ASTONISHING AVENGERS #8 By:Stephen Kelley "Avengers, take her down"Ironman ordered as the team formed a perimeter, "I'm not an avenger, but if you need me to do something just say so"dark Hawk said as him and falcon circled around the techno-organic woman woman's minions firing energy blasts and "hard light feathers " "you think you can take me or my underlings down, we know all of your strengths and all of your weaknesses"she stated as falcon and dark Hawk notice they weren't making so much as a scratch or a dent on the henchmen. "That ain't good"Sam said his voice shaky "but that's impossible"dark Hawk said shocked "I read this schematics, saw the blueprints, I should be making a dent in these guys" "razor and talon warned me of your "possible interference"Christopher Powell, once I'm done disposing of the avengers and lay waste to this world I will take you and offer you as a "gift"to the fraternity of raptors" the woman said "sorry lady but in case you forgot we're the avengers we fight as one, we'll die as one"Tony said trying to act tough. "Oh please Ironman, save the bravado for someone who can buy into it I can tell just from your pulmonary scans that you are afraid you realize this is a battle you cannot win, surrender now and I will make your deaths painless"she said reasonably, just then she was caught offguard by caps shield as it bounced off her face, she saw the black oily blood that seeped from her lip and for the first time since the avengers encountered her her face contorted in extreme anger, "you insolent little pustuleus maggot infested meatbag" she shrieked "I am perfection, how dare you tarnish me" "lady if where you come from that's perfection i'll pass"Steve said limping back to the group his right arm curled around his ribs. "You are flawed, all the worlds in the multi-verse are flawed, I will correct them all even if I have to disrupt the entire balance of the multi-verse itself"she said manically almost like she was under a hypnotists trance. "I don't know about the other universes, or the other mes" Steve said standing up as straight as he could "but the one thing I do know, we'll fight to our last breaths to defend our world and every other world in the multi-verse" cap said holding his shield up ready to attack. "You are no different than the people in 612, they to thought that they could turn us back and now their world is obliterated and their people captured including that girl's father"the woman said pointing at the young lady "she will come back with us" "not a chance"Steve said "avengers"before cap could finish the woman telekinetically grabbed him by the throat and started choking him in midair, "you still don't get it do you, you cannot win the matter what strategy that little brain of yours comes up with it will always result in failure we have conquered galaxies destroyed multiple versions of you and the other avengers and other heroes and villains, we have even destroyed 5 to 6 versions of silver surfer and galactus do you really think that you can stand a chance against us and our armada"the woman said tightening her grip around Steve's throat before finally with what looked like a bemused smile flung him even further than when she through the shield back at him and went to retrieve the girl but got repulsor blasted by Tony, "get her and vision out of here, I'll hold them off" "but Tony we can't" "JUST DO IT" Tony hollered forming a wide berth for them to escape and as everyone got away they could hear the sounds of Tony going down. Back at avengers tower every news channel was panicking as giant metal orbs with laser targets were centered around the globe, many news channels in many different languages were basically telling people that this was "the end of the world" Melissa flipped the TV off throwing the remote at it in blind rage and frustration "dammit Tony"she said as she fell to her knees having an emotional breakdown "we can only hope it was a quick death or they're keeping him and captain america prisoner" t'challa said pacing back and forth like a giant cat in a zoo, "why should we care what happens to them" skaar said coldly "why should we care, WHY SHOULD WE CARE" Angelica said her powers flaring up around her singeing both the carpet and skaars skin "these two men have been with almost every incarnation of the avengers, you would do well to show them both respect dead or otherwise"Bill said pointing storm breaker. "They're not going to kill them"the girl said regaining consciousness "than what do they plan to do with them" Sam said with dread in his voice "things you could never imagine"the girl said looking at dark Hawk "I see Sam is here" "Sam"Chris said confused, the girl that had a look of shock on her face as if she was reliving a horrible flashback "no Sam's dead but yet, head hurts so confused" "normally I'm all about cracking jokes and needing sensitivity training buffer once I'm gonna say something nice"Eric said calmly and gently pushing her back down on the couch "lay down and rest, after what I can PRESUME you've been through sleep would be your best option, by then maybe that hang over of yours will clear and we'll get some answers, by way you got a name" the girl looked at O'Grady "Erika, Erika Lashaar" everyone froze, "I'm sorry did you just say lashaar" firestar said nearly choking "looks like my theory was correct"Black Panther said smiling "she is not only a mutant, but she is apparently the daughter of magneto from another world/dimension". "Then it also stands to prove"Melissa said looking at vision lying on the table "that this vision is not ours but hers" she said pointing at erika. "Visions alive"Erika said her eyes widening then visions top and lower halfs started bucking and shaking and he spoke in a glitchy tone "di...di... diagnostics report...port...port...port verbal malfunction fixed, where am I"vision said his eyes coming to life "scanning, designation Earth 616 avengers tower, hello avengers can you do me a favor"vision said politely "can you activate the manual override so I can begin self repair" "of course vision, tell me where your override switch is" t'challa said assisting the android while Melissa gathered everyone around Erika "I know you need to rest, will you need to tell us where can we find Steve and Tony"Erika then told them what she could remember when she had been abducted from her world, when she was finished she lay back down and rested while Melissa sat Eric, Skaar, Chris, Angelica, Sam, T'Challa, and Bill down to form a plan to rescue Tony and Steve. To be continued in issue nine