Disclaimer: I dont own Marvel
Here it is, the revelation of the story, is Fury truly guilty, I'd like to think so. Sorry to Ultimate Fury fans if they dont like him being portrayed as a villain. But from what I've read in Ultimate AVengers he "weasled" his way into a position of high command. I'd recommend reading the first Ultimate Avengers comic to understand the statement. But this Fury isnt completely a villain, just a guy in power who made a few fuck ups (pardon the french :).
This Nels Van Adder is an Amalgam of his 616 human and the 616 Jackal with my own imagination thrown in. The trooper Sven Reilly is my Ultimate equivalent of my OC Aeon, but without powers. So enjoy!
The Scarlet Spider
Chapter 13: Responsibility
What you are about to hear is the undeniable truth. A truth that haunted the mind of only one man, and he wasn't the one who orchestrated the event. He was a victim of the ambition of three men. One was a scientist named Nels Van Adder, another was a rich man, Gregory Stark was his name. The third man was the most ambitious of the three, Nicholas Fury. Fifteen years ago, before super humans became a vast phenomenon, men like genius Stark and military soldier Fury tried to create super soldiers to strengthen America's military. Gregory wanted money while Fury wanted a promotion. Nels Van Adder however simply wanted to fulfil his duty as a scientist.
"We've found him sir," A S.H.I.E.L.D. soldier said to Fury.
"Good, Gregory put your best suit on and get ready to meet the grandson of a legend," Fury said.
The helicopter took them to a farm in Kentucky. Much to the owner's shock, dust was blown in his eye by the arrival of the chopper.
"Brian Van Patrick, I'm Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D." Fury said as he stepped off of the chopper.
"What can I do for you soldier?" The balding man asked, looking at Fury with suspicion.
"Is your son in?" Nick asked.
"Michael, he just got off the track, at the moment he's showering."
"Then tell him to get dressed and sit down, don't make us wait here any longer than we have to." Gregory snapped.
Brian growled at Gregory and walked back to his house. When they got into the living room, they had to wait for a bit before Michael finally arrived. Michael Van Patrick walked into the room, wearing his Football Jersey.
"What's going on dad?" He asked, looking at the strangers nervously.
Fury reached into his pocket and threw a photo onto the table. Michael and Brian looked at the picture in shock. It showed Michael's grandfather, Abraham Erskine, the scientist who created the original super soldier serum. Brian rubbed his head and looked at Stark and Fury, waiting for an explanation.
"Okay, what do you want?" Brian asked.
Fury smirked as he got off the chair and paced around the room.
"You know kid, a lot of things have been said and S.H.I.E.L.D. has heard every little detail. Like how a kid like you goes from being a skinny little book worm to the school football teams MVP." Fury explained, looking at an old picture of Michael, "You got a lot in common with the real Captain America. I wonder how a skinny guy changes into the pinnacle of human perfection, how does that happen Mike?" Fury asked, bringing his face close to Michael's.
"My Mom used to call me Mike, my friends too. You aren't either, so get out of my face Soldier before I report you." Michael said fiercely.
"Oooh, the boys got spunk, it must be common amongst thugs," Gregory said.
"Michael worked hard damn it, he changed his diet, started exercising. I'm the one who wrote up his routine." Brian cut in, stepping between his son and Fury.
"Ah yes, a revolutionary diet routine and exercise regime that surpasses the super soldier serum, perhaps your son would be willing to go through tests so we could…"
"Absolutely not, who the hell do you think you people are? You can't just barge into people's lives. My son has done nothing wrong; alls we want is to live our lives without the craziness and violence my wife's father brought us." Brian complained.
"Alls we want to know is what makes your son so special Brian. After that I give you my word that we'll leave him alone, hell if you give us that routine then we'll throw in a nice little cheque and you wont have to dig holes all your life." Fury explained.
The offer was hard to refuse, but Michael was a persistent boy.
"Sorry you wasted your time Fury but I'm not doing it. Now kindly leave before I call the police." The young man said.
"I'm afraid we can't do that Mike, I look at all these medals and I think, "This kids got a great future ahead of him". But it'd be a shame if the Olympic scouts knew about your little performance enhancements."
"THAT'S BULLSHIT!" Brian yelled. "They did every test they could on my boy, they came up with nothing. What gives you the right to interfere with people's lives like this?"
"Someday soon I'll be in charge of defending this country, that is what gives me the right Mr Patrick. Now alls your son has to do is agree to our little tests. If he doesn't, we can change those tests results, and his whole future and reputation goes away. Think about it Mr, we trust you to make the right decision."
Fury and Stark left the Van Patrick farm, leaving Brian so angry that he threw his coffee mug across the room.
"That arrogant bastard, he's becoming the kind of fascist your grandfather wanted to end." Brian said.
"Dad, what do you want me to do?" Michael asked.
"We always have a choice son, this is a choice you have to make,"
"My choice? There's no choice at all, damn it, THIS ISNT FAIR!" Michael yelled, slamming his fist into the wall.
So with no choice the next day Michael called Nicholas Fury. After a week, Michael was picked up by S.H.I.E.L.D. Van Adder eagerly watched Michael as he was escorted to one of the labs. Gregory looked at his watch, wanting to get testing done as soon as possible.
"I don't get it Stark, look at this amazing opportunity in front of us. The chances to look at a genuine super soldier and quite possibly recreate the formula and your worried about the time." Van Adder said.
"This is an annoyance, lets get this over with," Gregory said.
Fury walked into the lab, dismissing his soldiers as they bought in Michael.
"We appreciate what your doing son, we'll be happy to compensate you in anyway. Who knows maybe you'll change your mind about joining our Initiative." Fury explained, offering Michael a hand to shake.
Michael coldly brushed past Fury and looked to the scientists.
"Lets get this over with," He said.
The tests began as simple exercises to gauge Michael's abilities. Stark checked his blood sample, while Van Adder put the boy through numerous activities. These included weight lifting to determine his strength, running machine exercises for speed and stamina and gymnastic displays for agility. Over the course of a week Stark ran simulations with the blood and for the first time since he started this project he smiled.
"I don't believe it, his genes are perfect." Van Adder gasped as he looked at the results of the blood work.
Michael had no genetic flaws, everything about his DNA screamed perfection. This allowed him to adapt and gain the best results from exercise.
"No trace of abnormalities like with mutants and his blood doesn't indicate any foreign tampering even at birth." Gregory reported the test results to Fury on a daily basis.
With every test they ran, their curiosity got deeper. Michael swam laps in a pool, unbeknownst to the shark swimming inside it. He screamed under water as the shark rushed towards him. In a show of amazing dexterity and timing, Michael flipped around the shark, grabbing its fin. The shark swam around, trying to get Michael off. Michael then shoved his hand into the Shark's gill. Bubbles rose to the top of the pool as Van Adder waited for Michael. Eventually the body of the shark rose to the top, suffocated underneath the water. Michael got out of the pool, walking towards Van Adder with his fists raised.
"You son of a bitch," He growled, punching Van Adder across the face.
"Michael has adapted incredibly quickly to new surroundings. He isn't a genius but tactically speaking he isn't far from it," Gregory recounted the time Michael beat him at chess and his latest test with Van Adder.
Van Adder came into the meeting with his arm in a cast. Nick didn't hide his smile; the idiot deserved it after what he had done to Michael.
"As I was saying, Michael's blood has more chromosomes than we originally anticipated. But unlike other super humans and mutants this "evolution" if you would call it that has been apparent since birth, it hasn't manifested at puberty and its hasn't come as a result of outside stimuli."
Nick knew the true origins of mutants. They were simply an attempt to recreate the super soldier serum gone wrong. Van Adder was ecstatic at the discovery that Michael Van Patrick was in actuality the next step in human evolution and not mutants. This kind of discovery would have gotten them the Nobel, but Nick knew that Michael would become a target by fanatic mutants like Magneto and Stark knew that more could be done with this data. So they kept Michael in the Triskelion and ran more tests with the blood they took.
"A colleague of mine Otto Octavius perfected human cloning, I think if we cloned Michael we would be able to modify him with serums like the Oz formula another colleague Osborn made." Van Adder suggested.
They did the impossible; they made clones and attempted many times to integrate failed super soldier serums into the clone's DNA structure. Failures numbered in the double digits. Michael pushed his way past S.H.I.E.L.D. guards, breaking down the lab door.
"What the hell are YOU PEOPLE DOING!" Michael yelled.
He and the guards gasped in shock at what they saw. Twisted versions of Michael had been locked in bulletproof glass tubes. They had modifications like OZ style Goblin muscles or cybernetic components similar to the Iron man armour. Michael's hands trembled with a mix of sadness and anger. He grinded his teeth together and looked at Fury. Nick raised his hands defensively, ready to defend his actions.
"What the hell did you do? WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT!" Michael screamed as he grabbed Fury by the scruff of his collar.
Michael slammed Fury against the wall, looking him in the eye.
"What gave you the right? You aren't even head of S.H.I.E.L.D. yet and your doing all of this shit, what else have you done behind closed doors?"
The guards overcame their shock and tried to grab Michael. But the young man wouldn't budge, he had something to say and he would damn well say it.
"You threaten to destroy my future then you expose me to ridiculous tests. Now you've made more of me and done this to them! What the hell was it all for huh? Other nations aren't anywhere near as close to solving the super human issue, it's not for them, mutants are citizens of America like us, this isn't for them! What was this for?"
He wanted the question answered. Fury would have lied, but the honest answer came from the most disturbed of the men.
"It was for our careers," Van Adder said, turning a gun on Michael.
"Adder, you put that weapon down," Fury ordered.
"Come now Fury how did you think this was going to end. You knew what you were doing when you let loose the Red Skull, just think one more sacrifice and you'll have successfully weaselled your way to the top seat of S.H.I.E.L.D. while Gregory gets his contract with Black ops." Van Adder's voice was hysterical, but he spoke nothing but the truth.
Nicholas Fury had done despicable things to get to the top and Gregory Stark had been beside him all the way. Van Adder was another man with his own agenda. If he succeeded in making a super soldier, a better super soldier then he would be more famous than Michael's grandfather.
"Now let Fury go so we can finish what we started Michael, a truly improved super soldier that'll put our country back on the top."
"Shut up, you freak, how do you justify all of this?" Michael asked.
"Scientific process, by dissecting you I can unlock the key to true human evolution and not the mockeries like mutants but truly evolved humans. I'll be remembered as the man who kick started human evolution."
"You'll be remembered as the insubordinate ass that didn't follow orders. NOW PUT THE WEAPON DOWN!" Fury yelled.
Van Adder sighed before pulling the trigger. Michael widened his eyes, feeling the bullet lodge itself in his chest. Fury clutched the boy's arms as he fell to his knees.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
Fury pulled out his pistol, firing a slug into Van Adder's shoulder. The force pushed the scientist back, throwing him into the chemicals he took from Oscorp. Van Adder screamed, the chemicals oozing into his gunshot wound. His arms bulged as his skin took on a green tone. Fury ordered his men to get Adder out of the lab. They weren't gentle as they forced him to a prison cell. Nick knelt by Michael's side, looking at the boy as he died.
"I didn't want this," Fury said.
"Go to hell!" Michael spat out.
His breathing ceased and his body stopped trembling. With a heavy heart Fury ordered Stark to clone one more Michael Van Patrick. This one was sent home and died shortly after, officially from natural causes. Brian Patrick cried at his son's grave, knowing that some how S.H.I.E.L.D. was responsible. He tried to make people see the truth, but he was dismissed as a raving old man and his reputation was ruined. That was nothing compared to the hurt of losing his son.
Jean lowered her hands away from her head. Cap and Iron Man were still, unsure of how to react to what they had been told. The Scarlet Spider however was trembling. He squeezed his hands into fists and walked into the lab. A clone of the Hulk was fighting spider creatures, along with members of the Thunderbolts. Mach blasted the creatures with his cannons and Songbird ripped the robots apart with her sound constructs. Michael let out a yell before jumping into the labs. He looked towards the booth Gregory and his scientists were in. Gregory Stark, one of the men who ruined Brian Van Patrick's life.
"Steve, what do you want to do about this?" Tony asked.
"Miss Grey, please get to our team mates, tell them and everyone else what Fury did!" Steve ordered before he rushed into the lab.
Cap threw his shield, slicing a spider robot in half. Tony then flew into the lab, intending to have a talk with his brother. Jean put her hands to her head and used her telepathy to relay the memories to the Professor. Xavier kept his eyes wide in shock before focusing his attention on Fury.
"What you have done is unacceptable General!" Xavier's telepathic voice distracted Fury from the battle.
A spider drone jumped at Fury, slashing the general across the leg. Nick quickly kicked the small drone away and shot the remaining attackers.
"Xavier what's going on?" Cyclops asked.
Xavier showed Thor and his X-men what Fury had done. The super heroes looked at Fury in shock while Logan burst his claws out.
"Fury!" Logan growled.
Kaine ducked under the Spider's punch, countering with a kick to the clones chin. Spider punched Kaine across the face and threw him into the wall. The cloaked clone span a web at Spider, gripping his wrist. Kaine then threw Spider over his shoulder, slamming him into a ventilation duct. Kitty knelt down by Gwen's side, checking her vitals. She began applying CPR and signalled for Kurt to get a medic. Spider tackled Kaine, knocking him into a wall. They gripped one another's shoulders and jumped into the ceiling, smacking their heads. Both clones then punched one another in the face, knocking one another back. Wolverine prepared to charge at the clones, but stopped as spider drones began to flood into the room. Kitty grabbed Gwen and ran through the robots. The ensuing explosion knocked back the combatants and knocked out the security system. Cell doors began to open and the prisoners defended themselves. Scorpion lashed at the spiders with his tail, looking to Kitty and Gwen in concern. The clone ran in front of the girls, taking out a whole line of robots with a lash of his tail.
"Not quite what I expected to happen," Spider said.
"Who the fuck are you?" Wolverine asked.
"Can't tell right now,"
Kaine shoulder barged Spider, knocking him into the wall. Then he kicked Wolverine in the chest, throwing the mutant into a mass of spider drones. Logan yelled as the spiders bit every inch of his body. Spider dived at Kaine, rolling across the floor and throwing him into the security door. Scorpion punched and stung the robots attacking Kitty.
"Get out of here now," He said.
Kitty nodded her head, running through the walls with Gwen. Rogue ran for the door, with hundreds of spider drones rushing after her.
"Fascinating, they are self replicating and appear to be self repairing," Beast said as he and Colossus squashed several of the drones to bits.
The ground shook, knocking the X-men over. Spider-Cide dragged Atlas across the ground, holding him in a wrestle lock. Atlas slammed his fist into Spider-Cide's head, knocking the giant into a building. Debris fell at Angel as he flew out of the crumbling building. He held two staff members, two out of at least fifty that had still been in the building. Atlas ran, tackling Spider-Cide and pushing him towards the water. But Spider-Cide slammed his elbow into Atlas's back, causing the giant to yell out in pain. He lifted Atlas over his shoulder and jumped backwards, slamming Atlas face first into the ground.
"Is what happened true, did Fury really do that?" Iceman asked.
"He did Bobby, Jean doesn't lie!" Cyclops said.
Cyclops fired a beam that took out a cloud of miniature spiders. A scream diverted his attention away from the enemies he front. Three S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers clawed at their armour as the spider robots swarmed them. One soldier fired continua's bursts from his rifle, keeping the robots away.
"General, is what seer Xavier told us true? Have you defiled the work of father Odin?" Thor asked.
Electricity ran off of the god's hammer, spreading from one robot to another. He then slammed his hammer into the ground, blowing several of the machines to pieces. Fury reloaded his pistol, kicking a spider as it jumped.
"Damn it Reilly that one could have killed me," Fury said.
The armoured trooper beside the general looked the man in the eye. Though his face was obscured by the protective visor he still glared at the man.
"Answer the question General, is it true about what you did?" The trooper asked.
"We don't have time for this," Fury growled.
Colossus began pounding at the spiders on the ground. However he didn't notice one of the spiders crawl onto his back.
"Peter WATCH OUT!" Beast yelled.
The spider sunk its spiked legs into Colossus's back.
"PETER!" Pyro yelled.
A spider jumped at Pyro, slashing the mutant across the back. Pyro stumbled forward, with two spider's stabbing his feet. He let out a scream of pain, flames spreading across his body to get the spiders away. Best ran to Pyro's side, moving him away from the spiders as Iceman froze them. Colossus ripped the spider off of his back and threw it into the swarm. Atlas gasped in horror as he watched more of his fellow soldiers being ripped to pieces by the spider robots.
"DAMN IT!" Reilly yelled, tossing his empty rifle into machines.
He drew his pistol, firing a whole clip into the mass of machines. Cyclops stepped in front of him, firing a blast into the swarm. Atlas punched Spider-Cide, knocking him into the sea and rushed to the aid of the heroes. He swatted the spiders aside and pushed his growth powers to their limits. Reilly looked up in shock as he heard Atlas's bones crack. Atlas clapped his hands together, releasing a shockwave that knocked the spiders back and tore a chunk off of the Triskelion.
"God damn it, do you know how much tax dollars your costing?" Fury asked the giant.
"Get them out, get them all out," Atlas's voice strained.
Reilly nodded to Cyclops and the two men broke off into a run. Atlas smacked his fists together as he faced the swarms of spiders.
"COME ON! FREE MEAL RIGHT HERE ALL YOU CAN EAT!" Atlas yelled.
"Brave giant, let Thor aid you!" Thor cheered, floating off of the ground.
Thor joined Atlas in his fight, letting loose a thunderbolt that cut through the island. Atlas slapped at the spiders, letting some crawl on his body so that he could squash them with his fingers. Some crawled towards his mouth, but he continually smacked his teeth together, crushing the machines. Meanwhile Reilly and Cyclops ran into the main building. Reilly dived at a scientist, rolling out of the way of a swarm of spiders.
"Where are the other staff members?" Reilly asked.
"All over the place!" The scientist gulped.
'Professor Xavier, if your listening I need a favour,' Reilly hoped that Fury was right about Xavier.
"I'm here Sergeant!"
'Call me Sven; I need you to determine the safest path for the staff members to take out of the main building and tell them to walk down that path. Guide each and every person in this building towards the nearest exit that hasn't been overrun by these spiders.' Xavier read Reilly's thoughts and began looking at the 3D map of the Triskelion.
"A large group of soldiers are fighting spider creatures in the cafeteria, run I'll guide you!"
Atlas smirked, knowing that Cyclops and Sergeant Reilly would save as many people as they could. He continued to hold the line, attracting the spiders away from the X-men and Fury. Thor span around, swinging his hammer into the masses of spider robots. Inside the base Scarlet Spider punched the doppelganger creature aside and jumped over a spider creature. Iron Man fired a blast into the creature's mouth, blowing it up from the inside. Cap then threw his shield, cutting a path through the spiders. Michael jumped through the hole the Hulk clone had made. He looked at the scientists and Gregory, growling as he walked towards them.
"Protect Stark!" Jenkins said.
"Belay that order," Cap said.
Songbird clutched the scratch on her throat. It was beginning to affect her ability to manipulate her constructs. Mach flew at her side, firing his cannons and machine guns at the creatures around them. He focused his firing on the spiders closest to Melissa. Moonstone phased through the giant spiders and blew them up from the inside.
"Oh, I didn't think the fighting would get this dirty," Nerd Hulk cringed.
"Wait a minute, is that the Hulk with Banner's intelligence?" Cap asked.
"Steve, focus please!" Tony said.
Iron Man flew into the scientist's shelter and watched as the Scarlet Spider slammed his brother against the wall. Gregory's feet were dangling as he clawed at Michael's wrist.
"You bastard, did you think you'd get away with this HUH?" Michael asked, pulling off his mask.
Gregory trembled as he looked at the face of a dead man. Tony took of his helmet, frowning at his brother. Now Gregory had seen many looks from his brother. His sarcastic humour, his arrogant wit whenever he got the last laugh. This was one look he hadn't seen before, disappointment.
"I'm going to ask you a question before I kill you Gregory Stark, WAS IT WORTH IT!"
Jean picked up Triskelion staff members as she flew. She pushed her abilities to their limits as she evacuated as many people as she could. Storm and Dazzler continued their explosive battle with KIA. He fired blast after blast at the X-women, continually ranting his name. Storm hit the berserker with a lightning bolt, throwing him to the floor. Rogue ran away from a swarm of spider robots, with the escaped villains running beside her. Spider and Kaine crashed through doors in the main office level. They threw one another into tables and rolled across the floor. Kaine ran across the wall and grabbed Spider, throwing him onto the ceiling. Spider rolled across the ceiling as Kaine fired more webs. They jumped towards one another; the strength of their legs and the impact of their bodies sent them flying into a door that led to the low security prison.
"What are you?" Kaine asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Spider said.
Spider aimed a kick for Kaine's head, but Kaine ducked out of the way. Then Kaine rolled to the side, dodging Spider's punch. He jumped towards Spider, punching him straight in the chest. Spider slammed into the glass and when Kaine tackled him the glass shattered. The two men fought one another in the very cell that once housed Banner, the Hulk and Hank Pym.
"Quite amazing isn't it? The fact that this all started with Spider-man's murder and it'll end with his twisted resurrection!" Spider cackled.
"How do you know that?"
"Again you wouldn't believe me," Spider sighed before punching Kaine into the wall.
Kaine delivered a quick kick to Spider's chest and grabbed the man by his mask. He smashed Spider's head against the glass, shattering the supposed shatterproof cell. Spider felt his brain tremble as Kaine punched him again and again. He recovered just in time to block another a punch. Then Spider threw Kaine across the room, crashing him through the metal detectors. Cyclops cut a spider creature in half with his optic blast and looked to Jean as she flew to his side.
"Is everyone out?" Cyclops asked.
"Kitty and Kurt just got outside, but Rogue and a few other scientists are still inside," Jean said.
"Then what are you waiting for, GET THEM OUT!"
Wolverine suddenly burst through the wall, slashing at the masses of spider drones. His uniform had been ripped and his skin was slowly regenerating. But it wasn't regenerating fast enough; some spiders were still inside him, hanging onto his rib cage. Rogue rushed into the cafeteria, pushing Reilly out of the way of a spider creature.
"ROGUE!" Cyclops yelled.
The spider swung its leg into Rogue, throwing her like a rag doll. Jean caught the girl with her TK, while Cyclops blew the spider apart. A spider leapt towards him, slashing across the chest.
"Scott," Jean gasped.
Two more spiders landed on Cyclops's back and bit into his shoulders. Jean Grey immediately turned her attention to the spider robots. Flames ignited around her as she screamed. Wolverine bought his hands to his face as a mass of fire collided with the swarms. Outside, Thor blew robots apart one by one with his lightning bolts. He looked towards Atlas, widening his eyes as the giant spat a mass of spiders out of his mouth. Atlas stumbled across the Triskelion, falling to a knee as more spiders bit at him.
"ATLAS!" Thor yelled.
Spider-Cide rose from the water, his hands shifting into blades. Atlas fell to both his knees; his breathing began to slow as blood ran down his nose.
"Get them out, get them home," He whispered.
Michael waited for Gregory to answer the question. He would wait all night if he had to.
"Scarlet Spider! SCARLET SPIDER!" Tony yelled.
Michael turned to Stark, glaring at the brother of a selfish egotist.
"Stay out of my way Stark, he has to pay," Michael growled.
"Oh I agree, hell I encourage you to kill him, but have you looked around? This isn't the place to punish him!" Tony said.
"Really, he could die amongst his creations, die in the place that got more tragedy than good."
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Gregory said.
"TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHOICES YOU MADE!" Michael yelled.
"He does need to take responsibility, but not here, there are still lives to save and isn't that the legacy you want to leave behind?" Tony asked.
Michael let got of Gregory and put his mask back on. Tony looked down at his brother in contempt before offering him a hand. Mach shot two spider creatures in the chest and blew another back with a missile. He turned to Melissa, to see that her cut had gotten deeper.
"Melissa, stay with me!" Abe urged the girl to keep fighting.
A spider suddenly slashed Songbird across the back, pushing her into Jenkin's arms. The creature then raised its leg again. But this time, the Scarlet Spider struck it from the side, kicking it into the wall. Scarlet Spider jumped behind Nerd Hulk, webbing up two spider creatures and helping his fellow clone take down a bigger creature. He webbed up the creature's legs and let the Hulk floor it with a punch.
"That looked like that scene from Star Wars," Nerd Hulk said.
Scarlet Spider let the opportunity for a joke slip by as he signalled the scientists to run. Right now revenge would have to wait. His responsibility to saving lives was more important than his responsibility to justice. In a way, everyone that day had decided that the priority was saving lives. Atlas sacrificed his very life to buy the heroes some time. Spider-Cide stood over Atlas and sadistically swung his arm blade at the giant's neck. Bobby fell back in shock as a giant head rolled across the ground. Thor used his control of wind to blow the X-men and Fury out of harms way. Then he turned his eyes towards Spider-Cide, electricity crackling around him.
"Brave Atlas, YOU WILL BE AVENGED!" Thor yelled.
Tony carried Gregory over his shoulder as Cap and Scarlet Spider guided the scientists towards the exits. Michael knew what his responsibility was. It was the same responsibility Spider-man had to save lives. But he had another responsibility, justice, and that was precisely what he intended Fury, Stark and Nels Van Adder to get.
Next Chapter 14: The plan revealed
Next chapter, Fury and Gregory answer for what they did as the other Ultimates arrive to help evacuate the Triskelion. The battle between Kaine and the Spider comes to a brutal close. As always please read and review!