AN: Day 4 of of 5, ladies and gentlemen. Before we start, to the readers who have been making requests in the reviews for different stories, please stop. I don't take requests. My heart's never in them because they're not stories I came up with them myself. I'm sorry, but that's just how I am.
Now that we've got that out of the way. Let's get started, everyone.
Chapter 4 - One Man Army
In any other situation, Tony Stark would have loved to track down whoever built all of these robots. Not to congratulate them, mind you. No, he wanted to track down whoever built all these robots and slap them upside the head. Never in all his life, had Tony ever seen such cartoonish designs for robots. Big goofy eyes, bright colors, they all looked like what people imagined child geniuses would design robots to look like. In fact, when Tony was a kid, he had dealt with a few adults who actually asked him why his early designs were not as cute as they should be, according to them. Point being, Tony had plenty of motivation to destroy this army of robots already as Iron Man. The stupid designs that made him want to vomit were just a bonus.
Iron Man was smiling a hell of a lot more behind the mask than he cared to admit after blasting a line of yellow robots that were just heads on feet with construction helmets. Seriously, who the hell came up with that?
"JARVIS, how big is this army?" Iron Man asked.
"Unfortunately, it appears there is no end in sight." JARVIS replied. "I have also analyzed their path. They are heading towards Kamar-Taj."
"Robots on the way to Kamar-Taj?" Iron Man was flabbergasted by this before casually blowing up an entire tank with a missile. "Do they know they are on their way to Kamar-Taj or is that just a coincidence?"
"Ask them nicely and perhaps they will tell you, sir." JARVIS replied.
"Oh, ha ha," Iron Man rolled his eyes behind his mask, "well, if they're all here, that means they must have a leader close by who's directing them. Can you scan for any heat signatures that are human or at least human-like?"
"Acknowledged," a beat, Iron Man destroyed a flying…whatever robot, and JARVIS continued, "there is one heat signature that matches that of a living creature. However, that heat signature is nowhere near the robot army."
"It's not?"
"No, sir, in fact, they're coming towards the army at an alarming pace."
"How alarming are we talking here?" Iron Man asked. "And where is this heat signature?"
"So fast, one would almost mistake them for a missile." JARVIS replied. "As for their direction, look to your southwest."
Iron Man did as asked and saw the living missile crash right into the robot army. He only had one thing to say in response.
"Whoa."
Then, Iron Man heard the giddy laughter of a lady. Snow and fire seemed to mix together as robot parts went flying haphazardly. The speed and brutality on display was simply amazing.
"Whoa." Iron Man repeated.
Then, he saw her. Bat wings, long green hair, a skin tight suit, long dancer's legs and very tantalizing cleavage. Morrigan Aensland was putting on a show in more ways than one.
"Whoa." Iron Man said for the third time.
"Sir, behind you." JARVIS warned him.
"Fire missile." Iron Man said dismissively as a large, bug-like robot was blown up behind him.
At that moment, Morrigan flew up to Iron Man with a smile that was both excited due to the fight and seductive for…reasons. She chortled at the destroyed robot.
"I was about to destroy that robot for you, you know." She said playfully before calmly decapitating a green robot with a shield with a single kick.
"Oh yeah, and why didn't you?" Iron Man vaporized a flying robot with two spiked balls.
"Wanted to make you sweat a little, love," Morrigan smirked before turning her attention to a tank, "Soul Fist!"
Iron Man watched as a strange fireball blew up the tank. Morrigan chuckled in amusement as he whistled in appreciation.
"Too bad for you, I don't sweat." Iron Man countered.
"Not even under that metal suit, Love?" Morrigan raised an eyebrow.
"It was one of the first things I sought to improve on." Iron Man replied.
"Mr. Stark, do I have to remind you of the Stark Industry policies you are violating right now?" JARVIS asked. "The ones I look the other way on when it's you and Ms. Potts? Also, you still have an army of robots bearing down on you."
"Pepper and I aren't even together." Iron Man pointed out as he and Morrigan turned their attention to the next wave of robots.
"That's why I really shouldn't be looking the other way." JARVIS admitted.
Iron Man groaned, making a mental note to program a mute button for his AI helpers on his next update to the suits. "Okay," he said to Morrigan, "you want to take the left and I'll take the right?"
Morrigan chuckled in amusement in response to that suggestion. With a flap of her bat wings, missiles seemingly appeared out of nowhere. The missiles flew towards her 'half' of the robot army. Iron Man watched in disbelief and awe as the missiles annihilated a good portion of her half.
"Okay…" Iron Man muttered. "Well, it's not my style to be shown up by anyone, so…"
Iron Man's chest lit up, powered by the arc reactor in Tony's chest. Taking aim at the right side of the wave of robots, Iron Man fired off a unibeam with a grunt. The laser vaporized an entire line of robots. Morrigan gave off a seductive giggle at the sight.
"This is why I adore men. You show off so much, and while it's only impressive half the time, the half that is impressive is very impressive." Morrigan admitted. "So, care to tell me who's behind that metal mask, Love?"
Iron Man laughed nervously. The two no longer seemed to care about the dwindling army of robots.
"Sorry, but the position of on-and-off girlfriend with loose morals has already been filled." He admitted. "Take it up with Madame Masque."
"Ah? A man with experience." Morrigan chortled.
"But, if it wasn't for my experiences with her, I assure you I would try something." Iron Man promised. "You are absolutely gorgeous. Let me guess, succubus?"
That got a big laugh out of Morrigan. "And a brutally honest man as well." She noted. "You're right, Love. I am a succubus, and one hell of a succubus at that."
"Heh, you almost make me want to fall off the wagon a different way." Iron Man admitted. "I'm serious, you make it very hard to stay honest."
"Glad to know my new role hasn't diminished my real talents." Replied Morrigan.
Their attention was finally drawn to several human-sized, spherical yellow masses that were beginning to gather together. The other robots began to retreat.
"Sir, as much as I hate to interrupt your…consorting with the fairer sex, I feel I must inform you that there is a massive power source converging on those…yellow balls." JARVIS suddenly broke the silence.
Iron Man quickly checked the suit's power sensors. He nodded. "Yeah, whoever's running this army is finally bringing out the big guns."
"At last, drama." Morrigan chuckled.
The balls then formed a large giant, whose body was entirely round and gelatinous, and had muscular but stubby arms and legs. A large eye then appeared in the center of the gelatinous yellow mass, darting around for a brief moment. That single eye then settled on Iron Man and Morrigan. It then glared at them.
"Well, he's pretty big." Iron Man noted in a matter of fact tone.
"So slimy, like a big mud-wrestling match." Morrigan licked her lips. "I wonder how it would feel draped all over me."
Iron Man briefly gave Morrigan a 'wth' glance before turning his attention back to the beast. He cracked his neck and opened up his palm for a repulsor ray blast.
"Well, hopefully he blows up like all the rest." Iron Man shrugged before firing a repulsor ray at the strange robot.
The repulsor ray blasted right through the robot, blasting a hole through it like it was swiss cheese. A second later, the yellow gel reformed, like it was never harmed in the first place.
"Huh. Okay, so he doesn't blow up like the rest." Iron Man mused.
"Finally, a challenge!" Morrigan exclaimed, taking flight to charge the robot. Then, much to Iron Man's bewilderment, her wings turned into jetpacks and rocketed towards the robot even faster than before. She laughed with glee along the way.
Iron Man whistled in both appreciation and in slight fear. This must be what the kids call being scare-roused. He noted before taking flight to join Morrigan in battle.
For its part, the Yellow Devil watched as Iron Man and Morrigan approached. Its eyes twitched back and forth to the two. It made a noise that sounded like someone gurgling underwater. It started firing energy beams at both Morrigan and Iron Man. Both avoided the beams with ease.
"Soul Fist!" Morrigan exclaimed, shooting magic fire at the Yellow Devil.
The fireball collided with the Yellow Devil, blowing off part of its body. It then immediately regenerated its destroyed parts. Iron Man then blasted the Yellow Devil with another repulsor ray. The results were exactly the same as before.
"Excellent! He can take what I can throw at him and come back stronger than before! Such stamina would make any woman happy!" Morrigan exclaimed with a gleeful expression that almost seemed aroused.
The robot then split into spherical pieces once more. They began flying around, attempting to collide with Iron Man and Morrigan. The two flew around the spheres, avoiding the attacks with ease, knowing they would likely harm either of them if they connected.
"JARVIS, can you give me an analysis of this thing's specs? I think it's a robot, in spite of its unique design." Iron Man ordered. "That means, you can find its weak point."
"It will likely take a while, sir." JARVIS replied. "Your technology is advanced, but this is extremely unfamiliar technology."
"It's either we figure out where we can actually damage it, or I get killed by yellow slime." Iron Man pointed out.
"Running scans now, sir. All I can ask is that you don't die before I finish." JARVIS told him.
The spheres then quickly reformed into the Yellow Devil. Its single eye appeared in a different spot than before. Morrigan laughed as she fired missiles that seemingly appeared from nowhere at the giant robot. The missiles collided, blowing up the Yellow Devil in multiple places. Iron Man gasped when he heard the creature actually gurgle in a manner that almost sounded distressed. However that was immediately turned to distress of his own when he watched the Yellow Devil quickly regenerate. Morrigan laughed at the sight.
"Shadow Blade!" She exclaimed, almost cutting the Yellow Devil in half with pure dark energy. The Yellow Devil quickly reformed itself again. Her smile grew at the sight. "You can take everything I've got, eh big boy? You have no idea how happy that makes me!"
At that moment, the Yellow Devil split apart and attempted to crash into Iron Man and Morrigan once more. However, even from point blank, Morrigan easily avoided the assault of big, slimy yellow balls. Iron Man was able to rocket around them as well. The Yellow Devil reformed, its eye appearing in a different spot. That was something which Iron Man took notice of. The Yellow Devil then fired another energy beam that tore across snowy ground in front of Iron Man and Morrigan, blinding them both with the resulting explosion.
"JARVIS, could you concentrate the analysis on that thing's eye?" Iron Man requested, firing thrusters behind his back to avoid being blasted back from the force of the explosion.
"Yes sir." JARVIS replied obediently.
"Hey, succubus," Iron Man addressed Morrigan as the two began avoiding more energy beams from the Yellow Devil, "JARVIS is going to have an analysis of that thing's weakness soon. I know you're enjoying this, but once we've got its weak point, we need to end this."
Morrigan pouted. "Must we? Such stimulation is exactly what I need." She claimed.
"I'm sure," Iron Man rolled his eyes, "but we've got bigger problems to worry about than just this weirdo."
Morrigan seemed to ponder this. She then sighed in resignation and irritation. "Damn it all, I suppose if daddy were still here. He would tell me to take this seriously. And I do have a responsibility to figure out what has happened here and get back home. Fine, find this thing's weak point. Let's finish it."
"Heh, nice to meet a reasonable succubus." Iron Man mused.
"My name is Morrigan Aensland." Morrigan told him. "I am the Queen of the Night, I would appreciate it if you would at least use my name."
Morrigan flew towards the Yellow Devil before Iron Man could say anything in response. Then, the Yellow Devil was suddenly surrounded with a blue aura. Iron Man sighed.
"That's probably not good." He muttered.
The Yellow Devil then broke apart. Morrigan laughed at the sight. This robot was becoming predictable in her eyes.
"You're running out of tricks!" She exclaimed.
Unfortunately, even someone as powerful as Morrigan could not predict what happened next. The slimy yellow spheres rocketed towards with such speed, Morrigan only had time to gasp in surprise as she was suddenly assaulted from every angle by the spheres.
"Morrigan!" Iron Man yelled in concern, rocketing himself into danger without hesitation.
"Sir, I've clocked its speed, it surpasses your armor's current output." JARVIS warned. "Any attempts to match it or even surpass it will likely be met with failure."
Iron Man ignored JARVIS. "Deploy smart bombs!" He exclaimed, deploying several floating bombs around Morrigan and the spheres. They almost immediately exploded upon coming near them, clearing a path for both Iron Man and Morrigan. He quickly grabbed Morrigan by the arm and pulled her out of the line of fire.
"Oh, hell," Morrigan groaned, "that actually stung a little. Usually I mix pain with pleasure after a bit of foreplay."
Iron Man had to resist rolling his eyes behind the mask. This woman could not resist throwing in a bit of innuendo, no matter the situation.
"You okay?" He asked.
"I'll be fine," Morrigan jerked her arm away from him. The two watched as the Yellow Devil started to reform itself once more. "I've dealt with far worse, I assure you. Its speed just caught me off guard."
Morrigan then took a deep breath. "That being said, you have my thanks, Love."
"Just call me Iron Man." Iron Man told her. "And depending on how things continue, I might even give you my name behind the mask."
The Yellow Devil completely reformed. Its body pulsed, almost like it was laughing at Iron Man and Morrigan. Morrigan seemed to catch onto this and pouted.
"It's mocking me. I don't like that." She growled.
"JARVIS, analysis?" Iron Man addressed his AI once more.
"Analysis is almost complete sir." JARVIS assured him. "Just try to buy a bit more time."
"Damn it," Iron Man cursed, "if that thing decides to sprint again, I don't think we have more time. Energy is under half capacity right now."
"Don't tell me you're tapping out so soon." Morrigan teased, her old self was now back.
"I mean, if I don't tap out at some point, I'll literally die." Iron Man shrugged.
The blue aura started to surround the Yellow Devil again. "Oh son of a…are you serious?" Iron Man groaned.
"Guess I'm going to have to get a bit more serious." Morrigan mused. "Don't blame me if this whole mountain range gets wiped out, Iron Man."
I do not like the sound of that. Iron Man admitted to himself. But I don't want to lose to this thing either.
The Yellow Devil made those strange sounds, ready to attack once more. However, a new voice cut through the winds of the Himalayas. The grandiose voice of a woman.
"Mighty winds, I call upon thee!" At that moment, a massive tornado surrounded the Yellow Devil.
"Oh?" Morrigan was surprised by this new turn of events. "Such power."
"I know that ability." Iron Man realized.
"I hope you do not mind me cutting in, Iron Man." Iron Man turned to see a dark-skinned woman with white hair floating down towards him. "You seemed to require assistance."
"Storm," Iron Man breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll admit, I'm surprised to see you outside of Wakanda, but I am glad to see you. And you did exactly what you were supposed to. That tornado is probably messing with that thing's visual scanners and targeting system. Not only that, but the sheer size and speed of it means it can't just leave without getting shredded."
Morrigan simply kept her eyes on the great tornado storm created. Her interest was now piqued by the mutant.
"I am simply glad to be of assistance," Storm, member of the X-Men and Queen-Consort of the African nation of Wakanda replied, "it would appear the circumstances of me being here were a blessing in disguise."
"Sir, the analysis is complete," JARVIS told him.
"Convenient," Iron Man rolled his eyes, "was my theory correct?"
"Yes sir, the robot's main energy source is found in its eye. That means there is a 90% chance that the eye is the robot's weak point." JARVIS replied.
"Terrific," Iron Man nodded, "switch to heat scanner. It's time to end this."
At that point, Iron Man's chest started to light up once more. "Storm, I owe both you and your husband a nice steak dinner for this." He proclaimed before firing a unibeam that went straight into the tornado.
The unibeam then pierced the eye of the Yellow Devil. It let out a horrible gurgling sound as its eye was completely vaporized. The slime flew all over the place, getting caught up in the cyclone. The unibeam went out the other end of the tornado and collided with the face of a nearby mountain, scarring it.
"Confirmed hit, sir, target destroyed." JARVIS told Iron Man. "Though power is down to 10%. I must advise against any more combat."
"Don't need to tell me twice. Take a note, once we get to Kamar-Taj, I use one of the portable chargers I keep on hand." Iron Man breathed heavily in exhaustion. He then turned back to Storm and Morrigan. "Stand down ladies, I think it's over."
The trio slowly hovered back to the ground. "Now then, perhaps you can tell me why you are here in the Himalayas?" Storm inquired. "Furthermore, perhaps you can also tell me why you are with a succubus?"
"Well, this wasn't my target destination. I was just…here." Iron Man admitted. "As for Morrigan…don't worry, she's fine."
"I don't bite," Morrigan promised. She then licked her lips. "At least, not unless you're into that."
Storm ignored Morrigan's innuendos. "So, you were simply here in an instant?" Iron Man nodded. "Strange, that is identical to my situation. One minute I was conducting my duties alongside T'Challa. Next, I am here. I was hoping perhaps I could go to Kamar-Taj and petition Doctor Strange to open a portal back to Wakanda. Or at least, for Professor Xavier to find me with Cerebro."
"I was hoping the same thing with the Doc." Iron Man admitted. "There's a Kree warship in Brooklyn. I'd like to get back to New York."
"Sounds like the two of you went through the same thing I went through." Morrigan noted.
"You too?" Iron Man inquired. Morrigan nodded. "So all three of us experienced the same thing. That can't be a coincidence."
"Agreed, there is clearly something else at play. As to what, I don't know." Said Storm.
"It's quite the conundrum." Morrigan mused.
"Come now, comrades, to use American phrase, I'm sure if we put our heads together, we will figure it out."
"See, now that's the attitude we need. We'll figure this out. But first we have to get back home." Iron Man proclaimed.
"Agreed," Storm nodded.
"No reason to waste time." Morrigan added.
"Okay, I take you all back to my home. I've had enough training in Siberian wilderness for one day." That made the trio realize there were several things still very wrong. One of which was the fact there was a new guy who had somehow entered their conversation. They all turned to see a massive, muscle bound man who was inexplicably only wearing wrestler's tights, smiling down at them with his bearded face.
"Who the hell are you?" Iron Man was flabbergasted.
"Hello, I am Zangief," Zangief greeted, "you may know me as the famous Red Cyclone!"
Morrigan looked Zangief up and down. "I like you." She said bluntly.
Even the stoic and mature Storm was taken aback by this stranger. However, she still retained her professionalism to ask the important question. "Mr. Zangief…did you say Siberia?"
"Of course, I train in Siberian wilderness all the time." Zangief explained. "Where else would we be?"
"Well for starters, the Himalayas, big guy!" Iron Man told him. "We're in the freaking Himalayas!"
Zangief looked at Iron Man in disbelief. "You mean mountains with Yeti?" He asked.
"Yes, mountains with Yeti." Iron Man replied.
"Hmm…Siberia and Himalayas are nowhere near each other, according to world map my manager keeps in his office." Zangief pointed out. "I was in Siberia all day. So how could I be in Himalayas?"
Iron Man groaned. "Oh to hell with this…look, let's just all get to Kamar-Taj. I've still got work to do, and we need to start figuring this out. We're all going together."
With that, much to his own frustration, Iron Man became a guide, leading his new band through the Himalayas to Kamar-Taj. Hopefully, Doctor Strange took house calls.
Meanwhile, back in New York City, Spider-Man and Dante quickly made their way through the streets of New York, all the way to Brooklyn. Both were hoping they were not too late and the Kree were not already terrorizing the city. Spidey, however, was quick to see that there was an evacuation that was already in process.
"Looks like someone's working fast," Dante noted, running and jumping along walls with the greatest of ease.
"Yeah, I'm impressed they managed to get an evacuation going in New York that's this organized." Spidey admitted. "I wonder if any other superheroes are down there."
"More guys like you?" Dante grinned. "Can't wait to meet 'em."
"Can I just say how crazy it is to see you moving like that?" Spidey told him.
"I'm built different, Spidey." Dante replied. "And I mean that literally. My dad's a super-powered demon."
"...Neat." Was all Spider-Man could say as the two made their way to the Brooklyn coast, where the Kree warship was flying towards.
When they arrived, Spidey immediately let out a sound of relief when he saw a man in a red, white and blue super suit, carrying a shield with the American stars and stripes. He was directing the last few people away from the coast.
"Cap!" He exclaimed.
Steve Rogers, more commonly known as Captain America, turned to see Spidey and Dante coming towards him. He smiled at finally seeing a familiar face.
"Spider-Man," he nodded, "good to see you, son."
"I should've known." Spider-Man chuckled. "If anyone could get an evacuation in good old NYC so organized, it'd be you."
Cap looked at the warship. "It was probably the only thing fortuitous about my being here." He admitted. "I was supposed to join my fellow Avengers on a mission that involved this very Kree warship. However, I'm here, with that blasted thing flying towards Brooklyn instead of an airforce base. And I haven't been able to get into contact with SHIELD, or any of the other Avengers. The only other heroes I've seen since coming through here are Daredevil and Invisible Woman. They're organizing the evacuation."
"Weird crap seems to be the norm today, Stars and Stripes." Dante told him.
"And you are?" Captain America asked.
"Just call me Dante." Dante introduced himself.
Captain America looked Dante up and down. "With how well-armed you are, I don't doubt you're skilled, but are you sure you want this to be your fight? The Kree are not to be trifled with."
"Don't you worry about me, I'm tough." Dante gave a carefree grin.
"That's not good enough," Cap insisted, "this is a matter of life and death, son."
"Then let me put this a different way," Dante pointed to Spidey, "he insisted on fighting this fight. See, I like him, so there's no way in hell I'm going to let him die."
That made Cap smile. "That's good enough for me. I'd be more than happy to have two brave souls like yourselves standing with me against an army."
Dante chuckled and brought out Ebony and Ivory. "Then it's time to get the party started."
"Heh, I guess you two can have enough confidence for all three of us." Spidey laughed nervously.
At that moment, the warship stopped near the coastline, content to hover. A large hangar opened. Multiple specks began dropping out of it like bees exiting a hive. Then, a single, larger speck began flying past the rest. It then came into perfect view for the trio. The rest of the specks were then revealed to be Kree soldiers with what looked like jetpacks on their backs. Cap, however, had his eyes only on the large Kree with the warhammer, standing atop the platform, glaring down at them.
"What is the meaning of this, Ronan?" Cap demanded.
Ronan the Accuser remained impassive in expression. "That is the question I should be asking you, Avenger." Ronan countered. "Why is it that instead of going to the headquarters Mar-vell was once stationed at, my ship instead ends up here? Tell me, Avenger, what have you or your comrades done to cause this?"
"Do you have any proof that we have caused this?" Cap asked incredulously.
"Do you have any proof you didn't?" Ronan countered.
"This is madness, Ronan." Cap told him. "Even if we were capable of such a thing, why would we transport your ship near one of our cities?"
"Madness? What is madness is that you willingly made enemies of the Kree Empire just to protect the traitor Mar-vell." Ronan reminded him.
"Is there some history I'm missing here?" Dante whispered to Spidey.
"It's complicated." Spidey whispered back.
"If you had simply extradited Mar-vell to us, and surrendered your planet to the Kree so that we may end our war with the Skrulls, there would be no need for our races to fight."
"Even if it is true our planet is a strategic location for your damned war, not a soul on Earth would accept being enslaved by an enemy empire. Take it from me, I lived through an era where good men rose up against evil like yours." Cap told him.
"Your pride dooms you." Ronan warned.
"And your delusion does the same, Ronan." Cap countered. "You and the Skrull can have your war, but leave humanity out of it! And as for Mar-vell, we don't abandon our allies."
"You are going to have to." Ronan assured him. "The Supreme Intelligence demands the return of Mar-vell. Their word is law. You don't have a choice."
"Then call me stubborn, because I refuse. Your law has no power here." Cap promised.
Ronan chuckled, smirking arrogantly. "Fool, I am Ronan the Accuser. Wherever I set my foot, Kree law holds sway."
"Wow, you are a stubborn son of a…" Dante trailed off, shaking his head in disbelief. He then spoke up louder, directly addressing Ronan now. "Okay, big guy, we're getting nowhere, so how about I make this simple for you. If your people's laws apply wherever you set foot, then I suggest you get your ass down here and prove it. Cuz frankly, I don't see your feet on the ground yet."
Ronan scoffed. "I know not who you are, but those were very unwise words." He proclaimed. He then raised his warhammer and issued a command to his soldiers. "Kree soldiers, attack! Kill these three fools in the name of the empire!"
As the soldiers began flying towards the ground, Spidey groaned. Cap raised his shield, while Dante aimed Ebony and Ivory.
"You just had to provoke him, huh?" Said Spidey.
"Meh, we got this." Dante said with that supreme confidence of his.
"We do?"
"Plenty of men knew they were going to die as soon as they stepped onto the beaches of Normandy, Spider-Man." Cap reminded him.
"And your point is?"
"Certainty of death cannot stop you from fighting for what's right." Cap explained. "Now let's give these boys a fight to remember!"
"As far as pep talks go, that was probably your worst, Cap." Spidey admitted. "Ah, what the hell, let's do this!"
The Kree soldiers immediately began shooting at the trio. Spidey immediately began jumping around the laser blasts. Cap held up his shield and blocked the blast. Dante, however, was grinning as he actually moonwalked around the laser blasts aimed at him.
"Yahoo!" He exclaimed, returning fire with Ebony and Ivory.
Cap watched in disbelief from behind the shield as the gunfire actually dropped several Kree soldiers, who went limp before they even hit the ground. He then looked at Ebony and Ivory, noting they were both handguns.
Both of those should've been reloaded by now. Where did you find him, Spider-Man? Cap wondered.
Dante laughed. "Hey fellas!" He yelled up at them. "Hate to break it to you, but trying to outshoot me is kind of a sucker's bet!"
Cap gasped, realizing Dante was trying to force the fight to the ground. "Spider-Man!" He called out. "Can you get up there and take away their aerial advantage?"
"For real?" Spider-Man yelled.
"I've got your back, Spidey!" Dante promised.
Spidey quickly perched himself on a street light. He then leapt into the air and used some webbing to pull himself towards a shocked Kree soldier.
"Hey, I think I can see my apartment from here." Spider-Man noted before ripping the jetpack off the Kree soldier and kicking off of him.
A few Kree soldiers tried to fire at Spidey in the air, only for Spidey to expertly maneuver around the laser blasts. He then stuck more webbing onto another Kree soldier.
"Here's Johnny!" He exclaimed before yanking himself into the Kree soldier, delivering a devastating dropkick right into the soldier's chest.
Spidey then propelled himself off the soldier he just kicked and landed on the shoulders of another Kree.
"Hi there, Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket." Spider-Man said to the soldier, ripping off the jetpack and leaving the Kree soldier to fall.
Spider-Man then leapt onto the back of yet another Kree soldier after attaching a line of webbing to him to get there. He then quickly webbed the soldier's arms behind his back. Several other soldiers trained their guns on them both. Spidey laughed nervously.
"You know, just putting this out there, give it a chance, and you'll find there's way more fun things to do in New York City than just invade it." Spidey told them, hiding behind the soldier he was perched on, much to the soldier's distress. "Ever heard of Broadway? The New York Mets? The New York Jets? Okay, maybe not the Jets. Either way, how about you all drop the cool laser guns, and I give you all the grand tour, free of charge?"
"Fire when ready!" One of the soldiers yelled, much to the distress of the Kree soldier Spidey was hiding behind.
"Worth a shot." Spidey muttered under his breath, only to see the soldiers brought down by gunfire, courtesy of Dante.
"See!" Dante called out. "I've got your back, pal!"
"If I didn't hang out with Wolverine sometimes, I'd be way less okay with that." Spidey muttered before remembering he was on top of another Kree soldier. "Oh, right, sorry."
With that, Spidey delivered a quick karate chop to the neck that sent the soldier to dream land. He finally let himself freefall for a moment before pulling himself safely back to the ground. Meanwhile, Ronan growled under his breath. His staff officer flew next to him.
"Sir, they seem to be more capable than we believed. Our superior numbers mean nothing to them." The staff officer told Ronan.
"I can see that, soldier." Ronan glared at him. "We won't win if we allow this to remain a firefight. All troops, land and prepare for melee combat! We will take the fight to them!"
The trio opposing the Kree watched as the soldiers began to fly to the ground. Upon landing, they each took out extendable, metallic staffs with electricity crackling around both ends. Dante holstered Ebony and Ivory and then drew the longsword at his back. Cap took note of the fact that in spite of it being a very big sword, Dante was wielding it one-handed.
"So, do we call this a success?" Spidey asked curiously.
"I certainly will." Dante replied before rushing into the fight with a big grin.
"Spider-Man, who is he exactly?" Captain America asked.
"Demon Hunter." Spider-Man said nonchalantly. With a single hum, Captain America rushed forward, shield in hand. Spider-Man sighed before running forward. "Here we go."
Dante immediately set to work, hacking and slashing every Kree soldier in sight. "Another one bites the dust," Dante muttered, slashing a Kree soldier across the chest. Then, Dante pulled out Ivory and fired a single shot straight into the head of another soldier. He then pointed it over his shoulder behind his back and fired another bullet into the face of a soldier trying to attack him from behind. "And another one gone, and another one gone."
Cap, meanwhile, rushed into the crowd as well. Unlike Dante's fast and aggressive style, Cap took a defend, then counter approach. A Kree would try to hit him with the electrically charged staff, only for the shield to block it. Cap would then ram the Kree attacking him, sending him flying either into a building, the water, or into other Kree soldiers. Spidey was playing a defensive game against the Kree as well; dodging, webbing, kicking and punching whenever he could. However, the Kree soldiers were starting to surround Spidey.
"Spider-Man!" Cap yelled, tossing his shield at his comrade.
Spidey immediately knew what Cap wanted. He quickly attached a line of webbing to the shield and began swinging it around, sweeping all the Kree soldiers surrounding him off their feet.
"Cap!" Spidey detached the webbing and let the shield fly back towards Captain America like a frisbee.
Cap slid underneath the shield and hooked his arm back underneath the shield. He then got back to his feet and slammed the shield right into a single Kree soldier, knocking him right off his feet. However, another Kree soldier was moving up on Cap from behind. Spider-Man noticed this and immediately moved to web up the soldier, only for two others to get between him and his objective.
"Cap, behind you!" Spidey called out.
Cap looked over his shoulder, just as the Kree soldier thrust his electric staff at him. However, at that moment, someone else intervened. Two large arms grabbed the soldier out of nowhere. Cap watched in shock as a massively muscular man with a mustache took the soldier and leapt into the air. He then flipped the soldier over and somehow started spinning in midair. Cap and Spidey both watched in disbelief as the big man drove the Kree soldier into the ground with a piledriver. The big man then turned to the two of them.
"I have no idea what the hell's going on here, but you look like you could use an extra pair of hands." He noted. "Mind if I cut in?"
"Who are you?" Spidey asked incredulously.
"Name's Mike Haggar!" Mike introduced himself. "I'm the mayor of Metro City, we're right next door, somehow. I saw that spaceship flying down to this city, so I thought I'd run over to lend a hand."
"Just…" Cap trailed off, seriously uncertain of how to respond to this. "Just keep beating up these guys."
"Sounds good!" Mike exclaimed. He then gave Cap a thumbs up. "That's the most patriotic Halloween costume I've ever seen on a man, pal. I approve, even if it isn't Halloween!"
"Thank you." Cap replied, still baffled.
"Okay, you alien screwheads," Mike turned his attention to the stunned Kree soldiers, "class is in session, and today's subject is wrestling techniques! And I've got enough demonstrations for everyone!"
For his part, Dante had noticed Mike's arrival as well. However, instead of being baffled like Spidey and Cap were, he just laughed.
"This is getting funnier by the minute." He noted.
Dante then heard a crash behind him. He looked over his shoulder and smirked. Ronan the Accuser had finally joined the fight.
"So, you finally set foot on the ground, eh?" He taunted.
"I will show you the strength of the Kree's law, boy." Ronan vowed, brandishing his massive warhammer.
"Too bad," Dante countered before giving him the bring-it sign with his left hand, brandishing Devil Sword Dante as well, "I've never been good at following the rules."
Meanwhile, back at the Baxter Building, Reed Richards breathed a sigh of relief as he spoke into a communicator.
"Thank goodness, I finally got through, where are the two of you?" He asked.
"San Francisco." The voice of Johnny Storm replied on the other end.
"Dallas." The voice of Ben Grimm replied as well.
"Get to Brooklyn as quickly as you can." Reed ordered. "Ben, I'm sending the jet on autopilot for you to come back in. Sue, how's the evacuation of Brooklyn?"
"It's proceeding smoothly, we're almost done." Sue replied. "How's the analysis coming?"
"We're almost done," Reed replied while someone else worked in the background, "have things escalated?"
"There's a fight at the coast." Sue replied. "I'm heading there as soon as I can."
"Once you're done, come back to the Baxter Building. By the time you're done, I might have some answers about what's going on here."
Reed turned to the monitors that were currently processing lines and lines of data. His expression turned into one of mortification.
I should be fascinated…but if these numbers are accurate, something that should be impossible has happened, and unfortunately, the impossible often ends up being a worst-case scenario.
AN: With that, day 4 of 5 where we'll see a new chapter is in the books. So, state the obvious, Iron Man and Morrigan were taking on an army of robots sent by good old Dr. Wily. The Yellow Devil should've been a dead giveaway for all my Classic Mega Man fans out there. Keep in mind, the only reason both had so much trouble is because they did not know where the Yellow Devil's weakness was until the end. Anybody who has played Classic Mega Man (myself included) can tell you fighting the Yellow Devil is a pain.
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