THE NEW AVENGERS - PART 1.

- Give up, Kang! We're going to stop you! - Shouted Iron Man.
With that said, Yellowjacket lunged at Kang, punching him hard in the face, causing the conqueror to stumble backwards. After that, the god of thunder, Thor, threw his hammer at Kang, knocking him to the ground, while the villain from the future grunted in pain.
- Alert. High concentrations of temporal energy detected. - JARVIS said.
- The ARC reactor! He turned it into a time machine! - Screamed Iron Man. - Cap, Thor, somebody destroy it!
The Avengers focused their attention on the time machine that Kang had built, and in the meantime, Kang took advantage of the momentary distraction of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes to rise quickly and projected a holographic control panel. Then he pressed a couple of commands on that panel and smirked maliciously as his time machine released a temporal energy shockwave.
At that moment, Iron Man noticed with horror how his teammates were disappearing quickly, as the shockwave was catching on.
When he noticed that, Iron Man gritted his teeth and said quickly:
- JARVIS, start the New Avengers Protocol, now! Now!
After that, the shock wave hit Iron Man and made him disappear, which made Kang smile with satisfaction.
- That was the end of the Avengers. - Kang said, just before turning his attention back to the control panel of the time machine.
Meanwhile, not far from there, a figure in a red and blue suit was swinging among the buildings as he whistled cheerfully. The young hero that called himself Spider-Man was in an unusually good mood, all because his Saturday had started off with the right foot, and nothing seemed to ruin his day.
Unfortunately, the wall-crawler had no idea of the catastrophe that was about to come.
- Well, I stopped a couple of robberies, I saved some children playing in the street and I haven't had to hear Jameson in all day. - Spider-Man said as he swung around the city with his webs. - I just hope Bruce isn't mad at me for not visiting him for a while.
A few moments later, Spider-Man landed near a gargoyle, causing a lot of birds that were on the statue, to fly.
- Step aside, birds! Leave Bruce alone! - Spider-Man said as he sat down next to the gargoyle. - Well, now, your friendly neighborhood, Spider-Man, and his friend Bruce, are going to share lunch. Sorry for the delay, Bruce, there was a lot of traffic and I had to make some quick stops here and there, but don't worry, I have something in my backpack that will make it up to you for my tardiness.
As the young hero spoke, he looked for something in a backpack he was carrying and pulled out a half of sandwich wrapped in a napkin. Spider-Man unwrapped the sandwich and smiled with joy at the sight.
- Peanut butter and jelly, without the edges. You're definitely the best, Aunt... May? - Spider-Man said, before seeing something out of place.
At that moment, the young hero saw several flashes of light coming from various parts of the city, which strangely made appear from beings of the past to futuristic machines.
The bad thing was that everything that appeared began to cause panic among the New-Yorkers.
And when he saw that, Spider-Man couldn't help but let out a sigh of exasperation.
- It's going to be one of those days again, huh? - Spider-Man said.
And at that moment, a bird flew past the arachnid hero and snatched his lunch from his hand.
- Hey! That was mine! - Spider-Man snapped before letting out another sigh of exasperation. - Damn... I'm sorry, Bruce, it looks like we'll have to postpone our lunch together, New York probably needs the Amazing Spider-Man.
After saying that, Spider-Man stood up and threw himself from the building, then pirouetted in the air and fired a strand of webbing to a building, to swing around the city, trying to find the source of everything was going on.

(In the meantime)

James Rhodes, better known as Rhodey, was flying within the JRXL-1000 Multiple Threat Response Battle Armor, or "War Machine," to shorten.
However, unlike the routine flights he had made in the suit since Tony had built it, that day, James Rhodes was using it in combat against some sort of tripod machine, which fired energy beams through some kind of red eye, right in the center of the machine.
He had no idea where the hell that machine had come from. Rhodey was just taking a routine flight, when the suit computer had informed him about a certain temporal anomaly near the building of his best friend, Tony Stark. At this information, Rhodes quickly turned to the Stark Industries, only to be stopped several blocks away by a shot that made him fall several hundred meters and almost crash against the pavement.
After that, he began a combat against the tripod, but even with all the heavy artillery and other weaponry that the War Machine possessed, Rhodes wasn't capable of damaging the machine that attacked him.
So he tried to use some military tactics to get rid of his opponent, but none worked, so he was now trying to get it as far away from civilians as possible, which wasn't easy, as they were right in the middle of the city.
Meanwhile, the tripod aimed its eye at the man in the high-tech suit and fired a powerful beam, which struck Coronel Rhodes directly and knocked him down, causing him to crash into the ground and create a small crater.
Rhodes grunted in pain after being pulled down, then looked at the tripod and noticed that the machine's eye was gradually shining brighter, causing Rhodey to start to become alarmed a bit, as his suit had restarted with the attack that he had received and it still needed five more seconds before the restart was completed.
- Quick! Restart now! - Colonel Rhodes snapped as he began to sweat cold.
The tripod slowly approached Rhodes and aimed his eye at the Air Force Colonel, but just before it could fire, a fireball struck the machine and made it stumble. Immediately afterwards, a grunt of effort was heard and the machine was knocked down by some kind of man made of orange rock, who wore blue shorts with an emblem that had a number 4.
Seconds later, the War Machine was reactivated and Rhodes resumed flight, finding himself next to a young man who was completely engulfed in flames. The young man and the man in armor shared a glance, then they nodded and aimed their palms at the tripod.
An intense burst of fire and two powerful repulsor beams hit the machine and made it explode after a few moments.
Then Rhodes and the young man landed next to the rock man.
- Well, that was new. - The young man let out.
- Human Torch, Thing, what are you doing here? - Rhodes asked.
- You're quite disrespectful, Stark, you usually thank the people who save your life.
Rhodes rolled his eyes and mentally commanded the armor to lift the mask of his helmet, taking the Thing and the Human Torch by surprise.
- Uhh ... do we go into some parallel dimension or something? - Said the Thing. - Who are you?
- My name is James Rhodes, I'm a friend of Tony's. - Explained Rhodes. - Now, does any of you want to tell me what's going on? Where are the Fantastic 4 or the Avengers?
- Sue and Reed went to a diplomatic mission to another dimension, or something like that, the truth is that I didn't pay much attention to them. - Said the Human Torch. - Ben and I stayed here because we had bet on the football game today and we're missing the game because of all of this.
- As for what's happening, we've learned that it's best not to think about it and find out on the go. - Said the Thing. - By the way, can you get the marker with your armor?
Rhodes looked at the Thing with an expression of annoyance, then turned his attention to the Human Torch and said:
- I think we should investigate what's happening.
- Even if I don't like it, because we'll miss the game, you're right. - Johnny admitted.
- If we hurry, we could manage to catch the last quarter. - Ben suggested.
Rhodey rolled his eyes again, then lowered the mask of his suit and began to float a few inches on the ground, then Johnny said his famous catchphrase and imitated Rhodes. Moments later, the trio began to walk through the streets of New York, finding that things were even rarer than expected.

(Not far away from there)

A group of policemen was guiding the citizens so they could escape from what seemed to be a group of ninjas, though none of them could even believe what they were seeing.
The city was a pandemonium, that was more than clear after seeing that there were biplanes of WWI flying and having a dogfight, dinosaurs running through the streets of New York, machines that appeared of the thin air to wreck havoc, and more closely, the ninjas who fought against the police officers.
And with all the trouble in the city, everyone wondered where the Avengers were and why they hadn't come to save them.
At that moment, one of the ninjas seized an opportunity and kicked one of the officers in the stomach, which caused the latter to fall to the ground, while the ninja companions rushed against the other officers, with their weapons ready for to murder them.
However, just before the first ninja could lower the blade of his sword to the fallen officer's chest, a fist covered in a golden aura hit him right in the face, leaving him unconscious and sending him crashing into a patrol.
This action attracted the attention of the other ninjas, who saw two men, one bald, black-skinned with a beard, who wore a yellow jacket with ripped sleeves, black t-shirt and blue jeans, with a chain acting as belt, and the other wore some kind of green and yellow suit that showed a curious tattoo on his chest, and a mask that covered his hair and eyes.
- "My name is Iron Fist, please lower your weapons, I do not wish to fight with you, but I will be forced to do so if you try to harm those men again." - Said the tattoo man fluently in Chinese.
The ninjas simply let out a battle cry and lunged into the attack against Iron Fist, who sighed heavily and got into combat stance, then stopped one of his attackers with ease and gave him a powerful blow to the chest, which took the air out of his lungs.
And while Iron Fist fought, the African American man just laughed with amusement at the sight of his partner.
- What did you tell them this time, Danny? - The African American asked.
- I told them I did not want to fight. - Iron Fist responded as he caught one of his attackers' swords in his hands.
- Then you have a serious communication problem, my friend.
- Won't you help me, Cage?
- Nah, I think you got everything under control.
Danny Rand, better known as Iron Fist, sighed and rolled his eyes, then dodged a series of thrusts by the ninjas, and one by one he knocked them out with his right fist, which again was covered with an aura of golden energy.
After that, Danny breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his companion.
- Are you really not going to help? - Asked Iron Fist.
- We are Heroes for Hire, not heroes for free. - Cage said.
- Look around, the city is a complete chaos. I just fought a bunch of ninjas, and I'm sure I saw a group of medieval knights fighting cowboys on the way here.
- If this really was a serious matter, someone would be willing to pay some money.
At that moment, the first ninja that Iron Fist had knocked out, regained consciousness, and as a first act, decided to pounce on Luke Cage, with his sword ready to behead him. However, to the attacker's surprise, as soon as the sword made contact with the African-American hero's skin, it broke, then the ninja lost consciousness again, thanks to Cage who had given him a powerful blow to the face, again.
- I changed my mind, we'll help. - Cage said reluctantly, much to his partner's joy. - But this looks like a problem for the Avengers, I'll send them the bill.

(Meanwhile)

Spider-Man was terrified.
As soon as the young holder of Responsibility swung by Times Square, he had to help a group of people, who were being pursued by nothing more than a Tyrannosaurus rex, only that to the wall-crawler's bad luck, the dinosaur decided as soon as it saw him, that he would be a better prey than the group of people and began to chase him.
And given the surprise of being pursued by a creature that was supposed to be extinct 65 million years ago, he had forgotten that he could put more distance between himself and the dinosaur, simply raising the height of his swinging a little.
- Damn it! - Spider-Man shouted in complete terror. - Get away from me!
The T-Rex roared loudly and followed after his prey, who in an outburst of adrenaline and bravery, decided to face his attacker. So the young hero used a nearby lamppost to turn around and launch himself at the dinosaur.
Spider-Man managed to give a strong double kick in the muzzle to the T-Rex without ending up in its jaws, and the impact of the kick was such that it made the animal stagger backwards. However, this only angered it further, so it promptly resumed its attack on the teenager, who frowned and jumped at the dinosaur, with his fist ready to throw a punch.
The time began to pass extremely slow for the adolescent hero as he made the leap against the T-Rex. Slowly, dinosaur and human approached until Spider-Man touched the tip of the animal's muzzle with his left hand and managed to dodge its jaws with an acrobatic movement, then moved his right arm quickly to the front, with a fist formed and struck the animal with it, which made the dinosaur fall completely unconscious to the ground.
After that, Spider-Man proceeded to web it up to make sure it would stay still.
- Very well, Spidey, we must reason what just happened. - Spider-Man told himself. - Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, so what almost ate you can't be a T-Rex, so what the hell was it?... M-maybe it's a ghost!... No, that's nonsense, if it were, I couldn't have beaten him... Perhaps it's a time traveler...
At that moment, the young arachnid hero felt a tingling sensation in the back of his head, which indicated danger to him, but he didn't have enough time to react, as something sent him to the ground, while it hissed furiously. As soon as the boy's back hit the ground, he was able to turn just in time to stop the jaws of what appeared to be a velociraptor, before he could bite his head off, while two others surrounded him, just in case he managed to escape from the first.
- Down, pup! Sit! - Spider-Man said as he struggled with the velociraptor.
Suddenly, a sound like a "snikt" was heard, which attracted the attention of the dinosaur and the teenager struggling with it, towards a not very tall man with a curious suit of yellow, blue and black colors, a mask with two tips that were over his eyes, who had claws of a shiny metal coming out of the back of his hands.
- Hey, ugly! - Roared the man with a Canadian accent. - Wanna bite somebody? Why don't you try with me?!
- Wolverine? - Spider-Man said.
- He's not the only X-Man in the area, pal! - Said a blond young man in black suit with blue details, as he appeared behind Wolverine.
- Certainly. - Said a redhead girl who wore a yellow suit with red details, while imitating the blond.
- Bobby, Angelica? - Said an even more surprised Spider-Man.
At that moment, the velociraptor who had tried to eat Spider-Man felt Wolverine's challenge, so he turned his attention to the Canadian X-Man, while the other two raptors chose Bobby and Angelica as their preys.
The three X-Men smiled defiantly, then the raptors pounced on them.
- Wait...! - Spider-Man tried to say.
Too late.
The leading raptor had lunged at Wolverine, only to have the latter driving his adamantium claws through its torso and skull, finishing it off instantaneously.
On the other hand, the raptors who launched against Bobby and Angelica were received by an icy stream and a burst of flames, respectively. The raptor who attacked Bobby immediately froze and fell to the ground, breaking off into a thousand pieces, while the one who tried to attack Angelica was quickly turned to ashes.
Before the scene, Spider-Man couldn't help but feel bad for the dinosaurs, after all, he didn't want to kill them, although they had tried to turn him into their lunch.
- Was all that necessary? - Spider-Man asked as he got up. - You just made the dinosaurs get extinct... again.
- Yeah. - Wolverine said as he sheathed his claws. - You're welcome.
- Okay, now the question is what the hell is going on here? - Angelica asked.
- Where are the Avengers? - Bobby asked.
- I don't have the answers to your questions, but something tells me that we'll know everything if we go to the Stark Industries tower. - Spider-Man said, before bursting into laughter. - It looks like Spider-Man and his amazing friends will have to work together again.
- We never agreed to take that name, wall-crawler! - Iceman and Firestar snapped.
- Focus! - Wolverine roared.
- Hello, Spider-Man. - Tony Stark's voice suddenly said.
The trio of youngsters gasped as they listened to Iron Man's voice, while Logan simply sighed heavily, then the four of them turned to the place where the voice came from, but instead of seeing the real Iron Man, they only found a hologram.
- But what the...? - Iceman let out.
- It's a hologram... - Said Spider-Man.
- You're right. - Affirmed the hologram. - And if you're seeing this message, it means that we are dead, but the world still needs the Avengers, so I created this backup protocol...
Elsewhere in the city, James Rhodes couldn't help but tighten his fists in frustration and feel a hint of sadness at the news of his best friend's death, while Johnny and Ben were astonished by the announcement that the hologram that had appeared in front of them, had given them.
- So, from this moment on, the Quinjets, the Mansion, the name, everything belongs to you now. - Said the hologram.
- Is he serious? Does Iron Man want us to be Avengers? - Iron Fist said on another point of the city.
- It seems so, and it also seems that we get even more than I expected, but not in a nice way. - Cage sighed.
- The world needs heroes, it's your turn now, go and save them all. Good luck. - Said the hologram before disappearing.
- I'm sure he was talking to you. - Wolverine said to Spider-Man.
- But I... I don't know what to do... - Said Spider-Man.
- Hello, Spider-Man. - Said a robotic voice, which scared Spider-Man a little. - I have additional information for you.
- Who are you?
- Are you okay, Peter? - Iceman asked.
- My name is JARVIS, I was the assistant of the Avengers, now I am yours, and maybe you could use the information that I have. - Said the mechanical voice.
- I'm fine, Bobby, it's just that the Avengers' AI is talking to me. - Spider-Man said. - He says I was right, all the chaos comes from Stark Industries, and the four of us have to go there immediately.
Logan let out a sigh of exasperation at that moment, while Angelica and Bobby smiled at the prospect of becoming the new Avengers.

(Moments later)

Peter Parker, James "Logan" Howlett, Bobby Drake, Angelica Jones, Danny Rand, Luke Cage, James Rhodes, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm were now in a group in front of the Stark Industries building, which shone with a strange light.
- Do we need nametags to get in? - Spider-Man asked aloud as he looked at the building. - Well, I'm Spider-Man, the little fella's my faithful assistant, Wolverine, and the teens are my amazing friends, Iceman and Firestar.
- Don't play with me, insect! - Wolverine growled.
- And stop calling us that! - Bobby and Angelica snapped.
With that said, the group began to walk inside the building, in an awkward silence, which was only disturbed by the sound of their steps.
- So you were called too, huh? - War Machine said.
- Given that a guy named Kang the Conqueror, who comes from the future, wants to dominate our world by bringing his future here, I think Iron Man thought that some new Avengers might be useful. - Spider-Man said as the group continued walking. - Before we go on, did everyone understand what I said?
- That doesn't matter, what matters is stop that Kang guy so we can catch the game again and get Ben to pay the bet we made. - Said the Human Torch.
- If Stark thought that the nine of us could save the world, then we are in a serious trouble. - Power Man let out before pointing at Johnny, Peter, Bobby and Angelica. - And what on earth did was he thinking when he included four children in the group?
- Be careful with what you say, baldie! - Johnny snapped. - I am one of the Fantastic 4!
- And we are not children! - Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman snapped.
- We must not fight between us, we are a team now. - Iron Fist pointed out.
- I agree, no matter how stupid the bald guy is. - Angelica said.
- Watch your mouth, girl, or I'll teach you some manners.
- Try it and I'll make you pay for it, bub. - Logan said menacingly.
- And me too. - Bobby said.
- Stop! - Rhodes snapped.
- Focus, it's time to act, I suppose. - Spider-Man said before raising his fist hesitantly. - Avengers Assemble?
Everyone in the improvised group looked at the brown-haired boy at that moment, with an expressionless look.
- That could've been better. - Said the Thing.
- It's the best thing I could do with such a dysfunctional team. - Spider-Man said with a sigh before looking at the doors that lead to the basement. - Well, get ready.