ULTIMATE AVENGERS
Issue 2 of 6
By
Patrick Moore
"Why us?" Hawkeye asked Ant Man and The Wasp. "Just as we were about to meet Iron Man to help fight that killer robot, he had to show up to get in our way.
"We had no choice, Hawkeye," said Ant Man. "We have to stop him, before innocent people get hurt."
"I try to get to Iron Man as fast as I can, while you two take on our big problem," said the Wasp, as she transformed into a small version of herself with insect-like wings and flew off to help Iron Man.
Hawkeye and Ant Man were left to fend themselves against a very powerful, but familiar foe. The enemy was muscular, green skinned, wore purple pants, and has the brain the size of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Why did it have to be the Hulk?" Hawkeye said to himself, as he dodged a hurling car that was being thrown by the green giant
The Gathering of the Heroes- Pt.2:
Visions, Destinies, Angels, and the Hulk
"HULK SMASH!" shouted the Hulk to the two Avengers, as he continued throwing cars at them. "STUPID SUPERHEROES THINK THEY CAN STOP HULK!"
"We can try, Hulk," said Ant Man.
"The first thing we're going to do is to shut you up, Mr. Green Jeans," said Hawkeye.
"Hawkeye, we got to get the Hulk away from city and the people," ordered Ant Man.
"That's easy for you to say, Ant Man," Hawkeye said, as he fired an arrow at the Hulk to keep his from throwing anymore cars at them.
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Marie, Connie, and Cody stopped running after Iron Man told them that the automaton was a ticking time bomb.
"I hope Iron Man's all right," said Cody.
"I sure hope so, Cody," said Marie. "Iron Man should have disconnected the bomb by now. I'm going back."
"Are you crazy, Marie?" asked Connie. "You heard what Tin Man said to us. Besides, I got to look for another job after what happened at Marvel Burger."
"I have to help Iron Man, Connie," said Marie. "I have mutant powers, remember?"
"I'm going too," said Cody.
"No, Cody," said Marie, "stay with Connie. I don't know if I'm coming back or not."
"Just be careful, Marie," said Connie.
"I will," Marie said, as she left to go back to Marvel Burger.
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"Where's the deactivation switch for the bomb, you bucket of bolts," said Iron Man to the automation he shot down earlier. "If you don't tell me how to shut off the bomb that's inside you, it'll kill almost everyone here in New York."
"My job is to help Ultron cleanse the Earth of all organic life, so he can reformat this planet into his own image," said the automaton, who was still on the ground when Iron Man shot it. "Join us and repent for shooting your brother, traitor."
"You don't know that I might not be all machine, my friend," said Iron Man. "Why did you kill those people in that Marvel Burger?"
"I was sent by Ultron to start the extermination of the human race before his arrival."
"Who is this Ultron you're speaking of?" asked Iron Man.
The automaton was about to speak, the Wasp flew in and landed on Iron Man's shoulder.
"Iron Man, we need your help," she said. "Ant Man and Hawkeye are busy battling the Hulk, and…"
"Did you say the Hulk, Wasp?" Iron Man interrupted the Wasp. "My boss said that he's been working on a weapon that would slow the green giant down for hours."
"Can you get it from him as soon as possible?" asked the Wasp.
"Just as soon as I disconnect the bomb from inside of our cybernetic friend here," said Iron Man. "If I don't shut off that bomb, New York will become cinders."
"Maybe I can go inside this automaton and disconnect the bomb from the inside," said the Wasp. "It will give a fast chance to find the bomb and disconnect it before the time runs out."
"Good luck, Wasp," Iron Man said, as he made an opening in the automaton's chest for the Wasp to go inside.
"Wish me luck, Iron Man," Wasp said, as she went inside the automaton.
Once inside, the Wasp discovered the usual thing in a robot like nuts, bolts, gears, and other cybernetic stuff. But what she saw next shocked her, not only did she find the bomb, but she sees what looks like a human heart within all the metal and gears of the automaton. Wasp was almost about to vomit.
"I found the bomb, Iron Man," she said though her com-link, "but we got to take the automaton to Ant Man's lab back at the mansion."
"Why?" Iron Man said though his com-link.
"I found a human heart in this bucket of bolts, and I want to know how it got here," said the Wasp.
"We'll do that later, Wasp," said Iron Man. "But first, how much do we have left on that bomb?"
"About two minutes."
"What are the color of the wires?"
"Red, blue, purple, and green."
"Cut the blue wire."
"What if you're wrong, Iron Man?"
"Trust me, Wasp, and cut the blue wire."
The Wasp fired a three-bladed type ninja star from her arm towards the blue wire that instantly cuts it in two. Suddenly the timer on the bomb began to speed up. Wasp fired another ninja star at the green wire, and the timer stopped at three seconds.
"You were wrong about the blue wire, Iron Man," said the Wasp. "It was the green wire."
"So sue me," said Iron Man in a sarcastic mood. "We did save New York after all."
The Wasp came out of the automaton and returned to her normal size to shake Iron Man's hand. "Do you want to join the Avengers full time?" she asked.
"No thanks, Wasp, I work for Mr. Stark only," Iron Man said. "But I will help you and your teammates stop the Hulk for now."
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Alice Christina was in her dorm at Empire State University typing her computer doing her homework, when roommate, Bonnie, entered carrying her school books and laid them on Alice's bed.
"Bonnie, why did you lay your books on my bed?" asked Alice. "I have to study of tomorrow's test, and I don't have time for this crap.
"Alice, get out of this boring dorm room for once and have some fun in your life," said Bonnie. "Are you tired of being a 'brain' for the rest of you life?"
"I do go out, Bonnie," said Alice, as she combed her white hair. "I just have to get my studies done first, then I'll go and have some fun."
"I heard that you've been having back pains lately," said Bonnie. "Did you go to the doctor to talk about you back?"
"I don't want mom to go all crazy about me having a bad back and all."
"I think I better tell Prof. Adler about this, Alice."
"You know that Prof. Adler is blind, Bonnie."
"I know, it's just you need someone to talk about your problems."
Just then, Alice began to scream as she felt something coming out of her back. She landed on the floor and began rolling around like if she was on fire. Something white came out of Alice's back as she continued screaming. The white looked a lot like angel's wings when Alice stopped screaming.
"What the hell just happened, Alice?" Bonnie asked. "How did you get wings coming out of your back like that?"
"Shut up and get Prof. Adler…now!" shouted Alice, as Bonnie left to get Prof. Adler.
Minutes later, Bonnie returned with Prof. Irene Adler and fellow ESU student, Felicia Hardy. Felicia was shocked at seeing Alice's wings, but Prof. Adler was blind to see what happened, like she knew it would happen before it got started.
"Prof. Adler, what do you think of this?" Felicia asked Prof. Adler. "Do you think Alice is a mutant or some lab experiment gone wrong like in those black and white horror flicks?"
"Felicia, I knew it was going to happen to Alice, before Bonnie told me," said Prof. Adler.
"But how?" asked Felicia.
Prof. Adler just smiled at Felicia. "Let's say I can see into the future."
"What are we going to do about Alice, Prof. Adler?" Bonnie asked. "We can't let every student and teacher come and see Alice like this."
"I know that, Bonnie," said Prof. Adler.
"Just leave me alone!" shouted Alice, as she got up from the floor. "I don't know what happened to me, but I'm getting out of here!"
Alice spotted an open window and flew outside where several students saw her flying.
"Isn't that Alice Christina flying?" said a male student.
"I didn't know Alice was a mutant?" said another male student, who was eating a hamburger.
A female student said, "Was Alice an agent of God?"
Alice heard the positive and negative things the students said about her, as some of the students threw their schoolbooks at her for just being a freak. Alice had heard enough and left ESU flying to who-knows-what.
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Things got from bad to worse of Hawkeye and Ant Man with their battle with the Hulk. Their fight stopped at the Brooklyn Bridge where people were driving their cars trying to get off.
"Great idea to follow the Hulk to the Brooklyn Bridge, Pym," said Hawkeye in a sarcastic mood. "Now we got to get these people out of the way, before Hulkster throws cars at us again."
"I didn't know it was heavy traffic season," said Ant Man, also in a sarcastic mood. "In a more serious note, we have to get these people off the bridge."
"HULK SMASH BUG MAN AND ROBIN HOOD WITH ONE STONE!" Hulk shouted, as he threw an empty car at Hawkeye.
"Where's Wasp and Iron Man?" asked Hawkeye, as he dodged the car Hulk threw at him. "We can't keep this up forever."
"We're here, Hawkeye," said Iron Man, as he and the Wasp landed on the bridge. "It looks like we made it just in time."
"WHAT'S THIS, TRY-OUTS FOR THE WIZARD OF OZ?" shouted Hulk. "HULK IS TIRED OF STUPID SUPERHEROES GETTING IN HULK'S WAY!"
With that, the Hulk rammed towards the four heroes as fast as he can, but the heroes got out of the way just in time.
"Iron Man, time to use the Hulkbuster," said the Wasp.
"I'm on it, Wasp," said Iron Man, as his armor morphed into a Hulk-shaped version of himself.
"WHY IS TIN MAN LOOK LIKE HULK?" Hulk stared at what Iron Man had become.
"This is my Hulkbuster mode, Hulk," said Iron Man to the green giant. "Tony Stark made it for me just in case I have to battle you."
"SHUT UP AND FIGHT, TIN MAN!" Hulk shouted, as he began to charge Iron Man.
Iron Man dodged Hulk's first attack when the green Goliath rammed towards him. Then Hulk lifted a car with a woman and two children inside and threw them at Iron Man, but the armored hero grabbed the car and but it back on the ground.
"Are you alright, ma'am?" Iron Man asked the woman.
"Yes, thank you," the woman said, as she and her children drove off to safety.
"TIME TO PLAY HARDBALL!" Hulk threw a truck filled with gasoline at Iron Man.
"Why that big, green idiot," said Hawkeye. "If Iron Man fires at that gas truck…"
"I know, Hawkeye," said Ant Man.
"Don't fire, Iron Man!" Wasp shouted at the top of her lungs to warn Iron Man.
But it was too late, as Iron Man fired his repulsor rays at the truck, it exploded destroying the truck, a few empty cars, and what looks like Ant Man, Wasp, Hawkeye, the Hulk, and Iron Man himself.
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"Are you watching this, my Vision?" asked a cybernetic voice to someone else in the dark shadows while watching what just happened on the Brooklyn Bridge on a large monitor. "Did you see all that carnage the one called Iron Man just did?"
"Yes, my master," said the voice of the Vision. "But why do you like it so much?"
"The humans on this stupid planet are nothing but insects in my way, so they must be exterminated from the face of the earth," the voice answered Vision's question. "But first, I have a mission for you, my Vision."
The Vision walked out of the shadows to his unseen master. Vision was a synthezoid with a green and yellow outfit and a red face. "What is my mission, my master?" it asked.
"I want you to find a human named Hank Pym and bring him to me alive," the voice ordered the Vision.
"I will leave at once, master," Vision said, as it flew out of an opening on the roof.
"Soon, father, we will meet face to face for the first time, then I will kill you," the voice gave an evil smirk to it's metal face.
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT ISSUE: What's the fate of the Avengers? What's Alice Christina going to do with her new gift and where is she going? What happened to Marie/Rogue? And what part does the Vision play in all of this? Find out in "The Gathering of the Heroes- pt. 3" in Ultimate Avengers # 3.
