Kojirou was standing motionlessly in front of a destroyed road and buildings. There were corpses in front of him, covered with a thin cloth. The corpses were all bloodied, died by the rubble caused by him.
Cleo then appeared behind him, looking at the scene in front of her.
"What have you done?" she questioned in shock.
Kojirou shook his head. "You should… chain me Cleo," he said calmly. "I am dangerous right now."
"Is it–"
"It's my fault." he cut her off. "I did this…"
Cleo looked at his glowing crimson ring. "It's not your fault Kojirou."
"But it is." Kojirou refuted. "Just chain me. Take me to Grodd. Let him deal with me, he probably knows what's happening to me the most."
Cleo shook her head as she hugged Kojirou from the back. "I'm not going to do that, brother…"
Kojirou just held her hand tightly as his eyes stared emptily at the corpses in front of him. "Please. I've jeopardised the mission Cleo, you should know this."
"It's collateral damage."
"These are human beings, not collateral damage." continued Kojirou. "Just like us once."
"You are still as human as the rest of them, as the rest of us Kojirou."
"I can kill those space worms easily, Cleo." said Kojirou, releasing Cleo's hug. "I doubt that's human-like."
Jeanne then suddenly landed in front of the two, all battered up. "Kojirou…"
Kojirou raised his hands, signalling Jeanne to tie him up. "Do it Jeanne, it'll make me feel safer."
Jeanne looked at the back of her, the devastation of Manhattan, of Hell's Kitchen. She sighed, and Kojirou's hands were suddenly covered in light, restricting it.
"Let's go back." said Jeanne to the two of them.
"What about Loki?" asked Michel, who landed besides Jeanne as he just jumped from the top of the building, his sniper strapped on his back.
"Let him be." said Cleo. "He'll be dealt with the Asgardian way by Thor."
"And the Sceptre? The Tesseract?"
"I want to say that it's not our problem… but…" Cleo's gaze lingered on the sky, where the mothership was still there. "Fine, let's go there, see what they are planning."
—
The Avengers have just dealt with Loki, they have cuffed and secured him, along with the Tesseract and the Sceptre.
Suddenly, the Unseen Ones remaining Thopter hovered in front of the Stark Tower, and it attracted the attention of the Agents inside. Tony walked towards him, and opened his visor as the ramp of the Thopter opened, revealing Cleo and Bradley standing side to side, with their hood still on.
"Can I help you with something?" said Tony sarcastically. "You want some wine? Whiskey? What is the Queen of Egypt drinking anyway?"
"The blood of newborns." answered Cleo, not amused. "Where is the Tesseract and the Sceptre?"
"It's safe with us." Thor walked towards them. "I will bring the Tesseract to Asgard, it will be used to fix the Bifrost, and it will be stored in Odin's treasure room."
Cleo nodded, trusting Odin. "And the sceptre?"
"We'll be storing it safely." answered Steve. "You can trust us."
"But that's the thing, captain." refuted Bradley. "We can't trust you, them, nor the government."
Steve frowned. "Bradley… I don't know what made you like this, but—"
"He's got a point, Rogers." Cleo cut him off. "Who do you think caused this? Us? You? Loki? No, it's SHIELD, they're playing with fire."
"I can assure you Miss Egypt, the sceptre's safe with us." said Tony.
"We can't trust you Stark." Cleo shook her head. "Please, give the sceptre to us."
"Cleo, we should stop." Grodd suddenly spoke at the commss. "It's USA's jurisdiction, you can't force them to give it up or you'll risk becoming a criminal."
"We already are, you should know that." said Cleo to the comms.
"I know, but please, if you force yourself, there'll be more casualties."
"If we don't take it, there'll be more."
"I'm trying to stop a conflict Cleo, please cooperate." Grodd spoke. "Don't force it now, we will do it later."
Cleo looked at the destroyed city, and sighed. "Fine, I'll trust you in this."
"Thank you Cleo." Grodd hummed. "I know it's dangerous, but the sceptre is easily trackable, if they found out that we've taken it and tracked it to Zimera, war will come."
"Very well."
"Done talking to your boss?" Tony snorted. "Who is that anyway? Uncle?" he said, opening his device, trying to see who it was, but he spectacularly failed as a picture of a man giving a middle finger appeared on his device. "Huh…"
"You're not the smartest man alive, Stark." Bradley chuckled in amusement.
Cleo also laughed, and she suddenly summoned a chain, and she dragged Tony and she made him fall towards the ground below.
"Hey! What was that for!?" Steve protested.
"Just a bit of payback Rogers." said Cleo. "I guess this is goodbye. I'll see you all if there's any trouble."
"Wait!" Rogers shouted, looking at Bradley. "Can we have a chat some time?"
Bradley smiled as he shook his head. "Maybe later Captain, for now, maybe you should ask Fury about me, he might know something."
Rogers frowned, and nodded. "I'll be waiting for you to contact me."
"Then you will wait for a long time." said Bradley before the ramp closed, and it disappeared instantly using quantum teleportation. Stark suddenly appeared, wearing his iron man suit, landing on his tower.
"What the hell was that?!" Stark protested, but he saw that the Thopter was gone. "Where are they?"
Thor and Steve looked at him, but they just scoured along, ignoring him entirely, making Tony confused.
In the Smith Manor, Helios was seen doing a push up, and he was bathed in his own sweat.
"110…" he gasped. "111…"
Meanwhile, his mother was sitting near him, along with his father. Juno was standing beside Helios, and she was giving pressure to Helios.
"Come on~ that's only ten times the gravity of earth~" Juno teased.
"O-Only…. Y-Your ass…" cursed Helios, still doing push ups.
"Language." said Thena. "Juno, add it."
"Eleven times it is~"
"Fuckkk…"
"Juno?" Thena spoke again.
"Twelve times~"
Helios just clicked his tongue and continued his push ups. Meanwhile, Pluto was watching the news rather attentively, watching the reporter speak on his smartphone.
The news showed the destruction of Manhattan. It was severe to say the least, and Pluto also noticed that the Chitauri corpses were a lot more than he remembered.
"Hypnos, does he know me?" Pluto questioned Hypnos in his mind.
"I believe so," said Hypnos. "He was testing his waters on earth."
"Is he an Eternal?"
"No." he said. "He loathes Eternals. The Eternals of Titan entered themselves to the Royal Family of Titan, being brothers and sisters of the King, Queen, Princes, and Princesses. Before they noticed something was wrong, it was too late, the Emergence happened. One of the reasons that Thanos wanted to wipe out half of the universe was to delay the Emergence on every planet with a celestial seed."
"But that's a stupid goal." Pluto hummed, making Thena turn to him. "The Population would just recover in a couple of decades, that is not useful at all compared to the blood he would spill."
"Like I said, it's only part of the reason." Hypnos refuted.
"Right…"
"What's wrong?" Thena questioned.
"Hm? Nothing…" Pluto murmured. "Just a bit worried that's all…"
The news then continued to display the victims of the incident. They were praising the Avengers and hooded men and women that saved them, saying that they're the heroes of New York, but there was one man that stood out the most, it was the Senator, and he had a different opinion.
"These so-called 'heroes' have to be held responsible for the destruction of the city!" he shouted to the press. "I mean look around you, buildings collapsed, roads destroyed, bodies everywhere! These are no actions of heroes, this was their fight, they caused this, but where are they now? Stark hid in his big tower, the so-called God of Thunder disappeared from the city with the supposed criminal, not to mention these hooded men! Their powers caused significant damage to the city! And yet they just left like that! Are they even American Citizens? With the Avengers at least we know who's responsible, but the hooded men? We don't even know who they are! The federal government must take action on these Vigilantes!"
The news then displayed the video of Bradley punching the Leviathan so hard that the Leviathan slammed on the ground, destroying many cars and roads, it then displayed Kojirou killing many Leviathans, cutting up buildings and roads on the way.
Then, the news cut to King Grodd, who was standing in a podium. "As the king of the Zimeran Kingdom, we will help the reparation of the city. Our troops will stay in Manhattan for months to help with the reparation process and supplies, if any of your homes are destroyed and have nowhere to stay, you can go to our military post in Hell's Kitchen for some essential things, we will also provide temporary housing, in hopes that it will relief the pain this tragedy has brought to you all…"
"Spoken like a true politician." Pluto hummed. He then turned towards Helios, who was sweating like crazy, trying to survive the ordeal. "How many have you done?"
"132…" Helios gasped. "133…"
"Alright, I think that's good enough." said Pluto, putting his Smartphone in his pocket, and he stood up from his chair.
Helios then dropped to the ground, and Juno disappeared, entering Pluto once again. Helios was gasping for air, his muscles were all sore, and his face all purple.
"Only 133? Do we have something to do?" Thena questioned, also standing up.
"Well, New York was attacked, so we have a lot to do…" Pluto murmured.
"W-What? W-what do you mean New York was attacked?" Helios questioned in worry. "Is Gwen alright?"
"The attack doesn't reach Queens, so it's probably fine." Pluto shrugged. "Come on, we're going home."
Pluto then grabbed Helios, he put him on his shoulder, and the three of them disappeared from the mansion, towards their home in Queens.
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