Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 43
The Avenging Freeman:Part.2
Great though the one free-man as he can see before him a bunch of costumed people calling themselves the Avengers, what kind of name is that, well at least these so-called Avengers are not like that idiot Dark Wing Duck he had previously met.
"Must have been one tough fight," said Tony
"Too bad you didn't recorded it," said Pepper "It would been a real rumble to see,"
"What was the other Tony?" asked Howard Stark
"I'll get to that soon," said Gordon "Back to my self taking on the Avengers and let me tell you, it wasn't easy."
The Hulk leaped upwards and attempted to slam his fists upon Gordon as he rolled out of the way as the ground shook, then he heard a sound as he ducked for cover as a hammer came flying at him, odd since when hammers could fly. It must be some sort of gravity technology. Gordon knew it is becoming a tight quarter's fight in this place as he needed to get outside as the Hulk is throwing stuff at Gordon to keep him off balanced.
And once again here comes that hammer flying at Gordon, as the one-free-man leaps out of the way and the hammer crashed into a few objects. Gordon felt like he is being lured into a trap by and besides going toe-to-toe with power houses like that isn't a good idea. He can see the armored one hovering in the air and fired some sort of beams from his palms at him as Gordon dodged quickly as he could use his shields but not just yet.
Ah, there is his opening as he can see the shield that has been thrown from Captain America, Gordon slides under the shield as the shield accidentally hits the Hulk right in the face, in which Thor laughed a bit and the Hulk growled at him while regaining his vision and Thor caught his hammer in hand. Gordon made a run for the entrance as it is guarded by both Hawkeye and Black Widow.
"What is this guy an idiot charging at us?" said Hawkeye
"There is something not right about him," said Widow
"Never mind that let's take him down," said Iron Man
Shields, muttered the one free man
Hawkeye fired his arrows, Widow fired her stingers at him and Iron man fired his palm repulsers right at Gordon Freeman that cause an explosion but to their surprised he seemed unharmed as Gordon landed a round house kick to the stomach of Hawkeye as he gasps for air and then he grabs the man by the collar, then throwing him into Iron man as they collide into each other crashing to the ground together.
Then Widow moved in by attacking Gordon with a leg sweep but the one-free-man leaped by using his hands and kicked her in the face as she stumbled back he lands a right cross and a left hook to her body, then he heard the shield being thrown again as Gordon leap frogs over Black Widow in which she is hit in the chest by the shield. Guess some people need to watch what they are hitting as Gordon is now outside of this place.
"Listen to me," said Gordon "I didn't kill him, would you believe a couple of alien slugs did it,"
Hulk, Captain America and Thor came out of the hydra base, then Hawkeye along with Iron Man recovered and Black Widow as well. Gordon noticed these are one tough people are, guess these guys are heroes in which they are too blind to see he didn't do it. Well he was near this Falcon at the time of his death, a prorogued fight would be a waste a time considering the Combine are here and that means they will move quickly.
"Jarvis," said Iron Man "What happened?"
"Scanners detect some sort of advanced kinetic shielding," said Jarvis the AI
"Really," said Iron man as he can see the invisible force field "Now that is impressive,"
"This guy isn't no slouch Tony" said Cap "But we can take this murdering scum."
"And a tough fighter too," said Widow "So what's the plan?"
"Hit him high and hit him low," said Hawkeye
"Good plan for an archer," said Tony "I'll hang back to find out how to drop that shield of his., Thor and Hulk he is all yours the rest of you stand ready"
"A good plan as it is," said Thor "Have at thee villain."
"It's time to smash," growled the Hulk "And watch who you're throwing at next time,"
"I don't know who you guys are," said Gordon "But what kind of a name is Avengers anyway, but listen your dimension is about to be invaded by the Combine"
Thor throws his hammer as Hulk leaps up in the air, Gordon isn't going to back down this time as he ran towards the hammer and with one hand he manages to catch it as Hulks body is coming down upon Gordon with a tremendous smash. But the one-free-man uses the hammer like a baseball bat and the hammer slams into the body of the Hulk that caused a sonic boom for about a mile in all directions that sent the Hulk flying off in the distance a thudding echo is heard afterwards indicating the Hulk had landed some where.
"Odin's beard," said Thor "That means you are worthy,"
"Worthy of what," said Gordon "That green son-of-a-bitch tried to attack me," as he held the hammer in hand.
"Uh, guys would that mean he has the power of Thor," said Hawkeye
"Possesses the power of Thor," said Widow
"Ok that was really cool," said Iron Man "But a serious problem."
"Looks like this fight has gotten a little more harder," said Cap
"Seriously that blonde guy is Thor," said Gordon "I don't think so he looks like a California surfer," then he turned serious "Ok if you are looking for fight I will give you one, but I am not going to do that," he drops the hammer "I surrender." He put his hands up.
"You surrendered," said Pepper "You were doing great when you got that hammer from Thor,"
"Great power, comes great responsibility," said Howard Stark
"That sounds like something spider-man would say," said Gordon
"I understand you didn't want to see people get hurt," said Tony
Black Widow put the handcuffs on him as he is escorted by both Captain America and Hawkeye as they are taking him to the Avenger Jet; Iron Man took Sam Wilson Falcon's body into the jet and then sees Thor coming back with Hulk as the both of them is stunned at what had transpired.
Hulk looks rather sore from the hit he took from the hammer as burning flesh can be smelled as well. Gordon is placed into a holding cell in the jet as they are going to take him to Avengers Tower. The jet flies away as all of them have many thoughts on what happened as none of them said a word.
Avengers Tower
New York City
The Avenger Jet had arrived in no time as it is day outside and the sun is shining but it is indeed a dark day for the Avengers as one of their own had died in the line of duty, they wondered how are they going to explain this to Sam's mother who made the best cookies ever Gordon is taken to the holding cell of the tower as Black Widow stays there while the others are in the living room as Thor is still pondering in how is it possible that a single man can use the hammer.
Hulk is eating in the fridge, Captain America has a serious look up his face that indicates sadness that another partner has been lost to him, Hawkeye is checking out the news like always but his thoughts are also on Sam. Tony came in as well wearing normal clothing in which he looked annoyed as he had Pepper Potts on the line from before boring him about facts and more facts about his company Stark Enterprises.
"We have no identity on the guy," said Tony "No records he even exists or even a name,"
"I still don't understand how he can lift the hammer," said Thor "I guess he is worthy,"
"I would say this guy does exist," said Hawkeye "Some sort of Hydra super soldier,"
"I don't believe he is Hydra," said Cap "Tony, what was the cause of Sam's death,"
"Jarvis is working on that now," said Tony "Let's hear what our friend has to say," he turned on the view screen showing Widow and Gordon as the one-free-man is in the cell and Widow is sitting in her seat looking serious.
Avenger's tower: Holding cells
New York City
"Now tell us," said Widow "Who are you and where are you from,"
"My name is Doctor Gordon Freeman," said Gordon "and I am from another dimension,"
"You expect us to believe that," said Widow
"I don't care if you believe me or not," said Gordon "I didn't kill…..uh Falcon was it. If you idiots were not so blind you can see he was foaming from the mouth and bleeding from his eyes, along with his ears, nose." He pointed out "That would suggest a telekinesis attack upon his body, along with his mind. That is something I can't do."
"An Avenger is dead," said "And a damn good one too," she pointed out "How do we know you didn't kill him yourself,"
"Look sweetheart," said Gordon "Are you always this brooding, but I will tell you a story and let me guess your friends are watching this….good because I want you all to hear this."
"Sweetheart," growled Widow
"Wow," said Tony "The black Widow we know is very chatty and easy going,"
"But the Black Widow you described is dark and brooding," said Pepper "Kind of scary in a cool way,"
"Guess everyone is not the same in every dimension," said Rhodes
"You got that right," said Gordon
He started explain about himself as he is or was a native of Seattle, Washington life in which he always had it's ups and downs since he got a job to join Black Mesa research facility, as he told them he was an orphan with no parents in which the only thing that people found on him at when he was found on the door step of an orphanage is his name and nothing more.
Gordon explained that he was already regarded as the quiet type and willing to adapt to any situation until he was in his teens as the orphanage at first put money away for him to go to college considering how smart Gordon is who is willing to learn and grow upon in life.
His childhood heroes were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Richard Feynman because books were his friends in which that is all he had. He told them about an exhibited an early interest in theoretical physics, especially quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. After observing a series of teleportation experiments conducted by the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck, the transmission of matter became Gordon's obsession.
He told them he had no known dependents. As he explained he graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Physics. His doctoral thesis on the teleportation of matter through extremely dense elements was titled Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction through Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array.
He told them he took up residence in Black Mesa however his job in general in regards was nothing more than a joke like manual labor, despite his qualifications. Consisting of little more than pressing a button and pushing a cart as he found that to be a little embarrassing at times, but it paid well and Gordon often wondered if he would be doing this utter nonsense for the rest of his life. At time he spent in Black Mesa he only said a few words and kept his mouth shut most of the time, he considered himself a little anti-social being an orphan and all.
An interdimensional rift in space time happened and his world changed forever, as he told them in detail in which he became something he would never thought in becoming. A hero, he never dreamed he was one. In which he explained he survived all the challenges and got the respect of a few people for his acts of bravery. Then he wound up in another dimension called Xen and doing battle against an alien warlord named Nihilanth
He told them to never mind about the name, as he told them he killed the alien warlord and then he was confront by a being he despises the most, the G-man. The people noticed in the room how angry he got with that name. He was given a choice to live or die in a form of a deal. Gordon did not want to do either, then all of sudden the choice was made but not by him. No it was the G-man himself. Gordon explained in detain It wasn't until two decades later he had learned the G-man put him in a place far from time, space, thought and even Earth itself.
The G-man stated the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world it wouldn't be an understatement it is a fact as Gordon found himself in the middle of the occupation by an interdimensional alien empire known as the Combine. They in fact conquered the Earth in seven hours thanks in part to a traitor named Dr. Wallace Breen, that name alone made his blood boil. Then he went to explain uprisings, creatures and other things as well in which began as Gordon helped in many ways often doing battle against combine forces until finally driven out of his dimension.
Then finally he explained after the death of a friend of his, his other friends went off to the artic in finding a ship owned by Black Mesa had survived and after discovering technology like the Hazardous Environmental Suit that was on board the Borealis Finally told them he went on several adventures in other dimensions. Gordon finally cleared his throat as Widow looked on with widen eyes, as everyone else almost have their eyes bugged out of their skulls…..what the hell.
Asgard: Gates of Bifrost
A black male in full gold like armor and sword strapped to his back is waiting for someone to show up as he watches everything and I do mean everything. His name is Heimdall the gatekeeper of the Bifrost. Then he hears foot steps and he sees an armored older male with a white beard and hair as he is the king of Asgard and protector of the Nine Realms Odin father of Thor.
"You asked for me," said Odin
"Yes," said Heimdall "I was watching a single mortal take your sons hammer and use it,"
"What?" gasped Odin
"It's true I watched it with my own eyes," said Heimdall "And word is spoken from this mortal….Combine, I do not know what is means."
"Combine," said Odin "My beard, open the Bifrost I am heading down to midgard to speak to this mortal."
Wordlessly Heimdall does as he is told and opens it as Odin steps into the Bifrost as he is teleported to midgard to the place known as Avengers tower.
Avengers Tower
Living room
The Avengers couldn't believe they were hearing this as they pondered if it is true or not, but a story is a story until a loud thunder is heard and a teleportation beam is seen right into their living room, Thor immediately recognized who it is who had come as it is his father the king of Asgard and the protector of the nine realms itself.
"Father," said Thor "What brings you here,"
"You must release this mortal at once," said Odin "Because all the nine realms are in danger, of a threat you do not know of."
Chapter: 44
The Avenging Freeman:Part.3