The New Initiative

by itchy magee

It's been nigh on thirty years since the Avengers defeated Loki and the Chitauri. Thor has suddenly disappeared, and Loki is back, but with a much more fearsome enemy, and something more sinister lurking in his wake. It is now up to the children of the Avengers, the heirs to their mantles, to save the earth once more. But can they band together, and become the heroes we need?

4. Chapter 4

The rooms designated for the Avengers were what Erick would have expected. They were small, but most likely larger than any other crew-member's quarters on the ship. There was a bed (which was better than the cot he'd expected) a dresser, and a desk. All together in the chrome 12"x14" space, the room was snug. As Terra had said, there was a packet on the metallic desk, not as thick as the last one, but fairly impressive. Of course, he flipped through straight to his profile, to see if Terra had been truthful in how much information the others were about to find out about him. Thankfully, she had not been lying. His profile mostly covered he and his father's published works, as well as some unpublished findings (which were by no means secret). The section on his abilities as the son of the infamous Hulk was blessedly limited. It merely read:

"Erick Banner genetically inherited Bruce Banner's ability to transform into a Hulk-like being. While in the Hulk-like state, Erick Banner possesses the same strength, speed, stamina, and restorative abilities of the Hulk."

His curiosity soon got the better of him, and he decided to read up on the relatively famous daughter of Tony Stark. After flipping through the pages of her section, Erick found himself very impressed. She'd graduated from high school at 14 years old, earned her bachelor's degree in technical science at 16, and her masters in engineering at 18. Now at only 22 years of age, Terra Stark was the most accomplished person of her age since her father before her. Along with helping her father redesign the heli-carrier on which they rode, and designing the new miniature Arc Reactors that powered it, Terra had gone on to develop her own new line of weapons tech based off of the Chitauri weapons salvaged after the invasion. He read on to see that she would be fighting alongside her fellow Avengers as the Iron Valkyrie.

"This is going to be a hoot and a half." Randall said to himself reading through the packet on his teammates. He scanned through all of the sections on his fellow teammates, only looking for the sections on their abilities. He was especially intrigued by Erick's entry.
"Hulk 2.0 eh?" He was looking forward to taking this big green rage monster on. He flipped through the rest; Iron Girl, Fire God, Chick Captain America. They didn't really seem that special.

Renee sat on her cot in the second floor barracks, and flipped through the pages of the New Avengers packet. She already knew about Terra Stark and her Iron Valkyrie suit, as well as Aro's godlike strength, ability to fly, and control over fire. However, she was intrigued by Randall's profile. She'd only heard tell of the scientist that could shrink or grow on command, as well as Randall's mother, the famous Wasp, but working alongside Dr. Pym's protégé would be something. She found herself drawn in to the pages covering his research of Pym particles, and his ability to shrink different items, and to communicate with ants. Why hadn't S.H.I.E.L.D. already been using any of this?

Aro was not one for reading, but couldn't resist learning about his teammates. All of their profiles fascinated him. An Iron Valkyrie, a man who could become a Giant, another who could become a great troll-like beast, and the daughter of the great warrior Captain America. For the first time since fleeing to Midgard, Aro felt that, perhaps, there was a chance at rescuing his family, and putting Loki down for good.