Hello once more, my ever lovely peeps!
Here we are, the moment you've all been waiting for, THE AVENGERS ARC IS HERE! Okay, so i'll start off with saying this:
There will be more to the Avengers Arc, then you think. As Loki WILL have an unexpected ally, one that has been a recurring pain in the ass for Xero and no, it's not Cu Alter. To be honest, it probably be better, if it was him but it's not. This enemy will contribute to the attack on NY and it won't just be the Chitauri, the heroes will have to deal with.
I think you'll all be able to tell who it is, judging by his actions and how he operates, as this Servant be like Cu Alter to Xero and Gudako. Too much bad blood between them and too different in terms of personality to ever really, truly bond and get along with. If you know, some of the Fate lore and Servants, then i think you'll know who it is.
So as always i don't own Fate-series or Marvel.
So please read, review and "What the fuc-BOOM"
Chapter 18: New York's Lethal Protector And It Has Began
"This is the tenth killing in a month alone. All kids, under the age of ten and all brutally ripped apart. I know there are some sick bastards out there, but this...this is just pure evil right here."
Newly minted police captain, Yuriko "Yuri" Watanabe couldn't agree more. The police woman had been called two in the morning and wanted nothing more, then to go back to sleep. But when this fucking freak killed, yet ANOTHER child, Yuri decide sleep could wait.
This came first.
The scene she came upon, when pulling in, was in an empty warehouse that had her people cutting off all contact form non-authorized personnel. Namely bystanders and of course, those damn blood sucking vampi-uh, oh she meant, the Media. Which was a good thing, as inside the warehouse looked like a scene cut out of "Splatter House" due to how utterly disgusting graphic and bloody the scene was.
Given how Splatter House is a horror, bloody killing video game that did not cut corners on making sure, you saw blood and guts flying as you kill monsters, that said something.
Yuri herself is a Japanese-American woman with chin-length black hair and an athletic build. She is wearing a signature black leather jacket over a red and black flannel shirt with tight dark denim jeans and black shoes. On her belt, was her gold shield, clipped on.
The woman sighed, running a hand through her dark locks. This was getting very frustrating and Yuri felt like she was on her last, goddamn nerve with this freak. Why kids? Why was this freak only going after kids and not adults or even teens? What made kids so special that he'd focus on them only? Why couldn't this sick fuck target gangsters or criminals or just for the fuck of it, the Maggia?
Why did it have to be kids?!
"Captain...you're bleeding."
The woman blinked, as she suddenly felt her the pam of her hands hurting and realized she was clenching her hands so tight, she drew blood. Yuri clicked her tongue in annoyance and wiped the blood on her pants,"It's nothing."
She sighed again and pulled out her phone. This made the rookie officer wince a little as he spoke,"Are you calling...him?"
Yuri shoot the rookie cop an annoyed look, putting the phone up to her ear and said in a bland tone,"Yes, i am. I'm done chasing shadows and jumping at nothing. If this sick fuck wants to play hide and seek, then iv'e got the prefect person in mind to smoke him out of hiding."
All the other cops, silently backed away form their captain. Yuri was a no nonsense woman and often like to do things by the book. However she did have a bit of a rebellious streak and at times, went off the handle at times. But everyone agreed, she was a good woman and a good police officer. But this guy has clearly pissed her off enough, to force her to pull out the big guns. To be honest, the rest of her people felt the same as Yuri and wanted to take this sick fuck down for good. Either he rots in a cell or becomes worm food, after finding scenes like the one in the warehouse, none could find it in themselves to really cared anymore.
You play with fire, you're bound to get burned and many hoped he suffered for it. This sick fuck earned nothing less, then a horrible and painful death.
Not like they had anything to fear form Yuri's ally, as he had proven himself to be invaluable help and since mayor Janet Nettles not only approved the NYPD of accepting his help legally, she made Yuri the liaison between him and the NYPD. Within the past months since this odd relationship between the police and the vigilante had paid off very well.
It was a gamble for sure but the mayor's gamble paid off. The fact her ally his first and second apprentice helped the new police commissioner, George Stacy take down The Lizard aka Dr. Curt Connors proved that fact. Plus they did save everyone form becoming lizard people, making the mayor believed it was in New York's best interest to have those three on their side.
Of course, that incident and the near destruction Brooklyn bridge had cemented the three, into the hearts within New York city.
Because of this, New York's crime rate taking a nose dive, was all that was needed to show results that she did good. The people also approved greatly, despite a few people(Like that asshole Jameson) had done everything he could to discredit the three. But between the three superheroes, the most people had to worry about nowadays, was natural disasters like broken cranes, car wrecks and subway lines shutting down.
Though even that became less of a problem, as one of the three heroes had taken it upon themselves, to deal with it. The little things like that, had not gone unnoticed by the people. All that did, was make everyone love them even more. Something Janet was thankful for, as many believed actions spoke louder then words and weren't so easily swayed.
Sure, there were a few who didn't like them and even hated her for letting the three do what they had to do to protect the people and took it all with a grain of salt. Her job was to ensure New York stayed afloat and if a couple of people hated her for it?
Fine.
Then that was merely another part of her job and she was doing it right.
Though, things changed when her ally, after five months of being a vigilante in New York, had unmasked himself willingly and showed everyone who he was. That made many of the people put a lot of faith in her ally and made the relationship between him and the NYPD, all the more stronger.
After all, a mask is something that hides ones true face and thus, makes them a faceless person in the crowd. Something people wouldn't give a second glance at but by boldy and willingly removing his mask of his own volition, showing who was behind it, gave everyone more then a symbol to look up too.
It gave them a person, who they can look up to and inspire to be. It also showed them someone they can relate too and be sympathetic towards. Also understand as well, as he showed everyone, that he was more then just a deadly vigilante taking the law into his own hands but another human being, that was trying to do the right thing.
Even if it was in the most bloodiest way possible.
Though, while it did get him into trouble with some of the USA military, namely wanting to experiment on her ally or worse, turn him into a living weapon. However, because of him traveling the world and busting/destroying numerous crime rings, had earned him a lot of friends.
And enemies.
But never the less, because he only targeted criminals, exposed corrupted politicians and saved innocent people, he gained a lot of public support. Meaning, the public would lose it, if they tried to arrest him, as he was considered a "Hero of the people" meaning no one wanted to draw his ire. Least they have a targeted painted on their backs, via Yuri's ally or outraged citizens.
Plus, his newly found father had proven to Yuri this:
If you've got enough money and connections, you could get away with genocide miss Rose Copper. What's more, you can easily blame it on someone else and people will believe it, if you say it enough times.
A scary thought and it's how many of the criminals got off, scott-free. Because they had a lot of money and it made her thankful, her ally used his power to help, rather then inflict pain upon the good people.
Her ally wasn't afraid to do what was needed to help the common folk but would listen to what others had to say, before he made his move on the matter. So, lets say the police wanted to arrest someone, rather then killed, Yuri's ally would gather the evidence or tell them where to find it, to avoid any legal matters in how he..."acquire" the evidence needed.
No matter how much, he grumbled about it. But he did have an interesting rule about killing his opponents:
If their not armed, i won't kill them. There's no point in killing an un-armed opponet.
Personally, Yuri could see why and agreed with him. Odd as it was, she knew her ally, had a lot of wired quirks.
While yes, this could invite many defends lawyers trying to get said evidence throw out, by claiming civil liberties were being violated it made little difference. As, all her ally did was tell them where to find it and thus, giving the police "Probably cause" to get a search warrant and search the place. Hence, not technically doing anything illegal.
No matter how much, someone would bitch about it. Seeing as he was employed by the mayor, allowed Yuri's ally to do certain things and without fear of the consequences, as his track record has saved many lives and stopped many evil plots.
Because of this, the captain's own ADA, Rafael Barba also approved working with him. While yes, he worked with the police, he wasn't A police officer and by that technical, wasn't as restricted by the laws, like they were. Allowing him a lot more freedom to get the ones they go after, in ways they couldn't do legally. This resulted in A LOT of arrests and with a couple of deaths but nobody lost any sleep over them.
In essence, mayor Nettles had hired Yuri's ally as a mercenary of sorts but one that isn't paid to fight and kill the criminals. Just one that did it for free and to protect his new home. The other two upcoming superheroes, were basically his responsibility and it fell upon him, to ensure they stayed in line. Something that wasn't too hard.
Yes, Spider Man joked around too much and Mage, often made a mess but he always made sure, the two cleaned it up. They were young and still had time to grow, both physically and mentally. That was just how life worked, Yuri knew form experience.
Back to the present, Yuri tapped her foot and muttered under her breath,"Come on, pick up. Pick up."
Ring.
Ring.
Ring.
Rin-Click.
"Yuri? Oh bloody hell, this had better be good."
The dark haired woman heard a drowsy voice answer her, making her smile a little. About time Mazoku, time to show you're worth and prove to her once and for all, that her trust wasn't misplaced. Trust took time to build and even though, he has been nothing but helpful, supportive and even saved her life once, but Yuri didn't trust him completely.
At least not yet, as he was getting there. The woman didn't trust easy and for good reason, something that her ally understood and worked to prove he was worthy of her trust.
But now wasn't the time for such things, as she needed his help and needed it now.
"He struck again."
Getting straight to the point was how most of her calls went with him. Knowing full well, he'd be asleep like she was just half an hour ago and normally she wouldn't bug him with this sort of thing, unless it was getting way out of hand. Well, with the bodies piling up, all children under age of ten, Yuri believed this was getting out of hand long before now.
Mayor Nettles had told the newly minted police captain, to use whatever means she had to find this guy and if need be, kill him.
Something that Yuri would have been hesitate to do but after so many young children dying, in such sickening and brutal ways, she was more then happy to be putting down this animal for good. Enough innocence have died already.
The police woman listen as her ally went silent for a few seconds, before she heard shuffling clothing and heard him speak again, all traces of sleep gone and replaced with stoicism that could rivaled her own"Where?"
"49 Avenue. How fast can you get here?"
Yuri asked, not really expecting an answer. At least, not a verbal one anyway, as she was none to surprised to see a hole in space and time get ripped open and sure enough, the Grimm Reaper aka Xero Mazoku/Stark stepped out in full Reaper gear. He still wore that ripped and wore out cloak, that only made him look even more dangerous and seasoned.
He wore his newly designed mask, with his arms covered in, what appeared to be sleek, metal arm guards, that had written in an ancient language that was beyond Yuri's understanding. Under his ripped cloak, she could see he wore a simple black tank top, with a brown pistol holsters under his armpits, that held two guns in it. One was pitch black and the other was white, but that was all Yuri could see form her point of view.
On his belt, were a number of leather pouches, the kind you'd expect to see in the dark ages. But she didn't question it, as there were a lot of strange things about her partner. After all, it wouldn't be the strangest thing she's seen him do. And to finish his look, he had his hood pulled up as well with his new and improved Scythe strapped to his back. He had come to call her:
Harvester.
This only made him look like a bonafide Grimm Reaper and quite frankly, would scare the shit out of anyone not use to seeing him like this. With his own helpers, one being the woman that had come with him, through the portal.
Of course, their arrival had some of the officers, thankful outside her precinct, whisper under their breaths,"Oh look who's here, the captain's personal attack dog."
"Yeah and look, he's got another one with him. Seriously, how is that some privileged brat gets all the hot woman?"
"I doubt he even popped his cherry yet. Those hot babes are wasted on a brat like him."
"God, i love to motor boat that woman's tits! How come spoiled brats get all the hot babes, while we do all the work and get nothing?"
If either Xero or the woman heard their spitefully insults, neither commented on it. Something Yuri made note to both, apologize to him later and to discipline the idiots who badmouthed her friend. She was just thankful, her people weren't that spiteful/stupid, as the other three were. The police captain did catch more then a couple of guys, sizing up the woman around Xero and it wasn't just the typical pervert either.
It's one of the reasons, why the morgue had been filling up with bodies. Though, given what they planned to do, to the ladies around her ally, Yuri really couldn't find fault in their actions. As far as anyone else was concerned, it was attempted rape gone bad, with the would be rapist on the floor.
Types of people, no one would care to see gone.
"What did you find captain?"
Xero's voice was muffled and changed to sound more deeper and demonic, thanks to his newly forged mask. Unlike the old one, which looked like it was pieced together by nothing more then scrap, his new mask looked state of the art. It was a sleek black in color, full face with a pair of optical lenses tinted red, making them glow red under the wore hood up.
To complete that, the mask itself was resembling a skull.
The woman had long purple hair, that reached past her knee's and considering she stood a couple inches taller then Yuri, that was tall for a woman. She wore a black/purple skin tight mini dress that showed off her figure and to top it all off, she wore thigh length boots and a purple visor over her eyes. She wore an emotionless expression on her face but despite the blindfold, she "Looked" at Yuri.
Like she could see her, even with the blindfold on. It was kinda disturbing if she were to be honest.
Deciding to ignore that, Yuri looked at Xero and said,"Sorry to drag you out of bed so late, but this was just recently discovered by a homeless man. He in turn went to a vendor, who called it in."
"Don't worry about it captain. Being dragged out of bed at 2 in the morning is hardly something new to me. However, since it's you, i'd gladly lose some sleep over it."
Yuri wasn't sure if he was just speaking what was on his mind or if he was legitimately flirting with her. He didn't seem like the type to flirt with woman at a moment's notice, but at the same time he just drops compliments on a dime. More then once, did he tell her that he just calls it like he see's it. Of course that didn't mean, her heart often did little flip flops when he just say something out of the blue and make her look like a blushing idiot.
Thank god her mother wasn't here to witness it. That woman has been riding her for years about getting some grandkids. With the partnership between the NYPD and Reaper being announced, her mother decide to try and hook her up with XERO of all people. That is not to say, Yuri thought he was ugly and unattractive, it was mostly due to the age gap between the two.
That and she's pretty sure, that teal haired, horned girl was trying to kill her with her stare alone, a few months back. That look was a woman telling another woman to "Back the F*** OFF!"
Shaking her head, Yuri motioned for the pair to follow and the officers made a path for the three to go through.
"Same as the last scenes. No trace evidence of ANYTHING to find on the prep. No foot prints, no fibers, no nothing."
The police captain said, gritting her teeth as she did so,"All we could find, other then a bunch of body parts that were the same as the others crime scenes, was water on the floor that isn't form any water source's nearby. I'll be honest Reaper, this guy has become public enemy number one. If you kill him, when you find him, nobody is going to care. The mayor and the rest of the department have searched high and low with everything we have but found nothing. No one is that good, leading us to believe this guy isn't you're usually run of the mill prep."
"So you think he is a trained killer?"
The purple haired woman asked, no emotion present in her voice, making Yuri nodded,"Yes. How else would you explain how this guy leaving nothing behind, vanishing that no one could even get a glimpse of them and just disappear. It's unclear and were really not sure if this is just one person or a group we're dealing with. Brutally killing kids could be apart of some sick ritual that could belong to some kind of cult, but nothing we have or rather, what we lack points to said rituals."
"Because there be something left behind if that was the case. Something like candles, bones, pentagons or any type of ritual item."
Xero said thoughtful, rubbing a gloved hand over his covered face.
"So all this is, is nothing more then just plain pointless slaughter."
Concluded the Rider, as her master nodded and the police captain semi-permanent frown got deeper. She was afraid of that and now that her worse fears had been realized, she would need to inform mayor Nettles. Pursing her lips together, Yuri looked at Xero and said,"Reaper i need to inform the mayor on what we know. Do you mind to come along? It be easier to explain with you're own input."
"Sure Captain. Rider, get me a sample of the water, i think i might have a way to track our boy."
"Understood master."
The black haired woman looked confused but simply assumed Xero would explain, during the meeting with the mayor. As Medusa got to work, getting the water sample, Xero walked with Yuri and got into her car, letting her drive them towards city hall.
Twenty minutes later
"This is very disturbing information indeed captain. Thank you for informing me, Reaper, i assume you have a way to track our murder?"
Mayor Janet Nettles is a Caucasian adult female appearing to be in her early to mid 40s with long red hair that curls at the end. She is of average height and has a dimpled chin. She wears a red dress with a white and light blue accents on the front, collar, and cuffs; it also has pockets on each side of the front of the dress. She wears light blue tights and red shoes with white bows on them.
Yuri can feely admit, she liked Janet as a person and mayor. Sure, she is headstrong and capable, but will admit when she doesn't have all the answers and needs help. She is also genuinely interested in forging meaningful relationships with those around her, which was unlike many politicians. The fact she was ex-military, as she served in the Air Force and flew Black Hawk attack helicopters, had earned her the respect of many.
Herself included.
Though this naturally made her an enemy to many in the underground and even corporations, such as Oscorp and Fisk. Not that she cared, as she worked for New York and really, truly wanted to help it. Which is why she had the police captain and Grimm Reaper in her office at two, nearing three in the morning.
"I do mayor. You see, in all crime scenes the only thing linking them together, besides the victims, was there was water on the floor. Iv'e been taking samples form each and ever one, as i believe i know how he keeps disappearing without anyone seeing him coming or going."
Xero said, as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a roll of paper. He walked towards the mayor's desk and unrolled it, revealing a map of New York, with several red markings pointing towards-
"Are those sewer lines?"
Yuri asked confused, why would he mark those locations? Xero nodded, as Janet looked to see the sewer exit points labled "A, B, C, D" and so on.
"It's simple really. My theory is, that this murder has been systematically been using the sewers to not only escape attention but more quietly and quickly through New York. It's prefect really, with these plans, a person can chose the best spot where it's out of the way but still within his comfort zone. No chance of him being caught, because by the time anyone discovers the bodies, he'll be long gone. No one can track him, simply because the sewers are basically a maze. With the tick smells of the city, K9's can't track him and it's impossible to pick up any kind of trail, as the sheer and utter disgust of the sewers would wipe away any traces within an hour. By that point it wouldn't matter as by the time we got there, it be useless. Not to mention if we DID find something, it be far too contaminated to be of any use to us. So ultimately useless as well. It also doesn't help, the sewers go through every part of New York and allows him to slip away without anyone being able to follow him to boot. It's easy enough for anyone to get ahold of the plans for the sewer system and with enough time, can masterfully navigate it with absolute precision."
Yuri gritted her teeth again, biting her lower lip as she spoke,"Meaning, even if we did find him, he could easily slip past us thanks to him knowing the sewer better then us. He's been doing this for months and has to known, we're bound to figure out his game, sooner or later. By this point, he'd probably have some sort of secret passage made for himself to shake off any possible pursuit's."
"Fuck!"
Janet yelled, slamming her hands on the table, glaring at the map,"So is there no way to track this bastard down then?"
"Not quite Ms. Mayor."
The redhead looked at Xero, as did the police captain, silently giving him to go ahead to explain,"As the captain my have told you already, i have been taking water samples form each crime scene. The map i've laid out, shows all the possible points where a person can enter and exit the sewers. Not to mention, these points have shown parts where someone can have a hideout."
"Meaning we finally have something to track this bastard down with. Excellent work Xero."
The mayor said, with a bright smile. Finally, they can find this son of a bitch and put him down for good. Yuri smiled as well, more then happy to finally have something to tackle this fucker with. True it was very small, but it's merely just one step forward and it was something, which was a hundred times better then nothing to show for.
Meaning months of searching are starting to pay off.
"Rea-Xero, is there anything else you can do, to help us find this guy?"
Yuri asked with a slip of the tongue. While it was common knowledge the younger Stark was indeed the Grimm Reaper, she called him 'Reaper' while on the job, as a sign of respect. Just like Xero called Yuri 'Captain' while on the job and or taking about business, he called her that because he respected Yuri.
Both as a person and a cop.
The young man sighed behind his mask and said,"At the moment, no. I believe i have collect enough water samples to at least narrow down possible locations of his hideout. No offense Captain but you and you're men will only get in the way and or possible tip him off, were onto him and send him deeper into hiding. We only got one shot at this and for the best way to end this, is to box him in, cutting any possible chance for escape. Plus, more then likely half of these locations won't pan out to anything and as such, i'd rather not waste New York's finest with a wild goose chase. It'll be easier for me to go alone and as such, be easier for me to deal with him, without anyone getting in the crossfire."
Yuri bit the inside of her cheek. True, Xero didn't want to insult her and what he said, was a very logical choice and planning, it still stung her pride a bit. So, she ultimately sighed and nodded. Unlike the rookie hero that Spider Man was, if Xero did make a mess of any kind, he'd stay and clean it up. Unless something came up, he'd stay behind at the scene and use his abilities to put everything back the way it was. One of the many reasons, the people loved the hero, as he not only went the extra mile to protect them but he cleaned up his own mess's.
Saving nearly hundreds, if not thousands dollars worth in property damage in the city budge. Which saved them A LOT of trouble to deal with.
Back to the present, the police captain grabbed Xero's collar and pulled him down, craning her neck to look into his optical lenses and said, in what Xero had dubbed her 'Captain voice'.
"You WILL keep me in the loop. Got it?"
"Understood Captain."
Yuri nodded, satisfied with the answer. The mayor watched the interaction between the vigilante and had a small smile on her face. Before she was in office, she was already friends with Yuri and honestly, the police captain didn't have many, if any friends outside the NYPD. She felt the partnership between the vigilante's of Reaper, Spider Man and Mado-shi or Mage in Japenses.
But that didn't mean, this relationship didn't come with it's own problems. While yes, in the past months, many in both the NYPD and city council have agreed she made the right choice, a good number of them didn't. Some of them turned out to be people, who worked for criminals like the Maggia and Kingpin, others either didn't like them since the three had free regain or just took all the glory for their own hard work.
Of course, it could be because the public loves the Reaper, for going the extra mile to protect them form dangerous people and is willing to soil his hands with blood, if need be. As a former solider herself, Janet understood where Xero was coming form and so long as he kept the killing to a bear minimum and no innocent blood was spilt, she was more then happy to let him do as he pleased. After all, the criminals who get killed, are the worst of the worse and yet, somehow they get off scoff free and the innocent flood the streets red with blood.
No more.
Fight fire with fire. Or in this case, killer with killer.
"No matter what the press say or should i say, JJJ sprouts no one can deny Xero gets results and EVERYONE notices it."
That was true, no matter how anyone tried to twist and turn his actions, the Reaper's presence alone was becoming a deterrent. To the point even the Maggia, Kingpin, the Yakuza and many other criminal rings were finding it harder and harder to gain help. The fear of the Reaper coming after them, to enact his own form of justice and if it wasn't him, then it was Spider Man coming to web you up or Mado-shi following in her mentor's footsteps.
The chief editor of the Daily Bulge was even calling Xero the next Frank Castle aka The Punisher.
"To be honest, he's not entirely wrong. Xero is just one step away form becoming a new and more dangerous Punisher."
Unlike Xero, Castle killed every criminal he came across, a sort of black and white view of the world. Where's Xero was more of a gray person, killing people like murders, rapist and those who destroy lives and people for a quick buck. For criminals who merely break in, beat people up but ultimately don't kill them, he leaves them alive.
After being beaten within an inch of there lives but still alive, never the less.
"Doesn't help, his father is not only one of the most powerful and richest men in the world. Not to mention, he's e a genius when it comes to building weapons of mass destruction. Suck on that Hammerhead."
Plus, the younger Stark had improved the NYPD's armory, both in defense and offensive. The result in their improved armory and even their security systems had shown rather quickly. Two months of cleaning house, had cleaned out the NYPD's rats and effectively stomped on the criminals informants within the police stations. True, they're were still well hidden ones, but more the half of them were taken out.
This did wondrous in improving the Reaper's relationship and making him, more accepted by the police. The fact his actions keep many of them alive, certainly earned him brownie points with many officers.
Hell, he even gifted Yuri with her new pistol, a Revolver the creator called Joy Colt.
The pistol weighed about 17.3 kg with a caliber of .50mm rounds. Very lethal and very dangerous rounds, that would tear apart a person when they are hit by said bullets. Unlike typical revolver that hold only six bullets at once, this one can hold up to 12 rounds at once. The fire rate is 60 shots per min with an effective reach of 500mt. The maximum velocity 700 m/s and to top it all off, it was a stainless steel, sliver long barrel gun.
This is the type of gun that normal people, not even the military could get their hands on, as Joy Colt is the only one of it's kind. Handcrafted personal by Xero himself and gifted to Yuri, as a sign of good faith between him and the NYPD. Xero proved more and more, that he was Tony son, as only a Stark could create a weapon like Joy Colt. One that Yuri kept on her, at all times.
The prefect weapon for a cop like Yuri, who someway, somehow, seems to gain the attention of the most difficult and hardest cases.
Cases that involved newly created "Super Villains" like the Rhino, Scorpion and even the infamous drug dealer, Tombstone the pistol had helped Yuri a lot, in staying alive and dealing with them. This was of course, not including the fact she worked with one of the most infamous vigilante of her time, it made her a target by outside forces that wish to harm the younger Stark.
By hurting those around him.
Bloody cowards.
Her old pistol, a common 9mm wouldn't even make those type of people laugh. It was so below their threat level, they wouldn't even considered her a threat. Thankful, she had a much needed upgraded to her firearms.
So it make sense she carry it around, what can be considered a hand held cannon. Much like any other Stark weapon, it proved it worth by only having to fire once.
Only one bullet and the job is done.
Something that made Tony, despite some misgivings, very proud. Despite it being a weapon and Tony trying to turn over a new lead in the business world, the revolver is indeed, a magnificent weapon and a worthy weapon of the Stark's capabilities in creating weapons.
"However it will take sometime before i can get back to you on this. No matter how of a pain it is, a friend of mine high up in the government is requesting my help. In a situation that will endanger the entire world itself, so me, dad and the others will be away form New York for some time. However Spider Man will still be around, so you'll have some help captain."
"That bad huh?"
Janet was knocked out of her thoughts, just hearing what Xero said and nodded her head. But she had to ask,"You won't be gone long will you? No offense to you captain, but many criminals have become too fearful to poke their heads out without the threat of Xero, copping said heads off."
"Shouldn't be long. Hopefully, no more then a week, two at the most. Also Yuri, it is that bad. It has the potential to spiral out of completely out of control, if it isn't handled with care. To put it bluntly, our enemy has stolen something very dangerous and in the wrong hands, that item could breed catastrophe."
Ok, that sounded very bad and coming form Xero, she knew 'Catastrophe' was not a word he used lightly. In all the time she had known him, which wasn't for very long, little over a year and he only once used catastrophe during the "Lizard incident". Which to be fair, being turned into lizard people, that would spread like a virus form New York, to all over the globe, would bring breed catastrophe.
"It doesn't help, that the one who stole it has proven to be very violent with little to no probably with killing anyone who gets in his way."
The three looked to see Olga walk through the door, with a plate of four coffee cups in her hands. The captan and mayor, none to eager to be up so earlier in the morning, were more then happy to have the coffee and Xero pulled his mask up to kiss Olga on the lips and take his own cup.
"Good lord Olga, you are a life saver."
Yuri said, a large smile on her face. In the past few months, Yuri had met many of Xero's...friends and for the most part, she liked them. Sure, some of them were a bunch of smartass's, others were very polite, respectful and considerate in manners. Then there were those, who just set Yuri's "Weird Meter" to hit a 10/10. But that was beside the point.
"Having to deal with this bonehead for years now, you have to become a live saver captain. Seeing as this one neglects his own health a lot, i have to remind him, he's human and needs the basic's like everyone else."
Olga said, with a smirk on her face. One that Xero rolled his eyes at, as he said,"Ha, ha. Very funny Olga, i just happen to be very focused when i do my work."
"There's nothing wrong with being focused while working darling. But do you intended to work yourself, till you die form exhaustion?"
"Of course not dear. Cause that just be an embarrassing way to go. Seriously, after all that i have survived and in the end, i died form exhaustion and fatigue. If i die that way, i'm going to lose a bet."
"Of course, THAT'S the reason."
The mayor and police captain watched in amusement, as the black/white duo talked. However the mayor knew she needed to stop this, otherwise they'll be here all night and she probably be laughing for half the night, if this kept up.
"As funny as this is to watch, i believe we should get back on topic."
Janet said, as master and Servant paused, before Xero looked at the mayor and said,"Right. Well, there's no much else we can do tonight, so by you're leave Miss mayor."
The redhead included her head and with that, the two vanished into a portal.
"I don't think, i'll ever get use to that."
Yuri said, once the duo had left. Janet nodded,"Yeah, but he and the rest of his group are the best bet we have. God above, what have we gotten ourselves into Yuri?"
"I don't know, Janet. The world just keeps getting stranger and stranger ever day. Just be lucky, one of those strangest beings is on our side."
The mayor only nodded. They were indeed lucky to get Xero, with his own teammates in protecting New York city. A fact, she thanked god every day for, cause if she didn't have his support...Janet shuddered at the thought.
Somethings were best, left buried and unanswered.
Line Break
"Welcome back young sir. I trust you're outing has proven to be successful."
"Yeah, something like that J. While it's not much, it's better then nothing, thanks for asking."
Xero said tiredly, as he all but threw his mask careless onto the floor and flopped down on the massive bed, that took up A LOT of space in his room. His dad expanded his bed, when the girls had confessed their feelings and his old bed, couldn't take any more abuse form their "activities" or as some of his Casters called it, "Mana transfer".
Along with some(Correction, over nearly a hundred times) reinforcements to the bed itself. A very handy spell and one, he thanks Emyia for, everyday for teaching him how to do it.
God, he was tired and he hasn't done anything yet!
Even with his coffee, it wasn't enough to wake him up. A fact Olga noticed and said to her lover,"This is what happens, when you don't listen to me. You're human like many others, you can't just keep going without breaking down darling."
"I know, i know."
"Also young sir, miss Asia and miss Ursula wanted me to tell you, that Jessica Drew came by today. She wanted to inform you, that SHIELD was able to destroy another HYDRA base, thanks to the intel you gave them. Nick Fury has been able to find even more moles now, thanks to you and merely wished, to thank you for all the hard work you and you're Servants have put in, in stamping out HYDRA. They are, in their own words: Closing in on HYDRA's forces. They're feeling the pressure and are making more and more mistakes. It won't be long, before we reveal our hand, so be ready."
"That is good news, thanks once again J."
"Of course young sir."
Xero sighed again and looked around his room, making his pitch black hair spray out, like a blanket. The only real change he had seen in the past months, was the fact he now had one, sliver streak going through his hair. A sure sign, that he was mastering his family's magical abilities.
Yes, it was good HYDRA was slowly but surely getting more and more stomped out, he won't be able to rest easy, until ever bit of HYDRA is dead and gone. For good this time. Though for the moment, he could rest.
Despite the lights being off, he could see the outline of black paper wall, with tinges of red in them. The room was very large, with it's own indoor bathroom, a large walk in door closest and by his massive bed, was a nightstand. On it, was a lap and a picture of himself, with all the Chaldea staff, Olga, Romani, Fou, Gudako and his Servants, squeezed into the picture.
On the wall was the only thing that could be called, a weapons rack.
The entire wall was decorated with every bladed weapon, he ever encountered and or collected over the years. While yes, it was no where as impressive as Gilgamesh's own collect, his was nothing to scoff at either. The weapons ranged form every type of blade weapon, one of each kind and even had a wind demon shuriken.
In the middle of the wall was his old scythe, Shin. One, that he had decided to retire, as she has spent many good years severing him and protecting him, Xero decide she had earned a rest. After the years of abuse he put on it, along with taking care of it and nearly getting broken more then once, he felt it was a good time to change.
Now that he had a permanent home, he could afford to take it slow and steady.
"Though, things have changed a lot. With me being out in the opening, Gudako being adopted by Tony official, Artoria opening up her casino and shocking enough, Mr. Li, opening up FEAST. Things are suppose to be better, but with these killings and the Tesseract being stolen isn't a coincidence. These events happening so closely to one another and so quickly...i can practically hear them. The drums are rumbling and the powers that be are gathering. I think, it's time to assemble the Avengers."
After all, the drums of war were rumbling and a war is coming.
They need to be ready.
Done.
Future chapter time!
Preview: War Of Worlds: Unexpected Allies
SLENCH
CLENCH
SLENCH
BANG, BANG, BANG
Xero sliced, diced and fired his way through wave after wave after wave of Chitauri, with Harvest and Yami in hands.
"!"
Xero felt one of them jump him form behind and held onto him, like a kola bear, trying to stab him. With a growl, he grabbed it and flung him off, with a,"Get off my asshole!"
He jumped back to avoid another jumper-
CLUNG
Xero quickly turned Yami, to fire only to see Gudako, who's back he hit, with his own. Seeing who it was, the two master got back to back, as Gudako asked, firing her own guns,"Any plans?"
"None! The best we can do, is hold our ground until the evacuation is complete!"
Gudako breathed out a heavy sigh, as she changed guns, saying,"That's not going to happen. There's too many of these fuckers. OMPH"
The red/orange was tackled by another foot soldier and was fighting him off. Xero quickly turned to fire, only to get tackled by two of them. He used Harvest to hold them back and growled out,"I said get the fuck off me!"
BANG
Suddenly, a gun shot rang out and hit the one holding Gudako do, with clear shot, hitting it in the head.
BANG
BANG
Two more shots fired, hitting the ones that were holding Xero down, making him blink in confusion.
"The fuck?"
Gudako asked, looking confused. None of their Servants or allies where with them and none of their teammates were here, so who fired? The duo heard foot steps approaching and out of the shadows, came four soldiers. The leader, the oldest of them, saluted Xero and spoke:
"Omicron Squad reporting for duty sir."
Done again!
Okay, so i'll say this and get it out here, i will be adding "The Dark Pictures Anthology" game series into this story. With a few tweaks and what not and know, that Omicron Sqaud will be form the new Anthology game, "House Of Ashes" yes, i know it's not out but the story line, i can use for this story.
Also, no the Squad are NOT OC's. After some thought, i decide to return to my roots, namely how my own OC, Xero was born and if you wish to see, how this all started, look up the squad itself. There you will find answers. Till next time folks!
Devil out.