Preface: There are some changes here in the Coexistenceverse, including the fact that immortals now exist in this universe. There are a few things remain such as the existence of the Spider-Friends, my stories "Start of a Turning Point", "Avengers Annihilation", "Two Doctors and the Library" and the Snakedance rewrite all still exist, and Harry2's story "Lover's Makeover" still exists. Finally, for the purpose of this universe, Duncan did not take Richie's head and Richie is still alive. (Thank you, Wandererverse for sparing Richie Ryan)
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all related characters and properties belong to the BBC. The Avengers, Black Widow and all other related characters and properties belong to Stan Lee, Marvel and Walt Disney Motion Pictures Studios. Highlander and all characters and properties belong to Rysher Entertainment and Gaumount Television.
The Host
Chapter One
A hooded figure with a robe that was black in color was walking down the caverns outside the city of Seattle, Washington as the figure was looking for something in particular that was located inside the caverns. She was determined to find it and didn't care if it was trespassing or not, she had to find it.
The item that she was looking for was a crystal. This very crystal had the essence of her master Aefriol who had been imprisoned in ever since he had been banished from her home world of Mylithos, a planet a couple of galaxies away from the Planet Earth. Being a part of the Cult of Aefriol, the woman was exiled from Mylithos as well. From there, after finding the crystal, she would release Aefriol into this world after she found him a suitable host. Then Aefriol would take over this planet and eventually this entire universe.
"It has to be around here somewhere." Prumiva stated, "I am sure the council of Mylithos hid my master's prison somewhere deep inside."
She continued walking further into the caverns until she eventually stumbled across a crystal that was lying on the ground. The crystal was black in color, cloudy nonetheless. The woman smiled in satisfaction. She slowly picked it up.
"At last!" Prumiva exclaimed, "the essence of Aethriol! I finally found it!"
She took off her hood revealing her dark red hair, shiny blue eyes with intelligence in them, middle aged face and pointed ears, "He was exiled from Mylithos and so am I. I shall free Aefriol once I find a suitable host for my master, and once I do, this entire world, and eventually this universe will be under his mercy!"
-The-Host-Remastered-
"Lila, are you ready?"
Lila Barton looked up as she appeared to be annoyed, "Yes, Mom."
"Well, hurry up. The Fall festival is going to start really soon."
"Alright." Lila replied before speaking to herself, "Not that I agreed to going to this Fall festival, but whatever."
Along with her mother and her brothers, they moved out of Missouri and all the way to Seattle, Washington not too long after the death of their father Clint Barton, who was known as Hawkeye. Along with that, the kids moved to a new school as well. Lila did enjoy the new school as everyone was nice, but things weren't quite the same since her father died and she felt so withdrawn socially. The rest of her family was coping as well, but in different ways.
Her mother Laura Barton still had pictures of her husband as did Lila herself. Laura insisted that her children did not follow that same dangerous path her husband did as she did not want to lose any of her children in a similar way that she lost her husband, and apparently their grandmother Edith felt the same way as she had lost her son as well. On the other hand, Laura was deeply grateful that her family friend Natasha Romanoff, known as Black Widow, was keeping her word to check on her every so often as she did for the past month as she was now living in Seacouver, a city which was outside Seattle. Her older brother Cooper Barton was enjoying the social life in his new school as much as he possibly could at school, from attending parties and dances that his mother would allow him to attend to. As for her younger brother Nathaniel Barton, he remained attached to his mother, fearing that he would lose her too despite the fact that Laura assured him that she would be with him in this world as long as God would let her.
Lila met up with her mother and brothers and they headed to Kenwood High School where the Fall Festival was located. Not every student was in a costume, but some students were.
"See?" Lila told her family, "I told you not everyone would be in a costume."
"I know." Laura replied, "but you know your brother, he wants to do everything with his friends."
Lila looked to see Cooper dressed as Captain America while Nathaniel was dressed as Woody from the Toy Story movies as the family was entering in the school to sign up for the Fall Festival.
"It is a big school!" Laura told her daughter, "So do not wander off too far, okay? Also, Natasha will be here soon!"
-The-Host-Remastered-
"What?! You never told us where you got a new sonic screwdriver!" Tegan exclaimed to the Doctor, "and mind if I ask, why didn't you use it against the Mara when I was possessed and we were on Manussa?"
Adric slightly shuddered at the memory of nearly releasing the Mara along with Nyssa seeing it for the first time, but he decided to brush it off, mainly to help Tegan be calm despite feeling somewhat responsible given his powers.
"That...I forgot it and it was an honest mistake, and it won't happen again from here on out." the Doctor replied as he picked up the sonic screwdriver, "I got it while Nyssa, Adric and I were at that library. A lady who called herself River gave it to me. She said I would need it in the future. It proved to be quiet useful when she used it."
Adric looked over to see Tegan was feeling down, still traumatized from being possessed by the Mara.
"You would not be the first person who was not themselves while traveling with the Doctor," Adric told Tegan.
"I suppose you are right." Tegan sighed, amazed that Adric was trying to cheer her up.
"Where are we off to now?" Nyssa asked the Doctor.
"After all we have been through with the Mara," the Doctor stated, "I say we need a much needed relaxation. It's going to be something unusual, that is for sure."
The Doctor then proceeded to look at the console to see where their destination would be located at.
"This is odd." the Doctor stated.
"What is odd, Doctor?" Adric asked.
"We arrived at the city of Seattle, Washington in the year 2023." the Doctor announced.
"In the far future!" Tegan exclaimed, "Not like it would be the first time we have come across the far future."
"With that snap Thanos did back in 2018," the Doctor explained, "it created a gap between all our realities and...there is no telling who we will find in this time, but I do know that there is a fall festival at a local school. It sounds like a lot of fun!"
"Why don't we check it out." Adric suggested.
"I second that." Tegan chided, "Something fun to do on Earth for a change."
"I guess it is unanimous." Nyssa nodded, "A little fun to keep our minds off of the recent events that have happened to us."
The Doctor, Nyssa, Adric and Tegan all left the TARDIS.
-The-Host-Remastered-
"Are you sure about this?" Duncan asked, looking over at Natasha.
"Yeah," Natasha nodded, "I promised Laura and the kids I'd be there with them for the fall festival tonight."
"I don't think it's a bad idea," Amanda stated with a grin, "I mean, it's not often we can go to these family events, if at all, and Natasha did promise Clint Barton's family she'd be with them."
"And it's not like we're going to run into trouble anytime soon," Richie added as he wrapped his arm around Natasha, "so, I think it'd be a good idea to have some fun."
Natasha was startled as she noticed the familiar blue box appearing at the parking lot.
"The Doctor is here?" Natasha looked startled at the TARDIS's arrival.
"Who?" Richie asked, confused, "Doctor Who?"
Natasha slightly chuckled at the remark. Duncan and Amanda looked confused as well.
The TARDIS door opened and she saw a man with blonde hair wearing a cricket uniform, a woman with a clean cut crop and a white top, a young boy in yellow wearing a light blue badge and a girl with curly/wavy brown hair wearing a blue/yellow/white striped dress step out of the box as the blonde man closed the door behind him. Natasha was alarmed by this as she only recognized two of them.
"That is weird." Natasha stated quietly to Duncan, Amanda and Richie, "Tegan and Nyssa are with the Doctor, or who looks like the Doctor."
"Which is him anyway? The boy or the blonde guy wearing a celery?" Amanda asked.
The group walked over to the TARDIS crew and approached them.
"Nyssa? Tegan? Is that you?" Natasha greeted the group, "And I assume one of you guys must be known as the Doctor."
"That would be me." the Doctor answered, stepping forward.
"How do you know us?" Nyssa asked.
"Wait a minute." Natasha quipped, "What do you...hold on. I am going to ask you a few questions."
"Ask away." the Doctor told her.
"Do you guys know a Mad Titan by the name of Thanos?" Natasha asked.
"He was mentioned before." Adric answered, "We never really met him face to face."
"Okay. What about the Master? When was your last encounter with him?"
"During the Kalid incident," the Doctor answered, "after we barely saved Adric from the freighter."
"What do you mean?" Nyssa asked.
"This is not the first time that the Master has cheated death." the Doctor answered, "However, I am pretty sure he did not make it this time."
"Typical of the Master." Natasha chided, "an evil version of Houdini."
"Master?" Richie asked, confused, "Master of what?"
Nyssa and Tegan looked at each other before looking back at Natasha.
"What were your most recent events?" Natasha then proceeded to ask.
"Well," the Doctor began, "we had to deal with the Mara again and we saved Tegan and Adric from its hold."
"The Mara was terrifying to look at." Nyssa admitted as he shuddered at the memory of seeing the Mara's true form. Nyssa nodded in agreement.
"We also met my future incarnation and his wife Rose Tyler and companion Donna Noble at a futuristic library," the Doctor continued, "there Donna brought in her lover Lee McAvoy as a new companion and a woman named River Song gave me a brand spanking new sonic screwdriver before sacrificing herself to save everyone in the library."
The Doctor proceeded to show Natasha the sonic screwdriver and she seemed to be amazed by it.
"Lovely. So you met Rose Tyler then." Natasha replied, "What happened to your old one by the way?"
"It was destroyed by a Terileptil leader in one of my earlier missions." the Doctor answered, "and Adric has Homeostasis powers which we found out recently."
"Gotchu," Natasha nodded.
"So," the Doctor proceeded to ask, "who are these people who are with you?"
"This is Duncan MacLeod," Natasha proceeded to introduce her new friends as she glanced towards Duncan, then Amanda, and finally Richie as she held his hand, "his girlfriend Amanda, and this guy would be my boyfriend, Richie Ryan."
"So, you found someone," Tegan smirked. Adric rolled his eyes.
"Nice to meet you, Doctor," Duncan shook hands with the group, "Nyssa, Adric, Tegan."
He kissed Nyssa's hands, causing Amanda to shoot him a look before shaking hands with the group, "Pleasure to meet you guys."
"It's nice to meet Natasha's old friends," Richie shook hands with the Doctor and his companions.
"We should be getting in the school." Natasha suggested, "My friend is waiting for me."
"Sounds like a good idea." the Doctor replied.
Natasha, Richie, Duncan and Amanda walked into Kenward High School along with the Doctor, Nyssa, Adric and Tegan. They signed in as participants of the school's Fall Festival. The big group met up with Laura, Lila, Cooper and Nathaniel.
"Ah," Natasha looked over at Laura's children, "Cooper, looking good as Cap. Nathaniel, I like your Sheriff Woody costume."
"Thanks Aunt Natasha." Nathaniel replied.
"Thanks Aunt Natasha." Cooper replied, "Lila did not wear a costume."
"She looks good anyway." Natasha replied, "You look very pretty, Lila. As do you as well, Laura."
"Thank you." Laura smiled and nodded.
"Thanks, Auntie Nat." Lila smiled, "Who are your new friends there?"
"Yeah," Laura added, "We've already met her friends Duncan MacLeod and Amanda as well as her boyfriend Richie Ryan, but not the others who are with you."
"Nice to meet you lot." the Doctor was the first to introduce himself, "I am the Doctor."
"My name is Nyssa."
"I am Adric."
"And I am Tegan Jovanka."
"So Doctor who?" Cooper asked.
"He is just called the Doctor, Cooper." Natasha answered, "Trust me on this."
"You met him before?" Laura asked.
"The Doctor. Yes." Natasha answered, "I thought I met Tegan and Nyssa before, but I guess I mistaken them for someone else with the same names."
"You probably have met us," Tegan assured her, "but at a different time period."
"So I see." Laura nodded. Natasha didn't really want to get into full details about her times with the Doctor as she had met three incarnations as of now.
"Who are these lovely people?" the Doctor asked, "Duncan, Amanda and Richie has met them before, right?"
"Right." Duncan, Amanda and Richie answered in unison.
"These people are Clint Barton's family," Natasha answered, "his wife...now widower, Laura Barton. As well as his children, his two boys Cooper and Nathaniel Barton. Nathaniel is the youngest and finally, here is Lila, Clint Barton's daughter."
"Nice to meet you." the Doctor replied. Adric, Nyssa and Tegan all nodded in agreement.
-The-Host-Remastered-
Prumiva was watching over the group as she appeared to be pleased with their presence in the gymnasium. She knew that one of them was set to be the new host for her master Aefriol.