Here it is, finally got it done as i've been working night shifts. Any way enough talk...enjoy!
Chapter 26: Avenge or Revenge? Part 1
A plane landed in Los Angeles International airport and emerging from it was a raven haired boy who was determined.
His phone rang and he answered it.
"Jack… did you arrive alright?"
"Yeah thanks Lilly." Jack said.
"Jackson…what're you doing there exactly?" Lilly asked.
"It's personal, I need you not to ask anymore questions but I want to say this…Lillian Von Rothsberg thank you for being my friend and saviour and…live." Jack said as he hung up.
Lilly was worried but at the same time she guessed what his state of mind was as she knew him well enough to know it was very personal as she dialled a number.
"New York City please." Lilly asked the operator.
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May was in worry as her boyfriend had just left for god knows where and the fact his Uncle was beaten within an inch of his life, his Mom had been kidnapped and now he found out he was holding some alien cipher in his head and knew he had to hand it over to save his Mom but who knows what he would do in his state of mind.
Jack…where did you go? Why won't you tell me? Don't you trust me?
As then her cellphone rang and the caller ID she knew well as she answered.
"Lilly? What's up?" May answered.
"It's Jack…he called me and asked him for a jet to Los Angeles, he said thank you and live…May I'm worried he's about to do something stupid." Lilly said concerned for Jack.
"So am I we went into his house earlier and saw that the place had been broken into and he told us someone has kidnapped his Mom, they want something from him and they're the same ones who killed his Dad, Lilly I'm terrified he's going to do something he'll regret." May said just scared for her boyfriend's safety.
"We both are, look can I come to New York and we try to make a plan?" Lilly asked.
"Yes of course, come to the Avengers Mansion and wait outside the gates, we'll meet you there." May said.
"Ok I'll see you in a few hours." Lilly said as she hung up.
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In a dark abandoned warehouse of sorts Jack was currently working on a few things before his confrontation with the ones responsible for all of his pain for the past three years.
Okay armour is finished, hopefully the new climbing system I installed on my suit works.
As he was then creating a device of sorts as he was connecting the wiring and was making the final touches to it.
If worst comes to pass…no I don't want to think about it!
But I'll have to do this if they don't hold their end of the deal.
May's gonna be pissed at me if I do this but at least I know she'll be safe as would my Mom, Uncle and friends.
Jack had then finished his device and then looked to his suit and had the mask in his hands and stared at it intensely.
I guess it's one last run for us, we had some good and times right?
Yes we did and now after all the battles we fought it's time to put it all to the test…get the ones who took your father from you.
As he then put his suit, got his equipment ready on him as for the last time, he was now ready to face this unknown enemy.
Maybe this is the one…the one I won't come back from.
He threw on his mask and off he went to face the ones who started all of this
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Inside the building of Helix Industries they awaited the arrival of Jack Redgrave/Eclipse as now they decided to interrogate his mother.
"What're you going to do with me?" Caitlin said as she was scared to death on what would happen.
"Mrs. Carter…we have your son's attention and he will be here and once he gives us what we want then you are free to go." Ames said.
"What? My son? Why would he have what you want?" she asked confused.
"You see, your late husband was researching under this company's funding and his research led us to find the ultimate power but of course there was an unexpected factor being your son." Ames said as the door opened and in came another man.
"Ah Mrs. Carter, I hope things have not been too…rough for you?" he asked.
"YOU BASTARD! WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?" she demanded to know.
"As you asked nicely, I am the C.E.O. of Helix Industries, Maxwell Mercer, I was the one who showed interest in your husband's research and gave him the necessary funding to find the artefact but since he knew too much I had to kill him." Mercer said.
Hearing that bit of information the tears streamed down her eyes and the rage built up for three years as she faced her husband's killer.
"Why…why James…why did he have to die?" Caitlin said trying to know why as she sobbed.
"As I said he knew too much about the artefact and he could not be allowed to live, I arranged for it to be an accident but your son got involved and I guess it got a little messy." Mercer said.
"Your son is an annoying little roach, I'll enjoy torturing him once we get what we want." Ames said.
"Wait…you said you'd let us go, once you got what you want?" Caitlin asked confused.
"I lied…I need him alive so I can take what belongs to me and also I can get rid of a certain dark hero at the same time." Mercer said.
Caitlin hearing that was fearing for her son's life and the fact they talked of some hero.
"What do you mean dark hero?" she asked.
"Oh you don't know Mrs. Carter, your son has a secret and believe me even you won't believe it yourself but your son is-"
"I know…and god can't save you when he arrives." Caitlin said as it seemed she knew her son better than that.
"Then I guess we will await his arrival and take back what's ours." Ames said.
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Scouting the building from afar Eclipse saw that the place was heavily guarded and he needed an army to get past them all so he used what all good heroes need.
Satellite uplink, now for my eyes in the sky to do their thing.
He managed to access the military satellites using an encrypted laptop so he could determine his route in and out but also to learn of how many he was up against with thermal imaging.
It all showed him the building and saw it had around fifty floors, the guard detail was heavy and they were armed and it looked like they would shoot on sight, but the worst of it was shown as he was searching for his Mom and using a DNA tracer technology he managed to find her and saw where she was being held and saw two individuals with her and did the scans on them both seeing that their DNA did not match any databases as that got some alarm bells ringing as he wasted no time in making a route in.
But as he started rooftop hopping and about to make his way there he saw two familiar looking ships.
Oh hell no! I told them to stay out of this!
Now that A-Next had gone after them he knew they could also be in danger as he just shot a line hoping to get there in time.
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The heroes went right into the building guns blazing hoping they hadn't gotten there too late as they were led by The American Dream and her team of Spider-Girl, Stinger, J2, Blustreak and Silhouette.
"Okay what's the plan?" J2 asked.
"Simple, go in, find Jack, save Caitlin, stop these guys from destroying all existence and save the day." Spider-Girl said.
"What she said." American ream said agreeing with the plan.
"How do we get in? it's private property and also they have armed guards." Bluestreak asked.
"We walk in through the front door and we ask to see the boss." Stinger said.
"Already taken care of, we just walk in tell them we're here." Silhouette said as it seemed the Brit had been a step ahead of them.
As they entered the building via the front door and were greeted by armed security as then they got a call from upstairs.
"Go right up the boss is waiting for you all." he said as they cautiously went to the elevator and went right to the top floor.
As the ride took only a few seconds they arrived there and entered the large city sized view of the city at the back with a chair facing it's back to them and all around them were monitors as they flickered on with views of historical events that have happened around the world.
"Avengers…we finally meet, I must say I was hoping for the full team but you'll all have to do."
"Okay no games where is Mrs. Carter?" Spider-Girl asked.
He rose from his chair and faced them as he wore armour which looked like a rip-off of Iron Man's but his face was exposed, it was a black and silver colour.
"Now, now we don't want any problems here…Ms. Parker." he said as May's eyes widened at that.
"Oh I know about you, Ms. Carter, Mr. Kelso, Ms. Lang, Mr. Yama and Ms. Von Rothsberg." he said as he seemed to know all about them.
"How'd you even know all of that?" Shannon asked.
"I have the same power as your friend Eclipse or should I say Jack Redgrave, but I mastered my ability and used my powerful intellect to deduct your identities and also I used this power to learn of the Anti-Paradox and the power it contains but I only had it's knowledge not the formula itself." he said.
"Who are you?" May asked.
"My name is Trent Mercer and soon I'll rule this universe once your friend Jack decides to co-operate and hand me the formula I'll let you all go." Mercer said.
They all got confused by that as then the floor below them unleashed a massive electrical charge shocking them all and after a minute it ceased and the charge had knocked them all out.
Now the games begin…
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The building was on full alert now as armed guards filled the place and were all equipped with military grade rifles, equipment and were also aware that a dark hero was on his way.
"Any activity in sector 2?"
"None, all is clear."
"Alright then keep on patro-AH!"
The chatter was cut off as the sounds of struggling and fighting was heard as gunshots were then being heard.
"Delta what's going on? Respond!"
"Delta…do you copy?"
"…"
"We've lost contact with Delta…alert level 3 is now active."
Hearing that over the comms radio Eclipse managed to hack it and listen in on their frequency as he was hoping to hear for the location of where his Mom and friends were being held.
Leaving the unconscious guards where they were he went off to the next floor and knew the easier route would be the elevator, using his electro magnet he placed it on the top of the doors and activated it as the power of the magnet just forced the doors open.
Then he stepped back a little and jumped to the wall of the elevator shaft and just stuck to it like there was fly paper on the wall as he crawled up the wall and was headed for the top floor but then the elevator from the bottom was coming up as he detached himself and landed on the roof of it and the top hatch opened up and a guard looked up it as he saw nothing but then he got a huge knee to the face and fell down back into the elevator.
As then Eclipse followed down and a few more of them were in there with him as they could not react fast enough as he elbowed one in the face, the other got a kick to the gut followed with a fist to the face as the other two tried to shoot but he avoided the one gun shot and grabbed the arm and struck him in the face and knocked him out with the top of the gun but he then went for the final guy…
"BANG!"
"AH!" Eclipse said as he was shot in the upper part of his right arm as the guy came at him but he just hit a swift kick to the side of his head and knocked him out.
As the elevator went up he took a moment to survey the damage done to his arm and saw it was only a flesh wound but now knew the ammunition used was lethal and could penetrate his armour as it seemed they were prepared for his arrival.
He could see the elevator was approaching the top floor but then stopped two floors down from there as the doors opened and waiting for him were armed guard and they just opened fire but after the smoke cleared they saw they hit their own guys and there was no dark hero among the bodies.
But from the top the guard in front got hit with a swinging kick as Eclipse appeared and the other guards engaged him as he deflected a body blow and countered with a backhand to the face and a leg trip as the next went at him but again he grabbed his gun and bashed him in the face and a throw to the ground followed with a fist to the head.
From behind however he got caught off guard with a guard wielding a large knife as he went to slash him, his armour provided protection from it but his face was not as the second slash caught him from the lower part of his jaw which cut his mask from the mouth down and had slightly nicked him on the left lower side of his mouth as the blood seeped.
Both were now on the defence as they were face to face and just rushed at one another as he slashed at him with fury Eclipse dodged each one but then the knife lunged for his chest he grabbed his wrist with both hands and brought the knife near home and then twisted it out of his hands as it fell to the ground as he went for the free hand he grabbed that fast and with him restrained he just head butted him knocking him out and all the obstacles there had been dealt with.
"We've lost contact with the upper floors, the subjects are all being held upstairs."
"Good let him come."
"Yes sir."
With that transmission heard Jack know knows where the location of everyone is being held and made his way on up.
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Mercer was sitting in the dark only filled with the monitors of world events as he heard the sounds of his men being beaten up as he saw then Eclipse in the doorway and he just took down any oncoming guards with one blow and just kept his eyes locked on to Mercer.
"Ah Eclipse…The Dark Hero…or should I be calling you…Jack Redgrave? I get confused with both." Mercer said making it obvious he knew who he was.
"Where's my Mom?" Jack asked sternly.
"First I want what's inside that cranium of yours." Mercer said.
"NO! I know you not only have my mother but also my friends, let them go and I'll give you what you want." Jack said making a deal.
As then the lights came on and saw on both sides of the room The Avengers and his Mom were in separate prisons as they awoke to see Eclipse was standing face to face with Mercer.
"JACK!" May shouted as he saw she was awake.
"It'll be all right" he said to his girlfriend as she looked on scared for him. "Mercer one last time, I'm asking-no begging you…please let them go and take me in exchange." Jack tried to persuade him to do the right thing.
"Oh Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack…I can't allow that now either you give me what I want and then I'll release them." Mercer made the new deal.
"I guess you give me no choice." Jack said as he took his mask off revealing his face but then he saw something wired to the side of his head and linked to a device as he turned it on making him flinch.
Mercer looked on in utter confusion. "What is that?" he asked pointing to what was on the teen's head.
"This is a Neural Scrambler, when it's attached to the brain's nervous system it will automatically be the life line of the brain itself, in other words…all I have to here is pull the plug on the device along with my brain and you get nothing, so either way you let them go now or I pull the plug and you lose." Jack said making the ultimatum as Mercer, all The Avengers and his Mom even could not believe he would sacrifice himself for them and the Universe.
"You're bluffing! No one is that insane!" Mercer said as Jack chuckled at that remark.
"You clearly didn't figure me out completely, I am that insane! I am that crazy and yes…I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE!" Jack stated loudly as it echoed throughout the room.
"I'd like to test that…you little roach." a voice all too familiar as he turned to see a large claw like hand just swat him and sending him flying across the right side of the room and into the wall back first.
Trying to regain himself he was then grabbed by the large hand and was lifted into the air by his throat and saw not a man but a large seven foot beast, his eyes were yellow and hungry, his mouth resembled that of an animal's and his body was a mutated version of a human merged with a deformed wolfman.
"Let's see how far we can push your "insanity" shall we?" Ames said as Jack was at the mercy of this mutant man.
Oh! It's now gotten more deadlier! Will we see the demise of The Dark Hero? Will he save his friends and family?
What you think? Reviews please!