Monkey
[New York : 1995]
The previous year ended a little less than two months ago, a new year was before people, and new changes too, the population was still getting used to Superman's presence, but now it was more peaceful and infused that he was acting in aid of the people.
Another thing that changed were the criminals, now they had to be triple careful, always having to ask themselves if they were making too much noise, looking at the sky or even avoiding places with a lot of civilians, because any slip and they would end up being sent to jail in the speed of sound.
Meanwhile Calvin was in his company's labs while scientists work on the latest project, one similar to Project Pegasus.
POV : Calvin Kent
"As you can see, Mr.Traynor, the new rocket models from our laboratories have superior performance compared to the other models available, not to mention that our technology guarantees a zero level of damage to the environment." I said while looking at one of the doctors and representative of my company's new business partner.
Warren was unfortunately busy with our new facilities in other states, the plan was to have a Star Lab in every US state and then expand out, anyway I was really bored with these guys.
The most interesting thing was to see the new models of new generation spacecraft, Project Pegasus intends to send a mission to Mars, they are pioneers in space travel and studies in this area but they needed new perspectives.
"I see, it's really impressive, I'm sure our pilot will be very pleased with the new equipment." He said without expression, that was another strange thing about this guy, he was very... drab.
Fletcher Traynor was an academy student at Massachusetts Academy, joined Project Pegasus at an early age and now thirty-two was a leading expert in biochemistry and biological engineering.
I don't know why they sent this guy, but at least he didn't look like he was going to go around killing everyone, I was about to continue with my presentation when my cell phone started vibrating, not my civil device but my special one, I remember how I stayed with him.
[Flashback]
[Two months ago]
Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD and one of the most dangerous humans in the world, and I was having coffee with him somewhere in the world, well it's not just anyone who can say that is it ?
"Well, you called me here, and so far my cream cake hasn't come, so it would be nice if you ate Mr.Fury." I said seriously.
"Well, fair enough, I am part of an organization responsible for monitoring and dealing with global threats, we have responded to criminal organizations and dangerous individuals since the time of World War II when Hydra came with its attacks." He started with the history class.
"And then ?, I hope I'm not one of those threats." I say joking.
"No...at least for now, I see you as a valuable resource, a way for the Earth to keep turning while us normal men stay safe until we can fend for ourselves." He was…surprisingly very honest of him.
"Well, I don't intend to join any government organization, I intend to remain neutral and help where needed." Even though I wouldn't be recruited, I know him well enough to know better than to trust government agents.He just smiled.
"Don't worry, I understand how governments can be...extreme in their actions, all I ask is a form of communication." He simply said.
I think about it for a while, it wouldn't be bad to know about real-time crises, not to mention it would give a certain level of trust between the parties involved, I take a Kryptonian style communicator.
"Just click here, you'll have a direct call and I'll answer, I don't think I need to say that it won't be possible to hack, do I ?" I smiled at my last statement.
"Of course, I'll call when something important comes up, for now, try not to intervene too much in politicians' affairs, they hate it when they are crossed." He ended with a bit of a sneer at the last part.
I nod and he leaves.
[Present]
It was a meeting nothing short of abnormal, since that meeting he hasn't called even once, I wonder if he just wanted my contact to check me out, maybe track me down ?, well it doesn't matter much.
I finished presenting the rocket system to our new partner, they left minimally satisfied, at least as far as Mr Traynor's stoic face showed, he left only a note saying he looks forward to working with us on his future projects.
I was about to head home when my special communicator started ringing, that only meant one thing, Nick Fury had finally found something he needed help with, well that was a job for Superman!!
[Texas : 05:23 PM]
Flying at high speed towards Texas was not a problem, but finding the location of a SHIELD base was almost a challenge, luckily they were already prepared and received me, Nick Fury personally was among them.
"Mr.Fury, I take it this isn't a social call." I tell him."
Indeed, we received data indicating that an unidentified, hill-sized object was heading towards Earth, our theories point to it being an asteroid." He said seriously.
"Okay, I see how this could be a problem, the trajectory should be towards dry land if you're worried, tell me which direction." I could find the asteroid by looking up at the sky, but it was faster just getting that information.
"Approximately 5,000 feet above us, with a trajectory pointing towards this area, the impact would be devastating, and could cause widespread panic." Ok, time to work, the coordinates were useful at least.
I flew at high speed towards the sky , following the coordinates that Fury gave me, I managed to spot the asteroid, well it was big, and it was already entering the stratosphere, burning in the process, if it fell it would create many problems, but not today, I already managed to stabilize and was already taking it to a safe place.
Carrying the equivalent of a small burning mountain on one's shoulders would be troublesome for most, luckily my strength and mastery were good enough to carry this into a desert region, I have no idea what that is, but it's definitely best left in this desert.
An hour after landing I heard the sounds of helicopters arriving, Fury was with his agents, they began to surround the large asteroid, in less than two hours a whole simple base was already built.
"Your team's building capacity is impressive, efficiency is considerable." I said to Director Fury beside me.
"They have to be, otherwise they wouldn't get what they get, now just see what this thing is about." Fury said beside me.
At that moment I heard a hiss, it was not humanly audible, but to me it seemed that I was on the side, looking closely I could see that it was the huge meteorite, a small crack formed in the shell.
"Wait!" I screamed but it was too late, a drill was used and soon the whole shell filled with cracks, they spread out like serpents and soon it cracked completely.
It was filled with dust, but I could see normally, in front of me was some kind of being, over twenty meters tall, fur all over the body, hands and feet with a similar shape, this was a great primate.
"Huuuaaarg!!" He roared, slamming his fists into the ground, causing a shock wave, everyone was knocked down, the giant ape just jumped up and walked away.
"What the hell!!?" Fury yelled angrily.
"An extremely dangerous individual, I'll take care of that, keep your men away, I don't think I can do that and protect them at the same time.
I flew at alpha speed, following the tracks was easy, the giant ape left tracks pretty easy to find, giant footprints were hard to miss.
I didn't want to hurt the animal, but if necessary I'll have to hit it hard. After flying a few seconds I could hear the noises of him falling to the ground, when I was close to him I hit him with two beams of heat.
This caught his attention and he looked at me irritated, and in a movement that surprised me he tried to slap me, I was surprised when his hand just passed through my body, leaving me covered in blood, yuck.
"HUARG!!" He roared in pain clutching his hand, ok enough of that.
I flew into the air and at super speed I shot towards him, in a movement of "U", on the way up I punched his jaw, knocking him off the ground slightly and his eyes turned inwards.
The huge body fell, causing a small earthquake, ok that was very strange, where did that monkey come from ?
[Space]
On a huge throne in the middle of a sanctuary full of skulls was a being, he had purple skin, black eyes with red dots as pupils, golden and blue armor, with every muscle being contained by it, three meters tall.
This was Thanos, the Mad Titan, tyrant of the universe, conqueror of worlds, at his feet was the Collector in chains.
"So you didn't actually lie, well done Elder, you got your freedom, consider that Thanos' pity." Said the lord of that kingdom.
Collector glared at Thanos, he used one of his rarest pieces just to test if he was lied to, at least now he could go back to Knowhere and prepare for his revenge.
He only received one scrap ship, but it would be enough for him for now.
From now on it's the arc of the mutants!! , sorry for the delay , I was thinking about the best way to introduce each character.
Separate question, what do you think of this formation of a Justice League.:
Superman
Black Panther
Storm
Lady Sif or Brunhilde
Nova
Namor
Quicksilver
