บท 95: Chapter Thirteen: The Vengeance of Doom Part One.
Chapter Thirteen: The Vengeance of Doom Part One.
"The Fantastic Four will yield before my superior might! All shall perish by my will!"
"Oh, boy! She's on a rant and it's one she stole from Doom, that means she won't ever shut up!" The Human Torch groaned as he looked up the really big machine that the Fantastic Four had to fight, which Johnny knew meant that it was Wednesday. There were several laser cannons, alongside several other projectile weapons attached to it. It had also had an overabundance of spikes and glowing tron lights, which made it look like something the 1990s puked up.
"Yeah, she's getting on my nerves worse than you do, match stick," The Thing grunted as he smashed one of the miniature androids that she had released from the device. "Well you know what time it is…."
"It's time to meet your intellectual superior! You ignorant insects, for I, the Mad Thinker! Have gathered a group of super villains that will bring about your utter annihilation!" The woman crowed, she had dark hair, dark eyes, and was dressed in black body armor. "I am here to protect the masses from mediocrity! Which that fool Richards brings!"
'Rhona Burchill, the Mad Thinker, all around psychopath and egomaniac,' Susan thought to herself and also to someone else. 'Yes, I know you'll be here as soon as we can but I think she's brought friends.'
Sure enough, a large cloud of sand blew up into the air and two large hammers were flung out of it, which ended up nailing the Human Torch in the face.
"Ah! Did that hurt!" The menace made of sand cooed mockingly, his name was Flint Marko, better known as the Sandman. He looked at his enemies with utter contempt, then tried to nail the Human Torch again, but he had the ability to duck, so this time the hammers right over his head.
Having dodged the attack successfully, Johnny went on the counter attack by attempting to use his powers to turn the Sandman into glass statue, only to suddenly have to abort his attack due to having to dodge frantically out of the way of several large wads of liquid glue that had been shot towards him.
"And here he is now Ladies and Gentlemen! The one! The only! Paste Pot Pete!" Johnny managed to bark out like a Ring Announcer as he looked up towards the man who'd shot the glue at him.
The man, dressed in a silver body suit with a helmet that covered his dark hair and held glue guns attached by hoses to a backpack that he wore, scowled at the Human Torch. "You whelp, my name is TRAPSTER!"
"Sure, whatever you say, Pete," Johnny stated with a smug smirk, knowing how much this statement would piss off this guy.
The glue gun wielding villain was this close to losing his mind and he began to fire glue rapidly at Johnny. He dodged the attacks quite easily and he knew that the Trapster, Pete, whatever he was called today, was this close to losing his head.
"You will yield before the Frightful Four!" Rhona stated in a crazed voice. She waved her hand around madly as she pointed to the leader of the Fantastic Four. "Richards! You charlatan! You will bow before my might!"
"Yeah, look, I know you still have a mad on for Reed, but unless you're counting your robots as the fourth, I only see three of you chumps," Johnny stated as he flew around the large machine, only for one of the smaller robots to spray him with foam which caused him to crash to the ground.
"Oh, you think that I don't have my fourth? Well you're wrong! Dead wrong," Rhona commented as she looked towards the Fantastic Four, madness dancing in her eyes and obvious for the entire world to see.
Reed nervously looked over his shoulder, although he couldn't help but admire how amazing the robots were, he also couldn't help but state the obvious. "She must have an ace up her sleeve."
Johnny was about to open his mouth and say that Miss Crazy Pants was not going to get the better of him, but he then saw the fourth member of the Frightful Four. She had flowing red hair that seemed to have a life of its own, her eyes were a bright green with an otherworldly quality to them and she wore a purple body suit that wrapped tight around her shapely body. She had an amazing pair of breasts that nearly busted through the material and a tight ass that could stop any man in their tracks. Johnny Storm, master of priorities that he was, couldn't help but try to determine whether or not she was wearing anything underneath.
"Hello! Gorgeous…."
Susan winced and sure enough Johnny got nailed in the face by the woman. She would feel sorrier for her brother if she wasn't sure that he put his own foot in his mouth and had it coming.
"Yes! That's right now no one can defeat the Frightful Four! Not even you, Richards!" Rhona cried out and she let off a mocking cackle as her robots closed in on the scientist. Reed shifted and dodged frantically out of the way, only to find himself overwhelmed by several of them at once. Grabbing hold of his limbs, they stretched him out a fair distance then channeled an electrical pulse through each, causing him to scream out in agony as he was electrocuted.
Out of nowhere, an electromagnetic pulse echoed outwards through the air frying the electronics of every robot present. Leaving Rhona to slam frantically on the controller in the hopes that any of them might still be able to respond to her commands.
"Well, it looks like the cavalry is here," Susan said with a sigh of relief as she looked up in the sky to see him hovering there, a gentle breeze blowing through his messy hair and causing his jacket to billow around him heroically.
"Arcane! You will not meddle in my plans!" Rhona shouted before she was plucked out of the controller robot. She was not much of a fighter and Harry flew her halfway across the docks before she knew what was happening. His next movement sent her flying head over heels as he came suddenly to a halt and let go of her, causing her to crash onto her ass with a groan.
The Trapster shot his glue at Harry, but he whipped up his hand and cast a quick spell, causing his glue guns to gum up. He grunted out "That there was something wrong with them," and then cursed out "That he would not be taken down this easily!" Only to be knocked out by the rocky fist of the Thing.
Another figure swung forward to nail the Sandman as he tried to rise up. The friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was in the house and he stared the Sandman down.
"You're really cheating on me by fighting other super hero teams?" Spider-Man asked in a mock hurt voice as he dodged the hammers of the Sandman by doing an acrobatic flip over them and at the height of his arc, webbed each to the ground. Sticking the landing, the Web Slinger shot out two web lines on either side of Marko and yanking on them hard shot forwards to bounce off his enemies head with a drop kick.
"Shut it web head!" Sandman growled and Spider-Man shot a spray of webbing out to wrap around him and hopefully gum him up, but he shifted through it.
"If you were having problems with me! You should have told me and we could have gone to couples therapy," Spider-Man offered but Harry nailed Sandman with a spell which caused his particles to freeze up and drop him to the ground. He was just getting warmed up with the banter so Spider-Man couldn't help but feel disappointed. "Well that was anti-climatic, I was just getting started."
"Hey! You know we can talk this out right! You know, maybe over dinner?" Johnny stated but the red head woman was not interested in any dinner plans. She was disappointed in any dinner plans potentially involving Johnny Storm.
"You speak too much," The redhead woman stated in a robotic monotone as she lunged for Johnny's throat, but he dodged the attack.
"Hey, not much of a talker! That's cool, how about lunch, breakfast, brunch, brunch is good right?" Johnny asked as he continued to dodge her attacks. She was someone who was trying to shut him up and good, but he could not help himself. "Just let me know what…."
Harry swooped behind her and wrapped his hands around her. He channeled a stunning spell through his hands which caused her to pass out, although she didn't put up as much of a fight as he would have thought to escape his grasp before he did so. In fact, there was a part of her that looked to be fighting something.
"She's obviously been brain washed," Harry stated and Susan raised an eyebrow at this statement.
"How can you tell?" She asked curiously, moving forwards she checked the woman's eyes by lifting up her eyelids. "Ah, I see….yes, that's a tell tale sign right there."
Reed was trying to roll his limbs back up though it was hard due to how numb they felt. He'd gotten trapped in a corner, with no place to go he rationalized to himself, in order to explain how he'd gotten caught so easily. There was a pained expression on his face but he weathered many storms in his day.
"Are you sure you aren't just trying to get into her pants?" Johnny asked with all the tact of...well...Johnny Storm and Susan looked outraged at the implication. "What! That's just…."
"Yeah, coming from the guy who was trying to flirt with her just a few seconds ago, that's really mature," Spider-Man said as he shook his head. "Kind of hypocritical for you, flame for brains."
"Yeah, that really is, Johnny," Susan agreed as they were trying to figure out what they needed to do now.
"Get her back to the school before SHIELD shows up," Harry told Kara who just turned up at Harry's summons as fast as a speeding bullet. The blonde nodded, and she was not alone, Rogue had flew in beside her.
"Sure thing, Sugah," Rogue told him with a bright smile on her face and Kara nodded her agreement.
The woman was secured and as for the others well….
"She's a robot! Oh you've got to be kidding me! She's as bad as Mysterio is!" Spider-Man shouted as he looked at the Mad Thinker or rather her smashed robotic duplicate.
"Of course it is, it's almost always a clone or a robot duplicate when it comes to the mad scientist types," Harry commented and he turned to Gwen who smiled.
The Mad Thinker had protected her robots just enough where magic was not able to take them down completely. However, Extremis and an EMP pulse was something that the Mad Thinker didn't think about.
Sandman was put in a bottle and the Trapster was trapped up, which made Harry think that today's battle went well. Gwen and Susan smiled as Wanda and Megan turned up to join the group, although they were late to the party.
"And to think, you didn't need us for back up at all," Wanda concluded and the pink haired Welsh Girl nodded beside her.
Harry thought that there was something more to this attack than meant the eye, he wrapped his arm around Susan's shoulder and held her in close to him.
"HANDS OFF MY WOMAN BARBARIAN!"
Susan felt the need to lift up her palm and slap it across her face, repeatedly. Standing there in all of his glory was a man who had dark hair and a dark complexion. He was wearing green trunks and no shoes. He stood there in his overly muscled glory and Harry raised an eyebrow, wondering what the hell his problem was.
"You heathen! You are not to besmirch her honor!" The man stated in a boisterous tone. "You will step forth and show your respects to the King of Atlantis!"
'Seriously?' Harry thought as he turned his gaze to Susan, who looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole and die. 'So, who is this guy?'
'My stalker, his name is Namor, he's the King of Atlantis, long story,' Susan sighed to him. 'Just because I freed him from a net one time, he thinks that we're soul mates. And I really, really, wish I could throw him back.'
"You are trespassing on sacred ground and you have…."
"Namor! Don't tell me you're causing an International incident."
Harry smiled, it looked like there was someone down in that underwater kingdom that had some sense, at least that's what he assumed. Right now he was going to have to figure out who brainwashed the red head.
Speaking of redheads, it was quite the redhead who had made her way out of the water. She had long flowing red locks that went down past her shoulders. She had the most vibrant set of green eyes this side of Harry Potter. The green scaled material of her suit was stretched tightly over her body. The suit went down to showcase an ample amount of her cleavage and Harry saw quite a lot of it. Her body was a joy to behold and Harry couldn't get enough of it.
"Hello, it's nice to meet someone, who has some sense."
The woman smiled. "I have to apologize for the King of Atlantis, he is passionate, perhaps a bit too much so at times. My name is Mera, I'm the royal adviser."
She was also the former Queen, but Namor had kept her on as adviser after her husband lost his life protecting the people that he loved from a terrorist. It was a sad day when he died, but he fought bravely.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Harry told her as he bent forward, and taking hold of her hand, kissed the back of it.
Namor's eyes widened at this gesture and he noticed that this one, he had seen this one before. He was in the presence of more than a few very attractive women in the past and this very thought made Namor see red.
Harry Fucking Potter didn't care about the thoughts of a jealous king, rather he had to think about what he had to do moving forwards from here and there was a thought stirring in the back of his head.
Who sent this Frightful Four and why was this attack so close to the docks?
Sitting on his throne in Castle Doom in Latveria, Victor Von Doom, Lord of Latveria and all he observed, sat dressed in elegant green robes that were placed over his armor. His malevolent eyes flashed as he watched the same security footage over and over. He had gone over certain battles in his head more than once and he had uncovered a mysterious legend that intrigued him. When he had first showed up at the Latverian Embassy in New York a couple of years ago, Doom thought that it was something that was a mere chance at the time, but Doctor Doom did not believe in chance.
The vicious man saw it clearly now, the legend of the Star Child was true and Doom saw someone who might be slightly capable of giving him a challenge. That insufferable fool Richards wasn't someone capable of giving Doom a challenge, nor was that braggart Stark or that basket case Pym. All of them were said to be geniuses, but Doom knew that he was in an entire class above them all. For only he! Victor Von Doom! had been able to blend Magic and Science together so seamlessly.
"ALL WILL FALL BEFORE THE FEET OF DOOM!" He bellowed as he turned over the documents in his hand. He did not expect the Frightful Four to be successful in their mission; in fact he expected it to fail. He rubbed his hands together absentmindedly, oh how he wanted to wrap them around the throats of his enemies.
There was an artifact that the Atlanteans had gotten their hands on, that Doom believed that he should have his hands on. He believed it would allow him access to unlimited mystical abilities and he could use that power to great advantage. He tapped his fingers against the arm rest of his throne.
"You summoned me."
A girl of about sixteen years old showed up. She had flowing dark hair that went down her to lower back and simmering blue eyes that had a chilling nature to them. Her skin was soft and her generous curves were wrapped underneath green robes that clung tight to her body. She was tall, standing at about six feet, with long legs and a curvy ass. She was wearing fingerless white gloves and the two of them looked at each other.
"It's time for you to take your first test to prove your worthiness," Doom told the girl and she nodded. "Since the moment of your conception, you have been groomed for this role! You have been groomed for greatness!"
"Yes, I have," She agreed with a smile, her father had been grooming her for this great mission, this mission that would allow the Von Doom Legacy to control the rest of the world, her entire life.
"And remember, what the price for failure is," Doom told her with an appraising eye.
The girl raised an eyebrow as she watched him. "Even for your own daughter?"
"Especially from my own daughter!" Doom bellowed. "Any failure that you have is a failure of mine, therefore, that is something that cannot be allowed. I want you to take the artifact and bring it before me. It will allow our already great power to grow even larger."
She nodded; there was a flicker of malice in her eyes and also anticipation. She had been kept in this castle for as long as she could remember. She had memories, although some of them seemed rather artificial. Yet, there was one thing that cannot be disputed, she had been given the absolute best tutoring in the world. There was no question about that.
"Take my new and improved Doom Bots, and use them to lay siege upon Atlantis, which will ensure that Namor is a nonentity, not that he isn't one already," Doom said to the girl who nodded with pleasure dancing through her eyes.
"It will be done, father," She told him and she could not keep the excitement out of her voice. "I heard that he was sighted…."
"Do not concern yourself with the Star Child, Valeria," Doom told her in a firm voice. The last thing that he wanted was her teenage hormones to get in the way of what needed to be done and there was a lot that needed to be done. "Do not concern yourself with him, do not…."
"I won't, but he could be a problem given that he's been sighted around the area," Valeria said quickly as she watched her father, a smile crossing her face. She had read the legends regarding the Star Child and she had been very interested. Given that she got the sense that her father almost respected him, that made him a bit more intriguing to her.
Respected him as an enemy perhaps, but not as a potential suitor, that was what Valeria noticed.
"Then you will tackle it if the problem arises, but only if you cannot avoid it, but you best have a good reason," Doom warned her.
"Of course, father," Valeria commented quietly as she was handed a gauntlet to complete her own armor.
For her, getting control of the Doom Bots was like getting the keys to the car for someone else.
"This is a once in a lifetime experience!" Gwen summarized in a gushing voice. She was about to go to Atlantis with its extremely advanced technology and science. She was like a kid in a candy store, in fact Gwendolyn Marie Stacy died and went to geek heaven.
"Yes, it's amazing," Harry said dryly, there was also a vast degree of magical knowledge there, although it was a bit trickier to master than other forms of magic. However, Harry figured that he would expand his base of knowledge never the less.
A charm allowed Gwen, Harry, Susan, Megan, and Wanda to make their way easily underneath the waves. The male members of the Fantastic Four had other things to do and Spider-Man had to make sure that Jameson got his photos, photos of Spider-Man. The group made their way down a winding set of steps, with smiles across their faces.
"It really is," Megan stated in a gushing voice, the young Welsh girl looking around from one side or another. She saw the library and Harry noticed it too, everything was perfectly preserved despite the city itself being deep beneath the ocean. He smiled widely as he looked at the books.
"Oh, you must be….Harry," A girl commented from behind him.
Harry turned around to see a girl standing right there behind him. She had short auburn hair in a pixie cut and her blue eyes were set into the face of an angel, alongside a juicy set of red lips. Her nails were painted a cherry red and her skin looked to be smooth to the touch. There was a smile on her face as she stared Harry down. She was wearing a tight yellow top that stretched around a pair of C-Cup breasts, but showed off her smooth stomach and a flat set of abs. She had a green sash wrapped around her trim waist and worn over top a pair of yellow short shorts that left her smooth and curvy legs exposed to the world.
"I am," Harry commented, perhaps it was just his imagination but he was sure that she was about to say something else. At least that's what he was thinking about in the back of his mind. He wondered if the citizens of Atlantis had their own legends about the Star Child but that was something that he would figure out in due time.
"My name is Tula, I'm the assistant to Headmistress Mera at the Atlantis Conservatory of Sorcery," Tula said, she fought hard not to stare into his eyes, she didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of the Star Child and she was glad that King Namor didn't do anything too stupid either. "I'd like to apologize for our ruler, he's a bit…."
"Nuts," Gwen offered without any sense of tact.
"Well, if you insist," Tula stated with a half smile, she'd also questioned Namor's sanity sometimes. He seemed to have a complete and utter lack of sense in many ways, which seemed to be due to his unique heritage. She turned back to face Harry with a smile. "I was wondering if you needed any help in finding your way around here."
Harry couldn't help but appreciate the offer. "Yes, please, this place is rather large and I don't even know where to begin."
"Well, this part of the library talks about Atlantean Sorcery, which I suppose is a very obscure branch of magic to those from the surface," Tula told him in an excited voice as she turned around to lead the way.
Susan smiled, she hoped that she could actually get through this tour without being accosted by the king of Atlantis. She had a sense that there was a great culture here, that she did not get a chance to experience due the rather boisterous stalking of the king. She could soak in that culture now, with a smile on her face.
"These structures are amazing, they must have been up for a long time," Susan commented and there was a smile that went over Tula's face.
"Yes, about three hundred years, give or take, they were built to last, obviously the architecture is quite different than that on the surface," Tula stated as the group stopped in front of a door, the door frame of which was covered in intricate runes and she raised a hand to point at it. "Behind this door, is one of our most sacred treasures, it has been there for a very long time."
Perhaps Harry was losing sense of himself, but he had a feeling that there was something rather off putting about the artifact behind the door. His green eyes flashed for a second as he took a step forward and tilted his head towards it. He heard something rattling on the other side, kind of like shutters banging in the wind.
He tried to use his X-Ray vision to look on the other end of the door, but ended up wincing and he took a half of a step back. He'd been unable to see through it due to a mystical energy blocking it, that was so bright it hurt his eyes.
"Well, I'm sure that it's interesting," Gwen whispered with a smile and Tula nodded in an excited manner.
"We've been looking for someone who was capable of wielding it as long as we can remember," Tula said as she placed a hand on the door. She could push as hard as she wanted but no matter what, she could not crack or bend the stone in anyway.
Harry smiled and the runes on the door frame flashed as he moved closer towards it. That caused the eyes of the girls to widen in amusement.
"That's never happened before!" Tula whispered in awe and it was around that point in time that Mera made her way down the steps to join them. "Step closer to it, again, please."
Harry was not one to turn down a request, especially, when it had been framed in such a polite manner by such a pretty girl. He was about ready to place his hand on the door and there was a second where he heard the rattling inside increase. Something was cracking on the other end, he felt an odd aura and he was not the only one that did so.
'Of course! We couldn't have a normal day for once could we?' Wanda questioned in a whisper as she felt the mystical energies wash over her, although it was not nearly as strong as what Harry felt. The woman's eyes looked from Harry to the door as it shifted open.
"What is this!?"
Namor showed up just in time to watch the vault crack open. He had no idea what was happening, but his scowl became prominent, the door, it didn't open for him whenever he tried and he'd tried it a lot.
"This can't be possible!" Namor cried out in disbelief and Mera turned to the King of Atlantis before telling him in a calm and collected voice. "It's very possible."
The redhead's eyes turned back to watch the door crack even further and it was nearly open completely.
Namor was not about to be dismissed so readily and he strode forwards with a haughty glare in his eyes. "Who was….who was responsible for this?"
Tula inclined a thumb towards Harry, who offered Namor a cheery wave and a smile, something that did not please the King at all.
"It cannot be him! He cannot not be the chosen one!" Namor shouted and he stormed towards the vault, ready to claim the treasures inside for himself.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, respectfully speaking, your highness," Tula commented as she watched Namor as he took another step towards the vault.
"Nonsense! Whatever treasure that is behind these doors should be the property of the Namor!"
Harry's eyes closed and he mouthed something, Gwen did the same thing but said it a bit more loudly.
"The Namor?"
"That guy's…..well he's just," Wanda stammered, she was struggling to find the right words to explain what Namor was, she was trying to figure out how to explain what best he was, although she was failing.
Namor placed his hand on the pedestal in front of him and it glowed. The hissing, the rattling, the humming, and a dozen other sounds that should not have occurred echoed through his ears but it was a waiting game to say the least.
Harry took a look at the runes, they were vaguely Kryptonian and that fact interested him more than anything else. Of course, he felt even more amusement when Namor was hoisted up into the air. There was a huge blast of light and he sent flying head over heels into the closet wall, which he slowly slid down until he hit the ground.
"So are you going to take a look at it?" Megan asked Harry, as the pink haired girl stared towards it.
Before Harry could answer something else caught his attention and it caused him to slip into a ready position as he prepared himself to deal with any trouble that had popped up.
SHIELD was in the house and Harry saw the familiar form of Maria Hill make her way outside of a small submarine that was docked at a small access port nearby. The woman was followed by Jessica Drew, Natasha and Carol.
"Director Hill, it's a pleasure, what is the meaning of this visit?" Mera asked, glad that Namor didn't make first contact, because things might get ugly then fairly quickly. Even though Atlantis was outside of SHIELD's jurisdiction, they needed to maintain peaceful and cordial relations because they had any number of ways to make their lives a bit more difficult.
Maria offered a calm response. "We're hoping to conduct a routine investigation, a ship went down nearby and the weapon that struck it was of Atlantean make. The country in question is threatening to declare war on both Atlantis and the United States, along with our allies unless we do."
"What country did it come from?"
Maria's face took on a grim look as she took in the woman in front and offered her the information. "Latveria."
Namor had gotten back up to his feet at this point in time and he was furious upon hearing the news, anger flowed through his eyes. "Obviously that fool Doom set things up and I wish for you…."
He had his past difficulties with Victor Von Doom and a partnership with the man at one point. However, Doom was much like all of the other air breathers, he was out for Doom and no one else, he didn't care about who he stepped on to get it.
"We can't prove anything, I'm sure an investigation will…."
Namor stood up to his full height and he stared Maria down. "I won't be told what to do by SHIELD, your jurisdiction does not extend to the sovereign nation of Atlantis."
Maria nodded, she realized that, even with the treaty, she was trending on sketchy ground. Of course, Fury would not put up with Namor and his attitude.
"Please, just come quietly until we can sort this out, that way no one needs to get hurt," Carol offered Namor diplomatically, but he responded in a manner that was all too predictable for him and his eyes flared with anger towards her and he offered an extremely haughty response to the woman's offer.
"I won't be the one that is hurt! You will be destroyed! IMPERIUS REX!"
Namor conjured a wave of water and tried to take the SHIELD agents out, but Harry appeared in front of him to block the attack, with the help of Wanda. They stopped the wave of water in it's tracks then Harry banished it back into the ocean.
"There's got to be some other explanation for this," Gwen commented gently.
Mera nodded. "Yes, we'll figure this out, Namor, I'd suggest…."
"Just because your husband was my cousin! Does not mean that I will allow you to speak out of turn!' Namor said threateningly. He still resented the fact that the former Queen was more popular amongst the people of Atlantis and that the only reason he had even become King in the first place was due to his Cousin being killed by an Atlantean terrorist.
Natasha was not in the mood to deal with Namor's shit today, she had the misfortune of dealing with him and his attitude before. "With all due respect, your Highness, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Either way, SHIELD is going to take you in."
"You dare!?" Namor asked belligerently as he strode towards her, only for Harry to step in path and shake his head.
Natasha was standing right beside him, shaking her head in disgust, there was no question, this was going to be a pain in the ass but then again, Namor always was a pain in the ass.
"So it's your choice," Maria said in a tone that indicated that she could go either way with this, but she was not going to put up with Namor's shit. With Fury doing the disappearing act that he did, this was dropped on her lap and she didn't like it at all.
"Is it…."
There was another explosion, this time caused by a missile striking Atlantis. It was in an unoccupied portion of the city but the message was loud and clear.
"So is it your continued assumption that I attacked Doom's ship, only to then attack my own people while standing right in front of you?" Namor asked in a haughty tone, one that indicated that he was going to challenge anything that was said. "That sounds like something that you air breathing barbarians would…."
"Silence!" Harry yelled fiercely, but Namor would not back down.
"I will not be…."
"What is it?" Mera asked and she could see Harry craning his head off to the side.
"It's not Namor, at least not that time," Harry stated and he could see a glimpse of something. It would be hard to see without the aid of X-Ray vision but thanks to it Harry was able to get a closer look.
"What do you mean…."
"There's trouble," Harry said and Susan raised an eyebrow. The woman commented in a crisp and casual voice.
"What kind of trouble?" she asked him.
Harry clarified to her, with an extremely grim tone to his voice. "Trouble, with a capital T"
'Or rather trouble, with a capital Doom!' Harry thought as he recognized the submersibles. He was wondering when Doctor Doom was going to come back into his life. He had been too quiet recently.
"So that fool Doom thinks that….."
Harry blocked the bold statement out of his mind and made his way down towards the sound of the explosion.
'Stay behind me,' Harry thought to the girls, although he figured that SHIELD was going to have to intervene as well, given that this was a potential matter of International Security. Harry shook his head, he was just going to do what he needed to do.
Valeria saw the vault in front of her; this was what her father wanted her to get her hands on. The girl was dressed in full body armor with a mask covering her face. Her long black hair flowed out from the other side of the mask. Her hair was dyed because she figured that darker hair would give her a greater air of being legitimate. Whether that was true or not, that was just what her teenage mind pieced together.
She heard the Doom Bots clank behind her. What really annoyed her was she never knew half of the time whether or not she was talking to her father or a Doom bot. Hell, there were times where she did not think that even he knew.
She looked over the shoulder towards the creations of Doom and one word escaped from her mouth.
"Blast them," she told the Doom Bots and all nodded.
Of course, what they were truly thinking, that was up for debate, because they were mechanical creations, incapable of any proper thought or feeling. She closed her eyes and watched them blast the doors to allow her entrance.
The doors had a field around them that reflected the lasers back towards them and the girl bit down on her tongue, a furious glint in her eyes.
"Obviously, he wouldn't to make my first test an easy one," Valeria stated as pulled out a scanner. "He wouldn't, he never has, so of course he wouldn't now."
The girl cracked her knuckles and got down to work.
"You know, staring at that thing, won't get it open any quicker."
She looked over her shoulder to see the Star Child standing there in all of his glory. She always figured that he would be pretty glorious, even though she decided not to say it.
"So, the Star Child or is it Arcane?" Valeria inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Depends on who wants to know?" Harry asked, though he couldn't get a sense of what she was doing.
Gwen was someone who couldn't resist making the comment that was burning on the tip of her tongue. "Who are you supposed to be, some teeny-bopper cosplaying as Doctor Doom?"
Susan saw the Doom Bots move in and she knew that this could get really ugly, really quickly.
"Brace…."
Gwen sighed and closed her eyes. They were just Doom Bots, nothing that Extremis couldn't take care of. Hell, Harry didn't even need to wiggle one finger. Gwen hacked into the Doom Bots easily, their systems were more complex than she figured, but there was….
She got a screaming headache that cause her to drop down to the ground.
"Guess, you didn't see that one coming," Valeria said smugly, she wasn't going to lie, that amused her. "She'll be okay, although the headache might take a couple of days to go away."
"So who are you?" Harry asked as the Doom Bots went after him. The Doom Bots appeared to be studying him, so Harry switched his gears and tried not to use any standard fighting techniques.
Gwen pulled herself up and she shook her head. She almost got into the Doom Bots before they booted her out. She wondered if Doom had somehow learned about the accident and planned accordingly. She wouldn't have been surprised, actually perhaps she should have been surprised. She scrambled up to her feet as she got her thoughts together.
'Okay, Extremis doesn't work, so we're going to have to do this old school,' Gwen commented as she jumped up onto a set of nearby bars and then swung down to distract the nearby Doom Bolts.
Wanda smiled, the one thing that she could be sure of was that her hex bolts were going to affect any computer system they hit. Harry stood by her as they blasted the Doom Bots. The two of them nailed the robots with a pair of bolts that caused them to crumble into pieces.
Megan pulled out a glowing magical dagger and plunged it into a nearby Doombot. The moment the dagger had been plunged inside it completely, a magical blast ripped it apart, causing it to crash down to the ground.
Valeria meanwhile tried to hack the lock. She could feel magical energies swirl around in the air.
"Having trouble with the door?" Susan asked her as she grabbed her by the wrist but the girl became intangible and slipped through the floor.
Her armor was able to shift density and get her out of these really tight situations. Susan looked around and found that a Doom Bot was breathing down her neck, for lack of a better term. Shifting quickly she did a complete three sixty, and creating a transparent staff using her powers, sent it crashing down into a pile of absolute rubble and she couldn't help but offer a sigh of relief.
'Okay, this could really be going worse than it is so far,' Susan thought to herself. She didn't know how but there were times where these situations always seemed to get a lot worse before they got better. So right now the Invisible Woman went with the flow.
Harry suddenly saw the Doom Bots channel a pulse of energy that were similar to Wanda's hex powers. Granted, it couldn't be an exact replication but it was close enough to cause the floor beneath them to crack and water to come up.
Harry immediately went into action, using his heat vision to seal the cracks. He got sent forward rather hard rather suddenly as a Doom Bot nailed him from behind. Spinning, he conjured an energy sword and decapitated it when the magical enhanced blade cut through it's robotic neck like a hot knife through butter.
A portal opened and Harry looked up towards. It always signaled a problem when portals like these randomly started opening and he couldn't help but wonder what was going on now.
Wanda held her hand up, she was inclined to hex first and ask questions never but Harry shook his head. The magical mutant relaxed her arm but only slightly, only enough that it allowed her to calm herself down for a moment.
She really had no idea what was happening, she had to trust her instincts and figure out what was happening.
A woman exited the portal. All Harry could see of her was flowing red hair and the fact she punched Doomette in the face with full force.
He stepped in for a closer look but something was happening.
The item in the vault was making some noises and suddenly bright life engulfed them all followed by everything going black.
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