List of oneshots part 4
chapter 60
What if the Avengers weren't heroes from their own world, but those from other realities/franchises that were spat into a timeline without any Avengers or heroes?
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-Earth- 2490000012.34, Earth, Somewhere over the USA-
It was a cloudy afternoon as the sky seemed to be endless...seemingly quiet and devoid of birds.
WOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHH!
Except for the engines of a massive airship of gray metal moving through the clouds like a knife through pea soup. It could be seen as some sort of aircraft carrier given the smooth and flat top with numerous jets lining the sides, but it had no sharp underside like a ship, but only large propellers on the sides.
Painted onto the sides and air strip of this ship was a bird with the words SHIELD encompassing a circle of black.
This was a Helicarrier, the standard of S.H.I.E.L.D, the earth's only line of defense against crime and otherworldly invaders...and it looked a little empty, seemingly devoid of enough manpower to keep it functioning.
Various agents and crews were moving around, keeping it in the air while monitoring various areas all over the globe.
However, something seemed off. Especially when in the far innermost bowls of the ship, a large circular machine with a single blue cube clamped to a glass orb along with a green stone and red liquid substance placed within a glass container on the far right of the machine itself. A purple orb-like stone loomed in the center of the circular arcway as Nick Fury, his single eye looking upon the structure itself, was making the final preparations for this strange anomaly of metal and precious gems.
"Is the last stone ready?" he asked Agent Coulson, who had a single black briefcase in his right hand.
"Yes, and I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah, me too." he muttered while looking at the archway. "If this thing works, we'll have an ace on hand."
"But Director Fury, we haven't properly tested this yet, the readings from the needed power source alone are off the charts. Maybe we should hold off and do some double checking before we actually test it."
"That might be true if we didn't take the stone off that Yandu fella a few years back. This planet has tears going into other realities, something that the damn warlord doesn't realize we had when he declared war on us."
"Still, this is dangerous. If this machine explodes or worse, implodes, it will take out half the planet along with us."
"That's a risk I'm willing to take." spoke Fury with a serious tone. "As it stands, the Earth is vulnerable to who knows what from outer space, and worse. We need to take a chance to try and fix that. It's our job and duty to keep this planet protected and safe no matter what."
"Isn't there some other way? Couldn't we just try some, you know….experiments?"
"Coulson, we both know that didn't work before with the gamma bomb, and it won't work again. We could get a huge pay raise in our budget, but we're still far behind technology wise compared to the tech just from Yandu's ship. We need to take a chance, even if it's something I really don't wanna do."
"I understand sir, but we already have a purple alien knocking at our doorsteps. Isn't it safer to test it first then learn what's out of our own universe? What if there are more dangerous threats out there that might find earth a picnic spot?"
"Then we'll be ready before they set a single foot, claw, or whatever they have on it."
Coulson was about to keep going, but he stopped since the director was clear on this and wouldn't stop, so he nodded. "Understood sir."
"Now, the stone."
The agent nodded before moving the briefcase upwards and opened it, revealing a glass canister with a yellow stone placed within it.
"To think that one single touch from a normal hand would expose us to gamma radiation." Nick muttered out loud while taking the canister with his left hand and studied it. "I don't wanna even think what it could do if it exposed a whole person to its power."
"Maybe it will turn them into a big green leprechaun?"
Nick raised an eyebrow at the agent, seemingly not amused.
"Right, bad joke, my bad."
He turned around and moved towards the machine, placing the canister into a slot next to the red liquid, causing the stones to glow brightly and the machine to quickly power on. "Ok, this will be a random extraction. Coulson, prepare the viewing monitor."
"Yes sir." the agent ran over to a nearby console and started typing away at the holographic keyboard, the cables linked to the machine lighting up.
ZOOOOOM!
ZAAP!
ZAP!
And in a whirl of electricity, a large multicolored screen formed within the archway, showing abstract colors and shapes in the process that made the human's eyes hurt a little.
"How are the power readings?"
"About twenty percent sir, and rising."
"Good, that means it's working. Now, let's see who the first visitor is gonna be."
"Should I get some extra firepower just in case?"
"If something happens, put us in lockdown." Nick said while the screen changed to show a rather large castle-like structure with several students walking into it, including one with three semi-adults, one guy and two girls, each one carrying weapons as they went towards this beacon of hope. "Mmm, odd place. Doesn't look like any earth I've seen, or any planet in this universe either."
"Seems kinda classy sir."
"True, but beggars can't be choosers. Activate the suction tethers." he said while Coulson typed on his keyboard and caused several multi colored energy lines to appear from the portal and-
TWANG!
And snagged onto one of the students like a fishing line.
"Now reel them in!"
Coulson hit more buttons before the lines started to come back towards them.
ZOOP!
"Ah!" cried out a tall medium-brown skinned young woman with short light mint-green hair with two long locks going down her back, a straight fringe and long bangs, dark red eyes, a D cup chest and wide ass, wearing an intricate white top, an olive shallow-cut top with a cut gem-like emblem on the back, a gold three-ring armband on her left arm, two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers, a string of gold beads on her left wrist, white shorts, a gold coin-plated belt with four gold chains draping around her back from two of the coins, a green loincloth, strappy high-heeled pumps, and had a pair of green chain like sickles on her back, as she was pulled out of the portal and released from the tethers grip. "What the? Where am I?!"
"Welcome miss." spoke Nick with his hands behind his back as she got to her feet and turned to him alarmed before frowning. "Let me be the first to welcome you, and reassure you that you are not in any danger."
"Yeah." She frowned before her eyes glowed red and Nick seemed to be in a trance-like state. "But what about you?"
Nick blinked before shrugging the feeling off, making the girl's eyes widen in surprise. "And that was supposed to be something important? Because I'm not impressed."
"What the?! How...wait. You have a mind resisting semblance don't you? Damn it." She frowned before pulling her weapons out. "You won't get me, huntsmen."
Coulson went to pull out his gun but was stopped by Nick, who quickly called him off with a single motion of his right hand.
"I am not a huntsman. I am Nick Fury, leader of SHIELD. You're on earth."
"Earth? Not...Remnant?" She said with a raised eyebrow.
"No. You see you're not in the same place, you're in a different reality, or universe if you will."
"..." she looked at them, then out the window and saw a fully intact moon looming in the horizon, making her quickly rethink her strategy and place her weapons on her back. "I still need answers."
"Yes, right after we assemble the others." Nick said while looking at Coulson. "Please call in security to escort the miss to her assigned room."
"Right away sir." he gestured to the door as she narrowed her eyes. "It's just so you can find it."
"I'll bet." she remarked before two agents came in and led her out.
"Smart girl." Nick remarked while an image of a flooded and destroyed Tokyo appeared on the screen along with several boats carrying refugees over the water. "What the? What happened to Tokyo?!"
"No idea, but maybe an earthquake caused it. It is in the Ring of Fire."
"Mmmm, I don't know. It feels...off for some reason, but I can't place a finger on it." He mused.
"Should we try and find another one? I don't see anyone." Coulson said before a sensor alarm appeared on his tablet and he blinked in surprise. "Or not. Sir, the energy readings have spiked to nearly nine percent and are rising. Something is affecting the machine, and not in a good way."
Nick nodded before seeing a boat with several people on it, including one with a bracelet of silver that seemed...otherworldly. "We got our target, reel her in."
TWANG!
And just like that, the tethers latched onto the nearest person and yanked a tall pale skinned young woman with short brown hair that trailed down her neck in the back, brown eyes, a H cup chest and wide ass, wearing a yellow shirt that revealed her a black sports bra, blue jeans, a silver bracelet with a red orb in the middle on her right wrist, and brown high heeled boots, right though the portal.
"Huh? Where? What?" She said in confusion as the bracelet seemed to glow with power for a moment, making Nick narrow his eye in suspicion. "Where am I?"
"Welcome to Earth, and the Helacarrier. My name's Nick Fury, and you're in another world, or reality, your call."
"...wait. Where's Rihoko? Oh kami!"
"Who?"
"My daughter! Where is she!?" she yelled while the bracelet began to glow brighter, making Nick rethink his strategy and try to calm her down before something bad happens.
"She's safe in your own world, but we need your help, and getting upset will not help anyone, especially when it might affect your daughter in some way."
"Put me back, damn it!"
"Look, I'd be happy to explain, but right now we need to get a few others, but I promise, if all goes well, your daughter will be safe and sound."
She looked at the man with serious eyes before the bracelet began to decrease in hue levels and she relaxed. "Fine."
"Good, the guards will see you to your room. Try to behave yourself."
She gulped and hid the bracelet with her left hand, seemingly ashamed of it as the guards escorted her away.
"Shouldn't we bring her daughter here, sir?"
"And let her experience a possible alien invasion? Is that even a good idea Agent Coulson?" He raised his one good eyebrow. "Right now it's best to keep her little girl in her own world, and hope her mom will help us, now let's keep going, the more time that passes the less we have to be ready."
Coulson nodded as the screen showed a city with several strange human-like robots walking around, with one, a secretary-like girl, accompanying a young man into a large tower. "Looks like a very nice world. I wouldn't mind living there really."
"In a world full of robots?"
"I don't think they're like any robot I've seen before, I mean they look so...human. Nothing like the ones we currently have access to."
"Except for the rather bulky earpieces you mean?"
"Yeah."
"I see. That request is denied." Nick said sternly as the man groaned in apparent disappointment. "We need someone from here who can help us, not go around looking for vacation spots."
"Yes sir."
Nick looked around the screen before seeing one of the people with a strange belt on their waist. "Mmm, tether the one with the belt. He seems important."
"Yes sir."
TWANG!
And just like that, the energy tethers pulled out a tall pale skinned man with short brown hair, gray eyes, a black mole on the left side of his chin, wearing a red hooded shirt, a black business suit with two gray buttons, black pants, neon green shoes, and a neon yellow and black belt with a single yellow orb in the center, out of the portal along with the black haired secretary like robot.
"Huh?! Where?!"
"President Aruto, the connection with Zea has been temporarily disabled. Shall I attempt a system purge and possible interdimensional re-tuning?"
"Wait? Again, gah! Is it a Time Jacker?"
"No. It is not the work of a Time Jacker."
"Ahem." Nick coughed, getting their attention. "Sorry for the sudden interruption, but you're needed here. My name's Nick Fury, and welcome to Earth."
"President Aruto, the current year here is 2004 AD."
"Wait what? Oh man, that's not good."
"Am I missing something?" Coulson asked.
"It means Hiden Intelligence isn't even a thing yet, meaning if we cause an Aruto problem, then we affect the future." The teen cried out as Nick looked confused.
"Um, that isn't a thing here, at all. You're from another timeline, not our future. There's a distinction in that regard."
"...eh?" he quickly looked at Nick with a beep sound off screen.
"This isn't the past, you're just from another version of reality, so anything you do here won't affect your own future, provided we can stop the oncoming threat."
"Eh?!"
"Yeah, I suggest you follow the guards to your assigned room until my business is settled, then I will try to explain what is going on in my earth."
"I shall be by President Aruto's side all the way, unless that is an issue."
"No, miss..."
"Izu, Humagear. Type, Secretary. President Aruto's personal secretary for Hiden Intelligence." She said while Nick saw that she was studying him like a hawk.
"I see, then you are excused."
With that the two were led out, Aruto looking around in awe.
"I feel like that 'Humagear' is hiding something." muttered Coulson. "I mean she was so….off putting for some reason."
"Or maybe you're just nervous."
"Yeah, I'm not." He said while the screen changed to reveal a rather large temple complex on the middle of a hill, where a figure was turning into yellow particles that made the sensors ring with alarm. "Sir, whoever that person is, is going to die soon. His energy readings are decreasing, like he is made of pure energy!"
"See if you can bring him in."
"I'll try sir." He said while sending the energy tethers towards the figure.
TWANG!
Making contact in the process.
"I'm transferring some energy from the stones into the energy being to stabilize his body enough to get through the portal."
"Don't make it too much, no telling what might happen."
"Yes sir."
And just like that, a tall tanned skinned man with short white hair that was swept backwards towards the top of his head, gray eyes, wearing black body armor consisting of a black tight sleeveless shirt with silver accents, a metal plate on the collar, a red long sleeved coat with a metal plate connecting the sleeves to his back and was cut off near the upper torso and midcliff, a long red open skirt that ended above the shins and was tied in an agemaki knot, a silver metal plate covering the knot, black bow gloves, black trouser pants with two black straps on his thighs and another two strapped around his shins, black metal plated shoes, and holding a black bow in his hands, appeared in the room as his body seemed to stabilize and return to normal.
"Huh….? I'm not at the Throne?" He muttered before seeing Nick and caused the bow to vanish, replacing them with a pair of black and white daggers instantaneously. "What trickery is this? Another servant and mage combo for the grail?"
"No sir, right now you're on a flying ship in a completely different world, the name's Nick Fury."
"..." he frowned as the weapons vanished from his hands. "I see, so I'm in another timeline. One seperate from both my own timeline and the one I was summoned to. Why did you summon me from my own death?"
"Because our reality is in need of people who can help. I'll explain the whole story when everyone is brought in."
"I see."
"But to ask my associate's question." He pointed to the agent. "What exactly are you? An energy being?"
"No. I'm a heroic spirit, a shadow of a hero long dead. I am Archer, and I am summoned to fight for mages that want a chance for power." Archer said before seeing some guards. "What you did was save me from returning to the Throne, where my memories of the war will be erased for a new one."
"Well then let's take it as a sign that you're not out of the park just yet." Nick said as Archer was escorted away.
"Mages, like wizards? Huh, I wish we had some here. Might have helped with a lot of problems." Coulson muttered.
"Or they can cause more trouble for us."
"But sir, aren't we….technically doing that now?" he said before seeing Nick staring at him with a deadpan expression. "Um right, back to finding more worlds."
Nick turned to face the screen and saw a rather strange scene, a large city full of aliens and green and black hour glasses as a muscular man with a watch like gauntlet was being attacked by a massive humanoid creature with long tentacle arms and legs, two tiny legs over the tentacles that were semi taloned and looked like claws, two large insect-like wings covered in flames on some parts, four arms with an extra tentacle on the upper left arm, sharp dagger-like nails, and a skull-like face covered in flames, causing great damages to the city in the process. "Looks like we got ourselves into a battle. But which one is the hero and which one isn't?"
"Want me to get us another one? This looks kinda messy."
"And waste time finding another world? We don't have the time for that, just lock onto one of those individuals and go from there." Nick said as the two 'warriors' kept on attacking each other, one dodging attacks and the other one using sonic howls to attack the other. "And make sure that sound attack doesn't hit the machine, god knows what'll happen if the stones get hit at a subatomic level."
"Yes sir. Please let us get the normal looking one." muttered Coulson before hitting the right buttons and praying.
TWANG!
As the energy tethers went flying towards the two individuals, the smaller humanoid dodged from a blast of fire and-
CLANG!
Caught the monster as it was pulled right through the portal, looking rather enraged in the process.
"What the hell is this!?" it roared in english, surprising the two agents in the process.
"Fuck me." muttered Coulson.
"Who the hell are you?! Plumbers, wouldbe criminals? No matter, I'll bust your skulls into paste!" it roared out while it's tentacle arm lashed out, making Nick duck as it slammed into the wall.
"Now hold up." Nick said while pointing to the monster. "This isn't a 'Plumber' base or anything like that. You are in another timeline-"
"Again?! Fuck and here I thought that weakling Ben and his time hopping friend weren't a pain in the ass already. Now I have ANOTHER timeline with an omnitrix?! Fuck me!" He growled in frustration, making the agents even more confused.
"An omni-what?"
"Look, whatever your issue is, it's not with us. We don't know who that is or what this 'omnitrix' thing is."
The monster frowned while raising an eyebrow or a lack of one. "What? So you don't have a device that allows one to turn into over ten billion alien species?"
"By god." Coulson muttered in awe. "We really need one of those, why didn't we get the other one?!"
"...you're serious? No omnitrix?"
"No and we don't have heroes either, that was why we...accidentally took you from your world, but we'll explain later once we contain you in a room, under guard that is." Nick said as he looked confused. "Um, is that your true form or…?"
The creature gave what seemed like a smirk before suddenly shifting into a tall semi muscular man with long black hair that covered his right eye, black eyes, an 'X' like scar on his chin, wearing a black sleeveless bodysuit with gray lines going down his sides, curved black shoulder armor, a black belt, and black shoes. "Well, it sounds like I hit the jackpot."
"What-"
"Osmosian. Alien species that steals energy, matter and in my case, DNA." He said while seeing some guards walking in. "And I'm not a hero, not anymore." And in no time he suddenly sped off in front of them, punching them down with ease before running up to Nick, grabbing him by the neck and hoisting him up with a smirk. "Thanks for the help, but now I'll be doing what I want. Don't worry, I'll make it quick as a show of gratitude."
PUNCH!
"AH!" He cried out as Nick punched him in the right eye and then quickly placed him into a nerve pinch, causing the alien to get knocked out instantly.
"You should've stayed in that monster form." he frowned while rubbing his right hand. "Ah, that guy was like a brick wall."
Coulson gulped while looking at the guards. "Shall I call in the maximum security guards?"
"Yeah, and make sure to have him restrained so much he won't be able to sneeze." Nick said while Coulson nodded.
(A few minutes later)
Nick sighed as the guards placed the alien in a reinforced steel and bullet proof glass box with several strange purple metal lining the sides, and wheeled it out of the room. "Good thing we found that asteroid of Vibranium in the fifties or that guy would've been impossible to lock up without dunking him in the middle of the Atlantic."
"Let's just keep it that way until we get everyone."
"Yes and given we don't have much time for the thirty or more members before that purple giant comes knocking, this has to be the last one. And it needs to be a good one." Nick says gravely. "A true leader to get those five into shape."
"Like Steve?"
"Yeah, sad that he died in that experiment. Would've helped end the Second Great War much earlier." He sighed. "Maybe give us some hope in this near hopeless planet we call earth."
"Don't worry sir, I'm confident we'll find someone good enough."
"I hope so." He said while looking at the screen, only to see a large throne room with a massive green dragon attacking a knight in silver armor, a yakuza-like figure in the background bleeding out as an elf-like woman sat on her throne commanding the massive dragon-like creature. "What. The. Hell?"
"I detect the same energy reading as Archer, but some of them are larger or even more potent than before. I think this is another variation of that world, but I can't be sure of that."
"It definitely fits the mage part he mentioned." Nick muttered as the knight's sword glowed and killed the dragon, a bright gold color appearing within the red in the proces.
"Sir, the knight's reading is fading. If we want to add them to the project, we have to do it now or lose them!"
"Do it."
TWANG!
And like that, the energy tethers latched onto the knight and began pouring energy into them.
"Got them."
"Reel them in and close the gates!"
And just like that, the knight landed on the platform, the blood vanishing along with the gold particles as Nick noticed something quickly.
WOOSH!
Clank!
The helmet was collapsible as a short pale skinned woman with short pale blonde hair tired in a ponytail by a red band, green eyes, a B cup chest and small ass, wearing a thick silver armor sporing red lines on the shoulder guards and circular skirt, spiked gauntlets with a red under cloth, a red cloth ging between the legs with a golden trim, two gray horns on the sides of the shoulders, pointed low heeled sabatons, a large red hilted silver sword with red markings on the blade and guard, stood in front of him with a very confused look on her face.
"Ehhh? What the hell? Where is that witch bitch...and who the fuck are you two? Mages? Black or Red?" she frowned while pointing her sword at Nick's neck. "Answer me now!"
"Easy there little lady, you're safe, nobodies gonna try something."
"Do NOT call me a lady! I am Mordred Pendragon, SON of King Arthur and true ruler of Camelot!" she growled while looking a little pissed off. "Now answer my questions!"
"I'm Nick Fury, leader of SHIELD and I need your help."
"...that's a dumb name." she said while moving her blade down slightly. "But what do you mean help? A Holy Grail War?"
"Not exactly, but I would like to avoid something that big. I'll explain it to the rest of the group, now just calmly follow me."
She frowned while her blade vanished instantly and she followed him and Coulson out of the room, not seeing a blue hand moving towards the canister holding the purple stone.
(Later on)
-SHIELD Meeting Hall-
Nick sighed as he looked at the six individuals, each one either sitting at a chair in the middle of the room or placed within a heavily contained wheeled glass container, hoping to learn of their intentions upon learning why they are here.
However...some of them were freaking out about certain people, aka the alien and the robot in the room.
"You had your chance to end me, and you blew it. As soon as I get out of here, I'll rip your other eye out with my bare hands." spoke the black haired man with a glare.
"Um…" said the mint green haired girl in confusion as the woman with the silver bracelet looked very freaked out at the alien. "Why is he in the box? And why is he trying to form a….a lava arm?!" 'Semblance or not, no one should be able to do that!'
"Izu, I'm trying hard not to freak out." Aruto whispered while sweating nervously.
"Do not worry, the unidentifiable lifeform is contained behind an unknown metal box. It will not harm you, President Aruto."
"That's not reassuring."
"So." Archer said while looking at Mordred with mixed feelings. "Your Arthur's….son?" 'Welp….if Saber was here she'd be pissed.'
"And you are?"
"A Counter Hero, one that's not into tomboys."
"What did you call me?!" She growled in anger.
The silver bracelet glowed while its holder seemed on edge, as if not wanting to be anywhere near the other six people for some reason.
"Ahem." Nick coughed, getting their attention. "Can I have your attention now?"
"Sorry." Aruto chuckled nervously. "I just didn't expect to be in the middle of...a mad house."
"Shall I dissect the joke, President Aruto?" Izu asked while the mint green girl raised an eyebrow at her.
"What no!"
"What kind of robot is that? It's not Atleasian nor is it a combat robot." The red eyed girl said while pointing to Izu. "And it looks too human for my tastes." 'Like that Penny robot.'
"I am not fit for combat, I am a secretary." Izu said.
"Even though you are Izu-mazingly fast." Aruto said while the red eyed girl groaned.
"I hate puns." She groaned while Nick sighed.
"Are we all done with the conversations?" He said while crossing his arms. "Can I actually get things rolling?"
"Just do it!" yelled the woman with the silver bracelet letting out a huff. "Please...just tell us why we're here."
He nodded before snapping his fingers and caused a holographic screen to appear on the ground. "This world isn't like the ones you know of. You might've had heroes and villains, but here...we don't. Just SHIELD, whose job is to protect the earth from itself. From dictators to the occasional monster, we kept the peace for eighty years."
"Like knights and soldiers?" questioned the blond haired girl.
"Yes, except unlike them, we try to do it discreetly. We try to do our best all over and with the latest technology, but there are some things even though we're behind."
"Let me guess, aliens?" questioned the black haired man with a smirk. "I've been around guys who use more advanced tech in an RV than this whole place has. It's kinda sad really."
"Yeah." Nick said while showing a hologram of an alien with a mullet. "Yondu, a Ravager, or bounty hunter that came here to find a boy, one that had the power of a Celestial. A god. But he failed and we confiscated his ship and kept him a prisoner in one of our bases."
"So what?" asked the mint haired girl.
"So, after some time, we discovered some vital information. Turns out a dangerous alien named Thanos was on his way to Earth, and he intended to get very powerful stones that are extremely dangerous. Apparently if he gets his hands on them, we're looking at a disaster that could affect the entire universe."
A hologram of a purple titan with golden armor and holding a golden glove on his right hand appeared before being replaced with six colored stones.
"These are the Infinity Stones. Relics from when the universe started, each one has the power to control one aspect of reality. Power, mind, soul, reality, time and space. When put together, they can give the user the powers of a god, but due to the gamma radiation of each, it's lethal to anyone without that gauntlet of his." Nick said with a frown. "We have five of the stones, the Soul Stone is currently off world, and we used them to summon you seven from your own worlds."
"That's...bad." Archer said while frowning. "A threat to the planet's will."
"I know, but we have one other problem to face." He said while showing a hologram of a tall horned man with golden armor and holding a staff in his left hand and a hammer in his right. "Loki. Frost Giant and ruler of Asgard. He's a danger to earth for one reason, conquest through turning earth into an ice ball. If either of them attack, we'll be destroyed in a matter of hours."
"Wow, that hat makes him look like a jackass." chuckled the black haired man.
"True, but he wields magic-"
"Magic doesn't exist." Izu and the mint haired girl said at once.
"It does." Archer and Mordred deadpanned.
"And." Nick coughed. "He has an army of warriors on his side. If either Thanos or Loki appear, we're screwed."
"But why us?" asked Izu.
"Because we planned for this ahead of time. Project Avengers, a team of heroes that fight to protect earth. But given that we don't have heroes of our own…"
"You took us." said the black haired man with a frown.
"Yes."
"So let me get this straight." the mint haired girl raised an eyebrow. "You straight up kidnapped us from our own worlds, to work together in another world we've never even been to or knew existed, to fight YOUR battle?"
"Yes."
"...you're nuts!"
"No." Izu said. "Desperate. That is the logic of this situation. However how he got us here is another matter, even with these Infinity Stones, the ability to pluck others to this earth is impossible."
"Not when the earth we live in." Nick said while showing a hologram of a green tear. "Has a weak interdimensional barrier. Been like that for centuries, spitting out objects from other worlds like a garbage can. SHIELD just used a tear, placed an artificial barrier around it and let the stones stabilize it. It wasn't easy or cheap but it worked and I know this is hard to digest, but if you help us, we promise to compensate you as best we can."
"Oh yeah, because I'm sure you guys got plenty of what I want." remarked the imprisoned man with sarcasm. "I was already free of a hellhole of a prison in my own world, and I don't do hero stuff. So you can take this whole saving the universe idea and shove it up your ass."
"Same." the mint green girl said. "I have my own problems, I'm not going to go head on into another one."
Nick sighed.
"Sure." Aruto smirked. "I'll help. I'm a Kamen Rider and Kamen Riders help others."
"I'll lend my help. If it endangers the planet, it only makes sense to keep that from happening." spoke Archer. "After all, I'm a Counter Hero, protecting the planet is part of the job."
"...ok." said the silver bracelet woman with a sigh. "I'll help, but I need to return to my daughter afterwards."
"If President Aruto wills it, I shall aid you in this endeavor." Izu said with a bow as Mordred looked a little mixed in her intentions, her face looking from her hands to Nick's face and back again.
"I….I don't know." She said sheepishly. "I mean I just fought a war against both a vampire and a witch bitch and her warped priest. I….I need time to recuperate in the Throne of Heroes. Purge my memories and rejuvenate myself." 'I'm a knight of treachery...they wouldn't want me here anyway.'
Nick sighed. "Six out of seven votes. Well since we're here. I suggest we tell a little about ourselves before I dismiss you to your rooms. Any volunteers?" 'This is harder than it looks. Most of them are like oil and water.'
"Well, what do we talk about?" questioned the tanned girl.
"Your names, powers, personality and the worlds you came from. Might help us clear the tension, especially with mister alien chimera here." Nick pointed to the man in the glass container. "So come on now, who wants to be head of the class?"
"President Aruto does."
"Eh?!" Aruto said while Izu pulled his left hand up. "Ah Ah Ah! Izu!"
"Ah, the robot expert. Do tell us what you're all about."
Aruto groaned while Izu let go of his arm and hissed in pain. "Ah...oh. Name's Aruto Hiden, president of Hiden Intelligence and the hero Kamen Rider Zero-One. On my earth, man created Humagears to help humanity and I advocate for Humagear rights. I'm an expert in jokes and puns by the way."
"And the powers?" asked the mint girl with sarcasm.
"Kamen Rider Zero-One uses the power of the Zea Satellite to create Progrisekeys, housing the data of animals, to allow for maximum battle efficiency." Izu said while the red eyed girl went wide eyed.
"That's impossible! That shouldn't be able to work at all, my world can't even get a rocket into space!"
"Our world has many unique and advanced machines."
"Same." the black haired man huffed. "But with alien tech."
The mint girl blinked as she saw the others nodded in approval, making her feel rather small for obvious reasons. 'We can create AI based life yet...THEY can go to space!'
"So what about you?" Nick asked the red eyed girl. "What makes you and your world special?"
"...my name is Emerald Sustrai, a Huntress that kills monsters called Grimm. My world is technologically advanced but divided by strife and survival, so much so we don't even unite often. My powers are unique, part of my soul." She said before looking at Aruto, her eyes glowing red as Aruto screamed in horror.
"AHHHHH!"
"What are you doing?!" yelled the bracelet woman.
"This is my semblance, Illusion. A semblance allows one to have one power, my causes all forms of mind fuckerly to anyone I have eye contact with." She said while disengaging the semblance, making the man pant in fear. "This combined with my Aura, the life energy of a person that protects us from harm, makes me deadly."
"Alright, I take it Mr. Aruto here would like a moment to relax?"
"Ah...I'm good." he said while calming down. "I just...didn't expect that." 'Ark...how did that girl even KNOW about him? I just had him purged from MetalHopper!'
Emerald rolled her eyes while noticing the man in the glass container smirking at her. "What? Something funny?"
"You remind me of this bitch, Charmcaster. Real magical bitch with an arrogant streak a mile high, well until I kicked her ass that is."
"What I use isn't magic, it's a Semblance."
"Whatever you say mint head." he said before looking at Fury. "So let me guess, I'm the next one for this little group circle shit?"
"Well you have eyes don't you? You tell us."
He huffed. "Names Kevin 11,000, originally Kevin 11. I'm an osmosian, an alien that absorbs any form of matter and I'm a criminal. My world is full of aliens, alien hybrids, time travelers and the like, with Ben 10, or as he's called now Ben 10,000 as its greatest hero."
"And this is the one with the omnitrix right?"
"Bingo, he had that thing since he was ten, saved the universe and multiverse more than once, and I used to be his friend...until he ruined my life and threw me into the Null Void!"
"Null Void?" asked Archer in confusion.
"A prison dimension, fucking bad shit that has no end. Although I absorbed everyone there to gain their powers." He smirked while forming a metallic green and black substance on his right arm. "I have their powers, but a tenth of it's true strength, but when put together, I'm unstoppable!"
"Don't go getting any ideas now." warned Nick.
"Aw relax cyclops, I'll be on my best behavior, scouts honor." he chuckled, turning his arm back to normal.
"Such a waste." Archer muttered to himself. "A heroic spirit of the highest regard, wasted on crime."
Kevin frowned hearing that and glared at the heroic spirit. "I ain't no hero, it's what makes me stronger than some pansy who can't get the job done."
"Are you calling yourself a pansy for not getting out of your cage, or are you just trying to act tough for the sake of appearance?" He asked while Emerald chuckled at his burn.
"Keep that up, I'll make sure to show you what I can really do as soon as I'm out of this."
"I've faced worse." He said calmly while Nick raised an eyebrow. "Since this isn't my timeline, I'll tell you about what exactly I am, but fair warning. It's not pretty." 'Or pleasant for me.'
"Go ahead."
He sighed. "I am Archer, it's a class of heroic spirit that specializes with long ranged weapons although in my case it's different. Originally my name was Shirou Emyia, a faker mage that can trace any weapon imaginable except those of the gods. In my timeline I helped create a peaceful existence but lost everything through betrayal and upon my death I became a Counter Servant, a being that protects the earth from human or natural threats. I was summoned to a Holy Grail War and I killed my past self again, and again, and again so I could be free of HIS mistakes but when you dragged me here...I was defeated by my younger self and resolved not to attempt such foolishness again. As such, I will help save humanity instead of acting on my own warped sense of justice."
That made everyone stare at him silently, Aruto, Emerald, and the worried woman especially.
"Told you it wasn't pretty." He said before making a copy of Emerald's weapons and gave them a spin. "And this is just a sample of my Trace ability."
"...that is fucked up." said Emerald in a slowly yet drawn out tone.
"Yes, yes it is."
Nick coughed before looking at the bracelet woman. "So what's your story?"
"Well….I can't remember. People call me Masane but it's not my real name. Ever since the Great Quake, which destroyed Japan, I don't know." She said sadly. "All I know is that my bracelet is called the Witchblade and….it's a curse." she lightly touched it. "It's something I wish I could get rid of for good, all it's done is cause trouble for me and my daughter."
"Elaborate." Nick said while she looked away.
"I...I can't say. It's not my place to say." She said while feeling nervous, the bracelet glowing brightly for a second as a response to her own emotional state.
"Come on, we're already in a stupid sharing circle, just get it off your chest, and maybe that top too." chuckled Kevin.
She frowned while the bracelet glowed brightly in response. "Fine. The Witchblade, it's an artifact that latches onto women and turns them into bloodthirsty killers. Some say it's the child of good and evil and...and it's a sentient object of destructive powers. But I don't know anything else besides that and you shouldn't pick a fight with it, at all."
"Or what?"
"Just drop it! Moving on!"
Mordred looked around, seeing everyone look at her with interest, before pointing to herself. "You gotta be kidding me. I'm the last one?"
"Do you see anyone else?"
"What about the robot?" She pointed to Izu.
"I already gave my designation and purpose to the group, only you haven't contributed." Izu said while she grumbled.
'Just like Fran, all machine-like.' "Fine! I'm Mordred Pendragon, SON of King Arthur and the one that killed him. I'm a servant known as Saber of Red and in MY Holy Grail War, we fought against the black faction. I'm like father, capable of using my blade and mana to kill, but I faded away stopping a witch bitch from using the Grail to take over the world with a twisted priest." She stood up. "And I'm not human, I'm a homunculus. Father...was a woman. But I don't care, once this is over I'm going to get my wish to be king, regardless of this Thanos asshole's plan!"
"Homu-what?" asked Emerald in confusion.
"Magically created automata." said Izu. "Made by alchemy to be human-like, it is a fictional concept in my timeline."
"Uh, question." spoke Aruto. "How exactly are you his, I mean, her son if you're a…."
"Father was given the futa treatment by Merlin and mother aka Morgan Le Fay stole Father's seed and used magic to give birth to me." She said in a disgusted tone. "I don't want to be reminded of it so forget about it or I'll slice your head off!"
"Yes ma'am!" he quickly nodded.
"Futa?" Emerald said in confusion.
"Girl with a cock." Kevin chucked as the mint haired girl went wide eyed. "It's hot, but a let down if the guy gets fucked in the ass by said cock."
"Sounds like you have experience." remarked Archer.
"Fuck off!"
Nick sighed. "Fun times over, time to head to your rooms for some rest before the next meeting. No escape attempts or in fighting or I might throw you off the helicarrier myself."
"How?" asked Masune in confusion.
"Robotic arms and a trap door." He said in a serious tone. "Trust me, I will do it if I must."
They looked at Nick with either shock or annoyance as the eyepatch wearing man turned to Coulson, who was standing in a corner, trying not to butt into the meeting too much, and gave him a nod that signaled him to call in the guards.
Coulson pushed a button on a remote before several armed SHIELD agents came in.
"Now. Lights out." Nick said calmly. "Tomorrow, you have your first team building exercise, I expect you all to be there."
"Doubt it." Kevin said with a frown as the guards dragged his container away.
"Coulson, you made sure to put the you know what in our guest, right?"
"Yes. While he was knocked out."
"What are you talking about?" asked Masane in confusion.
"That's nothing to be concerned about." Nick said while the woman was escorted away.
"..." 'I can feel it….it hungers. And...I can't hold it back much longer.'
(Some time later)
Emerald looked out the window while in a room full of green, making her look camouflaged due to her hair and clothes, as she felt...alone in this new world, especially without her team leader around, and it scared her. She rubbed her arm, slowly pacing around it while also feeling angry at that Nick man.
As she paced around in circles, she felt like a fish out of water, in a world of high technology, of portals and a completed moon, all strange but frightening aspects that made her even more angry at her current predicament.
'This is way over my head. Saving the world? Remnant can't even come together against the Grimm much less unite...and I don't like it. At all.' She thought with a frown. 'I'm not someone's toy.' She looked at the door and held her chin. 'Would they notice me if I tried to sneak out?'
As she moved to the door and opened it by a crack, she noticed that several security cameras were looking down at her location, seemingly making sure she wasn't trying anything funny.
'Shit. I can't use my semblance on machinery, shit.' she thought while closing the door, not realizing it was still opened for some reason. 'This place is like Atlas if it had more teeth!'
Creak.
Emerald frowned as she heard the door creak open, only to spin around and saw that the door was open...and no one was outside, just empty space. "Who's there?"
Silence.
She frowned before her eyes glowed red and she activated her semblance. 'This might help, even invisible, they will still be affected.'
Woosh.
Emerald narrowed her eyes before getting punched in the face, her aura shattering in the process and her semblance canceling out. "Ah!" 'What the?! How did they resist so fast?!' she reached for her weapons, only to get another hit to the cheek, knocking her on her side. "AH!"
The invisible force grabbed the girl by the neck before throwing her against a wall and started to choke her tightly.
"AH...a...h...a…" she gasped out while the screen went black.
(Elsewhere)
"Mmmm." muttered Aruto while Izu stood next to him, the man looking out the window to calm himself down. "I wonder if I could start Hiden Industries here?"
"Without basic Humagear technology, the possibility of that goal succeeding is slim."
"Well, I gotta think about something. I mean, what if we can't get back home? What if we're stuck here? What if my comedy career doesn't take off?!"
"It won't." Izu said bluntly, making him slump as the Humagear's eyes glowed blue and she scanned something in the distance. "Unknown signature detected, human known as Emerald is in danger."
"Eh!?" he cried out before seeing Izu running out of the room. "Hey! Come back!"
But she was gone, the door slowly closing as Aruto groaned.
"Izu wait!" he called, running after her.
BAM!
Only to get punched in the stomach by an invisible force, blood dripping from his mouth as he got lifted up by the shirt and thrown across the hallway.
"AH!" he cried out while landing on his left side, his ears picking up the faint creak of metal, indicating the assailant's presence.
Clank.
Clank.
Clank.
Clank.
Aruto groaned while picking himself up and pulled out the Rising Hopper key from his pocket. "Ah...I hope Zea can even pick me up in this timeline."
"President Aruto!"
He blinked as he saw Izu, holding a very flustered Emerald by the left shoulder, running over to him. "Izu!"
"Let go of me you robotic bitch!"
"You are too injured and there is an unknown assailant, we must alert the others."
"My aura can come back! Just let me down!"
Aruto sweatdropped before getting kicked in the face by the invisible force and felt the assailet's feet jump over his face before hitting the ground behind him and ran away. "AH!"
"President Aruto, the assailant is heading towards Mordred's room. We must alert Archer, Masane and Kevin before it takes us out individually."
"You're right...ow." he groaned. "Just let me regain my bearings."
(Elsewhere)
Mordred frowned as she tapped her fingers against her armored gauntlets, her expression filled with boredom and stress as she really didn't want to be here and fight another war. "Fuck fuck fuck! This is bullshit, I just want a rest, not another war. And now...I'm in a nunnerley of insanity!"
As she frowned, she recalled her times at the Round Table and as a knight of Camelot...reminding her a little of the good times and the bad times of her conflicted past.
"...fuck, this isn't my specialty." 'Was this what father felt like every day?'
Creak.
She frowned while summoning her weapon, the door opening right behind her as she pointed her blade at the door. "Don't even try it! I've faced Assassins better than ya!"
WOOSH!
CLANK!
Mordred blinked as a pair of invisible blades hit her blade, making several sparks upon impact. "Ah, a sword fight is it? Well, I'm a Knight of the Round, and I won't let a novice beat me!" She pushed the blades back and took a stance. "I don't know who you are, but trying to sneak up on me won't work! I will show no mercy."
The invisible force struck from the sides, the blade of the knight blocking each strike as she seemingly felt the attacks hitting like a few thousand elephants all at once.
'What's going on here? What creature is this to have the strength of a giant, no, a dragon!' she thought before seeing an outline of a blade moving towards her face and ducked under it, only to get hit in the face by a 'knee' kick. "AH! Ya bastard!"
She rolled to the side and felt some of her hair get cut off.
"Why you!" she growled before her helmet covered her face and protected her from the next strike to the face. "I will murder ya!"
However at this moment, a blast of red energy hit the invisible form, making it stumble as Emerald, using her weapons and pistols and using Izu as a resting spot for said weapons, entered the room along with Aruto.
"What was that?"
"Fire Dust, crystals with the power of burning! Come on invisible bastard, make our day."
"No, I shall slay this threat!"
The invisible force 'looked' around before slashing the ceiling with invisible blades before jumping upwards and escaped.
"Fuck! I nearly had their head!" Mordred yelled in frustration. "Come back and die with honor!"
"Izu, where is this...thing going?" asked Aruto as Izu scanned the ceiling.
"Towards the western part of the ship, towards Archer's room. They are using the air ducts as a form of escape from us."
"Then let's make sure that doesn't happen." Aruto said while looking at Emerald. "Can you fit up there and try and impede them?"
"I could, but what's in it for me?"
"Um-"
"A company job at Hiden Industries." Izu interrupted. "High paying, if you can stop them from appearing in Archer's room and a company insurance plan if you keep him alive."
"Mmmm I don't know." she hummed with interest.
"We will add a new job occupation, head of security, to the agreement."
"...how much does it pay?"
"JUST GO IN THERE!" Mordred yelled, making Emerald flinch at the very pissed off tone.
"Alright alright!" she jumped up and busted the vent before she started crawling through it.
(Elsewhere)
Archer frowned while looking out the window, feeling a sense of dread entering his mind as he crossed his arms against his chest. 'Something is wrong. My clairvoyance is going nuts...this world could be affecting it? Or...someone is here?'
Clank clank.
He blinked as he looked at the vents above him.
Clank clank.
He stood up and narrowed his eyes, feeling his senses warn him something was coming right for him.
Clank clank.
WOOSH!
In a flash, the twin blades appeared in his hands as he threw them at the vent-
BOOM!
And caused them to explode, sending the invisible assailant falling to the ground as Archer aimed his bow at their 'head'.
"You might be invisible but I can sense your lack of mana." He frowned. "Give up or I will strike you down with the power of a Counter Guardian."
WOOSH!
CLANK!
Archer frowned as he blocked the attack with his own bow, the sparks seemily colored purple for some reason. 'What power? Almost like that Berserker or the first hero...but it's not just that. It's...raw power.'
"ARCHER!"
He blinked as a blast of ice hit the figure and Emerald landed on the ground in front of him. "So you came?"
"I was forced to." She frowned as the invisible figure struggled to move in its icy prison. "You're welcome by the way."
He sighed before seeing cracks in the ice, purple in color, and quickly grabbed Emerald and jumped away, a seven star flower of light appearing in front of them. "Take cover!"
BOOOOOM!
Ice raced towards the two as the light protected them, the ice melting into water as the figure jumped into the vents again.
"W-What was that?!"
"Rho Aias. The absolute defense of the hero Ajax. Nothing can break it." He said while holding Emerald in his arms and smirked. "Reminds me of a certain master of mine." 'But less cute.'
"You can put me down."
He chuckled before unceremoniously dropping her and pulled out his bow, a black corkscrew-like arrow appearing as he pulled the string back. "They won't get far."
"Ow, and why is that?"
"Hrunting." He said while firing the arrow, sending it flying through the vents at top speed. "Never misses its prey."
(Elsewhere)
SLAM!
SLAM!
SLAM!
"Damn it! Stupid thing has to give out soon." Kevin growled while tackling the confines of his prison, finding it extremely stronger than expected. "It has to!"
SLAM!
SLAM!
SLAM!
"Damn it! Even the Plumbers didn't make stuff this strong!" he grumbled. "If that eyepatch wearing bastard thinks he can make me go along with his stupid plan, he's got another thing coming. Whatever's coming is dangerous, but that just means I'll be getting some more power, which means I'll be strong enough to make this whole planet mine."
BOOOOOM!
A blast of red energy appeared from the vents as a figure, obscured by fractured light, crashed on top of the prison and destroyed it instantly.
Kevin raised an eyebrow before his arms formed deep green eyeballs that scanned the area in infrared and x-ray vision, revealing a humanoid figure with a purple stone in their body. "Ah, someone-"
SLASH!
"AHHH!" He screamed as a pair of invisible swords cut through his chest and caused him to bleed, which shocked him as his suit was virtually blade proof, even in his timeline and it's advanced technology. 'Holy shit! What the hell is this thing?!'
The figure raced towards Kevin and attempted to slash him again, only for him to use super speed to avoid the attacks.
"Ok, now you're on my shit list." He growled while forming four extra red arms with black and green energy cannons on each finger. "And that's saying something!"
The figure moved quickly from the green energy blasts as they jumped over Kevin and stabbed him right through the neck, making him very pissed as he grabbed them and threw them right out of the 'prison', their throat healing due to silver silicon like metal repairing it rapidly.
'Lucky I was able to copy some Nanochips before getting sent to the Null Void.' he thought before his hair turned into flames while his face turned back into a charcoal black looking face, opening his mouth and firing a condensed blast of flames.
WOOOSH!
The figure quickly rolled to the left while running away from Kevin, making him pissed off even more.
"Come back here coward!" he roared while a pair of green insect-like wings with a yellow membrane appeared on his back and took flight towards the figure.
(Elsewhere)
Masane paced back and forth around her room while looking rather...frustrated. 'No...I need to stay in control. I need to stay in control!'
The bracelet glowed red as the sounds of animal roars could be heard outside.
"Eh?" she muttered before seeing Kevin tackling an invisible figure through her door. "AHH!"
"Got you now!" Kevin grinned before getting stabbed in the eyes, making him scream in pain as the figure raced towards Masane and held her at blade point with her neck. "AH! You fucking!"
Masane went pale as the figure used her as a hostage against the alien criminal. "W-What's going on?!"
"Death." The figure said in a synthetic tone as Masane's heart began to race, the Witchblade glowing red from the threat to its host. "All Avengers must die."
"W-What?! I'm not an Avenger!"
"Hold still lady, I'll get 'em." growled Kevin holding his eyes as they slowly started to heal. "Just stay right there, I won't miss."
Her heart started to beat faster and faster before-
FLASH!
A blinding red light covered the room as a small wind storm kicked in and caused the figure to be momentarily dazed.
"Mmmmmm~" moaned a tall pale skinned young woman with long red hair that went to her back with two long points on the top of her head, black eyes with amber irises, deep red crescents on her upper cheeks and neck, a I cup chest and wide ass, a large purple metal claw-like gauntlet that covered her right arm with a single red orb in the center and a long silver blade near the back of the arm, wearing black and red revealing armor that barely covered the sides of her breasts and hips, a groin guard, a purple left gauntlet, a red marking that went from the right shoulder to the upper right hip, two purple shoulder guards, a single silver bladed point over the front of the right shoulder guard, long purple silver high heeled leggings that connected to the back of her hips and revealed her ass, and pointed silver tips on the feet and knees, as she licked her lips, revealing a red piercing on her tongue. "So strong, will you finally kill me~"
Kevin's eyes slowly adjusted, before going wide eyed, taking in the new lady. "Hot damn!"
SLASH!
The figure quickly backed away as the woman's right arm turned into a massive blade and slashed the spot they were in, destroying the bed and several walls in the process.
"Kill. Kill. KILL KILL!" She cackled before grabbing the figure and slammed them right through the ground, breaking everything in the process as they went all the way down into the bowels of the ship.
(Elsewhere)
"Oh no." Coulson muttered while looking at the machine containing the stones, seeing that the Power Stone was missing. "This isn't good."
SLAM!
BOOOM!
He quickly turned and saw Kevin and a strange woman falling through several floors as an unknown figure glitched in and out of reality, the floor under him breaking from the attack. "Shit!"
(With the 'Avengers')
"Are you sure this is where Kevin is?" asked Aruto as he, Izu, Archer, Mordred and Emerald were in the boiler room.
"There is a ten percent chance of that happening, President Aruto." Izu said as Mordred facepalmed.
"Meaning you don't know."
"Correct."
"Oh joy, a machine that doesn't even work." muttered Emerald.
Izu turned to the girl and smiled falsely. "Could you say that again? My audio filters malfunctioned hearing your BS."
"You want to dance?"
SLAM!
CRASH!
The group jumped in surprise as Kevin and an unknown woman landed on the ground, the assassin groaning under the armored figure's heeled leg.
"Weak, so weak! I must….kill you~!" She moaned as Kevin noticed the others nearby. "I must...kill~"
"One of you mind getting this crazy bitch under control?" Kevin said while pointing to the woman.
"Who's-"
"President Aruto, my scanners are picking up Masane's DNA signature." Izu said while the unknown figure quickly kicked Masane's leg and caused her to fall on her ass, allowing the now glitching figure to move away from the group.
"Avengers..." said the figure before the glitches vanished along with the invisibility to reveal a tall dark blue skinned women with short platinum blond hair that went to her neck, black eyes with a single white dot-like iris, a purple zigzag line going down her face towards her neck, a C cup chest and large ass, wearing a thick black metallic bodysuit, silver gauntlets that went up to her shoulder and had scale like lines going down the arms, slim shoulder guards that pointed downwards, two curved black swords attached to her back by silver threads jutting out of the shoulder blades, thin silver high heeled boots with a single purple point near the toes, and had a glowing purple stone infused into her right hand, who seemed very much pissed off. "Must die."
"Just who are you?" questioned Archer with a glare. "Why have you come to attack us?"
"Death, to all Avengers." she said while the blades on her back shot out and dangled around her body like tendrils. "So is the will of Thanos."
"Wait, does she mean that alien we were summoned to fight?" Mordred said with a frown. "Oh that cur!"
"Avengers...must..." the figure said while the Power Stone began to glow brightly, filling her with a purple aura that made Emerald shiver with terror. "DIE!"
"I couldn't agree more!" laughed Masane, lunging at the woman with her blade brought down.
CLANK!
Only to see that part of her armor was broken, revealing her left breast in the process as she turned her hair into barbed tentacles and began to use them to distract the assassin, who seemed to be using her blades to try and cut the air to ribbons.
"I think we should go." Emerald said before Aruto frowned.
"And leave her to get hurt? Not on my watch, Izu. Can you make a connection with Zea?"
"Yes, the portal is still operational and I can utilize that link to jumpstart the Progrise Key." she said while Emerald looked rather confused.
"What are you talking about!?"
"Just watch." he said before raising the Rising Hopper key up and clicking it.
"Jump! Authorize!" it let out before a beam of energy appeared from Izu's eyes and connected to the belt, making it glow bright yellow in the process.
"Henshin!" Aruto yelled before unfolding it and slid it into the side, locking it into place as a large yellow translucent grasshopper landed in front of him, and broke apart into numerous parts before they all attached to him.
"Progrise! Rising Hopper!" it said as a tall figure with black and neon yellow body armor, red compound like eyes, two pointed antenna over the forehead, red markings on the arms, upper chest and hips, silver lines going from the neck down the sides of the arms, and a neon yellow and black belt with a single yellow orb in the center, appeared and posed a little. "A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick."
"What the..." Kevin let out, the others caught off guard before Zero-One ran over and jumped, decking the assassin in the cheek and making her stumble back.
"Ah!"
"Kamen Rider." he said before punching the assassin in the face. "Zero-One!"
"Ok..." Emerald said while a little surprised at this turn of events. "That's a thing."
Archer pulled out his blades and eyed Kevin. "Let me guess, you want a piece of the action as well?"
"After what that cunt tried? Just try and stop me." He frowned while forming three black talons on his hands and two curved red fins on his wrists.
"At least we agree on that." Mordred frowned while pulling out her blade. "That bitch is going down!"
Emerald grumbled while pulling out her weapons. "I'm going to get roped into this, aren't I?"
"Yes." Izu said while standing right next to her. "But I can not assist any of you, if I am damaged then President Aruto's Zero-One Driver will be inoperable and leave him open to harm."
"Then make distance with yourself." She said before feeling her aura return to maximum power. "Ok, I'm going to use my semblance on her, just make sure she's looking right at me."
"And avoid destroying the ship to boot." Archer said while racing towards the assassin, Masane using her hair to jump away from a sword slash as Kamen Rider Zero-One jumped rolled to the side from a blade to the face.
SLASH!
CLANG!
"This is going to sound...corny but." Mordred said while pointing her blade at the assassin. "Avengers, ATTACK!"
"Lame!" yelled Kevin while zipping at the assassin at high speeds, cutting their body as Mordred charged towards the assassin and brought down her blade.
CLANK!
Only for it to be blocked by a blade as the assassin's body glowed even brighter.
"The Avengers must die!" She roared before pushing back the blade and released a shockwave that sent the 'heroes' flying backwards, hitting pipes and machinery in the process.
"Ah! I think we need a new plan!" Archer yelled while summoning his bow. "Anyone got any bright ideas!?"
"Hit harder!" yelled Kevin, transforming into his full form before letting out a sonic screech, sending the woman flying back and making the rest cover their ears.
Masane laughed while forming a massive cleaver from her right hand and charged towards the assassin. "DIE!"
She growled before she dodged the attack, only to see Kamen Rider Zero-One charging towards her face with a punch, causing her to slash at him with her blades.
POW!
"Not today!" Emerald yelled as she blasted the assassin in the face with a Dust bellet, which made her turn and become trapped by a semblance fueled illusion, only to find that her eyes were bleeding from the stress. "Shit, I...I don't know how long I can keep this up!"
Kevin growled before replacing one of his eyes with a frog-like green eye and extended it out of the eye socket. "Judging from what this Galvan/Opticoid eye is seeing, the stone is keeping her alive. If I can get close enough I can distract her, get the DNA and then let one of you losers take the stone."
"That is correct." Izu said while currently behind a pipe. "Taking the Infinity Stone is the only way to survive this encounter."
"Wait." Archer said while getting ready to fire a few arrows, looking suspiciously like curved swords, at the assassin. "Wouldn't you just take the stone for yourself?"
"Trust me I could, but I'm not." he said with a frown. "The last time I tried absorbing something that powerful I became a freak! I'm a freak now but if I absorb that stone, I might become an even worse freak then normal." 'Plus I already became a matter absorbing freak, a ultimatrix fueled freak and a Null Void powered freak, a power based freak is too much for me! I'd rather have her DNA than blow myself up!'
'I still don't trust him, but a plan is better than none at all.' Archer thought before firing the arrows at the assassin, causing her to get pinned to the wall as Emerald's eyes started to dimly glow.
"Just...take the stone...now before I lose consciousness!" she yelled while Mordred jumped towards the assassin.
"AHHHH!" she yelled while stabbing the assassin in the chest, but found that it was made of cybernetic parts that didn't seem to impair the opponent at all. 'What is she?!'
The assassin groaned while Masane pulled her out via her hair tendrils and began to bash her against the ground.
"What's wrong? Having a bad day~?" she laughed sadistically as Kevin formed several lava-covered tendrils from his mouth and grabbed the assassin's right arm before pulling on it. "Oh? So we are going to play tug of war! I get the left arm~"
"Easy there!" called out Kamen Rider Zero-One rushing over. "If you tear her apart, we can't get any answers out of her!"
"I get that, but get the stone out now bug boy!" Kevin yelled while feeling the DNA strands entering his body. 'Yuck! The DNA is so tainted! Like it's been crushed and reassembled too many times!'
Kamen Rider Zero-One saw the stone glowing and was about to touch it when a warning in his helmet rang out.
[Warning. High gamma radiation detected! Overexposure will disable the Progrise Key.]
"Crap." he muttered before seeing Mordred and got an idea. "Hey! Throw me the sword!"
"What!? This is my father's ceremonial blade! I'm not giving this to you!"
"You need to trust me on this!"
Mordred groaned before throwing the blade at the Kamen Rider, who caught it in his right hand.
"Alright!" he said before hitting the Zero-One driver and threw the blade into the air.
"Rising Impact!" The belt called out before Kamen Rider Zero-One's legs glowed with green energy and he did an axe-kick in the blade itself.
WOOSH!
SLASH!
Turning a bright reddish green color as it slashed through the assassin's right arm and sent the stone flying a few feet away towards Izu's feet, the purple aura vanishing as the assassin screamed in pain.
"AHHHHH!"
"Damn." Mordred muttered as Emerald had to drop the semblance before her body gave out.
"Ow...ok...can someone just kill that bitch?" she groaned while falling to her knees in pain. 'I...really need to practice more...ow! My eyes!'
"With pleasure." Masane smirked while getting ready to stab the assassin in the chest with her right arm blade.
"Stop!" cried Kamen Rider Zero-One, grabbing her arm. "You can't kill her!"
"You can't stop me, I need to kill! I must...kill~" she moaned while the assassin chuckled, making Kevin a little confused.
"What's so funny?"
"Thanos...will win. You might have stopped his daughter." she chuckled while her cybernetic eyes started to glow bright red. "But I, Nebula, shall send you to Lady Death! Initiating self destruction!"
"Get rid of the bitch!" Kevin yelled while everyone was kinda panicking, especially the ones that didn't have the ability to survive an explosion, aka Emerald and Aruto.
"Do you have anything in that Trace magic thing!?" Emerald yelled to Archer.
"No!"
"Shit!"
"Nine. Eight." Nebula countered down as Masane moaned with satisfaction and grabbed the alien with her right hand.
"Let me~ I have a good throwing arm."
"Just throw her away from the ship!" Kamen Rider Zero-One said in panic.
"About fifteen or twenty miles." Izu said while picking up the Power Stone with her left hand, only to drop it due to her systems nearly crashing from the radiation, her eyes briefly lighting up as sparks came from her headgear.
Masane smirked before jumping through several floors of the helicarrier, right towards the surface as she moved her arm back.
"Five, four, three."
"Bye bye!" She smirked before throwing the assassin far into the distance.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Causing a massive explosion to occur in the distance as Masane landed in front of Kevin and smirked at him.
"Mmmm~ Not bad, for a weak human~"
"Alien." he frowned as the armor, hair and eyes changed back and the now human Masane fell to the ground, passed out and completely naked to boot.
Aruto disengaged the armor as he turned bright red. "Someone should cover her up."
"Not my problem." Kevin said while changing back to his human form, only to notice Nick right next to him. "How-"
"Elevator, and can someone explain to me what just happened?"
(The next day)
Nick, now in the portal room, watched as Coulson placed the Power Stone back in the machine, the other members of the Avengers right behind him as Kevin was placed in his prison again and Masane was wearing a black skintight bodysuit with red accents on the sides and left sleeve to replace her destroyed clothes. "So Thano's daughter came and tried to assassinate all of you before sending you off on your first mission. This complicates everything. But." he turned around to face the team. "Apparently you defeated her through teamwork."
"And dumb luck." muttered Kevin while Mordred shrugged.
"Still, it worked out in the end."
"Yeah." Emerald rolled her eyes as she had some vein-like scars around her eyes. "Says the one that didn't DIE from her own semblance!"
"..." Masane looked away while Nick took notice.
"What's wrong?"
"I released the Witchblade's power and...nearly destroyed everyone."
"But you didn't. You kept it to Nebula and no one else."
"But it still got out. I'm not myself when it happens, bringing me here was a huge mistake from the start."
"But you can control it to an extent." Nick said calmly. "And we need all the help we can get, even from a sexurally charged weapon of mass destruction." He turned to Kevin. "Thanos knows about you but given the fact you killed his daughter, he will come for your hides sooner or later."
"True, but he is fucked up turning that bitch into a disgusting meal." Kevin scoffed. "Still, I have a score to settle with him. No one stabs me in the face and gets away with it."
"Ah, so I don't have to blow your head off."
"...what?"
"Right you were out cold at the time. We placed a bomb in your head, it came from a place called Task Force X or something like that." Nick said while Kevin's eyes widened. "Originally it just blew you up remotely but after seeing your high regeneration capabilities, we tweaked it to make it so when it 'blows up', it releases genetically altered DNA that unlocks the most destructive retrograde diseases known to man."
"...you're one sick fuck you know that."
"I know." he said before looking at Aruto. "Are there more of those Progrisekeys?"
"Yes." Izu said with a nod. "However they are all back in our own timeline, it will take a week for Zea to break through the barrier and allow for copies of the Progrisekeys to materialize in this one."
"Well keep me posted for each one, no sense letting even one fall into the wrong hands." Nick said before taking a deep breath. "Well, we have to say goodbye soon."
"Wait what?" Emerald said in confusion. "Why?"
"Because I'm sending you out on your first mission." he said while crossing his arms. "You all are going to take the fight to Thanos."
"Oh?" Archer said with a raised eyebrow. "You're not going to keep us here?"
"No, you're the first of three teams. You're Avengers Alpha, the ones on the front lines, Avengers Beta are the ones going after Loki and Omega are the ones going to remain on earth to protect its people and the Infinity Stones." Nick said while Aruto went wide eyed.
"So we're going into space!?"
"Yep, your mission is to find the Soul Stone and deter Thanos before he comes to earth. It will be tough but after last night's battle, I think this will be a piece of cake for you all."
"We barely survived! Are we supposed to do any better in space?" questioned Masane.
"By working as a team." Nick said as Masane blinked in surprise. "The Avengers are a team, meaning as long as you work together, you won't get killed or worse, stuck in the middle of an endless vacuum."
"Still, how are we going to get into space?"
"As you recall, we took the alien Yandu into custody. We still have his ship, which has been upgraded over the years." He said while Kevin smirked.
"Reminds me of my own car. And I call dibs."
"I'll keep that in mind." he said before waving his right hand to signal the guards. "Now, I want all of you to be prepared to leave the Sol System in the next forty eight hours. We will allow you to stock up on anything needed for the mission as long as it's not illegal." he stared at Emerald and then at Kevin. "And try not to cause too much trouble."
"Yeah yeah." Emerald said while rolling her eyes. "No stealing."
"I never said stealing, but since you mentioned it, TRY not to steal at all. The galaxy is more dangerous to thieves then your e-I mean Remnant. I heard of a species of golden aliens that will KILL anyone that steals their power supply."
"Duly noted." she said before the team was escorted out of the room, leaving only Nick and Coulson in the room as the portal began to power on.
"Sir, are you sure making the Beta and Omega teams now is a good idea? I mean we just faced a Power Stone powered alien."
"Yes, because if we don't then the universe will be fucked up, and so will every single reality if Thanos or Loki find out about the portal. Just imagine the chaos they would bring if they stepped through that portal." he sighed. "These people had difficulty with one assassin, and that was without teamwork. We're gonna need bigger numbers and work with what we have or else we're all screwed over."
The agent nodded before the portal began to open up, revealing a dark brooding cave like system in the process. "Sir, are you sure this will work?"
"It has to, after all." he said as a silhouette of a reddish bat-like symbol appeared near the portal. "The world needs the Avengers."
The agent blinked as the figure moved closer to Nick with a confused look on their face, although their body was obscured by a shadow made by the flickering lights above them.