Hey guys. I know this was posted later than I said it would be. Schoolwork kept me real busy.

I have some news. I intended to finish Jurassic Avengers, make significant progress on this story, and start writing more for Star Wars: The Next Generation before publishing any new stories. Well, I went against that. I have been wanting to write fanfictions for that cartoon movie Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. I had two ideas, and I have now published one of them.

In more good news, I have finally acquired Star Wars: The Force Awakens on DVD, so I can get moving on my Star Wars fanfic again.

That's enough of that. Let's get going.

Chapter 7- Gale is Iron Man

I walked into the room with my hands squirming. This is big day. It's the day that Gale is going to become Iron Man. We're standing in a special lab about half a mile from 13's western boundary.

After Robert asking him, Gale agreed to be Iron Man. He spent some time the next day with Robert, learning about the armor. Robert then gave him a day to rest and prepare before today.

Robert has spent a lot of time preparing Gale's suit. Robert apparently crafted it himself. It was an improved version of his ancestor's suit. He's been particularly excited about resurrecting Iron Man.

Robert is looking between three separate computer screens while pushing buttons and turning dials. Vision was hovering in midair, looking at a picture of Iron Man hanging on the wall.

"Is everything ready?" I ask Robert. "I've been preparing for this moment for years. I wouldn't let this happen unless everything was ready." I smile a little.

Then, the door to the room opens, and Gale walks in. He looks around at all of us, then says, "So. We ready to go?" "Yes, we are," said Robert, "Now, Gale. Let me tell you, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. If you would prefer not to do this, I won't force you. I just want you to understand how dangerous will be."

"Can't be too much more dangerous than other things I've done. Plus, I'll be better prepared to deal with danger. Plus, like I said, if it'll help bring down the Capitol, and keep my family safe, I'm willing to do it. So let's go ahead with this," said Gale. Robert nodded and smiled, like Gale had just said exactly what he wanted to hear, which he had.

"Very well, Mr. Hawthorne," said Robert, "Now, if you can come stand on the designated spot, we will begin." Gale obeys, and stands on the spot marked out on the floor.

"Now, Gale, when I flip this switch here, a machine will activate and begin placing the armor on your body. You just have to wait and stay completely still. There will be a point where I snap my fingers, right after the boots appear. When I snap my fingers, step forward into the boots, then stay still. There will be another point where I will signal you by spreading my arms. When that happens, I want you to raise your arms in a Y-shape. Let's practice right now." Robert spreads his arms, and Gale raises his so that his body forms a Y.

"Good. Just like that. Now, once you do that, your arms will be secured there, so you can relax them. They will be in that raised position until the armor is almost done being placed on you. The machine will then release arms, and you can just let them fall. Understand?" "Yes, I do," said Gale. "Very well. Then get into position," says Robert.

Gale straightens up so that he's standing up straight on that spot, his arms held loosely at his side. "Here we go," says Robert, and flips the switch. Almost instantly, the floor around and in front of gale opens up to reveal machinery. The boots are raised up first. Robert snaps his fingers, and Gale steps forward into the boots. The boots close around his feet. Then, robotic arms place the leg armor on his legs, fasten the plates together with bolts, and then retreat as the plates are pulled together.

Robotic arms come out of the ceiling. As they converge on Gale, Robert lifts his hands. Gale raises his arms into the Y-shape. A pair of arms reach down and fasten a steel mesh on his chest and back. Two more reach out and fasten the gauntlets onto this hands. They then hold him there as more arms begin to place the rest of the arm armor on his arms. Another arm reaches down and place a chest plate of steel mesh, but in the center is a large, white glowing object. I remember its name from Robert's briefing. The arc reactor.

It doesn't take long until the arms are almost done putting on his arm armor. Another arm attaches a back plate that completely covers his back. The final chest plate is put in place, with a clear covering over the arc reactor. The arc reactor begins to glow until that circle is one circle of pure white light.

His arms are then released and fall to his sides. More arms then attach armor to his neck, which expands to cover the back and sides of his head. Then, once it's all done, the face mask slides into place, and the eye coverings start to glow.

We all sit there for a second as Gale stand motionless. Then, he starts to move. Slowly, as though he's taking in the feeling. He raises his arm up so that he can see it, and just stares at it, wiggling his fingers.

"Wow," he says after a few moments, "I feel so, powerful." "The armor is working," says Robert with a grin.

He waits for another minute, then says, "Okay, Gale. Try taking off." Gale nods his head, then concentrates. After a minute, I hear a rushing noise, and gale lifts into the air, supported by a small jet of thrust coming out of his boots and gauntlets.

I stare at him in amazement. I'm surprised he was able to do it so fast, 'till I remember that Robert spent most of yesterday instructing Gale on how to operate the suit.

"Good. It seems the flight systems are operating. Now if you will please come with me, let's go test out the weapons."

Robert walks out of the room. I follow him, and Gale flies along behind us. He leads us to a training room. There's a target sitting about 20 yards away. Robert says, "Okay, Gale. Destroy that target with your repulsors."

Gale nods, then faces the target. He raises his hand slowly. A moment later, the repulsor in his palm starts to glow. Then, a powerful beam of energy blasts out from his palm and blows the target to pieces.

"Good," says Robert. Then, three targets rise up from the floor. "Now, destroy the one in the center, then the one on the left, then the one on the right, and do it in 5 seconds."

Gale nods. He stares at the three targets. Suddenly, his right arm shoots up. A repulsor shoots out and blasts the center target. Then, a second blast destroys the left target. Finally, Gale spins and destroys the right target.

"Good!" says Robert, extremely pleased. Then, a small armored gun rises from the ground. Me and Robert clear out of the way. "Now, Gale," says Robert, "Withstand the first shell this gun will fire at you, then dodge a second by taking off, then destroy the gun with a missile."

Gale nods. Then, the gun fires. Gale hunches over, and takes the shell. It blows him backwards, but it hardly damages him. Gale then takes to the air, avoiding a second shell shot at his head. He then lifts his arm as he hovers just off the ground. A missile rises out of the armor, and launches. It flies out and destroys the gun.

Gale lands, just before a large sheet of metal rises. "Now," Robert says, "For the final test. Use your unibeam to blast through that metal." Gale nods. He curls up a little, as the glowing circle in the center of his chest starts to glow. Then, he stands up straight, thrusting his arms out to the side. With a powerful blast, his unibeam fires, blasting a large hole right through the metal.

"Excellent!" Robert praises. Gale's face mask lifts, showing Gale grinning like a madman. "I love this suit!" he exclaims.

I smile at him. I feel so glad to have him as the third member of the team, especially as Iron Man. "Good to see you like it, Gale," I say, "Though remember you're gonna have to use it against living targets soon enough." "Well, then I guess we'll see just how good I am with this thing when that happens," says Gale, a little too cheerfully.

"Well," says Robert, clapping his hands, "Let's get back to the room and take that suit off. We've got a lot to discuss. And after that, we've got to pay as little visit to Mr. Abernathy."

(1 hour later)

I stare at Haymitch as Robert starts to speak. "Mr. Abernathy, you said you were willing to help with the resurrection of the Avengers in any way you could. Do you still hold yourself to that promise?" "I do," says Haymitch.

"Well, we have a way for you to do that," says Robert," We want for you to become one of the new Avengers." Haymitch looks a little surprised. "Really?" "Yes," responds Robert, "In fact, the Avenger who was arguably the most powerful of all."

Robert puts down a device that projects a picture of the Hulk. Robert describes the Hulk to Haymitch briefly, then says, "Haymitch, I would like you to become the Hulk."

Haymitch is quiet for a few moments, then responds, "Sure thing."

Well, that's it.

Sorry. This chapter was a little shorter than I originally anticipated. I was a little brain dead when I wrote it, so sorry if it did not live up to expectations.

I based Gale's suit up off of the scene in Iron Man where Tony suits up in the Mark III for the first time.

Also, Haymitch will begin treatments to become the Hulk very soon, but the actual Hulk will not be seen for quite a while. Also, Haymitch will have a lot more control over the Hulk than we've seen Bruce have in the MCU.

I have nothing more to say right now, except that the next chapter of Jurassic Avengers, the next chapter of Next Thunderbolts: True Heroes, and the next chapter of Star Wars: The Next Generation will be up soon. I will try and get back into my fast publishing agenda again as much as I can.

Until next time, please review, and may the odds be ever in your favor.