Jean came walking out of the medical center of the Helicarrier. Just an hour ago she had a terrible psionic outburst that blacked out a small part of the ship as she screamed and fell helplessly to the floor, or so she was told. She had no recollection of the event but since then felt a terrible weight on her shoulder, like a great loss. She had contacted the stark tower but Bulma and Nightcrawler had no news from Cyclops or Goku, but she felt there was something terribly wrong. As she headed for the bridge she heard the sirens of the helicarrier go off, the attack had begun. Through the comms she heard Fury's voice.
"Hand has infiltrated the helicarrier, they are impersonating SHIELD agents. They are taking control of key parts of the ship, they took out the outside sensors but before they could we saw a group approaching the helicarrier. I request every available man and woman to secure the outer perimeter of the ship, man the guns. Avengers, Assemble! Protect the ball. We are..." Then it went static, Hand must have shut it down. Jean ran for the outer parts of the ship. Suddenly she was thrown to the side by a big hit. She managed to stay clear of the walls with her powers, she was still unstable. Recovering she ran again, bumping into SHIELD agents all over the place. Going around a corner she saw a couple of SHIELD agents standing still, facing her. They were holding weapons.
As they saw her they raised them, Hand infiltrators. She didn't hesitate, broke the guns and threw the murderers against the wall. They were blocking her way to the number 2 hangar, she entered cautiously. She sensed more Hand assassins and 3 of Piccolo's children, their brain activity indistinquishable. They had come in, despite the defenses of the helicarrier. She couldn't take them on her own. She had to find the Avengers or Yamcha and Krillin. She knew where the 2 youngsters were, but members of the Avengers could be anywhere. They were in their element here, well except maybe the Hulk. Unfortunately Thor was still in Asgard. Iron Man had a new suit though, the others were all again restocked on arrows, bullets and Cap had his shield of course. Luckily they had given her a wrist communicator.
"This is Marvel Girl, they have entered through hangar 2. Piccolo has made 3 children, i repeat, 3 children. They will be heading for the dragonball, we have to cut them off. Meet me at junction 42." She said, dashing along the helicarrier like she had worked here for years. She was using her powers to see the layout of the ship. At the junction she designated she met up with Hawkeye and Black Widow.
"Hé, they coming from that direction?" Hawkeye asked, Jean nodded at him. He drew an arrow, Black Widow, Natasha, took out her pistols.
"Let them come." The Russian superspy said. Jean took up position besides them. Not shortly after SHIELD agents came down the corridor. These too had their weapons drawn as they got closer.
"They are Hand." She said as she scanned their minds. The moment she said it all hell broke loose. The Hand infiltrators started firing and looking for cover, Hawkeye took out 2 and Black Widow 3 before they could scramble in side passages and behind obstacles conveniently spread over all corridors(why was that always?).
"This is not all of them, just a small group. Probably a diversion." Jean said, counting only 10 in total, 6 already down. At the hangar she felt at least 30, those were not wearing SHIELD uniforms either.
"Alright, no time to waste then." Black Widow said and dashed forward, sliding across the floor in cover, taking out some objects from her utility belt and throwing them towards the remaining infiltrators. A flash and the last remaining 4 were down. She ran back and they dashed into the corridor towards the chamber holding the dragonball. Meanwhile they heard blasts and gunfire all over the place. The comms were still scrambled, the ship shuddered and the lights kept going on and off.
"I don't think they are using doors and corridors." Hawkeye said as they came to a corridor that was a total mess. Two holes in the walls showed Hawkeye was right, they were going straight through them to get to the dragonball the quickest. They followed in as fast as they could. Black Widow alerted the others.
"They are almost at the dragonball, Iron Man, Cap, Hulk, meet us there." She said. As they got to the chamber Yamcha and Krillin were fighting the 3 children of Piccolo whilst about 20 bodies lay about the place. The chamber was very damaged from energy blasts and punches harder than Cap could punch. The dragonball was untouched though, it was in the middle of the room in a vibranium box on a pedestal surrounded by lasers.
"We need to separate them!" Yamcha shouted as he was attacked by 2 of them at the same time. Krillin was fending of the last one and the last 2 or 3 remaining Hand assassins who were not undercover SHIELD agents. Hawkeye quickly took one of the Hand assassins out whilst Black Widow opened fire on one of the demons.
"They ain't much on their own, but their bodies are tough, we can't damage them." Krillin said, showing he was sparring with the demon but unable to get him off him. Black Widow's bullets didn't have any effect on them. At that moment the heavy hitters came in. Iron Man flew in and grabbed one of the demons and flung him through a wall. Cap threw his shield at the other and hit it in the head. Then Hulk came crashing in through the wall and headbutted the 3rd one fighting Krillin straight in the gut and through the wall, grabbing one of the Hand assassins by the head. Hulk just kept on running, going through a second wall. There weren't many walls left in the room they were standing in. The ship was being torn apart.
"Hulk is going berserk, we can't control him. He is getting stronger by the second." Cap said as he knocked out the last Hand assassin.
"Well good, isn't that what we need?" Hawkeye asked. Cap looked worried.
"We are still 10,000 feet in the air mind you. He is tearing this ship apart." He said. As he said that a huge explosion was heard and the ship shook more than it had before.
"So are these demons." Iron Man said as he was attacked by one of them coming back through the hole in the wall. The thing was wildly aggressive, not holding back, but seemed to know some moves in martial arts. Iron Man's suit wasn't quick enough for it. His repulsors also didn't do damage to its skin, nor did it seem hurt from Cap's shield. This wasn't going well. Jean tried to connect with them telepathically but no luck, something was blocking her, they had good psychic defenses. Also their brains didn't work like anything that was alive. They were explained by the 2 Martial artists about what Piccolo was and his history but Jean couldn't really understand what exactly made these things tick. Children was maybe a wrong word. They were more like vessels.
"We gotta do what Yamcha said, split them up." Jean said, she realised she just gave an order to the Avengers, with Captain America right next to her. But they did nod, at least they tought it was a good idea.
"Agreed, get them away from the dragonball as well." Cap said. Then Fury came on the intercom.
"Piccolo is incoming. I repeat, Piccolo is incoming." Then it went static again. Things were not looking well.
"I got an idea." Yamcha said. He then rushed out of the room through a hole Hulk had made, whilst another one of Piccolo's children returned into it from the hole Iron Man had made, attacking Cap straight on, Krillin jumping in to assist.
"Stand aside!" Jean said. Cap and Krillin jumped out of the way. She blasted a big Psionic blast at the thing, flinging it against the roof and then hard onto the ground, causing a tear and eventually the thing fell through.
"Awesome. You need to learn me that move." Krillin said. But the monster came crawling back up quickly, hardly harmed. Krillin kicked it in the face as it climbed up, almost making it fall back down again. But it recovered quickly, jumping on the floor again. Then the 3rd one came back, the 3 stood next to eachother, slowely closing in on the dragonball.
"Well what do we do now?" Jean asked, as Iron Man was punched so hard his chest armor broke activating his flares and filling the room with smoke. Cap threw his shield but one of the monsters caught it.
"Our father saw you throw that thing at him once too, not a good idea." One of the monster said, appearently they could speak. The thing threw the shield away, through a wall with frightening strength.
"They got us cornered Cap." Hawkeye said, out of arrows. They had the dragonball in their back, the things were advancing from 3 sides.
"Oh come on, we can't get our asses kicked again by Piccolo, thats twice in one day, i don't think i can handle that." Iron Man said.
"Don't worry, you may not have to." Yamcha then said, jumping into the room through the hole he went out from. "Run." He then said and dashed out through the other hole, bypassing the 3 monsters standing in the middle who looked at him confused.
"HULK DESTROY PUNY GREEN DEVILS!" They heard and Hulk came crashing in behind Yamcha, making the hole in the wall even bigger as he came through fist first, connecting with the 3 monsters. Jean noticed Hulk was bigger than before. Much stronger too as he grabbed one of the monsters whilst screaming in rage, grabbed its head with his other hand and pulled it off like it was a cork.
"We should listen to Yamcha, get out of here!" Krillin said and jumped outside of the room away from the dragonball. The others followed reluctantly at first. Then Hulk hit the floor with his fists and they were all flung into the air, the ship shook as bolts and welding snapped all around them. They heard the cracking and bending of metal ripple through the corridor all the way untill it was out of earshot.
"What about the dragonball?" Jean asked.
"We once found one in the heart of a volcano. Those things can take a beating, we'll find it back with the radar. Run." Krillin said.
"The ship is falling apart, I feel were are slowely going down." Yamcha said. He was right, Jean could feel it now too, the ship was going down. All around alarms started blaring to abandon ship, people went scrambling to the life pods and helicopters. They were still above water, near the coast of Shikoku.
"Piccolo is coming in, we gotta block the way." Cap said.
"Shouldn't we be going for the exit as well captain?" Hawkeye asked.
"I say we let Hulk take care of Piccolo and get out of here." Krillin said.
"Too much to risk. We gotta know where he is. Besides, what of the dragonball?" Cap said.
"We can find it again with the radar, they end up in the ocean a lot." Krillin said.
"No, Piccolo still has time to get it. If he does we will have failed and people would have died for nothing. We stay." Cap said.
"Elektra is somewhere close as well." Jean said, she had felt her closeby.
"Well she's probably running for the nearest exit like everyone is by now. Don't worry too much, lets just find Piccolo." Cap said.
"What did you do to Hulk?" Iron Man asked Yamcha who was carrying him as his suit had lost power.
"I used a technique called spirit ball to get his attention and then told him that those 3 demons were making fun of him." He said, smirking.
"Thats genius, I gotta remember that one." Iron Man said.
"I can feel Hulk's powers, it is frightening, very unstable and chaotic but powerful." Krillin said. Suddenly out of nowhere they were flanked from one of the corridors, Jean could hardly catch the movements, it was Elektra. She pushed Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Yamcha into a room and closed the door, breaking Hawkeyes bow in the process. She then proceeded to grapple Cap into a choke hold and squeezed. Jean wanted to react with a psionic blast but Krillin got ahead of her and deftly pried Cap loose from Elektra's grip. Cap was coughing and weezing as Jean helped him up.
"Get out of here, find Piccolo. I got her." Krillin said convidently. Elektra drew her blades.
"Natasha, Tony. Where are you at?" Cap asked through his earpiece. Jean heard they said they had found another way through the ship, Tony's suit was almost empty though, his GPS told them where Piccolo was and that they should head where they are headed. She looked at cap, who nodded as he clearly couldn't talk yet. She had to trust Krillin beating Elektra or she will be able to steal the dragonball.
"Remember, the ship is still going down, get outside quickly." Jean said as she and Cap went on. Krillin nodded and then attacked Elektra.
"Come on cap, we need to hurry." Jean said.