Black and White
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana.
Chapter 5: The Battle Begins!
Tony Stark shook his head,
"I got cut off. Something's happened."
Just then, a SHIELD operative ran in,
"Director, sir! Persiana has been sighted!"
Iron Man was surprised,
"Where?"
"Heading away from the Baxter Building, sir. There are reports that there is a disturbance in the Baxter Building."
The director of SHIELD said,
"Have War Machine pursue Persiana. I'll meet him there. Get some reserves over to the Baxter Building now!"
Tony then donned his armor and flew out of SHIELD headquarters.
In the Baxter Building…
Red Arrow and Human Torch were laying cover fire as Ravager and Flash moved in. Superman tried to use his heat vision to stop the speedster, but Bart was too quick, and he whittled down most of those that did not have invulnerability quickly. Reed encased his body around Ravager. The swordswoman tried desperately to hack and pierce her way out, but the swords were not doing any good. It was not until a fireball from Johnny caused the scientist to shout in pain and stop stretching his body. Rose jumped out and, crossing her swords, went in for a quick strike, but Invisible Woman blocked it with a force field. She then encased Ravager in it and threw her into another room.
Captain Marvel raced after Flash and almost caught him, but the Fastest Man Alive had other ideas. He phased through a wall and Freddy bashed right through it. The World's Mightiest Mortal looked around, trying to find the mind-controlled Flash.
Bart was waiting, and he charged in, landing a flurry of punches. Captain Marvel blocked or dodged as many as he could, but Freddy was not as proficient with his speed as Flash was. Soon, Flash touched a wall and it exploded, sending a shockwave that knocked Captain Marvel off his feet. Freddy shook his head, trying to shrug off the damage, then saw Flash bolt out into the city. The chase was on.
Batman drew his gun and shot at Ravager. The swordswoman deflected the first bullet, but was hit in the shoulder and knee with the second and third bullets, respectively. Rose screamed in pain and dropped the swords, allowing Reed Richards to move in and restrain her.
Human Torch threw a fireball at Superman, but the Man of Steel shrugged it off and countered with his freezing breath. That encased Johnny in a thick wall of ice. However, the flame wielder was far from defeated. He started to glow and shattered the ice with intense heat in a matter of moments. At this, Superman unleashed a super-breath attack, blowing Johnny through several walls of the Baxter Building and out into the sky.
Red Arrow launched a grappling hook arrow through the hole that was just made, to try and get some distance. Susan tried to go after him, floating on a force field disc. That was when Roy launched a flare arrow. The bright light that shined caused Susan to lose concentration and start to fall.
She then found herself hovering. A brown haired man in a white and blue costume with a blue cape smirked,
"I got you, Susan."
The Invisible Woman nodded,
"Thank you, Justice."
Justice, real name Vance Astrovik, a telekinetic and pro-registration hero, looked up,
"What's going on?"
The blonde heroine explained,
"Johnny is under the influence of a telepath. The others are friends. They brought Persiana here and now, we have to stop a Martian invasion."
Vance took it all in before asking,
"Martians exist?"
Sue nodded,
"Yeah. One of them infiltrated Titans Tomorrow and plans on unleashing a hive of White Martians on Mars that has been breeding for the last few months! We have to tell Tony."
A voice said,
"First, we get the situation under control and then we can tell Tony."
She-Hulk, Black Widow, Falcon, Wasp, and Moon Knight appeared. With the exception of Falcon, all the other heroes mentioned were supporters of registration. Falcon eventually signed on after Cap's death; it was fruitless to continue. Black Widow, the field commander of the reservist heroes, loaded her rifle and said,
"Let's do this."
Meanwhile…
Miss Martian was flying at high speeds, but she could sense Persiana and Wonder Woman closing in. The Martian queen turned and launched a Martian vision attack at the were-lioness. Farrah rolled out of the way, which allowed Donna to move in. She drew her sword and attempted to slice the shape-shifting alien. Wonder Woman did so, but the Martian healed quickly and launched a psychic bolt. The Amazon warrior grabbed her head, trying to fight off the attack. Persiana jumped and delivered a spin kick to the telepathic villainess, sending her flying into an air duct.
Although dented, the Martian liquefied and reformed, smiling evilly,
"It is futile to resist, Persiana. I've spent years studying you and every one of Titans Tomorrow. I know all your strengths and-."
In mid-sentence, she was perforated with a salvo of bullets. War Machine had arrived and launched two close range missile attacks at the Martian. The resounding explosion caused Persiana to get thrown across to another building, while Wonder Woman crossed her arms, withstanding the force.
As Persiana landed, she shook her head and groaned,
"Great, War Machine. This is something I seriously don't need now."
"You and me both, Farrah."
The white-haired feline spun around and stared right at Iron Man. The armored Avenger smirked underneath his mask,
"You've grown up since last time I saw you."
Persiana clenched her fists. She hated Tony Stark with every once of being. She had convinced herself Tony had murdered her boyfriend, murdered Captain America, and sent the whole super hero community into total disarray and government-sponsored pawns. She glared,
"As fun as it would be for me to peel that armor off of you and dissect you, I don't have time for it. Right now, I have to go after Megan. She's a traitor and is sending the White Martians to invade Earth."
Iron Man shot her a look,
"Have you been at the catnip again, Farrah? Martians aren't real."
War Machine came crashing into the wall of the building Tony and Farrah were on. Wonder Woman snarled,
"Men, you compensate for your own incompetence with weapons."
She hovered to the building and stood near Farrah. Donna looked at Iron Man and carefully put a protective arm around Farrah's waist. From what Farrah said about him, Tony was not to be trusted.
Iron Man looked at how close the two were and would have guessed the two were seriously involved. The armored Avenger asked,
"Are you two…together?"
Farrah rolled her eyes,
"You want the whole story, Iron Man? Here it is…"
Next Chapter:
Farrah tells her story on what happened after she left the Marvel Persiana-verse.