Moving on to the next part of this arc, it honestly was the easiest one for me to go to. It was either this or the Justice League Origin story of the New 52 cause I love it.
Still I'm glad to see this crossover gaining some traction. I've been looking at this site and have yet to see a truly huge crossover regarding both these comics and I want to be the one to give that to all of you fans.
A crossover that respects both comic book giants that allows both sides to shine. I'm serious when I say this, I am amazed I have yet to see a legitimate crossover where it focuses on almost every aspect of both Marvel DC. There have been multiple phenomenal crossovers regarding certain parts of DC and Marvel but none such as what I am trying here so it is high time someone gives this site one
And I am proud to be the one to do so
So anyway, like always comrades, story ideas, characters to be added, pairings, the whole sha bang bang do not hesitate to leave it in the reviews or PM me
Rate Read and Review and as always Have Nice Day
The League Of Avengers Chapter 3: Some Assembly Required part 2: This seemed a lot easier on paper
Fury sat within his office at the Triskelion casually sifting through the various files he has on hand.
The director sighed, running a hand over his face in a bit of exhaustion
'This is not what I signed up for' Fury ruefully thought to himself
"You alright, Fury?"
Fury glanced over to the door to see Clint Barton, Maria Hill and Phil Coulson enter his office.
"Do I look alright?" Fury asked
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Clint asked before getting nudged by an annoyed Maria Hill
"We have a lot to report on Sir" Coulson said respectfully "Selvig has made some breakthroughs regarding the Tesseract"
"I'm sensing a but here" Fury said, knowing his best agent to well
"But there's been some anomalies" Coulson stated "It's acting up, giving off bursts of unusual energy"
"Enough to warrant alarm?" Fury asked
"Better safe than sorry" Coulson said firmly
"Clint, Coulson" Fury said to the duo "I want you two on security detail. Clint you stay in the test chamber at all times unless on debriefings"
"Gut feeling sir?" Coulson asked
"More than you know" Fury said
"Well get on it" Clint said confidently
Coulson and Clint turned to leave but Maria stayed behind
"Agent Hill?" Fury said expectantly
"Sir" Hill pulled out a thick file, walked up to Fury and placed it down on the desk
The Director leaned in, taking the file into hand
"Is this…?"
"We found it sir" Hill said "Another relic from the past"
"This is more than a relic, Agent Hill" Fury stated, opening the file. The first thing he saw was a black and white picture of an island
"This is more than history" Fury continued flipping through the pages
"Then what is it sir?"
Fury stopped at one point where he saw none other than Captain America arm around the shoulder of another fellow warrior who held the same posture and grand smile
"It's about finding out if the world is ready"
Time skip
Steve was currently sitting on a jet flying over the Atlantic ocean on its way to where ever the shield jet would take him.
The first Avenger was looking over a datapad showing him videos of a certain green rage monster.
Up front Coulson sat in the co-pilots chair when the main pilot said
"We're about forty minutes out from base, sir"
Coulson nodded in acknowledgment, getting up out of his chair to speak with Rogers
"So this Doctor Banner was trying to replicate the serum that was used on me?" Steve asked
"A lot of people were. You were the world's first superhero. Banner thought gamma radiation might hold the key to unlocking Erskine's original formula"
"Didn't really go his way, did it?" Steve noted, seeing Hulk rip apart a truck with ease
"Not so much" Coulson said somberly "When he's not that thing, guy's like a Stephen Hawking"
Steve arched an eyebrow in confusion
"He's like a smart person" Coulson rectified "I gotta say, it's an honor to meet you, officially"
Steve smiled
"I don't know about me being the first hero" Steve said humbly standing up to look out at the window
"Where I come from…" Steve reminisced "There's a lot of other people who were heroes before I was. By the time I joined, I considered them legends….Legends that the world seemed to have forgotten"
"Oh I wouldn't be too sure of that" Coulson said a bit enigmatically "The Justice Society and the Howling Commandos aren't gonna get forgotten any time soon"
"How can you be so sure?" Steve asked
"Trust me" Coulson said confidently "I gotta take you to DC sometime"
The pair shared a moment of silence when Coulson spoke up once more
"I gotta say, it's a real honor to have you on board"
"I hope I'm the man for the job" Steve said modestly
"Oh you are. Absolutely" Coulson said without a shred of doubt "We had some modifications on the uniform. I had some personal design input"
"The uniform?" Rogers said in surprise "Aren't the stars and stripes a little…old fashioned?"
"With everything that's happening, the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old fashioned" Coulson said knowingly
Steve looked at the man, taking his sentiment into account
Elsewhere
Loki stood in the middle of a makeshift lab, looking over the various poor souls he has under his beck and call, scepter in hand.
Beside him stood Amora the Enchantress of Asgard. Formerly really, as she fled from Asgard along with her bodyguard, the Executioner, some time ago.
"Amora" Loki addressed the enchantress "Please tell me what you have been able to find"
"Four individuals who hold potential" Amora said dismissively "Though they seem to be the only ones who are willing. Blank minded fools who are willing to do anything for a meager fortune"
"Perfect" Loki said "The ideal, blind foot soldiers"
Suddenly, the jewel on Loki's scepter glowed intensely.
"Excuse me, my dear" Loki said, turning to leave
He stepped into a hallway and closed his eyes, his body twitching somewhat as the area around him transformed.
Loki now faced the Other, the one who gave him the Scepter on behalf of his master.
"The Chitauri grow restless" The other said
"Let them go at themselves. I will lead them into glorious battle" Loki shot back haughtily
"Battle? Against the meager might of Earth?" The Other scoffed
"Glorious, not lengthy" Loki then shot a jab at the being "If your force is as formidable as you claim"
"You question us?" The other said incredulously "You question him? He, who put the scepter in your hand, who gave you ancient knowledge and new purpose when you were cast out, defeated?"
"I WAS A KING" Loki stated angrily "The rightful king of Asgard! Betrayed!"
"Your ambition is little, born of childish need" The Other sneered "We look beyond the Earth to greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil"
"You don't have the Tesseract yet" Loki pointed out
The Other practically teleports over, hand raised in attack. Loki simply pointed the scepter above the heart of the Other
"I don't threaten" Loki said "But until I open the door, until your force is mine to command, you are but words"
"You will have your war, Asgardian" The other said spitefully
He then began to circle Loki, like a predator stalking its prey
"If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice where he can't find you" The Other hissed in promise before leaning in to whisper menacingly
"You think you know pain? He will make you long for something as sweet as pain"
The other placed his hand on the side of Loki's head causing the mischief god to jolt his head back in pain, snapping back to Earth.
He exhaled heavily, panting with sweat pouring.
Back with Steve
The jet at long last arrives at its destination.
A large carrier ship with two runways. One with direct access to underneath the runways whilst another was layered above.
The jet landed, the ramp already open, allowing Steve and Coulson to exit.
They stood out on the higher runway, observing all the commotion and work of the SHIELD agents doing their duty to the ship.
The two were then greeted by Natasha Romanoff
"Agent Romanoff" Coulson said to the red head, gesturing to Cap "Captain Rogers"
"Ma'am" Steve nodded
"Hi" Romanoff said casually, looking to Coulson "They need you on the bridge. Face Time"
Coulson merely nodded, turning to leave Romanoff and Rogers to their own.
The new duo began to walk towards the rails of the ship
"There was quite the buzz around here" Natasha, making small talk "Finding you in the ice. I thought Coulson was gonna swoon. Did he ask you to sign his Captain America training cards yet?"
"Trading cards?" Steve said in humored disbelief
"They're vintage" Nat said simply "He's very proud"
Without realizing, the two were approaching a rather nervous and fidgety Dr. Bruce Banner.
The doctor was on edge since he was so close to multiple military personnel after years of doing everything he could to avoid them.
And yet here was, somewhat forced into returning to military custody and to his cautionary surprise, they don't need him for the other guy.
Bruce was snapped out of his musings when Rogers came up to him.
"Dr. Banner" Steve offered his hand which Bruce took respectfully
"Oh Yeah, Hi" Bruce said somewhat in awe at actually meeting Captain America "They told me you were coming"
"Word is you can find the cube" Steve said
"Is that the only word on me?" Bruce asked tentatively
"Only word I care about" Steve said alleviating a great deal of stress from the genius
Appreciating the sentiment, Bruce glanced around
"Must be strange for you" Bruce said "All of this"
"Actually' Steve said, observing a line of soldiers running by "This actually kinda familiar"
"Gentlemen, you may wanna step inside in a minute" Nat piped up "It's gonna get a little hard to breath"
Almost immediately, all men and women began securing multiple jets to the ground, placing masks on and going about making sure everything was in place for what was to come next
"Is this a submarine?" Steve inquired
"Really?" Banner said sardonically "They want me in a submerged pressurized metal container?"
They both moved closer to the edge of the carrier, and to their amazement, they saw a massive turbine rising up from the sea. The giant fan within was gaining speed as it spun faster and faster.
The ship lurched as all four engines were synchronized, rising up from the ocean
"OH NO THIS IS MUCH WORSE" Banner Shouted/quipped over the sound of the ships engines
The trio entered the Heli-carrier, Black Widow guiding Bruce and Steve into the ships bridge.
They walked into a flurry of activity as dozens of shield agents walk about with data pads, files and etc in hand. Multiple others sat at screens monitoring the ships functions from its engines to its weapons. Agent Maria Hill is directing traffic, getting an all clear from all stations
Once Maria saw that they were at target altitude, she turned to Fury who stood in the center of it all.
"Sir, we are at lock" Maria informed the director
"Good" Fury acknowledged "Let's vanish"
The Heli-carrier continued its ascension into the sky when there was a glint of light from the bridge of the ship on the outside.
The ship began activate reflective mirrors that was equipped upon every inch of the ship. In a matter of seconds, the entire ship was rendered practically invisible, with only the most acute eyes being able to see the almost unnoticeable wavy bulky shape of the carrier.
Fury turned to address the two newcomers
"Gentlemen"
Steve Rogers simply pulled out a wad of cash, pulling out a ten.
The super soldier didn't even glance at the director as he handed over the bill, too busy in awe of where he was right now.
Fury just amusedly glanced at the ten before pocketing it to approach banner, hand up.
"Doctor, thank you for coming in"
Banner glanced at the hand before reluctantly shaking it.
"Thanks for asking nicely" Banner said "So uh…How long am I staying?"
"Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the clear" Fury answered
"And where are you on that?" Bruce asked
Fury instead looked to Coulson for that answer
"We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cellphones, laptops. If it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears for us"
"That's still not gonna find it in time" Romanoff stated
"You have to narrow the field" Bruce was already in 'science mode' "How many spectrometers do you have access to?"
"How many are there?" Fury asked
"Call every lab you know, tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for gamma rays" Banner instructed "I'll rough out a tracking algorithm based on cluster recognition. At least we could rule out a few places. Do you have somewhere for me to work?"
"Agent Romanoff, would you show Dr. Banner to his laboratory, please?" Fury said to the Ex-soviet spy
Nat nods, walking by Bruce with a quick head gesture
"You're gonna love it Doc" Nat said "We have all the toys"
As Nat and Banner departed, Fury turned to Rogers.
"Captain" Fury called out, catching the attention of the War veteran "I'd like to introduce you to people your teammates that will be working alongside you in our retrieval of the Tesseract"
Steve blinked before nodding in agreement.
Guiding Steve over to the table, Fury went up to the trio that were conversing amongst one another.
"Gentlemen" Fury cut in "Lady"
"Director" The Blonde woman said with a smirk
"I'd like to introduce you all to Captain Rogers" Fury gestured to said Captain
"Pleasure to meet you all" Rogers said pleasantly
"Captain America" The man with the sleeveless vest stepped up "A real honor to meet you sir"
"Steve Rogers"
"Clint Barton"
The two shook hands, before the master marksman stepped back next to the blonde.
"And this, is…well, she's indescribable to me" Clint said cheekily
"You tease" Dinah said with a warm smile
"Dinah Lance, My field name is Black Canary"
"It's an honor to meet you" Captain America said sincerely, shaking hands with Dinah
Then the Captain turned to the Scarlet Speedster
The Speedster of course was trembling with awe and shock, his shivering finger pointing right up at Captain America, eyes wide.
"C-C-C-Capt-Captain A-A-America!?" The Flash stuttered out in total shock and awe
Steve chuckled at the Speedsters stammer, very humbled by the near fanboy reaction of the crimson clad hero.
"It's a real honor to meet you Flash" Steve said, offering his hand
That nearly made Barry have a heart attack.
"Y-You know who I am?!" Barry exclaimed in disbelief
"Jay Garrick speaks very highly of you" Steve informed the man
"You know…wait, of course you know Jay" Flash comically slapped the upside of his head "You guys were war buddies"
"Yeah" Steve reminisced fondly "I had some great War Buddies"
Steve quickly shook himself out of his memories.
"When I met up with Jay, he told me a lot about you" Steve said "Told me you're a better Flash than he ever was"
"And I was say to him, that's a big load of bull" Barry said with stubborn wit "Unlike him, I'm not part of the 'Greatest Generation'. So by default, anyone else who comes after who tries to bear the names of their predecessors are well…second rate"
"He also told me you were modest with a sense of humor" Steve remarked "The Perfect candidate to carry on the legacy of the fastest man alive"
Steve offered his hand once more
"Steve Rogers"
Flash stared at the hand, unsure of himself before taking the hand, shaking it. Flash reached up to his head, pulling off his mask.
"Barry Allen"
"It's a real pleasure to meet you Barry Allen"
Fury in the meantime was speaking with Hill.
"Any luck on finding them?" Fury asked
"It's a lot more difficult than you would expect, sir" Hill informed with a bit or tiredness "One is constantly in a cave, the other is high in the sky, another is on an island that's been cut off from the world for decades and the last one well…as you said before, off world"
"Makes me wish that Stewart was here" Phil Coulson stated as he joined the two "Would have rounded out the team"
"As opposed to the mess of a team we already have?" Hill asked rhetorically "Compared to the crazies we've already recruited?"
"Hill" Fury said with warning
"It's not that they're crazy" Hill quickly rebutted "It's just that they really have no sense of being a team or working with other people"
"Some of them like Cap and our agents have consistently worked alongside others and they have a greater understanding of the concept" Hill argued logically "But the rest of them couldn't be more isolated. One is a hammer swinger that looks like he uses his brawn over brain. Two of them prefer isolation. The other is an alien who has been looking out for an entire city for years thinking he probably doesn't need help. And lastly we've got a speedster who's going to lose his mind from being a part of this along with a man holding back a beast"
"Well when you put it that way, it does sound dreadful and a terrifying idea" Coulson said with a shrug "Should fit right into our quota"
"So now what do we do?" Hill asked "Just sit and wait for something to happen?"
Fury and Phil glanced at each other making Hill roll her eyes
"Never mind I asked" Hill said walking away
Phil and Coulson watched her as she went back to her regular duties.
"She does have kind of a point sir" Coulson said "We've been reacting more than taking the initiative"
"When it comes to situations such as these, Agent Coulson" Fury said returning to his main post "All we can do is react"
Elsewhere
It was a silent night in Tokyo Japan.
…
Well, on the surface at least.
In the underground, in an undisclosed location, Deathstroke the Terminator sat upon a crate, sharpening his sword with a specific metal to make sure it was smooth and sharp.
The Master Assassin and Mercenary just accomplished his recent mission of killing off a Politician that was getting in the way the Yakuza activities.
"The things ya do for a college tuition" Slade Wilson murmured to himself, inspecting his sword which gleamed in the light.
With a satisfied nod, Slade sheathed his sword, now turning his attention to his prized rifle.
Of course though, Slade's head twitched, signifying that there was something amiss.
Deathstroke instantly shot up with a back flip, sword in hand as he pointed it right at the throat of a female with a green outfit that really REALLY pushed up her assets.
"Nice Reflexes" The Female complimented with a satisfied smirk.
"Normally I would take that into account, but you're clearly not here to admire my 'reflexes'" Slade wryly shot back, not lowering his sword "So I'll only ask once, what do you want?"
"You're not even going to ask how I got here?" Amora Inquired
"Don't need to, nor do I care" Slade said simply "In this world, I've learned when to ask how and why. So, Why are you here? Not to kill me, otherwise you would've done it already"
"Clever, resourceful, and fierce to boot with an added bonus of skill" Amora said with Satisfactory "You're exactly what we're looking for"
"We?"
From behind, a large hand grabbed Slade's shoulder roughly.
Instead of having the effect of tossing Slade away from Amora, the executioner blinked in surprise when the smaller man twirled round and flipped over him, nicking his cheek.
Executioner stumbled somewhat, reaching up to wipe his cheek. The fingers had blood on them.
The Asgardians eyes widened in disbelief. Looking back, the axe wielding warrior saw blood on the tip of Deathstrokes blade.
Snarling, the Executioner would have moved to put the mortal in his place had it not been for Amora placing a hand on his large arm to calm him down.
"There now, my dear" Amora said, relaxing the large man "This man is exactly what Loki wants"
"And what is it that this 'Loki' wants from me" Deathstroke said, not sheathing his sword "It must be somewhat important if he sends his stooges to me"
Though Amora was rather irked at just how casually insulted her, she did a natural job in hiding it.
"Why, the offer of a lifetime"
Heli-Carrier
Clint Barton was currently eavesdropping on a conversation between Coulson and Rogers, trying his best to hold in his laughter. Which was really difficult considering the circumstance.
"I mean, if it's not too much trouble" Coulson said to the Captain
"No, no, it's fine" Steve said dismissively
It's a vintage set" Coulson said proudly "It took me a couple of years to collect them all. Near mint, slight foxing around the edges, but..."
Their conversation ended when Agent Jasper Sitwell interrupted them with urgency
"We've got a hit" Jasper said from his computer "Sixty-seven percent match. Wait. Seventy-nine percent"
"Where" Clint Barton asked
"Stuttgart, Germany. 28, Konigstrasse" Jasper said, noting "He's not exactly hiding"
"Captain" Fury spoke up, looking the man dead in the eye "You're up"
Steve silently nods, walking away.
"Get your team ready Barton" Fury said, not even glancing at the archer "Bring Flash with you"
"Copy that"
Down in Germany a grand gala of sorts was being held, and of course…
Loki standing in front of the museum, dressed in 21st century attire and with the scepter, disguised as a cane, walks up to the entrance of the gala.
Inside, a lavished gala with an orchestra playing, is interrupted as the Head Doctor walks up to the mic.
Meanwhile, Steve enters a locker room where a set of doors opened to reveal his newer, sleeker and updated suit.(It's the suit from Winter Soldier except a more brighter shade of blue with the red and white stripes on the stomach)
And of course, his signature shield.
Steve briefly pauses, contemplating on what he's about to do
With Barton, he casually walks by a conversing Nat and Dinah, silently gesturing his thumb making them leave to get ready.
He round a corner, walked down a hallway and entered the lab finding Barry and Bruce getting along quite well.
Outside the museum, German guards stand in their position at attention and ready for whatever may come.
If it were any ordinary threat.
Suddenly all guards were killed within seconds.
Deathstroke comes out from his cover of the tree line with his crew, one of the men handing Slade a Shield Retinal Scanner.
Loki looks from above the museum and descends down to where the head doctor is. As he makes it down and near the stage, he casually flips his cane to grab the other end. The guard there notices him, pulls out his gun, but Loki clubs his head in.
Chaos erupted as guests begin to leave the museum. Loki grabs the doctor and flips him over onto an odd gold table of sorts. Loki pulls out another Shield Retinal scanner. He activated it and plunged into the eye of the doctor, making the mortal convulse in pain.
People began to frantically run away at that. All the while, Loki looks on with a maniacal smile on his face, enjoying the pandemonium
On the other end with Deathstroke, Slade's Retinal Scanner lit up and he placed it on the eye scanner to the facility entrance.
A holographic twitching eye was formed, allowing access into the facility. Deathstroke moved swiftly in obtaining a rare mineral known as Iridium which was needed in completing Erik Selvig's plans.
"Our job here is done" Deathstroke said to the brainwashed men around him
On the other end outside the gala, Loki materializes his original suit, horned helmet and all, cane now scepter once more.
He teleported outside where it was total chaos.
Police cars swerved around the corner.
Loki wasted no time or hesitance in quickly dispatching the police with well timed blue beams hitting each car dead on.
While people tried to escape, copies of Loki began appearing everywhere, all saying one thing.
"Kneel Before me"
People still continued to run and scream until…
"I said…" Loki slammed his Scepter down, all clones gems glowing radiantly
"KNEEL" Loki yelled, his voice echoing across the plaza
Everyone was frightened into silence, before complying fearfully. All went onto one knee, heads down in terror.
Loki only smiled gleefully, opening up his arms as if in embrace of what he was experiencing
"Is not this simpler?" Loki began, walking into the crowd "Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel"
The words seemed to resonate with everyone until one elderly German man refused to remain kneeling, rising up to face Loki.
"Not to men like you" The German man said defiantly
"There are no men like me" Loki said like it was obvious
"There are always men like you" The man said, unimpressed
That seemed to strike a nerve with Loki as he point the scepter up at the man.
"Look to your elder, people" Loki said coldly "Let him be an example"
Loki readies his public his execution, scepter glowing. Just as he fires the energy beam, a man clad in blue jumps out of nowhere in front of the man, his shield deflecting the beam.
The bolt bounced of the shield, right back at Loki who got hit in the gut, sprawling onto the ground.
Loki glanced up to see Captain America stand tall before him.
"You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everyone else, we ended up disagreeing" Steve said, intently staring at Loki
"The Solider" Loki snidely remarked as he stood back up "The Man out of time"
"I'm not the one of time" Steve stated
And just on cue, a jet arrived above Rogers, machine gun pointed right at Loki.
"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down" Natasha's voice echoed over the speaker
Like lighting, Loki whipped up his staff, firing another energy beam at the quinjet.
Thankfully, Nat maneuvered out of the way giving Cap the chance to throw the shield at Loki. The shield of course bounced of Loki, but it did manage to make the god stumble.
Cap went in to engage Loki.
Loki would have struck back had it not been for the red blur that shoved him from behind into Caps shield.
That stunned Loki momentarily, Cap taking advantage with a series of kicks and punches.
Of course, Loki recovered quickly enough to block Captain America once more.
Grabbing the Soldier, Loki easily tossed Rogers away and with inhuman reflexes, slammed down his scepter which sent off a blue energy burst around him, making the Flash fly back and land hard.
Loki went up to the down Super Soldier and pressed the bottom of his scepter down onto Cap's neck.
"Kneel" Loki growled out
Then an arrow got embedded into his clothes. Loki glanced down at his chest and was momentarily blinded by the small explosion.
"Not today" Cap exclaimed with a spinning kick
The kick was then followed up by a visible soundwave that came from none other than Black Canary.
Loki of course was not deterred in the slightest. But even he knew that he was seriously outnumbered.
Loki saw a man with a bow rappel down from a line from the jet above whilst a blonde woman with fish net stockings flipped around before both landed besides Captain America.
Then the red blur ran past Loki, joining the trio.
Loki saw the speedster was practically covered in red, with yellow lightning bolts trimmings on his waste, wrists and calves. Lightning crackled around the man as he glared at the trickster god.
"Finally held still, huh?" Nat remarked from the pilots seat of the jet until…
"Agent Romanoff" Said a familiar sarcastic voice "You miss me"
Nat simply rolled her eyes as ACDCs Shoot To Thrill was blared from the speakers of the jet and from Iron Mans suit itself as he descended from up high, blasting Loki back with repulsor beams, sticking the landing with his signature pose.
He stood tall and proud, pointing both arms at Loki, bringing out every weapon the suit had at its disposal.
"Make your move Reindeer games" Tony said
Loki simply raised his hands in surrender, his armor disappearing.
"Good move" Tony stated
"Reindeer Games?" Clint scoffed god naturedly "That's the best you could come up with?"
"Whatever Robin Hood" Tony pout beneath his helmet
"Mr. Stark"
"Captain"
Nat lands to pick the large group up, lifting off to return to the Heli-carrier.
Hawkeye and Canary conversed amongst one another up in the front, Canary in the co-pilots seat.
Tony, Barry and Steve kept their eyes on Loki.
"He say anything yet?" Fury asked through the comms
"Not a word" Nat replied
"He's giving us the silent treatment" Canary added, eying the thunder around them warily
"Like a girl who had her phone taken away by her dad" Clint quipped
"Just get him here" Fury said "We're low on time"
Steve and tony then exchanged words.
"I don't like it" Steve said
"What?" Barry asked
"Rock of ages giving up so easily?" Tony asked
"I don't remember it being ever that easy" Steve said firmly "This guy packs a wallop"
"Maybe he was all hype" Barry suggested "You should see my Rogues"
"Maybe" Steve said, eyeing the trickster
"Still" Tony said "You are spry, for an older fellow"
Barry now glanced awkwardly between the two, stepping back a bit.
"What's your thing? Pilates?" Tony asked
"What?"
"It's like calisthenics" Tony explained "You might have missed a couple things, you know, doing time as a capsicle"
Now Barry just turned around to speak with the others.
Steve stared intently at Tony, now meeting a man who could match his own personality.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in" Steve stated
"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you" Tony stated as if it was fact
That was when thunder and lightning nearly struck the jet, shaking it violently
"Ok, that was a little too close for comfort" Barry dryly said, remembering another lightning strike from the past
"Where is this coming from?" Nat asked
"It's not natural" Clint observed as the clouds seemed to be only above them
Loki was also now more wary, staring intently at the lightning.
Rogers noticed this
"What's the matter?" Steve asked, somewhat condescendingly "Scared of a little lighting?"
Loki just gave the man a look
"I'm not overly fond of what follows" Loki said
From high above, a figure was speeding right towards the jet, landing right on it.
The jet shuddered and shook before leveling itself.
Cap and Barry slipped their masks back on whilst Tony placed his helmet on just as the ramp opened.
In jumped the Mighty Thor, wielding his magic hammer Mjolnir.
Tony was about to engage the god when Thor simply struck him back with his hammer, sending Tony crashing into Flash and Cap.
Thor then grabbed Loki by the throat before twirling his hammer to fly off.
"Great" Tony stood up "Now there's that guy"
"Another Asgardian" Nat called out from the front
"Think the guy's a friendly?" Steve asked
"Oh yeah" Clint dryly stated "Real friendly
"None of that matters" Tony said in complete seriousness "If he frees Loki of kills him, the Tesseracts lost"
Tony moved to the ramp.
"Stark" Steve called out to him "We need a plan of attack"
"I have a plan" Tony glanced back at the Captain momentarily "Attack"
And like that, Tony flew off.
Steve just sighed in disappointment and annoyance
"Well that went well" Barry commented
"Right" Steve said, grabbing the nearest parachute
Nat glanced back at Steve
"I'd sit this one out Cap" Nat advised
"I don't see how I can" Cap said, strapping on the chute
"These guys come from legend, they're basically gods" Nat said
"There's only one god ma'am" Steve said "And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that"
Cap then jumped out of the plane, angling himself shield and arm first.
Barry and Clint just sat there, staring out at the ramp
"Uh" Barry spoke up, looking at Clint "Do you wanna go down there?"
"Pfft, no" Clint responded right away
"Oh, ok good, I'm not the only one" Barry said in relief when Canary burst his bubble
"I hope you two realize we need to pick them up once they're done"
Barry and Clint shared a look before groaning, slumping their heads in defeat.
Down somewhere in the European Mountains, Thor descended from up high, throwing Loki down onto the ground.
"Where is the Tesseract?" Thor asked in barely contained rage
Loki groaned a bit before laughing
"I've missed you too"
"Do I like to be in a gaming mood" Thor angrily said
"Oh, you should thank me" Loki said sitting up "With the Bifrost gone how much dark energy did the Allfather have to muster to conjure you here?"
"Your precious Earth" Loki scoffed
Thor dropped Mjolnir which caused the mountain to quake for a moment.
The thunder god roughly pulled up his lost brother before his expression softened
"I thought you dead" Thor said softly
"Did you mourn?" Loki asked somberly
"We all did" Thor said as a matter of fact "Our Father…"
"YOUR father" Loki bitterly reminded him
Thor let his brother go, the wedge between them growing even more
"He did tell you of my true parentage, did he not?"
Thor, however would have none of that
"We were raised together, we played together, we fought together. Do you remember none of that?" Thor said all this almost pleadingly
"I remember a shadow" Loki said, turning back to Thor
"Living in the shade of your greatness. I remember you tossing me into an abyss. I was and should be king!" Loki finished, raising his voice in laced rage
"So you take the world I love as recompense for your imagined slights" Thor said in disbelief
"No, the Earth is under my protection, Loki" Thro said determinedly only to get a mocking laugh from Loki
"And you're doing a marvelous job" Loki said condescendingly "The humans slaughter each other in droves, while you idly threat. I mean to rule them! And why should I not?"
"You think yourself above them" Thor said in a bit of a sneer
"Well, yes" Loki said like it was obvious
"Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother" Thor argued "The throne would suit you ill"
Angered, Loki shoves Thor aside, walking to the ledge of the mountain
"I've seen worlds you've never known about!" Loki boasted
"I have grown, Odinson, in my exile!" Loki said, emphasizing Thor's last name "I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it..."
"Who showed you this power?" Thor interrupted in alarm "Who controls the would-be-king?"
"I AM A KING!" Loki shouted in rage
"NOT HERE" Thor yelled back, grabbing Loki by the collar "You give up the Tesseract! You give up this poisonous dream"
Thor once again softened "You come home"
Loki just gave a weak grin
"I don't have it"
That did it as Thor stepped back summoning Mjolnir back into his hand, ready to swing at Loki's face.
"You need the cube to bring me back home, but I've sent it off I know not where" Loki reasoned with his typical mocking wit
"You listen well brother, I…"
Thor was suddenly tackled off the mountain all the way to the earth by Iron Man, leaving Loki to say…
"I'm listening" Loki said expectantly
Iron Man carried Thor all the way down to the ground, throwing him off once they were less than a few yards above the forest ground.
Thor tumbled around before righting himself on both legs.
Thor glanced around before his eyes locked onto the form of Iron Man, whose visor flipped up to show his face.
"Do not touch me again" Thor Threatened
"Then don't take my stuff" Tony retorted
"You have no idea what you are dealing with" Thor said firmly
Tony glanced around, amused
"Shakespeare in the park?" Tony jokingly asked
"Doth mother know, you weareth her drapes" Tony said in a dramatic voice
"This is beyond you, metal man" Thor stated, clearly not amused by Starks Jest "Loki will face Asgardian Justice"
"He gives up the cube he's all yours, until then" Tony said when his helmet flipped down "Stay out of the way"
Stark turned to leave "Tourist"
Thor was not having it. In the blink of an eye, Thor hurled his hammer right at Iron Man.
Tony spun around right in time to get a Mjolnir to the chest sending him flying and crashing through some trees.
Shakily, Tony propped himself up, eyes narrowed
"Ok"
Thor began approaching Iron Man, hand raised to summon Mjolnir back into his hand. He began spinning it in preparation to attack when Iron Man surprised with a powerful energy beam right to the chest, sending him smack back into a tree.
Iron man chose to follow up with a flying kick that sent Thor THROUGH the tree.
Thor landed on his knee, glancing up at Iron Man before raising his hammer into the skies, summoning lighting into his mystical weapon.
Loki, during all of this, just looked on from his ledge on the mountain in amusement
Back with the quinjet, Nat and Canary saw the lightning bolt and moved to go towards the location of where lightning struck when the jet shook a bit when a red and blue blur zoomed past at exceptional speed.
Thor had finished charging up and had fired his bolt of lightning right at Iron Man.
Iron Man stumbled back holding his ground, but there were scorches and melted parts of metal all over his suits.
Tony kept his eyes closed while the lightning blared around when
"Power at 400% capacity" JARVIS informed
Tony blinked
"How 'bout that?" Tony said grinning now
Tony's palm blasters whirred in a high pitch of energy, firing a powerful dual beam at Thor which once more sent the god flying b ack.
Only this time, Thor landed on both feet and the two posed like two gunslingers in a western getting ready to draw.
And then the two flew at one another, clashing in midair, flying right towards the mountain.
The two spin around in the air when Iron Man elbowed Thor and smashed him into the mountainside, dragging the thunderer up on the side of the mountain when Thor leapt away from the mountain, taking Iron Man down with him.
The two crashed into every tree possible before both began to continue their slug fest.
Thor then grabs both hands and begins to crush the armor with ease.
Tony strains in some pain and desperation as he diverts all power his left gauntlet.
The blast was strong enough to momentarily stun Thor giving Tony the chance to head butt Thor.
Thor glanced incredulously at the man when he Bashed his head back at Tony.
Iron Man careened back across the forest when he stopped and activated his thrusters, flying at Thor. The armored hero quickly grabbed the gods cap and swung him into a tree.
Thor stood up, patience all gone by this point.
He went right up to Iron Man who swung at Thor.
Thor easily ducked underneath and punched Tony in the gut. He followed up with a grab, lifting up Tony before smashing him down to the ground.
Thor raised his hand behind him to recall Mjolnir when he was tackled down by a red and blue Blur.
The Thunder god blinked as his eyes fell upon a Caucasian man with jet black hair and blue eyes.
"I think that's far enough" The newcomer said finality
Thor just clenched his teeth in annoyance as yet another earthling attempts to prevent him from taking Loki back.
With his godly strength, Thor kicked the red caped wearing hero off of him.
Superman blinked in surprise, never guessing this man had enough strength to do that.
Iron Man didn't bother with greeting the Kryptonian as he flew by to re-engage Thor.
Thor welcomed the challenge, catching Iron Man in a lariat.
Clarks eyes widened before he charged at Thor bashing into him.
Thor, for what felt like the hundredth time that night, crashed right into another tree.
Only this time, Thor instantly recovered, throwing Mjolnir at Superman at high speeds, catching the man of steel off guard.
The hammer hit him right on the noggin, snapping Superman's head back as he fell.
Superman was dazed for the moment.
That was painful! That really hurt!
Which only meant one thing.
'Magic' Superman thought in dread, the ringing in his head slowly subsiding
Superman stood back up, ready to fight when a metal disk ricocheted off of all three of them before returning to its owner
"That's enough" Captain America said with Authority
The Super Soldier leapt down to ground level with the other three combatants, staring right a t Thor.
"Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here" Steve began
"I've come to put an end to Loki's schemes" Thor declared in frustration
"Then prove it" Steve shot back "Put that hammer down"
"Um, yeah, no! Bad call!" Tony called out "He loves his hammer"
Thor by this point had lost all patience.
With a back hand to Iron Man and a Hammer bash to Superman, Thor roared out at Captain America
"YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN!?"
Thor leaps into the air, Hammer raised above his head.
Steve crouches in readiness, raising his shield to meet Mjolnir.
The second the hammer hits the vibranium shield, a gong followed by a blinding shockwave reverberated throughout the forest
All occupants got to their feet seconds later, all looking around the forest in some form of shock.
Cap sighed
"Are we done here?" Cap asked rhetorically
The four of them just continued to stand their until the decimated forest was filled with the sounds of quinjet engines.
The men looked to the sky to see the quinjet descending towards them, ramp out with Clint and Flash overlooking the devastation.
The speedster had his mouth open, slack jawed whilst Hawkeye just whistled
"Geez, talk about a dick swinging contest getting out of hand" Clint commented, nudging Flash with a grin "Huh? Am I right?"
Dinah only groaned "Clint, for the love of god"
The quinjet soon departs from the area with a large increase in passengers save for Superman and Iron Man who chose to remain outside and follow by flight.
They all soon arrived at the Heli-carrier, a large unit of SHIELD agents with special tactical gear were awaiting their arrival.
They confiscate the scepter of Loki and take Loki in accompanied by Hawkeye and Black Canary.
Bruce Banner got to work right away as he began scanning and analyzing the Scepter.
Of course, the doctor had to stop and observe Loki being escorted by Shield agents.
The trickster god noticed the stare and looked right back at the walking gamma accident, wicked smile and all.
Bruce rubbed his eyes in an attempt to get Loki out of his head and to sooth this horrible gut feeling.
Loki was placed into a unique confinement, contained in a large glass cell held up by specially built hydraulic rigs to keep it in place. Fury walks up to the control panel.
"In case it's unclear" Fury said "You try to escape. You so much as scratch that glass"
Fury pressed a button on the panel which opened the large hatch beneath Loki. The god peaked out as much as he could, but all he needed to hear was the bellowing wind coming up from the hole.
"Thirty thousand feet, straight down in a steel trap" Fury said "You get how that works?"
The hatch closed a moment later
"Ant" Fury pointed at Loki, then gestured to the panel "Boot'
"It's an impressive cage" Loki admitted, though with a taunt "Not built for me I think"
"Built for something a lot stronger than you" Fury stated
"Oh I've heard" Loki looked to the camera within the cell
On the other end, the assembled heroes all either watched the captured god on a screen or listened close by.
"The mindless beast, makes play he's still a man" Loki said
Everyone shifted uncomfortably, eyes shifting towards Banner who held a neutral expression, staring at the monitor intently
"How desperate are you…" Loki now turned to speak to Fury "That you call on such lost creatures to defend you?"
"How desperate am I?" Fury asked rhetorically "You threaten my world with war. You steal a force you can't hope to control. You talk about peace yet you kill cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate"
"Oh" Loki was unimpressed
"It burns you to come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power. And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share, and then to be reminded what real power is"
"Well let me know if real power wants a magazine or something" Fury states, walking off
With the assembled heroes….
"You know he really grows on you" Barry remarked "Has a charismatic personality"
"Loki's going to drag this out" Steve said right away "They always do"
"So then what are we waiting for exactly?" Superman asked the Steve
Steve turned to Thor
"Thor, what's his play"
Thor contemplated briefly
"He has an army called the Chitauri" Thor explained "They're not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract"
"An army?" Steve asked in seriousness "From Outer Space?"
"So he's building another portal" Banner correctly surmised "That's what he need's Erik Selvig for"
"Selvig?" Thor said
"He's an astrophysicist" Bruce explained to Thor
"He's a friend" Thor said to the scientist
"Loki has him under some kind of mind control" Black Canary said to the thunderer
"I wanna know why Loki let us take him" Steve said the most bothersome aspect of it all "He's not leading an army from here"
"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki" Bruce spoke up "That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you can smell crazy on him"
"Have care how you speak" Thor spoke now more intensely "Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard. And he is my brother"
Clint just deadpanned at the guy "You do realize that Loki's arrival caused an entire SHIELD base to implode on itself…"
"Killing 82 people in two days" Nat finished for Clint, also deadpanning
"He's adopted" Thor lamely defended
"So are we just going to talk about Loki and stand around doing just that or what?" Superman asked "Cause I'm a bit lost here as to what's happening"
"Yeah, join the club" Steve remarked
"Iridium" Banner began "What does he need the Iridium for?"
"It's a stabilizing agent"
All heads turned towards Tony Stark enter alongside Coulson
"I'll fly you there, keep the love alive" Stark finished his conversation with Coulson before speaking to the rest of the group
"Means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did with SHIELD" tony finished, walking up to Thor
"No hard feelings Point Break, you got a mean swing" Tony said, tapping Thor on his muscular arms
"Also it means the portal can open as wide, and stay open, as long as Loki wants" Tony said referring back to the Iridium
"Um, Raise the mid-mast, ship to the sails" Tony said to the crew who all stopped what they were doing for the moment to stare at Stark
"That man is playing Galaga" Tony pointed out "Thought we wouldn't notice but we did"
Tony stares at a monitor, covering his eye for a moment before looking around
"How does Fury do this?" Tony asked jokingly
"He turns" Maria Hill said plainly
"Sounds exhausting" Tony stated, discreetly placing a chip on one of the computers
"Now that Deathstroke seems to be working for our lunatic, he can procure the rest of the components easily. Only major component he needs is a power source. A high energy density. Something to *snap snap* kick start the cube"
"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Hill asked
"Last night" Tony casually said "The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers"
"Am I the only one who did the reading?!" Tony said in exasperation
"Can you at least tell us what kind of power source Loki would need?" Superman asked
"He's got to heat the cube to a Hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier" Bruce answered
"Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect" tony continued
"If he could do that he could achieve Heavy Ion Fusion at any reactor on the planet" Said a new much deeper male voice
One that Tony, instantly recognized
"BATS" Tony exclaimed with glee as in walked the Dark Knight of Gotham, the Batman.
"I heard Deathstroke is now involved" Batman said
"How long have you been standing there?" Hawkeye asked "What, were you picking your moment to make an entrance?"
Batman actually gave the archer a quick smirk before facing Tony
"It's good to see you again Tony" Batman said pleasantly
"Same to you" Tony said, placing a hand on his shoulder before facing Bruce
"Is that what just happened?" Steve asked, looking to the others, feeling very confused
"It's a pleasure to meet someone else that speaks English doctor" Tony said, shaking hands with the man
The two shared a brief glimmer of respect in their eyes
"You're work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled" Tony praised, adding an after thought of "And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster"
Bruce looked down awkwardly "Thanks"
"Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube" Fury announced, entering the bridge "I was hoping you could join him. Batman is it too much to ask to keep him in check?"
"Hey, why do I need a babysitter?" Tony said in false indignation "And by a friend nonetheless"
"Tony, as your 'friend', you really don't want the answers to that" Batman said blandly
"Answer?"
"I'd start with that stick of his" Steve inputted "It may be magical but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon"
"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn some of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys" Fury said
"Monkeys?" Thor said in confusion "I do understand"
"I do!" Steve said
Tony rolled his eyes while Roger felt proud of himself "I understood that reference"
Tony looked between Bruce and Bruce
"Shall we play gentlemen?"
Banner gestured for Tony to follow after him.
The trio left.
On the other side, an agent lifted up another control and was joined by Flash and the two of them resumed playing Galaga together
Clint caught notice of this. He eyed everyone else and managed to walk over to them without being spotted….somehow.
Steve only sighed, standing up
"Is there a place to eat?" Steve asked Fury
"Nat" Fury said, focused on his work
Natasha lead Steve to the cafeteria, accompanied by Dinah.
"So, this should be fun" Dinah commented "We've got so many personalities on this ship now"
"Yeah, more than we needed" Nat said dryly, glancing back to cap "You alright there, Cap?"
"Hmm? What?" Steve said, snapping out of his thoughts
"You look like you were thinking about the meaning of life" Canary jokingly said
"Might as well be" Steve said whimsically and enigmatically
The trio entered the cafeteria to find an extremely bizarre sight.
A woman dressed oddly with a sword on her hip and shield on her back, holding two cones of ice cream.
"This sweet known as ice Cream reminds of chocolate" The woman said with happiness "It is truly an amazing achievement of man"
The two women of the trio gaped in amazement whilst Captain Americas jaw may as well fell off.
"D-Diana?" Steve whispered in shock and disbelief
The warrior amazon froze, dropping her ice cream.
Slowly, the warrior turned to face Steve, her expression changing from one of shock to elation.
"STEVE" Diana exclaimed, flying over to him, grabbing him into a bear hug that he happily returned
"OH thank Hera, I thought the rumors were false" Wonder Woman shouted with joy, a tear of joy streaking down her face a t being reunited with her friend.
"Diana, you have no idea how happy I am to see you" Steve said weakly, though with a beaming smile
Nat and Dinah could only stare dumbly at the two war heroes who have reunited after what seemed like an eternity.
"You know" Dinah said, snapping out of her daze "I think there may be hope yet for this initiative after all"
Whew, hey guys, another chapter for this one
Gonna give you guys a heads up for those who have followed me from my other stories
This is a story I've been wanting to write ever since I've started here so I'm sorry that I've neglected working on my other current stories Noble Justice and Along Came A Spider.
After this one, I'm returning to update the other two as fast as possible.
And let me tell you guys it has not been easy writing anything.
I've got two jobs, college and I've finally started my youtube channel Psyco Culture after six years of trying.
Really so much shit is going on I just can't even comprehend how I get anything done these days.
But I'm saying this here and now. My stories have not been abandoned, they are just on a prolonged hiatus due to writers block, difficulty in life and the such that I listed down already.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy this chapter
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