Glad that you are enjoying this AresGodOfWar. A little hindsight into this chapter is that it will mention a few characters from my other works for the Infinity Avengers. Some of them I have completed but others I am working my way through them and one that I have not even started. You'll have to read on to see what other characters that are coming into the story.
Chapter 4
The New Avengers Facility was filled with all the jets that the Avengers had their disposal from the jets that Stark Industries had made for the Avengers to the jets that had come from SHIELD. There was only one jet that was not from either Stark Industries or SHIELD and that was the Moonray. The Moonray was the largest jet that the Avengers had in their fleet that was not a transforming robot like Nightshade and Galvatron. It had three wings that were folded in to each other as it remained planted on the ground as the Avengers loaded in.
The Moonray was on the landing pad just outside of the Avengers Facility. Its energy engines were glowing at low power as all the Avengers prepared to head to Egypt. The Moonray had already picked up Natasha and Clint from the Natural History Museum in the London. Natasha and Clint had only told Captain America what they had found out when they had meet Seth and Anck in the museum.
The massive alien jet had remained active as it waited for the Avengers to load up with all their gear that they needed for their mission in Egypt. Imhotep had given Nightshade and Captain America the coordinates to Hamunaptra. Nightshade had then given them to the Moonray but something was causing the Moonray not to pick up the location only to set up a location close to what Imhotep had given them. It was a good hour march but it was the best the Moonray could do with the interference that was in place.
Nightshade looked over her shoulder as she walked towards the Moonray. Her sword was hanging against her hip as she remained in her human form and with every step she took her sword bounced against her. Behind her was Edward and Imhotep walking side by side talking about a battle plan. She looked forward again with a smirk on her face. She knew that Edward was not going to truly trust Imhotep until the Avengers got the Book of the Dead. Once they got the Book of the Dead they would then use the correct spell to create the weapon that would be used to destroy Seth once and for all. They knew that if Seth got the Book of the Dead he would use it to regain all of his powers and that would be bad news for the Avengers and the other groups of heroes located all around the world.
Nightshade along with Captain America had come up with a plan to get to Hamunaptra. The Moonray would take all of the Avengers as close as possible to the City of the Dead where they would make their way to the City on foot. Once they got to the City they would await for it to reveal itself before they made their move on the city. Imhotep was to be their guide in going through the city, the Mummy had told her and Rogers that Hamunaptra was a maze that was built above and below the ground. It was going to take all of the Avengers to get the Book of the Dead out of the city and back to the Black Archives under the Tower of London. At the same time Galvatron would be leading his team to get the Set Dagger which was supposedly located somewhere in England.
/Are you sure about this, 'Shade?/ Galvatron asked over their Spark bond. The Spark bond allowed him to keep in contact with Nightshade even if there was no connection for the usual communication service. It had helped them when they had both been prisoners of Scourge in Animatron. It was due to the new Spark bond that they had been able to save the Jungle Planet from the Predacon overlord.
The silver and black Mech had been in a full panic mode when he had found out Nightshade and Captain America's plan. He had wanted to join them but Nightshade had put her foot down in saying that he was needed to guard the Black Archives and be the backup team if anything went wrong. It had taken Nightshade a good hour to calm him but eventual he had backed down. His Vechicons were ready at any given moment along with the soldiers of both UNIT and SHIELD.
/There is no other way! We need to find the Book of the Dead and the only weapon that can defeat Seth before Seth can get them!/ she replied over the Spark bond back to Galvatron. She could feel a snort come through the Spark bond before Galvatron went back to seeing that the Black Archives were ready for the storage of the Book of the Dead and the Set Dagger. Galvatron was still sending feelings through the Spark bond that he didn't like this idea, but Nightshade kept it at bay. She couldn't allow anything to cloud her mind as they went to get the one object that can help them to win this war against Seth.
/I don't like this splitting up Nightshade! This is the perfect time for Seth and his allies to strike us with one team being in Britain and the other team in Egypt!/ Galvatron said over the Spark bond. He did make good points about what them splitting up but they had no other choice about this. They needed to find the Book of the Dead and the blade that was already blessed to defeat Seth. /But I understand why we need to do this!/ he finished before the link went quite from his side but they were still connected.
"Nightshade?" asked a young voice that caused the Dragonoid to come out of her thoughts to see the young human that Edward had brought from Japan. Beside him was large red beetle that hovered beside him. Nightshade was still unconvinced that this small being can become a large golden bug like what Edward had told her both over the phone and in his report that he had flung into her hand when he had arrived with the boy and bug in tow. She knew that she had to get use to the bug being around them as they were both under their protection.
The young boy who had only learned that his birth family had been the best agents UNIT had in Japan. They had been murdered by an old enemy of Edward; Leatherback when he was only a month old. He had been saved by Edward as he had been tracking Leatherback all those years ago. Leatherback, since the 1940s had been working with Seth but for what reason it was still unknown to the Avengers and UNIT who had managed to lock him up only for a few weeks before he escaped and went to Japan to finish what he had started fifteen years ago. Edward of course had been right on his tail as Nightshade had gone into space to search for the Star Bane with the Doctor and Dalek Sec while Julian went to Blithe Hallow to protect the young Medium Norman Babcock. Julian was still on placement as he had paperwork that he needed to do before he could return to either UNIT or the New Avengers Facility. They could only hope that Julian wrapped his mission as quickly as possible so that he can help them with the mission on both sides. Sure they had Shadow Men already with them but they could do with a Werewolf.
During the mission, Edward had explained what UNIT done. It dealt with the supernatural along with aliens which explained her, Edward and Dalek Sec. He had also explained who his birth parents were when they were alive and that their memory still lived on for UNIT both in Japan and in Britain. Edward had then helped the boy and his friends when Leatherback had shown up with killing Izzy along with a strange creature called Vademon. It was then that Izzy had to tell Edward (who told her) what a Digimon was. Edward didn't understand the whole mechanics of how a creature can live in the Digital World and what the Digital World was but he trusted them as they had proved themselves in the fight, something that Imhotep needed to do.
"Izzy is everything okay?" Nightshade asked. She was worried that the two of them had a problem and they had been afraid to speak to someone. She had only seen Izzy a few times when he came over to London with Edward but she had too keep him and his Digimon partner away as she dealt with the issues that was caused by Seth and the human child called Miko who had come from Galvatron's dimension as she and her friends had watched them fight Unicron. Miko and her friends had been returned to their dimension just as Seth had attacked the Black Archives.
Izzy stopped just in front of her and looked up at the Dragonoid in her human form. Nightshade had not shown Izzy her true form but she had learned that Izzy was smart and would have no doubt have figured out that she was a shapeshifter.
"Edward said that you are going to Egypt to look for an ancient artefact to help in defeat Seth!" Izzy began. He looked nervous and ready for anything that might be flung at him. That look that was in his dark eyes was something that she had seen so many times with Captain America and the other Avengers. Adults who had fought in so many battles before Seth and Ultron had made an appearance, but this was a fifteen year old boy. A fifteen year old boy who should be worrying about exams not fighting an Ancient Egyptian God of Chaos. Seeing the same look that she had seen on Captain America's face on so many missions on a teenage human boy caused dread to develop deep within her Spark. What had this boy gone through that Edward and Izzy were not telling her.
Nightshade narrowed her optics as she studied the teenage boy who stood in front of her along with his insect partner who had landed on top of his head. "Come on speak what is on your mind lad!" she ordered the boy.
She almost froze when Izzy just glared at her the very same way that Captain America done when a plan was already in his head. She knew from experience that she was not going to be able to speak her way out of this one. It also gave her the best chance to find out what Izzy and Tentomon had been through that had made Edward want them to join the Avengers. There must have been something that happened to the teenager that no one wanted to tell her.
"Me and Tentomon are coming to!" he said to her in a tone that she was still not thinking can come from someone so young. This was something that she had seen with Captain America and even Edward so many times during so many missions over the years.
Nightshade pinched the bridge of her nose as Edward and Imhotep walked past her and Izzy towards the Moonray. The Ghoul and the Mummy spared a glance towards Nightshade but they did not get involved with Izzy trying to convince Nightshade that she allowed him to go with them to Egypt.
"Izzy I cannot risk your life! That is something that me and Edward can not allow to happen!" she said removing her fingers from the bridge of her nose. "This is a fight that me and Cap' are only allowing the Avengers to join in! I am sure that you and Tentomon have managed to save your town but I would feel better if you remain here where I know that you are safe within the walls!" she finished as the rest of the Avengers began to load into the Moonray. She had enough to keep her optics on Wanda, but then the young psychic had come a long way since Sokovia and joining the Avengers.
Izzy looked up at Tentomon who was sitting on top of his head. "I think we need to show what we can do Tentomon!" he said with a smile on his face as he and the Digimon looked back at Nightshade. "Look Nightshade I know that you think I am just a teenager who needs to be protected but I will tell you that I have been in fights before and I know how to look for myself and Tentomon and he knows how to fight himself!" he argued towards Nightshade who was not going to be backing down, just like how Edward had said she would when they had come to the new base that the Avengers had moved to after Sokovia.
Nightshade shock her head. "Look Izzy I am sure that you and your friends have done a lot in Japan but I cannot allow you to endanger yourself when me and Rogers have no idea what you can do!" she said. She was not given up. Seth was dangerous and so was tombs. She and Edward had been to many tombs across the years and all those tombs had been dangerous even to them, and she was not going to allow Izzy to put himself in danger just so he could play hero.
"Nightshade I am one of the Digidestined! Me and Tentomon have fought monsters the size of buildings and have won! We even fought an alien Digimon in another dimension and won even if I had been hypnotised!" Izzy argued right back at her.
"You've planned this out haven't you?" she asked the teenager. She crossed her arms across her chest as she narrowed her optics at the teenage hero from Japan.
"I have!" Izzy replied to her with a smug smile on her face. "Me and Tentomon will show you what we can do and then you will let us come! After all Edward has seen us in action I think it is only fair that you see what we can do!" he continued with a growing smile on his face.
Nightshade kept her arms crossed against her chest. She could feel Galvatron at the back of her mind telling her not to go through with the challenge that Izzy was given her, but she was ignoring it. She wanted to know what the human and the Insecticon can do. She also wanted to see why Edward had said to her and Captain America to allow Izzy and Tentomon to join the Avengers. "Alright! Show me what you can do! And I might consider allowing you to come with us!" she said still keeping her optics on the teenager and the hero of Japan.
Izzy looked at Tentomon who nodded his head at him before looking back at Nightshade. "Okay Nightshade!" he said as he reached for the device that was strapped to the strap of his bag that he was using to carry his pineapple laptop. "Tentomon," he said looking at his Digimon partner who was still on his head, "Digivolve into Kabuterimon and show Nightshade what you can do!"
Nightshade closed her optics as a blinding bright light engulfed the red ladybird who had leapt off of Izzy's head. The light faded away and in the place of the small insectiod Digimon was a massive blue insect monster that towered above Nightshade who took a step back in shock at what she was seeing. The massive insect monster had four arms that ended with hands that had few clawed fingers on each hand. Its feet were huge that it had caused the ground underneath to crack from the sheer size of the monster that was towering above Nightshade and the Avengers who were standing around the Moonray. The Digimon's head was covered in a helmet that hid its eyes but not its mouth that was filled with sharp teeth that would no doubt cause some series damage to whatever got bitten by the bug. Its insect wings were huge and were pinned behind its back and was not moving at all, but with experience with transforming robot insects and the insects of this world Nightshade knew that those wings would be able to get the bug in the air and to travel at great speeds.
"I was not expecting that" Nightshade said as she pointed up at the large blue insect monster. She looked back at Izzy who had a smug look on his face. "I must admit that is a nice parlour trick that you both done!" she said pointing a finger towards Izzy. "But tricks are not enough to win a fight!" she said as her optics glowed a brilliant emerald. With a twist and movements to fast for the human eye to follow Nightshade transformed into her true form. Her front paws smashed into the ground with massive claws slashing into the concrete of the ground. Her skull scrapped against the ground with sparks rising into the air as the skull connected with all the bones in the neck. Her mandible connected as her tail and wings were connected. Rising to her full height as her optics glowed bright emerald she looked down at the teenage boy but she was still in Kabuterimon's shadow.
Kabuterimon took a step backwards and he made sure that Izzy remained behind him as he regarded the Dragonoid that had showed their true form to them. "Izzy did you know that she was a Digimon in disguise as a human?" he asked not moving his head from Nightshade who had dropped down into a battle ready stance.
"She isn't a Digimon! She's a transforming alien!" Izzy replied just a second before Nightshade struck. Black lightning zapped towards Kabuterimon like a hungry predator before smashing into Kabuterimon. "Kabuterimon!" Izzy shouted as his partner was forced back by the force of the attack. Izzy had to duck low to avoid being stepped on by the giant Digimon.
Kabuterimon steadied himself before he took to the air. His massive wings beat so fast that it was hard to see the wings as he hovered above the ground and the Dragonoid. "I am okay Izzy! I was not expecting that power behind that attack! It felt that I was fighting an Ultimate but they look like a Champion!" Kabuterimon shouted over his rapid wing beats.
Kabuterimon suddenly shot higher into the sky as another blast of black lightning zapped really close to him. "Alright that's it! Electro Shocker!" he shouted. He send out a sphere of purple electricity towards Nightshade.
Nightshade snarled as she opened her wings and took to the air just as the sphere smashed into the ground where she had been a second ago. "Not bad at all! But what else have you got?" she asked as she suddenly lunged for another attack. Her claws glowed brightly as she slashed at Kabuterimon who moved out of the way in time. Kabuterimon sent out another attack that Nightshade was able to dodge just in time but it was close that it almost caused her systems to fritz at the power that was behind the attacks that were coming her way.
Kabuterimon kept Nightshade from looking towards the ground where Izzy was scanning for a weakness that Nightshade did not know she was exposing to them. He stole a quick glance towards the ground to see that Izzy had found a weakness. Looking at his hand gesture he knew what he needed to do and where to aim.
"Electro Shocker!"
The energy sphere shot towards Nightshade faster than what Nightshade could react to and closer than the last few attacks that had been sent her way. Nightshade took the full blast of electricity that forced her to the ground with a loud clanging of metal against the ground.
Nightshade got back to her feet and shock herself like a massive dog as Kabuterimon came closer to the ground. She watched in silence as in a bright light Kabuterimon returned to being Tentomon and hovered over to Izzy where he landed on top of the boys head.
"So Nightshade? What do you think?" Izzy asked with a larger smirk on his face as Nightshade transformed to her human form.
"Get in the Moonray!" Nightshade said as she pointed towards the Moonray. She watched in silence as Izzy and Tentomon went into the Moonray where Edward was laughing so hard that he was doubling over. Grumbling to herself Nightshade followed after Izzy into the Moonray. She narrowed her optics at Edward who was still laughing his head. Without a second thought she gave Edward a hit in the back of his head. That was enough to cause the Ghoul to stop laughing at her and following her into the Moonray. "Shut up Edward!" she shouted as Edward started to laugh again.
The Moonray's massive energy turbine engines came into full power lifting the massive alien jet off of the ground. The wings that were folded into plates opened up as the landing pads folded into the Moonray's underbelly as it got higher and higher into the sky. With a strong thrust the Moonray blasted towards Egypt.
