Misfitverse: The Korvac Saga
Disclaimer: "Anything that looks like Godzilla wearing an octopus hat can't be hard to find." Peter Venkman on Cthulhu, The Real Ghostbusters (Yes, the Ghostbusters did battle Cthulhu). Yes, this story is getting an update!
Chapter 30: A Force to Reckon With, Part 7!
The planet Klattu
"Now what do we do?" Jennifer Stavros screamed. Sam and the Lost Mutants had been rolling and leaping around, as well as keeping low to the ground to avoid being blasted to pieces.
"...I don't know." Danielle admitted. She eyed a cannon firing lasers at the young mutants and the immortal hero. "Hang on, new plan." She quickly grabbed an arrow and nocked it in her bow. In the span of less than a second, the young Cheyenne mutant aimed and fired. The arrow whistled through the air, and smashed into the cannon, causing its destruction with an explosion and shower of sparks. "Those blasted lasers are driving us all crazy! Everyone take them down!"
"I like that plan. Let's do that." Jennifer agreed with a nod. "These lasers are gonna get a case of serious bad luck!" She pitched a pair of black hex discs at a pair of cannons, which they hit with unerring accuracy. One cannon rusted over, and the second exploded. "Yeah!"
"Everybody who can do so, blast those cannons!" Dani ordered, confidence entering her voice. "We shut these things down, we buy some time to think!"
"You got it!" Ray snapped. "Hey, lasers! Eat my lightning!" Ray fired a lightning blast at another cannon, making it explode.
"Becoming quite the leader already, Danielle." Sam smiled proudly. "Xavier and Emma would be proud." He used his Quantum Bands to form a pair of hammer heads that smashed more of the cannons.
"Uhn!" Amara blocked one blast with her shield. She noticed Jennifer's back to her, and sensing an opportunity, the Nova Roman princess tossed a fireball, making a cannon melt down. She then slashed at a cannon on the wall with her sword, slicing the barrel in half. Marie had looked at her cards.
Should I use these again? The French redhead frowned to herself. I used these to commit horrible acts under the Hellfire Club...But then again, if it was not me, the real me, then...well, Cannonball did go too all that trouble to hang on to my cards for me. A small smile formed on her face. It would not be nice to not use them. And they do need help... She whipped out a card, and aimed it at one of the laser cannons. "Laser Card!" The card started to glow...
Fweeeee!
A red laser beam erupted from the card, smashing another cannon. The card still glowing, the redhead whipped it around and fired another red energy beam, destroying another cannon.
"Feels good to be one of the good guys, huh?" Ray joked at the redhead. Marie could not help but grin.
"Oui. It does." She fired another laser beam from her card.
"Mainframe!" Sam yelled, firing an energy blast from one of his Quantum Bands, severing a tentacle. "You have to help us!"
I...am...trying... The living computer stammered. Ultra-Max...weakened me...Trying to regain control...He is...trying to erase me... Sam's eyes widened in horror.
"No no no no..." He stammered. "We have to get to Mainframe's core!"
"Captain Marvel!" Sam heard Commander America exclaim through a comm-unit in his ear. Sam put a finger to his ear.
"What's up?"
"We have a problem!" The future Star-Spangled Avenger announced. "Interface has escaped! He's headed towards Mainframe's core!"
"Dammit." The blond immortal cursed through gritted teeth. "You guys! We gotta get to Mainframe's core!"
"His core?" Haroun blinked as he dodged a lashing tentacle.
"Yeah." Sam sighed. Dammit, I didn't want them to see the core of Mainframe...but it looks like I have no blasted choice. "Alright. You guys!" Sam yelled. "We have to go to Mainframe's core!"
"His core?" Jennifer blinked, dodging a laser blast.
"Did I hear an echo?" Sam replied. "Mainframe! Can you teleport us?"
I...believe so... The planetary computer responded. But only enough for you and your friends. The Avengers are still battling the rest of Force.
"Fine! Just do it! Take us to your core!" Sam yelled in desperation.
"Why is he so freaked out about something happening to this place?" Roberto mumbled to himself.
"Who knows." Ray shrugged. "And personally, I don't care! I just don't want to get killed again!"
"Oh, great! More tentacles!" Doug exclaimed in frustration, diving to the ground as the long metal limbs appeared from the walls and started to thrash about.
"How many of these things does he have?" Roberto grumbled as he ripped a tentacle in half.
"Yah!" Amara whooped, slicing up a tentacle with her sword. A tentacle, tipped with a long dual-edged diamond-shaped blade that spun like a drill bit and making a matching noise, raced towards the princess. She yelped as she saw the tentacle race towards her, ready to drill into her heart. She couldn't get her shield up in time.
"Amara!" Dani yelled in horror. However, the Roma Novan princess would have an unlikely savior. A black energy disc slammed into the tentacle, and it fell dead, just moments before it could touch Amara. The shocked New Mutant turned around and saw Jennifer's body in a pose that showed that she had pitched the life-saving disc. The brown-haired girl was shocked. Did the Hellion just save her life?
"Can't afford to have you dead, Princess." Jennifer smirked. "The universe needs us, and stuff like that." Amara harrumphed and went back to slashing at tentacles with her sword and blocking lasers with her shield. "You're welcome." Jennifer retorted snidely. "Sheesh. Aw well. You owe me, Princess!"
"Lucky me." Amara grunted, smacking a tentacle away with her shield. The Lost Mutants and Sam found their bodies covered in light, and then, vanishing.
Mainframe's core
Bzzt.
A small red piece of plastic, about the size and thickness of a gum wrapper, emerged from a slot under a computer bank.
"Excellent..." Interface nodded to himself in satisfaction as he held up the piece of red plastic. "Absolutely excellent." The alien mercenary turned and looked at a tube filled with light-blue liquid that bubbled slightly that was brightly lit. Inside the tube appeared to be...the android Avenger known as the Vision. However, the Vision was missing most of his body. Only his head and some of his chest were in the tube, suspended in the liquid. Wires held the body in place, connected to the underside of the body. "Once, you walked as a man, now you are a world. It truly is astonishing." The eyes of the Vision glowed weakly.
You...are lucky that...I am weakened...due to Ultra-Max... Mainframe's voice intoned.
"It was not you that I am after." Interface told the former Avenger, tucking the piece of plastic into his uniform. A flash of light erupted behind Interface. The blue-skinned alien turned around and saw Captain Marvel and the Lost Mutants appear. The mercenary's face showed no emotion. "Ah. Captain Marvel and his friends. I have no further business with you. I shall collect my colleagues and make my leave."
"You're not going anywhere, Interface!" Sam snarled, pointing his Quantum Bands at the Ulocian. Danielle nocked and pointed an arrow at the alien. Sam's Quantum Bands erupted, forming an energy construct that shackled the alien mercenary.
"Hey, isn't that..." Ray blinked at the tube.
"The Vision..." Jennifer mumbled in disbelief.
"The Avenger?" Roberto recognized.
"Yeah, it is." Sam sighed. "That's why I was reluctant to let you guys see this."
"Time travelers..." Interface blinked.
Samuel...help me... Mainframe pleaded.
YOU VIOLATED ME! Ultra-Max screamed.
"What the hell is he yapping about?" Ray blinked. More laser cannons appeared in the walls. "Aw, come on!"
"This is getting ridiculous." Doug grumbled as the group found themselves dodging lasers again.
"What is with this place and the lasers?" Roberto winced as he dodged a laser.
"When we get out of this alive, Mainframe, you and I are going to seriously going to talk about the lasers." Sam muttered. However, in his surprise, the blond immortal lost his concentration, and the construct that he created to restrain Interface had faded, freeing the white-haired Ulocian.
"Hmm." The alien nodded in satisfaction. Without even so much as a yelp, he dodged a laser beam. "I to believe that it is my time to leave." Haroun glared at the alien, who was about to press a hidden button on the side of his uniform.
"No..." The young mutant cyborg rocketed towards the mercenary. Catching Interface by surprise, the former Hellion managed to rocket behind the blue alien and grab him. Interface smirked at the Moroccan.
"I do not think so, time traveler." The alien smirked. He touched Haroun's arms, and the cyborg screamed. His arms had been turned into solid immobile gold. The cyborg stammered in horror.
"Oh, no no no no no..." Sam mumbled in shock.
"Oh, dear God..." Ray winced.
"Haroun!" Marie gasped.
"My arms..." Haroun mumbled.
"You're gonna pay for that, Interface!" Sam roared, rocketing towards the Ulocian mercenary. The Quantum Band on his cocked-back right fist glowed and formed a construct of a giant glowing yellow fist. He was about to give Interface the mother of all broken jaws when the blue-skinned alien pressed a button on his uniform, vanishing in a burst of light, leaving Sam to punch through a console behind where the alien stood. "Dammit!"
"Haroun, watch out!" Danielle yelled as she dodged a laser. Barely registering the young Cheyenne in time, Haroun managed to dodge a laser aiming at him. However, he noticed a laser cannon pointing towards Danielle, a green glow starting to erupt from the nozzle.
"Danielle!" The Moroccan mutant raced towards the illusion-caster.
FWASH!
Haroun was able to push Dani away...but not without a price.
"AAAGH!" The green beam slammed into Haroun's side...and literally took a chunk out of the cyborg mutant.
"Jetstream!" Dani gaped. The young mutant fell to the ground, blood and sparks flying out of him.
"NO!" She glared at the cannon, and whipped out an arrow with an explosive head. "Take this!" She fired her arrow and with an incredible explosion, the cannon was destroyed.
"Haroun!" Jennifer screamed.Sam raced to the young mutant and immediately used his Quantum Bands to create a construct to stop the Moroccan's bleeding. "What was that?"
"Disintegrator beam." Sam snarled. "It destroys the bonds between matter's molecules."
"But Jetstream's skin had a layer of adamantium underneath it!" Jennifer revealed. "How could a laser beam-!"
"Adamantium is still matter, Jennifer!" Sam snapped.
"Oh, by the spirits..." Danielle covered her mouth as she knelt down next to the Moroccan cyborg mutant. "Haroun...I'm so sorry..." Haroun grunted as he tried to stay conscious.
"...It is alright..." The cyborg reassured. "At least now...If it is my destiny to die here...I die a hero..."
"Dammit, I need Randall here!" Sam grumbled to himself as he pressed a button on one of his Quantum Bands.
Elsewhere on Klattu
"Uhn!" Randall Pierce, Iron Man, grunted as he raced into an alleyway, barely dodging an energy blast. "Man, Ultra-Max can bring the pain." The armored hero took off and flew down the alleyway, avoiding the laser blasts and the tentacles with various tools on them.
You will fall, Iron Man! Ultra-Max snarled.
Hang on, Mainframe. Randall mentally urged. "Not yet, pal! I've been cooking up a little something for this occasion!" He flew towards a console. "Ah, here you are!" More tentacles raced towards him. "I don't think so." He pointed an open hand towards the tentacles.
Fwazz! Fwazz!
The Armored Avenger blasted the tentacles with his repulsors. He then pulled out a small blue piece of plastic from a compartment in his armor. "Let's see how you like some of this little anti-virus I whipped up for you, friend. Hang on, Mainframe! Help is on the way!" He put the piece of plastic in a small slot next to a keyboard, and started frantically typing. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed more tentacles stretching out towards him.
Iron Man...I feel...stronger...
"Just let the anti-virus program help you fight this thing." Iron Man reassured.
AAAAAGH! Ultra-Max screamed in pain. What is that thing?
"A little anti-virus program made just for you." Randall smirked proudly under his armor's faceplate as he started blasting tentacles with his repulsors. "Mainframe, how you feeling?"
Much stronger, thank you... The former Avenger answered. This anti-virus is really helpful.
"Hey, always be prepared, I always say." Randall answered, blasting more tentacles. His blasting slowed when the temtacles started to slowly back away, the anti-virus pruging them of Ultra-Max's rogue programming. His armor them picked up a transmission. "Iron Man here."
"Iron Man, it's Captain Marvel!" Sam was heard screaming desperately. "It's Jetstream! He's hurt! He had a chunk taken out of him by a disintegrator beam!"
"I'll be there as soon as I can, Captain." Iron Man answered. "I've just given Mainframe his medicine, and the patient is responding excellently."
Pain... Ultra-Max was heard moaning as the lights and the screen displays that peppered the walls started to flicker and shut off.
Somewhere on Klattu
The circular door of the missile silo opened, and the red rocket that was inside roared to life, quickly erupting from the hole in the ground and breaking the bond of the planet's gravity.
That was too close...Ultra-Max mumbled to himself from within the rocket's computer banks. Those blasted Avengers nearly destroyed me. But once again, they have failed, just as many other heroes have before them...and many more shall...
Elsewhere on Klattu
"Mainframe, you alright?" Randall asked.
Yes, I am. The planetary computer system answered. My systems and the anti-virus program are purging the remnants of Ultra-Max. Unfortunately, his core programming has escaped.
"Blast." The futuristic Iron Man shook his head in disappointment. "That's too bad. That rogue piece of binary code just keeps slithering away. It's hard to believe that a 21st Century computer program can do that."
His creator did not intend this. Anyway, you have more pressing matters. One of the Lost Mutants is grievously injured.
"Which one?"
The one once known as Jetstream. The disintegrator blast badly damaged him...and he is getting worse.
"Take me to him!" Iron Man ordered.
FWASH!
Well, well, well! Looks like this story's just taken another turn. What insanity will happen next? Will Jetstream survive? How will this affect the prophecy? Will Ultra-Max seek revenge on our heroes? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!