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Sorry this update took so long, I had been stuck with ideas on how to end it, hope everyone enjoys it
She-Hulk: The Hunt
Chapter 3: Brawl
Titania, my infamous nemesis, honestly this woman's obsessed with killing me. She's got enough strength to tangle with me. But I'm in no mood for her games today.
Titania widened her eyes as She-Hulk tackled her. The two powerhouse women crashed through the wall of a building. Warp cringed as he felt the brunt of She-Hulk's punches. The whole building shook as She-Hulk slammed her fists into Titania's face. Titania threw a punch towards Jen, but the Avenger grabbed her wrist and threw her over her shoulder. She-Hulk sent her enemy flying through the wall of the building, thrashing around in the air before she hit the side of another building. Jen ran out of the building, her muscles pulsing as her anger rose.
"You've picked the wrong day Titania," Jen growled.
"I'm gonna enjoy ripping you apart Walters," Titania grinned.
She spat a blob of blood onto the rooftop before diving off the building. Warp crossed his arms and braced himself as the two women slammed their fists together. The force of their punches generated a shockwave that threw Jack back. He rolled across the ground. Slamming his hand into the ground, Jack regained control and looked towards the two women. They punched one another across the face, generating another shockwave. Each punch shook the ground and Jack couldn't help but find himself captivated by the two women.
"How long are you going to do this Titania? It has to end," She-Hulk said.
"It will end, it'll end when your dead," Titania growled.
Titania aimed a punch for Jen's head, but her opponent quickly ducked. She-Hulk then countered with a swift uppercut. Knocking her opponent back, She-Hulk threw her fist forward. But Titania quickly caught Jen's punch, giving her fist a firm squeeze. Jen yelled as she felt her arm burn. Titania used this opportunity to launch her attack, brutally punching She-Hulk in the face. The force of Titania's punch threw She-Hulk back, slamming her straight into a wall.
"SHE-HULK!" Warp yelled.
He ran forward, straight past Titania and to She-Hulk's side. He gripped She-Hulk's arm, widening his eyes as dark energy gushed from the cut.
"What's happening?" Jen asked, groaning in pain.
"Cade's energy, he intended to keep you out of a fight by injuring you, I should be able to vibrate the energy out your arm, your healing factor will take care of the rest."
I notice the concern in his voice. He's a cute guy, but I'm already with Foley.
Suddenly the ground shook, knocking Jack off balance. A metal ball was suddenly thrown into Jack's head, knocking him through the wall. She-Hulk turned to Titania, narrowing her eyes at the new arrival with her.
Believe it or not Titania's married to Absorbing man. They're the psycho criminal couple. Foley and I are the normal couple; we go on dates and work professionally together. He has that strange affect on me, as if I'm back in high school. Foley and me just feels right, but then there's Jack and me. We have chemistry but Foley and I clicked as soon as we met.
"I'll take care of the runt baby, you can play with your lady friend," Absorbing man said.
Titania laughed as Absorbing man began swinging his chain ball around. She-Hulk looked at her cut arm, looking for the inspiration to fight the pain. Relying on her endurance, Jen rushed forward. She clothes lined Absorbing Man and jumped at Titania. The two women rolled across the ground, gripping each other's hair. She-Hulk dragged Titania across the ground and threw her upwards. Titania screamed in anger as she fell back down towards She-Hulk. Before her feet could touch the ground, Jen slammed her arm against Titania's chest, clothes lining her. Absorbing Man got up off the floor and prepared to use his wrecking ball. Suddenly, Warp ran into the side of him, delivering sixteen jabs in under two seconds. The speedster then slid across the ground, stopping behind She-Hulk. He slid his helmet open, revealing a cheesy grin. She-Hulk smiled back, both their eyes lingering on certain parts of their bodies.
'Cute bum,' they thought.
"What do you say we finish this Miss She-Hulk," Jack said.
"No problem, now how about you get this energy out of my arm," She-Hulk grinned.
"Sure thing!"
He turned around and gripped She-Hulk's arm. She took notice of his delicate touch and the focus in his face as he concentrated. Jen could feel the muscles of her arm vibrating as Jack "squeezed" the energy out of the cut. He controlled the energy in his hand before throwing it into Titania. The recovering woman was sent flying back through the wall. A sudden crashing sound alerted both Jen and Jack. They turned around, with Jack widening his eyes at what he saw. Before he could even resist, a clawed furry hand gripped his neck and lifted him off the ground.
"Oh shit," Jack muttered.
Oh shit is right, if there's one thing I know about my Ex is that his new persona doesn't take jealousy well!
John Jameson roared, revealing his razor sharp teeth. He had taken on the Star God persona, throwing Warp straight into the wall. Titania smirked at the scene as she ran towards She-Hulk. Both women tackled one another and rolled across the floor. John walked through the crumbling wall, picking Warp up by his neck. He slammed Jack against the wall, snarling at the speedster.
"YOU CANT HAVE HER!" John yelled.
"Jameson…I…don't… want her," Jack gargled.
"YOU'RE LYING! I CAN SMELL YOUR LUST FOR HER!"
"And I can smell your breath."
Jack grabbed John's wrist and focused his powers. John yelled in fury and pain as his wrist bone vibrated against his muscle. He let go of Jack, allowing the speedster to deliver swift hooks to his face. Warp then grabbed the collar of John's shirt and span around, hammer throwing the man straight down the street. She-Hulk punched Titania across the face, and then delivered an uppercut to the woman's chin. But much to Jen's shock, the punches seemed to have no affect on Titania. The villain smirked as she pulled her fist back, slamming it straight into She-Hulk's chest. Jen fell to her knees, clutching her chest in pain. Titania crossed her arms and smirked at She-Hulk's coughing form.
No way, I feel so weak, but how?
"We know your little secret Walters," Titania cackled.
"The alien technology messed up your body, now your permanently stuck as the She-Hulk," Absorbing Man said as he walked behind Jen.
Jen yelled as Absorbing Man lifted her up by her hair.
"You can't shut your powers off, which means I've got plenty to absorb."
I can't shut my powers off, but somehow I feel weaker. What the heck is going on? Come on Jack give us some help here.
Warp prepared to move, but suddenly stopped as the gaps of his armour glowed.
"Wow, something must be going on with the others," He said.
"Don't turn your back on me."
Jack sighed as he turned around, seeing John Jameson in his Star God persona. The man drew his sword pointing it at the speedster.
"Listen pal, I'd really rather not fight you, we've got nothing to compete about your ex is already involved with someone," Jack explained.
"She doesn't truly love him, not the way she loved me, her heart is just captured by him she doesn't have a choice but to love him," John said.
"Wait a minute, what do you mean she has no choice but to love him?" Jack asked.
"Enough talk, FIGHT ME!" John yelled.
Again Jack sighed as John thrust his sword forward. The speedster easily dodged the lunge. Then he grabbed John's neck and suddenly disappeared. Jen let out a weak breath as Absorbing man began to suffocate her with his chain. Titania laughed as he husband lifted her rival higher off the ground.
"Finally, I've dreamt of this moment for so long, I can finally kill you," Titania squealed with delight.
"You know I once knew someone as obsessed as you."
Titania and Absorbing man looked towards Warp as he walked towards them.
"Wait, but you disappeared," Absorbing man said.
"Super speed jackass, I can move as fast a blink. Anyway, this friend of mine was obsessed with defeating a guy I knew. They fought each other a lot of times, both came to an understanding," Jack explained.
Titania turned to Jack, ready to fight him if need be.
"Anyway, they were so obsessed with beating each other that they lost site of why they actually fought each other, they fought because they disagreed, but also because they wanted something from one another. One wished to save the other, while the other simply wished to be equal to his rival. They both understood each other and they understood why they fought each other. I couldn't begin to understand it but I do understand you…" Jack paused as he got into a running start pose. "You're a psychotic murderer whose been given help but doesn't take it, and for that you'll be on his target list!"
Suddenly, Warp and She-Hulk both disappeared. Jack had ran so fast that he appeared as a blur to Titania and Absorbing Man's eyes. He ran down the streets, dodging the bullets and projectiles thrown in the battle of hells kitchen. The speedster smiled as he saw Aeon fighting by the side of a red haired teen. Jack finally came to a halt, outside the door of Crowner tower.
"We have arrived at the doctors office ma'am," Jack smirked.
Jen pushed herself out of Jack's arms and stared at her arms. Her strength was back and like always she felt incredible.
What the hell? One minute I'm losing my strength and thinking about Foley, the next I'm all back to normal. Why can't I think about Foley?
She-Hulk sighed, not one of relief or exhaustion, but one of joy. Jen felt her muscles expand slightly as she regained her strength. She looked to Jack as his armour shattered, his chauffeurs uniform returning.
"I sorry I took you out of the fight Miss She-Hulk, but I knew that your were losing strength there. Either someone's modified Absorbing Man to absorb your powers without touch, or there's something else at work here. Mr Crowner is away but his assistant Gloria can still check you out…I mean analyse your body, no wait that's worse check your condition not that there could be anything wrong with you but really its better to be safe than sorry you know."
Jen cut Jack off, pressing her finger against his mouth.
"Jack, please call me Jen or She-Hulk, not Miss, now what are we waiting for, lets go see Gloria already," She-Hulk said.
He's cute, definitely cuter than Foley. And he saved my life three times; he's brave, kind and smarter without being too much of a bookworm.
They stepped into the elevator and Jen smiled as Jack nervously shuffled his feet.
Its so strange, but lately I've begun to notice things. As soon as I met Foley I felt this immense attraction to him. I thought he was perfect, he was skinny but handsome, and he kind of reminded me of my first crush as a child. He's smart and dedicated to his work, but dedicated to me too. We were prepared to move in together so quickly, in fact it was too quick. When I'm away from Foley I think less about him, I've only just begun to notice it. Here I am, a girl involved with a handsome and great man, yet I cant stop resisting the attraction I have to Jack.
"Jack is there something wrong? You seem a little nervous," She-Hulk said.
"I've been thinking about this friend of mine, not many people are going to believe that he's a good person because they don't know him like Sven and I do. He's following his heart, trying to do the right thing, but the world might reject him."
"Don't worry about it."
Jack turned to Jen in surprise.
"This friend of yours, he's tough right. If that's the case then it wont matter what the people think. Stop worrying Jack; help them when you know they'll need help. It's kind of like what I do with my cousin, he's tough enough to survive his own adventures. But when he needs me I'm there without hesitation."
Jack smiled as he nodded his head at the woman. Having a conversation like this got his mind not only off of the boredom of elevators, but also the tension between them. The door opened and both walked into James's lab. Working at her console was Gloria, sighing as she felt Jack and Jen walking up behind her.
"There had better be a good reason why you're here Jack and not out there helping our friends," Gloria said.
"There is trust me, She-Hulk needed my help with something, Titania and Absorbing Man ambushed us and during the fight She-Hulk seemed to be losing strength…"
"And you need me to analyse her DNA to find any anomalies," Gloria finished Jack's speech for him. "Okay Miss Walters, if you'd just follow me then we'll run you through one of our scanners."
Jen nodded her head and followed the woman. They came to a small room with a machine similar to a CT scanner. Gloria motioned to the changing room and Jen nodded her head. While Jack waited in the other room, Gloria went to the control room. A naked She-Hulk laid down on the CT scanners platform. As the machine scanned her body, Gloria looked at the results in astonishment. Several minutes later, She-Hulk walked out of the room, wearing her costume. Jack dashed to Jen's side as Gloria walked out of the control room.
"What's wrong Gloria is Miss She-Hulk fine Huh huh huh?" Jack asked.
"Calm down Jack, Jennifer how long have you kept your condition a secret?" Gloria asked.
All right, time to face the piper Jen.
"Several months now, its no big deal," Jen said.
"No big deal, your genetic structure is completely different, before there were traces of baseline human DNA, evidence that while you are She-Hulk you could still change back to normal old Jennifer Walters. Now, because of the affects of that alien weapon you were hit with your DNA has fixed itself into one structure, the structure of She-Hulk," Gloria explained.
"What does that mean?" Jack asked.
"In a nutshell, Jennifer Walters is dead, She-Hulk is all that's left."
"That's impossible Jen isn't some persona like the Hulk she's both women Jennifer WaltersandShe-Hulk!"
"Jack slow down no one can understand you like that," Gloria growled.
"I'm saying that She-Hulk is Jennifer Walters, they're the same person," Jack said, looking at She-Hulk with affection.
Jen smiled as she touched Jack's hand.
"Thank you Jack, its good that someone thinks so," She said.
"Oh that reminds me, James wanted to say thank you for helping him with that adoption case," Gloria said.
"Wait, Jen helped James adopt Karen?" Jack asked.
"Oh yeah, the adoption agency tried to prove that James wasn't qualified to raise a child, fortunately he had a strong defence," Jen smirked.
Jack chuckled while Gloria smiled. She took a remote off of her coffee table and turned on a TV above them.
"This news just in, one of our helicopters is just going over the area of Hells kitchen, where a devastating brawl has broken out between super heroes and ordinary citizens."
Jen widened her eyes in shock as she watched civilians fighting one another. Iron man and the other Avengers were trying to maintain control but with little effect. The cameras even showed Aeon fighting with the Beast possessed Daredevil. Again Jack smiled as he watched the red haired boy aid Sven.
"As you can see from these images, a young teenage super hero has also gotten involved in the fighting. Now with us today is charity worker Miriam Sharpe."
She-Hulk sighed as she remembered Sharpe. The woman was the super hero registration acts greatest supporter. She lost her son due to the Stamford tragedy and had been opposing super heroes ever since. The brown haired woman sat in the CNN studio, undergoing an interview with the reporter.
"Now Ms Sharpe, recently you created the charity Damien's gift, but a large majority of people are opting in favour of banning the super hero registration act, what do you say to them?"
"I would say that while repairing our world is important, maintaining control of the people who caused these catastrophes is even more important."
"Interesting choice of words Ms Sharpe but lets not forget that it was super heroes who managed to get us out of this situation."
"True we cant just get rid of super heroes, but they need to be held accountable. Look at this mess in Hells kitchen, what is going through Daredevil's head, what are the heroes going to do to punish him for this?"
Jack sighed as he took the remote and turned the TV off.
"I figured this would happen, so what are we going to do about this?" Jack asked.
"Deal with it when the time comes, right now people need help in Hells Kitchen, so how about we lend a hand," Jen said.
Jack let out a smile before covering himself with his armour.
"What do you say Jack, fancy helping me save the Avengers?" She-Hulk asked, smiling for she knew the answer.
Without a moment's hesitation, Jack picked the woman up bridal style and ran as fast as he could. Gloria tapped her foot against the floor for a moment before flicking her head.
"Oh Gloria you useless fool, she needed to know something else too," Gloria chided herself.
"What's that Glory?" Chase Stein asked as he walked into the room.
"I analysed She-Hulk's body…get that perverted grin off your face its not how it sounds, anyway the alien technology altered her genetic structure but there's something else, something small that wasn't there before," Gloria explained.
"Okay genetics isn't my strong point so it actually sounds like your using sexual innuendo," Chase said.
Gloria sighed before placing the results papers on the table.
"There was an abnormality not just in her genetic code but around the area of her brain as well. It was small, atom sized so it was easy to miss and it might be benign but the anomaly centred around her brain suggests…that she's recently been under the influence of mind control!"
Next Chapter 4: Back to the office
Next time will be a bit of a time skip as we go past the battles currently taking place in the Hunt
