Chronicles of the Night
Ah… those mixed feelings you get from nearly finishing a story are starting to come up. But I must press on.
When we last left off, The Ultimates finally took direct action, however when time came to claim the weapon the Night-Hunters attempted to destroy the weapon. Unfortunately for both teams, Captain Ivan managed to activate the Super robot Ultimo. How powerful is this weapon? Both teams are about to find out first hand.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel comics, I do own my characters and the plot.
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Ultimo
Everyone there stood where they were, staring at Captain Ivan with the Ultimo robot right behind him. The Ultimo robot slowly turned its head to look at everyone there. It scanned over the Ultimates, the Night-Hunters, and all of the common soldiers on both sides.
"Fury… I think the choice has been taken out of our hands now." Night-roller said.
"You're right." Fury said. "Everyone, let's bring this sucker down."
"Ha! You think you can defeat the perfect weapon!? Ultimo, destroy them!" Captain Ivan ordered.
"Query…" Ultimo said in a low robotic voice.
"Hm?" Everyone looked at Ultimo.
"Ultimo is perfect, if Ultimo is perfect, why is Ultimo subjected to orders from one who is imperfect?" Ultimo asked.
"Wha? Do not question me machine!" Ivan yelled at Ultimo.
"Master registration: DELETED."
"What?"
"Ultimo is perfect, all bio-forms are imperfect." Ultimo said.
SHING
"Urk…" Two blades extended from the sides of Ultimo's right arm and were rammed through Ivan's left chest, piercing both his heart and left lung.
"Exterminate… all… bio-forms." Ultimo said as the blades retracted and Ivan fell to the ground.
"CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!" All of the common soldiers present immediately charged at Ultimo.
"Stand down! None of you know what this thing is capable of!" Felix shouted.
"Exterminate…" Ultimo flew up in to the air via boosters on its back and legs and began spinning around rapidly. Blue rays of energy flew from its hands and pierced every soldier present right through the chest.
"ARGH!!!"
"Look out!" Captain America blocked it with his shield while everyone else managed to dodge the rays fired at them.
"Damn… in only a few seconds he's made it so that only the Super-humans are left." Quicksilver cringed.
"We've got to take it down! Go go go!" Fury shouted, drawing two different machine guns.
"I'm first." Iron-Man said, finally able to fly again. He boosted full speed towards Ultimo with his arms outstretched.
"You're not going in there alone!" Black Widow's armor was also activated and she flew towards the Ultimo as well.
"I'll cover you guys!" Lisa's eyes glowed red and orange and soon numerous bats flew out from her shadow, far more bats than she's ever summoned before. The immense swarm of bats surrounded Ultimo and formed an almost solid wall of fluttering bats.
"Remove obstacle." Ultimo gave off a whirring sound before the bats were suddenly sent flying away from Ultimo.
CRASH
Iron-Man crashed in to Ultimo and was carrying it higher in to the air. "This is where you get off!" Iron-Man said, letting go of Ultimo and proceeding to do an aerial somersault.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" The Black Widow's wrist-mounted weapons began unloading rounds on Ultimo as she flew underneath him and came up behind him. The rounds bounced off of Ultimo's body harmlessly as he wheeled around and fired two beams of energy that knocked the Black Widow out of the air. "AH!!!"
"No!" Iron-Man fired two repulsor rays from his wrists at Ultimo. Ultimo flew towards Iron-Man while projecting some kind of force-field around itself that repelled the repulsor rays. Ultimo thrust a hand at Iron-Man's chest and immediately Iron-Man felt an electric shock course through the armor. "AH!"
"Exterminate." Ultimo made unsheathed its blades and was prepared to ram it through Iron-Man when one of its boosters malfunctioned and it flew around uncontrollably before crashing in to the ground.
"Go!" Night-Roller boosted towards Ultimo while Felix ran forward, Hawkeye also ran forward with guns blazing.
"…" Ultimo ignored the gun and it turned around to impale Felix on its blades.
"Grrr…" Felix felt the blade scratch him, but he ignored the slight pain to throw a punch at the robot's head. Ultimo threw several fast punches that Felix dodged for a while before Ultimo landed a solid one on his chest. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Felix shouted as the punch sent him flying back.
"Back off!" Night-Roller skated up and threw three strong punches that all connected with Ultimo. Ultimo tried slashing him, but the blade couldn't get through the force-field like that, so Ultimo punched him away as well.
"Flight booster reengaged… analyze threat…" Ultimo looked at the Scarlet Witch, who was holding up glowing hands at Ultimo. "Threat level: Sigma-class threat." Ultimo engaged its thrusters and rocketed towards Scarlet Witch.
"AH!" Scarlet Witch tried to fly out of the way, but Ultimo was far too fast and in the next few seconds, Ultimo had pierced his blades through Wanda's stomach.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Quicksilver shouted. He ran as fast as he could, gained momentum, and jumped about forty feet in to the air and clinged to Ultimo's back, beating on its head rapidly. "Don't… touch… my… sister!"
"Electric… interferance detected…"
"Pietro, get Wanda out of here, I'll keep him busy." The Wasp said, at a shrunken size firing electric bolts at Ultimo's neck.
"Repulsion field…"
BAM
"OOF!!!" All three of them were sent flying off of Ultimo just in time for Ultimo to turn around and land a punch across Iron Man's cheek.
"Gotcha!" Lisa caught Janet.
"Hang on Pietro!" Felix caught Quicksilver. "Go get Wanda."
"You don't need to tell me." Quicksilver said, as soon as Felix set him down, Quicksilver ran as fast as he could to catch an unconcious Wanda. He was soon speeding through the woods with her.
"AH!" Ultimo blasted Black Widow away and turned to find Quicksilver running off with Wanda.
"Sigma-class threat escaping. Subject is being taken by Delta-class threat… eliminate." Ultimo was soon speeding towards Quicksilver, and gaining.
"Damn… he's fast." Fury said, running in to the woods with Captain America behind him.
"Lisa, let's go and give them a hand." Felix said.
"Okay." Lisa said as she and Felix took off.
"Wanda… I'll get you to safety."
"Eliminate."
BOOM
"Whoa!" Quicksilver narrowly avoided a beam of energy that pierced through the trees with the intent to hit him. Ultimo was now firing a steady beam from its palm that was sweeping through the forest, cutting down the trees as it swiped through. The beam and Ultimo were both barely trailing behind Quicksilver. "I could go faster, but if I do I might hurt Wanda."
"Ha!" Captain America jumped in, tackling Ultimo with his shield in front of him.
"Subject analyzed: Captain America… threat level undetermined. Approach with caution." Ultimo said. Captain America began throwing a series of punches and kicks at Ultimo that were blocked fairly easily, but Ultimo's counter-punch was avoided and countered with a shield swipe to its chest.
"Not good enough!" Captain America used the momentum from the shield swipe to throw a kick, he then blocked a blade swipe with his shield before rolling to Ultimo's side and kicking it in the knee joint. He flipped backwards and raised his shield to block another attack. Unfortunately…
ZAP
"AH!" Ultimo sent an electric current through the shield which caught Captain America off guard.
"RAH!" Lisa came behind Ultimo, somersaulted, and was holding Ultimo in an odd looking position in which she was clinging to its back upside down with her arms wrapped around its waist, and her legs wrapped around the part that connects the shoulders to its arms. "Fury! Help!"
"Got it kid…" Fury said, pressing a button on his vest.
"Sir… techs say the uptime cost will only allow intangibility for about seven seconds."
"That's just enough time." Fury said.
"Eliminate!" Ultimo sent both Captain America and Lisa flying with his invisible force field, but Fury kept running towards him. Ultimo tried to thrust his blade through Fury, but Fury ran right through Ultimo like a ghost and dropped something in his wake. Ultimo looked at a grenade that had the pin missing.
"Need a lift?" Felix asked, grabbing Fury right as he turned tangible and leaping away before
KABOOM
"AH!" Lisa jumped backwards as Ultimo charged her, letting the shrapnel from the grenade fall out. Ultimo nearly stabbed her, but she ducked, quickly transformed in to a red wolf and ran through the woods away from the robot. Captain America threw his shield at Ultimo and strcuk it across the head.
"Whew… that was too close." Felix sighed.
"Get back in there… I'll be joining you shortly." Fury said, loading one of his machine guns with a new clip.
"Fine, but for the record I'm still not your soldier." Felix said before running off.
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Fury remarked.
"I managed to find a spare bow and arrow for you." Quicksilver said as he came back to Hawkeye.
"Thanks." Hawkeye said as he took them. "Oh good, you even brought the trick arrows I asked for."
"Lisa's leading it back towards us, get ready." Night-Roller said. Lisa and Ultimo soon came tearing out of the woods. Lisa changed back and was soon torched from behind by a powerful beam of energy.
"UGH!!!" Lisa shouted as the beam scalded her backside.
"Keep it on ground!" Black Widow shouted as she revealed small missile launchers on the shoulders and waists, all of which fired simultaneously at Ultimo.
KABOOM
BAM
BAM
BAM
Right after the missiles hit Ultimo, Iron Man and Night-Roller charged in and threw their own punches at Ultimo, Ultimo kicked Night-Roller away, had a punch blocked by Iron Man but he hit him with an electric charge. Quicksilver charged at Ultimo and hit him twice and then jumped back quickly to allow Hawkeye to hit it with two arrows, both of which exploded.
BAM
"Ah!" A beam made an indirect hit on Hawkeye's side as he dived to the side.
"HA!!!" Felix jumped in and delivered a spinning kick to Ultimo's head. Felix ducked away to allow Captain America to jump in with his own kick, followed by a quick jab and then a dodge roll.
"Keep swarming it!" Black Widow was open firing with automatic fire before boosting in to land a few punches. Lisa also joined in the fray of moving in, landing a blow or two before jumping back.
"…" Ultimo was also landing a number of powerful blows to each of the fighters, slicing through Lisa's stomach, zapping both Iron Man and Black Widow, kicking Felix in the stomach, punching Captain America across the face, elbowing Quicksilver in the chest, and even thrust his blades with enough force to scratch Night-Roller's skin in spite of the force-field. "Charging…"
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"Hm? BACK OFF!!!" Felix shouted. Everyone jumped back but soon.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM
"WAH!!!" Everyone in the fray, the snow and even a large chunk of the ground around Ultimo was blown away by a super charge force-field. All of them were probably blown over twenty-five feet away by the blast.
"Eat this." Fury aimed carefully and fired the machine gun he loaded earlier. A surprisingly large number of rounds were hitting Ultimo, and even more surprising, the bullets were actually leaving visible marks on Ultimo's body.
"This should take him out…" Hawkeye aimed one arrow carefully before letting it fly.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The arrow gave off a very large explosion. All that could be seen was a smoking crater. "Whew…" Hawkeye sighed.
"Reevaluate threat level: Alpha-class registration deleted, new threat level: Delta-class. Eliminate."
"Wha? That thing is still alive?!"
"Hawkeye move!" Fury shouted.
ZOOM
ZAP
"AH!" Ultimo's fingers sent an electric pulse through Hawkeye's body, he was then kicked hard enough in the stomach to get sent flying several feet through the air. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! OOF!!!" Hawkeye's back hit a tree before his body collapsed to the ground, bleeding from the mouth.
"Uni-beam fire!"
BAM
A massive beam of energy came from the chest of the Iron-Man suit, and hit Ultimo, however the robot still hovered where it was. "Ah shoot… that was all I had."
"Eliminate…"
"Where are you?" Lisa asked no one in particular as she injected herself with a vaccine.
"Guys… we can't keep fighting this thing head to head, it's too fast, too strong, and too durable." Night-Roller said.
"Not to mention that what damage we might have caused it is probably being taken care of by those nano-bots mentioned in the schematics." Felix said.
"With Wanda, Jan, Hawkeye, and Tony down already things aren't going to be easy." Captain America noted. "Joseph, you stay here with Lisa while Felix and I try and distract it, move in the moment it seems as though it won't notice you approaching it."
"Got it." Night-Roller responded.
"Always wondered what it'd be like to fight with you as a partner." Felix commented as he and Captain America ran at Ultimo
"He'll be here… I know he will." Lisa said.
"Who will?" Joseph asked.
"RAH!" Captain America threw a kick or two at Ultimo before blocking a few blows with his shield. Felix dived behind his legs, Captain America kicked it, and as it fell over Felix's body, Felix jumped up to send it higher in to the air. "Need a lift?"
"Well, I have been feeling down." Felix commented. Captain America held up his shield, Felix landed on, Captain America then pushed upward as Felix jumped off. Felix tried to kick Ultimo, but Ultimo wrapped an arm around Felix's leg and was about to stab Felix through the chest with his blades when a hand grabbed Ultimo's wrist. Soon both the figure and Felix disappeared in a flash of blue light.
"Long time no see Felix."
"Ha… ha ha ha ha ha! Thor! I haven't seen you in ages. Glad to see you're still around." Felix laughed.
"You have the young girl you saved to thank." Thor said, pointing to Lisa.
"I… met him after the base exploded." Lisa said. "I asked if he could help."
"No way..." Quicksilver said in surprise.
"Thor, I'll be honest, this thing is no pushover." Felix said.
"I'll keep that in mind, but with the mighty Mjolnir in my hand I shall prevail." Thor said as he raised his hammer in to the air. Thor soon took off towards Ultimo, his hammer cackling with sparks and a face filled with determination.
"Analyzing… Target identified as Thor. Threat level: Omega-class threat, eliminate." Ultimo said before rocketing towards Thor.
"Everyone, give them plenty of space, this is going to be one hell of a fight." Fury said.
"Oh boy it will." Felix said.
Thor, his hammer gripped in both hands and poised to swing, charged Ultimo. Ultimo, its arms drawn back and blades extended on both arms readied, charged Thor. The air above the rest of the heroes seemed to be blown away when the two titans clashed.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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Ha ha ha ha ha… this was one of the moments I was most anxious to write. However this isn't the moment I'm most looking forward to writing. But for now read and review.
