Chapter 33
Avengers Reassembled
My name is Tony Stark. I am the owner of the defense contracting company 'Stark Industries'. I designed weapons for the United States military. From a young age I was a mechanical and scientific genius. I used my aptitude to help my father and make my family proud with my academic aptitude. One day I was kidnapped by terrorists and forced to build them weapons. But under the guise of clever Secret Designs I built myself an armored suit with rocket boots and escaped. I learned the error of building weapons for the military because I realized that the other side will always try and buy from you under the guise of pretending to be your allies. With the resources of my laboratory in my house I perfected my design and I hunted down my weapons and I destroyed them. I became a vigilante who was an ally to the United Nations and I fought for the freedom of the people and brought about world peace. A group of Heroes have joined me on my crusade, and now protect the Earth from evil from beyond our planet's borders because I am the only one powerful enough to stand up to them. Who am I? I am IronMan.
The Avengers Universe, 1 month after the battle of New York
Tony Stark's point of view:
We were down on the street, Thor, myself, and The Captain. I had scanned the Dark Matter radiation around the spot where Dr. Banner had disappeared.
After crunching some numbers I figured out that what had happened was that there was a closed portal of the Multiverse barrier in this area. Some people say that it is an inefficient use of my time, but hey, I'm me.
Using the Cube, aka the 'Space Infinity Stone', I was able to build a crude, thrown together, device that would open this closed…'breach'...within the Multiverse barrier.
"Jarvis, is everything online?" I asked the artificial intelligence within my suit.
"The breach machine is fully operational sir." said Jarvis in his mild British accent.
I turned to Thor and The Captain.
"You guys ready?" I asked.
"Ready as we'll ever be." said The Captain as he donned his mask and held his arm shield.
Thor nodded while he readied his hammer.
I then had the faceplate on my helmet close.
"Jarvis, open the breach." I commanded the artificial intelligence in my suit.
"Activating breach machine sir." said Jarvis.
The wrist device on my arm piece of my suit fired a stream of rippling grey energy. And then an odd doughnut-shaped portal opened looking like swirling wavy water.
"Wait!" said Thor. "Call it a gut feeling. But I sense danger."
It was then that he threw his hammer Mjolnir through the breach.
The three of us then walked through. Inside the portal we were surrounded by light and energy and we saw a strange images all around us that made little to no sense to us.
When we came out the other side there was clearly some kind of battle that was going on, involving multiple people and mutants in costumes. And then I saw a Doctor Banner in his Hulk from.
Thor's hammer then flew back into Thor's hand.
One man in a black robe with a hideous appearance was lying on the ground with his forehead bleeding.
A girl in a blue suit and red cape picked up a small sphere that was rolling on the ground.
Loki was there, and Thor approached him.
"Hello brother." said Loki nervously while Thor raised his hammer.
Two others then grabbed him.
Two others grabbed the man in the black cloak and held him down.
"No!" said the man in the black cloak. "You can't do this to me! I am the ruler of this world!"
"Shut up!" said a young woman who then punched him in the face.
Then another dimensional breach like the one we just came through opened up. And two other men in blue and white uniforms emerged from it.
"Hold him steady." said the older of the two men.
"You!" said the man in the black cloak. "I killed you!"
"You killed my doppelganger." said the man.
I didn't know what these guys were talking about, but things were under control. So I just stood back.
"What are you going to do to me?" asked the man in the black cloak.
"Extract from you the evil that will never be unleashed on this world again."
He then held his hands close to the black cloak man's chest and his hands began to glow with pink light.
The man in the black cloak began to writhed in pain until finally the crystal amulet being held in front of him began to glow. Then out of the black-cloaked man's chest came what appeared to be a ball of pink light that was being contained by this person's power. In the centre of the little ball of light was what appeared to be a tiny little black cloud.
With what looked like to me as hard concentrated deliberate focus he drew the thing towards the crystal amulet where the crystal amulet then swallowed it up and began to glow itself.
"It is done. The Fiend Specter is inside the containment vessel." said the man.
It was in that moment that with a flash of red lightning from a yellow blur a man in a yellow suit appeared with a green rock in his hand and the two super heroes in red a blue capes fell to the ground looking weak. Then with another blur of speed, Loki, the black cloaked man, and several objects lying around were gone.
Earth 38
City of Metropolis -
Third person point of view:
"Damn it!" said Erik Morter the Esper in frustration and disappointment. "He got away!"
Voldemort and his allies had fled while the superheroes and the vampires were left standing with a bittersweet victory.
Superman approached the visitors that had just come through a breach.
"Nice to meet you. I might have to ask who are you guys."
The man in the uniform of the Stars and Stripes of the United States flag then reached under his collar of his uniform and pulled out a military dog tag.
"Captain Steve Rogers, United States Army." he identified himself.
It was then that the Hulk had turned back into Doctor Banner and he stepped in front.
"Allow me to introduce to you my team." said Dr. Banner to Superman.
He then gestured to the muscle man in the red cape with the hammer.
"This is Thor Odinson of Asgard, brother of Loki."
He then gestured to the red and gold robot.
"This is Tony Stark, owner of Stark Industries, AKA Iron Man."
He then gestured to The Captain.
"And Captain Rogers is our team leader, AKA Captain America. We are The Avengers." said Dr. Banner.
"The Avengers?" said Valentine Cullen with humorous interest. "Can I use that in my fan fiction?"
The faceplate of Iron Man's helmet then opened to reveal a human face.
"Dr. Banner." said Tony Stark. "We've been looking all over for you. It took us a while to realize that you had been transported through the Multiverse barrier, but eventually I figured it out."
The enemy soldiers that had not been able to escape were being rounded up and taken to DEO holding cells.
"Perhaps we should take this to another venue." said Erik Morter as he saw that Metropolis police were arriving.
Superman went to talk to the police while everyone else teleported back to DEO headquarters.
Once everyone was back at the DEO headquarters in the privacy of the conference room everyone was introduced to everyone else. The Avengers were told about the vampires. Everyone explained about the origin of Captain America's Genesis back during the Second World War. Tony Stark's kidnapping and then eventual metamorphosis into Iron Man. As well as who Thor was and where he came from.
"You know," said Bella, "we met another version of you in our universe."
"What do you mean?" asked Thor.
"They were an alien species of little gray men with giant brain heads. They called themselves the Asgard. And one of them called himself Thor."
"That's the magic of alternate universes." said Emmett Cullen. "Basically these alternate universes exist in any variation of alternate form that you can imagine."
"Who knows," said Valerie Cullen, "maybe in one of these alternate universes our lives are a novel series created by some author."
"Yeah," said Royal Hale sarcastically, "like that'll ever happen."
"So," said Tony Stark to Bruce Banner, "it seems that you had gotten yourself into a little bit of trouble when we have arrived here. What is going on?"
"Allow me." said Renesmee Cullen.
She then placed her hand on their faces one at a time and gave them her knowledge.
"Well." said Tony Stark. "That is quite a situation."
"I am familiar with this Lord Voldemort." said Thor.
"You are?" said J'onn J'onzz.
"In our universe, we heard of his doppelganger here in the realm of Midgard. He's an extremely powerful master of magic. He is an abomination to nature! Pure evil! He must be stopped!"
"What happened to you guys after I first arrived here?" asked Dr. Banner.
"The battle was difficult without your help." said Captain America. "Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton are still alive but they were severely injured. Extreme damage was done to the whole city. The death toll was catastrophic. Over a million people lost their lives that day."
"The battle ended when I managed to shove a nuclear warhead write down the enemy's throat." said Tony Stark. "Once the enemy Army was disabled, I was able to get to work on the portal generator. Eventually I was able to shut down the portal. I then looked around the area where you had mysteriously disappeared. I detected traces of Dark Matter radiation, with a little more number-crunching I figured out that you had breached the Multiverse barrier into another universe."
He then touched a panel on the side of a suit that opened up a small compartment where he then pulled out the Tesseract. "I found a way to emulate what the closed portal was able to do by means of a machine, and then use The Cube to open the breach."
"Impressive." said Barry Allen. "The design of the breach technology can be very complicated in any universe."
"So, if you want to come with us we can just breach on home." said Captain America to Dr. Banner.
"No." said Thor contradicting The Captain. "We're not leaving without my brother."
Tony Stark then turned to J'onn J'onzz.
"It looks like we're going to be sticking around for a little while."
It was right then and there that Harry Potter and his friends came into the room. He was extremely angry.
"You had him!" he said statement of fact but with a tone of extreme disbelief and frustration in his voice. "You had him! And then you lost him! How could you have lost Lord Voldemort after you actually had him?"
"Eobard Thawne." said The Flash. "The Reverse Flash. A speedster from Earth One far in the future. Traveled back in time to try and destroy me. We did not anticipate that he would be here. I didn't know that I would need to be dealing with another Speedster. I guess he decided that the battle was a lost cause and decided to run for it."
Harry Potter sighed in reluctant resignation of the situation.
"Well, I suppose that it's not your fault then. It's just extremely disappointing. If we had him, we could have ended this."
Harry Potter then turned to Avatar Sierra after he had calmed down a little.
"Sierra, how did you do that thing to the Dementors. The Patronus Charm is supposed to be the only thing that can stop them."
"It's called Spiritbending." said Sierra Beifong. "A variation of waterbending healing. I had to go into the Avatar State to use it and even then only through the guidance of my past lives."
"What exactly is it that you did to them?" asked Harry Potter.
"I cleansed their energy of all darkness and evil and restored the light within them to its former glory from before they became Dementors and then set their spirit free."
The witches and wizards then raised their eyebrows in curiosity but amused interest.
"That is rather unusual." said Harry Potter. "But fascinating all the same."
"I don't suppose you could teach us to do something like that?" asked Ron Weasley.
"Not unless you're a Waterbender. And at that a Spiritbendor. They are few and far between."
"I don't suppose you could give us a demonstration of that one more time?"
"Sure." said Avatar Sierra. "While we wait for the DEO to track down Lord Voldemort, I can demonstrate the ability. I shall need a spirit, preferably an evil spirit, and of course some water. Spirit water would be best, but regular water will suffice."
"I can make the arrangements for your demonstration." said Alastor Moody.
"Dudley, how goes the training of the wandless magic?"
"It is of course not easy." said Dudley. "But they are definitely making progress."
"Well, keep training."
The wandless magic was having various degrees of success on each of the witches and wizards.
They were supposed to let go of anything in their mind that holds them back and they were supposed to believe in the impossible. So far Severus Snape and Luna Lovegood had made the most progress. Ronald Weasley was stubborn and unfocused. Hermione Granger had too much difficulty believing in the impossible. Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, and Neville Longbottom we're somewhere in the middle in that that area.
In a childish temper tantrum Lord Voldemort had killed thousand random citizens before he went back to his hideout.
"You're welcome." said Eobard Thawne as he handed Voldemort back his wand and Omegahedron.
They had also managed to save the breach machine, though just barely. The Reverse Flash had done most of the work during their escape.
"This is getting out of hand." said Voldemort through gritted teeth. "We are better than this."
"Our enemies are extremely resourceful." said the Reverse Flash. "They do not give up so easily."
"And I most certainly did not expect the Avengers to show up." said Loki.
"If it wasn't for that hammer hitting me in the head through the breach," said Voldemort, "we would have won the fight."
"That was Thor." said Loki. "My brother."
"Your brother." said Voldemort.
"I was adopted." said Loki.
"Nontheless, your brother's hammer stopping us from winning the battle, it simply took me by surprise. A mistake I will not make again." said Voldemort.
"And you had Kryptonite this whole time?" asked Loki to the Reverse Flash.
"Not that I don't trust you." said Reverse Flash with a small smile. "But you didn't really expect me to show you all of my cards did you?"
"I suppose it was unnecessary for Cisco Ramon to try and synthesize some for us."
"And what was that thing that the Alistair Moody doppelganger removed from me?"
"What shall we do?" asked Bellatrix Lestrange. "Regroup and try again?"
"It seems to me you like what we need is a different approach." said Sinestro. "Direct attacks against our enemy merely gives them the home-field advantage. They fight against us the best way they know how with optimal results. We need to lure them into a trap. And then hit them with something that packs a much stronger punch."
"When they fall into the Trap," said Reverse Flash, "we either take them all out by use of the trap, or force them to surrender."
Voldemort thought for a moment. Then smiled with an idea.
"Loki, Thawne, do either of you know how to build a nuclear warhead?"
The Reverse Flash smiled and raised his eyebrow wondering if Voldemort was joking.
"Can we? Is that a trick question? Any third grade science genius can build a nuclear bomb if they had the right materials."
He grabbed a piece of paper and then speed wrote in a fraction of a second and then handed it to Voldemort.
"I shall require these materials."
Voldemort read piece of paper.
"I don't think Plutonium-238 is a substance that magic can transfigure or conjure." said Voldemort.
"A lower grade radioactive material will suffice, though the devastating effects might not be as strong." said Thawne. "It might be at least possible for us to steal some uranium-235."
"Once we set up the bomb it is likely that our enemies will be smart enough to find it and disable it. Shouldn't be too hard to create some safeguards that that will prevent anyone from tampering with the trap." said Loki.
"Now that I can do." said Voldemort. "I could surround the device with a spell that will prevent anyone from tampering with it."
It was then that Cisco Ramon breached himself into the room.
"My Lord. I'm sorry to say that I was unable to create is substance Kryptonite. I've created several modified versions of it but none that would have the effects on the kryptonians that we are hoping for."
"Lord Voldemort does not tolerate failure." said Voldemort as he looked at the mind-controlled breacher. "However, to subject you to punishment right here right now would be a waste of my time and your talents."
Voldemort then handed the piece of paper to Cisco. "Can you obtain for me this radioactive material?"
Cisco looked at the piece of paper.
"Plutonium 238. Any nuclear facility that is not surrounded by metahuman dampeners I can breach in grab the plutonium and breach out."
"Excellent." said Voldemort. "Get to work on this trap and I will send a message to our enemies."
The vampires James and Victoria walked into Voldemort's hideout, they were bringing with them a long line of people; metahumans, aliens, and humans.
"Welcome to the Order of The Black Serpent." said James in the pleasant alluring voice of the vampire.
Every single one of them was then handed a briefcase holding a small fortune. Arrangements for them was then quickly made for each of them to have their own house, in exchange for their service of course.
"Please show respect for our leader." said Victoria. The dark wizard Lord Voldemort.
She then turned to there new recruits.
"Be warned. Do not speak his name in his presence. Preferably not even at all if you can help it. If you are going to refer to him, call him The Dark Lord. If you are going to address him, and that's only when absolutely necessary, you will address him as My Lord."
Voldemort then stepped forward. He smiled at the group. He hated each and every one of them. The Muggles with no talents or abilities most of all. The aliens and metahumans with extraordinary abilities he hated slightly less. Nonetheless, they were just pawns to him. Like in the game of chess. The least valuable units to do his will and then bottom out their miserable existence.
"None of you will regret this." said Voldemort in his both winning and convincing persuasive tone of voice. "Everything that you want is now at your fingertips."
Another one of Voldemort's servants then led the group away. And Voldemort faced James and smiled.
"You have done well James."
"Thank you my Lord." said James in respect. "Now, when do I get what I want?"
James was obsessed with killing Bella Swan. A prize that he had been robbed of in his own universe. To taste her blood was a special prize. A prize he was denied. Unfortunately while he was hunting her she was saved by her vampire family and then they managed to evade him for over a year until she was finally converted into a vampire. And then she was killed by the Volturi during the battle of the Olympic Peninsula when she tried to protect her daughter from them.
He had always wanted to finish that hunt. But then when he and Victoria were pulled through a breach one day and ended up in this alternate universe he realized that he could finish his hunt with the next best thing; a Bella Swan doppelganger.
He had only bits and pieces of information, but apparently he had found out that his doppelganger in her Universe had been killed during his attempt to kill her. He scarcely imagined that such a thing could be true. But then again doppelgangers weren't really the real thing. But of course doppelganger being the real thing or not is subjective. Or open for interpretation.
Victoria accused him that his obsession with the hunt was debilitating. And it was. When he would never give a hunt up. Is ultimately put his and Victoria's life on hold until he could finish his hunt. Now he was crazy. He was insane. He was out of his mind with finishing this hunt. The only one that ever got away. Except for Victoria of course, but he did get Victoria in a different way. He was only able to catch Victoria when he stopped trying to find her. And that drove him crazy. Victoria was under the impression that James loved her. And he did in his own way. But he did not have the romantic obsession with Victoria that most vampire partners have with each other.
But for all intents and purposes, he was having the time of his life. He found this whole experience exhilarating. Exciting.
"I myself have a quarrel with Bella Swan." said Voldemort. "She punched me in the face. And I don't like that. James, I have plans for a trap. A trap that will kill my enemies or force them to surrender. I wish for you to supervise the Trap. And when Bella Swan shows up, you will rip her head off and burn her pieces."
"I don't want her to walk into my arms." said James. "I like the thrill of the hunt."
Voldemort smiled at that.
"I totally understand. I to enjoy a good stalking and stabbing." said Voldemort.
"Perhaps the opportunity will present itself. I need you to do this. Yes or no."
"Don't worry my Lord." James reassured. "The deed will be done."
"I knew I could count on you vampire." said volume or for the smile.
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