Justice Avengers: Dawn over New York

The Past

"...Our answer- is to call your bluff, you Nazi thug!" Blue Diamond scoffed. "We *know* that you rats dragged away all 'undesirables' into concentration camps- and there aren't any anywhere nearby. And even IF there were- you're asking us to trust you NOT to kill them anyway after we surrender? Your own ruthlessness has ruined any chance at blackmailing you might have had."

"Besides, if you DO know about the Spear, then you know the entire world is at danger now- including your precious Axis. Not just the lives of a few hundred people, but BILLIONS. It's a painful choice, but one we are prepared to make, if necessary. Now, get out of the way and let us solve this, before it's too late!"

The Present

An apartment in Manhattan.

A red-and-blue swirl.

A "pop" sound.

Access found himself standing in a familiar place.

"Huh? Wha- what happened? is this...?" He looked around, and gasped. "My apartment? But how? I was outside the Black Forest-" his eyes widened. He ran to the window, opened it, and his jaw dropped as he observed not the New York skyline of 1942, but the one of the present day.

"Did- did I just..." he staggered back, "TELEPORT THROUGH TIME??"

edited 3rd Mar '15 2:50:10 PM by Sijo

"Pardon me." Skeets offered, tapping Wasp with one of his clamps. "Perhaps I might be of some assistance." Gold had disappeared to deal with what she described as "Family Business", leaving Skeets to attempt a rendezvous with Booster and Moon Knight, when he happened upon Wasp as he was hovering down the street.

Past

As much as he hated to admit it. The heroes did have a good point. Master Man's eyes widened in horror as he imagined a world without the Nazi. He could have never imagined them losing to a little gypsy girl. He did suspect she was lying, but he never imagined she would try to get the spear for herself. "I have to warn Dragon King," he thought to himself.

"It seems our interests align this time. Well played," he grinned

"This isn't over, American" the Nazi punched Blue diamond in the face, before leaving flying to rush and stop Raven from starting the downfall of the glorious third Reich. However the order to stop the murder of the jews wasn't given.

edited 3rd Mar '15 3:31:02 PM by RPGLegend

The Past, Nazi Base

"   Well, a good first step would be to go to the spear its self. I need a better idea of what it is capable of and what materials I might need.   " Raven said, giving a slight bow to Dragon King.

Past

"you are willing to sacrifice the few for the good of many. Maybe we aren't so different after all," Master man told them before he tried to leave to warn his fellow nazis.

edited 4th Mar '15 5:26:28 AM by RPGLegend

"Darwin!" Megan yelled out in the mindscape, flying over to keep the Armando next to her up on his feet. In that moment, she let go of the Nazi frog, focusing on supporting her friend. "Hold on. I'm going to try something hard." He told him, closing her eyes. "I can make you fly, Darwin, but... I need to concentrate."

"Well, uh, listen. I may not be a superhero but I sure as hell know one." Ollie told all assembled on the roof.

"Green Arrow? Star City? He's getting together a superhero squad and I think you all might fit the bill." Queen explained, trying not to cut into their strategy time.

"I'm going to go but if any of you are interested, here's my card." Queen said, handing a business card to Congorilla before heading back to the chopper.

Present

The man shook his head, "No. No, I never... I never counted them when... maybe around a dozen? More or less? Can't be a lot more than that."

He leaned forward, "What's gonna happen to me?"

Past

"Hey, that sounds real useful?" Armondo said.

Um, sure, Darwin thought.

"Yeah, we can help ya through this, Ty," Rogue nodded towards Ty and Tandy, wanting to show her support as well.

"Because you aren't alone, You can face anything with your friends. We are your friends,"Mary said with a warm smile, braving herself to speak up after Rogue had showed her support .

edited 4th Mar '15 3:48:43 PM by RPGLegend

"Very well. Right this way, Raven." The Dragon King led her to the door, surreptitiously motioning for the whirring man to come with them.

The three of them, accompanied by a guard or two, went through a series of twists and turns in the corridors, and soon entered a shadowy area, in more ways than one. Lights on the walls did little to hold back the ever-increasing darkness, and many doors lining the corridor were equipped with prison bars.

"Please ignore any defiant oaths or torturous screams you might hear," said Dragon King. "We here at Black Forest are constantly pushing the boundaries on how much it takes to 'recolour' a man's perspective. Some of the test subjects here are more...resilient than others, so more intensive techniques are required. You understand."

Finally, they came to a door far larger and thicker than the rest. There, Dragon King inserted a punchcard, then a key, then tapped in a specific code. There was a short grinding and creaking sound...and then a panel of the door swung open. Through that panel was a thick glass window, through which could be seen a dark room. A spotlight came on at the farthest side of the room, illuminating a spearhead,◊ in a display case.

"That," said the Dragon King, "Is the farthest anyone need come to the spear. Inside that room are several security measures, including a security guard who is essentially imprisoned within, and will not admit anyone who cannot verify that they are Hitler, Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, or myself."

The cop that Wasp had approached dropped his latte in a flustered panic. "I-dah-ah-I dunno the Avenger's number! They ain't exactly a part a-the 'fficial law 'nforcement! I-I-I could call Code BLUE! Dey're trained fer this!"

Then Skeets arrived, and the officer's fear gave way to puzzlement.

The flickerings of a hopeful smile started to play at Ty's lips, with all the supporting faces watching him. The only ones not making such a face were Congorilla, who was graciously accepting a business card, and Blackheart, who was rolling his eyes with disgust.

"Thank you all..." he said, "Until now, I never realised...how many people actually cared about m-" He tensed up.

"Ty?" said Tandy, worried.

Ty looked at the ground, and seemed somewhat choked. "...It...It's...something inside...deep inside me..."

Blackheart moaned. "For the love of- Could we please just move this cutesy-fest along?"

"No! No, I mean...I...I mean, there's something inside m-" Ty was suddenly cut off, as pitch black tendrils started to wrap around his face.

"TY, NO!" screamed Tandy, and she rushed over to help.

All of a sudden, there came an inhuman, burbling screech. A great, big, shadowy approximation of a hand stretched out of the depths of Ty's cloak. Tandy screamed, and dived to the side, right before the hand planted itself in the ground. Its talons buried deep in the concrete, and as it pulled back, the claw ploughed the rock-solid ground beneath it. Black tentacles lashed out from the cloak, flailing around in the air, and everyone began to see the eyes of something terrible watching from within.

The shadowy hellbeast was a strangely familiar sight, to some members of the Creature Commandos. In fact, if Jacob didn't know any better, he'd swear it was the same shadow monster that had attacked him in the abandoned Oscorp facility, some time ago.

The Present

Access sat down on his couch, letting it all sink in.

Somehow, he'd teleported home, not just across space but across time. Was it because he despaired over not being able to help his friends? Except being here didn't help, either.

He thought of something. He called Stark's number. "Hello? Jarvis? This is Access. Is the rest of the team back yet?"

The A.I. responded negatively, so he hung up.

When was he even located? Did he arrive before or after he left, and how long?

He turned on the TV. According to the news, it was the same day they left to the past. He was not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

Oh, and some stuff was going on in the city. Someone burned down Godfrey's house (serves him right) and there was a police clash with some criminals and heroes too. Should he investigate those? Or try to jump back to 1942? But what if he got lost in time? God! As if he didn't have enough worries- now he was afraid he might break time!

If only he could talk to someone about this. Like Stark. Except he wasn't available. What other genius did he know?

Then he wondered: Professor Richards, maybe?

edited 5th Mar '15 3:40:20 PM by Sijo

Mary watched happily at Tye as he finally had accepted their help, relieved that Tye didn't just tried to run away like the last time. When suddenly an abomination came out of his body. While the appearance of the monster made her eyes to be opened wide and gasp, as she didn't expect such thing. Not hesitating for a moment, The world's mightiest mortal flew towards the monster in an effort to help Tye.

Unsure about whether it would be best to get that monster out and fight it or let it back inside Tye to banish it. Mary stepped on the monster's hand in order to try to harm it. "Leave Tye alone!" Mary demanded furiously to the creature, as she pressed the creature's claws gradually stronger.

edited 6th Mar '15 9:31:44 AM by RPGLegend

Jacob skid along the edge of the roof to avoid the darkforce demon and started slashing at the tentacles. Once he got a stable footing he let out an immense howl at the dark beast. That might not be the best tactic around allies but he hoped one of the others may have a more suitable power they could use while it was distracted.

"Jesus Christ!" Rogue exclaimed as the shadowy hand ploughed the ground and black tentacles came out of Ty's cloak. Thinking quickly and heading Ty's cut-off comment, Rogue grabbed two of the tentacles and attempted to pull the thing out in the open. It might be a stupid plan. It might even possibly kill Ty.

"Hey, Caeser!" Rogue yelled out to Congorilla. "How 'bout some help here!"

"Right. Okay."

Megan hugged Armando as tight as possible, closing her eyes and picturing Darwin's body. Using her telepathy, she tried to exert her power over said body, hopefully lifting the mutant into the air. Fingers trembling at the act of basically trying to think of Darwin's body as her own, she barely even noticed as her subconscious instinctively turned her into a female version of the mutant.

"Okay. Okay." She quietly opened her eyes. "Did it work?"

"That's no good, they'd just end up cannon-fodder! Why the hell don't you guys know how to call the Avengers, shouldn't that be - Skeets! Thank god!" Wasp turned around at the familiar voice to face Booster's robot friend. "We need to call STRIKE or the Avengers or someone! There's a guy with mind-control powers over at Ravencroft, and he got Blue Beetle!"

edited 6th Mar '15 10:58:21 PM by Gaunt88

Skeets blinked. Blue Beetle's suit was incredibly powerful, and many of the inmates at Ravencroft could be incredibly dangerous. This was...bad news.

"This is quite troubling." He said, surprisingly calmly. "I will contact Booster and Moon Knight at once!" Skeets then did that, patching into Moon Knight's frequency, since he was still holding Booster's cell phone. Really, just terribly shortsighted.

Moon Knight's ringtone was just the standard "Phone sound", because he wasn't as musically inclined as Booster, who literally had a different song for every person in his contacts, even his agents.

"What's the trouble, Skeets?" Moon Knight asked when he fished the phone out of his utility belt, turning on the speaker phone.

"Ms. Wasp has just informed me that the Negative Man we encountered earlier does, in fact, possess Mind Control Powers, and has put several of the inmates under his Thrall, as well as the Blue Beetle." Moon Knight frowned, shaking his head.

"I knew we shouldn't have left that whackjob. We'll meet you two back at Ravencroft, stay put." Moon Knight hung up, then turned to Booster. "Where's the truck?" Booster raised an eyebrow.

"Why? I can fly. It's way faster." Moon Knight groused, shrugging awkwardly.

"Yeeeah, but..." Booster frowned, hands on his hips.

"Oh my God, you are not serious right now."

"It's just awkward, okay?!" Moon Knight snapped irritably. Booster rolled his eyes, gesticulating wildly.

"Knight, people's lives are at stake, and I am way faster than any land vehicle. So suck it up and get over here." Moon Knight sighed, slumping his shoulders. Booster scooped Moon Knight up in his arms and flew off towards the Asylum.

"Your hand is way too close to my but..."

The creature let out a screech as Mary stepped on its claw. Some of the tentacles coiled around her, squeezing tightly. However, Rogue and a somewhat offended Congorilla grabbed hold of the rest, and yanked it out in the open. As soon as it hit the ground, the beast completely flattened, becoming nothing more than a shadow, and it slithered away towards the edge.

With a cry of "Necronom Hezberek MORTIX!", Blackheart fired a bolt of energy at the ground, which immediately started sprouting obsidian spines. The shadow creature dodged and weaved its way past the dark barriers, however, and was soon down the wall and out of sight.

The panic over, Ty was dropped from Blackheart's restraints, and knelt, huddled up, on the ground. Tandy rushed to his side, and put an arm around his shoulders. "Are you all right?"

"Yes, I think so..." he said, "But that...thing...it took some of the components. It's got enough to start work on the machine."

Rocket put down the tea and took a calming breath, collecting his thoughts. He then looked the man straight in the eye.

"Let me be frank with you," Rocket said. "I am going to have to turn you in. While you were mind controlled and the real killer used your body to commit murder, it was still your body that did the deed. I can use Tony Stark's network is find a good defense lawyer for you specializing in mind control cases, and honestly being in custody will be the safest place for you to make sure Coakley does not hurt anyone else.....or you."

"Dang it!" Rogue yelled a bit, but turned to the others, "I'm gonna guess if we don't stop it, things'll go to hell real fast."

Rogue glanced over at Congorilla's annoyed look, and looked slightly remorseful, "Sorry 'bout callin' ya, Caeser."

"I like to nickname people, but that was an inappropriate nickname, Congorilla," Rogue admitted to Congorilla, but turned to Ty. "Do you have any clue where that shadow might be goin'?"

As Mary stepped into the creature a bunch of tentacles trapped her before she could react.Even if She briefly struggled to free herself she was thankfully helped by Rogue, Congorilla and Jacob.

After the struggle Mary first approached "Are you sure we could go to a hospital," she asked Tye worried. Then Mary Marvel heard about Rogue talking about things going to hell, "Yeah, I am starting to fear this might be a bit worse than we thought," she nodded worried to Rogue.

edited 7th Mar '15 10:07:19 PM by RPGLegend

The Werewolf muttered something under his breath as the shadow-being escaped. He looked over to Congorilla.

"Anyway we can track that?"

" Thank you for helping us," Mary thanked the werewolf, thanks to Congorilla and Rocket, she was actually less surprised this time of seeing a giant talking wolf.

"My name is Mary Marvel , Nice to meet ya, " she greeted Jacob.

" You were really a good boy!" she said with her eyes closed as she cheerfully tried to pet him. However Mary wouldn't notice she was actually dealing with a mighty Werewolf and not just a giant dog. It probably wasn't a good idea...

edited 9th Mar '15 7:35:53 AM by RPGLegend

Jacob growled slight but contained himself. He'd sort of locked himself into a state of calm by this point.

"Name's Werewolf by Night"

He said, the sun conspicuously high behind him.