Emerging Crisis

Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to Marvel. I own Farrah, Eve, and Leon. All other OCs belong to their respective creators.

Chapter 7: The Fight Continues

Falcon and Redwing were evacuating the civilians away from the fight. In an attempt to hit them, Dragon Man swatted a mighty fist down at them and also tried to squash Hercules. The god of strength was holding the palm back, shaking his head,

"Hah! Foolish thing! Do you think your strength can match that of a true son of Zeus?"

He wound up a fist and hit the hand, breaking through the thick armor shell of the Dragon Man. The android broke away, and picked up a car to try and slam it into the super-strong hero when a salvo of rockets were fired at it. War Machine shook his head,

"Hey, that guy just paid off that car!"

Dragon Man looked up and fired a pair of beams from his eyes, hitting the armored hero hard. He got blasted into a building, but the near indestructible nature of the War Machine armor left it little damaged, although Jim's head was reeling. He looked up and saw Wonder Man and Miss Marvel tag teaming against the behemoth android. The ionic hero slammed a massive fist onto one cheek of Dragon Man's face, while Miss Marvel batted the other cheek. This went on for a few times before Dragon Man grabbed them both and knocked them into each other. The shock left them dazed and disoriented, long enough for the android to slam them both into the ground below. Thanks to their invulnerability, they were not hurt, but the two power houses were slightly rattled. Simon helped Carol up,

"Are you all right?"
The blonde teen nodded,

"Thanks, Simon. Wow, that thing is tough."

Hercules roared,

"DIE, MONSTER!"
He threw a lamp post like a javelin at Dragon Man and the velocity of it pierced Dragon Man's chest. The android looked at it and glared at the super strong son of Zeus. Wonder Man swallowed,

"I think you ticked it off."

Back at the AIM Base…

Leon turned and said,

"Did you hear that?"

Black Panther nodded,

"Yes, it sounded like a woman's scream. Could it be Farrah?"

Black Widow reloaded and said,

"Let's find out."

The heroes made their way to the sound of the disturbance.

By the time they reached the approximately location to where they heard the screams, Black Widow and the others saw one AIM agent fleeing in terror, firing over his shoulder behind him at something. The loud feral roar only got louder and angrier, and a white blur tackled the fleeing AIM agent.

Farrah was about to slash deeply into the AIM agent when she turned and saw Leon standing, speechless. Her eyes softened as she tried to speak,

"Leon?"

The red-eyed hero was surprised,

"Farrah? What happened to you?"
This little interruption was long enough for the AIM Agent to flee in terror.

Farrah swallowed nervously and tried to cover herself up,

"Please, don't look at me! I'm a monster!"

She backed into a corner, and huddled into a ball, whimpering and sobbing.

Black Widow put her hand on his shoulder,

"We can get her back to SHIELD and they can reverse the process."

Pulsar said,

"We just got a call from above. That thing that's attacking is a lot harder to stop than first thought."

The former Russian spy nodded,

"Very well, you and Crystal return to the surface and help. I'll handle things here."

Crystal and Pulsar went to help their friends.

Leon approached Farrah and said,

"Farrah, we need to go. Any minute now, this base will be destroyed."
Farrah shook her head, sobbing,

"Leave me here. I don't deserve to live!"

The red-eyed hero shook his head,

"You don't mean that."
The white-haired teen nodded,

"Yes, I do! I look like a freak!"

Leon held her shoulders, which caused the furry teen's head to look up. Leon explained,

"Farrah, you went on a date with me, despite me having red eyes. It shows you like me. And, I like you too."

Farrah blinked at that for a moment and was about to respond when Black Panther said,

"We must vacate the premise immediately. There is no telling how long the base will be intact."

The red-eyed teen nodded and picked up Farrah. The white-haired furry teen was silent as the four exited the base.

Back on the surface…

Black Widow and the others had just arrived to see Hercules and Wonder Man get slammed to the ground again. The God of Strength shook his head,

"This beast is a challenge. I am going to enjoy its suffering when I slay it."

Black Widow shook her head,

"Not unless it slays us first."

Dragon Man then grabbed Carol and licked its lips. The blonde heroine struggled to get loose,

"Leave me alone, you Barney wannabe!"

Leon clenched his fists at that moment. He gave Farrah to Wonder Man,

"Can you watch her for a second?"

Farrah looked at her boyfriend,

"What are you going to do?"

Leon's eyes glowed red again and looked like he was going to jump high. He did jump, but was a speeding bullet at Dragon Man. The android monster turned and looked as a beam of white light came right at him. It severed his head, Dragon Man to loosen his grip on Miss Marvel. The rest of the body was going to fall down on the streets. Leon and the liberated Carol both raced to try and stop it from crushing innocent people.

The body of the android was collapsing onto the streets and people were fleeing. Carol and Leon used all their super strength to slow down the mechanized pile of scrap from decimating the street with his remains. Hercules and War Machine both came to help and the four of them eased it down.

Falcon, who had been flying around, getting the civilians to safety, radioed in,

"The monster is down, and the civilians are safe."

Black Widow and the others all gathered near the fallen android,

"Nice job, everyone."
Carol smiled dreamily and walked up to Leon, kissing him on the cheek,

"My hero."

Farrah, seeing this, shrieked,

"HE'S MINE, BITCH!"

She tackled the blonde and a cat-fight broke out. The Russian spy blinked,

"O-K, this is going to be more complicated than I thought."

Fury radioed in at that moment,

"Black Widow, bring everyone back aboard the Helicarrier. We'll send teams down to secure the Hydra base and the android."

Natasha nodded,

"Da, and, Colonel? Could you also send some tranquilizers down too, please? It appears Miss Marvel is in a dangerous scuffle with a potential recruit."
Farrah screamed,

"He's not your man! He's mine!"

Carol shouted back,

"He saved my life! He deserves a kiss from a real woman, not a walking flea circus like you!"

Black Panther asked,

"Are you sure there are such tranquilizers that are strong for those two?"
Crystal groaned,

"We were better off fighting the android."

Next Chapter:
Fury comments on the performance of the new Avengers, and decisions are made that will drastically affect the lives of two young teens. Find out what next time!