So I have decided to change this from being in a crossover with The Mummy only as I was brining in more characters from different fandoms. I had just felt that it was best that was just under the Avengers. So that explains the sudden change of it no longer being seen as a crossover when searching for it and why I have added some details in the description of the story.
I will also be updating this story much quicker than I have been doing so for the past few months. I will be focusing on this story more than the others in the series so at the moment I have placed Supernatural: The Night Wars on a pause, but at the moment I am planning on changing The Night Wars as I juts don't like its story anymore. I might also get started on other projects that don't have anything to do with the actual plot with the Infinity Avengers but they are apart of the series in one way or another.
Chapter 7
The trek through the desert was going slow. Most of the Avengers were not use the extreme heat and had found it hard to move around in the desert. It didn't help that some of them wore heavy armour like Iron Man.
Iron Man had found that his cooling systems were not working at complete capacity. The desert of Egypt in the middle of the day was something that he never thought he would be trekking through with the other Avengers. He had to remove his facemask completely to allow his face to at least have a chance to not get to sweaty, but that didn't stop the sweat that was dripping down his face in bucket loads. Sure he had fought in the Middle East but that had been sort fights. His missions in the Middle East had always seen him leaving a base of the American army to get to his battle location and then back to the base with Stark Industries there keeping him protected from the ever power hungry General Ross. It was now different for the Avengers in that they had bases that had links with SHEILD and UNIT around the world.
Stark had also had to turn of some of his suits functions to conserve energy. It became apparently very quickly as to why Nightshade had landed the Moonray so far away. The closer they got to Hamunaptra technology had slowly started to fail. He hoped that if they did have to fight Seth in the City of the Dead he could at least still have a fighting chance against the God of Chaos. He was planning on conserving as much energy as possible then he could still be of help for the Avengers who didn't wear suit of armour.
Wasp was also feeling the heat. The sizechanger had shrunken to her small form and was sitting on Captain America's shoulder. The small sizechanger kept on talking with the leader of the Avengers as they made their way through the desert. She didn't seem to mind that she was right beside Imhotep who was guiding them to the City of the Dead. She kept glancing over her shoulder to see Edward following right behind the Mummy. The Ghoul looked ready to attack the Mummy if he was to lead them astray. His axed was in hand but it was not powered up. Edward like Stark and all the other tech based Avengers were conserving as much energy as they possible could.
Wasp looked up as a shadow passed over above them. Nightshade had taken her true form and was flying high above the desert sand. The Dragonoid another tech based member of the Avengers was conserving energy her own way, and that had been in her taken to her true form. There was another reason as to why she had taken to her true form. Nightshade very quickly into the trek had made it clear that she didn't like sand. She had transformed back into her true form as soon as they were clear from the Moonray. She was not fooling around as she took to the sky above the desert. Her wings hardly moved as she glided through the air above them. Wasp at the start had tried to follow after Nightshade to give her company and to talk about a certain Mech who was in his own mission in England. It was not long for her to see that she didn't stand a chance in keeping up with the Dragonoid. The Dragonoid who was just as fast or was faster than a fighter jet. She had given up and had gone to see Captain America. The leader of the Avengers had been speaking to the Mummy in forming a battle plan as they thought over the best way on dealing with Seth.
Wasp was about to speak to Captain America when another shadow passed over the Avengers on the ground. Her hair went in all directions as wings that sounded like a helicopter powered above the ground based Avengers. She looked back up despite the pain in her neck at the motion to see the giant insect Digimon, Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon was about the same size as the Quinjet that Stark had just built in the basic transport for the growing members of the Avengers. The Quinjet was one of Starks greatest inventions that he had made to help the Avengers in dealing with all of their enemies but the Quinjet sometimes seemed to be outdone by the Moonray.
The Quinjet had the latest of gadgets within it. It could go faster than the SR70 Blackbird and could smash the sound barrier within seconds. JARVIS was the AI co-pilot that took over when no other Avenger could take control of the jet.
Then there was the Moonray. The Moonray was about the same size as the Quinjet on the outside, but on the inside it was much bigger with alien technology that was similar to the Time Lords technology that worked with the TARDIS's. The Moonray had technology that Stark and Hank could only dream of, and technology that Nightshade was not willing to share with the two scientists. After Ultron had attacked Sokovia, Nightshade had prevented Stark and Hank any way of getting a better understanding of Artificial Intelligence. The Moonray also had the ability to travel in time and dimensions, it was something that the Moonray never really did after the Time War.
Wasp remembered about Kabuterimon's young partner, Izzy Izumi. Izzy had fought alongside Kabuterimon and was use to riding was riding on his back and head. Wasp along with many of the other Avengers were shocked that Nightshade had allowed Izzy and his Digimon partner to come with them to Egypt. From the sounds of how things have being going on it sounded that Egypt would be the hardest mission that the Avengers were going to be facing. Izzy was just a teenager a few years younger than Wanda and Wasp couldn't help it as her parental feelings came into full force.
All the Avengers had seen Izzy and his Digimon working together to bring Nightshade to the ground. She had heard from Edward who had gotten UNITs file on the DigiDestined that they had worked together in the past to help defend the world from threats from the Digital World. Wasp knew that they could handle themselves, but she was still worried about them. She didn't want to see a young teenager hurt in a fight that wasn't his, but from what she had heard from Edward that Seth had taken an interest in the boy thanks to Leatherback. It seemed that it was best that Izzy came with the Avengers.
The sizechanger looked back to the ground rather than the sky where the flying members of the Avengers were as her neck was starting to cramp up. All she could see was sand and more sand. She was use to being in cities. She looked around her and got a good look at the other Avengers who were with them. She could see that a few of them were also starting to feel the heat. Ant-Man had shrunk down to his smaller size and was sitting down on Hawkeye's shoulder. The other sizechanger was not saying anything as he watched all the sights that they were passing as they got closer to Hamunaptra.
Janet smiled. Hank had always loved coming to Africa. He loved going to Wakanda to find out more about Vibranium and anything else the Black Panthers people had come up with. Being in Egypt was Hank's dream come true. He had been to Egypt a few years before he became Ant-Man. He had come to the desert to study the insects that were found in the desert. He had found out a lot about them and that had helped him in his study of insects that helped him become Ant-Man and one of the founding Avengers.
Wasp was brought out of her thoughts when Captain America came to a sudden stop. She had to grab onto the strap on his shoulder that was used for the holding of his shield to prevent her from falling to the ground. She looked at the supersoldier to see that he was looking at something in the far distance away from them. Following his glance she couldn't help it as her mouth dropped open.
In the far distance of the Avengers in between a group of mountains that jutted out of the desert was a massive city. The city was in ruins, but even from the far distance the Avengers could see that even in ruins it was still a grand city. Massive walls surrounded the city. The walls that wrapped around the city were also crumbling down just like the rest of the city. It was hard to see the extent of the damage that had been done to the city from this far away from it, but it was clear Hamunaptra had not seen the passage of time well.
"Is that Hamunaptra?" Wanda asked as she stepped in beside Captain America. The young Physic who joined the Avengers during Ultron's attack of her city had grown more sure of herself thanks to Natasha along with Clint and Nightshade. Clint had become a father figure to the young orphan who had just lost her twin brother. He kept her human which Wasp would think was the most important thing that the three of them could be doing for the young woman. Natasha however trained her like she did any recruits. That was long hours of training in the training room to be able to be a member of the Avengers. Nightshade taught her how to control her emotions to have the best outcome with her powers.
Captain America looked over to Imhotep as Nightshade and Kabuterimon hovered above them. The two flying members of the Avengers kept looking out for any movement in the desert. Cap knew that he could trust Nightshade to have their back when Seth could attack them at any time. "Is that really where we are going, Imhotep?" he asked the Mummy.
"It is! Hamunaptra from this point is half a days walk! We should be there at nightfall!" he replied. He looked over at the supersoldier before looking back at the city in the distance.
"I don't sssee any of you getting to Hamunaptra any time sssoon!" hissed a voice to the left. Captain America and Imhotep both looked around to the source of the voice to see a woman in battle armour approaching them. She looked more or less human if it was not for the tail that dragged on the ground behind her. The tail was covered in gold armour with a metal mace on the tip of her tail. Her face was also strange in that it was not a humans face but it was a pythons face. A forked tongue flicked out of her mouth as she looked at all the Avengers. She didn't even flinch when she looked up at the sky and saw both Nightshade and Kabuterimon hovering above the ground. She looked back down at the ground to face the leader of the Avengers.
"Miss I must ask that you identify yourself!" Captain America ordered. He reached for his shield and Wasp instantly flew off of his shoulder. Her fists glowed a bright yellow as she prepared to attack the unknown snake person who had showed up from nowhere in the desert.
Python smirked back at the supersoldier as her sisters emerged from their hiding places. Her two sisters had trapped the Avengers on the ground in a triangle. Her sisters had already unsheathed their weapons and were ready to attack the team of super humans. "You mussst be Captain America! Ssseth has told us a lot about you! That you ssspeak too much in hopes of ssstopping war! Why would you want to stop war? War is beauty and it allowsss the ssstrongessst to survive rather than the weak keeping the ssstrongessst back!" Python hissed back at Captain America.
"You work for Seth?" Wasp asked. Her small insect wings beating faster than they ever did as she looked over the snake lady who had appeared from the desert. The sizechanger before she knew was in the snake lady's scaly hand. Wasp wriggled in every direction that she could in hope get out of the woman's hand. "Let me go, lizard lady!" Wasp shouted when her wriggling was not doing her any good.
Python looked at the sizechanger she had in her scaly hand before she looked back at Captain America. "Is this noisy one yours, Captain America?" she asked as she showed her prize to the super soldier. Captain America could only stare as Wasp was slowly being crushed by the snake woman as if she was really an insect rather than one of the Avengers he was happy to have at his side.
"Python release her at this moment!" Imhotep demanded. The Mummy had stepped up to stand beside Captain America. "She has done nothing to you and your Sisters!" he shouted to the oldest member of the Serpent Sisters. He hoped that in the years she had been sleeping she had removed herself from following Seth's words, but from what he was seeing Python was just the same as the last time that they had crossed paths.
The oldest Serpent Sister turned her attention to the High Priest. Her lips pulled back to reveal fangs like that of a snake. "I never thought I would sssee you again High Priessst Imhotep!" Python hissed as she narrowed her human eyes at Imhotep. Her tail whacked against the ground as she fought to not tear Imhotep apart. "I thought the people you had pledged to defend had turned agaisssnt you and mummified alive!" she hissed at him.
Imhotep didn't respond he only stared right at Python. It didn't help that one of his eyes was still facing the wrong way. It was going to take a good few months towards a year for his flesh to return. His flesh and organs might return faster if he stole them from someone else like it had been said when the curse had been placed on him. The hunger was starting to grow and he kept looking at the Avengers as if he could see them as mummified corpses only to remind himself that they were his allies. If he was to consume someone's organs and fluids it would be someone he didn't know or someone he hated.
Python didn't say anything. She just started to squeeze harder and Wasp couldn't help but scream out as she felt the grip around her body begin to get to much for her. The oldest sibling smiled as she saw all the Avengers go for their weapons only to drop their protective defences as Viper and Cobra moved in. She watched the two flying Avengers who were getting ready to give the ground Avengers air support. Smirking she was quick to give out an order, "Do not think about it! If you make any moves against me or my sisters then I shall crush the small insect girl! Now land!"
Izzy on Kabuterimon's head looked over to Nightshade. The Dragonoid looked torn but when Wasp screamed again that was enough to make the two aerial land with the other Avengers. Nightshade landed behind Captain America while Kabuterimon landed behind Wanda. Izzy jumped off of the giant Digimon as he reverted back to Tentomon.
"That is much better!" Python said as she final released Wasp from her grasp.
The sizechanger who was too tired to revert back to her normal size or to get her wings to start moving nearly hit the ground when Cap caught her. The leader of the Avengers brought her close to him as Ant-Man returned to his normal size and took his unconscious wife from his friend.
"Its okay Janet I've got you! Your safe now!" he said to her in hopes that was enough to help her. He couldn't help but bring her close to him when Python began to laugh at what he had said.
"You think you are sssafe, Human! Thisss isss jussst the ssstart!" she declared as she took a step closer to Ant-Man. She smiled wickedly when Captain America and Imhotep moved the man in the red suit behind them to form a protective stance around their own. "I see humans have never changed in the last three thousand years!" she remarked with disgust in her voice as she watched the Avengers protect each other.
Python looked at her sisters. Viper was jumping up and down as she prepared to fight the so called Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Cobra however was waiting for the last moment to strike, but her eyes never left the Asgardian who stood beside the archer. She then looked back at Captain America. She knew who she was to speak to and Captain America was the one. She knew from what she had also been told by Seth that Nightshade was also the one to speak to, but at the moment she wanted to test the Avengers one by one. Nightshade would come later, once she knew more about her. Until then she will study the unknown threat until she knew exactly what they were dealing with. She looked back at Captain America.
"Now Captain America I want to know how much your allies mean to you? Are you going to defend only a few people or are going to make the ultimate sacrifice for mankind?" Python asked. She looked at her sisters who were getting ready to attack the Avengers at any moment. She could see Captain America thinking over what she was saying.
The supersoldier had narrowed his eyes as he regarded the leader of the Serpent Sisters. He kept his shield at the ready as he and Imhotep were the only people who were keeping Hank and Janet save from the front. He knew from experience in fighting against HYDRA that Nightshade was also watching for the wounded member of the Avengers. "I don't like to see any life being taken no matter if they are one of the Avengers or an innocent stand byer!" Captain America responded back to Python.
"Rogers!" Nightshade spoke up. It was the first time that the Dragonoid had spoken since they had started their trek through the desert from where the Moonray had landed to where they could see Hamunaptra. She had taken a step forward to make herself more seen by the leader of the Avengers. Her sharp claws found no traction in the sand that a few times she had to lift her paw up and keep it suspended in the sky. The sound of her moving her joints had gotten a lot louder as the sand found its way into her bones which no doubt was causing pain for the Dragonoid if the changing of her optics colours was a sign that something was wrong. "You can not trust anything what this creature says! She works with Seth and must be terminated!" she continued when she planted all four paws back onto the ground.
Captain America looked back around at Nightshade. The Dragonoid stood just a little sorter than the Hulk but she was still an imposing sight for someone who didn't know anything about her. He knew that Nightshade could be trusted, but there was sometimes that her methods of getting the job done that caused him to question his friendship with Nightshade. "I just want to see what she has to say, Nightshade!" he replied back to Nightshade.
Nightshade couldn't help but let out a hiss when Captain America looked back at Python. "What have you got to say Python! Like Nightshade says we trust what you have to say!" he said back to the leader of the Serpent Sisters. He could see that the other two members of the Serpent Sisters prepare their weapons for a fight that could happen at any time.
"If you return to how you got here and leave Seth to his destiny! And I will see that you all have a place in the New World that he is going to create!" Python explained. She could see that the Avengers were not buying what she was saying. Looking back at Captain America she couldn't help but smirk when she replied, "Or if you stand in our way you shall all die!"
"I don't like bullies and the Avengers will never stand down to Seth!" Captain America replied back to Python.
Python smirked and simple said, "So it is death!"