TALES OF THE RECLAIMER DIDACT
Disclaimer: I don't own Halo, or Marvel's Avengers. I do not own any other guest appearances. I do own any original creations, and original characters.
Author's Note: Ok, some of you have been complaining that John isn't John and et cetra. The first thing I will tell you, is I enjoy the challenge of writing Max Calcs for Villains and Hero's as to write a story like that is to nearly imitate mythology. Just look at the Silver Age "History of the DC Universe" two part, 60 page apiece, special that shows the past, present, and future of all that is. If that isn't its own mythology, I'll eat my copy of Fall of Reach I tells ye!
Now, on to the other points. John does talk too much, SOME of you are right, and Cortana should be the one doing the talking. Second, John was upgraded to be a Galactic Ruler and Guide for Humanity, lest another threat such as the ancient Gravemind appear again. That, is weaved into Marvel, so I can write a lot of content about the Silver Age, the various entities, and more. I admit, wholeheartedly, that this is author fiat. I will not admit that this is only Chief in name. Chief's personality largely consists of lucky strikes and efficient logical deduction in a nearly Sherlock Holmes manner. Which is why I have him preparing, safeguarding, and stacking the deck for Earth.
Third. For those complaining that they came here to read Marvel, and ran into Warhammer 40k, what exactly were you thinking? Entering a Master Chief/Halo x Marvel crossover and not expecting Cosmic Level events to hit you over the head, alien invasions to instantly happen, and such? Did you think I was just going to blatantly copy others that put a slightly stronger Master Chief back with the JL or the Avengers? I openly stated at the start, that he was a good guy version of Kang the Conqueror, because of his personality and enhancements.
I do apologize for the repetitiveness and clunky feel of the previous dialogue, as the ability to write exposition, intrigue, battles, and fights was what I focused on. I was too excited to get this back out, so I just spat it on the net. Everyone knows how that feels, even Nimbus Llewellyn knows what its like.
So, here you go, Merry Christmas and all that.
Chapter 4-From Camelot to Captain America to The Breakout
John, as the Reclaimer Didact, alongside his team of Secret Warriors became more stealthy in their operations as humanity fell to the antithesis of civilization and began to slowly climb back out.
He observed the first religious kingdoms arise, with the Third Generation of Gods now in charge of the Pantheons.
Old Zeus was still in charge of the Greeks, but others had changed.
Amaterasu had taken over from the second generation of Izanagi and Izanami in the Shinto pantheon.
The Great Dragon was now in control of the Taoist Gods.
Brahma now stood as the head of the Hindu Pantheon.
Odhinn AllFather lead the Asgardians, who now ruled from Asgard. Aesheim was destroyed in a cataclysmic event that John had not been part of, but which might have affected all of reality. They didn't know however, because Odhinn was being tight-lipped and refused to share what they wanted to know.
And other changes abounded as well.
In the west, Greece, Sumeria, Scandinavia, Briton, the steppes of Russia, and Egypt were the first to pull themselves from the bottom rungs of existence after all the cataclysms prior to 4,004 BC. With their powerful god-heads now giving them aid, the people's thrived once more, and began to have more children, build wonders, innovate knowledge and learning, and expand. With expansion, came war.
Egypt reigned for a time after Atlantis's fall, and the sunset of Sumer, as their Gods called a powerful and knowledgeable man from the far future to become the founder of the most powerful dynasty, descended from a man of science and sorcery and another of fantastic mind and body. He, was named Rama-Tut but in reality, was Kang the Conqueror and this was his beginning.
A young, strong, and more evolved being was encountered as Rama-Tut established his Empire, becoming known as En-Sabah-Nur. The third mutant to appear, after Selene, and Namor, En Sabah Nur broke his imprisonment, and journeyed into the desert to shake off the Pharaohs powerful pursuers... And to find weapons that the desert was rumoured to possess, so he could destroy the hated invincible Pharaoh who controlled powers of sorcery and technology. Finding Celestial technology, he became known as The Apocalypse that Walks the Earth.
Even with these two mighty beings, Egypt's star waned. Other God's interfered, some indirectly as when Athena and Freya lead the leader of the Inhumans through a series of dreams and adventures so he marshalled his forces and they banished Rama-Tut back into time, or when Thor lead a group of empowered Vikings who were bloodthirsty and indestructible against Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen in Fury, War, Death, and Plague. Egypt, through the concerted effort of the other pantheons, was finally brought down to a lower level that the other nations could compete with.
Of course, that is, this is not to say that the other nations didn't want the God of Gods, King of Kings, and Nation of Nations titles, as Atlantis, Sumer, and Egypt had set the most recent examples with other God-heads in the Shinto, Tao, Celt, Greek, Norse, Aztec, Incan, African, Siberian, and American pantheons were all looking to hungrily at being next in line to be supreme on the planet.
And now, it was the time of Almighty Greece.
Greece was invincible for awhile, her indestructible armies surging forth across the land, nearly all of them from warrior Argonaut or Amazon bloodlines that were blessed by their Gods, and carefully tended for centuries to produce the strongest army seen in years. Greeks fought with Aegis Armour, Hephaestus-forged weapons, and clashed with Sumer, Egypt, and other God-aided kingdoms across the land. For a time, the City States of Greece were richest and most knowledgeable across the land, their warriors ranging across all continents and taking part in quest, battle, and intrigue the world over with Argonauts and Amazons representing the mighty yet small nation. None seemed to be her equal,as the pantheons fought back and forth, with Egypt and Sumer regaining much strength due to need and the rich past both possessed...
Until Camelot Rose.
With Camelot, came the power of Arthur and Merlin, an unstoppable duo, and the two stormed across England, Ireland, Scotland, the Low Countries driving through Europe itself, battling the Greeks, Scandinavian's and Steppe people's before them and successfully fighting and contesting with Egypt and Sumeria during their resurgent heights.
Then, the betrayal's... Camelot and it's Empire fell, Merlin retreated into the time stream, Morgana isolated herself plotting how to not only re-establish Camelot's Empire, but also looking for ways for her son Mordred to seize the throne as her personal Emperor. Similar fractious, power-hungry, egotistical, megalomaniacal plans unfolded in each of the other empires, born from multi-generational feelings of invincibility, bringing all down to so many warring kingdoms and city states.
With coming of the son of the One Above All, much of the Pantheon activity ceased, and became more subtle. Now there came a time when quests, visions, and artifacts like the Spear of Destiny and The Holy Grail took precedence.
The ages between saw more activity with the Secret Warriors, and over time they began to be contested by other groups.
Across the world, there were those mystic practitioners who didn't keep their arts in oral tradition or bloodline descendants(though were many who did such as the Bloodstone Clan of later on days, and the Cassidy's) who formed various Cities and Sanctums to protect the world. K'un Lun was one of many cities who practised the Inner Magics available to those who studied the energetic circuits of the Human Body if trained correctly. Sorceror Sanctums were established by Genghis's successor, Yao the Ancient One, to protect the Earth from the likes of Dread Dormammu, Crimson Cytorrak, Lucifer Mephistopheles, Obliterator Zom, The Dreaming Celestial and his brother Exitar, and Abyssal Nightmare.
Out of the East, arose the insidious Hand, masters of black magic, alchemical arts, dark chi, and ninja bastards of the highest order. A ninja order who at first formed as an ideal to resist the Shinto Nobles, Priests, and Samurai who treated all the peasants harshly, they were subject to a series of internal assassinations, coups, and counter-coups that saw the worst eventually in charge. And all they wanted, simply, was power. Power concentrated into their select individuals, by virtue of which they desired to rule the universe itself.
In the west, the mighty HYDRA began to form as an ideal by which the strong would seize the planet from the weak, through unrelenting science, sorcery, and mysticism. The strong were those that became Gods, in their twisted minds. No experiment was to forbidden, no ritual too black, for the HYDRA to perform. The Secret Warriors had to work hard to keep the Darkhold out of their grasp, as there was no telling what would come of such a thing. Cortana had calculated that either Chthon could re-manifest through HYDRA itself, or HYDRA could have individuals who could suborn the will of the Darkhold to HYDRA... Neither was a good thing.
And strangely enough... SHIELD formed underneath John's nose. As it turns out, the scientific minds of the timeline had also tapped immortality. Sir Isaac Newton. Galileo. Michael Faraday. Arthur Peregrinnus. Johannes Kepler. Giordano Bruno. Leonardo Da Vinci. William Rowan Hamilton. James Clerk Maxwell. Oliver Heaviside. John Worrell Keely. Nikola Tesla. Solomon Andrews. Guglielmo Marconi. All of them had come together, and at various points had opposed enemies of the planet. Galileo himself had made a powerful lensing instrument which had absorbed and accelerated so much photonic power, it had repelled Galactus himself from the Earth...
As always, the Supernatural itself had its own representation, making their move in the forms of Vampires, Werewolves, Creatures of all sizes, and the banished denizens of other realms. The Fae Courts backed various vampire lords, werewolf packs, banished giants, dark human wizards, collected dark elves, and seduced others away. Not a true pantheon, the Fae and Supernatural worshipped Abstracts, thus answering Cortana's question of just who exactly did God's or God-Like entities prayed to.
Ages passed, as the crusades winded down, the Eastern Roman Empire fell, and eventually Renaissance took root. As the so-called enlightenment spread, so did rumours of radically enhanced individuals, those who experimented with forbidden science, alchemy, and even whispers of a new kind of man altogether. Victor Frankenstein, Esteban Corezon De Ablo, Johann Conrad Von Dippel, John Dee, Andrew Croose, Bennet Du Paris, and Nathaniel Essex.
Then, the Revolution. A return of the ideals of Republic, of Men governing themselves, of the rights of all to establish their own church's, banks, and militia without government and ROYAL meddling. John Steele appeared at this time, fighting many early on battles which inspired and expanded the Patriots cause, fighting against the Redcoats as The Invincible Patriot the un-destroyable bear of a rifleman with baby-faced looks and a vast strength which inspired the fledgling ideal into a dream of a country for many of those poor colonists who had fled Britain. In the battles that came, John Steele proved that magic was not gone, and belied many known limits of humanity as he repelled bullets with his skin, caught cannon balls with his bare hands, and threw wooden spars shaped like spears longer than anyone could possibly throw such multi-hundred pound objects.
He wasn't the only one of the times, who happened to be very strong of back and mighty of arm, to appear and once again demonstrate the innate limit-breaking potential of the human race...
The Old West certainly was interesting enough, as proto-hero's began to appear. There were Red Hawk, The Man with No Name, The Rawhide Kid, The Magnificent Seven, Kid-Colt, Wyatt Earp's Law Dogs, and The Two-Gun Kid. Many, many others had opposed the Robber Baron's, and villains of the age, The Cowboys, El Indio's Gang, The Rockefeller's, Payseurs and other such Carpet-Bagging Money-Men. They weren't the only ones legendary explorers, strong men, ladies of magic, and more appeared.
It was at this time, that "The Patriot" reappeared, alongside someone known only as "The Wolverine". John Steele was a soldier in the Revolutionary War 1776, and came to John's attention after he saw a poster detailing "The Invincible Patriot" which was plastered as propaganda in many British-Loyalist towns. Now they picked up his trail again, finding him working with "The Wolverine", as they attempted to find out who Wolverine was, and stop Nathaniel Essex.
Essex had refused the offers of both Evil and Good, choosing to pursue Science at the cost of all others, having turned down offers from both En-Sabah-Nur and SHIELD's cadre of immortal scientific minds. He had taken to hounding Wolverine, Sabretooth, and other Lupines that he had come across, having significantly advanced technology compared to the times which allowed the now far more Sinister man to detect mutants that were very old in nature. And old they were, as most Lupine mutants were at this point survivors of the Celestials destroying their race in ancient times before John and Cortana had arrived and formed The Secret Warriors, or children begat from those very survivors by way of humans or other distant clan survivors.
John and Cortana tracked his adventures, and witnessed him fight in the Old West, War of 1812, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and the First World War, before disappearing.
John witnessed the Sinister force resist the inquest of The Patriot and Wolverine, turning loose an enslaved and weaponized psychic from the Grey Clan upon them... The Wolverine, and the Sinister force disappeared shortly after this psychic from the clan known as Grey wrecked the entirety of labs and habitats that both had in the Rocky Mountains, nearly bringing the mountain down in a huge display of potential psionic might. The Sinister force moved on, and John last tracked it's movements to Europe, just before the First World War began...
John had many interests in WWII, where Nazi Germany had stormed across Europe. With not only their superior forces, but a high tech division called HYDRA, the Thule Occult, their own version's of Super-soldiers, sorcerer's, and occult artifacts, National Socialist Germany seemed Unstoppable... And when Adolf Hitler seized the Spear of Destiny, major entities had stirred, and the powers had drawn their attention back to Earth. The Nazi's had some interesting and powerful people on their side, displaying the advanced and mad nature of the science and mysticism the rulers of the Third Reich embraced, willing and able to push all boundaries aside for their needs to construct tools of conquest for world domination.
The powerful flying brick Master Man.
The indestructible Warrior Woman.
The advanced robotic Iron Cross.
The deadly Baron Helmut Von Zemo.
The Madman Arnim Zola, and some other seriously bad juju in their toolbox..
Apparently even the Norse God of Thunder, Thor, was duped into working for them for a short time, brought under control of the villains by Adolf Hitler who personally summoned the Thunder God and bewitched him with the Spear of Destiny.
This personal Monster-Guard of Adolf's was led by someone who was not in the least, an exceptionally cruel being, named The Red Skull. A vicious, cold-hearted, murderous individual who enacted various genocidal plans, summoned eldritch beings, and worked with aliens more than few times. All in a gambit to defeat his principle foes.
The Allied Invaders.
Namor, The Atlantean Sub-Mariner.
Jim Hammond, The Original Human Torch.
Brian Falsworth, Union Jack and Wielder of the Mantle of Albion.
Jacqueline Falsworth, The Spitfire.
Toro, a young Japanese-American who had sacrificed everything to fight for America as the Second Human Torch.
Logan James Howlett, The Raging Wolverine.
James Buchanan Barnes, 'Bucky'. And the one who the deadliest, and most dangerous of all, the one who knit the team together. Last but not least, was Steven Rogers, Captain America.
There were other beings of merit at the time, Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commando's, the Raging Wolverine's compatriots in Team 7[Maverick, Sabretooth, and Silver Fox], the Russian RED ROOM... It seemed the only unlucky ones had been the Japanese... The Hand was the whispered power behind the throne, but they had been international since before Japan had officially been trading with the rest of the world. They were disinterested with the results of the war, as their power was still assured and unbroken. As well, they didn't want to partake in a war of mutual annihilation against one of humanities Supernatural Superpowers.
But that was what the Emperor's Army had done, awakening the wrath of an Ancient and Immortal Chinese Sorceror, who had all but annihilated their secret initiative's and the bulk of the Imperial Army. All the while the conventional naval forces and Super-powered individuals of the Allies ground their Imperial Navy to pieces. Soldiers who had been recovered from the devastated Japanese sites only whispered two things...
"Ten rings..."
"The Mandarin..."
From then on, things got a little crazy, but also settled. Apparently Captain America had gone MIA because of a prototype ICBM, with a thermonuclear warhead...
The others... Jim Hammond had disappeared, the Falsworth's had gone back to being a Lord and Lady, and Namor had apparently returned to... Atlantis? The Atlanteans had a stake to be raised in this new, and modern era, and Namor decided he needed to be present in case someone like Nazi Germany targeted Atlantis because of the potential weapons or knowledge his ancient City possessed.
This didn't stop both Hammond and Namor from having a few throwdown's before both went their separate ways though.
After the defeat of the Nazi's and HYDRA, all the villains seemed to disappear... At least for the time being... John had hacked into every government database, and had found out that there were some pretty interesting "Secret Wars" that had been going during the Cold War. He snorted.
The Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-Enforcement Division... Huh. They came up with an acronym. He should try to introduce them to their parent SHIELD soon. Right now, they sounded too much like ONI, however when he saw what they were fighting against, and the battles they had... He somewhat understood.
The RED ROOM was an absolutely detestable branch of humanity. There was nothing they wouldn't do to achieve results in the name of communism. And HYDRA had risen its head again, while The Hand was on the move. SHIELD had its work cut out for them, and Chief could understand why they went quick and dirty sometimes.
And now, with the advent of all sorts of energy unleashed on earth, Super-beings were starting to appear once more. Mutants, with a 0.5 variation in their DNA, meta-humans with even greater genetic variance, radiation enhanced monsters, technological suit wearing billionaire's... In the 1950's, hero's, mutants, meta-humans, and others began to appear.
Tony Stark, son of Howard Stark began to gain notoriety as an unsurpassed Engineer, aiding the SHIED R&D with putting together their Helicarrier.
Reed Richards, gained international fame with multiple papers on Multi-Dimensional Physics, Energetic Processes, and various other problems that had been left behind by Tesla, Einstein, Maxwell, and Newton(publicly, Tesla and Einstein had been killed, but Cortana and John had found evidence they had joined the Science Colony SHIELD).
Bruce Banner published papers on Wave Interference Mechanics, Frequency Effects on Biology, Bio-energetics, and more, while revisiting the work of those who claimed to use more esoteric and novel processes to heal. Papers challenging the medical establishments point of view on Royal Raymond Rife, Nikola Tesla, and Harry Hoxsey, are published by the man. This is all while prepares his own Lab, for Gamma Ray impregnated Plasma experiments with Dr Antoine Priore to be Universal Panacea for humanity, while he also comes up with weapon designs as deterrents for the military in the form of the All Powerful Gamma Bomb.
Charles Xavier published several bleeding edge papers on Genetics, Biological Evolution, Epigenetic Mutation, and began to be lauded for his re-visitation of the works of Antoine Bechamp, Jean Lamarck, and Nathan Stubblefield, proving that it was possible for mutants and meta-humans to pop up, as it was apparent that the environments of our planet could bring out more potential from humans than what they displayed during their mostly quiet lives.
Hank Pym became well known in Computer Programming, Riemann Matrix Equations, Neumann Geometries, Kaluza-Klein Theory, pioneering into Plasma Circuitry and Psychotronics, being one of the first to pioneer papers on the laws and mechanics of a potential Artificial Intelligence while also detailing materials, production, and systems needed to house an electrical consciousness.
Cortana had been really disappointed to see people's reactions, and idiocy regarding mutation, but John had come to expect that people would make decisions like these people had, until their fears were assuaged by mighty personal actions. She vowed that this would be one of the first things they needed to fix in society, when they made themselves known. John agreed, as discrimination based on anything was intolerable, whether it be Anti-White, Anti-Black, or anything in between... He had seen the problems it would lead to, political extremes on both sides had ripped apart his home humanity in the many conflicts they had as they spread across space, like the Rainforest Wars. Especially the Rainforest Wars. Two Neo Factions that had hardcore ideals, set fire too humanity... No point in reminiscing, he was in his first meeting of the day. Then the Insurrection... Much of the conflict in his version of the timeline, many of the atrocities, were allocated to discrimination, born of a need to discriminate, a need to seize power.
"Good day Mr. Logan James Howlett-Hudson. Please, sit down." The muscled, hairy, yellow-and-yellow suited individual lit his cigar, sat down, all the while his white eye slits displaying no emotion from his black facemask. John knew the mask displayed no movement, but he also understood that Wolverine was too para-aware to not begin immediately cataloguing everything in the Reclaimer's office, listing them all in terms of possibly threat levels.
"Nice to see ya Bub. What's on your mind today?"
To get up to speed, after the Adamantium bonding process, Logan had lost his memories, due to being reprogrammed so many times by Weapon-X. Once SHIELD, and Spartan Universal had caught on, they shut down the rogue program, reinforced by the newly chosen Alpha Flight, Dept H, with several other black ops assets from SHIELD, and SU. Mandroid's, and Spartan Combat Teams had shut down the rogue project, fast. Logan went to work for Dept H after that, still technically belonging to Canada, and not wanting to betray his native country, but also floating between SHIELD and Alpha Flight, while SU had coordinated with SHIELD for some of it's missions with it's paramilitary assets. Sabretooth, Maverick, and Silver Fox were already gone or had broken their conditioning while on mission, and thus were scattered to the four winds.
"Well, Logan, me and my... Assistant have a proposal for you." The Lupine cocked his head to the side, and stared at John for a good 5 seconds.
"Assistant? What kind of offer?" The scruffy man questioned, managing a quizzical expression upon his nearly-covered face without the use of eyebrows, eyeing Chief expectantly. Chief gave a slight smile, and held up what seemed to be an expensive Rolex-style watch upon his massive wrist. A blue form sprang forth, emitted from pale aqua motes of light, striated photons condensing into a 4 inch tall figure.
"You'll be part of a group of select individual's." The office wall flipped behind him, revealing a hidden chamber.
"Your job would still be to continue your career as you do, but on the day's I call, you will be replaced with an extremely lifelike Life-Model-Decoy. And then, you will be employed for a mission." Logan's eye raised in curiosity. Various sections lit up, displaying advanced look-alike robots, and the spare parts surrounding them.
"Spartan Universal, is a complete front. We run a much deeper organization, focusing on the protection of humanity, from Extraterrestrial, Intraterrestrial, and Extradimensional threats. These three things keep us well occupied, as all the things you've seen are the ones that either are too powerful and stable to stop like the great beings, empires, or random small invasions. If you want to know more, you'll have to agree to join. But we can offer something of interest." Logan leaned forward, obviously intrigued at Cortana's words and little expose... As the section with medical equipment, machines, and et cetera began to light up. Serums of all kinds, surgical tools, and arcane machines dotted this area.
"We've been around for a long time. A really long time. We've witnessed the rise and fall of God's, Demons, Sorceror's, King's, and even whole Races. Due to the nature of the Earth, and it's position amongst the cosmos and the metaphysical, we've maintained watch over person's of interest for Eon." Cortana brought up her own display, showing the ancient Lupine clans.
"And, we have some ideas about your own origins, and as well have been tracking your travels since the old west." The Wolverine's eye's slowly widened.
"So, hold on... You're saying... I'm older than I look... And you may be able to give me my memories back? I've worked 'wit you two before, and while I can say that was definitely a pleasure, why should I trust you?!" Ending with a signature growl, Wolverine glared at the AI. Cortana merely nodded.
"You have no reason to, beyond the trust we have earned on our occasional crossed paths, but I will tell you that we are also far older than we look. We can actually show you." Wolverine continued glaring at Cortana, shifting his gaze to John a few times, until he eventually nodded for Cortana to show him the proof.
"We've witnessed the rise and fall of many races. You, as it turns out, are not actually a mutant as Charles Xavier tried to recently convince you. Yours is the race of the Lupine. You, were a group of Clans, who were obliterated by some uncompromising Star Gods over ten thousand years ago. You were the sole survivor of Clan Howlett. Clan Creed also survived partially."
Wolverine held his head in his hands, taking a few deep breaths. Rediscovery was not a cool thing, especially for someone who thought they may have been born in the 1800s, as now he tried to comprehend that literally thousands of years of memories had been taken from him. He gestured for them to continue.
"One of the original races to develop besides humanoids, was Lupinoid, and it was there fate alongside all the non-humanoids to face destruction from the Celestials. This happened before the Master Chief and my cute electronic self arrived here. Don't worry, we will tell you more about that. Due to the Celestials only wanting Humanoids for their experiment, they destroyed the other races, after having been attacked by the Deviants." Various races were shown, standing alongside humanity. There were Fish people, Insect ones, Reptilian bipeds, Primates, Lupines and Deviants. Deviants looked like green-skinned, troll-ugly, ridge-chinned ugliness personified, and Wolverine couldn't help but stare.
"The Deviants were one of two Celestial experiments, the other being a city of enhanced humans that the Celestials had experimented on after meeting the Old Gods of Earth, and they sought to destroy anyone not of their own kind. The Lupine clans of Creed, Howlett, Hudson, and others, escaped during this chaotic war. They hid, becoming the hominids of legend, until emerging in the modern day and commingling with human civilization once more." Cortana showed Logan images of Lupines running, during a cataclysmic battle between the Deviants and a Celestial host, the entire planet shaking all the while.
"You've been a great ally several times throughout the ages. We would be happy to have you again."
SLAM
"Sounds like the deal of a lifetime, bub. What other bonuses are there?" Logan grinned in a joking fashion, and Cortana giggled before continuing.
"Well, we have a few ideas. Firstly, we want to bring out the full potential of your genetic gifts. By that, we mean any leftover powers and abilities you have hidden deep in your genes will activate, either enhancing or complementing your current power." Cortana began to emit a detailed schematic of Logan's body, which divedquickly into his bones, cell structure and displayed the DNA which made him different than Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Different portions highlighted
"Your bones will become completely made of Bio-Adamantite. Your regeneration will grow to unheard of levels since the Adamantium will be natural, and not poisoning your system. This will allow muscle density to vastly increase. Carbon pico-myomer will be woven throughout your musculature, and will allow your ligaments and tendons to take a far greater amount of strain. These myomer's will be plated with Adamantium, and be act as a Honeycomb, rather than replacement. Using the final energy bombardment, we will accelerate your nervous system, and you develop Hyper-Reflex's. All this, is to awake the true potential of what is already there, nothing is added, your systems are just allowed to heal and fully develop."
Cortana brought up a detailed schematic of Wolverine's body, comparing the before and after specs.
"You would be, at minimum, faster stronger and more durable. I'd estimate you could press a tank over your head, but don't go trying to rip a Battleship in half as it won't really work. Your reflex's will be on a level few but the greatest of combatants can match, and are most probably what you once had before the Adamantium Implantation. If you've ever fought that bastard from The Hand, The Gorgon, you know what I'm talking about." Wolverine grunted. "I think that even the Hulk would have trouble trying to take you down at this point."
"What is your outfit really called, who are you people really." John smirked.
"We are, The Ones who man The Wall, The Brother-Hood of the SHIELD, and we have been building this organization since humanities birth, collecting the most accomplished minds, and greatest warriors. You are next in the recruitment list." Cortana waved her hand and a button depressed on Johns desk, and the rest of the team teleported in, all armoured up. John stepped forward, raising a hand and gathering energy.
"And we, are The Secret Warriors." With a grin, John donned his armour instantly, summoning it through a slipspace portal directly onto his person, then offering his hand to Wolverine. His incredible mind compensating for his movement and putting it precisely onto his person. Wolverine was dumbfounded at first, awed by all the extremely advanced tech and in-depth knowledge possessed here, but he eventually gathered himself and shook the Reclaimer Didact's hand.
~Interlude, New York City~
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New York City had grown exponentially since the Second World War, financially, technologically and most of all socially. More and more characters were now popping up, and super-beings were arising to oppose the evil that would use it's power to take advantage of the people.
One such person was Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime. Recognizing that Super-hero's were a lucrative market for construction and insurance, he moved in and founded several companies that repaired damage at discount prices, and others that managed insurance for the people affected by battles between Villains and Hero's.
A lot of criminals began appearing, with technological weapons and suits, and from the Shocker to the Killer Shrike they all seemed like mooks who had no business in a super suit. A few supernatural villains appeared as well, with Deacon Frost and Dracula's occasional appearances upsetting the local Vampire Covens and Sorceror's Sanctums.
The new Sorceror Supreme, one Stephen Strange took up residence in Greenwich Village, after journeying to the Himalaya's. A blind Lawyer named Matt Murdock took up the cowl and costume after being blinded by radioactive ooze which disappeared into a sewer, becoming Daredevil, a scourge of the underworld. Eric Brooks, born from a mother dying of a vampire bite, became Blade the Daywalker, hunter of Vampires. Luke Cage volunteered for an experiment to gain early parole time, after being set up by some corrupt cops in New York, becoming the Power Man with Unbreakable Skin. Danny Rand returned from a mysterious accident in the East, took control of his company and began to fight crime and The Hand as the Iron Fist.
In Westchester, Charles Xavier organized a peace-keeping task force of Mutants named the X-Men. Angel, Beast, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Havok, Polaris, and Cyclops, clad in yellow-and-blue uniforms adorned with patches that displayed red X's on black backgrounds. The X-Men stood against evil mutants, enhanced assassins, and ancient evils as they fought to protect their brothers and sisters, sometimes crossing fists with others like themselves. The Brother-Hood of Evil Mutants, led by the Master of Magnetism Magneto, faced off against their more peaceful team time and again.
However, the one with the most potential, could usually be spotted taking on multiple villains, sometimes in teams as large as six. At first, John had noticed this teenager was slightly selfish and didn't use their powers in a manner befitting a hero, trying to increase his own material wealth and impress a girl.
However, once he lost a family member to his negligence, Peter Parker dedicated his life to fighting crime and respecting one maxim.
"With great power, there must also come, great responsibility. Don't you forget that Peter..." The last words of Uncle Ben began a crucible by which Peter began to live, and he emerged triumphant from this crucible as The Amazing Spider-Man.
Anti-hero's appeared as well, the villains attracting individuals as such. Fresh off a 'Vietnam tour where he survived a counter-offensive, Frank Castle witnessed his entire family executed just for being in the park and seeing a mob hit happen. Shortly thereafter, he became The Punisher, launching a one-man war on crime. Moon Knight, an individual empowered by an Ancient Egyptian God, appeared during the nights to track down and evoke Deific justice upon the criminal elements of the city. Mobius, when he could keep himself under control, aided Blade in his war on the vampires.
New York would also become a hotbed for several mutant factions. In the underground sewers of New York City, the Morlocks gathered, most of them affected by a physical change to their appearance from the awakening of their mutation. Knowing society would reject them, they hid underground and survived there. In "Mutantown" Jamie Madrox organized the X-Force, harder and edgier mutants who didn't agree with Magneto, but also didn't buy Charles Xavier's sermons. X-Force would do the missions that the X-Men would balk at. Their opposition would often be a Sinister force named The Marauders, who engaged in behaviour such as drugs that enhanced mutants(or gave them pleasure, mutant clientele elite was important, and Hellfire always paid cash), humanoid trafficking, surgical and genetic experimentation/modification.
It is the year 1974 now, Tony Stark has just come back from the far east, and launched a press conference.
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~Stark Industries, New York~
-Iron Man TAS Intro 2 (1080p HD) START-
"-it's insane to insinuate that I am, in any way, Iron Man... Even though that would be awesome, and uh, wonderful..." Tony Stark seemed to be rambling his way through a series of Que cards that the SHIELD agent at his side had given him. John snorted lightly, and turned the corner of his lip up.
"I never said that you were a super-hero." The reporter in front of Stark seemed dead set on boxing Tony into a verbal corner. Stark looked around nervously, before clearing his throat, and gesturing widely.
"I mean, uhh, let's face it. I have a laundry list of character defects, I am usually drunk in public... There is now way that I..." Stark trailed off, as he stared into the distance. John looked around, trying to see what had caught his eye, and raised an eyebrow. Stark was staring at his secretary, looking her deep in the eyes. Pepper Pott's was an extraordinary beauty, that's for sure, and John knew that Stark was lucky to have her.
And with a smirk, he dropped his cards, and opened his mouth.
"Y'see, the truth is... I AM Iron Man!" With that bomb dropped, Stark threw up both hands in the peace sign, yelled "THANK YOU EVERYONE, THAT'S IT F'ME!" before speed-walking out the back with a distraught Miss Pott's running after him.
John could see the SHIELD agent bury his head in his hands, and even with the press roaring questions, he could still hear "WHY ME?!"
Smirking, John sent a quick mental prod to Cortana, so she could hack the Stark database and slip John into the next appointment slot. Making his way through the crowd, the Reclaimer walked up the stairs and found the path to Mr. Stark's office. Knowing the wait would be more than a few minutes, the large-framed Master Chief sat down and began to contemplate the info he was going to unload on Stark, while also thinking about how to do it in the most direct summarized way.
This was often Johns train of thought. He was a man of few words.
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Within a half-hour, Pepper Pott's was in to greet John.
"Mr... Severn, I'm so sorry, as you can see Tony has launched a massive controversy with his most recent statements. So... I think I'm going to have to reschedule your appointment, as I don't know if Mr. Stark will want, let alone be entirely able, to see you." Pepper tried to look as apologetic as possible, all the while knowing that she was going to have to be the one to clean up the mess Tony had just made, while making sure the brat-billionaire still took care of his company.
"Ms. Pott's I am sure Mr. Stark will hear me out. I will not take long." John said with a small smile, and Pepper gestured for him to continue.
"I think it's very admirable, the direction Mr. Stark is headed in, but he needs a few pointers on what can be done with defensive technologies he currently has, while other fields he would be able to affect with the level of manufacturing that Stark Industries performs leaves much untapped potential despite SI wanting to end its weapons manufacturing." Pepper sat back after John's pitch, and clasped her hands in front of her nose in thought, before nodding slowly at the man.
"I can see your point. Indeed, Stark Industries does possess advanced metallurgical fabrication technologies, and there have been a few times I've mentioned it to Tony as well. Maybe he will be interested in seeing you. Would you mind waiting a few moments, or do you want to follow me and help to convince Tony that you are worth his time." Pepper asked with a sarcastically exaggerated eyebrow raise. John smiled, and nodded.
"I think I will accompany you. From the legends I've heard about the man, it's possible that he's already halfway through a bottle of bourbon." Pepper snorted and rolled her eyes, muttering "it's likely" before leading the massive Spartan Universal owner, majority shareholder and CEO out of the office. Within minutes, we were in an expansive sitting room, with a full bar, whereupon we found Stark sitting on an overstuffed lazy-boy. He swivelled around to the approaching individuals, taking in the appearance of the large Reclaimer Didact that stood before him.
"Pepper, who is this giant, that you have brought into my cave?" The snark was palpable. John endured it with a smile, having evolved past being annoyed with the humour of others. Pepper sighed, long having suffered the Starkster's eccentricities, and shook her head as she walked over.
"Tony, this is Leonidas Severn. He wants to talk to you about the peaceful direction you're taking SI, and possible defensive technologies and such that you can do joint-studies on." Tony's eyebrow raised slightly, then he looked over at John, and gestured at his bar and couch.
"Alright big guy, why don't you have a seat! But if we are going to talk business, you have to do a shot, so whats your poison" John smiled, and gestured at the near literal jar-sized bottle of fine brandy that Stark held.
"Your selection will do fine." Within a few moments, the two had each downed their shots, and Stark began to focus more on the discussion at hand than his booze. "Alright, what is it you were thinking about partnering with my company over?" John smiled slightly.
"First, I have to surprise you. This, is Cortana."
John tapped his watch, whereupon Cortana sprung out and began to display several different blueprints. Some were for medicine and advancing cures and therapies. Others were power-plant designs. Still others were next-generation propulsion units. Finally, defensive suits appeared, bare-bones compared to Iron Man, but made for extreme situations, like fighting forest fires, getting people out of collapsing buildings, and more.
John waved his other hand at Stark, bringing him back from the blueprints, and pointed at his AI.
"This is what we have in mind. The ideas you have come up with are outstanding, and you are right in ascertaining that they can be abused so I completely understand your desire to make SI a completely non-offensive company. And over at SU, we've been working on some things that are similar to what you put together in the Iron Man suit. With a more limited application, you can easily maintain control of the tech and ensure it can actually be used for the good of humanity." Stark assessed Severn, narrowing his eyes, looking back and forth between his AI and the Reclaimer.
"Hmmm. I don't know if I can trust you just yet. But... If you show me some working designs of what you're doing over at Spartan Universal, I could become a bit more interested. First, one thing." John nodded.
"You completed Pym's ideas?" Cortana giggled, as she shook her head.
"Pym, is on the right track, but he is nowhere near designing a Metastable AI such as myself. A few years with unlimited funding though..." Cortana trailed off, before fixing Stark with her eyes.
"That's not a problem. I wanted that you would come over and take a look, the scientists in R&D have been begging me to give you an invite for years, but John has held me off. Even when you made weapons, you had their adoration, and mine..." John shook his head, as Stark began smirking.
"I got fanboy's in every R&D department across the globe, but I think I can spare the time!" With that said, the two began discussing the soon to happen trip and several bits of technology they were experimenting with. John went over more than a few different propulsion schematics, which had Stark's head swimming, and they discussed many subjects late into the day.
Over the next few years, John and Cortana had gathered Reed Richards, Charles Xavier, Hank Pym, T'Challa of Wakanda, Namor of Atlantis, and Blackbolt of the Inhumans. As a semi-formal council, he explained that the purpose was not only to share resources and alert each other of threats, but to brainstorm ideas on how they can change the world for the better. During this time, Prison 42 is thought up, proposed, and accepted by the Director of SHIELD, Nicholas Fury.
It was after that point in time, that Cortana reported that the X-Men had gone missing, on a mission to Krakatoa Island. Dr. Reed Richards was journeying into space in a prototype spaceship, with his friend Ben Grimm, research colleague and love interest Susan Storm, and her ne'er do well punk of a little brother Johnny. As well, the four Super-Villain Prisons constructed by SHIELD were witness to mass breakouts, The Cube, Big House, The Vault, and The Raft.
Over 20 Gamma-enhanced villains escaped from The Cube, 25 meta-humans from the Big House, 13 tech-villains freed themselves from The Vault, and 13 of the most dangerous villains in the world ran away from The Raft as a being known to SHIELD as Graviton brought his wrath down upon SHIELD.
~Downtown New York, 1981~
"Cortana. It's time." The AI nodded, bringing Johns armour forth from Slipspace, before sending him to the battle.
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Teleporting directly into the battle, John beheld a surreal sight. The entirety of The Raft was hovering in the air, suspended as if gravity had no effect upon it. Above it, a silver and blue armoured figure glowed with massive power...
"Scanning subject Graviton. Analyzing wavelengths. Extrapolating upper limit." Cortana stated, as John prepared to take off, crouching down into a deep squat, and initializing the propulsion systems whilst preparing to combine it with his own strength.
"Make me a battle-plan." With a burst of energy both technological and organic, his battlesuit took off, and began to approach the formerly well-respected but now completely insane physicist Franklin Hall. Johns other systems came online, and began deploying preventive counter-measures in anticipation of Graviton's potential aggression, his systems attempting to put together a preparatory subroutine that would defend against this... Graviton.
"And who are YOU? ANOTHER of FURY'S LAPDOGS!?" The man roared, pointing a finger at the approaching Reclaimer Didact.
"I have no affiliation with Nicholas Fury." Chief stated, before Cortana popped up. "Except that he makes a great poker player and always has a seat saved at our Friday night table. I have to remind him that next Friday is Chip'n'Dip, so he has to bring-"
Hall quivered, and veins stood out on his skull, as he clearly couldn't take the statement as truth.
"YOU! You think this is FUNNY? I'll CRUSH YOU! I'LL CRUSH FURY!" With that simple exclamation, Hall increased his output, bringing down the crushing force of a couple hundred tonnes of gravity down upon the Reclaimer. John struggled, grunting in mid-air, before beginning to fall towards the water. With a strain of his energy and system's, John quickly released a counter wave, in opposite phase, to the one Graviton had exerted. This nullified the force for scant seconds before his systems strained to meet the massive energy output Graviton had generated. With a quick motion, the Reclaimer Didact snapped out blast of disintegration energy at Graviton's left arm.
"Scan complete. Warning, Subject Graviton's Upper limit impossible to calculate. Recommend we end this before he begins to access more of his power." Cortana reported in, bringing his more powerful weapons online, as John called up his inner bio-energetic reserves to stand-bye. He immediately doubled his disintegration beams output.
Laughing, the fiend used his power's to bend the beam of energy around his body, returning it with interest at the Didact. Grunting as it impacted, John used his shield and psionic might to shed the destructive power, redirecting it around his armour and into the water. He still took 35% of the beams blast, and it left his chest plate smoking with the discharge.
"Warning, Graviton is overloading counter-measures, wait you need to-"
Graviton gritted his teeth, and in the moment John had focused on redirecting the disintegration beam, he brought his gravitic power down upon the man again. With a shout, the Reclaimer Didact rocketed into the water, blasted to the watery depths. Further went John, his suit beginning to rocket into the bedrock, pushing further and further in. Graviton buried him underneath at least 3 miles of rocks, water, metal, and it would be a hard climb back up to the surface.
That is, if Thor Odinson had not witnessed a mortal in armour speeding past his body underwater, and smashing into the bedrock. As he freed himself, Thor lifted his hammer, then sped off towards where he had seen the armoured man go under the rock. Then, the mighty thunderer began to smash his way into the ground, to uncover the entombed possible ally.
"Hang on, man of metal, Thor will get ye out of yon pile of rocks!" Arms working furiously, Thor swung the hammer faster than most humans could see, cleaving huge gouges the size of suburbs out of the way. Mjolnir crushed all in its path, delivering such physical crushing power, water swirling around its form violently as it did its work. Rock, metal, fish, and sea were displaced as the Thunder God moved closer to the fallen man, faster than one could blink. In seconds, Thor had blasted through to the Reclaimer Didact, grabbing him and spinning MJOLNIR up to return to the surface. With a splash, the two jumped up on to the docks.
Whereupon, they witnessed Hank Pym in his Ant-Man suit alongside Janet Van Dyne, giving Maria Hill and Nick Fury what for over the breakout.
"How the HELL did this happen Fury? SHIELD is supposed to be on top of things like this, and yet, all of the Super-Villains prisons have suffered simultaneous breakouts? You guys really dropped the ball on this one Fury." Nick narrowed his eye at Pym's admonition, before turning around and sighing.
"It was classified. You didn't have a need to know." The Didact walked over to Fury.
"That's a load of hooey and you know it Director." Cortana sprang forth holographically from the armour.
"Yeah! The only reason you kept it classified, at least pertaining to Franklin Hall, was you didn't want to admit you let a nutcase into a highly classified project, whereupon he gained everything you had ever wanted and more... But went completely mad with power because of said project." Her quick, and vitriolic dismantlement of Fury's defence, made everyone including Agent Hill stare at the Navy Blue AI. "That alone, is just one of the mistakes you made Director Fury. So don't you dare go around acting like you don't need help now."
"We are all you got." John pointed a hand at Fury, as Cortana projected various files from the Gravity project that Hall had been pursuing underneath SHIELD and Fury's personal oversight.
Nick shook his head, as he looked the Reclaimer Didact up and down, eye narrowing ever-so-slightly.
"You could be arrested for having those files, you know." The Didact laughed lightly, and shook his head.
"You won't be doing that. You need us, and all other hands you can get on deck, if you are going to take down Hall." Cortana chirped right back at the man. Pym looked to object, before the Didact looked over at him. "We can reason with him after we have him in custody Dr. Pym."
"Anyway as you can see, he would rather hurt and kill to achieve his misguided view on justice, rather than be taken in peacefully." Cortana added, trying to soothe the pacifists ruffled feathers.
Pym looked thoughtful as the Didact talked, and nodded along with his conclusion.
"And what do we call you, noble warrior?" Thor asked, as the Didact turned his attention to the God of Thunder.
"I am known as the Reclaimer Didact. I am the Sword and Shield, of all Humanity, sworn to protect Earth." The Wasp looked surprised, Ant-Man and Thor nodded.
"That's really fancy sounding, so I'm just gonna call you "Didact"... Is that OK?" Wasp asked John, and he nodded in acceptance, which brought a megawatt smile out of the fun and bubbly Janet.
"Oh, I can tell we are going to get along just fine!" Cortana stated with a smile, as she grinned at the Meta-human.
"Let's rock!" Didact declared, before they all sped off into the sky towards Franklin Hall.
Unfortunately, Janet was fairly fast and zipped in front of the group.
"Franklin Hall, you're giving theoretical physicists a bad name... SO KNOCK IT OFF!" With that said, she leapt into close proximity with the mad scientist, and began blasting him in the eyes, nose and ears with her wasp stings.
Graviton snarled, and yelped as the small but potent bio-energetic bursts blasted against him. With a particularly lucky lashing out, he back-handed Janet into the water. Didact sensed Pym's anger before he even transformed, and in a second the man had erupted into a 60-foot tall giant and began to rapidly punch the rogue scientist in a rage.
"AarrggGGGRRRGHH!" Hank Pym went from small, lithe, athletic science geek of a pacifist, to a Titan over 60 feet tall throwing a punch in a split-second. Graviton actually had to stop and focus on his defensive shield, as Hanks anger had allowed him to launch a rapid barrage of punches the size of dump trucks. Growling himself, Graviton snarled at the Doctor, eyes beginning to glow even more intensely.
Watching this unfold, Didact and Thor noticed that Graviton was building energy, and both yelled for Pym to watch-out... But it was too late, as Giant-Man was blasted backwards, and seemed to lose consciousness.
"I will say this once, villain! Surrender now, and Thor will be lenient with you." The Odinson gestured, and held his hammer out threateningly. Graviton began to laugh, quietly at first, before bursting into a full and insane belly laugh.
"he he he, hah hah hah, EHEHEHEHEH, AHA HA HAHAHAHAHA, I beat you once, and I can beat you again! FURY, HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS! WHAT I CAN DO!" With that exclamation, Hall drew up massive amounts of power, and blasted the rest of the hero's away, beginning to grasp the base of the island itself. With only a small grunt, Hall began to rip over 10 million tonnes of earth out of the ground. It was then a massive blue-beam cannoned into him from behind, and sent the gravitic menace into the pavement.
Iron Man landed, alongside Thor and the Didact, by Hall's crater.
"Stand down Hall, don't make us hurt you." Iron Man displayed all of his weapons systems, as did the Didact, both of them aiming it all at Graviton. Thor's hammer sparked with lightning, Wasps hands glimmered with bio-energy, and Giant-Man landed behind the mad scientist.
"Franklin, you're sick. We can talk this over, if you'll just give it a chance." Hall's eyes glance downwards, while he actually looked contemplative for a second, before his expression became furious once more, emitting a strong omni-directional blast wave that laid everyone out as he rose into the sky.
"No... Noooo... NOOOOOOO! I AM GRAVITOOOONNN! I AM THE STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!"
SMASH
"You sure about that?"
With the sound of destruction, The Incredible Hulk arrived on the scene, and just in time to scare the mad scientist out of his pants. Hall's eyes widened at the appearance of the Jade Giant, and the madman became extremely nervous. Before Graviton could make a move, Hulk had tackled his mid-section in a burst of extreme speed with the force of a runaway Bismarck Battleship, which sent them both away at such a rate that they were only seen flying to a shipping container yard after they had smashed through around 75% of the containers..
"RAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!" With a roaring declaration, Hulk punched the gravitic field of Hall's, smashing him further and further into the shipyard. Graviton grimaced, and jumped into the air, before bringing a massive bubble of gravitic force down upon The Hulk.
Thor, Iron Man, Didact, Wasp, and Giant-Man followed, and witnessed the Gamma Skinned Behemoth taking the fight to Graviton. Watching the raging monster smash the mad physicist around, Thor looked over at Iron Man and remarked.
"I didn't know Midgard had Ogre's." Tony laughed inside his helmet, and the Didact allowed himself a smirk. The Hulk continued to smash Graviton, blasting him through the massive shipping cranes that littered the port.
"Is that... The Hulk?" Giant-Man asked in astonishment.
"I dunno, but isn't he supposed to be, like, a bad guy?" Wasp looked over at Pym in confusion, not really knowing how to take their present situation, and Hank shook his head.
Hulk began to smash Graviton into the ground, the villain having to concentrate on his shield, with one massive jade fist smashing him after another in a rapid blur of green movement. Hulk drew his arms up for a double-axe-handle blow, and the scientist whipped his head around in fury, Graviton taking advantage of the small respite.
"NNOOOOOO!" With a gesture, he raised gravitic force all around himself, and applied it squarely on The Hulk. The Mean Green Machine dropped to his knees and began to roar. With a snarl, Graviton brought Pym and Wasp down too, before sending Thor, Didact and Iron Man into the ground with a similar exertion.
"Warning, power-plant circuits overloading. Counter-measures failed." Cortana's report left the Didact a little nervous. He hadn't struggled like this in an incredibly long time. Graviton began to levitate, and prepared to squash his enemies. It was then he noticed that The Hulk was getting back to his feet, rising up against his immense gravitic pressure, despite the fact that all of the hero's were being crushed.
"STAY DOWN CREATURE!" Again, the man blasted the Jade Giant with an increase in Gravity, summoning up a bunch of shipping containers and trying to bury his opponent which swirled around the Jade Giant before converging on the Hulk. Fists flashed out, crushing container after container, as once again Hulk smashed his way through and climbed to his feet. Some made it through, and mushed themselves on Hulks incredibly durable body, before being thrown away almost as an irritant by the Jolly Green.
"You fools, I POSSESS THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE ITSELF!" Roaring in anger, Graviton blasted the Hulk again, while drawing up hundreds of shipping containers around his body through his own power.
"rraaarrrRRGHHHHHH!" Hulk refused to give up and continued to lift himself up, even as Hall pressed his crater into the ground so hard it began to widen from sheer power exerted singularly upon the Gamma Goliath's body, the pressure collapsing even the strong earth already compressed underneath him. Hulks legs, began to lift out of the holes they were in... Pushing up again, against such massive force that it easily could scar North America, if not the planet should Hall not control it, or fail to control his power.
"NOTHING IS THAT POWERFUL!" Hall stated in disbelief. "I CONTROL GRAVITY ITSELF!"
Hulk lifted himself up, and in that moment, Pym had a bullet ant bite hall's neck. This made the gravitically enhanced scientist lose control of the energy concentrated the other hero's, allowing them to get up. Hulk started smashing away at Graviton directly, his gravitic bubble weakening.
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Roared the rogue scientist in disbelief, before gesturing and levitating Hulk away from him, summoning all the shipping containers on sight into the sky as his arsenal. With a flick, he sent them at the hero's.
Iron Man and Didact began to take up vantage points in the air, allowing them to bracket Graviton with weapons fire. Wasp zoomed up to where Hulk was and began helping him destroy shipping containers so they wouldn't hit anyone, her Bio-Energetic blasts amplified several times over.
"You...You're helping me." Hulk said to Wasp, confused as to why the good-looking heroine was aiding him. Wasp smiled.
"Ye-AH, now HIT HIM!" The Wasp yelled over the roar of battle, blasting away at the steel crates coming at them. Hulk grinned, and the two carved a path in the airborne containers, before the Jolly Green reached Graviton, and punched him with an ear-shattering BTHOOM.
In a flash, Hulk had been counter-hit with a large mass of rock that Graviton took directly out of the ground and smashed into his stomach. A 100 foot tall pillar, nearly 70 feet around... However, Franklin was focusing too much on Hulk himself, and forgot that he was surrounded by two armour suits with more weapons than he had PHD's, an Uru Hammer wielding Thunder God, and a very pissed off scientist who really didn't like it when you hit his wife.
Iron Man and Didact bracketed the man once more with weapons fire, drawing Hall's attention, as they also maintained evasive manoeuvres to ensure he couldn't bring his power to bear. The inertial dampener's in both suits went into overdrive, keeping up with the breakneck speed the two employed to stay ahead of Graviton's awareness, barely compensating. Muons, Protons, Ions, Plasma, Particles, Laser, Disruptor beams all flew at the man, from acute and obtuse directions.
Hank had grabbed a ships deck that was full of containers, exerting himself mightily and heaved, throwing a ship full of shipping containers at the insane scientist. He faltered, not able to concentrate on blows from so many directions. The coup de grace was set, as Hall was now reeling.
Hulk leapt in and punched him as hard as he could, and then Thor struck him with a 400 foot long bolt of lightning at least 70 feet wide. As the smoke cleared, a more emaciated and drooling Franklin Hall was now seen. The hero's gathered up, and looked at the villain.
"Whose strongest now?" Hulk snorted, grinning at the once arrogant man.
"You could have done anything... And you used your powers for your own gain, while putting millions of lives at risk." Hank pointed out, while changing size back to a somewhat normal-ish man. Thor grabbed everyone, including Hulk and Didact, into a hug, with his massive arms.
"COME, LET US CELEBRATE OUR VICTORY WITH A FEAST!" The grinning Thunder God was cut short however.
"HALT! Step away from the Hulk, he's a fugitive from The Cube! And we have some questions for the "Didact"." SHIELD was now present, and looking to collect at least one escapee so they could save face. Didact snorted, and Iron Man stepped forward.
"Like that's gonna happen. The Hulk saved my life, OUR lives, and the worlds. He's a Hero. You want him, you go through us. Same goes for the Didact." Thor stepped up, and Wasp also flitted in front of the Hulk's face, surprising him with their acceptance. The Reclaimer Didact put a hand on The Hulk's shoulder, and nodded at him when he turned to question the Didact's intentions.
"Stand down everyone. We are not here to get into a fight. Can't really afford one anyway, with 74 Super-Villain's on the loose." Nick Fury popped up, and began issuing stand-downs to the antsy SHIELD agents, before even beginning to address the hero's.
"Yeah, I wonder how that happened." Stark's sarcasm cut right through Fury's intended statement, but the Director plowed on regardless.
"I aim to find out. We can do it together you know. You guys can do a lot of good, in SHIELD." Fury gestured around, indicating how they stopped such a threat without anyone dyeing. Pym shook his head and walked closer to the conversation, before interrupting.
"No. This is your fault, isn't it? SHIELD did this. You created Graviton. Had Hall working on something, it changed him, and YOU just swept it under the rug. Then THIS happened." Pym gestured around, pointing to the massive destruction caused in the shipyard.
"Fury's right." Wasp flew over to Iron Man, and looked at him incredulously.
"You of all people is going to agree with Nick Fury, and go work for SHIELD?" She asked with a confused face, and crossed arms. The Didact held up his hand.
"I think Iron Man means on principle..." Didact mused aloud, holding his chin in an armoured hand, looking contemplative. Iron Man nodded.
"Yes. He's right about us making a difference. Working together." He began to display the massive amounts of files on all the super-villain escapee's. "One on one, we can each take down probably one or two villains, but 74... Together, we have a chance, and what we did here can change things. The world needs us, not as SHIELD agents, but as a team on our own. Together, we can avenge the wrongs caused by all of these villains." Stark finished his little speech, thudding an armoured fist into his palm.
"We can be Avengers." The Wasp grinned in excitement, happy to be a part of such an ass-kicking enterprise. Hulk smiled and laughed in his low voice.
"Huh, good name." Crossing his arms, he smirked over at the Wasp. At that moment, Alan Quartermain walked up to the Director, and handed him a glass pad with symbols and information moving across it.
"Director Fury, we've accessed the security footage from The Raft... It shows Graviton breaking out, after the power went out... He's not responsible." Quartermain said with a sigh.
"And if he wasn't, who was?" Fury questioned aloud with wide-eyes...
-Avengers Infinity War - Tribute - Fight As One END-
~Chapter End~
Author Note: Ok, we are here a little sooner than I anticipated, but considering I had all of the old material backed up it's not surprising. Now, we are involved in the series.
A few notes to clarify.
This version of Avengers:Earth's Mightiest Hero's, takes place in the height of the Silver Age, around 1981-1986. Considering that many of the characters from the show consistently showcase abilities similar to what the 80s hero's were capable of, I've decided that I am going to place the timeline right around then.
And yes, Marvel's technology is advanced enough through the hero's and various factions to mirror if not surpass what was shown in the animated series which takes place in the 2000s. Heck, DC and Marvel are advanced enough to have flip phones in Gotham a few years after Jim Gordon comes back from the Korean War, and for those of you who think he's a vet from a later war... Just no.
Yes, Peter Parker/Spiderman, Fantastic Four and the X-Men exist here, heavily influenced by their 90s series for the most part. Halfway through this season, I will be introducing the Avengers to the X-Men in a story arc which will be much like the original Avengers Vs X-men[took place before most of us were born] and one of the Purifier arcs. I plan to give more expose on the Fantastic Four as well. The one thing you should be left to wonder is, if I am including those series and this takes place in the Silver Age, then what will come into this story next?
Honestly, this chapter, now edited, left me feeling a lot better considering the dialogue, fights, and everything fit together much better.
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