Hey guys, wow it's been a long time I know, but I won NaNoWriMo with one of my original stories, and I'm pretty proud of that, so now I'm back! This is a short chapter, I know, but I didn't want to make you guys wait any longer. Either way, I'm back, and so updates should be a little better now (I hope)...
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Jason Chandler: Awesome about that database, thanks! And yes, Pietro is alive in this story, he was in the last one too, I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear enough. He is coming up in the next few chapters, though! Thanks for reviewing!
Alex Curry: Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying. And I know its short, but you asked, and I delivered! Here's some Hulk, Thor, and Mr. Incredible!
Jestalnaker94000: Of course! They got some town saving to do!
Nava-676: Awesome, I'm glad you like it!
Emmy: I know... they were so close... ;)
Alright, guys, I'm going to head off, I'll see you soon! Enjoy!
A roar ripped through the air, and if the robots have feelings, they would've been intimidated. Hulk let another roar loose as he punched the through the bottom of an omnidroid, which did little to slow it down. Hulk grabbed at the insides and pulled at them, and even then it didn't stop. The frustration fueled Hulk's anger until he had completely decimated the robot, leaving it a pile of smoking metal on the ground. He loomed over it, snorting and pounded his chest.
Suddenly, a flash of metal and red cloth flew by Hulk and he whipped around, a humorless smile spread across his face. "Thor," He growled, words still somewhat a struggle for him.
Thor dropped down on the ground, throwing back his own smile at the rage monster. He glanced to the shoreline, where a new line of omnidroids loomed towards them. "Are you ready to play, Banner?"
Hulk snorted, shaking his head at the mention of the doctor's name. He brushed off the comment and smiled when Thor turned his head, not looking at him anymore, instead to stare at the wave of incoming robots. Brief memories of when they were battling alien in New York, Hulk lumbered over until he was standing next to Thor. He could barely contain the smile from creeping across his face as he waited for the perfect moment. Thor's hammer was hanging loosely at his side, but the cold determination in Thor's eyes signaled that it could be used in any second.
Before he was on the beach with the Hulk, he was flying out, helping out in as many places as he could. He had flown out over the water, dodging metal tentacles that had lashed out at him, and narrowly avoiding burning lasers. The red-headed man was almost right when he said the robots were indestructible. But Thor knew better. They were nearly indestructible. His hammer made dents and did minor damage, but at his full force, Thor could take out a whole omnidroid with it. However, it used a lot of energy, flying at full speed and calling electricity from the sky to ignite the front of his hammer, and blowing up the omnidroid. When he didn't have an easy matchup- some omnidroids were particularly harder than others- he didn't walk away unscathed. Even being a god, sometimes they bleed. Himself more than others.
Fighting the omnidroids reminded him of fighting The Destroyer way off in the little town in the middle of nowhere, with Jane and the Warrior's Three. Except for this time, he had his hammer, and there wasn't anything he needed to sacrifice to win. This was a fight of pure brute and strength. Eventually, he believed that Tony or someone would figure out a way to use their strange Midgardian technology and stop them.
Thor could tell the Hulk was up to something, and he had a guess that he knew what it was. He kept his head focused towards the oncoming robots, nearly reaching them now, but kept his peripherals on the Hulk next to him. An ugly green smile could be seen, and Thor tightened his grip on his hammer.
The next instance, Hulk's fist shot out sideways, just like it had during the battle of New York, which had previously caught him off guard. This time, Thor was prepared for it. Just as the fist was about to hit him, Thor brought Mjölnir up just in time for Hulk's fist to hit that, not his head.
Hulk and Thor turned towards each other, Hulk staring at him in surprise while Thor wore a satisfied grin. "Maybe next time, big guy," Thor shrugged and flew off directly towards the first omnidroid, leaving Hulk huffing loudly. He growled and banged his chest with his fist, and sprinted forward, barreling into the first robot.
Not far from them, their other resident strongman was working hard to keep the omnidroids under control. Even with the extensive shoreline, they had managed to grab the attention of all the robots and kept them to where they only came upon their section of the beach, so at least the rest of the town was relatively safe. For now, at least. Mr. Incredible was working with his wife, the perfect duo, even fighting killer robots. They had taken the middle section of the beach, which inevitably had the most amount of robots. With a few directions put up over comms, they had developed a system. Bob and Helen would grab three or four omnidroids to fight for themselves, and send the rest to the left with the Captain, Clint, Natasha, their two children, and Lucius, or to the right with Thor and Hulk. Those two had the biggest pile of dead omnidroids, and they were moving at a better pace. Being close to 300 robots, in the beginning, they had gone done to probably 200. But it came at a harsh price: everyone was bone tired, and in some instances, it was beginning to show.
Helen wrapped herself around the legs of the omnidroid and it fell forward, into the sand. Bob ran to the top and punched out the red blinking eye-the first step in the process that could take out an omnidroid.
Suddenly, Helen spoke up over the comms, her voice sounding tired even over the sound of battle and bad connection.
"Cap, Stark, does somebody have something to give us a break? I need one bad, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one."
Various voices agreed over the line, and Cap answered first. "I've got a few reinforcements coming in, they'll be here soon, but it's not going to fix anything long term."
"I've got a plan, but I'm going to need a few more minutes until I can put it in action, but if it works, we may just get that break."
Helen sighed and took a quick glance at the sky, where Iron Man was flying around. "Make it soon, Stark," she muttered under her breath as he turned back to the fight.
