INTERVENTION
From the moment he took the throne of Wakanda, the Black Panther knew he would always have people targeting him for assassination. But even he had to admit that this particular attempt on his life had him somewhat baffled. For on the rooftop of the Wakandan embassy, the Panther now finds himself against two costumed attackers, with his guards having been knocked out and tied in metallic rings. To make matters worse, the door leading to the inside of the embassy had been permanently closed thanks to the handle being melted, thus preventing anyone from the inside from coming out to the rooftop and provide the Panther with any kind of assistance. And now, the Panther founded himself fighting against to costumed attackers, one of whom he and his fellow Avengers faced on the very day he first joined the team and had long since thought that he had been imprisoned and no longer a threat to anyone...until this moment.
As the Panther backed away in a defensive posture, he spotted one of his assassins, the 'ringed man', running towards him and throws two metallic rings his way. With his built-in claws drawn, the Wakandan king successfully defended himself against this attack by throwing a left-handed claw slash, slicing the first into pieces, then followed up with a right slash, destroying the second ring coming his way. But even in dealing with such unusual weapons, the Panther knew that he wasn't out of the woods just yet. For he saw the ringed man finally right in front him and with both of his fists wrapped in the same metal alloy his rings were made of, then pulls his right fist back and throws a hard right hook, aiming for the brave king's head.
Luckily, the Panther this attack coming and thus steps backward and leans back to avoid the blow. He also spotted the ringed man continuing his assaulting by throwing a left legged front kick and up standing straight up, he countered by using his left arm to block downward and push his attacker's foot away from his body. Afterward, the Panther goes to counterattack by throwing a quick jab to his ringed opponent's face.
However, the ringed man is just as good on defense as he holds up his right arm to block the Panther's punch and push it outward. As he did this, he then used his left hand to secretly reaching behind his belt, and in a 'sleight of hand' gesture, throws another ring which hits and raps around the panther's neck and starts to squeeze.
With his life now being chocked out of him, the Wakandan King was soon forced to his knees, which allow the chuckling ringed man to pull out another ring, but this time, one that has two large blades on the side. "Don't know if you say this in Africa, but 'Off with your head!"
Suddenly, before the ringed man could go for the kill, he is stopped when he hears the voice of a certain Web-Head call out to him. "Uh, excuse me, mind if I cut in?" called out the voice of Spidey, coming from behind the Panther, which is then followed by the "THWIP' sound, and moments later, a flying ball of web comes flying out of nowhere, and as the ringed man looked up, it hits his visor, rendering him blind. This, of course, is followed by a web-line which hits the back of the ring around the gasping Panther's neck, then is yanked back, with causing the ring to shatter into pieces and clear the brave king's airway. As the Panther gasped in lungfuls of air, he hopped to his feet and noticed a figure in red and blue swing past him.
It was here that Spidey revealed himself by swung in and kicks the blinded ringed man in the chest and off of his feet. After flipping backward and landing on his feet with enough grace and balance to make even the most experience gymnast look like an amateur, the Web-Head turns around and walks over to the still heavily breathing Panther. "Are you okay, T'Challa? I mean, Your Majesty...my king?"
"I am fine, Spider-Man," The Panther replied once he got his voice back, but still rubbing his throat in pain. "Thank you for your assistance."
Suddenly, the second attack, the man dressed in a red jumpsuit, points his small dish of a hand at both costume heroes. "Fine, you say? Well, not for long!" With that said, the red-suited man took aim at the heroes and fired a soundwave-like blast.
This action caused the Wall Crawler's spider-sense to erupt. "Move!" he yelled and thus he and the Panther jumped to the right side to dodge the blast, causing it to hit and destroy a billboard on the roof next door.
While Spidey lands in a defensive posture, the Panther rolled to his feet and pulled out his Vibranium daggers. This, of course, caught the Web-Head's attention. "Say uh, you wouldn't happen to know who this guy is, and more importantly, how to beat him, would you?" whispered a slightly nervous Spidey, with his hands ready to shoot more webbing.
"His name is Klaw. Ulysses Klaw," Panther whispered back, keeping his focus on his one-handed adversary. "He once tried to steal our vibranium supply from our mines, but not before he ended turning himself into a being of pure sound. Last I heard he was shipped to Prison 42 in the Negative Zone, and how he escaped, I do not know. But, from what I researched earlier about him is that the source of his power, and as well as his true prison, is his disrupter cannon. We disable it, we defeat him. So, you distract him while I outflank him."
Hearing this plan caused Spidey to lift an eyebrow behind his mask as he asked the calm Panther this. "So, I hit him high, and you hit him low?"
This question caused the usually collected Panther to have a somewhat astonished look on his face. "That...is a surprisingly accurate description."
As for the man aptly named Klaw, he growls with anger and points his disruptor at Spidey and the Panther to try and kill them both once again.
Seeing this attack coming, Spidey holds up his left arm and shoots a web-ball, successfully hitting the disruptor's dish and preventing it from firing another blast.
As for the Panther himself, he saw this as an opportunity to strike and throws daggers while Klaw desperately tried to get the webbing off.
Unfortunately, the ringed man quickly recovered and upon seeing his colleague in danger, throws two more rings which hit and destroy the daggers. As for Klaw, he twisted a dial on his disruptor and swung it up, firing a concentrated sonic pulse that vaporized the webbing and hit Spidey, sending him flying upward.
Though completely raddled while in mid-air, Spidey manages to shake his head to regain his focus, then shoots a web-line at the roof floor, yanks hard and zips back over to the roof, saving himself from falling off of the building and into the street below. After landing, the Web-Head feels his spider-sense return, thus turns around and sees the ringed man throw one of his rings at him. The alerted Web-Slinger then leaned back to successfully doge this attack, and after sitting up, he holds up his right hand, shoots another web-line, which hits the ringed man's chest, then jumps up, zips over and nails his ring throwing attacker with a right legged sidekick, taking him down to the roof floor hard.
As for Klaw, he desperately looks around for the Panther after removing the webbing from his disruptor, only to have him appear right in front of him, taking him totally by surprise. The Panther wasted no time in attacking and thus launches a left legged front kick into Klaw's abdomen, followed by a brutal two punch combo and finishes with a right legged side kick to the head of the sound manipulated villain, sending him staggering. Before Klaw could recover, a vibrainum dagger flew straight into the main controls of the disruptor. "NOOOOOOOO!" yelled the defeated Klaw, as his sound form from inside his suit began to retreat back into the disruptor, causing the red suit itself to deflate like a balloon.
Meanwhile, Spidey sits crouched on the ringed man's chest and sees that Panther has taken care of Klaw with expert precision. "Wow, nevermind my help, do you even need a body-" Before Spidey could finish his quip, he felt his spider-sense tingle once again, which forces him to flip backward off of the ringed man's chest in order to avoid his slash attack from his bladed rings. After landing, Spidey watches the ringed man get back on his feet, holding the bladed ring like that of a dagger. "So, who are you supposed to be? Captain Hula Hoop? The Furious Frisbee? Oh wait, I got it...The Horseshoe!"
"I'm the Ringer!" replied the annoyed ring throwing assassin. "I'd tell you not to forget it, but you won't be around long enough to worry about," After threatening Spidey, he turns his attention to the Panther, who by now is still standing over Klaw's still smoking disruptor and his deflated suit. "Ad you may have gotten the best of Klaw, but you won't get the best of me!"
While both Spidey and the Panther were focused on the Ringer, little did they know that another surprise as about to creep up behind them. Meaning that a small, almost vortex like spot appears beside Spidey, and suddenly, a white right arm covered with black spots taps Spidey's shoulder, causing the Web-Head to turn, only by this time, the spot disappears, causing the young hero to find nothing. As the Wall-Crawler stood confused, another spot soon appears in front of his abdomen, and this time it's a right fist that pops and rams itself into Spidey's stomach, whose spider-sense did react, but the attack happened so fast, he didn't have time to act. As the winded Spidey stood there in a crouched position, another black spot appeared behind his feet, and thus a white, black dotted leg comes out and kicks the pain filled Wall-Crawler in the back of the knee, causing him to fall on his back.
The Panther spotted Spidey falling through the corner of his eye, and is dumbfounded at what he just saw. "What in the...?" Suddenly, the Panther is also taken by surprise when another black spot appears behind him, and thus, the white, black dotted fist pops out and nails the brave king in the back of his head, causing him to tumble forward and fall right beside the still winded Spidey.
As for the dazed Web-Head himself, all he could do was mutter this once he regained the ability to speak. "Anybody get the number of that truck?"
The Panther, however, holds the back of his head in pain as he states what the Web-Head probably already knows. "It appears the Ringer is not alone."
"Got that much..." Spidey replied and as he and Panther tried to regroup, a huge black spot appears right next to Ringer, and moments later, a man covered all white with black dots all over his body walks out. "...and helped by a guy who's a target for so many jokes, I don't know which one to start with."
The 'polka dotted' man ignored the Web-Slinger's joke and turned to the Ringer. "The job's botched, we need to go!"
"What?!" asked the stunned Ringer. "But Spot, we-"
"But nothing!" chimed the aptly named Spot. "I'm not going back to prison! Now let's go!" With that said, he took hold of the Ringer's arm and before the Panther and Spidey could react...both villains were gone.
A sight which naturally confused Spidey. "Well...that was weird."
As for the Panther, he managed to get back up on his feet, then looks at the Web-Head. "Well, in any case..." the grateful king extends his hand for Spidey to take. "Thank you for your help, Spider-Man."
Feeling humbled and honored, Spidey takes the Panther's hand and allows him to help him up. "Hey, not biggie," said the Wall-Crawler, who then nervously scratches his head after standing up. "What else is a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for? But hey, one of those guys say that all this was a job. I know this might sound mute, but you know anybody who would want to murder you?"
"A rather difficult question to answer, my young friend," the Panther replied. "As King of Wakanda, I have made many enemies. All of whom want me dead."
"Well, that narrows it down," said the disappointed Spidey, then heard the sound of a loud explosion is not too far away, which caused him to turn around and groan in aggravation. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
Also hearing the explosion, The Panther whipped out his Avengers ID card. "Avengers Assemble!"
Meanwhile, on the roof of a building that was four blocks away from the Wakandan embassy, both the Ringer and the Spot now find themselves cornered by three figures. The first was that of a male dressed in a purple suit with a V-shaped expressionless facemask, donning an American flag cape and holding a long curved sword. The second being a heavy, high tech armored painted black and silver and hovering in the air thanks to a winged jet pack. And the third was that of a giant, red-suited man with an A-shaped chest plate, and appeared to be eight feet tall and with his arms crossed to look imposing.
Out of the two fear filled assassins who saw these three men, it's the Ringer who managed to say this. "W...Who are you freaks?"
The Caped Man answers this while holding and pointing his sword at the shaking Ringer, all with a stern British accent. "The TRUE heroes that know how, and WILL deal with scum like you!"