Chapter 5: Man vs. Machine

Everyone froze in shock as they see Thor stand in front of them. "T-Thor…?" said Falcon, "What are you doing? It's me Falcon." "W-where have you been?" said Dagger, "Everyone thought you were dead!" Thor turns around in disgust. "No Dagger…" said Thor, "That would be you!" He throws his hammer and knocks everyone to the floor. "My god! This is wrong!" said Dagger, "We've got to leave now! This is really wrong…!" "You're all cowards," said Thor, "You're going no where!" he slams his hammer on the ground and creates shockwaves that knocks everyone off their feet. Meanwhile inside the building, Iron-Man stands over an overly injured Captain America. "Steve, please don't get up. I don't want to beat you again. Your jaw's basically falling off," said Iron-man, "Just give up and I'll get you medical support for you at SHIELD." a battle damaged Captain America gets up and raises his fist. "You… really think I'm... Going down… to you?!" said Captain America. Iron-Man raises his hand and presses a button. 'Iron-Man to all others: activate the audio blocks;" said Iron-Man via communicator, "This is going to hurt a lot." Then, an ear piercing sound hits Cap and his team fall on the floor. "I just can't look…" said Susan Storm as she sees the rebels on the floor. "I don't like it either, Sue, but, at least no one is severely injured," said Reed, "Thor, stand down. SHIELD clean up can handle things from here.

Iron-man squats over the fallen Captain America as he struggles to stay conscious. "You're a tough old man, Steve. This frequency knocks anyone out in three seconds," said Iron-Man, "But, look at you now, you're still moving." "I'm sorry it has to be this way Rogers. Just make this quick and close your eyes and you'll wake up in our special super hero detention center." "Sir, Environment warning, said Jarvis, "Non-Human attack registered." Iron-Man turns around to see Hercules rushing at him. Then, the building explodes, sending Cap outside. "Guys… the sounds are off." said Kate Bishop. Then, Cap's team gets up and beats the crap out of Iron-Man's forces. As Hercules beats the crap out of Iron-Man, he calls out to Falcon saying "Sam! Get Steve out of here!" "Already on my way!" said Falcon as he flies and gets Cap before the rubble falls on him. "Cable! We need you to get into Cloak's mind and activate a portal," said Falcon, "Everyone else can gather around and hitch a ride." Then, SHIELD soldiers gather around in front of Goliath and prepare to fire. He grabs a truck and throws it at them, knocking them back. He rushes at Thor and prepares to attack. Thor gathers energy in his hammer and makes a hole through Goliath's chest, instantly killing him. "My god…" said Dagger shocked, "Thor just killed Bill!" "FALL BACK!" yelled Falcon, "We need to leave or we are all going to die!" "Wrong Falcon, said Thor as he charges up his hammer again, "You are all going to die." He fires all of the charged up energy and blasted the group, but, they are blocked by an invisible force field. Susan Storm reappears and says "All of you… leave." "What about the others?!" said Patriot. "You can stay if you want Patriot," said Cable, "But, everyone else wants to leave. So we are leaving!" Before they teleported, Falcon's last words were "Susan, thanks." Reed Richards walks up to Thor and says "Richard Wagner, 1813- 1883." Thor closes his eyes and stands motionless. Hank Pym walks up to Reed all confused. "What the fuck just happened Richards?!" said Hank, "I thought you gave him some directives: you said he can act like the actual Thor!" "Sue, please," said Reed, "You've got to believe I had…" "Shut up reed," said Susan, "And Don't you dare say a word to me!" the others were looking at Goliath's dead corpse. "I thought you knew what you were doing Stark," said Spider-Man, "You said we were doing this because we did not want to hurt anyone else!"

Finally! The first death in one of my stories that is dramatic. Sorry to feel happy, but, Goliath's death was actually the first Super Hero death I ever wrote. But, it seems Spider-Man is rethinking his position in his side of the Registration Act.

Next: Betrayal

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