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Franklin could barely keep himself standing alone but still had enough energy to give a surprised reaction when he saw the Inhumans
From Ahura's more than normal disgusted look to Thane's growl and even Lucy's sadden look that made him feel worse he knew they were in a deep pile of shit
"Whoa ? Who the hell are you guys ?!" Francis deemed but Ahura just raised his hand
"Stand down Francis Barton, were not your enemy, right Franklin"
Suddenly all eyes were on Franklin both Avengers and Inhuman as he felt forceful tension come his way from both factions
With a sigh Franklin spoke
"Avengers, Meet the Inhuman, Inhumans meet Avengers, Avengers Ahura Boltagon son of Black Bolt and Medusa, Leer Mander-Azur, son of Karnak Luna Maximoff, Daughter of Quicksilver and Crystal, Petras Petragon, Alecto Petragon, Son and Daughter of Royal Gorgon Thane son of Thanos and last but certainly not least Puppy, Son of Lockjaw Inhumans Avengers, James Clinton Rogers-Romanov Son of Captain America and Black Widow, Francis Lucky Barton Son of Hawkeye and Mockingbird, Henry Pym Jr son of Giant Man and Wasp, Azari T'challa Son of Black Panther and Storm and Torunn Thorsdottir daughter of Thor and Sif"
"Now with introductions out of the way and we know who each other are can someone help me please because I'm actually about to fall down" Franklin said in a hurried pace as he was not kidding
He literally tripped and fell needing Azari to catch him while Luna wasted no time rushing towards him to place a hand on top of his beginning to sweat forehead
Ahura and James both shook his hands each giving stern and Leadership looks to one another almost like they were scopping each other out
"James Rogers, I've followed your work, along with the rest of your team, and how you protect Earth, You will be relieved to hear I'm quite impressed" Ahura stated
"Thanks, sorry to say I'm not quite similar with your work"
"Inhuman conflict and matters are up to Inhumans only. There's no need for you to follow our work as we operate under our own agenda, we truly don't deal with non Inhuman conflict but when some say threatens to restart the world (obviously accusing Franklin) that's when we are forced to step in. So please tell us what you know"
James had taken Ahura away leader to leader giving the rest of both their teams time to mend with one another
With his arms crossed Francis just looked at Thane while Leer and Thane tried their hardest not to notice
"You know we literally just met your Father like an hour ago"
"Oh really ?...well I apologize"
"Eh, it's fine. Guys a dick"
"Oh yeah, you think he's a dick now. You should've met him back in his prime !" Leer exclaimed with a small laugh
"There was a time when him and Thane were fighting and he fully grabbed Thane by his sides AND BROKE HIS BAC-"
Leer had Immediately noticed the daggers Thane was shooting at him making him pause and soon gulp forcing him to shut up only making Francis laugh
"OHH PUPPYYYYYYY !" Torunn had squealed rushing to the giant sleeping dog's side immediately and hugging him with maximum amount of love and care
Petras and Alecto started to laugh at how Puppy was receiving Torunn's love his tongue sticking out as she continued to scratch the underside of his head
"You know he doesn't usually let people touch him like this ?" Alecto had said but Torunn just chuckled
"My Mother always found a way to make animals love her, I guess that trait carried onto me" Torunn had laughed as the telepathic dog fully got up to tackle her to the ground and started licking her all over
"Oh I guess he really likes you than" Petras noted
"Jesus, Franklin you're burning up. Your emotions are all out of proportion" Luna cooed as she felt all upon his face
With a small chuckle and laugh Franklin tried to not give attention and note to the sick features of his sweating body
"Yeah, I've felt worse"
"No, no not really" Luna quipped
Holding him accordingly and helpfully Luna looked at Pym and Azari
"Do you guys have any water, his bones are flaking and it feels like he's gonna melt"
Both Pym and Azari didn't respond only looked at her with goofy smiles on their faces before sprouting out and mutter something that didn't even sound like english
Again Luna tried with a small chuckle
"Um…hello ? Are you two ok ?"
Both Pym and Azari nodded their heads showing they were responsive
"Okayyyy, well can you go get me some water ?"
It took a couple of seconds for it to kick in but when it did Pym and Azari looked at one another before Pym had quickly pushed Azari and flew away
"GAHHH ! DAMMIT PYM !" he yelled before chasing after him
Luna only chuckled as she felt the intense sweet amount of Love and Lust they had over her
"Their cute, the small one's adorable even if he is confused about his attraction"
Franklin would laugh if he didn't feel like he was dying
James and Ahura had entered back upon the room joining their separate teams as Ahura was looking over a holographic file James had given him
"So you said something about Hela ?" James said sparking Torunn's interest as she slightly pushed Puppy away to rise to her feet
"Yes, Luna had picked up vast amounts of a mystical negative force coming from East of Romania-"
"The force was negative and Dead. like I was feeling the emotions of a Zombie of sorts" Luna said as she combed her hands through Franklin's hair
"Hela…..she's creating her undead army" Torunn spoke with shivers
The realization hit harder than anyone would've realized
"Wait ? How would Valeria even resurrect Hela ? wasn't she locked away by your Dad Uncle and Grandfather ?" Leer said but immediately all Avengers members knew the answer
"Magni" they growled before Francis groaned out loud
"Great, Valeria recurred another ally to her regime of bad guys, so let me get this straight, There's Valeria who kicked all our asses to high heaven, Ian who's a slightly weaker version of James, Magni who lets be honest would be the easiest to take down on paper, and the Goddess of Death herself Hela who controls an army of the dead, nice. And to think we were actually gonna win this" he sighed
Hearing their options and opponents out loud the atmosphere in the room decreased by a lot
Torunn took it the hardest knowing what happened about Magni was absolutely her fault. Even if Francis tried to convince her it wasn't. He was doing this for revenge and hate and Torunn didn't even blame him
She would've too
But still resurrecting Hela ? Was Magni that far down ?
"WE GOT THE WATER !" Pym announced as he and Azari had rushed into the Lab with trays
Luna had began to softly laugh as the two boys bombarded around her to display the different sets of Water they had brought her
"WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE SO I GRABBED EVERYTHING IN THE KITCHEN !" Pym began before Immediately being pushed away by Azari
"WE HAVE SPARKLING, TAP, MINERAL, ALKALINE, HARD,WELL DISTILLED, SPRING, BOTTLED-"
"HEY ! I SAW HER FIRST !" Pym yelled as he began to push Azari back but the young prince just fought against him
"NO I DID !"
"NUH UH !"
"YEAH HUH !"
"NUH UH !"
"YEAH HUH !"
Soon enough the two boys head clashed together as they gritted their teeth at one another on;y leaving Francis, Torunn and James to sigh
"Im sorry there not usually like this" Torunn apologized on their behalf
Alecto just shrugged her shoulders
"Ehh, Luna usually has that effect on people"
Shaking his head James figure he had enough
"PYM AZARI STOP !" he yelled causing the two boys to fully cut it out
"Alright, Pym. we have 4 days until the end of the world and Franklin needs his Powers back like yesterday so do your magic and get to work"
Getting up to his feet Pym helped Franklin up alongside Luna before taking him back to his workstation where the Stones were placed
"Looks like our paths aline so from here on out were a team one big unit" James told the mixed group of Avengers and Inhumans and frankly everyone agreed even Ahura who surprisingly had no discredit to be second command to James's leadership
"Francis, Torunn, Take Leer and get in touch with local scans I want full access of Valeria's next move she sneezes I want to know which direction"
The two teens nodded their head before taking Leer out of the room with them
"Azari, pump up the training for the Agents, Hela wants an army. We'll give her one. Petras Alecto mind helping train some of our recruits"
The two siblings gave satisfied looks on their faces before nodding their heads following Azari out the Lab
With a final shirt around his waist wearing a plain red shirt and jeans James was next to make his way out of the Lab leaving Ahura and Thane confused
"Where are you going ?"
"Valeria wants War, War's something my family knows a little too well. In War you need soldiers"
"So where are you going ?" Thane asked again and James just responded before leaving
"To go get our soldiers"
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"I'LL GET IT !" a voice had called muffled behind the giant Mansions door
Upon opening them Rachel's face flustered when she saw James standing at the doorway rubbing the back of his neck
"oh….James, hey. What brings you here ?"
"Hey Rach, I need to talk to Stacy, where is she ?"
Letting the red head boy into the giant house James immediately took in notice of how clean the House really was
They cleaned up and built this place pretty nicely even got the power working like it was never broke
"She's in her room up the stairs and to the right" Rache; said
"Alright thanks-"
"And James" Rachel had quickly said making him turn back
"Yeah ?"
Her face began to heat up again as she stared directly into his sea blue eyes. Her mind began to flutter with warm ideas wondering what his hands felt like or what he tasted like
Quickly shaking her head Rachel just gave her best smile
"You might wanna knock fist, Stacy tends to be annoyed very easily"
With a small chuckle James just nodded his head
"Thanks" he said before descending up the stairs and when he got out of earshot Rachel had mentally cursed herself before banging her head on the wooden table nearby a couple of hundred times
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"So let me get this straight" Stacy began as she threw a diamond knife at the ceiling while she laid on her bed with a hand behind her back
Leaning against a nearby wall James had his arms folded as he sucked on his mouth
"Lady Doom resurrected Torunn's Aunt, the same woman who can spawn an army of the dead to help her at her aid, while also recruiting her Brother to help fight alongside her"
Nodding his head James revealed that was the jist of it and soon Stacy shot up from her bed
"Alright I hate this girl even more" she said as the knife from the ceiling came down and effortlessly Stacy had caught it
"Yeah well unless we band together and stop her, we won't have much to hate in about 4 days"
"3 actually" Stacy said making James raise an eyebrow
"Nate's been doing reports and found out Nova's been surfing around the Milky Way Galaxy. The list of Files you have of them, Gets what the Initials DD stands for-"
"Doctor Doom" James discovered in a low intense growl
"Of course Valeria would be in bed with Nova. well that just adds more to her little regime. Hela, Magni, Ian now Nova"
The list of names she had under her belt made James's head hurt as he just paced around Stacy's room for a second before taking a seat on her bed
"We are seriously understaffed here"
Stacy just chuckled
"I'll say. It took all of us to even stand against that metal plated Bitch and even then it didn't stop her from kicking our ass, add 2 Asgardian gods to the Mix and a Space Militia with the Power of Galactus…ok I need a minute too" Stacy said before taking her seat right next to James
Together the two sat in told silence just scratching their heads and observing what the hell they should do ? What cards do they even have left to play anymore ?
"We should just let her win" Stacy admitted immediately making James look at her
"What ?"
Even though those words did come out of her mouth Stacy meant it 100 %
"We should let Valeria win James" she said again turning her head to look directly into James's eyes
"Cut our losses and let whatever plan Valeria has unfold. Maybe we'll luck out and when she resets the world it'll be a world where our Parents are alive"
James was at an utter disbelief of what Stacy was saying
"You can't really mean that ?"
"Well what choice do we have ! huh ?" Stacy began to yell as she jumped from her bed
"Go in and fight against whatever Valeira has in store for us ! What do you think our little team of bandits and misfits are enough !"
"Stacy, You me Torunn, Francis, Sam. Pym, Azari-"
"And what ! Us Me ? Rachel, Nate, Rebecca, Nate ? be serious James !"
The tension began to rise and Stacy knew exactly why he was acting like this
"IT'S ALL WE HAVE JAMES !"
"WELL WE HAVE TO TRY !"
"WHY !"
"BECAUSE !"
"BECAUSE WHAT JAMES !"
"BECAUSE IT'S WHAT MY FATHER WOULD'VE WANTED !" James shouted loudly before fully punching Stacy's nearby mirror
Immediately the glass was cracked and shattered into a million pieces yet not a bruise was shown on his hand. It still didn't stop his heavy breaths and slow tears from flowing
Feeling the mental exhaust from James made Stacy hurt even more
He felt so tired. So heavy, he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders and he felt like he hadn't slept in ages
Coming over to him Stacy wasted no time wrapping him into a hug and let him cry into the crook of her neck as she lightly stroked his back
"Im sorry" he sobbed but Stacy just kissed his cheek
"It's ok"
"I'll buy you a new mirror"
"It's alright, it's Nate's anyways" she joked actually causing James to laugh as he sniffled his nose
Letting out a deep sigh James slumped his head on Stacy's shoulder letting the two just hold each other in silence as they thought about the current events that were happening
"I don't know what to do, I don't want to die but I feel like whatever way I lead this fight something Bad's gonna happen" James said trying to focus on Stacy's soothing touches
"Well that's your first problem. You think you're alone James. You may be Captain America and you may be a leader but that doesn't mean you have to face every world problem alone, that's what a team is for"
"Yeah well a Team is only as good as their leader, and right now I feel like the weakest link"
"Then maybe you just need to add more players to the board"
"Yeah….maybe….." James said before fully burying his face again
Taking in the scent of her washed hair James felt as if he could sleep for ages here. In her arms. Away from all the trouble that the world caused
Even more so he wished at times like this he could ask his Father for help. It always seemed like he knew what to do during these moments
Wait ?
Looking up from Stacy's hold James immediately took in what Stacy said
"What did you say ?"
Giving James a look of confusion Stacy didn't know how to respond
"What ?"
"What did you say" James asked again
"Ummmm add more players to the board, like chess"
"yeah….Yeah ! YEAH ! YEAH !"
A new found spark rose in James's body before soon enough he picked Stacy up and hugged her tightly only growing her confusion even more but couldn't help but laugh and smile at what was happening
Placing her down on the ground below Stayc didn't know James could smile that widely before as he just stared at her with pure excitement in her eyes
"Get your team come to the Helicarrier, I have a plan"
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"This is your plan ?" Francis said
"In the midst of conflict and War there's two opposing sides of War. Valeria has an army. Now it's time we get ours" James replied
"How many of them do you think will agree ?" Stacy asked but James just huffed his breath
"Not like they have a choice, it's either fight with us or die" Elena admitted
"It's gonna take forever to ask them all" Danielle said
"That's why we have 3 days to do it. Divide and conquer, go down the List and ask every single name on here" Azari spoke
Looking at the round table of people here the table was filled with every Person James has met and known from Avengers to street heroes James knew this was gonna be the fight of their lives
And he was glad he was gonna go out with this squad
With a sigh James leaned forward on the table as everyone in the room took a great and heavy look of the holographic list of Names on there of every Hero Kid now only having one question at hand
"Where do we Start ?