Chronicles of the Night
When we last left off, Felix had a brief scuffle with the Hulk, got to spend some quality with other members of the team, and nearly lost his life attacking a building of Chitauri sleeper agents. After a brief episode of anger, Felix, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch now have to fight off Chitauri attackers on the Triskileon while the rest of the Ultimates are away.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel Comics, I do own my original characters and the plot.
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Last assignment
"Why the heck are these guys in German uniforms!?" Felix yelled as he flipped out of the way of a volley of gunfire.
"Weren't you paying attention to the briefing?!" Quicksilver asked while zipping through a crowd of Chitauri and knocking them over as he did so.
"Oh yeah… something about assisting the Nazi's in World War II." Felix said, getting in the midst of a crowd and breaking in to a melee of punches and kicks. A bunch aimed their guns at Felix, but the Scarlet Witch pointed her glowing hands at them and all of the guns back-fired on them.
"Careful now Felix." Scarlet Witch told him. "Ah!" She gasped as she flew a little higher in to the air to avoid gun fire.
"Careful yourself." Felix said ducking and diving out of the way of even more gunfire, some of the bullets did scratch his skin and clothes. "Hey! I just got these out of the cleaners you know!" Felix said as another bullet whizzed by his hair. "Oh come on." He sighed, scratching more Chitauri agents.
"Well looks like we're done here." Quicksilver said.
"Underlink! Underlink come in und report!" Came a voice with a German accent over a walkie-talkie.
"Hold on." Felix said. Felix picked up the walkie-talkie, cleared his throat and then said in his best German accent. "We had some trouble with them, but they're all taken care of, their bodies have been tossed in to the harbor."
"Ah… very good."
"Are the Ultimates taken care of sir?" Felix continued while the Scarlet Witch started another teleportation in order to remove the mass of bodies.
"Herr Kleiser…" One of the Chitauri gasped, reaching for Felix. Quicksilver promptly knocked that one out.
"Uh… Herr Kleiser?" Felix added, trying to sound respectful.
"Yes, now that Captain America is out of the way we have nothing to worry about, return to your post at once."
"Understood! Hail Herr Kleiser!" Felix said, quickly putting down the walkie-talkie. "Okay, they think we're dead, hopefully." Felix said.
"Hopefully?" Quicksilver asked.
"Gah never mind! What about the bodies?" Felix asked.
"Taken care of." Scarlet Witch said.
"Okay, let's get out of the open." Felix said.
"I can take care of that." Quicksilver grabbed both Scarlet Witch and Felix and zipped away.
"Gah! Too fast!" Felix shouted.
Hours Later in a desolate Arizona desert base…
Two Chitauri's, still in human form and still in their German uniforms were sitting at a security panel and watching the numerous monitors. Behind them, Felix dropped down from the vent above them silently, snuck up behind them, grabbed their heads and slammed their heads together. Promptly knocking them unconscious. "You know, I wonder what these guys look like in their natural form."
"No time for that, how does it look Felix?" Quicksilver asked in to the earpiece Felix was wearing.
"Hang on." Felix took a seat and looked at the monitors. "Ah crap, they're all over this base." He said as he watched all of the patrols in the hallway.
"Well that makes things difficult." Quicksilver responded.
"Yeah unless Scarlet Witch could increase the odds of all of the building caving in on them I don't think we can take the whole base by ourselves." Felix said.
"What about the rest of the team?" Scarlet Witch asked.
"Based on what that Kleiser guy said they may be either dead or out of commission in some other way." Felix said. "Oh speaking of that Kleiser jerk, I think I've just found him." Felix said. Felix spotted one monitor that had one older looking man in a more decorated uniform than any of the others. He was carrying a small jar that had a little person inside of it. "Ah crap he's got Janet."
"He's what?"
"Gah… Janet must've tried to escape but got caught, she's shrunken down and he's got her in some kind of glass jar, he seems to be talking to her, probably gloating or something." Felix said.
"Well we've got to save her." Scarlet Witch said.
"Yeah good luck with that, he's in the engine room and he is freakin' surrounded by guys." Felix said. The monitor then showed Herr Kleiser picking up a walkie-talkie and speaking in to it.
"Report."
"Hm?" Felix turned to one of the guys he just knocked out, whose pocket was buzzing.
"Report I say!"
"You have got to be kidding me." Felix sighed.
"What?" Quicksilver asked over the radio.
"Okay guys, I'm about to do something drastic." Felix said, picking up the walkie-talkie. "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut may I take your order?"
"What are you doing?" Quicksilver asked.
"Who is this?"
"I'm sorry, I'm the guy who delivered the last report, turns out I lied." Felix said, now taking a seat and kicking back in it. "We're actually alive and well, and I broke in to the security room to spy on you guys, and I'm right in this seat and waiting for you to notice something suspicious." Felix said with a smile.
"You idiot!" Quicksilver shouted in to the radio.
"Have you completely lost it Felix?" Scarlet Witch asked.
"You are either very brave, or very stupid young one. But my men that are right outside your door can decide that." Herr Kleiser responded. The door opened to allow a bunch of guys holding guns to rush in.
"I'll go with brave and stupid." Felix said, diving out of his seat and tackling the leading gunman, and bowling over the others following right behind him.
"Shoot him!"
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
"Ugh!"
"Uwah!"
"Guess I am the genius here." Felix said, who dived back in to the security room while those guys in the hallway accidentally shot each other. "Hm?" Felix heard a slight click like someone pulling a pin out of a grenade. "Oh crap." Felix jumped back towards the open hole in the ceiling, back in to the vent right as someone threw a grenade in to the room.
KABOOM
"Are you still alive in there?" Quicksilver asked.
"Yeah, somehow or another." Felix said. "And I took a few guys down while I was at it." Felix revealed his claws and punctured a few holes in to the thin metal of the air vents. He slowly began tearing away at the metal.
"Great news, everyone's alive!" Scarlet Witch shouted.
"What? Really?" Felix asked, a little relief in his voice.
"Yes, Iron-man and Thor managed to save them from nuclear disaster." Quicksilver said. "Your distraction and their arrival is causing a panic through the base."
"Oh good." Felix finally finished tearing his way through the vent and then punched a hole through the padding and the ceiling, dropping down in the middle of a bunch of running men. "Hello boys, is this the west avenue party?" Felix asked.
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
"And again with the gun shots." Felix said.
"Felix! Come in!"
"Fury?"
"Listen kid! Get down to the hanger and get on one of their ships, whatever happens don't let it leave the atmosphere! Wanda and Pietro will join you shortly." Fury instructed.
"Understood." Felix said. "Man, went from stealth to hectic as hell in five minutes." Felix said, bounding down the hallway and past the gunmen. "Now then…" Felix grabbed one of the still concious gunmen and held him by the throat. "Which way is the hanger?"
Outside…
The sky was on fire, gigantic ships that were obviously alien in design were under fire by jet fighters and there were wild dogfights with alien fighters of their own. The fighters themselves were being assisted by Iron-man and Thor. Iron-man was blasting his way through alien fighters, while Thor was bringing fighters down with each mighty swing of his hammer. Thor then flew up in to the sky above a mother-ship that was about to get away, raised his hammer, and a storm of lightning bolts struck the ship, causing it to explode in multiple places before slowly crashing down.
"Holy shit! I thought this guy was a pacifist!" Fury shouted as he saw this.
"A pacifist with a big scary hammer General!" Thor responded before going to take down more ships.
"Now that was kick-ass!" Felix shouted, clinging to the side of one of the mother ships. "Oh finally…" Felix saw what appeared to be an opening, and worked his nails in to the small crevices until he managed to force it open. "Guuuuuuurrrrrrrrggghhh… ah!" Felix pushed himself in as the hatch shut itself.
"What took you?" Quicksilver asked confidently. Felix looked up and saw that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were already standing there.
"And where were you guys when I needed you?" Felix asked.
"Trying not to get caught unlike somebody." Scarlet Witch said.
"Halt!" They all turned around to find three figures down the hallway. They were hunched over, somewhat lizard-like although the jaws looked vaguely human if not for the scales. They had three fingers and a thumb, three large toes, and Felix swore that he could hear two heartbeats.
"So that's what they look like." Felix said. Before the three figures could fire their odd looking guns, Scarlet Witch held up her glowing hands, and the guns all changed in to umbrellas.
"Hm?" The three figures looked at what happened to their guns before looking back up to see Felix right in front of them. Felix jumped up, kicked two of them at once, and then slammed his fists down on the other one. Felix picked up the one that was still conscious and held his claws at its face.
"Which way is the bridge?" Felix asked.
"Grrrrrrr…"
"You're forgetting who the hostage is here bub." Felix said, starting to dig his claws in to its face.
"Agh! Okay okay! Just… f-follow me."
"What's the situation outside?" Scarlet Witch asked in to the radio. "Captain America is fighting with Herr Kleiser right now… Thor and Iron-man are still cleaning up in the air…"
"How's that jerk Hawkeye?" Felix asked, still holding the Chitauri that was leading them against his will.
"He's on stand-by." Wanda answered.
"Great, we're kicking butt and he's sitting on the sidelines." Felix sighed.
"Uh-oh… Wasp and Black Widow are trying to take care of a bomb…" Scarlet Witch said nervously.
"Bomb? What bomb?" Quicksilver and Felix asked at the same time.
"Ha ha ha! Our back-up plan. That bomb will wipe out this entire solar system if you failed to comply with us… you're doomed no matter what you try." The Chitauri said.
"Is the bridge just down this hallway?" Felix asked.
"Yes."
"Good." Felix then knocked that Chitauri unconscious. "Bastard." He said before going down the hallway. "Wanda, you think you can open the door?"
"Gladly." She held up her glowing hands, it took a minute but eventually Wanda caused the door to short-circuit and open on its own.
"Hm? Ah!" Quicksilver rushed in and started taking out the whole bridge. When he got to the last guy however, that guy caught his wrist, and socked Quicksilver hard in the face.
"AH!"
"Ha! You humans think you're safe with all of your so-called super-humans. Well think twice." The guy said, he was in human form dressed in a German commander's uniform, and cracking his knuckles.
"You think twice!" Felix said. He jumped high in to the air, did multiple tucked flips, and brought his leg downward in an axe kick. The man blocked the kick with both arms, and the second Felix landed on his one foot, Felix hopped off of that foot and kicked off of that man's chest.
"Hmph… not bad, but not good either." The commander said.
"Try this then." Felix lunged at the man with his claws out, Felix dodged a punch, scratched the man over and over in the face and chest before delivering a roundhouse kick to his chest, causing the man to fall backwards.
"Ha ha ha ha ha."
"Hm?"
"Is that the best you've got?" The man asked, getting up and showing his scratched up face, which was healing at an astonishing rate.
"What?"
"Ha!" The man jumped at Felix and attempted to drive his fist on to Felix's crown. Felix jumped out of the way, but noticed that the man's punch left a dent in the metallic flooring. Felix ran back at the man and threw a punch, however the man caught that punch and delivered his own punch across Felix's face before kneeing him in the gut.
"AH!" Felix shouted, falling to the ground.
"Ha ha ha ha. Oof!" A blur zipped by him and knocked him off balance, then that same blur zipped by him and hit him again. The man turned around, ducked, grabbed Quicksilver around the waist and performed a suplex.
"AH!" Quicksilver shouted, feeling his back getting bent well out of shape from that.
"You'll leave Pietro alone!" Scarlet Witch shrieked angrily held up her hands at the man, but the man jumped clear over her head, grabbed her hands, and held them behind her back. "AH!"
"Grrrrrrr…" Felix got up, coughed out a small bit of blood, and then jumped at the man, grabbing him around the neck and then squeezing, attempting to break his neck.
"Ha ha ha ha! My body is far more flexible than your pathetic human bodies!" The man said, he jumped up and slammed Felix in to the floor. He then got up and kicked Felix in the head.
"AGH!"
"Ha! If you thought to save this woman, you've wasted your effort. A man as weak as you couldn't protect anybody."
"Rah!" Despite the blood coming from Quicksilver's head, he ran at the man, only to get an uppercut under the jaw. "Agh!"
"I'm willing to bet that your weakness got a few people killed didn't it!?"
"Shut up…" Felix growled, standing up and bringing a fist back with the intent to throw it. "OOF!" The man then gut-punched Felix and had him kneeling at his feet.
"Ha ha ha ha! You pathetic excuse for a life-form."
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh…" Felix's breathing became heavier as his temper sped ahead of his rationality. Felix really just wanted to tear this man apart now. "HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!"
"Hrk!" Felix grabbed the man tightly around the throat with both hands and began sinking his claws in to his skin.
On the ground…
"Just surrender Captain! You won't win this time!" Herr Kleiser shouted as he punched Captain America in the face. Behind Herr Kleiser were fields of gas tanks that were on fire from when Captain America flew a jet fighter in to him and then abandoned the plane as it flew in to the gas tanks, Herr Kleiser however didn't appear to have much of a mark on him, in spite of his scrawny appearance.
"Grrr…" Captain America blocked the next punch with his shield, swiped his shield and scratched Kleiser across the face with it, and then kicked him on to the ground, he then took his shield off of his arm, and plunged it in to Herr Kleiser's stomach.
"AAAAACK!!!"
"Surrender!?" Captain America then slashed his shield out through Herr Kleiser's waist. "DO YOU THINK THIS SYMBOL STANDS FOR FRANCE!?" Captain America yelled at him. Herr Kleiser punched Captain America off of him to allow his stomach time to pull itself back together, he then stood up and knocked Captain America to the ground.
"Stubborn as ever… now just die Captain America." Herr Kleiser said, standing over Captain America. "Hm?" He turned and noticed a gun floating beside his head.
BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM
"UGH!" The guns unloaded on Herr Kleiser's head, the blue-green blood and gore flying out of his head as the gun fired. Fury slowly faded in to visibility, holding the gun as he helped Captain America up to his feet.
"You alright Cap?" Fury asked.
"Alright, time to authorize our secret weapon." Captain America said, talking in to a radio. Suddenly a giant ship from above crashed in to the sand, raising a gigantic cloud of dust behind the flaming gas fields. "Looks like black-ops did their job." Captain America commented. "Here he comes."
"I'M TELLING YOU!!! I'VE CURED MYSELF THIS IS INSANE!!!" Dr. Banner yelled as he was pushed out of a helicopter to fall to the ground below. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
BOOM
"Hell of a thud for a ninety pound scientist." Fury said.
"RAAAAHHHH!!!" The Hulk then leaped out of the spot Banner landed and landed right in front of Captain America. "Hulk crush Steve…"
"I'm sure you will but before you do… that guy over there has been doing some good quality time with Betty." Captain America said, obviously lying, while pointing at Herr Kleiser, whose head was regenerating from the gunshots.
"Skinny naked guy been with Betty! Hulk grind naked guy in to dust!!!" The Hulk shouted, leaping at Herr Kleiser. The Hulk hit and pounded Kleiser a couple of times, even after Kleiser picked up a supply truck and slammed it against the Hulk, the Hulk kept pounding away at Kleiser.
"Heh… heh…"
"Quicksilver! Wanda?" Fury noticed that Quicksilver, drenched in dust with a few bleeding cuts on his body was carrying an unconscious Wanda, who was also covered in dust and a few bleeding cuts. "What happened? Where's Felix?"
"Felix… he's…" Quicksilver gasped.
"MY PREY!!!" Everyone turned to see a few Chitauri in human form firing their guns at Felix. However Felix wasn't acting anything like himself at all, he was crouching on all fours, ducking and weaving through the gunfire without cracking any jokes, in fact his face looked outright bestial.
"What is he doing?" Fury asked.
"RAH!" Felix clawed one of them over and over and over again until not even its mother would recognize it before kicking it away. Felix then quickly ran at another one, narrowly dodging bullets, grabbed it beneath the neck and under the jaw with his claws out, and then tore its head off.
"That is not Felix." Captain America said.
"Good news Fury. I… don't know how but… Thor sent the bomb away by teleporting it… somewhere."
"Not now Natasha, we many have another situation on our hands." Fury said. Felix tackled another Chitauri, sank his fangs in to his throat, and then ripped it out before spitting it out.
"HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!" Felix's eyes were narrow and cat-like.
"Get Banner out of here, if those two fight we could have real trouble." Fury said.
"On it, looks like he just finished off Kleiser." Captain America said, running towards the Hulk. Felix looked at Fury, then eyed Quicksilver and Wanda.
"Mine…" Felix hissed.
"Fury! Felix took down some guy we were having trouble with, the ship, and started attacking us! Felix has completely flipped his lid!" Quicksilver said.
"Get Wanda to safety." Fury said, holding out two automatic guns and bracing them under his arms. "Here kitty kitty kitty…" Fury dared.
"Not… threaten… me…" Felix hissed. Felix ran at Fury, who began open firing with his guns. Felix ducked back and forth while still running forward, only a few bullets scratching him as he ran. Felix lunged at Fury with his claws and fangs bared.
"HIYAH!!!" Black Widow jumped in and kicked Felix away, brandishing two pistols in her hands. "Stay down." Black Widow hissed at Felix.
"Grrrrrr… RAH!!!" Felix dashed at Natasha, who started unloading her guns on Felix. Felix ran around Natasha, dodging any bullets that were about to hit him. "…" Felix then flipped over the top of Captain America's shield, which was thrown at him with an incredible amount of force. Felix landed right in front of Captain America, who threw a solid punch at Felix's jaw.
"Stand down soldier and get a hold of yourself." Captain America said.
"Grrrrrr…" Captain America threw his foot to kick Felix, but Felix caught his foot, then caused Captain America to fall on to his back.
"Ah!"
"HSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!" Felix prepared to drive his claws in to Captain America's chest when a gust of wind blew in and caused Felix to tumble across the ground.
"Felix! Get a hold of yourself!" Thor shouted, flying down and touching down.
"…me…" Felix hissed.
"What?"
"Take me… down… RAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Felix then lunged at Thor with his claws out. Thor stepped back but Felix managed to scratch Thor across the face, however Thor landed a really powerful punch to Felix's face, and then slammed his hammer down on top of Felix's head, Felix was down in an instant.
"Sorry to do that old friend." Thor said.
"The Hulk is pacified, and all the Chitauri ships are down!" Hawkeye said over the radio.
"Well boys, let's wrap it up here… we all did a good job. We all did." Fury said, looking at the unconscious Felix.
Back to the present…
"Yeah, that hammer of Thor's hurts like you wouldn't believe." Felix said. "I swear I can still feel where he hit me." Felix said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Wow…" Lisa said.
"Wow is right… Thor's probably the most powerful super-human on the planet, although there are some that could probably give him a run for his money." Felix said.
"So what happened after that?" Joseph asked.
"Oh… well I skipped out on the celebration at the white house… I needed a little alone time. And the next day I talked to Fury. There was a slight discussion about it but…"
Back to the story…
"So what is it this time Felix?" Fury asked.
"Honestly Fury… how was my performance during the Chitauri invasion?" Felix asked. They were back in Fury's office, Felix believed that the sun outside that window never looked brighter after all that had happened over the last several days.
"Well kid, you were dangerous, but you handled things pretty well, from Pietro's story they would have died if not for you." Fury said.
"Even after… going nuts like I did?" Felix asked.
"Even after that." Fury said. "But that's not what you're here to talk about is it?"
"No it's not." Felix sighed. He pulled out a slip of paper and laid it on the table. "This is my resignation form, I'd like to officially resign from the Ultimates."
"This isn't about going berserk or nearly getting killed is it?"
"Well… maybe that's part of it, but I did some thinking while you guys were celebrating at the white house, and I decided that this just isn't for me. I'm still not ready to take orders and to take lives on a whim… this just isn't the life for me. Basically, I'm tired of military service." Felix said.
"You know, you are to just about be bumped up to the public team, you'll be fighting right beside Captain America and Iron-man on future missions." Fury said.
"As tempting as that sounds Fury, I'd pass on that too." Felix said.
"…" Fury looked a Felix a minute, and then sighed. "And to think that you'd have been quite an asset too." Fury said, pulling out a pen and signing the resignation forms. "Very well, your resignation is accepted, stop by the front desk and pick up your last bit of compensation."
"Thanks." Felix said. "Oh, by the way…" He laid three envelopes on the desk. "These are for whomever they're labeled for." Felix said before walking off.
"Where are you going to go?" Fury asked, looking at the envelopes.
"I don't know, in the next week I could be on either coast for all I know." Felix said. "But heck, you'll know won't you? You'll still be hounding my every step no matter how much I protest won't you?"
"I can't tell you that, you're not part of the team anymore." Fury said.
"I thought as much." Felix said, walking out of the office door.
Later…
"I really don't think he should have quit." Steve said. He, Thor, Clint Barton, and Fury were in a lounge that had couches surrounding a circular coffee table, and a TV set. Steve, Clint, and Thor had Felix's envelopes in their hands.
"Every man to their own Steve." Fury said. Steve opened his envelope first and read it to himself.
"I know you probably don't agree with my leaving and you think that I should stay in the military, but hey, with guys like you on the team you won't be needing me. Thanks for the lessons, I might need them one day. – Felix."
"Hmmmm…" Thor opened his letter and read it to himself.
"Hey Thor, just wanted to say keep at your ideals, don't take crap from Fury, and thanks for the much needed encouragement. If you need a favor, be sure to find me and ask. And I hope I can ask you for a favor someday. Keep it up big guy. – Felix."
"Ha ha ha ha." Thor laughed after reading Felix's letter. Clint opened his letter and it said,
"You suck. – Felix"
"Oh why that little… I swear the next time I see him I'm going…" Clint began ranting about how he'd pay back Felix for this leaving note.
End of story…
"And then I traveled by plane, by hiking, and by hitching a few rides to get to LA." Felix finished.
"Whew… man, impressive story Felix." Joseph said.
"It was… kind of scary sometimes." Lisa added. "But kind of cool."
"Yeah… it was the best of times… it was the worst of times." Felix said.
"Not funny." Joseph said in response to Felix's joke.
"I don't even get it."
"You'd have to read the book." Joseph told Lisa.
"Hm? Damn this plane is fast." Felix said. The three of them looked out the window, the plane was approaching a giant, artificial island off the New York coast that had a massive building that formed a sort of spire. "Well there it is folks, the Triskileon… which hasn't changed a bit, they need to redecorate."
"Sheesh, I don't think my house's payment could match up to that by a long shot." Joseph commented.
"You know government spending, more than they can actually afford." Felix said.
"Wow…" Lisa said. "Well… I guess we're here."
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Felix's story has come to an end, and just as they arrived at the Triskileon. So what does Fury intend for them to do? Just what did he call them for that the Ultimates can't handle alone?
