Authors note: Now we get to the part where Mirage sends those messages to Steve and Bob. And they take down the Omni-Droid.
Bob, Steve, Tony, Lucius, and Peter then went into the ally where Lucius parked his car.
"That was too close!" Lucius said as he got inside the car. "We are not doing that again!"
"I second that!" Tony agreed.
"Ok, me too." Steve said.
"I better get back home." Peter pointed out. "MJ is probably worried about me."
"Alright, just make sure no one sees you." Bob said.
"Got ya!"
Peter than climbed onto a building and started jumping from building to building as Lucius drove his car off and was able to drive without getting noticed by the cops. He then went to drop off his friends to their house.
As the cops were figuring out what just happened, two figures came into the jewelry store. One figure was light skinned with blond hair, short beard, and blue eyes. He was also wearing a grey suit and black tie with a long grey coat. The other was dark skinned, bald, had a black, short beard, and brown eyes. He wore the same thing as the blond one, only it was his size (because he was so muscular).
"Who are you?" One cop asked. "This is a crime scene!"
The blond haired guy and the bald guy then pulled out some badges and the blond one said, "Daniel Rand and Luke Cage, Private Investigators."
"We'll take it from here." Luke Cage then said.
"We got everything under control." Another cop said.
"We weren't asking." Danny pointed out. "So if you could kindly ask your men to exit the building so I won't have sneck into your house and find out your darkest secrets so I can reveal them to the public, that would be nice."
The officer paused for a minute, but eventually ordered his men to exit so that the PI could investigate.
"So what do you make of all this?" Luke asked Daniel as he investigated.
"Well, according to the people outside that said they were in the burning building, but somehow ended up here, the hole in the wall there, and not to mention the cop that was frozen, I'd say that a couple of Supers started reliving hero work, but almost got caught in the process."
"Which Supers?"
"Well according to all the files of the Supers that live in Metroville, I'd say Mr. Incredible and Frozone. That is unless you decided to relive hero work."
"Now Danny, you'd know I'd never do that. And even if I did, it would be for money."
Daniel than smiled and asked., "Just like the good old days?"
Luke chuckled and responded by saying, "Just like the good old days! Yeah, those were the days weren't they? The days that people would hire us to kick butt and take names. You and I, we were Luke Cage and Iron Fist, the Heroes For Hire. And with Jessica and Matt, we were the Defenders. Just...tell me Danny...if you had the chance to relive life as Iron Fist...would you do it?"
Daniel then looked back at Luke and said, "For you buddy, anything."
After Lucius dropped Tony off to his private helicoptor, he dropped Steve off at his house.
"I'll see you around, Cap." Lucius said to Steve.
"I'll see you guys around too." Steve said.
"Are you sure you can come up with an explanation to Sharon as to why you're late?" Bob asked.
"I can just say that the police were blocking the roads because there was a robbery."
"Alright, if you say so." Lucius said. "Good luck."
Lucius then drove off to drop Bob off at his house as Steve went to the front door of his house, unlocked it, and went inside. The lights were off inside, it was so dark that Steve couldn't see a thing.
"Sharon!" Steve called for his wife. "You in here? I'm sorry I'm late me and the guys were..."
Steve than turned on the light to see not only Sharon on the coach, but her former boss, Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D and Lucius' cousin. Both Sharon and Nick had serious expressions on their face as if Steve did something wrong (which he did).
"It's nice of you to join us, Captain." Nick Fury said sarcastically. "We need to talk."
Steve was then sent to the Helicarrier interrogation room where he saw Tony and Peter sitting there as well. Steve than sat in the chair next to Tony.
"So Fury caught you too, huh?" Tony asked. "What else is new?"
"Well, Sharon now knows we've been reliving hero work." Steve explained.
"Yeah, so does Pepper."
"And MJ." Peter pointed out.
Fury then went inside the interrogation room and sat in the chair in front of the three heroes.
"Nothing, and I mean nothing, is more unbelievable than you three trying to relive hero work, not only behind my back, but behind your families backs!" Nick Fury said in a serious tone. "And what's worse, you got Bob and my cuz, Lucius in on this!"
"Well technically, it was Bob's idea in the first place." Tony pointed out.
"I don't care who's idea it was! What I care about, is that you cooperated!" Nick Fury then took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Look, we appreciate what the Avengers did for the world, but those days are over. So, I'll let you off with a warning, if any of you try to relive the Glory Days again, I'll personaly put you on house arrest. Do I make myself clear?"
"Reliving the Glory Days is better than...pretending it didn't happen!" Steve exclaimed.
"Yes! It happened! But this is happening now! So do I make myself clear?!"
Steve then sighed and said, "Yes."
"Yep." Tony than said.
"Crystal clear." Peter said.
"Good, now we're gonna take you all back home. And you better not do something like this again!"
After being sent back home Steve, Tony, and Peter had a little argument with their wives about what happened and they eventually got things settled and went to their jobs the next day. And at the office, Bob got sent to Mr. Huph's main office. This isn't gonna be good. Steve thought. Then, as Bob went over to Mr. Huph, Steve noticed a dark skinned, white haired woman go into Bob's workspace. Steve than got up from his desk and went to Bob's workspace where he saw the woman place a folder on Bob's desk.
"Are you new here?" Steve asked making the woman jump. "Because I don't think I've seen you here before."
"Oh uh...yes actually." The woman said. "I got hired this...morning."
Steve was starting to get supspicious if this woman.
"And what position did you get?"
"Uhhh..."
Steve then knew something was going on.
"Who are you?"
The woman paused for a minute with a concerned look on her face as if she had been caught.
"Who sent you here?!"
"O-Ok, just listen I-I'm not here to h-hurt anyone really I..."
"Who do you work for?! Hydra?! Baron Von Strucker?! What are you here for?!"
Steve then heard something get smashed. He ran to see what it was and then he saw his boss Mr. Huph laying on the ground looking hurt pretty badly. He then saw a hole in the wall that lead to other holes that lead to Bob. Oh Bob, you didn't. Steve thought. He then ran back to where the woman was, only to see that she was nowhere in sight. He then ran down the stairs and to the outside. He looked everywhere, but she was out of sight. He then saw a folder on the ground that was the same size as the folder the woman put on Bob's desk.
When Steve returned home, he was greeted with the same hug and kiss he got from his wife Sharon.
"So how was work, Honey?" Sharon asked.
"It was fine. Nothing too exciting." Steve lied.
"Ok, you haven't been doing hero work have you?"
"No of cource not! If I did you would see me with a tracker by now."
"Well, I guess."
"Ok just...tell me when dinner's ready, alright?"
Steve then gave Sharon a kiss on the cheek and went to his room. Steve then pulled out the folder from earlier and opened it. Inside the folder was a tablet of some kind and on the screen of it had a text saying, "Hold still." Steve was then shocked to see that the tablet was scanning him as it said, "Match! Captain America." Steve then dropped the tablet and the tablet then scanned his room and after it was done it said, "Room is secure. Commence message."
The tablet then showed a video of the woman Steve saw at the office. "Hello Captain America." She said. "Yes, I reconnized you. My name is Mirage. We've got something in common. According to the government, neither of us exist."
So she's some sort of secret agent? Steve thought.
"Please pay attention as this message is classified and will not be repeated."
Steve than got out some paper and pencil to start writing stuff down so he didn't forget.
"I represent a top secret division of the government designing and testing experimental technology and we are in need of your abilities. Something has happened on a remote testing facility, and an experimental robot we designed has escaped and we have lost control. Although, it is within an isolated area, it threatens to take inxalculatable damage to itself and our facility, jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment and research. Because of its highly sensitive nature, this mission doesn't nor will ever exist. If you have served, your payment will be triple than your normal annual salary. Call the number on the card, voice matching will be used to ensure security. The Avengers aren't gone, Captain. You're still here! You can still do great things! Or...you can listen to police scanners...your choice." The message than ended.
Steve had a lot going on in his head. Should he trust her? Is she Hydra? Could this be a trap? But then, he remembered what it was like to be an Avenger. The way the crowds cheered after saving the world, the way kids wanted to be him when they grow up, he loved it all and he missed it all. The tablet then dinged when it dispensed Mirage's phone number. He then heard the tablet beep as it said, "This message will self destruct!"
"Shoot!" Steve then reacted by throwing the tablet out the window as it blew up. Thank God it wasn't a big explosion. Steve thought.
"Honey! Dinner's ready!" Steve's wife Sharon said from the kitchen.
"Ok! Give me a second!" Steve said as he called Mirage's phone number.
Mirage than answered and said, "Hello?"
"This is Captain America. I'm in!"
After dinner, Steve came up with a lie and told Sharon that he was called to the office for a conference. Sharon seemed to believe him, though knowing his wife, he knew she would find out sooner or later. But for now, he needs to do something he does best, saving people (especially from robots). He then found himself on the same jet as Bob (now Mr. Incredible) as Mirage explained the mission.
"The Omnidroid 9000 is a top secret prototype battle robot." Mirage explained. "Its artificial intelligence allows it to solve every problem it's encountered with. And unfortunately..."
"Let me guess." Mr. Incredible interupted. "It got smart enough to question why it had to take orders?"
"Or...it got confused with its own programming and it doesn't know the difference between helping the world and destroying it?" Steve referenced Ultron.
"We lost control." Mirage simply added. "And now it's loose in the jungle threatening our facility. We've had to evacuate the facility for their own safty."
"How are we getting in?" Bob asked.
"We're gonna be like intruders and sneak 'intru' the window, obviously." Captain America joked.
"Wow, and I thought Tony had bad jokes."
"The Omni-dorid's defense system was necessitated at 5000 feet." Mirage explained. "Its cloaking devices make it...difficult to track, although I pretty sure it could be on the southern part of the island. Oh, one more thing, obviously it represents a significant investment."
"You want us to shut it down without completely destroying it." Mr. Incredible guessed.
"You are Mr. incredible!"
"You're just lucky you didn't hire Banner to do this." Steve said.
"We're not that desperate, Captain."
Steve and Bob were than put in separate escape pods because they could only hold one person. As Steve went inside his escape pod, Mirage gave a warning to him.
"It's a learning robot. Every minute you spend fighting it only increases his knowledge of how to beat you."
"Ok, so we shut it down, don't completely destroy it, and do it quickly." Steve got it straight.
"And don't die!"
"Right."
The escape pod then launched itself to the island (with the help of a parachute). As Steve landed on the island, he got out of his escape pod and started to wonder the forest to see if he could find Bob. He then saw Bob stuck in his escape pod struggling to get out.
"You need help?" The Captain asked.
"I'm fine, thank you." Mr. Incredible claimed.
"Are you sure? Because it seems..."
"I've got it, I just..." Bob than went inside the pod and busted it open on the inside.
"I suppose that's one way to do it." Cap commented.
"Yeah. So, you ready to take down a robot?" Incredible asked as he started stretching.
"Ready as I'll ever be. By the way, that suit doesn't seem to fit you anymore."
"I'm...a little out of shape."
"My advice, do some weights."
"I can easily lift weights.
"Then, maybe some trains. But for now let's focus on taking down an Omnidroid."
Bob and Steve than wondered around the forest looking for the Omnidroid. Bob being out of shape, was always getting far behind Steve. Steve then tried his best to slow down so that Bob could keep up. Then as Bob stoped to catch his breath, he noticed strange markings on a tree.
"Uh, Steve? Do you recognize these markings?" Bob asked.
"Hmm. Must be from the robot." Steve assumed. "We better keep a look out. We don't know where...get down!"
Bob then looked behind him and saw a big giant ball with four metallic legs and a short round head with a blue light for an eye. It then swung a leg at Bob, but he was to quick enough to dodge it. It then swung another leg and Bob dodged it too. Bob then circled around and the Omni-droid then took a struck that Bob barley dodged, cutting a scratch in Bobs suit and skin. Steve than threw his shield only for it to bounce off and distract the Omnidroid from Bob as he jumped over and punched the robot sending it flying as it bumped into a tree.
"Yes!" Mr. Incredible cheered.
The Omni-droid than got up when Bob thought it was down.
"This thing is tough!" Cap said.
"Well, it also learns, so we better take it out fast!" Bob exclaimed.
The Omnidroid than charged towards the two heroes. Steve jumped out of the way while Bob jumped over it, only for the bot to strike him in mid-air knocking him on the tree knocking the tree down as the Omnidroid turned into a ball, rolling and dodging the tree as it fell. The robot then rolled towards Bob and Steve as they dodged it, only for it to roll around to go after them again.
"Run!" America exclaimed.
"You don't have to tell me twice! Or even once!" Bob exclaimed.
The two than ran from the metal ball rolling towards them. They then turned and fell in a cliff as the Omnidroid followed. The heroes than stood on one part of the cliff as the droid rolled to another. Steve than threw his shield at the Omnidroid only for it to grab and throw away the shield. Bob than threw a rock having no effect on the robot as it threw rocks back only for the two to duck under. They managed duck under the first two rocks, but the third rock hit them towards the wall of the cliff. The droid then try to hit them with its metallic leg only for the heroes to dodge it and ran off again. The Omnidroid then leaped near them making them fall down more into the cliff to encounter lava. The droid than raised its claw for Steve to dodge and Bob to catch. The droid than started pushing Bob towards the lava.
"Bob!" Steve called out seeing the situation Bob was in.
Bob than struggled to push back as the bot pushed him more and more towards the lava. Then as he was a slither away from the lava, Bob than yelled and pulled the Omnidroid into the lava. As the droid winked and seemed to be destroyed, Bob and Steve laughed in victory as Bob than cracked something.
"Oh my back!" Incredible cried out in pain.
"Are you ok?" Cap asked.
"Yeah I'm..."
Suddenly, the Omnidroid broke through the ground of the rock the heroes were standing on revealing itself to be alive.
"Oh come on!" Bob complained.
Then the ground beneath started breaking part and drifting into the lava. The Omnidroid then started to fan the lava off its claws as it head towards Captain America and Mr. Incredible. Bob then noticed a rock drifting away from them as he jumped onto it only for the Omnidroid to grab him and start tearing him apart with two of its claws.
"Bob!" Steve cried out to his friend.
Bob then yelled in pain until he noticed his back was fixed as he chuckled and tore a claw of the droid. Steve and Bob then hid under the Omnidroid, out of sight from even its bottom head. Bob then tire off the bottom head and started crawling inside of it as Steve followed. The robot than started attacking itself as the heroes were inside completely unharmed. When the Omnidroid stopped attacking itself, Bob popped off the head and whistled to the bot for it to attack itself from the inside as it pulled out its power core, shutting it down. Steve and Bob then hopped out of the robot.
"Woo!" Bob said. "What a work out!"
"You're gonna need a work out if we are continue doing something like this." Steve pointed out.
"You mean when I continue! You barley even did anything to this with that shield of yours."
"Wait, where is my shield?"
Wow! This chapter is longer than the last one! But I still hope you enjoyed!
