Scorpion Warrior
Chapter 26
"As you guys know, I've been gone for about two months, I think." I said. Everybody from the Justice League to Batman's covert ops team were all there. Superboy, who decided to take up the name Conner Kent, asked me what I was doing, so I told them all about the Avengers. "One's an archer, Hawkeye, who's just as good as Green Arrow and Artemis, if not better. Iron Man, whose suit of armor can put Batman to shame," I caught Bats squinting at me which caused me to gulp in nervousness. "No… no offense Bats. Dr. Bruce Banner was shot with quite a bit of gamma radiation, causing him to turn into a big green monster called the Hulk whenever his pulse races, whether in anger, or by adrenaline. Captain America, The First Avenger. Thor, God of Thunder. He has a hammer that can only be wielded by those deemed worthy to wield it. It may seem like an ordinary hammer, but not even Hulk can lift it. I don't even know if Superman can lift it."
Everybody seemed impressed. Why wouldn't they? "Then there's also Ms. Marvel. She's not like Captain Marvel. I don't know how to describe her, I've only seen her in action like one time. And then there's Jan van Dyne and her boyfriend, Dr. Hank Pym. Hank invented something he called Pym particles. It can either shrink him down to a size just a little smaller than an ant, or as big as Booster Gold's ego. And Jan can shrink herself down to the size of a wasp, which earned her the name Wasp."
I told them about who else I met there. "Mary Jane Watson's a redhead, who's actually pretty cool." Karen gave me a look. "Her friend, Gwen, actually looks a bit like you." I said to her. I told them about Eddie Brock and Dr. Conners. "How do we know you aren't making this up?" Conner asked me. Without saying anything, I raised my hand up to the ceiling and pressed my middle and ring fingers into my palm, shooting out a web while looking at him with a smirk. "That answer your question, buddy boy?" Everybody looked at me with awe. Karen pulled on the web, which wouldn't come down. "Told you guys I wasn't making any of this up. I have powers from both universes now. This is an entirely new Scorpio."
Avengers Universe
Not even two weeks in
It's been a few days since the incident with Electro. It was quiet around the city, so I go swinging around on patrol since, well, I can't fly, right? So, I hear this bank alarm go off and there's a guy down there who's somehow flipping cop cars by pointing at them. I land on the wall of the bank and try to get his attention. "Hey Vibrator-Lad, up here. Wanna talk?" I say to him. He comes back and says "Get outta here Boy Scout." "I'm offended. I was in the boy scouts in second grade." I said to him after flipping in front of him; I love doing that. I might ditch the flight for that. Anyway, I tell him he needs to apologize to the police and the people in the bank. He "apologizes" by launching me into one of the cop cars. I stop by the doctor later on the guise of a schoolyard brawl and he tells me that I had a couple broken ribs and a sprained wrist.
So, I'm hurting there once I climb from the cruiser. But, being the determined hero that I am, I couldn't help but let the pain go through. I mean, I was holding onto my wrist in pain. It hurt. And I wasn't even two weeks into the universe. My dad told me that some spiders have a precognitive ability called a spider sense. I have the abilities of a spider, which included the spider sense, and it was buzzing like crazy. My ribs were hurting just as bad, so I couldn't jump as good as a spider can, and I caught a tell in what he does. It turns out that he points at what he's about to attack, so I shot some web balls at his hands. That worked. He was actually about to attack when I did that. Those shockwave emitters on his hands actually backfired and shot him back into the bank.
Justice League Universe
Present
"So, I took out Shocker, he called himself and prevented anymore damage from being caused." I rested a hand over my chest. "My ribs still sorta hurt." "I have a question." Robin asked me. "Shoot." I replied. "How do you make the webs that shoot out of your wrist?" "Wrists." I corrected him. "The webs come out of both of my wrists." "So how does it work?" He asked me again. "I asked Dr. Banner that exact same thing when he wasn't the Hulk." "And?" "He asked me to go ask Hank." I replied quickly. "You gotta leave the jokes to the fast ones kid." Flash said. "Anyway, I went to Hank and he said that my body is actually organically creating it. I guess, when I hopped over to that universe, I lost my kryptonite enhanced powers and my body started making the webbing to compensate. That's what I got out of that."
Avengers Universe
Two and a half weeks in
Along with the webbing and the spider powers, I must've also gotten a whole new healing ability cause the sprain healed almost a week after the shocker deal… just in time to see a guy dressed up as a bird carrying off Norman Osborn, the guy I mentioned during the whole Octavius ordeal. I run into an alley to get Scorpio ready for action. So then I'm chasing them all the way through downtown New York. This vulture guy is too fast for me. It looks like I get close, he speeds up. I shoot a web out at them, the guy dodges it. So then I'm starting to run out of steam cause my wrist is fresh out of the healing stage, but I don't give up. But he's too far out ahead of me, and the guy drops Osborn! The guy freaking DROPS another human. I don't know what Osborn did to him, but I'm not sure it justifies DROPPING him. I get to him just in time to save him from becoming a pancake, catching him with my bad hand. I almost dropped him after that, but I readjusted him to my shoulder.
He must've recognized me cause after I caught him, he says "I know who you are. You're the guy from Dr. Octavius's lab." I thought he was gonna chew me out for ruining his reputation, but he says, "Thank you for saving everybody. And me, twice apparently." I'm not used to carrying anybody without my kryptonite powers, so I'm struggling to figure it out while being chased by said guy in the bird costume.
He gets the drop on me and kicks me right in the back. Norman and I are both falling, so I grab him with a web and shoot another one up to a building and gently let him down the ground. Vulture dude kicks me into the building. I wish I could say it wasn't empty, but I'm glad to say nobody was hurt. "Okay buddy, wanna dance?" I say to him all threateningly and stuff. He grabs me with his foot and slams me into another floor. I run out after him and try to tackle him but he flies up and I just run out right to midair.
I shoot a web up to the building again, which he cuts. I do it again, he does it again. And again. At this point, I'm really wishing I could fly. I'm falling, obviously knowing that he could slice the webbing. I try shooting it somewhere where he couldn't cut it, he shoots a feather at it. I had to admit, that was a pretty good shot. So instead of shooting up, I shoot a big hammock across two buildings, which catches me inches above the ground. I look up to see him fly away.
Justice League Universe
"There was no way I was gonna be able to catch up to him. He beat me."
Marvel Universe
Beginning of the second month
Eddie Brock's lab
That was one of the weaker ones. This next one might rank a full 10 on the villain scale. So, Eddie and I have been pretty chummy lately the next couple weeks or so. I think he figured it was okay that he showed me this black… ooze that he said his and a friend of his' parents were working on before they died. The parents… not him and his friend. "What's with the black ooze?" I asked him after he showed me what it was. He told me that the ooze was actually a suit designed to protect the wearer from internal and external harm. "That's all? Kind of overhyping the suit there then, right Eddie?" As you can tell… sometimes I don't think about what I say. "That's not the only thing, smartass." I smirked at him. "So what else does it do, Dr. Brock?" "It's the cure for cancer."
Justice League Universe
Everybody was staring at me in awe. But I was looking a little down. "That's amazing!" Said Robin. "Just think of the advances in medical research that could accomplish!" Megan must've noticed my face. "Is something wrong Jake?" "The suit… it was a monster."
Avengers Universe
Later that night, I snuck into the lab to try just a little bit of the suit. A little drop gets on me and overtakes me in seconds. The next part was the scariest because I couldn't see… couldn't breathe… but then… I could. I could breathe. I could see again. I felt like I was unstoppable. I was on the roof faster than the suit latched itself onto me. And then… the suit found the Vulture. It must've felt my unconscious feelings for him because the suit went on autopilot. It threw my hand out and a big… long tentacle thing flies out from the top of the wrist and latches itself onto his ankle. Before any of us knew what happened, the suit transformed… into a monster. Big gaping jaws swallowed the Vulture whole and spit him back out… lifeless… dead.
"Oh my god!" I was able to regain my senses and started to battle the suit for control. It was no use, I couldn't get out of it. I was clawing at the face, trying to pull it off. But it kept reforming itself faster than I could get the pieces off. It takes me off the side of the building and we land on a car on the street below. Two or three other cars' alarms that went off. Never before have I heard a noise so loud. I was clawing at my face again but this time, I was getting some pieces off and the suit wasn't reforming.
But it wasn't enough. I needed a lot more sound. The car alarms must've stunned the suit because I took off running to the nearest church. I got there just in time to know that the suit was taking over again. I was climbing up the side of the church, actually praying, for the first time in my life, that I would make it out of the situation. I got to the belfry and there it was: the church bell. I felt the suit retaking control of me but I was losing the struggle. I guess the suit must've thought banging me against the bell would knock me out, but the bell just started ringing. It was louder than anything I've ever heard before. My head would throb every time the bell would ring, but it was working. I was regaining control over the suit! Eventually, I got the suit completely off and I just kept ringing the bell in revenge for making me kill the Vulture.
Justice League Universe
"It turns out that Adrian Toomes, the Vulture, had a fatal heart attack before the suit devoured him. I'm not sure if I saved him or not." "How is a heart attack a good thing?" Artemis asked. "I'm not saying it is, but given the circumstances, I'm just glad his heart gave out instead of me being the one to take his life." Conner was looking at me. "I'm not saying that heart attacks are good, but… well, you get what I mean, right?"
Avengers Universe
Well… Eddie found out what I did and ended our friendship. Sometime later, a bunch of the people I fought throughout my time in that universe banded together and ganged up on me in the middle of Central Park: the Rhino, Sandman, Electro, Dr. Octopus, Shocker, and Eddie Brock, who bonded with the suit, and Norman Osborn as their leader.
Justice League Universe
"The guy you took the time to save turns on you and leads a group to kick your ass? Some gratitude." Said Green Arrow. "They kicked my ass alright. It was embarrassing. Eddie, or Venom as I decided to call the suit, was about to deal the final blow…"
Avengers Universe
Until none other than Iron Man comes and blasts Venom apart, while leaving the host safe. That gave me the courage and, dare I say Green Lantern, the will to stand up to the rest of the group, but it still wasn't enough. I couldn't keep up with the rest of the Sinisters. "Tony get out of here! Electro can seriously hurt you!" Octavius, who decided to take up the name Dr. Octopus, got his tentacles back and was holding me by the wrists so I couldn't shoot any webs.
Justice League Universe
I held Karen's wrists in the same fashion that Octavius did for me. "I thought I was done for, but Captain America's shield comes in and slices the top tentacles, allowing me to web up the bottom two and knock him out."
Avengers Universe
Unfortunately, Sandman was still there, and he formed his hand into a giant fist which pounded me into the ground. Cap runs in and grabs his shield just as Sandy's about to pound him into a crater. He tries flinging it at Sandy, but it doesn't work. Being made of living sand, he caught the shield and basically absorbed it into himself. Don't ask me how, I can't explain. So, there's Cap, defenseless. Electro's about to zap him. I shove him out of the way and I get caught in the attack. Shocker comes around and blasts me with that thing he used the last time. That gave me a big headache.
Justice League Universe
"Then an arrow flies through the air and hits the ground between Shocker and Electro, and explodes, launching us all back and Sandman lost his grip on Cap's shield. I snag it with a web and pull it out of Sandy then toss it back to Cap. I tell them that I can take out the Rhino and stand back. Rhino's rushing towards me with his horn down, and I leap onto his back. Turns out, he's a robot, cause I punched into a part of the suit and pulled out a bunch of wires." I said.
Avengers Universe
I thought we won. That is until my spider sense went off like crazy. This green skinned ogre looking creature lands behind me, almost gives me a heart attack myself. I was launched backwards flat on my back from the shockwaves of this goblin freak landing. His whole hand lights on fire and he tries to slam it into me, but I snag my webs on a couple trees and pull myself out of the way before the goblin thing got a chance to pound me into the dirt.
Justice League Universe
"The fight was longer than the story. I mean, I won, but we fought so hard, I had to stay in the hospital for the next few weeks under the guise of getting hit by a car." I said "I mean, I had two broken ribs, two other cracked ones and a bruised rib, a broken foot, and a broken leg. If it wasn't for that universe's new healing factor, I might've been there for months instead of weeks."
Avengers Universe
Three weeks of hospitality later
In front of the Avengers Mansion
"Well son, it was quite an adventure," Said Captain America. "I hope you come back to visit us again soon." Wasp added. "It was fun fighting alongside you, but I don't think I might be able to come back." I said. Wasp groaned and gave me a hug, and so did Gwen and Mary Jane. Then Cap gave me a weird blue cube in a tube called the Tessaract, and me, Hawkeye, and Tony all warped back to my apartment.
Justice League Universe
45 minutes ago
"Pretty nice place you got, Jake." Said Hawkeye. "This is it…" I said. I was trying to keep my excitement down… "I'm back!" Sadly… no such luck. "Jake," Hawkeye said to me. "I want you to have this." "Clint… this is your bow." I said to him. "Yeah… but I want you to have it. Think of it as a parting gift, from one teammate to another." "Wow… thanks Clint." Tony handed me a picture of all of us: me and the Avengers and Bruce Banner. "I had JARVIS take this special. To remember us all by." "What about the Avengers ID card?" I asked him. He smiled and replied with, "Keep it. As a souvenir."
Justice League Universe
Present
"And that's the story behind the bow, the Avengers ID card, the picture of all of us together, and why I was gone for two months." I said while pulling the bowstring back. "And what an adventure it was."