Why couldn't bad guys ever announce they were gonna knock you out before they do so ?
Blinking his eyes heavily Azari was the first to wake up
Immediately he felt his body being restricted and when his eyes had fully adjusted to it all he saw the confinement he was trapped in. His hands and knees were bolted and strapped down in some kind of electric chair while he wore a helmet above his head
Looking at the wire that it connected to Azari followed the wire until soon enough he found James and Francis hung up with their arms above their head in gold, silver and copper wires tangled all around their hands and arms
Still knocked unconscious Azari moved around in his chair before calling out to the two boys
"James…..Francis…guys" Azari whispered but no use as they didn't move a muscle
A sliding door was opened wasting no time to catch Azari's attention as immediately his attention snapped to the woman who came strutting into the room as she held something in her hand
The room lights were a dim setting so it was the perfect opportunity for the mystery woman to hide her face from Azari only approaching both James and Azari reaching to touch them before Azari shouted
"HEY ! DON'T TOUCH THEM !" he shouted whilst moving around within his chair trying to break free
The woman had listened to his plea and moved away from the two boys to only get closer to him as soon enough she looked down upon him revealing her face within the dim lighting to him
Immediately Azari had recognized her face
"Your Monica Rappaccini" Azari said making the woman smirk
Pressing a button on the remote she was holding electricity had immediately surged from his helmet and in two seconds flat James and Francis immediately began to yell in pain
With a shocked expression on his face Azari's eyes went wide when he turned to see Black electricity expelled upon James and Francis. Rudley awakening them
The lighting had died as soon as it got started leaving James and Francis only to gasp for air as they continued to stay hung up
"Truly didn't think this thing would work" she said as looking at her remote before walking towards James and Francis leaving Azari to only struggle in his seat
Approaching the two boys Monica had held them both by their chins from the tip of her fingers
Examining their faces and characteristics Monica just squinted her eyes
"Take a pic it'll last longer" Francis said leaving Monica to only low growl before dropping them
"Can one of you tell me how 3 teenagers managed to sneak into one of our facilities. Break into my personal lab and better yet how do you 3 have access to this" Monica said as she lifted up James's Shield immediately making him go wide eyed
Spotting the quick glances Azari and Francis gave James with their eyes Moncia had only put the puzzle together
"So you're the one who replicated the Shield" she began as she started to strut towards James
"Tell me how you replicated it"
Giving the woman a glare that could kill James remained hung up within the air by wires as Moncia looked at him as well
"Well if you won't tell me then you can at least tell me how you got this" Monica said before turning to Azari. She revealed his silver tooth necklace hung around her finger tips immediately making the prince go wide eyed as he noticed his necklace was missing
"Now how did someone like you get their hands on pure vibranium ? The King's pride necklace no doubt"
Not responding at all with verbal words Azari only shook within his seat trying to break free of his bindings
Monica only rolled her eyes and growled
"Ok we'll have to do this the hard way then" she said before pressing a button on her remote
Immediately Black electricity had began to shock James and Francis making them holler in pain once more
Watching his friends being shocked pained Azari the most knowing his powers were the cause of it but hearing their yells was even worse as he desperately tried to pry himself free from his bindings only to no prevail
"STOP ! I'LL TELL YOU JUST STOP !" he cried making Monica smiled before powering down the device again
When the surge had stopped the two boys immediately dropped their heads and began gasping for air again as steam erupted from the pores of their body
"You know it's said humans can withstand around 2,700 volts of electricity before it gets lethal or fatal. But you boys should be impressed. The lowest this things goes to is 3,000"
Letting out a series of gasps Francis just painfully chuckled before sticking up the middle finger
"So immature" she groaned
James too needed many moments to catch his breath before soon enough he spoke with his hurting throat
"Wha….What's project Ultra"
Giving a wide eyed expression Monica soon took it back replacing it with a smirk
"I shouldn't be surprised you boys stumbled upon our projects. Taking a look at our feutre creations and technology"
"Using other big bad companies to mass produce weapons" Azari growled
"Oh dear boy. Do you think that's what we're doing ? making more weapons ? please Red Skull and his team of world dominating buffoons can do that. No here at A.I.M we seek for higher. Reach levels of technology companies like Roxxon, Oscorp, Alchemax all wish they could even think of"
Pressing a button on her wrist a screen display was brought down from above to be shown for all 4 of them to see as immediately blueprints of a giant robot laid out in front of them
"I'm sure you know of our prized possession, the Adaptoid. A machine that can copy the powers and weaponry of any superhero it sees in action. It was a technological revolution in our field of science…Or at least it would've been" Monica sighed
"The Super-Adaptoid can copy the powers of any hero but the downside is it can't use more than one ability at a time. It lacks the creativity with it's powers making it one dimensional, the awareness is lack luster and it's incapable of thinking in complex situations"
"Sounds like a shitty project" Francis said
"Oh you've never been more wrong. Because with our 3.0 version we've fixed it all" Monica said a perk in her voice that gave the three teens a shiver as the blueprint page had been replaced with a camera feed from within the facility of an all silver faceless machine standing on display like a manikin
"Project Ultra" James said in realization making Monica turn back to face him with a smile on her face
"Meet the Ultra-Adaptoid. 10 times stronger, smarter and more durable than its predecessor. Now it can copy the abilities of heroes without even having to see them in person and we had already taken the liberty of downloading every hero in A.I.M's file into it's hard drive"
A face of pure fear had been placed upon the 3 boys as they all looked at one another just wondering the horrors of what could become if that thing got released
"Once this machine goes fully online and the others see just how easily it picked off the Avengers we can make an army of Ultra-Adaptoid's and once that happens the world will be under A.I.M's control. We will own this world and all the other's across the galaxy and beyond"
"That won't happen" Azari said
"We will stop you" James said as well
With a laugh Monica had just pressed the button on her remote making James and Francis's screams of pain return as she just smirked letting the black lights reflect off her face
"Stop me, You can't even save yourself" She said deviously
Upping the voltage up to 3,500 their yells had gotten louder as small visible scars slowly started to display upon their bodies
Visibly shaking due to the pain both James and Francis had mentally agreed this was the worst torture they have both ever expreniced
Luckily the lightning had come to a complete stop much to both their praise as for the last time they physically dropped and hung their heads low as they both took deep heavy breaths
"Az…A…..A…..Azari…..I'll never make fun of your powers again" Francis very painfully joked
Spamming her button on the remote over and over again Monica had only groaned
"Why isn't this thing working ?" she said before looking at the big red button
Squinting her eyes she swore she had saw a small speck on her remote
Little did she know that the small speck would grow to punch her square in the face launching her in the air before landing smack dab on the ground with a hard thud
The boys couldn't even react as soon enough the door of the torture room had been ripped open and Immedailty James, Francis and Azari had smiled when they saw that the person who was revealed to open the door was Torunn who only rolled her eyes before smiling
"Do you guys ever listen to me ?" she said before floating over to both James and Francis beginning to untie them as Pym had just went over to Azari freeing him from his shackles
First freeing James letting him drop to the ground catching himself Torunn had moved to Francis and the platinum blonde had only smirked
"Torunn I have no idea how to say thank yo-" he began before immediately she cuffed his face and kissed him
"Well that's a start" he smiled
"You can thank me by not getting killed" she said before snapping the ropes and freeing him
Pym had freed Azari from his binding's as well only giving the white haired prince a smirked looked as he took off his last shackle
"See what happens when you don't listen to us" Pym said but Azari had just shook his head soaking in the feeling of knowing why he hates helmets
Adjusting to the fact that they could breath without feeling physical pain again James and Francis had stretched their limbs and cracked their fingers and necks getting the blood flowing from within their body again before them and Azari had grabbed their gear and gotten back to work
Placing his shield on his back as he put his gauntlets back on James had noticed Monica was stirring on the ground beginning to wake back up
With a simple shot with his widow bites the older woman had began to twitch and shake before being knocked unconscious again
"Alright the facility has a pipe line we can exit through on the east wing" Pym began but James just shook his head
"No we can't leave. Not yet" he said immediately making Torunn and Pym groan
"I guess being shocked to death wasn't enough for you-"
"It's not about that Pym. We need to stop the Ultra-Adaptoid before it can be used in field action"
"Alright let's call the actual heroes that are built for this then"
"And say what ? "Oh hey there's a killer robot that was built specifically just to kill you. Go fight it now"
Rolling his eyes and groaning Pym had looked at Torunn for back up but the blonde asgardian had just gave Pym a look that gave him all he needed to know
"Oh no. Not you too Torunn-"
Grasping her hand in a tightly manner Torunn had took a deep breath
"They were right about the Facility. And you were here to listen to Monica. The Ultra-Adaptoid seems dangerous Pym"
Looking at the group the growing hero had released he'd been backed into a corner. All 4 of them were looking at him with plead in their eyes practically begging him that this was something they had to do
"Dammit, were so gonna die" he admitted making everyone else smile
Pressing a mirage of button on his control panel within his suit a holographic display of a map layout had appeared in front of them
"Ok this is the building's blueprint If were on level 50 and this project Ultra is as big as it sounds A.I.M would keep it under deep wraps in a sub level somewhere hidden"
"Somewhere that they can conduct experiments in peace. Off the grid and really maximize the Steel Mill look" Francis said in which Pym nodded his head
"Exaclty"
James had pointed at a spot within the map that was below the Facility's heating system
"How about there. Seems spaced enough and it's below the heating system and right in place for the furnace. Could be the perfect zone to have a secret lab"
"Oh great. Create a killer robot over tons of boiling lava and metal" Francis groaned
"Well looks like that's where we need to go then" James said as Pym had closed the map
Making haste to the doorway the team came to an immediate halt and stop when they saw a barrage of A.I.M soldiers charging towards them who began to raise their guns up at them
"Dammit" James began before grabbing ac series of pellets and throwing them down immediately causing a series of red smoke to appear
The A.I.M soldiers had soon entered the room when the smoke had dispersed only to find the team of heroes long gone in a midst of their own confusion. Only finding Monica's groaning body as she began to wake up
2 soldiers had came to her aid to help her up but she just pushed back against them in a rude manner
"Get off of me !" she snapped as she raised to her feet
"FIND THEM NOW ! PUT THE FACILITY ON LOCKDOWN AND LEAVE NO TRACE OF THIS FACILITY UNTOUCHED ! I WANT THEM ALL DEAD WITHIN THE HOUR !"
Nodding their heads immediately the ground of soldiers had halted away marching through the halls to leave Monica alone in the room as she had just began to bit her lips in deep sister thought
With a sigh her fingers began to twitch as she was unsure if this was a smart thing to do. But it did need a test drive
Raising her wrist up Monica began to speak into her communicator carefully as she had spoken
"Ultra-Adaptoid online…"
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Quickly and quietly James had closed the crate before everyone let out a heavy breath of air from within the air duct
"Ok can we call others now ?" Pym said
Shaking his head with an eye roll James had just began to move past everyone before taking the lead from within the air duct
"Just follow me. The air ducts will lead us to the heating system"
The team's venture had slowly began as the 5 of them crawled their way through the air ducts small sounds of ruffled metal seeped through but not loud enough to get them detected
But with their given time together Francis had thought this was a better time than ever to ask the money question
"Hey quick question, how did you guys know to find us ?"
Immediately Torunn smirked
"You really think you guys would just mention a secret A.I.M Facility and not go. Please we know you better than that" Torunn replied
"Yep from a view we watched you guys after we noticed the missing Quinjet. And after we saw the ambush within the lab we knew we had to rescue you guys"
"Well thanks for the rescue mission" Azari stated
Continuing to crawl through the vents there was a long and awkward silence between the 5 heroes. It felt like there was more to say. A small elephant that was within the room. But no one knew what how to say it so Pym had just spoken within another topic at hand
"So do you guys really think the Adaptoid is as dangerous as Monica says it is ?"
Huffing his breath Azari had just sighed before answering
"I….I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. Only one way to find out right-"
Letting out an annoyed groan James began to pick up the pace from their crawling
"Guys can we just hurry this up before-"
CRASH
Within a blink of an eye a large metal arm had crashed through the air vents making everyone jump before it grabbed James by his leg yanking him straight down through the vented metal
Slamming him down to the concrete ground creating a dent within the cement the Adaptoid had immediately stomped on James's face causing the dent to grow bigger as more injuries of cuts and bruises had registered to his face
Taking his giant metal boot off his face The Adaptoid had taken a second to examine James's semi conscious state beginning it's scanning process before it read out loud in a heavily robotic voice
"Captain America"
Scanning James again the robot had spoken once more
"Aim for Weakness" It said before raising it's fist ready to attack again
"Black Widow"
Before he could launch it's hand Francis had immediately dropped down and landed on the giant robot. Sitting on top of the thing he had pulled an arrow out from his quiver and placed it across his face before he was quickly pulled off by his leg and chuckled across the room hitting a nearby pillar
But Francis had only smirked as he slowly got up watching as the arrow expanded creating a mass of clay and putty that covered it's face
Distracted by the sneaked attack Pym had quickly rushed and pulled James away sweeping him to a nearby safe zone that revealed to have Torunn and Azari hiding within it
Resting him on the ground Azari made no haste to rub his hands together before placing them on James's chest immediately waking him up forcing him to sit up right as he began to examine the boiling room they were in
"What happened ! Where are we !" he exaggerated immediately making Torunn put a hand on his chest and back
"Breath James, were in the A.I.M facility-"
"AND WE FOUND THE ROBOT !" Azari had shouted catching all 4 of their attention as immediately the hunk of metal appeared before them slamming it's fist first towards them
Growing 2x his size Pym had immediately sprouted in front of his siblings catching the fist but easily the robot had smacked the young boy away causing him to crash into a nearby wall
Grabbing her sword with gritted teeth Torunn had wasted no time jousting her blade into the gut of the armored being with anger and fury but when she tried to pull up to slice through him her eyes went wide when she noticed the robot had grabbed her hands before beginning to scan her
"Thor" it said before grabbing one of her arms and pulling her up by it carelessly leaving the sword lodged within it
"THY PUT ME DOWN MACHINERY !" she yelled before grabbing Mjolnir to whip him across the face with it over and over again
Taking the hits moving it's head left and right by every strike the machine had simply punched Torunn square in her chest sending her flying into a nearby wall causing a dent before she hit the ground
Pulling the sword from it's stomach the Adaptoid had looked over at Pym before scanning his bruised and beaten features as well
"Giant Man The Wasp"
A bolt of black lighting had struck the Adaptoid causing the being to stumble back and drop the sword before looking at Azari that was charging towards him quickly ready to scan his features
"Black Panther Storm" It said before Azari had jumped over it ready for his next attack
Calculating his landing the Adaptoid had just stretched it's arm out grabbing the young prince mid air before slamming him back down on the ground immediately making him groan as he had coughed up blood
Immediately helping his beaten friends up Francis had only groaned and began to stagger as well as the team had suddenly grouped together all looking like they had been ran over by multiple buses
Their bleeding injures and torne suits only atoned for their cut lips and bruised faces as they all looked like it even hurt to stand
"Hope this answers your question Pym" Francis said as they all looked at the monstrosity before them
"Monica really did her homework" Azari groaned as clutched his side
"This thing's a piece of work"
"It scanned our abilities through our parents. Making it 2 times more dangerous. It knows our moves and can predict our outcomes" Pym stated
Gripping Mjolnir and her sword tightly Torunn's breath heavily pant
"So how do we beat it" she asked as everyone looked at James as she gripped his shield tightly
With a serious expression on his face he gripped onto the leather on his shield tightly
"Together" he said immediately making everyone's eyebrows glare as they looked at the machine
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Watching from the monitor Monica had a remote rest from under her chin as she watched the fight within the boiling room display
"They are lasting longer than I expected" she said as she observed the Adaptoid grab Torunn and slam her into a wall repeatedly
Glaring in his chair MODOK had only tapped his finger from the shadow of the dark room before saying
"Kill them. Then send The Ultra-Adaptoid to the Avengers"
With that the giant headed experiment had left the room only Monica gave a look of disproven on her face before she spoke into the remote
"Kill Them"
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Grabbing Azari who was quick to pounce upon him the metal machine had immediately slammed him into a pile of crates before it's blank face had turned a bright red making him go wide eyed
'Cyclops' he thought as she tried to pry from the robots grip with no prevail as his face got brighter
Luckily Pym now the size of the Adaptoid had charged at the machinery tackling him to the ground before shrinking down to a small size to fly into Adaptoid
Immediately once he was inside Pym was found with a series of tangled wires and electronic mess of a brain trying to navigate into the robot's core
But before he could even go further a large stream of nitrogen gas had flushed him out shooting him out of the Adaptoid's ear like a cannon leaving Pym to grow back to normal as he immediately began to cough
"James this isn't working" Francis said as she shot a series of arrow's at the Adaptoid grabbing his attention
Shooting a grappling arrow at the metal pilar from within the ceiling Francis had just barely dodged the Adaptoid's double handed slam that made the room shake
"We can't beat him in a fist fight" he said before grappling off another line again dodging the Adaptoid's repulsor blast
"And teamwork it's working"
As Francis once again tried to swing off another line the Adaptoid had quickly shot a knife at his line forcing him to fall onto the ground below with a roll landing straight at the Adaptoid's feet
Chuckling lighting the Adaptoid had looked down at young man staring at him directly with his goofy grin
"Best 2 out of 3 ?" he joked before the Adaptoid had raised it's foot ready to stomp
Jumping on the Adaptoid's back James planted a small bomb on his face before jumping to back kick him square in the fast making him stumble before the blast had finally knocked him into one of the wall's causing it to crash
But like it was nothing the giant machine just rose back up making both Francis and James groan
"Oh come on !"
Shaking his head and groaning Pym looked at the ground below and immediately went wide eyed when he almost touched molten steel that was leaking to the ground
Looking around the room in a panicked position Pym noticed the leaks and seeps of melted steel all from within the steel Mill that was seeping through most likely due to the fight or realistically them getting thrown from all around the room
And by the horrid looks on Azari and Torunn's face as well before they turned to Pym he could tell they had the same panic
James and Francis were both thrown at the group of heroes but when Francis began to heavily breath again and wipe his sweaty forehead with a raised eyebrow expression due to heat him and James had gotten on the same page
"We need to get to higher ground" James spoke as slowly the began to walk backwards together using up more and more cemented ground that was getting swallowed byt boiling Steel
"If we do he's just gonna follow us" Torunn added as the Adaptoid had slowly walked towards them with a glowing hand making the kids gulp
"Captain Marvel" they all said in panic
The Adaptoid's movements had began to get slower thought due to the seeping Molten catching Pym's eye as soon enough a lightbulb had flicked within his head
"...Steel….that's it…" he said before turning to Azari
"Hey, can you control metal ?"
Looking at Pym like he was a mad man Azari just raised an eyebrow
"What ?!"
With a smile eagerly he nodded his head
"Yeah. metal. 25 to 30% of pure metals come from the earth's crust. If you can just control the melted metal all around us and aim it towards the Adaptoid you can fully submerge him in it either melting him or submerging him"
Azari had only blinked his sweaty eyes
"PYM YOU KNOW HOW INSANE THAT SOUNDS !"
Firing his last arrow to hold the Adaptoid off Francis only groaned when he couldn't reach for any more arrows
"Guys im out"
Turing to Azari Pym had a face of a plea
"Azari you have to try. You said so yourself that we are heroes and this is what heroes do. They face the odds no matter what"
Looking at the melting metal that was seeping through the cracks of the boiling room along with them running out of space to back up Azari had just closed his eyes before groaning
"Everyone back up" he said making James, Francis and Torunn all raise their eyebrows
Yet that didn't stop them from backing slowly behind Azari as Pym just nodded his head
Taking a deep breath to mentally prepare himself for this craziness he planned on doing
Looking at his feet that began to submerge in molten Steel the Adaptoid's hands had began to glow in bright yellow making the group's eyes go wide
"What is he doing !" Torunn shouted as pipes began to burst and fire began to spew all through the facility making the scene quite loud
"Creating a big blast with Captain Marvel's powers ! a suicide tactic !"
Taking a deep breath Azari had raised his hands out
Silencing the noise and chaos that spewed around him he only focused on the thing that mattered most to him. The thing he was trying to save
While the Adaptoid's hands began to glow brighter as the room began to get hotter James looked around the room and found an opening window
"GUYS LOOK THERE !" he exclaimed
Nodding her head Torunn had grabbed Francis beginning to fly him out leaving James and Pym with Azari
"AZARI YOU HAVE TO HURRY"
With his hands beginning to grip tightly and sweat dripping down his face the young prince had stood in a strong position a small stand off with the Adaptoid surrounded by the Molten Steel bruins around them
"AZARI COME ON !"
The Adaptoid's hands began to glow a blinding yellow one that made both Pym and James cover their eyes as it had gotten to great
"AZARI !"
Thinking about everything that he had gotten back in the last month the walls and pipes continued to break and burst around them even more as the facility continued to rumble
Flashing his eyes white Azari pushed through the heat as he began to gritt his teeth
"Alright Robot, ADAPT TO THIS !" he shouted before closing his hands into tight fist
Immediately the boiling room building had caved in and Pym wasted no time grabbing James and Azari as the room came down in tears of melting Steel pouring in from everywhere
The Adaptoid's blast had been interrupted when it tried to stop the attack but only got sunk away by the tons and pounds of heating boiling steel all around it before soon enough a self implode had happened right as the teens had entered outside within the cold night air
The Facility had came down with a crash and immediately they were launched onto the now destroyed Facility grounds one that was obviously flead by most of the A.I.M operatives as there was no one left in sight
Perching from their elbows looking up at the facility itself the sight of the destruction that caused only made them all go wide eyed in shock as they looked at each other in disbelief that they were even alive
The disbelief continued as slowly they all got up just looking at the destroyed A.I.M Facility among them before once more turning to one another
What was once looks of doubt soon turned into small smiles before full fledged cheers as they all had high five and fist bumped each other in nothing more than excitement that was coursing through their veins
"WHO'S THE TEAM THAT BEAT THE BAD !, UNLOCKED A NEW ABILITY THAT'S A PRETTY RAD !" Azari chanted in a hyper tune
"BEAT THE BAD GUYS, PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE, NOW WE JUST GOTTA FLEA THE CASE !" Francis danced
"TOOK DOWN A.I.M. THAT'S PRETTY COOL, AND WE BEAT A REALLY EVIL DUDE !" Pym sang
"PRETTY LUCKY THAT WE ARE ALIVE, NOT GONNA LIE, I THOUGHT WE'D DIE…" James said immediately making everyone stop and look at him as he just shrugged his shoulders
"You…need to work on your freestyles dude" Azari said before immediately a giant flashing light was brought above them
The light was coming in hot and fast and it had only multiplied when the sound of a jet roared above them
When lightning crackled and the metallic sound came from the dark sky the team already knew what to expect
"Here they come" Torunn said as they Jet had landed in front of them
The bright light revealed to be Captain Marvel as she had landed in front of the team
Both Thor and Ironman landed right behind her while Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Mockingbird and Bruce who was wearing ripped clothes came from the Avengers Jet
Adding onto injury it wasn't just them either
Spider-Woman, She Hulk, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Captain America (Sam Wilson) Black Panther, Wasp, Giant man, Wonder Man and the Young Avengers as well adding more insult to injury as the fellow teen's laughs and smirks made them feel even more awkward
"Guess the Skrulls mission was more important than we thought" Francis whispered to James as Steve and the rest had approached them
"Start talking now" Steve Commanded towards James sounding more like a drill sergeant than the light hearted Captain America everyone was used too
Quite frankly it sent shivers up the teen's spines the datebooks weren't kidding when they said Captain America had the voice of a leader
Observing James's bruises and beat display before looking at the same condition of the rest of the team Steve's eyebrows only furrowed as he looked at James's blank display
"Now" he growled
Looking at the Facility before turning back to the fellow team of adults James spoke
"Looks like Tony's hunch was bigger than we thought"
"We ?" Clint said but Francis stopped forward to take James's aid
"Yeah, we" he said aking Clint raise an eyebrow
"By the way, you all would be A.I.M food if it wasn't for us. How do you think we got like this ? A.I.M made another Adaptoid. One 10 fold stronger than the other's by a mile. It was already engraved with all your files and abilities and if you had fought it, an even worse outcome would've happened"
"If that was true, you should've called us" Hank stated
With his hands shaking Pym just clenched his hands
"Why ?" he said making Hank tilt his head
Raising his head to stare at his father straight in the face Pym asked again
"Why ? you would've just told us what you've been telling us the entire time we got here" he began as he moved in front of James and Francis
"Stay hidden, Stay a secret, hide in plain sight. But the one time we actually do some good for the world we get in trouble for it. I'm sorry for my out of tone manor…..but….that's…..that's….that's bullshit"
"Quiet your tone Young man. As your upper genitor"
"Genitor !" Torunn laughed making Thor go quiet
"Genitor is funny Father. Don't take yourself so seriously. This change has been as awkward for us as it had for you all and you know what…we're done playing safe by it. No more shall we stand by and not be heroes because you all are to scared to step forth and face this new problem together head on" she said before grabbing Francis's hand to intwine it with hers
Noticing the certain touch they both smiled at one another making Thor and Clint's eyes perk in shock
Stepping forth to the ground of teens the black mask covering his face disintegrated revealing the face of a king
"So what is it you are proposing" T'challa said
Looking at his friends by his side Azari just smiled at the ground as they smiled back before looking at his Father dead in the eyes
"We want our own Unit. our own team. No splitting up" Azari proposed
Looking at one another the adult Avengers had look of thought on their face before Steve looked back at the kids
"And if we say no"
With a look of intensity and a glare that could kill that only made Natasha smile James replied
"Then get out the way"
Standing tall together facing down the band of heroes that they once saw as myths and legends a smirk had formed upon Carol's lips as she had to admit
They had her vote
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SMALL ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF NEW YORK
8:02 Am
3 DAYS AFTER THE EVENTS OF A.I.M.
"Originally I bought this Island as a secret facility for the Avengers to use" Tony said as James, Torunn, Francis, Pym and Azari all followed him around the place
"Never got to it though. And we've been to many places. Even inside a Celestial" he said before shaking his head
"Anyway, me and the gang figured it would be best if it was your little base. Not to far from us and were not to far from you" he said as she showed the group the teleporter
"Place has all the things you kids might need. Sleeping quarters, kitchen, game room, lounge room, training room, etc, etc, etc, you get the jist of it"
"Jarvis will be sanctioned through the entire base everything goes through him and runs through him nothing gets by him trust me I know" he said before winking at Francis and Torunn making them both blush
Footsteps had entered in the scene revealing the other known adults avengers added with Vision
"Since you 5 are so determined to stay together we figured we'd allow you to be a team together on Avengers terms. Our terms" Steve stated
"Vision Volunteered to be the one to do the manly check in, while Natasha and Bobbi are in charge of training. I'll be the one to deploy you all on missions got it"
The 5 of them had nodded their heads
"Real missions ?" James asked in which Steve nodded his head
"Yes, but covert. Special op forces"
"The Avengers and other big name teams will handle the big obvious stuff. With us being bigger targets it only proves the bad guys are getting smarter, getting sneakier. So we'll need a smaller lesser known unit" Natasha said
"The 5 of you will be that team" Bobbi added
Each of them had smiles on their faces as it felt insanely good to hear that they will be handling hero stuff again
"It's not gonna be easy" Clint stated
"You may be from the future but the bad guys you know about hit a lot harder than you will expect them to. You need to be trained more than you already are" Carol said
Looking at one another with a proud smile each of them nodded their heads before smirking at the adults
"We got this"
"Well that just leaves a name for this special unit" Thor said
Looking at one another again they nodded their heads before Pym spoke
"How about the Next Avengers ?"
With a small smile the adult team had looked at one another with a satisfied smile
"Short, simple, gets the job done. I like it" Bruce said
"Alright then. It's settled Next Avengers"
With a satisfied smile plastered on their faces James, Torunn, Pym and Azari all felt like nothing could stop them. Finally for the first time in a long time they felt at place with something here
And they just couldn't wait to get started
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"We can make more"
CRASH
"THERE ARE NO MORE ! IT TOOK US YEARS TO MAKE PROJECT-ULTRA AND IT'S GONNA TAKE MANY MORE TO REPRODUCE THE BUILDING STAGE !"
Tapping her tablet in a hurried panic MODOK's anger had only began to raise to an all time high as Monica had shown him a picture
"Project-Ultra may have been a failure but I have something new in mind. Something more interesting that could grab the council's attention. Something that potentially greater"
With a growl MODOK had only plucked the tablet from Monica's hands as he began to observe the picture of the James, Francis, Azari, Pym and Torunn
"Who are they ?"
"No clue. They are complete John Doe's but don't you see. This could work in our favor"
MODOK soon grew a smirk within his face as he just smiled gastly
"You're right….Monica change our plans tell the council we have a newer goal"
"Which is ?"
"The beginning of the end for the Heroes" he began before laughing maniacally
