Chapter 13

After the events that just took hold (--bombs all around the world synchronized to go off, all at the same time--), Hellboy woke up in a empty factory building, what felt like one hour later.

"Nnnn…what happened…head ringing…am I alive?" Hellboy moaned.

"Yes indeed, Sir!"

"Robot? You're alive!" Hellboy exclaimed in shock.

"Indeed, Sir. As for what happened to you…the Earth, year 2999, exploded killing everyone including the Super-Skrull's. Except because you weren't from that era, you got catapulted back to December 31st 2008, ten minutes after you left for the year 2999." Robot explained.

"So…I'm alive?"

"For the third time, Sir, yes!" Robot sighed.

"Great. Fan-friggin'-tastic!" Hellboy growled, storming out of the factory building.

"But Sir!" Robot said, as he followed Hellboy out of the factory. "I thought you'd be over the moon to be alive?"

"Well, I'm not! Now get lost!" Hellboy yelled.

Hellboy continued down the street grumbling to himself as he ignored the people around him, as they stared at him in disbelief.

He stopped outside an electronics store to catch the latest news.

"Breaking News! A sighting of the so-called hero Hellboy has just been reported. This has been the first sighting of him in eleven years!"

Hellboy stared in disbelief at the electronics store's 32" LCD Plasma Screen television.

"…eleven years…so it's not 2008...it's 2020?!?" ROBOT!!!" but he was too late. Robot had already gone.

Damn it! Here we go again!"

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Meanwhile, we shall now re-introduce Iron-Man into this story. Arno Stark is the current host of the Iron-Man armour.

A cousin of Tony's, twice removed and so on.

"Computers are picking up two life forms, Sir."

"Oh really? Let me guess, one of them is the rebel, Hellboy."

"Yes, Sir." the computer replied. "Actually, both life-forms are the rebel Hellboy, Sir."

"Both? Okay then, computer: Give me the co-ordinates to the to the nearest one."

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As for your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman, he won't be in this chapter. He has another role to play in our story, later.

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Hellboy decided to take a visit to the B.P.R.D Building of 2020. Unfortunately, when he got there, there was nothing left of the building except ashes.

The first thing that came to his head was that a close friend of his had done this, a friend who had the ability to control fire.

"Liz?" he said in a low voice.

"No."

Hellboy turned to see himself looking directly back at himself. As if he were looking into a mirror. Except this image of himself had a mind of it's own.

"You're…me?" Hellboy said, as he looked at his double.

"IMPOSTER!" the double yelled, punching the original Hellboy.

"Alright, Hellboy! Stand-down!" Iron-Man said, as he descended near the two Hellboy's. "Computer: Scan them and find the true Hellboy!"

"Negative, Sir." the computer replied.

"Pardon?" Iron-Man asked, confused by the computer's reply.

"The scans show that the two Hellboy's are identical to each other."

"Alright then. Hellboy, other Hellboy, you're both under arrest until I find out which one of you is the IMPOSTER!"

"IMPOSTER?" the double said. "If anyone's the IMPOSTER, it's HIM!" he said, pointing to the original Hellboy.

Hellboy got up off the ground and brushed himself down.

"If I'm the double, what's our real name?" the original asked the double.

"That's simple!" the double smirked. "It's Anung Un Rama, of course!"

Silence. Nothing happened.

"Ah-ha! He's the REAL IMPOSTER!" Hellboy said, pointing at him.

"I'm not sure…" Iron-Man said, as he rubbed his chin. (if he could, that is).

"Oh, yeah?" Hellboy said, as he punched the double of himself.

He had punched him so hard, that the double's head ripped right of it's body's shoulders, followed by a heap load of wires, nuts and bolts.

"Now do you believe me?"