Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
MCRasengan: That seems like the case but… well things aren't exactly so simple now and some people may not be too keen on dying to protect a guy that has and may loose control again and cause even more death and destruction. A lot of people in the hero community never had a high opinion of Spider-man before he became the Phoenix and may have an even lower one of him now because 'he' killed Logan.
The Phenomenal Flair: True their might be blood spilt, but if anyone has a chance to take the Phoenix out, it's the Shi'ar. Aside from the X-men, they have the most experience with it in the comics and have been designing weapons to actually neutralize it should it arise again and with their tech, they could come pretty close to doing so.
demonic hellfire: I'm going to assume you haven't read about 'Weapon H' in the Weapon X comics.
DarkJoey: They never said which Stars Wars he hates, is it the Prequels, the OG Trilogy, Star Wars Legends or even the Sequel Trilogy? Plus, everyone knows Spider-man would never turn down a Lightsaber, his nerdy inner geek won't let him.
psp reader: Yeah, the Shi'ar are real stupid for not wanting to try and talk with a being that's shown no remorse or hesitation in leveling entire worlds, some of them which were theirs, simply because they were in its way as it flew through space looking for a new host…
Spawn Hades: When it comes to the Phoenix Force, is there ever a right way in dealing with it? One moment it's a hero the next it's destroying entire planets or even solar systems simply because they're in its way.
EroSlackerMicha: The Shi'ar have created soldiers and weapons designed to fight and hopefully destroy the Phoenix in the past, they aren't charging into this thing halfcocked.
super spider 209: Death loves Peter because he's caught her attention and she's been following him for a time and after a while concluded he'd be a good match, with a little 'tweaking' by here and there to make him perfect in her eyes.
edboy4926: Why would they kidnap Spider-Gwen? They have no knowledge of Peter's history with Gwen and even then, how would they know where to get her? Also, why use a hostage? They're not heading to earth to negotiate with him, they're going to earth to destroy the Phoenix Force.
LL: Why would they kidnap Aunt May? They don't know who he is under the mask and even if they did, why do that when they can just simply go for him directly instead of wasting time trying to capture a woman that wouldn't serve any real purpose other than risk the Dark Phoenix coming out? The Shi'ar are pretty straight forward in how they deal with the Phoenix, kill the host and any other potential host for it and try to destroy the thing itself.
Axcel: You do realize that the Shi'ar aren't a bunch of delusional idiots like Scott ended up becoming right? You really think they want to start a fight with the Phoenix's newest host on a planet filled with said host's allies?
Spideyfan: No I wont be having Spider-men from my other stories appear, tempting though.
Retrogamer7800: No, they won't.
Kryptonianspiderman: She's too weary to attempt such a thing on Peter.
darthwolf: That might be a little too far…
ninjaspidey: Some already have, hence why a few went back to the Jean Grey School.
MrNeedsToRemoveAllFavs: It's something he can do given he has control over the Electromagnetic spectrum, he doesn't use said abilities often because it's exhausting for him, hence why he prefers to use his powers of Magnetism more often.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used.
"Uh Cap, quick question… just how many freakin Hulks are there again?" Kaine asked as he and the rest of the Unity Squad emerged from the Quin Jet to see Firestar shooting heat blasts at what could only be described as some sort of Gray Hulk with odd bony parturitions emanating from different points in it's heavily muscled body.
"As of now, apparently eight" Steve said as he took in the unknown Hulk's appearance with narrowed eyes "And he doesn't seem very friendly either"
"Really, aside from the bone things erupting out of him, he seems no different from any other Hulk I've met aside from Jennifer" Iceman said as he shot several ice shards at the gray brute.
"Let's just get this over with" Sunfire huffed as he took to the air and began to blast at the Hulk with beams of fire.
Kaine loaded up several of the more dangerous types of web fluid, acidic and incendiaries specifically, and began to shoot at the gray Hulk while Janet flew around him the size of her namesake and began to shoot the snarling beast in the eyes with her electrical blasts. The gray Hulk closed his eyes in pain and in hopes of stopping the miniaturized woman's attempts to blind it before it's legs were encased in ice, causing it to nearly stumble before it opened it's eyes in time to see a circular shield thrown right into it's face before two web lines hit it's shoulders and the Scarlet Spider pulled himself towards the surprised Hulk and slammed his feet into the shield just as it slammed into the Hulk's nose, breaking it.
"GAAHHHHH!" the gray hulk roared in pain as dark blood began to drip from it's nose while Kaine grabbed the shield with a web line and yanked it away as he kicked off the enraged gamma powerhouse.
"Well, he's angry, mission accomplished" Kaine said as he landed net to Beast who was in telepathic communication with Xavier.
"The last of the children have been moved to the various safe rooms in the school and the staff is dealing with the gun men inside" the large blue furred man said with a relived sigh "No one's been killed yet, thank heavens"
"Uh Hank, might wanna hold on thanking any sort of higher being or place with this guy still here!" Iceman shouted as he circled the gray Hulk and fired blast after ice blast into the towering creature's chest and back, trying to keep it unbalanced.
The grey Hulk gritted his teeth in anger as Iceman and Sunfire continued to blast him with their respective elements. His eyes glared holes into the two powerful mutants before the bony Hulk raised his arms into the air and contorted his hands into fists before he slammed them into the ground, upheaving the entire area and creating a small earthquake that shook the nearby Jean Grey School to it's foundations and caused many of the windows scattered throughout the building to crack or shatter completely.
"Whoa!" Iceman shouted as he leaped into the air and formed an ice slide to use to navigate around the chunks of flying earth while Sunfire flew higher into the sky but kept blasting the gray Hulk with concentrated blasts of heat energy.
The rest of the Unity squad did there best to avoid the flying debris, Scarlet Spider using a combination of his webs, spider-sense and reflexes, Janet shrinking down to half an inch and holding on to Kaine tightly, Captain America using his shield to defend himself, Beast using his own enhanced reflexes and agility to avoid the fatal chunks of earth and Wonder Man blasting the earth chunks with enough energy to safely dissipate them.
The gray Hulk watched as his attempt to disperse the Unity squad somewhat fail before he huffed in anger and prepared to attack before several bullets fired from a high powered rifle impacted against his face. The Hulk paused for a moment before turning around as more bullets pelted his from to see the source of gunfire was coming from Deadpool.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!" Deadpool shouted as he shot at the approaching Hulk with is rifle until the last round was fired.
Wade glanced down at the empty gun for a moment with a saddened face "Sorry Tilly, you were always my favorite!"
Deadpool then threw the weapon at the gray Hulk and watched as it harmlessly smacked the large being of rage and muscle in the face. The Hulk grabbed the weapon Wade threw at it and examined it with a curious expression before Wade suddenly pushed a small button on his belt, causing a beeping sound to emit from the rifle for a second before it exploded in a shower of fire, causing the Hulk to roar in anger.
"You placed a bomb in your rifle?" Kaine said as he landed next to Deadpool in a crouch.
"Yeah, I tried to make it like that cool pistol that Dredd used in the movies but couldn't get it to fit into my pistols soooo I went with Tilly… may she find everlasting peace in the great armory in the sky" Deadpool said in a mournful tone before he suddenly slapped Kaine on the back "Okay enough wallowing in misery, let's kick this inbred Joe Fix-it's ass back to whatever test tube he crawled out of!"
Wade then drew his two katanas and charged towards the snarling Hulk with a crazed yell while Iceman and Sunfire resumed their dual assault on the large brute.
"And here I thought Peter was joking when he said that guy was crazy" Kaine said with a shake of his head as Janet returned to her full size next to him with a bemused smirk on her face.
"You get used to him… sorta" Janet said as she checked to make sure her stingers were in working order before she prepared to join in the assault as Beast and Captain America began their own combined assault on the gray Hulk.
Kaine stared at Janet's stingers for a second before he spoke "How high of a voltage do those have?"
"Pretty high, why?" Janet asked with a quirked brow.
Kaine glanced back at the bone covered Hulk for a second before he pulled a white web cartridge from his suit's belt and placed it in his web suit's web shooter "When you get the chance, aim for the webs"
Janet nodded as she took to the skies while Kaine waited for an opening to be made against the gray Hulk.
The malevolent looking Hulk roared in rage as he was blasted in the face by multiple ice shards before several powerful blasts of heat energy fired from both Sunfire and Firestar hit him in the back, scorching his skin and causing him to stumble forward. The Hulk was about to retaliate before multiple web bullets impacted against his face and exploded, covering his face in web fluid. The Hulk grunted in annoyance as it tired to rip the webbing off as it began to seemingly dig into his eyes, mouth, ears and pours, causing the grey giant to growl in anger.
Kaine fired off several more of his newly minted web bombs before he saw Janet not too far behind the Hulk's head. He nodded at the founding Avenger and watched as she replied with a smirk before she aimed her fully charged bio blasts at the Hulk's web incrusted head.
"This will either stop him or just piss him off more… please stop him" Kaine said with a gulp as Janet unleashed a torrent of her bio blasts at the hulk's head, the electricity traveling through the web fluid and electrocuting the Hulk's head from the inside.
"RAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!" the Hulk roared in pain as he fell to his knees, his body shaking with pain and rage as the inside of his head was electrocuted.
Steve saw this and gave the red and black cladded web slinger a nod of approval "Nice work Scarlet"
"Thanks cap!" Kaine said with a nod as he watched Iceman, Sunfire and Firstar continue to blast the Hulk with fire, ice and microwave energy, being mindful to avoid the head so to allow Janet to keep using Kaine's webbing as a conduit for her bio-electric blasts.
"This won't stop him" Beast said as he came to a stop next to Kaine and watched as the gray Hulk began to slowly rise through the triple element onslaught on his form.
"It's a Hulk, an ugly one, but a Hulk none the less. I'd be surprised if what I did, did stop him" Kaine said as he felt his spider-sense begin to tingle "Get ready, he's about to do something"
The gray Hulk finally climbed back to his feet before he reached up and with a growl ripped Kaine's webbing off, along with a few strips of burnt skin before he spread his arms apart, causing Janet to pale.
"Uh-oh, I know what's coming next, EVERYONE TAKE COVER!" the Wasp yelled as the Hulk slammed his hands together, creating a powerful shockwave that sent the Unity Squad and current X-men running for cover.
"So Scarlet, how do you like being an Avenger?" Janet said as she flew over to the dark minded spider and returned to her full size next to him, her uniform covered in tears and dirt.
"Honestly, not as nerve racking as Spider-man made it seem" Kaine said with a snort as he, Janet and beast had taken cover next to a column of uplifted earth.
"This might as well be a typical Friday for me" Beast said as he pulled out a small scanning device and aimed it at the gray Hulk to analyze its physiology "Hmm that's interesting, I'm picking up a large amount of metal in his body. Can't tell exactly what kind it is, the gamma radiation is hampering my devices efforts and it appears the metal is for some odd reason being held in small nanosized robots…"
"What for?" Kaine asked with a frown.
Janet cupped her chin at this "Maybe so the metal won't break or tear when whoever this guy is transforms or to keep his body from tearing itself apart when he reverts back… if he can that is"
"It's a distinct possibility, the only question now is, what kind of metal is it and what is its purpose" Beast said with a frown as the rest of the Unity Squad converged on their position along with Firestar, Deadpool who was now carrying a grenade launcher and-
"Kitty?" Kaine said in surprise at the longtime X-men "What are you doing out here?"
"Keeping that thing over there from destroying my school" Kitty said with a glare towards the gray Hulk.
Steve turned towards Beast as the blue furred scientist continued to analyze the mysterious Hulk "Anything you can tell us Beast?"
"It appears this Hulk has the same standard powers as Banner, only it seems his base level is stronger than Bruce's, though whether that can increase as he's angered remains to be seen. I've also detected an odd amount of some sort of metal in his body" Beast said with a frown "I have yet to identify it and its purpose"
"Trust me beast, we'll know soon enough" Iceman said with a snort as he formed a ball of ice as he stared at the gray mass of rage not too far away "Sucks we don't have Polaris with us, she could have been helpful"
"Indeed…" Beast said as he scanned the Hulk more as it slowly turned it's enrage face towards the mix team of Avengers and X-men before it did something that no one expected in a hundred years…
SNIKT!
SNIKT!
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me" Kitty paled as the grey Hulk brandished six metal claws erupting from his hands with a dark snarl.
"Oh my stars and garters… least we know what that metal was and what it's used for" Beast said with wide eyes before he winced at the roar of rage from the apparent Hulk Wolverine hybrid as it leaped at the Unity Squad.
"Scatter!" Steve yelled, and the Avengers quickly moved out of the way as the Hulkverine landed with a heavy thud, the ground underneath it's feet cracking before it sent a clawed swipe towards Kaine that he just barely avoided before Bobby swooped by on an ice slide and grabbed the spider themed man before pulling away from the approaching Hulkverine.
Firestar suddenly flew over him, blasting him with several beams of microwave energy while Deadpool fired off several grenades at the towering brute, engulfing the Hulk in a shower of heat and shrapnel.
"GRRRR!" the Hulkverine growled as it turned its attention towards Deadpool who continued to fire at the approaching Hulk.
"So, I have to ask, was Wolverine the mommy or Banner in whatever weird relationship they had to make this guy? Or was it Wolverine and She-Hulk? Red Hulk and Laura?" Deadpool said as he ran out of ammo for his grenade launcher and threw the now empty weapon at the Hulkverine.
The claw wielding Hulk saw this and growled in anger as he slashed the weapon with his claws, cutting it into several pieces before his legs were encased in ice.
"RAAAAAAHHH!" the Hulkverine yelled in outrage as it tore his leg from the ice before glaring at Bobby who smiled sheepishly at the enraged goliath.
"Uh surrender… please?" the longtime X-man said before the Hulkverine leaped at him and made to impale the ice powered mutant with his claws.
Bobby flinched at the sudden speed and actions of the Hulk and waited for the feeling of six Adamantium claws wielding by a Hulk of all beings to impale him… only to feel nothing.
"You can open your eyes now Bobby" Kitty's voice suddenly spoke up behind him, causing Boddy to crack an eye open to see the massive form of the Hulkverine standing before him with his arms extended outwards, the claws embedded in Bobby's torso and even into Kitty's.
The gray hulk looked at the two in confusion, it's claws were in them, but they weren't dead. There wasn't even any blood. The Hulk growled in anger as he pulled his claws out and began to try and cut the two Mutants down, only to watch as his claws flowed through the two harmlessly.
Bobby then glanced back at Kitty "Have I mentioned how much I love you?"
"Yes" Kitty said as she suddenly phased herself and Bobby into the ground and away from the confused Hulk before it roared in rage and began to slash at the ground to see if he could get them before he was blasted in the face by Firestar.
The Hulkverine growled in anger before it retracted a set of claws before reaching down and tearing a chunk of earth from the ground and threw it towards the heat energy wielding heroine.
"WHOA!" Firestar shouted as she flew below the chunk of ground the size of her torso.
The Hulkverine growled in anger at seeing he missed before he repeated the process several times, intent on hitting the flying woman.
"Uh, what's the plan Captain?" Firestar yelled as she ducked under another rock thrown at her by the Hulkverine.
Steve, who was standing a few meters away, scanned the Hulk sized Wolverine with a critical eye before he glanced at Sunfire, Firestar and Iceman.
"Sunfire, Firestar, Icemen, try to slow him down as best you can" Steve yelled before he scanned the area for Janet before he saw her flying towards him "Janet, keep that thing distracted, make it sure it can't get a fix on them. You know what to do and where to do it"
"On it cap!" Janet said before she shrunk down even further and raced off towards the Hulkverine as it was blasted by a combination of ice and fire from the three powerful mutants.
Steve than glanced at Hank who had just landed beside him "Any ideas Hank? Aside from trying to contact Thor or even Banner?"
The longtime X-men glanced at the enraged form of the Hulkverine as Bobby circled around it and blasted it repeatedly with ice shards while Sunfire and Firestar unleashed a torrent of heat energy at the grey behemoth, burning its skin and causing it to growl in pain as it's healing factor raced to fix the damage.
"I may have something that can deal with the Adamantium in it's body, but it's in my lab currently" Hank said as he glanced towards the First Avenger "It'll take me a few minutes to fetch it"
"Understood, we'll keep him busy" Steve said before he looked towards Scarlet Spider as Hank raced towards the school to get what he believed could help the Unity Squad win this fight "How much webbing do you have left?"
"Enough" Kaine replied with a shrug "Why?"
"Fast ball special?" Steve asked with a smirk as he held up his shield.
"Hell to the yes!" Kaine said with a grin under his mask as he made a thick line of webbing and pulled on it to test its elasticity before he nodded in approval and glanced at the red, white and blue cladded hero "Whenever your ready Cap!"
Kaine took a kneeling position and held his arms up and apart, allowing Steve to grab the thick line of webbing and begin to pull back until he was a good three meters from Kaine and the web line felt like it was about to snap with how tightly pulled it was.
"You ready Cap?" Kaine said as he could feel the burn in his arms starting to build.
Steve adjusted the grip on his shied; and position it in front of him and crouched slightly "Yes!"
Kaine nodded as he did his best to aim at the Hulkverine, after several seconds he nodded, and Steve loosened his stance and allowed the web line to sling shot him towards the claw wielding hulk at triple digit speeds. His shield in front of him as he did his best to pull his knees up to his chest and hold his arm across them to keep them in place.
'Let's see how strong you are' Steve thought as he slammed into the back of the Hulkverine, causing it to fall forward and slam into the ground with a grunt. Steve landed in a roll and quickly put as much distance between him and the recovering Hulk.
His red eyes glared holes into Steve as he stood back up and raced after Steve with a roar. The super soldier narrowed his eyes at the approaching Hulk and threw his shield up just as the Hulkverine made to impale him with his claws. Steve felt his arms hake as the hulk put its full weight behind the blow. The Hulkverine roared in rage when it saw it's claws didn't even so much as scratch the shield before it's eyes were suddenly covered in a thick coating of web fluid.
"RAAAAAAH!" the Hulkverine roared in anger as it began to trash about wildly as Steve was pulled away by Kaine's web lines.
"Okay so a fast ball special didn't work, now what?" Kaine asked as Firestar, Heatwave and Iceman resumed their assault on the gray Hulk.
"Now, we see if we can put him to sleep" Steve said as he contacted Janet "Wasp, you in position yet?"
"Uh yeah, but Steve, there's a slight problem" Janet responded.
"Where is she?" Kaine asked with a quizzical expression on his face.
"In the Hulk's head" Steve replied before he responded to Janet's report "What's the problem Jan?"
"You know that bundle of nerves I usually zap to try and revert Hulk back to Banner?" Janet said followed by sounds of her shuffling inside the Hulkverine's ear canal "Well it's here but uh…"
"Jan, what is it?" Steve asked worriedly.
"It's covered in those nanobots Beast picked up… and they've spread a thin malleable layer of Adamantium all over the nerves. My bio blasts ain't gonna do crap" Janet said with a frustrated sigh "If I had Thor's raw power I could but…"
"Understood, move to the secondary target" Steve said before he turned towards Kaine "Go and check on Beast, see if you can speed things up down there a little faster"
"Aye, aye Cap!" Kaine said as he rushed towards the Jean Grey school while Steve went to aid the rest of the Unity Squad in holding off the Hulkverine until Hank returned.
Kaine didn't make it within thirty feet of the school before gunfire suddenly erupted from one of the windows, causing the wall crawler to leap out of the way "Gee thanks for letting us know that there's still gun men inside Hank, would have really liked to have known that before I tired to storm a building still filled with them while out in the open like this!"
Kaine fired off several web bullets towards the flashes of gunfire as he used a combination of his enhanced reflexes and spider-sense to close the distance before he leaped through the window and rammed his fist into the first gun man he could reach.
"There's one…" Kaine said as he looked to see that there was at least nine more in front of him. He heard several safeties go off and several men shuffling up behind him. Kaine looked over his shoulder to see another four "Hmm, me all by my lonesome against the thirteen of you… how about I let you call that walking monstrosity in here, even the odds, for you"
"Shoot him!" one of the men yelled before Kaine moved in a blur and slammed his fist into the man's face, dislocating his jaw and sending him flying into the wall.
"Thanks for letting me know what you were going to do, makes reacting against you all the easier" Kaine snarked as he shot several web lines at several gun men's rifles and yanked them out of their hands, or in one case yanked the whole man towards him.
Kaine easily grabbed the man with one hand and lifted him over his head and threw him into two other men while the rest moved to get a better angle to shoot him without hitting their comrades. Kaine narrowed his eyes at the men and was about to move again before Wonder Man suddenly flew through the window and fired off several ion energy blasts at the gun men, their rifles specifically.
Kaine didn't stand by and watch the various armed men react, instead he moved as a red and black blur and delivered several bone breaking punches to the nearest gun men while the further ones received a thick coating of web fluid that glued them to the floor or walls. The final gun men made to grab is knife as Kaine approached him and had just grabbed the handle before Kaine grabbed the hand and squeezed.
KRRAK!
"AHHHH!" the man yelled before Kaine cut him off with a blow to the gut, knocking the wind out of him and allowing him to slump to the floor.
"Ah quit your crying, it's just a few fractured fingers, nothing that can't be fixed by a few years of prison" Kaine said with a snort before he smacked the man in the back of the head with enough force to render the screaming man unconscious.
"You didn't have to be so brutal with him" Simon said as he landed on the ground with a look of disapproval on his face "You could have easily webbed him up in a cocoon"
"Yeah, well maybe Spider-man would have" Kaine said with a shrug as he quickly webbed up the other gun men "I'm not Spider-man"
"So I've noticed" Simon said with a frown.
"Yeah, and I've noticed that throughout this whole event, you haven't thrown a single punch, either at these guys or that walking abomination outside. You do realize that these guys are trying to kill a bunch of kids, right?" Kaine said as he eyed the powerful man before him.
"I took a vow to not resort to violence, to end these kinds of events with words, not with fists or energy blasts" Simon said as he looked down at Kaine.
"Oh… so what you're really saying is… you're not gonna lift a finger to save these kids?" Kaine said.
Simon's eyes narrowed at this "No, I'm just saying there's another way to solve this-"
"Wow, can't wait for Wanda to find out about this. The guy that says he loves her is willing to let innocent children die because he feels fighting to keep them safe isn't the right thing to do" Kaine interrupted the man with a sarcastic clap before he shook his head in disgust "Jeez, no wonder Maximoff doesn't want anything to do with your ass anymore, hell I can see why she picked the near emotionless robot with a genocidal maniac for a dad over you in the first place"
Simon glared at Kaine and was just about to respond to his comment when suddenly Iceman came crashing through the wall and landed before the two with a pained yelp.
"Ow…" Bobby groaned in pain as he picked himself up off the floor and looked to see that his body was covered in cracks "Damn, that thing hits hard"
"Well it is a Hulk with an apparent Adamantium skeleton, be surprised if it didn't feel like you were getting punched by a living earthquake on steroids" Kaine stated as he helped Bobby back up "The plain old regular gun tottering bad guys are dealt with in here no thanks to the glowing pussy hovering behind me"
"I disarmed them" Simon stated with a scowl towards the red and black clad man "Which I couldn't help but notice helped you take those men down faster and easier"
"And I couldn't help but notice that with your powers, you could have disarmed and disabled them in the span of a few milliseconds" Kaine retorted as he glanced back at Simon "And last time I checked, a man can still kill people so long as he's conscious and has full use of his body, which they did. So, if anything you only partially disarmed them"
"Okay you two, save the measuring contest until after we deal with the Hulkverine outside" Bobby said as he got in between the two.
"Why hold a contest, we all know I've got the bigger balls because I'm willing to actually go out there and actually fight. Now if you two need me, I'm gonna go find our team's resident scientist and find out what the hell is taking him so long getting whatever it is he needs to help beat the rampaging Hulkverine outside" Kaine said as he brushed past Simon and raced down the hall to where he hoped Beast's lab was.
'If I remember things correctly, or well if Peter's memories are right, the elevator should be up ahead, on the right' Kaine thought as he passed by several dead gun men that looked like they were torn apart 'Hmm, something tells me that I should avoid the Wolverine clone chick while I'm here…'
Bobby glanced at Simon for a second before he made his way back out the hole he made not too long ago on an ice slide. Simon didn't move for several moments as he glared at the ground before he took a deep calming breath before flying back out just in time to see the Hulkverine make a grab for Janet before she shrunk down to the size of a wasp and flew out of it's grasp before she unloaded several powerful energy blasts into it's face.
"GAAHHH!" it yelled more in annoyance then pain.
Janet backed away as the Hulkverine made a swipe at her "Uh guys, anyone got a line to Thor?"
"No, he blocked my number after I called him for the tenth time asking if he could hook me up with Sif" Deadpool said as he fired off several bullets into the Hulkverine's face.
Steve ducked under a chunk of earth thrown towards him before he saw the Hulkverine was on him, his claws held high as he made to stab Steve. The first Avenger was just barely able to get his shield up in time and deflect the Hulkverine's claws away from him and into the dirt by his feet. The Grey hulk blinked in surprise before it turned towards Steve just as he slammed his shield into the brute's face followed by a smack to the jaw that caused the malevolent Hulk to stumble back, more in surprise then pain before it growled at Steve with narrowed eyes.
The Hulkverine made to grab Steve before a beam of ion energy torched the ground between the two. Steve used this distraction to put some distance between himself and the Wolverine powered Hulk while said beast turned his sights towards a hovering Wonder Man.
The powerful human frowned at the Hulkverine as he held his hands up "I just want to talk, there's no reason to continue this fight"
"RAAAAHHHHHHH!" the Hulkverine shouted as he leaped towards Wonder Man with his claws at the ready.
Simon merely sighed as he flew out of the way and watched the Hulkverine sail past him and land on the ground with a heavy thud. Before the Hulkverine could move, Deadpool suddenly teleported in front of him with two pistols and fired off several shots into the gray Hulk's eyes, causing the several meter-tall brute to close his eyes in response.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BAN-" Deadpool said before he was cut off by the Hulkverine grabbing him by the heal and hoisting him up until they were eye level with one another.
Deadpool made several muffled 'BANG' sounds as he kept firing into the gray giant's chest before the Hulkverine growled and sliced the mercenary in half at the waist, spilling his entrails and lower body on to the ground.
"HMMM!" Deadpool sounded before he was slammed into the ground "…Okay that hurt too…"
The Hulkverine growled at the man and was about to stomp on his body before Captain America's shield slammed into his face, causing the Hulk to flinch in surprise as the shield had bounced off his face and returned to where Steve was.
"Hey, over here!" Steve shouted, gaining the gray skinned Hulk's attention "That's right, over here big guy!"
"RAAAAAA!" the Hulk shouted as he charged towards Steve with his claws ready to skewer the World War two veteran.
Steve turned and began to sprint as fast as he could away from the towering mass of muscle, Adamantium and rage.
…
Today was not going too well for Hank McCoy as he took cover as several gun men who had somehow reached the lower levels of the school had pinned the blue furred X-men into a tight corner.
He was able to acquire the same device that was once used against Logan to break his nigh unbreakable Adamantium bones. Not with brute force, but rather the device manipulated the molecular structure of Logan's bones and separated them, softened the metal and molded it into a new arrangement which gave the illusion that the bones were broken.
All in all, it may be the only thing the Unity Squad and X-men had that could beat the Hulkverine currently fighting Beast's teammates upstairs aside from calling in the likes of Thor, the Green Hulk or even the Blue Marvel.
"Kill the mutie freak!" one of the gun men yelled as he and the rest of his men kept peppering Hank's location with bullet.
He just had to make it passed the crazed gun men that were slowly advancing on his cover-
"What the hell is that!?" one of the men yelled before he made a pained gurgling sound followed by the surprised yells of his comrades as they refocused their fire on the new arrival.
Hank risked a glance from his cover to see who had come to aid him and was surprised to see it was Laura…
A blood soaked, enraged Laura to be accurate.
"Oh my stars…" Hank whispered in shock as he watched Laura literally tear into the gun men with a savage ferocity he's only ever seen in Logan.
Laura let out an enraged yell as one of the gun was able to reload his assault rifle before he emptied the clip into the feral Mutant girl's chest cavity at point blank range. Blood, bone and bits of organ went flying as Laura stumbled back for a second before she looked up at the gun man with a dark scowl on her bloodied face.
The man let out a whimper as he backed away as Laura's chest began to heal with every step she took towards the cowering individual. It wasn't until the man had fallen to the ground and was covering his head while Laura stood above him, her claws ready to carve the man apart, that Beast stepped in by placing a hand on the young Mutant's shoulder.
"He's done, there's no need to go any further" Hank said in a low voice.
Laura's eyes snapped towards Hank's with surprise before they quickly narrowed in anger "He wouldn't give you or me the same mercy"
"Which is why we must be better than them" Hank responded before he nodded towards the whimpering man "Tell me Laura, would Logan approve of this?"
The genetically altered clone of Wolverine had no response as she stared down at the crying man. Every fiber of her being was telling her to tear the man apart for daring to attack her late father's school. To try and destroy everything the Wolverine fought to create and protect. Before she could say anything, a next of web suddenly cut off the man's whimpering, causing Laura and Hank to turn and see Kaine approaching them, his suit a little tattered and a patch of webbing on his left arm that was drenched with blood. Kaine nodded towards Hank before he looked at the ground at the various dead or dying gun men.
"Yeesh, what happened to these guys?" Kaine asked as he stepped over a severaed arm, still clutching the rifle in it's palm.
"I did" Laura said evenly as she stared at Kaine with a blank expression on her face.
Kaine turned towards Laura with a quirked head before he nodded "Oh…"
Hank's eyes bounced back and forth between Laura's still form and Kaine's own tense body before he stepped in between them and cleared his throat as he held up the device he believes can help stop the rampaging Hulkverine outside "Here, this might help us incapacitate the hybrid outside"
Kaine took the alien device from Hank's hands and gave it a quick once over "Where'd you get this?"
"It's from the planet of Sin, a world that's for all intents and purposes, one massive casino" Hank stated.
"Space Vegas?" Kaine snickered as he switched on the device, causing it to hum in response "Well I know where I'm going after this…"
"Do be aware that they don't handle cheaters very well" Hank said as he pointed towards the device in Kaine's hands "This device was used against Logan when he went there to, ahem, secure funds for the school"
"What'd it do? Make him smell nicer than some cheap bar filled with cigar smoke? Make him a few inches taller?" Kaine asked.
"It, for the lack of a better term, broke his Adamantium bones" Hank said plainly, causing Kaine's eyes to widen in surprise.
"Whoa…" Kaine said as he glanced down at the machine in his hands "Yeah, this should do it in helping take down the rampaging maniac outside"
"I dearly hope so" Hank said as the hallway shook from the force of the battle above them…
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And done.
Next chapter, the battle against the Hulk-Wolverine Hybrid continues, meanwhile Jessica discovers she's being watched…