Black and White
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Chapter 9: Secret Avengers
"Who the $&#&# are these guys?"
That voice belonged to a bald African American man with a heavy build. His name is Luke Cage, one of the few heroes still fighting the registration act. He was part of Captain America's secret Avengers, and vowed to keep fighting. He punched one of the White Martians and looked to his friend,
"You all right, Iron Fist?"
Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, was an exceptional martial artist who easily could spar with the best. He has undergone intense physical and mental discipline and was busy right now, punching and kicking two White Martians that had tried to attack him. The two aliens were taken out immediately. He said,
"Luke, buddy. When are the others coming?"
Just then, Flash should up. He grinned evilly at the two former Heroes for Hire. Luke shook his head,
"Who the-?"
Before he could finish the sentence, Bart sped around and slammed several super fast punches into the hero formerly known as Power Man. However, much of the damage was minimal, but Luke could not seem to hit the Fastest Man Alive.
It was not until Captain Marvel arrived and managed to grab Flash,
"Snap out of it, Bart. Miss Martian is controlling you!"
He lifted him up, shouting,
"SHAZAM!"
Instantly, a bolt of lightning came down, shocking Flash. Luke and Iron Fist dove for cover as the lightning came down.
After a few seconds, Flash shook his head, a smoldering mess. He asked,
"What happened?"
Freddy explained,
"You were under Miss Martian's influence. Golly, Flash. She really got to you."
Iron Fist and Luke looked at each other, confused. The martial artist said,
"Thanks for the assist, but who are you guys?"
Freddy explained,
"I'm Captain Marvel, World's Mightiest Mortal. This is Flash, Fastest Man Alive. We're part of Persiana's team Titans Tomorrow."
Luke was surprised,
"Farrah's alive?"
Bart nodded,
"Yep. Right now, we got a problem. We'll explain everything once we get back to the Baxter Building."
The African-American secret Avenger shook his head,
"Hold up. Why are you helping Stark's guys?"
Flash explained as quickly as he could about Farrah's coma, and how the White Martians were invading Earth.
A voice said,
"Wait, Martians are real, and they're not the little green men with creepy eyes?"
That voice belonged to Peter Parker, the hero Spider-man. Originally a supporter of registration, Peter eventually went to Cap's side, after realizing the things Tony had done in order to keep the hero community in line, including the construction of the Negative Zone prison, and the clone Thor. With him were two other members of the Secret Avengers; Jewel and Echo.
Jewel was Luke Cage's wife, Jessica Jones. She, like her husband, had super strength and durability, but she could fly and he could not. Echo was a copy cat, capable of copying fighting styles and talents with perfect accuracy, although she could not copy super powers.
Echo folded her arms,
"It seems that this invasion was prepared well in advanced."
Flash nodded,
"She said it was in the last ten years. Meg's been planning this for ten years."
Spider-man groaned,
"Great, just what we need right now. Of course, as soon as I finish this sentence, a large Martian ship is going to be hovering above the Big Apple."
Indeed, he was correct; a Martian battle cruiser was hovering above their location, readying weapons and preparing to send more White Martians to invade Earth. The arachnid hero looked up and said,
"Me and my big mouth."
Luke gasped,
"Sweet Christmas! Look at the size of that thing!"
Iron Fist nodded,
"It is an extraordinary ship, but we must destroy it."
"I believe I can help you with that."
A black haired man with grey temples, dressed in extravagant robes, appeared in a bluish astral form. His name is Dr. Strange, one of the most powerful sorcerers on the planet. He said,
"Meet me back at the Sanctum. I will teleport you all there to stop that ship."
Back at the Baxter Building…
The remaining members of Titans Tomorrow that were under Miss Martian's influence had finally had their minds restored. Another Martian ship had taken residence above the building; and everyone was laying out as many of the invading White Martians as they could. Ravager sliced a White Martian soldier,
"This isn't as fun as slicing up Meg, but it'll do."
She-Hulk grabbed one, but managed the shape-shift out of the hold. The White Martian grinned evilly,
"Stupid humans! Did you really think that would hurt us?"
Black Widow smirked,
"This might."
She fired several incendiary rounds from her grenade launcher, enflaming the alien instantly. Jen smirked,
"Nice one, Nat."
The red-headed spy shrugged,
"Don't thank me, yet. We still have to get aboard that ship."
The gamma-powered powerhouse jumped and took off like a rocket into the ship. While she broke through, she started ripping apart the ship's wires and pipes, anything that gave power to it.
Within a few moments, the ship was having a hard time staying in the air, and more White Martians were dispatched to deal with the problem. However, as they were about to try and rid the She-Hulk, Black Widow opened up with a salvo of incendiary rounds from her rifle. The shots caused the White Martians to scream in pain, which was long enough for the Invisible Woman, Thing, and Justice to gather them all up and throw them across into the Human Torch, who barbecued them in seconds.
Mr. Fantastic and Batman had infiltrated on board the Martian ship. The stretchable scientist marveled at the ship,
"The Martian technology is amazing. Truly, remarkable."
The new Dark Knight shook his head,
"Awe at it later. We need to find a way to bring down the entire fleet. If we don't, then the whole world is in trouble."
He launched three exploding Batarangs, blowing up the door and several White Martians on the other side. The way to the bridge was clear.
Meanwhile…
Miss Martian, the White Martian queen, watched from the sky. She hovered; her arms folded, and shook her head,
"My brethren will not last long. I will have to take a drastic step if I am to retake the Earth from these meddling humans. It's time I set into motion my trump card…"
Next Chapter:
What does the Martian queen have up her sleeve, and how will it affect the Avengers and Titans Tomorrow? You'll just have to stay tuned.
Persiana (walks out): I hate cliffhangers!