A New Legacy Vol 2 8

"Annihilus Part 6"
	Writers DarKnight77 Pencilers Capt10America Inkers Capt10America Colourists Capt10America Letterers DarKnight77 Editors DarKnight77

Don’t stress Dani. Don’t think too much about it, the shield fits you and that’s all that matters. I’m sure you’ll do it justice.

-- (Captain America) James Rogers

Appearing in "Annihilus Part 6"Edit

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Annihilus
- Annihilation Wave
Admiral Salo (First Appearance; Dies)
Ultron (Mentioned)
Masters of Evil (Mentioned)

Supporting Characters:

Locations:

Earth-3116
- Earth
  - New York City
    - Manhattan
      - Avengers Mansion
Negative Zone
- Arthros

Items:

Synopsis for "Annihilus Part 6"Edit

The issue starts with everyone at the Avengers Mansion. The inner monologue explains that it is now time. It had been give or take 168 hours of constant training and planning and the time had finally come to execute.

Today was the day the world was either destroyed, reduced to mere atoms. Or today was going to be the day they took down another Tyrant. It was a little weird. He had never really had to anticipate something on this level.

When James and the others had decided they were going to kill Ultron it had basically been an accident. And then they went with the flow, and destroyed him all in one day, but they hadn’t been expecting to do that that day. It just happened.

The situation a couple of months ago with the Masters of Evil was sort of similar. Of course there were times they had to plan, like against the assassinations. But most of the time they were just reacting as well, and of course it was nowhere near as important as this was. Not in the grand scheme of things.

Allowing this Annihilation Wave through the portal meant instant death, not just for Earth. But the entire cosmos. They had to do everything perfectly. And then even if they stopped the wave, they then had to fight Annihilus who they still didn’t have a good gauge on in terms of power level.

It was obscene. 20 days ago. Just 20 days! 20 days ago they had been wondering what was next for them in life and now basically 3 weeks later a fight for life everywhere. It certainly hadn’t been what they were expecting, but it did teach the Avengers a bit of a cruel lesson. Problems, big and small, can come out of nowhere, at any time. You always needed to be on guard, because realistically, who knew what was out there waiting to take their chance at world domination? Or in this case cosmic domination.

Either way now was the time for elite focus. The window was impossibly small and so they had to make the most of it.

Currently they were in the backyard of the Avengers Mansion. Every single hero. Many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stood around at the ready, and they were also situated across the city.

New York itself had been evacuated two days ago when they realized Annihilus was technically going to be there first. It was the best way to limit casualties, but it was weird to hear the city so quiet.

“Everyone ready?” Riri asked. She had basically been the leader in terms of planning the more scientific parts of this mission. She had really taken to leading fairly well, and it was really impressive to see, even some like her hadn’t been a hero for a year yet.

“As ready as we're going to be.” Jimmy was the one who chose to respond. When it came to planning how the mission needed to play out, choosing who was going to go on the mission was hard.

They needed enough skill and firepower to get it done, and yet needed enough firepower to hold back the army if something went wrong. Immediately someone like Talia was ruled out as she was currently the strongest they had in terms of raw power.

Torunn stayed because if things really got bad then she should have been able to go back to Asgard and get someone to help. As of now however, she claimed her father was...incapcitated.

Captain America had decided he would lead the mission to the Negative Zone, of course it only really made sense. He had then picked Megan and Olivier as he felt their Telepathy and Olivier’s absorption ability could be useful.

He then picked Lyra because she wanted to go, and because she might have been the physical strongest one there was. And then he picked Dani and Jimmy. Dani because she was strong and during training made Cap feel like she was more than up for the challenge.

Jimmy because his ridiculous healing factor, and metal claws, and skeleton would be great if they needed to fight a horde. Six people was the most he was willing to take from Earth, because they were going to need as much firepower as possible.

“Alright then. Here Jimmy, you said you would take this.” Riri pointed to a huge black bag and inside was a raisin shaped bomb the size of a surfboard. Jimmy strapped it to his back, and despite it nearly being the size of him, he carried it with ease. And to think it was gonna get even bigger.

The plan was not going to be an easy one. But it was possible. They were going to portalize straight to Arthros in a matter of moments. Before then they would have to use Arthros’ Jump Zone to send the bomb to a specific location. Sector 74-F, the same place most of Annihilus’ army would be getting sent too.

To do that would require them getting on the Harvester of Sorrow, Maybe Annihilus' best ship, it could destroy planets in one hit, the functions of the ship were endless. And through Riri looking at his files she found out how they could use it to their advantage. Of course if the team could get there and then fight through a horde, and then possibly get bomb blasted to all hell themselves. And then more than likely when they do come back, it would be in a matter of seconds.

A mission where they couldn’t afford any mistakes. “James, here is the Pym Particle Disc. You can’t miss and the moment the disc hits the bomb, it’s going to activate. Steer clear, you're going to have to portalize out just as fast.” Pym told him seriously.

“Got it.” James said and grabbed the discs. Slipping them into his utility belt.

“Remember guys, the moment you get to the palace, maybe the moment you get near it, Megan’s Telepathy won’t be able to hide you for long. Alright? So stay stealthy regardless.”

“Of course.” Olivier responded this time “Will be careful.” He directed this more towards the X-Men who hadn’t sent any of their own on a mission as dangerous as this in years.

“Welp then I think it’s time you guys get going. Everyone stay on guard...It’s give or take 3 seconds before Annihilus himself shows up. This is it!” As Riri said this, the Iron Legion, hundreds of robots stood with repulsors at the ready.

“Okay time to Portalize.” Riri turned to the team “Stay safe guys. Portalizing in 5...4...3...2…-

“Chin up guys, we're going to win this!” Cap called right before they disappeared in a flash of bright light.

Everyone was tense as one second, two seconds, 3 seconds ticked by, 4 seconds, 5 seconds, 6, maybe they had miscalculated? But suddenly before that seventh second could tick on a portal appeared.

And all hearts dropped for a moment as a ship flew right through. It was Torunn who quickly got everyone’s minds off of the possible failure, and instead the task at hand.

“AIM FOR THE SHIPS! SHOOT FOR THE POSSIBLE WEAK POINTS WE DISCUSSED! FLIERS WITH ME, WE CAN STILL GET THROUGH THIS. FOLLOW THE PLAN!”

And with that war had begun.

The scene switches and it shows the newly assembled team on Arthros. As quick as the flash of light appeared. The light seemed to disappear, and the heroes found themselves in a place that they had only seen through Torunn and Riri’s memories. Arthros.

However their small victory was short lived. Looking to the sky the team of six quickly saw massive fleets flying through the air, and the ships were so large you could even see them as far as hovering right outside the planet. It was clear what they were getting ready for, and they could only be thankful that they had managed to get here in time to try and stop it.

“Alright guys. Here we go. The palace isn’t too far, and we should be able to make it there undetected. But we still have to keep it stealthy. Who knows what Annihilus might have in store for us. Dani, Olivier, take to the skies and report about anything unusual. And from here on out, use the mindlink to speak.” James ordered, and everyone acknowledged the hero.

Things felt unusually tense for everyone involved. Lyra had been born and raised in a mostly post apocalyptic world where Men and Women were constantly at war. She was used to this, and yet her planet never had to fear something on this scale happening. It made the war she actually fought in feel small, and more pointless than she had already realized. And she hadn’t thought that was possible.

It had only been around 3 days of living in the mansion with the others. And it was true things were sometimes tense as she and the others were nowhere near being on the same wavelength, and she could admit there were moments she was a little hard to work with. But it hadn’t taken long for her to feel like she belonged. Here it felt like everyone was different, it hadn’t mattered if her skin was green or something pointless like that. No one ruthlessly hated her for the way she had been made and those were already steps up from the 23rd Century.

She couldn’t lose her adopted home now. Especially since she still hadn’t talked to her father. She had avoided the man at every chance she got and now she didn’t think she could take the world ending without speaking to him once. That wasn’t right.

For the others it was mostly the same. None of them had ever fought in a war of this magnitude. Held the fate of the world in their hands like this. This was their first time and that made this all the more daunting. Even James had to admit it was a scary task. They were the only thing stopping Earth getting annihilated in around 3 seconds on their Earth. He could imagine how the others felt.

It didn’t take long for them to get towards the palace. The building was huge and clearly fortified. In front of the gates was a huge insectoid, and many smaller ones were standing right around it. They all had weapons and it was clear they were expecting this assault and hoping to deal with it before they left.

“Megan, do you think your telepathy will keep us invisible long enough to avoid these guys?” James questioned

“I think so, I can sense it will be much harder to hold though once we actually get in. The problem is the guards inside. I can detect multiple lifeforms inside.” She informed the team

“Could we take them? I mean take them before these one’s converge on them?” Jimmy asked

“I believe so, but that won’t be reliable enough. It’s not necessarily about fighting all of them. What matters is Riri’s device working on the Transmitter. If the device works as intended we should be able to jump to the needed locations. However if it takes too long, our survival is not guaranteed.”

“Well we knew our cover was going to be blown at some point in this mission, right? If it happens now-

“It’s still too early.” Dani quickly disagreed with Lyra “We can’t take a chance like that. Annihilus will happily use one of those ships to destroy the palace if he knows we're inside. Then we’re screwed. We can’t let this breakdown that fast.”

It was as if Dani just read his mind “Powerhouse is right. We really can’t risk us all getting caught in there.”

“But some of us can.” Dani added catching on “Oh that’s great, what are you thinking Cap?”

“I’m thinking Wolverine and She-Hulk. Riri says that as long as one is connected to the Jump Zone, then it will work no problem. That means even if you two end up fighting some guys, as long as you stay alive, you’ll be teleported away with the rest of us.

“So just don’t die?” Jimmy said contemplatively, before smirking, “Sounds fun enough. Whaddaya say greenskin. You up for it?”

“Call me greenskin again and you won’t just have to worry about those vile creatures...I have no doubt I will succeed.”

“Good,” Olivier spoke up “Jimmy you should probably give that bomb to one of us...It wouldn’t be a good idea for you to have that in a fight.”

“Right, give that to Dani.” James ordered once more “Then Wolverine and She-Hulk you breach first through the front doors, but still be as stealthy as possible. Mind Witch will try and keep you covered for as long as possible. If you don’t have to fight, don't. The four of us will go through the top of the palace. That way we have a sense of misdirection. Jimmy and Lyra if the mindlink goes down, use comms.”

“Right. Well it’s time to go then.” Jimmy said and nodded towards Lyra, Lyra just rolled her eyes but then followed Jimmy anyway.

“I don’t plan on dying.” Lyra turned to the others as Jimmy began to head inside “But if it happens it’s going to be his fault.”

And with that she followed Jimmy into the palace. The other four watched through the mindlink as the two heroes walked into the palace seemingly unseen. Despite there being Arthrosians on every corner. They were seemingly fine until they turned one corner, Then Megan grabbed her head in pain as she and everyone else was thrown out of the mindlink.

“You okay Megs?” Olivier asked immediately

“Yeah I-...I just lost them.” Megan admitted. And she didn’t have to say anymore as it was evident by the sudden sounds of blasters going through the side of the palace building. And even from outside the palace you could hear the telltale Snikt!

“Alright it’s go time. Powerhouse take care of that bomb. You're gonna have to play a lot of defense. Gambit you take Megan help out Lyra and Jimmy, set up a perimeter around the transmitter. Powerhouse before you take care of the bomb, fly me near the transmitter. Don’t get too close if it’s a problem. Let’s get going.”

Just like that it was on. Megan held on to Olivier as he flew them over the top of the palace, and Dani flew in the air and carried James by his one arm. Dani used her strength and punched straight through the roof, with all the noise not many heard the destruction and those who had were met with Cap who had just been tossed through the hole Dani had made for him.

His shield slammed into an Arthrosian, and he wasted no time pulling out an energy pistol and shooting four different Arthrosians in the head as he did his best to get close to the transmitter.

Jimmy and Lyra still had most of the attention on them, as they were a force to be reckoned with. They were both very good fighters, and they both were super strong and had ridiculous healing abilities. The perfect duo to deal with an attack like this.

Jimmy hack and slashed through the growing crowd of Arthrosians, and Lyra stomped the ground causing it to crumble under some of the Arthrosians, whilst the debris also took some of them out.

“Hey greenie, wanna try something?” Jimmy asked Lyra as he stuck his claws straight through an Arthrosian’s head.

“I swear, I’ll hit you if you call me that again. And I will make it hurt.” Lyra said with a snarl, at the same time she sent her fist straight through one of the creatures, it did make for a menacing appearance but Jimmy was far from fazed.

“You see that big one?” Wolverine pointed to the large Arthrosian making its way toward them “We gotta kill it off before it gets too close. Supposedly it spits acid if my memory is serving me right.”

“And I suppose you have a plan?” Lyra snorted derisively. As if she was going to follow anything he came up with.

“Yeah, I want you to throw me at it.” Even in the middle of the fight, Lyra paused a little, almost allowing herself to get hit. But she recovered just in time. Now that...that was acceptable.

“Say the word, I have you there in no time!” Lyra said with a crazed grin. And despite the situation, Jimmy couldn’t help but laugh.

When Megan and Olivier joined the fray from the crack Dani made in the building they weren’t shocked to see Jimmy soaring like a rocket through the air and sticking his claws in a particularly large creature.

Immediately as they touched down though they were swarmed, and Megan pushed herself into her diamond form, Not having much time to defend herself, she was immediately punched in the face but she easily rolled with it and sent a fist back and watched as the creature crumbled rather pathetically.

Olivier was in the same predicament, however the moment an Arthrosian got too close Olivier was quick and grabbed it. It wasn’t long before the creature would simply die as his death touch was far too potent.

They were a formidable force but after all this was a horde. And not simply a horde of just 20 or 50, or even a hundred. These monsters simply kept on coming. Even still with the impressive numbers they threw at the group of heroes, they managed fairly well.

That was until they began to attack Dani, that was when everything went into a frenzy. Normally Dani would obviously be able to protect herself. Her near impenetrable skin wasn’t a power she could turn off. Hits simply bounced off her for the most part. But that wasn’t important. What was important was the bomb strapped to her back. If it got damaged, they were all going kablooey.

Of course the mindless creatures didn’t seem to care about that. Megan and Olivier went to help Dani defend herself, which left Jimmy and Lyra to protect James who had reached the transmitter and was now using Riri’s device.

However even if Jimmy and Lyra were fine, they weren’t able to stop everyone from going through. Which put the entire operation in danger.

“Lookout!” Jimmy called, and lightning quick Cap turned around, shield in his arms and blocked the blast, but it meant he had to stop the device, and things were only getting worse. “I need more time!

“We're trying.” Jimmy insisted and then turned to Lyra more seriously than ever, “Come on greenskin, we have to pick up the pace.”

“Right.” Lyra nodded back just as seriously, and amidst all the chaos the girl stopped and took a moment to think “Point-oh-nine-four by ten to the negative twenty-six kilograms per cubic meters critical density. Point seven-three-two dark energy density…”

Jimmy turned for a moment, and James enhanced ears picked up on the mumbling and was as confused as Jimmy was “What the f*%$ are you saying?” Jimmy questioned.

But Lyra ignored him. Instead the girl was now in a state of complete calm. It was sudden and you had to see it to believe, because none of those who were there would ever believe a Hulk could move as fluid as that. For the next couple of minutes Lyra proceeded to take down their enemies, a kick, punch, and smack at a time. She was legitimately untouchable. The best James had ever seen her fight.

And suddenly the horde that had been so worrying, had been thinned by nearly half. Dani, Megan, and Olivier were able to get things under control, and James had more than enough time to input the virus and get into the system. Now it was all about the coordinates. She had done so well they had more than enough to surround James and take a breather.

“That was amazing.” Dani gushed, “I’ve never seen anyone fight that well. Well maybe Cap. And probably Torunn, but wow, you were a one-woman army! It was like you got even stronger, how’d you do that!”

Lyra almost seemed embarrassed by all the praise “I was taught it. When I am completely calm, I’m able to reach the peak of my abilities. It’s sort of like I get into a trance, and just become a fighter. It is very effective, but not something I can just do.”

“Because you have to be calm, and you're constantly anything but that.” Jimmy pointed out, this time he actually had to duck or get swatted by Lyra.

“Being around people like you certainly doesn’t help. But yes...I’ve been told I’m not the best at controlling my emotions.”

“Well you controlled them well enough today.” Megan complimented “But Cap if we don’t get out of here soon that second horde is going to really get us.”

“Welp good thing, I’ve put the coordinates in. Are you guys ready, this is the most important part of the mission.”

“Yes, I think I speak for everyone when I say let’s get out of here.” Olivier said whilst looking back at the incoming horde.

“Alright then. Prepare to transport in 3...2...1…” Cap called and instantly they disappeared leaving behind a very confused group of Arthrosians.

The group of six appeared in Sector 78-E, on a planet that had no name. Through the files Riri had originally stolen, this planet was extremely large, and also extremely uninhabited. It was the perfect candidate to get blown up. The began setting up the bomb and placing on the ground and as intended it immeidately began feeding off the planet’s energy, gaining the power needed to take out the planet and the Arthroisans they could hopefully get there.

No words were spoken as the task was completed. When they finished they all nodded to each other and then James pressed a small button and they transported once more. This time they were at their final destination, the Harvester of Sorrow. This was by far the hardest part of the mission. Setting up the bomb without getting caught was a huge task, but brining all the ships there relied on this part of the mission.

The Harvester was the biggest ship of Annihilus' army, and it was piloted by Admiral Salo. One of the commanders of the Annihilation Wave. The ship had the ability to destroy ships. It in itself was a living organism. The ship could use the parts of destroyed life to power itself up. It’s energy was immense and almost never ending.

The ship's vast capabilities would (hopefully) be its downfall. As they were planning on using it’s massive storages of energy to send every ship through a Jump Zone where the bomb was. Though that would take another one of Riri and Valeria’s viruses and it was going to take time. That and they needed to get it to the control center of the ship.

What made this task so hard was the fact that the ship was alive. From the very first moment they materialized on the ship, it knew it had unknown visitors on-board. It also was smart enough to understand they were hostile, and were the ones creating all the problems for Annihilus on ground level. In seconds an alarm had been sounded

And from the walls of the bug-like ship tiny insect-like arthrosians crawled out and began pestering them with blasts of acid.

“She-Hulk!” James called through the mindlink, in a moment she clapped and the ferocious wind that was released cleared the pathway for them.

“No time to waste guys, we know what needs to happen.” Was all James told the heroes and they quickly began moving as fast as they could towards the Control Room.

On the way they were met with Arthrosians but it wasn’t a true problem as the six of them were for the moment, all focused on the same task.

Of course as they got to the large control center that changed. James headed straight for the panel and began going through the detailed process Valeria and Riri had explained to him 20 times over the past week.

While he did that the other five were keeping watch. It was only a few moments after James had started the process when one insectoid came into the control room. Immediately you could tell he was different from the rest.

Most of the time the Arthrosians didn’t seem to have any control or restraint. They were mindless beings who were built to kill. It was all they cared about. This...man who strided into the control panel, without a care in the world was much different. He looked like the rest, but he acted much different than those they had already encountered.

“Your attempts are futile.” Salo snarled at James “You and your friends will die for even attempting this”

“Opposed to the other death you were going to give us right? Or does that one not count? Let us know we might be a little behind.” The Captain quickly snarked back.

“Annihilus knows what you’ve done to the Jump Zones. He will get them fixed, and when he does he will invade your tiny little planet and destroy and conquer your entire universe.”

“Jeez dude, don’t sound too sad about it.” Dani joined in next “What’s even in it for you anyway? You and the others mean nothing to Annihilus.”

“That’s where you're wrong. There’s a reason why I have a vast control over the army. And there’s a reason why I regain my consciousness while many others do not. I have led the Annihilation wave for hundreds of years.”

“I don’t think that will mean much to someone like Annihilus who has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.” Megan pointed out to Salo, who simply got madder as the others joined in the conversation

“Irrelevant. Annihilus will always be around longer than us, that’s just life. The fact this is my ship you're messing with and Annihilus has entrusted me to take care of this, and I plan on doing so quickly.”

“So quickly you’ve spent all this time arguing with us instead of, you know, fighting us?” At this remark by Jimmy, the entire team turned to him and glared, and he realized what he just did. And he could only give a small embarrassed shrug in response.

Salo seemed to catch onto the fact that the heroes had quickly stalled and he was more annoyed with himself and the heroes more than ever now. “I’m going to kill all of you, and I’m going to enjoy it.”

As he said that the ship began to rumble and from the floor’s organic fleshy-like ground black pieces of some form of metal began to fly at Salo at high speeds and as it began to form it was clear he was now wearing some sort of armor.

Riri’s files hadn’t said anything about this. The ship itself also began to weaponize and now had blasters aimed at the heroes in the interior.

“Come on guys!” Dani startled everyone into attack “We have to protect Cap, attack Salo first, and don’t let him get the upper hand! Avoid the blasters, stay moving and away from the control panel we can’t risk it!

Salo’s armor first created a huge sword on the one arm, and then a huge blaster on the other arm, he swung the sword at Jimmy and shot blasters at the rest and they all avoided them to the best of their abilities.

At first they thought the man might breach the ship with the force used, but it hadn’t come close, and so the team then tried to unleash their own attack.

Salo was now around 10 ft, and so being much smaller than him Jimmy swung his claws for his legs, expecting to cleave it right off, instead Salo managed to dodge and instead managed to kick Jimmy and send him flying through the air, whilst in the air he was blasted by the ship.

“We need strategy Jimmy.” Olivier scolded the annoyed and hurt mutant. Jimmy stood up just a little shakily, and cracked his neck as he began to heal.

“Yeah I figured that out now.”

Whilst this interaction happened, Megan, Lyra, and Dani attempted a coordinated attack, Dani attacked first being the only flier of the three. She went up high avoiding the sword and the blasters, and she managed to shoulder check Salo and the robot stumbled and at the same time Lyra and punched the same leg and were proud to feel the metal somewhat crumble under their force.

“Come on guys, we can do this! What’s your status Cap?” Dani encouraged the group, it was a sight to see the girl simply become the de facto leader as James was occupied. But she was doing a good job.

“I don’t think it should be too much longer just hol-” James was quickly cut off as three blasts were sent his way. He managed to avoid the first two by using his shield that was on his back to deflect them away, but the third was far too quick and he was hit in the stomach, sending him crashing to the ground, and maybe more importantly the process was halted.

“Cap!” Dani yelled and went after him, but she was halted and had to brace herself as blasts shot down on her, even with her unbreakable skin she felt the impact. Looking over she noticed most of them except Lyra weren’t faring much better, of course she was the only one dealing with Salo as the rest were peppered with blasts from the ship.

James was no longer out but he was doing a poor job of dodging blasts, as he was clearly injured and needed some time to heal. Megan in her diamond form was able to withstand most blasts but wasn’t much help offensively as she did her best to cover her and Olivier from the blasts, Jimmy was the only one fighting for that reason, and there was too much for him to handle on his own.

“Cap, you have to continue working on the virus! Or else we aren’t getting out of here.” Dani insisted “Come on I know you have more in you

“Right, right. I just need a little time. Cover for two minutes.” He told her, at the moment she was covering him with her body, but all that was doing was causing her some more pain. James managed to get up and start again but a whimper from Dani caused him to stop. At the moment she was taking a lot of damage even for someone like her.

“The shield Dani!” Cap called to the girl “Use my shield!” He only had a moment to stop focusing on the control centre and toss the shield off his back towards Dani. She caught it fairly easily and quickly began to block most of the blasts in her way and in Cap’s way.

She had gotten the hang of the shield fairly quickly, and soon began deflecting the blasts into the turrets and began destroying them one by one. It got to a point that through her and Jimmy’s work the place was mostly cleared. And suddenly Megan and Olivier were back in the fight.

“Just 30 more seconds!” James called

“NO!” Salo yelled angrily, “HARVESTER BOLSTER DEFENSES NOW!”

“Not happening!” Dani called confidently, she deflected a couple of more blasts, but this time they were directed towards Salo and as Dani expected his suit wasn’t invulnerable to these blasts either. He was hit back three times and then Lyra punched his facemask and JImmy sunk his claws in the armor.

“YOU RUNTS! I’LL-

“You’ll do nothing!” Dani yelled as she threw the shield at Salo, it ricocheted off his armor causing a large chink of the suit to come off, but as the shield came back to Dani at high speeds she kicked it right back at Salo and it sent him tumbling to the ground.

Lyra and Megan were the ones who finished it ripping off pieces of his armor as fast as possible. Soon he was stripped of the armor, and what was left was a bleeding Arthrosian.

“You will never-

“Save it.” Dani cut him off once more “I think everyone here is tired of hearing you talk.”

“Correct.” Was all Olivier said, and he put his hands on Salo’s face and ended the man’s misery. The group was banged up but they had done it.

“Great job guys. It’s done. We portalize in fifty-five seconds.” James congratulated the team. Dani herself gave a little smile at that and looked at the shield before offering it back to Cap “I believe this is yours.”

Cap looked at the shield, and then waved her off as if she was doing something nonsensical “Keep it.”

“Ke-keep it. What do you mean keep it!?!” She questioned incredulously. The others also seemed shocked about what James had said, and were confused as well. Even Lyra who hadn’t known the Captain for long.

“It’s a war Dani. Everyone needs a weapon, especially now that we know those weapons can hurt you. You use it well Dani, keep it.”

“But, but what will you use?” Dani questioned once more, trying to find a reason not to keep the shield. Of course James tapped a few buttons on his wrist and suddenly his energy shield appeared in perfect condition.

Once more James smiled “Don’t stress Dani. Don’t think too much about it, the shield fits you and that’s all that matters. I’m sure you’ll do it justice.”

It was by everyone but Dani seemed to understand the implications of what James was saying, and yet no one could say anything and Dani only stared at the shield with a bright smile.

“Now look alive, people! This is really it, we do this and we win. Portalizing in 5...4...3...2...1!”

Usually when the portalization process happened you didn’t necessarily feel the light taking you from place to place. But this time the strain on the system was obvious. The Harvester of Sorrow did bring in some much needed energy to get everyone there, but it was all it had. It quickly began to fall out of orbit, but it didn’t matter as the team were making their moves anyway.

Dani flew James out of the ship, and in mere moments he perfectly tossed the little pym particle device at the bomb and they all watched as it expanded. Once more it was time to go!

“Everything was working to perfection Annihilus and his troops were stuck and they were about to make it home, and then suddenly they watched as Annihlius shot a blast from his hands and he and three ships passed through the portal.

“We needed to be out of here yesterday!” Olivier yelled, slightly panicked.

“I know, I know, I pressed it a thousand times, it’s not responsive. We need to get as far away as we can! NOW!”

Oliver and Dani were the only ones who could fly but they couldn’t carry everybody. Lyra was fast enough to run on foot and James joined her, running as fast as he ever had, frantically pushing buttons on Riri’s device.

“We aren’t gonna make it!” Oli confessed, and it was the truth, but it wasn’t what anyone wanted to hear “DON’T SAY THA-

KABOOM! Dani’s voice was the last thing most of them heard before everything went dark. And the issue ended.

NotesEdit

In this issue we see Lyra use her Gamma Sight for the first time.

In this issue Jimmy tells Lyra to throw him at one of their larger enemies. Mimicking the fastball special commonly done by Colossus and Wolverine or Wolverine and other larger characters in Marvel's mainstream comics.

This is one of the only true cliffhangers so far in the Earth-3116 universe.

In this issue James gives Dani the shield. At first it seems as if he's just giving it to her for the day, but the reactions from Lyra, Megan, Olivier, and Jimmy seems to suggest that he may have been talking permanently. Either way, it was made pretty clear that Dani hadn't been thinking like that at all.

In this issue Jimmy and Lyra share some banter, usually at the expense of one another. While they aren't exactly friendly barbs, they seem to be comfortable with each other.

It's war so there is no surprise that their is killing but, no character has mentioned that they would have to kill these Arthrosians, and clearly none care to much as they all planned to use the Bomb to take them out.

Not explicity stated in this issue, but author Capt10America explained it in a interview. He stated that Riri and Valeria weren't able to fully fix the problem of where you land in the Negative Zone. Instead the tradeoff for being able to land on in a specific in a Negative Zone means that you will land on a random place on Earth.

In this issue though not all of them have speaking roles Every known member of the X-Men, Gold, Blue, and GeNext teams were depicted, along with every Avenger, and nameless S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.

This issue seems to suggest that Torunn cannot go to Asgard because Thor would be incapacitated and therefore not able to help much, but that isn't expanded on.

This issue also seems to ignore the absence of Franklin Richards who you would think would be the first person you call for a situation. like this considering what he has already done. When asked why Franklin didn't get a mention, Capt10America explained that no one knows where he is, and says that it might be relevant to the plot later done the line.

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