A/N- Yay! New chapter! And merry early Christmas and happy holidays!
Sorry I took so long, but I have a major art assignment, a Functions and Physics test, as well as sports!
A note! I have updated chapters 3-6! Just some minor changes, nothing drastic. I don't have a beta reader, so please bear with me. Chapter 8 has already been posted (the full chapter).
Yeah, updates will be erratic.
The plot bunny also won't leave me alone! Shoo, you stupid bunny! Back to your cage!
And yes, I chose the title on purpose. Sorry if it sounds like a bad pun.
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Story… commence! Wait… come back here bunny!
You enjoy while I get that fraggen bunny! Come back here you little-! Crash! Clank! BOOM!
Just before Emma entered the portal, she paused and looked back. "You coming?"
Steve cluelessly turned to the other Avengers. They were each giving the other similar looks.
"Well?" Emma asked. "We can't keep it open for long."
Steve came to a decision. "Avengers…"
"ASSEMBLE!"
With that, they disappeared through the ground bridge.
"This is Michelle Ryreson reporting live from the Boston Scientific Research Facility where a live demonstration on weather phenomenon has been disrupted by a powerful snow storm. Locals are warned to stay inside during this event. We-" the blonde paused as new information was fed into her earpiece. "Hang on folks! New information just came in! The disturbance is apparently being caused by Weather Warrior, who was once known as the brilliant meteorologist Jake Longo. He is currently ripping apart the downtown area with a tornado of ice. Residents are warned to evacuate the area immediately! This is Michelle Ryreson reporting live, and I will continue to report on this event! Back to you Jill!"
The reporter sighed as she turned back to watching Weather Warrior tear up the street below her chopper. Please get here in time Toa...
When the Avengers exited the bridge, they found themselves in an empty alleyway. The team was then greeted by… snow?!
"The hell…!"
"Language Tony!" Steve snapped. The super soldier automatically reached for his shield, but his hand only grabbed air. What the heck…!
That was when he remembered. The Avengers had left their weapons in their van, which was still outside the forest that surrounded the Toa's base! Steve saw when the others realized the same thing, and turned to run back through the bridge…
…only to find that it had already closed.
"Damnit!"
"LANGUAGE!"
A loud BOOM cut off the blooming argument, drawing the Avengers back into reality. The five heroes darted out of the alley, and skidded to a stop at the sight before them.
"Whoa…" Clint breathed in slight terror.
A tornado of snow and ice swirled in the middle of the street. At the top, a man with glowing red eyes wearing a black and red spandex outfit with wild brown hair laughed manically. Standing in front of him were the Toa Terra, already in their Toa forms.
Thundara's eyes were narrowed into slits. Lightning crackled slightly around her body, showing just how pissed off she was. The other Terra hung back, eyes narrowed and ready to fight.
The man laughed, madness in his empty red eyes. "Ah, Toa. How nice to see you again." Every word was filled with venom, which only served to increase Thundara's ire.
"Weather Warrior." The Storm Toa spat.
A crazed look filled Weather Warrior's eyes, and he cackled. "I see that you have not forgotten our last encounter…" a large, crazed smile filled his face, "… when I killed those people."
Weather Warrior's grin only grew as Thundara snarled. "It was… enjoyable." He added.
The lighting around the lead Toa's body increased. Shaking, it took everything Thundara had not to snap. The villain had the audacity to laugh, which only served to fray the pissed off Toa's frazzled nerves even more.
"We've beaten you once, and we'll do it again!" She snapped.
A sneer made its way onto Weather Warrior's face.
Tony watched with the four other Avengers as Weather Warrior let loose a fearsome blizzard at the Toa. Kasai immediately stepped forward, and formed a protective barrier from fire.
"Now Kori!"
The white Toa of Ice leaped with great agility over the shield. The blizzard parted around her as her mask glowed. Ice began to form beneath the white Toa's feet, and she skated along it.
Weather Warrior roared in outrage, before focusing the blizzard on Kori. That gave the rest of the Toa Terra a chance to move in.
Before Weather Warrior could realize his mistake, a blast of lightning hit him in the face. Weather Warrior did not get the chance to cry out, as a blue metal fist impacted his stomach. The hand belonged to a very ticked off Toa of Storms, her masked face contorted in rage.
As the two began a deadly fight, Pohaku suddenly appeared in front of the Avengers.
"The hell-!" Tony yelped, startled by the tawny brown Toa's sudden appearance. The Toa took no notice of Tony's use of language.
"We need you guys to help us evacuate the citizens!" He pointed down the street, where Honua was barely holding up the roof of a small shop. Panicked people huddled together as the ceiling caved slightly, electing some screaming. The earth Toa could not open the door and hold up the ceiling at the same time.
Steve stepped forward, face grim but determined. "Even without our weapons, we will help."
"Thanks!" The Toa of Stone smiled, before taking off in a burst of speed towards Honua.
Steve looked at the other Avengers, and received determined looks. "Let's go!"
Thundara grunted in pain as Weather Warrior landed a solid punch to her mask. She flew back a bit, before ducking under a wide swing and delivering a solid one of her own.
The cerulean blue Toa knew that the others could handle the civilians. They knew that she had to be the one to take Weather Warrior down. It was her careless actions that had brought about those deaths, and Thundara had sworn to their families that she would take the madman down.
No matter what happened to her.
Weather Warrior dodged a punch, and shot lightning at her. Thundara countered with her own bolt. As the two blasts hit, they exploded, knocking the two fighters several feet back.
Thundara was the first to shake off the blast, and launched herself at the maniac. Weather Warrior barely managed to dodge, and was unprepared for the blast of light to hit him in the chest. The villain howled in pain, a hand plastered to his burned chest.
Rage filling his glowing red eyes, Weather Warrior formed a sharp blade of ice. Thundara copied his action, only using solid light instead of ice as the mask on her hip glowed. The two swords clashed, sparks flying as neither side wanted to yield.
A deadly dance began, both fighters blocking and slashing with their weapons. The battle could have lasted forever, until Weather Warrior manipulated the blizzard around him, creating sharp chunks of ice that he launched at Thundara. The Toa of Storms golden mask on her hip glowed brighter, and a golden shield materialized just in time. The icy chunks rebounded off of the shield, creating screeching noises as they scrapped against it. Thundara grunted as she struggled to keep herself in the air, and hold both the sword and shield up.
Realizing that she could not do all three at once, the Storm Toa reluctantly allowed the sword to dissipate back into individual protons. Holding both hands in front of her, palms facing forward, the cerulean Toa focused on holding up the shield.
Weather Warrior continued his relentless icy attack, not even tiring. Thundara, on the other hand, was beginning to weaken. The strain of holding up the shield for so long was beginning to take its toll on the Toa. Gritting her teeth, Thundara's bioluminescence blue and white eyes narrowed as she forced the shield to stay up. Weather Warrior, noticing that she was weakened, focused on forming a larger chunk of ice while simultaneously barraging the Toa with the smaller ice chunks. A large, crazed grin covered the villain's face, before he launched the four foot sharp chuck at Thundara.
The Toa of Storms was barely holding up the shield at this point. So when the large icy chunk hit her already weakened shield, it shattered. Yelling in pain, Thundara was thrown backwards, slamming into a building with a cry of pain.
Mizu's head snapped up at the cry, and her lilac/lavender eyes widened in horror as Thundara's limp form fell towards the ground.
"Thundara!"
Kuki heard the cry, and screamed in horror as her storm-sister began to fall.
"Thundara!" She heard Mizu scream, and the Toa of Air took action.
With a shout, the emerald coloured Toa blasted through the air. She reached Thundara's falling form in less then a second, and snagged the weakened Toa under her arms.
She glided down, and gently held up her sister as Thundara stumbled. Finding her balance, the cerulean Toa managed to smile at her air-sister.
"Thanks, Le-gi." Thundara murmured, breathing heavily as she tried to regain some of her energy.
Kuki grinned. "No problem, ara-gi."
"Thundara!"
Turning, the Toa of Storms was greeted by the sight of the rest of the Terra running up. The Avengers came up behind them, with a surprisingly not-Hulked-out Bruce, all looking a little worn out.
Taking a step forward, Thundara asked, "Are the civilians evacuated?"
Honua grinned. "All civs in a mile radius."
Thundara nodded. "Good. Now we-"
The Toa was cut off, as maniacal laughter rang above them.
Rahi-bones! Thundara cursed, as Weather Warrior floated down towards them.
"So you evacuated all of my prey," the madman purred, "it's a shame really. It would have been nice to spill a little blood." He started cackling, even as the tornado around him started to raise him up.
Thundara growled, taking a step forward, only to have a hand rest on her shoulder. Turning, the Toa blinked at the owner of the hand. "Steve…?"
The disguised captain shook his head. "Don't let your anger cloud your judgement. Relax, and you can catch him."
Thundara grinned at the super soldier, and nodded. "Thanks."
The soldier took a step back, smiling at the Toa. The Avengers and Terra knew that Thundara had to be the one to take Weather Warrior down. The Toa steeled herself, closed her eyes, taking a deep breath in, and a deep breath out. Her eyes snapped open, and she launched herself into the air, after Weather Warrior.
"This is Michelle Ryreson bringing more breaking news! Toa Thundara has engaged Weather Warrior in a fearsome battle! The residents in a one mile radius have been safely evacuated, with only minor injuries to be reported. I will continue to bring live coverage of this battle and update you as the situation changes!"
The screen showed two blurs. One was black and red, the other was blue and gold/white. When the two blurs clashed, they stopped long enough to make out their shapes, before pushing apart and circling around. The blue blur paused long enough to shoot a blast of lightning, which the black/red blur barely managed to dodge. The black blur shot it's own blast, which missed the blue blur by a mile.
Silence was the only sound that filled the Helicarriers bridge. Nick Fury's one eye watched with an unreadable expression. Hmm…
Bursts of light filled both the Toa's and the Avengers' vision as the battle raged above. Feeling something vibrate in his pocket, Steve pulled out his cell.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Rogers." Came Fury's stoic reply.
Steve's eyes widened, but he kept his voice steady. "Yes director?"
"Are you and your team watching the current battle between the Toa's leader and this 'Weather Warrior'?"
"We are."
Fury hummed. "Have you made contact?"
Steve sighed, hating having to lie, but… he remembered Emma's reaction when she had learned why they were seeking the Toa out. "Not exactly sir."
"Explain."
Here we go… "We did meet up with them, but their leader had been injured by Makuta. They blew us off, before disappearing."
"I see. Did you follow them?"
If Fury could see him, Steve would have shook his head. "Negative. They got away before we could."
Fury sighed audibly over the line. "Understood. Keep trying to locate them. Fury out."
Steve sighed as he put his cell back into his pocket. A loud clang rang above him, and the WWII hero looked up in time to see a large explosion occur above them.
Thundara grunted as she blocked a slash from Weather Warrior. Both combatants were breathing heavily, exhausted but refusing to yield. Thundara knew that she had to take the madman down before he caused any more damage. Pushing with all her might, Thundara slowly began to push Weather Warrior back. The human grunted, trying to oppose the force pushing against him. But it was in vain, as the Bionicle proved to be stronger. With a shout, Thundara sent Weather Warrior flying. The madman yelled in pain as he slammed into a skyscraper with an explosion hiding what happened to him from sight.
Thundara floated over, and used her powers over wind to clear the dust. When the dust cleared however, he was not in sight. Thundara's eyes widened when she realized what had happened. Weather Warrior had escaped, again.
"AAAURG!"
A roar of anger filled the air, telling those listening what happened.
"Not again…" Kasai groaned, rubbing her temple.
Kori sighed. "Nuju is not going to like this."
"Guys!" Pohaku hissed, "Careful! You know how ara-gi feels about this!"
''Ara-gi'?' Natasha mouthed, glancing at Tony. The billionaire shrugged. "Don't ask me."
"Here she comes!"
The gathered heroes watched as Thundara descended back down to the ground. Her expression was unreadable, but her eyes betrayed the anger she felt inside. The second she landed, Kasai gently placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay." The crimson Toa murmured, "You'll get him next time."
"Yeah…" Thundara groaned, before her eyes rolled back, and she slumped forward.
"THUNDARA!"
Kasai caught the slumping Toa, who wavered slightly. "Are you alright?!"
Thundara nodded weakly. "Yeah…" she croaked, "just… tired…"
"Here…" Kasai pulled Thundara's arm over her shoulder, supporting the weakened Toa.
"Kori," Kasai started, "I need you to-"
Kori grinned. "Already on it Ta-gi."
Kori's right eye, her optic piece, shifted slightly, dimming as she accessed a private frequency. After a few seconds it returned to normal.
Not a split second later, a familiar swirling multi-coloured vortex manifested before them.
Tony spluttered. "H-how-?!"
Kori shook her head, choosing not to answer. Instead, she supported Thundara's other side. The two Toa together helped the Toa of Storms limp into the vortex.
Pohaku glanced at the staring Avengers, before jerking his head in the direction of the bridge. "C'mon."
Shaking out of their stupor, the Avengers followed the Toa back through the ground bridge, leaving the ruined city behind them.
A/N- And scene!
Whoo! Took forever to get this done!
Hopefully you all enjoyed my second battle scene. Please let me know in the comments how it was. No flames though please.
So this is the longest story I have written to date. My other stories are on unfortunate hiatus until further notice. Especially my second longest story Transforming Prime: The Last Prophecy. The story has been on hiatus for a while now, as I hit writers block on it.
Another thing, I can only post from my phone, because I don't have a laptop. Because of this, I can only post stuff with less than 4000 words, which stinks.
Next Chapter- Legends of the Past: Part 3