The Absconders: Issue 13

This is the THIRTEENTH issue of our new Marvel Fanon-Made storyline called ''The Absconders. ''To read the previous issue, click here. This storyline is Role-played and made by a certain number of experienced RPers. These are our RPers, and their OCs: If you want to join this RP, please ask in the comments and you will need most of our approvals to RP in here. Also, you need to have a Marvel OC (Original Character) submitted to deviantART OR this wiki and must share it with us so we know who we are RPing with. Disclaimer: Any real-life or fictional brands are used in as a parody. None of us are actually sponsored, nor do we care to be sponsored. Now let us begin the RP and enjoy :)
 * TheSuperiorOne - Trey Soniak (Earth-2025)
 * Thecryingwolf3553 - Eliana Rosenheim (Earth-2025)
 * Infamoussnake - Dominic Bernedicci (Earth-2025)
 * Guilthegreat - Alexandre Demasque (Earth-2025)

Key: -
 * Normal writing is the dialogue between the characters.
 * Italic writing is a special writing type for characters with second personalities or long distance dialogue (telepathy or calls).
 * Bold and italic writing are the actions that characters do.
 * Writing in between the *asterisk* means that the character is talking in their heads.

June 1st, 2025
Eliana returned to the VP the next day and Myron appeared to greet her in her room.

Myron: Well? Have you chosen your Eldritch master?

Eliana: I... I already did the ritual to summon one...

Myron: What?! You didn't tell me first?!

Eliana: I got impatient. But I don't know if I succeeded or not, he appeared there then disappeared...

Myron: Well, you wouldn't be alive if you failed. I guess now we wait until your new master shows up. But you should already feel the disturbing presence.

Eliana: Is that what that is? I thought I just had a cold...

Myron: Remember to be careful around these Abominations, they're not called that for fun.

Eliana: Yeah sure, I'm off, bye. She walks out and sees Dominic in the main room. Hey, Dom.

Dominic: Hey, so how was summoning a flying spaghetti monster? He kidded around chuckling, but noticed Eliana looked a bit iffy when he said summoning You really summoned one didn't you? He sounded concerned.

Eliana: It wouldn't be false to say I have my regrets, but yeah. It was crazy, like nothing I've ever seen before. But there's so much behind it, so much powers I could unlock. A lot of powerful sorcerers used Eldritch Magic, and I think I've found the perfect master.

Dominic: You know I decided to read about Eldritch stuff, no not from your book, what they are in general. I just want to be sure you know what you're stepping into...Who's the perfect master?

Eliana: A Spirit of Vengeance called Sethyro, well in legends he's more commonly known as King Artair. Apparently he was a King in the middle ages or something that used Eldritch Magic to win a war he could not win, and his people hated this. So they betrayed him, beheaded him, and stitched a wolf's head in place of his own as a sacrifice to the Eldritch masters to spare their realm from darkness. He returned from the dead and kills people who've betrayed another soul, there's a children's bedtime story about it somewhere... But from the legends it looks like he's got some cool powers to offer, because it's said he can bring your worst nightmares to life, he formed some crypts in Spain somewhere a couple hundred years ago to trap several souls according to legends...

Dominic: And you have to serve him, right?

Eliana: Well he's my master now, he'll teach me Eldritch Magic if I complete his bidding, which, according to this book, is always to bring justice to tortured souls, which I already do everyday so shouldn't be too much of a chore.

Dominic: Well thank God for that, so we can technically add Eldritch deity as an ally right? He joked about it, smiling But in all seriousness, at this rate, we will beat the Virtues, well, you, Trey, Micah, Alyna, Giorno, Alex and Jason maybe...I might stay on the sidelines as tech support, ya know, armor gone, but atleast a genius can still be support, right? He sounded a bit like he was demeaning himself and dragging himself down a bit, despite his smile and the chuckle he had at the end.

Eliana: As long as you don't add tech support to the recent list of things you screwed up, then sure. But we're not ready to take on the Virtues just yet, there's seven of them, and they have an army. One of our problems will be containing it all. Which is why we need more numbers.

Dominic: Not necessarily, we could try and get more numbers, or we can find a way to take numbers off of their army, but we really need to be smart about it, as in we had trouble with the guys on the yacht. So boss, what'll it be, I could try and rally numbers, or we could take away numbers from Virtues.

Eliana: Do you really want to jump straight into fighting the Virtues before we're ready? We've fallen for their traps twice, and we suffered greatly from it. We will not attack further until we have the numbers and we have the power.

Suddenly Jason comes running in the room.

Jason: Hey, guys, I don't know what happened to me but, some guy came in my apartment and attacked me, he wanted my magic and the symbiote I stole from Chernie, and he managed to take it. He ran off and I can't find, well I didn't bother to go after him. But just wondering if this is something big or...?

Dominic: He stole the symbiote you had, wait, how in the Hell did he even get past you, pretty sure he would have died if you're implying he attacked you directly.

Jason: I'm pretty sure he had powers. He was creepy, like, creepier-than-my-uncle creepy.

Dominic: Are you telling me a Virtue attacked you, in broad daylight?

Jason: No, he wasn't a Virtue. He had no cloak and his powers didn't match up, he was pretty much immortal and I checked his fears, and he was afraid of you, so I skinchanged into you and he recognised you, he said stuff about breaking you mentally and everything. To be honest I should've opened with that...

Dominic: He-...Oh, oh God... Suddenly his phone rang, and he checked Caller, and the label was just: "Your Inner Demon", he looked at Eli and Jason if he should answer it.

Jason: Prank call him.

Eliana: I wouldn't answer it. Don't fall for any games.

Dominic answered it, but he turned off the mic for it, and put it on speaker.

"Your Inner Demon": ''8-5-12-12-15 4-15-13-9-14-9-3 9 23-15-21-12-4 12-9-11-5 20-15 20-5-12-12 25-15-21 20-8-1-20 9-13 23-1-9-20-9-14-7~! 12-15-15-11 20-15 20-8-5 18-1-20 13-5-5-20 1-14-4 20-8-5-18-5 25-15-21 23-9-12-12 6-9-14-4 23-8-1-20 25-15-21 19-5-5-11! Hahahahahahahahahaha! F-ck that's good! He hung up, and Dominic was a mix of shocked and lost, as he was spacing out.''

'Eliana looked at Dominic for his reaction, looking concerned. Jason smiled in awkwardness at the weird phone call.'

Jason: What the Hell was that?

Eliana: I don't know, sounded like a code... Did you record the message?

An Hour Later
'Eliana was interviewing Alex to see if he could be trusted. She still hasn't given him access to the VP, he can only enter with another member.'

Eliana: Alexander Damasque, alright. Let's just jump right in to make this less awkward, what're your superpowers?

Alex: Is charisma a superpower?

Eliana: Evidently not. You're the first Absconder who needed to be interviewed. Trey said you're not to be trusted. Answer the question seriously.

Alex: Alexandre Demasque I'm nearly a 100 years old by now, I can regenerate, I'm stronger than the average person, I can withstand any kind of substance that could kill a human, I can make red flames that explode, I can go intangible too...Oh! and I can also teleport, is that serious enough for you lady?

Eliana: Sounds useful. I heard they call you the Red Mask, you're a thief apparently, why should we trust you?

Alex: I'm not asking for your trust. It's your choice to trust me or not.

Eliana: Well I don't trust you, but we need you. But I want you to know that if you betray us or impede us in any way, we won't forget it, and we will punish you for it. *Did that sound intimidating? Should I have told him we don't trust him or not?*

Alex: he chuckles Good attempt, but I'm not the kind of person to get intimidated, God himself could be stepping on me, making me endure a 1000 shades of pain, and I will gladly whisper in his ear: "f-ck off".

Eliana: Courageous, huh? Or stupid, the line between those terms has become blurry. To he honest, we're just a bunch of teenagers failing to pull together a superhero team, we're getting desperate because of the Virtues threat, and we need people like you. We don't ask you to fight for us with blind loyalty, we'll help you in any way we can if you help us. That's the whole deal with the Absconders, we're not just here to have fun, we look out for each other too.

Alex: I see. Well, I'm the oldest and the one with the most experience. As long as you acknowledge this, I won't have any problems at all working with you guys. He takes out a cigarette and lights it Oh...and by the way, it's neither courage or stupidity, it's called confidence. Eliana smiles at this, then nods, accepting him into the Absconders.

Meanwhile Dominic had translated the message, as in his room there were holograms were everywhere, and Dominic read the riddle part of the message.

Dominic: "Look to where the Rats meet, and you will find the power that you seek"? Sh-t. *Maybe I should call someone with actual experience...* He goes to an almost alien piece of hardware which looked like a camera and a projector, it chimed a few times before it revealed a familiar face, Ripper of the Hivemind as a hologram.

Ripper: Bernedicci, it has been a while...

Dominic: Not too long I'm afraid.

Ripper: ''Why contact now? Unless you want to know something.''

Dominic: Yes, I want to know more about Wickeds...

Ripper: To cut short, they are inner demons that nanites personify into a virus, think as a rite of passage if you can best one, if you can you will gain a power that will keep rising as you grow yourself, if you fail, well you die, but the Wickeds, that fate has barely ever been recorded...Is this about your Wicked?

Dominic: *Of course it is Captain Obvious...*

Ripper: To give you advice and a warning, a Wicked is basically a host at their worst, not by quality, but by morality, even worse its only limitations are really whatever its current state is and their personality, so knowing you and the sins you shared with us, that is a demon that will go to great lengths to test you...

Dominic: How do I stop it?

Ripper: You do it, the willpower of a Wicked is so strong they can only be killed by the host they were derived from, so if I were you, do not involve your friends in fighting him.

Dominic: How bad is the situation if the Wicked has a Host body, a Klyntar and magic?

Ripper: ''Then all I can do...is wish you luck, and attempted retribution. I'm sorry we are heading into an asteroid field, if you need any of us, contact us again... He logged off and Dominic sighed in a stressed way, sitting on the couch in his room, and rubbing the temples of his head.''

While he was Sitting Alex came in his room, a cigarette in his hand, he looks around nonchalantly

Alex: officially a member of the absconders now.

Dominic: Okay, good for you, no mindless killing, no thing to hinder team etc. He rushed through the whole process groaning, and Alex could see the holograms of the code he was trying to crack.

Alex: that's a lot of things right there...I came here to tell you that imma give you a solid punch when you will expect it the least.

Dominic: Okay, now go smoke a blunt or something. At this point he was just trying to make Alex go away.

Alex: would like to he sits on the couch of the room but I'm bored...something seems odd. Almost as if...I forgot someone...

Dominic: I don't know, maybe some gangster, still don't know how many people Wicked exactly upgraded.

Alex: Well, the big fish is still there, Cash Johnny, leader of the snake gang, this guy is smart and knows people everywhere, he could easily be the trump card of this wicked guy, to make you weaker, because when you look at it closely, X already tarnished the rep of Nanites holders. Would be pointless to do it again, Cash Johnny is waiting somewhere for orders to be given.

Dominic: Hm, Alex with how old you are and how long you've been in the streets, where is a good meeting olace for Rats in LA...

Alex: I stopped counting my age, it's somewhere between 90 and 100, I have been on the streets ever since I came on this planet, and a good meeting place is either my squat or that place they call "the Domain."

Dominic: "The Domain"?

Alex: You see my squat is the place where newbies go, the domain is where the veterans go. Unlike my place, they are way more organized and secretive, they do crazy stuff in there, everything wrong you can think of, new drugs testing, Prostitution, organ trafficking, child trafficking, death fights, heck, you can even pay to torture someone there, selecting the age, gender and all..urg...I don't go there simply because they do things I simply cannot stand for...they have ears everywhere, so I couldn't tell you about it earlier.

Dominic: *Sounds like a place he'd go to...* Where is it?

Alex: Well kinda forgot, I didn't go there in years, its somewhere in south L.A, not even far away from my squat, if I wanna go, i will remember the road tho...but why do you wanna know?

Dominic: Because I believe Wicked is there, and whatever he has in store, I'm gonna prepare...also maybe I'll blow it up...

Alex: People did blow it up before, but they just re-built it, it has always been like that, you can easily defeat a gang leader or a murderer, but you cannot defeat the vile human nature.

Dominic: So how are you gonna take out Cash Johnny?

Alex: I do not intent to search for him, this b-tch will come to me sooner or later.

Eliana walks in and sees them.

Eliana: Dominic, Jason's here and says he wants to talk to you, about the magic Wicked took. It's pretty important. Dominic nods then leaves as Eliana turns to Alex Hey, Alex. As an Absconder you should go and contribute to saving this city, you have anything in mind?

Alex: Well me and Dominic before coming here had to kill a few gang dudes, they are still out here roaming, and I know where all the riva-I mean the gangsters hide, that should be good...uh...what's your name again?

Eliana: Eliana. Take us to these gangsters and we'll take 'em out together. *Maybe this'll get King Artair to confront me...*

Alex: Okay girl, grab me.

Eliana: Excuse me?

Alex; I said; 'GRAB ME' take your hand and then you grab me,by the hand or by the d-ck, it doesn't matter, is that hard to understand?, I think not, I'm gonna teleport and you need a solid grip.

Eliana: Oh-okay. She feels embarrassed but shakes it off, then grabs his shoulder as they teleport.

Within a second they finds themselves into Alex's bright red muscle car.

Alex: ok we gonna go around the neighborhood to find those guys.

Eliana: Alright... Nice car...

Alex: I know, that's an original he starts the engine and the car slowly goes down the road uh....so...that's a nice blue sky don't you think?

Eliana: Yes, the sky has always been blue and this time it ain't any different. Focus on getting us there though.

They drive In an awkward silence for a few minutes until they reach a dark road where Alex spots 2 suspicious men handling something to a kid.

Alex: Here's two drug dealers, probably newbies from a local gang.

Eliana: There's a kid with them. We're really gonna beat down two dealers in front of a kid?

Alex: Witness violence or take drugs, choice seems obvious to me. He snaps his fingers and in a fraction of second a red flame appears in front of the dealers as soon as they touch it a loud detonation is heard and they go flying, the kid starts to run with the drugs in his hand ok ,be right back Alex disappears in a flash and immediately reappears in front of Eliana this time with a little bag in his right hand. They are selling brown to kids.

Eliana: Dude, I hope you didn't kill those guys!

Alex: what? Those guys were dead at the moment they decided to do this job.

Eliana: Still, don't think they deserved something so harsh, you took their lives away from them...

Alex: Well, their lives did not hold any value whatsoever, what would you have done? Talk them out?

Eliana: There's other ways of punishing than murder. Murder is so sudden, there's no trial, no time to think about their sins, it's just over in an instant. Where's the justice in that?

Alex: justice is just organized vengeance. I didn't kill them because of justice, I killed them because it felt right.

Eliana: Well death isn't the answer to every crime. Some criminals are worse than others, some are so bad that death is a mercy for them. They deserve something far worse. Anyway, injustice doesn't rest, neither should we. Take us to the next location...

Upon hearing this line, Alex looked at Eliana in a suspicious Manner

Alex: Okaaaay...that was a weird...thing to say... He drives further down the street where this time they notice a few men standing near a bar.

Alex: This bar is a wh-re house, some should be there.

Eliana: Should I be concerned you know all these places?

Alex: I know my neighborhood.

Eliana: Hope that benefits us... Anyway, if we storm the place we risk killing innocents.

Alex: he ignores Eliana and lits a cigarette.

Eliana: Sigh I'll go in then. Stay here.

Alex: don't forget...juuuuuustiiiiice!!!

'Eliana rolls her eyes then hops out the car. She enters the building and after two minutes, flashes of red, purple and green light come from the windows, gunshots and shouting are heard but are quickly ended. The door opens as some prostitutes helplessly run out, and after them Eliana walks out. She gets back in the car.'

Eliana: Job's done and no one died.

Alex: Annnnnnd, it doesn't change a thing, they will go have fun somewhere else, Fighting criminals is like fighting against nature, you cannot defeat nature, it is the exact same way for crime or 'evil', like you guys would say.

Eliana: Then why fight crime at all? To you it's just natural, and it is, but that doesn't make it okay, it goes against the rules set by society, and in order to protect people we fight it. And that doesn't mean killing, because simply killing is too swift for certain people, and too harsh for others, all crimes deserve the proper punishment, otherwise we're no better than those scum in there.

Alex: Well, we are no better than them girl, We just pretend we are in order to feel better about ourselves, a dog calling himself a cat is still a dog. Alex starts the engine once again and takes a sharp turn to the right, they rapidly find themselves in a very suspicious desert Alley, he stops the car and looks outside from the window to notice that there is no one whatsoever, Suddenly a girl comes rushing at the car with tears all over her face.

Girl: Help meeeee!!!!

Eliana: What the Hell? She gets out of the car and goes to the girl. Are you okay?

Alex stays in the car, burning down his third cigarette and looks at Eliana Alex: you know it's a trap right? he then looks at the girl Stop your games, that's like the fourth time I'm seeing you screaming for help, where are your buddies? As soon as she sees Alex, the girl falls down on her back in shock T-T-The Re-Red Mask!? a bunch of men in ski mask get out from behind the buildings with guns and start to shoot at both Eliana and Alex.

'Eliana places her hand on the wall of a building and absorbs the bricks and uses it to conjure a shield to block some bullets. She runs to one of the gunmen and knocks him to the floor, then absorbs his life energy and creates Ruby energy. The man gets knocked out from this, as Eliana fires a plasma bomb at several gunmen.'

Eliana: Alex!

Inside the car Alex is casually texting while people are shooting at him.

Alex: uh? oh yea, those guys...'he snaps his fingers and red orbs go flying, hitting ever single one of the gunmen in the legs, blowing all of their legs off, they all scream when they are hit with the impact and the detonation but they quickly either pass out, or try to crawl away.  Alex: Didn't kill and Alex gets back to using his phone.'

Eliana: She gets back in the car shocked And you think that was fair? You didn't make them regret anything, they lived as criminals and died as criminals, congratulations, you didn't make a difference.

Alex: So it's more about regrets than punishment then. Well they are regretting right now, without a doubt, look at this guy right there trying to scream, I'm sure he is regretting. the girl that stopped them is still on the ground crying and covering her head in fear hey you! the girl looks at him yea you, you regret having done that right? the girl nods abruptly you see, they regret that, without a doubt.

Eliana: But what they regret doesn't matter now, they're gonna die soon, so what difference does it make? This isn't punishment, this is just another crime.

Alex: Being a vigilante technically is illegal, you still do it right? exactly!

Eliana: Vigilantism is beneficial, it prevents criminals from escaping the law, because the law can't get everyone. You know what happens to heroes who join the government, look what happened to the Avengers, to Tony Stark, he's just a poster child for them now, he's not embracing what a real hero is. And if going outside the law is what it takes to defend this city then I will do it.

Alex: Well I just went outside the law to defend the city too. you are so hellbent on the concept of right and wrong that it hurts. You aren't making a difference when you keep people alive and make them 'regret', it's like putting the poison in another glass instead of just dumping it. I'm not making a difference neither by dumping the poison because there will still be poison somewhere else on earth. Can't you see that NOTHING matters. killing or sparing doesn't make any difference, at the end they will still die, YOU will still die, people will keep fighting crime and people will keep committing crime, that's how life works. that's how humans work. you CANNOT alter the human nature just by saying 'Aw no let's not kill and make them regreeeet'.

Eliana: That is a very toxic and cynical view you have there, all men must die, sure, but in the time between now and the grave, that's called life. I'm not trying to change human nature, I'm trying to change the lives of the people living here, until it's over for them and for me. Changing human nature, as good as it sounds, would be impossible, no?

Alex: You just have to be the big fish in the tank, so that your ideals, become the ideals of everyone else, willing or not, at least that's how the streets work, he looks at Eliana You want to change the world kid?

Eliana: Of course I do.

Alex: Well, be the biggest fish, you cannot change the world by being a little hero wannabe, sorry to break it to you, but heroes don't change the world, in fact they are here so that it remains unchanged.

Eliana: Eliana looks down, in deep thought I can change that now... She says to herself as she looks into her hand, thinking about her new Eldritch powers she'll unlock. Take us back to the Vanishing Point.

Alex: Alright girl, he grabs Eliana's hand and they both teleport back to the Vanishing point

Meanwhile at the VP
Jason met up with Dominic in the latter's room after Eli and Alex left.

Jason: Okay Dominic. You said Wicked was the guy who took my Demonic Magic right?

Dominic: Did he smile the entire time and was observant?

Jason: Yes, well, all guys are like that in my bedroom.

Dominic: I'll pretend I didn't hear that, anyways why?

Jason: Well, first time I'm gonna be serious about this, but you need to be careful when fighting Wicked. My magic is not something to take lightly. I may not be scary with it, because I don't care for its capabilities. But Wicked will use it to its full extent. Demonic Magic adapts to the user's personality, and stems from the demonic host they chose. Since Wicked has no demonic host, he has full control over his magic. Demonic magic is based on your fear, it eats it like candy, and there's no cap on its abilities. When Wicked uses it, he won't only bring your darkest nightmares to life, but he'll pull out some real f-ed up sh-t from there, stuff that can break you. It's a very dangerous magic, I call it Devilry, but when you face it you need to be careful, be prepared, and make sure not to lose your head. At least that's what I think I know about it, I'm just making a theory based on nothing, it could be anything really, since it's not real, right? Heh...

Dominic: So you're telling me, and I'm just drawing for example, that at this rate Wicked would be considered something out of Book of Revelations that would bring out dark times, right?

Jason: Uh, yeah, I'm just saying don't lose your sh-t over him, and keep yourself willful.

Dominic: Hey remember who you're talking to, I'm Vanquish... He chuckled deciding to wait for Alex and Eli to return