MEDUSA AND TRITON
MAXIMUS
Maximus stands before the council with Quelin, Marvel, Mordis, and Titan. Black Bolt has three inhibitors on him and he is shackled with gravity restraints. "My champion has beaten Black Bolt…By our laws I am King…"
"And we will support your claim…But you must swear by the ancestors that you will not launch missiles filled with Terrigen gas at the Earth…" Arcadius head of the Genetics Council says. He can animate inanimate objects and control them.
"Don't you understand? I am trying to create a stellar Empire and it begins with our domination of Earth…"
Eros stands up, "Maximus is our rightful King…And his will is law…None of you Questioned Black Bolt when he wanted to open up the city to the Low Turns…Or when he wanted to build a new city on Earth…"
"That is because they fear my brother…And rightly so…Look at what he did to my parents…With just a word he leveled over half the palace…"
"And what of you?" Hydro asks. He points at the Inhumans standing with him, "You create Inhumans to serve you and your lust for war and power…"
He sighs, "I grow weary of this talk…Will you support my claim as King or not?"
Aurora stands up, "When you vow by the ancestors not to launch missiles at the Earth…"
"And if I refuse who then will be your King…"
"Queen Medusa is very capable of ruling us…"
"You would…" He looks at Quelin who shakes his head.
"I say we put it to a vote…" Eros says. "All those in favor of supporting Maximus as King?" To Aurora's surprise over half the council raises their hands, but it is against their will. For months Maximus has been feeding them subliminal messages.
"Thank you, council members…My first act as King is to disband the council…" He looks at Mordis.
"No!" Aurora screams.
"Mordis!" He blasts them with his eye beams. Some are cut in half. A few are incinerated. Aurora raises her hand and puts up a wall of energy protecting the survivors. Mordis tries to break the shield, but Aurora is too powerful. Then Maximus nods at Marvel. She points her fist at the shield and blasts it. Aurora grunts as the two bombard her shield with their powers. Aurora raises her other hand as her body starts to tremble. Marvel starts glowing all over her body and her eyes glow. The shield shatters in a shower of sparks and Aurora is incinerated. Black Bolt lowers his head in shame.
Meanwhile Echo, Fade and Blind Spot take over the command center and reprogram the Sentries. "Echo report…"
"My King I have reprogrammed the Sentries, but Queen Medusa's override codes are still active…"
Maximus looks at Quelin, "Quelin will join you…Bring Medusa to me…Alive and unharmed…And find Triton!"
MEDUSA
Medusa tries to leave the royal apartments, but the door does not open. "Computer override code…Queen Medusa…"
"Command accepted…"
She walks down the hall and as she does a squad of Sentries approach her, "Queen Medusa…By order of King Maximus I command that you come with us…"
She smiles as her hair waves as if she is in water. Hair flies out and impales three Sentries. One leaps into the air brandishing its spear, but it is snatched out of the air and slammed into the floor. The remaining Sentries shoot at her. Medusa uses her hair as armor while some of her hair flies out and cuts the Sentries to pieces.
Her hair withdraws to waist length as Quelin, Echo, and Fade confront her. "Father!"
"You are no daughter of mine…My daughter would not break tradition…"
"Quelin it is then…And who are your friends?" Blind Spot tries to sneak up behind her and place an inhibitor on her neck. Medusa grabs his wrist breaks it and flips him over; he becomes visible. She takes the inhibitor and throws it at Fade. "I am Medusa Queen of Attilan…I was trained by Karnack himself…I am the wife of Black Bolt…You will not find me easy prey…" She punches Blind Spot in the face knocking him out.
Quelin stays back as Echo attacks. He makes multiples of himself and they are all armed with swords. One of Echoes copies swings, but some hair wraps around his foot and pulls him down. He is dragged across the floor and Medusa punches him in the face. Hair takes the sword and places it in her hand.
Quelin watches as his daughter takes out Echo and his copies. He slowly approaches her. Medusa's hair floats in the air slowly like a snake ready to strike. "Go ahead Quelin…Use your powers on me…I overcame my fears long ago…"
"I'm sure you have…" He shows her a hologram of Crystal, "Surrender or watch Mordis make your sister into a woman…"
"You truly are lost…If you would allow him to violate your own daughter…"
"You broke my heart! You disobeyed me! You refused to annul your marriage…And as for Crystal…She always favored you over her parents…She would walk into hell after you…Now surrender…"
Medusa's hair falls flat and shortens to waist length. He places an inhibitor on her and then slaps her. "Ah Medusa…" Maximus says as Quelin brings her to the throne room with Echo and two Sentries.
"Where is Black Bolt?"
"You will be with him soon enough…But first I need two things from you…"
"And what is that?" He walks down the steps and uses a blood gun to draw some blood, "You really have gone mad…You think to clone me…"
"Better to have a clone of the original than nothing at all…Unlike you she will love me fight for me…Bare my children…"
"I feel sorry for her…"
"I have always loved you…But you…You rejected me…and that hurts…So now I will hurt you…You can control your hair and use it like a weapon…It has the density of a diamond and the strength of steel…But with that inhibitor in your neck all that vanishes and it is just hair…"
Medusa spits at him when he touches her hair, "Don't touch me!" He smiles and shows her some clippers.
"Recognize these?"
Medusa struggles, "No…No!"
"Hold her…" Maximus turns on the clippers and starts shaving Medusa's head. She closes her eyes as her long red hair falls to the floor. "Wow even bald your beauty has not diminished…"
She opens her eyes and looks at the pile of hair on the floor then she looks at Maximus, "Pray Maximus…Pray to the Ancestors that you die before I get my hands on you…"
"Bring her!" They take Medusa to the Isolation chamber.
"Black Bolt!" When he sees Medusa, Black Bolt sneers at Maximus from beneath his muzzle. Electricity runs across his body.
"Place another inhibitor on him…" Quelin says. "We should kill him…That is the sixth inhibitor…"
They chain Medusa in front of Black Bolt just out of reach. "He won't break free…If he does…Crytsal dies and so does Gorgon…Now look upon each other lovers…Always together but you can never touch…Oh and Black Bolt…" He holds up the vile of blood. "A sample of Medusa's blood…I get to make love to her after all…"
BLACK BOLT
The door closes and Medusa looks at Black Bolt. He starts blinking in Morse Code. She blushes, "That is kind of you to say…"
"I am sorry I failed you my love…" He blinks.
"There is still hope…Karnack is out there and so is Triton…They will save us…"
"I swear on the Ancestors…When we get out of this…Maximus will die…"
She closes her eyes, "No…as much as I would like to see that…Inhumans do not kill other Inhumans…Neither do we spill the blood of our family."
He smiles as Medusa poses her head, turning it side to side. "So, you really like my new look?"
"You have the most perfect bald head I have ever seen…"
She laughs, "I was waiting to tell you…"
"Tell me what?"
"I'm pregnant…"
"We are getting out of this…" He blinks with his eyes.
TRITON
Triton walks through the water systems of the palace to the city. He comes up out of a manhole and covers himself with hooded cloak. He walks through the streets. Medusa had told him to find Drive. Drive is the Leader of the Secret Guard. They have the authority to arrest any citizen causing chaos in the city or breaking the laws of Attilan. The Secret Guard is extremely loyal to Black Bolt. Maximus is unaware of its existence.
As Triton enters the garden district a drone flying over head scans him and reports his position. "Trtion…By order of King Maximus you are commanded to return to the palace…" Sentries say surrounding him.
Suddenly a flash of light zooms by and Triton is gone. When Triton stops he staggers, "Easy Lord Triton…" They are in a command center in a tall building looking over the park. The park is an exact replica of Central Park in New York.
"You must be Drive…"
"Yes, My Lord…Commander of the Secret Guard…This is Tanaja, Vane, Naanis and Morv…"
"Why haven't you assaulted the Palace…"
"The Palace is on lock down and the Twins came to us…" They both have white hair and sit cross legged holding hands. Their eyes are glowing.
When they speak, they speak as one, "Karnack is on the way with a thousand humans of SHIELD…They are armed with Hydra weapons…He also has Amber, Ying Yang, and Resource…"
"Karnack…This is good we may win this yet without turning the city into a war-zone…" Triton walks up to the twins, "How many Inhumans support Black Bolt and how many support Maximus?"
"Those loyal to Black Bolt in the city far out number those serving Maximus…"