting out at the Hydra agents before the Avengers intervened.
"Wasp!" Iron Man called.
"I'm on it!" she said.
She flew up and began shooting at Klaw, forcing him to drop any Hydra agents he had managed to ensnare. Iron Man defended the Hydra agents and allowed them to escape as he fought Klaw before shooting his unibeam at him, hitting him in the chest. Klaw retaliated by swiping at him, knocking him to the side.
"All ships take whatever Vibranium you have and launch, Hydra's pulling out." Grim Reaper said.
Ha-tarie looked and saw him walking towards an escape pad before one of Klaw's tentacles reached out and clamped the Vibranium they attempted to retrieve and lifted it away.
"That's mine." He said, sounding like a possessive child.
Grim Reaper made a dark look before leaving on the escape pad as Klaw attempted to destroy it.
"So does anyone have a plan?" Wasp asked.
Ha-tarie turned to look at the Avengers before moving aside as one of Klaw's tentacles shot towards him.
"Mine is earplugs but its kinda short term." Wasp continued, unaware as Ha-tarie continued to evade Klaw.
"I believe he hears me past my stealth shield." Ha-tarie said, ducking aside again.
"Keep moving, they might think he's just attacking random areas out of sheer madness." Tina said.
"Tina, what is happening?" Scarlet said walking in followed by the rest of the team.
"Ha-tarie is within the Vibranium mound, but Klaw fell into it and has become a being of pure sound, and now he is attacking Ha-tarie." She said.
Scarlet looked at the screen and frowned.
"They need to find a way to contain the creature, if it-"
"Stiiing stiiing bug stiing!" Klaw cried before laughing maniacally.
"Bugs get crushed!" he giggled, releasing an ultrasonic wave, forcing the N.A.s to cover their ears.
Ha-tarie fell to his knees, covering his ears in pain before crawling back behind a mound, trying desperately to lessen the pain.
"Ha-tarie!" Tina cried.
"T-the sound." He whispered weakly.
"Hang in there, the Avengers will stop it." Scarlet said.
Tina looked at her worriedly.
"He will be fine." Scarlet said, too low for Ha-tarie to hear on the other end.
Ha-tarie began to breath normally as he regained control just as the wave passed. He peeked over the mound and looked as Ant-Man helped Iron Man stand.
"Blasting him wasn't your best plan." Ant-Man stated.
"No kidding." Iron Man said.
"Hank, you know Vibranium better than anyone else, what happened and how do we stop it?"
"Whatever's happened to Klaw it appears he's become some sort of sound form, his body is now made of pure sound." He said.
"So we have to shut him up, how?" Iron Man asked.
"I saw Klaw transform I-I can't explain it but his sound form is somehow being projected from his sonic emitter. We can contain it with the same thing that created it, Vibranium." He said before looking at Wasp.
"Jan you keep Klaw busy, Tony and I have work to do." He said.
Ha-tarie watched as Ant-Man and Iron Man began to work before looking back at Wasp.
"You should have given up when you had the chance, because that now you're a giant musical energy thing you're going down! We might have let you slide before- "She said, grunting between phrases as she shot.
Klaw roared in irritation and pain.
"No you're right, we wouldn't have." She smirked.
"Enouuugh enoouuuugh! Your wings make sound! Annoying sound! Sound is vibration! Sound is pressure!" He laughed.
"Pressuuuuure!" he cried letting out another sonic wave before growing and appearing out of the mound, spreading his control.
Ha-tarie collapsed, the first wave was a surprise but it was nothing compared to the powerful wave Klaw emitted now. He gritted his teeth as he forced himself not to cry out in pain or make any sound as the N.A.s covered their ears as well and as Benny began to cry. Tina quickly lowered the volume and watched the screen as Scarlet soothed Benny before turning it back up as Klaw left the confines of the mound to express his sound. Ha-tarie panted and managed to stand on his knees as the waves passed and he quickly regained his strength before looking around.
"Ha-tarie, what are Iron Man and Ant-Man doing now?" Tina asked.
Ha-tarie turned towards the scientists and looked as they cut a Vibranium capsule.
"Honestly I thought this plan would be a little more high tech." Iron Man said irritably.
"The Vibranium should contain the sound from Klaw's sonic emitter, there's just a small chance the vibrational shockwave could cause destructive interference and then explode." Ant-Man said hurriedly.
Iron Man looked at him before standing.
"I heard 'destructive' and 'explode'." He said blankly.
"It seems they are ready." Ha-tarie said moving to a better vantage point.
"Of course we have to get to the emitter first, you'll have to fly into Klaw, it might uhh tingle…a lot." He said warningly.
Iron Man looked towards Klaw.
"Great." He said sarcastically.
He activated his boosters and flew towards Klaw and entered him through his mouth. Ha-tarie had to strain to understand what was said next.
"This is less like tingle-and more like horrible pain!" he cried.
Ha-tarie watched as Iron Man encased the emitter and flew out of Klaw, crashing into a Vibranium mound nearby then watched as Klaw dissipated.
"I can't believe that worked, Tony you did great! How do you feel?" Ant-Man asked, sounding pleased.
"Yes!" the twins shouted, high-fiving each other.
Arya blinked in surprise before shaking her head.
"Monsters of noise? Such odd creatures Midgard bears." She said.
Ha-tarie looked towards Iron Man, ignoring the comments of his friends.
"Great now make me stop vibrating!" Iron Man cried jitterly.
Tina and the twins giggled as Ha-tarie focused on the vibrating form of Iron Man, Scarlet shook her head and smiled as Benny burbled and tried to reach towards the screen. Arya frowned but was unable to hide a small chuckle as Ant-Man and Wasp helped Iron Man off of the vibranium mound, ending his vibration before being joined by Captain Ameriaca and the Black Panther.
"Ha-taire, are you still in stealth mode? Was it damaged?" Tina asked.
"I am perfectly invisible to the Avengers, and to myself." He said, moving behind a Vibranium mound to hide the sounds of his voice.
"Good, follow them, you might need a ride."
"I will, once I have completed my task." He said.
"Hurry, contact us once you can."
Ha-tarie ended the visual recording and continuing on his way, he quickly went to a cave nearby and went inside, looking about for any sign of other Wakandans or approaching ones. When he saw the coast was clear he hurried forward and looked at the decimated head of the Black Panther relic before him. He rushed past it and entered a hidden room located behind the head and ran in.
Tina sat on the computer, ready to receive any transmissions from Ha-tarie but did not contact him in fear he was in a situation that concerned his discretion or attention. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Scarlet, who was holding a sleeping Benny, she smiled at her assuringly.
"He will be okay." She stated.
Tina bit her lip and looked at the screen again, still seeing no visual confirmation of contact.
"I'm worried, he should have at least been to the mansion by now." She said.
Scarlet crouched beside her and smiled, squeezing her shoulder affectionately.
"Trust me, Tina, he wil be okay." She said.
"She is right, little one." A familiar voice said.
Tina spun around, her eyes lit up with joy at Ha-tarie, who now had a satchel on his hip before she jumped from her seat and rushed towards him and embraced him roughly.
"Y-you! Next time I-Im gonna- I-Im gonna-" she stuttered, unable to come up with the correct phrase.
Frustrated she punched his stomache, though with no affect before waving her small fist at him.
"Next time I'm gonna be in my suit!" she cried before embracing him again.
"It's good to have you back." She sighed.
He pulled off his mask and smiled, patting her head affectionatly.
"Ahhh a hero has returned to our embrace!" Arya called before putting him a crushing half hug and dropping him.
Tina giggled and watched as the twins circulated around his head like a halo.
"Where have you been kitty cat?" Stinger said, her voice huffy.
"Yeah! You forgot to wait for us!" Piff cried.
The twins stopped to hover in front of his face before they both grinned impishly.
"So what did you bring us?" they said in unison.
Ha-tarie simply pulled out a rough shaped piece of Vibranium from his rough satchel.
"Here, I saved this one for you." He said, tossing it towards them.
The twins quickly grew, landing in front of him as they caught the pice of violet colored ore before them.
"Cool!" Piff said, grinning.
"Whoa!" Stinger gasped, looking at the metal.
The twins grinned at eachother excitedly before running off to examine the metal.
"Thank you!" they cried in sync.
Tina giggled and smiled at him.
"Glad to have you back."
Scarlet came up to him, her face stern and Ha-tarie looked at her, his smile gone as he awaited her reply. She sighed and shook his hand before smiling at him, earning his in turn.
"Welcome back, are you prepared?" she asked.
He nodded before producing from his pockets several heart shaped fruits in one hand and a handful of arrow head shaped Vibranium pieces in his other.
"I am prepared." He said, smiling before returning the items to the bag.
Scarlet nodded, smiling before cocking an eyebrow.
"What of the Black Panther? Did he join the Avengers or did he stay?" she asked.
"He joined the Avengers and left Wakanda to have a council of the people, I learned that from listening to their conversations within the Quin Jet, I would not risk another ouside encounter." He said.
"And Klaw?" she asked.
"Locked within a safe at the Wakandan capital." He said.
She smiled before speaking.
"Welcome back." She said.
"It is good to be back." He replied, returning the smile.