Ok; I had a lot of errors in this chapter (I wrote while I was still seriously jetlagged, 12 hr time difference from my part of Russia to America) so I fixed it and this is the re-upload! :)

Note to: Onyxdragon- Ava was referring to the town being janky, not Alaska itself. I'm from up north too, so I know how beautiful it is :) I would never refer to it in a negative way! But some cities are run down and rather dingy. That is what she was referring to :)

A small bell tinkled as the five teenagers walked into a small café at the edge of the city. "Man it's cold out there!" Luke shivered.

"I like it." Danny smiled at his friend. "The cold makes your mind sharper and more focused."

"Dude, you were raised in that type of weather so maybe it focuses you. But I think my brain got frostbite!"

"I don't think you did Luke, but bucket head and web head over there definitely did." Ava pointed to where the two boys were having a contest to see who could make the stupidest face in a mirror on the wall.

"Hi 'ya," A young woman in a waitress's uniform walked up to them. "My name's Mariah, follow me, we have a seat open over here."

Sam's mouth fell open as he looked at the pretty waitress and Peter snorted, "Dude, you're going to catch flies with your mouth hanging open like that."

"Shut up." Sam closed his mouth and ran after the waitress, followed by the other four.

"I haven't seen any of you in these parts before." Mariah smiled, making Sam turn bright red. "What are ya'll doing in Steepridge?"

"Exploring." Peter lied. "We are sort of like adventure seekers. We heard two legends about Steepridge. One about a man/scorpion, and one about an angel who no one has ever seen close up and knows how to cure any disease."

"Well I've never heard of a scorpion man. But Angel is around these parts."

"Angel? It's his name?"

"Her name, yes."

Ava crossed her arms and glared at the others in triumph. "Told you she was a girl."

"What do you know about her?" Danny asked quietly.

"Well, they say she lives on one of the mountains. But you won't ever be able to find her, if she wants to be found, she'll find you. But why do you want to find her?"

The four heroes exchanged glances, unsure what to say. "Just curiosity." Ava answered finally.

"Uh huh, well here are your menus, I'll be back in a couple minutes." Mariah scurried away and the teenagers began discussing how to find Scorpion. No one noticed as the waitress ducked out of the back door of the restaurant.

A young woman in a long overcoat with her hair stuffed inside a hat was leaning against the wall of the alley. "What news Mariah?" She asked in a musical voice.

"There are five people looking for you, they wouldn't tell me why. But I don't think it's for the usual reasons people try to find you. I have a bad feeling about this situation, I suggest you lay low for a while."

"Thanks. But I was following them this morning. I know why they want me. You're right, it's not good. Someone has been trying to find me for ages, he is almost obsessed with it. And the fact that I can block satellite imagery of my home drives him crazy. Those five work for him, they won't be any trouble to avoid though. Any other info you got from them?"

"Yes, they are looking for some sort of scorpion\man. I'm not exactly sure what they meant."

"Hm, that is very… Enlightening. I've known something was amiss for three days. Now I know what." The woman shrugged off her overcoat revealing long, arching bird wings.

"What? Angel! You gotta tell me what's going on!"

"It will be better if you do not know everything my friend. Just know that there is an intruder in our sanctuary. Steepridge is no longer as safe as it was." Without another word, she spread her wings to their full twenty feet and flapped sown powerfully, raising a storm of snow around them as she shot straight up out of the alley and into the sky.

Meanwhile, in the café, Danny leapt up. "Something is wrong."

"What is it Danny?" The other four were instantly alert. Everyone had learned a long time ago to trust the fortune cookie's instincts.

"Some kind of magic… I can sense it, but…" Suddenly he cut off, bolting towards the door. Startled, the others ran after him. The second they made it outside, a scream echoed through the sky. Looking up, they saw that the sky had been turned pitch black by boiling storm clouds and lightning was arching through the sky.

"Look! There's Scorpion!" Sam yelled and pointed towards the sky."

"Wait, does he have a jetpack?" Peter asked, his tone laced with jealousy.

"Stop talking, we have a job to do." Ava growled. She, Luke, and Danny were already in costume. Exchanging glances, Sam and Peter raced into an alley way to change.

"Look!" Power Man gasped and pointed to Scorpion. As a streak of lightning lit the sky, they could all see that he had his fist wrapped around a girl's neck. They could barely see what she looked like, but they could see long white bird wings stretched from her shoulders.

"Let her go!" Nova yelled as the wind picked up, pummeling the five heroes. Stretching out his arm, Nova released a bolt of energy at Scorpion. It hit him in the chest and he dropped the bird girl, who immediately flapped her wings hard, racing away.

"Great, now we lost her!" Spiderman yelled as Scorpion turned towards them, hatred in his eyes.

"You!" He screamed and shot towards the five heroes. Landing gracefully, Scorpion lashed out at them.

Snow flew up around them as they all fought to subdue Scorpion. "Hey! Hold still!" Nova yelled and shot a blast at Scorpion. When he leapt out of the way, Nova's blast hit White Tiger square in the chest, sending her crashing into a wall.

"Tiger!" He yelped and flew towards her, only to be knocked into the same wall by Scorpion's tail, his helmet flying off of his head.

"Three down, two to go." Scorpion laughed as he sent Power Man crashing into a car across the street. "As you can see, I have some serious upgrades." He held his arms wide, showing off the heavy green armor covered in rocket launchers and guns of all sizes. "You pathetic heroes will never be able to defeat me."

"Man," Nova coughed and tried to focus on the fight, which was proving extremely difficult since he had been knocked cross-eyed. "When did Scorpion become good?"

"Spidey," Tiger held onto her dislocated shoulder, shaking in pain. "I don't think we can stop him."

"We can still take him!" Spider Man stood bravely. "Right Iron Fist?"

"No." Iron Fist stuck his arm out to block the Spider's advance. "It's me he wants."

"But…"

Ignoring Spider Man, he stood up straighter. "Brother! Stop this! You were never meant for evil."

With a maniacal laugh, Scorpion grabbed Iron Fist around the neck and shot up, sixty stories into the air. Lightning crackled around them as Iron Fist grabbed hold of Scorpion's wrists, terrified of falling out of the sky. "Oh Danny," Scorpion laughed. "You are so naïve. I was meant to rule the world. You are nothing to me, I will become great, and you, you will die for what you did to me."

Choking, Iron Fist gasped, "Stop this… Scorpion!"

With one last laugh, Scorpion whispered, "Good bye, brother." Smiling the way mad-men do, he let go, watching Danny's terrified face fall through the dark sky. "Consider us even brother." Scorpion grinned as Danny dropped through the clouds. "You got me banished from Kun 'Lun, I got you banished from existence."