Monsters All Around
8/10/1942, Observation Base, Isle of Wight
The Invaders had been able to gather themselves and looked towards all of them, Namor had been able to get a few of them and wasn’t badly damaged, none of them had hit like Meranno it had seemed as Maximus, the support who had been kept in the rear had spoken, “I don’t understand, why did we risk all of you for them?” The young man had asked of them and Namor had wanted to know the same thing.
That was when Howard Shelton, one of the few humans that he had liked had spoken up now, “Well, Max, besides it being the right thing to do,” he had said, making Namor smirk towards him now, “The higher ups got a doctor working on a miracle, but he wanted his family out of there and in the States.” The soldier had said as John Falsworth had approached them now, “If it isn’t my favorite Invaders!” he said.
Namor had found the name a bit ridiculous, but the others had liked it, including the little girl that had noticed them and approached now, “The Invaders?” she had asked of them, making Zarda go and speak up, leaning into it all as she had approached, “That’s correct, we’re The Invaders.” she had said and hearing that, the others had all started to go and surround them.
The people there had smiled, a bit relieved and happy as little Esme, seeing her and how she wanted to go up, Zarda had complied, making the young Erskine smile towards the woman as others had went and started to cheer, all of them somewhat safe for now and they were happy to cheer on that for the moment when they had seen that there was something better in store for them.
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8/10/1942, Casablanca, Morocco
Nammu had been enjoying the salt water and as she had felt that, Nammu had went and looked at everything before taking a breath as she had went and looked towards the Germans that were there who were watching as she had went and bathed in the sun and with that, the woman had grinned as she had spoken, “Hallo, hübsche Männer.(Hello there, pretty men.)” She had told them.
That had made them get a bit happy at that as they had approached her, “Hallo Schöne, wir haben dich noch nie gesehen.(Hello beautiful, we have never seen you before.)” one of them had said towards, “Ich bin Nammu, neu hier angekommen.(I am Nammu, a recent arrival here.)” She had said towards them, before deciding that they were the perfect ones to ask.
“Ich bin derzeit auf der Suche nach einem Freund meiner Familie, einem Doktor Schmidt.(I'm currently searching for a family friend, a Doctor Schmidt.)” she had told them and hearing that, the two of them had paused and looked at each other, “Schmidt ist ein häufiger Nachname. Woher wissen Sie, dass er hier ist?(Schmidt is a common surname, how do you know he is here?)” He had said.
That had made Nammu smile towards them, “Ein Freund hatte mir erzählt, dass Werner hier ist.(A friend had told me that Werner is here.)” she had said with a smile and hearing that, the pair of them had looked at each other before getting up, “Ich wünsche Ihnen einen schönen Tag, Ma'am.(Have a good day, ma'am.)” he had said and hearing that, Nammu had waved them away.
Nammu had sighed at that, knowing that it was a problem, but she had also known that there was a now a lure and it was making her take a breath as she had went and looked at the little snake that was there and it was making her think that they might be able to get closer to Werner Schmidt and maybe finally get some vengeance from Atlantis right now.
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8/14/1942, Falsworth Manor, Dymhurst
Namor had been low in the air as he had searched for the usual creatures of the night and as he had done so, The Atlantean saw that there was a disturbance, something that wasn’t supposed to be there when he saw that from the training yard was firing up and towards a creature that was flying above them and as it had been lit up, the Atlantean saw what it was.
It was another Vampire, not Baron Blood, but it was one that was flying in the area again, reacting to its cover being blown, he had went and flown upwards to tackle it, grabbing the creature with force right now, the two of them had struggled, the Vampire going and trying to bite him while Namor had kept his head and neck away from it, as they struggled and spun, he saw what was below.
The others were dealing with more vampires, ones that were charging them en masse, Gwenny Lou was able to deal with the majority of them there fine while Toro and Davey had been coming together, the flash being a signal for the pyros, Skymax and Joseph to come out now to assist while Maximus had come out with a tommy gun right by where they had crashed now.
“You know bullet don’t work, right?” Namor had asked as his opponent had tried to turn him again, “Lead bullets.” Maximus said as he went and opened fire, “These ones are wood.” The Inhuman said before tearing his opponent to pieces with a few quick shots, making him disintegrate into dust, “Remember! Aim for the hearts!” Joseph had shouted ashe had went and created a barrier above them now.
The Vampires had reacted to that, all of them looking up to the bright field that was around them and trying to shield themselves, thinking it the sun for a moment before realizing that it wasn’t, but it was a moment too late as they had taken advantage, Triton advancing forward with a pair of kukri he had found and taking their heads, having the strength for it when Zarda landed.
She had an ax and a sword in her hands which she had looked VERY happy to use right now, the Atlantean smiled at that as he had seen a stake that Maximus offered, but didn’t want that, instead, he had went and taken the trident he had left with the pitchfork there and advanced,glad that he had sharpened the edges as he swung, taking a few of them easily as they all started to clean up.
“Spectrum! See if you can make this sunlight!” he had barked towards him and hearing that, The Vampires had all looked up before they had either started to escape or tried to attack Joseph by trying to throw things, but Jim had been there and went and burned those that had gotten too close, “Alright, let’s see how bright we can make it!” he had shouted before there was a bright flash.
Namor had went and covered his eyes like the others as they were surrounded by screaming, the vampires had all been affected and as they had started to scream, Namor had started to feel the heat go up, higher than before, and it was making him feel a heat stroke coming on right now before he had went and started to faint, going and falling down onto the ground as he blacked out.
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Namor had woken up in the water fountain there and as he had done so, Namor had seen that there was a group of skeletons that were there as well as the rest of The Invaders who had looked tired right about now and as they had done so, he had went and crawled up and onto the ledge, “What’d I miss?” he had asked of them, making them all look towards them in surprise.
“Wow, what happened to you?” Maximus had asked, “Too much heat, not enough moisture.” he had said and hearing that, he had went and nodded at that before they had went and started to look around, Robert who had been doing interference and moving them away from swarms had been checking on the kids with Zarda right about when Namor spoke, “The Baron wasn’t here.” he had said.
“Yeah, that could mean he’s getting wise, or that there’s something else going on.” Torch, Jim Hammond, had said towards them as he had went and seen Spectrum who was going and making bubbles of pure light around the bones just to be safe as Skymax had cleaned his fingers which he had turned into blade to pierce through multiple vampires right about now.
“These creatures, they were dangerous.” The Skrull had said towards them, “If any of us were unprotected, we might have ended up with a more powerful enemy.” he had said and the others agreed with that, “I’ll go do a search, make sure that there’s nothing else running around.” Doctor Spectrum had said towards them and hearing that, they had all nodded, agreeing with that plan.
As he had went and flown upwards, Jacqueline and Montgomery had went and walked towards them, “A new wave?” Jacqueline had asked as she had seen that there were so many corpses and it was making them confused, “How often does this happen?” Gwenny Lou had asked and that had made the others curious as well, “A couple of months or so.” Montgomery said.
“We usually ward them off,” He had continued, “Make a few stakes and then set them all up.” he had said and hearing that, the group had looked at the spikes that were all there before they had went and looked back at the corpses, surprised at that as Jacqueline went to check them, “None of you were bitten, correct?” she had asked, making the group all check themselves for marks.
As they had went and looked at each other, the nurse had smiled and saw that there was no wounds of that kind on them, “Looks like we’re all okay, no turns today.” Jacqueline had said with a smile as they had went and helped them all up, “Let’s go ahead and get you all well fixed up, huh?” Montgomery had said towards them, and they were all happy to hear that.
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8/17/1942, Underwater Base, Casablanca
Meranno had been brought in and as he had looked around, the German Atlantean had went and started to look around with interest at everything before noticing his current partner, Werner Schmidt at the lab, he had turned and smiled towards him, “Ach, schön dich zu sehen, Meranno!(Ah, it is good to see you, Meranno!)” he had said, going and greeting him with a smile at that.
The Atlantean had smiled at that, “Warum wolltest du dann, dass ich hierherkomme?(So then, why did you want me to come here?)” he had asked before the man had went and showed him a photograph and with that, Meranno had scowled, “Weißt du wer das ist?(Do you know who this is?)” Werner had asked and hearing that, Meranno had scowled in annoyance.
“Das ist Nammu, eine alte Freundin des Prinzen Namor, und sie ist gefährlich, weil sie hier einen von uns jagt.(This is Nammu, an old friend of The Prince Namor, and she is dangerous is she's hunting one of us here.)” he had said, making Werner give a look, “Ist sie eine Art Attentäterin?(Is she an assassin of some sort?)” he had asked of Meranno who had shaken his head.
“Nein, aber sie hat Erfahrung an der Oberfläche und ein Geschick im Umgang mit wilden Tieren, das sie im Umgang mit „gefährlichen Kreaturen“ befähigt.(No, but she has experience on the surface and a skill with wild animals that makes her skilled in dealing with 'dangerous creatures'.)” he had said and hearing that, Schmidt had chuckled at that, making Meranno sigh.
“Dann beschäftigen wir uns am besten mit einer Kreatur wie ihr.(Then we best deal with a creature such as her.)” He had said and hearing that, Meranno had looked towards them all, “Ihr drei, kommt mit mir, um hoffentlich diese wilde Magd zu fangen.(You three, come with me to hopefully catch that feral handmaiden.)” he said, making them all smile at what might happen.
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9/1/1942, Sar Dorma Residence, Casablanca
Nammu had went and gathered herself a residence here in Casablanca, no longer utilizing the hotels after they had went and started to attack her when she least suspected, so now Nammu surrounded herself with the Striped Hyenas that were nearby them all to keep herself safe, she was grooming one of the Females before seeing that the highest female had started to growl.
She had went and looked towards the direction and saw that there was a man in a green uniform approaching them, a Nazi, but it was the ears and the gill scarf that he was wearing that had made her snarl as she saw that there was a raven hair man with brown eyes who was smiling in a lab coat, “Hallo! Bevorzugen Sie Deutsch, Englisch oder Französisch?(Hello there! Do you prefer German, English or French?)”
“English, I’m assuming the Sniper that you have watching me doesn't lip read it.” the woman had said as she had motioned for the Hyenas to go and hide, “I must admit, a saltwater spring, Hyena den, and not to mention the weapons you possibly have in your home is quite interesting.” Meranno had said as Werner had smiled looking to the seat there and sitting now, “I understand you’ve been sent here by your emperor?”
That had made the woman glare, he had a heavy accent, but was quite skilled in the tongue, good for him, “I was sent here to kill you, Schmidt.” she had said towards him, “Please, it’s Doctor Werner Schmidt.” he had told her, making the Atlantean snarl at that, “Such a beautiful face, I can imagine you and Meranno creating such a beautiful Aryan with a little bit of alterations.” he had said.
Nammu had wanted to spit at that and take the knife that she had hidden before Meranno had spoken, “We were wondering if you would be so kind as to join us? To create a future where Germany and Atlantis are rulers of The World!” he had said, and hearing that, Nammu had looked at them, “Would you be willing to join us in this endeavor? To become a member of The Reich?” he had asked.
That had made Nammu look towards the two of them and sighed as she had went and pulled out a bottle and then uncorked it to take a heavy swig, “You know… the talk about Atlantis taking control of The World… that would have appealed to The Emperor and maybe a few others,” she had said, making them smile, “But then you had to go and fire those torpedoes onto Atlantis.” she had said towards them all.
“You killed his wife, you killed one of his daughters and his granddaughters, and you killed SO many others.” she had explained towards them, making the pair lose their smiles, “So no, no I will never join you bastards.” she had told them before starting to feel a bit woozy now, making her look at the bottle and then look at them, “You have to… to be…” she had went before falling down.
“You were right about the poison, Meranno.” Werner had said towards them and hearing that, Nammu had tried to look up as Meranno had went and started to pull her up, “Well we better hurry, we were in the need of a new test subject anyways.” he had explained and hearing that, Nammu had tried to struggle before she had started to fade into the black and feared what would happen next.
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9/1/1942, Kendall Residence, New Canaan
Cassandra had been reading a fairytale that she had been shown by her big sister but didn’t like it at all, frowning towards the pictures and how the princess had no pointed ears and no wings on her feet when she had seen that there was her sister and Phillip, making her smile for a moment before she had looked back at the book and disliked it as the two went and sat besides her.
“Why are you so mad?” Phillip had asked, “Because there’s no Princess like me.” she had said towards him, making Elizabeth think, “You know, there was a story that a friend named Nammu told me about,” she had said with a smile towards her, “There was a princess named Gale, who was from a secret Kingdom under The Sea, called Atlantis.” she said, making the two smile as they got to work.
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9/16/1942, London Waters, London
Namor had went and started to swim, looking around for Argos, but there was something off, as if there was nobody there which had made him confused for a bit when he had seen that one of the soldiers had started to approach, “Namor, my name is Opistho.” he had said towards him, “I apologize but there is an issue.” he had said, making the Prince confused at that.
“It appears that the hunt for Werner Schmidt is becoming a bit more… troublesome, so much so that we had to pull Argos.” he had said, making Namor look more closely, “I’m sorry, but have we met before?” he had asked, making Opistho shake his head at that, “I do not recall, I have been staying by Krang’s side since I first joined The Atlantean Army.” he had said towards him.
That had made Namor nod at that before he had looked towards the scene again and as he had went and looked upwards, “If there is nothing else–” “Yes, one thing.” Opistho had said to him, “If you find Nammu or your cousin’s family, please let us know as soon as you have that information.” he had said, making the Atlantean confused, “Why?” What happened to them both?” he had asked.
“Nammu was on the hunt and went missing, and Princess Aquaria Neptunia with her husband and child went missing.” he had explained, making Namor worried, “But–” “Your mission is here, if we require you, we will let you know.” Opistho had said, making him all the more worried for them, but with Blood and other allies like them had made the Prince know he had to find Schmidt on his end.
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10/16/1942, Underwater Base, Casablanca
Nammu had been hit with sea water and it had made her gasp awake, looking everywhere at the moment before she had started to feel nauseous before going and hurling, vomiting her stomach before them and as she had done so, Werner had smiled, “Hervorragend, die Befruchtung scheint gelungen zu sein.(Excellent, it appears that the insemination has succeeded.)” Werner said.
“Wh– What?” she had asked, looking towards him in fear and then towards Meranno, “Es schien eine Schande, eine so nützliche Gebärmutter zu verschwenden,(It seemed a shame to waste such a useful womb,)” The doctor had said as one of the assistants that was there had went and started to wheel in a cart for them to look over and make Nammu worry at that.
“Und einer meiner Mitarbeiter wollte neue Chemikalien testen, die seine Fähigkeiten verbessern könnten, so wie wir es mit dem Baron gemacht haben.(And one of my associates wanted to test new chemicals that may enhance their abilities like what we have done with the Baron.)” he had said and hearing that, she started to squirm, “Fangen wir zunächst damit an, ja?(Let's start with this first, yes?)”
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12/25/1942, The Royal Palace, Atlantis
Dorma had been worried sick, she had heard NOTHING about Nammu, and only the actions of Namor that had been mentioned were his exploits within the news as well as the reports from Opistho, taking a breath, the Atlantean had went and started to pace, remembering about the past before she had seen that Sandy and Beemer were there, “Dorma.” Sandy had said.
“No sign of Nammu or Namora yet?” she had asked and hearing that, the pair of them had both looked at each other before Sandy had went and spoken, “If you’d like, we’re actually going to do an old surface holiday if you want?” she had asked and hearing that, Dorma had thought that it would be the perfect time to keep herself distracted, “What do we need?” she had asked.
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12/25/1942, Rice Residence, Westport
Cassandra had been so excited right about now, the two of them going and looking down from the stairs with a smile before Cassandra had looked to her best friend and went to kiss him on the cheek, making him look towards her and then smile as went and kissed her on the cheek as well, making her smile at that, “Can we go read the Atlantis book again?” Phillip had asked.
That had made the girl grin towards him as he had went and started to follow after her, Cassandra smiling as she saw the book there with The Princess Gale and other women from the Island of Atlantis, both of them smiling at each other right about now as they had went and started to have their own little secrets and fun right about now, letting something blossom there right now.