The Absconders: Issue 8

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This is the EIGHTH 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)
 * PyroHunter16 - Haruto Higashikata (Earth-2025)
 * Infamoussnake - Dominic Bernedicci (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.

January 31, 2026
'Eliana was watching from the TV in the main room in the Absconders' base. She stood up, face pale with fear and disbelief, Thad next to her slowly approaching, placing his hand on her shoulder.'

Eliana: No... Dominic's back, he's there...what has he gotten himself into?

Thad: Looks like he just got eaten by that thing.

Eliana: No! He's still alive, we should go help him! Should we?

Thad: How can you help, by battling a demon?

Eliana: We have to try something!

Suddenly Antonia ran into the main room, obviously watched the video.

Antonia: Guys! Bernedicci was that Vanquish guy you always hung out with! HE'S DEAD, HE TRIED FIGHTING THE ALIENS AND HE'S DEAD!

Haruto walked into the main room and sat down on the couch, visibly shaking.

Haruto: Dom just... He's... He raised his shaking hands to his head, resting his head on them There's no way he can be dead...

Eliana: He's not dead! He can't be!

Antonia goes to the screen room.

Antonia: Guys? There's an old NASA shuttle that just crashed near Bernedicci's place, who'll check it out?

Eliana: I don't think that's relevant right now!

Thad: Eliana, calm down. It might be related to this, and if Dom isn't dead as you say, we should check this out first.

Antonia: An alien is coming out of it. As everyone who was stabled saw, it was Ripper coming out of it a bit dazed.

Eliana: T-that's the same alien that attacked him before...I think. There's some correlation behind this, I'm going. You guys coming?

Antonia: I'm in, is Thad, Asks Thad that's your name right? Switches back to Eliana Is he coming?

Thad: Of course I am. She's not going in that place alone, especially with some crazy alien.

Antonia: Alright, let's go now...

'As they travelled to Dominic's house they saw more emerged from the shuttle, Thad could recognise them as the past hosts he saw, they were pretty much arguing. Haruto caught up to the group before they left, going along with them to see the arguing phantoms of the hosts.'

Haruto: What is this...?

Thad: Those...are the past hosts of Dominic's Vanquish armour I'm guessing. I made him tell me about that.

Eliana: Maybe they know about what just happened. Hey, you guys, past hosts or whatever!

They all looked at their direction.

Mifune: You, you're Eliana Rosenheim...

Max: See that guys, we're in Los Angeles.

Thad: She is. You guys know Dominic, why are you with that alien that kidnapped him?

Haruto: Who... are you? Haruto asked Mifune, noticing that the latter was most definitely of Japanese origin

Mifune: I am Mifune Mori, we as Thaddeus said are the past hosts of The Vanquish, why we are with Ripper is because he defected when we went to Arizona, we were captured by S.H.I.E.L.D and needed their help to fight, even now they are up in orbit destroying Hivemind ships, but one remains and it is coming.

Eliana: A little bad history with defecteds, so pardon if we have issues trusting you guys. Thad looks nervously at her. But you said one is coming? And do you know anything about that broadcast?

Max: Chernabog, the one who broadcasted is in that ship, he has Dominic assimilated...We don't know how long he had.

Eliana: Assimilated... Then we can get him back, right? He's not dead.

Billy: We could, but it depends on the condition of his mind, when he left all of you he was practically broken, damaged, we were all keeping him from destruction, but knowing him and what he has to lose he's probably fighting on...

Ripper: He gets out of the shuttle where he was resting a bit, startling Haruto and Eliana a bit due to their experiences with him He has two days left, maybe less, judging by Chernabog's course he is heading here to Los Angeles, he wants to destroy everything just to, as you Humans say, "Flex power"...

Eliana: Oh that bastard is dead. We're getting Dominic back.

Thad: Don't forget what he has done...

Eliana: I said we're getting him back.

Ripper: Ms. Rosenheim, we all will, but for his sake, I believe Bernedicci would want you to mentally prepare yourself, you see Chernabog's broadcast isn't just a message, but it was also an attempt to demoralize you all, he knows all who Dominic knows and loves. Even the Past Hosts were silent in agreement.

Eliana: Demoralised or not, I'm ready for Chernabog. Just need the Psychic Energy.

At the Absconders base
Ripper, The Past Hosts and The Absconders that were available were figuring out a plan for the battle that's coming.

Ripper: Now, Chernabog's body composes not only of nanites, but also Adamantium and a brain dead symbiote. Does anyone have suggestions to bypass this durability?

Eliana: Adamantium? That can't be destroyed, right? How do we deal with that?

Haruto: I have my restoration ability. Since that power restores things to a previous point in the object's history, I can restore the adamantium to the point where it was still in its liquid state, before it was set in its current condition. Now there's the problem of getting close to him, but stopping time might allow me to pull that off. Then, there's the brain-dead symbiote.

Hayabusa: Us Past hosts, and any other muscle we can spare will buy you much time, now rescuing Dominic, telepaths.

Eliana: Dominic is still inside him. So we're not going to destroy him straight away, we need to get Dom out first.

Max: Makes me question what you'll do once he's out...

Trey enters through the main room, looks concerned and serious about the situation.

Trey: I heard it all and I can pull him out. Eliana, you still are a little unstable to get him out yourself. So you can help distract him while I reach and try to find Dom. I hope he isn't dead yet though...

Eliana: Oh I'm going after it head on, I'll break him apart.

Thad: I can help you with that. To make sure you don't get yourself killed.

Brotok: Be careful, at this point he can cover all his directions except on top.

Gumi: So beware of left limbs, right limbs, eyes, and tail.

Izzy: If his troops attack populated areas some of us will need to protect Civies.

Eliana: Maybe Antonia and Alyna can do that, Giorno too if he's available? She asks Haruto.

Haruto: He might be able to make it if he isn't busy, but I can't guarantee he'll be there. Worst comes to worst, the Hanged Man card lets me split up into two bodies. I can send one half to restore the adamantium to liquid while the other helps the civilians.

Eliana: Oh, that works too. So that's civilians taken care of, and Chernabog himself, including rescuing Dominic. He has an army, right? Hopefully they don't overwhelm us.

Mifune: Now that these are all considered, prepare yourselves, rest if you wish even...

Haruto: Mifune-san, could I request a training session with you? I wish to hone my skills before we face Chernabog, make sure I can keep my mind focused on the fight.

Mifune: Very well, Hayabusa...

Hayabusa: Hai.

'As they walked off he motioned Haruto to follow. Haruto follows the two into a training room in the base. By pressing a button on the wall, the room began a combat simulation of the city.'

Haruto: Yoshi. Ikuze. Haruto equips his Star armor, summoning the longsword from his Fool armor and taking up an Iaido stance.

Mifune: I've seen Dominic's memories of you, the way you fight Pulls out sword as Haruto watched it encompass itself in a green fiery aura as Mifune goes into a stance as well Where did you learn how to fight like that?

Haruto: A lot of anime and self-training. Hajime! Haruto rushed at Mifune with his sword by his side, slicing upward at him

Mifune spinned to the left, using the momentum to hit him in the back using the end of the handle, pushing Haruto forward a bit, Mifune jumped upwards and was coming down on Haruto with a downward slash, and he noticed Haruto did block it.

Mifune: Very impressive, I take it you want to know more about my sword?

Haruto: It must be a very powerful blade. I would very much like to know about your blade, if that's okay with you. Haruto pushed Mifune back before slashing at him horizontally, discarding the blade before switching to his hand-to-hand fighting style and unleashing a punching barrage on Mifune

Mifune quickly blocked each one, but he could tell, that there was more than two punches with each one he blocked, when he push-kicked Haruto his arms slightly started shaking due to some of the trauma inflicted.

Mifune: You see the past host Gumi was once on Asgard, helping Asgardians with traitors, at some point he had to send a large chunk of their metal, Uru, at a very powerful individual, after years it finally reached on our planet, its travels molded it into a smaller shape, and it crashed near my village, blacksmiths decided to use it forge a sword, by technicality it was there when I was born, grew with me til I became Samurai. Though it had many wielders I was the last to wield it as all fighters of my village died to an attack of shapeshifting monsters, your generation called them Skrulls. After a long journey I met the Head Lord of Hivemind XI, Genji.

Haruto: Uru? Asgardians? The Skrull? A Hivemind? Are you saying your blade was forged from a metal from beyond our world? Haruto decided to halt his attacks so that Mifune could answer his questions.

Mifune: Yes, it was even a bit magical after monks had it for a bit, it grew sharper depending on the user's resolve, the moment I was given the Vanquish, Genji told me to put the nanites all over the sword, that's when it truly peaked in potential. He held his hand out to the sword and it flew back to his hand and turned into a Naginata, then back again into a Katana And No, it is not like Thor's Mjolnir, these are just one of the many abilities I gained, but in Ripper's hall of Vanquish my skill and sword are the reasons why he put me there, and why I am a memory in the Vanquish.

Haruto: Is that so? Interesting... The user's resolve is what gives the blade its incredible power? Perhaps... if we used this ability in our fight against Chernabog, we could pass the sword from member to member, charge it with all our resolves, and slay him after extracting Dom and weakening the adamantium and symbiote reinforcements... Do you think that would work, Mifune-san?

Mifune: Hm, it could, but in order to maintain all that power the blade would need to be held by the members who will wield it. In fact Ripper once suggested it could theoretically carve electrons of an object depending on the user.

Haruto: Then perhaps, we should have regroup with the rest and have them hold the blade so that it can recognize them. After we've told them about this addition to the plan and if they approve of it.

Mifune: You would make a fine wielder of this blade, Haruto-kun.

Haruto: Arigato gozaimasu. He bows to Mifune in respect before walking to the main room

Meanwhile Max stood at the center of the main room.

Max: So who wants to learn what we were all up to huh?

Eliana: What?

Max: Well Dominic had a pretty distinct reason why he couldn't come back soon...

Eliana: Can you just tell us? I'm not in the mood.

Izzy: We were literally on a submergable facility on the literal other side of the world, and of course the stakes increased.

Eliana: So? Dominic still left without even explaining it to me, and I don't need to hear it from his imaginary friends. He can tell me when I see him. She leaves the room.

Izzy: Mumbling to herself a bit Imaginary friends!?

Brotok: Here we go...

Gumi: Okay who you bettin' on.

Brotok: Rosenheim.

Gumi: Izzy.

They watched as Izzy caught up to Eliana as they watched.

Izzy: First off, we are not imaginary, that's a low blow! And secondly the real reason why Dominic left is because not only did mental shocks from Hivemind contacts got to him to the point of paranoia, but because this close friend you claim helps damaged his mind to irrationality!

Eliana: She stares at her seriously, then Thad arrives and stands between them.

Thad: Leave us alone. Eliana doesn't need this crap from you. Let's go, Eliana. They leave the room, Thad's expression showing that they do not wish to be followed.

The next day,
'The past hosts were waiting for everyone to be ready. Antonia was getting her suit in check as she talked with Alyna.'

Antonia: They think we have the easiest job, we're literally guiding Sheeple, as in what do you think Alyna?