Rising of the Avenging Heroes

ESKK: Well, here we are a new chapter. Let's get this chapter started folks.

(Start Several Days Later)

Needless to say, James' assumption was spot on as the Avengers had been made into public enemy number 1. Across the land a clearly modified version of the incident was shared as the image made the group look like bad guys. Luckily since Cody stayed out of the fight and Morgan didn't come in till the very end, they were able to somewhat leave the group to get whatever they needed.

The Heroes were forced into hiding as checkpoints were seen all over the country and what made it worse, they had Catapults, archers, and mages all set up to try and shoot down the Sky Stinger if they ever see it. Thus, it came as no surprise that they had to keep the Sky Stinger in the Country and make them believe they were still here. At the moment the Heroes were gathered at a camp site as nearby was the Sky Stinger with the wagon loaded up inside it. Viv thanks to her newly acquired disguised had headed off with Cody and Morgan to do some needed recon.

Pym and Filo were seen comforting Melty as after the incident she endured it was no surprised she was scared to death. Just then they heard rustling of leaves and with it the sound of boosters. The group looked and even drew weapons only to see it was in fact Cody, Morgan, and Viv. Morgan was wearing her Stealth Suit as she had the face plate open to show her face.

"What's the damage?" James asked fearing the answer.

"The altered images have gone to pretty much every town and village." Morgan said as Viv nodded.

"Yes, they had depicted us as villains murdering those people." Viv said and thus Cody scowled.

"And for what, disturbing the natural order?" Cody scowled clearly angry but keeping it together as best he can.

"This is wrong." James said as he sat down on a log. "How can anyone go out of their way to murder their own daughter." James said as he looked to the darkness. "It doesn't make sense." James said and thus Melty stood up.

"That's not true! My father would never do something like this!" Melty defended as Hawkeye sighed to this.

"I can't see why you'd stick up for that scumbag." Hawkeye said but before Melty could snap at him he went on. "But you have a point what would Aultcray gain by killing his daughter and framing James?" Hawkeye asked as he scratched his head.

"The only person who would gain anything from this would be Malty herself." Torunn said as she wanted to cut that witch down with her sword, but they could not do so for the time being.

"We need a plan, James?" Morgan asked as she looked to James.

"Right now... it's a slippery slope, if we leave the country the King will no doubt start a war over this with Siltvelt." James began as he looked to the distance. "But if we stay here, we'll basically be on the run 24/7." James said as he knew they needed a plan. "He has anti-air units to shoot us down and ground troops to hunt us down." James said as he tried to think on what to do.

"Look I know we agreed not to go to Siltvelt, but it might be our only chance to get to safety." Morgan said as she got everyone's attention. "I've been snooping around and found out from some seedy areas that the Knights are focusing their defenses on Siltvelts boarders no doubt to catch us." Morgan said as she looked to the group.

"Of course, if the Three Heroes are gods here and Siltvelt is the reverse of Melromarc the Shield Hero is worshiped in Siltvelt." Torunn said as she sat with the others.

"So, we head there hide out and then make a bee-line for Faubley." James said as he kept his binoculars looking out to the distance. "I don't like it." James said and thus Morgan knew why.

"James, I know you hate running from a fight but right now we have limited resources." Morgan began but James cut her off.

"I won't start a war if I Can avoid it!" James snapped causing everyone to flinch. Realizing what he did he calmed down and rubbed his eyes showing he was tired. "Sorry but we need to find a way to deal with this problem here and avoid a war at all costs." James said as he then sighed to this and looked to Melty. "I'm sorry you got dragged into this in more ways than one." James said knowing Melty was now on the run to avoid her sister trying to kill her.

"It's ok you didn't ask for this either." Melty said realizing James was putting a lot of pressure on himself to get his team out of here.

"Well, I'm working on a stealth system for the Sky Stinger but it's still in the beta phase, so it won't last us long on the field." Morgan said as that gave them an idea. "For now, we should keep moving and find another way out of the country without detection, I'll keep working on the stealth system till then." Morgan said and thus it may not be perfect, but it was the only plan they had at the moment.

"Alright." James said and thus looked to the distance. "Everyone, load up we need to get moving." James said and thus they all nodded and headed into the Sky Stinger. Melty stopped for a moment as James then looked to the princess. "I know neither of us asked for this... but we'll do our absolute best to protect you until we can sort out this whole thing." James said and thus Melty nodded in understanding.

"Thank you." Melty said and thus she and James entered the Sky Stinger to keep as far ahead of their pursuers as possible.

(Scene Break several days later Earth)

"Now we all know the plan." Tony said as they were all suited up in needed gear with Tony wearing one of his Iron-Man armor, and Bruce wearing his normal cloths. "This spell should teleport us where the Sky Stinger is currently located and with any luck the kids will be with it." Tony said as they all looked. "If we teleport into a fight, we help out the kids if they are separated Logan and Laura can track down their scent." Tony said as he looked to the two Wolverine's with them.

"The X-Men are in the Settlement they'll keep an eye on things while we're away." Betty said and thus Bruce nodded.

"Bruce try and keep out of the fight if you can if not well." Tony began and Bruce nodded.

"I'll do what I can." Bruce said knowing full well the kids' lives were at stake.

"Now then everyone, get ready to teleport." Tony said knowing what was coming. "Don't worry Morgan I'm coming." Tony said knowing his daughter was out there and he wasn't going to lose her again. In turn Steven Strange began to get the Portal Ready to teleport the heroes to where the Next Avengers were.

(Scene Break Next Avengers Mountain Range)

The Avengers had been riding the Sky Stinger for some time making sure the vehicle was close but not too close. They had to make it seem like it was still in the country so if anyone asked then they were still in the country. It will avoid a war and most of all keep the Guards off their tails. Right now, since they were on a Mountain path, they had to keep it close enough to provide aid if and when needed.

The Night Before they found out the Queen was in Faubley for negotiations. The plan was simple then, enter Siltvelt then head out to Faubrey unimpeded. That way they can get the Queen to come back early and fix this whole mess once and for all. That is of course assuming that she isn't already on the way. IT was early morning as Pym was still in need of sleep but was aware they had to keep moving.

"Some road trip huh." Hawkeye said trying to break the ice.

"Yeah, sure what, started out as a family trip turned into us on the run." Azari said as everyone had a stern face at the moment.

Torunn scoffed as she was clearly not having an enjoyable time either. "The Avengers Public enemy #1." Torunn said as Morgan heard this.

"Sound like the start of a bad edgy comic." Morgan said as she had a briefcase on her person that was made from the same material as her Iron-Heart armor.

"Guys please be quiet. Right now, there's a patrol nearby and I'd rather we not get caught." James said as they all understood while they walked through a riven on a narrow path. The Sky Stinger was inside said riven flying low and keeping quiet as best it can with Viv on the wheel.

The heroes had found the mentioned patrol a while ago and it was clear they knew they were in the area. Right now, they had to get out of this area and find a way out of the country without arousing suspicion. Morgan had set up the recent work she made on the Stealth System on auto so it can work on itself until she is needed to add to it. This was clearly not how any of them envisioned being an Avenger was like. The team walked for a bit longer before they heard voices above them causing them to stop.

James looked up and saw that it was a Patrol as they had torches lighting the path for then. "Damn they have this route blocked off too." James said realizing they needed to find another way. "Come on guys we need to go." James said and thus they turned around to find another way.

"Great just great how else can this get worse." Azari sighed as they began walking back the way they came. It seems that the universe wanted to prove Azari wrong and thus as they walked a piece of ground gave out under Melty causing her to slip and cry out in shock.

"Your highness!" James cried out and grabbed her hand right in the nick of time.

"You just had to ask." Morgan said as she looked to Azari.

"They didn't hear us, did they?" Pym asked hoping they were lucky this time. But alas it seems that would not be the case for the Avengers.

"There they are down there!" A Knight called out causing the group to go wide eyed to this.

"Oh, come on!" Hawkeye cried out as he saw they were about to get screwed over again.

"Run!" James ordered and thus the group headed out with Melty close with them.

"Over there!" Torunn called out and thus the group began to run for it. The Knights in response were on their tail chasing after the heroes who were running torts the large rock nearby. The Guards had horses to help them out as Cody saw this and was trying to keep up as best, he could. He wasn't Skaar and right now he didn't want to give them more of a reason to demonize them all.

As they got to the rock, they only found a ledge in their path. "Turn around!" James ordered only to stop as he saw the guards had them surrounded. "Or not." James said realizing they were trapped.

"And it's getting worse." Morgan said as she pointed to the large group of Knights and saw the Three Stooges were there.

"That's it you got nowhere left to run." Itsuki said as he, Motoyasu, and Ren entered the area. "Your surrounded even you have to admit that." Itsuki said as James was starting to take back what he said about these three. "Cease your resistance and release Princess Melty at once." Itsuki said as Morgan and Torunn stood next to James as they glared at Itsuki, Ren, and Motoyasu respectably.

"Yeah, how about no." Morgan said as she glared at Itsuki. "It's not like she's even tied up here." Morgan added as she carefully got ready to use her briefcases special surprise.

"Quit lying to us we have all the proof we need now." Motoyasu said as he smirked at the Avengers.

"Please sir heroes I'm perfectly find as you can well see." Melty said as she tried to stop a fight before it happens. "The Shield Hero kept watch over me making sure I was safe." Melty said as she looked to the Heroes.

"Wait a minute this whole thing is happening because Rogers abducted you." Ren said as he saw something fishy was going on.

"This is all a misunderstanding you see someone is plotting to have me killed I asked him to take me with him and to protect my life." Melty said as she looked to the Three Cardinal Heroes.

"He's protecting you, come on." Ren said as he didn't believe it.

"What advantage would the shield hero stand to gain by abducting me?" Melty said as James was grateful that the Princess was helping them. Perhaps things were starting to look up for them now. "The Queen told me that this is the time for all of us to work together it's the only way we can thwart the catastrophes." Melty said and then got to her main point. "Our world can't withstand any more of these ridicules pointless conflicts." Melty said as it seemed like the heroes were listening to her. "Put your weapons away please." Melty said hoping they would listen and not be what the Avengers said they were.

"It's like she said this whole thing is a set up. I have no secrets, so I'll tell you everything I know and then." James began until a new familiar voice cut him off.

"I command you not to listen to him." Malty was heard as the group saw the red-haired bitch was here. "That Devil of the Shield possess a brainwashing shield." Malty said no doubt trying to stop any attempt from her gaining the throne. "It allows you to take over you mind by simply talking to you it's the most dangerous weapon he has." Malty said clearly lying through her teeth.

"What? Who would be stupid enough to believe... do you know what? Just forget about it I almost forgotten that we're surrounded by those dumb people right now." Morgan said as she knew a lost cause when she saw one. She in turn started getting her Briefcase ready as she knew what was coming.

"The Three Heroes church has discovered that heretics who worship the Shield Hero and a False Goddess have started popping up all over the kingdom in the past month." Malty said as James heard this.

"Ok now I know they're behind this." James said as he knew somehow both Malty and the Church were behind this mess and as much as he hated to admit it... Aultcray might be caught in the middle of all of it.

"The Devil of the Shield calls himself the Savior of the Fowl and goes around brainwashing the innocent and fabricating a false summoning of angels." Malty said as she pointed an accusing finger at James. "Even the heroes and I fell victim to the deception during the last wave when he seemingly summoned an angel to battle." Malty added causing the group to get ready for a fight. "To add to it his brutish cohort the one called Torunn has been making herself out to be some sort of Goddess to trick people into aiding the Shield Devil." Malty accused further and thus Melty was in shock to hearing her sister.

"Sister your mad." Melty said as Morgan had to agree.

"Um I think we've passed madness and entered outright deranged and psychotic." Azari said to which it was clear they were back in deep shit.

"Melty my dear little deranged creature it's obvious that devil of the Shield had already brainwashed you." Malty said playing the role of a caring elder sister while James held his temper at bay.

"Oh my god I think I threw up a bit in my mouth with that liar talking." Morgan said as Torunn agreed.

"Now I see." Motoyasu cut in and in turn they knew things have gone from bad to worse. "That means, Viv, Torunn, Morgan, Raphtalia, and Filo were brainwashed by James too." Motoyasu said and thus Cody face palmed himself at how stupid Motoyasu was.

"What are you stupid!? James hasn't brainwashed any of us! How can you be this much of a moron!?" Morgan yelled as she looked to Motoyasu in shock to how stupid and gullible this dumbass was against a pretty face.

"If my shield had that power and I even dined the thought of using it we wouldn't even be here right now." James said to which even he knew the flaw in Malty's lie.

"Do we have any guarantee that it can't. What kind of proof can you provide us that you're not lying?" Ren said and thus James looked ready to argue until Hawkeye stopped him.

"Dude just don't there's no reasoning with stupid." Hawkeye said as he knew what was about to happen.

"You know what." Morgan began as she looked to Malty. "Your right we can end all of this by just giving back the Crown Princess to the one girl who has the most to gain from her untimely demise." Morgan said as this got everyone's attention. "So sure, lets return her to the one person who would off her first chance she gets so she can be the 'Crown Princess,' and then frame someone else for the deed." Morgan said as she began to walk forward with the briefcase in hand.

"So, you are surrendering then." Malty said hoping to avoid any more unneeded dialogue that ran the risk of exposing her true motives.

"Actually, I'm going to threaten you and the three cardinal stooges." Morgan said surprising everyone here. "But see there's a bit of a problem Myne." Morgan said as she looked to Myne. "It's that during our entire time on this world you managed to make the biggest mistake anyone has ever made, and I can only name one person who has done something of a similar nature." Morgan said as she looked to Malty and began to walk around her and the Three Heroes acting like she held all of the cards.

"Then you should have worn your armor for that." Malty scoffed to which Morgan scoffed back.

"Yeah, well I don't need it just yet." Morgan said as she was actually holding her armor in her hand. "But there is a chance to stop what's coming to you, turn around walk your ass home and tell your dad the truth or else you're going to have a lot of problem." Morgan said as she glared at Malty.

"You and what army?" Malty asked and thus Morgan scoffed and walked away a bit.

"The Avengers, you've met us right. Sure, you have kind of hard not to have met us at this point." Morgan said and thus turned back to the opposing party. "So let's do a headcount shall we, Torunn a Goddess or Demigoddess whichever works I guess, the son of a super soldier and a super spy who you made a Cardinal Hero, a friend with breath taking anger management issues, a survivor with training as a master assassin, a kid who can squash you as a giant and flip you as a pixie, a Prince to a fallen Kingdom, a Lesbian robot girl who can fire off head beams and turn intangible, and a pair of amazing allies and you my red haired skank manage to piss off every single last one of them." Morgan said as she looked to Malty.

"And why should I fear that?" Malty asked as unaware to her Morgan was getting into her head.

"Because if you don't give up now when they fight back and they will they'll be gunning for you, the church, and your dad." Morgan said as she looked to Malty.

"I have the Kingdom fighting for me." Malty said her voice cracking a bit showing Morgan got her.

"We have Skaar." Morgan said as she looked to Malty.

"A brainless brute like that won't save you." Malty said and thus Morgan growled.

"You're missing the point Bitch! There is no throne for you there is no version of this where you come out on top." Morgan said as it was clear Morgan got the win here. "Maybe you, guys are too much for us and that's a big maybe but it's all on you. Because if we can't save this world... you'll be damn well sure we'll avenge it." Morgan said before turning around and walking away a bit till she was at the center of the field. "So, since this hinges on you how will this end, will you get out of our way or you going to stand in our way?" Morgan said as she dropped her briefcase and opened it up when it hit the ground by putting her foot on it.

While she was turned away, she mouthed something to Pym, Raphtalia, and Filo. Getting the memo, they got ready to move knowing what was coming next.

It would seem that a fight was inevitable as just then a fireball shot out and thus Morgan dodged it. Crouching down the ball of magical fire hit James, shield as he blocked the attack with his fathers, shield. Once that was done Morgan suited up as her armor attached itself to her and formed up around the young Stark Heiress. Her armor began to form up around her much like her own father's armor did and soon Iron Heart once more took the stage.

Malty of course moved out of the way when the battle started as everyone picked a foe. Azari took out his bow staff and went for the surprised Motoyasu while Hawkeye fired his arrows at Itsuki who dodged it. As the two archers began to fire off arrows Torunn roared out and went for Ren. James threw his shield at Motoyasu who spun his spear to block it only to be hit by Azari's staff. The Shield bounced back to James after it hit the rocks and when he caught it, he used the momentum to throw the shield again and hit Motoyasu this time.

The battles went on as Filo in her Filolial form came in with a high drop kick while Raphtalia took on some of the guards. Pym flew around stinging the Knights while Viv fired her head beam and phased through her foes which freaked them out. As the battle went on it was clear that a peaceful resolution was not possible as James bashed Motoyasu in the face with his shield.

Torunn meanwhile pushed Ren back and fired off a bolt of lightning from her hand which she summoned from the sky. "I'm quiet vex right now so let's end this quickly!" Torunn called out as she pulled her hand back before roaring and charging at Ren.

Hawkeye was forced to avoid an attack from Itsuki as he went to the nearest cover he could find. Once that was done, he notched up another arrow and got ready to move. Jumping out of the cover Hawkeye fired off two arrows that had some sort of current forming between them. Itsuki was surprised by this and a moment later the arrows current wrapped around him before colliding with each other and exploding. Itsuki in response was sent tumbling from the blast as Hawkeye smirked to this.

"Got you!" Hawkeye taunted as Itsuki got back up glaring at the Scavenger.

Morgan meanwhile flew down and fired her beams off at the Knights intent on taking them down. "One for you! One for you! And one for you!" Morgan called out as she kept the heat up.

The battle went on for a time as it seemed to be a stalemate between them. Unaware to the fighters save for Cody the dimensional homing Beacon was activating in the Sky Stinger. The battle went on as James glared trying to think of a way out of this at least until from high above a beam made of rainbow came down and forced the fighters to part ways.

"What the fuck!?" Motoyasu asked and just then from the beam a repulser blast was heard which hit Itsuki before he could react. Following it up was a hammer but not just any hammer THOR's hammer Mjolnir.

As the beam cleared out the group was all shocked to see who was standing there. The Invincible Iron-Man, the Mighty Thor God of Thunder King of Asgard, The Incredible Hulk strongest one there is, Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme, The Ghost known as the Vision, and finally the most dangerous man in the world Logan Howlett the Wolverine.

"DAD/TONY!" The Avengers cried out when they saw their respected father and guardians had arrived.

"DAD?!" Motoyasu yelled in shock as Malty was wide eyed by this.

"James, update short and simple." Iron Man ordered and thus James got to it.

"Backwards country, possibly corrupt church, everyone hates the shield here, and we were framed for kidnapping her when we were trying to protect her." James summarized as he gestured too Melty.

"I see." Thor said as he then glared at the group. "Now then which of you is the one named Motoyasu?" Thor asked as he tapped Mjolnir to his open palm with sparks forming from it.

"HIM!" Ren and Itsuki both yelled out while pointing at Motoyasu not wanting to mess with fricking THOR.

"Alright Avengers Assemble!" Tony called out and thus the battle took a turn in the true hero's favor.

None of them stood a chance against them as Thor dominating the battle while Hulk roared and charged at the Knights. During the chaos Malty went to find a place to hide fast as she knew that if she was caught then she was dead. Wolverine did not go easy on the Knights as the sound of screaming agony from limb removal was heard. Dr. Strange used his magic to disarm the soldiers giving Iron-Man the opening to use his tech and knock them out.

"Guys let's talk about this." Tony said as he flew down and in turn fired his shoulder rockets at them taking them all down. "Nice talk." Tony said before heading off.

"No, it wasn't!" A Knight cried out in pain from the ground after what Tony did to him.

From her hiding spot Malty saw how, it was all going down and was shocked as the Cardinal Heroes and the Knights she brought were being dominated by these unknown interlopers. "Dammit their ruining everything!" Malty said as the fight continued.

Hulk roared out as he slammed two Knights with his strength and proceeded to smash every one of them as he came upon him to cause him harm. He soon went for Motoyasu who then got back up and avoided an attack by Hulk. "I'm not scared of you!" Motoyasu yelled as he held his spear against the Hulk ready for battle. "You're just a big mindless ogre and beating you and my job as the Spear Hero is to take down monsters like GUAHG!" Motoyasu cried out as Hulk suddenly grabbed him and began to smash him on the ground like a rag doll breaking it with each hit. He then threw Motoyasu on the ground leaving him in the hole as Hulk began to walk off.

"Puny Spear Hero." Hulk said as he began to walk off causing a chuckle from the others.

Soon enough Ren found himself tied up by magical chains curtesy of Dr. Strange. Nearby Vision flew at Itsuki going intangible to avoid his arrows. Soon Vision phased through Itsuki surprising him and thus Iron-Man flew in and used a taser like device on the Bow Hero. Itsuki was on the ground twitching from that move as soon the Knights were seen escaping.

"We got runners!" James called and in turn Hawkeye fired off his arrows at them allowing them to sail and hit the Knights and activating several gadgets to keep them from escaping.

Malty meanwhile was crawling away to get to safety only to go wide eyed when she saw an armored boot in her way. Looking up Malty saw Torun standing there as the fellow Princess was cracking her knuckles with an evil snicker. "Not the face." Malty begged and in turn Torunn smirked to this.

"Nope." Torunn said and in turn Malty was given a beat down by Torunn Princess of Asgard.

(Later)

A now bruised Malty was tied up with the Cardinal Heroes and Knights as Pym, Melty, and Filo were playing a game of paint he idiot. "Well, that's been an adventure." Tony said as he looked to James who just got through explaining to Tony everything that has been going on.

"I'm sorry I just wish I could have handled this better." James said as he felt on several occasions, he could have done it differently.

"Don't count yourself short, the deck was stacked against you James." Tony said as he had his helmet off at the moment.

"Aye you all handled yourselves valiantly, but I fear this journey is far from over." Thor said as he looked to the group. James could not help but feel pride over the praise of the original Avengers. For a time, James was worried he may have had to use the Curse of Virtue Series to get his team to safety. But thankfully that would not be the case.

"Thank you." James said happy to hear such praise from the group.

"Hey guys um sir." Hawkeye said but got nervous when he was around Thor seeing, as he was Torunn's father, and he was her boyfriend. "So, what do we do with them?" Hawkeye asked as he looked to the Knights. But Hawkeye did have a good point they would need to do something about these people and soon. If they cut them loose that would be problems for them later but if they offed them then they would be murderers. The only thing they can do was take these people to the proper authorities for them to deal with assuming they were not corrupt bigots like King Aultcray.

"First thing we're going to do is send a small team out to Faubley to get in touch with the Queen." James began as he looked to the group. "Next we take these idiots back to the Castle and storm the place." James said as this was a big gamble they were making. "And after that we hold the fort till Queenie comes home to fix this mess." Logan said as no doubt it was the best plan they had to work with.

"Aye thankfully Heimdall will be able to send Asgardian Troops through and we will hold the castle until the rightful ruler returns." Thor said as he looked to the group. "After that she will decide their fates." Thor said and thus they were all in agreement.

Just then Logan sniffed the air and following it his claws shot out and was soon pointing at a woman who suddenly appeared. "You got give second to talk bub." Logan said as he glared at the woman.

For a moment, the woman was surprised that Logan was able to smell out her out just like a bloodhound. "I dare say I had not expected this from your group." The woman said but that was when Melty cut in to stop the Wolverine from accidentally killing an ally.

"Wait sir, that's one of the Queen's Shadows she serves my mother." Melty said and thus Wolverine heard the young Princess. Logan then eased back while retracting his claws, as the Shadow nodded to the Mutant of Weapon X.

"Well thank you princess." The Shadow said as she had no illusion of surviving that if she had fought Wolverine. "Now I dare say, I had overheard your conversation and if you, truly intent to storm the castle then you may need this." the Shadow said and thus James took the letter, opened it, and then began to read it.

"Wait the Queen is giving us her blessing to go to war with her country?!" James asked in shock that the Queen would even approve of this.

"While she may not like it, she hopes you will use this as a means to cull Aultcray if delivered by the hands of a foreign king." The Shadow said looking over to Thor who got the memo.

"I see." Thor said and thus knew what to do in this as he took the Queen's Decree.

"Any more information you can provide for us?" Tony asked as he looked to the super spy of medieval times.

"No but her majesty will keep in touch." The Shadow said and thus it was time to move out. "But I dare say your highness I do not fear this war will be a long one." The Shadow said and thus they knew what this meant.

"Look before we do the whole war aspect maybe we should talk to the Queen and come up with a peaceful solution first." James said as he knew where she was thanks too Melty.

"If you can lead us to her then I can take us to her." Dr. Strange said and thus the group knew what to do.

Seeing that Dr. Strange was the Sorcerer Supreme it would make sense he would have teleportation magic to get them to the true ruler of Melromarc. With this in mind James looked to Dr. Strange with his approval of this. "Please." James said with a nod and thus Dr. Strange began to make the portal.

(Scene Break Melromarc Castle)

Aultcray was in the throne room giving orders out to locate both of his daughters and the now missing Heroes. Itsuki, Ren, and Motoyasu had all vanished and they nor their parties had been seen since. As the Knights left the room the doors burst open and from it a man was seen. "King Aultcray there is an emergency outside come quick!" The man said but before he could do so the Windows were shattered and form it the Iron Legion flew in lead by Iron-Heart and a new armored being. Viv and Vision also flew in as they hovered in the air with weapons all pointing at Aultcray.

"We're under attack!" A Knight called out only to be shot at by the Iron-Legon curtesy of Anthony Howard Stark and his daughter Morgan Stark.

From the doors Asgardian Soldiers ran in after fighting their way through the Knights and making quick work of them. The Knights tried to put up a fight, but they were no match for the strength of an Asgardian Soldier. Leading them was Thor, Torunn, and to his surprise Melty and the Avengers. Logan was with them as was Dr. Strange as he Aultcray was soon surrounded by enemies on all sides.

"How dare you!" Aultcray yelled as he glared at the group. "What is the meaning of this identify yourselves! If you are allies to that devil boy!" Aultcray began only for Thor to throw his hammer next to Aultcray's head narrowly missing him.

"You not only dare to insult my daughter but the son of my allies and friends!" Thor yelled as he glared at Aultcray. "You are a poor excuse for a king." Thor said as Aultcray glared at the God of Thunder.

"Your daughter?!" Aultcray demanded and thus Torunn spoke up.

"He's talking about me!" Torunn cut in as Aultcray was wide eyed in shock.

"Aye, I am Thor Son of Odin the current King of Asgard." Thor introduced himself as he glared at Aultcray. "And you Aultcray have made several poor errors in your actions as King." Thor said as he summoned his hammer back and pointed it at Aultcray. "Hence why my army has arrived to help stem the chaos you and your eldest had caused." Thor said as Aultcray glared at Thor.

"How dare you!? This is an act of war against Melromarc!" He yelled only for a new voice to surprise him.

"No, it is not." Came the voice Aultcray knew all too well as he looked to Melty. During Thor's confrontation with Aultcray Skaar, Filo, and Hulk had brought in the three Heroes and Malty all of whom were still tied up.

"Malty!" Aultcray cried out as he saw his daughter tied up.

"Papa help, me!" Malty cried out as she knew her father could be counted on get her out of any trouble.

But Melty stepped in to try and reason with her father on this. "Father your actions have caused so much pain it cannot be allowed to continue." Melty said as Iron-Man then stepped up. "Please father surrender and make peace with the Shield Hero." Melty begged as she wanted this needless fighting to stop.

"Yeah, buddy so for your own sake and on your love for your daughter, have some honor and dignity, admit you lost, and give up." Iron-Man said as he looked to Aultcray.

"Be wise and step down, we will assume command until the Queen returns." Thor said as Aultcray saw he was surrounded.

"Has the Devil of the Shield warped your mind Melty?!" Aultcray asked in shock over this only for a new voice to speak and put fear into Aultcray.

"No Aultcray the Shield Hero did no such thing." The voice of Mirellia spoke and from there Aultcray saw that Dr. Strange had opened a portal to allow his wife to enter. "The chaos you've begot Aultcray cannot be ignored." Mirellia said as she glared at Aultcray. "King Thor." She said directing her attention to the Asgardian King. "I apologize for the grief my husband and daughter had caused you both and I have no reason to request you to oversee Melromarc until I am able to return." Mirellia said but Thor would not have it.

"Fear not these actions were not done by you nor were they ones of your own malice. It is to your husband and your eldest who have earned my ire." Thor said as he glared at Aultcray.

"Guards take my eldest and my husband to the daughters and ensure they stay there until I return." Mirellia said as Motoyasu was shocked by this.

"No wait unhand me let me go! Mama please why are you doing this!?" Malty cried out as she and Aultcray were apprehended by the guards loyal to Mirellia and taken to the dungeon.

"No Myne wait why she's your own daughter!" Motoyasu yelled only to find Wolverine's claws pointed at him.

"I suggest you shut up bub." Logan warned as he glared at Motoyasu. "Otherwise, you're going to end up like those others." Logans aid and thus with a gulp Motoyasu shut his mouth.

"Sir Motoyasu Please help me! Sir Motoyasu!" Malty cried out but her cries were ignored as she was taken away.

"Well, that solves one problem." Iron-Man said as the queen nodded to this.

"Yes, for now." Mirellia said as she feared this was simply a prelude to the worse.

"Now as much as I know your Kingdom needs leadership, I cannot provide you with that aid I'm afraid." Thor admitted as he looked to the Queen. "But may haps my own daughter will be able to work with your own to run your kingdom until your return." Thor offered as Torunn was wide eyed to this.

"Wait back-up what?!" Torunn said as even Melty was surprised by this.

"Though as my daughter she is destined to rule Asgard one day I fear I may have failed in some of those preparations." Thor said and thus Torunn blushed to this.

"And this may serve my own as a way to prepare her with actual experience." Mirellia said and thus an agreement was made. "Very well I will allow it to forge peaceful relations between our realms." Mirellia said to the King of Asgard.

"Well met." Thor said with a nod and thus this meant one thing things were about to change.

(Meanwhile Church of the Three Heroes)

"Blast!" Came the voice of Balmus as he was in his private office. "This cannot be happening why did HE have to appear!?" He ranted as he past back and forth. Heading to the crystal ball delivered to him as he growled and saw the image of what had just occurred at the castle. As the image cleared up it was evident that Balmus plans were in jeopardy with the Avengers here.

"I cannot allow this to happen I must not let them suspect my intentions or my identity." Balmus said as he then went to his chair and sat down as a green energy phased around him. As he saw down though it was not Balmus who sat but another Asgardian Loki God of Mischief

and Chaos a treacherous snake of the highest caliber.

As Loki sat on the chair his plan for the Throne were at risk and who know how long before Heimdall sees through his magic to hide as Balmus. "I may need to contact aid." Loki said as he had allies in certain places to provide him with aid, the source of the matter was getting to said aid outside of Heimdall's notice. But there are always secret paths throughout the realms and beyond and this world was no different. As he sat there Loki plotted and knew that though it had to change his plans would not falter for soon Loki will not only rule Asgard but three worlds, Asgard, Midgard, and this world and not even the Avengers will be able to stop him.

(TBC)

ESKK: This chapter had been a long time coming I hope you all enjoy it. Anyway, the next two chapters will be carrying side stories for the Avengers before we get to Balmus. Be that as it may it sure came as a surprise for Balmus to actually be Loki am I right? Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and will join me next time. Now then be sure to leave a review before you leave and as I always say here ja-ne.