Rising of the Avenging Heroes

ESKK: Well new chapter let's begin since it's getting popularity fast here.

(Start James Room)

James was in bed sleeping the day away. As he slept it was clear the shield was still on him suggesting it was not coming off anytime soon. James spent a good part of the night trying to get it off but after a while he just went to bed. So here he was sleeping in as the morning rays of sun came through the window. Pretty soon his bare feet was seen as he had the sheets over his head. Unaware to James his team were all gathered around him with Torunn giving James a disapproving look.

"So does he get the sword, the spark, the sting, the arrow, the suit, the Skaar today?" Torunn said as they all took turns waking James up whenever he sleeps in when he's not supposed to.

"Um I'd have to pass this time, remember we don't want Skaar to cause a scene." Cody said and thus they all let Cody off on this one.

"It's his royal Highnesses turn this time." Pym said with a smirk on his face

"I hate you Pym." Azari said and thus he quietly approached James. As he did so he activated his powers and put a finger torts James foot. Once Azari was close enough he delivered a small shock to James foot and thus they others waited for the magic to happen.

(Balcony)

James was heard screaming and thus Azari flew to the Balcony edge. Luckily he caught the ledge just in time before hoisting himself back up.

(Inside)

"Good your up." Morgan said as she then tossed James stuff to him.

"Get ready the Parties are forming today. Even if we are going to be a huge party we still need to show up." Torunn said showing she was more than ready as Cody helped Azari back up.

"Why does it feel like it's always my turn to wake him up?" Azari asked as he got back into the room.

"Because it's funny." Pym laughed as he smiled to Azari.

"No denying that one." Morgan said as they all looked a little cleaner today in comparison to yesterday. "By the way... when this whole Party thing is over and done with... James we need to talk." Morgan said as she spent part of the night doing some research with Torunn thanks to her Allspeak. Needless to say she was not a fan of what she found none of them were in fact.

Getting the message James understood and got ready to head out while everyone left for the throne room.

(Scene Break Throne Room)

Entering through the doors, the Four Heroes march toward the center of the room as they were yesterday. In front of them stood twelve people armed with various weapons and armor. These were the adventurers promised to aid the Heroes as their party, all assembled by the King. The Avengers followed behind them no doubt knowing that they needed to walk the political path very carefully here.

"We have gathered the greatest warriors in the land. These brave souls will fight at your side during the Waves' incursion." Aultcray said as he introduced the adventurers as they were all ready. "Now then, our future champions, it is time to begin your journey!" the King declared to the Heroes, before he turned to the adventurers, "Brave adventurers, go and select the Cardinal Hero you wish to join!"

As ordered, the twelve march forward to the Cardinal Heroes. Not being able to choose their new comrades came as a surprise for James and the Avengers, while Ren, Motoyasu, and Itsuki remained calm for some odd reason. Probably better this was since they won't have to force someone to join them against their will.

AS the adventurers approached the Avengers all quickly realized the problem here. "Ok I know we already have a party here but that's sort of cold." Morgan said aloud as she did a head count. "Robin Hood has three, Cloud Strife has five, and Glowstick of Destiny has four." Morgan counted and thus she saw something was up big time.

"I am loathed to admit it, but even I did not expect this." Aultcray answered, wearing a concerned expression but Torunn noted the tone of Apathy hidden in there.

"It's no problem we've already decided to adventure with him." Hawkeye said causing many to look surprise by this.

"Are you sure of this?" Aultcray asked as he saw that Azari, Morgan, and Pym did not have weapons.

"Don't worry." Azari began as soon his body was surrounded by electricity making the spectators go wide eyed to this. "I'm covered." Azari added as in turn Pym began to grow in size shocking the group before he returned to his normal size but with his hands glowing suggesting he had his own weapon.

"Yeah I mean come on." Morgan said before pressing a button where the straps on the met left side of her chest. In turn the button opened up to reveal a heart shaped light from it before her backpack began to open as well. Everyone was surprised when Morgan's body began to be covered in an armor as it covered every inch of her even her head. Once she was fully suited she was suited up in a magenta and black armor with gold linings and even a gold mask of it.

"Didn't see that coming did you?" she asked as now Iron-Heart stood before them. She then proceeded to disengage the armor and thus everyone was surprised to see how it retracted back to her bag looking like a regular everyday item. It was evident none of them saw this coming.

Meanwhile, another man whispered something briskly into the King's ear. One moment later, the man stood back to the side, allowing Aultcray to speak grimly, "I've been made aware of an unsettling rumor."

"A rumor? What kind of rumor exactly?" Torunn asked as she looked to the king.

"Hopefully, it isn't as serious as we think, but rumors are spreading quickly around the castle and town that the Shield Hero is ignorant of this world." Aultcray replied to which got the warning lights blaring in the Avengers heads.

"WHAT?!" Pym cried in shock when he heard this while James was calm about it.

"Legend has is it that all the Heroes, save for the Shield, already have a firm grasp of our lands. Because of those rumors, the adventurers here must think he might not be that criteria, in addition to being the weakest of the four." Aultcry said to which James didn't let it bother him.

"Someone might have been listening in on our conversation last night." Motoyasu whispered to James who wasn't worried since he already had his party.

"You think?!" James asked almost scolding Motoyasu for the clearly obvious comment just now.

Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki still had doubt about Captain America but considering some of the things so far it's not wise to count the Shield out just yet. After all if you can legit end World War 2 and save the world with a Shield then maybe JUST maybe the Shield isn't as weak as believed. Still they can also argue that the other Avengers may have done most of the work and that came from not truly knowing how famous and inspiring Captain America truly was.

'That rumor sounds awfully specific, especially since it spread this quickly. Or maybe these rumors have been circling for a long time, since the Cardinal Heroes were part of an ancient legend.' Azari thought as he was detecting possible fowl play here. 'Either way, why should a rumor impact their decision to join us? We're all strangers to this world, so teaching us how things work shouldn't be an issue.' Azari thought but then noticed another bit of information. 'But at the same time... not once did any of them mentioned Torunn's father or even the fact we were already heroes in our world.' Azari thought and from the looks of the others it was clear they were carrying similar thoughts.

"Still." James said as he then looked to the King. "My friends and I as well as the other heroes are still strangers to this world, at the very least we'll need someone to help us get our feet on the ground." James said as he looked to the King. "If it won't be a problem can you possibly find someone who can help us out in the regard of local information?" James said to which it wasn't asking for much in this regard.

The King looked to be thinking it over until a new voice spoke up. A hand raised to the sky from Motoyasu's group as the owner then spoke up. "Sir Hero." The female said getting everyone's attention. Then from the crowd a red haired young woman walked out as Azari and Torunn felt unnerved by her. "Would you kindly allow me to switch parties and join the Shield Hero?" The girl asked as she looked between Motoyasu and James.

"Are you sure?" Motoyasu asked as he looked to the girl.

"I am." The girl responded with a smile on her face.

The King saw this as despite James having six members in his party none of them were aware of the workings of this world. So having at least one person who can educate them as needed was a needed aspect. "Are there any others who'd be willing to join Sir James on his quest?" Aultcray asked as he looked among the gathered Adventurers. When no one answered the answer was evident. "Ah well so be it then." The King said as he saw that James already has a full party as is. "Every month we shall provide each hero with the funds they require but this one time Master James payment shall be higher than the others." Aultcray said but kept his reason for it to himself. In turn four servants walked out each holding a pouch in their hands. "Please accept these initial War Chest, accept them with our thanks." The King said as each hero was given a pouch of coins.

"Shield Hero receives 800 Silver Coin while the rest of you each receive 600 silver." The Prime Minister said and thus James was already thinking on how to use this money.

"Procure all necessary equipment and go forth." Aultcray said and thus the four were ready to move out.

"Sir!" They all said and thus they were off.

(Later)

As the groups were leaving the castle they bid farewell to Ren, Itsuki, and Motoyasu the last of which Torunn and Morgan could NOT get rid of any faster. James already had a plan on how to use these coins and have enough left over for lodgings. As they climbed the steps to head to the castle gates James saw how heavy the pouch was and knew how to split it up between the sides. Now equipment and supplies were both equally important so he would need to split the coins between the two. Morgan would no doubt take over a smithy to build new equipment and probably offer it to the shop owner to sell at his leisure with a cut of prophet.

Still they needed to talk as Morgan had clearly learned something that he needed to know. He didn't know why but the others had a red flag when their new party member joined and honestly speaking so did James. But he wanted to see the best in people so he would give their new alley the benefit of the doubt for now.

"See you guys later. And take good care of her," Motoyasu said as the group turn to the other 3 heroes as Itsuki soon said to them, "Well I wish we could do more to also help you guys out but I wish you luck on your journey."

"Until next time," Ren said as James nodded to them as he said, "Thank you, and good luck on yours as well."

Soon enough as all four Cardinal Heroes went their ways as the redhead girl soon came up to James as she said, "Excuse me sir Hero, let me introduce myself, my name is Myne Sophia, it's an honor to fight with you."

"We haven't started fighting just yet, and no need for formalities you can just call me James," James said to her as the girls of the group look to Myne with Morgan seeing how cheery she was acting around James. The Genius sensed that it was some sort of ploy to get close to him, even Torunn gets the same feeling and felt very worry for James being raise together, like siblings, does put her sibling instinct on high alert, with the guys were being calm about her but also weary. "These are my friends Morgan, Francis, Cody and my family Torunn, Pym, and Azari." James introduced being the nice guy here.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." Myne said as Azari's instincts told him this girl was trouble.

Pym was still naïve in most cases but was smart enough to know the others didn't trust her for one reason or another. James simply wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt and Hawkeye being a Survivor and the leader of the Scavengers had instincts to properly ID trouble or someone trying to hoodwink them.

"Let's work well together ok." James said and thus he and Myne shook hands acknowledging they were allies now. 'She seems nice friendly even... but still something about this doesn't feel right. Morgan found something and so did Torunn… whatever it is I need to be careful.' James thought knowing his friends and family relied on his leadership so they can get home to protect those who need them there. "Now I guess we best get started Myne." James said and thus Myne nodded.

"Of course sir hero." Myne said and thus they all began to move out. "To start I'll show you around the village." Myne said and thus the group headed out to start the tour.

(Later at the Market Place)

"Cool!" Pym said as he was flying around in pixie form looking at all the things they had around.

"Is that a dragon?" Torunn asked when she saw some guy with animals ears guiding a dragon mount through town.

"Amazing." Cody said as he looked around the place. We caught a glimpse but being here now truly sinks in how different this world is from our own." Cody said before Morgan spoke up.

"You mean filled with life and not taken over by a crazy murder bot?" Morgan asked which wasn't far off from the truth.

"Well sir hero what shall we do next?" Myne said and thus James was already on it.

"Well we need to get supplies and equipment and with all this Silver we should be able to get what we need." James said holding the bag in his hand. "Let's split up we can cover more ground that way and get more work done with it." James said and thus the group were in agreement.

"Francis, Pym, Azari." James began as he then took about a good half of the Silver out and passed it over to the boys. "Look around and try to get some supplies and only get the necessities." James said and thus Hawkeye smirked.

"Don't worry I'll keep Pym in line." Francis said with a smirk on his face to which Pym pouted.

"Hey I'm not that bad!" Pym said rejoining the group and returning to human form.

"You mean like the time you shrunk yourself to get out of work and got chased around by a rat?" Azari teased only for Pym to deflate quickly being reminded of that incident.

"Anyway the rest of us will check out the weapons shop see what we can find." James said as he was ready to head out and for that. "We'll meet back up at the weapon shop in about 3 hours try to arrive in half of that." James said as he had a pretty good idea what would be happening once Morgan hit the weapon shop.

"Got it we won't be long." Hawkeye said as he then lead Azari and Pym to the market to do some shopping.

"I'll take you to a shop I trust it shouldn't be hard for them to find so we can meet up." Myne said and thus James looked to her.

"Alright that sound reasonable." James said and thus Myne smiled and nodded.

"Alright follow me!" Myne called out and thus she began to lead them to the blacksmith shop in question.

James smiled a bit before they all headed out while Morgan wanted to gag. This girl was too cheerful and like her father she didn't trust people who don't have a dark side. She trusted James because he did have one she just hasn't seen it yet as long as you legit have one she can trust them to an extent. So while the three boys headed for supplies the rest of them headed for much needed equipment.

(Later)

The group arrived at the weapon shop and saw it was more or less empty but had equipment on display. "This place gets my recommendation." Myne said as she presented the shop to the group.

"Huh not too shabby not too shabby at all." Morgan said as she looked at the shop in question. "But when I'm done with it every adventurer on the planet will flock over here." Morgan said as she, Torunn, Cody, and James entered followed by Myne.

Just then a man walked out as he was clearly the blacksmith and shop owner here. "Welcome good folks." The man said as James saw he had scars on his head. "First time in a weapon shop is it?" He asked noticing that a he had never seen them before and B they looked quiet new as well. "Well you already know how to pick the best one." The man said to which James nodded to him.

"Thank you but she showed us the way." James said gesturing to Myne on this.

The man then looked closely at Myne as something about her struck a memory for him. "Hmm you do look familiar miss have we met?" The man asked as he looked to Myne.

"Sure I've been in here before." Myne said moving up onto James making him a bit unease by the close quarters. "You're shop is rather renowned after all." Myne said as James could swear that he could be pickpocketed like this. Lucky for James he made sure Morgan had their coin pouch before entering here.

"Ah sweet of you to say. Now who are your companions here?" The man asked to which James opted to answer.

"I'm James Rogers apparently I'm the Shield Hero around here." James said to which the shop owner heard him and heard the rumors about him.

"Huh the shield hero the one they call the dud?" The man asked and thus Morgan sighed and stepped up.

"Yeah and honestly we'd like to make this a regular stop for us especially with what I'm about to be offering." Morgan said stepping in to which this got the guys attention. Morgan then placed four parchments with detailed schematics on the counter to which the man saw them as well as a small amount of coins. "I'll like to rent your forge for a bit to make these and I want you to be able to sell them." Morgan said as the man was surprised to hear this as was Myne.

"Wait what?" HE asked as that was probably the first time he heard this in a long time.

"Look I consider myself a bit of a blacksmith myself and these tools are for my friends I want to rent your forge and purchase the materials from you. That won't be a problem will it?" Morgan asked as she looked to the guy.

"No but I'm guessing you want a cut if I manage to sell these." The man said as he saw the schematics.

"Yeah I'll even show you how to make them, for a discount of course." Morgan said as she looked to the man as she had a lot of charisma it seems. "Now it might not seem much now but think of long term display these things images outside and when people start to ask about them boom you'll be getting request which means more business to come in." Morgan said and thus the guy looked to her. "And tell you what I'll even pay the difference if no one wants them." Morgan said adding a few more silver for the Discount she was asking for.

The man looked at the schematics thinking it over as despite the discount Morgan was offering to pay the difference if her attempt goes south. "You know what alright you got a deal kid." He said humoring Morgan for a bit not exactly doubting her but wanting to see her back her words.

"Alright before we start, Cody need that sword sharpened?" Morgan asked looking over to Cody who was a bit on the skinny side.

"Um yeah also... do you sell armor that changes with its wielder?" Cody asked as he looked to the man.

"Oh one of those? Sorry those are made to order I know a place you can ask." The man said and thus Cody nodded to him.

"Alright can I leave this here for a bit then?" Cody said and thus the blacksmith nodded.

"Sure but isn't that on the big side for you?" He asked seeing Cody as weak and scrawny.

"Yes but it's not for me." Cody said and thus he placed the sword on the counter with Torunn's help.

"I'll go with him, I need to check out the library as well." Torunn added and thus Morgan nodded.

"Ok James Myne wait out here while we get to work." Morgan said cracking her knuckles and neck showing she was ready before following the blacksmith to the Forge.

"Well we'll be here a while... why not window browse a bit." James said and thus Myne nodded. But when she passed the window she pulled the collar of her outfit a bit before moving on.

(Scene Break Later)

As the banging of hammer was heard from the back of the shop James and Myne were hanging out when suddenly they heard movement from the door. In turn Hawkeye kicked the door open holding supplies as Azari came in with Pym all of which looked like they had one hell of an adventure to talk about. Azari then slammed the door close and thus the three laughed at their victory.

"Hah take that punks don't mess with the Black Panther!" Azari boated with a hearty laugh.

"Um guys?" James asked as he looked and saw them. "What happened?" James asked as he looked to his friends.

"We got jumped by some thugs that's what happened." Francis said as he showed the packs filled with their supplies. "But in the end we came home with the stuff we needed." Francis said as Pym smiled a bit.

"Yeah they said someone hired them to jump us but we showed them!" Pym said and thus Myne from the back of the store heard and went wide eyed to this.

"My word are you three ok?" Myne asked to which Francis smirked.

"Meh they walked away worse off than we did." Francis said with a cocky smirk on his face.

"Wait back up someone put a hit on you guys?" James asked worried for them.

Just then the door opened again and from it Torunn walked in dusting off her hands while Cody came in a bit disheveled but none the less ok. "You will not believe the day I've had." Torunn said as she walked in.

"Let me guess someone jumped you guys." James said as Myne was shocked to hear this but not for the reason one would think.

"I got jumped twice, the first time as I was leaving the Library after doing research some men came out saying someone had paid them handsomely to come for me and put me in some brothel. Unfortunately they've never faced a true Asgardian Warrior such as myself." Torunn boasted with a smirk on her face.

"We got jumped again while we were leaving the clothing shop with my new equipment." Cody began as they all saw he had new pants, new sandals, and a zip on shirt/vest. "Apparently in this world you have to get magic threat for magic clothing from a different shop." Cody added as he rejoined the group. "Those guys though they brought out the other guy." Cody said not wanting Myne to know about Skaar just yet.

"I did more damage." Torunn said a she and Skaar had an ongoing contest to see who was stronger.

"Really?" Cody asked giving Torunn a scolding look. He had to play mediator between the two as despite their rivalry being friendly it can also get a bit destructive as well.

"Well it true... right?" Torunn asked as Cody then sighed and walked away from her. "Anyway what did we learn so far?" Torunn asked as she looked to James.

"That apparently I'm restricted to the shield only." James said as he remembered how he grabbed a sword affected him earlier while the others were away. The shop keeper saw it and was thankful to see something interesting.

"Ok so where' Morgan?" Francis asked and thus the back room door opened.

"Right here guys." Morgan said as she presented the new gear. "Introducing our new gear for our time in this fantasy rich world." Morgan said as she looked to the group. "I got some gear for Hawkeye, Azari, Pym, and James." Morgan said with a grin on her face and then noticed the scene. "What happened to you guys?" Morgan asked a she looked to the boys and Torunn.

(Later)

Hawkeye walked out of one of the changing rooms giving himself a proper look over with James by his side from the other changing room. Hawkeye was looking more like a fantasy archer as his armor also had a hood and a small flap at the read and crotch of his armor similar to his father's old costume. Next to him James came out in armor of his own as needless to say it was like a Knight version of Captain America's armor mixed with what one would possibly see in the Final Fantasy series. James even noticed the star engraving on the front of his armor as well.

"Well you're starting to look the part now." The blacksmith said as Morgan smirked a bit.

"Of course I made it after all." Morgan said with pride in her equipment and skills.

"Well they do looked more appropriate for where we are." Torunn said with a smirk on her face.

"Says the girl in golden Asgardian armor." Cody joked as Torunn then elbowed Cody for that.

"Still this stuff is pretty cool Morgan." Azari said as blades came out of his gauntlet as his chest had armor over it with vents of sorts for his marks and even had greaves with blades on the leg area. "I mean there so light and durable." Azari added as he saw this.

"Yeah trust me these things will be a killer for you money back." Morgan said with a grin on her face as Pym smiled at his new short swords.

"Well I'm not complaining." Torunn said grinning suggestively at Hawkeye who caught the tone and smirked in response.

"Gross." Pym gagged catching the silent conversation.

"So how much is the buyback price?" Myne asked but Morgan jumped in instead.

"Hey I got this business deals are in my blood." Morgan said as she and the blacksmith continue to do business with each other. "So if all goes well then you and I are going to be great friends in the near future." Morgan said and thus the Blacksmith guy smirked.

"Here's hoping." He added and thus they proceeded to head out.

"So where too next sir hero?" Myne asked as James already had the destination in mind.

"To the Fields to start training." James said as they were all ready to depart.

(Scene Break later that day the Fields)

The group of Avengers plus one eventually arrived outside of town to a great field near it. The area was mostly are of tall grass to which once arriving James had begun to look through his 'status screen' as the others called it. "Huh?" James asked as he noticed something and gave it a proper look.

"What is it?" Morgan asked as she looked to James in confusion.

"Apparently I already have skills active." James said to which Myne was surprised by this.

"Oh neat what are they?" Pym asked as James gave them a look over and read their uses. "Boomerang Shield it's an offensive range attack and it's as the name implies tough it has a chance of ricocheting into other enemies." James said as he then went to the next one. "Blade Shield the shields edges sharpen and can cut through monsters." He continued to list off as he saw the ability there. "Barrier Shield and as the name implies it makes a barrier to shield myself and anyone around me depending on how big it is, and finally storage Shield." James said opting to look at that one later.

"Huh neat so let's focus on the first three then." Morgan said knowing logically it was the best way to god.

"Alright boss you call it." Hawkeye said and thus James nodded.

"Ok our primary focus out here is to train and level up apparently." James said to which everyone got ready. "First I'll start fighting see what these new abilities can do, then once that's done each of you will take turns helping me. I'll set up the monsters and you all finish them off." James said and thus everyone knew what to do.

"Sounds easy enough." Cody said with a short sword on his person. He also needed to level up after all since he didn't want to bring Skaar out needlessly.

"Alright give me some space." James said and thus he got ready to move while Myne smiled and gave James a thumbs up.

Once James was ready he saw red icons appear in his vision and from it monsters called Balloons showed up. James acted fast and jumped away from the initial attack by them. Once he was away from them he acted fast. "Boomerang Shield!" James invoked and thus the skill activated. He spun his body like he was throwing his shield and thus the Shield launched and hit the balloon killing it in a pop. Once that was done James saw another was coming at him. Once his shield returned to him he activated the next skill of his arsenal. "Blade Shield!" James called out and sliced through the Balloon in turn killing it instantly.

James figured these were grunt monsters but everyone had to start somewhere after all. James didn't feel the need to use Barrier Shield for the time being opting to save that for later. Once he was done with that he looked to the others and smiled to them in response. "Ok guys warm up is done let's get down to it." James said and smiled a bit. Back then when they were hiding away he didn't care for training mainly because Tony wanted them to hide from Ultron and here he was the first for training and leading his friends leading his family.

Thus they all began to get to work as one by one the Avengers went at it. James set up the monsters to attack him and had each of his friends kill said monsters. To James shock a few got past him when Myne cheered him on and bit into him. James was surprised to find out that the monsters attacks were nullified by his defense power a benefit of the shield. Hawkeye fired the monster with his arrow, Cody slashed it with a short sword, Azari used his powers and hidden blades, Torunn used her sword, Morgan went for her armors beams, Pym was either short sword or stingers, and as for Myne she stabbed it with her sword.

But when she did so James saw she did it in a lazy manner not making an effort to avoid James. The first time he assumed was an accident but the second and third times her turn came around he figured something was up. As the progress continued the Avengers made sure Myne was taking part in all of this as at times she tried to avoid it somehow but was made to participate many times over. Throughout the day though they took breaks in between and when they did they cause sight of some of the other heroes roaming about training as well. But on the account of Myne they needed to approach this as James knew something was up with her and not in the personal troubles aspect either. He saw the others felt it too Myne was actively trying to hurt James in some way and it had to stop ASAP before someone actually got hurt.

(Scene Break Sunset)

The group were gathered together once more after a long day of training and progress. As Torunn held the many balloon remains they gathered James took said remains and had his shield absorb them. They had enough that James met the requirements for a new skill to activate for him.

"Wow there is no limit to how much it can absorb." Morgan said with her faceplate open to watch.

"That must be part of the legendary weapons power." Myne said as she looked to James.

"Yeah and it must be why I don't feel pain." James said as he game the others a small look and then silently gestured to Myne to which they all understood instantly. "Anyway with how much Fodder we handled I think it's safe to say we've done enough for today, its sun set and Pym get cranky when he doesn't get to eat or nap." James joked and thus Pym pouted.

"Why am I the butt of the joke!?" Pym asked as he did not like that.

"Because you make it too easy." Azari said as he walked by Pym who then pouted more before shrinking down and flying after the others.

"Let hit the weapon shop first I need to see how much the guy sold for us." Morgan said to which she and the group went back to town.

"Of course and while we're there we can get some stronger weapons for me to help with in leveling up faster." Myne said as the group grew silent in turn knowing what was coming when they get back.

(Scene Break later at the Gates)

Eventually they arrived back to the town gate with Morgan out of her armor and her bag now sporting solar panels to absorb Solar Rays. Seeing that they were close enough to town in the event of what James had to do coming to fore the red head figured now was a good a time as any. "Hey Myne." James began as he walked over to Myne.

"Yes Sir Hero?" Myne asked as she looked to James.

"While we were out slaying those Balloons today when your turn to do it came your attacks were a bit off aim." James said being calm about this to which Myne looked to him in a confused way.

"Whatever do you mean Sir Shield Hero? I merely killed the balloon like you asked me too." Myne said playing ignorant but James saw right through it instantly.

"Yes I know that, but however, you made no attempt to avoid hitting me, and in fact did hit me." James began as he looked to Myne as his look turned more scolding then calm. "If my defense were not as high as they are, you would have wounded me." James said drawing a bit of his father to him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Myne tried to play ignorant on this but it was clear she was lying.

"Ok." James said and then looked Myne straight in the eye. "I'm only going to ask once." James began as he wanted the truth now. "Are you actually an Adventurer or were you actively trying to hurt me?" James asked no doubt Myne was shocked by such a question.

"What of course I'm an Adventurer why else would the King choose me?" Myne said unaware she just sealed her fate.

"Ok then." James said with a sigh and thus made his final decision on what to do with Myne. Quickly navigating his [Status Menu] James pulled up the option he was looking for.

{Would you like to dismiss Myne Sophia from your party? [Yes] or [No]?}

Selecting Yes James then looked to Myne who was now sporting a worried or maybe a surprised look on her face. "I'm sorry Myne but I don't want you adventuring with my group anymore." James said as Myne was about to defend herself on this but James cut her off. "You basically confirmed you were actively trying to hurt me and I won't allow that to continue." James said as he looked to the shock Myne.

"Wait but, I." Myne began before she realized James question he purposely worded it like he did and thus she confirmed his suspicion. She should have said she was a fraud and maybe she would have been able to stay around him longer.

"Come on guys." James said and thus they all took their leave of Myne. Myne was left in a shocked state as they left her but Torunn and Morgan both grinned seeing James deal with her without their help.

(Scene Break Weapon Shop)

Morgan return back to the weapon shop with everyone following her in as Morgan called out, "Hey Erhard, You still here?"

The black smith guy came out and with a huge smile on his face as he saw Morgan and said, "Hey the Genius smith herself, the shield hero and the rest of you guys."

"Why do I feel like I was 2nd rated," Hawkeye said as he felt what Erhard said was putting him and the rest on a lower bar from James and Morgan as the Genius girl herself said, "So how were my creation doing?"

"You wouldn't believe it, I display what you made and made some like you said how to, sold a couple to some adventures and almost an hour later they came back and they loved it along with their friends they brought with them, sold out of what I had including the display and I have Request for more to be made," Erhard said as he smile to this even gotten a lot of money out of that as Morgan said, "That good to hear then, so I'm guessing it also pay off what we owe before."

"That and more as I made profit," Erhard said as he pull out a small bag of coins and hand it to her as he said, "Here is what I owe you, it not much but it's what I can give."

"It would be enough, thank you for your business," Morgan said as what she spent she was able to get back just a little bit of it which was good for her at the moment while she waited for the bait to work she had set out, with Erhard soon lean closer to her and ask, "Same here, but if you wouldn't mind if I ask this but…"

"You want to keep doing business with me?" Morgan said as the guy nodded and said, "I will offer you can you friends reasonable discounts and let you use the forge if necessary for others items you want or need to make."

"Almost sound good, but I want something more different than what you're offering," Morgan said as Erhard said to her, "What do you want then?"

He took the bait as he had a look on his face saying he wants more himself as Morgan smile as she said to him, "I want is Co-ownership to this blacksmith."

"Wait, are you saying you want to buy out my shop?" Erhard said as Morgan said to him, "More like business partners, with profit split 50/50, while I'll come up with plan for new armor and also provide some or if not most of the resources and supplies that needed for them to be made, while I may not have much right now but in the near future and with a bit of research I am sure we can made this shop the number one black smith in this kingdom."

The others were surprise that Morgan would promise something like that as Erhard said, "Well I don't know if I can."

"If it helps I can show you what you could be similarly be making yourself in the future," Morgan said as before the guy could say anything, Morgan soon don on her Iron-Heart armor as the black smith guy was surprise to see such armor and was able to come out from a pack that she was carrying on her back before the armor retracted off of her and return into its backpack form as Morgan soon said to him, "So you think we have a deal or do you want some time to consider the offer?

"I… ah," Erhard said as he was a bit conflicted but soon gave it as that armor was the straw that broke his camel's back as he gave in to say, "Find you have a deal."

"Good, we can do the paper work of co-ownership tomorrow, as right now I believe you may have something that belong to my friend here," Morgan said as Cody step up with Erhard said, "Oh yeah, one moment I'll get that sword right out."

"Thank you." Cody said as he smiled a bit as they proceeded to wait for their things.

"So... we going to ignore you guys getting jumped and Skaar coming out?" James asked wanting to acknowledge that bit.

"Yeah I didn't mention this earlier but they called me a Demi-Human." Pym said as Morgan and Torunn grew silent to this.

"Yeah and I'm pretty sure Skaar busted up some black market thing in the fight... not that I'm judging." Cody said as he knew Skaar better than most and sometimes he either has his reasons or can't help it.

"That... that is one of the things we need to talk about, later." Morgan said knowing that the others weren't going to like what she and Torunn had found.

"Here you go." Erhard said as he dropped the massive sword on the table fully sharpened and ready for combat. "Still find it hard to believe a scrawny guy like you can wield this." He said as Cody's size in comparison to the sword... well it didn't make sense. At most Cody would probably get one good swing in before having to ditch the weapon.

"It's not for me." Cody repeated as he took the sword strap and all and with some trouble and some aid strapped it back on.

"If you say so." Erhard said and thus the group nodded.

"Thanks for the help by the way." James said nodding to the man before he noticed something.

"By the way where's that red haired lass." Erhard asked and thus Morgan sighed.

"We had to kick her because she was trying to cause harm to James." Morgan said as she didn't take kindly to that.

"Ah I see... when I said she looked familiar today... it wasn't the good familiar." Erhard said and saw he was right on the ball here.

"Yeah but we should keep an eye out for her in the future..." Morgan began and with a nod the others began to head out. "By the way Erhard I have a small request." She began to which the blacksmith looked concerned on this and saw the look in her eyes. Maybe she was being paranoid but from the looks of it Morgan may be expecting some sort of retaliation from that red haired girl from earlier.

(Scene Break nearby Pub)

The group were gathered in the pub as they all began to share a meal or in Torunn's case a buffet. As they ate the stack of plates building up were starting to be of concern for James' wallet. Thankfully Skaar wasn't out as the combined diet of both the Asgardian and the Hulk were something he did not want to break his wallet. The others had reasonable meals but Pym was given the children's dish much to his annoyance.

"Ok... now that we've had time to eat and sit down... we need to talk... all of us." Morgan said as she interlocked her hands together.

"Morgan and I were doing some research." Torunn began as she had a large mutton on her hand via the leg. "And we found something about Melromarc we didn't like." Torunn added and thus Morgan cut in.

"Now there are three Kingdoms Silvelt, Melromarc, and Faubley and let me just say we'd probably have been better summoned by Faubley." Morgan said as she looked to the group. "Melromarc well I did some digging in its laws and its culture and needless to say... we have a problem." Morgan said as the guys all listened in. "Seen those people with animal ears and tails running around?" Morgan asked and thus the group nodded.

"Kind of hard not to notice them." Azari said as he sat with them.

"Well here's the bad news a good number of them... are slaves." Morgan said and thus James slammed his hands to the table and shot up.

"WHAT?!" He cried out when he heard this.

"It gets worse, these selves are all legal this country still promotes slavery but instead of it being on the basis of skin or gender its humans enslaving Demi-Humans." Torunn said as she did not like this one bit especially after she heard what Pym said earlier. "Worst part they can just brand any random Demi-Human as a slave in this country and the law would protect the ones doing the enslaving." Torunn said and thus this was bad for all of them.

Pym heard this and gulped a bit in worry for himself. "Pym." James began but Pym already got the memo.

"Got it stay close to you guys 24/7." Pym said showing he did not want to be made some slave.

Azari growled to this as he felt sorry for the Demi-Humans in Melromarc. "Anyway I've noticed how these people treated you and apparently… James these people hate your guts." Morgan said as James was oddly calm about that bit. "The three heroes Church worship the three stooges and as far as they see you're the fucking devil without a Ghost Rider." Morgan said as James was more worried about the others them himself.

"On the reverse side though." Torunn said as she looked to the group. Silvelt is the opposite, humans are enslaved and they worship the Shield Hero just like a God." Torunn said as she looked to James.

"So our best bet would be to get the hell out of this shit town and get to Silvelt." Hawkeye said as he shoveled more food into his mouth.

"Precisely." Torunn confirmed and thus brought many more problems for them.

"This is a dark place we're in." Cody said as he was not praising Skaar for what he did today.

"No kidding." James agreed as he now had more to worry about with his team. "As we are now we won't make it far so we have to stay here for the time being until we can get strong enough to leave." James said with his eyes closed deep in thought.

"Hate to say it but Cap's got a point." Morgan said knowing they didn't have the resources needed to get out of this place.

"What do we do, these people need help but they are clearly doing things morally wrong." Pym said as he wanted to help them against the Waves but with what they found out.

"Don't judge the many for the acts of few." James said as he looked to the others. "We'll try to protect them guilty or innocent because if these Waves are as deadly as the King said then we need to fight for the innocent people who cannot." James said and thus Hawkeye sighed to this.

"Ok dude clearly you're gonna make some kind of speech and when you do you'll end up rallying everyone to your flag." Hawkeye said knowing inspirational speeches were a stable of Captain America.

"Whelp!" Morgan began as she stood up. "I'm heading to bed, you guys know the sleeping arrangements guys get one room girls get the other." Morgan said before looking to Torunn and Hawkeye. "And no late night hanky-panky you two the walls might be thin." Morgan said to which the two blushed a bit but let it be. Thus it was agreed as they all got up and started to head off to bed to get some much needed sleep. Unaware to them a little red haired bitch was enacting a plan of her own.

(The Next Morning)

Horses neighed galloping to the inn where the Avengers was at carrying carriages while alongside them, were soldiers with swords and armor. It was the early morning when they came to where he was at. Several people were walking around at the moment hoping to buy their goods and supplies before everyone else does. A woman with a concerned look walked pass the commotion with a few others whispering about what was happening.

The Avengers were getting up for the day stretching and the like. James was up on time for once as he activated the Storage Shield. To his surprise the Storage Shield was much like his old energy Shield that Tony made for him before James started using Iron Captain America's Shield. As James got ready for the day he looked to the other guys as they were all ready for breakfast. Pym was of course told to stay near them to avoid any slavers on the boy and for good reason. With the girls in the other room the guys had less space than them.

"So what's the plan?" Hawkeye asked as he was hungry now.

"Breakfast then we head to the Blacksmiths place so Morgan can negotiate a contract and then we head out to something Morgan called a dungeon." James said hoping it's not the Dungeon he was thinking of with chains and bars.

"So a regular income on account of patens, we level up at a dungeon, and then we head out of this country." Hawkeye said as he rather be out of here before shit hits the fan.

"That does seem to be the logical move." Cody said as he looked to the group with a calm outlook of it.

"Ok well let's get the girls and." Azari began before they began to hear a commotion of sorts outside their room. It then carried to their neighboring room which was in fact Torunn and Morgan's room. The group was wide eyed to this as they heard something happening.

"Hey what the hell get out?!" Morgan was heard from the room as the guys were wide eyed to this.

"Unhand me you cur!" Torunn was heard as well before the distinct sound of her sword was followed.

"Ms. Calm down we're only trying to help!" A Knight was heard and thus the guys all knew what needed to be done.

"Avengers Assemble!" James called out as seeing as they were dressed left the room to help the girls while grabbing their gear as well.

(Outside the Room)

The guys charged out of the door with Pym in his Pixie form, Azari with his powers active, Hawkeye with his bow out and an arrow notched, and James with his shield at the ready. They arrived to find Morgan being restrained as she tried to get free while the guard who had her was clearly trying not to hurt her. Torunn of course was putting up more of a fight as she had her full Asgardian Armor and was swinging her sword at them to keep them at bay and help Morgan.

"Hey let her go!" Hawkeye called out and fired off an arrow that Morgan had made prior. The Arrow flew and stuck to the guard's neck where it then shocked him and left him twitching on the ground. The other Knights saw this and thus Azari jumped from the wall and attacked the foes followed by Pym flying around and stinging them.

"Boomerang Shield!" James called out and threw his shield and smirked as it ricocheted between the Knights before returning to his arm. The Knights began to back off as Torunn slashed at one and kicked him away before freeing Morgan with a well-placed punch to the face. "Now mind explaining what is going on!" James demanded as he glared at these supposed Knights who just busted in and attacked his adoptive sister and his friend.

Leading the Knights was a mustached knight with several other angry looking knights standing behind him. His face scrunched up in anger before him and a couple of his underlings looked ready to attack at a moment's notice. "You're under arrest Shield Hero! You're to be brought before His Majesty immediately to stand for your crimes!" The man that was obviously the one in charge yelled surprising the group to no end.

"Wait what?!" James asked as he looked absolutely shocked to hear this.

"Oh come on he's been with us since we arrived in this world what could he have possibly done!" Hawkeye yelled as he was calling bullshit right now.

Morgan on the other hand glared at the guards as she knew bullshit when she saw it. But before anything could be discussed James spoke up as he raised his hands in surrender. "So I'm going to be brought to trial then." James said as he was familiar of how trials work, both sides give their side of what happened and an unbiased jury or monarch would provide verdict to which the judge would pass judgment. Seeing as this is a monarchy James knew that would not be the case, his only hope was someone with evidence would be around to prove his innocence.

"Yes." The guard said and thus James sighed and presented his hands.

"Then I surrender better to do that than risk putting innocent people in harm's way." James said as his friends were all wide eyed upon hearing this.

"Wait but dude!" Hawkeye called out but Azari stopped him knowing James must have a plan of some sort.

"Well then... glad we can do this peacefully." The leading guard said with a sneer as he put cuffs on James arms. When he did Morgan snuck back to her room and grabbed her bag before proceeding to rejoin the carriage as they were each taken away to the castle where this mess would be settled once and for all. "But there were two more involved as well." He added and thus eyes fell to Cody and Hawkeye.

Seeing this Hawkeye knew what was coming next for them. "Oh son of a." He began before the cuffs were slapped onto the two avengers.

(Scene Break Castle Throne Room)

James was pushed to the ground as he was surrounded by guards and saw Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki off to the side. Motoyasu ran over to Torunn and Morgan both of which had hoped they'd only see him again during the Wave. "Morgan-Chan Torunn-chan thang goodness your both ok!" Motoyasu called out happy to see they were both well.

"Yeah the guards were a bit rough so we roughed them up." Morgan said to which Motoyasu was surprised by this.

"But why they were only trying to rescue you both from that Gaijin fiend!" Motoyasu called out to which Morgan's left eye twitch in response.

"What?!" Torunn asked accusingly while glaring at Motoyasu.

"Myne told us herself what had happened, James had put you both under some kind of mind warping thing and did horrible things to you and had you take part in worst things." Motoyasu said as Morgan glared at the blond.

"Wait what's going on!" Cody called out as he knew this situation he may need Skaar's help for this.

"The Shield Hero has been brought on charges that he and certain members of his party had taken part in heinous crimes one of them being harm to my daughter Malty." Aultcry said as Morgan heard this.

"Sorry but we've never met this girl before!" Hawkeye defended as he glared at the King while Pym and Azari stayed close to Torunn and Morgan.

"Liars!" Motoyasu yelled as he glared at the group. They looked and saw Myne cowering behind Motyasu's back before he continued. "Princess Malty was your party member when you two left yesterday! She said that you kicked her out of your party and abandoned her to monsters! After she made it back to town, you found her last night and proceeded to take turns raping her!" Motoyasu yelled as Cody was surprised by this.

"We didn't do anything to her!" Hawkeye defended as he glared at Motoyasu.

"It's true we had to kick her from the party when she had consistently tried to harm James." Cody said but then the Guard looked to Cody. "If you allow us a moment to tell our side of the story." Cody began only for the guard to kick Cody in the back knocking him down.

"Quiet runt!" The guard yelled before pinning Cody to the ground. Cody kept his cool but he knew Skaar was willing and ready to do what he did best to save them.

"Oh no." James said as he saw what was happening and he also knew how protective Skaar can be about his friends and loved ones.

"Hey sorry butting in!" Morgan called out as she walked in and thus Torunn pushed the guard aside like nothing to give Morgan room. "Yeah hi his legal aid here, question do you have evidence of what he did?" Morgan asked as he looked to the Accuser.

"Ms. Stark we've already brought evidence beforehand of James's actions." the king said as a soldier came forward. Before he took his first step, Myne balled her eyes out before pieces of bloodied hair and her bra were shown to everyone.

"Noo!" she shouted as Motoyasu sheltered her eyes at the sight. Ren clenched his fist in anger while Itsuki looked the other way. Link only stayed silent as he calmed himself from any rash moves.

"Well! What do you have to say for yourself?" the king demanded sternly as he glared at James, Hawkeye, and Cody.

"We didn't do it." Cody defended as he was then hit again causing him to glare at the Guard. "Don't make me angry you wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Cody growled as he glared at the guard.

"Yeah they did not, here's some proof." Morgan said as she then hit a button on her bag and activated her armor. In less than a minute Iron-Heart was active but then her eyes began to glow and thus became a projector of sorts. The projection then showed them the picture of Myne wearing a crooked smile talking to the soldier outside of the inn. Everyone's jaw gaped open at the picture. Myne's eyes no longer were full of sadness but fear.

"You were eavesdr-ak!" Myne suddenly started to hack at that moment once she realized what she was going to say.

"But wait there's more." Morgan said and thus she played the entire day from the moment Myne joined them up until they had her leave the party. They saw two guards at the gate when they kicked her out and the battles they fought in the field prior to that. How can they leave her for dead and in turn they saw at no point after they kicked her from the party did they cross paths again. She wasn't even injured she was literally right at the gate so there was no way to prove she was in fact left for dead.

"In fact here's a little bit of what happened the night before." Morgan added as she then went to that event in question.

The projection showed Morgan in her armor seemingly hovering over the area as Myne, who no longer wearing a friendly demeanor but rather, a snarky and devious expression covered the girl's face, Myne walked to the alley next to the inn. Morgan slowly followed her from above as she met with a knight from the castle. The two seemed to know one another judging form how they spoke, Morgan decided to eavesdrop on their conversation and got closer but remained hidden.

"I only have one concern with the Shield Hero and his party..." Myne said sternly even though she maintained a smile.

"Hmm? Does he know?" the soldier asked with his eyebrow perked up.

"No, No, that's not the problem. I'm afraid with his background, he will still make a fool out of us. I need to take more drastic measures." she said with a smile confusing the man some more but the smile had a dark vindictive intent after earlier that same day.

"How will you do that, princess?" The Soldier asked to which Myne unaware of Morgan spoke up.

"I will simply tell a more appealing story to the people and my father and need to take out the archer and the weakling with them." Myne said in the recording as even the king could not deny this evidence.

"Now, all that will be needed is to divide them and kill them one by one starting, with James the shield hero. Okay~?" she whispered teasingly to the soldier's ear as he stood up straight. "Yes, ma'am!" the soldier answered. He left with a salute before running back to the castle's direction. Morgan continued on as she then showed the image of Myne stripping naked causing Torunn to cover Pym's eyes fast. By the next minute, Myne was banging at the door of the person next door. Morgan's recording then saw who opened it for her and it was none other than Motoyasu himself. He didn't have a second to think before Myne hugged him. A few words were exchanged between the two when Motoyasu grew an angry look in response.

Morgan then disengaged her armor once the recording was done as it was clear she knew what was happening and James had never been so happy for her help. Needless to say everyone was wide eyed in shock at what they saw as the nobles began to whisper among themselves at the overwhelming evidence presented to them. "Well then Ms. Victim any response to this evidence." Morgan said as she smirked at Myne trying to edge her on. "I mean since I just presented it for all to see I really doubt you have much room to argue." Morgan said as she approached Myne who then hid behind Motoyasu who started glaring at Morgan.

"Oh hiding behind the moron how original." Morgan said as she then patted Motoyasu on the cheek.

"Stay back that gaijin is fucking lying and if you want to hurt Myne I'm not above hitting a girl!" Motoyasu said to which Morgan scoffed at him.

"Buddy don't hurt yourself I don't need a suit of armor to kick your ass." Morgan said as she then proceeded to walk away from the duo. "But let's face facts people Myne set this up to be a kangaroo court considering the biased against the Shield and Demihumans around here I wager the King is just looking for an excuse to have James here executed or punished not caring how Silvelt will react despite the Shield being the source of their State Religion." Morgan said as she then looked to King Aultcray. "All they would need is for the shield to be dead or for him to give the word and let's face facts Melromarc won't survive a war with Silvelt." Morgan said as she looked to the King whose hands began to clench his throne.

"But let's face it you'd probably get a kick out of that war to kill Demihumans in this country without care or worry it's just war and they are the enemy." Morgan said as she looked to the King all but accusing him of starting a war just to sedate his desire to kill Demihumans.

"I won't tolerate such blatant accusations." Aultcray said but Morgan then smirked at him.

"Kind of like the one your daughter made." Morgan said as she had hit a nerve there. "But let's face fact it's a win/win for me, you have him locked up, punished, or executed and prove to everyone you bigot born blood lust, or you clear him and let him walk while you have a talk with your daughter who clearly lied to you." Morgan said putting the King in a situation now.

"So which will it be war or innocent?" Morgan said as she played her hand and the King knew when he was beaten.

"Very well." the King said ready to give the verdict. "The Shield Hero and his allies are found innocent of these charges." The King said but while he kept a straight face Morgan and Cody could both tell the guy was raging inside.

"A pleasure no someone undue the cuffs." Morgan said snapping her fingers like she owned the place.

"But papa!" Myne cried out trying to portray her crocodile tears but no one save for Motoyasu was giving it the time of day. As James, Cody, and Hawkeye were freed James looked to Morgan who then winked at him before heading off.

"I'm sorry about this your majesty." James said before taking his leave surprising the King with those words. In fact several others were surprised that despite James clearly disliking him he would still show respect to royalty when needed.

(Later back in the Village)

The Avengers were walking back into town as many people where whispering as they walked by. Some simply whispered while others got out of the way. Clearly news of the trial had already spread as thanks to Morgan's evidence the damage was not as bad as it would be without it. "I am never giving you grief about your tech and paranoia again." James said as he looked to Morgan.

"It's a gift." Morgan said as she smirked to them as they made their way to the black smith shop.

"So now what?" Pym asked as they just got a royal kick to the crotch it seems.

"Now we focus on getting income, the capital won't provide anymore I can tell so we're on our own." James said to which Torunn looked to them.

"Ok how?" Torunn asked to which Azari then cleared his throat.

"We could get jobs." Azari offered and thus Hawkeye and James stopped as they thought it over. In fact they had the mental images of Torunn and Morgan in maid outfits taking orders and looking attractive in them.

"Absolutely not!" Torunn yelled as she glared at them while knocking the boys out of their fantasy. "I am an Asgardian Warrior and successor to my father's throne I will not lower myself to taking a day job for meager pay!" Torunn defended as she glared at Azari.

"Guys trust me I got it." Morgan said as they headed to the smithy.

(Later Erhard's shop)

The Avengers walked into the shop and saw the blacksmith Erhard at the front looking surprised to see them. "You knew something like this would happen didn't you?" Erhard asked as he looked to Morgan.

"It was a possibility after I did my research." Morgan said as it's been a long morning for them.

"Don't know whether to say you're paranoid or just a downright genius." Erhard said as they then gathered in front of Erhard.

"Look is the stuff we left here still here?" Morgan asked to which Erhard nodded to him.

"Wait what?" Cody asked as he looked to Morgan.

"Yeah here it is." He said bringing up a box of their things to which they all reached in and saw their coin pouch was there as well as some of their major belongings.

"Morgan you are a genius!" Hawkeye said glad they didn't have to start from scratch now.

"Look kids if it's any consolation you've got the short end of a very shitty straw." Erhard said to which Morgan nodded.

"Yeah we did by the way small change in our deal I'm changing the split to 40/60. Being associated with us may be bad for business." Morgan said surprising Erhard.

"Look don't worry about me you need that coin more than I do." He said but Morgan insisted.

"Just take it, we need to figure out our next move so until then you're our main source of income." Morgan said as the Avengers all agreed.

"Alright." He said and thus the Avengers began to leave. "By the way do me a favor and don't die." He said to which James waved him off as they left the shop.

"We don't plan to." Torunn said as she left with the others.

"Come on we need to level up and get some monster remains." James said knowing this mission has become a lot harder for them.

(Scene Break Several Days Later)

The group had spent the last few days slaying monsters, leveling up, and upgrading James shield. As they did so James had managed to unlock other Shields such as the Leaf Shield which improved the quality of plants he gathered. Using those and the monster skins from the balloons they sold what they could to make a decent living. Thanks to Morgan's joint work with Erhard she started designing and constructing new equipment but spent most of the days in the back when not with the others. Right now she had set the blacksmith up with enough for a full season. So far all of them were utilized via commonly found materials at least until they can find a place to mine the good stuff.

Cody got a small job at a Library while Torunn was made to get a job at pubs. Luckily she didn't have to work permanently as she only worked for them when they were short staffed. Speaking of Pubs they were currently at one of the tables in the back as they kept to themselves thinking on their next move.

Torunn had already had to fight off several attempts at harassment from the local men and needless to say she was not pleased by it. Cody already had a few scars wit Skaar but nothing to report, and they all had a small meal with Pym getting the kids meal at the place. So far their coins were good but there was no telling how long they would last so they needed a plan that can keep them afloat before they run out.

"This sucks." Hawkeye said as he messed with his food.

"Guys I know it does but we have to endure." James said but Pym wasn't so sure.

"But are we actually going to be ok?" Pym asked and the way Pym asked almost struck James deep.

Just then they heard a cry of pain as the Heroes looked and saw what looked to be a huge man as he slapped a girl aside to the ground. He was clearly drinking as the rags she wore was giving them bad vibes. "You useless bitch stop distracting me I'm losing money!" Hey yelled as he was clearly gambling and drunk.

"I'm sorry." She apologized as the Avengers saw this. The Small girl had a raccoon tail as Morgan glared at the scene happening before her with the other Avengers.

"Don't be sorry get me some more booze!" He yelled and thus the girl did as told.

"How vile." Torunn said as she glared at the man as Morgan began to run the numbers in her head.

"I wonder." Morgan thought as she had an idea. It was reckless and possibly even crazy but well she's a Stark reckless and crazy was in her blood. In turn its time for them to be heroes but not with masks but by obeying the law and using it to their advantage. After all the girl was a slave who'd care if some drunk idiot lost said slave in a bet.

In turn Morgan got up took their coins and walked over to the table. Once she got there she spoke up and smiled to them. "Hello boys... mind dealing me in I have coins to pay." Morgan said with a cheery smile to lull them into a false sense of security. She even shook it to show how much coins might be in there and thus she got them.

"You know how to play?" One of them asked as Morgan pouted cutely.

"No I've only played on occasions." She lied and thus she got them.

"Alright little girl we'll go easy on you." The men said and thus they dealt Morgan in and in turn she hid her smirk behind her cards and made a small glace to the slave girl. She was going to be free by this nights end but the question remained of what came next. Only time will ever give us the answer so fight on True Believers.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well here you guys go a new chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it and until next time I will ask you to review it and again say ja-ne.