ASTONISHING AVENGERS #5 By: Stephen Kelley Meanwhile in the fabled city of Asgardia Beta Ray Bill had come to pay his respects to his fallen comrades and "oath brother", "I wish I could sit here and apologize to you, I was not there when you needed me most when Asgard needed me most"Bill said hanging his head in partial shame in front of the giant statue of Thor. "It was not your fault Bill"a voice said from behind Beta Ray, when Bill turned around he came face-to-face with Hogun, Fandrel, and Volstagg better known as the warriors three "aye" Volstagg said with a heavy heart "twas not thy fault, for the son of Asgard gave it his all not just to defend the realm, but to defend the all of the nine worlds from the serpents tyrannical grasp" Hogun stated clenching his fist in front of his face as if he were crushing something. Fandrel placed a reassuring hand on Bill's shoulder "do not think of him as being gone Bill, for Thor is alive and well in all of our hearts and his influence is far reaching many in the nine realms and beyond mourned his passing after the serpents fall, why the Lady Sif has joined the mid-guardian group known as the "New Avengers Task Force"and Valkyrie she is currently on a journey throughout the nine realms to prove to not only the all mothers but to herself that she can handle the responsibility of defending mighty Asgardia and all the nine realms" Fandrel said in his usual boasting way but Bill could see through it, the warriors three were the closest to Thor as much as Sif and possibly Valkyrie, but Bill like everyone else in Asgardia felt that he didn't just lose a comrade in arms but someone akin to a brother. As Bill and the warriors three paid their respects to the son of Odin's statue as well as his brother balder and many others who had fallen in the battle against the serpent when he got an alert on his avengers communicator. "speak friend Jarvis, what vexing matter requires my attention"Bill said listening intently "well Sir, it appears the wrecking crew are causing a disturbance in Wyoming, regretfully all the other avengers are tied up at the moment except for Skaar" "I see"Bill said considering a moment "see if you can hail him, I shall fly in that direction and hopefully he will assist me"Bill said whirling storm breaker as he reared back his arm, then with the mighty thrust Bill shot forward into the sky toward Wyoming. Elsewhere in the world Skaar had saved a man from dehydration, he started to see maybe why his father associated himself with these "Avengers"but in truth Skaar found it a waste for someone of his "skills", "buh no wonder my father left, I have to save these pathetic humans from situations there are more than perfectly capable of saving themselves from" Skaar grunted "if they die it is because "evolution"decided they do"then his Avengers communicator went off, "what do you want" Skaar growled at Jarvis "Beta Ray Bill requires your help in Wyoming with the wrecking crew" "pah so now the horse faced alien needs my help, he's got all the same powers as Thor why would you need my help" Skaar partly snapped "I thought I made it perfectly clear, I am not pulling the majority of the weight for this "team"or were none of the other avengers listening" Skaar snorted in disgust, "fine, but this is the only time I'm helping him next time he's on his own" Skaar scuffed as he started leaping and bounding toward Wyoming. When both Avengers met up Bill actually had a look of shock on his face "it appears son of Hulk that you are actually learning what it means to be a "team player"" "keep it up horse face and you'll be fighting them alone, then I will take all five of your heads" Skaar scuffed without even looking at Bill, "nay, you're more than welcome to try though"Bill shot back as they confronted the wrecking crew. "Well well look at what we got here Hulk Junior and Thor's little pony"Wrecker said with extreme confidence in his voice, "yeah, you both may be tied to two former Avengers, but neither one of you are as good as them"bulldozer said "and to that vile villain, I say NAY" Bill shouted as he momentarily twirled and then flung storm breaker right at bulldozers face sending the villain flying back 11 feet. "So you want to fight huh" thunder ball said "well you got one now, and when we're done you gonna wish you never considered being Avengers". "That so" Skaar said cracking his knuckles "normally I would draw my sword at this point but just to give myself an extra challenge, I'm going to break all four of you WITH MY BARE HANDS" skaar roared before slamming his fist into thunder balls face before getting rammed from behind by bulldozer, while Bill clashed with Wrecker and Piledriver. *Cuts back to Avengers Tower "so you and justice huh" Eric O'Grady said not realizing how insensitive his comment towards Firestar was, "yes Eric we were engaged and at one point yes we had wanted a child which by the way couldn't happen because of my powers"Angelica scuffed "but I imagine YOU wouldn't care seeing as you're a father oh wait you're not, because the woman who is your baby mama left you"though he managed to give the impression that he blow it off those words stung Eric the most, he often wondered what happened to Veronica and the child that he had created with her though Eric thoughts that he would've been a bad father still lingered in his mind, Eric looked at the Avengers as a chance to start over but Eric also knew he couldn't trust himself so he acted out and yet still despite acting out people were willing to give him chance after chance to mend his ways "I need some serious help"Eric thought to himself. Meanwhile in Tony's research lab Iron Man was studying a strange frequency that had been popping up for the last half hour, "what is with this signal, it doesn't match any other frequencies in any database"Tony said frustrated "it's like this frequency doesn't exist like it's from another time or dimension" "more than likely if you can't find it Tony it has to be"Steve said walking into the lab. "I don't know whether the take that as a compliment or an insult" Tony said " then take it is neither" Steve said staring at the screen, something about the frequency caught caps eye as well then it dawned on him "Tony this is in a radio frequency, this is a distress beacon listen to it, Iron Man listen to it and then it clicked in Tony's head "how could I have missed that, not a radio frequency it's a distress beacon done in a hybrid of Morris code and ultrasonic sound"I am a quickly went to work "deciphering" the beacon though the voice was very gargled it was clearly a message for help. To be continued