Meanwhile back at the League of Heroes supreme counsel two weeks later...
The Alphas were discussing the issues of the Infinity stones, Raven was brought before the counsel as well as Star-lord to explain what exactly are the Infinity stones and how they operate. Thor also chipped in and explained that the infinity stones were only a serious threat if all six of them were in the infinity gauntlet. Raven then went by saying that when she defeated Thanos she cast him off towards the Nether-relm, and after that she took the Gauntlet and hid it deep within Azarath, a place where no living or dead being would dare to go. Plus, she scattered the infinity stones across the vastness of space. How Darkseid got the power stone was beyond her, Quill then added that if a being was not powerful enough like Thanos then he/she would be destroyed completely, so Darkseid must have acquired some object or power from something to make hims immune to the effects of the power stone. Before Batman could give his opinion on the matter, the distress call Jason sent reached Batman which also caused the tracker on Batman's G.P.S locator to go off like crazy. Then Stark found a way to rub it in Bruce's face
"HA! see i told everyone that I wasn't the only one to receive calls at important meetings! I told you so!"
"Stark..."
"Yeah"
"Shut up"
Batman checked what the tracker was on about, he saw Red Hood's symbol blinking on and off like crazy
"Is everything of Bruce?" Thor asked
"Red Hood sending a distress signal from an abandoned STARK warehouse a few miles away, somethings' not right!" Bruce exclaimed
"Then send me! I'll rescue him!" Quill pleaded "I've already lost one Guardian! I ain't loosing another! especially Red Hood" Quill continued
"I understand that, but I have a job for one half of your crew" Stark replied
"No offence M.R Stark but I was talking to Batman"
"Duly noted...but this is important" Stark explained
"Can it wait?" Bruce said taking Quill's side in this
"See! he gets me!"
The Stark turned his attention to Bruce "Look...I may have just found the location of the Power stone...PLUS another Infinity stone signature" he showed the readings to Bruce and the counsel members and they approved and confirmed that it was another infinity stone.
"Well?" Quill pestered
"Stark's right, we need half of your team to get that infinity stone...the other half can rescue Jason" said The Vision
Quill felt annoyed but showed no signs of it, he bit his lip gently and exhaled quietly "Alright, fine then...Gamora, Drax, Groot and I will go get the stone while Rocket, Lylla, Ravager, Agent Venom and Arsenal recover Jason...fair?"
The counsel approved and Rocket was notified via messaging.
Meanwhile in Rocket's room...
Lylla and Rocket were in bed, recovering from their little affair. They got dressed again and Rocket got the notification and gritted his teeth and growled softly, unfortunately It wasn't quiet enough.
"Rocket? what's wrong now?"
"It's Jason..."
"What about him?" Lylla asked in worry
"He's in trouble"
"Oh no! not another! not now! not again!" Lylla cried, Rocket hugged her and kissed her
"We'll get him back, I swear we will" Rocket said.
A few minutes later...
Ravager, Venom, Lylla and Rocket were at the address where Jason's distress call came from, they found that the door had been kicked open, most likely be Jason. The group made their way inside and then, the lights went on and the group were surrounded by what Ravager identified as Savages. Dead men that spent way too much time, or have injected themselves with the water or the Lazarus pit. Rocket and Venom disposed of them quickly with a few missile shots, when Ultron's voice rang out
"Did you really think i'd be that easy?" he questioned as he appeared before them
"Great another bot...who the krutech are you! And what've you done to Red Hood!" Rocket demanded
"You mean Jason Todd" Ultron countered
The group was shocked that Ultron managed to figure out his I.D
"Oh don't act so surprised! I know who you all are! Flash Thompson, Rocket Raccoon, Lady Lylla, Roy Harper and Rose Wilson if I'm not mistaken" Ultron explained
"Ok..so you know who we are, then you know what we want" Rocket repeated
"You came for Todd right? My newest Savage" Ultron smirked
Rose's face fell and he felt her heart break "NO! YOU DIDN'T!"
"Rose?! what is it!" Lylla asked in concern
Then, out of the Shadows, Ultron's latest Savage jumped out of the shadows and attacked Rose and pushed her to the ground
"ROSE!" Thompson shouted as he punched her attacker into the light, the group gasped at what they saw
"JASON?!" Rocket shouted in surprise, Jason growled in response. Rocket then noticed his glowing green eyes and the puncture wound from what he assumed was a blade wound.
"WHAT THE KRUTECH HAPPENED TO YOU!" Rocket shouted, then his face dropped as he now noticed why Rose was upset. "Oh no...no,no,no,no,NO! NOT YOU TOO!" Rocket exclaimed as he started to get teary eyed.
"What...did you DO TO MY BEST PAL ULTRON!" Rocket demanded
"Made him mine..." he replied, Ultron glanced at Jason and said "Kill them all"
Jason roared and ran towards Venom, knocking him downwards. He started to repeatedly punch his face, Arsenal tried to restrain his old friend but Jason took up a metal pole from the ground and swung it at Roy making him fall to the ground.
He then noticed Lylla in the corner and charged knocking Rocket out of the way, he grabbed Lylla by the throat and withdrew a syringe with green liquid. Lylla tried to break free but Jason's grip was too tight
"Infect...must be like me! must INFECT!"
"No please! JASON PLEASE SNAP OUT OF IT!" Lylla pleaded.
Rocket was on the ground, he looked at Jason and saw the syringe with the green liquid. He then assumed that he was going to make Lylla a Savage like him when suddenly, a sword pierced Jason's heart from the back.
"I'm sorry dear...I love you" sobbed Jason's attacker, his eyes went back to normal and he released Lylla and the syringe to the ground.
After realizing what he was about to do and what just happened, Jason spat blood and fell to his knees, fortunately the Lazarus water kept him alive for a few minutes for him to say his final words "Rose...thank you for freeing me...I love you too," Jason said.
"Urgh! humans! so fragile!" Ultron spat as he flew away
Rose quickly withdrew the sword from his heart and the Lazarus water repaired most of the damage, but he was still dying.
Jason fell on the floor and looked at Rocket as he came running
"Hey!...you came for me"
"Of course I did buddy! You're my best Pal!" Rocket responded
"I'm sorry about trying to kill Lylla..." Jason muttered
"That ain't your fault! Ultron did that!...GAH! I swear to Half-world! Robots and droids alike! They're always taking stuff from me!" Rocket sobbed as he hugged his dying partner
"See ya round guys...I..t..It's been great! It really has been...It really...h..s..has" Jason sighed as he stopped breathing, his eyes still open.
"NO!NO!,NO!,NO!.NO!,NO! NOT YOU TOO! JASON! NOOOO!" Rocket cried.
Rose kissed Jason one last time and closed her love's eyes...Red Hood was dead (again).