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Look guys, we have 7 days. Give or take 168 hours! 10080 minutes, 604800 seconds! I know the sitch is bleak, and you can’t help but feel our backs are against the wall. But we can do this! We just all have to work together. It's gonna take everything we got but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible right?
-- Ironheart (Riri Williams)

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Synopsis for "Annihilus Part 5"Edit

The story starts in the mind of James Rogers as he makes his way back to the Avengers Mansion. It was hard to wrap his head around. Supposedly, somehow, Torunn, Pym, Riri, Jim and Valeria had been gone for a week. At least for them.

To those on Earth it had been a measly two minutes. The idea that time could move that oddly was confusing to the Super-Soldier. So he chose not to focus on that. Instead he focused on Hawkeye’s tone as relayed the little information he had just gotten from Torunn and the others.

Annihilus is Coming. Cosmic. Level. Threat. Despite everything they had to deal with from Ultron. They had never considered him a threat to the Cosmos. But with Annihilus...For Francis to say that then...things must not have been pretty.

For James this entire abrupt mission to save the world was weighing on him. Torunn had got him thinking, and for once he had spent genuine time on wondering what else he might be able to do in life and how he would go about finding it.

Then Annihilus showed up and instead of throwing himself towards this problem, he found himself shying away slightly. Not out of fear, but because for a couple of moments each day he found himself wondering if these world ending problems could be someone else's problems.

Of course he always had to chide himself for thinking like that. He had been born with power, it wouldn’t be right to sit down and do nothing when he could help people. But...was it wrong to take a little break? A sabbatical maybe, find himself? He knew his team would probably support him, but at the moment he couldn’t find it in himself to support himself. When problems like this arose, how could he ever think about leaving?

It wouldn’t be fair...right? Once again these thoughts plagued his mind, and he did his best to get rid of them. They were at the Mansion now. And regardless if he deserved a break or not. Regardless if he needed or should take one, now was not the time for that.

Because if he didn’t stop Annihilus, no one would be taking a break ever again. With that he tried to focus up as he led the X-Men out of the Quinjet and to the Mansion. All four of the older X-Men came with and then there was Jimmy, Jane, Megan, Olivier, Talia, and Olivia. Two representatives of all their teams. The rest were in Westchester no doubt waiting for the X-Men to come back as soon as possible to hear if the fight was on.

In the room Torunn and Francis were working on patching up Pym who looked annoyed that was happening. Riri was taking off bits and pieces of her suit and was already working on them, despite the cuts and bruises across her own body. She was very dedicated, though she should have been healing first. Jim and Valeria were in their own corner talking about something, and the rest of the Avengers were already there. From Amadeus to Cassie. Everyone had made it.

“Finally you're here. I was beginning to think you would never show.” Torunn muttered irritably. It was not what he expected from the warrior girl, and he raised an eyebrow to Francis who just shrugged and he assumed she had been like that since they had gotten back.

“I’m sorry Tor. I would have never left if I knew you guys were going to come back so fast.” James apologized.

This caused Torunn to sigh, understanding that she probably sounded a little jerkish at the moment “No I apologize. This week was an unexpected one. It’s better you left at least you brought the X-Men with you. You all should take a seat for what we are about to tell you concerns the fate of the entire world.”

“Worse than Ultron?” Emma found herself asking as she and the others began to take a seat with the others.

“It certainly would be.” Torunn admitted “I’ll try to explain everything quickly. Riri if you will?”

At her name being called Riri grabbed her helmet and set it on the table and suddenly it lit up a hologram photo of Annihilus.

“This is Annihilus. Lord of the Negative Zone.” Torunn started only to be quickly interrupted by Bruce, Tony, and Hank.

“Annihilus. Reed’s bug man.” Tony said in wonder as he stared at the hologram with some remembrance.

“Yeah.” Bruce chimed in “He never talked about him that much…’

“But when he did he always called for extreme caution.” Hank finished off for them. No one said anything about this, but it certainly added to the fierce opinion they already had of their new opponent.

“I’ll preface this by saying we never actually saw Annihilus during our time in the Negative Zone. Constantly talked about, and of course his influence was everywhere but we never saw him.” Torunn started again.

“When we portalized into the Negative Zone it was to a planet called Argor. And it wasn't the same planet Jim and Valeria ported to originally.”

“For context,” Pym turned to the X-Men and added “Valeria had opened up a portal to the Negative Zone a day prior, simply hoping to look around. It was then they were attacked by Annihilus who then sent the robot who is actually called Super-Adaptoid to earth. Which you guys helped us defeat.”

“Right.” Jane was the only one to verbally respond “Now that makes more sense. Got it.”

“Yes, so we would learn that Jim and Valeria had originally portalized in Arthros. Annihilus’ home planet. Argor was a planet over 30 sectors away which is really far as we are talking about space sectors. Planets across the entire Negative Zone cosmos. On Argor we learned of Annihilus' treachery and how basically everyone is loyal to him there, mostly out of fear. Eventually we were directed to a man who went by Darkfire, a...hero of sorts. He led us on a trip across planets to get to Arthros where we would learn more about Annihilus.”

“We fought day and night for seven days. Against Arthrosians who are Annihilus’ endless army and other species. It was hard and far from an easy road but we made it work. On Arthros we constructed a simple plan that got us in Annihilus private base. It was there we learned of the size of his army. The rumor was that it could fit 12 whole planets. They didn’t lie. We learned that after his current ongoing conquest of a few worlds in the Negative Zone he plans on turning his armada around and coming here. Not just to conquer earth. But the entire universe.”

“We...we had a chance to end most of it. Riri and Val just needed more time to remotely disable the armada. But Darkfire...he...They told us everyone in the Negative Zone was loyal to Annihilus and we brought him anyway. He destroyed Riri and Val's only chance at ending it then and there. And then we left.” It was clear Torunn was beating herself up over this. She didn’t get to be the leader much and making a mistake like that would make most a little self-deprecating.

“While Torunn and I suspected he might be working for Annihilus there really wasn’t anything we could do. He didn’t come in contact with him until halfway through his journey. And as mad as I’ve been about it. He had a decent reason. Annihilus could kill his family the moment he disobeys. I don’t, I don’t blame him. Not really. And Torunn you shouldn’t blame yourself either.” Pym insisted

“Maybe.” Torunn conceded “But at the end what’s most important is that We need to find a way to stop Annihilus before he and his Wave can enter our world. Because I’m telling you the moment he enters the atmosphere we will be annihilated.”

Well...that’s no good.” Megan spoke up “It sounds like sweet imminent death is upon us. However I have to believe you all would be panicking a lot more if you thought we were all going to die. Do you know how much time we have?”

“Coincidentally a week...A week in our time. Which is probably like give or take a hundred years in the Negative Zone.”

“His army is so large...It’s going to take him 100 years to bring it here?” Jimmy questioned, and for the first time they had seen the clawed mutant he seemed a little wary.

“Well if all goes to plan we will never have to face the Wave.” Riri tried to relax everyone

“So what is the plan?” Emma questioned this time.

“Well like Torunn told you Valeria and I had come this close to shutting nearly all of it down. And I know it’s going to take a lot of work, and a lot of planning but I just know we can shut it down again. I know it.” Riri said determinedly “Now it’s going to take the combined brainpower of every smart person and strategist in this room but it can happen. Look if we stop the wave then we’ve stopped Annihilus it’s that simple.”

“You believe physically we have the edge?” Talia asked

“I believe we do, the Fantastic Four have beat Annihilus a couple of times, and well. Admittedly Reed Richards was the smartest man on Earth. Sorry Tony. But I’m certain with the Wave gone our strength in numbers will prevail.”

“Riri’s right. The best way to put it is that without his massive army, Annihilus is not a cosmic level threat. Despite his intelligence, and his cosmic rod, he’s not unbeatable. Not anymore than Ultron was." Pym added

“So it just means we have to plan to stop an Army in one week.” Tony said whilst rubbing at his eyes. “Great. Is there a basis, some sort of plan you got cooking Ri?”

“Yes Val and I have been theorizing all day and Pym confirmed it has a chance to succeed. Through the use of Portals, Jump Zones, and the Harvester of Sorrow.” Riri explained simply, though everyone but Valeria and Pym was a degree of confused.

“Harvester of Sorrow, sounds metal.” Francis commented though he was just as stressed as the rest of them.

“Look guys, we have 7 days. Give or take 168 hours! 10080 minutes, 604800 seconds! I know the sitch is bleak, and you can’t help but feel our backs are against the wall. But we can do this! We just all have to work together. It's gonna take everything we got but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible right?” Riri asked them rather cheerfully and for those in the room it was rather refreshing and helped get them in the “save the world” mood.

“Right Riri.” James said as usual all eyes flickered to the Captain “We’ve got seven days people. It was one random day when we woke up and decided to kill Ultron. With seven days and the smartest people on the planet I’m sure we can get this done. The plan for now is simple. Our smartest Valeria, Tony, Amadeus, Pym, Riri, Azari, Bruce, Hank, Vision, you will need to get in the lab and cook up something to get us out of this mess. When you manage that, Me, Francis, Torunn, Olivier, Megan, Jimmy, Jane, Talia, Emma, Olivia, Laura, and Kitty will create a plan to put your creation to good use. But before any of that happens. Negative Zone team you’ve earned yourself a break go get some sleep and...take a shower or something.” James added the last part a little quieter causing a couple of snickers and some of the Negative Zoners to be a little embarrassed.

“Oh come on, you try fighting for seven days straight without a shower, You think I wanna smell like this?” Riri demanded, causing more laughter.

“Oh actually and one more thing. Spider-Girl, Powerhouse, Stature, training is going to have to be really ramped up this week if you plan on joining this fight. If you don’t want to participate that’s completely-

“Not participate!?!” May interrupted “Dude the fate of the world is at stake of course I’m gonna participate!”

“Yeah same I’m here Cap,” Stature added

“It’s what we signed up for.” Powerhouse added with a nod, and honestly despite the fact he didn’t know the three girls that well he couldn’t have been prouder. It wasn’t easy to make a decision like that.

“You bring up a solid point with training. I believe some of the others will need it back at the school. So I think I shall handle that.” Laura spoke.

“Same.” Kitty added “Emma can certainly fill us in and we can try and help with strategy when the time comes.”

“Okay, that's perfect. I believe that from this moment on every minute counts. So Negative Zoners rest up, everyone else X-Men if you want to stay around that’s fine but this meeting is adjourned.” Cap said officially ending the meeting.

Some stayed around in the meeting room like Megan and Oli who chatted with some of the other X-Men and Riri who seemed to be telling them about her plans. Others like Jim and Valeria waved goodbye and headed to the Baxter Building promising to be back in a couple of hours.

The three rookies engaged in conversation around the room a bit before going back to train with each other. That was good to see. Vision was already working with Amadeus, Bruce and Tony with the little information that Riri gave them and with all of this going on it allowed the original five to slip away nearly undetected.

They headed to James' room and Torunn hopped in the shower immediately, still muttering about things. It was hard to remember that it had just been 40 minutes prior and they had been in the Negative Zone. Everything was still fresh so it wasn’t a surprise she was still taking it so hard.

When she went to the shower, Pym just sighed and flopped on James’ bed, taking in the slight rest he was given for the moment. Because soon he would have to take a quick shower grab a cup of coffee and get to working on a solution for their problem. It really wasn’t easy. But he had to have some hope. It was the only thing that would keep him going.

“How was everything squirt?” Francis asked Pym, and he frowned at the nickname “I mean it’s clear Torunn is taking it pretty hard.”

“Everything was good until it wasn’t. I mean we were really this close. I get why Torunn’s mad. I’ve been thinking as well that we might have ended this before it began if we hadn’t brought Darkfire. But I also know we wouldn’t have made it anywhere we needed to be without him.”

“It sounds like what you did was necessary.” Azari pointed out.

“I mean it was but…” Pym tried to explain before sighing “I think she’s beating herself up over it because she knows it’s not a mistake you would make James. Or you as well Francis. Heck Azari if you were there I’m sure you would have handled it better. Torunn doesn’t get many chances to be the leader and I think she thinks she messed it up pretty bad. But she handled it well. I just wish she could see that.”

“See what?” Torunn questioned. The boys turned to see her sticking her head out the bathroom door, before quickly turning away. “Could you pass my clothes?”

“Gross, take 'em in next time.” Pym mumbled, Torunn seemingly ignored this comment and eventually Francis handed the girl her clothes mumbling himself “That was quick.” which earned him a glare from Tor.

Eventually Torunn came back out again this time fully clad in some sweats and a t-shirt. She held her large sword loosely at her side. It was clear that she didn’t want to be a warrior at the moment.

“Now I believe you were gossiping about me, Pym?” Torunn said as she also took a seat on James’ bed, and James could only cringe as water from her hair dripped all over his sheets. Not what he had been expecting today if he was being honest.

“Honestly Tor. You know I’m right. Stop kicking yourself. You did fine, I thought so and the others did too.” Pym told her to her face.

“Yes, I’m sure you were fine, Torunn.” Azari tried to comfort her, but it didn’t work. “Sure you say that but if any of you were there you would have done a much better job.”

“Well yeah that might be true.” Francis conceded, and that seemed to shock her and the others a bit “But sometimes Tor, that’s the way it is. I would love to fly, but I can’t, I’d love to hurl lightning but I can’t. I can’t grow to 30ft either. Just because you aren’t the best right now doesn’t mean beat yourself up over it. Plus I have no doubt in my mind that you would make a great Leader some things just take some time to develop.”

“Still I could have-

“Tor if you play could-haves you’ll never get any rest. When I first started leading. And I mean really starting to lead, I beat myself up all the time thinking about how I could have done a little better. Strive to do your best and if you know you have then that’s okay. And like Francis said. Given time I’m sure it will get better.” James explained.

After a while Torunn let out a hesitant smile “Fine. Alright, you guys are right. Thanks.”

“Really, oh thank God I thought I was gonna have to keep convincing you or something.” Francis joked

“Shut up!” Torunn retorted playfully and threw one of the bed’s pillows at Francis who threw at Azari who quickly threw it at Pym who shrunk, causing it to hit James in the face. Making the others laugh.

“Why do I always bring the team to my room?” He muttered, before speaking to the team “Cut it out,” He tossed it back to Torunn, just a hint of a smile on his face.

“Alright, but what’s the plan for today Bossman? I wanna know before I hit the showers.” Pym asked Cap

“Honestly I was thinking...movie day?”

The others were stunned. “Movie day...right now?” Azari questioned

“I mean it doesn’t have to be all day, but yeah, I thought we might be able to watch a movie or two. At least until Jim and Valeria get back.”

“Dude, don’t tell me you think the world is going to end and now you want to watch movies with us to spend our last days or some bullsh*t-

“No, no, no. I just thought well...why not a couple of movies? I believe we will beat Annihilus. And I don't think spending a couple of hours with you all will change that.”

“Well. Okay then.” Pym agreed with a shrug, before heading off to the shower “If you're certain then I’m down. Just let me take a shower first. And don’t even think about picking the movie guys, It’s definitely my turn.”

“Hey if you're okay with it, then I am too.” Francis shrugged, “I’m gonna go make some popcorn. And no Torunn if you want some then make your own.”

“Fine. Come on Zari, will make our own popcorn. Better than anything Francis could make.”

“It’s microwaved Tor.” Azari pointed out, but it seemed that didn’t matter for the Asgardian. When they left James also changed out of his Captain America things into something more casual and thought about everything that was happening.

Was he worried about Annihilus? Of course. Any good leader would be, But he genuinely believed they could beat him. They had not dealt with Ultron just to get destroyed by another tyrant a few years later. That couldn’t be the case.

Was movie night a little risky? Probably. But with the way James had been feeling recently well...He just wasn’t sure he was going to be around to enjoy many more of these. His  mind continued to slip away from the Avengers, even in meetings. He would do his best to continue being at his best for however much longer he would continue to do this. But if all went well, then it really wouldn’t be much longer till he was on break.

And that was why Movie had come to his head. And when he finally went downstairs to one of the TV Rooms to find Francis, Azari, and Torunn goofing off looking happy he knew he made the right choice.

Eventually Pym came downstairs and they all enjoyed some jokes and banter and were all satisfied when Pym picked Lion King, a classic they had all watched before, but was one they all enjoyed. They stayed close together. Torunn, Pym, James, Francis, and Azari. These were the moments they would have to savour. Because who knew how much the family would have left.

The next scene we see it's been 3 days since everyone came back from the Negative Zone. “Okay, that was great Spidey! Your defense is honestly amazing. Just got to work a little more on your offense, and you’ll be just fine.” Hawkeye commented.

“Yeah. Cass you're doing  really well. But you're the opposite. You have to know when to sit back and wait for an opening. Before springing your attack.” James explained. Both the girls nodded, as they gulped down water, breathless from the sparring sessions that had gone down all day.

“You guys take five. I know this wasn’t planned, but I’ll spar against you Dani if the others still need a bit of a break.” Cap offered

“Get my ass kicked by Captain America, or wait for one of those two to get ready…” Dani contemplated, James gave her one of those looks, she was getting accustomed to and her resolve mostly broke.

“Oh fine. I’ll fight.” Dani quickly gave in, muttering how she hated fighting the Avengers. It had gone like that a lot over the past 3 days. And Cap and Francis couldn’t say they didn’t enjoy it.

They had taken to training the New Recruits really well, and it was enjoyable to do that and then strategize with the others afterward. Some days they allowed some of the others to come watch and help. Today had been Torunn, who had fought all three of them already before going inside for a moment.

Recently they had spent a lot of time training the recruits outside as the slightly snow-filled environment simulated some good. Their improvement was noticeable and impressive. And James and Francis had talked about it a lot, these three would make some great Avengers one day.

They had taken to training the New Recruits really well, and it was enjoyable to do that and then strategize with the others afterward. Some days they allowed some of the others to come watch and help. Today had been Torunn, who had fought all three of them already before going inside for a moment.

Recently they had spent a lot of time training the recruits outside as the slightly snow-filled environment simulated some good

Their improvement was noticeable and impressive. And James and Francis had talked about it a lot, these three would make some great Avengers one day.

The fight was on. James had grabbed his shield, placing it in front of him in a defensive stance, and Dani seemed ready to fly straight at him when suddenly a blue ball of light crackled in the middle of the Avengers large field. They all instinctively took cover before the light seemingly exploded before their eyes.

James was worried that the team had completely miscalculated, that Annihilus was here right now. And they had missed their window already.

Instead as he looked up he had to keep his jaw from dropping as he saw one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. First off she was green-skinned which reminded him of a certain gamma radiated scientist he knew. The second thing was that she was tall. Taller than him even by a couple of inches. He would say that she was around 6’2. She wore a red one-armed armored crop top that showed off a rippled six pack of abs and some red armored pants with huge boots as well. She had long red wavy hair and some sort of tiara on her head. If he hadn't been so stunned at the moment, James might have been tempted to call the outfit familiar. On her left wrist was a glowing device that he assumed had to have gotten her near the mansion without tripping many alarms.

Of course as he stared at her she stared right back. “Your target is in the vicinity, Mistress! It shouldn’t be too hard now.” The device spoke.

“Okay what the heck is going on!?!” Spider-Girl was the first to talk. And with that the woman had finally charged.

With the device talking about some sort of target James figured they needed to brace for a fight and was more than ready to attack if she chose to do so. She had but never made it close to James as Dani who was flying through the air threw a wicked punch at the girl and sent her tumbling into the ground creating a small crater.

Dani looked proud of herself, but James and Francis were worried, already coming to the conclusion she must have been some form of Hulk. And when the girl simply shrugged off the hit and smirked, he knew they had a problem.

As she jumped towards Dani with incredible speed he quickly commed in Torunn “Torunn and another available Avenger, Come to the back ASAP. Hostile intruder. But it is not Annihilus.”

The Hulk-Girl caught Dani in the air and threw her towards Spider-Girl who took off to help her new friend. She had managed to evade the body. But the fist that slammed into her could be heard across the field.

“My sisters. Stand down, I only wish to get to my target. I’m giving you a chance to surrender. But get in my way further, and I will have to continue harming you.” She said in a clear no-nonsense tone.

“Oh yeah. Sure why don’t you just go right ahead.” Spider-Girl told her sarcastically, it was clear she was not very happy with the beatdown she had already received.

At the moment she wasn’t very focused, or at least it had seemed that way so Hawkeye had shot three different arrows at her. Two explosives, and one a sedative, she dodged the explosives and caught the sedative arrow and it exploded in her face. They all watched as she then threw the arrow away, and looked as if nothing had even happened. “Really, Man it’s going to take much more than that to stop me.”

And then suddenly the Hulk-Girl was hitting the deck as a tiny Cassandra had snuck up on her and punched her right in the jaw. Despite it being a good clean hit it wasn’t nearly enough to take her out. And instead she got right back up and stomped the ground. Hard.

It sent ripples through the ground as a mini earthquake seemed to happen as a result, and if you had good enough eyes you could see tiny Cassie get sent flying through the air and slam into a tree right before she grew back to normal size.

“Now I believe it would be in your best interests to surrender my target to me.” Hulk-Girl said haughtily “None of you stand a chance at defeating me.”

“No.” A booming voice was heard as it came around the Mansion. Fully clad in her armor Torunn appeared and the sparkle of electricity in her eyes said everything, but she spoke anyway “I believe it would be in your best interests to surrender.”

The recognition in the girl’s eyes was immediate and even the wrist device which had been talking throughout the whole battle sounded somewhat fearful.

“Mistress...that is Torunn the great, All-Mother of Asgard, possibly the greatest warrior any realm has ever seen!” The device whispered to the Hulk-Girl

“I know Boudicca.” The Hulk-Girl whispered right back, But it meant nothing to those with enhanced hearing like James and Torunn who had to hold back her shock at what her enemies were implying.

All-Mother?

“What are you going to do?” Boudicca questioned

“This is the early 21st century. She will no doubt become one of the strongest in any realm, but I don’t think she is that strong yet. I should still stand a chance.”

“Enough talk.” Torunn demanded more than a little miffed at all the information this Hulk-Girl was giving. Was she from the future? It didn’t matter at the moment as Torunn flew down and hurled a punch at the Hulk-Girl, but the girl met the punch with one of her own, and the resounding shockwave was immense.

It then became a battle of strength and for a time they seemed evenly matched. The two heroes continued to up the ante, each kick, and punch was harder than the last, as they threw each other around the yard.

However eventually Hulk-Girl punched Torunn, so hard, Torunn had to stop for a moment, but eventually she flew right back and punch the Hulk-Girl back, the problem was it hadn’t been nearly as strong as the Hulk-Girl’s last punch and the look on the faces of everyone was now watching this fight made it obvious they realized it too.

“Years from now, I have no doubt this will be a more fair fight. But as of right now. You are horribly outmatched.” And with that the Hulk-Girl dodged a kick, span Torunn around, and then punched her so hard she was sent flying from the Avengers Mansion until she was nothing more than a tiny speck in the air.

To say everyone was surprised was a little bit of an understatement, but for the first time in this situation things felt a little serious.

“Why are you doing this?” Francis demanded

“None of your business, I need my target. That is all.”

“And who is your target?” Spider-Girl asked the question they were all wondering.

“My target is the greatest hero of the 21st century.” The Hulk-Girl responded with haughtiness that royalty reserved only for peasants. And with that all heads turned from the girl to James. And he only tensed in response.

Obviously most of their parents never made it to the 21st Century and Tony hadn’t done much hero work in a long time. Neither had Bruce so counting them out was easy. There was a slim chance of her talking about Vision but even he was more of a secret that most didn’t seem to remember.

That immediately left you with the O5. Now James wasn’t stupid. He was well aware most considered him the greatest Avenger even though he wasn’t sure he was worthy of that title. Honestly at times it felt like a lot of people simply called him the greatest because it was what his father had been.

In his eyes, he and the others were completely equals. But if the outside world was going to call anyone the greatest Avenger it was going to be him.

It was why the others quickly jumped in front of him once more to block her path, and she seemed truly annoyed, starting her dash towards the Sentinel of Liberty by smacking Spidey away like a fly, uppercutting Dani and then hitting her solar plexus. She then clapped in Hawkeye's direction and sent him flying away along with the newly arrived Pym.

No one else was there to defend him and so he decided to take a more offensive approach, as she rushed towards him he flipped over her, and threw his shield towards her back sending her tumbling to the ground.

You don’t have to do this.” James told her “Please just stand down.”

“You don’t know anything!” She insisted somewhat angrily. She then pushed forward once more this time being smarter, not going head first and engaging in hand to hand combat with the Super-Soldier. And all watched surprised as she went noticeably easier on him than she had on anyone else.

James noticed it too, and it made him pause and it gave her a moment to grab his shield and throw it away.  She then grabbed his wrist and though she wasn’t actively trying to murder him she wasn’t letting go. “You aren’t trying to kill me are you?”

“I never said anything about killing you.” She huffed and suddenly things had taken a dramatic turn and no one knew what they were watching. Because that didn’t sound like someone who wanted to fight...At least, not like that.

But it didn’t matter as all eyes went to Arnbjorg as lightning began to crackle at it’s hilt as the sword was stuck in the ground. In a matter of moments the sky had gone dark and rain immediately began to pour. It was quite obvious who was the cause of this and even more obvious when Arnbjorg flew from the ground and went straight to Torunn who seemed to be seething with rage.

KRAKOOM! The lightning and thunder rolled through the sky and with the way Torunn’s blue eyes lit up in the sky, she looked pretty terrifying “I suggest you stand down. I don’t plan on holding back any longer.”

The tide had once again turned and now it seemed the Hulk-Girl had no interest in fighting Torunn, not in the state she was currently in and so she turned to James who was still in her grasp. “Like I said, I will not kill you.”

And then in maybe the most shocking move of the entire day, everyone watched as the girl cupped James face and pulled him in for a kiss. It was like everything simply froze for a moment. One moment the skies were pouring rain and Torunn’s anger was evident, the next everything was back to normal and like everyone else Torunn’s jaw was on the floor, no longer angry, simply confused.

For a moment James eyes were wide open, then at some point he just closed his eyes and kissed back. His mind had told him clearly what needed to happen. It’s not everyday you get to kiss a green warrior woman.

“WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING!?!?” It was only Spider-Girl’s loud interruption that seemed to shake everyone out of their stupor. Suddenly after what felt like 30 or so seconds the girl and James abruptly pulled away and realized everyone was watching them

“Tha-Thank you for your cooperation.” The girl stuttered, and for the first looking flustered and with that she super-jumped right out of the Avengers Mansion and everyone simply looked around stunned.

“WHAT IS GOING ON!?!?” May yelled again before slumping down in the snow. And that was the million dollar question. After this scene switches once more.

“You lucky stiff.” Francis broke the silence. “You absolutely lucky bastard.”

“Francis…” Tony warned

“What? Oh come on guys. Only something like this would happen to James, I’m sure of it. A random warrior lady comes from the future and her target is James, and what does she want to do? Give him a kiss!?!?! That’d only happen to him. I’m sure of it.”

“Well James did seem to enjoy it.” Riri said with a teasing look in her eye. And the Super-Soldier genuinely seemed embarrassed. “She surprised me.”

“Really, for a whole minute?” Azari joined in.

“She wasn’t going to kill me. She told me.” He mumbled, and it only caused the others to snicker. Even Torunn who wasn’t really focused on the fact that James had kissed the Hulk-Girl. The girl’s beauty was obvious so she hadn’t been too surprised when he kissed her back.

She was still focused on her other comments. Comments about it still being the 21st Century and other comments about her being...All-Mother. Honestly it freaked her out. But she had just gotten out of one slump and she didn’t want to get into another so she tried to focus on things that were important. Like finding this girl.

“Any progress on locating our kissing bandit?” She directed Tony. He laughed at the name and began talking “Our “kissing bandit” Or so you called her is actually not too far away from here. Gamma radars have her on top of a building in Manhattan. She’s really not too far. I was thinking you Francis and James could go bring her in. Try talking, I don’t think she’s an enemy.

“What makes you so certain?”

“Just a feeling.

“Gamma powered huh? Well, I guess they do have a habit of being misunderstood. Come on guys. Let’s bring her back here. We could use all the help we could get.”

And with that the three Heroes set off to go find this kissing bandit. The POV switches and we are now with Lyra and Boudicca. The conversation they have seems to leave a lot of possibilities for her origin.

“Lyra you completed your mission. I do not understand your apprehension.”

“I know Boudicca. It’s just...I don’t think I want to go back.” Lyra admitted “I’ve found myself questioning the ways of everything in the 23rd century. They want me to save our world. But our world with its perpetual pointless gender warfare, I do not deem it worth saving.”

“Is it the boy...The captain?”'

“No. Not a chance!” Lyra defended quickly, but honestly “He’s a good kisser, but Boudicca you and I both know that was simply a mission. And if the Gynosure hadn’t made sure I was in the right...mood that probably never happens. No it’s not the boy, But I am feeling a little bad about stealing his DNA anyway. It feels wrong.”

“I had a feeling you would begin to feel this way Lyra.”

At this the girl sighed “You're going to tell the Gynosure. I have not completed the mission. If I go back I will be hunted. What kind of life will that be?”

“...And if you stay in this era?”

“Well, I just fought with the Avengers. And Boudicca I can’t force you to commit treason with me. I will be hunted in both worlds, I couldn’t force you into that.”

“Well Mistress, I can promise I will stay as long as you need me. And you won’t have to worry about completing the mission by giving up the Captain’s DNA. I scanned the Avengers Mansion, and they indeed had many pieces of the tech needed to continue the manufactured breeding! I’ve had the piece planted in a part of the earth by taking control over one of the robots and the Gynosure have gotten the piece needed already. Lyra you're free to do as you please.”

“I...I can’t believe it. Free...But the Avengers, surely they will continue to hunt me down.”

“Well...admittedly we did just hunt you down. But we don’t want to harm you. Promise.” Lyra whirled around only to see Captain America, Hawkeye, and Torunn standing right behind, none looking to fight, and she began to think the Captain’s words over.

“How did you find me?” Lyra snarled at the three heroes. But it was a little less intimidating after they had heard a bit of her confusing story. She had no home and that was never any fun

“You are like one of two people in the world who radiates Gamma like that. And the other guy hasn’t done that in a long time.” Francis offered an explanation.

“Hmph.” Lyra huffed, admittedly she felt a little dumb for not thinking about that.

“You wouldn’t happen to ya know...Know the other guy right?” Francis asked. She looked a little angry at the insinuation but then took a deep breath and spoke

“I assume you are talking about the Hulk right? Yes...he’s my father.”  Lyra admitted. The others weren’t sure what to say, as they knew three was no way Bruce had a child around their age. At that point in time he might not have even been on Earth. He had told them many times.

“I wasn’t born...conventionally alright?” She growled at the three and they all nodded quickly not wanting to anger her.

“Look Lyra, we heard about your situation. And we have no intention of hunting you down. Honestly we wanted to offer you a spot in the Mansion. As of this moment we are dealing with a cosmic level threat who wants to destroy our world. I believe you can help us, and I believe we can help you too.” James took over.

“I’ve never needed a Man’s help. And I don’t plan on needing anyone's help.”

“Lyra, come on. We all heard you just call your world’s gender wars pointless. It’s not about sex. It’s about helping each other out. Because that’s what we would do here. Help anyone who needs it. So what do you say, allow us to lend you a hand?”

It seemed she wanted to say no, but couldn’t not when it made so much sense. “Fine! But I’m only coming because I want to fight. If I decide to leave afterwards then that is that.”

“That’s okay with us.” Torunn nodded “I just hope that if you enjoy staying with the Avengers then stay.”

“Hmph, no promises.” And then Lyra looked at James and glared “And you. Mr. Greatest Hero of All Time. I expect you to understand that this was a mission. And in return for me choosing not to take your seed and have an offspring with your stolen DNA, I hope you do not try to seduce me believing that kiss meant something.”

“Uhhh...Yes ma’am. I understand...I think?” James offered up weakly. At this Lyra actually smirked and Torunn and Francis were actually laughing.

“Well then we have a deal. Now come on. Let’s head back to your base. I hope there’s food.” And with that the girl leaped from the building, and Torunn picked up the two boys and flew them beside her trying to keep pace with the new girl.

Her arrival was definitely unexpected but, at the moment it was certainly needed. Because with Annihilus it seemed it was going to take everything they had.

NotesEdit

This is the longest issue summary yet, though not technically the longest issue written.

  • Lyra is from the 23rd Century and so it's possible that what she said about Torunn being All-Mother is true, but she's also most likely from a divergent reality so who knows if events would play out the same way, that would lead to Torunn getting the Throne of Asgard.
  • Lyra tells James not to believe this Kiss means anything as it was just for the mission, and that is true, however that does not mean she doesn't find him attractive, and it's one of the reasons this kiss lasts so long in the first place.
  • This issue leads us to believe James has taken Torunn's advice seriously and is planning on leaving the Avengers. Whether that is for a brief moment or forever isn't clear.
  • In this issue Lyra lets Francis, James, Torunn that Bruce is her father and that she wasn't born conventionally and thats why he wouldn't know she existed, and how she's from the future. She also doesn't seem keen on talking to him
  • Despite insisting she will leave if she doesn't like it at the Mansion no one believes Lyra as she has nowhere else to go.


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