Chronicles of the Night

When we last left off Ivan had activated his super weapon, Ultimo. Ultimo, however, turned on Ivan and killed him. The robot then proceeded to battle the Night-Hunters and the Ultimates. Even the combined might of both teams was proving virtually ineffective against the mighty robot, which managed to take out the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Iron Man. But now former Ultimates member Thor has arrived, and he is prepared to do battle against the machine.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel Comics, I do own my original characters and the plot.

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Eminence

"HA!!!" Thor swung his hammer and landed a direct blow to the side of Ultimo's head. Ultimo responded with a punch to Thor's chin followed by a double kick. Thor grabbed one of the legs and hurled Ultimo to the ground.

"Eliminate." Ultimo aimed both hands at Thor and fired two beams of energy, both of which hit Thor.

"Soul-less machine, I'll show you the folly of striking the son of Odin!" Thor declared, he raised his hammer, storm clouds soon moved in, lightning struck Mjolnir, and Thor aimed the hammer downwards, sending a massive bolt of lightning to strike Ultimo as it hit the ground.

"Did he actually just take that thing down?" Quicksilver asked.

"No… it couldn't have been that easy." Night-roller said.

"Eliminate all bio-forms." Ultimo soon rocketed from where it hit ground and tackled Thor. Ultimo pressed its palm against Thor's chest and sent an electric current through his body.

"Do you think the god of thunder is really so easily bested by his own element?" Thor used a single hand to shove Ultimo away before taking another swing with his hammer, sending Ultimo flying away. Ultimo quickly readjusted itself before flying back towards Thor, firing laser beams as it flew. "Argh…" Thor was struck by a few blasts, but he flew higher, swinging his hammer and causing a tremendous gust of wind to turn against Ultimo. Thor's weather manipulations even lead to freezing rain and lightning.

"Weather abnormality detected, readjustment necessary." Ultimo flew straight upward to avoid the wind coming in, Thor summoned down numerous bolts of lightning, some of which struck Ultimo but seemed to do little harm to it.

"I suggest we get more distance." Felix said.

"Good idea." Lisa answered.

"Come on." Fury said, leading everyone deeper in to the woods away from the battle scene.

"Rrrrrr…" Ultimo's blades couldn't quite pierce Thor's skin completely, but it was able to leave fairly nasty looking scratches on Thor. Thor thrust Mjolnir in to Ultimo's chest and blasted Ultimo away with a blast of lightning.

"Increase laser power output." Ultimo aimed both palms at Thor as it fell and then fired larger laser blasts.

"GAH!" The lasers burned away at Thor, but he fought against them nonetheless and flew down towards Ultimo.

CRASH

Thor tackled Ultimo right before Ultimo hit ground. Soon however Thor was thrown out of the giant cloud of dust and in to the trees. Ultimo soon rocketed after him with its blades drawn. Thor ducked under the flying Ultimo, grabbed one of Ultimo's legs with both hands, and spun around multiple times before hurling Ultimo through multiple trees.

"I'll show you the folly of choosing I as your opponent!" Thor declared as he picked his hammer back up and raised it. The wind began stirring up before a massive gust of wind swept the trees, making several of them bend at their trunks.

BAM

"Ah!" A laser blast hit the hand that was holding Mjolnir in it, causing Thor to drop it, and soon he was tackled by Ultimo and separated from his hammer.

"Good gravy, even Thor's having trouble fighting that thing." Night-roller said as the team tried to watch the fight from a distance.

"I knew it wouldn't be easy but come on… Thor's the most powerful meta-human I've ever met, it can't be this tough can it?" Felix asked.

"It ought to have been weakened from us fighting it so why is he still having trouble?" Quicksilver asked.

"If I knew I'd tell you." Black Widow said, just now flying in.

"Is everyone else getting medical attention?" Fury asked Black Widow.

"Yes, Hawkeye, the Wasp, and Iron Man are all evacuated." Black Widow answered.

"What about Wanda?" Quicksilver asked.

"She's lost a lot of blood, but she'll pull through." Black Widow told Quicksilver.

"Come on Thor…" Lisa said.

"Did you think I'd be helpless without Mjolnir?" Thor asked Ultimo as he wrestled Ultimo to the ground and pinned it.

"…" Ultimo rammed both of its legs in to Thor's stomach and sent him flying backwards before he hit the ground with a thud. "Eliminate…"

"…" Thor watched Ultimo approaching, right before Ultimo reached him, Thor swung Mjolnir and knocked Ultimo to the side. "You shouldn't have sent me flying back to my weapon." Thor said. At this point, Thor was bleeding slightly from the head and a few spots on his arms, he also had a number of burn marks and bruises, yet they didn't seem to bother him that much.

"Ultimo is perfect, Ultimo is perfect, Ultimo shall eliminate all imperfect bio-forms." Ultimo said. Thor attempted to bring his hammer down on top of it, but Ultimo dodged the hammer, gut punched Thor, then grabbed his leg and slammed Thor in to a tree before blasting him with even more laser blasts.

"AH!" Thor shouted.

"Is Thor not doing anything to Ultimo?" Quicksilver asked.

"No, he has to be doing something to it." Captain America said.

"Just what is this thing made of?" Fury asked.

"I did get a scent of the metal…" Felix said. Everyone looked at him. "It had a scent similar to Cap's shield." Felix said, pointing at Captain America's shield.

"My shield? Is it made of adamantium as well?" Captain America asked.

"No. It wasn't quite like adamantium… close but not close enough… possibly it's made from an imperfect form of adamantium." Felix said.

"It's possible… several governments have tried to replicate it, I suppose someone had to get at least somewhat close." Fury added.

"…" As Ultimo kept laying the pressure on Thor with its lasers, Thor raised his hammer and disappeared in a flash of blue light. He then reappeared right behind Ultimo where he then whacked Ultimo from behind with his hammer before sending a blast of lightning out of Mjolnir to strike Ultimo as it went flying.

"That had to do something…" Lisa commented as she saw this.

"Maybe not enough though." Night-roller said.

"What?" Black Widow asked.

"Listen, most of us are super-humanly strong right? Well even if we didn't get past the outer armor we likely jarred the inner workings a slight bit, however what little damage we manage to do to it is quickly repaired by nanobots." Night-roller explained.

"How do you know this?" Captain America asked.

"It was in the schematics…" Felix answered for Night-roller. "Actually, one thing has done something to that outer armor, see those scratches on Ultimo's torso and side of its head? Those are places that Captain America hit it with his shield."

"And those dents on its back… that one clip I used on it was loaded with adamantium bullets." Fury told everyone.

"Wait… those nanobots can't possibly repair everything right?" Lisa asked.

"You're right." Night-roller said. "If we can target a critical area, we can disable it!" Night-roller said.

"Hopefully Thor can deal enough damage." Felix said.

"OOF!" Thor was sent flying by another punch. Thor flew in to the air while aiming Mjolnir at Ultimo again, sending another lightning bolt at Ultimo. "Weapon of the military, your end is nigh!" Thor raised his hammer and caused a massive lightning storm in the area.

"Out from the trees! Lightning plus trees equals really bad!" Felix shouted, not that he needed to since everyone began moving anyways.

"Ultimo… is… PERFECT!!!" Ultimo rocketed forward with its blades extended, it thrust its blades forward and left nasty gashes in Thor's sides.

"AUGH!!!"

"Ultimo shall destroy all bio-forms!" Ultimo grabbed Thor and held him over its head.

"Not… if I have anything to say…" Thor took the axe end of his hammer and struck Ultimo in the chest where Captain America previously scratched it, causing more of a dent in the area.

"Destroy!" Ultimo hurled Thor at the ground, flew after him, fired powerful laser blasts as it chased Thor, and then tackled Thor, slamming him in to the ground. When the dust cleared, Ultimo stood over an unconscious Thor with its blades poised to run Thor through. "Eliminate…"

"HA!!!" Quicksilver ran up and tackled Ultimo. Quicksilver's incredible momentum caused them both to go flying a fair distance away from Thor. Ultimo pressed its electrified fingers against Quicksilver, electrifying him. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Quicksilver shouted before getting thrown off.

"Go down already!!!" Black Widow was standing several feet away, unloading weaponry from all over the armor on Ultimo. "AUGH!!!" Black Widow was blasted away by a single laser blast from Ultimo.

"No you don't!" Night-roller boosted towards Ultimo and hit it with a strong punch, sending it flying in to a tree. Night-roller fired two powerful laser blasts from both gloves, but Ultimo recovered quickly.

"Scanning… target identified as Theta-class threat. Eliminate…" Ultimo fired a laser blast that hit Night-roller directly in the chest.

"OOF!!!"

"Force-field at 27 percent power… warning." Night-roller's visor flashed.

"Target is shielded by force-field… remove force-field." Ultimo was soon right in front of Night-Roller, Ultimo thrust an electrified hand at Night-roller.

"Power source located… target is located in chest area." Night-roller's visor read.

"Okay… redirect all reserve power to right glove." Night-roller ignored the pain of the electric shock and thrust his right hand forward, hitting the spot that Thor previously hit earlier, this time creating a small opening, Night-roller then fired an energy blast in the same area at point blank, making a somewhat larger opening.

"Eliminate!"

BAM

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHHH!!!" The force-field was down, and Night-roller received a gut-punch from Ultimo that sent him sprawling backwards. "Hack…" Joseph removed his helmet to get a breath of air before "cough cough hack!" Before he coughed up blood from that last punch.

"Eliminate…" The damaged area of the chest was now about large enough to squeeze two fingers through.

"HA!!!" Captain America jumped in and kicked Ultimo across the head and then used that momentum to swipe his shield across its chest. Ultimo then kicked Captain America to the side and aimed a palm at him.

"NO!!!" Joseph forced himself to stand up and he grabbed Ultimo around the neck.

"Resistance is futile…" Ultimo easily threw Joseph off of him and sent him sprawling.

"Better me… than that man." Joseph gasped.

"DAD!!!" Lisa bolted out from the trees, rushing at Ultimo. Lisa jumped on to Ultimo's right arm and then sank her fangs in to the joint.

"Warning… right arm… nearing breach point…" Ultimo threw Lisa off of it and then turned to rush her. It nearly ran her through, but she sublimated in to mist, causing Ultimo to pass through her harmlessly.

"…" Lisa soon reformed herself, injected herself, and then stared at Ultimo. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Lisa hissed fiercely at Ultimo, bearing her fangs at it. Ultimo thrust its blade at Lisa and caught her in the waist, however she forced the blade to slash its way out of her waist, and while the waist pulled itself back together, Lisa took her fangs and bit Ultimo in the opening on its chest.

"Subject's enamel possesses unusual hardness… subject's teeth tearing at weak spot." Ultimo evaluated. Ultimo grabbed at Lisa and threw her off yet again. Lisa summoned a swarm of bats to fly at Ultimo, hoping to stall it. "Subject has produced swarm of desmodus rotundus from unknown source." Ultimo blasted all of them instantly.

"Heh… heh…" Lisa caught her breath before transforming in to a wolf and lunging at Ultimo. Lisa bit the same spot in the right arm again before she was blasted away, changing back in to herself again.

"Subject is able to shape shift in to unknown genus of canis… "Reevaluate target… New evaluation, target is a potential omega-class threat." Ultimo evaluated. "Target possesses advanced healing ability… eliminate via procedure…"

"LIKE HELL YOU WILL!!!" Felix jumped in and tried to attack Ultimo but was easily knocked away.

RATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA

"Go down you piece of junkyard metal!" Fury shouted while unloading more ammunition on Ultimo.

BAM

"AH!" Fury got hit indirectly in the side by a laser blast. Ultimo took aim to finish him off when Lisa tackled it in the legs.

"NO!!!" Lisa was soon kicked off. "Heh… heh… I… can't… keep this up…" Lisa stood up and stared the machine down. "I… will do good… I… can do good here…" Lisa ran at Ultimo.

"…" Ultimo swung its left arm at Lisa, and sliced through her neck.

"LISA!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Joseph shouted. It was no use, all Joseph could do was lay where he was as he saw Lisa's body collapse and her head fly off through the cold winter air.

"YOU MOTHER F-AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Quicksilver tried to attack Ultimo again but was soon knocked away.

"…" Felix stared at Lisa's head in shock as it flew towards him. It landed a few feet away from him. "Lisa… Lisa…" Felix slowly crawled towards her head, which was frozen in a look full of longing. "Lisa…"

"No… Lisa…" Joseph cried, beginning to cry feverishly. "She… she's too young… SHE HAD TOO MUCH FOR HER!!!"

"Lisa… Lisa…" Felix continued to moan, now holding her head as if he were holding a baby. "A good kid… all she wanted… was to do good… be good…" Felix moaned.

"HA!!!" Captain America got a few more blows on Ultimo but was soon blasted away.

"Eliminate…" Ultimo continued.

"Killed… Lisa… killed…" Felix's tears kept trickling, he began shaking more uncontrollably. He slowly set her head down as his shaking got worse. He then turned to Ultimo slowly, his face of sorrow slowly changing to a look of fury. "Lisa… killed… by it…" Felix's breathing became heavier.

"DIE!!!" Black Widow continued to try attacking Ultimo as well, but she was knocked away as soon as she got one punch in.

"It… killed Lisa… prey… killed Lisa…" Felix said, revealing his claws. "PREY KILL LISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Felix shouted.

"…" Ultimo turned to Felix.

"Prey… Felix… hunt prey…" Felix hunched over, growling and snarling. "HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS…" Felix gave a threatening hiss.

"Evaluate… threat-level elevation: Zeta-class threat elevating to Sigma-class threat." Ultimo evaluated.

"He's losing it… everyone back off!" Fury shouted.

"Prey… kill Lisa… Felix… kill prey!!!"

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Felix, now driven over the edge is ready to tackle Ultimo, you don't want to miss the next chapter readers. Until then, leave a review.