Chapter 3: Divided we stand
One night at a warehouse, Anti-superhuman Soldiers found Vulture and Shocker tied up on a metal pipe. "… and that asshole broke my nose," said Shocker, "I thought you losers were supposed to arrest him." "Did you find more villains, Unit three?" said Hill via communicator. "There's two on the top floor, and others found Stilt-Man tied up in the girl's room," said one of the officer, "How many does Vulture and the Shocker take him up to, Commander Hill? Is that eight of these losers, or nine? "Fifteen, General. Fifteen supervillians in thirty-four hours," said Hill, "But, it doesn't add up. There's no way Captain America could beat all these guys at once. It's impossible." "Meaning?" said the officer. "Our greatest fear has finally surfaced," said Hill, "He's not alone anymore." Meanwhile, at the Baxter Building, Susan Storm watches Reed work in his lab. "How's the project?" she said. "Better than I expected. Stark's plan for the heroes is the most spectacular thing I've ever worked on, Sue," said Reed, "He wasn't kidding when he said he'll revolutionize every Superhuman in America. Never been as excited." "Heh… well. Maybe I'd be excited too if his genius plan didn't mean putting half our Christmas card list in prison." said Susan. "Agreed. But, they don't leave us any choice if they refuse to register, Sue. Just look at my projections to see the dangers they're cheating." said Reed as he points to wall full of equations. "What do you mean? All I see is garbage." said Susan confused. "No… It's the exponential curve of the number of heroes following and the apocalypse we're facing if unlicensed heroes isn't brought under control." said Reed, "Tony's plan is an amazing opportunity for all of us." "What's this Project 42 thingy?" said Susan. Reed grabs Susan's arm. "Sorry Sue, but, I'm afraid you can't know about that." said Reed. "Ok. Well… I guess I should visit Johnny in the hospital then." said Susan as she walks towards the door. "Say hi to Johnny for me." said Reed as she is at the door.
At Stark Tower, Tony Stark and his friend Happy Hogan are sitting discussing about the Registration Act. "Ten minutes till it becomes a law. Word from SHIELD that we got ninety-nine signatures already." said Happy, "Pretty much what you guessed, right?" "Any word from Captain America?" said Tony as he looks up. "The only thing I learned is that he is making a team and he'll see this thing to the finish." said Happy. "Oh, god." said Stark, "Please let us be doing the right thing we are doing here…" he gets up and stares at the big screen saying "Registration Act becomes Law". The day after Patriot runs from rooftop to rooftop, being chased by a helicopter full of SHIELD agents. "We see an unregistered minor stopped a drug dealing in costume, sir." said one of the agents, "Identified as Patriot, of the Young Avengers, I am in pursuit." "Roger that. Star Fox three. Permission to use tranquilizers and minimum force." said the commander. As the copter fired at Patriot, but, the bullets bounce off of Patriot's skin.
When Patriot reaches the end of the rooftop, he jumps and crashes into an office building window. "Guys. You there?!" said Patriot via a communicator, "SHIELD caught me breaking up a drug deal. These guys are not messing around." Then, the copter fires a smoke bomb at Patriot and explodes in the building. "Now, you see what happens when you try to be like Captain America." said the officer rounding up the Young Avengers. Meanwhile somewhere classified, Daredevil and Luke Cage are at a monitor, watching the crime scene. "SHIELD caught the Young Avengers on east 22nd," said Daredevil, "Should we gather a group and intercept?" "Steve and Falcon are already undercover at the scene, Matt," said Luke, "Even Falcon told me to keep the coffee on." As the convoy travels on a highway, an agent is trying to talk to the driver with glasses. "I want to see this new super prison thing everyone talking about. Do you?" said the agent. Then, the agent with glasses pushes the talking agent out of the door and he smashes into the police cars behind them. Then, one of the agents in the back took off his helmet, revealing to be Falcon. "Hey Wiccan, I need one of your teleportation spells Pronto!" he said to Wiccan, one of the Young Avengers. Then, police and SHIELD officers hold a barrage on the other end of the highway. "Um... Falcon," said the agent driving, "Can you speed up the process?!" "Just say it KID!" said Falcon to Wiccan. "I want to be somewhere; I want to be somewhere…" Wiccan said fast. Then, the convoy truck glow with energy and teleports into a secret base. Then, Stature walks out and says "Uh… Where the hell are we?" Then, Cable walks in and said "Welcome to the Rebellion, kids." "What is this place?" said Wiccan. "This is a SHIELD safe house that's only known by the top SHIELD agents." said the agent with the glasses. "How many are there exactly?" asked Hulkling. "Only Nick Fury knows about it." said the agent in the glasses. "He's gone underground too and can only be contacted by disposable cell phones," said Daredevil as he tries to free Hulkling, "He said we can use this place as long as we want. And he's already making up new identities for us." "Why do we need new ones?" asked Patriot. "Your old ones are probably compromised, Patriot, and you're going to need somewhere to stay when we aren't fighting crime. The agent took off his glasses, only to reveal to be Steve Rogers. "This is where we live for the duration," said Steve, "Tony's team is planning something big, and this is where we fight back. Dagger interrupts them by showing them a news conference with Tony Stark in it.
In Washington D.C, Tony Stark is at a press conference. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure I don't have to introduce you to Mrs. Miriam Sharpe," Tony said as he introduces the woman from before, "Mrs. Sharpe, you may recall, lost her son during the Miami incident and kick started my passion for the Registration Act. Likewise, I'm pretty sure Spider-Man needs no introduction." Spider-man swings down from the roof of the Congress building and lands next to Tony Stark. "Um… hi folks. As you may recall, I've guarded my identity really closely over the years," said Spidey, "And it's only after a long talk with my girlfriend and aunt that I've decided to take the following step." "See… Registration gave us a choice: we can continue the trend Steve Roger advocates and have people with powers completely unchecked," said Spidey, "Or heroes can go legitimate and earn back some public trust." "I'm not wearing my old mask because I feel bad of what I'm doing now. I'm proud of whom I am," said Spidey, "And I am here right now to prove it…" Spidey grabs his mask and takes it off. "I am Peter Parker and I've been Spider-Man for 3 years," Peter said, "Any questions?"
Next Chapter will be the first battle of this war. You may like how I introduce the Young Avengers into the story. Also, you may like how I made Spidey reveal his identity to the world, like how I did to the comics. Also, I have a just for fun poll up on my page because I just want to know which side you're on. So, check that out!
Next: the Fire in your heart
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