Searching for Deadpool.
Chapter 4
Stark Tower, also known as Avengers Tower for housing and being the base of operations of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", was the pinnacle of modern architecture; combining state of the art technology and nigh indestructible materials making the tower one of the most impressive buildings in the whole planet.
At the highest point in the tower, where the Avengers Headquarters was located, Tony Stark aka. The Invincible Iron Man was having a down time enjoying the relative peace state of the world. Relative because there was always something to protect and someone to save but right now there was no immediate threat to destroy Earth as they now it. No Kang the Conqueror, no Ultron, no Thanos, no Dr. Doom, heck not even AIM or Hydra to worry about.
But Tony knew that this peace wouldn't last much longer, any moment now something would show up to ruin everything. And as if were magic something did appeared suddenly in his office. It was the Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange. Looking slightly agitated, which was never a good sign.
"What's the situation?" asked Tony without wasting any time. He doubted this was a social call. It would've been stranger if it was. Strange was very powerful and could handle most of the mystical and magical threats to the Earth by himself, so must be something big if he teleported in such a hurry.
"I do not know. I was deep in meditation when I had this foreboding feeling that something incredibly powerful is going to come to Earth. I tried using the Eye of Agamotto and it revealed that there has been a changes in the balance of Cosmic Power."
"Something dangerous?" asked Tony to the Sorcerer. Although Tony was a man of science, he had seen and learned A LOT of things during his Superhero career, one of these things was to never underestimate or ignore the balance of power in other cosmic realms because if you did it tended to come back and bite you in the ass.
"I cannot say. There has been a change in the balance of power but not an imbalance so the mystic realms or reality itself aren't in danger. But I still have this feeling something big is going to happen!"
Tony Stark sighed in contemplation. Dr. Strange prognostication wasn't something to take lightly, He was right all the time, though he didn't know what yet, something was really going to happen. The only thing they could do for now was to call the rest of the Avengers and prepare for the worst.
"We need to inform the rest of the Avengers. We may not know what were are dealing with but there is no reason not to prepare." As soon as his words left his mouth, the earth itself began shaking in a terrible manner.
"An earthquake!" Natural earthquakes were a rare occurrence in the east coast since it isn't as near at plate boundaries as the west coast. But in New York were most of the superhero community resided, it was common that attacks made by Super villains, aliens or other kind of things could cause them.
A few minutes after the earth stopped shaking, Tony received a call from the intercome. "Sir, are you alright?" came the calm and collected voice of Tony's loyal butler Jarvis.
"I'm alright Jarvis!" Tony answered back. "What about you and the rest of the tower? Is there any damage to report?" the second question didn't really necessary mean structural damage to the building, since Stark Tower was made to be near indestructible. Tony was referring more to system malfunctions or human losses.
"No sir, there are no reports of the Tower suffering any structural damage and no injuries to report, sir! But I might suggest you to turn on your television sir!" Rapidly, Tony pushed a small button on his desk that brought down an enormous TV screen that instantly turned on to the local news channel.
"Hello this is April O'Neil, reporting directly from Times Square where a strange rock formation burst out of nowhere causing the earthquake we all felt a few minutes ago, causing panic to the thousands of people who daily pass through 'The Crossroad of the World'".
"Police forces are trying to calm down and evacuate the population to keep civilians safe. We still aren't sure the cause of this event. Speculations rage from just a freak natural event to Super- villain attack like the Mole-man! But as if is now….wait! What's that?!"
The camera turned from the reporter to the previously mention rock formation, which began shaking, creating cracks in the rock that crumbled away to show a more smooth like formation.
After it was done, the strange rock formation was no more, in its place a cold black throne with stairs leading up to it. Then a strange dark energy that could only be described as "Black Light" that instead of shinning, it sucked the natural light into itself; fell upon the throne.
After the unnatural light show ended, a dark hooded figure was revealed. The camera couldn't make out any of its features, but you could still see it was human shaped. The figure lifted up its head revealing only a dark void that sent chills to every living soul that witness it live or on TV.
Tony Stark was one of them; he could feel this one was going to be more than big. To his side, Dr. Strange was faired a bit better since he was accustomed to deal with foul creatures like Dormammu and Shuma-Gorath, but still he felt a drop of sweat coming from his brow.
"It is here!" said a very ominous Dr. Strange.
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On the scene, the 'being' lifted one of its arms and brought the camera that the Channel 6 crew had on them to itself, with it the being made an announcement that was transmitted on every channel on TV, every computer monitor and every phone screen.
"I hereby request the presence of the greatest heroes and minds at this place in the next hour; if you fail to comply, your world is doomed!"
With its message sent, it sent back the camera to the panicked reporters who were considering getting the hell out of there. There was not enough money in the world for them to stay and risk their lives. But when they tried to leave, they noticed a purple energy dome was preventing them from escaping-
"Not so fast. I need you to transmit this moment to the entire world to see!"
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It didn't take Tony more than a few minutes to call all of the Avengers, X-Men and any other superhero group available and inform them of the situation. Tony flew to be the first to arrive at the scene of this new menace while Strange teleported from place to place to gather those who weren't near New York. When the Invincible Iron Man arrived, it was no surprise to see agents of SHIELD already in the area taking over the situation from the local police forces.
"Maria, how's the situation?" Tony asked the current head of SHIELD, Maria Hill. One would question why a high ranking officer would be present at the scene of an unknown menace attack instead of monitoring everything from a safe location. But there is no time to explain (or think of a realistic explanation), let's just say Maria is a strong independent woman who likes to be on the front lines.
"SHIELD has already formed a perimeter evacuating all civilians. The….being hasn't established any form of contact or request other than its first message and it's been surrounded by some kind of force field. But we aren't taking any chances. I have various ships pointing right at it ready to fire when the field is brought down." Tony nodded at that. It was amazing how well prepared was SHIELD at any given time and prepared for the worst, but this was beyond anything they could handle.
"Maria, I advise you to retire your troops from here! This isn't your classic super powered beast or failed experiment out of control. This is a menace that even Dr. Strange is concerned about! This is beyond the capabilities of SHIELD." Maria wanted to yell out at him for doubting her and SHIELD abilities to defend the world but at the mention of Dr. Strange left her doubting if they were prepared to handle the situation.
"Doesn't matter! SHIELD is prepared to fight back even if there is a slim chance of winning. That is what we swear to do in order to protect the world!" Maria said confidently, it was their duty and sure as hell they're gonna do it until their dying breath. When Tony saw the determination in Maria's eyes, he couldn't help but smile, not that Maria could see since he was wearing the helmet.
"I'm sure of it. And the Avengers will be here to help all the way!" God, Maria Hill was such a turn on, a shame she always turned off his advances. But her no-nonsense attitude is what makes her hot in the first place.
Suddenly a flash of light appeared behind them, signaling Dr. Strange teleporting with members of the Avengers and the X-men. Not long after them other heroes like Ghost Rider and the Fantastic Four. Even some villains were appearing, like members from AIM and Hydra, possibly low ranking and disposable grunts serving as scouts.
"What is the situation, bub?" The gruff and scruffy Wolverine asked Tony, who was ready to explain to them the whole situation until another flash shined, showing a portal which brought none other than Victor Von Doom, supreme ruler of Latveria.
"Doom!? What are you doing here?" asked Mr. Fantastic to his "arch nemesis". The armored clad king looked at the 'Brightest Man on Earth' with daggers on his eyes and his tone didn't betray that sentiment.
"Still a fool, Richards! I'm not here to help any of you pathetic scum. I'm here because my country is been threatened and no one threatens Doom and lives to tell the tale!"
"Ha,ha,ha,ha…It seems that the world greatest heroes and minds are all here…" came the voice of the being that seems to echo from everywhere. "Now it is time to begin!"
Author Notes:
Not much to say about this chapter. But the next one is where the fun begins!