Millenium Falcon: Unknown Time
"What do you mean powerless?" Spider-man cried. "You're THOR!"
Thor was visibly shaken by this discovery.
"That mortal picked up my hammer," He said. "And carried it away like it was a trinket."
The others looked at each other.
"That may not mean anything." Beast interjected. "Perhaps the hammer merely deemed him worthy, or..."
"At first that's what I thought." Thor said. "But there is usually a small surge running through my being at all time. I only noticed after he took Mjolnir...that surge has vanished!"
Leia lifted an eyebrow. "Okay, why is everybody freaking out over a hammer?"
Beast turned to Leia with a grim look on his face.
"You see, madame, Thor is what we Earthlings call a god. He is an invincible powerhouse of goodwill." He said. "However, in your plane of existence, the godly energies surrounding him seem to have vanished."
Leia looked questionably at Beast. Then at Thor.
"Sure, whatever." She said. "Still, that doesn't explain why the hammer is so important."
"My hammer, Mjolnir, has a mystical enchantment cast upon it by my father, Odin." Thor explained, barely holding it together. "It is so that no one but those who are worthy can lift it, and usually only in times of crisis can others but me lift it!"
Leia still didn't buy it. Gods and mystical hammers? Really? But then again, she didn't believe in the Force before Luke had shown her the light, and trained her as a Jedi.
"Okay, fine." She said. "I'll talk to Han."
She walked out, slender hips moving gracefully under her white robes. Once she was gone, the attention turned back to Thor.
"I don't get all this space mumbo-jumbo, and I don't care about it!" Wolverine shouted. "I need to track down this guy who killed our friends!"
Thing walked over to him. "Steve is really gone ain't he?"
Wolverine nodded.
The room was silent once again, nothing but the roar of the hyperdrive could be heard now.
Dantooine: 12:47 hours Galactic Standard Time
Inside the Jedi Enclave, in the training room, Luke was giving Doom his final preparations for his test. His test to become a Jedi Knight! Luke looked over his results on the knowledge tests.
"I'm impressed." He said. "Your knowledge is very accurate, and your home world description sounds perfectly ideal!"
"Yes, thank you." Doom said. "I pride myself on my ability to retain much intel."
Luke smiled. Doom certainly was a promising disciple.
"There is one major thing we have to do before you can go to the final test." Luke said. "Constructing your lightsaber."
Doom smiled. He had been anticipating this for a while. A lightsaber would be the perfect tool for him, a symbol of his renounced ways. If only Reed could see him now. Maybe when he got back to Earth, they could be friends again!
Luke walked over to the tool bench.
"The necessary components are all here, except..."
"The crystal." Doom finished.
"Yes." Luke said, again smiling. "There is a cave near an old tree out past what used to be known as Khoonda. The sign should still be there."
"I will go retrieve one immediately." Doom said.
With that he got up, turned, and left for the cave.
Elsewhere in the enclave, Force Susan sat thinking. She was supposed to show no emotion. She was an enigma. Why was she falling for such a man as Victor von Doom? A better question was why she was reffering to herself as a 'SHE'.
She sighed, and walked back and forth across the room. She knew Doom had come from another dimension...one she could never travel to if she couldn't feel it in herself! If Doom wanted to go back, he would have to do it...no, best not to think of that now, she thought.
She lay down on the bed again, and sighed.
Millenium Falcon: Coruscant Orbit: 14:00 hours Galactic Standard Time
Han swiftly piloted the disk shaped ship into the atmosphere of the planetwide city. Silver Surfer sat in the cockpit, amazed at the immense size of one civilization! One city, covering an entire planet! Hopefully, Galactus would never find it!
"Well, here we are." Han announced. "Coruscant. One big planetwide city."
Chewbacca grunted something unintelligible to the Surfer.
"He's asking how your god buddy is." Han translated.
"Oh." Surfer said. "He's okay, just a little shaken. Thank you for giving him his hammer."
"Yeah, well he better not swing it at my pals again." Han told him sternly.
The ship began it's descent into the planet's gravity field.
Coruscant: Landing pad: 14:05 hours Galactic Standard Time
Han flipped a switch on the cockpit of the Falcon, opening up the hatchway leading to the platform.
"Okay everyone." He called out. "Keep your eyes and ears open for any trouble, and please do not start it yourself."
Leia slapped him playfully, and kissed him. They exited first, followed by Chewbacca and most of the heroes. Beast was about to leave, but noticed Thor was standing frozen in place.
"Are you alright, my friend?" He asked.
Thor snapped out of his scared trance. "Oh, yes. I am well, Beast."
Beast put his hand on Thor's shoulder, and smiled warmly.
"Just because you are not powerful, doesn't mean you are useless." He said. "Look at Captain America for example."
"Which Captain America?" Thor asked, sadly. "The new one, or the real one."
"Both." Beast said. "Neither of them had or have any 'super' powers, but they do just fine with their own human abilities."
Thor smiled. "You're right my blue friend. Onward, to victory."
"That's the spirit."
With that, they exited the ship...and came face to face with a masked figure!
The man wore all black, his helmet was similar in shape to a skull, and his flowing black cape seemed to flow of it's own accord. Leia and Han looked frozen in fear and disbelief, whilst Chewie looked enraged!
"Darth Vader?" Leia nearly screamed. "Father?"
A mechanical breathing noise filled the air. It was a steady rhythm, and it kept going until he spoke.
"Leia, my daughter," Vader seemed to plead. "Please run now!"
After he said this, he drew his ruby red lightsaber, and charged. Leia was frozen in shock! Han reacted first, firing several lasers at Vader, then pushing Leia down as he reached them! Chewie attempted to grab Vader, but missed and was thrown back by the Force. The heroes moved quickly to counter attack!
"Well, he tells us not to cause trouble, so trouble finds us!" Wolverine said, almost happily.
He roared and jumped into the air, landing feet first on Vader's shoulders. He stuck his claws into the mask, and ripped a chunk of it off. Vader grabbed him by the throat and tossed him away with such force, Wolverine nearly fell of the platform!
Spider-man tried next. He webbed the Dark Lord's feet together, then tried to web his hands, but the lightsaber was more than a match for the fluid!
"Uh, HELP!" Spidey cried out.
Surfer blasted him in the back with a beam of cosmic power. This did little more than tickle Vader, however! He lifted his hand in a choking mimic and Surfer's air was cut off! Spidey kicked him and Surfer dropped to the ground gasping!
Spidey grappled with Vader over to the edge of the platform.
"Please," Vader pleaded. "Get my daughter to safety and stop fighting me!"
"Why?" Spidey said. "So you can have fun playing cat and mouse with us all day?"
"No," Vader said. "Because I can't lose."
He punched Spidey in the face, causing him to double back, then Vader kicked him in the gut, sending him flying back into Beast!
Wolverine leaped over them and frontflipped onto Vader, causing him to fall back over the edge!
"Everyone okay?" Wolverine said.
Before anyone could answer, Vader floated back up to the platform, and pushed Wolverine back using the Force. He fell back and bowled over Thor and Morbius.
"I've had enough of this guy!" Yelled Yellowjacket.
He grew up to 15 feet, any higher and he would fall, and attempted to squash Vader with his giant fist. Vader moved to the side, and abruptly cut of Yellowjacket's hand!
Yellowjacket screamed in agony, a sound that could cause eardrums to bleed!
"HANK!" Wolverine yelled.
Suddenly, Yellowjacket was soaring away into the horizon, never to be seen again!
"NO! HANK!" Wolaverine cried out.
"Dr. Pym!" Beast called.
"I am so sorry." Vader muttered.
Wolverine turned with tears streaming down his face, and a look of contorted rage played across his features!
"I'LL MAKE YOU WISH THAT HAD BEEN YOU!" He bellowed.
"Wolverine!" Morbius yelled.
But Wolverine wasn't listening. The only thing he had on his mind was mindless, bloody, gorey slaughter! Before Vader could even react, Wolverine stabbed his claws into his gut, and pulled, ripping open his stomach with a gut wrenching squish! Intestines fell over the platform, which was red with blood, and gore. Wolverine then proceeded to claw at the helmet further, leaving nothing there! When the mask was gone, he stabbed his adamantium claws into Vader's skull! There was a moment of silence, and Wolverine thought he saw a faint smile on Vader's lips...and just like that, Vader crumbled into dust.
Han stood over Leia, who had passed out from the shock. Beast walked over to them.
"At least we know you're not Imperials." Han said sullenly.
"She's going to be okay." Beast said. "Just some minor shock is all."
"That was her dead father that just killed your friend, hairball." Han said angrily. "It's more than a little shock!"
Beast didn't know what to say. All that could be heard was Wolverine's anguished cries of rage.
Super Star Destroyer: Unknown Time
Palleon felt a twinge as if something had just hit him. He looked around but saw nothing. Thrawn walked into the room.
"Vader failed in the capture of Leia Organa Solo." He said.
"Hmmm..." Palleon muttered. "So what now?"
"Obviously, catching her is going to be harder than previously thought." Thrawn grunted. "Palleon, we're going to invade Coruscant."