One Year Later
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana, Bast, and Leon/Crisis.
Chapter 28: Going Ape Part 7
In Kasnia…
Fury and Deadpool shot their way past several guards. Since War Machine was on top providing the distraction, the alert was sounded for all of Rajak's forces to handle Rhody on the surface. Through the sewer system, however, the sound was able to carry, but, with an explosion every few seconds, it was really easy for Fury, Deadpool, and Bast to kill the guards as they made their way to the holding cells where the other members of the Howling Commandos were.
The one-eyed former head of SHIELD said,
"We're almost to the sub-basement. Keep your eyes sharp!"
Wade blinked,
"That would hurt, wouldn't it? And, what would I use to sharpen it with, my sword?"
Bast lashed out with her scimitar as she sliced several guards into pieces,
"Keep focused. This stench is overpowering."
Wade nodded,
"Yeah, tell me about it. I am SO taking a bath when this is over."
He grinned underneath his mask,
"Of course, you can join me, kitty."
The Merc-with-a-mouth then blinked,
"Really? I'm flirting with an OC? Don't get me wrong, she's hot and everything, but-."
Suddenly, a jet of fire caused the ranting mercenary to duck out of the way at the last second. Deadpool shouted,
"Hey! Who dares interrupt my fourth wall breakage?"
Four individuals appeared in front of the three Howling Commandos. One of them was a Mohawk wearing muscular man with a big red cross on his black shirt. His name is Iron Cross.
The second was another blonde man with long, whip-like arms that seemed to stretch well beyond human norm. He was known as Backlash.
The third was a woman with blonde hair, wearing all white, and had a fireball in her hands. Her name is Heatmonger.
The fourth was another woman with blonde hair and a pole of some kind. She wore dark glasses and went by the name of Blind Faith.
They were known as the Aryan Brigade.
Iron Cross grinned evilly,
"Well, well, well. Check out who's causing all the trouble. And, here I thought it was just that tin can topside."
Fury narrowed his eyes,
"Let me guess; Red Skull created you."
Blind Faith shook her head,
"The one-eyed man and the feline I cannot read. The one with the mask, however…"
She screamed out loud,
"NO! NO! GET AWAY!"
She then collapsed.
Deadpool blinked,
"Here's a little advice; don't read my mind. You don't want to go in there. In fact, I don't want to go in there. It's freaky. You know how crazy my mind is."
He pulled out a machine gun,
"Now, why don't you just surrender before I change my mind? Or, my mind changes me."
Wade blinked,
"Wow, talk about an Oblivion reference."
Iron Cross charged in,
"You'll die so that the white race shall rule!"
Fury said,
"Deadpool, stop them. Bast and I are going after the others."
With that, Deadpool was left to fight off the remaining members of the Aryan Brigade.
Meanwhile…
Arsenal, Troia, Fire, and the Punisher were in a cell in the castle. The four had heard the sounds of the fighting going on outside and were noticing all the guards running around, almost as if a mad panic had set in. Roy fiddled with the chain,
"If I could just slip out of these, we'd be all set."
Fire and Troia tried to use their powers, but the chains were much harder to break out of than they realized. Bea said,
"The metal…it doesn't seem natural. It's hard to overheat them."
Donna nodded,
"And the chains are nearly impossible to break."
Castle kept struggling,
"Maybe we can get to where the chains are anchored and pull them out that way."
The younger Amazon said,
"It's possible that the same metal could be anchoring the chains."
An idea then clicked,
"Let me try something."
Slowly, she began breathing deeply, as if trying to concentrate on something. She positioned her hands as if she was going to go bring her hands out of the chains by slipping out of them. The raven-haired young woman took a few more calming breaths before beginning a count to three. On three, she pulled her wrists out of the chains as hard and as fast as she could.
Donna managed to get free, but was in severe pain as her thumbs had been dislocated out of their sockets. She bit it back as to not draw attention to the others and began holding her thumbs as best as she could. Donna took a moment to reset them and shook her head,
"That hurt worse than I thought. I wonder how Farrah and Batman can do it so easily."
Roy blinked,
"You did it."
Donna stood up,
"You seem surprised."
The archer shook his head,
"No, I just never expected you to do that."
Donna smiled,
"I am full of surprises."
She said,
"Roy, I need a lockpick from you."
The red-head nodded,
"Yeah, it's in my pocket."
Donna began fishing around in Roy's chest pocket and she grinned,
"So, Roy…do you like to be restrained like this?"
Roy smirked,
"Depends…are you going to whip me as well?"
Donna replied seductively,
"That depends. Have you been a bad boy?"
Castle groaned,
"Great, this is just what we need. You two flirting with each other."
Bea nodded,
"Yeah, could you save the fantasy for some other time? We really need to get out of here."
After a few minutes of picking the locks on the chains, the four commandos left the room to find their weapons. As they were making their way around a corner, Roy noticed Daken poised to strike at Donna. The archer yelled,
"Get down!"
He pushed Donna out of the just as one of Daken's claws came swinging down. The claw, instead of decapitating Troia, ended up slicing off Roy's left arm. Arsenal screamed and held his arm as Daken lunged for them. Fire got in front and lashed out with an inferno, bathing the son of Wolverine with green flames. Daken struggled and continued to scream as he flailed about like a firefly. He rolled around and managed to ignite the tapestries on the floor.
Roy shouted and held what was left of his arm, a bloody mess. Donna gasped in horror,
"Roy!"
Castle said,
"We have to cauterize the wound, now!"
He grabbed a metallic stand and, taking his shirt off, wrapped it, leaving the metal base exposed. He ordered,
"Fire, heat this thing up."
The former Brazilian spy did so, heating the object up until it was hot like a brand. Punisher then said,
"Troia, you need to hold Arsenal down while I do this."
The young Amazon warrior did so and Castle began applying the heated brand to Roy's arm.
It took a few moments, but the wound was cauterized and the bleeding had stopped. However, Roy's true arm was lost in the fire.
Just then, Fury and Bast had met up with them. The goddess of felines said,
"What has happened?"
Donna said,
"Roy lost his arm for me."
She had been holding him, and Arsenal had fallen unconscious. Fury said,
"Castle; take Bast with you and get Arsenal out of here. I'm paying a visit to the Red Skull."
"Ask, and you shall receive, Herr Fury."
The Red Skull stood in the midst of the destruction. Smirking underneath that insidious red mask, he grinned,
"I must admit, Herr Fury; I was expecting Captain America to be joining you. However, this works well too."
Just then, the flames subsided as five individuals appeared around the Red Skull. The Nazi warlord beckoned,
"Now, meet Axis America!"
Next Chapter:
The spotlight turns to the Justice League and their bid to try and save Gorilla City. Stay tuned, fellow readers! The action isn't over yet!