Ok everybody I'm sorry it has taken this long to update this chapter, but I have had a lot on my plate recently and I hope this does not disappoint.
The Spark pt2
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH UHH!" Tony shouted as he hurdled through the air only to crash face first into the ground.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME! PATHETIC!" Dynamo yelled as his steel fist rocketed into Steve's Shield, sending him flying into the air where he managed to grab a hold of a lamppost and land on the floor without any trouble.
She-Hulk ran over to the Armoured Russian and threw a punch at him which he caught with his metallic fist. Dynamo chuckled as he grabbed She-Hulk's other hand and began to spin on the spot until he let go, sending the Gammazon flying into the side of a building. The strength that the suit granted Dynamo was like that of the Hulkbuster suits that Tony had in his possession, so going toe to toe with high strength level heroes wasn't a big problem.
"Dam it, guys we could use some backup here, JARVIS send in my Big gun" Tony ordered
"Straight away sir, it will take a minute or two" JARVIS replied
"Shit, then we have to hold him off for that long" Tony groaned
"Iron Man, I have only 1 minute and 30 seconds" T'Challa said on the other side of the line
"Alright, T'Challa you have to take off the panel on the lower right hand side of the machine, you can do this as quickly as you like the machine is actually pretty sturdy" Tony advised, as T'Challa did as instructed and quickly tore the panel that he found off with his Vibranium claws.
"Alright…now what?" T'Challa asked
"Ok, this part is the most important part, you have to reroute the electro magnets and put them in a reverse position so that the…"
"So that the plasma converters don't overload when I disconnect them?" T'Challa replied
"….Yeah that!" Tony replied urgently as he dodged a volley of Gatling gun fire from Dynamo. For a second there Tony forgot that T'Challa had an IQ on the same level as him and could probably find a way to disarm the bomb without having him hold his hand all the way.
"Logan, Jess, Laura! We could use some help over her! Falcon, Wasp you help T'Challa out!" Tony ordered over the radio in his helmet.
"You got it Stark!" Logan replied as he unsheathed his claws and ran out accompanied by Spiderwoman and X-23.
"AH! MORE LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER!" Dynamo cackled as he bashed his metallic fists together.
"Your right about it being a slaughter bub!" Logan yelled as he leapt up with his claws bared, only for Dynamo to backhand him away like a fly. Luckily Logan's Adamantium skeleton meant that the blow didn't break anything but the car he crashed into.
Jess and Laura however were a lot more tactical in their approach and didn't charge in like Logan did, probably due to the fact that they were not as sturdy as him. Jess leaped up and landed on the Tin Plated Russian's back and tried her best to fire her venom blasts into his more important circuitry, while Laura ran up to Dynamo and sliced and stabbed at his armour.
Dynamo however was smart enough to counter this attack and retaliated by landing an extremely hard punch to Laura, sending her flying and crashing into the ground. The hit defiantly managed to break one or two ribs and maybe fracture her pelvis, but it wasn't something that would keep her down for long.
Dynamo then had his attention focused on Jess and instead of doing the idiotic thing and trying to pry her off, he fired his repulsars and thrusters in front of him and as he shot off towards a wall, Jess only had a split second to leap out of the way as Dynamo crashed into the wall.
"Dammit, She-Hulk you hit him low! Logan, try some defence this time! And try to aim for the joints in his armour, the plates are too thick!" Tony ordered as he shot off towards the Metal clad villain.
Meanwhile inside the city hall, T'Challa was having his own problems
"How much longer?" Falcon asked
"Stop breathing down my neck and I may be finished sooner" T'Challa spoke back quickly as he fiddled with the wires and flicked switches.
"…..Shit!" T'Challa cursed, Sam and Janet's eyes widened as it was not like the Wakandan Monarch to curse.
"What is it?" Wasp asked
"I need to disconnect the main router in order to stop the detonation…."
"And the problem is?" Falcon asked
"It is in the heart of the machine…..and there is hardly any room for me to get in without detonating it" The Panther king spoke….until.
"Wasp, I need you to shrink down and fly inside the core of the device" T'Challa suddenly spoke
"What!?"
"You can fit inside the machine's inner workings and disconnect the circuits"
"But i…"
"I'll walk you through it by radio" T'Challa said
"….Alright…..here I go" Wasp said as she shrunk down to a mere centimetre and flew into the device. T'Challa swore he felt the sweat on his brow getting worse as he looked to the slow ticking clock reading the time it had left
00:00:55
"Hurry up Wasp! We don't have much time!" T'Challa cautioned through his radio
"I'M WORKING ON IT!" Janet shouted back as she whizzed past the wires and circuitry
"What does this core look like anyway?" she asked
"You will know when you see it" T'Challa replied
"HOLD STILL YOU COWARD!" Dynamo shouted as his Gatling gun fire missed Tony completely as he dodged and weaved in mid-flight
"JARVIS, when is the suit gonna arrive?" Tony asked desperately. Dynamo had obviously had some upgrades performed on his suit as Tony never remembered him being this tough, little did he know that the Russian had upgraded his armour with some of the tech given to him by the people associated with the silver haired samurai who had broken him out of the raft. So far it seemed to be doing a great job at allowing him to fight off this many Avengers by himself.
"Hulkbuster MK2 is inbound sir" the AI alerted its master
"About dam time too" Tony said as he looked up into the sky to see the shadowy silhouette of the MK2 Hulkbuster (World War Hulk version). Its design was much bulkier than its predecessor and thus made it much tougher and Tony hoped it would do the job of battering Dynamo. There was also the fact that he could fit into it whilst also wearing another suit like the MK6 he was wearing. Tony flew up into the skies so that he could merge with the behemoth of a suit.
Meanwhile the other Avengers were trying their best not to get clobbered by the colossal Russian as he managed to hold his own against the team up to this point. Logan managed to slice up one or two armour plates on Dynamo but was still having trouble not getting pummelled while doing it. She-Hulk was the most physically strong of the team present and was having problems of her own such as not being able to get close enough without a titanium plated fist in the face.
"COMING THROUGH!" Tony shouted as he whooshed past and tackled Dynamo. The Russian villain was sent flying into a wall and saw that Tony was clad in an armoured suit that was just as huge and bulky as his was.
"I think this evens the odds, don't you think so Anton?" Tony asked as he bashed his huge steel fist together.
"NOW….THIS IS INTEREASTING!" Dynamo shouted in glee as he charged Tony at full speed, Tony did the same and the two metal titans' fists collided.
"now, be sure to avoid the copper wire links on the left hand side" T'Challa warned Wasp as she navigated her way through the interior of the device. The mayor and his staff had exited the room and made their way out, leaving the Avengers to take care of the bomb.
"Got it…..how do you know so much about this thing anyway?" Janet asked
"It is based off of Stark Tech, and I have had a good many years around Tony's tech that I know how it works" T'Challa replied
"Good to know…." Janet suddenly went silent
"Wasp….Wasp do you read me?" T'Challa asked as Janet remained silent
"Yeah….I read you…..hey T'Challa, what does this core thing look like again?"
"Large and Spherical in nature and…" T'Challa stated before Wasp cut him off.
"Does it glow blue and hum?"
"…Yes….have you found it?"
"Yeah" Wasp replied as she stared into the plasma energy core of the device "What am I supposed to do now?" she asked
"Do you see the clasps holding the core to the rest of the machine?" T'Challa asked. As he did, Wasp took a close look and saw that the core was indeed held together by metallic clasps and a various collection of wires.
"Yeah?"
"I need you to disconnect them immediately, start with the clasps on your right side, then the ones on the left"
"Alright, does it matter how rough I am?"
"…Yes….Yes it does, don't use your stingers, but feel free to tear them off, the wires are the real sensitive parts of the device" T'Challa said
"Okay….I'm on it" Janet said as she began disconnecting the clasps at a rapid pace.
"How long have we got?" Sam asked
"30 seconds….more than enough time to disarm this thing" T'Challa smiled behind his mask
"I'll say, you're doing a great job too" said a fourth voice behind Falcon and Panther. The two Avengers then turned, T'Challa got an armoured fist in the gut, instantly knocking him into the wall and onto him knees with a loud thwack, and Falcon didn't have time to use his wings as a pair of armoured hands wrapped around his throat and squeezed so tight that his oxygen was instantly cut off.
Falcon's vision went blurry very quickly as he could hardly see the face of the man strangling him, but whoever it was, he was strong as all hell and didn't seem to be putting much effort into this act. Falcon then lost consciousness as his body was dropped to the floor.
T'Challa felt that the punch had done a lot of damage, sure his outfit had vibranium woven into the fabric which lessened the blow, but he wasn't invincible. That punch was powerful and the Wakandan king knew that it was going to bruise badly, it felt like someone had sledgehammered him in the gut. He then felt someone grab his cape and pick him up off the floor, without having chance to react T'Challa got a knee in the stomach. The strength behind the blow was strong enough to knock the Wakandan king out cold before being dropped to the floor.
The figure then bent down and took the radio out of T'Challa's ear and held it to his.
"Panther…..do you read me? Panther do you read me?" Wasp asked
The figure sighed before grabbing the hilt of his sword, giving it a flourish before driving it into the machine. Electricity trickled up the sword's blade and into the figure, his eyes began glowing blue as the energy travelled from the blade and into him.
Dynamo fell to the floor with a loud and almighty thud; his armour was wrent and battered from the Avenger's combined efforts. Iron man's Hulkbuster MK2 armour seemed to tip the scales enough for the team to defeat the armoured Russian.
"Well….not so tough now are ya bub?" Logan grinned as he put his boot on Dynamo's chest plate.
"Now Dynamo…I think we are overdue for a chat" Steve said as he grabbed the scruff of Dynamo's armour and yanked him up in a sitting position.
"GO TO HELL AVENGER!" Dynamo spat, keeping his tough exterior on
"How about I try me technique?" Logan asked as he extended his claws, Dynamo may have been tough, but he knew that Wolverine wasn't like many other Avengers and would kill if necessary, and Dynamo was smart enough to know where this was going.
"Well Anton? I'm sure Wolverine would have some fun convincing you to talk" Steve smirked
"…ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT I'LL TALK" The armoured Russian broke under pressure.
"Why the hell would you attack this city? What's your reasoning behind it?" Steve demanded as he raised his shield in a threat.
"I'M FOLLOWING ORDERS, THAT'S ALL!" Dynamo replied with a wheeze, he had truly taken a beating from the Avengers and it was showing.
"Orders? Whose orders? Who sent you to do this?" Steve demanded
"…ALRIGHT….ALRIGHT….THEY WANTED ME TO DESTORY THIS CITY FOR A REASON…"
"They? Who is they?" Tony asked
"THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SPRUNG ME FROM THE RAFT, THERE IS SO MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW AVENGER" Dynamo said with a chuckle under his breath.
"Stop being cryptic and give us a straight answer dam it!" Logan growled
"ALRIGHT….THEY ARE THE…"
*WWWWWWWWICRACK!*
The Avengers stopped in utter shock as a blade came out of nowhere and impaled itself firmly in Dynamo's head. The blade was that of a Katana, and a very large one at that. It had managed to pierce through Dynamo's helm and straight through his skull. The armoured Russian never knew what hit him.
"Mother Fucker should have kept his mouth shut" said a voice from the direction the sword came from. The team turned to face the killer. Jess' eyes widened as she recognised this man, he was the one who put her and the other three Avengers in the hospital, Tony knew him by Jess' descriptions and wanted a bit of payback for him harming his girlfriend. He was the Silver Haired Samurai that had been causing so much trouble in the last few days.
Cyrus
Laura however had a different reaction to seeing this man. He may have dressed somewhat similarly to Viktor as he wore a similar black leather coat and was a similar height. But his eyes were just like her boyfriends, they glowed a crimson red just like his did and they also held the same experience and age within them. Only instead of having a feeling of warmth like Viktor's did when he looked at her, Cyrus' eyes were filled with what she could only describe as the look of a Predator.
The others then noticed he was dragging T'Challa and Sam behind him while he held a struggling Janet in his right hand.
"Dammit! Let go of me you Psycho!" Janet demanded, but instead of even looking at her, he placed his armoured thumb on top of her head.
"One more outburst like that Girl….and I'll crush you like the insect you are" Cyrus growled, not even looking at her.
"Let her go bub! Or I'll gut you like a pig" Logan growled as he extended both his claws
"I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but you aren't in any position to make any demands" Cyrus growled back, giving Logan a glare just as viscous as the one he was receiving. Tony then realized that if T'Challa and Wasp weren't defusing the bomb then it was left unattended and could possibly go off at any second.
"Strange thing Stark, even behind that suit I can tell you are worrying about the bomb….don't, I took care of that little detail myself" Cyrus said casting a glance at the armoured Avenger.
"W-Wait….you what?!" Tony asked
"I stopped the bomb from going off…it wasn't that hard actually. A Plasma detonator isn't much trouble when the Plasma has been drained from it" Cyrus explained casually as if it didn't matter.
"Why the hell would you do that?" Jess asked, all of the Avengers were confused as all hell why Cyrus would deactivate a bomb. Did he want to save them or something else?
"It's quite simply really…the plan was to draw you out with the bomb, which worked like a charm" Cyrus said, with a tone that revealed that he was pissed off, which was confusing as it didn' quite match what he was saying.
"Why the hell would you go through this trouble to lure us out? Wouldn't it be easier to challenge us and avoid all the bullshit?" Laura spoke out, she then realized that Cyrus' look changed, before he seemed pissed off, but now that he saw that Laura was here, she thought she saw a slight smirk on his face.
"You honestly think I would be stupid enough to do that? If I revealed myself after what I did, then you would have come to face me in force. But I knew for a fact, that if it was someone as insignificant as Dynamo…..well….you wouldn't be as bothered. But it seems it worked too well….he isn't here" Cyrus frowned at that last part of his sentence.
"He?" Jen asked
"The one you know as Brimstone….I was hoping he would have come with you. It seems that Vanko was so worthless that he didn't even warrant Brimstone showing himself" Cyrus sighed as he dropped T'Challa and Sam unconscious on the floor and scratched the back of his head with his right hand while still holding tightly onto Janet. He then turned his attention to the hundreds of people that seemed to be gathering on the streets to observe what was going on, the police were managing to keep them back by setting up barricades. But what caught Cyrus' attention was the many news crews gathered and wit that….all the cameras.
"But…I guess it wasn't a complete failure" Cyrus said as he looked at Laura closely and smirked. Laura had met a lot of unsavoury individuals in her life and had received many deranged looks, but the look Cyrus was giving with her made all of those seem tame, probably due to the glowing red eyes that emanated something she couldn't describe.
"You…" Cyrus said pointing at Laura
"…You are his woman aren't you?" Cyrus asked with a grin. "How the hell did he know that?" Laura thought as she actually felt a bead of sweat run down her face.
"I know that look…your emotions betray you, he cares about you doesn't he? Good, then once I beat you all bloody, then I wager he will show his face" Cyrus chuckled in anticipation.
"I'd like to see you try Bub!" Logan growled. The Clawed Mutant was about to lunge at the red eyed Meta-human but Jess put her hand in front of him.
"Logan, this guy is way stronger than you think. He took out Clint, Natasha, James and me in less than a minute" Jess warned, Logan would have shrugged the warning off if he didn't know how skilled they were.
They could usually take on opponents 10 times stronger than they were by using their skill and Shield training, but Cyrus was more than just strength and power, he had skill and experience that the Shield Agents couldn't begin to understand.
"Now…..time for some fun!" Cyrus cackled as he threw Wasp to the ground and sprinted full pelt at the Avengers. For a man of his size he was extremely fast, not to mention the way he moved showed that he wasn't top heavy or out of balance which was rare for a man of his size.
The first member of the team to face the brunt of Cyrus' assault was Tony whose Hulkbuster suit was not fast enough to react to Cyrus' foot in his gut. The armoured Avenger was sent flying back and into a wall with a loud crash. Cyrus wasn't going to give the Avengers time to retaliate and quickly went to work in separating them.
Cyrus first had to take care of the more troublesome members and grabbed Logan by his face and sent him crashing into a nearby car. Steve swung his shield and She-Hulk threw her fist in synch to try and catch Cyrus out, but the Platinum Blonde only grabbed Cap's shield and her fist in his hands. The red eyed samurai grinned as he began to spin around with the two Avengers in his grip, to the other Avengers; Cyrus had turned into a living flail with the two Avengers as weapons.
Cyrus however didn't have to hold onto them for long as he released the two, sending them flying. Steve was sent crashing into the floor, while Jennifer crashed into another one of the police cars in the area. The speed and efficiency of this guy's movements were something else, he wasn't wasting any energy or time on unnecessary movements like many other villains would during combat.
Laura drew her claws and lunged at Cyrus, but her actions were feeble as the huge Meta-human grabbed her arms before she had a chance to dig her claws into his flesh.
"Now, Now, I can't have you trying to bloody me up before he arrives. That would be bad manners" Cyrus grinned. Laura only growled as she unsheathed one of her foot claws and tried to stab it into Cyrus' stomach.
"Gah!" Cyrus grunted in pain as he dropped Laura to the floor and quickly put a hand to his stomach. Unfortunately Laura hadn't hit a vital spot like she had planned and the cut wasn't as deep as she wanted. Apparently Cyrus' armour did a great job of protecting his flesh against even Adamantium blades as it didn't seem that badly damaged.
"Well, you are a feisty one. I can see why he would like you" Cyrus grinned as he wiped the blood from his stomach and stood back up. But just as he was about to continue his attack, a blue repulsar beam took him off his feet and crashing to the floor a few feet away.
"Forget about me asshole?" Tony said as he got back to his feet. His right palm raised as it glowed blue from repulsar fire. Cyrus only glared at Tony and gave out a loud animalistic snarl as his gauntlets went clawed like Viktor's Gauntlets.
Tony couldn't help but get flashbacks to Genosha when Viktor went feral on the team. But this Time Tony had the Hulkbuster and he was pretty certain he could take Cyrus on, at least for a while.
"JARVIS, send out a priority alert to high strength level Avengers, I don't know how long I can take this guy on" Tony ordered his AI.
"Already on it Sir" JARVIS replied
Cyrus' eyes burned a deeper shade of red as he broke into a sprint towards Iron man. The silver haired Meta-human ran at the Armoured Avenger and threw a roundhouse aimed at his side. But Tony used the large arms of the Hulkbuster to block the attacks thrown at him. Even through the suit Tony could feel the force behind the blows that Cyrus threw at him.
Tony's Hulkbuster MK2 was an exceptionally strong suit and could defiantly take a beating from very strong foes like Hulk; this was due to its bulkier and more compact frame with Vibranium woven into certain parts. The various repulsars on the suit also gave for stronger strikes, and it also had fewer weaknesses than the previous Hulkbuster.
One such weakness that the last one suffered from was the exposed helm, while the helmet on this Hulkbuster was concealed and shielded within the suit meaning that it wasn't out for enemies to take advantage of.
Cyrus' however seemed to be taking advantage of the suit's larger size and wasn't having trouble manoeuvring around Tony's attacks while his strikes were all hitting their marks. Cyrus would duck under one of Tony's hooks and would throw a powerful uppercut, sending the Armoured Avenger into the skies where Cyrus pointed both his hands upward. His armoured hands then began to glow a burning red with thermal energy.
"Let's see you shrug this off, Tin man" Cyrus growled, but as he was about to fire his powerful thermal energy blast, Jess leaped out and threw a roundhouse to Cyrus' head, causing him to go off aim and send the energy blast in a completely different direction. The red eyed Meta-Human growled as he turned to Jess, showing his burning red eyes which were very close to spewing flame like Viktor's did when he was in a rage.
"I thought you learned your lesson last time" Cyrus growled as he began walking towards Jess who was already prepped for a fight. She wasn't very confident however as she still remembered how fighting Cyrus went down last time.
"I guess you need some additional education" Cyrus said as he cracked his clawed and armoured fingers. Jess then smirked as she looked upwards and back at the red eyed Samurai "I wouldn't bank on it, mate" she smiled, Cyrus wondered what that meant until he realized what she meant.
He didn't even pay attention to the repulsar thrusters approaching him.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Tony roared as he shot down from hundreds of feet in the air to land on Cyrus with a loud and earth shattering crash. Jess barely had time to get out of the way as Tony made a crater with his landing.
*KRAKOOOOOM!*
Tony managed to land a devastating hit on Cyrus, but didn't know how badly as his systems were still recovering from the impact. But as his visuals came back on he saw Cyrus right in front of him, his eyes burning red like the fires of hell.
The Platinum haired Meta-human snarled as he brought both legs up and kicked Tony with such force that it sent him flying out of the crater and over the barricades that the police had set up and crashed into the ground behind the crowds that had gathered, leaving a broken trail of rubble as he skidded to a halt.
'Shit, we can't fight this close to civilians!' Tony thought as he got to his feet, but before he had a chance to do anything more Cyrus landed right beside him and grabbed him by the legs and began to spin around to build up momentum before letting him fly through a nearby building. Bricks and stone fell in mass as the armoured Avenger went right through the building and crashed into the floor.
Tony looked up to see a gaping hole in the building he just crashed through, pieces of rubble and stone were still falling from it and just as Tony was about to get up he saw Cyrus fly through the hole and straight at him.
The armoured Avenger didn't have any time to block or dodge the attack as Cyrus drove his fist into gut section of the Hulkbuster. Even behind the armour plating of the suit Tony felt the hit and it did more than simply knock the wind out of him.
"Pathetic! Puny! Waste of Metal!" Cyrus snarled as he began machine gun punching the Hulkbuster at such a rapid pace that his movements became a blur that Tony's sensors couldn't follow. Cyrus then ceased his machine gun punching and put is attention towards the shield coverings around Tony's helm.
"You may seem strong Stark, but you are just a turtle, and without your shell you aren't a threat" Cyrus growled as he grabbed the coverings and used his brute strength to begin tearing them off. Tony's hands shot out to grab Cyrus' but the silver haired Meta-human simply put his armoured boot right into Tony's gut, causing him to let go with a grunt of pain.
Cyrus then tore the shield coverings clean off and grabbed both sides of Tony's helm, picking him up off the ground before throwing him through another couple of buildings, sending him crashing back into the floor.
"Sir, major hull breaches are detected and the shield coverings have been ripped off, Helm segment is now vulnerable" JARVIS alerted
"…I…I Know J-JARVIS…." Tony grunted as it took a hell of a lot of strength to get up off of the ground. Tony could barely think straight as he was still dizzy from the impact into the ground, not to mention the searing pain tearing through his mid-section. It was only then that Tony realized that he had landed right back in front of the City Hall.
Cyrus landed a few feet away from the armoured Avenger and began to slowly approach him. His metallic boots clanked as he approached, once he was close enough he crouched down so he was at eye level with Iron Man.
"Well….this is a sorry state you are in isn't it?" Cyrus rhetorically asked with a smirk. Tony then realized that Cyrus barely had even a scratch on him, the only mark on his was the small bloody wound between the armour plates on his mid-section from Laura's attack.
Cyrus the stood back up and walked over to Tony and used his foot to flip him over onto his back with a thud under the heavy weight of the Hulkbuster he was wearing. Cyrus then put his foot on the chest segment of the Hulkbuster in a very relaxed and casual way.
"You know….you can actually take quite a bit of damage….for a human…but this is boring me, time to die!" Cyrus growled loudly as he grabbed Iron Man by the helmet and pulled him closer. Tony could literally see Cyrus' hot breath appear on his visual systems. Not that surprising as like Viktor, Cyrus had a very high body temperature and thus hotter breath.
"You think you have a chance of beating me? You pathetic runt!" Cyrus said as he began squeezing, the alloy of the Hulkbuster helm may have been strong but it wouldn't last long under the pressure that Cyrus was applying.
"JARVIS, fire flares!" Tony ordered as his suit fired flares from the shoulders into Cyrus' face. But to no avail, Cyrus simply chuckled as the flares didn't seem to bother him at all. "You thought Flares can affect someone who had fire coming from their eyes? You fucking idiot!" Cyrus laughed as he rammed Tony's head into the ground.
Pieces of rubble breaking from the ground as he repeatedly smashed Tony's armoured head into the ground before raising him back up. "Had enough Stark?" Cyrus grinned, his confidence getting the better of him for a moment as a Vibranium shield sped through the air and hit him in the side of the face with a loud clang.
The shield strike was powerful enough to put Cyrus off his concentration and give Tony enough time to deliver a powerful right hook, forcing Cyrus to loosen his grip. Tony then held p both his arms and shot a duel handed repulsar blast sending him crashing into the ground, leaving a trail in the concrete floor.
Captain America caught his shield as it came back to him, sliding it on his arm before going to help Tony up. "You ok?" Steve asked as he helped Tony back onto his feet. The Star spangled Avenger had to admit it was worrying that Cyrus managed to man handle Tony in his Hulkbuster suit when it was designed to fight guys like Hulk.
"I'm fine" Tony said as he straightened his posture. The others got back to their feet and were ready for round 2, Logan and Laura had their claws primed, Wasp was back on her feet (or wings) and both her and Jess had their hands glowing with energy. She-hulk was back on her feet and had moved T'Challa and Sam somewhere safe where they wouldn't get in the way of the fight.
"You must all be very anxious to die" Cyrus said as his eyes shone a burning red as he slowly walked over to the left where Dynamo's corpse was located. Cyrus was acting very casual when he grabbed the hilt of his Katana and drew it from the Russian's skull, blood, brain tissue and skull fragments dripped out of the wound as Cyrus slowly drew his blade from Dynamo's skull.
The news crews were gagging as they recorded the footage on their cameras and Cyrus looked up as he heard a news helicopter above, apparently taking footage of the event happening below.
"It seems like we have an audience, and by that logic it won't be long until he arrives" Cyrus smiled as he gazed up at the helicopter.
With one final pull, Cyrus drew his Katana from Dynamo's head and swung it, the blood making an arc as it splattered onto the floor with small pieces of brain and skull. Cyrus grinned as he heard a few people in the ground gagging at the sight.
It was then that the Avengers realized that Cyrus' sword was still glowing an electric blue from earlier, even though he hadn't been in contact with it since he threw it.
"Now…I haven't had a workout in a while, so using this beauty here would end things way to fast" Cyrus said as he sheathed his Katana in a style that gave Logan flashbacks to when he was a samurai. This guy defiantly knew how to treat a sword with respect, and the chances were he knew how to kill with it.
"Now….who is first?" Cyrus flashed a predatory grin.
*Parker/Danvers residence, New York City
"Stop trying to get away!" Peter chuckled playfully as he grabbed Carol and pulled her back under the covers. The two lovers had quite a bit of free time to themselves and were simply playing around with each other.
The touch of each other's skin was simply intoxicating to the two of them, but even though Carol was having fun she had to admit it was the wrong time in the day to be playing around.
"HAHAHAHA…Pete, come on weHAHAHAHA can't play around all dayHAHAHAHAHA" Carol giggled as her fiancé grabbed and tickled her sides. Carol may have been super strong but she couldn't resist her lover's touch on her skin. Chewy, Carol's cat had his head underneath a couch pillow with his paws on top, a very comical sight indeed as the Fat cat wanted some peace and quiet.
"Awwww pwease Cawol?" Peter pouted with a baby voice as he tickled Carol's sides. One thing that Peter knew about his woman that nobody else knew, was that she was very ticklish and couldn't do anything to stop him when she was like this.
"HAHAHAPlease S-StoHAHAHAHA!" Carol laughed out loud as Peter continued his sweet assault on her skin.
"What was that babe? I couldn't quite hear that" Peter smirked as he continued tickling her armpits.
"AAHAHAHAHAHAP-PLEASE P-P-PETER, AHAHAHAHA STOAHAHAHAHAHA!" Carol laughed at the top of her lungs, any louder and the neighbours would start making complaints.
"Oh stop? Well why didn't you say so?" Peter said coyly as he stopped tickling Carol, letting her fall on her back with her luscious golden hair spread around her head. Her breathing was fast paced and sweat was dripping down her brow, a sight that would make any straight man lose his mind in awe.
She was wearing only her underwear but she still had the appearance of a living goddess, her perfectly toned form and smooth yet durable skin glistening with sweat as she panted. Pete couldn't describe the happiness he felt knowing that she was his and he was hers.
"….You….You son of a bitch" Carol breathed heavily with a smile as Peter loomed over her, her head resting in his lap.
"You loved it" Peter stated with a grin. Carol giggled in response; it was true that she loved just how enjoyable it was when Pete teased her like that.
"Ok you're right, but seriously, we can't sit around the apartment all day playing grab ass" Carol smiled.
"Awww, really? But I love playing grab ass, especially with you" Peter smiled back at the blonde bombshell.
"That's sweet, but I can think of better ways in which we can spend our free time together" Carol said
"I suppose we could try arranging some of the wedding details" Pete suggested
"Yeah, we might as well start now so we can have some 'fun' later" Carol smirked suggestively
"Who's the one playing grab ass now?" Peter asked with a smirk
*Beep,Beep,Beep* Carol and Peter's ID cards beeped loudly enough for the two of them to hear.
"So much for a day off" Carol said as she picked up her card in order to hear the alert.
"Major Danvers, I regret to inform you that you needed immediately at the following co-ordinates" JARVIS said as the co-ordinates were displayed on the screen of the ID card.
"Why? What's happening?" Peter asked, wondering what was so important that it required immediate attention.
"I would suggest turning on the news" JARVIS suggested. Peter then grabbed the remote on the bedside cabinet ad turned on their television to the news channel where their eyes widened in shock.
On the television was Iron Man in his MK2 Hulkbuster getting thrown around like a ragdoll by someone who looked a lot like the man who attacked Jess and the other Shield Avengers, he looked just like how Jess described him, the long Silver hair, the black leather coat, the strange armour and even his glowing blood red eyes.
They had turned on the television at the precise moment where Cyrus was tearing off Tony's shield coverings so they knew what a state he was in.
"Oh my god" Peter murmured as both he and Carol watched Cyrus throw Tony around like he was a ragdoll.
"We have to help them!" Carol announced with haste as she shot up to her feet and began getting dressed into her costume. Pete did the same and donned his red and blue Spiderman outfit before meeting Carol at the window.
"I'm not slowing down so you had better hold on tight" Carol warned Peter
"You don't have to tell me twice" Peter said as he wrapped his arms around Carol's waist as tightly as he could as she shot out the window and into the skies at top speeds, reaching around Mach 3.
They only hoped they could get there in time.
*United Kingdom
"DOWN IT! DOWN IT! DOWN IT! DOWN IT!" the men in the bar chanted over and over again as Viktor held the beer keg over his head and chugged down the contents without pausing.
"I've never seen him do this much, it's a new record!" the Landlord said with a wide eyed look of amazement.
"Aye my friend, and he has yet to finish!" Thor chuckled as he and Hercules watched Viktor down the tenth Keg of beer he had today.
Any normal man would have keeled over by now, but a unique thing about Viktor's biology that no human, Mutant, Olympian or Asgardian had was that Alcohol was as harmful to his biology as water was to a normal human, he could drink gallons of it and he wouldn't get drunk or suffer any damage to his internal organs.
Through his many tests on Viktor, Reed Richards had found that a lot of his internal organs were like an internal combustion engine and worked a lot off of heat, and Alcohol was a very flammable substance, and thus was very good for his system.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! TEN! BEAT THAT!" Viktor yelled as he slammed the empty beer keg on the floor. The men all around him cheering and patting him on the back, as the particular pub that Viktor had chosen was actually a pub that was built on Viktor's home when he was a child, it was located in the countryside so not a lot of people from the cities came here.
The local men and landlord of the town knew Viktor when they were children as he always visited time and time again, not to mention the people were much friendlier than they were when he was a child. This was probably due to what happened to the previous residents, Viktor redeemed himself by protecting the town from bandits and thieves in the middle ages when no one else would.
Thor and Herc weren't dressed up in civilian clothes and neither was Viktor as the local people knew of Viktor's identity and thus knew of the kind of people he would associate.
"I must say, I never thought Viktor would be this welcomed here" Hercules said before taking a chug of his drink.
"Oh Please, if you think people love me here, you should see how popular I am in Japan" Viktor laughed as he wiped the beer from his face.
"Another round lads?" the landlord asked
"AYE!" Herc, Thor and Viktor said simultaneously
*Beep,Beep,Beep*
"Oh come on really?!" Viktor shouted as his ID card sounded. The red eyed meta-human retrieved the ID card from his coat and pressed the receiver.
"What is it JARVIS?" Viktor asked
"Brimstone, you, Thor and Hercules are requested immediately at the following co-ordinates" the AI replied
"….Chicago? Why the hell does Stark want us there?" Viktor asked
"Mr Stark and the other Avengers are engaging the Meta-human known as Cyrus and require immediate assistance" the AI replied. But at that moment Viktor's eyes widened like they had never widened before. He felt a rush of adrenaline of which the likes he had never felt before, his heart began beating like a wild animals as he couldn't describe the emotion he was feeling.
"Viktor, should we depart?" Thor asked already putting on his helmet.
"…Yeah, sorry Robert but I don't have the time to…" Viktor began until the Landlord up his hand up in interruption.
"Kick his arse mate" he smiled, the other men in the pub began slapping him on the back and encouraging him to go and "Kick the bastard's arse". Viktor smiled as he put up his face mask and hat before standing up and signalling to Thor and Herc.
"Let's roll lads" Viktor smiled as he, Thor and Hercules exited the pub. As the three immensely strong meta-humans left however, Viktor seemed to stop in place while Thor and Hercules walked.
"Viktor? Are you not coming?" Hercules asked
"I'll catch up with you guys, I need something first" Viktor said. Thor nodded as did Viktor as both of them went their separate ways. Thor put his hand on Hercules' shoulder and held Mjolnir high, when a lightning bolt struck the hammer a flash of light the two were gone, presumably of to assist the other Avengers.
"CAW! CAW!" Callus cawed as he flew from a tree branch and on to Viktor's shoulder. Viktor kept walking with a look on determination on his face as Callus kept cawing in his ear.
"I know they need my help, but I need this first" Viktor said
"Caw!"
"I cannot fight a Samurai without a blade of my own Callus; I must at least even the odds. Now are you with me?" Viktor said as he stopped in the centre of where he was walking.
"…Caw" Callus squawked, flapping his wings
"Good, now let's go" Viktor said as he held his arms out, Callus held his wings out. Both their eyes lit up red and flames spewed forth from the ground. Shrouding them in fire and flame as they disappeared, leaving nothing but a scorch mark on the floor.
*Chicago, Illinois.
"Ugh!" Steve wheezed as he was thrown to the ground, bloody and beaten, his costume in tatters, he was barely able to keep a hold of his shield as he used it to balance himself.
"Are you alright Cap?!" Tony shouted before Cyrus kneed him in the gut. The Red eyed Meta-human was doing more than simply beat them, he was taking them apart. Cyrus had already knocked out Sam, T'Challa and Jennifer, and was now laying the smack down on everybody else.
Cyrus landed a brutally powerful punch to Tony's gut before raising his foot high in the air and axe kicking him into the floor. Tony's Hulkbuster suit had seen better days as Cyrus had beaten and wrent the armour plating that made the suit so durable. Cyrus was really laying into the group as he reached down and roughly grabbed the sides of the Hulkbuster and raised him high.
"See you in hell Stark!" Cyrus snarled as he prepared his knee.
He was going to break Tony in half.
Luckily Jess and Janet flew just in time, Jess swept Cyrus' legs from underneath him while Janet fired her stingers at his eyes to try and blind him. Their efforts were enough to make his release Tony, but Janet's stingers were not as effective as she had hoped and as Cyrus fell to the floor he grabbed her in his right hand.
"Nice try, bitch!" Cyrus shouted as he leapt back to his feet and threw Wasp against a wall, resulting in an audible thwack. Jess was about to retaliate until Cyrus lunged forward and grabbed her by the throat and raised her off the floor.
"I let you live last time…but this time I'm not in such a good mood" Cyrus growled as he began squeezing Jess' throat. The Arachnid couldn't breathe as her air was instantly cut off, though that was the least of her problems as she felt Cyrus putting pressure into her vertebra. He was going to break her neck if he kept squeezing.
"Let er go bub!" Logan roared as he ran over to Cyrus and dug his claws into his back, causing the Red eyed Samurai to yell out in pain and drop Jess to the floor where she quickly retreated back so she could recover.
Cyrus however was no longer concentrating on the female arachnid and quickly retaliated to Logan's attack by kicking backwards, his armoured boot collided with Logan's face, sending the Mutant reeling back. As Cyrus turned around he saw that his kick was strong enough to dislodge Logan's lower jaw, but the Mutant was already setting it back in place.
"You heal fast, Boy" Cyrus grunted as he felt blood running down his back, the wounds on his back were hurting like hell and if not treated soon, would become a huge problem.
"Don't call me Boy, bub. I'm older than you think" Logan growled
"By the way you handle yourself and considering your healing abilities, I would say you are little over 100 years old" Cyrus said, nailing it in one. The way he guessed how old Logan was, was horrifying and a shock to the Mutant, whom didn't scare easily.
"You are but a child compared to me" Cyrus said giving Logan a predatory look. Logan had to admit this guy was intimidating on a level way above anyone else he has faced. This guy made Sabretooth look like a trained house cat.
Cyrus lunged at Logan, aiming for his neck, hoping to crush his windpipe so that he could immobilize the Mutant. What he didn't expect was that Logan was much more agile than he originally thought and ducked under his attack, slashing under his arm as well, shedding blood. Logan panted as he recovered from his tactical roll as it took a tremendous amount of stamina and correct timing in order to get that attack right.
"GAH!" Cyrus roared in pain as his left triceps were sliced up into ribbons. Cyrus had lost more blood than he had wanted to at this point, with the wounds to his back and his sliced up triceps he would have to say he lost more than a litre or two thanks to Logan and his Daughter.
"You ain't indestructible bub, now come on!" Logan growled
"Grrrrr, I can see you won't be as easy as the rest of them" Cyrus growled as he reached into his coat and pulled out what looked like a Tanto handle (Samurai Dagger). But as he gripped the handle a sharp looking blade shot out from it.
"Let's dance, Mutant" Cyrus growled as he lunged at Logan with his Tanto and Logan lunged at him with his claws extended. The Mutant's Adamantium claws and Cyrus' Tanto clashed in a hail of sparks, the Tanto was obviously made of a tough as hell material as Logan wasn't seeing any dents in it as normal steel would yield very easily under his Adamantium claws.
"Nice Knife" Logan grunted under the pressure Cyrus was putting into his Tanto. It really put it into perspective the difference in strength as Logan may have been stronger than the average human, but he was using both his claws with all of his strength and he could barely stand against Cyrus who was using one hand and not even a fraction of his boundless strength.
"It is isn't it?" Cyrus grinned as he pushed hard, sending Logan stumbling back a few feet. Cyrus then lunged at the Wolverine and swung his Tanto with such skill and ferocity that he began slicing up the Mutant's flesh, slicing him across him face and tearing shreds off his outfit.
"I wonder how much damage you can take, Runt!" Cyrus snarled as he drove the Tanto through Logan's hands, the Samurai then swept Loan's legs from under him. Cyrus drove him Tanto with Logan's hands still impaled into the floor, rendering him immobile. Cyrus then grabbed Logan's throat tightly and began squeezing.
The Red eyed Meta-Human's eyes widened as he felt something off about Logan's neck, until he looked at his claws and put two and two together.
"Ah, I see, Regenerative abilities allowing for the implantation of a metal coating for your skeleton, resulting in metallic claws and a near indestructible biology" Cyrus grinned, Logan couldn't reply however as Cyrus was crushing his windpipe.
"My guess is that the other Mutant is your daughter? Considering her abilities I reckon it is the most logical" Cyrus said, his glowing red eyes burning into Logan's soul. Cyrus could tell by the look in Logan's eyes that he was right.
"I'm correct, good, once I have torn your head off I will be sure to do much worse to her" Cyrus grinned as his eyes burned like the fires of hell.
*SNIKT!*
"GAAAAH!" Cyrus yelled as Laura leapt on his back and stabbed him in the spine, the huge Meta-human yelled loudly in pain as he jumped backwards to smash into a wall, hoping to crush Laura against the wall, but Laura's agility helped her get out of the way just in time. She made sure to run over to her father and yank the Tanto from his hands.
"Thanks kid" Logan choked as his Windpipe regenerated at the rapid rate it was known for. The two were then interrupted by the sound of a hellish and distorted growling coming from Cyrus.
"…That's it! I HAVE HAD IT WITH YOU FILTHY RUNTS WASTING MY TIME! I CAME HERE TO FIGHT HIM! NOT PATHETIC MEASLY LITTLE BACKSTABBING WORMS LIKE YOU!" Cyrus roared as his eyes flared and literally began spewing fire.
"Oh god….it can't be" Laura murmured in total fear as she recognised this sight.
It was like Genosha all over again.
"I'LL TEAR THE LOT OF YOU APART LIKE THE INSECTS YOU ARE!" Cyrus roared as red fiery runes erupted and covered his body. They were almost identical to the ones that adorned Viktor's body when he went into this state. The wounds that Laura and Logan had inflicted on him also began sealing themselves as if cauterized by flame.
But just as Cyrus was about to finish this fight and kill everyone in sight he felt a change in the air as the clouds moved in, blocking out the sun. Tony smiled behind his visor as he knew what this meant. Backup had finally arrived.
*KRAKOOOM!* the lighting crackled and boomed as a veil of white lighting struck the ground and from it where the shadows of two large men.
"WE SAY THEE NAY!" the two men roared as they sped out of the veil of Lighting and into Cyrus, breaking right through the stone wall he was at and through another five buildings as the three extremely powerful meta-humans brawled and traded blows with each other.
*KRAAAKOOM, BAADOOOM! KRAKAAAASH!* the air was filled with the grinding of stone and steel as the three omega level meta-humans ploughed through the city, stone and earth being uprooted as they crashed through buildings and towers.
"YIELD VILLAIN! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE SONS OF ODIN AND ZEUS!" Hercules shouted as decked Cyrus in the face.
"I WON'T YIELD TO UNWORTHY SCUM LIKE YOU!" Cyrus bellowed in his hellish voice as his eyes flared in the brightest flames that either Hercules or Thor had seen. Cyrus then let out a flare of thermal energy sending the Asgardian and the Olympian flying out in different directions as Thor crashed in the west side while Hercules crashed into the east side.
Hercules got back to his feet slowly as he had to admit, that fire burned like nothing he had felt before, this was bad as he had faced the fires of Hades and survived with little harm. The Demi-god's train of thought was interrupted as Cyrus landed in front of him with his fists engulfed in flame and his eyes burning brighter than the fires of hades themselves.
"First you, then the Asgardian" Cyrus snarled, as something that looked very much like Lava dripped from the sides of his mouth and burned the ground as it hit.
Hercules however had faced men like Cyrus before and got to his feet, baring his fists in a fighting stance.
"Then have at thee!" Hercules roared as he charged at Cyrus who was already lunging at him. But this was proven a wasted effort as Hercules' punch missed Cyrus by an inch while the Red eyed Meta-human's punch hit home and nearly took off the Olympian's head as he was sent hurdling back and into the side of a bus.
The people in the bus screamed as Cyrus slowly approached Hercules to commence his onslaught. The Olympian felt his face to find blood running down his nose, the Demi-god as strong but he was not invulnerable as Cyrus sped forward and grabbed him by the throat before hurling him across the street like a ragdoll.
Hercules crashed into a brick wall before Cyrus ploughed his fist into his gut; the force of the punch was so powerful that it completely shattered the wall behind him into dust and rubble. Hercules couldn't remember the last time he was hit that hard as his organs shifted, the pain was excruciating as Hercules threw up blood from how hard Cyrus hit him.
"I DIDN'T COME HERE FOR YOU! I CAME HERE FOR HIM! I CAME TO THIS SHITHOLE OF A WORLD TO FACE HIM! AND ALL I GET ARE UNWORTHY SCUM WHO THINK THEMSELVES GODS!" Cyrus bellowed as he began machine gun punching Hercules in the gut so hard that the Olympian felt his ribs fracture.
Cyrus grabbed a handful of Hercules' hair as he delivered an earth shattering head-butt to the Demi-God's skull, the blow was so hard that it shattered Hercules' headband casing his black hair to fall free.
"IF YOU THINK YOURSELF A GOD! THEN WHAT PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A DIETY ARE YOU!?" Cyrus roared, his distorted voice giving him the guise of a demon of which the likes Hercules hadn't faced before. He grabbed a handful of Hercules' hair and lifted him up off the ground and roared in his face.
Cyrus then dropped the Olympian to the floor like a sack of bricks before putting his armoured boot on the Olympian's head and began squeezing down.
"I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND…..A DEAD ONE!" Cyrus roared as he began squeezing, intent on crushing Hercules' head beneath his foot.
"CYRUS!" yelled a booming voice with the force of Thunder and lightning, Cyrus turned to meet eyes with a Vengeful God of Thunder whom was floating mid-air with Mjolnir conducting electricity from the lighting in the sky.
"TEST YOUR METTLE AGAINST ME, VILLAIN!" Thor bellowed as the Thunder crackled and howled, rain began to fall, hissing and evaporating as soon as it hit Cyrus' body.
The Red eyed Meta-Human snarled as his eyes burned brighter as he gripped his Katana handle tightly. The two immensely powerful beings stared each other down, red eyes met blue and the former snarled with liquid heat leaking from his mouth.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Thor roared as he charged at Cyrus, Hammer first, charged with lightning.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!" Cyrus roared like an animal as he drew his Katana, super-heated like hell and flew at the Thunder God.
The two titans clashed weapons, and fire and lightning spewed forth from their almighty weapons. Thor hadn't ever faced a Samurai before and thus didn't know how Cyrus would operate; this put him at a major disadvantage.
"I WON'T LET YOU PATHETIC RUNTS FORSTALL HIS JUDGEMENT!" Cyrus roared as he and Thor sped through the skies before crashing through another 2 buildings. Unfortunately for the residents of the buildings, the two titans broke the support beams of the buildings causing them to topple over.
Thor looked back in utter horror as the buildings fell to the ground, he heard the screaming of the people inside as they fell and broke like dry leaves. This however gave Cyrus a window as he opened his mouth wide and breathed flames into Thor's face. The Thunder God yelled in pain as the fires Cyrus used burned more than the fires of demon Surter himself.
Thor may have been in pain, but he endured as the lives of not just his fellow Avengers but every human in Chicago were at stake here. He raised his hammer high and brought it down on Cyrus' face, sending him plummeting down to the earth.
*KRAKOOM!*
The Red eyed Meta-Human snarled as he picked himself out of the crater that had been made by the Thunder God's Uru Hammer. The Thunder god landed in front of the crater and bared his hammer.
"I know not of what you are Cyrus, but the Son of Odin will not stand by while you threaten the lives of the heroes and people of this world, you will Yield or I shall have to smite you where you stand" Thor threatened, his eyes narrowed and grip on Mjolnir tightened.
"Then you may as well 'smite' me Thunderer, I will not rest until he is here and grovelling at my feet!" Cyrus spat at the Thunder god.
"Very well….then you leave me no choice!" Thor shouted as he raised his hammer high into the skies, Thunder and Lightning crackling and roaring as the Thunder God summoned the power of Asgard into his weapon as Cyrus glared at him, his eyes burning red.
"Make it count Thunderer, for when you fail…..I will kill you slowly for interrupting my mission!" Cyrus growled deeply. Thor roared as he brought him hammer down causing a cascade of Lightning to descend upon the Meta-Human who gripped his Katana. Little did Thor know that Cyrus grinned in preparation for the lightning.
*KRAKOOOOOM!*
The air was filled as the wrath of the Thunder God descended down on Cyrus. The smoke left in the wake of Thor's almighty strike shrouded the air, the smell of burning could barely be felt, the chances are that the power of the God was enough to evaporate the Meta-Human.
'I'm sorry Viktor, but it seems you will not find what you are from him' Thor thought as he flourished Mjolnir in his hand before turning and walking away.
"Never turn your back on an enemy Asgardian!" a voice whispered right behind the Thunder God. Before he even had a chance to react to the voice a sharp pain ripped straight through the Asgardian as he looked down and saw the blade of Cyrus' Katana protruding from the left side of his chest.
"It does nothing, but leaves you defenceless!" Cyrus snarled as he delivered an extremely powerful kick to Thor's back sending him flying. The force behind the hit was enough to send the Thunder hurdling across the streets, leaving a broken trail of concrete and stone behind him.
"Only expose your back to a corpse!" Cyrus cackled as he flourished his sword
As Thor slowly got to his feet, he felt his chest where he had been stabbed to find that it just barely missed his lung, to pierce his flesh like that the Katana must have been made of a metal just as strong as the Uru his hammer was made of.
Thor turned to meet eyes with Cyrus and he instantly saw the differences, his eyes were no longer burning red but rather sparking and crackling with electricity as where the runes covering his body. His sword was also crackling with the lightning that the Thunder God had used to attack him. But the most shocking thing was that Cyrus didn't have a scratch on him, even the most powerful meta-humans would have been injured by an attack of that calibre.
"H-How is this possible? No creature could survive that" Thor said as he gripped the left side of his chest with blood running from between his fingers.
"Electricity, Fire, Plasma, I can absorb these like no one's business, surely Spiderwoman told you that" Cyrus grinned as he flourished his Katana.
"I must say, I have to thank you for doing this. I was actually beginning to get a bit tired after fighting all of you Avengers, so recharging me before he arrives is actually a good thing you have done. As thanks I won't kill you as slow as I was originally going to do" Cyrus grinned as he dragged his armoured finger down the blade of his Katana, resulting in the blade sparking and crackling.
"Well….Not AS slowly" Cyrus grinned as he sheathed his Katana and put his finger on the trigger for the sheathe Mechanism. The Thunder god gripped his hammer but at the same time kept a firm grip on his chest wound, his vision was getting blurry which was a bad sign as he was losing too much blood, not to mention he was going to have to fight this guy one handed if he didn't want to bleed to death too quickly.
"I can tell you are a great warrior Asgardian, the way you hold your weapon, your stance and even that look in your eyes. I will admit that if you simply kept attacking me instead of blasting me with lightning you may have defeated me in my weakened state. But now you have no chance of beating me" Cyrus said as he noticed the Asgardian was trying everything he could to stay conscious and keep the wound from bleeding.
"I am at full strength, while you can barely stay conscious from the blood loss you are suffering, so I have changed my mind…instead of killing you slowly I will give you a warrior's death, by the sword" Cyrus said with a tone that showed a slight bit of respect for the Asgardian.
"Then have at thee, I do not have all day" Thor grimaced as he kept Mjolnir tight in his grip.
Cyrus kept his right hand hovering over the handle of his Katana and just as he was about to pull the trigger that would fire the sword, thus giving him the momentum to cut off the Asgardian's head.
"CYYYYYYYYYYYYYYRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!" bellowed a distorted voice from behind him. Cyrus' eyes widened like they had never widened before as he lowered his hand and slowly turned to meet eyes with the man he had been looking for.
The man he had been trying to lure out.
Viktor stood there in the rain at least 20 feet away from Cyrus, his eyes burning like flames and glowing red runes adorning his body. The rain evaporated as it hit his body, and in his right hand he held the Adamantium sword he had taken from Zemo, only he had modified it to look like a medieval broadsword, it was also superheated to the point where the blade glowed red.
Cyrus' look went from a scowl into a grin as he stood up straight and turned around fully to lock eyes with Viktor.
"I was beginning to think you wouldn't show!" Cyrus grinned
"I wouldn't miss this" Viktor growled back as his grip on his sword tightened.
Cyrus gripped his sword handle tightly in anticipation.
"Better late than never I suppose….well….not for these at least" Cyrus said, referring to the other Avengers.
"I'll make you pay for this" Viktor growled
"I'm sure you will….but I have things to make you pay for as well" Cyrus growled back as the electricity in his eyes and runes began to shift back into fire. His runes and eyes now burned with fire like Viktor's did.
The Knight gripped his broadsword tightly
The Samurai gripped his Katana handle tightly
The sound of rain and hissing filled the air as the two stared each other down, fire adorning their bodies like war paint.
"What do you call yourself now?" Cyrus asked.
"Why would you want to know?" Viktor asked back.
"I want to see if your name is worth remembering" Cyrus growled back lowly.
"…..Viktor"
"….Viktor…a fine name, I will remember to put it on the plaque beneath your head once I mount it on my wall" Cyrus growled.
"You will have to take it first!" Viktor snarled as he took his sword into both hands and prepared himself to strike.
"Okay…." Cyrus said as he drew his Katana and took it into both hands.
Cyrus took the stance of a Samurai
Viktor took the stance of a Knight
"LET'S DANCE!" Cyrus roared as his visor clamped over the lower part of his face.
CLIFFHANGER! Okay I will admit….THIS is me being a bastard :D
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as I think it is the longest chapter of anything I have ever written. I have to admit I have wanted to get this chapter done for a LONG time and I hope I did not disappoint.
I think I have established how the public will go crazy pretty well already, but trust me, things will only get worse for the people of Chicago. Btw for my readers in Chicago, sorry about what's going to happen in the next chapter in advance.
On another note, I would like to thank those of you who have helped me get this far (you guys know who you are)
And check out the stories of my good friends Reborn Dark Phoenix, Aspiringactor, Patrickthenobleman, NeoTyson and Tomzilla99. These guys kick major ass, so be sure to check out their stories.
Now for a Dakkaman777 speciality: in the light of the recent MARVEL movies we have had this year, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past
WHICH OF THESE THREE FILMS WAS YOUR FAVOURITE AND WHY?
And another for good Measure
WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE FIGHT? VIKTOR OR CYRUS?
This is Dakkaman777 saying thanks for reading, and I will see you in the Next Chapter