Avengers Assemble!
Disclaimer: Don't own BTVS, Marvel or DC, simple as that.
Story is not been Beta read, nor shall it ever be again because I am tired of being deceived by people who offer their services only to screw me over later. If you can push past that and like my work cool, if you don't but are polite about it that's fine.
"Speaking"
"Whispering"
*Thoughts*
*Sound effects*
Chapter 11: The beginning of a Legacy part 1
Sunnydale, California one week after Halloween…
A small group of six vampires were just waking up after a day's rest in one of the crypts built in one of the town's numerous cemeteries. The plan as always was to get money and feed from their victims, use said money go to Willie's, get drunk and then head back before drawn with the possibly of a late night snack if time allowed...clearly the lower ranks had no grand aspirations or were still operating on a similar basis when they were still alive only more violent as well as deadly.
With the fall of the Mayor and death of Spike as well as the mad seer Drusilla having gone to ground, the local vampire population had been left with no clear leadership while the more violent breeds of demons chose to wait and see where the wind blew and continue to operate as normal, or as normal as it gets for demons bent on human death.
However something the denizens of the Hellmouth all agreed on was that something had changed. The survivors of the night when the Mayor met his end spoke of beings of great power, the same from the true vampires who witness Spike's death…someone has changed the status quo of the landscape and everyone knew it.
"Okay boys and girls, I heard there was a frat party near Sunnydale U so let's hit that place up." The unofficial leader, a tall brunette who in life was a former member of the High School football team, spoke to the group of two women and three men.
"Uh you sure about that Louis?" one of the women, a blonde of average looks, says with a nervous tone.
"Oh don't tell you believe those stupid rumors Janice?" Her fellow female, a redhead in this case, mocked.
"Hey I was at Willie's last night and a lot of the older vamps said something was hitting our numbers hard, a lot of them and local demons are seriously freaked after Wilkins got hit." Janice replies hotly at being talk down to.
"We only got the Slayer running around, and all those colorful freaks of the League never come by these parts, so shut up and let's go to…" He never got to finish as a spinning disc flew through the air at high speed striking his head hard enough to lay him out on the ground.
*SPANG!*
The others soon shared his pain as the object bounced of the first vampire and struck the others before returning to the owner.
"Son of a bitch! Who the fuck…!?" He couldn't complete the comment as he spotted a muscular figure garbed in patriotic motif holding a round shield with the colors of the American flag.
"What the fuck!? I thought you said there were no super freaks in this place!?" Janice cried out at her apparent leader as he slowly got up.
"Shut up and kill him!" One of the other men cried out as he put on his game face, the others soon followed his lead and rushed their assailant…
*TWHIP!*
…or would have if not for six strands of webbing like substance nailing them mid back and then being pulled back hard.
"And today ladies and gentlemen in our latest addition of graveyard rodeo we have the current champ Spider-man!" Someone cheerfully called out behind the group making them see a man clad in something out of Tron.
"Another one." spoke one of the other men with growing worry.
"Ah fuck it all to hell!" The leader cried out as he got up and rushed the first aggressor who simply narrowed his eyes and took a loose boxing stance with his shield on his right arm at the ready.
The vampire's rage hampered his fighting technique, what little it had, as he fought the man. His opponent ducked under a left-right hook and sidestepped a left sidekick and took the chance to grab his leg in the crook of his arm and used his full weight to twist it forward.
*CRACK!*
"Argh!" The vampire stared in shock and pain as his leg was bent in a way it wasn't meant to. He was luckily spared from the pain, for the moment at least, as the shield quickly rushed his face and bashes his nose in with a sickening crunch as well as knocking him out.
Xander nodded in satisfaction as he steps back from one of women lunging at him in an attempt to grab him on his right, this only served him to grab her midair by the scruff of her shirt and pants. Her troubles did not end there as he lifted her high above his head before slamming her onto his knee.
*CRACK!*
"Ah!"
*Apparently vampires spines were just as fragile as a regular person's, good to know for future reference…still wished it hadn't been a woman I had to do that to.* The young hero thought with a bit of guilt as a bit of Steve's chivalrous nature popped up. The man hated to hurt women despite being forced into that when in battle.
Turning to look back at the group and his partner in crime, the vampires were openly staring at him in shock which Oz took advantage of as he crossed his arms and fired two strands of webbing that struck two of the creatures in the chest.
Both looked down not seeing the spider empowered hero as he leaps from his perch and pulls hard on each strand causing both vamps to slam into each before he lands before them, grabs them by the back of their heads and slamming them again quite easily.
Oz soon grabbed the other female vamp and spun her around before throwing her into crypt's wall and then stuck her there with his webs, his spider sense blared and he instinctively threw a back kick at the vamp trying to blindside him.
"Argh!" the bloodsucker flew away from his would be prey at Xander who responded by bashing him with his shield at the back of its head.
"And we are six for six Cap." The spider themed hero quipped to his patriotic garbed friend.
"Cool, let's check them, dust them and investigate that crypt." He replies as he begins searching the vampires for money and then dusting then staking them once done.
-Maiden to Stripes, come in Stripes. — He heard Willow's voice come from a small transceiver in his ear, pressing it gently he began to reply.
"Stripes here."
-How goes the hunt?—
"We got six coming out of their nest, me and Crawler are about to go in and check it for money and artifacts." He replies as he sees Oz dust the last one.
-Roger that Stripes, remember the Doc's crystal, we don't want to stumble on something that will melt your faces or something. — She replies with care that earned a small smile from the young man.
"Copy that Maiden, how goes your patrol? Thunder still moping over the leech?" Xander made no effort to hide his disdain as he pulled out a pair of quartz crystals, the redhead knew he was talking about Angel and for once she agreed with it.
For those wondering, the reason for the two's anger and their friends less than cheerful mood was because the vampire with soul known as Angel had up and skipped town with only a letter to Buffy saying a messenger of the PTB had told him he needed to leave as he was no longer needed in Sunnydale or to protect the Slayer.
Needless to say Buffy was at a loss and had shown her displeasure both by both crying, both alone and in her mother's/Willow's arms, eating many a tub of Ben and Jerry's and finally doing a good job of unleashing a Hell worthy of a woman scorned. If it weren't for her divine nature a certain vengeance demon would have approached her for a wish…but alas that was not meant to be.
-Yeah, I managed to get her to ease up on the thunder crashing and focus on beating and hacking demons up, that seems to help actually. — Willow's tone was hopeful at the end.
-Of course I think we can both agree that it's a good and healthy way to vent and lower the nightlife population at the same time, anyway we'll call you if we find anything Maiden out.—
Xander gave silent agreement before looking at his patrol buddy and handing him a crystal. Oz nodded in thanks before both men made their way into the nest in order to either acquire more funds or secure any magical items before some idiot vampire or demon with an agenda came for it.
Meanwhile in an abandoned warehouse…
Drusilla the Mad Seer was currently curled up into a ball while clutching one of her dolls and one of Spike's spare trench coats that still had his scent. As she had done since his death she had cried and raged at the "stars" and "Miss Edith" for not saving her childe.
"The naughty kitten took him Miss Edith; he took our sweet Spike from us, why? Why!? WHY!?" She shouted and wailed in anger and pain, her face in full game face as she did so. The minions had long since left as they would not follow the weakened and grief stricken vampire.
*What do I do!?* She thinks repeatedly to herself.
"Make him pay…"
"W-what? What was that Miss Edith?" She asks the doll she holds.
"Make him pay… he needs to suffer… he needs to suffer as you have!"
"Yes…yes…kitten should be punished! But how miss Edith? How do we do that?" As much as the mad seer liked the idea of making the boy pay she was not so far gone to ignore his allies' strengths.
And "Miss Edith" replied to the mad seer, soon the night was filled with the peals of laughter, one that spoke of madness and violence to come.
*Yes, if the son can pay for the sins of the father, why not give the parent the same kindness?* Drusilla thought as she continued to laugh.
In another dimension, a fallen power smirks; the Hellmouth defenders would pay for their meddling in her mission of salvation.
The next day, Jenny Calendar's home…
It was the weekend and Jenny was currently sitting cross-legged in the center of her living room with her eyes closed, under normal circumstances this wouldn't be odd if someone else saw her…of course given the fact she was levitating of the floor and her body was giving of a white glow one can make the assumption that normalcy flew out the window.
What the sorceress was doing was scrying for Angel's location, the reason for it was simple really as she had to find him before the curse holding back the monstrous Angelus broke and the leader of the Scourge returned.
She couldn't help but think back to the reason she was doing this…
Flashback…
Jenny was just finishing up her last class for the day before she joined Rupert at the library and oh how much she enjoyed the thought of that as she brightly smiled.
They were taking things slow at the moment as they balanced their budding relationship with their new duties but she couldn't deny how freeing it was to be honest with him at last about who she was and be accepted regardless. Now they needed to break the news to the others, they had to be careful about it though as they didn't want to cause unwanted friction with the others.
However her thoughts were cut off as she heard someone open the door and close it hard enough to make her jump…she had to resist the urge to summon her power as she turned around and came face to face with her Uncle Enyos.
"Uncle? What are you doing here in Sunnydale?"
"I come because the elders have felt the curse weaken on the cursed vampire, how is it you have not noticed this Janna? You were entrusted with this duty to ensure our vengeance upon Angelus be continued." The man chided as if speaking with an unruly child, Jenny resisted the urge to let her power flare.
In the past she always felt small in presence of her Uncle who was one of the tribe's leaders and whose magic and skill was larger than hers. Now it was her who dwarfed him as she held the power of the Dark Dimension's Sorceress Supreme.
"I know he has, hence why I have been trying to locate him Uncle." She replied neutrally.
"Have you? Have you truly Janna? Or are you to busy playing hero and looking at that man in the library as a love sick school girl?" Enyos spat.
Jenny's eyes narrowed at that.
*So he has been spying on me has he?* She venomously says to herself.
"The Hellmouth has much evil upon it, I refuse to let innocents be killed if I can prevent it and as for Giles? That is not anything you have to worry about Uncle."
"Do not take that tone with me girl, I am your elder and will be respected." The man angrily retorts earning an eye roll that only further infuriated him.
"I am not a child and respect is earned not given; now I will find him but for now if you would kindly go before you are seen and questions get asked I would truly appreciate it." The dry tone was clear for any to hear as she stared defiantly at the man who looks ready to blow a gasket.
"Do your duty Janna Kalderash or else!" Enyos spat before wrenching the door open in a fit and slamming it shut.
End flashback…
So here she was looking for the cursed vampire in hopes of finding him and enacting her plan for him. She had talk at length with Giles on what to do once she located him, she knew it would not sit well with her tribe but quite frankly she had stopped giving a damn what they wanted.
Vengeance had cost them many lives and stolen the future for many young ones; she refused to give both for such a mission. She had found love and a new grander purpose so she was not about to let her people's misbegotten ideals to ruin that.
Her musing were cut short as she felt a pull, taking a look she sees the map pointing towards LA.
*Why would he go there? Could this be the PTB at work? If so, why would they do this?*
She let the thought go for a later time, right now she needed to prepare for what was to happen, however it was at that time she felt something ping on her senses.
While Willow and Oz were their go to people for tech they still had a ways to go before having the same level equipment as the hero's they went as did. So in case of an emergency that required all of them, both she and Giles devised a small spell that when invoked would let the others know they were needed as well as the location.
"Angel will have to wait..." She spoke as she did a quick spell to check for anyone close by, she gives a nod in satisfaction before doing another spell "…habitum!"
As soon as the word is said a ring of energy emerges from her waist, splits down the middle and goes in opposite directions. The end result is her now sporting her "uniform" and revealing her snow white hair.
*Now to bring the others since I know they felt that as well, I just hope we aren't getting in over our heads.* She says mentally before getting ready for what was coming, and more than likely their big debut… a part of her couldn't help but be excited by that prospect.
*Look out world, because here we come!*
Before the call, Los Angeles…
Giles, Joyce, Xander and Willow were currently walking the streets of the city of angels after concluding a business transaction with a fence in the know Giles often used when in need of extra funds.
Turns out the Council can be a bit stingy moneywise when it comes to their more outspoken members who try to modernize the way they do things versus the more conservative members, so once that was done the group took a detour to deposit their gains in a bank under Joyce's name and buy some stock options Willow had suggested after going analyzing the market using her new found knowledge.
"So why do you need us here Giles?" Xander asked the wielder or the Eye of Agamotto.
"I was hoping to get some rather important books items from a friend, and sadly they are of the rather rare and somewhat dangerous variety if you catch my meaning Xander." The Englishman replies.
"Body guard duty got it." The young man nodded in agreement.
"I hope we have enough time left to visit one of the local tech firms here in the city, the things they are doing with microprocessors in the medical field is brilliant and could really help people." Willow spoke up with interest.
"That's my Wills, always thinking towards the future." Her best friend says with a well-known smirk on his features.
"Well we should try to help the people by not just limiting ourselves to our more outgoing ventures."
"And I think that is a wonderful idea Willow, and I am proud to see you using your gifts for something humanitarian." Joyce added as she smiles proudly at the young woman who can't help blush at her praise.
Giles smiled at that, from what he knew and had seen there was certain the lack of parenting with the red head and one could clearly see that both Willow like Xander saw Joyce as the mother figure they lacked in life. In some ways he too had come to care for the children as if they were his own and he too was proud of her line of thought.
However any more thoughts about the future were ended rather abruptly and violently…
*BOOM!*
…as a loud explosion tore through the air
"What the devil!?" Giles shouts over the screams of the citizens.
"It came from over there!" Joyce points towards rising smoke.
Xander just know something was up as his mind went from a normal teen to the soldier he became.
"Come on, people may need us." He said to them before moving towards the site of the explosion.
The four soon arrived through an alley that faced the site, it was revealed to be the tech firm Willow spoke of.
"I get the feeling someone is interested in the same things I am only for not so noble reasons." Willow grimly says as she summons her armor and begins to scan the area.
"I see some security guards standing around like zombies and a weird glow around their eyes or looking rather green…I'm thinking mind control." She relayed to her team.
"Anything else?" She hears Giles ask as he, Xander and Joyce change into their uniforms and Xander readying his shield for combat.
"Oh boy, we got some heavy hitters here guys and I mean Hulk level hitters." The red head's worry was noticeable as she went over the files she had…borrowed from many government criminal databases.
"Break it down for us Ironwoman." Xander speaking firmly as he focused on the building and what was to be said. Nobody commented on his use of her heroic id as they all knew the change in attitude the young man took when donning the mask and shield.
"I see Black Adam who is the magical equivalent of Superman only meaner, Atomic Skull who wields some heavy long range attacks as well as being a bruiser like Adam and finally we have Wotan an ancient viking sorcerer who may give you trouble Doc. I feel there will be more since they seem to be standing guard with those people being controlled." She said to her team
"Giles, bring everyone, we are going in hard and heavy."
The wielder of the Eye nodded as he sent the call out, this would not be an easy battle and it would be best to get all their aces involved.
With the villains…
"How much longer Wotan?" Black Adam asks his cohort gruffly.
"They are coming now." The ancient sorcerer replies as he turns towards the elevator that opened revealing several more villains.
The infamous crown prince of crime the Joker, on his left was eco terrorist and self-appointed savior of mother nature Poison Ivy, the being known as Ultra Humanite was on the pale face killer's right and standing in front of them was rather imposing figure, one wearing tactical body armor as well as a mask that was all black on right with no eye hole and orange on the left showing a cold look in the visible eye.
"Problems?" The masked man asked the trio coldly.
"Well I expect the locals will soon raise a fuss, though I must say you were rather expedient in the retrieval of the items." Wotan says to him.
"We got lucky, they were working on the prototypes today and had the data unlocked and made retrieval easier." The ape villain spoke up as he held a metallic looking briefcase.
"Then let us head to the magical array I set up and make our exit before the foolish police arrive to get slaughtered." The sorcerer comments before turning towards the exit.
"Aw come now Wotan old boy, can't we have a little bit of fun before we go?" The Joker says with a manic smile as he looks ready to burst.
"We need to drop this at the safe house before Wotan checks what the disturbance is, so no fun Joker." The man known as Deathstroke the Terminator refutes as the group moves with the entourage of enslaved people surrounding them as human shields/hostages.
Wotan was just starting to power the magical circle he left behind when suddenly…
*SPANG!*
"Ugh!"
He is struck in his chest by an unknown object knocking the air and him down, the others soon tensed as said object bounced back to its origin point… the arm of a young man dressed rather patriotically. The villains were honestly surprised as not only his appearance but that of a group of people next to him all rather colorfully dressed and looking at them with clear anger.
"Who the hell are you!?" Poison Ivy shouted before the same young man raised his shield high and shouted for all to hear two words that would be known in time throughout the world as the team's battle cry...
"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!"
With that said they charged as one at the villains, and with it the fight was on
To be continued…
A/N: Well there you have it, the beginning of the Avengers legacy, so of course I know people will ask why I took out Count Vertigo for Deathstroke. Well the answer is simple, this is not the rise of the Injustice League, I am playing it off like the random grouping of villains and later on they will come together without Deathstroke during that episode.
I only went with him to match Xander, super soldier VS super soldier as it were. I think most of the match up will be Xander VS Deathstroke, Oz VS Joker, Buffy VS Black Adam, Cordy VS Atomic Skull, Giles & Jenny VS Wotan, Willow VS Humanite, Joyce & Dawn VS Poison Ivy with the others aiding as their opponents fall.
Naturally of course this earns the attention of both the League and the Light which I will touch upon when I feel appropriate.
I think everyone can tell what I am planning regarding Drusilla so I don't I need to elaborate there. And yes it is the first of many things I have to do to cut their ties to Sunnydale, do not ask me for them to stay there because they are leaving and it is final.