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"We should scout ahead and see what are they up to. That means this is a recon mission, so don't engage unless it will be necessary." Steve said. "Nat, Oliver, Sara, Bucky, Barry, Pietro, Cisco, Wanda, Logan, Storm, we'll all go in small groups and scout around."
"Got it, Cap." Barry said.
"Maybe I should come too." Caitlin volunteered.
"Caitlin—" Barry started.
"Look, you need all the help you can get and I'm not going to sit on my ass here." Caitlin said.
"If she wants to come, then I think there's no talking her out of it." Steve noted as they smiled at each other briefly.
After a moment, they gave in and let her come with them as they entered the jungle.
"Did you notice the looks Steve and Caitlin were throwing each other?" Oliver asked as he, Sara, Barry, Wanda and Natasha were walking down the woods.
"You think they're…" Sara trailed off.
"Come on, you have to admit that they kept giving each other these looks…" Oliver said and Sara nodded after a moment.
"I keep telling Steve to find someone and I think that the doctor might be good for him." Natasha said.
"So you've noticed it too?" Oliver asked.
"I'm certain everyone else has noticed it already." Sara said as they snickered.
"So what are we gonna do about it?" Barry asked.
"What, you got something against them?" Natasha asked.
"No, I just…" Barry chuckled.
"Or how about we ask Wanda whether she should whammy you to back off?" Oliver cracked and Barry shut up and flushed slightly, embarrassed.
Pietro patted Barry on his back. "My friend, don't worry. I think you're good for my sister, but you hurt her, I will—"
Suddenly, they heard clattering noises as large beetles started to fly towards them. Barry formed cyclones in his arms, blowing them away before they heard a roar and rather big raptors came out from the bushes and rushed at them. Barry and Pietro sped in and knocked some away in superspeed as Oliver shot one down with an arrow before Sara tackled him down as another raptor lunged at him. The raptor was about to bite into Oliver but Oliver used his bow to stop the raptor from closing his jaw on him and Oliver groaned upon smelling its breath as its drool fell on his suit. Sara pulled out a knife and jammed it into the raptor's head as it slumped before she helped Oliver on his feet. Logan roared as he rushed forward with his claws, cutting down the raptors before the beetles returned, trying to bite them but then, Wanda crushed them with her powers.
"So, they weren't kidding. This place really is a Savage Land." Sara noted.
"Uh, guys, we've got a problem!" Cisco exclaimed over the comms.
"What is it, Cisco?" Barry called out.
"We've got some pissed off dinosaurs coming at us!" Cisco shouted as he tried to blast down some raptors, while Bucky opened fire. Storm created a small cyclone to blow them away but they didn't relent.
"Keep running!" Bucky ordered as he punched one of the raptors with his metal arm, breaking its skull. Bucky pulled out a knife and dodged, when another raptor lunged at him before Bucky cut its head off and Caitlin froze some of them before Bucky shot at them and shattered them into pieces.
They went towards the nearest exit and Caitlin created an ice wall to barricade it. "That should stop them."
"Did you hear that?" Bucky asked as he pointed ahead as they heard clanging.
Following the source of the noise, the group hid in the bushes until they saw a group of people with black veins all over their faces snarling like zombies and ripping apart a giant device and Cisco and Caitlin got an uncomfortable Déjà vu.
"Oh, my God…" Caitlin whispered.
"What the hell is that?" Bucky asked.
"Ramsey's blood brothers." Cisco realized, shuddering. "Which means he's close too."
"Who?" Storm asked.
"A doctor. Experimented on dark matter to rid himself of HLH disease and instead turned into a literal bloodthirsty monster and can infect people too but what are they doing?" Caitlin wondered, examining the machine.
"An atmospheric processor. If they destroy one of those, it will bury the jungle under snow and ice." Storm said.
"We can't let that happen." Bucky said as he loaded his rifle and opened fire at the blood brothers. Some of them were shot down but others were resilient to the bullets as they rushed at them, snarling.
Cisco fired his vibe blasts, knocking some of them down as Storm sent a torrent of lightning, burning them but they didn't relent as they got up, seemingly unfazed.
"We need to heat things up a bit!" Cisco yelled.
The blood brothers rushed at them but Caitlin managed to freeze them all before Storm summoned lightning from above and struck down Ramsey's blood brothers.
"Ramsey's here. Not good." Cisco said.
"Who?" Bucky asked.
"A doctor. He used to be an old friend of ours but he was dying of HLH. Blood cancer. So he decided to experiment on himself with dark matter and turned into a literal bloodthirsty monster." Caitlin said before turning to them. "If you see him, whatever happens, do not let him infect you with his blood."
Cisco took a closer look at the atmospheric processor. "I've never seen so advanced technology."
"No one has. Whoever the aliens leaving this here were, they're long gone." Storm said.
As they made their way down the jungle, they also encountered armed soldiers that opened fire but Wanda deflected the shots with her powers as Natasha and Bucky retaliated and the soldiers took cover behind trees and rocks. Barry and Pietro sped in, knocking them out, when they were suddenly ensnared in vines. Barry phased his way out, while vibrating his hand, cutting the vines restraining Pietro before they noticed a mutant, who was controlling vegetation apparently.
The mutant deflected the shots by using a piece of wood as a shield but Cisco shattered it with his vibe blasts before Logan lunged at the mutant and impaled him with his claws. More soldiers appeared, opening fire but Steve threw his shield as it ricocheted, knocking some of them down and Oliver fired an explosive arrow, taking a good chunk of the soldiers out before Sara and Natasha pulled out their batons and engaged the remnant of the soldiers, swiftly disposing of them.
They were all hidden in the forest vegetation as they followed the soldiers into the temple, where they found a wounded pterodactyl, crawling on the ground in front of the entrance, covered in burns and scratches.
"Help…" The pterodactyl murmured weakly, much to the surprise of most of them.
"The pterodactyl… can talk? What, is he like Grodd?" Barry asked.
"No. He wasn't always an animal. Is that right, Sauron?" Logan asked. As much as the X-Men hated him, they had to wonder what happened to him.
"Tell us what happened." Oliver asked.
"I'd told… the monster… I wasn't interested…" Sauron whispered.
"Apocalypse? Apocalypse did this to you?" Storm demanded and Sauron nodded weakly. "Where is he now?"
"In… in the temple… must… stop… him…" Sauron said before he closed his eyes.
They felt some sympathies for the creature as they turned to the mutants.
"Friend of yours?" Steve asked.
"Far from it, but he didn't deserve what happened to him." Logan said, snarling in rage as he popped out his claws. Even though Sauron wasn't really an animal, Logan could relate to this painful death.
"We should head in and see what are they up to." Steve said as they looked at the entrance to the temple.
"I don't think so."
Suddenly, from above jumped down a giant figure with bones protruding from its body, cackling mercilessly.
"You will not get past me!" Abomination snarled.
They all backed off, surprised though but unintimidated.
"We're not gonna back down." Oliver said.
"You can't win. I have an army." Blonsky gloated.
"We have a Hulk." Steve smirked and on cue, Hulk jumped down from above roaring as he landed on the ground, crashing it with his feet and roared in rage as he and Blonsky glared at each other and a shockwave followed as their fists clashed. Hulk and Blonsky exchanged blows as they tried to get past them.
The gate behind them closed as they heard the roars and loud punches behind the doors, while they went inside to investigate what was Apocalypse doing in there.
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