Chapter 20.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will feature the first story arc, while the second arc will be introduced in the next chapter.
Some of the material in this chapter has been taken from Aragorn II Elessar's fic Death and Punishment so thank you to him. If you haven't read it or his other works in the 'Devil and the Archer series', I would highly recommend you do. They are absolutely fantastic.
Also there is going to be a lot of blood and gore in this chapter, so if you don't like it, don't read it.
Don't say I didn't warn you and then go rant at me in the comments.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Avengers, Arrow or any characters and elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this story.
Warning- blood and gore.
On with the show.
supercode: Thank you for the review. I agree with you. But the team 1: Trusts Jason and 2: Can't exactly disagree. You will see in this chapter.
Jason's POV.
After arriving at Oliver's mansion, which was exactly as I remembered it as, I just focused on finding myself a spot to rest, and fell asleep instantly.
I woke up the next morning, feeling refreshed.
I found Mack, Jenna and Oliver talking downstairs.
"Hey guys. What's happening?" I asked.
"Oh hey Jason, we were just bouncing ideas on how to rescue Conrad and Takio. We could use your input" Jenna replied.
"Yeah I've been thinking about this myself. I am not happy about what happened. My first port of call is to get hold of Novu. He can help us go back and rescue them" I said.
At that moment, space itself suddenly warped and I found myself back in Novu's realm.
"Novu, I hope you brought us here to help us go back and get Conrad and Takio?" I said.
"I am sorry Jason. I wish I had better news but I cannot locate them as the Anti Monitor has concealed them somehow. However I have enlisted the aid of two SHIELD scientists Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons to help us track them and Helena is assisting them. There are other things that need to get done. I have something I need you to do" Novu replied.
"You know what, I am supposed to be leading and this is not looking good on my track record. How is my team supposed to trust me if I can't even keep them safe? I'm not the right guy for this job. Maybe you should get someone else" I said.
"I know this is difficult for you Jason. Leading an entire team is hard. But I have looked into the future and you are the only person who can defeat the Anti Monitor. In all other futures, the Multiverse is destroyed by the Anti Monitor and the daemon sultan Azathoth. You are the only person who can save us all" Novu said.
"You can do this Jason. I know you can and I'm right here with you" Oliver said.
"I don't know Oliver. I don't know if I can do this. I want to do this but I don't want to let anyone else down" I said.
"Jason. We're behind you. We know it wasn't you're fault. It's not like we're going to leave them there. We will get them back. So don't worry about it" Mack said.
"I would like to give you more time to adjust Jason but sadly we are all out of time" Novu said.
"Now I need to bring Slade Wilson in as he is vital to the plan" Novu said.
"Oliver, I'm going to need your help with this which is why you are here" Novu warned.
He waved his hand and a man in his forties, with a long beard and an eyepatch over his right eye appeared.
He looked like someone I definitely didn't want to pick a fight with.
"You don't want to pick a fight with anyone you chicken ass bitch. You're not even in the comic books. And fuck you" said a guest in my head.
"Fuck off, I'm busy" I replied, in my head.
"Kid? What's going on here? And who the hell are the rest of you?" Slade asked angrily.
"Slade Wilson, my name is Mar Novu. This is Jason Stark, Jenna Rixton and Mack McKenzie. We need your help for a mission" Novu said.
"I don't think so" Slade snarled and drew his sword before rushing Novu…only to reappear exactly where he started.
"I would not attempt such rash actions again Mr Wilson. Otherwise there will be consequences" Novu said coldly.
"I don't know what tricks these are, but I'm not interested" he growled.
"Slade calm down. I trust him. And we need your help, otherwise billions will die. Please help us. You wouldn't be here if it wasn't important" Oliver said.
"I'll take your word kid, but I don't like being bullied into things I know nothing about" Slade said.
"Thanks I owe you one" Oliver said.
"You owe me lots more boy" Slade growled.
We all turned to face Novu.
"You're mission is located on Earth-199999. There is a HYDRA leader there named Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker. He is a very dangerous man who controls many criminal enterprises and is one of the heads of the terrorist organization HYDRA. Your goal is to kill him. I already have a contact there who will help you. Mr Queen, You have a been great help. I will return you home, but we will need your help for battles yet to come" Novu said.
"I'll be waiting" Oliver said.
"Thank you again Slade for helping them. Good luck" Oliver said.
"Good luck Jay, I'll be seeing you soon" Oliver said.
"Thanks Oliver. I'll see you soon" I replied.
With a nod of his head, Oliver vanished.
We all looked at expectantly at Novu and with a wave of his hand, he made us vanish.
When we reappeared, we were at an airfield, where a Quinjet was waiting.
Logan, Nuke and Rory were already there and we greeted each other.
"Okay so where is this contact we are supposed to me meeting. Have any of you seen him?" I asked.
"Nope, not yet. We don't even know what he looks like" Rory replied.
A man suddenly came into view with a look that could turn the blood in your veins to ice.
He looked very rough and looked like he had some form of military training.
He had a small gun with him but on the left side of his belt was a larger one while on the right side, he kept a hammer.
He wore a trenchcoat with open buttons and his vest had a symbol of a skull on it.
We all stared at him and waited as he approached.
"Are you Jason Stark" he asked.
"Who's asking?" I asked.
"My name is Frank. And I'm here to help you" he said.
"You're Novu's contact" I stated.
"Yep" Frank replied.
"We got to get on the jet. I'll introduce everyone once we're in the air" I said.
"Where are we going?" Jenna asked.
"Grand Nixon Island. It's where Baron Strucker and his men are" Frank explained.
We then moved into the Quinjet and Jenna piloted it.
The coordinates for the place were already pre programmed.
It took off from the ground and flew into the air.
We were going to be there in five minutes so I introduced Frank to everyone.
He then outlined the plan to everyone.
We then flew above the place called Grand Nixon Island.
It was not on any maps and was home to HYDRA aka the most violent people on the planet.
I know sounds fun.
"All right guys, time to jump out" Jenna said from the cockpit.
"Are you going to fly around?" I asked her.
"Nope. I'm going to crash the Quinjet" Jenna said entuhusiactly.
I just groaned.
This woman truly was crazy.
We grabbed parachutes that were nearby and strapped them on.
"Sayonara" Frank said before he and Logan jumped out simultansuly.
Rory and I went next followed by Mack and Nuke.
And finally Jenna jumped out.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the Quinjet dive-bomb and crash in the distance with a big fiery explosion.
'Well there goes our ride home' I thought to myself.
We safely parachuted to the ground.
We all brandished our weapons that we had strapped on prior to parachuting.
Jenna had notched an arrow to her bow.
Frank carried an assault rifle and Slade had drawn his sword along with a pistol.
Rory was wrapped in his rags while Logan was unarmed.
Mack had armed himself with an AK-74 assault rifle.
I had drawn an arrow.
Nuke had armed itself with an assault rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other.
We moved across the terrain, keeping an eye out.
Soon I noticed our target.
"Two towers 12:00" I said.
"I'll take them" Frank said.
He took aim with his rifle and shot one of the guards in the head.
He then moved faster then I could see and shot the guard in the other tower in the throat.
Several guards and HYDRA agents came rushing out the towers and Logan roared before leaping into battle, his claws extended.
He impaled one in the chest.
Jenna and I loosed our arrows and took down two more agents.
Mack shot down 3 of them that were ganging up on Logan.
Slade marched into battle, his armour deflecting the bullets and killed two of them.
Rory grabbed another one with his rags and crushed his skull.
Nuke shot another guard point blank in the face with its shotgun.
The field was littered with dead bodies soon.
"We're in" I said.
"And there all dead" Frank added.
We moved into the tower, where more guards came and rushed us.
We nodded at each other as Slade spun around and decapitated a guard.
Mack brandished a knife and stabbed one of the agents in the gut repeatedly until he was dead.
I brandished my sword and stabbed another one through the chest.
Logan was shot, but his wounds closed up instantly and he impaled another one through the throat.
'Neat trick. I've got to get myself some of that' I thought to myself.
Rory, Jenna and Slade had killed the rest of them.
We came across another small building where there were two snipers on top and 8 guys at the bottom.
Mack imiadetley shot the snipers down in quick succession.
Nuke brandished its assault rifle and killed 3 of the guards.
Slade stabbed one through the throat and spun in a rotary motion and decapitated the other.
Jenna fired 3 arrows rapidly and took down the remaining 3.
Only one was left and Nuke shot him in the leg, making him scream in pain.
"Where's Baron Strucker?" I asked him.
"I wont tell" the man said defiantly only for Slade to stab him in the thigh.
"Ah! He's out back, with the warhead" the man groaned.
"Thank you for your kindness" I said sweetly before firing an arrow into his throat.
"Another intruder coming in!" a voice said through the speakers.
"Another intruder?" Mack asked in confusion.
"That means we're not the only ones here" I said.
I turned and ran out the back door and into a forest with the rest of them in close pursuit.
Several HYDRA agents were there.
I yanked a grenade out and threw it at them.
It exploded and two of them were killed.
Slade shot another one in the head.
I flipped into the air and kicked an agent in the chest, sending him flying backwards.
I then shot him in the throat and he died in agony.
Nuke punched another in the gut before taking out its shotgun.
"Hasta la vista baby" it said before shooting him point blank in the face, creating a bloody spray of brains.
Another gun shot rang and a red haired woman in a black jumpsuit ran into the fray.
She flipped into the air and caught another agent with her legs, bringing him to the ground.
"Who's the babe?" Mack asked to no one in particular, only to get a glare from me.
I was very protective of her.
"That's Natasha Romanoff, one of the best SHIELD agents in existence. Show some respect" I snapped.
She looked up and was surprised to see me.
"Jay? I wasn't told you'd be here too" she said in surprise.
"Yeah but technically I'm supposed to be dead. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Same thing as you. Trying to stop one of the heads of HYDRA" Natasha said.
"We need to move" Nuke said all of a sudden.
And together the 9 of us moved out to go beat the shit out of Strucker.
More agents started yelling in the distance and Natasha, Frank, Mack, Jenna and I took cover.
Rory's rags absorbed the bullets shot at him as he grabbed two of them and threw them into the distance.
Slade lobbed off another head with his sword as he brandished his pistol and shot another one in the head.
Nuke fired its rifle and shotgun simultansuly, taking out many soldiers.
One agent came close to where I was and I pulled a knife out.
I then stabbed the agent in the foot before upwards.
Mack, Frank, Natasha, Jenna and I moved out, rapidly taking down enemy fighters.
I flip-kicked one in the head before sweeping the legs of another.
I then brandished my sword and stabbed the fallen agent in the gut.
Jenna loosed arrow after arrow at the enemy, taking down multiple soldiers.
Frank just unloaded his entire machine gun at them.
Logan leapt, stabbing another soldier through the chest.
Mack also unloaded his assault rifle on them until it was empty.
He had also used up all his magazine clippings.
He threw his gun to the side and yanked out a pair of pistols.
Jenna pulled an arrow out and stabbed a solder through the eye.
Frank took out a knife and rammed it through a soldier's head.
It was a fricken massacre.
That is the only word to describe the scene.
We moved to where a door to the base was.
I fired an explosive arrow that sent the door flying off its hinges.
Once inside, I saw a man who I assumed was Strucker ordering one of his men to arm and fire the nuke.
"Baron Strucker!" I yelled.
The HYDRA leader turned to face us.
Oh shit.
Then, Natasha and Jenna rushed him.
The rest of us worked to kill the remaining HYDRA agents.
As Natasha and Jenna reached Strucker, a massive man at least 8 feet tall stepped in there path.
He punched Jenna in the face, knocking her out.
Before he could reach Natasha, I ran at him and we began fighting brutally.
Strucker meanwhile had begun making his escape.
Mack spun around and shot an agent in the head.
Logan stabbed an agent through the throat before spinning around and stabbing another through the mouth, with his claws protruding from the back of the mans head.
Nuke grabbed a man and punched him so hard, the mans head literally went flying off.
Rory grabbed two soldiers and threw them into a wall.
Slade brandished his sword and fought against 3 soldiers.
He stabbed one clean through the chest before spinning around and slashing the throat of the second.
The third turned and ran only to get his skull smashed in by Frank's hammer.
The big man meanwhile, picked me up by the throat and punched me into a wall.
That hurt a lot.
"Hey!" Nuke said as it walked up to him.
The big man looked down at him.
Nuke suddenly kicked the man in the balls.
Nuke's superhuman strength sent even a big man like him flying.
"Yipikayay motherfucker" Nuke said.
The man landed hard.
Mack ran up to him and shot him in the head multiple times.
Strucker was getting away though.
That and the nuke had a timer on set for 5 minutes.
"Guys, we need to move!" I shouted.
Nuke picked up Jenna and Logan carried me as I was still injured but my wounds were healing rapidly.
We all ran straight to where Strucker was getting in his helicopter.
Frank shot at the chopper but it didn't do much to it.
Suddenly a man stepped in our path.
He was dressed in some sort of combat suit and was covered in robes.
He carried a scythe.
"You are not getting to Baron Strucker" the man said.
"Who the hell are you?" Frank asked.
"Call me…Grim Reaper" the man said.
"Get the fuck out of our way" Logan growled.
"Nah" Grim Reaper said with a smirk.
"Actually, everyone you get Strucker. I'll deal with this clown" I said.
They ran past me as I faced Grim Reaper.
I charged him, aiming to hit his face.
Grim Reaper moved at superhuman speed, easily dodging the punches and kicks I threw at him.
He punched me in the face, and I was sent to the ground.
This guy was good.
He was even faster than me and I was super soldier.
I got up and rolled away from his next strike.
I swung around briefly to find the timer on the nuke at 80 seconds.
I charged suddenly and tackled Grim Reaper to the ground where I applied a series of brutal punches to his face.
I flipped over and got him in a headlock.
The timer was now down to 20 seconds.
Oh bloody hell.
This was not good.
I let go and got up, before kicking him in the face. I then ran at the chopper as fast as I could.
Strucker was on his knees, clearly bloodied and injured.
"Guys, we need to move now!" I said urgently.
"Got it. Sayonara" Frank said before shooting Strucker in the head and he fell down.
We all jumped into the chopper and it took off quickly.
As we flew away, with my superhuman eyesight, I saw Grim Reaper leap into the sea.
Well he would certainly be a problem for another day.
We flew away as fast as we could away from the island.
Suddenly the island exploded.
Even far away, I felt the shockwave from it.
Grand Nixon Island was now a deep, smoking, ruined impact crater.
We landed far away from it on another small patch of land.
We got out and checked to make sure we were okay.
Jenna was still out.
"Thanks for the assist guys, you just made my day easier" Natasha said.
"Anytime Nat. So who was this Grim Reaper guy?" I asked.
"He is an enhanced mercenary. Basically works for whoever can dish out the best pay check. But SHIELD will find him eventually" Natasha assured.
"Nat are you going to come with us?" I asked her hopefully.
"Unfortunately no. I have to deliver my report in to Fury. Don't worry, I wont tell him you're alive. And you guys?" she asked us.
"We're going to rain hell on whoever is in charge of this" I said.
"Well good luck and see you around" Natasha said before giving me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Something in the back of my head told me that we weren't done yet.
And it wasn't going to end well.
And Chapter 20 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
I honestly couldn't resist using Frank Castle aka Punisher. Jon Bernthal is nothing but amazing and phenomenal as Frank Castle, hell he was literally born to BE the Punisher just as Scarlett Johansson was meant for the role of Natasha Romanoff, the mighty Black Widow. So I would highly recommend you watch his show. It is truly the best.
Baron Strucker was the Hydra leader in the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Grim Reaper takes his place during the beginning events of Age of Ultron.
And Grim Reaper. He is a Marvel villain. Picture James Franco in the role.
I replaced Kreigkopf and the Russians from Death and Punishment with Baron Strucker, Grim Reaper and HYDRA as I didn't want to take everything from the chapter.
Now next chapter will be centred on Antonnie Tripplett and the second mission. It will also introduce a key player in this trilogy.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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