Were back folks!
And i feel better! And Ready to deliver some good stuff to read today.'
"And we don't mean your dad's magazines!" Maverick quipped.
So before we begin, lets answer some comments from our fans.
Guest 1: Thank you! Well were there now! And we'll more than likely get a fourth Kingdom Hearts game.
"Which means i will get an additional story with Sora AKA Dorky Goku. Oh yeah! We'll definitely meet after this story is finished." Maverick quipped.
But we may tweak a few minor things to make sure Maverick has relevance in Sora's journey through part II and III.
Sorafan: Thank you! I'll make sure to add more funny scenes like that.
" Trust me if i run into any more monsters made of ice, I will make it my unpaid intern." Maverick quipped.
Anyway i kept you waiting long enough!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Champions Of Olympus.
Olympus Coliseum…
As Maverick and his team stood against the mercenary on the arena, he couldn't help but say something funny to him.
"Huh….You look pretty good for a dead guy." Maverick said to Taskmaster.
"Aw. Are you sad that i didn't go down with the Ravagers?" Taskmaster mocked.
"Nah. It just means i'll get to give you a three dollar haircut, in other words…." Maverick said bring both of his keyblades out and spinning them. " I'll ***k your head up."
Victoria held her sword while Darkwing Duck held his weapons and Groot stood with hammer fists.
They could probably take him on at once. But the only problem were the invading Brood that were about to attack people all around the Colosseum. It would probably be too much for the greek gods to handle.
And Maverick knew it.
"Groot, Darkwing, Go and help the gods protect the mortals. We'll handle Grayskull here." Maverick ordered them.
"I am Groot." Groot nodded and left with Darkwing Duck to go and save the civilians from the insect invaders.
"You're sure about that?" Taskmaster mocked. " I've watched you fighting earlier. Don't worry, i didn't see you with your mask off. That would ruin the point and the thrill. But i owe you enough. You've taught me a lot about yourself."
Apparently Taskmaster was watching Maverick and the others fight during the games. But he never saw him change into Aiden in the lobby, not once. Despite him being a mercenary and looking for weaknesses. Taskmaster believes in focusing on the fight, and never getting personal. Since he felt that would be do dirty and unprofessional.
Even professional hunters have a moral code. Even if it's small.
"Does you owing me mean you'll sit still this time?!" Maverick inquired as he ran fast over with super speed, but Taskmaster quickly dodge and held his foot out to trip him.
Then Maverick flipped back up and summoned a ice pillar to spring under Taskmaster.
But somehow the mercenary sensed it seconds before the pillar sprang out of the ground and he jumped out of way towards Maverick. Then Taskmaster preformed a counter move by kicking him in the face and blasting him with a mysterious dark energy blast. Sending Maverick over to Victoria and knocking them both to the ground.
"What the. Frick sauce was that?" Maverick moaned.
"You'd be surprised by what you'd find lying around the multiverse. Now get up. And let's really get started!" Taskmaster said darkly as his armored gloves projected some kind of familiar dark substance.
"His gauntlets…. allow him to manipulate some kind of energy of darkness. Why do you think….. i couldn't stop him with….my own powers?" Victoria pointed out and grunted.
That's why she was running from him and the Ravagers. She could take on those space thugs but not with Taskmaster. He can copy any power attack from not just her but Maverick's powers as well.
Maverick got up and helped Victoria off the ground.
"I just assumed you and he were both professional-" Maverick was cut off by Taskmaster shooting him in the chest with a pistol.
"Oh at least have the decency to let me finish!" Maverick complained as his bullet wound healed.
"Your gonna talk? Or fight?" Taskmaster said pulling an orange energy sword out.
"Is there a difference?" Maverick asked as he and Victoria charged at him.
They both tried swing their weapons at him with such agility and speed. But Taskmaster kept blocking and anticipating all of their moves. Thankfully Maverick kept predicting all of the moves Taskmaster kept trying to use on him, and blocked most of them. But Victoria kept trying to slash at him the her sword and she kept getting kicked or punched in the face.
They kept fighting Taskmaster like this for a while until The girl got face punched five times, putting her in a daze as she dropped to her knee
Then Maverick got kicked six times in the face, but he wasn't down yet. Taskmaster spinned his sword and slashed at Maverick four times and stabbed him in the gut. Making him double over, then he pushed Maverick down to the floor with a dark blast.
The mercenary turned his attention to Victoria who was getting back up. But Taskmaster stunned Victoria with a dark electric zap from his finger. Then he delivered a painful punch to her stomach. Making her wheeze as she fell and rolled face down in the dirt.
Maverick got back up and saw this happened to Victoria. He got angry and responded by teleporting behind Taskmaster and roundhoused him in the back of the head, then he teleported and slashed him in front. Then Maverick flip kicked him in the air and slashed both keyblades into him. Sending him back down.
But Taskmaster recovered himself while flipping in the air and landing on his feet.
Maverick landed as well in front of the mercenary. He kept clashing his keyblade into Taskmaster's sword, but despite his superspeed, Taskmaster could match it with his dark energy. So Maverick started teleporting back and forth all around him, kicking and punching the Mercenary where ever he could. He swipe kicked Taskmaster to the ground and tried to slam his keyblade down on him. Taskmaster blocked his with his sword, but Maverick kept pushing his keyblade down on his sword, and he tried shooting a ray of shot a ray neon down on his head from his other hand. But Taskmaster blocked it with the dark energy from his other hand. It didn't matter, Maverick kept him pinned to the ground.
"Had enough, Assassin's Creed?" Maverick quipped.
"For now." Taskmaster grunted accepting defeat this time. " You're pretty good for a new meat. But i hope you have more tricks, for the next round."
Then a puff of smoke appeared around him. Maverick quickly blew all of the smoke away with a cold wind, only to see that Taskmaster was gone.
' ***k! He got away again!? I had a bunch of nightmarish combos i haven't even delivered yet!' Maverick thought while feeling disappoint. ' Then again he probably would've copied them all anyway…..BUT I DIGRESS!'
Maverick looked over at Victoria, seeing that she was still on the ground, probably out cold from the beating she took. He was about to go over and check on her.
But the armored keybearer didn't have time to worry about her. He looked up on the seating from the right to see that the greek gods were handling themselves. With Zeus's lighting bolts and all. While on the left, Darkwing Duck and Groot were helping out Hercules by aiding and protecting the civilians from the Brood. But they were also dealing with an overwhelming odds of too many Brood monsters.
The Brood's appearance were hideous by their insect like exoskeletal appearance. But unlike insects, they have fanged jaws instead of mandibles. Their skulls are triangular and flat, with a birthmark (different for each Brood) between their large eyes. Their two front legs are actually long tentacles they can use to manipulate objects. What makes them different from the three classes are the arms. The smaller ones have wings instead of arms, those are called Sleazoids. The middle class flightless ones on the ground are considered the normal ones. They have four arms with claws. And the larger ones that have round abdomens with four large sharp sword-like appendages for arms, are call Brood Queens. They act as the leader of each group or squad of Brood.
So Maverick ran over to Victoria and teleported over to an empty corner and hid her behind a column away from the carnage. Then he switched to his blue mark 11 suit and flew over to help his team out. Five Sleazoids flew over with their stingers shooting acid rays at him. Maverick dodged their fire and shot them down with neon missiles.
Maverick landed in front of his team and blew a hole in the wall with a thunder blast from his keyblades. The hole was large enough for the crowd of people to run to safety, so they ran over while avoiding the Brood. As they ran for the exist Maverick made for them, he and the Guardians as well as Hercules defended the people from getting attacked by the Brood.
In Fact they were getting most of the attention from the alien insects.
Darkwing duck was blasting at the Brood with two neon shotguns Aiden made for him. He flips and dodged in the air avoiding the attacks from claws and tentacles everywhere.
"I AM GROOT!" Groot was having no trouble using his hammered fists to squash those bugs into oblivion. Plus the tree was glad that those Brood monsters don't ooze or bleed out any form of slime. Which is weird but a relief.
Maverick was having little to no problem fighting these things as well. He started slicing at five of six of the ground Broods. They would slash at him with their four arms, but Maverick kept blocking and twirling his keyblades at them, cutting their arms all and decapitading them as well.
"Who ever said bugs are people two ought to be horsewhipped!" Maverick exclaimed as he kept blocking and taking them out. "IRIS! What the hell are these things?!"
"according to Yen Sid's records, they appear to match the descriptions of the Brood. I've uploaded every detail on them to your files." IRIS stated.
"Any weaknesses?! And please tell me it's boric acid! " Maverick yelled as he delivered a double Ars Arcanum on six more broods.
"The Larger ones are their queens. The queens communicate to the Brood telepathically and Like a bee hive they act as a guide for the Brood." IRIS stated. " Take them out and the brood's cognizance will decrease in their assault."
"So they lack direction, like my tutor." Maverick quipped as he spin dodge some acid attacks and froze ten of them. Then he turned to Hercules who was punching and squishing twelve of them down. "Herc! Take the fat ones down, those are their queens and watch the stingers!"
"You got it Mav!" Hercules nodded and ran and charged past a bunch of Brood, knocking them out of the way as he got to the middle of the group of Brood. He found three Brood Queens
standing at the center of these invaders. Then Maverick teleported and appeared next to Hercules.
A horde of Sleazoids flew over to and climbed on top of each other, to form a wall around the duo. The wall grew larger with the increases number of these flying insects until they formed a large shielding dome around Hercules and Maverick, leaving them with only the three Brood Queens. And the rest of the team with the Brood outside the Sleazoid dome.
Maverick blasted neon and ice rays up at the dome, having no effect.
" These group of Sleazoids have fused together, causing their bodies to to harden and resist any form of your neon and ice attacks." IRIS informed Maverick.
Hercules tried punching at the bug dome, with no effect. Leaving them stuck inside a Sleazoids dome with the Brood Queens.
The only way out was through the queens.
As They dodge and blocked the arm and leg attack from the Brood Queens, Maverick quickly scanned them and found a weakness on their backs. They seem to have a glowing green orb at their back. He figured out that those were their air sacs. That they treat like lungs.
"Those green orbs at the back look important! After you Sunshine!" Maverick said to Hercules.
The Keybearer dodged another leg attack from the bugs and threw Hercules up, the demigod bounced off the bug wall and landed hard behind the three queens. Then he quickly pulled his sword out and with one clean swipe of his sword.
The queens roared in agony as their air sacs were cut open. As they suffocated. Maverick And Hercules took turns dashing into them. Cutting two of the Brood Queens to bits. Until there was only one left.
Then Hercules and Maverick punched the last queen hard in the face together, knocking its head off.
"WHOO! WERE BAD!" They both cheer as they fistbumped each other's hard.
Big mistake.
"OW! OW! OW! OW!" Hercules hissed in pain holding his hurt hand.
"***K! ***K! ***K! ***K!" Maverick exclaimed as he held his throbbing wrist.
Fistbumping each other really hurts.
After that, Maverick sensed that the bug wall was starting to weaken, with the effect of their dead Brood Queens. But before any of them to tear the Sleazoid wall down. Someone from the outside did it for them.
A pair of strong hands tore the wall down the other side, revealing that the battle was over outside. As Maverick stepped out around to see that all of the Brood were dead, and not one civilian casualty. Groot stood with Victoria while holding her up and helping stand on her feet.
The girl suffered a nasty beating from the fight with Taskmaster.
But what Maverick did not expect to see is who it was that helped him and Hercules out of the dome.
It was Zambron The Crusher who helped them out?
Maverick looked shocked seeing the Minotaur helping them out.
"Uh…." Was all that the Maverick could say.
"While you two were stuck inside. I've helped vanquished those beastly bugs for your comrades and saved the rest of the audience from becoming their next meal. And even saved your ungrateful Duckling friend from getting eaten." Zambron stated while holding Darkwing over his shoulder.
"I could've saved myself you know! I had them in my limelight!" Darkwing yelled, crossing his arms over the Minotaurs shoulder.
"You have eyes, not lights. And there are none made up limes." Zambron corrected the ducks comment.
"It's just an expression, but give me a sec." Maverick said walking over to Victoria. "Are you hurt?"
Victoria scoffed and answered him. "I would've been worst. But as much as i hate to admit it." she huffed and winced in pain, then the girl gazed at Zambron. "I lot of people would've been killed if he hadn't helped out."
"I may not be honorable when it comes to a competition, and i am not looking to make amends. But i could not stand by and watch innocent people get killed." Zambron said putting Darkwing down and tried to speak profound. "I saw by duty and-
Maverick held his hand up and interrupted him. "Okay okay, please don't finish! We get it. You have a heart, underneath that savage exterior." He sighed biting his tongue.
"You are too kind Maverick." Zambron smiled.
"Yeah if that doesn't describe a hero, i don't know what does." Hercules smiled patting the minotaur on the back.
"Thank you, Son of Zeus." Zambron said sincerely.
"Yeah that's great we're all feeling warm and fuzzy inside. But Aren't you guys forgetting about the games?." Darkwing Duck inquired pointing at all of the damages around the arena. " How do we get the crystal if there are no games to win the blasted thing?!"
"I think i we can remedy that." Phil said grinning behind them.
Olympus Throne Room….
After Maverick healed Victoria from her wounds. The Guardians and Zambron came and stood before Zeus and the rest of the gods in the throne room of Mount Olympus. They were all given honor by the gods for their heroic acts as Hercules stood next to his father who spoke to them sincerely.
"Guardians Of The Multiverse! Well done! For your actions in saving many lives today. You've have all proven yourself Brave, honorable and heroic!" Zeus complement.
"Oh your too much." Darkwing Duck said sounding like a modest little girl.
"Shhh." Maverick shushed him.
"And Zambron, you are to be commended. They would have not won so easily if it weren't for your act of bravery. You have been absolved of your actions in the games and have earned the respect from all of us." Zeus stated. And the gods nodded and agreed with him.
"But i think i speak for everyone by saying. Congrats guys! You've earn this." Hercules said holding the platinum trophy in front of the Guardians. Blowing them away.
"But we didn't win." Maverick said.
"Rule number 25. There is a lot more to becoming a champ, then just winning." Phil walked up to them stating. "So why don't you take the credit where credits due why don't ya?"
"Thanks but we didn't come here to earn some credit." Victoria smirked.
"Well…. Maybe a little bit, i don't know just enough for a parade and maybe having a school or a food court named after me." Darkwing Duck said with false modesty. Earning a glare from the team. "I meant us! Named after us! You've all helped two and- you know what, i'll stop talking."
Victoria rolled her eyes and pulled the M'kraan crystal shard off of the trophy.
"We actually came for this." She said handing the crystal to Maverick.
"Well it's not going to be a Sunday breeze finding the rest of those shards." Maverick commented.
"As if this one was?" Victoria scoffed.
"What i meant, Thundercat." Maverick quipped back. "Is that the ship can take us to whichever world where the next crystal shard might be. But it won't take us directly to the spot. We were just convenient that he came across it here."
"So will just land into any random spot and go treasure hunting for the next one? Not a problem, i have some very good arch support in my outfit." Darkwing Duck said with his hands on his hips like a superhero.
"Put a sock in it Darkwing." Victoria deadpanned.
"No, socks would make it worse actually." Darkwing said humorously, making Groot snicker a bit.
"Father? Maybe we can help them out? Is there a map or maybe an artifact that can show them where to look?" Hercules asked his father.
"I'm afraid not, son. We may be gods, but we're not over every world." Zeus said with remorse. "The knowledge of their journey including every other world, is beyond my understanding."
"Then perhaps i can help." Zambron offered to the Guardians. "Next to my brute force, skill and endurance. I have a knack in hunting even the smallest trinket in any service of the multiverse. You would have no problem finding your next treasure if you would allow me to accompany you on your journey."
"Uh thanks, but no thanks." Victoria crossed her arms.
"We got plenty of knives and brute force on the team. We don't need any blood and gore added." Maverick agreed.
" Oh no, you misunderstand my boy. Zambron has one of the best acute senses of any known race or animal." Zeus spoke up for the minotaur. "His sense of smell and track whatever you're looking for from miles away and beyond."
"But can you track this, Torro?" Maverick asked holding up the Crystal.
"My name is Zambron, not Torro. But let me see." Zambron said getting close and sniffing the the crystal with his muzzle. "Yes. I have a scent. I should be able to track this one whichever planet or universe you go to next."
"And in return?" Maverick inquired, making the minotaur look confused. "I mean what do you want in return for helping us?"
"I only ask that you help me find my home world. I have been trying to get back there for over a hundred years." Zambron answered.
"Yeah welcome to our nightmares, Beefcake. We're trying to get back home as well- Wait, did you say a hundred years?" Maverick asked making sure he heard correctly. Zambron nodded.
"I was taken off my home world when i was a small calf. I lost my family, my tribe and everyone that i loved, and then was cast out." Zambron said sadly. "After a century i have been trying to get back home only to fail again and again. I have given up recently. But maybe…..Maybe you can help me."
Maverick felt some familiar pain in the minotaurs voice, a pain that he hasn't felt since he lost his birth mother and his home.
" Understand that i can only go to the next world that has another one of these crystals. I can't go directly to your home. Not yet anyway." Maverick said.
"I am a patient minotaur. Waiting is all i've ever done, and i can do it again." Zambron insisted. "Please. Let me help you."
Maverick sighed. "Give us a second." He walked over with the other Guardians in an empty corner to talk privately.
"I don't know about this Aiden. I feel bad for him, but he gives me the since that he's reckless and has a short fuse." Victoria whispered cautiously.
"I'm not sure either, but what other choice do we have? It could take years for us to find every single shard on our own." Maverick stressed " the next ones probably under the Rock Of Gibraltar while we end up landing somewhere in their world's Costa Rica."
"I hate to say it, but i'd say we bring the big guy with us. I've worked with dimwits before, i can do it again." Darkwing Duck said.
"I am Groot." Groot agreed.
"Groot says Zambron may be our only means of finding the next shard quickly." Maverick stated.
"That maybe, but can we trust him? " Victoria considered. "Cause i don't."
"Do you trust me?" Maverick asked her.
Victoria took a deep breath and answered after a view seconds. "I tolerate you."
Maverick swayed a bit. "Close enough. Look, i have a lie detector in my suit. I detected no bullshit in his statement or back story. We could help him help us. Then vice versa." He stated.
"But if he tries anything. I'll grill his ass into a big mac." Victoria said lighting her fist up with a scowl.
"Agreed." Maverick stated.
'At least she didn't say it would be on me. Cause it won't, right?' Maverick thought to himself.
They walked back over to Zambron .
"Alright. We'll allow you to join on our trial bases. Until we can get you back home." Maverick said to the minotaur. "Just help us find the rest of the M'kraan crystal and don't try anything stupid."
"You have my word. As long as you keep yours." Zambron offered his hand to shake.
"I am Groot." Groot stated.
"What did he say?" Zambron asked.
Maverick looked up at Groot, and then smirked at Zambron. "He says Welcome to the frickin Guardians Of The Multiverse." Maverick said shaking his hand. "Only he did not say 'frickin'."
Groot said the other word. He's been hanging out with Maverick too much.
"That's the spirit! You've made the right decision." Zeus upload them for their decision.
"And i hope you don't mind me saying, but i am also aware that your a boy in a magic suit." Zambron stated.
"You are correct!" Maverick said sounding like a sarcastic game announcer. "Thanks for answering correctly in front out everyone here that can hear us!"
"Actually Aiden." Hercules said raising his hand. "They already knew."
"Were gods. We have are way of knowing things. That and we saw you take off your suit in the lobby." Zeus clarified. " Rest assured, we won't tell another soul here on our world."
The rest of the gods agreed.
"So, what's next for the Maverick and his team?" Atlas asked.
"Well as much as we would love to stay and party like it's 1999 BC. We have worlds to visit." Maverick stated.
"I am Groot." Groot added. Translate: 'Asses to whip."
"More fans to make." Darkwing Duck added.
"And shards to find." Victoria added.
"And a home to return to." Zambron finished.
"Well, it's been real Mav." Hercules smile giving Maverick props. "Why don't we have a real arm wrestle the next time you finish."
"Believe me. I'll wipe your face to the dirt if we ever come back. See you around Herc." Maverick smirked giving him two high fives and a head bud. This time it didn't hurt.
"Well it may take a while before we open up the coliseum doors again, what with the damages and all. But you and your team are welcome to come back anytime the games start up again." Phil said giving them a thumbs up. And he whispered close to Maverick's ear while pointing at the injured warriors Zambron battled earlier. "As long as you keep your bull pal on low heat."
All of the injured combatants with slings, casts, crutches, missing teeth and black eyes were crying and begging the Guardians to take Zambron with them.
"TAKE HIM WITH YOU!"
"PLEASE! MY SPINE BEGS YOU TO DO SO!"
"DON'T LEAVE HIM WITH US!"
"MY LEG!"
"Oh for gods sake! Weren't you all listening?! Two words! They already said YES!" Phil screamed in frustration at the injured warriors. Making them sigh in relief.
And that was four words…..Again.
"Good luck to all of you out there." Zeus said bidding the Guardian's farewell. " We have confidence that your journey will end in a happy ending…..And i do mean a really happy ending if you catch my drift." He teased looking at the Victoria and Maverick.
"Thanks. I think." Victoria said blushing, not even smiling and pretending she did not catch that. Which she did.
"IRIS. Bring the ship down." Maverick said.
Then the ship landed outside, cueing the Guardians to make their leave. They got on the ship and set a course for another world.
As they flew out on the ship. Maverick could see Hercules and the others waving goodbye at them. Maverick gave them a two finger salute as he blast off into the sky. To find another world and another crystal.
One down and six more to go.
That's all for now folks!
And let me tell you. This one was hard to write with me recovering from a fever this past week. But i did it.
Now that Maverick has the first Fragment and we're done with Hercules's world. What world shall we go to next?
Also, The minotaur Zambron as joined Maverick and his team. And as you can tell, he is inspired by the Telltale version of Drax. With a hint of the MCU's Thor, i terms of an elegant but flawed personality.
In fact. Zambron The Crusher is voiced by 'Brandon Paul Eells'.
So even though he is on the team. And he fought well earlier. Will he prove himself again?
Will Victoria soon trust him?
Will They find the next Fragment of the M'kraan crystal?
And again. What world will they visited next?
Find out next time! As he pick up on more of Elsa and J'son!
And let me know what world would you like for them to visit next. Note that the next world can't be from a marvel world from any of the movies or Star Wars.
But if you all have anything in mind. Leave it in the comments and let me know your thoughts on what you have read.
And as always Square Enix and Disney fan!"
FISTBUMP!