The Absconders: Issue 21

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This is the TWENTY-FIRST 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)
 * Guilthegreat - Raa-4 (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.

At the Cemetary, August 2, 2026
'Dominic was witnessing his mother being put into the ground beside where Dino's body used to be. He had Francesca's family members, some of Dino's, some Soldiers who respected her as an individual, Viviane, and Eliana, to the both of them, it was obvious he looked shut down.'

Dominic: *They did this to her, no more blaming me, it's time, it's time I find the true guilty...* 'He could feel a rage, a dread, a hunger, and his will, all biting st him, wanting him to take action. But he felt Viviane's hand on his shoulder, and he looked at her, calming down '

Viviane: I'm here for you...

Eliana: She was busy in her own thoughts, unaware of her surroundings. *That guy knew where Dom's mum was...what if they know where my parents are? My family could be in danger now...* 'She had a worried look on her face until she noticed Dominic. She moved closer to him and gently hugged him from the side, feeling his sadness and showing pity for him. She held his hand as she looked at Francesca's grave. He held hers, she could feel the raw emotions.'

Dominic: They're all gonna die... His voice was shaky.

Eliana: That one thing is certain...no one walks away from this breathing. She says, only so he could hear it, hoping it'd motivate him.

Dominic: I hope so... Soon everyone left after Francesca was put in the ground, only him, Viviane, and Eliana were left. Dominic: She didn't have to die, She just wanted to see her boy, her lonely boy...They took her away from me, they kept me away from her...Very screwed up, the world is. And this isn't even involved with higher beings, aliens, or magic, this is what man thought of, what man wrought.

Viviane: Dominic, you need to keep strong for her...

Dominic: You know, there's a thought that in times of peace, children bury their parents, in times of war parents bury their children...I don't see anything peaceful.

Viviane: She's at rest, I hope you can recover Nico, and I hope you can soldier on. she left, letting him grieve, sighing, as she gave Eli this look as she passed by her and left

Eliana: Dominic. You mourned over her, but now it's time to take action. While you cry over the dead, your enemies won't rest, they're still walking, to them this is an achievement. They took away someone you love, they're one step ahead of us. You can't let them have that advantage, whoever staged this is still out there, so we can't afford to be weak any longer. We must go out and end this before anyone else suffers. She said rubbing his arm for comfort.

Dominic: He reached his hand out to her burial spot *Dom what're you thinking of?....If I can just do what you did to dad's body....NO! You retarded demigod, that's a stupid idea!...But....No, many things can go wrong, so stop it and listen to your woman!* He put his arm down and sighed You're right, I shouldn't give them the satisfaction of breaking me, I wont let monsters like them break me...

August 3rd, 2026
'The very next day in a dimly lit laboratory, Thaddeus was leaning against a wall wearing a men's leather jumpsuit and cape, with long gloves and a turtleneck collar. He had a bruise under his eye and his eyes were red, his curly hair was tousled and he looked impatient. He was tapping his shoe against the ground, standing next to a desk where a scientist was repairing a helmet for him with an assortment of tools. The scientist's badge had a shell logo on it, and written was Pangolin Industries, a popular science division. Several other scientists were in the background, but they were strangely ignoring Thaddeus's presence in the room, whereas the scientist looked anxious and frightened.'

Thad: How much longer?! 'He yelled at the scientist in a burst of rage, to which the scientist reacted by shaking in sudden fear. The scientist stammered before getting a sentence out.'

Scientist: J-just a few more minutes. I finished repairing the damages, just placing back on the new outer shell. Fresh coat of paint, just like you requested, Mr. Tanner...

Thad: Destroy the scrap parts too.

Scientist: M-may I ask, for curiosity's sake, why is your helmet showing signs of firearm damage, and your suit riddled with bullet holes?

Thad: If you ask me another irrelevant question like that, I'll make you eat the scrap metal. Understood?

Scientist: Yes, sir.

Thad: Don't call me sir, don't call me anything. You just answer, that's all.

Scientist: ...

Thad: 'Thad continues waiting, but is alarmed when he senses something in the distance. He feels a small group of people enter the building, heading for the lab, none of them scientists, and all carrying weapons.' Who's that? His voice was rushed.

Scientist: Who?

Thad: There's men outside, with guns.

Scientist: Probably just a check-up by the Gardener men.

Thad: The what?

Scientist: You do know that Pangolin Industries is owned by the Gardener Corporation, right? We make their firearms and ammunition.

Thad: You f-ckers work for Richard Gardener?!

Scientist: Yes.

Thad: No, I had this company make my suit and helmet, He grabs the helmet from the scientist after it's finished and places it on his head as it locks in place, activating an electronic and robotic voice changer You work for me. 'He was now in the full Imperious gear, and right before the soldiers entered the laboratory, Imperious pulled out a silver pistol from his pocket and aimed it directly at the scientist's face, and used his other hand to hush his own lips to signal the scientist to shut up. When the laboratory door opened, Imperious suddenly suppressed himself mentally from everyone's vision except the scientist's, so only the scientist could see him, aiming a gun to his face. The group of soldiers entered the lab and looked around, all following one young man with brown hair and blond highlights. He had a snarky attitude about him, walking around like he owns the place, though he seemed more comical than serious. He had short sleeves which revealed many scars, some recent and some years old. He made aware to all the scientists that he was there, they all looked at him and approached as he gestured towards his holstered sawed-off shotgun.'

Man: What's going on here today, lads? Having fun? He said in a sarcastic jolly voice, showing his chipped teeth which seemed to be inhumanly sharp like that of a monster's, accompanying his high-pitched voice with a crazed smile after every sentence.

Random Scientist: It's been an eventful day, very productive for us.

Man: Good, productivity is fun, isn't it? He walked up to the scientist who could see the invisible Imperious, sitting at his desk. What are you doing?

Scientist: Just finishing up some paperwork...He saw down the barrel of Imperious's gun and started sweating Mr. Caerwyn.

Man: Call me Wayne. He noticed the man sweating as he placed his hand on his shoulder. Nervous about something?

Scientist: He was silent for a brief few seconds, seeing Imperious brandish his gun in his face again. Don't want to upset the boss.

Wayne: Ah! No need to worry about that, I'm not the boss anyway. Just here to see how things are going.

Scientist: I see.

Wayne: Soooooo... He dragged out his words, expecting the scientist to answer him, before sighing. How are things going, then?

Scientist: Oh, uh, fine, carbonadium bullets have been tested and are working fine.

Wayne: Did you test them on live targets?

Scientist: No...

Wayne: Then how are we supposed to expect them to work on Gemstone?

Scientist: The results are already back, we know the carbonadium disables cellular regeneration, it's pretty effective too. The Leon Corps soldiers will be fully equipped by the end of the week.

Wayne: Good. Ugh, Gemstone... That slut hasn't shown her face today, with luck she's dead in a ditch somewhere after that stunt she pulled yesterday...

Imperious: *Oh screw you...*

Wayne: Oh well. Glad everything's fine here. I'll be off. He walked off as his soldiers followed, with themselves wearing badges depicting a lion, written Leon Corps, a mercenary group which Imperious had previously manipulated into fighting for him in the Virtue war.

Imperious: *Pangolin Industries and Leon Corps work for Gardener? Ah crap. Though I do like the idea of making the enemy work for me...haha.* He saw Wayne about to leave, and so pulled the gun away from the scientist's face and aimed it at Wayne instead.

Scientist: N-no... don't... 'He shaked his head at Imperious to warn him not to attack Wayne. Imperious ignored him and fired his gun, the bullet hitting Wayne in his left arm as the soldiers were alarmed and turned around, holding up their guns to the source of the gunshot. Wayne barely flinched at the bullet wound, and calmly pulled out the bullet with his other hand and looked at it, covered in blood. He turned around holding the bullet up to eye level.'

Wayne: Who did that? He asked calmly, without any sign of pain.

Imperious suddenly became visible again, still aiming his gun at Wayne.

Imperious: Me! He fired several more bullets at Wayne, but his bodyguards stepped in the way, absorbing the bullets with their body armour.

Wayne: Where the Hell did this dude come from? Nevermind, shoot him! 'They fired their guns at Imperious, but his powers created an invisible barrier around him that curved the bullets and accidentally hit the scientist, killing him. Wayne groaned.' No! Idiots, don't shoot the valuable scientists, God, just kill him!

Imperious: *Crap, sorry...gotta learn to control this.* 'Imperious threw his hand forward as a giant force pushed all four soldiers and Wayne at once, knocking them all to the nearest wall. Imperious runs off as the soldiers continue their fire, he jumps and hovers behind some cover, a large machine that's thick enough to block the bullets. When they stop to reload, Imperious jumps out and tosses two throwing knifes out from under the folds of his suit, which all magically fly out and simultaneously stab two soldiers in their throats, killing them. Wayne pushes his remaining two soldiers out the way as he runs directly at Imperious, growling like an animal then lunging at him, but Imperious simply backhands him without touching him, using TK to knock him away. One soldier throws an impact grenade at Imperious which explodes on him, stunning him and burning his suit a bit, but Imperious manages to extinguish the flames with TK.'

Soldier: WAYNE! GET OUT OF HERE!

Wayne: Not while he stands! 'Wayne looks at one of the scientist's desks, seeing a prototype pistol with carbonadium ammo. He grabs the weapon and aims it at Imperious, who is occupied with redirecting the bullets of the soldiers with swift and effortless hand motions, as he slowly approaches them. Wayne aims and fires the pistol at Imperious, who is alerted by the sound of the gunshot and slightly turns to see the bullet reaching him. Imperious quickly holds a hand up to the bullet, expecting his telekinesis to reinforce his hand to block the bullet. Instead, the bullet hits his ring finger of his left hand, and severs it. Imperious yells in pain as his finger falls off and hits the ground, holding his gloved and bleeding hand in pain.'

Imperious: *F-ck!!! My finger...why didn't it block the bullet?!* 'Imperious looks at the smiling Wayne, looking into his mind and finding out the bullet was made of carbonadium, which stalls healing factors, even disabling them altogether. Imperious runs at Wayne, who fires several more times at him, which Imperious dodges but stops running, realising how dangerous it was. He then gets shot at from the other soldiers and three bullets hit his ribcage, making him wince, but his body armour protects him from the bullets. Imperious holds another throwing knife in his hand, throwing it at Wayne before turning invisible, then escaping the room. The knife stabs Wayne's abdomen, as the gunfire stops. Wayne approaches his two men.'

Wayne: Was that the guy who attacked the Gardener Tower before?

Soldier: Yes, I believe. He certainly matches the descriptions.

Wayne: Oh well. The carbonadium seemed to work on him. He said as he kneeled down to look at Imperious's severed finger, smiling. That means it'll work on Gemstone too. He said, standing up Then Richard can finally avenge his father.

Soldier: Uh, Wayne...

Wayne: What?

Soldier: He points at Wayne's stomach, which still has a knife buried in it, unbeknownst to Wayne.

Wayne: Oh. He removes the bloodied knife from his intestines, handing it to the soldier It seems this guy used Pangolin tech to make his weapons. Check the security tapes, find whoever helped him and shoot them, after that we're done here. He walks off, exiting the building.

Somewhere in the desert
In a desert, a somehow military complex was showing up, it seemed to be half buried while the other half was on the surface, protected by a huge mechanical gate, Lula, the powered terrorist was in front of the gate, waiting for it to open, when it finally did, she walked inside, not greeting any of the workers that had opened the gate, she entered the complex, walking fast through a corridor, she was not looking at any of the workers, no matter if they were guards or scientists, she started to go down stairs that led a dark underground, the neons, sensing her presence all lighted on, around her were hundreds of tanks filled with q greenish liquid and organisms growing inside, some of them were fully grown, while others were as small as a fetus, she looked at some of the tanks while walking, wearing a disgusted expression,w walking forwards, she arrived in front a huge metallic door protected by 2 guards

Guard 1: Identification Number please.

Guard 2: Along with reasons for visit.

Lula: Francis, Carl, Get the f-ck out of the way. 'The guards briefly looked at each others and kindly stepped aside, letting her pass by pressing a trigger to open the door, when she entered the room, the doors closed behind her, startled by this she jumped forward, the room was dark, in fact there was barely any light, except for little lamps that were placed onto small tanks with organisms growing inside.  However this little amount of light was enough for the eyes to see an hospital bed with a man seemingly sleeping, cables all over him, helping him to breath and nourishing him, Lula stood in front of the man who had an horribly deformed face, burned and covered in scars, she put her arm around herself and trembling and started to talk'

Lula: S-Sir...Mission...accomplished...the f-fake absconders did as they were asked and did as much damage as possible, unfortunately they lost their lives. the man opened his eyes that were somewhat gray in color, almost as if his pupils had fused with his sclera, Lula instinctively took a little step back.

Man: ha...Do not...worry...Their goal......Was not....to live....

Lula: A-Alright! that was my re-report then.

Man: Thank you...You did good....

Lula: alright, thank you! haha.....ha....she turned and started to walk away but then stopped and looked back at the man b-but...Sir may I ask you a question...?

Man: Go...Ahead....

Lula: W-Why? W-why so much effort...for...t-them?

Man: The.......Abs...conders.....are the....physical...representation.....of what I....Despise the most....

Lula: ...hmm, I-I'm not sure I understand....

Man: How...How old are you....Miss Lula...

Lula: Uh! Me!? Uh...26!

Man: Young....Young as you....Are....you cannot....understand....

Lula: I...I guess....Sorry for bothering you! I will go now, thank you. she quickly walked to the exit leaving the man alone

Man: It's...All....About.....Powers....It has....Always....Been....About Po....wers. The phone next to the man started to ring, slowly he raised his arm and grabbed the ringing phone, putting it to his ear after having answered

Voice:'' So, big boss. How was the Proto Adapter's test? Get all the info you can get on that. I need to know every single detail. How it performed in the Binary Driver, what sounds it produce, the effects on the Driver's host when he was defeated. Everything. Spill it.''' The voice that spoke was deep, masculine, and robotic. The robotic tones seemed to be artificial, as if the voice was being disguised on purpose.'

Man: ....It was...Unique for sure...In fact I had never seen....anything.....like..this.....It played a funky...tune....The host....wore a black...armor...but...from what.....I heard.....He transformed upon defeat....the...transformation must've weakened him....I thought that the modifications..on the subject were what...had triggered the..transformation....but...it must've been the...adapter

Voice:'' Good... Everything's going according to plan. I've got more adapters to test, so ready more subjects. When you release those subjects, make sure someone monitors their performance against Override. I want highly detailed reports on each performance with each Adapter. The next shipment should be on its way, and I expect those reports after each combat test. Don't fail me, or you can consider our partnership over.''

Man: I have...many subjects....ready....You just...have to...promise me...that You will...fulfill...your part...of the deal...as well as...I'm fulfilling mine...he coughed 

Voice:'' Keep the subjects ready. Deploy them with the Adapters and Drivers. Monitor their performances, and report back to me in full detail. Do that, and I'll keep my end of the deal. With that, the phone hung up, and the dial tone could be heard afterwards.''

The weakened man put the phone back on the table next to him and started to look at a pic that was on the table as well, it was a photo depicting a very young boy of around 7 years smiling with an ice cream cone in his hand

Man: Always been...about powers...worry not....he took the picture in hand and smile ...our efforts...won't be...in vain....After...All..these years.....he put the picture back on the table, and slowly turned the other side with a comforted smile on his face, going back to sleep.

Meanwhile at Dinomo tower
Viviane held off the board members from cutting off Dominic, as she still holds ansolute faith in him, as she was in his office sighing.

Viviane: *Damn it Nico, wherever you are, you need to get here now...* 'She looks around his office seeing several pictures, and then she found, he kept some book like object, when she got it, she saw it was book of memoirs, as she saw a fingerprint scanner, when she touched it, it let her in, as it had hologram pages, as she read, learning more about him, his attempted suicide, his actual Absconding, his rise to power, and now as being an orphan, but also opinions on being labeled as a terrorist. She then saw a set of pages labeled "Helpless", here she found out the people he was involved romantically, how he feels for each, sighing, until she saw a page deicated to her, empty, she noticed it was writing on its own, it was obvious this book was mentally connected to Dominic, she closed it, as she could see the truth now, unfortunately she noticed many soldiers lately around the city, as she got to her car with his memoir in her bag, some soldiers notice her as she was about to get in her car.'

Soldier 1: Miss Free?

Viviane: Y-Yes?

Soldier 1: We have reason to believe you are an accomplice of Dominic Bernedicci, please come with me... He grabs her arm, gently.

Viviane: Look, I don't know where he is. Please, let me go. The soldier suddenly let go.

Soldier 1: Ah, sorry Miss, my mistake. Suddenly a soldier with a geiger counter like device was with his squad, as the device went off and he lookd at Viviane and the soldier she was with as the other soldiers gripped their weapons tighter as they started to approach her, she could sense it, fear, caution, determination, instinctively she grabbed the soldier she was closest to by the neck and threw him to the rest as she got into her car, and drove fast, as one of the soldiers got back up and got in his intercomm.

Soldier 2: Registered Mutate, Viviane Free is on the move, do not let her escape! Suddenly APCs, Jeeps, and even a chopper was chasing her car, as she was avoiding obstacles, not entering populated zones so that no civillian was harmed, as she crossed city limits and got on the road near the forests.

Viviane: *I'm near, I'm near!* 'A bullet suddenly flew into the window and hit her on the forehead as he car crashed, the jeeps, APCs, and even chopper stopped at her area, as some soldiers went to check, opening the door, dragging her out, she was clutching her bag, suddenly she got up, and pulled a sweep kick on them throwing one into a tree, as she stomped one foot on the ground so hard she broke her stiletto's heel, and did the same with the other, as the ground she was standing on had some cracks on them. She put her hand on her forehead as she got the bullet off, as it deformed against her forehead, flattening, as she looked angry, eyes glowing red, as the soldiers opened fire on her, as they ruined her clothes, but she was fine, as she dashed at several, grabbing their assault rifles, removing the ammo from it, and started using them as improvised clubs, batting and kicking away many soldiers unconscious, as she had an angry look the entire time, one soldier got to the turret of a jeep and opened fire, Viviane ran for cover, using the APC, she tore off two pieces of metal from it, looking at the chopper and turret guy, she then fashioned both into improvised javelins, she threw one into the turret breaking it and knicked the soldier operating it, she was a bit worried, checking for wounds, until the chopper open fired on her, hitting spots, causing bruises, she threw her last javelin at the chopper, making it smoke as it retreated, she panted, and winced, seeing the memoirs near her broken car as she ran into the forests, trying to find the VP, calling for any Absconder, just calling the team name.'

'A black-armoured woman came after hearing her cries, it was Eliana but she was in her Volatile armour. She ran up to Viviane, her armour glowing purple through its helmet.'

Eliana: ''Do you need help? Wait, are you Viviane Free? I've seen you on TV before, you work for Dominic.''