Episode 4: Hawkeye to the Rescue


Previously on Marvel DISK Wars...

Edward: I never thought the launch party for Tony's new DISK technology would include a battle with supervillains nor that I see Iron Man and the other heroes dematerialize and imprison in the DISKs. And then, there's that installer device that malfunctioned and zapped us all with a mysterious energy. How did I get into this? All I wanted was to meet Captain America, maybe get an autograph, and write about it on my blog.


Half an hour later in the Helicarrier, Sandra, Jamie, Akira, and Hikaru were sitting around a table, having drinks that Ms. Pepper gave them.

"Sorry, kids. I wish I had better news. Fury and the agents go over the whole facility. There is no sign of your father." Iron Man said.

"It's probably Loki's doing." Scarlet Witch said, who was sitting on Sandra's shoulder.

"But, hey, the goods news is he isn't buried in the wreckage."

Akira put his head down in worry.

"Don't worry about it, little man. I'll get him back. We find Loki, we find your dad." Iron Man said, going on Akira's shoulder, "Piece of cake. And just because I'm a pint-size hologram at the moment, don't underestimate me."

"Actually, I think I like you better this way." Pepper said.

"I agree with Pepper here." Jamie added.

"You designed this Holographic Projection System so you could communicate with the supervillains you imprisoned in the DISKs?" Hikaru asked.

"Exactly. I just never thought I'd wind up on this side. Ah, the irony. C'mon, laugh! It's irony. I'm Iron Man. Get it?" Iron Man said.

"What about the interior of the DISKs?" Sandra asked.

"What's it like?" Hikaru followed suit.

"Inside? You don't get tired or hungry. And thanks to its healing properties, Scarlet and I are completely recovered. On the other hand, it's no closet space and the view is lousy." Iron Man said.

"We have to save our other allies who fell and imprisoned into those DISKs sent around the world. We have no idea what Loki's next plan of attack will be." Scarlet Witch said.

"We'll do it! Don't worry." Akira said as he and Sandra stood up from their seats.

"We?" Iron Man asked.

"Yeah." Sandra said. "We can help you, all the way."

"You... uh... you will, huh? How's that? Oh, well, that's a relief. Didn't even know you're superheroes. What do you call 'em? Samurai Boy? Lady Diva?" Iron Man said with a thumbs up.

"As if we would want to be called those." Sandra contradicted. "And for your information, we have names and mine is Sandra."

"Akira's what I'm called. Because that's my name." Akira said.

"Yeah, needs work." Iron Man said with a shrug.

Akira and Sandra sat down on their seats.

"Your attitude needs work." Akira said, folding his arms.

"Now I know why you find him annoying." Sandra whispered to Scarlet Witch.

Just then Hikaru, realized something, "Hey, what about those three other kids."

Akira could now only wonder, if the other kids were fine, 'That's right. What happened to them? I don't even know they're names.'


Meanwhile, Edward and Jessica are sleeping in beds in the S.H.I.E.L.D. plane they were riding in. As for Chris, he is walking down a Boston street, listening to music in his headphones.


'We didn't get to say 'goodbye'... I wonder if we'll ever see them again...' Akira thought as he stared outside from a window.


Back in New York...

As the sun rises, Spiderman looked at the DISKs that had Captain America, Wasp, Thor, and Hulk inside.

"So now what?" Spiderman asked himself. "What to we do with these? Collect them and trade them with our friends."


At the helicarrier...

Fury's scientists were scanning Sandra's, Akira's, and Hikaru's bodies while they were sleeping.

'It's not just Akira and my daughter. Hikaru also has the biocode installed.' Jamie thought.

After that, they were in the meeting room with Ms. Potts, Jamie, and Nick Fury.

"Some people have all the luck. I wish I had a biocode in me." Pepper said.

"Why, Pep?" Iron Man asked.

"I could shut you off whenever I want." Pepper said and Iron Man sighed while Jamie smirked at what Pepper said.

"Alright, listen up, everyone. It seems there is an anomaly in the biocodes implanted in you three." Fury said.

"What do you mean?" Hikaru asked.

"The biocode installer received significant damage during the scuffle." Scarlet Witch said.

"Presumably that's what caused it to happen. Anyway, there was a malfunction of some kind in the installation process. A surge in the energy flux or something. The deal is, the biocodes implanted in you are limited." Fury said.

Akira and Sandra looked at their biocode watches.

"Limited?" Akira asked. "What do you mean? What a rip-off."

"What he's saying is: normally, a biocode will give you unlimited control over how long the occupant of a DISK can remain outside of it. You saw what happened. The way Wanda and I got sucked back into the DISKs." Iron Man said. "With your limited biocodes, we can stay free for a limited amount of time."

"We should be able to figure it out by checking the video recording." Scarlet Witch said.

"Did anyone happen to time it?" Iron Man asked.

"333 seconds." Fury said.

"So... that's about 5 and a half minutes?" Scarlet Witch wondered.

"Next time, it could be 10 minutes. The time after that, 10 seconds." Fury said, "We have no way of knowing. Not to mention the second attempts to D-Smash failed."

"It's likely that you need time to recharge after one D-Smash." Scarlet Witch said.

"No surprise. Dr. Akatsuki, Dr. Gonzales, and I always assume the DISKs would need time to recharge." Iron Man asked. "Exactly how much time, we were never able to determine."

"I'd say just about six hours." Akira said.

"Huh? How do you know that?"

"I don't know. It's just, like, my body's telling me."

"Hmm... you could be right." Sandra pondered.

"I'm pretty that it'll work now. Wanna try it?" Akira asked with a smile.

"Why not? We got nothing else going on." Iron Man said.

"Oh brother." Scarlet Witch muttered.

Akira stated, "Fasten your seatbelts! Iron Man D-"

"I should do it, too." Sandra interrupted, holding her DISK.

"Wait." Fury said.

"What's going on, Director Fury?" Sandra asked.

"You two can't just pay around with those as if they were toys. You're under S.H.I.E.L.D. supervision now, Akira and Sandra." Fury said.

"Forget it, Fury. These kids don't need your supervision. I can babysit them fine without your help." Iron Man retorted.

Scarlet Witch glared at him, "You mean, we can?"

"Yes." Iron Man said, awkwardly.

"Who said we need a babysitter?!" Questioned Akira and Sandra.

"And what about the other three kids on that rooftop?" Fury asked. "It's more than likely that they were implanted with biocodes as well. You're gonna guarantee their protection, too?"

"When you guys at S.H.I.E.L.D. say 'protection', you really mean 'control', right?" Iron Man said.

"This isn't the time for your word games, Stark!" Scarlet Witch said.

"Sir?"

"Save it, I'm a little busy right now." Fury said as the seven turned around and saw Maria Hill and two men.

"What's going on, Maria?" Fury asked.

"Greetings, Director Fury. I hope you'll forgive the interruption." a man said with dark brown hair and wearing a grey suit.

"Depends on who's interrupting." Fury replied.

"This is Senator Robert Winters." Maria Hills said.

"I'm a member of the Global Security Council, which, I hope, entitles me to a little courtesy and perhaps even a cup of coffee?" He asked with a smirk.

"What's a senator doing here?" Akira whispered to Hikaru.

"How am I supposed to know?" Hikaru said.

"Then, what's this 'Global Security Council'?" Sandra whispered to Hikaru.

"Don't know. Never heard of it." Hikaru said, taking out his phone.

"In brief, my job is to oversee S.H.I.E.L.D. and its operations. To make sure they're not misusing their funding or engaging in any inappropriate activity." Robert taking out three photographs and placing them on the table, "Basically, to see that they're doing what they're told. Tim Gilliam. Recognize him?"

"He was around when we're developing the DISK technology." Iron Man said.

"A spy working for Loki. And before that, a scientist working for S.H.I.E.L.D. Isn't that right, Director Fury? We're launching a thorough investigation into how it is you've allowed your organization to be so compromised. And in the meantime, you are hereby relieved of your duties as director of S.H.I.E.L.D." Robert said.

The three kids' faces were filled with shocks.

"This is ridiculous." Fury said as the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents grabbed him, "It's a setup and you know it!"

"In addition, all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations are suspended until further notice! As of this moment, S.H.I.E.L.D. is under the direct control of the Global Security Council." Senator Robert said.

He turned to Maria Hill.

"Agent Hill."

"Sir?" Maria answered back.

"Congratulations. You're now acting director. Perhaps, you can direct your agents to sweep the floors or something." He added with a smirk.

Agent Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye watched as the soldiers took Fury away.


As Fury is taken to a prison cell, he hears Iron Man talking.

"They're making a big mistake if they think Fury could have anything to do with this." Iron Man said.

"A minute ago, you couldn't stand the guy." Akira pointed out.

"Typically, flip-flopping." Pepper said.

"All I'm saying is that the man's very good at his job!" Iron Man argued.

"If he's right and he's been set up, who would benefit from it?" Hikaru asked, folding his arms.

"And that's where the problem lies, correct?" Sandra said.

"yeah, right." Iron Man answered.

The alarm started to blare.

"What's the emergency now?" Scarlet Witch wondered.

"I'm gonna find out!" Akira said.

"Slow down!" Sandra said and the two went out of the room.

"Akira! Sandra! Come back!" Jamie shouted.

"Emergency Lockdown Protocol is now in effect." the computer started.

"Ugh! Those kids!" Pepper slammed her fist on the table in worry.


In the city of New York, the police were firing bullets on Lizard.

"I got a lock on the Lizard. One of the escaped supervillains. Moving us into position..." Maria said.

"It looks like the police have it well in hand." Robert said.

"Sir, the police are not equipped to handle-" Maria tried to say otherwise.

"We're not mobilizing S.H.I.E.L.D. under any circumstances!" Robert interrupted.

Behind the entrance Akira, Sandra, Iron Man, and Scarlet Witch were spying on them.


"You two really have any idea what you're doing?" Iron Man asked.

"Of course, we do. Stop treating us like kids!" Akira said.

"It's too dangerous." Iron Man protested.

"I know its weird to ask now but isn't that what you and Scarlet Witch always do? Fighting against the baddies?" Sandra asked.

"Yeah, that's what we do! Besides, Iron Man has the latest weapons technology while I have the power over probability." Scarlet Witch replied.

"Like these?" Akira said as he and Sandra showed their biocode DISKs.

"We have the DISKs. Remember?" Sandra said with a wink.

Iron Man chuckled, "Just follow our orders. Got it?"

"This gonna be so cool." Akira said with a grin.

"Okay then, let's start!" Sandra said, smiling.

The two kids readied their DISKs and touched behind them.

ACCEPTED: MATERIALIZING. TECH IDENTITY

ACCEPTED: MATERIALIZING. MAGIC IDENTITY.

"Iron Man!" Akira said.

"Scarlet Witch!" Sandra said.

"D-SMASH!" They shouted and threw their DISKs on the ground.

Iron Man and Scarlet Witch got activated and they materialized.

"Suit up! It's on!" Iron Man said.

"I'll show you what I can do." Scarlet Witch said.

Afterwards the two heroes flew out of the Helicarrier. Iron Man was holding Akira, while Scarlet Witch was carrying Sandra on her back.

"Hang on tight, Samurai Boy!" Iron Man said.

"Awesome!" Akira said.

"This is amazing!" Sandra said, looking at the sky.

"Right, huh?" Scarlet Witch agreed.


At the cockpit, Robert and Maria are watching everything through the screen

"Don't look at me. I didn't clear it." Maria said nonchalantly.


The four went down into the city.

Meanwhile, Spiderman is seen swinging from building to building and saying, "Sometimes, I hate this gig. I have to be down for some R&R this afternoon. But the Big Apple's my home turf. If I don't save it, who will?"

Once he landed on the last building, a voice said, "Spiderman?!"

It was Rosetta and her camera crew.

"Ah, hi there! ... Hey! Didn't I you at Tony Stark's launch party?" Spiderman asked, intrigued.

"Goodness. You remember me? I must say, that's very flattering." Rosetta approached Spiderman but he interrupted.

"Sorry, no time for an interview. Maybe later." Spiderman then leaped off the building.

Rosetta watched as Spiderman swung from building to building again.

"You're just what I needed to add some zing to my footage" Rosetta whispered before turning to her crew, "Okay, guys! Stand by to roll camera!"

As Lizard continued his rampage, Spiderman landed in front of him.

"Yo, lizard lips!" Spiderman called out

"Stay out of this, web crawler!" Lizard demanded, "Once I finish this job, I'll be free from the DISK forever!"

"Say what?" Spiderman asked.

"That dimensional rift scattered the DISKs all over the world. The deepest depths of the oceans. The middle of the desert. The rainforest. Everywhere. And one of them happened to end up..." Lizard turned to where the bank is, "...right there, inside a vault in that bank!"

"How does a guy like you know all that? You've read your horoscope? Did it tell you when your skin's finally gonna clear up?" Spiderman asked.

"That's enough, Spidey."

Lizard then began to pounce on Spiderman but the latter dodged it as he shot his webbing on Lizard to stun him. Lizard then tried to grab Spiderman. Spiderman jumped onto Lizard's arm then shot his webbing on a building behind him.

He then climbed on it, saying, "Was he always that fast?"

Lizard then noticed Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Akira, and Sandra.

Iron Man and Scarlet Witch placed Akira and Sandra at the top of a building.

"Okay, just watch. Unless you get your own Modular Armors or any set of weapons, steer clear of the fighting." Iron Man said.

"Gotcha!/Sure thing!" Akira and Sandra shouted.

"J.A.R.V.I.S., keep an eye on how much time I've got." Iron Man commanded.

J.A.R.V.I.S. replied, "Understood, sir. The Lizard is coming within range now."

"Roger that. Let's do this!" Iron Man and Scarlet Witch then head off to where Lizard is. They then shot a few blasts at ground near Lizard.

When the two heroes got where Lizard was, they saw Spiderman.

"I know. You're only pretending to lose so my entrance will be more dramatic, right?" Iron Man asked.

"Right. So if you two are here, where are Akira and Sandra?" Spiderman asked.

"Don't you worry, Spiderman. They're safe." Scarlet Witch reassured their arachnid ally.

"Not through with you!" Lizard roared at the three heroes.

"My Lizard's a little rusty, but I think he's ready for another round." Spiderman said.

Akira and Sandra were hiding behind a nearby building.

"Attaway! Go, Iron Man and Scarlet Witch! Go!" Akira shouted.

"You can do it!" Sandra cheered happily.


The two kids were being spied on by Robert and Maria.

"Unbelievable. You can't even control a kid, let alone two. Your operation is in worse shape than I thought." Senator Robert criticized as Maria stayed silent as she turned to him.


"Now! Use your Repulsors!" Akira said to Iron Man.

"Give that reptile a taste of your Hex Bolts!" Sandra told Scarlet Witch.

"I'm never getting used to taking orders from a kid or two." Iron Man sighed.

"Just leave them alone, Stark." Scarlet Witch replied.


"Sorry, sir." Maria apologized. "It won't happen again."


Iron Man and Scarlet Witch fired more shots as Spiderman shot a web to tie Lizard's mouth.

"Nice shooting, Spidey!" Iron Man complimented. "Hold him like that. Okay, kids, time to input the DISKs' secret command."

"What's that?" Sandra asked.

"It's a special trick!" Scarlet Witch answered. "Iron Man will be sending it to you guys now."

"Ready? X-W-1-0-1-Alpha-7!" Iron Man said.

"Understood." Sandra said. She started to type the code but she stopped short when she noticed Akira wrongly guessing the code.

"Wait! Wait! Not so fast! What's it again?!" Akira again as he got the code wrong, "Argh! 1-0-1!"

Suddenly, Lizard successfully frees his mouth from the web trap.

"Hello? Kids? Some time to sent it would be nice." Iron Man called out.

"Wait! I think I got it!" Akira replied.

"Come on!" Sandra said. Finally, the two kids typed the code correctly.

"Accepted. Please confirm code input." the DISK requested.

"Time to confirm, kids! We're in a tight spot over here!" Scarlet Witch said.

"Confirm code!" Akira and Sandra activated the hidden commands and the two heroes started glowing.

"Ultimate Unibeam!" Iron Man said as he released a beam from his chest armor.

"Supreme Hex Blast!" Scarlet Witch said before conjuring a giant ball of energy.

The two heroes blasted their powers at Lizard, with him saying that he didn't expect that to happen.

"You two were hiding these kind of attacks?!" Lizard exclaimed and he finally got defeated.

"Phew." Iron Man sighed in relief, "Okay, kids. Get down there and D-Secure him."

Lizard is now lying in a crater created by their blasts.

"Incredible." Spiderman commented.

"Actually, I prefer 'invincible'. This is us we're talking about, remember?" Iron Man said.


Meanwhile, the camera crew recorded the whole thing.

"Cool! We got it all!" Rosetta's cameraman cheered.

Rosetta looked away and said, "That's what you think... You ain't seen nothing yet."

She took out a yellow DISK with Diamondback's face on.


Akira and Sandra went up to the three heroes.

"D-Secure!" Akira said and trapped Lizard into a DISK.

"D-Secure complete! Villain apprehended!" Sandra cheered. "1 point for the heroes!"

"Nice work." Spiderman high-fived the two kids.

"Hey, now. Let's not get carried away." Iron Man said.

Scarlet glared at him, "Tony..."

"Hey, we did our share." Akira complained.

Iron Man then turned to ask J.A.R.V.I.S., "J.A.R.V.I.S., how long have we've been out?"

J.A.R.V.I.S. replied, "330 seconds. Given you estimated activity, you now have 2 seconds."

"Ciao." Iron Man greeted as he and Scarlet Witch started glowing and they went back into Akira's and Sandra's DISKs.

Akira and Sandra touched their DISKs and mini holograms of Iron Man and Scarlet Witch appeared in them.

"So, I guess 333 seconds is the magic number after all." Iron Man said.

"Not to interrupt or anything but right now, we should deal with that DISK in the bank vault." Spiderman said before his head got all buzzy, 'My Spider-Sense.'

"Something's coming this way and it is not good." Spiderman said and turned to Akira and Sandra. "We gotta get you two outta here!"

"Too late for that."

The five turned around and saw a woman with red short hair and wearing black red costume and red yellow goggles. Her name is Diamondback.

"Looks like a new villain has joined in the fray." Sandra pointed out. "You're one of the villains who escaped the prison, right?"

Diamondback smirked, "Bingo. You two look cute like that, Iron Man and Scarlet Witch. You fit right in my hand bag."

"Go on. Make jokes about my size. I can take it." Iron Man admitted, folding his arms. "I have no idea villains can be so insensitive."

Scarlet Witch rolled her eyes and blew a small raspberry, "Men."

"Are you getting all of this? Iron Man and Scarlet Witch can't get out of their DISKs" Diamond back said to Rosetta.

"Something must've happened when that damaged installer implanted the biocode. Whatever it was, I'm not gonna look into a gator's mouth. It's a lucky break for us." Rosetta said as she ran into an alley. She then puts on her mask as her hair becomes let down and her clothes change.

"All right, I'm gonna leave you to deal with them while I go into the bank vault and find that DISK. Think you can handle it, Diamondback?" Rosetta said.

"No problem. Now let's begin with you handing over those DISKs you've got. Iron Man's, Scarlet Witch's, and Lizard's." Diamondback said.

The two kids glared at her, while holding their DISKs.

Spiderman went in front to protect Akira and Sandra.

"That'll be the day." Spiderman said.

"I can see I'm going to have to stick you in a DISK of your own." Diamondback said taking out a diamond. "So long, Spidey!"


At the helicarrier, Hawkeye is walking down the hallway and went to the room where Hikaru, Jamie, and Pepper are inside.

"Uh, who are you?" Pepper asked.

"Sorry for barging in on you like this. I'm an agent S.H.I.E.L.D. My name is Clint Barton." Hawkeye said.

"What business do you have for us today?" Jamie asked.

"Listen carefully. We don't have much time. There's a gang of supervillains down there going after a DISK in a bank vault. If we move fast, we can help your brother, Sandra, Iron Man, and Scarlet Witch stop them. We can hack the bank's security from this end. But if that DISK contains a hero, we may need you to D-Smash it." Hawkeye stated to Hikaru.

"Me?" Hikaru asked.

"Now way we're letting another one of these kids put themselves in danger." Pepper responded in protest.

"It's your choice, of course. But if you don't go..." Hawkeye intervened.

Hikaru thought for a moment and that's when it dawned on him.

"If I don't go..." Hikaru said in realization, "Akira and Sandra are..."

"Hikaru?" Jamie looked at Akira's brother.

'I have to go.' Hikaru thought with worry printed on his face, 'For Akira and Sandra.'


"Take this!" Diamondback threw the diamond at the three and smoke came out of it.

"Watch out!" Spiderman shouted.

Diamondback smirked as she took out another diamond.

"As I'm sure you've heard all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations have been suspended. So you know what that means. We're off the books." Iron Man declared.


"I'm moving forward with this mission on my own. I've received no authorization. So if it goes south, no one's coming to our rescue. If you can live with that, I could use your help." Hawkeye said, giving Hikaru a white watch-like device.

Who was going to save Akira and Sandra now?

To be Continued...