Bubblegum Crisis: Burstfire.
Chapter Three
10:00AM June 29th 2033AD
Dustine strode into the lobby of Stingray Solutions with Tony Stark in tow. They approached the receptionist who was blushing a bit at Tony Stark. Tony grinned and waved. "Hi, kiddo. I'm Tony Stark. I'm here to see your boss."
"Ah, yes, Mr Stark, right away sir," The receptionist nodded, picked up a phone and dialed a number. She waited a moment and nodded. "Um. Miss Asagiri. Miss McCormick is here. She has a guest. Its Mr Stark."
There was a pause then she blushed. "No ma'am, I'm not bullshitting you. He's right here. Yes ma'am. Yes. Okay. Will do."
Tony smirked a bit while Dustine sweatdropped.
"Miss Stingray's security will be down shortly." The receptionist nodded.
"Thanks." Tony nodded and the pair wandered over to a pair of leather chairs. Tony looked around and nodded. "Looks like she did a pretty good job here."
"Yep." Dustine nodded.
"Y'know, I floated the solutions idea to her father and a few friends of his in 2017," Tony hummed and sighed. "I also put a little money into its start up and some of its laboratories, so I'm sorta on the board. His death really hit me hard."
"What happened after?" Dustine asked.
"I investigated of course." Tony noted then shrugged. "Found a few scientists here that were ready and willing to sell this company to GENOM or the highest bidder. Kicked the guys out and made a few suggestions to Sylia."
"I see..." Dustine nodded.
Moments later, Priss and Linna strolled out of a corridor and walked up to Dustine and Tony.
"Miss McCormick. Mr Stark." Priss nodded to the pair. "Sylia will see you now."
"Thanks." Tony smiled as they stood then, glancing at Dustine, gestured the corridors. "Shall we?"
"Yep." Dustine nodded and followed Priss, Linna and Tony through the lobby and down a hallway. They boarded a elevator and road in silence for a bit. Tony adjusted his tie as he rode the elevator up with Dustine and Sylia's bodyguards.
"Just a mention... we have a powerful EM Pulse device on standby. It'll neutralize your tech ten to fifteen minues," Linna noted
"I'm crushed you don't trust me," Tony pouted
Priss just snorted.
"Well the world is kinda out to get to Sylia...so you could understand their slight paranoia." Dustine shrugged.
"Plus your kinda connected to Ross and that accords." Priss noted.
"Yeah yeah..." Tony sighed.
Neither mentioned they had hold out weapons that were undetectable by conventional security.
Moments later, they arrived at the top floor, walked through several scanner checkpoints and strode towards Sylia's office. Two girls sitting at Sylia's receptionist desk were working on paper work as they walked up. One a red head with a cute bob looked up and blinked. "A...Ah welcome back Miss McCormick. Hello Mr Stark."
"Hey Nene," Linna nodded. "They're here to see Sylia."
"Right of course." Nene picked up the phone and dialed a number. She waited for a moment then spoke up. "Miss McCormick and Mr Stark are here ma'am."
"Send them in Nene." Sylia replied and cut the link.
Nene looked over at them. "You can go in now."
Linna opened the door and allowed them to enter. "Go on in."
"Thanks!" Tony grinned and breezed by her. Dustine followed suit who was then followed by Priss and then Linna after. Nene blushed and grinned. "So cool."
Tony walked into the sparsely decorated office save for an immaculate decorative cyber arm that's on display on a book case. Sylia was standing with a cup of tea in hand and gazing out at the city. She turned and smiled gently at Dustine. Her expression turned a bit hurt but she smiled nonetheless at Tony. "You've returned and I see you've brought your boss. Welcome back, Tony."
"Yes." Dustine nodded and gave Sylia and Tony some space.
"Hi Pumpkin. Sorry I haven't visited in a while." Tony gave her a slightly apologetic smile as he stepped up to her..
"You've been busy, I'm sure," Sylia nodded as they gazed at each other. "What with dealing with various super criminals and all that and helping run Stark Enterprises."
"And Obadiah trying to kill me. And..." Tony mused
"LONG list," Dustine agreed
"Indeed." Sylia nodded then gestured to the chairs in front of her desk. "Please have a seat."
"Thanks." Dustine and Tony sat.
"Do you want any coffee or tea." Linna asked.
"Tea." Dustine nodded.
"Coffee." Tony nodded.
"How do you take it?"
"Black. Ideally, you can stand up a spoon in it."
"Ah. Just like Sylia then..." Linna chuckled and went to make the beverages.
Dustine glanced her way as she went over to the beverage machine. As soon as she was out of earshot Dustine sighed and smiled. "We're glad that you accepted our offer...we just wanna go over said equipment, price and some...suit improvement suggestions"
"Oh really?" Sylia raised a eyebrow.
Tony pulled out his phone, jabbed a small sliver in its usb port and tapped a portion of the screen. A schematic of a pallidium arc reactor popped up. "This is as you may know our arc reactors. Standard specs for the unit. This should power your next gen suits. Wer're willing to liscense this and the palm repulsors to you.'
"How much?" Sylia asked simply as Linna returned with beverages in hand. She handed the tea to Dustine and handed the cup of black coffee to Tony.
"Depends. Can I sub-contract you?" Tony asked as he took a sip.
"You want us backing up your Avengers?" Sylia asked
"And related work. I'll discount the upgrades in return." Tony nodded.
Sylia closed her eyes for a moment.
"If you don't it'll cost you oh...20 million yen per arc drive."
Priss and Linna winced.
"The sub contracting might not be a bad idea, Sylia," Linna whispered to Sylia.
"Very well...As long as you don't interfere with my opposing Genom?" Sylia said.
"Don't plan too," Tony shrugged. "Unless you really start blowing up their buildings."
All of the sabers wince.
"Sorry," Tony apologized then mused. "You do side work for them too, you know."
"True..." Sylia admitted, glanced at Linna and Priss before speaking. "In my mind, the Knight Sabers are a way to balance things out. For ever good thing GENOM does it does something bad. I'm just opposing the bad that it does."
"...and they do a lot of bad letting those boomers run amok." Priss frowned.
"...I'll agree with ya there." Dustine nodded then frowned and folded her arms. "...theres something that bastard Largo said to me that bothers me when I confronted him in the Tower. He mentioned GENOM uses something called an OMS to control its boomers. Its like a network I'm guessing. So what happens when a bastard like Largo uses it to against us humans."
"Nothing good will come of that I'm sure." Sylia sighed.
"Yeah." Dustine nodded, deciding not to bring up the Ultron issue. "Back to the discussion at hand though...what's your decision Sylia?"
Sylia thought a moment then sighed. "It's not just my decision. I need my other team mates input on the matter."
"Makes sense." Tony nodded.
"I need our fourth to be here on the vote." Sylia noted. "Linna. Get Miss Romanova in here."
"Right." Linna trotted over to the door, opened it and muttered something and returned shortly with Nene. "We're all here then."
"What's going on Sylia?" Nene asked.
"We're voting on subcontracting to the Avengers and related work as payment for upgrades to our suits." Sylia noted then sighed. "As payment we'll be receiving the arc reactors and repulsors as discount. What do you think?"
"Working with the Avengers might do some good." Linna noted.
"So long as I can kick ass I'm good too." Priss noted.
"Yes. Your hacking suites must be a dream." Nene said with sparkling eyes.
"Lets not get ahead of ourselves Nene." Sylia sighed.
"Little worried about being used or being controlled by the WSC, though," Priss sighed. "Or SHIELD. What about our identities."
"Not everyone knows we'll be working with you." Dustine sighed. "Just a few names. Director Hill is one.
"hmmm..." Priss frowned.
"Your data would be kept secure. Trust me." Tony nodded.
"I guess thats good enough for me." Linna nodded.
"So, all in favor?" she asked
"Aye!" Linna and Nene chorused while Priss reluctantly agreed.
"Great." Tony grinned. He then called up an image of an holographic image of an improved suit. "Here's what we have for recommendations."
The image was prisses but the armor plating was somewhat different. there was a arc reactor in the breast plate and there were verneir slats where the semi circular verneirs were. Also it was almost completely sealed.
"Ooooh," Linna purred
"Hey now that looks good." Priss grinned.
Sylia sighed and glanced at the girls. "Return to your duties. I need to talk to an old friend about these units."
They blinked at the very cool order, nodded and retreated. Once gone Sylia turned and looked pained at Tony. "Thanks for the offer friend, but these units are my own..."
"You want to apply the tech yourself?" Dustine clarified.
"Yes." Sylia nodded.
Tony nodded and pocketed the phone and mused. "Its just a suggestion. But I would use the repulsors for longer flight time."
"TONY," Dustine poked him.
"Okay, okay..." Tony relented then smirked. "I DO want to see what you come up with though, Sylia."
"Trust me I have a few ideas." Sylia nodded then arched an eyebrow. "Is that all?'
"One thing. Peppers flying in and well she's heard much about you. Care for dinner sometime." Tony smiled.
Sylia glanced at Tony's finger which had an engagement band on it. "I could arrange it."
"Great. I'll have Ageni deliver the units within two days." Tony grinned, finished his cup of coffee and stood. "Alright then. We've got meetings to get to Ageni. Lets go."
"Right." Dustine nodded, stood and grinned at Sylia "See you in two days."
"Yes." Sylia nodded with a gentle smile and sighed when she left.
As Tony and Dustine walked out of the office, Nene's co worker spoke up. "Um. Miss McCormick?"
"Yes?" Dustine looked at the girl who had straight green hair. Her name tag read Mitti Jackson. She blinked then smiled inwardly. 'So she's, I mean Anri's, working for Sylia then? Nice.'
"Could you please pass on this message to whomever wore the War Frame suit..." Mitti Jackson asked.
"Sure." Dustine shrugged.
"...please tell them...thank you for me." Mitti smiled.
"I will." Dustine smiled then nodded. "I'll be back soon."
"Take care of yourself and...see ya later kiddo." Tony winked as they both left.
Mitti smiled and waved back as Nene as returned to her desk.
"That was Tony Stark." Nene blushed.
"Yes." Mitti nodded.
"He's kinda dreamy..." Nene said with a blush on her face.
"He's also taken." Linna said as she walked by with Priss. "He recently announced his engagement with Miss Potts so I wouldn't try it, Nene."
"Point..." Nene sighed.
"Mitti are you free later," Priss winked then nodded. "We can go on another bike ride."
Mitti blinked and beamed. "Yes."
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11:00AM June 30th 2033AD
Stark Tower, Tinsel City, Mega Tokyo Japan.
Dustine stretched at her desk and cracked her neck twice before continuing her paper work. Her secetary, Sarah Gallager, winced and made a face at Dustine. "Ew don't do that, boss."
"Sorry. Need to keep limber." Dustine smiled apologetically at Sarah.
Sarah just shook her head and continues to work at her desk.
Dustine chuckled and returned to her work.
"Coffee?" Sarah asked.
"God no. If I have any more..."
"Well, here's the files on the patent fight we're having with HAMMER." Sarah handed a folder to her.
Dustine grunted then looked through the file. "Oh crap Tony's gonna have a fit. They're trying to patent their own version of the STARK HUD glasses."
"Looks that way."
"Ugh. These look like crappy knock offs." Dustine flipped through it. "Pass this on to Tony and maybe Miss Waters in legal. She'll know what to do."
"You'd think Hammer would learn," Sarah added
"I don't think they will..." Dustine sighed.
"Lets see...the Make a Wish foundation has a kid who wants to supervillain."
"What."
"Would you lend a armor suit for them?"
"WHAT."
"Well will you?"
"No."
"I bet you Tony gets asked that a lot too," Sarah noted then handed her another file. "We have another request from Posideon to work together on prosthetic bodies."
"Tony might be interested..." Dustine noted.
"Yeah..." Sarah nodded.
"I never expected Genom to strike down the anti-android part of the Accords in 2027," Dustine noted, "and that to lead to Posideon's android and decoy robot division happening."
"The world is a strange place," Sarah agreed.
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11:30AM Mahora Academy, Mega Tokyo Japan
"Holy CRAP this place is huge." Alex noted as they walked down the main street of Mahora. Dozens of buildings lined the road, each different in its own right. A few advertizing blimps were floating above the city advertizing the latest in fashion, technology and music.
"Steamed buns! Snacks! Hard liquor!" the robot maid advertizing the food stand called.
"What." Anya blinked.
"Sounds good though." Alex mused.
Anya shook her head, "Keep moving, try to blend in."
"Right." Alex nodded and they made there way down the street. A few service droids made there way through the crowds startling the pair of Kisaragi operatives.
"Dafuq..." Alex yelped.
"They really should announce themselves." Anya noted. There were several mutants of different types in the crowds of students.
"I'm getting weird sensor readings, too. Don't know what to make of it," Alex muttered
"Hmm. Might be useful later." Anya noted then stopped when she spotted her target and Ken walking out of a side street and onto the mainstreet. "There they are."
"Follow?" Alex asked.
"Yeah." Anya nodded. With that the pair trailed behind Ken and Stacy. As they did Anya called it in that they've found the target. Command informed them to trail them and watch their movements. As they did, a pair of security officers trailed behind them as they stalked their prey. Eventually the pair went into a ramen shop for a bite to eat.
"Follow them in, or watch from a distance?" Alex asked
"Lady Bellel we've found them..." Anya reported. "Instructions?"
"Keep them under observation. A boomer squad will be here shortly in 10 minutes." Beliel replied. "Look to the skies. They're hidden in plain sight."
"Yes ma'am," Anya replied
"We could go in and get something to eat..."
"They could slip out on us. Best stay here."
"That diner doesn't look that big though."
"Alright..." Anya nodded and they made their way to the diner. They were about to enter when two people dressed in blue and black campus security uniforms walked up to them.
"I'm Officer Scott Summers. Campus security." The tall brown man with red tinted glasses nodded then gestured to the woman who had her hair pulled into a ponytail. "This is my partner Kitty Pryde. Do you need any help?"
"Oh, hi! Nice to meet you. We're touring the facility... a relation wants to attend," Anya improvised
"A relation huh..." Scott mused.
"Yes! She's looking forward to it," Alex added innocently.
"Who is this relation of yours?" Kitty asked.
"Beth!"
"Nicole!"
Alex and Anya gave a different name.
Scott just sighed.
"Come with us for a second if you don't mind..." Scott gestured to a side street.
"Can I see your badge and ID?" Anya stalled
"Well our badges are here..." Scott nodded and pulled out his badge.
"Xavier Security Force?" Alex blinked, "That can't be legit."
"Its legit." Kitty frowned.
"You're just trying to get us alone and rob us," Anya frowned.
"Honestly we're not. Please come with us. We have cameras on our person as we speak.."
"You can't just take video of..." Anya said.
"Its written into law that bodycams are permitted it. It helps taking evidence and helps us in various legal disputes. Now come with us." Scott Summers gestured again.
"Ahhh..." Anya hesitated.
Meanwhile in the Ramen shop, Ken and Gwen were perusing the menu of the shop.
"I want the beef ramen bowl. Extra meat," Gwen decided
"I'll have the same..." Ken nodded..
"Okay two beef bowls." Chao Lingshen nodded. "Anything to drink?"
"Just sodas...we're not of age." Gwen shook her head
"Right," Chao agreed as she headed to the kitchen.
He thought about telling Gwen... nah.
"Order up!" Chao delivered the food
"Thanks!" Both nodded and pulled their respective beef bowls forward. The pair dug into their meal but both were slightly distracted as Ken kept an eye on the situation outside and...Gwen was strangely aware that something was wrong. She couldn't put her finger on it but something wasn't right...
"Have you ever had the feeling you were being watched?" Gwen muttered
"What?" Ken blinked.
Outside, the blimps puttering overhead stopped for a second. Then in front of the diner and off to the right several battle boomers dropped from a compartment from one of the advertising blimps.
The one to the north and east dropped their payload too. Moments later, a car exploded after a boomer fired its lasers at its gastank.
Scott frowned at the boomers and glared at the pair. "Stay put! Kitty with me lets get the students to safety!"
"Right!" Kitty nodded and ran off with him. Alex and Anya nodded and dashed off towards the diner to watch their prey.
At the same moment, a customer who was chowing down on some noodles glanced up and looked incredulous. "What was that?!"
Moments later there was another explosion yet nearer.
"Boomer attack?"
"Aw fuck," Gwen slurped down her noodles.
"Great just great..." Ken frowned.
Moments later there was several thumps above them then two battle boomers landed on the street in front of them. Chao gasped and then gestured to the emergency exits. "Everyone leave now! We'll take care of the rest!"
Kurt bamfed in and grrabbed both kids. "Come on!"
"Hey!" Ken protested then yelped when Kurt teleported them out with a cloud of smoke.
"MY FOOD!" Gwen complained as they re-appeared away from the fighting
"We'll get food later..." Kurt said as he grabbed their hands and ran down the street. Moments later two battle boomers jet by, spot them then land. Kurt grunted and bamfed to the nearby rooftop.
"Let me at em!" Ken offered bravely
"No, students stay out of combat..." Kurt shook his head. "Besides your still learning."
Ken frowned but nodded. Below them, Kurt and Anya glanced around until Anya pointed at Kurt.
Moments later, a young teaching assistant lept into the fray and blazed at the boomers with two magical looking hand guns. The boomers reeled as the woman blazed at the hammer-head shaped heads then fell to the ground.
"Professor Wagner, Ja?" the magic gunslinger glanced up.
"Ja." Wagner nodded.
"O.M.G?" Gwen managed
"Get clear!" The dark haired girl waved out. "I'll handle this."
"Thank you!" Kurt added as they bamfed behind her and rushed down the street. Yuna turned her attention towards another pair of boomers down the street and charged off at them. All across the town wizards and mutants sprang into action to either get people to safety or to fight the attacking force. As they did, Alex and Anya used the attack as cover to track down Gwen Stacy.
At least we have good combat data," Alex added
Scott Summers blasted a a boomer with his optic blast...
Kitty scowled, "This would be SO much easier if everyone else was here."
"Well, we have to keep the US and Europe branches of the school staffed."
"Yeah, point..."
"Besides we have the mages helping..." Scott shrugged as several teams wearing arm bands and wielding staffs dashed passed.
"...and then theres that." Kitty Pryde pointed up as Iron Man and War Frame flew on in and landed nearby and started to combat the Boomers.
"Lets get the civilians clear." Scott nodded.
"Agreed." Kitty nodded.
Meanwhile Dustine and Tony landed semi dramatically in a small common area near some battle boomers. The battle boomers turned slightly then their single optic sensor went wide as they gazed upon the exo suits. While the mages and the mutants were a bit of a concern these two posed a real threat. They raised their left arms and fired off a salvo of machine gun fire. Tony and Dustine lept into the air and fired off several repulsor blasts at the boomers. "Boss. These aren't 55Cs..." Dustine noted as she took one out. "They're battle boomers. Type 44Es. These are common in Russia and in China."
"Yeh. Seen a few in the bad parts of the world." Tony frowned as he lased one in the head, blasting right through the optic sensor and through its hammer head like brain case. "Totally illegal here too."
"I don't think they care...whomever they are." Dustine noted.
"OK, can we sort of draw them away from the civilians?" Tony suggested
"SHIELD drone Sensors indicate that there are many Type 44Es in the area..." JARVIS indicates as a heat map of the academy popped up in tony's field of view.
Dustine fired a mini-missile and exploded another one. "Probably too spaced out to draw them out en masse."
"Hmmm..." Tony frowned then blinked when there was a howl off to the side and saw green skinned and green haired woman barreling down the street with multiple boomers in too. She was also carrying a few boomers with her semi massive form.
"Ah! Good timing! Hey Jennifer! This is Tony! Can you draw these boomers into the nearby park...?" Tony requested.
"Will do," She-Hulk said cheerfully.
"Good. Once there we'll trash these things." Tony noted.
"Mr Stark this is Maria Hill. We've spotted that Kisaragi agent in the area. He's being trailed by an unknown woman possibly another Kisaragi agent." Maria reported over the commline as Tony and Dustine finished off the last two battle boomers. "They seem to be on Ms Stacy's trail, though Kurt Wagner is trying his best to keep them off of her."
"Oh joy," Tony deadpanned
"We might need your assistance on that..." Maria noted.
"One of us helps with the 44Es while the other tracks the Kisaragi people down?" Dustine suggested.
"Works," Hill admitted. "Dustine? You've met her before.."
"I could go..." Dustine nodded.
"Ok, do that. I'll keep these contained with Jen's help." Tony said
"Right." Dustine nodded and took off into the sky.
Tony watched her go and then asked as he slowly hovered off the ground. "How are we doing Jen?"
"Well, I"M having fun," Jen grinned
"Besides that...where are you specifically?" Tony said.
"Almost to the center of the park. Theres another green giant and possibly another web crawler running at least 10 feet away from me." Jen noted. "Both of em are fighting the boomers as well."
"Huh. Interesting." Tony noted then saw a bright rainbow beam come crashing down from the heavens it would seem. "What the? Well...haven't seen that in a while."
"Ah!" Jen gasped.
Tony flew up into the sky and headed for the bright beam of light which suddenly dissipated.
"Jen talk to me! What do you see?" Said tersely then quipped."Do you see a big muscly Nordic man wearing ancient armor, cape and wielding hammer."
Moments later, a figure flew up into the sky twirled the hammer in their hands and tossed a bolt of lightning down to the ground below. Tony zoomed in on the figure and it was more feminine than Thor, had long shapely legs and a bust and long blonde hair.
"Actually, it's a woman wearing said armor and wielding Mjolnir."
"I see that." Tony noted as he flew towards the battle then blinked as he heard a familiar roar and saw a boomer being hurtled towards the figure. The woman wound back and bashed the boomer into pieces with one solid hit. The blonde descended quickly to continue fighting as Tony flew in. Iron Man grunted as he saw She Hulk, Hulk, Valkrie and a woman wearing a costume with the union jack on her uniform, armed with a shield no less, fighting the battle boomers with her allies. He landed a blasted a few battle boomers.
"Glad you could join the party boss!" Jen grinned as she trashed two with Hulk.
"Valkyrie? That you?" Tony asked over loudspeaker as she and the unidentified woman tossed shields and hammers at the boomers. Tony blasted a few along side them. The unidentified brown haired woman pointed at her shield and nodded. Tony smirked and fired off two repulsor beams at the shield and the brown haired woman directed the repulsor beams at the boomers.
"Aye!" Valkyrie nodded as they fought.
"Wheres Thor?" Tony asked as he blasted two boomers trying charge Hulk.
"He's a bit busy," Valkyrie explained.
"Thanks for the assist" Hulk grinned as he threw a boomer or two at Valkyrie only for her to smash them. He then shoulder tackled another only for the unidentified woman to slice it in two with a sword. "Glad you're here. I have a lot of questions. Like what the hell are these things?"
'Huh. Smart Hulk.' Tony thought then shrugged. "I'll explain later. theres a lot to unpack."
"Gotcha."
Moments later, two boomers lept up in the air and fired a pair of lasers at Tony. The first beam hit him but the second was blocked by the quick thinking of the stranger with the shield.
"Ah thanks." Tony nodded and fired off to mini missiles at the boomers. The mini missiles bobbed and weaved then slammed into their torsos. Their tiny warheads exploded, sending hot mettle into the boomers internals which caused the boomer to explode. "Miss?"
"Captain Carter at your service." Peggy Carter smirked at Iron man. "...and you must be Howards son, yes?"
"C-Captain." Tony nodded then glanced at Hulk. "How'd you find her, Bruce?"
"Long story..." Bruce shrugged
"Its odd to see you shrug in the form you know that." Tony noted dryly then glanced at She Hulk. "Thats the last of them?"
"Well, THESE ones. Think they'll send more, boss?" Jen wondered.
"Hard to say..." Tony shrugged then called out over the commline. "Ageni give me a situation report..."
Meanwhile, across Mahora Academy, Dustine was dodging a hail of gunfire and blasted a few battle boomers while some chaos was happening in the background. "Kids fine for now but we've got a lot of boomers here. Fortunately we've got back up."
"Do tell." Tony quipped.
"Rather show..." Dustine noted then gave him a quick view of the battle through her hud. A large hulk like being was smashing a few boomers while another woman with webcrawler like powers was webbing them up and tossing them into the wall. Also Logan was tearing through a pair of boomers to get at Alex and Anya while Ken had two aluminum trays swirling around him. Behind him Gwen was perched on a wall armed with a large spanner.
"I see that...where's the trouble makers."
"Pinned down behind a car but theres like a lot of boomers around em." Dustine sighed.
"See if you can thin the herd a bit then kid," Tony ordered.
"Gotcha." dustine nodded and armed her micro missile launcher. She swung into view and fired off at least two salvos of arm launched micro missiles at the boomers then flew back under cover as the boomers tried to take her out before the Micro Missiles slammed into them. Moments later the boomers erupted into bright fireballs as the other meta humans continued to trash the boomers.
"There is a INSANE number of supers here," Alex bitched
"Why didn't we get this part of the intel." Anya growled and fired off two shots at Dustine.
"On the plus side, the bosses will LOVE this info," Alex sighed. "Assuming we make it back."
"If we make it back!" Anya noted then grunted as a repulsor beam lanced over her head. "Damn it."
The battle continued as they watched.
"Brawn Smash!" The asian hulk like entity roared.
"Really Chao?" Cindy Moon sighed as she lept over a boomer, bound its feet with spider silk and swung the battle robot with all her might towards Brawn.
Brawn smashed it and grinned. "What its kinda cool."
"Ch..." Cindy moon rolled her eyes and continued to fight. As they did Alex winced causing Anya to make a face.
"What?" Anya asked.
"All the other Boomers are scrapped," Alex added as the remote feed went down.
"Oh, even better..." Anya sighed then blinked when a fireball of energy streaked towards them. "What?"
Belial, one of the leaders of Kisaragi evil group, scowled as she bared down on her agents. They failed to get the girl. Even worse they had failed to contain several previous escapees.
"You imbeciles!" Belial bellowed.
"Uh oh boss is pissed." Alex yelped.
Belial reared back and fired off a half a dozen fire balls at the heroes who ducked for cover. She then swept in and growled as she collared the cyborgs. "Come with me! Your missions been scrapped."
"Well, shit," Logan cursed as they took off.
Moments later two women flew up and salute. The blonde nodded. "Lightning Ariel division. F. Testarossa. Shall we persue?"
"Please." War Frame nodded.
"Right. Take care of yourself old friend." Fate Testarossa and her brown haired companion flew off.
"Be careful!" Dustine added
"You too!"
"Well thats that..." Kurt Wagner nodded.
"Yep." Dustine nodded then glanced over at Gwen. "Hey kid? You okay..."
"I'm...fine." Gwen said uneasily.
"Hm. Get her back to her dorm Night crawler." Logan said gruffly.
Before Kurt could do anything though a pair of SHIELD Quinjets banked around a nearby building and slowly flew towards the area. A man barked out orders as they began to descend. "This is SHIELD. Allies of the Avengers stand by and stay put."
"Yeah about that..." Kurt sighed.
"Well at least they came here first." Logan sighed then nodded. "Stay here and rest up kids. Theres gonna be questions shortly.."
"Right."
"Looks like Assisant Director McNichol's gonna have a field day with this one," Dustine sighed, shook her head and put her hand up to her helmet. "Boss this is War Frame. All boomers are down but the enemy got away."
"Crap. Tho at least we prevented any fatalities.." Tony cursed then sighed. "Come back to the park. We'll have several Quinjets inbound."
"We've got a few quinjets here too." Dustine sighed. "If they keep me too long I'll fly back to the tower."
"Understood. Good job out there kid." Tony replied.
"Thanks boss." Dustine nodded and waited for the SHIELD agents and the assistant director to disembark.
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Meanwhile at the park...
Tony took in the wreckage and watched some of the SHIELD agents flit back and forth as they interviewed the combatants. More ground vehicles were on the way. Most likely the SHIELD clean up crew and AD Police. Hulk and She Hulk were kinda catching up and trading stories with Valkryie.
Peggy Carter meanwhile was peering at the skyline around her with a pair of binoculars. Her stance made her look strong but she had a look of worry and concern on her face.
"Mr Stark this is Cyclops. Thanks for the assist." Scott Summers replied, interrupting his train of thought.
"No thanks needed. Just doing our job." Tony replied.
"Who are you and where is the REAL Tony?" Kitty teased.
"I'm hurt." Tony pouted.
"Oh he's here...boss is maturing a little thats all. Having a sorta nephew made him grow up a bit." Jen noted over the commline.
"Underoos is not my nephew." Tony sighed. "Plus, Pepper's pregnant. I HAVE to grow up at this point..."
"Aye." She Hulk grinned over the line.
"All of you get some rest when we're done here. New base already has bunk beds for you." Tony noted and walked over and held up a hand. "Ah is there a problem, Captain Carter?"
"I've only been to Tokyo once and thats when I was a child." Peggy sighed then glanced at Tony. "This isn't like the Tokyo that I remember."
"A lot has changed," Tony sighed. "Its 2033AD. Maybe 89 years since 1943, Captain."
"Yeah I gathered as much." Peggy Carter nodded then looked at him. "I need to find a friend of mine."
"Rogers?" Tony asked.
"How..."
"He's mentioned you a few times." Tony shrugged then pointed at a Quinjet with his thumb. "C'mon I'll brief you when we get there."
"Alright." Peggy sighed and put her shield on back and sheathed her sword. "Right behind you."
To be continued...
Amedeus Cho and Cindy Moon are from Marvel Comics while Captain Carter is from Marvel Studio's What if series.