For the first time since they first started this when they were all 14 the team were left speechless
No one said a word
No one moved
No one even reacted
They all just stood and laid around the common room in the Helicarrier assessing everything that just went down
James sat on the couch with his hands to his face thinking hard in nothing but a plain Red shirt and pants
Francis continued to lay on the the same couch twirling an arrow within his fingertips as he stared at the ceiling in his long sleeve white shirt that matches his hair and black pants
Torunn sat on the floor with her back to the couch wearing a heavy jacket
Azari himself laid out upon the couch blowing his lips as he had his hood of his black hoodie up showing nothing but his pure white hair
And Pym
Pym was the most hurt as he was the only one that wasn't near the couch sitting alone in his chair with his arm slung over it looking at the floor in disappointment wearing a Yellow jacket under a black shirt as his headphones hung around his neck
To say the team took a lose would be an understatement
They took more than a lost
They lost a genuine Friend
And not just that but spoiler alert
Doctor Freaking Doom was back !
Not knowing if it was Victor Von Doom or some copycat the literal presence of knowing that Earth's most dangerous and notorious Villain Doctor Doom was back was enough to strike the right amount of fear into the kids heart as now this what's left of Earth's Mightiest heroes
Once Powerful Avengers one day turned them from Fear fighting Heroes to Little Children
The sliding door of the room opened revealing Sam in his red and white Jacket with his hands in his pocket and almost immediately he could feel the sad presence of the room dropping his expression more than it already was
"Guys ?...what's….going on ?" Sam asked
Continuing to twirl his Arrow Francis jokingly smiled
"Oh you know. Just reviewing our long line of wins lately let's see. Went to Space for no reason, Picked a fight with Nova and found out they were corrupt, our closest friend and strongest ally turned out to have just used us. And oh yeah THE FREAKING LIST OF SUPERHEROES !"
Everything Francis mentioned made everyone cringe at their newly found failures as it was just pouring more salt into the wound
"Okayyyy, sure you guys haven't been so hot lately, But that's ok. Our Parents have had losses before. Probably bigger than us"
It was a weak attempt to cheer up the team as they still looked miserable making Sam groan
"Guysssss. Come on" Sam wined
"You're the freaking Avengers ! EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES !"
"Still no one moved"
"JAMES ROGERS, FRANCIS BARTON, TORUNN THORSDOTTIR, AZARI T'CHALLA, AND HENRY PYM JR ! NEXT GENERATION OF HEROES !"
Getting up from his seat a spark of hope flicked in Sam's heart hoping the great James Rogers would have something to say
But soon the hope was crushed when James stopped and said
"Not the time Sam" before walking out the common room
Soon Azari was next rolling off the couch getting to his feet, heading towards Sam the African prince just placed a hand on Sam's shoulder and softly smiled before nodding his head to soon leave
And just like that one by one everyone else began to exit out the room leaving Pym who was still left on the couch holding his sad and fallen expression
Sam just sighed and slumped his shoulders as he was left to wonder
What the hell happened to this team ?
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Walking into his room James was greeted with the fair sight of Cat with packed bags and her Jacket on and by the look on her face James already knew what this was
"Your leaving huh"
Nodding her head Cat stepped forward
"Yeah…."
All though it would be a sad term James just formed a small smirkish smile
"It's probably for the best. Things are about to get serious and I don't want you in the firing line when the bullets start flying"
"But it's ok for you ?" Cat stated
James just shrugged his shoulders
"It's my Job"
"As an Avenger ?"
James paused
"As James Rogers"
Cat should've know that would've been his answer James Rogers always the self righteous
Bringing her bag up to her shoulders Cat grabbed the last of her things as she gripped the strap hard beginning to think
"Your friend Stacy. She gave me a spot. On her Team"
"As an X-Men"
Cat smirked as she nodded her head
"Mhm, Since Kitty Pryde was my mom she said being an X-Men would always be open. As it could be my Legacy"
"I get the feeling though that your having second thoughts"
With a sigh Cat stared down at her headphones and walkman The one thing she remembered her father giving her as she held the music device in a tight and serious grasp
"The Galaxy is lost James, it's been lost for some time now. People run and coward in fear of Nova and every other piece of shit that thinks they can rule the Galaxy and there's not a lot of good people left to defend it"
Putting the headphones around her neck Cat spoke
"You were right. My Parents made their choice to be heroes, My Father made his choice from being a scavenger to a guardian"
A small smile formed on both their faces as they realized what she was going on about
"I told you, you were more than what you label yourself to be. Your a Hero Cat. and a great one at that"
Lightly chuckling Cat looked into his sea blue eyes
She didn't know what to say or what words to form. Because for all she knew this could be the last time they see one another
One thing she will say was she will absolutely miss this, this undecided tension between the two
The strong gravitational pull they had that always had towards one another
The two teens grew closer to one another full and ready to grant one final goodbye kiss brushing their lips close together ready to lock
"Hope I'm not interrupting anything" a new incoming voice said making the two immediately jump apart
The voice revealed to be Rick who was leaning against the door with a farrell smirk on his face
Immediately James and Cat were reduced to a sudden match of coughs and awkward movements as they just realized they've never publicly displayed affection before
Moving from the doorframe James noticed bags slung around Rick's shoulders making him raise an eyebrow
"Going somewhere ?"
With a neutral look Rick had nodded before him and Cat exchanged glances'
"Cat has asked me to join her on the Milano. The Galaxy needs its Guardians and I need to be the one to take down Nova" there was a sharp pain in his voice when he said that one James easily noticed. This was gonna be a harder pill to swallow
"Were not the Guardians of the Galaxy or anything" Cat stated but James just shook his head and smiled
"No, you guys are the start of something new. Something better, the more heroes this world has the better and faster we can get everything back on track"
Sticking his hand out towards Rick the Zen-Whoberis human hybrid accepted the super soldiers handshake with a strong grin
Both their grips were strong, Firm. probably due to all the punching and training they spend their free time on
"I hope we cross paths again someday James"
"I hope so as well Rick. your one hell of a fighter"
Soon the two boys let go and RIck held his bag tightly
"I'll meet you on the ship so you can give a proper goodbye" he smirked "one that won't be cut off or distracted"
Both James and Cat rolled their eyes as Rick made their leave and once he left Both Cat James softly looked at each other and smiled
Reaching to her tippy toes Cat placed a soft kiss on James's Cheek for looking at him
"Don't get yourself killed James"
With a smile he nodded his head
"No promises"
All though that was his response she knew he took her comment very seriously well seriously enough
But it was enough for her as grabbing her bag and heading towards the door she looked back to get one last glance at his toned feature and smirked
"Don't get into to much trouble"
"Heh, wouldn't dream of it"
With a final smile Cat made her leave leaving James alone in his room
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Ever since the Baxter Building fight Franklin felt like shit
And not the Physical type
No this was different
It hit way harder
Looking at the long list of Names and pictures of different children of past heroes Franklin couldn't find himself moving past the 5 pictures of James, Azari, Torunn, Pym and Francis
A deep sigh escaped his lips as he felt the entire weight of losing the only friends he had hit him all at once
All he fought for the bridges he burned. The tides he crossed all for this damned list to find the last member of his family
Not knowing he already lost one
And the feeling…..
The feeling was deep. And it hurt like hell
He hadn't moved in so long that his finger cracked when he began to type away at the keyboard. Usually he would spell the name in seconds. But everytime he pressed a letter he paused taking breaks and breaths within every letter
It damn near took him 5 minutes to spell the VA but 10 minutes later he finally mustered the courage to spell the full name Valeria Richards and finally hit the search
Franklin felt his heart and soul drop when he searched for her name and watched as the the holographic globe spun around aiming to pinpoint her location
It felt like centuries he was waiting for a pin. He tapped his foot and fiddled with his fingers while the list was trying to find her and nothing calmed his nerves down. Truly nothing will until he finds her
When it looked like the Globe got a match and it stopped somewhere Franklin's eyes shot up at the reveal only for his hopes to be shot down again when the whole search crashed displaying a giant word on the screen
MATCH NOT FOUND
All of Franklin's emotions came down in a strong and blind fury of rage as immediately he gritted his teeth and his eyes sparked of anger slamming his cosmic radiated fist down on the metal table below
"DAMMIT !"
One hit turned the metal table into a puddle of water and the feeling didn't satisfy his anger in the smallest
Looking down at the puddle Franklin saw nothing more than his broken reflection. Ever since the fight he hasn't been well. He hasn't slept he hasn't ate and he sure as hell hasn't been stable mentally and when he finally saw it all from a mirror perspective he did nothing more than began to tear up
And soon his tears became full fledged crying as he soon dropped to his knees feeling the entire weight and emotions he's been carrying around fall on him like a rock dump
Franklin started to cry for so long his eyes got dry and his knees began to hurt
He hadn't felt like this since Ultron's reign and now the last chance he had at finding his family member was gone and with it his last piece of hope
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Everyone had been so included to their rooms that everyone had barely noticed when the crime alarm went on blasting through their rooms
It took a couple seconds before James, Francis, Torunn, Azari and Pym all made their way to the war room to meet Sam who was already dressed in his Falcon suit reading the report
"New players, new team, not even a revamp of old villains. Team of misfits call themselves the Anarchist. they're currently causing problems in Manhattan. And by the looks of it they're your biggest fans guys"
That caught everyone's attention as Sam pulled up pictures of the 5 members
"An Archer, a Chemist, A Wolf, Strongwoman and an Anarchist" Sam said
The photos revealed 2 girls and 3 guys
"Fair trade" Francis smirked trying to spark something but no one was feeling it as James just continued to glare at the screen before saying his Father's famous words
"Avengers Assemble"
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People continued to run around the streets of Manhattan in fear ducking and dodging out of harm's way as the 5 villains continued to strike rampage throughout the city
"HAHA ! RUN YOU FEENS !" Stronghold said as she grabbed another boulder and threw it into the sea of people
She was dressed in what seemed to be silver warrior armor and was probably no bigger than Torunn. But by the looks of her strength she was definitely a problem
Shooting another explosive arrow Deadeye took off another chunk of a building watching as it fell on people making her smirk
"I love watching them crumble. It's so fun !"
With what seemed to be dark black attire of a leather jacket and a black crop top along with leather pants and clad boots. The brunette archer seemed to be the team's Archer. And by the looks of it she was definitely no hero
"What's your report on the Avengers appearance now ?" Blue Wolf said to The Chemist
Wearing a dark blue and black coated wolf suit. Along with a wolf-like mask The material was strong. Definitely carbon fiber and Kevlar. It was no Vibranuim but it wouldn't break easy either
Moving his goggles down from his head the scientist themed villain mixed his hands together watching as different chemical reactions occurred
"By the looks of it not that long" Chemist pointed out as he pointed into the sky
Immediately everyone stopped reeking chaos to see the sight of a QUinjet approaching the sky
The team of supervillains all grew smirks on their face at the sight of the Avengers incoming
All but one that had his face covered by a white mask hidden under a hood dressed in Red and white. He had a many plethora of knives and blades in patches and easy accessible pockets of his suit but the thing that struck the main center of it all was the giant red A within a circle on the chestplate of his suit
"Everyone ready up" Anarchy stated before grabbing to blades from his pouches
"Companies arrived"
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Landing on the concrete ground of Manhattan James glared at the group of villains and so did everyone else once they made their main appearance
Team to team they all looked at one another the villains smirked wickedly while the Avengers all held serious reactions
This was their first time facing a well-functioning team. It was serious. More than one opponent to take care of this time
"WELL IF IT ISN'T THE CHILDREN OF THE AVENGERS !" Stronghold shouted singling to everyone the fight was on
"If you all just come easy no one needs to get hurt" James spoke but the Anarchist just laughed at his heroism
"Oh we don't want peace. We want ANARCHY !"
That must've been their call to fight because right as Anarchy said that the team of villains all dispatched rushing towards each individual avenger
Holding a grasp on his shield James yelled the famous words before they too dispatched towards the group of villains
"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE !"
Clashing with one another Sam took to the skies doing recon to find hurt civilians and other individuals while the rest of the team fought the Anarchist
Immediately the Avengers found themselves on the wrong side of this fight as their heads were quite obviously not in the game
Torunn was the first to fall as she blindlessly underestimated Strongholds strength as using her strength and furry threw a strong jab at her face thinking that was the end if that battle
But she was quickly deemed wrong as with a smirk Stronghold grabbed Torunn by the leg making the Daughter of Thor go wide eyed in shock
"That's all you got !" Stronghold yelled before slamming her down to the ground below forcing a big crater in the ground
Torunn groaned in pain and slight bit of anger as stronghold just dusted her shoulders off
"Daughter of Thor my ass. I thought Asgardians were supposed to be strong. Aren't you a warrior ? GET UP !"
With grit teeth giving into the anger Stronghold was feeding her Torunn immediately rushed to her feet and sparked lighting within her finger tips making Stronghold smirk as she cracked her knuckles
"Bring it on"
Torunn wasn't the only one who was flaring in their battles as Azari himself also struggled to get a grip on Blue Wolf
Back and forth the two went after one another punch for punch blow for blow expect Azari found himself on the receiving end more than the giving end
Attempting to deliver two up jabs one that was blocked and the other that end with Blue wolf grabbing him by the arm and using his leg to sweep Azari to the floor
The young Prince groaned in anger at the pinned position and held a secure hold on the wolves arm and kicked up to his feet before doing a roll over his back now pinning his arm behind his back gaining the upper hand
Sparking his free hand with black electricity Azari was gonna end the fight here with a single shock to a nerve point but was stopped when he was forced to dodge an arrow that was close to hitting him making him let go of his opponent
Azari had angrily growled when he was forced to let blue wolf go but was even more pissed when he found out who the arrow was from
"FIND A BETTER TARGET NEXT TIME HAWKEYE !" Azari yelled clearly at Francis
The platinum blonde wasn't in the best of moods so teasing him while yelling probably wasn't the smartest of ideas on Azari's part either as Francis this time purposely shot an arrow landing directly at his feet making him flare in anger
"Oops" Francis teased only adding fuel to the flame but before Azari was going to show his aggression towards his former teammate he wa sent with a hard and heavy knee to the chest from Blue Wolf knocking him down hard with a groan
"FRANCIS ! AZARI ! GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME !" James commanded before turning his head back to look eyes with his enemy
Within his fight with anarchy James noticed something
This guy. His motive was different. His fighting his aggression his glare he had pure hatred for James and he didn't know why
He just met this guy ?
Through his inner monologue James barely noticed the knife swing Anarchy attempted to hit him with just barley dodging the attack
Slash after slash forearm to back arm James continued to block them over and over again
It wasn't until Anarchy gave him a forward slash that James moved to the left grabbing his arm and used his knee to strike his arm forcing the man to drop the weapon
Catching the knife before it hit the ground James flipped the knife within his hand before slashing at Anarchy's leg seeping a deep cut within his clothing making him groan and fall to his knees before performing a push kick sending him flying to the ground below
Rising fully to his feet James held a firm grip on the combat knife as he could tell if Narchy hated him before. He sure as hell didn't like him now
Getting back up to his feet Anarchy shook off the pain before he pulled out a knife from his wrist
"So I'm guessing you're the leader of this team. I mean I could only tell by the names and all" James said
"We are the Anarchists. The saviors of this world. The purifiers that America needs"
He was obviously using a voice modifier there was no way his voice was that dark and raspy
"I wouldn't put the words Anarchy and Savoir in the same sentence. Ever. scaring civilians and hurting innocent people isn't what Heroes"
"Who said we were Heroes ? We are purifiers. Cleansers of this world. Our job is to rid the dangers that face our country and you James Rogers. I know you James, you don't know it yet but you and I are sworn enemies. You Are the biggest Danger America's ever faced"
James's eyes almost lit up
Almost. But he just kept quiet as he let Anarchy continue
"People praise you as the golden child of this country. The next man that will lead them to the great land of peace. But under the Same Super Serum that the real hero Steve Rogers received you are tainted with the blood of our greatest foes. Share the same DNA with a killer"
James knew he was trying to stir him up but by the way he gripped the knife in his hand tighter it seemed to be working
"Funny how Captain America stood for justice and liberty. How he had a strict no kill rule but that all happened to be thrown out the window when his Russian wife killed people without a blink of an eye"
"You don't know what the hell your talking about" James growled
Anarchy smirked under his mask at James's reaction as he continued to push
"You call yourself a hero but how can you be a hero when you're in a whole family of murders and killers. Black widow, the Winter Soldier, The White Widow-"
James eye's lit up in shock
"How….how do you know abou-"
"Who ? you're poor. Auntie Yelena, heh. I told you James. I know you. And that is why we won't stop until we purify every little bit of corruption you false heroes have spread in our world. Starting with the Avengers"
"Alright enough talk" James snapped before performing two kick sidekicks to Anarchy's left side finishing it with a spinning back kick that connect pushing anarchy away
Pym continued to fly around in the sky in his shrunken form avoiding different chemical reactions while the Chemist continued to be annoyed by his smaller frame
"STOP AVOIDING ME YOU LITTLE PEST !"
Continuously Pym flew around him zapping him in and out with his plasma beams only annoying the mad scientist
"You wanna play the science game. Alright. Let's play then"
Mixing his hands together Green mist began to splurge from his hands before soon enough it expelled all around him immediately making Pym grow back to normal size and fall to the ground as he began to cough viciously
"*COUGH *COUGH…what the….*COUGH….hell is that *COUGH COUGH"
"Little antibodies. I made" The Chemist smirked "works for Bugs and brats"
Again the scientist had mixed his hands again expect this time a small sphere of energy formed making Pym's eyes shoot up as his heart suddenly dropped
Luckily Sam came gliding into the scene kicking The Chemist out of the way and launching him into a nearby sign
"This stuff is coming out of you ? gross" Sam retored before helping Pym up to his feet
"Thanks Sam"
"Anytime. Also what the hell is going on with you all. I was 100 feet up in the air and I could teel you were getting your asses kicked"
Shrugging his shoulders Pym held a look of sadness
"Guess it's just one of those days"
"Yeah well you better fix it. Because you keep fighting like this and you all are gonna get killed out here" he said before putting his goggles back on and shooting up into the sky sprouting his wings
Flying above the battlefield Sam saw Pym wasn't the only one who needed help and he almost wanted to roll his eyes at how sloppy everyone was fighting
'Discussion for another time' Sam thought before diving down
Francis truly didn't know how he got in this predicament but here he was currently trying to hold his staff back from choking him out as this brunette girl continued to have a sinister like grin while she tried to kill him
"You know Francy. I'm only doing this because I love you"
Rolling his eyes annoyingly he continued to fight back against the choking
"Really…..feeling….the love here" he said before he felt her squeeze harder
But the tension was soon broken when once again Sam flew in kicking Deadeye off from Francis and threw his wings to pin her to the ground
Immediately Francis grasped his neck and gasped for air
"Thanks Sam"
"Mhm. don't mention it" he said as he took notice that Torunn and Azari were both in trouble too
Sticking both his hands up he flung his metal wings at both Stronghold and Blue Wolf hitting them right in their target areas forcing them off the two heroes helping Azari and Torunn realize they were free from captivity
But by the disappointed looks on their face it seems they already knew how bad they were
Anarchy noticed how bad the tides shifted so with a simple jump in the air breaking James's guard and a drop kick to widen the gap Anarchy yelled
"ANARCHIST RETREAT !"
Easily everyone got the memo breaking and soon everyone broke off running away in different directions in their tactical retreat
"Am I crazy or did they just retreat when they were winning ?" Azari said making Sam roll his eyes
There was one thing for certain The Avengers were off their game
And they needed to be fixed asap