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Written by: ScorpinokXV
Story idea from: Crazyboi23.
Chapter 2 - Crossed Lines
A swirling vortex appeared with lightning, and a loud clap of thunder revealing two Asgardians, and one Star Spangled Avenger who looked around at their surroundings to see if there was anything familiar to them. Captain America kept his indestructible shield at the ready as he walked down the wooden walkway leading to a mansion. Cap looked back at his companions, and saw his teammate Thor with a confused expression looking down at his hammer. "What's wrong, Thor? Didn't Mjolnir get us back home?" Cap glanced over at Sif, who was also examining her weapon questioningly. "Nay, good Captain. Tis not our Midgard, but another of unknown origin. Mine hammer hath not transported us far from our previous location." Thor held up his hammer, and there was an ethereal green glow surrounding it, before disappearing shortly after. Sif noticed this and frowned. "Thine hammer hath an enchantment on it, as doth mine sword, Milord! Tis reeks of the stench of thy treacherous brother, Loki!" Sif gripped the pommel of her sword tightly.
"Loki...I thought Odin had banished him for his schemes to destroy Asgard?" Cap questioned with a serious look. "Aye, that he did...but my brother's silver tongue enamored the Enchantress who freed him from his prison." Cap nodded his head, and placed his shield across his back. "We need to know more about this place, and then we can hopefully find someone who can remove these enchantments on your weapons. It looks like we're on an island, and there's a mansion not far up ahead. They may have some valuable information on this world. Let's go!" Sif, and Thor both nodded and they all walked up the walkway. The Three heard a man's blood curdling scream from inside the mansion that had Cap and Sif running quickly towards the mansion, with Thor taking to the sky using his hammer.
Cap used his enhanced leg strength to kick down the doors, and proceeded with caution down one of the many hallways from the main area. Thor, and Sif followed the Super Soldier down toward a lighted room, and saw Cap stop in front of a man who was frozen solid in a block of ice. Thor moved quickly, and smashed the ice with Mjolnir with enough strength to free him from his icy prison. Cap went over to check on his vitals, and shook his head when he felt no pulse. "He's dead. Whoever did this must be still in the mansion! Thor, you take the corridor on the left...Sif, your with me and we'll check down this one. I'll signal you on your Avengers ID card if we find who did this." Thor nodded, and frowned down at the body. "E'en a Frost Giant woulds't treat their foes with more care! Thor will show this villain no quarter!" With that said, Thor used his hammer to fly down the left corridor. Sif used a tapestry hanging on the wall to cover up the body, and Steve put a hand on her shoulder. "We've got to get going before the killer has a chance to escape." Sif nodded, and drew out her sword from it's scabbard, and stalked down the corridor with Cap, who has his shield at the ready.
Sif saw a light ahead of them in the room at the end of the corridor, and signaled Cap to stop. Steve inched his way over alongside the wall to Sif, and used the reflective surface of his shield to see around the corner. "Looks like it's more than just the one meta...six in total...no, make that seven. The clay creature reminds me of one of Arnim Zola's creations." Steve signaled Sif about the number of enemies, and Sif understood the hand gestures. "Good. We can't act in haste when we know nothing about the enemy. We'll observe, for now." Cap glances over to the other side of the room, and sees Thor about to fly out and engage the unknown meta-humans. Cap quickly takes out his ID card, and sends a signal to Thor's, which makes him stop his advance, and silently descend to the floor of the corridor.
Meanwhile, the Secret Society under the leadership of Gorilla Grodd was convincing Matthew Hagen aka. Clayface to join his Society in order to defeat the Justice League.
"You can really do it...you can cure me?" Clayface said with some desperation in his voice to Grodd, who smirked back at him. "Nothing so pedestrian as being 'normal', Matthew. I can give you the best of both worlds. You would retain your abilities as Clayface, and still be able to look like a human." Grodd smirked when Clayface nodded, and accepted membership in his Secret Society.
Cap, and Sif waited until the strange talking gorilla finished speaking, and then doubled back down the corridor and took the left one to meet up with Thor on the other side. Thor saw them approaching, and whispered over to the Avengers leader. "Captain...what is thy plan of attack? The son of Odin awaits your orders." Cap waves both Thor, and Sif into a huddle, and begins to explain his plans. "The leader of their group is the Gorilla, and his intellect is much higher than the Red Ghost's Super-Apes. The blue woman is most likely the one with power over ice. The man in the blue costume has the ability of flight, and energy projection judging by the yellow aura he's generating. The clay man has shown he can morph his body, and reshape it at will. Our best option would be to catch him in the crosshairs of the ice woman's powers to neutralize his threat. The other three haven't shown any of their powers, but I noticed how the purple man was avoiding direct contact with any of his allies. This could mean that his skin is toxic, or he could have an ability to drain someone's life force, so don't let him touch you."
Sif smiled at Steve and nodded. "Thy judgement is sound, Steve. This Shield Maiden will follow thee e'en through perdition's fire!" Sif said with determination in her voice that had Steve rubbing the back of his cowled head with his gloved right hand. "Um...thank you, Sif. Now we need to take out their leader first and foremost. This group looks like they haven't been a team for too long, so they'll become sloppy and unorganized. Thor...I need you to take on the man with the yellow aura, but keep an eye out for the purple skinned meta. I'll engage their Leader, and take out as many of the others as I can..." Sif raised a white gloved hand that got Steve's attention. "I hath experienced the cold embrace of Niffleheim, and survived to tell the tale. The chill she brings to bear doth not e'en compare. She will be my opponent." Cap smiled, and nodded. "Okay, now let's..." Before Steve could continue, he felt a stabbing pain in his mind, and dropped to his knees holding his head with his two gloved hands. Sif held him by his shoulders, and had a look of concern for the Super Soldier. "Steve!" Sif shouted, and watched Cap grit his teeth in pain. Thor stepped in front of the two when he noticed that their enemies were now aware of their presence.
The Gorilla had his hairy arms folded behind his back with a predatory look in his eyes, and a smirk on his face. "Who might you be? Your not the Justice League, but I do like your attire...very patriotic. Oh? How interesting. Your not from around here, are you? Another universe entirely? Please, Captain...tell me more." Grodd smiled cruelly as he continued to use his mental powers on Captain America, who stopped screaming and turned his head to stare down Grodd. "What?! This isn't possible! No one can resist my mental powers!" Steve stood up slowly with the help of Sif. "You caught me by surprise before, but now I'm more than capable of blocking you out!" Cap held up his circular shield in the air, and shouted a cry that makes super-villains everywhere quake in fear. "Avengers ASSEMBLE!" Cap threw his indestructible shield at Grodd, who had to jump up high to avoid being hit. The shield ricocheted off of several walls, and scored a direct hit on a surprised Shade, who was knocked out unconscious. The shield was about to return to Cap hand, when it was enveloped in yellow energy that stopped it in mid air.
"You aren't much of a threat without this, human!" Sinestro gloated, only to have Cap springboard up off of a table, and double kicked Sinestro in the chest area. Sinestro's yellow energy aura protected him from any damage, but Cap's attack was merely a distraction for Thor to deliver a powerful strike with his enchanted hammer. The yellow aura shield buckled under Thor's assault, and forced Sinestro to drop Cap's shield to bring his full attention to the son of Odin.
Cap caught the shield just in time to defect a blast of freezing energy from Killer Frost. "Not bad, Flag man! You're going to make such a cute little ice sculpture...Mmmm...I can see it now!" Killer Frost licked her lips in anticipation. "No thanks! I've already been in a deep freeze once, and I'm not looking for history to repeat itself!" Cap said as he dodged, and deflected more of Killer Frost's attacks, and tried to find an opening to counter attack. Giganta grew in size to help out her teammate, but was intercepted by Sif who stood her ground against her larger opponent. "Out of my way, Smallfry!" Giganta shouted, and stomped her high heeled shoe where Sif was standing. Sif leaped away, and rolled to safety, getting Giganta to frown slightly. "Stand still so I can squash you!" Sif charged at Giganta, and slashed at her Achilles tendon on her left leg, that started bleeding heavily earning a painful yell from Giganta. "OoWW! That hurts! You heroes aren't supposed to do things like that!" Giganta tried to use her left hand to stop the bleeding. Sif looked up into Giganta's eyes and scoffed at her words. "Child, I am not a hero, I am a warrior of the Golden Realm of Asgard! I hath slain Frost Giants larger than thee, and faced a thousand terrors that thou cannot e'en begin to imagine. Yield now! For Sif shall end this battle, one way or the other." Sif's sword starts glowing with a radiant white light, and her eyes became like steel gazing at the scared form of Giganta waiting for her answer.
"Sif, look out!" Cap shouted at the warrior maiden, getting her to duck out of the reach of the Parasite who snuck up behind her. Cap was still evading Killer Frost's attacks, and threw his shield directly at the Parasite. Grodd appeared in front of him, and caught Cap's shield in mid air. Grodd landed on the floor, and began to study the shield. "Quite the extraordinary weapon you have, Captain. Both offensive, and defensive. Yes...the man out of time...Captain America. I think I'll add this piece to my collection along with your head on a pike in my office!" Grodd yelled as he went on the attack. Steve went to meet this new threat, when Killer Frost received a mental signal from Grodd, and froze Cap's feet in place on the floor. Cap began punching the ice to free himself, when he had to block a punch to his ribs by Grodd. "Uughh! His strength is easily in the 800 to 900 pound class. My arms went numb from blocking that attack. Have to find his weak point!"
Grodd started to taunt Cap, as he continued his ruthless attack, and punched Steve in his jaw. "It's no use, Captain. You may have been able to block out my mental attack, but I don't need to use it to beat you within an inch of your life." Grodd laughed when he was able to split Cap's lip open with his latest punch.
Thor was getting angry at the alien who kept sending out yellow constructs to do his fighting for him. "I grow weary of thy trickery with yon constructs of light! Thor will bestow on thee the true gift of battle!" Thor swung his hammer above his head, and generated mystical energies in order to penetrate Sinestro's defenses. Sinestro saw this, and created a yellow energy force bubble around himself to protect him from Thor's attack. "I shall defeat thee with this final strike from Mjolnir!" Thor kept on spinning his hammer until it became a blur of motion. "Witness the power of the God of Thunder!" Thor threw his hammer at Sinestro's bubble, and surprised him when he hurled himself above the bubble and came down with a double axe-handle with both hands clenched together and struck the bubble with a thunderous blow at the same time Mjolnir struck. Sinestro tried reinforcing the bubble with more yellow energy, but it shattered and gave Thor the opening he needed to deliver the finishing blow that sent Sinestro plummeting fast to impact the ground causing a large shock-wave.
The vibrations from the shock-wave caused the ice to crack enough around Cap's feet to free himself, and the super soldier flipped backwards to get some breathing room. Cap had welts forming on his face underneath his mask, and one of his eyes were starting to swell up from Grodd's earlier attacks. Even still, Cap had a smile on his face as he took up a fighting stance. "Let's see what you can do now that we're on an even playing field!" Grodd laughed out loud at Cap, and had a smug grin on his face. "My dear delusional Captain. I never play fair." Grodd sent another mental command to Killer Frost, who smirked until she felt something moist on her chest, and looked down. She saw her own blood, and the point of a long sword sticking out from between her breasts. Killer Frost began convulsing, and her eyes rolled up into her head. Her arms fell lifelessly to the sides of her body, and the sword that impaled her was yanked quickly out. The other super-villains looked on in shock, and even Grodd began to take several steps back in fear from the cold look of the Warrior Woman's eyes.
"I hath bathed in the blood of mine enemies, for I am a Warrior Goddess of Asgard! Know that my name is Sif, for it shall be the last thing that thou shalt e'er hear!" Sif shouted out a war-cry, as she leaps toward the assembly of villains with her sword held high above her head with Killer Frost's blood still visible on it's blade.
Author's Note: Chapter 2 Complete! Thanks for the favs, and follows. It lets me know that you want more chapters. Now onto the reviews:
Guest: It's still early in the story, so that won't happen until the Avengers, and Sif establish a reputation in the DC Universe. Thanks for reading! : )
cabrera1234: Cap's not someone who you'd associate with having a harem. Not totally out of the realm of possibility, but I think his character, and the values he has means he'd only be interested in a monogamous relationship.
reader10215: I'm glad you liked the first chapter. Their speech patterns are interesting to write. I might change it up down the road in the story. Thanks for the review! : D
gunman: Thanks, gunman! Hope you like this latest update. : ) Someone like Dr. Fate, or Zatanna might be able to remove Loki's enchantment on their weapons, but getting the League's help will be difficult now that Sif has killed one of the DC Universe's villains. They might have to go to another group for assistance. ; )
Thanks for reading, and let me know what you thought of the chapter in a review. : D