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A/N: For this chapter, I wanted to integrate some Nova Comics stuff so as I worked on the end I had about fifteen Marvel Wikia tabs open looking at Nova stuff. And I got a really cool idea for maybe "The Return of the Guardians of the Galaxy" from season three. I was originally thinking this story would only go through season two. But because of how easily I've been cranking out chapters (I have to finish chapter fifteen but sixteen through nineteen I've already finished), I might do a shorter follow up for this story. (I really don't want to get ahead of myself though.) So as always; Read, Review, and Enjoy!
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Chapter 14: Sam
There's nothing living on the moon beside Uatu and a few astronauts. Neither could have made these marks.
But there are not really any inhabited planets in the area. If this thing came from space, it came a long way to tear up some satellites.
"Even for the moon, this is creepy," I comment as we continue looking through the broadcast domes. "More claw marks."
"Maybe naughty moon-kept pets?" Spider-Man guesses.
"Very naughty, and very big," Power-Man chimes in.
"This is a huge complex," Spider-Man explains. "Divide and conquer. Tiger, you and Power-Man take the left corridor. We'll take the right."
"We're on it," Power-Man confirms as the two runoff.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to split up?" Iron Fist asks.
What's he all worried about?
"We'll be fine!" I cross my arms. "Totally, totally fine."
"Ah!" Spider-Man screams and nearly runs into me.
A figure matching the image Fury showed us steps out and Spider-Man quickly saves himself. "I mean ah-ha! It's you, John Jamison, we're looking for you!"
"Spider-Man?" He asks he's justifiably confused. "Why are you…?"
"SHILED sent us."
"Dude, what happened up here?" I ask, bypassing the long conversation Web-for-brains is about to start.
"I don't remember." He admits. "Everyone was freaking out about something – a monster – loose in the building."
"Monster like… your dad 'monster' or 'buga-buga' monster?"
"A wolf, it sounds crazy, I mean a wolf, on the moon?" John explains. "But I was looking for my people and something hit me. I blacked out and when I came to, my crew was gone. I had this terrible headache."
"Ok," Spider-Man nods his head. "That's the bad news."
"Is there good news?"
"Spider-Man," Spidey holds out a hand. "SHIELD sent us to bring you back."
"No!" John grabs Spider-Man. "I can't leave; I'm responsible for all this! I have to stay here, save my men, and see things through."
"Let's figure out what's going on, find your peeps, and I'll get out of here," Spider-Man promises.
John lets him go and steps back. "I trust you Spider-Man."
"You are not at all what I expected J. Jonah Jamison's son to be."
"Actually my dad and I don't have a lot in common," John explains weakly. "It's why I accepted a job a quarter of a million miles away from earth."
That's rounding up… but sure.
"To get some space between you?" Spider-Man jokes.
I just face palm as John laughs.
"That's pretty funny; you're nothing like my dad makes you out to be."
"You think?"
"Pre conceived notions often lead to unexpected realities." Iron Fist speaks up.
"I so did not get that." John just stares at him.
"Take a number." I raise my hand. I got the underlying message, however. That's him telling us to get moving, without outright saying it.
"Here's to not judging a book by its cover." Spider-Man seems to have understood that one. "Let's go hunt your wolf and find your crew."
"We were drilling anchor cables for the tower when we knocked into this cavern, you won't believe what we found down here," John explains as he gives us the tour. He flicks on his light as we walk. "I didn't, still don't."
"Woah!" Spider-Man stops walking as we enter the cavern.
"Earth to Spider-Man." Iron Fist waves a hand in front of Spidey to get a response.
"Sorry, just really, wowed." Spider-Man comes out of his daze. "And shouldn't that technically be 'moon to Spider-Man'? Hey, any idea how old this is JJ? Looks beyond ancient."
"We couldn't date it," John explains as we walk closer. "But we did uncover some old artifacts. These are a few examples of the inactive jewels we found."
"How did these get here?" Spider-Man asks as he bends down and touches a red gem.
"Aren't you afraid someone might take these?" I ask instantly. Looks like these things could bring in some serious units if you knew the right buyer.
"We don't get a lot of crime up here on the moon," John explains as he rubs his neck.
Right… no other inhabited planets in the area, just earth.
"Wait, what do you mean by 'inactive'?" Spider-Man questions.
John groans, holding his head.
I back up away from him as his skin transforms almost like my costume appears when I put my helmet on. There's a purple glow radiating from him as he change occurs.
It's these stone. He touched one that was active.
As the change completes he lets out a howl.
"Inactive crystals? Looks more active to me." Spider-Man mutters as we give the Man-Wolf some space.
"Stay on him. I'll catch up!" Iron Fist's voice shouts as I stare up at the structure, my head spinning.
I need to take a closer look at these stones. I might not know a ton about stuff from space, but I might be able to identify something or some quality about them that we can use.
I listen to Iron Fist moving around before his shadow falls over me. "Are you alright?" He holds out a hand and pulls me to my feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I brush myself off. "You remember that field trip where you summoned Frost Giants on accident?"
"I do not have the capability to do that." Iron Fist crosses his arms. "I only was able to read the text, remember how afterward Thor confirmed that I was not involved in opening the portal in any way?"
"Yeah, yeah," I agree with him. "But you still recognized the language on the artifact because you have experience with that kind of thing?"
"Yes," Iron Fist agrees.
"Well, I think I might be able to figure something out about these stones, I've been around the galaxy a few times," I explain. "So, don't touch anything would be the first step."
"What are you looking for?" Iron Fist asks.
"Holographs are really common; so maybe a holograph or an inscription on something, or something that could be identifying, like a symbol." I explain, "So can you watch my back for a minute?"
"I can," Iron Fist agrees. "How do you know what is safe to touch?"
"Gut feeling," I answer. "Everything around here feels inactive."
"I do not sense anything either." Iron Fist shakes his head. "There's no energy coming from these stones."
"But…" I fly up and look around. Come on; give me something I can work with.
"This!" I shout as I fly over to a stone that is by itself.
Iron Fist walks over to examine it with me. "What about this stone?"
"Hologram," I touch the stone and the room lights up.
I jerk my hand back. "Can you get Webs; I think this might be something important."
"On it." Iron Fist nods his head and takes off down one of the dark pathways, lighting up his hand to see.
"What happened to him?" I ask as White Tiger drags Spider-Man into the ship. With Iron Fist more or less dragging John with him.
"His face plate cracked." White Tiger laid him down on the floor.
Iron Fist laid John down on the ground too and went to take his seat to pilot the ship with Power-Man.
"He's still breathing." I notice. "The change in pressure must have knocked him out."
"What?" Power-Man asks.
"JJJ probably didn't realize or plan this, but we're on the Blue Area of the moon," I explain. "But you might want to get both of them an oxygen mask, the air in here is still supper thin. Keep your own suits on."
"We're still going to need you to support the engine." Iron Fist turns around in his own seat.
"Yeah, I got it."
"I'll handle the medical stuff." White Tiger offers. "Stay on the com in case something happens."
"Alright," I fly out of the ship and get in position to assist with the launching. "Fist give me a warning."
"Are you ready for me to start the main thrusters?" Iron Fist asks.
I look around the deserted moon for a second.
I'm clear of both thrusters.
And for the slightest second I could have sworn I saw Uatu in the distance watching us.
"Nova?" White Tiger asks.
"Yeah, I'm in position." I stare out into the distance.
"Don't go silent on us," Power-Man complains.
"Alright." I agree. "Sorry, spaced out for a second."
"I think I can control the steering for the most part." Iron Fist speaks up. "It appears undamaged. Starting thrusters now."
"Copy that," I answer.
"So this 'blue area of the moon'?" White Tiger prompts. "What's that about?"
"I think it was like a million years ago or something the Skrulls set it up as a testing site. I don't remember what they were testing but they made this place inhabitable and dumped a bunch of Kree and Cotati here to see what would happen." I explain. "Pretty much as soon as the experiment concluded this place was deserted. But there's a city and an ecosystem. So there is enough oxygen to support life."
"We're about the break away from the moon's gravity field." Power-Man's voice comes over my com.
"Copy that," I answer.
"Where did you learn about this stuff?" Iron Fist asks.
"The Achieves of the Nova Corps' Xandarian Worldmind," I answer.
"The what?" White Tiger asks.
"It's like a supercomputer," I answer, increasing my speed to help with the trust. "I can access it using my helmet; just I'm not really good at using it. But sometimes I can assess some stuff. I'm told it gets easier with practice, but I don't practice using it much."
"Hey, Danny?" I ask as I walk up to him. "I've got a question."
Danny pulls out his headphones and turns his music off. "What is it?"
"I was thinking… maybe the reason I can't access the Worldmind in my helmet is that I'm a little scatterbrained." I hold the helmet in my hands examining it. "That or the helmet's been through so much that it's just broken."
"That's not really a question." Danny frowns. "Although, I think if your helmet were broken, you would have trouble using your powers."
"Yeah…" I rub the back of my neck. "How do you meditate? How do you do the whole 'think of nothingness' thing? Is that even what it's like?"
Danny just chuckles to himself for a minute. "It can be different for everyone. I even use meditation for different reasons. But you want to focus, access this 'Worldmind,'" Danny pauses, thinking. "In K'un-Lun there is this pond, known as the Scrying Vessel of Bo-Ling. If you want information, you must clear your mind and only focus on what you wish to know. And it can take time for the answers to come. Do you have someone you could ask?"
"No, none of the Guardians use Nova Helmets. I might not even be able to access it fully like I want to." I look at the helmet. "I'm not sure what rank this helmet belongs to, maybe some ranks can't access the Worldmind like others."
"I would not know." Danny agrees. "But you have those 'gut feelings' about the stones. I do not think that was chance."
"Yeah, I guess not." I sigh; I put the helmet back on my head and sit down at the table next to him, laying my head down on my folded arms. "I wish I got a user's manual with this thing."
"That would be too easy." Danny laughs.
"Yeah," I agree. "It would. I guess I'll give it a try while we've got some downtime."
"That is a wise idea." Danny agrees, putting his headphones back in.
I close my eyes and try to focus on the mental image of John as the Man-Wolf.
"The Man-Wolf race came to be when an extraterrestrial virus came in contact with a Godstone. When any human-being makes contact with the Godstone they transform into a Man-Wolf. Godstones cannot be destroyed and will always return to their original host."
"Sam," Danny's voice is loud as it wipes away the darkness of my mind. "Fury wants us in the bridge."
I open my eyes and sit up looking at him. "I guess that wasn't meditation."
"You're exhausted from aiding the thruster systems," Danny says easily. "Did you get anything?"
"Yeah, could have sworn there was a voice talking to me." I take my helmet off and rub my head. "Something about a 'Godstone.'"
"Maybe it worked?" Danny asks hopefully.
"Maybe." I put my helmet back on. "That might be something I can ask the Guardians about."
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